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Bradley Manning's Own Defense Appears To Concede He's No Hero
By Dan AbramsFeb 9th, 2012, 12:04 pm
Editor's Note: It was announced by the U.S. Army on Friday that Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, suspected of leaking thousands of documents to WikiLeaks, will face a court martial on 22 counts. If convicted, Manning, 24, could receive a maximum of life in prison. Last week, the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In January, Mediate Founder Dan Abrams authored an editorial on Manning. We are re-printing it in its entirety.
For well over a year, many have feverishly raced to the defense of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, accused of 22 criminal charges — including aiding the enemy — for leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified documents (and video) to Wikileaks. Late last month, for the first time, we finally heard his side of the story during an evidentiary hearing to determine whether he should be court-martialed. Many of his supporters, often at the courthouse daily clad in t-shirts emblazoned with his picture, must have been disappointed that Manning's own lawyer hardly portrayed him as the grand patriot those defenders have depicted.
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Hailed as a hero by some for exposing what they claim are U.S. government misdeeds, as well as illegal and immoral conduct, he has websites like BradleyManning.org devoted to him and many prominent supporters — aside from, of course, Wikileaks editor Julian Assange. Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg stated flatly that he "was Bradley Manning" and that he was profoundly affected by Manning's decision to leak. "I never thought," he said of Manning, "for the rest of my life, I would ever hear anyone willing to do that, to risk their life, so that horrible, awful secrets could be known." Manning himself can allegedly be counted among those promoting the lionization of his image, accused of having said about his own conduct: "This is possibly one of the more significant documents of our time, removing the fog of war and revealing the true nature of 21st century asymmetric warfare."
Unfortunately, that sort of principled position is far from what his own defense team suggests motivated Manning's alleged perfidy. No, they appear to be pursuing the defense that he was a gay man in a Don't Ask, Don't Tell military, struggling with gender identity issues, who never should have had access to the files in the first place. His attorney focused on Manning's alter ego, Breanna Manning, and quoted an email from Manning where he said his "entire life feel(s) like a bad dream that won't end. I don't know what to do. I don't know what will happen to me. But at this point I feel like I am not here anymore." That characterization suggests he was no hero; not a man standing for principle nor acting in the best interest of the country but, rather, a sad troubled soul worthy of sympathy. It is a defense which appears to concede that he leaked the documents but also abandons any pretense of righteousness in exchange for an apologia for his behavior. That is a trade Assange himself would likely detest since he complained to then New York Times Editor Bill Keller that a profile of Manning "psychologicalized" him while giving "short shrift" to his "political awakening."
Sure, his lawyer also said the disclosures were relatively harmless. "The sky is not falling," defense attorney David Coombs argued. He briefly invoked Martin Luther King on civil disobedience and cited the famous quote from Justice Louis Brandeis that "sunlight is the best disinfectant," but the defense's larger argument as to why he did it appears to be that Manning was a mentally disturbed individual who should have been stopped by his superiors. Essentially, the duty of stopping Manning from leaking the documents, goes this argument, would fall to superiors, because Manning was mentally incapable of stopping himself.
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That, however, does not make the case any easier for the prosecution. Proving that Manning had the intent to provide the information to enemies of the United States may be difficult, and that could even lead to a plea deal on the horizon. Nor would this minimize legitimate concerns raised about his overbearing and solitary prison conditions which appear to have been improved.
Furthermore, this was a pretty pro-forma hearing. The defense comes into it knowing they will "lose," that the case will almost certainly move forward no matter what they do. So, his sympathizers might argue, the defense called only two witnesses knowing that there was no good reason to pull out all the stops at this point in the legal process (some of the defense's proposed psychological witnesses were also not permitted to testify).
Fair enough. But when it comes to a broad judgment about the man and his actions, his lawyers have left us with two choices for now: loathsome, as the prosecution asserts, or pathetic. No one inside the courtroom, at least not yet, is really arguing that he was valiant, courageous or heroic.
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Works by Luke Semrau
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Beneficence: Does Agglomeration Matter?Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2019 - Journal of Applied Philosophy 36 (1):17-33.details
When it comes to the duty of beneficence, a formidable class of moderate positions holds that morally significant considerations emerge when one's actions are seen as part of a larger series. Agglomeration, according to these moderates, limits the demands of beneficence, thereby avoiding the extremely demanding view forcefully defended by Peter Singer. This idea has much appeal. What morality can demand of people is, it seems, appropriately modulated by how much they have already done or will do. Here we examine (...) a number of recent proposals that appeal to agglomeration. None of them, we argue, succeeds. (shrink)
Benevolence in Applied Ethics in Applied Ethics
Charitable Giving, Misc in Applied Ethics
Kidneys Save Lives: Markets Would Probably Help.Luke Semrau - 2014 - Public Affairs Quarterly 28 (1):71-93.details
Are There Distinctively Moral Reasons?Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2018 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 21 (3):699-717.details
A dogma of contemporary normative theorizing holds that some reasons are distinctively moral while others are not. Call this view Reasons Pluralism. This essay looks at four approaches to vindicating the apparent distinction between moral and non-moral reasons. In the end, however, all are found wanting. Though not dispositive, the failure of these approaches supplies strong evidence that the dogma of Reasons Pluralism is ill-founded.
Convention and Coordination in Philosophy of Action
Moral Responsibility in Meta-Ethics
Reasons and Oughts in Philosophy of Action
The best argument against kidney sales fails.Luke Semrau - 2015 - Journal of Medical Ethics 41 (6):443-446.details
Non-Compliance Shouldn't Be Better.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2019 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97 (1):46-56.details
Agent-relative consequentialism is thought attractive because it can secure agent-centred constraints while retaining consequentialism's compelling idea—the idea that it is always permissible to bring about the best available outcome. We argue, however, that the commitments of agent-relative consequentialism lead it to run afoul of a plausibility requirement on moral theories. A moral theory must not be such that, in any possible circumstance, were every agent to act impermissibly, each would have more reason to prefer the world thereby actualized over the (...) world that would have been actualized if every agent had instead acted permissibly. (shrink)
Agent-Neutral and Agent-Relative Consequentialism in Normative Ethics
Collective Action in Philosophy of Action
Consequentialism and Teleology in Normative Ethics
The Difference We Make.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2015 - Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 9 (2):1-7.details
Felix Pinkert has proposed a solution to the no-difference problem for AC. He argues that AC should be supplemented with a requirement that agents' optimal acts be modally robust. We disagree.
Objections to Consequentialism in Normative Ethics
When the Patina of Empirical Respectability Wears off: Motivational Crowding and Kidney Sales.Luke Semrau - 2019 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 22 (5):1055-1071.details
An increasingly common objection to kidney sales holds that the introduction of monetary incentives may undermine potential donors' altruism, discourage donation, and possibly result in a net reduction in the supply of kidneys. To explain why incentives might be counterproductive in this way market opponents marshal evidence from behavioral economics. In particular, they claim that the context of kidney sales is ripe for motivational crowding. This reasoning, if sound, would have a profound influence on the debate over kidney sales. What's (...) perhaps the principal reason to favor a market – the increase in supply it would bring – would be called into doubt. However, on inspection it becomes apparent that the evidence touted by market opponents not only lends no credence to their claims, but also provides some positive reason to doubt them. The near-ubiquitous references to motivational crowding in the literature on kidney sales are fundamentally misplaced. (shrink)
Reassessing the Likely Harms to Kidney Vendors in Regulated Organ Markets.Luke Semrau - 2017 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 42 (6):634-652.details
Julian Koplin, drawing extensively on empirical data, has argued that vendors, even in well-regulated kidney markets, are likely to be significantly harmed. I contend that his reasoning to this conclusion is dangerously mistaken. I highlight two failures. First, Koplin is insufficiently attentive to the differences between existing markets and the regulated markets proposed by advocates. On the basis of this error, he wrongly concludes that many harms will persist even in a well-regulated system. Second, Koplin misunderstands the utilitarian assessment of (...) the market. He focuses on the costs and benefits of the transaction for the vendor. But, the relevant comparison is between an individual's welfare across different courses of action, namely, vending and the nonvending alternative. Although Koplin's empirically informed contribution is a welcome addition to this literature, the mistakes that pervade his interpretation of the data demand correction. (shrink)
Misplaced Paternalism and other Mistakes in the Debate over Kidney Sales.Luke Semrau - 2017 - Bioethics 31 (3):190-198.details
Erik Malmqvist defends the prohibition on kidney sales as a justifiable measure to protect individuals from harms they have not autonomously chosen. This appeal to 'group soft paternalism' requires that three conditions be met. It must be shown that some vendors will be harmed, that some will be subject to undue pressure to vend, and that we cannot feasibly distinguish between the autonomous and the non-autonomous. I argue that Malmqvist fails to demonstrate that any of these conditions are likely to (...) obtain. His argument involves two common errors. First, he, like many, proceeds on a mistaken understanding of how to assess harm. What matters is not the balance of costs and benefits of vending, but a comparison of potential vendors' welfare across two possible courses of action. Second, Malmqvist's concerns about third-party pressure are predicated on an empirically unrealistic understanding of the operation of a regulated market. A widely underappreciated fact is that kidney sales will be relatively rare, and most who try to vend will be unable to. Because pressure on another to vend will not result in the desired outcome, few will exert it. (shrink)
Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2019 - Hackett Publishing Company.details
_Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments_ offers something new among texts elucidating the ethical theory known as Utilitarianism. Intended primarily for students ready to dig deeper into moral philosophy, it examines, in a dialectical and reader-friendly manner, a set of normative principles and a set of evaluative principles leading to what is perhaps the most defensible version of Utilitarianism. With the aim of laying its weaknesses bare, each principle is serially introduced, challenged, and then defended. The result is (...) a battery of stress tests that shows with great clarity not only what is attractive about the theory, but also where its problems lie. It will fascinate any student ready for a serious investigation into what we ought to do and what is of value. (shrink)
Arguments for Consequentialism in Normative Ethics
Utilitarianism in Normative Ethics
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Misplaced Paternalism and other Mistakes in the Debate over Kidney Sales.Luke Semrau - 2016 - Bioethics 30 (9).details
A Mistake in the Commodification Debate.Luke Semrau - 2017 - Journal of the American Philosophical Association 3 (3):354-371.details
Relationship Sensitive Consequentialism Is Regrettable.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2020 - Social Theory and Practice 46 (2):257-276.details
Personal relationships matter. Traditional Consequentialism, given its exclusive focus on agent-neutral goodness, struggles to account for this fact. A recent variant of the theory—one incorporating agent-relativity—is thought to succeed where its traditional counterpart fails. Yet, to secure this advantage, the view must take on certain normative and evaluative commitments concerning personal relationships. As a result, the theory permits cases in which agents do as they ought, yet later ought to prefer that they had done otherwise. That a theory allows such (...) cases is a serious defect. We thus conclude that, in terms of how the theories handle personal relationships, agent-relative consequentialism fairs no better than its traditional counterpart. (shrink)
Agent-Relative Value in Normative Ethics
Well-Being: Reality's Role.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2016 - Journal of the American Philosophical Association 2 (3):456-68.details
A familiar objection to mental state theories of well-being proceeds as follows: Describe a good life. Contrast it with one identical in mental respects, but lacking a connection to reality. Then observe that mental state theories of well-being implausibly hold both lives in equal esteem. Conclude that such views are false. Here we argue this objection fails. There are two ways reality may be thought to matter for well-being. We want to contribute to reality, and we want our experience of (...) the world to be veridical. Yet, if one accepts that reality matters in either of these ways, one must posit differences in well-being where no such differences exist. (shrink)
Hedonist Accounts of Well-Being in Value Theory, Miscellaneous
Well-Being, Misc in Value Theory, Miscellaneous
Actualism Doesn't Have Control Issues: A Reply to Cohen and Timmerman.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - 2019 - Philosophia 47 (1):271-277.details
Recently, Cohen and Timmerman, 1–18, 2016) argue that actualism has control issues. The view should be rejected, they claim, as it recognizes a morally irrelevant distinction between counterfactuals over which agents exercise the same kind of control. Here we reply on behalf of actualism.
Actualism and Possibilism in Ethics in Normative Ethics
Consequentialism in Normative Ethics
Your mom does not love you for who you are.Luke Semrau - 2015 - Think 14 (39):95-97.details
Philosophy of Love in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Markets Without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests, Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski. Routledge, 2016, xii +239 pages. [REVIEW]Luke Semrau - 2017 - Economics and Philosophy 33 (2):326-332.details
Philosophy of Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Christopher Woodard: Taking Utilitarianism Seriously: Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN: 9780198732624, $65, HbK.Luke Semrau - 2020 - Journal of Value Inquiry 54 (4):663-668.details
Relationship Sensitive Consequentialism Is Regrettable in advance.Andrew T. Forcehimes & Luke Semrau - forthcoming - Social Theory and Practice.details
Organ donor or gratuitous moral failure? Pick one.Luke Semrau - 2018 - Think 17 (50):85-89.details
Many are unwilling to donate their vital organs in death. To affirm this choice is to prefer the integrity of one's corpse over possibly saving and improving the lives of others. This position enjoys no sound defence. Refusing to donate amounts to a gratuitous moral failure.Export citation.
Understanding choice, pressure and markets in kidneys.Luke Semrau - 2020 - Journal of Medical Ethics 46 (4):277-278.details
Here, I briefly respond to a recent paper by Julian Koplin, in which he criticises my earlier work in this journal. I show that Koplin has misunderstood the distinction I have made between pressure to vend and pressure with the option to vend. I also show that his pessimism about the market regulations I favour is unwarranted.

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Sproles prepared to hit the ground running with name, image, and likeness
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"Hopefully I can get paid for social media," the North Dakota State rising senior wide receiver said.
Sproles hopes are being realized in the first days since the NCAA officially lifted the floodgates on amateurism, approving an interim name, image, and likeness policy this week. Athletes could start profiting on Thursday.
"People were bothered by how much I posted. Like Instagram stories, Instagram posts, Snapchats, how much I tweet," Sproles said. "I had a purpose for it."
Anticipating a day when players could seek compensation, Sproles started studying how to increase his visibility on social media platforms early on.
When the potential of a new rule started becoming more likely, he began to figure out how to pair his online success with business opportunities.
"The sooner I can learn how to finance money, how to make deals, business deals with people, that's just going to prepare me for the next step of my career," Sproles said.
Once the policies were officially set, he didn't have to play from behind the chains.
"If you think about it, what company wouldn't want to take advantage of a college athlete that has in total over 190,000 followers on all social media platforms," he said.
So far, it's paid off. Sproles has tweeted ads for Game Face Training, a Twin Cities based performance facility he's worked with since he was 15 years old, and for PathWater. On Friday, he got another deal with Opinion Clothing Company.
Skeptics of the new policies raise concerns about how much of a distraction trying to profit would be for players, something Sproles is not as worried about.
"I wouldn't be here if I didn't have football. I wouldn't have the followers that I do," he said. "Getting paid and all is cool for social media, but my goal is to potentially play in the NFL."
Before the rules became official, Sproles says NDSU coaches and compliance were in and are still in constant contact with athletes, helping them understand exactly what they can and can't do with NIL opportunities.
Sproles didn't play the spring season for NDSU, continuing to rehab a leg injury sustained in the Bison's win over Central Arkansas in October. He says he's feeling good heading into the fall season, ready to make impact again.
"It's going to feel normal again," Sproles said.
When he returns, Sproles will not only help lead the Bison back out on the field, but will also help usher in a new age of college athletics, something he's already getting started on.
"As student athletes, we don't a lot of time to have jobs and do other things that other kids may be able to do, so it helps us out," Sproles said. "I'm just blessed to be in this position."
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The musical legend and Harrow resident who conducts Harrow's Trinity Orchestra
By Vlad Bourceanu
Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
It's the 5th September 2022, a relatively warm Monday morning. I step into this cosy pub in Harrow – where, as I found out the day before, I am to meet and interview the world-class musician and Harrow resident, Welsh conductor Owain Arwel Hughes CBE – who will be conducting Harrow's Trinity Orchestra on the 1st October 2022, at 7:30 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.), in the Trinity Church, Hindes Road, Harrow HA1 1RX – in a programme of works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. He is, I know, a well-known name to lovers of music – and I feel, understandably, a little nervous as I walk inside and inform the pub staff that I am there to meet someone.
"You're here to meet Owain, aren't you?", the affable young gentleman behind the bar asks me. I nod, explaining my presence, and he soon puts me at ease, showing me my table. I sit and try to prepare, as I realise I am just under half an hour early.
Maestro Arwel Hughes soon walks in, minutes after the unexpected arrival of Ms Sophie Prett, representing the Trinity Orchestra, who explains that she was due to meet the Maestro herself, also. His presence is affable, relaxed, but professional and to-the-point, as – after greeting him – I start the interview by asking him about his early, formative days.
It is well known that he grew up in a musical family, his father having been a choral composer. I ask him about his earliest musical memories, and if (and if so, how) they shaped his musical path. Did he want to be a musician from a young age?
Harrow Trinity Orchestra
"Obviously, there was music at home", he tells me. "And my father was in the BBC, so I knew about broadcasting and about the orchestra, which was quite small in those days – and, any excuse I had, I used to go and listen to it, to the orchestra. So, the 'risk', or whatever, was always there. But I wasn't going for music at all." He tells me how he nevertheless ended up setting up a choir in his school, back in his native Wales. "There was no choir, so I went to the headmaster about it, who told me that, if I was so concerned about it, I should set one up myself". Oblivious to the fact that the headmaster just wanted to get rid of him, setting up a choir is exactly what he did, "in a room at the back, with plenty of music in it. To me, I didn't know I was doing something different", he explains. He is soft-spoken, but clear in what he states, and has that unique Welsh lilt in his accent.
Having also played rugby for his school district, he tells me that he always wanted to go into the ministry. "I wanted to be a Baptist minister", he says, "so that's why I went to university; to study philosophy. At Cardiff University, in the first year, you used to do three subjects; I did philosophy, Welsh and music. And that's when I realised I had this gift, and that I should do something about it.". He told his father about his decision, expecting disapproval. Instead, his father told him that he'd been waiting for such a long time to hear him say this. "So then I went to the Royal College of Music in London, where Sir Adrian Boult was in charge", he tells me. The die was indeed cast, the new path was awaiting him.
The Maestro tells me about Sir Adrian Boult, who knew Sir Edward Elgar, and whose lineage stretched back to Johannes Brahms, himself – and about how Sir Adrian, when reaching his octogenarian years, could no longer conduct certain concerts, so he shared them with his young student. I also, however, know that, apart from Sir Adrian Boult, he also studied with Rudolf Kempe and with Bernard Haitink KBE, all of them immensely illustrious, world-famous conductors. So I ask him about the similarities and differences between the three, and what he felt he learned from each of them. Who did he prefer?
"Kempe", he replies without missing a beat. "Absolutely. So clear. He was the chief conductor of the Royal Philharmonic. You just don't study with them", he adds. "You can't teach conducting. But you get to see how people work, and Kempe was undoubtedly the best".
He also met Bernard Haitink when the Dutch maestro was in charge of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and also in charge of the London Philharmonic Orchestra – and went to see him rehearse. "We got on very well", he reminisces. He goes on to talk in-depth about conducting techniques and the differences between the three conductors on a technical and musical level, even – at one stage – borrowing my pen in order to demonstrate to me their various techniques with the baton. I am absolutely fascinated and watch closely, in order to, myself, learn and absorb.
I then ask him about the advice he would give young, aspiring conductors in this day and age. As a young conductor, myself, I sit back, in anticipation of what the Maestro will have to say.
"You shouldn't really have friends in orchestras", he states. "They are your working colleagues and, whether you like it or not, you are the boss". I don't want to dictate, when I conduct, though – I tell him. "You don't dictate – you find your own way and you do your job", he replies. "And be clear – be absolutely clear. And do your work". There's no substitute for that, I say, and he agrees. "There is no substitute for that. And be honest, be honest with your players – because you only usually have five minutes with them". The "five minutes" are obviously a figure of speech, but rehearsals in London are notoriously short, time-wise.
He then states that the best advice for a conductor is to just get out there and conduct, and do it for the right reasons – not because it looks "glamorous" or anything like that. It may sound obvious, to some, but I agree with him that it needs to be stated.
Finally, we talk a little about the local orchestra he will conduct on the 1st October – the Trinity Orchestra. He tells me how interested he genuinely is in supporting the local orchestra, and to help it in any way he can, which is why he agreed to conduct this concert. The passion that this Maestro puts into everything he does, and his genuine excitement at helping out local musicians, shines through clearly. We talk, in particular, about the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (which is the second work on the programme), and which will feature BBC Concert Orchestra Principal Violinist Peter Bussereau as the violin soloist – and what it means to accompany a soloist, as a conductor.
Owain Arwel Hughes has conducted and recorded with many of the world's leading orchestras
"Accompanying is the real art of conducting", he states. "You've got to really listen, you've got to have good ears and to be there to support everyone. And you work together."
"I've had such great service, over the years", he continues, remembering the wonderful soloists he has worked with, throughout his illustrious career. "Some wonderful singers, too … I mean, in my early days, Wales had some great singers. And then [Dame] Janet Baker, probably one of the greatest singers … just because she had a wonderful way of breathing and singing. We had a wonderful time, especially when we were doing Elgar together", he reminisces. "She's also local, isn't she?", Ms Prett adds, and he acquiesces. "And then trumpet players like Alison [Balsom] … I have been lucky in many ways. I always enjoy accompanying – it isn't a chore for me", he concludes. He obviously enjoys collaborating with other musicians, as he will do again on the 1st October with Peter Bussereau, but – as he says – "we never talked about it, we just did it".
"Music making should be natural and easy, in the end", he says. "And the composer always comes first – that has been my maxim from the start. Those were Boult's words", he adds. I say that perhaps there should be no ego in conducting. "That's what it's about", he concludes.
I tell him I could talk to him for ages (and there are always more questions to ask, of course), but that – after an hour had imperceptibly passed whilst talking to him – I'd better leave him to the other engagements of his busy day. He smiles and, ever affably, tells me to call him if I need anything else. I take my leave and walk towards the door.
"Well, how was it?", the gentleman behind the bar asks me, just as I'm about to walk outside. "I felt completely at ease", I reply, smiling broadly as I say my goodbyes and walk out into the midday Harrow sunshine, feeling richer and wiser for the experience – and looking forward to the 1st October concert, where we will be able to see the Maestro at work, at the helm of Trinity Orchestra, Harrow, conducting classics of the music repertoire. It promises to be a very interesting concert – I do hope that you will join me there.
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Q: Fastest possible way to render 480 x 320 background as iPhone OpenGL ES textures I need to display 480 x 320 background image in OpenGL ES. The thing is I experienced a bit of a slow down in iPhone when I use 512 x 512 texture size. So I am finding an optimum case for rendering iPhone resolution size background in OpenGL ES. How should I slice the background in this case to obtain the best possible performance? My main concern is speed. Should I go for 256 x 256 or other texture sizes here?

A: First of all, are you testing performance on the Simulator? If so, stop immediately and try it on actual hardware. Performance testing on the simulator is worthless.
With that out of the way, I'm not sure how many of these you've already implemented, so I apologize if I'm giving you what you already know:

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*gmaclachlan points out you should clear the buffers every run for performance reasons, however this is contrary to some other user experience. This may differ between hardware and iOS revisions; however, performance can be tested just by commenting out the line. Check before and after.

*If you're using the Z-axis at all (ie: 3D objects over a 2D background, think New Super Mario Bros) you will want to clear the depth buffer

*Use texture compression (PVRTC) if the compression artifacts aren't an
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Monday, September 29, 2014 By Edward McGarr
In support of superstition (pro tem.)
To say something is superstitious is to speak relatively. The concise Oxford dictionary provides an inadequate definition of superstition; "excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings: a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, of a practice based on such a belief." Some people think any belief in supernatural beings is credulous; likewise any belief in supernatural causation. Other people disagree and need not cite religious reasons for […]
Saturday, March 22, 2014 By Edward McGarr
How to read the "news" on medical negligence
In: High Court, Litigation, Medical Negligence, Personal Injury Claims, Practice & Procedure, Tort
According to the Irish Independent, a High Court judge (Judge Irvine) has urged "an overhaul of negligence cases". The newspaper goes on to report what the judge actually said; that she believes "new protocols and rules of disclosure would lead to early resolution and early admission of liability when justified" [in "medical negligence" cases]. There are two ideas in the judge's beliefs, both good; that early resolution and early admission of liability are desirable goals, and that new protocols and […]
Monday, March 3, 2014 By Edward McGarr
In: Litigation, Pleadings
Currently, in the Science Gallery of Trinity College at The Naughton Institute, Pearse St. Dublin 2, two items of interest are to be seen; an invention to assist child birth using gravity (no woman was consulted in the design of this machine) and the application for the patent on the invention. One is a machine and the other is an illustrated description of the machine. The words are more important than the illustrations. They were written by a US patent […]
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 By Edward McGarr
Air Travel Accidents
In: Defamation, EU law, International Law, Personal Injury Claims
Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 (as amended by Regulation (EC) No 889/2002) requires air carriers in the EU to give the following summary of a passenger's rights on the air ticket. "Air carrier liability for passengers and their baggage This information notice summarises the liability rules applied by Community air carriers as required by Community legislation and the Montreal Convention. Compensation in the case of death or injury There are no financial limits to the liability for passenger injury or death. […]
Monday, February 3, 2014 By Edward McGarr
In: International Law, Litigation, Personal Injury Claims, PIAB- The Injuries Board, Practice & Procedure
The new Chinese year, just commenced, is the Year of The Horse. We lost a lot when the horse ceased to be a major source of power and transport. Prior to that, practically everybody personally knew the meaning of phrases like; "closing the stable door after the horse has bolted" or "live, horse, and you will have grass". We even knew what a cock-horse was. This knowledge shielded us from official obfuscation. No bulletin, however mendacious in its departure from […]
Monday, January 20, 2014 By Edward McGarr
The Ambulance Service
In: Litigation, Medical Negligence, Negligence, Tort
Medical negligence is somewhat of a specialist area for lawyers. Not every solicitor will firstly recognise a culpable act of commission or omission by a medical person and secondly will know how to create a case that will win in court. The ambulance service, the humblest element of the health care system is the exception to this. When you call for an ambulance, you need it urgently, usually. The despatcher will, usually, elicit the cause or nature of the emergency […]
The Running of Time
In: EU law, Personal Injury Claims, PIAB- The Injuries Board
Our legal system contains the idea that time runs. What is meant by this, is that an event triggering a cause of action is the beginning of a window of opportunity to litigate a claim. By implication, the window has an end point as well as a start point. A plaintiff cannot successfully commence litigation until the triggering event (the suffering of a loss, usually) and cannot successfully commence litigation after the expiration of the time allocated by the Statute […]
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 By Edward McGarr
The Depuy hip recall US MDL settlement – FAQs
In: DePuy hip, Personal Injury Claims, Tort
What is the issue? In August 2010, Depuy, a US conglomerate, owned by Johnson & Johnson "recalled" some of its medical products. The recall included the Depuy ASR XL Acetabular System, a type of artificial human hip. These hips are fitted to consumers in the course of major surgery in hospitals. The recall was of the unused products; the used products were in patients. In fact, many of the hips were failing early and the patients were undergoing early, avoidable, […]
Thursday, December 19, 2013 By Edward McGarr
In: Contract Law, Litigation, Practice & Procedure
Britain and Ireland share many things, not least the weather. We share an approach to legal proceedings so, possibly, Ireland will follow the UK into a new form of legal proceedings, known as "collective action mechanisms", "representative court actions" or "class actions". The UK experimented with consumer "opt-in" representative court action. That failed; it was used once. Now, the UK is proposing to introduce "opt-out" representative court actions for consumers. If it works for consumers its attractions may spread it […]
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 By Edward McGarr
The Actio Popularis, Aarhus Convention and class actions in Ireland
In: Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, EU law, High Court Judgement, Human Rights, Litigation, McGarr Solicitors, Politics
Ireland currently has a limited form of class action. It is the "actio popularis". It is not like the US form of class action; it is not of direct benefit to individual members of the public. They get the benefit when they are in the class that benefits from the judgment. They do not simply lodge their claim for compensation, say. The Irish courts have accepted "actio popularis" claims in only one such proceedings; Digital Rights Ireland Ltd. v The […]
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L. Lu, X. Meng, S. Cai, Z. Mao, S. Goswami, Z. Zhang, & G. E. Karniadakis. A comprehensive and fair comparison of two neural operators (with practical extensions) based on FAIR data. arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.05512, 2021.
J. Yu, L. Lu, X. Meng, & G. E. Karniadakis. Gradient-enhanced physics-informed neural networks for forward and inverse PDE problems. arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.02801, 2021.
P. Clark Di Leoni, L. Lu, C. Meneveau, G. E. Karniadakis, & T. A. Zaki. DeepONet prediction of linear instability waves in high-speed boundary layers. arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.08697, 2021.
B. Deng, Y. Shin, L. Lu, Z. Zhang, & G. E. Karniadakis. Convergence rate of DeepONets for learning operators arising from advection-diffusion equations. arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.10621, 2021.
L. Lu, R. Pestourie, W. Yao, Z. Wang, F. Verdugo, & S. G. Johnson. Physics-informed neural networks with hard constraints for inverse design. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 43(6), B1105–B1132, 2021.
H. Li, Z. L. Liu, L. Lu, P. Buffet, & G. E. Karniadakis. How the spleen reshapes and retains young and old red blood cells: A computational investigation. PLoS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009516, 2021.
Z. Mao, L. Lu, O. Marxen, T. A. Zaki, & G. E. Karniadakis. DeepM&Mnet for hypersonics: Predicting the coupled flow and finite-rate chemistry behind a normal shock using neural-network approximation of operators. Journal of Computational Physics, 447, 110698, 2021.
Y. Deng, L. Lu, L. Aponte, A. M. Angelidi, V. Novak, G. E. Karniadakis, & C. S. Mantzoros. Deep transfer learning and data augmentation improve glucose levels prediction in type 2 diabetes patients. npj Digital Medicine, 4, 109, 2021.
G. E. Karniadakis, I. G. Kevrekidis, L. Lu, P. Perdikaris, S. Wang, & L. Yang. Physics-informed machine learning. Nature Reviews Physics, 3(6), 422–440, 2021.
S. Cai, Z. Wang, L. Lu, T. A. Zaki, & G. E. Karniadakis. DeepM&Mnet: Inferring the electroconvection multiphysics fields based on operator approximation by neural networks. Journal of Computational Physics, 436, 110296, 2021.
L. Lu, P. Jin, G. Pang, Z. Zhang, & G. E. Karniadakis. Learning nonlinear operators via DeepONet based on the universal approximation theorem of operators. Nature Machine Intelligence, 3, 218–229, 2021.
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C. Lin, Z. Li, L. Lu, S. Cai, M. Maxey, & G. E. Karniadakis. Operator learning for predicting multiscale bubble growth dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(10), 104118, 2021.
L. Lu, X. Meng, Z. Mao, & G. E. Karniadakis. DeepXDE: A deep learning library for solving differential equations. SIAM Review, 63(1), 208–228, 2021.
A. Yazdani, L. Lu, M. Raissi, & G. E. Karniadakis. Systems biology informed deep learning for inferring parameters and hidden dynamics. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(11), e1007575, 2020.
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L. Lu, Y. Shin, Y. Su, & G. E. Karniadakis. Dying ReLU and initialization: Theory and numerical examples. Communications in Computational Physics, 28(5), 1671–1706, 2020.
P. Jin, L. Lu, Y. Tang, & G. E. Karniadakis. Quantifying the generalization error in deep learning in terms of data distribution and neural network smoothness. Neural Networks, 130, 85–99, 2020.
Y. Chen, L. Lu, G. E. Karniadakis, & L. D. Negro. Physics-informed neural networks for inverse problems in nano-optics and metamaterials. Optics Express, 28(8), 11618–11633, 2020.
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L. Lu, M. Dao, P. Kumar, U. Ramamurty, G. E. Karniadakis, & S. Suresh. Extraction of mechanical properties of materials through deep learning from instrumented indentation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(13), 7052–7062, 2020.
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G. Pang, L. Lu, & G. E. Karniadakis. fPINNs: Fractional physics-informed neural networks. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 41(4), A2603–A2626, 2019.
L. Lu, Z. Li, H. Li, X. Li, P. G. Vekilov, & G. E. Karniadakis. Quantitative prediction of erythrocyte sickling for the development of advanced sickle cell therapies. Science Advances, 5(8), eaax3905, 2019.
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D. Zhang, L. Lu, L. Guo, & G. E. Karniadakis. Quantifying total uncertainty in physics-informed neural networks for solving forward and inverse stochastic problems. Journal of Computational Physics, 397, 108850, 2019.
H. Li, L. Lu, X. Li, P. A. Buffet, M. Dao, G. E. Karniadakis, & S. Suresh. Mechanics of diseased red blood cells in human spleen and consequences for hereditary blood disorders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(38), 9574–9579, 2018.
H. Li, D. Papageorgiou, H. Y. Chang, L. Lu, J. Yang, & Y. Deng. Synergistic integration of laboratory and numerical approaches in studies of the biomechanics of diseased red blood cells. Biosensors, 8(3), 76, 2018.
L. Lu, Y. Deng, X. Li, H. Li, & G. E. Karniadakis. Understanding the twisted structure of amyloid fibrils via molecular simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122(49), 11302–11310, 2018.
H. Li, J. Yang, T. T. Chu, R. Naidu, L. Lu, R. Chandramohanadas, M. Dao & G. E. Karniadakis. Cytoskeleton remodeling induces membrane stiffness and stability changes of maturing reticulocytes. Biophysical Journal, 114(8), 2014–2023, 2018.
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H. Li, H. Y. Chang, J. Yang, L. Lu, Y. H. Tang, & G. Lykotrafitis. Modeling biomembranes and red blood cells by coarse-grained particle methods. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 39(1), 3–20, 2018.
L. Lu, H. Li, X. Bian, X. Li, & G. E. Karniadakis. Mesoscopic adaptive resolution scheme toward understanding of interactions between sickle cell fibers. Biophysical Journal, 113(1), 48–59, 2017.
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Y. H. Tang, L. Lu, H. Li, C. Evangelinos, L. Grinberg, V. Sachdeva, & G. E. Karniadakis. OpenRBC: A fast simulator of red blood cells at protein resolution. Biophysical Journal, 112(10), 2030–2037, 2017.
L. Lu, X. Li, P. G. Vekilov, & G. E. Karniadakis. Probing the twisted structure of sickle hemoglobin fibers via particle simulations. Biophysical Journal, 110(9), 2085–2093, 2016.
L. Lu, X. Zhang, Y. Yan, J. M. Li, & X. Zhao. Theoretical analysis of natural-gas leakage in urban medium-pressure pipelines. Journal of Environment and Human, 1(2), 71–86, 2014.
L. Lu, H. He, P. Kasimbeg, R. Ranade, & J. Pathak. One-shot learning for solution operators of partial differential equations. ICLR Workshop on Deep Learning for Simulation, 2021.
S. Suresh, L. Lu, G. E. Karniadakis, & M. Dao. Machine learning techniques for estimating mechanical properties of materials. US Application No. 62/865,670, PCT Application No. PCT/US2020/021401, Taiwan Application No. 109121601, filed on June 24, 2019.
X. Dong, J. M. Li, Y. Yan, H. Zhang, L. Lu, J. Wang, & H. Xiao. A test device and method for simulating natural gas leakage in soil. China Invention Patent CN103712755A, filed on June 14, 2013, and issued on April 9, 2014.
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Hi everybody, hope you are all doing good, This will be a quick recipe, with no beautiful clicks as I have been postponing to post anything in my blog for a very good reason, but I have to do two posts today, as today is the deadline of two events which I eventually participate, I have been trying a few things with these two combinations and totally enjoyed it.. , Thanks Kalyani for this beautiful combo, even though I did not make it a healthy one, This was the only recipe I could make it quick and post, well, no further ramblings I will get to the recipe..
In a thick bowl heat cream and tea Leaves until boiling set aside for 30 minutes, strain the tea leaves from cream then whip to soft peak melt chocolate and mix into tea infused cream and set aside.
Soak Agar powder in warm water beat keep it aside for few minutes then beat again , Puree strawberry and sugar together heat them in a bowl, add this to the puree and boil for few minutes keep it aside.
Beat whipping cream until soft peaks are formed. chop pistachios and keep aside.
In a glass bowl or any thing you wish to arrange, layer whipping cream, add chopped pistachios, then layer them with Strawberry mousse then layer it with Green tea Mousse then layer it with Whipping cream and pistachios again then top it with Green tea mousse and top it with pistachios again, leave it in the refrigerate an hour or two and serve it cold.
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You will love this site if you: (1) want accurate national election predictions, (2) are a political junkie, (3) don't have the time to track the campaigns, and/or (4) crave an informed overview of where things stand. BTRTN has everything you really need to know to stay informed – all in one place.
March 22 Predictions: Will the Rest Win the West?
Tomorrow is "Tiny Tuesday," which will feature, for both parties, a primary in Arizona and a caucus in Utah, plus a Democratic caucus in Idaho. There are not too many delegates at stake, but these contests are consequential nonetheless. Both Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have more or less staked their candidacies on their potential to win in the West, and good showings for them would provide some validation for their theses. Thus far, neither has shown much strength outside their home states and neighbors.
Polling is light but quite clear for the GOP. BTRTN predicts that Ted Cruz will easily win the Utah caucus, while Donald Trump will win the Arizona primary. It is hard to ascertain from this whether Cruz has real legs in other Western states; what it really proves it just how strong Cruz can be in caucus states where his well-oiled machine of frenzied far right believers do a wonderful job out getting out that difficult caucus vote. It also may show just how much Mitt Romney hates Donald Trump's guts and how popular Romney is in Utah. Romney issued an instantly famous favorable non-endorsement of Cruz in Utah, meaning that he implored Utahans to vote for Cruz, but not as an endorsement, more simply to deny Trump delegates. They seem to be listening.
On the Democratic side, there is one recent poll in Arizona, but only a single, stale month-old poll in each of Utah and Idaho, which are both, as noted, caucus states. The same dynamic behind Cruz's strength in caucuses (frenzied, well-organized ideologues) works for Sanders as well. BTRTN predicts that Hillary Clinton will win the Arizona primary quite easily, while Bernie Sanders will win close ones in the Utah and Idaho caucuses. This will mean little in terms of Bernie's attempt to overtake Clinton's gargantuan delegate lead; in fact Clinton will likely pick up 20+ net delegates. Even as Bernie finds the West to be friendly, he can't help but realize that his delegate gap to Clinton most resembles one of the West's most iconic symbols, the Grand Canyon.
(Cue to Sanders zealots: now comes the paragraph you want to cut and paste into your forum comments and emails to fellow travelers.)
Bernie's basic argument – the case he is making in the media for the benefit of the superdelegates he needs to convince -- for staying in the race, is three-fold: 1) if he runs the table in the West, he may not close the delegate gap but he will have more "momentum" than Clinton heading into the general election, 2) the FBI is not investigating him, and thus there will be no messy "October surprises" if Sanders tops the ticket, and, perhaps most importantly, 3) most polls show that he is beating Trump, Cruz and Kasich head-to-head by a wider margin than is Clinton. This is true, and not by a little:
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Now, these head-to-head polls have limitations, at this stage, to be sure. Sanders is still relatively unknown nationally to the voting electorate, and the GOP has not yet begun attack and define him (as, say, a socialist), and they likely will never have to. He is far more of a blank slate than Hillary Clinton.
More to the point, Clinton needs only 44% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination, and given her track record and the looming New York primary, that is virtually a lock. The most recent poll in New York had her up 71/23. If she wins New York by that proportion, then she will need only 39% of the rest of the delegates to lock it up.
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PROBABILITY OF DEMOCRATS WINNING BOTH GEORGIA SENATE RACES
Based on our proprietary BTRTN models, as of January 4, 2021, below are our BTRTN odds of the Democrats gaining control of the Senate by winning both Georgia Senate elections:
TRUMP APPROVAL RATING
President Trump's Approval Rating for the week ending January 9, 2020, increased by 1 percentage point, from 41% to 42%.
Trump's approval rating, already historically low at the outset of his presidency in January, 2017, has declined since then to 42%; his disapproval score has increased markedly, from 44% to 57%, and thus his "net" score has decreased from +3 to -15, a change of -18. He has yet to achieve the 50% approval mark in any single week in his entire presidency.
No president has won re-election with an approval rating of less than 48% (George W. Bush had that mark in 2004), since Gallup began tracking the metric with Truman. With Joe Biden's election, this rule of thumb proved to be predictive yet again.
(We calculate our weekly approval ratings using an average of the two pollsters who conduct weekly approval rating polls: Reuters/Ipsos and You Gov/Economist. This provides consistent and accurate trending information and does not muddy the waters by including infrequent pollsters. These two pollsters tend most often to be middle-of-the-road relative to Rasmussen, who does a daily poll, and Gallup, who announced they will no longer do a weekly poll after 2018. Both Rasmussen and Gallup tend, at times, to be outliers.)
GEORGIA SENATE POLLS
Here are the latest polls (on average) in each of the Georgia Senate races.
Ossoff (D) 49%, Purdue (R) 49%
Warnock (D) 49%, Loeffler (R) 49%
TRUMPOMETER
The Trumpometer aggregates a set of economic indicators and compares the resulting index to that same set of aggregated indicators at the time of the Trump Inaugural on January 20, 2017. The idea is to demonstrate whether the country is better off economically now versus when Trump took office.
The data are: the unemployment rate, the Dow-Jones Industrial Average, the Consumer Confidence Index, the price of gasoline, and the GDP.
The Trumpometer, as of December 31, 2020, has decreased since his Inaugural, from the zero starting point to -108, which means these indicators have on average declined by -108%, with the entire decline occurring since the onset of the coronavirus. The Dow Jones is up 55% since January, 2017. The GDP has for the past two quarters has averaged -9%% in Q2 of 2020, declined by 32% in Q2 but rebounding to +31% in Q3, but overall devastatingly below the 2.1% growth in Obama's last full quarter, Q4 2016. Confidence confidence has declined by 22%. The price of gas is down -4%, decreasing on average from $2.44 to $2.33 since Trump took over. Finally, unemployment is now 6.7%, down from 4.7% in January, 2017.
By comparison, still using January 20, 2017 as the 0 baseline, the measure went from +25% to -53% from the beginning to the end of George W. Bush's presidency, and from -53% to 0% under Barack Obama.
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Tom is a data-obsessed forecaster with a long track record of accurate predictions. Since 2008 he has made predictions in 2,644 races, including each of the 56 states/districts in each Presidential election since 2008, each Senate race since 2008, each House race since 2010 and each Governor race since 2014. Of those 2,644, he has been correct 2,541 times, or 96.1%. These are comparable figures to those of other poll aggregators, as best as we can tell. Yup, including Nate.
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namespace upm {

typedef struct
{
	int lowPulseOccupancy;
	double ratio;
	double concentration;
} dustData;

  /**
   * @brief PPD42NS dust sensor library
   * @defgroup ppd42ns libupm-ppd42ns
   * @ingroup seeed gpio other eak
   */
  /**
   * @library ppd42ns
   * @sensor ppd42ns
   * @comname PPD42NS Dust Sensor
   * @altname Grove Dust Sensor
   * @type other
   * @man seeed
   * @web http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Grove_-_Dust_Sensor
   * @con gpio
   * @kit eak
   *
   * @brief API for the Dust Sensor
   *
   * UPM module for the Dust Sensor
   *
   * @image html ppd42ns.jpg
   * @snippet ppd42ns.cxx Interesting
   */
  class PPD42NS {
  public:
    /**
     * Dust Sensor Constructor
     *
     * @param pin digital pin to use
     */
    PPD42NS(int pin);
    /**
     * Dust Sensor Destructor
     */
    ~PPD42NS();
    /**
     * Print dust concentration
     *
     * @return struct dustData  contains data from dust sensor
     */
     dustData getData();

  private:
        mraa_gpio_context m_gpio;
		/**
		 * Return the amount of time it takes a pin to go from HIGH to LOW or LOW to HIGH
		 *
		 * @param highLowValue int do we measure from HIGH to LOW or LOW to HIGH. highLowValue is "from" value
		 */
		double pulseIn_polyfill(bool highLowValue, double endTime);
		double m_timediff(timespec time1, timespec time2);
	};
}

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Ah, the rush to publish…Della has beaten me hands down on this one – I blame a nasty episode of Meniere's: Foxbaits laid on our intended route, we ventured instead into the Baw Baw Nat Park (of course not telling the dogs; they were doing anything wrong – you wouldn't want to fill them with guilt; they were enjoying themselves too much). I used to hunt over that whole area with hounds before it was declared a nat park (in 1983?) and indeed until we were ourselves hunted out of there by police in helicopters one Queen's Birthday weekend in the mid 80's! Della was there then too. There is still a hunter's hut no more than a km from the Mushroom rocks (NOT the scout hut!) where once I warmed Della's frozen feet on a snowy morn about five years ago. This is sometimes called the .NBW Hut'. I have been wanting to take Della on the full Warburton to Walhalla walk (four days (?) – and GREAT in hot weather because temp drops by @1C per 100 metres elevation). I think I may persuade her now. We walked past the Mushroom Rocks, climbed Mt Erica and went on to the ruins of the Talbot Hut and the extraordinary stream nearby right on the top of the mountain. There are many such streams right across the Baw Baw plateau so that water is never a problem. Beautiful clear, & icy-cold too. The plateau is well-named as there are @ two days of quite flat walking from Mt Erica on until you begin your descent after Mt Whitelaw amid beautiful snow gums and other interesting alpine veg such as prostrate conifers and many mountain flowers.


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Decoy () is a 1934 German adventure film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Viktor de Kowa, and Jessie Vihrog. A separate French-language version, The Decoy, was released the following year with a largely different cast.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther and Fritz Maurischat. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Hamburg, Turkey and the North Sea.

Synopsis
A young man is commissioned by his jeweler father to take a valuable necklace from Istanbul to Marseille. While on the sea voyage he is targeted by a gang of thieves, using a beautiful woman as a decoy. He is eventually assisted by another woman who is secretly in love with him.

Cast
 Jakob Tiedtke as Juwelier Schott
 Viktor de Kowa as Schott junior
 Jessie Vihrog as Sibyl Termeer
 Fritz Rasp as de Groot, ihr Vormund
 Hilde Weissner as Delia Donovan
 Oskar Sima as Makarian
 Paul Westermeier as Robert, Kapitän
 Gerhard Bienert as 1. Offizier an Bord der 'Adrian Termeer'
 Hugo Fischer-Köppe as 2. Offizier an Bord der 'Adrian Termeer'
 Gertrud Wolle as Dame an Bord
 Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Herr an Bord
 Egon Brosig
 Josef Dahmen as Bandit
 Alfred Gerasch as Perser
 Inge Kadon as Perserin
 Sonja Krenzisky as Bumbawa
 Hede Mehrmann as Weisse Tänzerin
 Gustav Püttjer as Matrose
 Louis Ralph as Bandit
 Ernst Rotmund as Kriminallkommisar
 Werner Stock as Matrose

Criticism
Karlheinz Wendtland confirmed that the film was "designed with speed and all the refinements". Furthermore, he was of the opinion that the film adaptation was not lacking in humor and that it was "completely apolitical despite the director Steinhoff".

References

Bibliography

External links

1934 films
1934 adventure films
German adventure films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Hans Steinhoff
UFA GmbH films
Seafaring films
Films set in Istanbul
Films shot in Hamburg
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
German multilingual films
German black-and-white films
1934 multilingual films
1930s German films

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Q: Split 1 row into 2 rows with % of total create table #testdata
(
    ID int,
    Total money
)

insert into #testdata
(
    ID,
    Total
)
select
    1,
    100
union all
select
    2,
    105
union all
select
    3,
    110
union all
select
    4,
    150

select * from #testdata

How can I convert each row into 2 rows, the first row having 75% of the total, and the other row being 25% of the total where I can also then include other columns?

A: Another possible approach is VALUES table value constructor (to get the value and row number for the generated rows) and CROSS APPLY operator:
SELECT *
FROM #testdata t
CROSS APPLY (VALUES
   (1, t.Total * 0.75),
   (2, t.Total * 0.25)
) v (ID, Total)
ORDER BY t.ID, v.ID

Result:
ID  Total       ID  Total
1   100.0000    1   75.000000
1   100.0000    2   25.000000
2   105.0000    1   78.750000
2   105.0000    2   26.250000
3   110.0000    1   82.500000
3   110.0000    2   27.500000
4   150.0000    1   112.50000
4   150.0000    2   37.500000

Notes: If you want to eliminate possible rounding issues, use the following statement:
SELECT *
FROM #testdata t
CROSS APPLY (VALUES
   (1, t.Total * 0.75),
   (2, t.Total - t.Total * 0.75)
) v (ID, Total)
ORDER BY t.ID, v.ID

A: Create a CTE with the 2 percentages and cross join it to the table:
with cte as (select 0.75 val union all select 0.25)
select t.ID, c.val * t.Total result
from cte c cross join #testdata t
order by t.ID, c.val desc

See the demo.
Results:
> ID |  result
> -: | ---------:
>  1 |  75.00
>  1 |  25.00
>  2 |  78.75
>  2 |  26.25
>  3 |  82.50
>  3 |  27.50
>  4 | 112.50
>  4 |  37.50


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٢٦٢ Hits - Gamal Azzouz - يناير ٨, ٢٠٢٢, ٩:٤٣ ص
What do you know about the philosophy of the murdered mystic, "Al-Suhrawardi"? Known as "Al-Suhrawardi the Killed", he is an Arab philosopher, who was called "the father of wisdom of sunshine", because he is the founder of the Illuminating logic in Islamic mysticism, and he also occupied a great place in the history of Sufism. He was a traveler roaming the countries of the world here and there, and from these trips he drew his own philosophy, which is based on the fact that God is "the light of lights," and radiance is similar to disclosure in its essence, as it is a moment of awareness that unveils the veils of the eye.
Despite that, Suhrawardi was known for his boldness in debating and arguing with religious scholars at the time, which was the same audacity that made them accuse him of departing from the controls of religion, and his blood was finally allowed as a price for his ideas that were foreign to his time, which is what we will discuss in the following lines to learn together about Suhrawardi's philosophy that led to his his demise.
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The St Regis Bahia Beach is definitely a nice place to stay, even if the staff was a little clumsy. Next time I'd want a room with a view of the ocean.
Thanks a bunch for taking the time out to share in our adventure to El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Since this is the first post ever on this site I'm not sure exactly how this will al play out. I guess I'll just share some of my favorite pictures with you and see where it goes from there.
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Man arrested for selling banned vuvuzelas at FIFA event
Posted by M.S. Eliot
Moncton — The Hub City is hosting what may be the biggest sports event in its history with the FIFA Women's World Cup, and the eyes of the world are focused on the region. Moncton Stadium, located on the Université de Moncton campus, will play host to teams from England, France, Mexico and 5 other countries. But before the first match is even over, controversy has already reared its ugly head, threatening to overshadow the excitement on the pitch after an arrest was made near the Moncton Stadium. A North Tetagouche man was allegedly arrested for selling prohibited sound-makers to fans after a lengthy undercover operation.
Remi LeBlanc was arrested after trying to sell 2 blue vuvuzelas to an undercover police officer on Tuesday afternoon. Vuvuzelas, popular among sports fans for the intensity of their sound, caught the attention of the global football community during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Due to its pain-inducing volume levels and monotone sounds likened to a "love-sick caribou," the musical instrument's use has been banned at many events.
"First they shut down my bongo shop, then fined me for not having a licence to sell homemade catgut violin strings, and now I can't even sell my vuvus," a disheartened LeBlanc stated as he walked out of the Moncton courthouse after being released on bond. "What am I going to do with 400 plastic horns?"
RCMP spokesperson Lily March has also confirmed that 3 people were taken into custody for using the derogatory term "soccer field" instead of the proper and official term "football pitch."
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Bureau B reissues Piano Piano by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, originally released in 1991 on the Italian label Materiali Sonori. In classical music, "pp" (piano piano = pianissimo) is a dynamic indication of particularly soft music. And Piano Piano is a very soft, quiet album. Roedelius assumes the role of a fairytale character with his piano music, transported to a strange, fantastical landscape where, filled with awe and amazement, he tries to get his bearings. What he sees, feels and senses here is not always of this world. Many impressions come from the dark within, others from who knows where. Roedelius strikes a hesitant figure in these realms, cautiously, delicately exploring his immediate and distant environs, much like a child transfixed by astonishment. And yet Piano Piano is anything but child-like. Initial comparisons were drawn between the piano music of Roedelius and that of Eric Satie. This was no more accurate than the erroneous "ambient" label pinned to his material. Satie's compositions were based on rigid formalism -- Roedelius strives to free himself from the restrictive corset of form, while "ambient" belies the careful listening which is required to appreciate his to the full. Nor does Piano Piano sit halfway between Satie and ambient, instead tracing Roedelius' own stylistic path into musical territory which he alone can reveal to us, the listeners. All we have to do is follow him. His music is quiet and focused, but to call it contemplative or even meditative would also be wide of the mark: not all music which draws us out of ourselves is accompanied by spiritual pomp, as the fewest fairytales whisper of eternity or the afterlife. Beauty and profoundness belong to this world, like Roedelius himself. What he has to tell us is indeed whimsical and, at times, wonderful. His ability to awaken images and dreams in us is nothing short of miraculous. Roedelius offers us a little book of fairytales with Piano Piano and, as the old chestnut would have it, every fairytale contains a generous portion of reality. Includes three bonus tracks (CD-only) and liner notes by Asmus Tietchens.


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Marine sponges are sessile animals that look like plants. They attached themselves to a rock, shell or seafloor when they are young and there live for the rest of their lives. They filter water through their porous body for the food they eat. They eat bacteria and other particles floating in the water as it moves through their body. They live on the seafloor in tide pools and the ocean floor after the larvae attaches itself to a surface where they live the rest of their life. Some sponges have been found living on ocean floors that are up to 8,800 meters (5.5 miles) deep.
Branching tube sponge, NOAA
5,000 species of sponges
There are over 5,000 named species with 99% of them living in salt water. Most marine sponges live in warm tropical waters. The fertilized eggs of sponges form larvae which live as plankton until they find a suitable place to settle and grow into an adult sponge.
Sponges are the simplest multicellular animals
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Sherida Spitse after Cameroon win
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Following the Netherlands' win over Cameroon in Valenciennes, we briefly spoke to the Dutch midfield rock, Sherida Spitse.
WF: "It was a tough game [against Cameroon] what did you make of it?"
SS: "I think we played a good game and we were in control for most of the time but it's always hard to play against this kind of team; they are physical, they are fast, they want to fight."
WF: "Is there any more pressure on you coming into the tournament as European champions?"
SS: "Everyone looks at us differently now because we are the European champions, and that's normal now everyone wants to beat us. The pressure is a little more on us but we have to stay calm, that's the important thing."
WF: "Coming into the tournament, was there an overall goal, or is it just about taking it one match at a time?"
SS: "We are looking at the game by game and now we have played two games and we have six points so we are really happy with that and the next game is Canada and we will see how that goes with how we are go through."
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