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Q: Non-interactive editing/fixing of invisible (and locked) function My team is having issues installing R packages due to our corporate antivirus software. We are able to temporarily work around the issue by editing the function interactively with the command trace(utils:::unpackPkgZip, edit=TRUE) (Solution taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46037327/4872343).
I attempted to edit the function (toy example below) using:
myfunc <- function(x)
{
    line1 <- x
    line2 <- 0
    line3 <- line1 + line2
    return(line3)
}

as.list(body(f))
body(foo)[[3]] <- substitute(line2 <- 2)

(source: What ways are there to edit a function in R?)
My substitution "line" is significantly more complex (the small change I need to make is part of "line" 14:
  if (desc[1L, "Type"] %in% "Translation") {
    fp <- file.path(pkgname, "share", "locale")
    if (file.exists(fp)) {
      langs <- dir(fp)
      for (lang in langs) {
        path0 <- file.path(fp, lang, "LC_MESSAGES")
        mos <- dir(path0, full.names = TRUE)
        path <- file.path(R.home("share"), "locale",
          lang, "LC_MESSAGES")
        if (!file.exists(path))
          if (!dir.create(path, FALSE, TRUE))
            warning(gettextf("failed to create %s",
              sQuote(path)), domain = NA)
        res <- file.copy(mos, path, overwrite = TRUE)
        if (any(!res))
          warning(gettextf("failed to create %s", paste(sQuote(mos[!res]),
            collapse = ",")), domain = NA)
      }
    }
    fp <- file.path(pkgname, "library")
    if (file.exists(fp)) {
      spkgs <- dir(fp)
      for (spkg in spkgs) {
        langs <- dir(file.path(fp, spkg, "po"))
        for (lang in langs) {
          path0 <- file.path(fp, spkg, "po", lang, "LC_MESSAGES")
          mos <- dir(path0, full.names = TRUE)
          path <- file.path(R.home(), "library", spkg,
            "po", lang, "LC_MESSAGES")
          if (!file.exists(path))
            if (!dir.create(path, FALSE, TRUE))
              warning(gettextf("failed to create %s",
                sQuote(path)), domain = NA)
          res <- file.copy(mos, path, overwrite = TRUE)
          if (any(!res))
            warning(gettextf("failed to create %s",
              paste(sQuote(mos[!res]), collapse = ",")),
              domain = NA)
        }
      }
    }
  }
  else {
    instPath <- file.path(lib, pkgname)
    if (identical(lock, "pkglock") || isTRUE(lock)) {
      lockdir <- if (identical(lock, "pkglock"))
        file.path(lib, paste0("00LOCK-", pkgname))
      else file.path(lib, "00LOCK")
      if (file.exists(lockdir)) {
        stop(gettextf("ERROR: failed to lock directory %s for modifying\nTry removing %s",
          sQuote(lib), sQuote(lockdir)), domain = NA)
      }
      dir.create(lockdir, recursive = TRUE)
      if (!dir.exists(lockdir))
        stop(gettextf("ERROR: failed to create lock directory %s",
          sQuote(lockdir)), domain = NA)
      if (file.exists(instPath)) {
        file.copy(instPath, lockdir, recursive = TRUE)
        on.exit({
          if (restorePrevious) {
            try(unlink(instPath, recursive = TRUE))
            savedcopy <- file.path(lockdir, pkgname)
            file.copy(savedcopy, lib, recursive = TRUE)
            warning(gettextf("restored %s", sQuote(pkgname)),
              domain = NA, call. = FALSE, immediate. = TRUE)
          }
        }, add = TRUE)
        restorePrevious <- FALSE
      }
      on.exit(unlink(lockdir, recursive = TRUE), add = TRUE)
    }
    if (libs_only) {
      if (!file_test("-d", file.path(instPath, "libs")))
        warning(gettextf("there is no 'libs' directory in package %s",
          sQuote(pkgname)), domain = NA, call. = FALSE,
          immediate. = TRUE)
      for (sub in c("i386", "x64")) if (file_test("-d",
        file.path(tmpDir, pkgname, "libs", sub))) {
        unlink(file.path(instPath, "libs", sub), recursive = TRUE)
        ret <- file.copy(file.path(tmpDir, pkgname,
          "libs", sub), file.path(instPath, "libs"),
          recursive = TRUE)
        if (any(!ret)) {
          warning(gettextf("unable to move temporary installation %s to %s",
            sQuote(normalizePath(file.path(tmpDir, pkgname,
              "libs", sub), mustWork = FALSE)), sQuote(normalizePath(file.path(instPath,
              "libs"), mustWork = FALSE))), domain = NA,
            call. = FALSE, immediate. = TRUE)
          restorePrevious <- TRUE
        }
      }
      fi <- file.info(Sys.glob(file.path(instPath, "libs",
        "*")))
      dirs <- row.names(fi[fi$isdir %in% TRUE])
      if (length(dirs)) {
        descfile <- file.path(instPath, "DESCRIPTION")
        olddesc <- readLines(descfile)
        olddesc <- grep("^Archs:", olddesc, invert = TRUE,
          value = TRUE, useBytes = TRUE)
        newdesc <- c(olddesc, paste("Archs:", paste(basename(dirs),
          collapse = ", ")))
        writeLines(newdesc, descfile, useBytes = TRUE)
      }
    }
    else {
      ret <- unlink(instPath, recursive = TRUE, force = TRUE)
      if (ret == 0) {
        Sys.sleep(0.5)
        ret <- file.rename(file.path(tmpDir, pkgname),
          instPath)
        if (!ret) {
          warning(gettextf("unable to move temporary installation %s to %s",
            sQuote(normalizePath(file.path(tmpDir, pkgname),
              mustWork = FALSE)), sQuote(normalizePath(instPath,
              mustWork = FALSE))), domain = NA, call. = FALSE,
            immediate. = TRUE)
          restorePrevious <- TRUE
        }
      }
      else {
        warning(gettextf("cannot remove prior installation of package %s",
          sQuote(pkgname)), domain = NA, call. = FALSE,
          immediate. = TRUE)
        restorePrevious <- TRUE
      }
    }
  }
}

I attempted to wrap that block in quotes and assign to a variable name, but got the following error:
Error: unexpected '}' in:
"}
}"

I was able to assign the original code block (antivirus_problem) and an edited version (antivirus_fix) to variable names by wrapping them in as.symbol() or expression() (both showed up as potential fixes in the answers to the above referenced question).
running the following command resulted in an error:
body(utils:::unpackPkgZip)[[14]] <- substitute(antivirus_problem <- antivirus_fix)
Error in body(utils:::unpackPkgZip)[[14]] <- substitute(antivirus_problem <- antivirus_fix) :
  object 'utils' not found

I then attempted to use fixInNamespace() per Richie Cotton's answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/8743858/4872343)
but it returned an error as well (also is an interactive fix and I'm looking to do this via scripting without an GUI dependency) :
fixInNamespace("unpackPkgZip", "utils")
Error in assignInNamespace(subx, x, ns) :
  locked binding of 'unpackPkgZip' cannot be changed

I believe that package namespaces are locked after the package has been loaded, but unloading utils to edit unpackPkgZip also unloads fixInNamespace().
Given this information is it possible for me to:

*

*Permanently edit the unpackPkgZip function?

*Edit the function via a script/non-interactive manner (possibly adding it to our Rprofile.site so that the fix is applied every time someone launches R).

*Override the version of unpackPkgZip in utils and tell utils to use a fixed version instead.

A: A very quick and dirty workaround for myself, might work for you:
First edit the function, save the edited function as a complete restore-able object with RDS, and overwrite the default function on each R session start-up (with Rprofile.SITE).
edit where necessary:
trace(utils:::unpackPkgZip, edit=TRUE) # your edits
unpackPkg <- utils:::unpackPkgZip # copy function

saveRDS(unpackPkg, file = "C:/Users/myself/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/etc/unpack.rds") # save edited function to file

Into C:\Users\myself\Documents\R\R-3.4.4\etc\Rprofile.SITE:
unpack <- readRDS(file = "C:/Users/myself/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/etc/unpack.rds")
utils::assignInNamespace("unpackPkgZip",unpack, ns="utils") # overwrite default function

utils::assignInNamespace as opposed to assignInNamespace, as R, at the start of a session cant find assignInNamespace....
hope that is helpful, I had a similar problem with unpackPkgZip


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Wilson Dissects Failed Run for White House
By DAVE LESHER
SACRAMENTO —
In his first interview since dropping out of the presidential race 10 days ago, Gov. Pete Wilson offered a candid evaluation of his doomed bid for the White House, starting with his early consideration of a vice presidential candidacy under Sen. Bob Dole and his later realization that even his support in California was unexpectedly soft.
Wilson revealed to The Times that he met with Dole in Washington in February when he was still considering a presidential campaign that would have pitted him against his longtime friend, the Senate majority leader. Wilson said he was under the impression that Dole would offer him a role as running mate, but during the meeting he realized he was mistaken.
"I had been led by a person close to him to expect that [offer], and I think largely that turned out to be a function of this person's desire," Wilson said. "Whatever enthusiasm [Dole] may have had for that, I don't know."
The governor said he might have accepted the potential job of vice president instead of running for the White House.
"I probably would not have said to him, 'No,' " Wilson continued. "But it was not something that I was looking for. I might have entertained the idea with him, but it's not as interesting a job as this one, except with respect to defense and foreign policy."
Wilson said he subsequently decided that he could beat Dole in a Republican primary and, in March, he launched his own presidential exploratory committee.
Today, Wilson said, he is no longer interested in serving as vice president. "This is a better job," the governor repeated.
Campaign Problems
In the wide-ranging interview, Wilson discussed a number of setbacks that he blamed for the demise of his campaign, such as the throat surgery that kept him on the sidelines for more than two months. But even with the problems, Wilson described a campaign that never lost confidence that it could win the White House.
In fact, Wilson made it clear that he believes he was forced out of the race by structural problems in his campaign--not by a personal failing as a candidate. And he said he remains convinced today that his campaign theme was popular and that his strategy to win the White House was working right up to the day he ran out of money.
"It was very painful [to quit], particularly because . . . you can tell when arguments actually work and when they don't," Wilson said. "Contrary to the smug assertion by the pundits, where the message was actually heard, it had great resonance. I think that plain and simple, . . . with the exception of a few major skirmishes, we never got into the war."
One major change Wilson said he would make, however, would have been to better explain to Californians why they should support his bid for President.
Wilson acknowledged that his decision to run for the White House--despite a promise last year that he would not--became a "major vulnerability" for his campaign because it depressed his potential support among California Republicans. Even more distressing, Wilson said, the softness in his California support made it harder to sell his candidacy in the East.
"They had a little difficulty understanding why Californians were not more supportive," he said.
Wilson said his earlier promise to avoid the presidential race did not keep him from entering the contest because he thought it would be "obvious" to most Californians that they would benefit from having a native son in the White House.
"It's still very clear that Californians as a whole don't begin to understand; to appreciate how punishing this [Clinton] Administration has been to them," Wilson said. "And for that reason, I guess they never really understood--though it seemed to me pretty obvious--that a President from California . . . offered them a far greater hope of relief."
Wilson said his standing in California was sabotaged by attacks and malicious rumors spread by opponents in the White House and other Republican campaigns who considered him a major threat. At the same time, the governor said, Clinton improved his popularity in California with a number of "cosmetic"--but high-profile--offerings of assistance to the state.
"What this means is that most people get their news from television and their impressions are formed by seeing the President come here for natural disasters--and we have offered him numerous opportunities for that--and have seen him coming out to dispense back their own tax dollars," Wilson said.
"The thing that we neglected to do is make the case to Californians how they were being hurt by this Administration," Wilson said. " . . . We thought that most people would understand how much more effective a president could be even than a governor."
If he had it to do again, Wilson said, he would launch a campaign to tell Californians about how the Clinton White House has reduced jobs in the state by closing military bases, enforcing overly aggressive environmental policies and thwarting state water policies.
By contrast, Wilson said, "I would have appointed very different people."
Wilson's comments came during an interview in his Capitol office Saturday afternoon that lasted about an hour and a half. He was relaxed and casual, especially compared with the defensive posture he assumed in the final weeks of his campaign. He wore a forest green, plaid sport shirt, white cotton slacks and beige suede shoes.
He also spoke thoughtfully, saving any anger for the Clinton White House and not for anyone he blames for his campaign's problems.
Wilson said his decision to drop out was painful but not difficult. As he did when he announced his departure from the race, Wilson said his organization was bankrupt and highly unlikely that it could recover.
Wilson acknowledged some of the problems identified by national observers as factors that led to the demise of his candidacy.
He admitted that his campaign underestimated how much more difficult it is to raise money in a presidential race compared to his reelection effort in California last year. But he dismissed suggestions that his downfall was caused by rivalries on his staff or that his controversial stands against affirmative action or illegal immigration were overly negative.
A Rocky Trail
In addition to the soft support in California, Wilson said, his greatest setback was his forced absence from the campaign trail after throat surgery.
Wilson said he had expected his voice to fully recover within two weeks of the surgery in April. After the procedure, however, he learned that his surgeon felt it was necessary to make a larger than expected incision in his vocal chords to remove a nodule and some accompanying tissue.
Wilson said he did not second-guess his doctor's care and, in retrospect, does not believe there is anything he could have done differently to avoid the damage to his campaign.
"It was terribly frustrating . . . but the fact there was this prolonged silence allowed some people who are less than scrupulous to start rumors," Wilson said. "Rumors spread around New York and in Washington that I had throat cancer and I was going to have to drop out. Well, that in combination with the month or so we spent on the budget here really had me effectively absent from the field when I should have been there."
Wilson's problems reached a peak late last month when he decided to close his office in Iowa and focus instead on more friendly states in the Northeast. The move was interpreted by supporters and critics as a sign of weakness from an already struggling campaign.
About the same time, Wilson said, he learned that his campaign was deeply in debt. In the following days of damage control, the campaign accepted resignations from the national finance director and the governor's former top campaign adviser, George Gorton.
Wilson said the staff rivalries on his campaign were "overblown," but declined to discuss the personalities. He hinted at disappointment in the fund-raising staff that surprised him with the bad news when it was too late to recover. But he assumed responsibility for the campaign and would not blame others for the problems.
Wilson's campaign began last spring with high expectations from many national pundits due largely to the governor's proven ability to raise money and his past success in California elections. But even then, campaign officials acknowledged they were off to a late start, especially compared to Wilson's chief rivals.
As a result, one strategy was to solicit fellow Republican governors and try to piggyback their support networks in key states.
But Wilson said that turned out to be difficult because governors, by nature, are politically cautious. He said he hoped several would have joined his campaign if it had caught on, but that it was unlikely many would take a risk by helping his campaign.
"They are first and foremost concerned with their own interest and I cannot begrudge them that," Wilson said. "A great many told me, including some who went for other candidates, that they were personally very much in sympathy with me but for reasons that were purely local, they felt it necessary to do something else."
If his campaign had caught on, Wilson said, he believes he could have won the key support of New Hampshire Gov. Steve Merrill despite their different positions on abortion and the sharp criticism Wilson received in the state's major newspaper, the Manchester Union Leader. Wilson said the two have similar views on welfare reform, crime legislation and spending plans.
"I think he wanted very much to do so and indicated that there were reasons that he could," Wilson said. "He said to me two-thirds of the Republicans in his state are pro-choice, so I don't think that was beyond the realm of possibility."

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Pagani Zonda F : 2006
The F Word. Only 25 will ever be built
Filed under: Supercars
MSRP Engine HP Manufactured
n/a 7.3-litre AMG-tuned Mercedes V12 650.0 n/a
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Some cars go so far beyond the normal remit of a road goer that real analysis of cornering speed, top end stability and braking performance go out the window. Sometimes it's enough to accept a few brief stabs on the loud pedal, feel the briefest nudge of opposite lock on the slowest corner and appreciate one of the world's finest cars in the flesh.
Pagani has built his reputation on the Zonda, his first and only car. He'll be ready to release something new upon the world in two years, but it's a measure of the Zonda's flamboyant design, as well as its exclusivity, that the visual impact of the basic design remains wrecking ball strong after seven years.
The cab-forward design apes the 1980s Group C sportscars of decades past, but does it beautifully and exquisitely prepared and polished detail pieces adorn the car at every opportunity: from the carbon-fibre headlight surrounds to the badge set high in front of the windscreen. Then there's the Gatling-gun quad exhaust, taking pride of place, dominating the rear and serving as the Zonda's calling card.
As for the interior, well it's grander than Liberace's piano. There are vents on naked carbon-fibre stalks, a bejewelled instrument panel and sculpted, embroidered leather and instrument panel with aircraft-style switches.
The flat-bottomed wood wheel was a touch too much for my tastes and the whole interior was decidedly camp, but this is bespoke engineering and Pagani took weeks to meet one customer request for a gearstick like his jet's main control. They've decked cars out in Ostrich leather and, within reason, they'll do what you want on the inside of the car.
Now to get the differences between the "oh-so-standard" Zonda C12S and the F out of the way - they're huge, there are 60 new components under the skin and even that, together with the carbon tub, has been modified, with a different weave lightening and strengthening the whole structure.
The nose cone is longer and a cunning inverted scoop under the cowl now provides even more downforce on the front end. And ceramic brake discs feature on the Zonda for the first time here, as Pagani is finally convinced the noise and durability concerns have been answered by Brembo's latest developments. The changes are far from cosmetic.
The single-plane rear wing is a more effective weapon than the multi-element number on its sibling and this machine develops 602bhp as standard, 650bhp in Clubsport spec. Only 25 will ever be built, there are only slightly more than 60 Zondas in total around the world anyway, but if you want a hypercar you?ll never tire of, this is the place to come.
Only the Porsche Carrera GT and Ferrari Enzo breathe this rarified air, and the Zonda F could stake its claim at the top of this particular triumvirate on a number of grounds. It doesn't have that ceramic clutch or knife edge handling of the Carrera GT, nor the flappy paddle gearbox and need for a service every 35 miles that goes with the Enzo.
Underneath the window dressing the Zonda F relies on basic engineering and owners have been known to rack up 20,000km a year. Each part is analysed, by the way, everything that goes on to this machine is perfect in its construction.
The 7.3-litre AMG-tuned Mercedes V12 is the most complex part of the car by a long way, but it's still relatively unstressed, produces 560lb ft of torque and powers the carbon-tubbed, 1230kg supercar to 216mph.
It will also scorch to 60mph in 3.6s and break through 125mph before the 10 count, which felt like's angels opening Heaven's gates opening and ushering me through. The boat-like engine doesn't offer the Maranello-style high-revving whine, it's a deeper, more aggressive note that somehow reveals more of the mechanical violence going on just inches away.
That exhaust, hydroformed from Inconel, widely used in Formula One and military applications, has a glorious song. Kept on a gentle throttle in sixth gear, which is all you'll ever need to do with this torque happy basking shark of car through town, the V12 rumbles as it lazily turns over. But hit the gas and the bypass valves open, all 12 valves roar and the world, as it used to be, comes to an end.
The Zonda F as fast in a straight line as any car on the road, give or take a fraction, so inevitably it takes off like a scalded whippet and simply sucks in the landscape like a bad Star Trek special effect when given its head.
All I had to do is keep a hold of the ornate wheel, keep banging through the rock solid Cima six-speed and get back on the power. Traction control mops up the excess at the back, while leaving just enough leeway for a small slide and that whiff of opposite lock.
Pagani's customers include mega-rich businessmen, royalty and sporting stars, they're not necessarily the world's best driver and in this car they don't need to be.
It's not just the Bosch traction control unit, it's the sheer accessibility on offer from the car as a whole. The design means the corners can be placed with absolute precision, although the wider rear track that accommodates the meticulously toothed 20" magnesium alloy wheels and provides prodigious levels of grip must be accounted for on mountain roads.
The ride is totally flat, supple and forgiving thanks to a meticulously developed Ohlins and Bilstein set-up that is designed to lap up the kind of broken, rural Italian tarmac we had to contend with. It was developed on such roads, after all.
This car is so composed it accepted heavy braking and a yank on the wheel with the enthusiastic Mr Pagani at the wheel, the ABS juddered, the wall loomed large, but the car still turned in. It wasn't something I'd have tried, as the foot-shaped hole in the middle of the passnger footwell will attest to, but it was a devastatingly effective demonstration of the Zonda F's skills.
This is no racer for the road, it's a well thought-out, comfortable machine that just happens to corner better than anything without sponsor logos and primetime national coverage.
In another life, the chassis could easily have formed the basis of a GT racer. Legend has it that when composites expert Horatio Pagani presented his first Zonda chassis to Mercedes, they were rather surprised to find it was stuffer the Sauber's world sportscar entry. This one is stiffer still, but Pagani doesn't talk about torsional rigidity improvements, he talks about art and the joys of engineering.
"When I started I didn't want to build better cars than Ferrari or Lamborghini, just like Michaelangelo didn't set out to be better than Leonardo," said the man who has his first battered model car in a display case alongside greats from automotive history. "I just wanted to express myself."
There was another reason for the F, too. Argentine Pagani's good friend Juan Manuel Fangio was heavily involved in the first project and the Zonda was destined to bear his name. After the great man passed away, Pagani felt he could not take his name in vain. But he wished to pay homage to the man rated by many as the best racing driver of all time. This car, his greatest car to date, is far more than a fitting tribute.
It might just be the best car in the world.
(by Nick Hall of WCF)
Pagani Zonda HH : 2011 Only one will be produced.
Pagani Zonda Tricolore : 2011
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster : 2010 Production run of five.
Pagani Huayra : 2011
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This past week saw much coverage and commentary on Israel's "pull-out" from the Gaza Strip. It was only a matter of time, I thought, before Elie Wiesel would weigh in on this "historic" occasion.
Thank you for your brilliant piece I found on Counterpunch. I will share it with many friends here in St. Louis and beyond. You tell the truth about the Gaza pullout. I spent 6 weeks in Gaza with ISM in the fall of 2003, stayed overnight with families whose homes were endangered (you hear the tanks and sniper fire every night). Documented home demolitions, stood amid more rubble than I thought imaginable. Listened to families tell their stories of harassment, dispossession, terror. Was welcomed with incredible hospitality through the Strip. Simply heart-breaking and amazing.
As I read your piece I thought of the Herman and Chomsky coinage of "the worthy and unworthy victim" differential portrayals in the media: Of course, we are to feel for the poor settlers, but as you point out with such vigor, the Palestinian experience accounts for nothing in the eyes of the mainstream. They are unworthy of our compassion.
Your passion and analysis are a goad to conscientious action.


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 Yemma: mother in Arabic, Berber and Hebrew

 Yemma (bug), a genus of stilt bugs
 Yemma, a former village on the site of present-day Yavne'el, Israel
 Yem people, an ethnic group in south-western Ethiopia
 Yama, a Hindu and Buddhist deity

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Is It Wrong to Incentivize People to Do Things?
Dr. Anne Bradley
Why do we do good things? Why do we carry out acts of love and charity? Conversely, why do we make bad decisions or choose to do evil or harmful things?
This answer is a basic biblical principle. But first, why bother talking about why incentives matter?
Why Incentives Matter
Understanding incentives helps us understand human nature. As economists James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, and Dwight Lee explain in Common Sense Economics:
Understanding incentives is an extremely powerful tool for understanding why people do the things they do because the impact of incentives can be seen on almost every level, from simple family decision making to securities markets and international trade…There's no way to get around the importance of incentives. It's a part of human nature.
Lee further expounds on this in an article he wrote for The Freeman. Discussing the power of incentives, Lee writes,
The surest way to get people to behave in desirable ways is to reward them for doing so—in other words, to provide them with incentives. This is so obvious that you might think it hardly deserves mention. You might say that people shouldn't have to be rewarded to do desirable things.
Christians might push back and argue we should do good because we love Jesus, not because we are being rewarded. We should, but we can't always do good for the right reasons all the time. Our fallen human nature prevents this.
The good news is that God perfectly understands our fallen nature. Thus, the notion of reward is woven through the Bible.
So Is It Wrong to Incentivize People to Do Things?
Incentives are hardwired into human nature. God knows humans need incentives to guide their decisions and behavior. Even before the Fall, God gave an incentive to Adam in the Garden of Eden. Genesis 2:16-17 says,
And the Lord God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.'
The incentive here is that if Adam obeys God's command, he will live.
J.I. Packer argues that incentives are a part of our covenant relationship with God. In On Covenant Theology, he writes that while God initiates relationship with his people, there are blessings to be received as a reward for faithfulness:
The God-given covenant carries, of course, obligations. The life of faith and repentance, and the obedience to which faith leads, constitute the covenant-keeping through which God's people receive the fullness of God's covenant blessing. 'I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession' (Ex. 19:4 f.). Covenant faithfulness is the condition and means of receiving covenant benefits, and there is nothing arbitrary in that; for the blessings flow from the relationship, and human rebelliousness and unfaithfulness stop the flow by disrupting the relationship. Israel's infidelity was constantly doing this throughout the Old Testament story, and the New Testament makes it plain that churches and Christians will lose blessings that would otherwise be theirs, should covenant fidelity be lacking in their lives.
Even the New Testament makes clear that we can't even love God of our own volition. We are selfish and greedy and sinful. Without Christ, we aren't fully capable of that pure love that gives without getting (though common grace does provide for exceptions).
1 John 4:19 says,
We love because he first loved us.
Our love is a response. Jesus, through his life, death, and resurrection, has given us a reason to love him. A relationship with Christ gives us:
1. Hope for today, and for the future.
2. A relationship with our Creator, the King of the universe.
3. A bond of love we could never otherwise conceive.
Is it wrong to incentivize others? No. Should Christians care about incentives? Yes. Even our love for Christ is the acknowledgment of a very powerful and positive incentive.
Anne Bradley, Ph.D. is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and the academic director at The Fund for American Studies. She also serves as the Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. She served as co-editor and contributing author to IFWE's Counting the Cost: Christian Perspectives on Capitalism (Abilene Christian University Press) and For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty (Zondervan). Anne received her Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University. She is a visiting professor at Georgetown University and has previously taught at George Mason University and at Charles University in Prague.
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Phase 2, which will follow in 2017-18 subject to funding, involves recreating a medicinal garden on the site of Merton's Infirmary Garden, one of the first two recorded medicinal gardens in England. Details will be posted soon.
The Merton Priory Trust is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England.
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British Red-Faced Over Leaked Cables Criticizing Trump
By Jamie Dettmer
FILE - British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington, Oct. 20, 2017.
Theresa May says Britain's beleaguered ambassador in Washington still enjoys her "full support" — despite U.S. President Donald Trump's excoriation of the envoy, Kim Darroch, whose leaked diplomatic cables describing the American leader as "inept and "incompetent" have left British officials writhing in embarrassment.
Despite Downing Street's backing of the ambassador, British officials concede privately that their top diplomat in Washington will have to be replaced soon, if the political fallout from the cables is to be contained, and to avoid any lasting damage to Anglo-American relations.
On Monday, Trump tweeted he would "no longer deal" with Darroch, who he said was "not well liked or well thought of within the U.S." Earlier he had said Darroch "has not served the UK well."
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, as she faces a vote on alternative Brexit options, in London, March 27, 2019.
A Downing Street spokesperson said that while Darroch "continues to have the Prime Minister's full support," she does not share the envoy's assessments of the Trump administration.
"We have made clear to the U.S. how unfortunate this leak is. The selective extracts leaked do not reflect the closeness of, and the esteem in which we hold, the relationship. At the same time we have also underlined the importance of ambassadors being able to provide honest, unvarnished assessments of the politics in their country," the spokesperson added.
FILE - President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for his Bedminster, N.J. golf club, July 5, 2019, in Washington.
In the cache of cables covering the past two years, Darroch describes the Trump administration as "dysfunctional." One cable to Britain's Foreign Office read: "We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction driven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept."
Darroch was also dismissive of Trump's policy towards Iran.
The cables were leaked to Brexit advocate Isabel Oakeshott, a sometime journalist and friend of Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, and were published in Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper. Analysts suspect the leak is part of a wider Brexit-related power struggle between pro-Brexit factions and old guard British diplomats and civil servants opposed to leaving the European Union.
Darroch is a known Europhile and at one time served as Britain's envoy in Brussels. Colleagues have rallied behind him, saying it is important diplomats are able to feel free to give their honest opinions and assessments to their political bosses.
"I was a good friend to two presidents, George Bush and Bill Clinton, but I had to be able to report honestly to Number 10 what they were likely to do next, any big differences we might have, and if ambassadors can no longer do that then we're in a very different world," said Robin Renwick, who served in the 1990s as the British envoy in Washington.
That view is shared by British lawmakers, who worry the leak will persuade other diplomats to hold back on their views. "It is extremely serious because it fundamentally undermines the confidence our envoys can have that the messages they send back are kept private. That puts at risk the ability of the British government to have the best possible advice to make decisions about foreign affairs," said Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee.
But former and current British officials say that Trump's decision to sever ties between the White House and the British envoy places Darroch in an "untenable" position. They say he will have to be moved quickly with another diplomat slotted in to make sure no lasting damage is done to British-American relations.
Theresa May is due to leave office later this month and is likely to be replaced by Boris Johnson, the frontrunner in a Conservative party leadership race.
FILE - Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, speaks during an event in Birmingham, June 22, 2019.
The former London Mayor is a friend of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and has been praised by the U.S. President, who has said that he thinks Johnson would make "a terrific prime minister." British officials and lawmakers are hoping that the change of leadership in Downing Street will bring closure to the quarrel over the leaked cables.
Trump himself appeared to signal that would be the case, noting in a flurry of tweets, "The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new prime minister."
FILE - Queen Elizabeth II, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pose for a photograph ahead of a State Banquet.
British officials also draw comfort from President Trump's continued delight over his state visit to Britain in June, where he was feted with pomp and ceremony. Trump tweeted again this week that he had "thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent state visit last month," noting he was "impressed" with the Queen.
But there are still concerns in the corridors of power in London about the possible fallout from the cables amid fears that what has been published so far is a small amount of what was leaked. More Darroch cables could appear in the media, they fear.
That could enrage the U.S. leader, they U.S. President. Officials note Trump attacks have intensified in the last 24 hours and that he has also turned his fire on Theresa May now as well, emphasizing once again his criticism of her handling of the Brexit negations with the European Union.
"I have been very critical of about the way the UK and Prime Minister Theresa May handled Brexit," he tweeted Tuesday. "What a mess she and her representatives have created. I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way," he added.
Downing Street has ordered a mole-hunt for the leaker and is scrambling to try to ensure no other embarrassing cables find their way to the media. The last time a British envoy was forced out of Washington was in 1856, when the then ambassador was accused of trying to recruit Americans to fight in the Crimean War.
Trump Says He Won't Deal with British Ambassador Who Disparaged Him
London embarrassed by disclosure of unflattering critique of US leader, but has not denied accuracy of Ambassador Kim Darroch's reported comments
By Ken Bredemeier
Report Describes Thousands of Hacked EU Diplomatic Cables
The New York Times reported late Tuesday that hackers, using methods similar to ones long used by an elite unit in the Chinese military, gained access to European Union diplomatic communications networks for three years. The breach allowed the infiltrators to download thousands of sensitive cables.The report said the breach was discovered by cybersecurity company Area 1, which provided more than 1,100 of the cables to the newspaper.According to the newspaper…
Britain Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Hong Kong Row
China says relations have been "damaged" by British interference
By Henry Ridgwell
New Saudi Ambassadors Take up Posts in Washington and London
Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, the Gulf kingdom's first female ambassador, presented her credentials in Washington while her brother, Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan, did so in London, state news agency SPA reported on Thursday
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Carpi [ˈkarpi] (Emilian: Chèrp) is an Italian town and comune of about 71,000 inhabitants in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is a busy centre for industrial and craft activities and for cultural and commercial exchanges.
The name "Carpi" is derived from carpinus betulus, a hornbeam tree particularly widespread in medieval times in the Po valley region. In Prehistoric times it was a settlement of the Villanovan Culture.
The foundation by the Lombard king Aistulf of St. Mary's church in the castle (Castrum Carpi) in 752 was the first step in the current settlement of the city. From 1319 to 1525 it was ruled by the Pio family, after whom it was acquired by the Este, as part of the Duchy of Modena.
The city received a Silver Medal for Military Valour in recognition of its participation in the resistance against the German occupation during World War II.
The town has one of the largest square in all Italy (3rd place), the heart of the city, Piazza dei Martiri. It is surrounded by the castle, the catedral, the town hall and a 52 arches long portico. Every Thursday and Saturday the square hosts the local market.
Carpi used to be the finishing point of the annual Italian Marathon, which begins in nearby Maranello. Almost 1000 athletes enter the senior men's and women's race which has been held every year since 1988 in honor of Dorando Pietri, a long distance runner born in Carpi that lost his Olympic Gold Medal for being helped to stand up after a fall near the finish line.  The area was crippled in the earthquakes of May 2012.
As a titular Duke of Modena, the current holder of the title of "Prince of Carpi" would be Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.
Located in the northern area of its province, at the borders with the one Reggio Emilia, Carpi borders with the municipalities of Campogalliano, Cavezzo, Correggio (RE), Fabbrico (RE), Modena, Novi di Modena, Rio Saliceto (RE), Rolo (RE), San Prospero and Soliera.
It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Budrione, Cantone di Gargallo, Cibeno Pile, Cortile, Fossoli, Gargallo, Lama di Quartirolo, Migliarina, Osteriola, San Marino, San Martino Secchia and Santa Croce.
Carpi is distinguished by its great Renaissance square (piazza), called Piazza Martiri https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g670816-d4380076-Reviews-Piazza_dei_Martiri-Carpi_Province_of_Modena_Emilia_Romagna.html the largest in the region. It is flanked by a portico with 52 columns.
Town hall (Palazzo dei Pio) - formerly the castle of the Pio family. It includes parts from different ages, such as the merloned-tower of Passerino Bonaccolsi, the Renaissance façade and the tower of Galasso Pio, and the 17th century watch tower. It includes a chapel frescoed by Bernardino Loschi and Vincenzo Catena.
Carpi Cathedral - Originally designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi, drawings for it are located in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe in the Uffizi, Florence, and document Peruzzi's contact with Leonardo da Vinci. Construction begun 1514, Baroque façade added in 1701 and cupola completed 1774).
Church of Santa Maria in Castello or La Sagra - façade (1514) designed by Peruzzi .
The biggest football team in Carpi is Carpi FC 1909 who play in the 4,144 capacity Stadio Sandro Cabassi. Carpi FC 1909 played in Serie B during the 2013-14 season, achieving a 12th-place finish ensuring second tier football remained in the town for another season. On April 28, 2015, the club clinched promotion to Serie A for the first time in its history. On 2016 the born in Carpi world champion swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri won Gold Medal on 1 500 free style at Brazil Olympics.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Carpi (town).
^ a b (in Italian) All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Image Archived September 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
^ Parsons, "Between Typology and Geometry, Designs by Baldassarre Peruzzi for Carpi Cathedral," Romisches Jahrbuch der Biblioteca Hertziana (Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2005), band 35, pp. 287-326.
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This is a challenge for our representative democracy. And we've only begun to grapple with it.
Why should too much information be a problem? Let's start with what I consider to be the most important skill in a representative democracy — not just in government, but within private organizations as well: building consensus.


Chris Nevin, co-founder and co-chair of the nonpartisan organization Grassroots Advocacy for South Philadelphia (GRASP) and committeeperson for the 39th Ward, said his positions share two primary goals: connecting voters with their local candidates and helping them make informed decisions on Election Day.
GRASP aims to help South Philadelphia residents get better access to political information. GRASP also publicly endorses, recommends, or disapproves of political candidates. Elizabeth Fiedler was the first candidate to be endorsed by GRASP in the spring of 2018 when she was running in Pennsylvania's 184th State House District.
Nevin, a Lower Moyamensing resident, has lived in Philadelphia for 10 years. He hopes that through his work both as a committeeperson and as GRASP co-chair he is able to initiate political dialogue between South Philadelphia residents, regardless of their political affiliation.
Tell us a little about the committee person workshop event where the GRASP co-chairs and founders met.
From what I remember, Philly 3.0 hosted an event that I ended up just seeing on Facebook. It was called Get Mad Get Elected. They split us up into groups based on our ward, if we knew that information, and just basically gave a rundown of the committeeperson position. Which I wasn't really aware of before that event. We got a packet just saying, "Here's the registered voters in your area, here's who are your committee people and how many votes it took them last time to win." If you weren't familiar with canvassing and doing all those things as well, "Hey this is how you might want to do it." You need at least ten petition signatures, so they told us, maybe aim for thirty. We kept meeting every month going forward from that group, sometimes at Bok, sometimes at Adobe.
What did running for committee person entail?
Getting on the ballot. You have to get petition signatures to do that. You need at least ten. You can get from the Commissioner's Office all the registered voters in your division. Going off of that information I essentially just targeted the Democrats. And I looked at it this way, I minimized it and said, "Hey, let me get my block, get most people on my block, and then spread out from there." I also used online tools to make a postcard and take everyone's addresses down so I could mail them. The postcards essentially explained what I would like to do in the community and what I see the position as: a political block captain. Obviously there is an issue when there's an election and you're not seeing any material. I just wanted to make sure I communicated with voters.
How long will you be committeeperson?
Are you planning on running for re-election?
As long as I live here I'm going to do it. If it was shorter terms and more people would be involved I think I'd have less inclination to run again.
What are the day-to-day responsibilities of being a committee person?
When was the first official GRASP meeting, and what did it entail?
Have you publicly disapproved of any candidates so far?
Not yet. You can have so many candidates in an election, and I think there's an expectation that you can be able to, I think, in this ideal sense, just say, this one candidate, this is who you should vote for. I think it's better for a voter to just have enough information to have freedom to make the choice that they want out of maybe a group of them and just say, definitely not this guy. Especially when it comes to judges. I've always thought of myself as an informed voter. But now I've gotten more into the weeds with all this stuff and realized there can be 20, 30 judges or something running and all most people are going to know about them is their five-minute platform speech.
We essentially have a process for it. Someone's got to motion for it, someone has to second it and then it has to get in a supermajority vote. So you've got to go through a little bit of a ringer for us to say that you qualify for a disapproval.
Would you say that GRASP is a left-leaning organization? It says on your website that you are nonpartisan, but most of the candidates in attendance at your meetings are Democrats, and Fiedler is also a Democrat.
I can't speak for the entire group, but I can speak from how I see it. Number one, the city is 80 percent, 70 percent registered Democrats. So, you are kind of working within that realm. I look at it like I'm registered Democrat for many reasons, but especially because I realistically need to be one in order to have any say in this political system. I'm sure you can always give a contrasting, contrarian view in response to that as a member from another party. But to me, just realistically, I need to be in the Democratic Party to have a say.
I'd say a lot of people that have wanted to get involved in GRASP do come from some kind of left-leaning background. These are people that have been coming out for it. But we don't hold anyone back. For me personally, I want people that don't think like me, or agree with me all the time, to come out. GRASP was built out of this motivation to include everyone, to not just get stuck in an echo chamber and listen to ourselves. If more people show up that do not share my point of view, than that's great. I'm hoping for that. Right now, GRASP is a nonpartisan group, but I would venture to say that most people involved are registered Democrats.
Is there anything else you would like to add about your work as a committee person or GRASP?
If I could just say anything it's this: I see all these things as outlets of just trying to have some kind of change in my neighborhood. I think some people get wrapped up in party politics, but I want to make a change. I want to do something and I don't care how I have to do that. Basically, that's GRASP. We're neighbors literally linked by walls and I just hope that people are talking to each other.


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How to get Lightning storms in Fortnite
How to get Lightning storms in Fortnite: Fortnite as we all know is an awesome action-packed adventurous video game. It had got its update CHAPTER 3 just a few months ago. In its recent Weather Update, we got to know that the Tornado and the Lighting Storms and also some new Avatars are added to the game.
These updates are very much exciting and add great value and more fun to the game. The developers have confirmed about us about this Weather Update. There is not going to be any downtime so it will just come up directly. So in today's article, we are going to know about the features of the updates.
How to get Lightning storms in Fortnite: Important Features
Now onwards second io drill can now be seen southeast of the greasy grove. There are five of them coming with regular intervals of time. This one is number two and the rest three of them will be coming every three days. Once it is all done the names of the five mull teams or the io drill teams will spell ORDER. These teams' names will be
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These tornadoes would take 25 seconds to be formed. After they are formed they will last for eight minutes or 420 seconds. These tornados could move so they won't be present at one location where they spawned for 8 minutes straight. They will move around the map for continuous 8 minutes.
There are chances that multiple tornadoes across the map at once are based on some gameplay trailers stuff. The tornadoes are also included in challenges. Even have a Tornado Challenge. According to patch notes, objects will glide in a tornado you can also glide in the Tornado.
Another feature along with the Tornado is the Lightning Storm. The lightning would take place in eight sets. Lightning Storms will take nearly 8 seconds to form up. They will be present for 3 minutes or 180 seconds straight. From some gameplay trailers and other stuff, we can assume that they also would keep moving on the map.
We can assume that the cloud would move around the map and lightning would strike at regular intervals on the map. This lightning can strike two to three players at once. The lightning that is struck would damage you 10XP. But still, the hit increases the speed of the player for a few moments.
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How to get struck by the Lightning Storms
To get struck by the lightning you have to locate a black cloud forming on the map. After that, you have to jump into the water body or get to the highest point possible. When the lightning hits you once it won't hit you a second time so you should not waste your time getting struck by a lightning twice in a single match.
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Amerila bauri is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1884. It is found in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Eugenia species and Syzygium cordatum.

References

Möschler, H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien 33(1883):267–310, pl. 16

Moths described in 1884
Amerilini
Moths of Africa


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Posted on May 4, 2015 by Dr David Clarke
The Roswell incident is UFOlogy's Holy Grail and the industry that has grown up around it never sleeps.
Alien Autopsy mark 2: coming to your internet browser soon! (credit: UFOevidence.org)
On Tuesday, 5 May the world may, or may not, be rocked to its foundations when the showmen behind the latest chapter in the Roswell saga unveil two colour slides that supposedly show "an unusual body in a glass case".
The creature has a small thin body with a large head so, hey presto, it must be an extraterrestrial. And as experts have concluded the Kodachrome film was definitely exposed in 1947 it may – or may not – show one of the aliens whose flying saucer crashed in New Mexico and was recovered by the US government.
Up to present only tantalising glimpses of the images have been released, via a YouTube 'teaser', to fuel the bandwagon as it rolls towards Mexico City, where the images will be revealed in the presence of UFO pundit Jaime Maussan.
Internet flame wars are raging between those promoting the images as the fabled 'smoking gun' and skeptics who have annoyingly poked wide gaping holes in the story.
In his teaser sports writer Adam Dew, who appears to be the custodian of these images, says they were found inside a box containing 400 old slides that turned up in Sedona, Arizona during 1998.
The box may (or may not) have belonged to geologist Bernard Ray and his wife Hilda Blair Ray, who was an attorney and amateur pilot. The couple travelled widely and their photographs include images of celebrities such as Bing Crosby, Clark Gable and General Eisenhower at public events in the late 1940s.
But even if this is true there is absolutely no evidence that the Rays had any political or intelligence connections that would have allowed them access to Top Secret material. The one flimsy connection with Roswell is that Bernard was a president of the West Texas Archaeological Society and may have visited New Mexico in 1947-8.
Dew says that he is 'not making any claims' but then goes on to state the creature appears to be between 36-40 inches in length, its head is larger than its torso and it has 'some unusual features'.
The child mummy discovered at Thebes, Egypt, in 1856 (credit: http://www.blueblurrylines.com/)
Sceptics have pointed out these features do not prove the creature is an extraterrestrial. It could equally show the body of a child with hydrocephalus or indeed the remains of an ancient mummy of the type stored in assorted museums across North America and Europe. Jose Antonio Caravaca, for example, says the 'alien corpse' has remarkable similarities to a child's mummy discovered in Egypt in 1856 that is now at the Smithsonian in Washington.
But why let such awkward problems stand in the way of such a good story? Dew says that logic tells him '…it's probably nothing but I just can't shake the thought that maybe…just maybe…it's something'.
Even so, some of the UFO industry's biggest proponents have dismissed the slides as having nothing to do with Roswell. Stanton Friedman has said he's going to observe the dog and pony show from a safe distance because he doesn't "want to appear to add legitimacy by my presence in Mexico City".
Robert Hastings has gone further, saying the slides are '….likely to become one of the most embarrassing missteps in a seven-decade-long effort by ufologists to gather and publicize data pointing to the reality of the UFO phenomenon and its probable extraterrestrial nature'.
5 May 2015, the day that some claim will change the world forever, is exactly 20 years since the hoaxed footage of the 'Alien Autopsy' was first shown to a hushed gathering of UFOlogists, journalists and others at the Museum of London.
The UFO myth just goes on repeating itself. I suspect the Roswell slides will be the Alien Autopsy II. As such the warning given to those fooled by Ray Santilli's original autopsy footage in 1995 applies here: caveat emptor
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Jamie Soward NRL.com Expert
Thu 7 Oct 2021, 12:01 PM
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The grand final is only just in the rear-view mirror, but already the focus has turned to season 2022.
NRL.com expert Jamie Soward has run the rule over each team and predicted the big improvers, sliders and premiership contenders.
In the first of a two-part series, Soward outlines who he believes will miss next year's finals campaign and comprise spots 9-16.
Soward says ...
9. Brisbane Broncos
2021 finish: 14th
Adam Reynolds is a huge addition at halfback. I think he is worth another three or four wins per season. You'll see the value of Reynolds in his last-play options. That's what he's been bought to do.
His game-management is important. He'll get guys like Kotoni Staggs early ball and Payne Haas might not have to take two carries per set because Reynolds has kicked early, that kind of stuff.
The backline of Selwyn Cobbo, Herbie Farnworth, Jamayne Isaako, Tesi Niu and Staggs is one of the most exciting we've seen. It will be the second season for them as a group under Kevin Walters.
Brisbane have also gained Panthers second-rower Kurt Capewell, another professional leader who's just won a premiership. He'll give the likes of Haas and the young forwards more support.
10. Newcastle Knights
2021 finish: 7th
Newcastle just never seem settled; it's like they're always trying something new. Recently there's been talk about Mitchell Pearce's future and whether Kalyn Ponga should move into the halves.
End-of-season report card: Knights
Their injury toll hurt this year, but the Knights' style hasn't really been fluent. They don't look like they get to the same point in attack.
That's a bit like how Ponga's season went. He had some great touches, but there wasn't that consistent threat of, 'Man, here he comes'.
The Knights have just bought Jake Clifford, who's been a positive addition, so if they move Ponga to five-eighth, they're almost saying goodbye to Pearce. It'd be a massive call because they will probably think their premiership window is opening up.
I wouldn't play Ponga at six while they've got Pearce.
Defensively, I don't think Newcastle have been good under Adam O'Brien and that's put pressure on their attack.
Daniel Saifiti was fantastic this season. I felt like he became a real leader within that group and they responded to that.
End-of-season report card: Titans
11. Gold Coast Titans
The Titans won't go into next season with the hoopla they had this year on the back of a couple of marquee signings.
They've made some roster changes and I think their maturity has to go up a level. Toby Sexton is only 20, but he could be a calming influence at halfback. He's got an old head on those young shoulders.
It'd be a massive decision to shift AJ Brimson to five-eighth, but I think they'll go that way after Gold Coast saw enough from Jayden Campbell to say he's going to be a really good player. Campbell is the prototypical fullback: electrifying, supports the ball, fast.
The thing for Brimson is how he adjusts to the tempo of playing in the halves and understanding that he has to organise a lot more rather than running and having people pass him the ball all the time.
Then there's the question of getting the best out of David Fifita. I think they need to push him into the front row at certain stages.
The Titans didn't always understand how to get him the ball on an edge. And when they did, Fifita had some games where he just ran over people and others where we hardly saw him.
They need to work out how to up his work rate so he can help the likes of Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Moeaki Fotuaika and new arrival Isaac Liu.
End-of-season report card: Raiders
12. Canberra Raiders
I've got the Raiders regressing. It's interesting they've gone after Titans captain Jamal Fogarty. If they sign him as their new halfback, Canberra will have to adjust their style a little bit.
Jamal would have a lot of pressure on him to steer the team around and get Jack Wighton into the right positions. And how would that affect Josh Hodgson: could he still be a game-managing hooker?
The Raiders have some young, exciting outside backs but probably need a fresh lick of paint in the forwards. They've used the same guys a lot, they're a year older and we saw what they went through.
It's a massive season for Canberra because their premiership window might be nearly shut now off the back of 2019.
I have no doubt Ricky Stuart is still the man to coach them. He's going to be there as long as he wants to be, but maybe he needs to look at the people around him and how the team plays.
Their style hasn't changed too much in the last couple of years. They've been aggressive, but they need to get more finesse and footy into their game versus trying to bash everyone.
The highly skilled teams were able to out-skill them.
End-of-season report card: Bulldogs
13. Canterbury Bulldogs
It's tough to assess the Bulldogs because they didn't really show any improvement this year. However, recruits including Josh Addo-Carr and Matt Burton bring the experience of being in winning teams.
It still might take a little bit of time to get their style right and I don't think they've solved the No.9 issue or who is going to play No.7. I'd partner Kyle Flanagan with Burton.
I like Flanagan and think he's been unfairly ruled out because of his forward pack this year; they didn't really give him a platform.
Canterbury made sweeping changes in terms of giving him a new halves partner every second week. Then he was in and out of the team. You can't get any confidence as a young kid that way.
End-of-season report card: Warriors
14. New Zealand Warriors
The biggest question for the Warriors is how the returning Shaun Johnson will fit into their team at halfback and the effect it'll have on five-eighth Chanel Harris-Tavita given they're similar players.
They don't have a controlling playmaker that can steer them into position and Shaun needs the ball given to him in the right places.
In Johnson, Harris-Tavita and Kodi Nikorima, they've got three guys who love coming up with the big play but I'm not sure they understand investing in sets and game-management stuff.
Shaun will have to adjust and it won't happen overnight. I think the Warriors will go backwards slightly. They haven't bought anyone of note after signing Addin Fonua-Blake and Matt Lodge this year.
Being away from home didn't help them, but if we're just talking footy, the Warriors were really inconsistent and hard to catch in 2021.
End-of-season report card: Wests Tigers
15. Wests Tigers
The first month will be crucial for the Tigers.
There are a few things to figure out with the arrival of Jackson Hastings. Does he play alongside Luke Brooks in the halves or at lock? I think he'd be a perfect No.6 for this competition.
A Hastings-Adam Doueihi combination would be really good and maybe Brooks could even come off the bench as a dummy-half.
I just don't know if the Tigers have been fully invested in Brooks. They've never really handed him the keys and said, 'We're going to play how you want to play'. They've always made him adjust to whoever else and I think that may have run its course.
A lot of their young guys went through the wringer away from the game this year. The documentary showed what they're trying to build but they haven't had a successful season for a while.
That being the case, the pressure will be on straight away.
End-of-season report card: Cowboys
16. North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland have got too many pieces to the puzzle. Think about their halves: they've signed Chad Townsend to partner Tom Dearden but Scott Drinkwater is also in contention.
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow should probably be at fullback, but they're also paying a lot of money to Valentine Holmes who wants to play there. It's been a somewhat weird recruitment strategy.
Chad will be the centrepiece up there. I'd pair him with Dearden; then you can play Drinkwater at fullback with Val on one wing, Kyle Feldt on the other and Tabuai-Fidow in the centres.
That seems like a bit more of a balanced backline.
Another alarming aspect for North Queensland fans is that Todd Payten didn't get the best out of Jason Taumalolo in his first year as coach. Taumalolo didn't look happy all season.
NB. Part II of Jamie Soward's 2022 ladder predictions will appear on NRL.com on Friday
The views in this article do not necessarily express the opinions of the NRL, ARLC, NRL clubs or state associations.
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Q: Heap / buffer overflow exception Just curious, Is there or has anyone ever come across a heap / buffer overflow exception in C#?

A: You can cause a buffer overflow in C# in unsafe code.  For example:
public unsafe struct testo
{
    public int before;
    public fixed int items[16];
    public int after;
}

testo x = new testo();
x.after = 1;
for (int i = 0; i <= 16; ++i)
{
    unsafe
    {
        x.items[i] = 99;
     }
}
Console.WriteLine(x.after);

The above will print "99" because it overflowed the buffer.
Absent unsafe code, I do not know of any way to cause a buffer overrun that doesn't trigger an exception.

A: Depending on what you mean by Buffer overflow, an IndexOutOfRangeException is an exception caused by overflow. You can get it rather easily by accessing an array index beyond its allocation size. Similarly do enough recursion and you can get StackOverflowException. I am not sure about what you're looking for, so you might want to clarify.

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