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A travel expert revealed a simple hack that allowed her to book a first-class suite on a flight to Singapore from New York for only $6. TikTok / travelhackingmom
This could be the secret to traveling in the lap of luxury — for less.
A travel expert revealed a simple hack that allowed her to book a first-class suite on a flight to Singapore from New York for only $6.
TikToker @travelhackingmom posted the video — which now has soared to 8.4 million views — in late October as a part of an eight-part series detailing how she uses credit card bonuses to fuel her travel expenses.
"This is Singapore Suites' first class," said the TikToker as she enters the cabin which features a large-screen TV, a chair, her mom and a comfortable-looking bed. "She booked this flight for 143,000 points plus $5.60."
In the first video, the self-styled hacker says that the key to building up the miles and paying less is to open credit cards that have perks attached when you reach a certain spending limit.
"For the last five and a half years or so, I have been traveling for nearly free using credit card points and I'm going to break it all down for you," said the TikToker.
"Travel hacking is using credit card points and miles to travel for nearly free, the way that we earn these credit card points is by signing up for a new card for the welcome bonus."
The series continues to reveal that the travel mogul accumulates the points by canceling and then reopening the same credit cards so she can get the bonus.
The Post reached out to the TikToker for comment.
Several viewers left their jaws back on the runway due to the simplicity of hack.
"Ugh and to think I get excited to be in the A group on Southwest," lamented one user.
"And i thought i had it good getting an empty seat next to me on a 12 hour flight recently," said another.
Other people, however, said that they would have saved the points and money for other things.
"For 143k points, I would rather take 3 or 4 additional flights," argued one user.
"That would rent for $8K a month in Manhattan," stated another.

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Honestech Stopmotion Studio 4 is a very clever piece of software that will have school children making animations and cartoons within a few minutes of launching.
The shallow learning curve and easy to follow instructions will hook the user quickly, and with the ability to preview their work at any point (without leaving the main interface), it will keep them glued to their seats.
The simple interface invites a quick start up and "hands on" approach while more advanced options such as Rotoscoping and ChromaKey will satisfy the more adventurous user.
Without too much effort we could be seeing budding Ray Harryhausens or Suzie Templetons in the making.
Installation was quite straight forward with a minor hiccup when a newer version of Quicktime was found already installed on my PC.
The system generated a warning message that installation could not proceed but after OK'ing the message box installation did in fact continue.
Adobe acrobat 9.2 was installed as a pre-requisite and the whole install completed in only a couple of minutes.
The system uses a horrible beige background colour for its message and dialogue - Not an issue in itself but it didn't look pretty.
Subsequent launches of the application continued to pop-up the registration dialogue box but this can be "delayed" \ disabled for a user entered number of days.
On launching, and after skipping the registration dialogue if appropriate, the system displays its main user interface.
It has 6 key areas with menus and other dialogues popping up modally when required.
A menu bar at the top allows the user to access basic options, the contextual ("point at") help menu and general help. The centre-left area is taken up by the Capture \ Preview window while the right hand is taken up by a settings palette for video, chromakey, rotoscoping and audio options. A timeline control bar sits below this with a tool box and the time line below that.
The key button is the big red Record button in the middle of the timeline control bar.
A click on this button takes a snapshot of what the camera sees and adds it to the timeline. Move the objects in the scene, and take another shot, then another, then another and soon you have your first animation.
All the other functions and menu options then add to this basic process and make some tasks even easier.
You can instruct the software to take snapshots every 1, 3, 5 seconds etc... allowing you to move scenery and having the snapshots be taken automatically.
The same options allow for snapshots every 10 or 30 minutes or even hourly or every 10 hours allowing for a basic form of time lapse photography to take place (plants growing or following the sun for example).
You can display a grid on the preview area to assist framing and composition (not displayed on the resultant animation), and also draw lines and paths on the preview to assist in the movement of scenery - again, this is not stored on the preview itself or the final animation.
The onionskin slider is a useful control as it allows the last image to be displayed on the preview as the next image is composed allowing you to see where the object should move next in order to get a smooth animation.
The preview can be set through varying opaqueness levels to suit the users preference, from almost transparent to almost solid.
It can also be disabled completely.
Individual (or groups of) frames can be dragged to different positions within the timeline as required, or deleted by pressing the delete key.
If frames are to be inserted into the middle of the timeline, the user can scroll to the correct position and press the record button as normal. All very simple and most of all intuitive.
Playback of the work so far can be initiated at any time by clicking on the Play button to the left of the record button.
The animation can be looped, or halted after 1 play, or when the user clicks on Stop.
This ability to immediately play what's recorded is key for the target audience - They do not have to wait for rendering or saving before they can show off their work.
Some advanced controls are available for those wishing to delve a little deeper.
This tab allows you to select a colour (range of hues) on the preview and replace them with a background image selected from any images on the PC.
This is how green-screen \ blue-screen works in the movies or on the weather channel.
Typically a piece of cloth or paper of deep blue or green is placed in the cameras view (or any other colour that is not present in the scene) and the appropriate background image (a castle, the sea, hot lava) is then displayed in its place.
In the following screenshot, a green piece of material was placed in the camera view and a "green" selection from the colour panel was selected.
The green material was then replaced with the background image of the dog.
The main image is what will be recorded, the small image to its right shows what the camera is actually seeing (the strop of green cloth) and the last image on the right is the image being used to replace the green cloth.
For the times when the strings or blue-tac used to hold the props in place become visible, the software allows the users to erase them by over-painting the appropriate areas of the frames with the corresponding areas from a reference frame.
It's not perfect and if the video camera has auto colour or white balance, the editing may be more visible than the artefacts it's trying to replace - Used with caution its a useful tool and, like most elements of the software, changes can be undone (ctrl+z).
The software allows background music to be played along with the animation, or for a soundtrack to be added afterwards.
In the example video accompanying this review, the imagery was shot first, then as the video played back, the audio elements were then added.
It took a few goes but in the end the audio was added in real time as the video was played back.
Static titles can be added at the start and \ or the end of the animation for a suer determined period of time (measured in frames).
Similar to titling, text can be added at user selected frame and last for a variable number of frames.
Videos can be captured in a variety of resolutions from 160 x 90 to 1280 x 1024, device dependant.
At any resolution the playback quality will only be as good as the device that captured it - If the webcam is low quality, then the captured video, thus playback, will be no better.
As shown in the specifications section the software can output video in a number of formats, even uploading to YouTube or Facebook if the appropriate account details are entered.
The variety is useful as it should allow for a simple upload to the schools website or YouTube channel for the creators to see and share.
The software did lock on two occasions, both times after a period of inactivity and when having the webcam controller options displayed.
This may have confused the software as it became inaccessible to the point of locking the PC.
A hard reboot was necessary as an operating system reset just hung, and logging off then on again didn't release files or processes.
I am not sure if the background colour scheme has a specific purpose (easy on the eyes?), but it does look dull.
I produced an example video showing off some of the basic capabilities of the software - IE, I did not use ChromaKey or Rotoscoping.
This review is intended to highlight the benefits and limitations of the item(s) under review, not provide details on how to use it.
Where notes on use are provided, these are the reviewers observations at the time of review and may not necessarily represent the best, easiest, recommended or proper use of the items.
Where images and screenshots are provided, they were taken by the reviewer unless explicitly stated otherwise.


The downtown Special Business District wants a new incarnation. Currently set up under rules allowing property owners and merchants to improve their designated areas with additional business license fees and property taxes, the district board is considering a new arrangement.
It has wisely engaged a well-experienced downtown consultant to recommend changes for the future. One fundamental change might be reorganizing the area as a so-called community improvement district, which would allow the imposition of increased sales taxes for the benefit of the area. In the process, they hope to enlarge their boundaries and gain more revenue.
Both goals are worthy, but the method they consider has its drawbacks.
By whatever means, downtown District boundaries should be enlarged. This will require a new plan of action, approval by the city council and a vote by affected property owners. The method of financing is the sticky part.
The city consistently has been willing to approve additional property and business license taxes that downtown owners and merchants are willing to request on themselves, the proceeds earmarked for use in the designated area. It will not be quite as sanguine about extraordinary sales taxes.
The CID arrangement raises the same questions posed by transportation development districts, in which shopping center developers acquire authority to levy additional sales taxes on shoppers to pay for new roads and other traffic handling infrastructure required because of the project.
The city has little authority under law to deny these arrangements, and they provide money for needed transportation construction, but their effect on the overall municipal sales tax structure is worrisome. Shoppers might begin to resist the idea of sales taxation if more and more pockets of up-charging are established. Downtown owners and promoters might relish the idea of a new sales tax gusher, but what if they discourage customers?
I can see the other side. Much of downtown trade involves entertainment patronized by students and out-of-town visitors. Will customers of this sort be worried about, say, a half-cent higher sales tax? In general, higher taxes on sales discourage sales but less so perhaps when the levy is community-wide.
The current way of raising extra money for the District has drawbacks. Property and license taxes are unpopular and paid only by merchants and landlords. The temptation to tax the general public is strong. Might it work to use a combination of all these methods requiring a less onerous bite from each?
The consultant�s ideas will be interesting.
Be happy. It�s a way of being wise.


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Q: changing a word in a string? I have this assignment:

Write a function smallnr(x) that takes a number x and if x is an
  integer between 0 and 6 it returns the name of the number,
  otherwise it simply returns x as a string.

I did the following:
def smallnr(x):
    if x>6:
        return str(x)
    else:
        lst=['zero','one','two','three','four','five','six']
        return (lst[x])

and that works, but now I have to do this:

Using the function smallnr from part a, write a function
  convertsmall(s) that takes as input a text s and returns the text
  s with small numbers (integers between 0 and 6) converted to their
  names. For example,

convertsmall('I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters, 7 siblings altogether.')
              'I have five brothers and two sisters, 7 siblings altogether.'

I know I need to use split() and isnumeric() somehow, but I can't figure out how to put it all together and change just the numbers within the string.
Any advice?

A: *

*Split the sentence (on the space)

*Iterate through the words (from the split)

*if the word isnumeric replace it with the result of the function

*join them all back together

*return the result

A: So you want to take your sentence string which you pass into the convertsmall function and split it by spaces. You can do this by taking your string and calling .split(' ') (eg. 'hello world'.split(' ') or mystring.split(' ')). This'll give you a split array like ['hello', 'world']
Then you need to iterate through the resulting array and look for numbers or integers and then pass them to your function and get the string value and replace the value in the array with the string value.
You then need to join up the final array once you've gone through each word and converted the numbers. You can do this by doing ' '.join(myArray)

A: d={'0':'zero','1':'one','2':'two','3':'three','4':'four','5':'five','6':'six'}
parts = my_string.split() #split into words
new_parts = [d[p] if p in d else p for p in parts] #list comprehension to replace if possible
print " ".join(parts) #rejoin

I think will work
>>> mystring = 'I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters, 7 siblings altogether.'
>>> parts = mystring.split() #split into words
>>> d={'0':'zero','1':'one','2':'two','3':'three','4':'four','5':'five','6':'six'}
>>> new_parts = [d[p] if p in d else p for p in parts] #list comprehension to replace if possible
>>> print " ".join(new_parts) #rejoin
I have five brothers and two sisters, 7 siblings altogether.

A: Solution based on regex rather than split():
def convertsmall(s):
    out = ''
    lastindex=0
    for match in re.finditer("\\b(\\d+)\\b", s):
        out += s[lastindex:match.start()]
        out += smallnr(int(match.group()))
        lastindex = match.end()
    return out + s[lastindex:]

A: Here's the easiest way to do this (in my opinion):
def convertsmall(text):
    return ' '.join(smallnr(int(word)) if word.isdigit() else word for word in text.split())

Output:
>>> convertsmall('I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters, 7 siblings altogether.')
'I have five brothers and two sisters, 7 siblings altogether.'

To understand this, let's go backwards:

*

*Divide the string into a list of words using text.split() - When no argument is passed, split() divides the string using ' ' (space) as delimiter.

*smallnr(int(word)) if word.isdigit() else word - Calls smallnr() if word is a number, otherwise returns word unchanged.

*Since word is a string, we need to convert it into an integer using int(word) before passing it to your function, which assumes x to be an integer.

*The entire phrase is a list comprehension, which processes each word in text.split() to product a new list. We join the words in this list together separated by spaces, using ' '.join(list).

Hope that makes it clear :)

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World tennis no.1 – Murray vs Djokovic – Elo ratings vs ATP ratings
As Andy Murray prepares to face Novak Djokovic this afternoon in the ATP World Tour Finals, the winner taking the end-of-year no.1 spot in the ATP Men's Singles ratings, it's interesting to compare an alternative set of ratings I've just come across, the Elo rating system from Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, who were just about the only pundits to come out of the recent Trump election with head held (reasonably) high.
I've been on a bit of an internet journey reading about this. The journey started here:
Factchecking the History of the ATP Number One With Elo
Jeff Sackmann
Heavy Topspin Blog
…continued to here:
Why Novak Djokovic would still be favoured to beat Andy Murray
…wandered by here:
The Case for Novak Djokovic … and Roger Federer … and Rafael Nadal
…and finished up here.
Current Elo ratings for the ATP tour
TennisAbstract.com
The best summary is from the Economist article:
But Mr Murray's journey to the apex of the rankings has also exposed some of the flaws in the official system. The ATP awards points exclusively on the basis of the importance of a tournament and the round each player reaches. Grand Slams count for twice as much as the next tier of events, the Masters series, and winning a competition is worth two-thirds more than losing in the final. This method suffers (at least) one major weakness: it fails to account for the strength of a player's opponents, which can vary widely over short time periods. And Mr Murray's hot streak has coincided with a stretch of very soft competition: he has not faced a single rival from the official top five since June, when he lost the final of the French Open to Mr Djokovic. In total, the Serb has won three of their four meetings this year.
Fortunately, there is an alternative rating system available, which does factor in quality of opposition. It's called Elo, in honour of its inventor, the Hungarian physicist Arpad Elo. Originally designed to measure the ability of chess players, it requires nothing more than a record of each competitor's wins and losses to calculate, and has become a standard method for assessing the strength of teams or players in various sports.
Elo works by exchanging points between opponents after a contest. If you beat a much stronger rival, you take a large number of his ranking points, causing him to move down the rankings as you climb them; if you win against a weaker player, you take only a small portion of his points. As an example, Mr Djokovic gained just 0.3 Elo points for beating the low-ranked Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the second round at Wimbledon this year—but lost 16 points to Sam Querrey when the American 28th seed beat him in the third round. The number of points swapped depends both on contestants' Elo ratings before a match and on a parameter, derived from historical data, that measures how fast the model should adjust its estimate of a player's strength based on new information. In tennis, this figure is fairly low, suggesting that abrupt changes in a player's ability are rare (excluding the effect of injuries). As a result, it takes a large number of disappointing match results for Elo to conclude that a once-outstanding champion has become an underdog.
Elo ratings have proven to be better forecasters than the ATP's. During the past 15 years, it has correctly picked the winner in 68.2% of matches, compared with 66.4% for the official rankings. And when the two systems have disagreed on who the favourite should be, Elo's picks have prevailed 55% of the time.
Compared with the ATP rankings, Elo is both far less impressed with Mr Murray's string of victories—he did not face a single player from inside the ATP's top ten during his run to the title last week in Paris—and far less concerned by Mr Djokovic's slump. Since his victory at the French Open, Mr Djokovic has triumphed in just one of six tournaments, a miserable run for a player of his ilk, and has suffered a number of upset losses. Meanwhile, Mr Murray has done his part to chip away at Mr Djokovic's lead. But a five-month barren patch for a player who has won 12 grand slams, coinciding with a hot streak for one who has collected three, has not convinced the Elo algorithm that the two have traded places. In that time, each man has lost to Juan Martín del Potro, a hard-hitting Argentine, and to Marin Cilic, a Croat with a booming serve. Mr Djokovic was also on the receiving end of an inspired performance by Swiss slugger Stanislas Wawrinka in the final of the US Open in September.
As a result, the current Elo ratings still consider Mr Djokovic to be the world's best player, and by a decent margin: they have him beating Mr Murray 63% of the time. That is a far cry from his advantage in March, when Mr Djokovic reached the highest score of anybody in the modern era, and would have been an 81% favourite against Mr Murray. But the magnitude of his edge even after such a decline simply confirms how stratospheric the heights that Mr Djokovic reached were when he was playing his absolute best. Despite the rough patch for Mr Djokovic, Elo still believes that the chasm between him and Mr Murray is larger than the gap between the Scot and the ageing Roger Federer, in third place. It pegs Mr Murray as a modest 60-40 favourite over the Swiss champion.
A snapshot of historical high-ELO-scores puts Djokovic as the GOAT, no less. But bear in mind that this snapshot was taken in September 2015, and both of today's finalists have gone better since. Murray recently hit 2412, and Novak pushed his highest ever score – with his French Open win in 2016 – to no less than 2570, a big advantage over Federer in second place:
Personally I love Novak. I'll be patriotically rooting for Andy this afternoon, but if Novak wins (as past history between them suggests he will), there can be no more deserving holder of the trophy and the No.1 spot.
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Federer and Me, by William Skidelsky
So I've just ordered the book "Federer and Me" by William Skidelsky. Here's an extract from a Guardian article:
In the summer of 2006, at a family gathering of my girlfriend's, I remember meeting an aspiring tennis pro, a young British player on the fringes of the tour. I asked him who, of today's top players, he particularly admired. He told me he'd recently been on some practice courts near Federer and he couldn't believe how good he was. As he spoke, awe entered his voice and his eyes acquired a faraway look. Increasingly, I realised, this was how Federer was being viewed. He was becoming a figure of legend, almost a god.
Not long after this, I happened to stumble across an essay on Federer by David Foster Wallace. I was already a fan of Wallace's writing – his fiction in particular – and the piece made a big impression on me. Here was a palpably clever writer – something of a genius himself – talking in candidly reverential terms about the wonder, the beauty, of Federer's tennis. I was struck not only by Wallace's concept of the "Federer moment" – the instances when his play appears to defy the laws of physics – but also by the way he sought to locate his subject within the game's overall trajectory. And his sense of the sport's development very much chimed with my own.
Wallace's basic contention was that men's tennis had, for the previous few decades, been moving in a linear direction. Thanks to a combination of composite rackets, related changes in technique and advances in athleticism, a single style had come to dominate the sport. This style – the "power baseline" game – was, as its name suggested, based on hitting the ball with tremendous power (and copious topspin) from the back of the court. According to Wallace, it was Lendl who had pioneered the style in the 80s, in the 90s players like Agassi and Courier had raised it to new heights and, more recently, Rafa Nadal had taken it "just as far as it goes". The problem with the power baseline style, Wallace suggested, wasn't that it was inherently boring but it was "somewhat static and limited" and, if it were to prove the "evolutionary end-point of tennis", that would be a problem for the game.
Federer, however, had shown another way forward. He had introduced – or rather, reintroduced – elements such as subtlety and variety, an "ability to read and manipulate opponents, to mix spins and speeds, to misdirect and surprise, to use tactical foresight and peripheral vision". Yet the point about Federer – and here was Wallace's kicker – was that he could do all those things while also being a "first-rate, kickass power-baseliner". He had demonstrated a new way of playing tennis that was as attractive as it was effective, and had done so from within the modern game. "He is Mozart and Metallica and the combination is somehow wonderful."
Wallace ended his essay on a note of optimism. At that year's Wimbledon, which he'd attended, the junior event had been a "variegated ballet", with players deploying "drop volleys and mixed spins, off-speed serves, gambits planned three shots ahead – all as well as the standard-issue grunts and booming balls". The clear implication was that Federer's approach was starting to influence tennis more widely, expanding the sport's very possibilities.
The Percentages That Separate Djokovic And The Top 10
July 15, 2016 – 10:05 am
Fascinating tennis stats article from Craig O'Shannessy. Turns out the second-best returner amongst the top players is not Murray, as I always thought (he is third), but Nadal:
Novak Djokovic has won 92 per cent (46-4) of his matches this season, but when broken down to the simplest level of points won, his winning percentage is just 56 per cent. It's amazing that someone as dominant as Djokovic is taking a 50-50 battle and shifting it just six percentage points in his favour to create the superiority that we have grown accustomed to.
An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis shows that the current players in the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings have won, on average, just 53.2 per cent of their points this season.
Why tennis players don't take more risks on second serve
September 6, 2014 – 6:07 pm
So turns out tennis players basically have the maths right.
Why Tennis Players Don't Take More Risks On Second Serves
Carl Bialik
If you've ever watched a tennis player dominate with the first serve but saw the second serve obliterated by the returner, you might have wondered: Why don't more players go for it on their second serve? Wouldn't they be better off treating their second opportunity to serve like their first one?
The answer almost always is no.
Most servers win a much higher percentage of points on their first serve than their second serve. For example, in his five-set marathon loss to Kei Nishikori as Monday night turned to Tuesday morning at the U.S. Open, Milos Raonic won 87 percent of his first-serve points but just 47 percent of his second-serve points.
During that match, Min Han, a biologist at the University of Colorado, emailed me. "I wonder whether some of the big servers in men's tennis should serve the fast 'first' serve all the time," Han wrote. "For some of these guys, the difference between the winning percentage on their first serve and that on the second serve seems huge."
It's a good suggestion. But the season-long numbers suggest nearly every player would be hurt, not helped, by treating the second serve like a first serve. Except in a couple of cases, the higher probability that the second serve lands in the court more than compensates for the higher effectiveness of first serves.
Let's start with the average Top 50 men's player. This year heading into the U.S. Open, he wins 73.6 percent of service points when the first serve lands in, compared to 57.5 percent when the second serve lands in. But his first serve lands in just 61.9 percent of the time, compared to 91.1 percent of second serves. So if he went for his first serve on both points, he'd win 73.6 percent of second-serve points when the ball lands in, but double fault on 38.1 percent of them. His second-serve winning percentage would be just 45.6 percent, compared to 52.4 percent now. Bad move.
This is just an average. It varies widely by player. Mikhail Youzhny has a relatively weak first serve without landing in the court all that often, so he'd be especially unwise to go for his first serve again given a second opportunity. His second-serve winning percentage would drop by 12.7 percentage points.
By contrast, Ivo Karlovic, who is 6 feet 10, has a relatively weak second serve and usually lands his excellent first serve in, so he'd gain 2 percentage points on his second-serve winning percentage if he went for his first serve twice. That's a modest gain, and Karlovic is the only player in the Top 50 who'd get a high enough reward to justify the high-risk tactic. (Raonic would be nearly even, but slightly worse off — as he would have been if he'd gone for second-serve bombs against Nishikori, since he missed so often on first serves in that match.)
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Tennis player Gulbis says abolish what now?
Go on, vamp it up a bit
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Ernests Gulbis got himself into a tangle this week by mistaking an interview question about abolishing umpires for a question about abolishing vampires. Gulbis said he is against vampires, although the diary has no idea why.
Lleyton Hewitt and the Triple-Hundred Club
Fascinating & obscure tennis factoids.
Lleyton Hewitt and the Elusive Triple-Hundred
Lleyton Hewitt is within a whisker of qualifying for a very elite club–players who have won 100 matches on each of the three major tennis surfaces, hard, clay, and grass. He has 367 on hard, 120 on grass, and 98 on clay. If he manages to reach this milestone, he'll be the last player to do so for a long time.
Roger Federer, of course, is already a member. Hewitt would become only the seventh, joining Fed, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, John Alexander, and Stan Smith. Arthur Ashe and Stefan Edberg are close: both retired with 99 grass-court wins.
Typically, the grass-court threshold is the most difficult to reach, but that's not the issue for Hewitt. In fact, the Aussie is one of only 16 players in ATP history to win 100 or more matches on grass courts.
Federer has 123 career wins on grass, good for second of all time, behind Connors. Hewitt, at 120, is the only other active player even close. Next on the active list is Andy Murray at 74, followed by Novak Djokovic, Mikhail Youzhny, and Tommy Haas, all tied at 53. Of the 80 players in ATP history who have won at least 50 matches on grass, 73 are retired.
Of the active players with 50 or more grass-court wins, only Hewitt and Murray have won more matches on grass than on clay. That's all a long-winded way of saying, if someone's going to reach the 100-win milestone on three surfaces, you wouldn't expect them to need a few more wins on clay.
No other active players are anywhere near striking distance of the 3×100 mark. While Murray could reach 100 wins on grass with a few more good seasons, his clay win total lags far behind–on that surface, he only recently got to 50. And as we've seen, no other active player has more than 53 career wins on grass. The extended grass-court season, starting next year, will help players like Djokovic, but it's safe to say that Haas's window has closed.
In an era that barely rewards grass-court specialists, Hewitt has put himself in position to join this elite group by performing at a very high level on the surface. It's ironic, then, that he'll cross into such rarefied territory with a win on red clay.
Nadal vs Gasquet – aged 13
April 23, 2014 – 10:47 am
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Rod Laver vs. Jimmy Connors
Found a fascinating challenge match, in which Jimmy Connors beat Rod Laver, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, February 2 1975. The footage is a video camera pointing at the TV – but you can see the shots surprisingly well.
As the (excellent) comment thread points out, Laver was well over the hill at this point (whereas Connors was Wimbledon champion), but you get a sense for why many regard Laver as the greatest ever. Even here his movement (especially at the net) is phenomenal, and for all that his technique sometimes looks odd to modern eyes (where is his front arm on the forehand groundstroke?), the power and placement is there, even with those crappy old rackets.
Tennis's one-handed backhand – a dying art?
Tennis's one-handed backhand – a dying art, (briefly) revived
The rise and fall of the one-handed backhand
To general surprise, Stanislas Wawrinka won the men's Australian Open tennis championship on Sunday. In doing so, the Swiss player captured his first grand-slam singles title and beat Rafael Nadal, the world number one. It was a strange match, rendered less competitive by an injury to Mr Nadal. The suspicion is that Mr Wawrinka, for all his fine play, would not have won against a fit opponent—not only because of his previous 0-12 record against the Spaniard, but because Mr Wawrinka attacks with a one-handed backhand, a stroke some consider a liability in the modern game.
The one-handed backhand drive—hit with topspin, rather than sliced defensively—is perhaps the most elegant shot in tennis. Mr Wawrinka's is a model of the genre: a flowing, full-blooded sweep of the racquet that marries power and timing. Yet despite its appeal to purists, the one-hander is unpopular with professional players. It is more difficult, with a much smaller margin for error, than its two-fisted counterpart. Most prefer the more compact and clinical two-hander. Of the 50 top-ranked men players, only 12 use one-handed backhands. In the women's game, only three players in the top 50 hit one-handed.
That the one-hander is effective, given a talented-enough ball-striker, is beyond dispute. Roger Federer, also of Switzerland, has used his to win more grand-slam titles than any other man. It is only in recent years, as the game has become even more physical, and as new strings have allowed players to impart more spin on their shots, that the two-hander has gained ascendancy. (Indeed, as our chart shows, part of the fascination of tennis from the 1970s all the way through to the 2000s was the unresolved duel between languid one-handers, like Pete Sampras, and two-handed sluggers like Andre Agassi.) Yet as Mr Federer's powers fade—he has won only two majors since 2010—there are mutterings that inherent limitations in his classic style of play, previously masked by exceptional talent, may be causing grief. Did he win 17 majors despite, rather than because of, his pretty backhand? Nick Bollettieri, a famous American coach, thinks Mr Federer could have had even more success two-handed.
The implications for mere mortals are ominous. Pundits gave Mr Wawrinka little chance of winning the Australian final precisely because the high-bouncing, viciously topspun shots in which Mr Nadal specialises are difficult for players with single-handed backhands to return with interest. No matter how good the one-handed backhand, the errors will creep in. (Most believe this is why Mr Federer's head-to-head record against Mr Nadal is poor.)
Yet critics of the one-hander should remember that Mr Wawrinka thoroughly outplayed his opponent for much of the match. He did this by making a virtue of his weakness. Instead of trying to outlast his rival, he played aggressively and looked to take the initiative early in the point. It helps that the one-handed backhand demands early ball contact; if executed well, this hurries one's opponent. Mr Wawrinka was equally aggressive with the rest of his game. He served 19 aces (versus just one for Mr Nadal), and hit 53 winners (versus 19), even surviving a mid-match dip in form as he struggled to finish off his stricken opponent.
Sadly, none of this makes continued glory for many of tennis's one-handers likely. The shot's mechanical complexity means its exponents must perform at their best for longer than their opponents. A strategy dependent on being in the elusive state sportsmen call "the zone" is hardly a recipe for success. (In winning the Australian final, Mr Wawrinka also hit 49 unforced errors, compared with 32 by his opponent.) Mr Federer recently switched to a larger racquet in search of more consistency. Little surprise, then, that most coaches will keep playing the averages. With youngsters now routinely learning the two-hander—in part because most children lack the strength to play any other way—the pool of one-handers will remain small. Mr Wawrinka has given brief joy to connoisseurs of tennis's most delightful shot, but one title does not a trend make.
Nadal – tennis GOAT?
The guy makes a strong case for Nadal as tennis GOAT.
Rafael Nadal Might Just Be the Best Ever
Bryan Tarmen Graham
Monday's [2013 US Open] final [where Nadal beat Djokovic] was the 37th meeting between Nadal and Djokovic, surpassing John McEnroe-Ivan Lendl as the Open era's most prolific—if not romantic—rivalry. Unlike McEnroe and Lendl, however, their familiarity has bred not disdain but a mutual respect. Both employ similar pugilistic, power-baseline styles, stripping their matches of the stylistic and poetic contrasts that made the Nadal's meetings with Federer such attractive (and accessible) theater. Both have forced each other to improve and innovate, each one retooling his game in an effort to best the other. They have spent most of the past few years dragging each other into deep waters at the end of tennis's biggest tournaments, Djokovic winning seven straight meetings in 2011 and 2012, Nadal taking six of the past seven. The struggle was no different Monday, even if this one didn't extend five sets. "Between Novak and me, every point is fighting, every point is long rally, every point is more strategy," Nadal said last night. "This is very tough."
All the strongest arguments for Nadal as the best to ever do it were on full display throughout Monday's final.
It started with his superior physicality. One hundred eighty-eight pounds of fast-twitch muscles and bravado, Nadal generates enough spin on his groundstrokes to cheat space-time, like the Euclid-defying overhead he struck from 10 feet behind the baseline in his first-round win over Ryan Harrison. He broke Djokovic twice in the opening set as the shadows grew long over Ashe, curling shots drizzled with topspin into the corners while making just four unforced errors.
It continued with his mental and tactical agility, his refined gift for making adjustments on the fly—sometimes in the middle of a point. Consider the run of play near the end of the second set, when Djokovic had warmed to the moment and was striking his forehand with loose, fluid abandon. When he broke Nadal to take the set and broke at love to open the third, Djokovic began dictating the baseline points and pushing his opponent around. One hundred forty points had been played midway through the third set. Nadal had won 70. Djokovic had won 70. But just as the Serb had wrested the momentum, it was Nadal who began mixing in the slice brilliantly, changing pace and keeping Djokovic off balance. No small feat for a player once derided for smashing the ball pell-mell at every opportunity with little taste for variety.
And then, of course, there was ample evidence of Nadal's legendary between-the-ears fortitude. Late in the third, Djokovic had triple-break point to serve for a two-sets-to-one lead. Nadal saved all three break points, held serve, and broke the Serb for the set. He never looked back.
Nadal was once a bit of a curiosity: a clay-court specialist known as much for his innumerable tics and quirky rituals as his terre battue mastery. Even Monday, he was a slave to his routines, touching his crotch and shirt then fingering his hair before every serve—while obsessively making sure everything remained feng shui around his chair during changeovers. (And then making sure again.)
There will always be a passionate argument for Roger Federer as tennis's greatest ever. Yet many have wondered how a player can be regarded as the best of all time if he's not conclusively the best of his time.
Yet these days he's evolved into nothing less than an all-court phenomenon. This season, he's 22-0 on hard courts, traditionally his weakest surface. He's just the second man to win multiple titles on three different surfaces. His lifetime winning percentage, currently an absurd 83.7 percent, is better than anyone in the sport today. Incredibly, he entered the U.S. Open with a winning record against each of the other 127 players in the field.
There will always be a passionate argument for Roger Federer—a man whose game has been described as porn for aesthetes—as tennis's greatest, certainly as long as the Swiss maestro remains atop the all-time Grand Slam leaderboard with 17 trophies. Yet consider that Nadal has beaten Federer in 21 of their 31 meetings—and eight of their 10 matches at Grand Slams. Or that Nadal has won Olympic gold in singles and Federer hasn't. Or that Nadal has won four more Davis Cups than Federer's zero. Many have wondered aloud how a player can be regarded as the best of all time if he's not conclusively the best of his time.
Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, and Great Britain's Andy Murray together account for 34 of the past 35 Grand Slam championships. Such hegemony is unprecedented. (Consider that, over the same span, 24 different golfers have won majors.) The Big Four have turned the sport into their own crash test laboratory, challenging one another and raising the bar to heights previously thought impossible.
Could Nadal's progression from raw athletic specimen to adaptable, intelligent all-around player be the finest product of his era? Barring injury, he should win at least a few more French Opens, where he's lost exactly once in 60 career matches. (He's already the odds-on favorite for next year's tourney.) Five more majors overall is a tall order, but you'd be mad to bet against him.
"I'm gonna keep working hard, I'm gonna keep doing my things to have more chances in the future to be competitive and win tournaments," he said, with a wry grin, after last night's match. "But let me enjoy today."
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During one boss fight, he picked up a car and. first or third person. It was hard to get a sense for how realized this par.
Some of the protesters reportedly set stalls and cars on fire and pillaged shops. The brother of Olivier Tchamala Kambaji, a 19-year-old student and phone airtime vendor, described.
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Round table on the theme: "5 institutional reforms of the Head of State N.A. Nazarbayev - a strong response to the global challenges of our statehood"
On May 27, 2015 at Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsoyuz was held a round table on the theme: "5 institutional reforms of the Head of State N.A. Nazarbayev - a strong response to the global challenges of our statehood".
The roundtable was attended by PPS, leading scientists and students of the university.
Following reports were presented:
"The president's reform progress to the economy and society of Kazakhstan: Plan of the nation - 100 concrete steps to implement the five institutional reforms" - (Ainabekov K.S., d.e.sc., professor, Director of the Research Institute of NESA).
"The rule of law - as a condition of creating of the state of the new formation" - (Khanov T.A., d.l., professor, Director of the Research Institute of ELR).
"Unshakable values of the idea of "Mangіlіk el" - the path to an unified nation of the future" - (K.J. Abilov d.h.sc., professor, Vice-Rector for Social Affairs).
According to the results of the round table were determined priorities of collective participation of the university in the implementation of the designated by head of state institutional reforms.


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Sky's Delle Donne will miss All-Star Game
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Sky's Elena Delle Donne.
Sky's Elena Delle Donne. (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)
Shannon Ryan
Sky forward Elena Delle Donne will not be making a historic WNBA All-Star Game appearance.
Delle Donne, who is the first rookie to receive the most votes for the game, will not attend Saturday's showcase event because a concussion from Wednesday game against the Washington Mystics.
"It's unfortunate that I am unable to be a part of All-Star weekend," she said via a Sky statement. "It's upsetting not only for me but also for the fans who voted for me. The most important thing for me at this time is to rest and recover for the second half of the season."
Guard Epiphanny Prince and center Sylvia Fowles will represent the Sky for the East in the game at Uncasville, Conn.
She was injured in the Sky's 82-78 loss to the Mystics while going for a loose ball in the third quarter.
"The league has a clear protocol on concussions that includes the league doctor consulting on these injuries," Sky coach/GM Pokey Chatman told the Tribune. "She has to follow the protocol of returning to play and that can't be determined today. Our docs will continue to monitor her and progress as needed."
Atlanta's Erika de Souza will replace her.
Brittney Griner, the top pick in the 2013 draft, also will miss the game because of a sprained left knee.
The Sky also announced they will be without reserve point guard Sharnee Zoll-Norman for four weeks and center Carolyn Swords indefinitely.
Zoll-Norman broke her thumb against the Mystics while Swords has a knee ligament injury that will require surgery on Saturday.
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Kyle Schwarber's walk-off home run gives the Cubs a 4-3 win over the Reds in 10 innings
Florida man who caught Chicago's Humboldt Park alligator throws out the 1st pitch before the Reds-Cubs game
The Cubs' YouTube channel is wonderfully weird — and funny. Here are some of the highlights.
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1000-15 Viking explorers land in Canada, and may or may not have sailed southward to New England. Evidence is spotty.
1497 John Cabot, seeking to establish trade for England, reaches the island of Newfoundland in Canada and sails south as far as Maine.
1602 Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold lands on the Massachusetts coast. Names Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and other locations.
1604 French colonists settle on an island on the St. Croix River between present-day Maine and New Brunswick. They leave after a single miserable winter.
1614 Capt. John Smith maps the New England coast, names the Charles River after King Charles I of England, and calls the area a paradise.
1616 Smallpox kills large numbers of Indians between Maine and Rhode Island.
1620 The Mayflower, carrying some 100 colonists (including many Pilgrims, fleeing religious persecution in England), arrives at Cape Cod.
1630 Colonists led by John Winthrop establish the town of Boston, named after an English village.
1635-36 Roger Williams is exiled from Massachusetts for espousing liberal religious ideas; he founds the city of Providence, RI.
1636 Harvard College is founded to educate young men for the ministry.
1638 America's first printing press is established in Cambridge.
1648 First labor unions are established by coopers and shoemakers in Boston.
1675-76 Native Americans attack colonists in New England in what is known as "King Philip's War."
1692 The Salem witch trials take place. Twenty people (including 14 women) are executed before the hysteria subsides.
1704 America's first regularly published newspaper, the Boston News Letter, is founded.
1713 The first schooner, a distinctively American sailing ship, is designed and built in Gloucester, MA.
1764 "Taxation without representation" is denounced in reaction to the Sugar Act.
1770 Five colonists are killed outside what is now the Old State House in an incident known as the Boston Massacre.
1773 British ships are raided by colonists disguised as Indians during the Boston Tea Party. More than 300 chests of tea are dumped into the harbor from three British ships.
1775 On April 18, Paul Revere and William Dawes spread the word that the British are marching toward Lexington and Concord. The next day the "shot heard round the world" is fired. On June 17, the British win the Battle of Bunker Hill but suffer heavy casualties.
1783 Treaty of Paris is signed, formally concluding the American Revolution.
1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth, Massachusetts the sixth, and New Hampshire the ninth state to formally join the union.
1790 Rhode Island becomes the 13th state and the final colony to ratify the constitution.
1791 The short-lived Republic of Vermont (1777-91) ends and the state of Vermont joins the union.
1812 War of 1812 with England batters New England economy.
1814 The nation's first textile mill is built, in Waltham, MA.
1820 Maine, formerly a district of Massachusetts, becomes a state.
1835 Samuel Colt of Connecticut develops the six-shooter pistol.
1861 Massachusetts Institute of Technology is founded.
1892 America's first gasoline-powered automobile is built in Chicopee, MA.
1897 First Boston Marathon is run; Boston completes first American subway.
1903 The first World Series is played; Boston Red Sox win.
1918 The Red Sox celebrate another World Series victory.
1930 America's Cup sailing race is first held in Newport, RI.
1930s The Great Depression devastates New England's already reeling industrial base.
1938 A major hurricane sweeps into New England, killing hundreds and destroying countless buildings and trees.
1942 A fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.
1946 John F. Kennedy is elected to Congress to represent Boston's first congressional district.
1957 Boston Celtics win their first NBA championship, laying the groundwork for a reign that will eventually include 16 championships.
1963 New Hampshire becomes first state to establish a lottery to support education.
1966 Edward Brooke of Massachusetts becomes the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
1972 Maine's Indians head to court, claiming the state illegally seized their land in violation of a 1790 act. They settle 8 years later for $81.5 million.
1974 In Connecticut, Ella Grasso becomes the first elected woman governor.
1991 The Big Dig begins in Boston.
2001 The New England Patriots win the Super Bowl, stunning New Englanders.
2004 The Red Sox break the curse, winning the World Series for the first time in 86 years. The Patriots win the Super Bowl for the third time in 4 years.
2005 The Big Dig nears completion and Boston's downtown area has unobstructed access to the waterfront for the first time in 50 years.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Rebuffs UCSA Claims
February 13, 2004 at 7:59 am by Nexus Staff Report
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed a preliminary response to a lawsuit brought against him and members of his administration by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and other civil rights groups.
UCSA, Californians for Justice, Equal Justice Society and four UC students filed a lawsuit in January alleging that the governor does not have the constitutional authority to spend state money as he did when he slashed the state vehicle licensing fee and issued fee refunds in January. The suit also said state laws prohibit the governor's reduction of vehicle licensing fees unless there are sufficient monies in the state's general fund to repay cities and counties for the lost revenue. Schwarzenegger cannot cut programs – specifically University of California programs – because he created the fiscal emergency that necessitated program cuts when he lowered the fees, the suit said.
Schwarzenegger's response Tuesday argues that the California Supreme Court should decline to hear the case because a similar case pending in the Los Angeles Superior Court is already looking into whether or not the state has insufficient funds to pay for the vehicle licensing fee reductions. It also states that UCSA's lawsuit is not a case that requires prompt review from the state Supreme Court because Controller Steve Westly has determined that he will not transfer the money out of the budget items listed in the Dec. 15, 2003 letter from the Dept. of Finance.
The state attorney general's office is representing the governor, Secretary of Business for the Transportation and Housing Agency Sunne McPeak, Director of Finance Donna Ardun, state Controller Steve Westly and Director of the Dept. of Motor Vehicles Chon Gutierrez, who are also named as defendants in the suit.
California Secretary of the Treasury Phil Angelides is also named as a defendant in the suit but chose to be represented by an attorney from the Treasury Dept. Angelides, one of the most vocal critics of Schwarzenegger's budget, filed a separate response to the suit stating he will not be advocating for or against the suit.
"The State Treasurer did not participate in any of the decisions that gave rise to this petition for writ of mandate. Additionally, he does not support the reduction in funding for the educational programs at issue in this petition," Angelides' response said.


If a child is to get to know himself, to know who he is and what he cares for, he needs to beunafraid of silence, and this is an area of life where the school has duties as never before. Inner silence is essential for the flowering of personal identity and exterior silence is nearly always a pre-requisite for this. The modern concern for identity and the widespread sense of alienation in life and the arts is not helped by the seepage of noise into so many places where it need not be. More and more of the world is wired for sound, and too often a transistor is carried like a talisman to ward off the danger of silence. Its unheeded chatter and music give the illusion that some human contact is being made while the insight and vision that grow in silence cannot even begin to stir into life. It is ironic that people driven by the need to find peace will head for the mountain, the forest or the sea and then switch on the radio to reassure themselves that the background noise is still there. It is in childhood that we can best get a taste for silence, and the school has a duty to provide this quiet growing time. There are occasions when a happy din of activity is desirable but if it becomes the norm the child will be damaged.
In being intentional about silence, I am reminded about my Mother's instruction during Holy Week. As a child I always looked forward to Holy Week. There were times of fasting, prayer, church-going, and silence. My Mother would remind us of our need to be quiet, especially on Good Friday, as we reflected upon the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. From noon to three, we were to be quiet, sitting, thinking, praying, being. Of course, there was restlessness in silence. How much longer? I don't know what to do! But slowly we would stop resisting the silence and give into it. We became accustomed to quiet times and were the better for it. Give yourself and your children the gift of quiet this week and be blessed in the silence.


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2020: The Year of Impossible Decisions
Navigating a World Where Neither Research Nor Intuition Yields Easy Choices
Erika Price
I think of myself as an efficient decision maker. Despite being raised in a family where copious research preceded every purchase or life event, I didn't adopt this mentality. Seeing the paralysis caused by Consumer Reports, Amazon reviews, and late-night Google searches, I developed a "just-enough" information strategy sprinkled with a healthy dose of intuition.
This applies to all my decisions, large and small, from finding a church in a new city to choosing a microphone to record my podcast. I might ask a few friends who have already made the decision or conduct a quick online search and then I simply commit to what feels right.
When I needed to furnish a new office last year, I took 2 trusted friends to IKEA. Within an hour we had picked out a desk, chair, and bookshelves. Long ago, when I was applying to college, I visited the schools to narrow my acceptances down to the top three, but when it came time to choose between them, I was guided by a dream I had about a nun. I've never dreamed about a nun before or since, but Santa Clara University was my home for the next four years because it was the only Catholic school on my list.
This year, though, my decision making rules feel irrelevant. The answers are hard to reach and impossible to honor when the story keeps changing.
I first noticed the shift on a Tuesday in March, the day before we were scheduled to fly to Cleveland to watch our oldest son compete in a college swim meet. I was debating over the impact of the brand new virus which had impacted our Seattle community. I conferred with my son who worried we might be ostracized since we were coming from the epicenter, but had zero concern his meet would be impacted by it. The website said the event was still on so we kept our plans.
Until he called back later that night. Given the rapidly changing news, his coach had given him an hour to decide if he still wanted to travel. In a rare break from team unity, each swimmer made an individual call with some choosing to attend and some staying behind. In line with our son's decision, we cancelled our tickets and stayed home. Neither my research, nor my intuition had guided me to the right answer.
Two days later, Boston College announced it was closing campus. Our son wanted to temporarily move to New York, rather than home, because he feared not being allowed to return from the coronavirus epicenter. Wanting to honor his newfound decision-making ability as a young adult, I agreed and worked on accepting his choice in my heart. The night before the school closed, he called again to say New York (on the cusp of stealing the epicenter title from Seattle) no longer seemed wise and he'd bought a ticket to fly to Seattle the next morning.
From there, the flip-flopping decisions have just kept coming. No amount of research seems to guarantee confident choices and my intuition has gone dormant.
The next big decision I faced was whether to put my 83-year-old dad on hospice. While he was terminally ill, he was also still actively working. The problem was he was frequently hospitalized and feared coronavirus more than cancer. He never met the criteria of choosing comfort over cure, but the hospice team looked beyond that for him. Although he didn't have COVID-19, his medical choices from that point forward were driven by the deadly disease.
As 2020 has progressed, I've continued to wrestle with decisions. Should I join a #Black Lives Matter protest because I believe in the cause or stay away because it doesn't meet my social distancing standards? Should I tell the man in the store to put on a mask or mind my own business? Is there any way to safely host a high school graduation party for my younger son? Should I send my boys to college even if the classes may be online? Should I launch my own online class now when everyone is home or later because we're all Zoomed out?
The decisions are hard and have consequences. My "just-enough" research is no longer enough and my gut instinct seems to be taking a break this year. For now, I'm slogging through the process that is anything but efficient. There is no right decision. I wait until I have enough information and I reserve the right to change my mind as often as I need.
#DecisionMaking
#Decisions


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Q: MYSQL - Different count with different where clause in one query I have two sql query and i want to join them in a single query.
They use the same table but the count is from different where clause
SELECT count(ad_id) FROM ad where date(ad_added_date) = CURDATE();
SELECT count(ad_id) FROM ad where date(ad_disabled_date) = CURDATE();

I tried with different trick (if then, subqueries) but no one work.

A: Just use conditional aggregation:
SELECT sum(date(ad_added_date) = CURDATE()),
       sum(date(ad_disabled_date) = CURDATE())
FROM ad ;

This assumes that ad_id is never NULL (although that condition is easy to add in.

A: this could do it
SELECT
(SELECT count(ad_id) FROM ad where date(ad_added_date) = CURDATE()) ,
(SELECT count(ad_id) FROM ad where date(ad_disabled_date) = CURDATE());


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Humans, like many species, are highly social creatures. The process of natural selection has instilled in us a drive to connect with other people. Those ancestors that were well connnected got support from their community and prospered, allowing them to pass on their gregariousness down to their offspring.
With the advent of modern communication technology we've developed more and more effective ways to 'scratch the itch' to connect with others at greater speeds and distances. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are the latest in the line of personal connectivity technology.
While these services can provide much value by allowing people to link with friends, ideas and events in new ways, they are not without a dark side. As their popularity has mushroomed, it has become increasingly apparently that these services can be addictive, and this tendency is especially prevalent among youth of today, for whom fitting into the social fabric has always seemed critically important.
referring to the treat young kids found irresistible in his now famous series of experiments probing how young children cope with, and often succumb to, temptation.
Professor Mischel found that kids who could not delay gratification, but instead snatched the marshmallows at the earliest opportunity, turned out to be under-achievers as adults.
Is the 24/7 connected culture we find ourselves embedded within today serving us, or is it driving us (and our kids) to distraction?
My guess – probably both.


THE NEWS EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING TO HEAR!!!
This year the International Research Project is going to PERU! From the 1stof May until the 17thof May a group of 20 ambitious students are granted the opportunity to undertake hands-on field research in the capital of Peru, Lima on a very intriguing topic!
The International Research Project will focus on Venezuelan refugees in Peru, and the implications of their arrival on the Peruvian labour market. Initial to the field research we will perform 2 months of desk research. With the help of our partners, The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Erasmus School of Economics and Banco Interamericano De Desarrollo, participating students get the opportunity to see for themselves what it's like to perform research and formulate policy advice within the field of international development.
Peru has been one of the main recipients of Venezuelan refugees since economic and political unrest steered Venezuela in despair. The crisis began in 2014 and since then Peru has seen an upswing in the number of Venezuelan refugees arriving every day. Despite Peru's efforts to ease the process of regularizing migratory status for Venezuelan refugees, in an attempt to give them quick access to work opportunities, many educated Venezuelan refugees still struggle to find a suitable job and end up in informal occupations. Based on our analysis, we will map the implications of this external shock on the Peruvian labor market and will link these to relevant policy recommendations.
Participation costs are 799€ including flights, weekend trips, accommodation, transport, breakfast and some dinners. You do not need a visa for staying in Peru, since Peru issues visas upon arrival. Please be aware that being part of the International Research Project means that you should be willing to invest approximately 7 hours per week into research meetings with the group.
The application deadline is over. Thank you for your interest!


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Nullomers are short sequences of DNA that do not occur in the genome of a species (for example, humans), even though they are theoretically possible. Nullomers must be under selective pressure - for example, they may be toxic to the cell. Some nullomers have been shown to be useful to treat leukemia, breast, and prostate cancer. They are not useful in healthy cells because normal cells adapt and become immune to them. Nullomers are also being developed for use as DNA tags to prevent cross contamination when analyzing crime scene material.

Background
Nullomers are naturally available but potentially unused sequences of DNA. Determining these "forbidden" sequences can improve the understanding of the basic rules that govern sequence evolution. Sequencing the entire genome has shown that there is a high level of non-uniformity in genomic sequences. When a codon is artificially substituted for a synonymous codon, it often results in a lethal change and cell death. This is believed to be due to ribosomal stalling and early termination of protein synthesis. For example, both AGA and CGA code for arginine in bacteria; however, bacteria almost never use AGA, and when substituted it proves lethal. Such codon biases have been seen in all species, and are examples of constraints on sequence evolution. Other sequences may have selective pressure; for example, GG-rich sequences are used as sacrificial sinks for oxidative damage because oxidizing agents are attracted to regions with GG-rich sequences and then induce strand breakage. Moreover, it has been shown that statistically significant nullomers (i.e. absent short sequences which are highly expected to exist) in virus genomes are restriction recognition sites indicating that viruses have probably got rid of these motifs to facilitate invasion of bacterial hosts. Nullomers Database provides a comprehensive collection of minimal absent sequences from hundreds of species and viruses as well as the human and mouse proteomes.

Cancer Treatment
Nullomers have been used as an approach to drug discovery and development. Nullomer peptides were screened for anti-cancer action. Absent sequences have short polyarginine tails added to increase solubility and uptake into the cell, producing peptides called PolyArgNulloPs. One successful sequence, RRRRRNWMWC, was demonstrated to have lethal effects in breast and prostate cancer. It damaged mitochondria by increasing ROS production, which reduced ATP production, leading to cell growth inhibition and cell death. Normal cells show a decreased sensitivity to PolyArgNulloPs over time.

Forensics
Accidental transfer of biological material containing DNA can produce misleading results. This is a particularly important consideration in forensic and crime labs, where mistakes can cause an innocent person to be convicted of a crime. There was no way to detect if a reference sample was mislabeled as evidence or if a forensic sample is contaminated, but a nullomer barcode can be added to reference samples to distinguish them from evidence on analysis. Tagging can be carried out during sample collection without affecting genotype or quantification results. Impregnated filter paper with various nullomers can be used to soak up and store DNA samples from a crime scene, making the technology simple and effective. Tagging with nullomers can be detected—even when diluted to a million-fold and spilled on evidence, these tags are still clearly detected. Tagging in this way supports National Research Council's recommendations on quality control to reduce fraud and mistakes.

References

Amino acids
DNA
Genetics techniques
Genomics
Human mitochondrial genetics
Nucleotides

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The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was dedicated in 1987. The memorial includes the names of 648 servicemen who were killed in action or listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War from Philadelphia.

The memorial is designed as an amphitheatre plaza, with the names of each soldier etched in granite on the south wall. There are also ten panels depicting scenes of the War from the beginning to the final rescue of Vietnamese refugees in 1975.

Programs are held here to commemorate the lives lost during the War.

The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund works to preserve and enhance the memorial, and offers education programs about the War.

History
The memorial's design, created by local architect Perry M. Morgan, was chosen over 102 entries after a national competition. It initially featured the names of 630 servicemen.

In 2015, the memorial was rededicated after a seven-year restoration and redesign to make it more accessible for those with disabilities.

In 2016, the names of two additional soldiers were added to the wall.

See also
 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC

References

External links
 Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Monuments and memorials in Philadelphia
Penn's Landing
Vietnam War monuments and memorials in the United States


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Posted in: fashion, Uncategorized.	Tagged: !gO!, (Elate!), -SECRETS-, ::ROC::, Exile::, fashion, [PU].
and fingers on the spines and curves of their lovers, dancers.
and hips that move like their high hats and snares.
This for the timbaleros, percussionists, tin-tun-teros.
and sometimes move the earth a little.
Posted in: events, fashion, Uncategorized.
Breast cancer is one of the leading health crises for women. 1 in 8 women, and an ever-increasing percentage of men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes. There is currently no known cure for breast cancer, and its early diagnosis is critical to survival.
The 2016 event involves 63 designers including Gold Sponsors: AlaFolie, Athena Couture, Dulce Secrets, Emerald Couture, Empyrean Forge, LaVian & Co, Phedora, Prism and Kultivate Magazine. In addition, this year's event will feature 2D and 3D artists for the first time with an Art show sponsored by Kultivate Magazine. Add to that the 4 Tribute concerts, 12 DJ Dance Parties, 7 Live Music Artist Shows, 9 Fashion Shows, the 10L Hunt, Silent Auctions, Art Auction and you have one must-visit event.
Designers will be providing exclusive creations with 100% of the sales of those items going to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, along with a fine selection of the newest and most popular designs donating a percentage as well.
Models Giving Back is an agency of professional, certified Second Life models who give of their time and talents to raise funds for legitimate and verified SL and RL charities.
Models Giving Back was founded in October of 2012 by Jamee Sandalwood after a previous agency dedicated to charity work was forced to close due to the owner leaving Second Life. Jamee felt the work that was being done needed to be continued and set out to lead the models that were already a part of the former agency into new and bigger endeavors at the newly created Models Giving Back.
Rock Your Rack is the creation of Jamee Sandalwood and is owned exclusively by Models Giving Back in Second Life.
These spotlights from Razmataz will follow your avatar when you walk and can be turned on and off with a rezzable HUD. The package comes with two poses – one in a poseball and a separate pose animation. Get the set of spotlights and poses for $149L at Razmataz at the Summer Time Fair which ends on Sunday, July 3. Check out the Razmataz Main Store for more fun poses and props!
Posted in: fashion, Uncategorized.	Tagged: !gO!, grace, poetry, Second Life, spring, summer, Truth Hair, [mock] cosmetics.
Posted in: events.	Tagged: dance, machinima, music, musical, The Electric Monocle, theatre, video.
I had the honor and pleasure of choreographing two of the songs in this amazing and beautiful production by Subversive Vavoom aka Lindy Hopper. It was created as a celebration of her 10 years in Second Life. May her next 10 years be as magical as this!
Posted in: fashion.	Tagged: enVOGUE, formal, gown, JUMO, Madrid Solo, Manifeste, Rose Theatre.
that turned all hope of pardon to despair.
Posted in: fashion.	Tagged: !gO!, Razmataz, Vanity Hair.
This photo is my entry to the Razmataz Contest, which asks us to rename the pose chosen for the photo. I decided to call this pose "Soul Education", because the body language expressed reminds me of the chorus in the song of the same name, by Jamiroquai. The casual, breezy, outfit by !gO! was perfect for this. Now, I need to go listen to the song . . .
So let the music come save you.
Razmataz Photo Contest Rules – Deadline was extended to August 15.
RULES: Go to Razmataz, use one of the Moni poses in the vendor on the dock, and create a full perm photo. Style as you wish, only one person in photo, and must be you doing the photo. Write your name on the photo somewhere small, along with a new pose name you give for the pose you used. Post on Razmataz Flickr Group at or send inworld to Melonie Romano.
PRIZES: Entire package of poses, a custom pose by Melonie Romano, a free portrait AND you will get to be in a video showing off that animation on Flickr.
Posted in: events.	Tagged: Guerilla Burlesque.
I had the pleasure of attending the opening night show of this season's Le Cirque de Nuit on the Idle Rogue sim, home of Guerilla Burlesque. Having seen last year's show, I knew I was in for another treat this year. With much anticipation, I turned the lights down, put on my headphones, turned up the music, and completely immersed myself in this beautiful, unforgettable feast for the eyes and ears. I laughed, I cried, I was transported to another world and escaped mundane existence for a little while.
This year's Cirque also had much personal meaning for me, and was made extra-special with a Cirque debut performance by my good friend, Lindy Hopper aka Subversive Vavoom. Having performed in both RL and SL, I am privileged to know all about the blood, sweat, tears and excitement that goes into a show. I'm so thrilled for her and everyone involved! You can see more pictures in my Guerilla Burlesque album on Flickr.
Thank you to everyone that had a part in putting on this show. Once again, I rejoiced in the uniquely intimate and special human experiences that Second Life allows us to share with each other every single day.
Don't miss this event if you can help it! There are two more shows this weekend. Tonight, Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 7pm SLT and tomorrow, Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 7pm SLT. More info on the Idle Rogue blog.
Posted in: fashion.	Tagged: !gO!, Analog Dog, fashion, goddess, poetry, Silken Moon, Slink, venus.
The Roman goddess, Venus, was also known to the Greeks by the name of Aphrodite. She was the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and pleasure, and the month of April was sacred to her. I feel the poem below is not only beautiful, but powerful.
So tell me about your beauty, your irresistible attraction.
All women are born beautiful.
Knowing that, however, is their choice!
All women are born deserving love.
Choosing that is up to them.
I love whom I choose and when I want.
I'm free in my love; I am in bliss.
In my senses I rejoice.
You pollute me with your thoughts, your shame and your guilt.
when I mate I become one.
All pleasures and sensuous delights.
lustrous fabrics, foods and drinks.
the lyre, the harp, the soft sounds make love to me.
when day meets the night.
Why do you fear death?
I die every time I mate. I am in ecstasy.
to the glory that is love in the moment.
I have no fear of losing myself.
to give oneself and keep oneself intact.
That is my bliss, my mortal, divine bliss.
I lovingly dedicate this site to the abundant goodness that is embodied for me in the form of Venus-Aphrodite. So say we all.
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