Directory - David Muir, M.B.A., MSc.
Born in Toronto, Canada, and a graduate of the Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Montreal, and the University of Leicester, David has been lecturing in Prague since 2004. His work experience includes work in Retail, 12 years of banking experience, 9 years as a financial analyst with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and a year as National Credit Manager for the Retail Operations of Canada Post. He teaches in Undergraduate, Master's and MBA programs. Since 2013, he has been a regular participant in the IFRS conference at AAU. He lives in Velka Dobra with his wife.


How user-created YouTube content influences young adult purchase intent in the computer games industry.
(2016) How user-created YouTube content influences young adult purchase intent in the computer games industry., no. 98.
This report discusses the recent phenomena of young adults watching gameplay footage online. Although academic literature is relatively scarce in this field, certainly compared to the wealth of literature on some of the more main stream topics such as leadership or events management, this report drew on literature from a combination of the existing online advertising literature and some articles from newspapers and magazines which, although not as credible as journal articles, were highly relevant to the research project. The research was carried out in two stages. The first stage consisted of two focus groups involving a total of 10 young adults while the second stage consisted of a short email interview with a games developer. As a result, data was gathered from a small group of people and so further research should be conducted on this topic with a larger sample to validate these findings. The issue of video length was investigated and it was concluded that there is no one length of video more effective than others. Young adults generally prefer watching shorter videos, although will watch longer videos if they contain multiple content creators. Young adults also tend to watch longer videos if they are fans of a content creator but sometimes play a longer video in the background while doing other things meaning they only hear the game and do not see it. The main finding of this project is that marketers should be aware that there are many influencers of young adult purchase intent and that YouTube content creators should be targeted depending on the target market and the game itself for this advertising method to be effective.


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title: "Haskell diary #6"
tags: software fp haskell diary
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*I'm learning functional programming and writing things down as I go. Some of my understanding may be incomplete or wrong, and I expect to refine it in the fullness of time.*

After a discouraging experience with building a tiny web app in Haskell, I got a convenient opportunity to apply Haskell to a small real world problem in one of my projects.

The idea is to load a graph out of the database, find the cycles, and write back the results.

My hopes for database libraries were low after looking at Persistent and Esqueleto, but somehow I stumbled into [Hasql](https://github.com/nikita-volkov/hasql) a few days later. Hasql is a really nice library, and exactly what I was looking for:

- It works with Postgres
- It's written with performance in mind
- It allows me to write SQL queries conveniently instead of making me learn some sort of SQL pseudocode
- It provides a modicum of type checking, such as checking that the right number of parameters are supplied

It's a brand new project, so I had to wait a few days until a working version appeared in Stackage.

It's also very light on documentation, which made things hard for me, primarily due to its use of monads and monad transformers.

I don't understand monads yet, but I learned enough to make my queries work. It took me quite a while to figure out how to collect results of multiple queries into a single result. It boiled down to this:

{% highlight haskell %}
-- take a list of node IDs and generate a list of nodes with their edges
graph <- forM nodeIds $ \((nodeId, _)) -> do
    edges :: [(NodeId, Bearing)] <- getEdges nodeId
    return $ getEdgyNode nodeId edges
{% endhighlight %}

Another cool thing I learned was the `on` function from `Data.Function`, which allowed me to express a comparison for `maximumBy` very cleanly:

{% highlight haskell %}
maximumBy (compare `on` relativeBearing) nextEdges
where relativeBearing edge = normaliseBearing (bearing edge - bearing currEdge)
{% endhighlight %}

This function finds the edge with a maximum relative bearing, so I needed to calculate the relative bearing for each edge and use the result for comparison. In my initial solution, I wrote the comparison function manually:

{% highlight haskell %}
maximumBy cmpRelativeBearing nextEdges
where relativeBearing edge = normaliseBearing (bearing edge - bearing currEdge)
      cmpRelativeBearing edge1 edge2 = compare (relativeBearing edge1) (relativeBearing edge2)
{% endhighlight %}

The `on` function is defined like this, so I could use it to express my comparison function:

{% highlight haskell %}
(*) `on` f = \x y -> f x * f y
{% endhighlight %}

Some other thoughts:

- Thinking in terms of data transformations was really helpful for this problem.
- Once I got the program to compile, I quickly got it to produce correct results; the debug-fix-run cycle was pleasantly short. I was also able to refactor the code quite easily.
- I have some C# code for the same problem to compare to, and I expect my mix of Haskell and SQL to be just 30%-50% of the number of lines in the C# solution.
- I think CoffeeScript line count would be on par with Haskell (and I would write the CoffeeScript solution in largely the same functional style). Of course, it wouldn't include any static type checking. It's actually quite impressive that Haskell is as terse as CoffeeScript.

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HomeReproductionRIA: M14E2 Semiauto Clone
RIA: M14E2 Semiauto Clone
August 28, 2015 Ian McCollum Reproduction, Select-fire Rifles, Semiauto Rifles, Video 32
The M14E2, later redesignated the M14A1, was the replacement for the ill-fated heavy barrel M15 rifle. Both were intended to fill the role of the BAR in providing automatic fire in support of M14 rifles. The M15 program was cancelled before any rifles were built, and the M14E2 that replaced it was simply an M14 with a pistol grip stock, bipod, forward grip, and bipod. While it was more effective in automatic fire than the standard M14, it was significantly inferior to the M60 (no surprise there). A total of just 8350 were made. This particular one is a well-done semiauto copy made on a Springfield M1A receiver, so it can be owned without NFA paperwork.
RIA: Gyrojet Carbine
RIA: Granatbuchse GrB-39 Antitank Rifle
Pancor Jackhammer Photos
September 13, 2015 Ian McCollum Shotgun 10
While I had the Pancor Jackhammer disassembled, I took a bunch of photographs of the individual parts and assemblies. Here they are:
Select-fire Rifles
Explaining the AR Safety Lever Design (Video)
December 26, 2016 Ian McCollum Select-fire Rifles, Video 49
The AR safety lever design stems from the American emphasis on carefully aimed semiauto fire, right? It flips naturally to semiauto, while the AK moves naturally to full-auto. Well, that's not why. It's actually a […]
American Eagle Lugers at RIA
December 2, 2014 Ian McCollum Semiauto pistol, Video 20
Many people are aware of the .45 caliber Lugers made for US military field trials – but far fewer people realize that Lugers were both tested by the US military and sold commercially several years […]
John Bric says:
A HS buddy carried an M14E2 in Viet Nahm as one of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. He told me the preferred way to use it was to hold it sideways ( breech parallel to the ground ) braced against the hip holding the fore grip firmly. I saw a photo of him using it that way. His unit got sucked into the battle for Hue in 1968 and were the only people there using M-14s. There is a photo of him firing his M-14 ( not a E2 at that point ) on P.75 of Eric Hammels MARINES IN HUE CITY. He also
told me 7.62 packed for rifle use was not in the resupply chain due to the suddenness of their deployment so they had to acquire M-60 belts, strip them and reload their magazine cartridge by cartridge.
Dirk gee says:
I think only Marines used M14,s in the nam.
I have a Springfield m1a scouter in a walnut e2 green cotton sling no forward grip but metal is enbedded in stock no m2 bipod.
Young pup here i,m only 57
John R. Osgood says:
You buddy is telling tall tails. I was company commander and had an M14-A1 with the full auto selector switch, pistol grip, and bi-pod. It was a well behaved weapon, very accurate, and when used as intended (replacement for a BAR as a squad automatic weapon in prone position) it performed flawlessly. If You wanted to shoot it on semi-automatic it was easily fired effectively as a shoulder weapon albeit all 11 pounds of it, a bit heavier than a sissy m-16. I was CO of a track unit and hung it over the gun shield on the ACAV and allowed my troops to take it out on ambush at night as it also had a starlight scope on it. I was Army by the way and this was "acquired" from a marine unit in Northern I-corp where we were also operating. John Osgood, CO B-Trp 3/5th CAV 1968
Forrest Fleming says:
Ian, Interesting presentation as always, however you missed the primary function of the pivoting front pistol grip. The main reason it was connected to the sling was not to push it back against the shoulder (which was part of its purpose) but to increase the downward force on the bipod legs. From July 1964 to June 1967 I was an engineer in Development Branch at Springfield Armory. I had nothing to do with the E1 project but did shoot it on several occasions and found it to be very controllable in automatic fire. In those days I weighed about 135 pounds. If I remember correctly Test Branch measured a range of 25-30 lb downward force on the bipod legs.
Vic Tuff says:
I had several M14 rifles back in the mid 80's (actually one of each manufacturer, Springfield, H&R, Winchester, and TRW) they were all 'surplused' out of Israel back at that time and most were hardly used at all! I built up an M21 'clone' with the correct ART II scope and used the army TM to 'accurise' it, it was incredibly accurate out to 600 metres. I also built up an M14A1 clone with 'NOS' parts from Sarco… All went scrap when the semi-auto rifle ban came about in the late 80's…. I still have the M14A1 stock and M2 stabilizer and the ART II scope though (sigh)! Oh I miss them so 😉
I forgopt to say that whilst transiting through Schipol (Amsterdam) airport in 2007 going to Lithuania (another story!) there were a dozon or so Lithuanian Army personnel on the flight returning from Afghanistan who at baggage reclaim in Vilnius collected M14 rifles from customs!
Turns out the US gave them a few thousand so they could be NATO compatible whilst in theater. Interesting thing is they have actually modified the M14 into their version of a sniper rifle (more probably a dedicated marksman rifle). I have photographs of their modified rifle if Ian wants to post them here?
It looks like the bastard child of a Draganov SVD and an EBR Sage stocked M14 😉
Just looking at picture… this is incredibly awkward and for sure expensive to make stock. It may be made of parts bolted together, which I cannot see.
I will return to video later. Again, good show and thanks.
MG says:
So the stock was made in Toronto? Do you know if it was made at the Longbranch (Small Arms Limited) arsenal? That used to be the main military small arms manufacturing plant in Canada and made the Lee Enfield and FN FAL (known as the C1 and C2 in Canada).
If so, then it would have been an interesting intersection between the M14 and the FN FAL.
Charles Calif says:
I found one of those stocks at the property disposal office in Fort Richardson, Alaska, back about 1973. Picked it up for a couple bucks just for the curiosity value. I later gave it to a guy in my National Guard unit who was shooting competitively with an M14. Never heard how he did with it.
Alas, the M14E2 and the M1918 BAR could not really get past the middle of the century… Small magazine capacity, overheated wooden stock, and terrible accuracy due to muzzle rise…
Weapon of choice scenario:
Given a choice, which would you have in the middle of the jungle where you only see enemies when they jump out to shoot you? I should warn you that I got this idea from a JAPAN-ONLY SNES turn-based tactical videogame called Stealth, where your six-man squad is sent out to destroy SAMs. You will only see hidden Vietcong soldiers (well, the ones not pretending to be regular civilians) during the end phase of a soldier's turn (selecting the search option as opposed to the attack option or the radioman's call option) or if the CPU moves to attack (either by shooting or grenade-tossing) during its turn or if you happen to be unlucky and actually COLLIDE with a Vietcong in the underbrush (upon which he screams something along the lines of "DIE, YANKEE!!!!!" and shoots your soldier point-blank). By the way, you don't have a medic on hand. I will permit you to drive your own vehicles if possible…
1. M14A1 or M16 with underbarrel grenade launcher
2. Polish wz.28 variant of the BAR or an MG-3
3. WWII vintage Japanese officer's issued katana (not a family blade) or machete (or a trench knife, if you prefer)
4. Rocket launcher or recoilless rifle (your choice)
5. flamethrower (can be vehicle mounted)
6. Gyrojet
7. Minigun on M113 APC
8. Bofors L/70
9. River gun boat
10. Suppressed PPK or OTS-38 silent revolver
11. Death from above courtesy a radio summons! BOMB THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE! (MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!)
12. Or per the usual, screw the budget and add your favorite toys to this list.
This activity is totally voluntary. You are not required to participate. Please keep any and all criticism of this post humane and free of foul language.
Cherndog
Considering "(…)point-blank(…)" long-range is not needed, hence I would suggest some WW1 shotguns which proved be effective at short range: self-loading M11, shotgun, Remington or pump-action Winchester Model 1912.
Why the heck the Marines didn't use their shotguns as main arms in the jungle is beyond me, especially if those shotguns can still have bayonets fixed in order to probe for mines or pitfall traps… In any case, Daweo, I'm glad you did NOT suggest machine pistols (which would be nigh uncontrollable during a panicked trigger pull even if the ambusher is three feet right in front of you).
LG says:
Paper shotgun shells do not coexist with jungles very well. Paper shells swell. The solid brass shells were few and far between plus they were easily bent due to their thin walls. Both the paper and brass shells are hard to seal from the elements on the front, over shot wad or crimp. The weapons themselves were sound, but the system, the shells, were not up to the task in WW II. Even in WW I the shotgun shells gave trouble.
Okay, then would you take an M3 Grease Gun? Or perhaps if you're crazy, a drum-fed Thompson?
That is why we have plastic hull shot shells. They are longitudinally grooved to prevent sticking and bode with elements well. For military purpose they'd have to be boosted in pressure level, likely.
But, world has seen this in form of CAWS already.
The British used brass shotgun cartridges extensively in Malaya during the "Malaya Emergency", which was also a guerrilla war in a jungle (which the British ultimately won).
This was the origin of the well known "Malay Load" shotgun cartridge – a mix of large and small shot.
Tassiebush says:
Hi Cherndog, i thought the same thing but from what I've read it was partly an issue of gear being fragile, especially the ammo and magazine capacity, weight of ammo per round but range was a significant issue too. Vietnam certainly had plenty of jungles but longer shots over rice paddys and other places were still fairly common. It still seems it was useful in certain places but not universally so. Contrast that with Malayan Emergency where shotguns seem to have been king due to the amount of dense jungle encounters with small force vs small force and a tendency to break contact quickly rather than continue to attack. It's a fascinating topic!
Agreed. It appears that the shotgun does better in skirmishing than in long, drawn out fights if only not to get wet ammo problems. Continuing the attack on the part of the Vietcong would have gotten them shot in the face (in fact the Tet Offensive backfired because of bad timing) with buckshot, but any American using a shotgun wouldn't want to have wet cardboard shells robbing him of his primary firepower. So unless you made like the Australian Special Air Service Regiment and stalked the Vietcong to death (out of fear, in fact), you would need to keep all shooting to a minimum…
William C says:
Why was the M15 automatic rifle cancelled? It seemed like a good and simple idea as a replacement for the BAR on the squad level. Would have probably been sturdier than the M14E2.
Ian McCollum says:
They didn't feel that it offered enough improvement on the M14 to justify a separate rifle.
Chris Morton says:
Back in the '90s, a friend had an M1A with the E2 stock. He seemed to like it.
Buddy's unit ( intelligence ) was still being issued M3's in Gulf I – with cranks !
We still had a dozen or so M3A1 Grease Guns in my ARNG HHB ATTY unit back in 2006 when we mothballed the unit colors and . We also had M16A1's,M203's and M60's. Those going down range to play Road Warrior or Mock MP POW Camp Guards also had a half dozen or so stock M14's with AN/PVS-10's for tower duty at the FOB. I was the last and defacto Signal Chief in the unit. We also had PRC-25's and PRC-77's. VRC-12 Series VHF-FM Radios and AN/GRC-106 HF Sets. We also had no SINCGARS, no COMSEC units and some left over AN/GRC-19 sets in a dark damp corner of the old Armory. The former indoor range was the supply area and the area was full of lead dust, asbestos and fine sand from the big sandbox and sand fleas that came back in our equipment.
Hey Ian,
I think I just spotted footage of the M14E2 in use in Vietnam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0IIzJShA_U
Minute :39
Yep, that's one all right.
Ed Sackett says:
During my non-glorious Army service (179 days and out w/ an injury) back in '67-'68, an M14E2 stock was kicking around the supply room. Only I, the company know-it-all (there's always one), knew what it was. Oddly, it was in non-finished condition, i.e., lacking the oil and sealer treatment that an issue stock should have had. We also had a non-authorized full-auto M14 in the rack; I wonder if they were supposed to mate up? Well, armies get sloppy in wartime; not everything is also SOP at the company level.
Joe Ebeni says:
I trained on this weapon in 1966 but never used it in VN. I may have a bad memory but I could swear the model # drilled into me was "M14A1E1". I always remember enjoying firing this puppy in training. With the combination of shoulder plate, pistol grip, front grip, bipod and sling you could draw/drive the weapon into the ground….incredibly stable and accurate. With semi 700 yds accuracy; with 3 to 4 round bursts–first round on target and scare the Sh…t out of target with rest.
Ed Lotterman says:
I agree with Joe Ebeni on this. I trained with the M14E2 in Infantry AIT at Ft. Lewis, WA, in December-February, 1968. I thought it was a magnificent weapon given the criteria for which it was designed. I was an experienced shooter before enlisting so perhaps approached it with a different view than some. If you learned to get the foldup buttplate well down on your shoulder and used the forearm grip to put down pressure on the bipod, this was a VERY stable weapon for 3-4 round bursts. I fired Expert with it and the M-60 and had only gotten Sharpshooter with the M-14 itself in Basic. When I got to B/2/508 in the 82nd at Fort Bragg after jump school, we had the M-16. But when we were sent up to Washington D.C. for riot duty in early April after martin Luther King was shot, I was issued an M-14E2 instead of my M-16. There were lots of wild rumors about snipers trying to pick off soldiers and I was the platoon's designated "anti-sniper sharpshooter." It turned out that we spent a lot of time standing around a half-looted liquor store on South Capitol Street, just a block north of the swing bridge over the Anacostia River. The 14E2 was heavy and the magazines were a lot heavier than those for the M-16. So it tired you out more than an M-16 even for something like that. But I was 17 years old and just out of jump school and in the best physical shape of my whole life.
Yes, the whole family of M-14s was an overly conservative development from the Garand. They had their limitations. But so has every rifle we have had since. I don't think they would be a good choice at all today for the general infantryman. But they also were magnificent weapons in many ways. I'd much rather have an M-14E2 than a BAR and an M-14 rather than an M-1. There are many situations in which I'd personally have an M-14 rather than an M-16. I put in another 26 years in the USAR after getting off active duty in 1970. All of this was with the M-16. That weapon is great in some ways, abysmal in others. I always wonder what would have happened if we had gone with the Stoner 63 when that came out.
I want to add that I was in the 173rd Airborne at LZ English in 1970 and had an M-16. But I was not in a rifle company and spent most of my time on the LZ. So the only time I used it was when we pulled guard duty at the end of the helipad facing the village of De Duc. It was easy to keep an M-16 clean in those conditions.
I was CO of B troop 3/5th CAV for 9 months Jun 68 to feb 69, OPCON First CAV, I Corps. I had one of these. I inherited it from the prior company commander. It had been "acquired" from a marine unit in I CORPS. Barrel was cut off just forward of the gas cylinder plug and the forward pistol grip had been removed. We had a box of magazines and had to tear down belt M-60 ammo for ammo supply. this was off the books obviously. I would routinely send it out on abuse at night with instructions that if you lose it don't come back alive . It had a starlight scope mount on it as well that we used at night. It was deadly in a 5 round burst at 100 meters. I carried it during daylight operations and hung the bipod over the cupola armament on the ACAV. Email me and I will send a picture of it. I was quit fond of this weapon and still brag about it today.
Edward D. Lotterman says:
Mr. Osgood: I appreciate your comments. I think it points out the fact that there is no single weapon that is optimal for all possible combat locations. And there are differences between individual soldiers in their ability to take advantage of the strengths of a particular weapon. I understand the practical advantages of using one cartridge only at the squad or platoon level, especially from a resupply point of view. But there were many situations in which having a couple of M-14E2s in a platoon of people armed with M-16s would have solved lots of problems.
Me carrying one into battle on the pavement of South Capitol Street in DC in April, 1968 was a sensible action. And I happened to be a raw-boned 160 lb, 6′ 2″ 17-year old farm boy who was not bothered by the weight of the M-14 with magazines nor by the recoil of a full-caliber cartridge. I was two seeks out of jump school and in the best physical shape of my entire life. There were many times in Vietnam when having an M-14, as you had, would have benefited units in action. But, as the Marines found out, hauling an M-14 and 15 magazines through swamps is more physically taxing than an M-16 and twenty magazines.
In the 173rd, at LZ English, north of Qui Nhon, We had our 3/319th FA 105 batteries at outlying firebases, mostly on mountaintops. These were subjected to harassing fire from sharpshooters in the jungle downslope. Most of the shots came from some old Russian Moisin-Nagant bolt action that fired the same rounds as the RPD machine gun. They were in the same situation as you in having to break down MG ammo to load a rifle. But the artillerymen up on the FBs had only their M-16s and M-60s. The NVA snipers could be comfortably out of effective range of an M-16 and so if one opened up, the gunners could only shift one of the M-60s around to return fire. Like the M-14E2, the M-60 had a lot of faults and yet in ways it was a magnificent weapon for its time. I always shot well with it, but any weapon that fires from an open bolt is never a real sharpshooting weapon.
When I was in the 82nd and the order came down for each platoon to have at least one man armed with an M-14, these were available in the weapons room. They did not have to come out of storage somewhere. I think all were E2s, not just straight M-14s. So there was some sentiment at some level of command that these weapons were not yet obsolete. We also had the old 3.5″ bazookas because these folded and would go into a PAE bag while the rest of the infantry was using the 90mm recoiless rifle. But there were a couple of those 90mms at battalion even though they were not on our TO&E. So just as you got your M-14 from your predecessor, there was improvization and use of "field expedients" at the unit level to meet what experienced soldiers saw as the needs of the unit.
I'd love to see a photo of your M-14E2. With the barrel cut back, muzzle flash must have been quite a factor if fired full auto. You can email me at ed@edlotterman.com
Thanks again for your memories.
Daniel vanzandt says:
Friends i recently purchased a M1a have acquired m2 bipod,scope mount. Looking for M2 or E2 pistol grip stock no longer in production any suggestions

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520 conversion dropped 7lbs??? Really? Typically a 2lb weight savings. Maybe a nudge more with aluminum sprockets.
520 conversion dropped 7lbs??? Really?
Better solution. I lose 20 lbs.. Now there's a weight savings mod!
Yeah.. That'll work...Lol But I must admit I am intrigued and tempted to try the 1199R gearing...15T/41..... Like I am ever going to top out this bike with either stock or this gearing.. and having that extra zip would be really cool I think?????
I did 186mph (speedo) with the 14T just a few weeks ago. I don't recall the exact RPM but remember the red banded lights were showing near redline. I'm thinking the 15T would get maybe 194mph or so assuming there's enough motor to get it there. At 220 lbs, prolly not with me in the saddle!
Isn't 15/41 the factory config?
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Can you guy's tell me where I can get a 14T sprocket, searched manufacture (afam etc) and non listed for the Pani. Anyone help please.
I weighed it, the chain. both sprockets, and the carrier did drop that much.
you guys running the 14t might want to consider a case saver for that just in case.
thanks, not the worst idea.


In 2006, I had the idea to create my own video that I could watch before competitions to get me psyched up and my confidence flowing. This was a great tool to visually remind me what excellence looked like. Let's look more closely at the elements that make up a personal motivation video.
Why is it that the best decisions we make on the strip are the ones that we can't explain? Often the precursor to a great touch is just a prickly feeling of what your opponent is going to do next. Some call this feeling their "gut", but in the language of psychology it's more often referred to as intuition. Whatever name you use, it plays a major role in how we make decisions in fencing. To get under the skin of this topic, Better Fencer talked to Sada Jacobson.


Signs of this shift in regulatory policy have alarmed consumer groups on both sides of the Atlantic. Their concern focuses on the possibility that free internet based services (such as Skype) may not be available if providers "tax" users who use these services or otherwise discriminate against certain services for the benefit of others. This concern is a center of controversy about the proposed merger between Comcast, which is a major carrier, and NBC, a television network generating content to be delivered and sold via the internet. Critics worry that a combined company might use its carrier power to favor the delivery of its own content against competitors trying to deliver their products via the internet.
In this conflict, regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are seeking to tread a careful line that takes into account legitimate needs of pipe providers to make return on their investment while at the same time guarding against abuses by powerful alliances in the industry. FCC head Genachowski has now indicated that he favors a change in the rules that would allow broadband providers to charge consumers different rates for different levels of service, provided the changes are cost justified and fully disclosed. The new rules – which he foreshadowed in a recent speech and which will be put to a vote by the five-member FCC later this month -- will prohibit all carriers, wired and wireless, from blocking lawful content.
In Europe Commissioner Kroes gave an address recently to a joint meeting of the Commission and the European Parliament in which she indicated that no new restrictions or regulations are deemed necessary at this time. (Advocates of net neutrality have argued that additional regulations ARE necessary to insure non-discrimination.) "We have to avoid regulation which might deter investment and an efficient use of the available resources," said Ms. Kroes.
She was making her first comments after a four-month comment period on the Commissions EU's new telecommunications law that takes effect in May and will require national regulators to outline "reasonable" network management practices. Kroes' remarks indicated that the commission was not likely to try to stop operators like France Telecom and Deutsche Telecom from their practice of charging mobile customers additional fees to use the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service.
Kroes is the Commission official responsible for EU telecoms regulation – roughly comparable to Genachowski in the U.S. In his recent speech, Genachowski said he has decided not to advocate using the powers of the Commission, currently used to regulate telephone service as the statutory authority, to regulate the internet, notwithstanding that huge amounts of telephone service now travels over the internet. Using this so-called "Title II" telephone powers to regulate the internet has been violently resisted by large carriers like Verizon and AT&T. Their appeals seem to have had an impact in forcing a change of strategy on Genachowski, who said that in foregoing the Title II option he will seek regulatory authority under another section of the Communications Act. That will put the issue on untested ground since the new section he would invoke has never been used to enforce anti-discrimination rules of the type guaranteed under Title II.
Genachowski also indicated in his speech that he recognizes the differences between fixed and mobile broadband, and will allow flexibility in wireless rules. This seems to be a concession to an earlier joint proposal by Verizon and Google, that rules for wireless broadband, which is enjoying explosive growth, should be different from rules for wired service. Google's apparent abandonment of net neutrality for wireless is still sending shock waves through the telecom world – and may well be harbinger of more sweeping changes to come for the Internet.
Bill Marmon is Managing Editor of European Affairs Journal and a former telecom industry executive.


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Who Is Dan Horton? 5 Things to Know About Lady Gaga's Possible New Flame
By Josie Rhodes Cook
So long, Christian Carino. Lady Gaga was spotted kissing her audio engineer, Dan Horton, while enjoying brunch at Granville in Studio City, California, on Sunday, July 28, People reported. But are they dating? It's been just five months since she called off her engagement to former fiancé Christian, but perhaps the "Born This Way" singer is ready to move on.
But who exactly is Dan? He's not an actor, or a fellow musician, or a model, or anything else you might expect of a celebrity of Gaga's standing. But she does seem to have a type, since the two of them work together — just like Gaga, 33, and Christian, 50, did. Here are five fast facts you should know about the singer's rumored new flame.
Courtesy of Autumn Guzzardi/Instagram
1. He's a Monitor Engineer
Dan does apparently work in the music business. He works with Audio Engineering Consulting Group on "mastering services, mixing, producing, and audio engineering," according to his LinkedIn. Not only is he in the industry, but he works specifically with Lady Gaga.
2. He's Worked With a Lot of Big Names
Dan doesn't exclusively work with Gaga, however. He's apparently previously worked with other artists including Jay-Z, Camila Cabello, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Lenny Kravitz and more.
3. They've Known Each Other For Months
Gaga and Dan started working together in November 2018, before the launch of her Enigma residency in Las Vegas, Us Weekly reported. The outlet noted that he's shared a few photos of the "Bad Romance" singer on his private Instagram page and that he uploaded a black-and-white photo of her band's audio equipment in March.
4. He's a Divorcée
Dan was previously married to actress Autumn Guzzardi from 2013 to 2018, according to Us Weekly. We don't see why that would be an issue for Gaga, and honestly, they can probably bond over their past relationships. The performer has broken off two engagements herself!
5. He's Based in Nashville, Tennessee
Dan's LinkedIn shows that Music City, U.S.A. is his home base, but his consulting group operates "worldwide." He seems to travel a lot for tours, which could be good for Gaga, who doesn't seem like she's about to slow down her music career anytime soon. Do you think they have a shot at making it work?
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These recommendations include calling for the immediate resignations of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for their roles in the misuse of federal military power to put down peaceful demonstrations (full statement below); supporting the call of the Minnesota AFL-CIO for the president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis union to resign and backing the statement of MLK Labor in Seattle demanding changes from its police affiliate; recommending that every central labor council work with local unions to engage in community listening sessions modeled after the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention; recommitting the labor movement to continue acting on the findings of the AFL-CIO Labor Commission on Racial and Economic Justice and the demographic recommendations of the AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions; and supporting recommendations put forth by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights to crack down on police brutality while protecting the due process rights of all pubic service workers.
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About David Konisky: Konisky is an associate professor at SPEA. He formerly served on the faculties at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and at the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. Konisky's research focuses on American politics and public policy, with particular emphasis on regulation, environmental politics and policy, state politics, and public opinion.
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Seynabou Male Cissé has pioneered a women's movement—now 40,000-women strong—to end the civil war in Casamance, Senegal.
Twenty-eight years of deadly armed conflict in Casamance, the southernmost region of Senegal, have left many women feeling powerless. Powerless to stop the frequent deadly bursts of guerilla violence. Powerless to feed and educate their children amidst the chaos of the conflict. But Seynabou Male Cissé believes women have the power to stop the bloodshed, and she is doing all she can to make peace a reality.
In 1999, she launched USOFORAL ("let's join hands")—a grassroots organization that has mobilized thousands of Senegalese women to strive for peace in Casamance through dialogue and conflict mediation. In 2010, she made it possible for these women to raise their voices even louder. With AJWS's support, she co-founded Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (PFPC), a coalition that united 210 local civil society organizations and more than 40,000 women who have since rallied, marched and advocated for peace together.
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Message 51309 - Posted: 6 Oct 2011, 0:09:03 UTC
I'm Colin Rice an undergraduate at RPI who has been working with mw@home for about a semester now. I'm posting to give a little insight into the nbody simulations which I recently took over.
A N-Body simulation is a simulation where you are using multiple small bodies and applying forces between them to simulate some sort of physical system. In our case we are simulating a dwarf galaxy orbiting the milkyway.
We are currently investigating the makeup of dark matter within dwarf galaxies. Due to inconsistent angular velocities we think there may be dark matter inside of dwarf galaxies. However it is not conclusively proven.
Our goal is to determine if dark matter inside of a dwarf galaxy causes a distinctive orbit when the galaxy is then pulled into an orbit about the milkyway. We are doing this in two steps.
1)We are currently running simulations to see if the N-Body system can recover the initial parameters of a dwarf galaxy which we generated with dark and light matter, and then evolved in time.
Specifically, when an nbody runs the server has generated a trial set of parameters and is evolving them to see if they match the observed histogram. It then evaluates how well they worked and creates new runs based on the current runs fitness. It only evaluates the fitness based on the light matter. However, it used both light and dark matter when running the simulation. This is done because we can only see the light matter in real world data and that is what this system is designed to process.
2) The next step after we confirm that the technique works via test runs is to put real world data into the simulation and see if we can figure out the initial parameters for the dark matter inside the dwarf galaxies. We can't just plug in the initial data because we are unsure as to whether the system works.
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Message 67898 - Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 9:55:45 UTC - in response to Message 51309.
Can we get an update on this thread ? Does the system work and are we feeding any real data yet using it ?
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Message 69062 - Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 5:42:18 UTC
Gee guys...no new info in over 8 years and no reply to a person in almost a year.
Love the communication.
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Message 69087 - Posted: 20 Sep 2019, 10:29:17 UTC
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Unfortunately, the project founders don't seem to have any respect for our enthusiastic and altruistic crunching community, since they say nothing in response to our questions. Yet, why only one article has been published by the end of this year? It's very little as compared to the previous years. Maybe, you experience some difficulties or have a lot of work to do ahead?
In any way, we hope to hear some positive news from you soon. Good luck in your not easy work!
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Message 69872 - Posted: 29 May 2020, 19:45:25 UTC
The last 4 years have been brutal to science budgets in the US. In 2018 alone, the budget for NASA was cut by over $19 billion so money and grants for Milkyway public outreach most likely took a hit in funding. In 2017, the NASA budget was also cut, but not by as much. Here is a quote from an article I found.
"Out of all the federal agencies that received budget plans from President Donald Trump yesterday, NASA fared pretty well. The space agency is only facing a 0.8 percent cut in its overall budget — a relatively mild change compared to the Environmental Protection Agency, which could see its funding slashed by 31 percent. But packed within NASA's small budget decrease are some pretty sizable cuts. A few major upcoming missions are canceled, and NASA's entire education program, which is responsible for outreach and grants, is eliminated. The budget request also proposes wasting technologies already in space."
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Message 69897 - Posted: 8 Jun 2020, 19:36:57 UTC
It's been a while since we've had an update to this thread. A lot has been happening with MilkyWay@home, and I'd like to discuss some of the new things that we are doing on here.
Currently running on MilkyWay@home, we are optimizing the Orphan Stream's Dwarf Galaxy progenitor using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) as well as data from the Dark Energy Camera to fit some of the southern tail of the Orphan Stream. In the past, we were testing MW@home with simulated data to see if we could accurately pull the correct mass and radial profile of a sample dwarf galaxy from its tidal streams. After fixing several bugs with the Earth Mover Distance code and collecting data in areas where we had none, we are finally ready to use our code on the real thing.
In addition to the new runs, we are getting ever closer to releasing another version of MW@home with a number of new features. One of the biggest features we are adding is the capacity for MW@home to fit the orbits of the tidal streams we optimize. In past versions, the orbit (defined by two positional parameters and a 3-dimensional velocity parameters) had to be manually set in the lua file sent with all of the workunits. Using stellar data, we would calculate the five parameters needed to have the orbit of our dwarf galaxy trace the path of the observed tidal streams. This, however, is not always a reliable method for selecting the orbit. Dwarf galaxies are not infinitesimal points, and thus trace out several self-interacting orbits which phase mix as tidal forces cause segments of the dwarf galaxy to accelerate forward or lag behind. Also, in some cases, the orientation of a tidal stream may not reflect the true orbital path it takes. In the Orphan Stream's case, the velocity of stars in its southern tail move PERPENDICULARLY to the tidal stream due to gravitational tugs from the Large Magellanic Cloud. To account for this variability and chaos, in addition to fitting the mass and radial profile of the progenitor dwarf galaxy, we also plan on simultaneously fitting its orbit.
Another new feature in the upcoming version is the addition of the LMC. New estimates of the LMC's mass place it at around 10% of the Milky Way's total mass. This contributes a significant non-static component to the Milky Way system that needs to be accounted for in simulation. However, adding an LMC of this mass is not as simple as inserting a point particle with the appropriate mass into our simulation. As the LMC is pulled towards the Milky Way Galaxy, our Galaxy is similarly pulled by the LMC, shifting our system into an accelerating frame of reference. As such, we are required to correct the positions and velocities of all particles for each time step in order to account for shifts in the Milky Way's reference frame.
The last feature we are still working on adding in MW@home is GPU processing for nbody. Just as Separation in MW@home uses GPU applications to quickly pull streams from the sky, we plan on implementing GPU computations to speed up our lengthy simulations. It's no secret that NBody applications have been taking longer to run between the increase in bodies and the addition of more complicated potentials. Plus, the orbit fitting and LMC calculations only add to the runtime. While we are still fixing some bugs, we are hopeful that adding GPU compatibility will help everyone save time and speed through these calculations.
All in all, we've been busy at RPI pulling new stellar data for optimizations and debugging the new upcoming features. We apologize for not being as active in these threads as we were in the past, and we will attempt to keep the updates coming as new breakthroughs are made. Thank you all for your patience and support.
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Message 69900 - Posted: 9 Jun 2020, 6:22:19 UTC - in response to Message 69897.
Great!, thanks for the update!
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Message 69901 - Posted: 9 Jun 2020, 6:53:20 UTC
Thanks for the update Eric. Much appreciated to be brought into the loop again. Looking forward to the new gpu appplications.
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Message 69922 - Posted: 14 Jun 2020, 13:12:03 UTC
Thank you for the update.
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Message 69928 - Posted: 17 Jun 2020, 19:01:49 UTC - in response to Message 69872.
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Message 70005 - Posted: 28 Jul 2020, 8:21:25 UTC
Thanks for the update Eric.
I must admit, I was beginning to wonder why I continue to crunch M@H vs Einstein@Home.


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A "maze of tombs" containing dozens of mummies has been unearthed at an ancient burial site in Upper Egypt, officials said.
More than 40 mummies suspected of belonging to an upper-middle-class family were recently found in the Tuna el-Gebel archaeological site in Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt's Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany said on Saturday.
The family, which included at least 10 children, is believed to have lived during the Ptolemaic, early Roman or Byzantine period, which dates back to 323-30 BC.
Pottery and papyri were also found within the chambers.
"Demotic handwriting," a form of ancient Egyptian script that was used by ordinary people, was also found decorating some of the mummies, The Associated Press reported.
Pottery and papyri were also recovered from within the burial chambers.
The burial site's location was first discovered last February by researchers from the ministry and Minya University who "stumbled upon" the graves after finding a hidden corridor, the ministry said.
Tuna el-Gebel was once the necropolis of Egypt's 15th Nome, or province. It contains an unknown number of tombs, particularly for mummified animals, like ibis and baboons.
Some of the mummies were buried inside either stone or wooden sarcophagi while others were buried in sand or on the floors of the tombs.
During last year's discovery by the ministry, archaeologists found eight human tombs, including 40 limestone sarcophagi. Prior to this, in 2017, archaeologists at Cairo University unearthed another tomb in Tuna el-Gebel that contained at least 17 mummies, Egypt Today reported.
El-Enany last year said his ministry would continue excavating Tuna el-Gebel for the next five years "in an attempt to uncover all the burials of the cemetery," according to Newsweek.
Egypt has been working to revive its tourism industry, which took a nosedive following the 2011 revolution.
At least 10 children are believed to have been buried within the tomb's walls.


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Q: JVM and Intellij uses the avro generated classes, not imported ones While generating java code from Avro scheme using commerce hub Gradle plugin, it takes the object which has a field such as
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,  and generates Java class from the scheme, including enum fields such as Rule. In the same time, I am importing common rules(com.testing.common.rules.api) and it imports Rule as well.  I would like to use methods from the common library, however, Avro generated model has a higher priority. ( The Java interpreter will look for classes in the directories in the order they appear in the classpath variable. In this case, the ones generated from the scheme) and it doesn't let me use the imported class from the common library, because Avro already generated Rule enum class with the same package and name.
 The used technologies are spring boot 2, Java 10 and commercehub.gradle plugin.

A: IDEA honors class path ordering. First match wins ( as you already found out )  -  so you have to reorder classpath elements in your project / module  classpath setting.

A: Actually, none of the things you listed in your question really matter. As in: you have two classes x.y.Z, with the same name, and the package.
And that doesn't work. When you import x.y.Z, the JVM starts searching the class path, and will pick the first class it find. And there is nothing you can do about that.
Thus, the only solution: make sure that your class path only contains the class you intend to use. This is also a good preparation for the future, as Java9 will not allow you to have two modules with conflicting x.y.Z classes (in the same layer).

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The Mindy Project's Ike Barinholtz and His Wife Are Expecting Their Second Child Together
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Ike Barinholtz and His Wife Are Expecting Their Second Child
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Ike Barinholtz is expecting his second child with his wife, Erica Hanson, Us Weekly reports. The couple, who wed in 2009, are already parents to their 2-year-old daughter, Foster. Ike currently stars as Morgan Tookers on The Mindy Project and also appears in the upcoming comedy Sisters, along with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, while Erica is a producer and is best known for her work on Kitchen Nightmares and DC Cupcakes. Congratulations to the couple on their growing family!
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HomeTechnologyBolsonaro awards Scientific Merit award that honors the president himself
Bolsonaro awards Scientific Merit award that honors the president himself
President Jair Bolsonaro (non-party) awarded himself the title of Grand Master, the highest, of the National Order of Scientific Merit — an honor reserved for "national and foreign personalities who have distinguished themselves for their outstanding contributions to Science, to the Technology and Innovation". The decree, published in the Diário Oficial da União on Thursday (4), also honors ministers Marcos Pontes (Science, Technology and Innovations), Carlos França (International Relations), Paulo Guedes (Economics) and Milton Ribeiro (Education).
The tribute, however, is regimental. Since 2002, when Fernando Henrique Cardoso and the then secretary of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency, Ronaldo Sardenberg, signed the decree that is still in force, the President of the Republic has been awarded the title of Grand Master, and the Minister of Science, with that of chancellor.
In addition to the authorities, the text grants the order to 32 professors and researchers from different areas of science. This is the first award since 2018, when former president Michel Temer signed a decree that entitles nearly 80 personalities.
Bolsonaro's decoration comes shortly after Covid's CPI in the Senate suggested his indictment for a crime against humanity, in addition to other charges, for government omissions in relation to the pandemic. The president also did not get vaccinated against Covid-19, routinely defends drugs with proven ineffectiveness for the treatment of the disease, and does not usually use a protective mask even in agglomerations.
All vaccines against Covid available in Brazil are safe and effective, and their use was authorized by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency). They have been essential for reducing the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to the disease. Several studies have already proven that the use of a mask is a key part to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
In addition to the pandemic, the CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) had this year the lowest budget in the last 21 years. In 2022, the budget of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation will be cut by 92% compared to this year.
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The late Kim Kwang-seok, wife sued for hiding death of Seo-yeon
While there is speculation that the late singer Kim Kwang-seok was actually murdererd rather than the commonly believed suicide, it turns out his one and only daughter Seo-yeon died ten years ago, too. The family is asking for a re-investigation and sued Kim Kwang-seok's wife for murder.
The movie "Suicide Made" brought on questions to the late singer's death as there were marks on his neck and he died a day after he asked for a divorce. The daughter who was thought to be alive apparently died ten years ago when she was seventeen. Politician Ahn Min-seok mentioned that he wasn't too sure about a few facts about her death on his SNS last week.
Kim's family also pointed out that the police reports didn't match the reports from the hospital. The wife had been in a long battle with Kim's parents for the right to the copyrights for his music and had won. They found her a likely suspect for murder as she hid the fact that young Seo-yeon, who had a growth disorder, died when she was underage. The wife had been managing her late husband's fortune. She is currently unreachable and Kim's family emphasized that she shouldn't be allowed to leave the country as they fear she could run.
Police who were investigating Seo-yeon's death ruled out the fact that she could have been murdered as there were no abnormalities during her autopsy. Still, the police are willing to investigate if questions surface about her death.
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If I wanted to register thegenericin.com (the+generic+in) (e.g. 2 words being generic words and 2 letters being an official abbreviation) but someone trademarked "genericin", and let's say I'm interested in developing the domain into something that has no relation whatsoever to the trademarked word. What's the probability of facing trademark issues?.
You will be fine IMO, ....just think about the word premium....there are hundreds/thousands companies out who are using the word premium.....everyone in a different field of operation....like premium heating, premium advertising, premium something...if there is no relation...go for it!.
P.s: I am not a lawyer nor do I represent a lawfirm, once I digged a paralegal chick, she was hot...but that's about it when it comes to my legal knowledge, ok? :-).
I will have to offer a slightly different view than Frank (cheers). I don't think there is enough to say if you are fine or not. The problem being the "generic" + "in". the topical example right now is "Snap On". seperately, they are viewed as "generic" words, but together, they are a 2.9 bil dollar company, so using thesnapon.com could come with some problems.
Cheers, Cheers, Cheers Phillip, excellent advice as always!.
Thanks for your replies. I think I'll just find another domain to avoid such issues. +Repped to you guys!..


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The Russian military spoke about the tank duel with Ukrainian militants
The Russian military, fighting on the territory of Ukraine as part of the 59th tank regiment of the 144th motorized rifle division of the Western Military District, spoke about the last tank duel with Ukrainian nationalists. this became known on Tuesday, January 10.
"On that day, in the morning, a task was received, coordinates were received, the guys called for help. The enemy tanks simply did not expect such a development of events that we would advance so brazenly and shoot back, "said the fighter with the call sign Dim Dimych in an interview with RIA Novosti.
As the gunner-operator of the tank crew with the call sign "Flame" added, the main task that was assigned to the detachment was to calculate the exact coordinates of the Ukrainian armored vehicle, while two other Russian tanks distracted the enemy. According to him, the battle began immediately after the tank of Ukrainian militants discovered itself, opening fire on Russian armored vehicles.
"The enemy tank fired, and then, in fact, I began to look for it in the scope, when I saw it, I fired back. They fired back. Struck [в ходе боя] two tanks," Plamya explained.
According to "Dim Dimych", tankers most often have to work from closed positions, but direct clashes with the enemy can also occur from time to time.
"This is not the first time we have been advancing there: each time, advancing, we are waiting for an answer, we are waiting for an ambush, but nevertheless the task must be completed. The hardest part is finding the target. You perfectly understand when you ride that everything can end at once, but nevertheless you take it, ride and complete the task, "concluded the fighter.
Earlier, on January 10, a Russian fighter with the call sign "Nelyudim" spoke about how the Ukrainian authorities had been brainwashing the country's population for eight years. In addition, the fighter told the details of how Ukrainian territorial defense units operate during hostilities with Russian troops.
The special operation to protect the Donbass, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, continues. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.


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Home on Iris Road & 86 damaged.
Home disintegrated, only the foundation remains. Home in background is heavily damaged.
Homes in background heavily damaged. All trees on hills stripped clean. Storm path appears to be 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide. Hwy. 86 south of Iris Road.
Hwy. 86 south of Iris Road.
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This home was lifted off it's foundation. What remains of a neighbors house is in foreground. Hwy. 86 south of Iris Road.
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May 13th. 2008 Tornadic Storm enters northeast Jasper County, spawns a funnel cloud.
May 13th. 2008 Tornadic Storm enters northeast Jasper County, MO.
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Tornados can happen anywhere in the U.S., same with... flash floods and other weather-related disasters. Make sure you have battery back-up, and take your radio with you when you travel or go camping. Have a plan on where and how you will seek shelter and practice it with the whole family.
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