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Chloe Sullivan Won't Be Crossing from 'Smallville' Into Comics
Chloe Sullivan Won't Be Crossing from Smallville Into Comics
It was announced here back in December that the character of Chloe Sullivan, played by Allison Mack, from Smallville would be crossing from television to the world of Superman comics. Sadly, that seems to no longer be the case, according to a report from Earth's Mightiest.com.
"Chloe is an exciting character on the television show, and we had hoped to work her into DC continuity," DiDio told Newsarama last week, "but unfortunately, the stars did not align properly, and even though we had announced it, she will not be appearing in any of the issues of Superman or Action Comics."
Previously, it had been announced that the character would be appearing the in Superman 674, which is due out March 12, 2008. The synopsis at DCComics.com still reads "Clark and Lois...[have] relatives coming to visit--namely, a certain blonde cousin of Lois's from Smallville. It all sets the stage for a major new addition to the cast in next month's anniversary issue! Can you say 'Chloe Sullivan'?"
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While there is no official word as to why "the stars did not align properly," speculation among the fans is that the character most likely strayed too far from the version of Chloe seen on Smallville.
In the meantime, fans that want to see Chloe can either read the comic-book adaptations of Smallville, or see her when episodes of the show resume on the CW network.
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If we've talked very long recently, you've probably heard me mention something about growth mindset. It's a concept that crystallized for me this summer as I read Carol Dweck's book Mindset, which I reviewed in my last post. And that's been a book I've recommended numerous time this year, typically with a caviat that it's not written from a believing perspective. And I found myself thinking multiple times as I read the book, I wish there were a book that captured these key ideas but was written from a thoroughly believing perspective.
And then I signed up to join a Book Launch team for Hannah Anderson's new book Humble Roots.
Near the end of my last post, I shared one of my key take-aways being: "Fixed mindset has a huge overlap with pride; and growth mindset strongly corresponds to humility."
And as I read this delightfully rich exploration of humility, I found myself scribbling "growth mindset" in the margin, and I smiled in awe at the way God had already been working in Hannah's heart to work through this same crucial concept from a uniquely Christian perspective.
"Humility is accurately understanding ourselves and our place in the world."
It started with a Facebook post. Long-time friend and kindred creative, Michelle Radford, shared a photo of a watercolor she'd been working on for Hannah Anderson's new book along with a link to join the Moody launch team.
When my box came with two copies of Hannah's book, a little jar of grape jelly, and the watercolor print of a Red anemone (displayed on the typewriter in the photo above), I was thrilled! And despite being in full swing as resource director and academic coach, I finally sipped enough cups of tea and savored all eleven chapters of Hannah's book.
Hannah has tilled the soil, working in the composted nutrients of thoughts and Scriptures that have already nourished her soul. She has carefully prepared and thoughtfully placed each seed. Like the virtuous woman, she has brought her food from afar, borrowing from classic literature as well as natural history. She has weeded out all-to-common errors and has worked hard to keep her produce pure. And having labored long in love for the rest of us ladies whom she desires not to nourish (because a book this rich doesn't write itself), Hannah has at long last presented us with a beautiful package - like a beautiful Mason jar filled with preserved goodness to share - a book written for us ... and generations yet to be born.
Hannah is a deep thinker, a theologian, and a lover of beauty. Her book abounds with beautiful metaphors, and she draws on a number of literary passages that are exquisite and classical. I remember wondering at one point if that form facilitated the message, or if some of the literary analogies were a bit lofty for a humility-themed book. But (to reflect on truly classic, albeit children's, literature) Charlotte's Web so kindly reminds: humility means not only humble in character but also low to the ground. And just as flowers push themselves up through the dirt, humility is a thing of beauty - but it takes hard work. So Hannah's quotes made me think, made me dig, made me work - but I truly believe that's a good thing.
And though well-versed in the literary, Hannah is in the end a down-to-earth West Virginia pastor's wife who writes from an honest-to-goodness searching soul.
"Like many of you, I am in the throes of responsible adulthood - my days spent caring for family, serving the church, and pursuing good work. And ... I often find myself overwhelmed by these good things" (9).
She has a charming way of connecting earthy realities with eternal truths.
Largely drawing on her family's experiences in the farming community where her husband pastors, each chapter is an extended metaphor that urges the reader to get back to the root of herself and to embrace what God intended for us as human beings, to depend on and worship God from that freeing place of personal humility.
"Humility frees us to flourish as the human beings we were made to be: to celebrate the goodness of our physical bodies, to embrace the complexity of our emotions, and to own our unique gifts without guilt or feeling like an imposter" (12).
Each chapter is like a thick slice of homemade friendship bread. Some are served with fresh-sliced tomatoes, some with honey. Others have a gracious plenty of bursting, hard-to-catch-all-the-juice blackberries. Snap green beans, sweet basil. Homemade jam. And fresh wildflower arrangements. And before too many servings, you feel as if you really are sitting across the farm table sharing warm bread and meaningful conversation with Hannah.
1. Red anemone. Rest vs. anxiety. "I had no large looming problems, only small ones that felt large. ... I was stressed and unhappy with a very normal life" (21). "Jesus understood this. He understood that small things can unsettle us more than large things; so when He called the people of Galilee to leave their anxiety - when He calls us to do the same - He does so in context of very mundane, very ordinary concerns. 'Do not be anxious about your life,' He assures them, 'what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on' [a quote from Matthew 6]. It's striking, really. Here, in the middle of arguably the greatest sermon ever, Jesus talks about our daily worries. ... He doesn't shame us for worrying about them. He doesn't tell us to just be grateful, to remember how much better we have it than other people. He doesn't tell us that we simply need to be more productive or to work harder. Instead, He asks whether our worry is actually accomplishing anything. ... He calls us outside our current perception of reality to remember who really cares for us" (26-27).
2. Forsythia. Come to Me and find rest. "And suddenly trying to change the world - and seeing it stay very much the same - feels like nothing other than the weigh of the world resting on your shoulders. ... Pride convinces us that we are stronger and more capable than we actually are. Pride convinces us that we must do and be more than we are able. And when we try, we find ourselves feeling 'thin, sort of stretched ... like butter that has been scraped over too much bread' [A Tolkien quote]. We begin to fall apart physically, emotionally, and spiritually for the simple reason that we are not existing as we were meant to exist" (40-41).
3. Wild grape. Identity. "If phylloxera was the cause of the blight, then growers had one option: a radical solution known as 'reconstitution.' In order to save their vineyards, some of which had been passed down through generations, they'd have to graft their healthy vines onto North American rootstock that was immune to the attack of phylloxera. The vines would retain their individual identity, but the roots would be foreign. To some growers, this suggestion was a greater offense than the blight itself. [Insert margin scribbling: fixed mindset.] In their pride, they convinced themselves of the sufficiency of their own roots and continued to use insecticides and other treatments to fight the symptoms. But the vines continued to die. And suddenly we begin to understand what's at stake in our fight against pride. What's at stake is our own sense of identity" (55).
And Hannah sweetly leads us to John 15 and directs us to abide in Christ. "We too must be grafted. If we are to find rest from our stress, if we are to have any hope of escaping our pride, we must be grafted onto the one who is humility Himself. We can no longer simply be content to attempt to imitate Him; we must become part of Him in order to reflect Him" (57).
4. Apple tree. Multi-generational impact.
5. Honey. Purity produced by humility.
6. Healing herbs. Emotions. "Humility brings rest to our internal life" (104). "I'm free to see the world from a perspective larger than my own heart" (106). "When we finally learn that God is greater than our heart ... [w]e are free to enter into our emotions, letting them do what God intends for them to do: draw us back to Himself. ... Humility does not shut down your inner life; humility redeems it" (114).
7. Tomato. Wisdom ... and waiting. "Humility teaches us to forgo prepackaged, cellophane wrapped, artificially ripened answers to allow faith to develop naturally. ... to be less concerned with knowing the answers and more concerned with learning the answers" (129). "Easy answers aren't sustainable" (131). "Humility teaches us to wait" (133).
8. Milkweed. Gratitude and resourcefulness. "Humility teaches us that all is gift" (142). And though she doesn't quote Ann Voskamp here, this chapter reminds me of One Thousand Gifts. "God intends for you ... to become a humble, resourceful person, first by receiving His gifts with gratitude and then by cultivating them for the good of those around you" (152).
9. Green beans. Dreams and plans ... and trust.
10. Blackberries. Hard things ... and goodness. "Blackberries with their prickly canes and lush fruit embody God's grace in the midst of our suffering. Even in the brokenness, there is life ... goodness ... hope. The humble person doesn't deny the pain ... but ... she continues to forage for the sweetness that God has promised" (188).
11. Crocus. Death and resurrection ... and rest.


Issues come, and they leave people in the middle of trouble whether in business or in cases of cars. At such a time, one may be confused about what the process takes and such issues. It then causes one to dwell into knowing things right before proceeding with anything. Not many are familiar with this process, and their worries are usually loud enough to scare them from proceeding. First and for most, the risk incurred will determine the insurance and the price that will be attached to it. If the risk is high then that automatically translates to the premium rates and such. It is good to have a claim history that is clean enough. It demands a high level of wisdom for you to be in a good position as you engage with these activities.
It is always good to have a good time while analyzing the entire engagement. Think about its worth, of the claim. There some repairs that whose amount is very minimal and so not worth the claim. Nevertheless, when it comes to injuries, any kind of injury is never small and so requires to be compensated. For auto claims, it is good to investigate thoroughly. Do not overlook the fact that you will need to understand and feed yourself right before the process begins. Be familiar with the terms of the coverage as well. Be found with all your documents and requirements for the policy at hand. The next thing is that take time to reach out to the insurance company in case you are not sure of whether to file for a claim or not. It becomes so helpful in highlighting the possible opportunities to go for. You may also need to have the documents with you and all possible sources of evidence.
Having thought about the process, it reaches the point of getting practical. One of the key things to do now is to remember every detail of the whole incidence. It becomes a natural process when you can give an analysis of what should be done. Be honest. If it your fault then you would rather face the consequences that have fraud records. Put everything on the record.
Finally, once the claim is filed, you need to take keen note of the coverage. It helps you not lose a coin by any means. Always keep the previous statements as well as the annual reviews for reference in future. Do not involve emotions as well. In case the problem has gotten you badly then you can have your friends and relatives help you in the process of filling for the claim.


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Q: Expected Value of Random Variable I'm trying to find the expected value of a random variable $t_i$ which is the solution of
$$\epsilon_i=\mu(t_i-t_{i-1})-\sum^{i-1}_{k=1}\frac{\alpha}{\beta}\left(1-e^{-\beta(t_i-t_k)}\right)$$
where $t_1,..., t_{i-1} , \alpha, \beta, \mu$ are all known constants and where $\epsilon_i$ is a random variable with exponential(1) distribution. The text I'm reading says that this can be done using simulations, but I have no idea of how to do it in R. I have tried finding $t_i$ as a function of $\epsilon_i$ but I only got this far
$$ \log(t_i)-\beta t_i=\log\left(\epsilon_i+\mu t_{i-1}+(i-1) \frac{\alpha}{\beta}\right)-\log\sum^{i-1}_{k=1}e^{\beta t_k} -\log\mu- \log\left(\frac{\alpha}{\beta}\right)$$
Any ideas of what to do next are welcome!

A: Assuming that the algebraic expression you have is correct, do the following:
Suppose that you want the time $t_i$ simulation and you have data up to time $t_{i-1}$:

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*Take a random draw for $\varepsilon_i \sim Exp(1)$

*Plug in values to the expression you have to create $x_i = \log(t_i) - \beta t_i$

*Use the Lambert W function to get $t_i$.
$$t_i = -\frac{W(-e^{x_i} \beta)}{\beta}$$
Here's a link to how to use the Lambert W package in R: http://www.inside-r.org/packages/cran/LambertW/docs/W
After you have a large number of simulations, take the average.

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The material that follows is taken from an interview with John Mayer, DVM, Midlands Consulting, Omaha, NE.
I/SP: In cases of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), how do you determine the causative agent?
Mayer: Our primary method is postmortem examination, with virus isolation and bacterial culture. We also collect swabs of nasal secretions from groups of live cattle – both normal animals and those that are visibly sick, so we have a basis for comparison. Unfortunately, results from both of these methods are obtained after the disease process is well underway.
The real value of the results is that they provide data on the organisms present in animals from various origins, of various ages, arriving in the feedlot at various times of the year, and in various conditions. With that data we can identify trends, which are subsequently helpful in controlling disease.
The poultry industry has a great advantage over the cattle industry in diagnosing causative agents. When poultry producers are faced with an outbreak, they can immediately sacrifice and necropsy a sample of the flock without incurring financial setback or alarming customers. The cattle industry, particularly custom feeders, obviously can't do that. So, we gather as much data as possible and apply it to future circumstances.
I/SP: How would you use that data?
Mayer: We place all incoming cattle into two categories, low risk and high risk, based on the factors above and others. For example, we also consider whether an animal is direct from the ranch or has been through a sale barn, whether or not a calf was weaned before shipping, whether or not the animal was vaccinated before weaning and/or shipping, the length of the haul, the degree of shrink, the degree of commingling, and so on. Actually, the list can become quite lengthy, which means it's never a black-and-white determination; animals can arrive with a combination of low and high risk factors.
Risk Factors in Incoming Cattle
Low Risk High Risk High Risk
Direct from ranch From sale barn/order buyer From sale barn/order buyer
Vaccinated before weaning Not vaccinated before weaning Not vaccinated before weaning
Weaned before shipping Not weaned before shipping Not weaned before shipping
Low commingling High commingling High commingling
Short haul Long haul Long haul
We use these categories to adjust our arrival processing routine. For example, we place low-risk cattle in their home pens as quickly as possible, while we spend more time observing and evaluating high-risk cattle. In some circumstances we may selectively mass medicate.
I/SP: Do age, origin, breed, or history have any bearing on susceptibility to various respiratory pathogens?
Mayer: Probably the greatest variable in susceptibility is the immune status of the individual animal. Under what are apparently identical circumstances, some will get sick while some won't. And some sick ones will recover while some will die.
There's no question that the healthiest, most resistant calves come from cows in good health, with a solid vaccination record, and which have been provided ample colostral antibodies. Also, cattle that have had the opportunity to develop their own active immunity – either through exposure or vaccination – before shipment are much less susceptible to respiratory disease in the feedlot
I/SP: In your practice, what organisms are the most prevalent cause of BRD?
Mayer: The most prevalent cause is neither viruses nor bacteria. It's management; it's the facts of life in cattle feeding.
Many bacteria and some viruses are normal inhabitants of the bovine respiratory tract. They exist there without causing any problems until they have an opportunity to grow. Those opportunities come in the form of stress – weaning, shipping, commingling, handling, weather, change in feedstuffs, change in weather, or exposure to a new environment, which suppresses the immune system. Some of those stressors we can control, and some are simply inherent in the logistics of cattle feeding.
As regards organisms, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) are the most prevalent viral invaders, and Mannheimia haemolytica is the most prevalent bacteria found in live animals.
Most diagnoses, however, are made on dead animals. These generally are cattle that have been treated a number of times without response, and identifying the causative agent is difficult at best, particularly if the disease process is well advanced.
At necropsy we may see lesions that look like typical Pasteurella, but we know that something – probably a virus – preceded that infection; numerous experiments, for example, have shown that severe M. haemolytica challenge doesn't produce disease without prior viral challenge. So, we see what looks like Pasteurella lesions, and we are able to culture Pasteurella from the lesions, but we may not be able to isolate any virus because the animal's fever response has limited the virus' replication. In addition, the further we are into the disease process, the more types of bacteria are likely to be present. Then, the fact that the animal has been treated with antibiotics skews the findings of the diagnostic laboratory's sensitivity testing.
What this all adds up to is that we are quite unlikely to identify the original cause of the disease. All we are likely to identify is the opportunistic organisms that invaded after the initial infection was established. Actinobacillus pyogenes, for example, is virtually always found in lung abscesses and fluids, but it's rarely if ever considered a primary cause of BRD.
I/SP: So, you feel that BRD always involves more than one organism?
Mayer: Yes, definitely. I'd say 100 percent of BRD outbreaks are multi-organism infections, established by viral invasion and complicated by bacteria, with more bacteria invading as the disease advances.
Viruses damage the upper airways and compromise the action of the cilia, which are responsible for sweeping particles of all kinds – bacteria, dust, mold, pollen, and so on – up and away from the lungs. This lack of ciliary clearance creates sort of an open house situation for growth of the respiratory tracts' normal bacteria as well as bacteria transmitted from other animals. Different serotypes of a single organism, such as M. haemolytica type 1A versus 2A, also can become involved.
I/SP: Are there differences in the pathogenicity of the major organisms you've identified – BVD virus, IBR virus, and Pasteurella species?
Mayer: It depends on how you define pathogenicity.
In my mind, BVD virus may be the most pathogenic because of its immunosuppressive nature. An animal infected with BVD virus is particularly vulnerable to other viruses as well as bacterial infection. And to make matters worse, that animal may not be helped by antibiotics. Antibiotics alone can't cure bacterial disease, especially if it's well established. The antibiotic must work in conjunction with a healthy immune system to clear the infection.
The same is true of vaccination. We tend to equate vaccination with immunity, but a compromised immune system can't respond to vaccination. Even a healthy immune system is merely primed by vaccination. In the event of disease challenge, it still has to go to work.
IBR virus is a major problem because of its pervasiveness. As I mentioned earlier, the vast majority of BRD is initiated by a viral infection. And since IBR virus is so prevalent, we can be fairly confident that it plays a primary role in the BRD complex.
M. haemolytica is probably the most pathogenic organism from a strictly histopathological standpoint. It causes severe, explosive lesions which can spread through the lungs overnight. I consider it the primary bacterial agent in the true shipping fever BRD we see early in the feeding period.
M. multocida also is quite pathogenic in that it appears later in the course of infection and may be the straw that breaks the camel's back, so to speak. P. multocida also occurs – often without P. haemolytica – late in the feeding period and in yearling-type cattle. This ability to infect what are generally considered lower-risk cattle suggests P. multocida may be more pathogenic in these older animals.
So, it's not easy to say that any one organism is worse, or more pathogenic, than another, because they all are intertwined in the incidence of BRD.
I/SP: Do you have any simple recommendations for limiting the effects of BRD?
Mayer: Yes. Control stress. Vaccinate early. And when treatment is needed, start early and use a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
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In 2023, Chelsea's newest owner becomes bored with his team winning everything.
He decides to try his hand with NASCAR.
The post-Roman Abramovich era.
It will be upon us someday, hopefully not soon, assuming the inherent dysfunction amongst the board and middle management gets corrected. But what will be our fate when it comes? Certainly we can't afford to take a step back to the days of Ken Bates Dracula. I'm figuring that if Roman ever does sell, that some astute Millenial Londoner of the future will step up with his own load of cash to carry the Blue Flag forward.
For now, we can console ourselves with the fact we're ONLY in 3rd place. We can delude or amuse ourselves with the notion that we have Citeh and ManU(re) right where they want us. After all, as bad as the last month or so has been, we're still a strong squad and by the evidence of our match with Sunderland ((now admittedly it was Sunderland…but….)) we're turning a corner under Rafa. Torres is more confident, and that is just what is needed.
Now hopefully Roman doesn't get bored once we start winning everything. If HE gets involved with NASCAR….well…I don't want to think about that. We see how well that's working up in Liverpool.
Sunderland 1 Chelsea 3
We finally got the elusive Premier League win under Rafa. After enduring two scoreless draws against Man City and Fulham, and suffering a humiliating 3-1 defeat at the hands of West Ham, we put together a bright, well-played win against lowly Sunderland. As yes, I know it's Sunderland, but The Stadium Of Light is not as easy place to play at. Chelsea dominated most of the game. The home side showed a few flashes of talent, however, and pulled back a consolation goal on Adam Johnson's brilliant strike. In the end, we got our elusive victory ((I'm not counting our pyrrhic 6-1 trouncing of Nordsjælland last Tuesday)).
The pressure is off, for the moment. And hopefully this quiets the Rafa Out crowd. Chelsea is now off to Japan to play in the FIFA Club World Cup. It will do the Blues good to be away from the fray and the turmoil. It will also do them good to return home with the trophy. Their opening match will be Thursday's semi-final tilt with Monterrey. The final will be a week from today as I pound these words out with my little hands of concrete . The final tilt is expected to feature Chelsea vs. Corinthians. And Chelsea is expected to win. But we know how far expectations go…since Chelsea was also expected to defend their Champions League title. But given their new found form, I'm not as worried as I was, say, this past Friday.
Fernando Torres finds his form.
Torres scored a brace against Sunderland and set up Mata for Chelsea's 3rd. There was more flow to Chelsea's attack and there was little evidence of the desperation that hovered over it in previous matches. There was no sense on the day that Chelsea was trying to shove square pegs into round holes. It was more free-flowing and natural and while there might still be the occasional miasma lingering around, it appears the fog is beginning to lift.
The key change, and this was significant, is that Torres shoved Luiz aside, stepped up to take the penalty, and banged it home as if he'd been doing it all season long. That was a powerful statement of confidence and leadership. But time will tell. We need to see how Chelsea and Torres will react to and handle the next rough patch that surely lies in wait.
Man City 2 ManU(re) 3
The first of the two fabled Manchester Derbies. This match is like, for those of who huddled over a flickering monitor in the darkness reading this on a G4 Cube in your man-cave on W. Dickens Ave in Logan Square, this match is like the Bears vs the Packers, only worse; the Cubs vs the Sox, only worse; The Cubs vs. the Cards, only worse; The Yankees vs the Red Sox, only worse; the Jets vs. the Patriots, only worse; The Raiders vs. Everyone, only worse.
Today, Wayne Rooney took off his chef hat and pranced about the pitch like a wind-up doll and before Mario Balotelli could get red card, set off fireworks in his bathroom, or break in to a women's prison, Rooney had scored a brace and Citeh was down 2-0 at halftime.
City came out of the break with intent, but clearly Balotelli was playing like he was full of shit. That's probably why, when Mancini pulled him off for Tevez at 52 minutes he went down the tunnel to the dressing room instead of sitting on the bench. 15-20 minutes later, Balotelli returned to the bench, mumbling to Mancini, "Avete avuto ragione, Capo! ERO pieno di merda oggi. Ma… abbiamo bisogno 4 minuti di tempo di sosta prima di andare a camerino."
The presence of Tevez made all the difference. Yaya Toure grabbed a goal back at 60 minutes. Zabaleta struck the equalizer on 86 minutes. And then, it was on to 4 minutes of Fergie Time. This was a fight to the finish, and unfortunately for City, Van Persie grabbed the winner off a free kick…dumb mistake by Nasri there, as he deflected the ball with his foot just out of Joe Hart's reach. Rio Ferdinand got plonked by a coin tossed by some plonker in the crowd….police rushed in…a fan invaded the pitch…Rio was dripping blood but had a cut man handy so he trotted back on for the final moment. And that was it. City didn't deserve to lose….well….the DID deserve to lose the way they did since Nasri made a fundamental, but probably instinctive, mistake….but based on the run of play, a draw would have been the best result.
Especially for us Blues fans since this puts us an 2 extra points behind ManU(re). But as we've learned from the Champions League, we can't rely on any other help but our own. Can we leap Citeh and challenge ManU(re) for the title? I do believe we can.
Swansea 3 Norwich City 4
Over their last 10 matches, Norwich City has been undefeated. Their last defeat, btw, was 4-1 tossing at Stamford Bridge. They've climbed from the relegation zone at the start of the season to 12th. Safely mid-table and on the rise. Only Stoke ((Stoke?? wtf???)) and ManU(re) have had better form over the past 9. It's fair to say that Saturday's win was not quite as close as the scoreboard would indicate. Norwich jumped out to a 3-0 halftime lead on goals by Whittaker, Bassong and Grant Freaking Holt! Fair play to Swansea for clawing 2 back in the 2nd half, but Snodgrass' goal at the 70th minute put the match out of reach, though Michu got a consolation goal in stoppage time.
It was a good match for my Canaries, marred only by the racial abuse of Sebastian Bassong by a Swansea fan. Credit to the Swansea organization for swiftly dealing with the matter. By the time the match was over, the moron was sitting on his tod in the Swansea Gaol charged with a racially motivated public order offense.
Norwich is playing great football under Chris Hughton. It's taken awhile for the lads to get used to him. But now things seems to be clicking on all cylinders. Mark Bunn has been doing a yeoman's job in goal, and it will only get better when John Ruddy returns from injury.
Up next is Aston Villa. The return fixture brings Paul Lambert back to Carrow Road for the first since leaving to coach Villa. I hope he's greeted with the respect he deserves, despite having abandoning us for Villa. Without Paul Lambert's guidance, Norwich City wouldn't be where they are today. That said, I hope we kick Villa's ass but good.
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There are, as I finish this up, 76 days, 21, hours, 15 minutes and 43 seconds to the start of the Daytona 500. There will new cars next season and NASCAR has issued it's new rules package, which will evolve during pre-season testing. Two days of testing will begin the Charlotte Motor Speedway this Tuesday the 11th. Let the whinging begin.
There will be a new format (AGAIN!) for the former Bud Shootout. They're going back to the old rules where only last season's pole winners and former Shootout champions will be in the field. I'm in favour of that. Sprint Cup champion Brad Kesolowski, however, will not be invited since he never won a pole last year.
A survey put out by Rasmussen Reports shows that about 5% of Americans consider auto racing their favourite sport. That's the same percentage range of Americans who say soccer is their favourite sport. So….it looks like I'm on the right track with THIS blog!
With that, I'm off for a beer. But before I do, speaking of the elusive W, I wonder if Junior will finally win the Championship this season. If Matt doesn't win it, I'd be all for Junior taking the trophy home at last. Now let's pop a top and cue the music.
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In October of 2002 Leah and I got photos taken of our irises from this really interesting cat we met at a web design meetup. I _think_ it was a webdesign meetup, anyway. He had this crazy setup to take pictures of your eyes. The technique was digital. The fellow had lots of ideas about iridology, and what the shapes in your eyes tell about your general health. I didn't buy it, but it was a fun pseudoscience. He also said another branch of iridology that would tell you about your love life. He thought that stuff was bogus.
Leah did a great painting based on my eye. That painting now hangs on our bedroom wall.
Iridology is a form of alternative medicine in which patterns, colors and other characteristics of stromal fibers of the iris are examined for information about a patient's systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into many zones believed to correspond to specific parts of the human body. Little if any rigorous scientific evidence exists confirming any such link between aspects of the iris and a patient's state of health and there is no recognized causative mechanism for any purported correlation.
I think the images don't have to indicate anything about my body or love life to be amazing and beautiful. And it was an honor to have my eye turned into a painting.
I seem to remember a conversation my father a long time ago about abstract art: he said that you could have amazing abstract art if you just did blow ups of photographs of things at a microscopic level.
I agree with that. The natural world is full of wonders.
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Did any of you attend our summer CCE Virtual Event Series back in June? We are kicking off a monthly version TODAY with Corinne Hoisington. She's presenting "Promoting Creativity: Less Talking and More Doing," at 3 p.m. EST.
Sessions are an hour long, and will be the last Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. EST. Tune in each week! Be on the lookout for email invites, or for updates here in the Community.
Mark Ciampa who blogs for us in the Blog section of our Community space, will lead the October session on Tuesday, Oct. 31st, at 3 p.m. EST. His session is called Teaching the New Security+ Exam, and will focus on the new content and objectives covered in the new CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 exam, which releases October 25th.
I was not a member of this august body back in June. In fact, I just started this job in June and had my first class on July 10th. Our IT program is new in Texas. May I please invite the IT instructors from the other campues to participate?
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@ProfessorCorinne, thank you so much! While it is rather short notice, I did get at least one more. I'm in San Antonio and he is in Austin. We are happy to be here!
Great session today, @ProfessorCorinne and @CassieC I appreciate the medical tips; I will use your suggestions and brainstorm to create my own in addition to using yours.


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On a trek to find the world's rarest tree, Dylan and his friends descend into harsh ravines and canyons. As the wilderness closes in on them they come face to face with hard truths about friendship, unrequited love, and the consequences of letting go of the past.
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Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
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Q: /Users/username/Library vs /Library installation in macOS Sierra I have two different MacBooks and am trying to install some software I need for use in Xcode on both.
The software doesn't allow you to choose where it's going to go, and I noticed on one machine it is going to:
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Can anyone explain what causes that behavior, and how I might be able to force install it elsewhere? I really would like both of these machines to have the same environment.

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In this week's MacBreak Studio, we embark on the first half of a tutorial on how to build a storyboard in Final Cut Pro X. Steve Martin shows Mark Spencer how the built-in place holder generator in FCPX can be used to give a visual representation of a production before the shooting starts. Second part of the tutorial next week.
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"We are devastated…immensely disappointed…saddened… it will be a big mistake!" – parents across the Isle of Wight are reeling a week after the announcement that the Island's Studio School is threatened by closure in 2019. On an island which remains significantly below average nationally in terms of GCSE results, social mobility and wages – it is scandalous that the Department for Education are considering closing the door on a centre of excellence for skills building and employment opportunities in a deprived coastal community.
The Isle of Wight keeps hitting national headlines when it comes to its schools. The last decade has seen major reorganisation of education on the island, as local and national government press on with initiatives to overturn years of poor attainment. This has involved the closure of all its middle schools, a new Church secondary school, a new Free School, and the threatened closure of two high schools – including academy trust AET dropping its sponsorship of Sandown Bay Academy (now taken into Local Authority control by extending a nearby primary to being an all-through school). Ex- OFSTED chair David Hoare described it as a 'ghetto island' in 2016 on which poor educational standards were damaging the prospects of the young people – and he was forced to resign.
Schools on the island are facing a massive £3.4 million of government cuts by 2020, and are the third worst local authority in the country for staff cuts – losing an average of 16.6 teachers per secondary school. It is no coincidence that the Isle of Wight also has the highest proportion of home-educated pupils in England and Wales (almost one in 50). Parents have reported struggling to find suitable education for their children who they feel are being 'lost' in a system which focuses heavily on results and less on skills setting them up for life in employment.
The establishment of the Studio School in East Cowes in 2014 offered a fresh approach to a school system with an innovative vocational and academic curriculum, dedicated to addressing the gap between schools and employment, with weekly opportunities to get into the world of work. Originally a 14-19 school, it has been operating successfully for 14-16 year olds, before many of them choose to extend their studies at a larger sixth form or gain an apprenticeships in local businesses.
Parents are clear that the school should not close. "Sending my son here was quite literally a life saver". Another parent continues: "Surely a school that gets our kids 'work ready', teaching them valuable employability skills, interpersonal and communication skills, and prepares them practically and emotionally for interviews and further challenges can only be a positive asset to our Island community." However, the Inspire Academy Trust, based in Southampton who sponsor the school, state that the smaller school numbers make it financial unviable in the longer term – a claim that parents dispute. It's been suggested the school could admit younger students in Year 9, or offer a distinct Careers diploma in Years 12&13.
The Inspire Academy Trust requested to close the school last month, which has been provisionally agreed by the Department for Education. But this is subject to a 4 week listening period (ending on 22nd May) – all parents, organisations and residents are urged to make their comments known to DFE.IOWSS@education.gov.uk or the Regional Schools Commissioner Dominic Herrington at rsc.sesl@education.gov.uk or visit http://www.facebook.com/keepourstudioschool to help build the campaign.
Good, quality education requires a range of schools which meet the diverse needs of our young people. Purely a focus on academic studies does not suit all teenagers, many of which are mature beyond their years and itching to get out into the world of work. The future of education on our island needs accountable schools, run locally, meeting the varied needs of our children. To close a new school with such vocal parental support, before it's barely got into its stride, is a bizarre decision made by people off the island who are unaware of the impact the school is making in our community.
Those local and national politicians who make speeches about social mobility, improving standards and increasing opportunities for young people outside of the classroom, really must step forward with urgency, put these words into action and join us to fight to Keep Our Studio School on the Isle of Wight.


Beach reclamation is the act of reclaiming a beach from erosion. In other words sand is added to the area that was lost to erosion "reclaiming" the shoreline that once was. Reclamation does not just occur on ocean beaches but any beach or shoreline that is subject to severe erosion.
Beach reclamation is often done through a process called dredging. Dredging is the process of scooping from the bottom of a water source a material. You may have heard of dredging when a person has drowned. Police dredge or take a device along the bottom of the body of water in an effort to locate the body of the victim. However, in beach reclamation the material retrieved is sand. The use of a vacuum-like device is often used in areas like lakes and rivers to obtain the sand.
Once the sand is obtained, it is deposited at the site. Sand is either directly applied or the sand that has been gathered is cleaned through a heat process and then deposited. The sand extends the shoreline to its orginal borders or extends the beach farther into the body of water it is adjacent to.
Below is an example of dredging from the Dredge and Dock Company Site. They contract under the Army Corps of Engineers for beach replenishment.
With all the hoppers full, the Dredge Long Island heads towards the beach bringing sand from distant borrow areas. This dredge has a capacity of over 16,000 cubic yards of sand and can pump sand ashore from a buoy located off the beach.
In the background the Hopper Dredge Long Island, hooked up to a buoy, pumps a slurry mixture of sand and water ashore through a half mile of 27" diameter pipe.
Prior to beach replenishment the shoreline encroaches very near the boardwalk putting it in danger from coastal storms.
After beach renourishment, the shoreline is located further away from existing structures, protecting them from damage caused by coastal storms as well as providing a clean recreation area on the beach.
The purpose of beach reclamation is to protect development properties from storm damage, extend beaches for public use, and to re-establish sand bars (also protection from storms). Without an adequate barrier between large bodies of water like oceans, beachfront properties are at risk from storms and erosion. The owners of these properties have a lot invested in their buildings and businesses and do not want to have them destroyed by high tides, hurricanes, or pounding waves caused by sea storms. Some sand bars that protected areas like the Barrier Islands of South Carolina as well as the islands themselves are subject to severe erosion and are the "speed breakers" of storms coming inland. When these are destroyed by erosion there is nothing to protect the properties inland. Reclamation becomes a source of replacing the "speed breakers" and dredging is the most common means to replace them.
What Problems Are Involved in Dredging?
One problem with dredging is the cost. The cost is on-going just as the erosion is on-going. Dredging does not stop erosion. It just adds more sand to erode. In some cases, dredging has cost communities up to 90 million dollars in total costs! The cost often exceeds the possible benefits of the beach nourishment.
Another problem is habitat destruction. When sand is added, it is not often done with consideration of the plants and animals that exist on the beach. It is like putting a sandbox in a yard. The plants and animals can often be smothered by the sand. The other aspect of habitat destruction is dredging takes animals and plant life from the bottom of the body of water being used to retrieve sand. The act itself is destructive to coral and other animals that may use the area for feeding, breeding, or living purposes.
Dredging also changes the face of the area sand is gathered from. The change in the geography could very well cause erosion in other areas because it shifts the way the land lies. Extending beaches into a body of water may also cause harm in that as more land becomes available people extend with it. The land extensions are often not stable. The land has a tendency to shift, flood, or sink without notice as pockets fill in or nature tries its own form of reclamation.
"Undercurrent Stabilizer Technology neutralizes the impacts dredged channels have on sandy beaches. This has proven to routinely reverse unnatural erosion. The technology consists of modular, hydrodynamically shaped forms which are cast in place on the nearshore seabed, generally at right angles to the shoreline. Problems normally associated with erosion control structures are avoided through tapered, low-relief shaping, special landward tie-backs and patented filter fabric foundations.
The low-profile, flow-through array (sometimes simply called "speed bumps") progressively baffles unnatural nearshore turbulence, allowing sand to fall out of suspension in quieted waters within and adjacent to the treated area. Local shoaling progressively decreases remaining nearshore turbulence (beyond decreases induced by the system itself). As the nearshore progressively shallows out in response to the accretion template, less and less wave and current energy is supported to drive arriving sand from the treated area.
Upon treatment, unnatural erosion ceases and resedimentation begins, often with surprising speed. The accretion template itself is generally buried by rising sand levels as the nearshore beach profile becomes inherently accretional. Adjacent shorelines benefit because an unbounded feeder beach is established. A long-term university study of numerous installations concludes: 'Consistent profile volume gain measured in the vicinity of the Undercurrent Stabilizer system (relative to a regional trend of profile volume loss) plus significant foreshore/backshore beach accretion with no apparent negative impact down drift must be viewed as success in almost any context'" (Holmberg Technologies 1999).
Graphics from the same site show how their product works in reestablishing beaches.
They say their product is longer lasting at a lower cost than dredging. Some communities in Texas and Florida have opted for this type of beach reclamation.
Problems associated with type of reclamation are erosion of downdrift beaches and creation of rip currents that are hazardous to swimmers. There does not seem to be much documentation to support any other problems. Yet, one still has to wonder about habitat destruction with the implementation of this technology into the water.
With beach reclamation, there seems to be no easy answers. Maybe you can come up with an environmentally friendly way to save the beaches and protect the developments as well.


MPSLSA Recruitment 2019: Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority invites online application from eligible candidates for filling up Peon & Order Taker Posts. Recently it has released the recruitment advertisement for above said posts. MPSLSA recruitment apply online link has been activated. As per the Madhya Pradesh SLSA recruitment notification, totally 131 vacancies are allocated for this recruitment and post wise vacancy details are given below. Applicants who are seeking Madhya Pradesh government Jobs can use this opportunity. Eligible candidates can apply to this recruitment via online on or before the last date 07.02.2019.
MPSLSA Recruitment online application and notification is available in official website. MPSLSA will conduct written examination/ interview for selection of suitable aspirants. After that selected candidates will be appointed at anywhere in MP state. Aspirants must have passed 8th Std. from recognized university. Candidate must have attained the prescribed age limit and relaxation. Applicants should submit online applications only and contender have to pay required fee through online mode only. More details of MPSLSA admit card, result, upcoming notification, latest vacancies, cut off marks, syllabus and etc. are given in official website.
You may visit www.mponline.gov.in website to get more details about this recruitment. Here you will get information like educational qualification, age limit, application mode and how to apply. Keep check Daily Recruitment regularly to get latest updates.
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority allocates overall 131 vacancies for this recruitment. Post wise vacancy details are given below.
Aspirants must have passed 8th from recognized university.
MPSLSA will conduct written examination/ interview for selection of suitable aspirants.
Rs.100 for General candidates and no fee for SC/ ST candidates.
You should deposit the fee amount via online mode.
Go to official website mpslsa.gov.in.
Find the advertisement "Notification for the post of Grade 4 at Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority" click on the advertisement.


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Salon Claims Trump Administration Wants to End Access to Birth Control
Media Fails to Ask Why Elizabeth Warren Waited to Propose Native American Plan
Media Attacks Messenger After Trump Blames Google For Shifting Votes to Clinton in 2016
by Brian McNicoll on August 21, 2019
Robert Epstein has gotten under the skin of the mainstream media again.
Epstein, a research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and former editor in chief of Psychology Today, has done extensive research on the potential for Google and others to influence election results by manipulating search results. His work has been featured in numerous commentaries and in the movie "The Creepy Line," which chronicled search engine manipulation.
It is this research President Donald Trump relied on Tuesday for his tweet that Google had "manipulated 2.6 million to 16 million votes" in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. And therefore it is this scientist, who wrote in a USA Today op-ed that he is "not a Trump supporter" and "not even a conservative," but had to "defend truth when I see it" that the mainstream media is attacking.
April Glaser of Slate went farthest in "2.6 million Reasons to Keep Yelling About 'Bias' – subhead: "Why the president and the right have latched onto a flimsy study about Google manipulating votes."
"Trump has repeatedly criticized Google and the other Silicon Valley giants as being biased against conservatives, and he's long made spurious claims that he won the popular vote in 2016," Glaser wrote. "With both charges, no proof exists."
Glaser declared Epstein's claims are "easily dismantled," although her argument against them seems to be that conservatives have been complaining about this problem for a long time.
"Cries over social-media bias have been a right-wing refrain since an overbaked controversy over Facebook's Trending News section demonstrated the company will bend over backward if enough conservatives get upset loudly enough," Glaser wrote. "After all, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and their peers want their products to be used by everyone, and they certainly don't want to tick off politicians of either party."
According to Epstein's research, Google appeared quite willing to tick off a newcomer politician named Donald Trump in 2016, which revealed a significant pro-Hillary Clinton bias in Google search results that, according to Epstein, could have influenced millions of voters in her favor.
And that's not to mention the remarks by Google co-founder Sergey Brin right after the election that he was "deeply offended" by Trump's victory.
Glaser wrote that she expects little to come of Trump's occasional threats to regulate how social media companies moderate user content because, among other things, the present model serves their interests so well.
"It's more likely that conservatives keep talking about bias on social platforms for two reasons," she wrote. "One, the topic really fires up their extremely online supporters – like the group of conspiracy theorists, Infowars regulars and racist meme-makers that the White House hosted recently at a 'social media summit.'
"The second reason is social media really does work in conservatives' favor, and they don't want the companies to do anything that might change that. Month after month this year, the Trump campaign has outspent all Democratic candidates combined on Facebook ads. Even after the company tweaked its news-feed algorithm to deprioritize news and politics, conservatives across the board are thriving on Facebook.
"Fox News is one of the biggest publishers on Facebook, far outranking CNN in terms of both followers and engagement. Not coincidentally, all of this discussion of bias obscures many of the real problems with social media – like their ability to amplify emotional and divisive content and their vulnerability to misinformation.
"Now, if tech companies try to do more to protect the integrity of elections – say, by ferreting out pages that are boosting untruths about, for example, immigrants – they can expect to be accused of censoring conservatives. With or without Epstein's claims of manipulating, that's where we'd be. But this latest meme gives conservatives 2.6 million to 16 million reasons to yell 'bias' even louder."


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This needs to be used only if the code below PetscOptionsTail() can be run ONLY once. See, for example, PCSetFromOptions_Composite(). This is a return(0) in it for early exit from the function.


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Q: Align textual annotations of bar chart using ggplot2 I am trying to add asterisks (*) to the bars of a bar chart to indicate the significance of a value using ggplot2. There are other answers to similar questions2, but I wasn't able to figure out which arguments to add to geom_text().
Here is data frame 'data':
group <- c(rep(1, 3), rep(2, 3), rep(3, 3), rep(4, 3))
n <- runif(12, 0, 25)
sig <- c("*", rep("", 11))
cluster <- rep(c("1", "2", "3"), 4)

data <- data.frame(group, n, sig, cluster)

I made a plot with an asterisk using geom_text(), but instead of being over the first bar, it is over the first group:
plot <- ggplot(data, aes(x = group, y = n, fill = cluster)) +
    geom_bar(position = "dodge", stat = "identity", width = .75) +
    geom_text(aes(label = sig))

How can I align the asterisk to be directly above the first bar?


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Perceptive Software Announces Advanced ECM Solution for Microsoft Dynamics AX
Perceptive Software, creator of enterprise content management solutions, including ImageNow® document management, imaging and workflow, announced its advanced enterprise content management (ECM) solution for Microsoft Dynamics® AX.
As a part of the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Alliance Program, Perceptive Software is developing an advanced ECM solution integrating directly into Microsoft Dynamics AX. ImageNow's advanced ECM integration for Microsoft Dynamics AX supports the ability to associate various file types and images to specific transactions and to easily retrieve the file or document image at the transaction/line item level from within the ERP software. Perceptive's Interact™ for Microsoft Dynamics AX is available for the financial management modules including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, and fixed assets.
"Microsoft is committed to developing the broadest ecosystem of solutions to help our customers get the most from their Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM offerings," said Ted Kempf, Director of Service Industries at Microsoft. "The integration of Perceptive Software's ECM solution with Microsoft Dynamics AX is one example of our partners adding value and delivering solutions that help meet the very specific business needs of our customers."
Perceptive Software has partnered with Microsoft since 2000, bringing complementary enterprise content management (ECM) products to Microsoft Dynamics users worldwide. Regardless of the Microsoft Dynamics application or version, including Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics SL, ImageNow document management, imaging and workflow technology seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions to instantly deliver secure, digital versions of paper and electronic documents associated with daily business routines.
"Perceptive Software's partnership with Microsoft has grown consistently over the past decade, always with the goal of bringing value to the end user community. Our collaboration with Microsoft to provide Microsoft Dynamics AX community the ability to work within their familiar environment while leveraging the robust capabilities of ImageNow broadens and deepens our relationship and brings even more value to the customer," said Dennis Cunningham, Vice President of Global Alliances and Programs, Perceptive Software. "With this partnership, users of Microsoft Dynamics AX can transform the way they manage content, become much more efficient and get a faster return on their technology investment."
About Perceptive Software
Perceptive Software, a stand-alone business unit within Lexmark International, builds enterprise content management software to help organizations effortlessly manage the entire lifecycle of their documents and information, fueling greater operational efficiency. Organizations in more than 30 countries rely on Perceptive Software and its flagship product ImageNow® to simplify their business processes through cost-effective content management solutions that create immediate and lasting impact. For more information, visit www.perceptivesoftware.com.
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Something to Know - 4 August
The news...yes the news. What is it all about? The Covid-19 Delta Variant is getting a lot of attention, and the thrust of much of the news seems to be anecdotal stories about those who have recently taken ill with it, are actually telling their stories about their regrets in not getting vaccinated. This does motivate some to get jabbed. However, we have HCR and her story about Trump raising money in his campaign to reverse the election outcome. Problem is, the money raised is not going for that....because there is nothing there but a Big Lie. Instead, he is using the money to pay off his lawyers, supporting a few assistants, and the rest goes to fill in what for his money losing businesses are not giving him. HCR does a good job of pointing this out, but WHO is paying any attention to this? Yes, those who read and understand the grifting that is going on all understand, but how is this information or messaging getting to those idiots who keep on blindingly doing the MAGA dance? Perhaps they will all get sick with Covid and not be able to show up to vote. I know that is a cruel thing to say, but I have lost patience with those who put their "god given right" ahead of the health and welfare of themselves and the public.
Heather Cox Richardson Aug 4
First, let's get the obvious out of the way: former president Trump has raised $102 million since he left office, but aside from a recent donation of $100,000 to his chosen candidate in a Texas race which is not yet in the public disclosures (she lost), has spent none of it on anything or anyone but himself. Since January, he has convinced donors to fund his challenge to Biden's election and to fund Trump-like candidates in the midterm elections. But election filings and a release of donors to the Arizona "audit" show he has not put any money toward either. So far, about $8 million has gone to the former president's legal fees, while funds have also gone to aides.
The second piece of news that is surprising and yet not surprising is an ABC story revealing that on December 28, 2020, the then-acting pro-Trump head of the civil division of the Department of Justice, Jeffrey Clark, tried to get then–acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue to sign a letter saying: "The Department of Justice is investigating various irregularities in the 2020 election for President of the United States. The Department will update you as we are able on investigatory progress, but at this time we have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple States, including the State of Georgia."
It went on to say, "While the Department of Justice believe[s] the Governor of Georgia should immediately call a special session to consider this important and urgent matter, if he declines to do so, we share with you our view that the Georgia General Assembly has implied authority under the Constitution of the United States to call itself into special session for [t]he limited purpose of considering issues pertaining to the appointment of Presidential Electors."
The letter then made the point clearer, saying the Georgia legislature could ignore the popular vote and appoint its own presidential electors.
This is classic Trump: try to salt the media with the idea of an "investigation," and then wait for the following frenzy to convince voters that the election was fraudulent. Such a scheme was at the heart of Trump's demand that Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky announce an investigation into Hunter Biden, and the discrediting of 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton over an investigation into her use of a private email server.
In this case, Donoghue and Rosen wanted no part of this antidemocratic scheme. Donoghue told Clark that there was no evidence of fraud that would have changed the outcome of the election and wrote: "There is no chance that I would sign this letter or anything remotely like this." Rosen agreed, saying "I am not prepared to sign such a letter."
The less obvious story today is the more interesting one.
Trump and his loyalists feed off Americans who have been dispossessed economically since the Reagan revolution that began in 1981 started the massive redistribution of wealth upward. Those disaffected people, slipping away from the secure middle-class life their parents lived, are the natural supporters of authoritarians who assure them their problems come not from the systems leaders have put in place, but rather from Black people, people of color, and feminist women.
President Joe Biden appears to be trying to combat this dangerous dynamic not by trying to peel disaffected Americans away from Trump and his party by arguing against the former president, but by reducing the pressure on those who support him.
A study from the Niskanen Center think tank shows that the expanded Child Tax Credit, which last month began to put up to $300 per child per month into the bank accounts of most U.S. households with children, will primarily benefit rural Americans and will give a disproportionately large relative boost to their local economies. According to the Washington Post's Greg Sargent, "the...nine states that will gain the most per capita from the expanded child allowance are all red states."
The White House noted today that the bipartisan infrastructure deal it has pushed so hard not only will bring high-speed internet to every household in the U.S., but also has within it $3.5 billion to reduce energy costs for more than 700,000 low-income households.
Also today, after pressure from progressive Democrats, especially Representative Cori Bush (D-MO), who led a sit-in at the Capitol to call for eviction relief, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that in counties experiencing high levels of community transmission of Covid-19, it is extending until October 3 the federal moratorium on evictions that ended this weekend. It is doing so as a public health measure, but it is also an economic one. It should help about 90% of renters—11 million adults—until the government helps to clear the backlog of payments missed during the pandemic by disbursing more of the $46 billion Congress allocated for that purpose.
Today, the president called out Republican governors who have taken a stand against mask wearing and vaccine mandates even as Covid-19 is burning across the country again. Currently, Florida and Texas account for one third of all new Covid cases in the entire country, and yet their Republican governors, Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, are signing legislation to keep Floridians and Texans unmasked and to prevent vaccine mandates. Biden said that he asks "these governors, 'Please, help.' But if you aren't going to help, at least get out of the way of the people who are trying to do the right thing. Use your power to save lives."
At a Democratic National Committee fundraiser last night, Biden told attendees that Democrats "have to keep making our case," while Republicans offer "nothing but fear, lies, and broken promises." "We have to keep cutting through the Republican fog," he said, "that the government isn't the problem and show that we the people are always the solution." He continued, "We've got to demonstrate that democracies can work and protect."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/03/trump-spending-millions-gop-candidates-502233
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-backed-candidate-ballot-us-house-runoff-texas-2021-07-27/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-officials-rejected-colleagues-request-intervene-georgias-election/story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/gop-scamming-rural-trump-voters-continues-new-study-shows-latest/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/03/fact-sheet-top-10-programs-in-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act-that-you-may-not-have-heard-about/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-fighting-the-covid-19-pandemic/
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0803-cdc-eviction-order.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/cdc-will-extend-the-federal-eviction-moratorium-through-oct-3.html
https://news.yahoo.com/dnc-fundraiser-biden-accuses-gop-123000070.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/02/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-virtual-fundraising-reception-for-the-democratic-national-committee/
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/03/cori-bush-eviction-crisis-502313


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Alfamayu (auch: Jaya Mayu) ist eine Ortschaft im Departamento Cochabamba im südamerikanischen Andenstaat Bolivien.

Lage im Nahraum
Alfamayu liegt in der Provinz Esteban Arce und ist der drittgrößte Ort des Cantón Quiriria im Municipio Anzaldo. Die Ortschaft liegt auf einer Höhe von  am Río Jaya Mayu, der hier in südlicher Richtung fließt und bei der Ortschaft La Viña in den Río Caine mündet. Zu Alfamayu gehört am Nordrand der Ortschaft die Bildungseinrichtung "Unidad Educativa Alfa Mayu".

Geographie
Alfamayu liegt im Übergangsbereich zwischen der Anden-Gebirgskette der Cordillera Central und dem bolivianischen Tiefland.

Die mittlere Durchschnittstemperatur der Region liegt bei etwa 18 °C (siehe Klimadiagramm Cochabamba) und schwankt nur unwesentlich zwischen 14 °C im Juni/Juli und 20 °C im Oktober/November. Der Jahresniederschlag beträgt nur rund 450 mm, bei einer ausgeprägten Trockenzeit von Mai bis September mit Monatsniederschlägen unter 10 mm, und einer Feuchtezeit von Dezember bis Februar mit 90 bis 120 mm Monatsniederschlag.

Verkehrsnetz
Alfamayu liegt in einer Entfernung von 91 Straßenkilometern südöstlich von Cochabamba, der Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Departamentos.

Von Cochabamba aus führt die asphaltierte Nationalstraße Ruta 7 in südöstlicher Richtung 18 Kilometer bis zum Staudamm von La Angostura, von dort eine Landstraße weitere 18 Kilometer nach Süden bis Tarata. Von dort aus sind es 28 Kilometer Landstraße in südöstlicher Richtung bis Anzaldo. Von Anzaldo aus folgt man der alten Landstraße Richtung Süden und erreicht Alfamayu nach siebzehn Kilometern, oder man folgt der neuen Ruta 4305 fünf Kilometer nach Westen und dann der Ruta 4306 zwölf Kilometer nach Süden, letztere berührt die Ortschaft an ihrem westlichen Rand.

Bevölkerung
Die Einwohnerzahl der Ortschaft ist in dem Jahrzehnt zwischen den beiden letzten Volkszählungen um ein Viertel angestiegen:

Die Region weist einen hohen Anteil an Quechua-Bevölkerung auf, im Municipio Anzaldo sprechen 99,2 Prozent der Bevölkerung Quechua.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Reliefkarte 3635 der Region Tarata 1:100.000 (PDF; 9,8 MB)
 Reliefkarte SE-20-5 der Region Punata 1:250.000 (PDF; 8,9 MB)
 Municipio Anzaldo - Übersichtskarten Nr. 30402
 Municipio Anzaldo - Detailkarte und Bevölkerungsdaten (PDF; 442 kB) (spanisch)
 Departamento Cochabamba - Sozialdaten der Municipios (PDF 7,58 MB) (spanisch)

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Rick Penniman passed suddenly on March 12, 2019, at his home. He was born in Cornwall, Vt., and grew up in St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy. He spent the last 32 years of his life at his home in New Gloucester. Rick leaves behind his wife, Deborah Weaver Penniman; his sons, Richard E. Penniman and his love, Sherry; Scott W. Penniman and his love, Melissa; Timothy Jon Weaver and his wife, Meredith, and all of their respective families. Keep reading obituary in Portland Press Herald.
Charles "Charlie" F. Herrick passed away on Jan. 2 and life will never be quite the same.
A partner at Schooner Landing in downtown Damariscotta, husband to his adored and adoring bride Katrina, and father to three girls who gave him a run for his money, Charlie was the life of the party. This phrase is used all of the time, but for people who knew him, this could not be truer for Charlie. Keep reading in Lincoln County News.
Flora Katherine (Rideout) Drouin, 70, passed away unexpectedly at CMMC, Sept. 10, 2018, in Lewiston.


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James Corden has revealed that boxing helped him drop six stone in weight.
He revealed that he used to box almost every morning and sometimes only ate an apple at the start of the day. But the Late Late Show host said he doesn't deprive himself.
Elaborating on the partnership, he said: "You don't need to cut anything. It's just being aware of what you're putting into your body, trying not to eat things that have too many ingredients.
James now practices the technique, spending 20 minutes a day sitting in silence and letting his thoughts flow.
He has three children, Max Carey and Charlotte, with his wife Julia Carey.