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This beautifully restored 19th century palace is now a 5-star hotel and offers guests an unrivalled standard of comfort and luxury. This luxurious and elegant hotel, set in its own private park, is listed as a Portuguese National landmark and is a member of the 'Leading Hotels of the World' group.
Located in the heart of Porto, the Pestana Porto Hotel has been classified World Heritage by UNESCO. The hotel's amazing location allows easy access to the River Duoro with the Torre dos Clérigos Bell Tower and the Porto Cathedral less than a 10-minute stroll away.
Welcome to the home of Carmen, Don Juan and Figaro. This morning we are joined by a local guide who will take us through the enormous cathedral and bring to life this wonderful capital of Andalusia. Your afternoon is at leisure. The Santa Cruz quarter is famous for its narrow streets, flowered balconies and hidden patios. Nearby are the Giralda Tower and the royal palace, the Alcazars of Seville. This evening we have included a special evening out to enjoy dinner and a traditional Flamenco show. we have included a special evening out to enjoy dinner and a traditional Flamenco show.
Today we visit the Palace de Pena and explore the old town of Sintra. Dating back 500 years the Palace de Pena was originally a peaceful monastery until destroyed by an earthquake. Due to its fantastic hill top location Ferdinand II rebuilt it to be the luxurious summer palace of the royal family. With stupendous views – on a clear day you can easily see Lisbon – the palace is one of the greatest expressions of 19th century architectural romanticism in the world. We have included a guided visit through this UNESCO World Heritage site which is also classified as one of the 'Seven Wonders of Portugal'. Later, we will enjoy lunchtime in the delightful town of Sintra. Its noble villas and palaces prompted Lord Byron to say the town was "perhaps in every respect the most delightful in Europe". The remainder of your afternoon is at leisure in Lisbon. This evening we have included a special treat! We visit the Alcantra quarter to enjoy dinner and a traditional Portuguese Fado show*.
Travelling north we enjoy a morning stop in medieval Obidos. Known as one of Europe's most romantic medieval villages, you will find picturesque cobblestone streets lined with colourful houses adorned with geraniums and bougainvillea and whitewashed churches – all of which is encircled by the walls of a 12th century castle. Lunchtime will be spent in the traditional fishing village of Nazaré. Here we have also included a funicular ride up to the overhanging village of Sitia, to take in the breathtaking views of the coastline. We continue to Porto where we stay three nights..
After a city tour with a local guide, we cross the River Douro to Cais de Gaia. The city's stunning skyline is enhanced by the picturesque boats and the soaring Dom Luis Bridge. Here we visit one of the port wine warehouses to sample this famous brew and enjoy tapas lunch with a view over Porto.
Crossing the country we join the River Douro at Régua where we board a vessel to cruise up the most scenic stretch of the Alto Douro River to Pinhao. Exclusively chartered for our use, your cruise includes a port aperitif and tapas lunch with wine and tea or coffee. Relax as we cruise past vineyards and riverside wine estates. Later we continue into Spain and arrive in Salamanca where we stay two nights.


After posting project to debian-project@lists.debian.org is has come to my attention that those in the FOSS community may have concerns about using a proprietary devleopment system like GitHub.
I will leave this as-is for legacy purposes as an archive of our first week's efforts.
Future updates will be on the new project home on GitLab and the new project Wiki on GitLab.
I thank you all for your interest in this project and welcome you to follow us on GitLab. I will be working on updating our IRC bot in the development channel to support webhook notifications of the new system. I will not be updating this project page further.
Project with the ambitious aim to synergistically integrate all Debian's support resources and offer a simple and intuitive interface to well-tested diagnostic procedures.
This is by no means meant to replace, and in fact very much depends upon, all our existing resources. The rationale here is that our system is growing exponentially and we ARE "the universal OS", and that we have limited support resources and not everyone knows how and in what order to use them all properly which results in many well known and easily observable issues.
2) User alienation through lack of understanding of the systems, and unproductive interaction with supporters and such. It's been a well documented mindset among some of our best supporters, myself included that we don't really want those kinds of users who are inexperienced because they're just going to become a draw on our resources without contributing to our project. It is also an easily observable FACT that the developers and more experienced users are often the last people to find bugs and issues because they not only tend to be less adventurous in trying different software because they already know what they like and use, and they use it in the way it was intended to be used. It takes someone inexperienced to try out all sorts of options and use things in ways that will uncover obscure errors. This is a valuable commodity to have masses of inexperienced users scouring over our ever growing software base, uncovering issues we would otherwise miss. However we need to ensure that the feedback we get from this valuable resource is meaningful and winds up in the right place without the aforementioned issue occuring, thus we need a filter of sorts that caters to their needs as well as ours.
3) We also need to make sure that all the effort toward those two issues gets utilized. That is we cannot keep having users coming to us with self-interest of solving an issue, and that effort being underutilized because it was not properly documented. Some users come back and share solutions to problems, sometimes we wind up creating a factoid about it, sometimes there ends up being a wiki page, bug report, etc.. but most of the time that is not the case. Furthermore, we don't always know this has been done when the issue comes up again. Our current system relies on our supporters to remember these things, and when those people who remember it are not looking in at the time, we can wind up falling back to issue #2 and alienating our users, or not getting the issue documented or resolved at all, even ineffectively.
The client will be a reportbug style wizard that will allow a user to select a program (on lower skill levels, use generic names like "filemanager" and have it automatically detect the actual program name or use a grab fuction where the user can click on a window and get the command) and enter a description of their issue and should have various classes of issues (Network, Sound, Crashes, Build errors, Package system problems, etc.) and optionally a CC address (email can be masked by the tracker with a issue ID and email bounced back to the user for privacy, with ability for the user to then opt out of further CC by emailing the tracker with the ID telling it to stop).
The first tier will then use Diagnostics to perform simple tests and ask further quetions, and gather information and compile a report/log on the issue.
The logs should most likely be parsed/serialized/sterilized to remove or substitute personal data like IPs, MAC IDs, Usernames, maybe even path/filenames and replace them with generic ones like 1.2.3.4 or 12:34:56:78:90 or such.
Then if the problem is not able to be resolved through automatic diagnostic processes that identify the problem based on well-known, worn, and battle-tested simple solutions, the client will in 2nd tier do exactly as reportbug does and lookup bug reports (and/or forum/wiki posts) and display them to the user from existing knowledge databases we already have.
If the issue remains unsolved it will then in the 3rd tier facilitate forwarding the issue to the issue tracker and giving it an ID number, then forwarding it to our support tools (IRC/Mailing lists) that we already have, from within the client itself, and if IRC is used this will be facilitated by the bot issuing a " Issue #98153: no sound in pianobar" in the channel notifying our supporters of an open issue, and if the user doesn't recieve a solution or decides to leave, the issue can then remain open and/or be forwarded to mailing lists and they can follow up by visiting the tracker website with their ID number or by reciving email notifications on the issue from the tracker.
If the issue is still not solved, it can be forwarded to 4th tier which would be things like the BTS (filing the report on the BTS, as it is determined to be a software issue by the supporters), or upstream possibly.
The diagnostics tree files can possibly be some sort of XML or such, and will need to be signed and verified, the core diagnostic tree will be much like what reportbug does, it'll just gather some preliminary information about the system and verify that it's Debian, what version, arch, and what sources apt prefers, etc. The others which will be developed and maintained over time will be specific to the categories mentioned earlier, a sound issue diagnostic tree file for example will do things like perform a sound test and ask the user if they heard the sound, check their mixer, ask them to check their connections, etc.
These diagnostic tree files will also facilitate further information gathering by running commands that gather more information specific to the type of issue in question. These commands will need to be shown and explained to, and verified by the user, as well as the reports/logs/output be shown and (optionally) parsed/serialized/sterlized to remove any personal information. These diagnostics will need to be signed and rated, and the issue tracker will facilitate doing so in the same manner any good forum's rating system does, only using gpg signatures, and rating a solution will not only cause the client to sign that diagnostic increasing its trust, but also increasing the trust of the supporters who contributed to those portions of diagnostic.
Whenever possible all security mechanisms available from things like chroots to kernel-based security mechanisms should be employed to lock down the things diagnostics do, and they should be simple and unintrusive as possible. We're not looking to create a sentient diagnostic tool, just a few simple checks for known configuration issues, simple tests, and compile data for further support.
The IRC bot should be not only a conduit/proxy for the user to the IRC support channels (up for much debate) perhaps speaking on the user's behalf in the channel with a generated user ID or issue number, which will not only allow us to ensure the user only sees stuff related to their issue, but that the issue tracker knows what support responses belong to the issue for later documentation of the issue and solution back to our existing tools like the wiki, forums, mailinglists and such. This can be done various ways, and IRC client scripts can be written or client features used to tab-complete these IDs like a normal nick, or perhaps a supporter can message the bot to "sign on" to an issue so that talking to the bot sends info back to the user you're signed on to.
The bot will also facilitate access to the compiled report with information gathered by the diagnostic and submitted by the user, elminating all the chatter about running very common commands and using pastebins and such. Furthermore the bot could possibly behave as a client interface for opening a new issue in the tracker (possibly even if deemed necessary, only by a known and registered supporter) by someone in a normal standalone IRC client.
In short the bot is the glue that binds DISS to the IRC support channels, and care should be taken to make sure that the info winds up in the right channel depending on the user's preferred language, branch of Debian, and perhaps even what package or issue catergory they have, as we have specific channels for different things (thus eliminating need to refer people to other channels and deal with any reluctance they may have or them having negative feelings about us doing so).
The tracker will contain metadata regarding the issue, it will generate an issue identifier, keep track of any CC address the user supplied, and where the reports are (paste.debian.net most likely), and the status of the issue, as well as any forum, mailing list, BTS, or other things that the client or supporters cause to be linked to this issue. It should not be some sort of new wiki or forum in and of itself, just a frontend linking and gluing it all together with metadata about the issue. It should have a web interface similar to the BTS.
Issues and bugs are different; bugs are actual problems in the software, where issues are most often just PEBCAK or such. This is why it is necessary to create a new tracker, because this one is only serving to short-term track the issue and make sure it gets to the right final resting place. The tracker will provide the bot and client with the information needed to make a factoid in our existing info bots, file a bug report, or issue an email to mailing lists, and serve as a place where any interested party can figure out which of these things has occurred and where to find them. It is not a replacement for, but a wrapper of, all our existing systems. It is the glue that binds all the components of the DISS, including all the ones we already have.
It has been suggested many times that we simply improve existing systems, and that is part of this, but it's not instead of this. That would still have the problem of issue #2 Alienating users because they'd need to know about and how to use those things. This would be a piece of software in the OS itself that integrates and facilitates using all that in an intuitive way that doesn't require a year or more of learning policy and practice.
In regard to improving existing systems, this project and its contributors will seek to unify registration across any and all Debian support systems requiring registration, and working with the current teams of those systems to integrate them together in a synergistic fashion.
Furthermore, existing systems can be used/adapted at the descretion of the current developers working on other areas, for example the BTS and Tracker can be one and the same, and these "Issues" can just be a much lower class of bug that the maintainer is not bothered with, and the reportbug can just be extended to include these other features, and an existing IRC bot can be forked and modified to add the needed functionality. This is not just a project aiming to create a single new piece of software, but to adapt all we have now to better serve us going forward.
We need programmers. Those skilled with python as it seems well suited to these tasks, easy to code and powerful and flexible enough to develop the things we need with less dependencies outside the base system. Those skilled with trust based systems and services, GPG signatures, etc. Those with GUI/frontend programming experience. Those familiar with the Debian development process and all the concerns of users and developers alike. Those who can program client/server network stacks using sockets, HTTP, email protocols, etc. Those who can develop a robust API for Debian support systems to communicate effectively, which will require knowledge of integrating applications on and off the web.
We need input and planning around our existing systems, effort by the existing teams and aid for them to incorporate a uniform Debian login credential system that will work across all Debian sites and services.
We need people who will work on the documenting and interfacing with the web presence of this project, keeping the status information and project(s) goals and such clearly defined.
This project just started in the early morning hours of Friday October 13, 2017, around 2am US/EST time. As of this writing we're not even 24hrs in, and we already have half a dozen or so people hanging out in the channel, and responses on various forums. We are all just noodling at this point, tossing around ideas and trying to carefully make preliminary decisions that will shape the project and its design.
The first goal here is to establish a firm web presence with a wiki and such that will diagram out the anatomy of this integrated system and the progress of it, so people can understand where we're coming from, where we're going, and how far along we are.
The second goal here is to flesh out an API that will define the features and communications of this system, and I am not a very experienced programmer but I've seen it done for decades, that sometimes you have to make something (a tool) to make something else, and in this case I think starting work on the client interface, particularly the GUI frontend will inherently flesh out the API. And at first without an issue tracker, issues will not be persistent, it'll be simply a client talking to a rudimentary bot likely living in our development channel.
It should be stressed that this is not something we want to push out and deploy rapidly, we want to get some working framework and do extensive alpha-testing outside normal channels, initially without any modification to existing services to help facilitate integration, as the API isn't there yet. Once we have working components and interest of a maintainer and those already within the Debian Developer circle, we'd want to start a beta-testing phase for use only on non-production testing/unstable systems. Once there is confidence in the implementation of secure trust mechanisms for the diagnostics, the system can be actually packaged for Sid and hopefully rolled into a future Debian stable release. The diagnostics files will most likely use some kind of repository that can allow them to be developed over time and implemented into the client without waiting for a new Debian release cycle, based upon a seperate rigid testing and signing/verifying process.
Long term, we'd like to see Debian installer have a more robust skill determination as its first step, with more than just a normal/expert install mode, and this support client being automatically installed by default on systems not selecting advanced or expert levels. We'd like to see all our supporters participating not just in free-range support, but registering into a trust-based system and using GPG signatures, so that our knowledge base can be higher quality and more trusted.


I can say my ABC's correctly.
Hello Kiddos! Today we will be focusing on Parts of Speech. We will explore nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Some of the information will be a review and some will be brand new.
Students will get exposure to the letters of the alphabet to help with letter recognition and identification as well as upper case and lower case.
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Nonetheless, however you may wish to spin either adage, the fact of the matter is that Oregon State starting pitching is beating good hitting across all of college baseball.
The Oregon State Beavers starting rotation is anchored by three particular solid starters, all worthy of "staff ace" recognition. The mainstay of the rotation is Matt Boyd, a senior and sixth-round draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in last week's MLB draft, who has led the charge along with junior southpaw Ben Wetzler (a fifth-round draft pick by the Philadelphia Phillies) and freshman All-American Andrew Moore.
This pitching trio has led the Beavers to a 50-11 record this season and recognition as the number three ranked team in the nation coming into NCAA Tournament play. Boyd, Wetzler, and Moore have started 48 of the Oregon States' 61 games this season, leading the Beavers to a 33-5 record in those contests.
Much of that success has occurred throughout regional and super regional play, as the trio led a sweep of the competition in the Corvallis Regional and once again led the charge against the Kansas State Wildcats in the Corvallis Super Regional, helping the Beavers reach their first College World Series since winning back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007.
Boyd led off regionals with a solid performance against UTSA, surrendering three runs in 6 2/3 innings of work, an outing that cemented a 5-4 victory for the Beavers.
Having served as Oregon State's go-to closer for much of his first three seasons, Boyd was placed into the starting rotation this spring and has impressed as the Beavers' staff ace. In 17 starts this season, Boyd boasts a 10-3 record and 2.13 ERA with a strong 110/30 strikeout to walk ratio in 122.2 innings.
Boyd possesses a solid four-pitch arsenal that he commands and mixes with solid efficiency, as well as an intriguing three-quarter arm slot that he uses to deceive batters with an effective fastball and slider combination. Boyd has brought in his mid-90s heat, imposing delivery, and tenacity into the rotation this spring and has flourished for the Beavers.
Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year Andrew Moore would turn in a phenomenal outing in game two, going eight strong innings and surrendering just one run in a 3-2 victory over UC Santa Barbara.
Moore has been more than impressive in his freshman season at Oregon State, placing his name amongst the best pitchers in college baseball and cementing his rank as a potential top draft pick in the future.
In 17 starts this season, Moore has posted a 14-1 record and 1.36 ERA along with a 70/26 strikeout to walk ratio in 119.0 innings of work, not to mention three complete-game shutouts.
Wetzler would get the nod in the Corvallis Regional Championship game, going the distance and striking out 10 batters in a 6-1 rout of Texas A&M, leading the Beavers into the super regionals where they would host the hard-charging Kansas State Wildcats.
Wetzler was selected by the Phillies in the fifth-round of this year's MLB First-Year Player Draft, after a solid season in which he has posted a 9-1 record and 2.11 ERA in 89.2 innings of work.
Boyd pitched a strong outing in game one of the Corvallis Super Regional, going seven innings of one run ball; however, a late charge by the Wildcats would result in a 6-2 loss for the Beavers.
However, the Beavers would take control of the series in games two and three behind the workhorse-efforts of Moore and Wetzler. In game two, Moore kept the Kansas State offense in line, surrendering three runs in eight innings of work, fanning nine batters. A strong offensive showing would cement a 12-4 rout of Kansas State in game two, setting up a win or go-home game three.
Despite a late charge by the Wildcats, the Beavers held on to win game three 4-3 and advance to their fifth College World Series appearance in school history. Wetzler closed out the super regionals with a solid performance, pitching 7 2/3 innings and holding the Wildcats to three runs.
Oregon State head coach Pat Casey represents many in his comments regarding the stability that the trio has brought to a determined Beavers team.
As for Matt Boyd, he very well understands the strength of the Beavers' rotation and is confident in not only his stuff, but also the talents of his teammates.
"We've got the best pitching staff in the nation and the best bullpen in the nation. There's no doubt about that," said Boyd.
While the Beavers rotation has garnered national attention, one particular individual on the field for Oregon State has not. That individual is starting catcher Jake Rodriguez, who Boyd, Wetzler, and Moore cite as the primary source of their success this season. Rodriguez has been able to balance the different approaches and dispositions of each of the three starters, allowing each to reach their maximum potential with relative ease.


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The second major release of Preview was created for releasing the products available on CentOS 7 and Scientific Linux 6 platforms that are about to be included in UMD4.
The Scientific Linux 6 products will be available in one of the next updates.
Some time ago (more than a year I think), EGI ran a campaign to have NGIs run a "NGI Argus" service. This campaign resulted in new services being added to goc-db for each NGI.
In the end, only 5 services are properly configured and monitored!
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Top 10 signings so far in the Aviva Premiership ahead of 2018/19
Which club has done the best business so far?
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The ever revolving door of Premiership ins and outs has once again begun to churn. As we draw towards the close of what has been another sensationally exciting Aviva Premiership campaign, it is time to turn an eye to next year and look at the top 10 bits of business conducted so far by clubs up and down the country.
All the confirmed Premiership transfers ahead of the 2018/19 season
Charles Piutau of Ulster hands off Michele Campagnaro of Exeter looks on during the European Rugby Champions Cup
Charles Piutau to Bristol Rugby
Newly promoted Bristol have wasted no time in recruiting big name players to help them mount a serious assault on next year's Premiership campaign. The big name signing that catches the eye is that off Charles Piutau from Ulster. The 26 year-old has been capped sixteen times by the All Blacks and has been instrumental as a utility back for Ulster over the last two seasons. Piutau has already proven himself as more than capable of making is mark in the Premiership after a glittering season with Wasps three years ago. Piutau is set to become the highest ever paid player in the Premiership on a deal worth £1 million a year. No pressure then.
Clermont's David Strettle runs with the ball during the French Top 14 rugby union match between La Rochelle and Clermont on September 9, 2017
David Strettle to Saracens
It would be impossible to talk about this summer's movements without talking about the homecoming of Saracens hero David Strettle. Strettle left Saracens in 2015 to head across the English Channell and don the yellow of Clermornt Auvergne, turning his back on an England career. Three years later, as the regulations change on foreign players in the top 14, Strettle is heading back to his former club. Talking to Saracens club website the Warrington born winger said it was a "dream come true, returning to the club, I can't wait to come home." With the World Cup next year, if he can reproduce the form that saw him finish as Cleremonts leading try-scorer two years in a row, who knows what could be just round the corner on a return to home soil.
Lima Sopoaga of New Zealand kicks during the Killik Cup match between Barbarians and New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium on November 4, 2017
Lima Sopoaga to Wasps
As one mercurial fly-half departs, another arrives. Danny Cipriani has been the beating heart of wasps over the past couple of seasons, but when his contract expires at the end of this season, Wasps have recruited an electrifying former All Black to take his place. Lima Sopoaga and has been capped sixteen times for the mighty New Zealand All Blacks and has amassed 55 points from those test matches. Tired of playing second fiddle to Beauden Barret, Sopoaga has turned his back on being further selected for his country and is coming to the northern hemisphere to make his mark. Bringing the same attacking flare and hard hitting defence as Cipriani it is near enough a like for like swap and wasps will be hoping Sopoaga can help guide them to another tilt at the play-offs in May next year.
Top pundits suggests Ian Madigan isn't up to it and Bristol Rugby should sign Danny Cipriani
John Afoa of Gloucester is pulled back by Tom Dunn of Bath during the Aviva Premiership match between Bath Rugby and Gloucester Rugby
John Afoa to Bristol Rugby
Bristol have secured yet another big name in the ominous shape of Kiwi John Afoa. As he enters the later stages of his career the prop still has a lot to offer and a wealth of experience that he can bring to the table as Bristol Rugby enter the higher echelons of English rugby once more. Having enjoyed four seasons with Gloucester, the world cup winner, will make the short trip down the M5 to further bolster the Bristol's ever growing and ever more impressive roster. He may be playing for the 'Bears' next year, but this All Black is far from cuddly and will be hoping he and his front row colleagues can dismantle many an opposition scrum over the next season.
Pat Lam: 'There is no point being in the Premiership if you are not there to win it"
Ospreys' Dan Biggar is tackled by Dragons' Gavin Henson
Dan Biggar to Northampton Saints
Dan Biggar makes the move across the River-Severn next year to a struggling Northampton Saints side. With Stephen Myler, Saints long time fly-half, departing at the end of the season Biggar has been recruited to bring some stability back to a club who somewhat lost their way this season. With the arrival of the Welshman, Harry Mallinder, will be able to go back to his preferred full-back position. With Myler struggling with injuries Mallinder has found himself filling in at 10 on several occasions this year. Biggar is a man who perhaps does not have the same electrifying forward play of a Cipriani, but he does have a very calm head, the ability to run and organise his backs both in attack and offense, incredible prowess under a high ball, incredibly tough in defence and an exceptional goal kicker. A leader and a calm head under pressure is exactly what this Northampton side is crying out for, and in the shape of a discarded Welshman, they could have found exactly what it is they need.
Taqele Naiyaravoro of the Waratahs is tackled
Taqele Naiyaravoro to Northampton Saints
The 26-year-old Fijian born Australian international winger will also be following Dan Biggar to Franklins Gardens. Weighing in at a massive 125kg the Wallaby has got immense pace and, as you might expect, incredible strength. As is the case with this new breed of giant sized pacific island winger, Naiyarvoro is also blessed with incredible hands and a fantastic offloading ability. He has already had a spell in the UK playing for Glasgow Warriors during the 2015/16 season and scoring nine tries. The 26-year-old is sure to make an impact as a big ball carrier for the saints and is a more the adequate replacement for the exiting George North. It will be very exciting to see what he can bring to the Premiership from the safety of the stands. I wouldn't be so excited, however, about being the fly half who's channel he will inevitably charge through!
David Denton of Worcester Warriors in action
David Denton to Leicester Tigers
The Scottish back-row will be on his way to Welford Road at the end of this season. He will be moving away from Sixways following one season with the club. Having been capped 36 times by Scotland and brings a lot of experience to the table. His work rate around the break down and ball carrying ability make him the perfect player for a Premiership side. This has been a revitalising season for Denton. He won his first Scotland cap for 18 months in this year's Six Nations. When he first burst onto the international scene in 2012 he won man of the match despite Scotland losing to England and was a name on everyone's lips. Numerous injuries have plagued him over the years since then, but he, and Tigers, will be hoping that he can be back to his very best for next season.
Jamie Roberts of Harlequins in action during the Anglo-Welsh Cup
Jamie Roberts to Bath
The former Welsh international will be making the trip from The Stoop to the The Recreation Ground as he makes his way into Todd Blackadder's Bath side. The British and Irish Lion has been capped over 80 times by Wales and obviously that kind of vast experience would be a positive influence wherever he was to go. Speaking to Bath Rugby's official website Todd Blackadder said: "He's hugely respected both on and off the field, and it's those qualities which make this a really significant signing for the club. Not only that, but he's hugely ambitious and I believe that both Bath and Wales will reap the rewards from this move." On the back of a poor season by their standards, languishing at 8 in the Premiership table, Bath will be hoping Roberts can make an instant impact in October.
Logovi'i Mulipola runs in a try against Exeter Chiefs
Logovi'i Mulipola to Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons have added the sizeable bulk of Logovi'i Mulipola to their squad for the 2018/19 season. The front-row forward will be joining Falcons from Leicester Tigers at the end of the season. His versatility and ability to play on both sides of the scrum is something that makes Mulipola an even more attractive prospect. He has been at Tigers since 2015 and scored 5 tries in 95 games. He has twenty caps for Samoa and the last of those came in 2016. Speaking to Pundit Arena, Dean Richards, Newcastle Director of rugby said: "It is a sign of our growing reputation that we are able to make signings like this, adding a small number of quality players to the outstanding foundation we already have at the club, and logo is a player who can really help us take the next step as a club." Newcastle Falcons are all but guaranteed a spot in the Play-offs for the the first time in their history having beaten Play-off rivals and Mulipola's former club Leicester at the weekend.
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Matt Banahan to Gloucester
Winger Matt Banahan is making the switch from Bath to Gloucester over the summer and oh how he is going to be missed at The Rec. Banahan is a player who is part of the DNA of Bath Rugby having spent 12 years at the club since moving from London Irish in 2006.
The 6ft 7in 31-year-old has gone on to make more than 250 appearances for the club and during that time has won 16 caps for England.
And the big former England international is playing some of the best rugby of his career this season.
But what is Bath's loss will be Gloucester's gain as they bring in one of the most experienced, versatile backs in the Premiership to add some bulk to their backline.
Bath haven't done bad bringing in a replacement either with London Irish's powerful winger Joe Cokanasiga reported to be heading in on a season-long loan following the Exiles' relegation to the Greene King IPA Championship.
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Q: Insert blank space for copyright at the bottom left part of the first page of ACM paper I'm preparing the camera ready version of a paper published by ACM and I'm supposed to leave a blank space at the end of first column on the first page, so the conference organizers can insert a copyright notice there. How can I achieve this?
The paper is written using the template available here.

A: When I wrote my comment, I couldn't remember whether or not, e.g., \enlargethispage*{-1cm} would work as desired in this situation, that is, whether it applies to a single column or not.  Now I have checked that it does.  Here is a compilable example that uses the article class, but the solution should be applicable in general.
Edit: I've just noted that you asked for a space at the end of the end of the first column, not the second one!  Well, that's even easier, since you know in advance where the \enlargethispage command should go:
\documentclass[a4paper,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % not necessary, but I like it
\usepackage{lipsum}      % just for the "lorem iipsum..." text

\title{My work}
\author{A. U. Thor}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\enlargethispage*{-2cm} % use whatever (negative!) amount you need

\lipsum[1-8]

\end{document}

And here's again the first page of the output:

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Q: How can python merges a list of sets and return them as a set? I have a list of sets like this:
set_list = [{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 1, 6}, {2, 3, 6}, {1, 5, 8}]

Now I want to merge all of the sets together and return a set of all sets like this:
final_set = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}

I have used this code but it is not working correctly:
tmp_list = []
final_set = set(tmp_list.append(elem) for elem in set_list)

What should I do?

A: You can use reduce function from functools module.
>>> from functools import reduce
>>> set_list = [{1,2,3}, {4,5,1,6}, {2,3,6}, {1,5,8}]
>>> reduce(lambda x, y: x | y, set_list)
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}

A: You can iterate over the list and create a union of all sets:
new_set = set()
for i in set_list:
    new_set =  set.union(new_set, i)
print(new_set)

Output:
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}

A: You might do that using comprehension as follows
set_list = [{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 1, 6}, {2, 3, 6}, {1, 5, 8}]
final_set = set(elem for sub in set_list for elem in sub)
print(final_set)

output
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}

Explanation: this is simple adaptation of list-of-lists flattener comprehension which can be used as sets are iterable.

A: You can use unpacking with set().union for a clean one-liner.
>>> set().union(*set_list)
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}


CONOR McGregor showed off his trademark strut as he walked down a New York street just minutes after getting the $50k needed to pay bail after he was arrested for attacking a rival's bus.
The Irish fighter, 29, burst into the Barclays Center in Brooklyn last night before smashing the bus of fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov with a trolley before trying to launch a metal barrier at it.
The Irish fighter picked up the money from bondsman Ira Judelson in Brooklyn, New York, as he didn't have access to enough cash - despite being worth an estimated £60m.
A wire transfer from Ireland would have taken too long and bail cannot be paid with a credit card, the Daily Mail reports.
During the footage that emerged McGregor and his crew can be seen punching the windows of the bus and trying to throw various items, from barriers and bins, at the window.
Other passengers, including a team of UFC contenders appear to be shaken up by the attack, with McGregor and his friends fleeing from the scene.
The fighter later handed himself into police and was charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal damage. He was interrogated by officers and made to pay $50,000 in bail.
The MMA fighter could face seven years in jail - the maximum sentence for his charge of felony criminal mischief - following his violent rampage in Brooklyn.
His attorney reassured the Judge that McGregor isn't a flight risk, saying: "He's the most visible face on the planet."
Cian Cowley, 25, also a mixed martial arts fighter from Dublin, was charged with assault and his bail was set at £17,751.50 ($25,000).
McGregor was earlier led away from a New York police station in handcuffs looking composed as he walked towards an unmarked car.
The MMA superstar turned himself in after his plane was grounded in New York while police searched for him.
An NYPD spokesman said this morning: "He (McGregor) has been charged with three counts of assault and one of criminal mischief."
In the hours following his bus ramage, UFC rival Nurmagomedov goaded McGregor.
The MMA Fighting website reported him as saying: "I am laughing inside. You broke window? Why? Come inside. You know UFC don't let you come inside. If you real gangster why don't you come inside?
"This is big history gangster place. Brooklyn. You want to talk to me? Send me location. We have to talk? I am gonna come, no problem.
"I grew up like this. I don't grow up throwing chairs at window. This is not my bus."
It was claimed McGregor and "30 friends" stormed the media event before becoming embroiled in a brawl with Nurmagomedov.
White reacted with horror at the violent brawl.
He said: "You don't like Khabib and what happened, then fight him. You can come in here and do it legally.
"This fight is happening Saturday, we could have talked and made the Khabib fight right after, you could have done whatever you wanted to Khabib within the rules.
"But you want to grab 30 f***ing friends and come down here and do what you did today. It's disgusting and I don't think anybody is going to be a fan after this."
McGregor's fight career is now in jeopardy.
White added: "I don't think anybody is going to want to right now, everyone is going to be pretty disgusted with Conor McGregor right now.
"You can imagine he's going to be sued beyond belief. This was a real bad career move for him."
It was revealed yesterday that the Notorious would be stripped of his lightweight title, and it would be on the line at UFC 223.
Either Nurmagomedov or Max Holloway will be crowned the new champ this weekend.
When that announcement was made by White, McGregor tweeted his disgust at the decision.
The superstar hasn't fought in MMA since UFC 205 in November 2016 when he defeated Eddie Alvarez to capture the lightweight title at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
White confirmed: "We're not stripping [interim champ] Tony Ferguson. He isn't being stripped. The only one losing a belt here is Conor. These two are fighting for the belt.


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I was lucky enough to spend most of last week at CodeMash, a huge conference that takes place at a giant African themed waterpark in sunny Sandusky, OH. And you thought that traveling for work sounded boring! It was an overwhelming, amazing experience where I feel like I was able to get my feet wet with a bunch of different things, as well as meet a ton of awesome folks from all over the world! Here were some of my highlights.
Of course, I got to see some awesome talks! The lineup of speakers was amazing and I wish I could have seen more of them, it was super hard to choose which ones to go to when there were often 7 or 8 talks happening at the same time. One of my favorites was Aaron Kalin's talk about the anatomy of a DDOS attack and his experience attempting to mitigate one when DNSimple was attacked in 2014. He covered the different methods of denial of service, as well as potential safeguards against them. If you're interested, much of the information about the DNSimple attack is available to read about here.
Vigil is a program that punishes you by deleting your code when you have errors. I will now program exclusively in Vigil.
When I wasn't learning about how DDOS attacks are performed, I was learning how to exploit other security vulnerabilities at the Capture the Flag tournament, which was put on by Hacking Lab. I wanted to give it a try, even though I had never done anything like it before, and I spent most of a morning learning how to brute force passwords and perform sql injections. While it made me feel a little bit like a Bad Guy™, it gave me a new perspective on a bunch of security issues and the importance of avoiding them in my code. Plus, a little competition is fun! I came in 4th in the precompiler round and 16th in the actual CTF contest!
I had the opportunity to give a lightning talk called "Are You A Boy Or A Girl? Microaggressions in the Trans Community." I was super nervous about it, partly because I never know how a diversity talk will go over at a conference I've never been to and partly because look at the size of this stage!
I had no reason to be nervous because it went over extremely well and I really appreciated all the feedback and kind words that I received afterwards.
Thank you, @jameybash for a wonderful talk about microaggressions in the trans community. Fab stuff.
Also, Melinda Walker from One Squiggly Line did some awesome sketchnotes of the lightning talks and I was very excited about getting sketchnoted!
CodeMash reminded me more of Maker Faire than other conferences I've been to and I think it was because I was surrounded with so much cool technology while I was there. During the precompiler sessions, I got to program software and modify hardware for drones, work with microcontrollers for wearables and mess around with temperature sensors. It was awesome seeing all the cool stuff other people were working on too! Rachel Weil did a lightning talk about how she connected her old school NES to the internet and taught it to display tweets, which is so beautifully esoteric, I just love it. Also, if you get a chance to try FPV drone racing, TRY IT.
Plus, waterpark! Do not underestimate the amount of joy I get out of waterslides.
So basically, CodeMash was a great conference and I'm really happy I went and I hope to go back next year and see all my friends again and if you have a chance, you should go too!


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Academic journal article Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal
Cognitive Similarity, Imitation and Performance Variation: Via the Lens of Intra-Industry Group
By Kim, Dohyeon
This article seeks to explore the performance variations across cognitive communities among Korean asset-management companies. It is to test the argument that cognitive similarity of managers within a cognitive community would lead to imitation which eventually yields the formation of a strategic group with similar performance. However, the empirical results do not show such a relationship. It implies the possible o strategic balance within a cognitive community. Furthermore, it also casts the question on the link between strategy and performance. The results calls for much more scrutiny on the commensurability of strategic group and cognitive community
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Scholars in the vein of cognitive school introduced the notion of "cognitive community", a group of firms in an industry sharing similar mental model (Porac & Thomas, 1990, 1995; Porac et al, 1989). According to the cognitive school, managers are taken to have a very narrow, asymmetric cognition of competition, which in turn affects the development of competitive strategy. Managers pay attention to the activities of firms whose action repertoire includes the types of actions they perceive to be important (from experience and learning), and of course, pay little attention to firms that use fewer of these actions, according to the managers' perception and valued types of action (Marcel, Barr et al. 2005). Therefore, the selection of competitors' action repertoires to be responded to is conducted with reference to managers' mental models (Miller 1993). Similarly, the selection of competitors to be paid attention also depends on managers' mental models.
In the seminal study carried out by Porac, Thomas and Baden-Fuller (1989), it was found that Scottish knitwear manufacturers only consider other Scottish manufacturers as their competitors even though Scottish knitwear manufacturers only account for 3% of the global market share. This narrow focus on competitor identification was certainly one good reason for the late, and poor, response by the American automobile manufactures toward their Japanese counterparts in the 1980s (Yates 1983). Motivated by studies and practical examples, cognitive school researchers argue that managers in a firm focus on a small number of competitors whom they believe are similar to their firm. In other words, managers set the reference group for firms and do not search whole firms in their industry when developing strategy (Marcel, Barr et al. 2005, Daniels, Henry 1998, Fahey, Narayanan 1989, Reger, Huff 1993). Therefore, group structure becomes a reality as a social construction by industry participants and firms sharing a group identity.
The core premise of cognitive community research is that members of a cognitive community hold a strong shared belief, or 'recipe'(Huff 1982). It leads researchers to assume that the members adopt similar strategic choices and hence have similarities in performance (Reger, Huff 1993, Hodgkinson 1997, Osborne, Stubbart et al. 2001). For example, Reger and Huff (1993) found performance differences across cognitive communities in the US banking industry. Similarly, Osborne et al. (2001), while following the study of the US pharmaceutical industry, demonstrated that cognitive communities are identical to strategic groups categorized by performance differences.
However, this assumption has been contested (Porac, Thomas 2002, DeSarbo, Grewal 2008), for the equivalence of cognitive groups and performance based strategic groups is not easily justified considering their differences in basis theories, origin, construct and maintaining mechanism between the two notions.
This article investigates the relationship between the cognitive communities and (performance based) strategic groups. The first research objective is to determine whether firms within a cognitive community imitate each other. The inconclusive link between group membership and performance variations is then investigated. …
Publication: Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal
Kim, Dohyeon
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I marvel every time at a president who speaks good English » « What's for dinner?
Google honors Darwin
People are telling me that the French and UK versions of Google are highlighted today with the image above, a picture of Charles Darwin's tangled bank, but that the US has snubbed the man. I think they're wrong; I just looked, and google.com does have the above image. I can think of a few explanations: google just updated the logo a little later for our time zone, users may have been seeing a cached version of a frequently used page, or the explanation I prefer, I'm special and google takes care to present me with a special personal version of the page so that I don't get mad at them. Admittedly, the last possibility is a tiny bit unlikely, but hey, if I'm not going to believe in a deity, maybe I can believe in a loving, omnipotent search engine. Just as long as it doesn't start dictating what I'm allowed to do with my genitals…
Jackal says
And if you click on the image, it googles Charles Darwin. Cool.
Bob O'H says
It looks like they've done it everywhere, but caching or something is causing confusion.
Blog For Darwin says
No, I think you're right with the 3rd possibility: Programmers don't produce rational, perfect, finely-tuned search engines. Just ones that will keep PZ from getting upset.
CJO says
I saw it just after midnight last night, California time. We're still sort of part of the US, right?
blf says
If I use Generalissimo Google™'s French site en Français, I get the cool logo; but in English, I get the normal boring logo. I get the cool logo using the Irish site (in English, didn't try Irish).
Mena says
It's been like that for me all day and I'm right outside of Chicago. California and Illinois are indeed still part of the US, CJO.
Just as long as it doesn't start dictating what I'm allowed to do with my genitals…
It probably won't, although entering certain search terms will show you a variety of options…
They just converted to our religion late this morning.
All hail Darwin. Down with academic freedom (the kind that means forcing science to include rubbish).
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592
Guido says
http://www.google.co.ve/ (Venezuela) Shows the picture.
http://www.google.com.pe/ (Peru, Spanish) Shows the picture, but not the Quechua version.
In English, US, I do not see it.
Toni says
Are you sure, that you didn't visit die UK version of Google due to a cookie you saved during the first visit? When I visit the non-redirecting link http://www.google.com/ncr it shows me the standard logo every time in every browser.
JackC says
You DO know that Google is God – right?
Catalin Sandu says
Google Canada shows this image, too.
It's all over now, it's really a big, big conspiracy! Yay!
PlaydoPlato says
Happy Darwin Day, ye Pharyngulate horde.
Oh, and happy B-Day to you too Mr. Lincoln.
marcia says
Nice afternoon at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
DARWIN AT 200
Lectures and Q and A by:
-Alan Guttmacher, M.D.
Acting Director Nat. Human Genome Research Institute
-Sandra Herbert, Ph.D.
Prof. Emerita Dept of History U of MD
-Donald Johanson, Ph.D. Discovered Lucy
Lucy and Paleoanthropology
(He showed the chimp/Bush slide. Nice touch. Lots of applause.
-Matthew Carrano, Ph.D.
Museum Of Nat History on feathered Dinosaurs and Bird Origin
-Eric Green M.D., Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Inst.
-Scott Edwards Ph.D. Harvard U.
House Finch and mycoplasma co-evolution
-Ted Schultz Ph.D. Museum Of Natural History
Attine Ants and Fungal Cultivar co-evolution
-Francis Collins, M.D. Ph.D.
Evolution and Medicine
Lots of Highschoolers in the audience
Darwin would have loved it.
Karey says
When I checked 7 hours ago it was there, and I'm in los angeles.
rev jim says
I've gotten the Darwin logo on their main page, Google.com, since late last night. I really doubt there is anything more sinister than time zones and caching to explain the spotty coverage.
damnedyankee says
Funny, I've been on and off Google all day, and I've been seeing the "Darwinized" logo (dope that I am, I thought they were just getting antsy for Spring). I live in the greater Philadelphia area.
Category 7 Atheist says
@Toni
Abstruse says
Sadly, Google Belize does NOT show the cool icon.
I cleared cache and everything.
Here in Germany I also do not see the logo on Google.com but I do see it in Google.de and google.fr and so on!
Jonathan says
Or, there's a fourth possibility:
Google used your search history, and scanned your blog, to determine whether or not you might be offended or impressed by their Darwin image.
Jadehawk says
that's a neat one. and i've only noticed it now, even though i've been using google all day. maybe that's because i never go to google.com but use my google search tool….
http://www.google.it shows the Darwin image. Nice!
JD says
I'd like to see a search engine named Lanuga. It's one where you type in David Berlinski and you get a picture of a "quantitatively", tightly puckered, unctuous ass-munch.
Masks of Eris says
Shows in Finland too (no big surprise there).
Incidentally, even after Darwin Day it won't be getting better for creationists and other superstitious folks — it's Friday the 13th tomorrow. (Or in the case of Finland, er, today.)
daveau says
I would have to agree that URL caching is the most likely explanation. Especially at work where you might have a proxy server. Just click the refresh button. I'm apparently right down the street from Mena, and I've seen the logo all day, too.
LtStorm says
The Darwin Day logo shows up on Google for me here in Mississippi. I'm fairly sure we haven't seceded from the US again. Yet.
#17, I thought the same thing. Me, sometime around 1:30 this afternoon: "Ooooh, they're Darwin's finches. I get it."
The picture is beautiful.
And Googles also shows it in Peru.
¡Happy Darwin's Day to everybody!
I've seen it since I first looked this morning, on both the US and Canadian Google main pages. (This was at about 5 am eastern)
ptduff says
I saw the logo was different this morning but it went right by me. Duh! In my defense I was studying for a test so my brain was addled. To make up for it, I'm having a Tusker beer. It's from Kenya. Perfect!
Faintpraise says
I'm in the UK. If I try to go to google.com it redirects me to the .co.uk (presumably because I'm signed in to my Google account). There's a link underneath that says "go to Google.com". I click it, and it takes me there but no Darwin picture! I wonder if this issue is caused by people trying to get there from outside the US? As all the US commenters appear to be able to see it and only the Europeans as far as I can tell, cannot.
Jeffrey Shallit says
It's not the cache – believe me, I've tried it on multiple different computers here and cleared the cache – it's that if you are located in Canada, then you see the logo at google.ca, but google.com just gives you the vanilla logo without Darwin. It must be some weird thing at google itself, that checks where you're coming in from.
Ryan Egesdahl says
Some places (not necessarily places of work) have caching servers for frequently-accessed pages. You just might not know it – and that's kinds wrong. If you're not seeing the Darwin logo, that's probably why. One symptom: you're in another country and you're looking at the American site, but you see the regular logo.
'Tis Himself says
the explanation I prefer, I'm special
Who died and made you special?
Amend "Europeans" in my previous comment to "Anyone outside of the US" I think! I'm guessing it is related to where you are, as Jeffrey @32 suggests.
SocraticGadfly says
Logo was up already at 2 p.m. Central time, or so.
Coffeesh0p says
Nope, I'm in the UK and mine's been like that all day. I also purchased some snazzy Darwin anniversary stamps from good old Royal Mail :-)
Interesting that the US version didn't honour Abe Lincoln – it's his 200th today, too, and from a US history point of view, arguably at least as important.
(Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're right or wrong about Darwin; I'm saying the US site would have been perfectly justified showing Lincoln, had they so wished.)
eddie says
I got into work and immediately had to deal with some proxy and dns cache issues that meant some of our customer-facing sites hadn't updated. Once they were resolved, I was able to see the "tangled bank, with finches" logo fine.
I'm suspecting some denial of service from the denialists.
Rockhead says
I had a meeting today and was sitting next to a YEC guy. I had to Google something and saw the cool graphic. I pointed it out to the guy and explained that it was for Darwin's 200th birthday. He just frowned, and a few minutes later sent me the text from this ling:
http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=11076
Later on I thanked him for the chuckle.
mothra says
At 9:00 a.m. CST the finch display showed up on my computer in Fargo, however, a visiting student who accesses a Portuguese version has the default google logo.
wormearth says
If only google would leave it tangled. Finally it's perfect.
Fernando says
The Portuguese version has also the same logo in honor of Darwin ;)!
Go!GO! Darwin :D!
Kirk says
Re: Genitals
It won't dictate what you should do with them, but it can give you some ideas, if used properly.
David Waldock says
It only dictates what you can do with your genitals if you have SafeSearch turned on :-D
Wehaf says
I'm in Illinois, and I've had the spiffy finch version all day.
Former World Traveler says
The picture itself features Pinnacle Rock, on Bartolome Island in the Galapagos. That island is almost all lava flows with tangled banks few and far between. I suspect the artist did a mash-up of Pinnacle Rock and Lake Darwin, on the more verdant Isabela Island.
Celebrate Darwin Day by pissing on the folks over at Stand to Reason who are promoting "Academic Freedom Day". Guess what THAT'S about? They'll let you comment and everything.
http://str.typepad.com/weblog/
Katkinkate says
Not in Australia. :( No pretty pictures for Google.com.au.
Terry Shull says
It showed up first thing this morning here in New Mexico USA – You know – that state everyone THINKS is another country?
CatBallou says
Pete, maybe Abe will show up on Presidents Day!
By Google participating in honoring that man is just another clear example of right-wing liberal business attacking Christianity. I'll be deleting Google from my computer right away in protest.
John Emerson says
Tristero over at Digby wrote an operetta about Darwin, in case no one's said anything yet,
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-birthday-charles-and-abe-by.html
Ernie says
Google Mexico has it. Happy B-Day, Sen~or Darwin!
Danny says
Still doesn't work for me, and I've been clearing my cache several times. Google.ph works, though.
Onkel Bob says
It's been there since 00:01 PST last night – I'm down the road from the Big G and was on line when they did the switch-over. (it's automated and I use iGoogle for a home page.)
And for reasons I can't understand, Google won't hire me for their graphic design, because that is one deity awful logo. Poor color selection, crappy contrast, and just downright BAD graphics. If you use iGoogle, it looks worse.
NatVision says
It's been up since 5:30 MST this morning here in Utah (even on the work computers), so the L.D.S. blocking software must have missed it . . .
Neil B ☺ says
OK, makes sense and maybe should have Lincoln and Darwin but that could be clunky. For comparison, NBC news tonight: This and that, and plenty about Abe Lincoln's 200th, but they didn't even mention Darwin. That's pitiful, and I don't get it. I could imagine for World Net Daily, but not easily for NBC.
gwendolyn says
I'm in Japan but I have the US Google page presenting, and I was delighted to find the Darwinesque display on Darwin Day our time, but as it turned to Darwin Day your time it disappeared. I guess they know where I really am!
It was lovely, just like an illuminated manuscript.
Onkle Bob says
@Katkinkate #49 You don't get it because it's the next day there! The process is automated and so it went up at 00:01, and goes down at 24:00. It was likely up all day yesterday on the servers in the local time zone.
JCE says
Oddly, while the English-language google.ca home page, like the UK one, is giving creationists the bird, the French-language one is not. ??? This is probably someone being slack, not politics, as I can't think why it would be a particularly touchy subject in Quebec and New Brunswick (or Sudbury or…). The version for France was finchy when i looked. The US site that I get to via the link on the .ca page is still finchless from western Canada (and I don't have an old one cached so that's not it).
The firefox version is also finchless and is no longer my home page for this reason :P
Paper Hand says
Alex @ 52
"Right-wing liberal business"?
Paper @ 62
You're right. I left out God hating, devil-worshipping, baby eating, immoral, amoral, monkey-loving, Nazis.
(this thread was losing energy so I thought I throw in a poe.)
PZ,
Since Google gives me searches tailored specifically to me it isn't beyond reason that they would do that. In fact some of my own websites offer different people completely different pages based on their IP addresses. I figure it is far better to appear broken and harmless or redirect to a competitor than appear that I'm blocking them.
Mark A. Siefert says
Even my favorite miniature wargaming site is celebrating Darwin Day (I think…) along with Old Abe's Birthday.
http://theminiaturespage.com/
Although I don't remember Darwin sending hordes of AK-47 armed ape-men to attack the Union army.
JohnnieCanuck says
My URL for Google is http://www.google.ca/, which shows the finches. When I select the français option, it goes back to the usual one. Interestingly the URL does not change when I do this, so I expect Google is setting and resetting a cookie as I switch back and forth.
Maybe Google is a fallible god, after all. That is a fun site, btw (@#10). Thanks, JackC
Paulino says
Brazilian Google also honours Darwin
JojoX says
I don't get it: Why is there no Google graphic for Newton or Einstein? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that in the physical sciences, scientists are full-time scientists rather than full-time activists.
Thanks Onkle Bob, I forgot it's still yesterday in most of the rest of the world. I missed it yesterday.
Vlad Nistor says
Apparently Google Romania didn't celebrate Darwin :(
natural cynic says
Obama commented on Darwin's 200th at The Lincoln celebratory dinner in Springfield. Positive comments on the common striving for scientific knowledge in CD's and AL's lives.
Nemo says
Semi-OT… I'm watching Obama give a Lincoln speech on MSNBC, and he just gave a shoutout to Darwin, mentioning his birthday and using it to repeat the kind of comments he's made before about restoring science to its rightful place.
A Nony Mouse says
Obama's mention of Darwin was in passing, but it's good to know he's thinking about him.
Nerd of Redhead, OM says
Whoa! Compared to the last eight years this is great news.
efp says
A quick search shows no one has posted this yet, which I find hard to believe, but just in case:
Evolutionists Flock To Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/evolutionists_flock_to_darwin
I'm packing up the car. Time for an all-night drive!
deep says
Maybe google finally figured out that all the IDiots who would want to boycott their site for doing such a thing probably aren't smart enough to use google anyway. Let them type their stupid questions into Ask.com for the time being.
SphinctOr says
Darwin Quotes!
Get your Darwin Quotes!
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Steve H. says
Here's a well done piece
A Tribute to Charles Darwin dre
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ICECAP-200YEARSOFCHARLESDARWIN.pdf
Ah Stevie H. trying for a plonking I see. Stevie is an anti AGW liar and bullshitter extraordinaire, and I don't mean that in complementarily fashion.
Content aside, that is in fact a poorly written and apparently unproofread piece.
http://i43.tinypic.com/51erlh.jpg
OT, but not too much. Egnor has been made incoherent, over at "Evolution News and Views":
Happy Atheist Day
Michael Egnor
In my essay, I reviewed some of the scientific problems with Darwin's theory, and I pointed out that Darwinism is itself a religious ideology. Darwin's theory is the creation myth of atheism.
Darwinism (you already fucked up there, Egnorant) is a religious ideology, because, you know, it is the "creation myth" of the non-religious, atheism.
IDiots plumb the depths of stupid, going lower than one would think is possible. It's their only contribution to advancing knowledge, expanding the frontiers of stupidity, self-contradiction, and incoherent drooling, all fueled by their envy of competence.
ambulocetus says
Thom Hartmann had Ray Comfort on today. Feel like being annoyed? It's at Hour 2. http://www.620kpoj.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=hartmann_nationwide.xml
God Retardent says
Inspite of all the crap going on in Florida over the science standards,it was good to see a well written Op Ed in the St Pete Times(my home town) about Darwin and Religion.
http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/02/darwin-still-th.html#more
Monado says
Do click on the pretty logo: it goes to a search page for Charles Darwin, which links to lots of interesting things, including his long and chatty obituary in the Times.
Dave K says
I'm in Chicago, and I've been seeing the Darwin logo all day. I never go to other countries' versions of Google, or at least I haven't done so in a very, very long time, so I'm pretty sure it's not a cacheing issue.
BMcP says
Weird because the logo was up at 5a.m. CST here in Wisconsin so don't think there was any snub at all. If it was, it would have only been because it is Abe Lincoln's birthday too.
Alverant says
Thank you! I have iGoogle on as default. I wouldn't have known about this if you didn't tell me.
black wolf says
Comfort is lying through his teeth (what a surprise, I know). He says that there are "good atheists" and that he's against the activist atheists of the so-called new movement.
Great how the host doesn't hesitate to challenge Comfort's views on separation of church and state quite strongly. You can really see Comfort's face (he stutters slightly) when he realizes he's not going to get through his shtick unchallenged this time. The host (Hartman) easily spots the holes in Ray's opinion and goes for them – well a few of them, there are too many. Ray is one of those creationists who manage to state so much bullshit in such a compressed form that it takes longer just to point it all out. Just Ray's usual 'it doesn't do the magic I imagine it should do, so evolution is false and magic-man's magic is better'. I think Comfort doesn't convert anyone actually. He just reinforces aversions and distrust of the ignorant against science and tries to make them feel content with it. They're his market, and what he does is foster customer-connectivity by churning out comforting emotional bs and 'new' material to keep up the illusion that he's working for them (or for Jesus).
Sorry, I forgot to follow up my opening sentence of #90. What I wanted to say is that Ray has stated in very clear terms that humans are not good. His definition of good is absolute, strictly hinging on sin. When he switches to that transparent soft-talk at the beginning, he's simply not in accord with what he says otherwise.
Ichthyic says
Ray is one of those creationists who manage to state so much bullshit in such a compressed form that it takes longer just to point it all out.
It's like a cat barfing up a hairball with a bunch of yarn tangled up in it.
you have to actually unwind it all to see just how disgusting it really is.
Of course, most of us would just prefer to toss the whole thing in the rubbish bin without even touching it.
Now that I'm living in the country where Ray came from, I'm finding that nobody here EVER liked or respected the man, and they are all grateful for the US for taking him off their hands.
Rey Fox says
"Celebrate Darwin Day by pissing on the folks over at Stand to Reason who are promoting "Academic Freedom Day"."
I googled for Darwin Day in Boise earlier today, and towards the bottom of the first page, got that same headline from the Idaho Values Coalition. World Net Daily also had something about Darwin Day being a "poke in the eye to creationists". All reasons to celebrate, methinks. Happy monkey!
Rev. BigDumbChimp says
black wolf.
While I thought that Hartman did a good job keeping Ray's horse at a speed less than the Gish Gallop, I thought he utterly failed at displaying his understanding of the topic. Sure he made a few good points but it was obvious that he didn't / doesn't have a great grasp of the subject matter. Nothing wrong with that, just didn't think he was a great choice to represent the "good guys".
I wish that they had had his next guest Dr. Loye face off against Ray.
Wowbagger says
13 February 2009 at 12:11 am
Yeah, in Australia we feel much the same way about Ken Ham – those who've even heard of him that is. We're pretty good at treating idiot religionists the way they deserve, as is illustrated by the backlash against that idiot who said the bushfires were caused by abortions.
piraterobot says
Last night this is what I saw at Google in the US. So it was probably people were seeing a cached page.
Science is awesome, its cool to see it celebrated all over the place.
intepid says
Unfortunately the logo looks kind of poorly designed to me… I am red/green color-blind and the oo in google kind of gets lost in the background. I'm going to call a lawyer and sue their asses for this.
You are in luck! Googlism (the Church of Google) is now a religion!
highschoolphysics says
Forget google, the Vatican is celebrating Darwin's bday! it's good to see that people understand that just because you support evolution doesn't make you an atheist:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3993823.ece
Happy Monkey!
- says
I am red/green color-blind and the oo in google kind of gets lost in the background.
I am not color-blind, but the red o seems to have been partly eaten by the finch.
Yay, Darwin Day! Whoohoo! Really though, don't biologists have anything better to do but hype up birthdays? Isn't radical Marxism still chic, biologists?
wjv says
The UK and South African Google sites definitely had the logo before the US-centric google.com. I even cleared my cache to check. I suppose it was just a time zone issue, though.
Simon T says
I can't believe someone wrote this:
All hail Darwin. Down with academic freedom… "
I detest fundamentalists of all persuasions, religious and atheist.
pascalle says
The dutch version has the normal image :(
Even after emptying my cash.
Geek says
Simon T @ #104
I think the post you're objecting to was not meant seriously. It was poking fun at the claim sometimes made by Intelligent Design advocates that their beliefs have been unreasonably excluded by scientists who protect their "religion" of evolution by limiting academic freedom.
LV says
I first opened my browser at 6am EST, and the Darwin logo was already there.
ProfMike says
I live in St. Paul, MN and my GOOGLE has had this logo for a couple of days-they like me the best!
marilove says
Uuuh, when I went to Google yesterday (I live in the US), they had that Darwin picture up, and when I clicked, it went to the Google search page for Darwin. I'm thinking cache problems for those who couldn't see it?
I'm also blue-green challenged. Intelligent design my arse.
Hey, if you become a solipsist there's the double advantage that a) you KNOW that you exist and b)that God's intelligent. Perhaps all the other stuff that surrounds you was stuff you foisted off on ignorant flunkies to keep them busy, so that it reflects all sorts of design from breathtaking to boneheaded.
I hate how Google (and other web sites) have started using these pointless, ever-changing images on their main pages. Since the images change every day, my browser has to download them anew every day, which wastes bandwidth and slows down my browsing experience.
ArchangelChuck says
Today, I thought for a moment that Google was doing that "fair and balanced" thing. Doesn't this look a little like the Expelled logo?
http://img0.gmodules.com/logos/valentines09_res.gif
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Aerobic exercises have a positive effect on the body's telomerase activity.
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