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Remember Texas vs. The Nation?
By Duke Keith, duke@twcsportsep.com
Take a good look at this picture.
High school football? Nah, that's a bigger draw any night of the week in Texas.
Okay, how about Odessa Permian freshman football? Semi-pro arena league something-or-other? Punt, Pass and Kick competition?
Nope, nope and nope.
Now take a look at the endzone logo in this next picture.
Nation? Stephen Colbert has a football game?!
No! It's Texas vs. The Nation in the Alamodome. Remember, the game is always held the day before the Super Bowl.
'Member? You 'member.
Remember the game's organizer and promoter Kenny Hansmire saying that El Paso disrespected the NFL logo by only bringing 28,000 to the Sun Bowl for last year's game?
If you don't, here's the clip:
Honestly, each part of that whole cheesy spiel made me laugh.
"A certain owner's daughter, and you all can guess who that might be," was good. Did you hear the one about the traveling promoter and the owner's daughter?
The part about the NFL calling him three times was good, too, like Roger Goodell has Hansmire on speed dial.
But the kicker was probably the one about the Pro Football Hall of Fame's logo being disrespected. Like El Paso hocked a loog on Canton's Hallowed Shield and ground it in with its heel. Like, in righteous anger, the football spirits of Mean Joe Greene, John Matuszak and Dick Butkus should then materialize, marauding and pillaging El Paso in slow-motion, NFL Films-style.
After Kenny's knee-jerk reaction he apologized to El Paso, but the damage was clearly done. Kenny then took his beloved Logo and planted it firmly on the Alamodome's field...where it has been promptly ignored by San Antonio and South Texas, as was predicted here last year.
We hate to say we told you so, Kenny, but...
No, wait. We don't hate to say it at all. We told you so.
San Antonio's reaction is exactly what everyone expected. The game worked in El Paso because we don't see a whole lot of large-scale events -- the kind Dallas, San Antonio and Houston see all the time.
But, remember? UTEP basketball was playing an important game in its conference title run that night. Remember? El Pasoans were unsure about the weather.
Getting 28,000-plus under those circumstances is great for El Paso, and should be considered great for any football game that doesn't really matter.
Credit Hansmire for doing lots of heavy lifting to get sponsorship from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, visiting schools, bringing in big names and more. The man is a good promoter.
How good? Check out this piece by WFAA-TV investigative reporter Byron Harris. Harris singles out Hansmire in roughly the last third of the piece.
Wow, not only money from the city and county, but $1.1 million from the state? Harris' story didn't get into El Paso's real economic impact from Texas vs. The Nation, but it was minimal. The straw that might have broken the game's back here was El Paso City Council's insistence -- after Hansmire's outburst -- that public funding would be tied to how many actual hotel rooms were occupied by people here for the event.
Hansmire loved to brag about how Texas vs. The Nation brought the NFL to El Paso -- scouts, assistant general managers and more.
But not only were there few recognizable NFL faces in El Paso hotel lobbies, of those football officials who were here, many in line for the continental breakfast went straight for the Canadian bacon.
And, National or Canadian Football League, there really weren't all that many. With public funding tied to the caveat of actual hotel space rented, the game wouldn't have gotten much.
It still doesn't change that the game was something else to do here. Doesn't change that any national exposure -- whether its CBS for the Sun Bowl or CBS College Sports for Texas vs. The Nation -- is still national exposure.
This wasn't a raw deal for anybody. Until Hansmire made it a raw deal for himself.
If Hansmire thought this game could play in Texas cities east of here -- heck, if he thought it could ever out-grow El Paso -- all he has to do is look at those Alamodome snapshots.
Texas vs. The Nation, which started off in El Paso as the nation's most well-attended college all-star game despite the fact it had no stars, is now dying. You could feel it the moment you heard Hansmire's ill-advised words.
Remember, Kenny? Remember the Alamodome.
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Belfast banking on Titanic's unsinkable appeal
March 16, 2012 /in Museums/by Tom Hoepf
Titanic Belfast building, Queens Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Image by Whiteabbey. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) – To most of the world, the name Titanic means tragedy, spiced with romance, sacrifice and luxury. But in Belfast, where it was built, the doomed ship is a triumph of industry, enterprise and engineering.
The city hopes the rest of the world will soon see it that way, too.
Northern Ireland's capital, scarred by 30 years of Catholic-Protestant violence and mired in Europe's economic doldrums, is gambling on a gleaming new Titanic tourist attraction to bring it fame beyond the Troubles—and a renewed sense of civic pride.
Tying the city's name to a sinking ship is not, apparently, a problem.
"What happened to the Titanic was a disaster," said Tim Husbands, chief executive of Titanic Belfast, a 100 million pound ($160 million) visitor attraction due to open March 31, in advance of the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking. "But the ship wasn't."
Colin Cobb, a Titanic expert who leads walking tours of the docks and slipways where the great ship was built a century ago, puts it even more succinctly: "Tragedy plus time equals tourism."
Celebrating the ship and its builders is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience"—don't call it a museum—whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the former Harland and Wolff shipyard.
Titanic, then the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912, eight days before its maiden voyage from England to New York. The vessel touted as "practically unsinkable" hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died.
Belfast mourned—and then, for decades, kept quiet about its link to the tragedy.
"When she sank, it was a huge shock for the city," said Susie Millar, whose great-grandfather Thomas Millar was a deck engineer who perished aboard the Titanic. "For years and years it wasn't discussed. But now, coming up to the 100th anniversary, we've rediscovered that pride in the ship and we're sharing those stories again."
Belfast is banking on the global reach of the Titanic name, a fame given new momentum by James Cameron's hit 1997 movie, which set Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's star-crossed love story aboard the doomed liner.
But while millions of people from London to Beijing have heard of the disaster, few know of the ship's Belfast origins.
"I wish the movie had mentioned Belfast just once," said Titanic Belfast marketing manager Claire Bradshaw. "It would make my job a lot easier."
The new exhibit aims to correct the record, telling the story of Belfast's time as an industrial powerhouse, and the thousands of men who worked for three years to build Titanic and its sister vessels, Olympic and Britannic.
It features 3-D projections and sleek audiovisual displays, as well as a roller coaster-style indoor ride that swoops visitors around the hull and through the rudder of a replica ship amid the glow of molten rivets and the clang of metal on metal.
It has enough details to satisfy Titanic aficionados, as well as human drama. The stories of several of the ship's builders, passengers and crew are followed through the displays to their often tragic conclusions.
There's also a marine exploration center linked to the work of Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic in 1985.
And managers hope the 1,000-seat banqueting suite, complete with White Star Line crockery and a replica of the ship's iconic staircase, will be a popular spot for parties, corporate events and even weddings—for couples who can overlook the sinking-ship symbolism.
Belfast is competing with other cities around the world for tourists' Titanic dollars. There's an exhibition at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, a touring artifact exhibit in the U.S. and the new Sea City museum in the English port of Southampton, where Titanic picked up passengers and began its final voyage.
Husbands, the CEO, is confident Titanic Belfast will succeed. He said 80,000 advance tickets have been sold, and predicted 425,000 visitors in the first year.
Belfast authorities are counting on the attraction to spur a wider regeneration of the city, which has been rebuilding since a 1998 peace accord helped end three decades of sectarian strife.
Part of the challenge is to find new industries to replace vanished trades like shipbuilding. Harland and Wolff, which once employed 36,000 people in Belfast, now has a work force of just a few hundred who repair ships and build wind turbines.
The new attraction sits in a new neighborhood, the Titanic Quarter, that is redeveloping the derelict old shipyard. The quarter already contains pricey modern apartments and the Odyssey Arena, home to the city's popular ice hockey team, the Belfast Giants.
Later this year tourists will be able to visit SS Nomadic, the handsome little steamship that ferried passengers—including the richest man aboard, John Jacob Astor—to the Titanic during its stop in Cherbourg, France. Previously a floating restaurant beside the Eiffel Tower, it has been brought back to Belfast and is being lovingly restored.
For Cobb, who guides Titanic walking tours, all this Titanic fever is a personal vindication. A 39-year-old former bank worker and wedding singer, he has been fascinated by the ship since childhood, when he would build model Titanics and then sink them in the bath.
He launched his walking tours in 2008, and business has been growing. He now employs 15 people, and is expecting a boom as the new attraction brings thousands of tourists to the city.
Cobb, who has seen the film Titanic 17 times, thinks he knows why the story appeals.
"You couldn't make it up," he said. "You have the world's biggest ship. It's supposed to be unsinkable, it has a cross-section of everyone in society. And then—the biggest fluke in history—she hits an iceberg. It's all there. All the ingredients are there."
Part of him, however, can't help wishing Belfast would celebrate the hundreds of ships that didn't sink—like Titanic's sister vessel, the Olympic. The flagship of the White Star Line, it had a long career as a passenger liner before being retired in 1935. Most people have never heard of it.
"If we were thinking properly this should be the Olympic Quarter," Cobb said. "The Titanic is commemorated, but the Olympic should be celebrated. But she was a success, and we don't tend to remember successful things."
Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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62 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Discusses the development of athletic competition in 19th-century America.
Sports -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fisher, L. E. (1980). The sports. New York: Holiday House.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. 1980. The Sports. New York: Holiday House.
Fisher, Leonard Everett, The Sports. New York: Holiday House, 1980.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Sports. New York: Holiday House, 1980. Print.
|a The sports / |c written and illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher.
|a 62 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm.
|a Discusses the development of athletic competition in 19th-century America.
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Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and diphenylamine on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during postharvest storage
Tomić, Nikola
Radivojević, Dragan
Milivojević, Jasminka
Djekić, Ilija
Šmigić, Nada
The objective of this study was to investigate and compare the effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and diphenylamine (DPA) postharvest pre-storage treatments on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during cold storage along with subsequent keeping of fruit at room temperature. Apples were stored in normal atmosphere (NA) at 0-1 degrees C/90-95 RH and evaluated after 3, 6 and 9 months (after removal from cold storage plus 1,.8 and 15 d at room temperature) by descriptive sensory analysis. Fourteen of the 17 evaluated attributes, in the form of an unfolded data matrix, were subjected to principal component analysis (Tucker-1). The combination of 11 sensory attributes, which loaded heavily on PC-1, was referred to as 'Freshness' axis. Three-way analysis of variance was applied on PC-1 scores for samples (PC-ANOVA). 1-MCP samples showed relatively low rates of juiciness, cohesiveness, hardness, crunchiness, greenness and sourness reduction during the observed period o...f storage as compared to Control and DPA samples. All of the evaluated 1-MCP samples practically appeared on the positive side of 'Freshness' axis in principal component space. The highest level of freshness loss during the storage period was observed in Control samples, which suffered changes in quality after the 9 months of storage at such a level that the fruit ware decayed and not suitable for consumption. The most resistant to scald forming were 1-MCP treated apples. No scald was found after 9 months of cold storage. The treatment of 'Granny Smith' apples with 1-MCP can extend the storage time in standard NA storage for at least 3 months without significantly losing freshness even two weeks after removal from cold storage, and is more effective in preserving sensory attributes related to apple freshness when compared with the DPA treatment.
Descriptive sensory analysis / 'Granny Smith' / 1-Methylcyclopropene / Diphenylamine / Tucker-1 / PC-ANOVA
Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2016, 112, 233-240
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.09.009
AU  - Tomić, Nikola
AU  - Radivojević, Dragan
AU  - Milivojević, Jasminka
AU  - Djekić, Ilija
AU  - Šmigić, Nada
AB  - The objective of this study was to investigate and compare the effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and diphenylamine (DPA) postharvest pre-storage treatments on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during cold storage along with subsequent keeping of fruit at room temperature. Apples were stored in normal atmosphere (NA) at 0-1 degrees C/90-95 RH and evaluated after 3, 6 and 9 months (after removal from cold storage plus 1,.8 and 15 d at room temperature) by descriptive sensory analysis. Fourteen of the 17 evaluated attributes, in the form of an unfolded data matrix, were subjected to principal component analysis (Tucker-1). The combination of 11 sensory attributes, which loaded heavily on PC-1, was referred to as 'Freshness' axis. Three-way analysis of variance was applied on PC-1 scores for samples (PC-ANOVA). 1-MCP samples showed relatively low rates of juiciness, cohesiveness, hardness, crunchiness, greenness and sourness reduction during the observed period of storage as compared to Control and DPA samples. All of the evaluated 1-MCP samples practically appeared on the positive side of 'Freshness' axis in principal component space. The highest level of freshness loss during the storage period was observed in Control samples, which suffered changes in quality after the 9 months of storage at such a level that the fruit ware decayed and not suitable for consumption. The most resistant to scald forming were 1-MCP treated apples. No scald was found after 9 months of cold storage. The treatment of 'Granny Smith' apples with 1-MCP can extend the storage time in standard NA storage for at least 3 months without significantly losing freshness even two weeks after removal from cold storage, and is more effective in preserving sensory attributes related to apple freshness when compared with the DPA treatment.
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam
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author = "Tomić, Nikola and Radivojević, Dragan and Milivojević, Jasminka and Djekić, Ilija and Šmigić, Nada",
abstract = "The objective of this study was to investigate and compare the effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and diphenylamine (DPA) postharvest pre-storage treatments on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during cold storage along with subsequent keeping of fruit at room temperature. Apples were stored in normal atmosphere (NA) at 0-1 degrees C/90-95 RH and evaluated after 3, 6 and 9 months (after removal from cold storage plus 1,.8 and 15 d at room temperature) by descriptive sensory analysis. Fourteen of the 17 evaluated attributes, in the form of an unfolded data matrix, were subjected to principal component analysis (Tucker-1). The combination of 11 sensory attributes, which loaded heavily on PC-1, was referred to as 'Freshness' axis. Three-way analysis of variance was applied on PC-1 scores for samples (PC-ANOVA). 1-MCP samples showed relatively low rates of juiciness, cohesiveness, hardness, crunchiness, greenness and sourness reduction during the observed period of storage as compared to Control and DPA samples. All of the evaluated 1-MCP samples practically appeared on the positive side of 'Freshness' axis in principal component space. The highest level of freshness loss during the storage period was observed in Control samples, which suffered changes in quality after the 9 months of storage at such a level that the fruit ware decayed and not suitable for consumption. The most resistant to scald forming were 1-MCP treated apples. No scald was found after 9 months of cold storage. The treatment of 'Granny Smith' apples with 1-MCP can extend the storage time in standard NA storage for at least 3 months without significantly losing freshness even two weeks after removal from cold storage, and is more effective in preserving sensory attributes related to apple freshness when compared with the DPA treatment.",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam",
journal = "Postharvest Biology and Technology",
title = "Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and diphenylamine on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during postharvest storage",
doi = "10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.09.009",
Tomić, N., Radivojević, D., Milivojević, J., Djekić, I.,& Šmigić, N.. (2016). Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and diphenylamine on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during postharvest storage. in Postharvest Biology and Technology
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam., 112, 233-240.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.09.009
Tomić N, Radivojević D, Milivojević J, Djekić I, Šmigić N. Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and diphenylamine on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during postharvest storage. in Postharvest Biology and Technology. 2016;112:233-240.
doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.09.009
Tomić, Nikola, Radivojević, Dragan, Milivojević, Jasminka, Djekić, Ilija, Šmigić, Nada, "Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and diphenylamine on changes in sensory properties of 'Granny Smith' apples during postharvest storage" in Postharvest Biology and Technology, 112 (2016):233-240,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.09.009 .,


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Q: What's the max current of a power adapter that's rated at 24V Max 7W if I regulate it down to 3.3v? Does it matter if I regulate it down to 3.3v (probably linear) or will the max current still be 290mAh?

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Does it matter if I regulate it down to 3.3v (probably linear) ...

Linear will have the same current limit as the supply.

... or will the max current still be 290mAh?

'mAh' is a measure of current by time and usually used for battery energy specifications or use.
\$ I = \frac {P}{V} = \frac {7}{24} = 0.29 \ \text A\$. 290 mA is the correct answer.

A: You might want to consider using a buck converter, which will trade the lower voltage for a higher current.   This will also have the advantage that it will create less heat to dump overboard, and will use less power from the 24V supply.
A linear method, max amps is 7/24 or .290 amp max , x3.3V yields 0.957 watts max and wasting 6.043 watts max.
A buck converter, assuming poor efficiency due to small size, may yield (armwaving) 1.0 amp, or 3.3 watts and wasting 3.7 watts.

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Q: ACI Container hangs during run CPU=0 I am attempting to run a bash script using ACI. Occasionally the container stalls or hangs. CPU activity drops to 0, memory flattens(see below) and network activity drops to ~50bytes but the script never completes. The container never terminates that I can tell. A bash window can be opened on the container. The logs suggest the hang occurs during wget.
Possible clue:
How can I verify my container is using SMB3.0 to connect to my share or is that handled at the host server level and I have to assume ACI uses SMB 3.0 ?
This script:

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*Dequeues an item from ServiceBus.

*Runs an exe to obtain a URL

*Performs a wget using the URL; writes the output to a StorageAccount Fileshare.

*Exits, terminating the container.

wget is invoked with a 4min timeout. Data is written directly to the share so the run can be retried if it fails and the wget can resume. The timeout command should force wget to end if it hangs. The logs suggest the container hangs at wget.
timeout 4m wget -c -O "/aci/mnt/$ID/$ID.sra" $URL

I have 100 items in queue. I have 5 ACI's running 5 containers each (25 total containers.)
A Logic App checks the Queue and if items are present, runs the containers.
Approximately 95% of the download runs work as expected.
Many of the runs simply hang as far as I can tell at 104GB total downloads.
I am using a Premium Storage Account with a 300GB Fileshare using SMB Multichannel=Enabled
It seems on some of the large files (>3GB) the Container Instance will hang.
A successful run looks somethin like this:
  PeekLock Message (5min)...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100   353    0   353    0     0   1481      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1476
Wed Dec 28 14:31:41 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: ---------- BEGIN RUN ----------
./pipeline.sh: line 80: can't create /aci/mnt/SRR10575111/SRR10575111.txt: nonexistent directory
Wed Dec 28 14:31:41 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: vdb-dump [SRR10575111]...
Wed Dec 28 14:31:44 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: wget [SRR10575111]...
Wed Dec 28 14:31:44 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: URL=https://sra-pub-run-odp.s3.amazonaws.com/sra/SRR10575111/SRR10575111
Connecting to sra-pub-run-odp.s3.amazonaws.com (54.231.131.113:443)
saving to '/aci/mnt/SRR10575111/SRR10575111.sra'
SRR10575111.sra        0% |                                | 12.8M  0:03:39 ETA
SRR10575111.sra        1% |                                | 56.1M  0:01:39 ETA
...
SRR10575111.sra       99% |******************************* | 2830M  0:00:00 ETA
SRR10575111.sra      100% |********************************| 2833M  0:00:00 ETA
'/aci/mnt/SRR10575111/SRR10575111.sra' saved
Wed Dec 28 14:35:42 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: wget exit...
Wed Dec 28 14:35:43 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: wget Success!
Wed Dec 28 14:35:43 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: Delete Message...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
Wed Dec 28 14:35:43 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: POST to [orchestrator] queue...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100   325    0     0  100   325      0   1105 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1109
Wed Dec 28 14:35:44 UTC 2022: prefetch-01-0: exit RESULTCODE=0

A Hung run looks like this:
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The limits of Luther's two kingdom ideas. . .
Luther's two kingdoms idea has been attacked by those who think it set up a scenario for the rise of National Socialism in Germany to those who think it is a retreat from the political sphere entirely. It is, of course, neither. But that does not prevent us from raising some questions when the government we had counted upon to be neutral toward Christianity has come to view it with hostility and act accordingly. Luther had it easier in dealing with a few royals but we are seeing Christianity unfriended by whole segments of American thought and public life. He surely could not have foreseen such a day as this when Christianity faces the kind of challenges we now routinely face. Luther counted on the kingdom of the left ruling through moral law, reason, and just authority but today we have little moral law left in force, reason has been displaced by feelings and desire, and authority has re-defined justice entirely.
Now I have little fear that someone will shut down our buildings or intrude on what happens on Sunday morning -- no matter how distasteful this might be for the politically correct crowd of the enlightened. But I do have a real and honest fear that the voice of orthodox Christianity will no longer be tolerated in the public square. We live in a time when the political majority is choosing very public retribution against those who dare to disagree with the prevailing sexual morality, stance on gay marriage, and a woman's proprietary right to her body even if it means the abortion of children.
Because it is the will of the liberal elite controlling the media and because it has at least the tacit approval of the silent majority of Americans (even some with religious convictions), the time is coming when Lutherans may have to re-evaluate how the two kingdoms are lived out in daily life. Pastors and parishes may have to choose between faithfulness and acting as agents of the state in marriage. Churches may find themselves forced to comply with more and more restrictions of their freedom to exercise the faith beyond the core identity of worship and prayer. Parochial schools may be pressured more and more to conform to standards against the discrimination of gays, lesbians, and heterosexuals who choose lifestyles contrary to the traditional Judea-Christian morality. Christian business owners may have to put up or shut up in the face of threats upon their businesses should they desire to run them in ways that reflect the Christian values and ethic.
Certainly I have no crystal ball nor do I have any real answers but I do know it has become more and more difficult to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's without conflicting with the things that are God's. When that moment comes, we Lutherans may have to re-think how we live in a society increasingly at odds with our values and doctrines and increasingly intolerant of our independence. This is not theoretical but eminently practical in a world that has shifted by degrees but at a quicker pace than ever before to making Christian dogma and morality an outcast from the public life of America. No one will dare to intrude on Sunday mornings but I predict the day is coming when we will find Jesus' words uncomfortably prescient -- Blessed are you when men persecute you and slander you on my account... It was unthinkable when I grew up in the 1950s, a few were worried in the 1960s but hoped this was merely a phase we would pass through. Now fifty years later, it is easier to see the handwriting on the wall that led us from there to here, from faith being welcomed both as a community in worship and a voice in the public square to the day when it will be banned from speech that is no longer tolerated by those who claim to be tolerant.
John Joseph Flanagan said...
Excellent article, both accurate and timely, and applicable to the times in which we live in America. I think in many respects, much of the so called enlightened elitists in academia and in the national media now visualize a "Post Christian" society, and in redefining our land as a fully secular culture, are prepared to move forward in marginalizing and neutralizing the influences of biblical Christianity. I think many of us an now see how this fits into a strategy of the left and the liberal academics who gave us the slogans and movements of the sixties, the popular social activism of "anti-establishment" rhetoric, and now....as things come full circle.....we can see how those who called for tolerance and inclusiveness were quite comfortable in de facto Intolerance of opposing values. Churches and biblical Christianity will now get to see how gay rights is directly connected to the deprivation of religious freedom to think, practice, and believe what our faith teaches us. In my view, only liberal churches acceptable to the carnal culture, supportive of homosexuality and leftist activist values will survive the future persecutions here in America, and only the faithful and biblical churches will be targeted. God will purge His churches and His people, seeing which churches value tax exempt status more than the Gospel, but in the end, God's faithful ones will endure.
Excellent Pastor! Always glad to see a Lutheran pastor willing to take a stand! We stand with you!
p.s. My folks pastor at St. Paul, Westlake Ohio was Pastor Peters, George and Carole Halter, and they sent me your link!
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When the fear of giving offense distorts the Gospe...
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So yes: the first Crean recruit is in.
I think they will still go after Van Treese, BUT I am more of a fan of Derek Elston, more versatile.
I feel two more recruits coming both will be guards one of which being Nick Williams. This is great Hoosier fans are going to start falling in love with Crean and I really think he's the man to put us back on the map, I'm so excited for this umpcoming basketball season I can hardly wait.
He looks like a good forward but I will be excited when I hear that we have signed a 6'10″+ or bigger that can run the floor and moves well.
like the eli holman type?
There's his full stat line. Led his conference in ppg, rpg, and bpg. Looks like a solid player, although, like many IU "big men" of the past, he's significantly smaller than most elite big men.
Again, "big men" in Crean's scheme donot count whatsoever ………….unless they can handle the ball, pass and move around the floor. If you guys are waiting for Hasheem Thabeet or Roy Hibbert then forget about it. That is not the Crean team he wants. Forget about ever having the Lopez twins or Patrick Ewing.
If Capobianco can handle and play facing the rim then he is perfect for what Crean is after.
I'm only interested in how many phone calls it took to get him.
haha oh boy I see what you mean now, thanks.


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Daily Mail Published
A Line Of Control For Women
Panic Of The Patriarch
This refers to An Object To Own, your cover story on the policing of women's bodies in our society (Feb 26). Only the law has the capacity to keep a check on the feudal and patriarchal attitudes of our society when it comes to women. In recent times, a case has offered the most interesting picture on the issue of women's independence—the Hadiya case. The Supreme Court finally stated in clear terms that as an adult, Hadiya had the right to choose her religion and her husband and that no one, not even the National Investigative Agency, could take that right away from her. Prior to the SC's order, the Kerala High Court had faltered—it had annulled her marriage with a Muslim man and she was confined to her parents's home against her wishes, but the apex court made sure that justice prevailed in the end. All this encroachment upon Hadiya's freedom was made possible because of the bogey of love jehad which has been floated by politicians and patriarchs in order to play on the fears of people. Hadiya's case had become a test to see whether our system could deliver justice to a woman who wants to take the decisions in her life. Thankfully, the SC's final order saved the day for democracy.
L.J.S. Panesar, On E-Mail
From 'progressive' Bengal to 'backward' Haryana, patriarchy looms large in a country that has placed women behind the line that a character in an epic drew for another—the Lakshman rekha.
Rakesh Agrawal, Dehradun
Women have long been treated as second-class citizens in India. Not even the so-called progressive political parties, nor the middle and upper classes, have given them enough space. As long as the nexus between the political parties and hierarchies based on religion and caste rules the nation, nothing will change.
P.A. Jacob, Muscat
A few days back, the unfortunate case of Ankit Saxena, the youth who was killed for love, allegedly by his lover's family, was splashed all over the news and social media. But the hue and cry around it was not merely to demand justice for the victim's family or as a debate over the law and order situation in Delhi. A large section of people were pushing this tragedy so that they could demonise the Muslim community. Ankit's case gave the right wing an opportunity to make the most of the situation by spreading chaos and hate. Like in cases of terrorism, here too, Muslim figures were being provoked with pressure to condemn the incident—as if it is their responsibility to do so.
J. Akshobhya, Mysore
This refers to An Open Affair With Freedom. Sex outside marriage may not be illegal, it may even be justifiable if you invoke the'right to freedom', but it is bound to ruin relationships. Can you imagine the impact extra-marital relationships have on the children of married couples? If married people start acting irresponsibly in the name of freedom, it will lead to a trail of broken homes.
D.R. Srinivasan, Bangalore
This refers to Marriage is a Box of Chocolates (Feb 26). I am married and have been living with my spouse for the past 40 years. I have never had the moment described in your article, "Being able to go off on one's own path without fear of repercussions…" Such ideas are alright in fantasy, but not in real life. Let marriage remain a chocolate box.
V.N.K. Murti, Pattambi
One-liner
Lakshman Rekha has been redefined; it was for 'protection' first, but now it's for 'confinement'.
Rajneesh Batra, New Delhi
Big Thugs, Different Laws
My commiserations to Rajesh Ramachandran for not being good at taking and gaming loans, being a contemporary of Nirav Modi (Nirav Modi, Feb 26). I venture to say that as an octogenarian who has had the experience of auditing banks in the 1960s (I migrated to the state civil service via a short stint in the Ministry of Defence), the looming danger of corruption in banks is not as simple as the handiwork of a few lowly officers. The conspiracy of multiple agencies at multiple levels cannot be ruled out. Is it not a matter of shame that small defaulters of agricultural loans are hounded and forced to commit suicide while the fat cats make hay?
M.N. Bhartiya, Goa
Panth And A Foreign Hand
False Claim
I refer to the inboxed letter of Mr Kanwar Pal Singh on the cover story titled Panth and a Foreign Hand (Feb 12). Any move by a section of the people to disintegrate India stands self-condemned. The writer speaks of the sovereign character of the Sikh people, but he forgets that many communities showed traits of sovereignty, historically speaking, before the modern nation state was formed, so many can make that claim. It would be inaccurate to say that the Sikhs have been continuously striving for self-rule since 1859. The bottom line is that India cannot be broken into smaller bits.
J.N. Bhartiya, Hyderabad
'We Don't Need Nudges And Pushes'
Do Not Disturb The Ocean
The interview with the Maldivian ambassador was quite candid ('We don't need nudges and pushes', Feb 26). As the political crisis plays out in the Maldives, a quiet tug of war is taking place around it, with heavyweights India and China vying for strategic dominance in the picturesque Indian Ocean region. At first glance, both China and India want no part in the domestic issue, issuing diplomatic statements to that effect. But in reality, both have strategic interests to safeguard. While China will challenge India's primacy in the Indian Ocean, the ambassador was frank in saying that "we will be fools to jeopardise our own security." With the extension of the emergency in Maldives, the crisis has reason to simmer on.
Col C.V. Venugopalan (retd), Palakkad
Apropos 'We don't need nudges and pushes' (Feb 26). If the Indian army were to interfere in the crisis taking place in the Maldives, it would have been disastrous for the region. We are all well aware of the history of military interventions and how counter-productive they have proved to be. It is, nevertheless, interesting how at the very mention of Indian military intervention, China sprung up with a sharp response, which sounded more like a warning to India. Later, China modified its stance by saying it is in the 'common interest' of India and China to maintain stability in the Maldives. China's reactions are telling; they can be read as acknowledgements of India's influence in region. The China of now is very different from what it was in 1988, when former PM Rajiv Gandhi interfered in the matters of the Maldives. Some have even raised the fact of India's military intervention in the Maldives in 1988, but the situations are different, as China is now a major power in the region. Then, thirty years ago, India intervened to stop a coup by mercenaries, but the current picture in the island country is not so black and white.
Lal Singh, Amritsar
Invitation To Fraud
I write in response to the leader comment on the Nirav Modi scam (Feb 26). Indira Gandhi's decision to nationalise banks in the '70s was supposed to have benefited the public, who were thitherto deprived of banking and loan facilities. But, over the years, only smart and politically connected business houses kept on deriving the optimal advantages from PSU banks in the form of loans without repaying. The banks continued to write off such loans as NPAs, thus closing avenues for recovery. The banks do have autonomy, but do they work without political meddling? The bad loans go on, offenders flee the country, NPAs inflate and the government may bless banks with recapitalisation. So the circle continues and Indians watch on helplessly.
Pramod Srivastava, On E-Mail
The PNB-Nirav Modi fraud is just the tip of the iceberg. It is fallacious to see it only as a current malaise in the Indian banking system. The system, of course, still hasn't learnt its lessons from the Harshad Mehta scam that is already a quarter century old. But today's scamsters have learnt a lesson from Harshad Mehta—they flee the country before their crime gets uncovered. Mallya is well-ensconced in the UK, while Nirav Modi is said to be cooling his heels in Switzerland. Anyway, the important point is: Is the government so dumb that it cannot learn from past mistakes? Scams take place under one political regime and scamsters flee the country under the other. Therefore, both the incumbent and the predecessor lack any political will to thoroughly investigate these scams.
J.S.Acharya, Hyderabad
Thanks to both the UPA government and the present dispensation, frauds like Lalit Modi, Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and others are allowed to loot public money and clear off with impunity. Now, leaders of both BJP and Congress have kickstarted the blame game. The pile of bad loans and NPAs aren't just the legacy of the UPA years. In four years, the NDA has done little to remedy the terrible situation within our banks. The thing responsible for the mess isn't hard to find—crony capitalism. The bankers-borrowers-politician-nexus must be cracked down. Otherwise, scams like the PNB one (and many banks are neck-deep in similar fiascos) may open a Pandora's Box, leading to the collapse of our banking system. As always, the common man is left with a cross to bear. The draconian FRDI Bill, which is waiting to be passed and aims at minimising the failure of financial institutions in case of insolvency by providing measures like a bail-in option, has already created a wave of fear among depositors.
Buddhadev Nandi, On E-Mail
The government of the day declares that looters as well as their booty will be brought back, but everyone knows that this is beyond the capability of the government.
M.C. Joshi, Lucknow
PM Modi has perhaps forgotten his words: 'Na khaunga na khane doonga' (Neither will I take bribe, nor let anyone else take). It's not known whether he himself is a beneficiary, but he is allowing others to graze freely on the green, which has been watered by the hard-earned money of the taxpayers.
Ram P., On E-Mail
Tall Pile-Up Of Worries
No Pinch on Belly
When it comes to something as essential as food, there must be no imposition of tax—GST or whatever (Tall Pile-up Of Worries, Feb 26). Or, there must be a statute that mandates that prices of hotel items be inclusive of taxes or service charges whatsoever. You can't add them to the prices shown on the menu. Any malpractice related to this must invite heavy punishment.
Mahesh Kumar, New Delhi
No Sermon Of Serenity At Arch Of Terror
Caught in Crossfire
When terrorists across the border attack Indian army posts, it adds to the misery of the people living in the Valley (No Sermon of Serenity at the Arch of Terror, Feb 26). The shelling and shooting in Kashmir is something that has been going on since Independence. A nascent India at least had a few leaders who actually tried to settle this issue, but their successors today in the government are out to only complicate matters for the worse. I wonder how the common people of Kashmir have been coping with decades of ill-governance.
Lt Col (Retd) Ranjit Sinha, Calcutta
After the Uri attack, the Philip Campose committee spelt out, in scathing detail, the vulnerabilities in the security of military camps. It took the Sunjuwan attack to stir the defence ministry to take note of that report. Since May 2014, the defence ministry has been poorly led. Politicisation of national security has been packaged as an answer to the country's defence. This is no service to the nation. The Modi government needs to match its aggressive statements with administrative competence.
Akshay, Bangalore
No Laws Yet In Search Of Profits
Monopoly Browser
Apropos of No Laws Yet in Search of Profits (Feb 26), this is indeed a huge blow to Google. And it is the second time in the past two years that Google has been fined by a competition regulator; this indicates a serious flaw in the firm's practices. The fact that Google does not share revenue with content generators means that it is taking advantage of its market position; this is unfair practice and needs to be stopped.
Bal Govind, Noida
Scoring With A Scoop
Basic Rings
With reference to Scoring With A Scoop (Feb 26), the state has been renamed from Orissa to Odisha. Please take care of some basic things!
Sumit Pattnaik, On E-Mail
Only An Encore In Hindi Will Do
Warning Bell
This refers to the cover Will The Cow Moo For BJP Again? (Feb 19). The triple blow to the BJP in Rajasthan comes as a warning that the 2019 polls will not be a cakewalk for it. But this isn't to say that the Congress is in any good shape. Since the BJP came to power at the Centre, it has been in constant campaign mode. In every election, from the UP municipal polls, a mere eight months after the BJP had swept the state, to Rajasthan's three by-polls, the party has been giving all it has. The Congress needs to massively rebuild, and in limited time. And this revival can only happen on the back of strong regional leadership.
Prakash Hanspaul, On E-Mail
Red Response To White Flag
This refers to Red Response to White Flag (Feb 19). The article on the sorry state of the CPI(M) and its allies on the Left should be an eye-opener to party bosses, especially those in Kerala, a state that is witnessing unprecedented violence, exploitation of natural resources and police intimidation of social activists, Dalits and intellectuals. In the latest incident a young Congressman was murdered in Kannur, and the police don't have a clue about the crime. Yet, everyone knows the Communists have a hand in it. The cycles of violence perpetrated by the Communists and the RSS need to stop. And the chief minister keeps mum, not heeding the erosion of democracy under his watch. If this goes on, the Kerala Left will suffer the same fate as that of its counterpart in Bengal.
K. Aravindakshan, On E-Mail
How Google Has Changed Our Lives: Is Life Without It Even Possible Anymore?
New Internet Adopters Have Different Expectations: Caesar Sengupta
Do Celebrity Cricket Commentators Have Freedom Of Expression? Intolerant Players Only Adding Fuel To Social Media Fire
Moscow Diary


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Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Nicolas Kiefer and Wesley Moodie.

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Jeff Coetzee and Chris Haggard.

Seeds

  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan (champions)
  Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor (first round)
  Scott Humphries /  Mark Merklein (first round)
  Robbie Koenig /  Rick Leach (first round)

Draw

References
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2004 Kroger St. Jude International and the Cellular South Cup
Doubles

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NADRA denies data breach allegations
By Web Desk on	 June 19, 2018 News Science & Tech
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) on Tuesday denied data breach allegations.
A day after a letter by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) criticised NADRA for a potential threat to security data related to computerised electoral rolls system (CERS) surfaced, NADRA officials claimed the authority did not share sensitive data.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the four director generals of the authority asserted that the allegations of data leakage were baseless. "There has never been a data breach in the history of NADRA. We have never shared any citizen's data with anyone," said an official. He added that the ECP had also clarified that the letter did not hint at a security breach.
Earlier in the day, a NADRA official told Radio Pakistan that some data had been shared with media persons under the Right to Information law. However, he stressed that the information was unrelated to electoral rolls and did not contain any personal data. "The information shared only contained statistical numbers about gender, minorities and age-groups of CNIC holders," he said.
In the aforementioned letter, the ECP showed reservations on reports being leaked to media. "There are insiders who have crept into the system and provided information to outsiders."
The commission said the report had been shared with non-recipients even before it was submitted to ECP. "It also supports apprehensions that other data related to voters might have also been shared with unauthorised hands when such detailed reports are being shared."
As the letter garnered attention, the ECP said the letter was about the publication of electoral lists in newspapers. It dismissed reports of seeking clarification of data leaks from NADRA over a request made by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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The USCA was recently selected to administer the Darwin Curtis Fund grant program on behalf of The Chicago Community Trust. The Darwin Curtis Fund was established to "support and encourage participation by the general public in the sport of curling…." Curling clubs with 501(c)(3) not-for-profit status, as well as other nonprofit organizations looking to grow the sport, are welcome to apply for funding. As outlined in the attached file, grant applications will be accepted in two categories: Growth & Development and Bricks & Mortar. Funding requests can range from $2,500 to $20,000, with a total of $20,000 to be distributed during the 2012-2013 grant cycle.
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Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions about the program.


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We knew we loved Antonis' work from looking at his portfolio, but were still amazed by our photos once we got them! He really got to know us, and understand us as a couple- and this shows in the most precious moments he captured of our special day. Antonis puts his heart into the work he does, and listens attentively to what we needed, while giving great suggestions for such a stunning outcome. I would wholeheartedly recommend Antonis to anyone, as he was not only a photographer at our wedding, but treated us like family.
Antonis was both incredibly professional and a pleasure to have around. We spoke a few times in the run up to the day and he made a real effort to completely understand what we wanted from the photos. On the day he was completely unobtrusive and worked non-stop for about 9hrs! He processed the photos really quickly and the results were great. We would absolutely recommend Antonis!
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We can't praise enough the work of Antonis. He gave us beautiful memories of our happy day! He was very professional, relsponsive, creative, and most importantly, made us feel relaxed during the photo session. In addition to his great pictures, he was really friendly to us and we'll never forget his kindness.
Antonis wont take common photos! He will definatelly catch the moment and the feeling of this special day! If you want to have true photos that will remind you the colors, the smells the feelings and the memories, Antonis is your photographer to chose!
Amazing! It was everything I could've ever dreamed up for my wedding pictures & more! Antonis & his wife were so awesome. Definitely recommend him.
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Antonis and his work are simply perfect.We recommend him without any hesitation...Congrats Antonis for the best work!
We did family photography with a three months old baby and Antonis was great. We got incredibly nice pictures at fantastic locations which he had chosen. It couldn't have been better.
Friendly and professional photographer. All his photos were good and he also got some especially great shots of us (it is hard to get good photos of estonians, as we are shy by nature). We loved that we got our pictures really fast, few weeks ahead of schedule.
Antonis was our wedding photographer and we couldn't be happier with his work! He has always been very responsive, extremely professional, calm and really kind. He managed to capture all the salient moments of our preparation, ceremony and party, took amazing couple pictures and provided us with high quality digital and printed photos and albums. His attention to details and ability to capture the atmosphere are impressive. I highly recommend his services!
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I appreciated his efficient and excellent work!


Anchored off Main Bay, Trimouille Is.
We motorsailed/sailed the 5 miles to one of the bomb site islands, Trimouille, as the wind wasn't entirely favourable and anchored 200m off "Main Beach" in 5m. This was the site of the second detonation, and 600m offshore was the first, obliterating the warship HMS Plym. Of course, true to form, we (ok, I, since I'm responsible for the navigating) almost sailed unwittingly over the top of the wreckage. Didn't hit anything, maybe being near high tide helped, though I'd think the "wreckage" would more resemble a pancake considering.. There are signs all over the island warning of radiation and only short visits, no more than one hour being recommended. I read a story of school children visiting here armed with geiger counters, the amount of radiation at the bomb site was reportedly equivalent to that of an average wristwatch. It is almost 60 years since the blast after all. As expected, the island was littered by debris from the ship, having landed here via the stratosphere. Apparently, the radiation lingers longest in the steel, so it is not recommended to souvenir any pieces, nor any part of the island. Amazing what a threat of radiation does to discourage souvenir hunters, the debris is still there. Some of it a mile away from the bomb site.
Chunks of metal like this everywhere, from HMS Plym.
Next day we set out to find ground zero, I'd seen pictures of an obelisk landmark before, and hiked inland to find the trail Kliff (from Power Ready Spirit II) said to have seen on google earth. Well, no trail to be found, but we did find heaps more bits of HMS Plym and a concrete bunker, with breathing chimneys, periscope tubes and a rear entrance, only 1km from ground zero. Churchill must have wanted some unlucky saps are to be encased in there during the blast..
Susie doing her "get me out of here" grin at ground zero.
We found the ground zero obelisk, took the obligatory pictures, then had lunch on the beach. The hike back was possible down the coast over the rocky shore, where the cliffs had collapsed into rubble, presumable, no definitely, from the first blast on HMS Plym, as cliffs on other islands have their overhangs and no rubble. The wild life, as usual, was plentiful. Stingrays and a shark plus a couple "transitional" types, shark body with stingray type wings on the head. Isn't evolution amazing? We covered almost 10km that day and earned a good night's sleep.
Bits of a plane in the middle of the island.
Big end from a ship's diesel?


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A fair comparison? Ethereum growth outpaces Bitcoin in 2021
December 29, 2021 by Charles Griffin
2021 was a fortunate year for Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world. It has seen a fourfold increase over the past twelve months.
Ether has seen a greater appreciation than the most popular Bitcoin, and it has also gained a larger share of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. Although the overall cryptocurrency markets have experienced relative gains over the past year, ETH's value increase has been accompanied by upgrades to Ethereum's core protocol. This protocol will be the foundation for the transition to a proof of stake consensus protocol in 2022.
Certain Ethereum Improvement Proposals have been the focus of the wider Ethereum community. They have proven to be crucial for "The Merge", which will take place in 2022 with the proof-of stake Beacon Chain.
The London hard fork was the most awaited upgrade, which introduced a few EIPs. EIP-1559 was a contentious upgrade due to changes in fee structures paid by miners and earned by users. There were both positive aspects and negatives to the upgrade.
The ETH burn mechanism, which destroys a part of Ether that was used to pay a transaction fees, is a crucial element. Although some miners weren't happy about the reduction in transaction fees, the positive effect of the London hardfork was the deflationary action by the ETH burner mechanism. This EIP and its deflationary mechanism are expected to increase the value of ETH over the coming months and years.
Altair was the next upgrade to London towards the end of 2019, and served as the first update for the Beacon Chain's December 2020 launch. This allowed different teams working on the Ethereum ecosystem to run a dry-run of "The Merge."
The burgeoning Decentralized Finance (DeFi), which has attracted significant capital, is another factor in Ether's strong performance for 2021. The blockchain of Ethereum hosts many of the most important DeFi platforms. This has had a direct impact on the value and increased activity on the blockchain.
You reap what you sow
The smart contract functionality that underpins Ethereum's blockchain platform popularity is the reason for its success. Smart contracts enable a wide range of applications to be created on the blockchain. This allows users to create tokens, apps, and platforms.
While ETH is the lifeblood of Ethereum's ecosystem, it is not the only thing that generates value. It is the applications and projects that run on the blockchain that are responsible. The old saying that you reap what your sow is true. The ecosystem is reaping the rewards of a blockchain system that allows seeds to grow into popular and valuable DApps and platforms.
Ben Caselin is head of research and strategy at cryptocurrency exchange, AAX. He shared some insights about the key factors that contributed to Ethereum's success in 2018. Caselin began by highlighting the many use cases that have contributed to ETH's success throughout the year. "We're referring stablecoins and DeFi, GameFi nonfungible tokens, meme coins, digital bonds central bank digital currency initiatives yield farming, liquidity pool, and the metaverse."
"Ethereum has each of these segments and associated capital with a large market share. The activities Ethereum powers determine its value. Bitcoin, however, is steadily growing as it sees it as a base-layer saving technology for a new global economic system. Although they move in unison, they are driven fundamentally by different forces and circumstances."
Cointelegraph spoke with Mattias Nystrom as community manager for Ethereum layer-two payment platform Golem Network. Nystrom pointed out the success of the Ethereum network's activity as the reason for its success in 2018. "While Bitcoin was primarily designed for payments, Ethereum is unique due to its underlying technology. This is beginning to catch on as Web 3.0 starts its journey towards mainstream adoption."
Cointelegraph was told by Mati Greenspan (crypto analyst, founder of Quantum Economics) that it is difficult to compare the performance of Bitcoin and Ether due to their vastly different use cases and ecosystems. He did admit that Ether has experienced a clear increase in value over the past twelve months.
"Bitcoin is and Ethereum are as different as any assets, except that they are both digital currencies. Each has its own buy and sell pressures and serves a different purpose within their respective networks.
Influential EIPs
Cointelegraph reported in November that Ethereum is moving from the energy-demanding Proof-of-work (PoW), consensys algorithm, to the proof-ofstake (PoS), Ethereum 2.0 chain.
In December 2020, the Beacon Chain was launched. This led to the creation of PoS Eth2 chains, with over 8600,000 ETH staked, and just under 270,000 validators. These validators will basically take over the work done by current-day miners in Eth2, as well as processing transactions and maintaining operation of the blockchain. To become a full validator, a user must stake 32 Ethereum. Users can also stake smaller amounts in pools.
Midway through 2021, one of the most anticipated Ethereum Improvement Proposals was launched. EIP-155 was a topic of debate due to the changes it made to the fees earned by miners and those paid by users.
The built-in ETH burning mechanism, which destroys a part of Ether that was used to pay a transaction fees, was a major problem. Given that the fees are a part their incentive to maintain it, miners weren't impressed.
Related: Ether's growth is an independent asset that fuels the ETH-BTC flippening narrative
The ETH burn mechanism was the deflationary effect that the London hard fork brought. This was the upside to the London hardfork. Every transaction is affected by a loss of ETH. This causes more ETH to be gradually removed from the ecosystem. This process is intended to increase the value and scarcity of ETH.
Caselin believes the London upgrade has contributed to investor optimism. However, it also highlights key differences between Ethereum and Bitcoin.
"The London Upgrade reiterated the fact that Ethereum is alive and well. It continues to be under construction. This is attractive for investors and speculators. It is better than other projects that rank high on the charts but have little in terms of activity or providing actual services. The burn mechanism is a narrative about inflation that borrows from the logic Bitcoin uses.
Greenspan was, however, more objective in his analysis. He suggested that an average Ethereum user would not have known the impact of recent EIPs which have formed part the looming merger between the Ethereum blockchain and Beacon Chain. "Even though the upgrade may have had some effects on the inner tokenomics but I don't believe it has affected sentiment very greatly."
Nystrom believes that the technological improvements to the Ethereum ecosystem along its journey to the Merge, and the variety of applications running onto its blockchain, have proved its versatility. This was reflected in the value rise of ETH throughout the year.
"ETH is built differently from BTC, and has made much more technical progress since 2021." The crypto community is well aware that Ethereum has a wider range of uses and has a larger ecosystem. This gives it more scope to scale up and create valuable, ambitious projects over a longer time.
Markets still fragile
December was a difficult month for global markets. They reacted strongly to the South African researchers' discovery of the COVID-19 variant. The traditional markets were shaken and this rippled into the cryptocurrency markets.
BTC, ETH, and a wide range of other major cryptocurrencies lost as sentiment spilled into crypto markets. This was further bad news because inflation in the United States has been increasing. Caselin provided a balanced outlook and highlighted the market's typical reactions to major economic news events. He also suggested how BTC might be more beneficial than ETH over the medium term.
Markets move to the beat of news stories, economic events and other important news. But longer trends are largely driven by fundamentals. […] Although we may not yet be in a bearish market, there are many reasons to believe that the two-year growth has been only the beginning. The long-term holders of the stock are still buying."
Greenspan cited the events in the United States to be a sign that times are changing and the reason for recent market declines. However, he acknowledged that the future for cryptocurrency markets is uncertain at this stage.
"While the Fed was printing money social media was abuzz with 'brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr memes. Now that liquidity is drying up there's less noise from peanut gallery. We may see the depth of this pullback by the end the year. Or not."
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-fair-comparison-ethereum-growth-outpaces-bitcoin-in-2021
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26 Sep 2020 09:00 Home Woodthorpe Ladies Win 3 - 2 View
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Amy Burton
I've been playing for Redhill Ladies for 11 years and have progressed from the 3rd to 1st team. I play mainly in defence but do like to have a little run up the pitch every now and then!!
Redhill is a fun, supportive club with a range of ages and abilities. I have 2 little girls who have always been made welcome by my team mates - there's a lovely family feel to the club & I love to see my girls joining with the warm up before games!!
I started playing Redhill Ladies 7 years ago after not playing since school. I believe the club has a great social atmosphere and is always a laugh!
Catherine Lawton-Holmes
I have been playing for Redhill since 2001. I started off in defence and now play in midfield. Redhill is a great team to play for and everyone is friendly. I love playing hockey with the ladies in the first team.
Amy Marriott
I joined the club at the start of last season after moving from another club. I was nervous after only ever playing at my old club for 9 years. At the start I was very nervous and scared about making mistakes and would shy away from the ball and not really get involved. The girls made me feel welcome and were very supportive now I don't care I turn up and have a great time. The atmosphere in all the teams are great we all aim to get the job done, motivate each other to do our best and pick each other up when we are down. And if you do make a mistake it's not really a big deal we shrugg it off and laugh at it together. We want to get better together but have a laugh along the way.
Alice Wealleans
I've hit a ball with a stick since 1991 and still love every second. Famed for my knees across the East Midlands, and loving playing ladies and mixed hockey at Redhill HC.
Chloe Corden
I joined Redhill Hockey Club as a junior aged 13. Starting off in the third team everyone was really supportive and encouraging helping me to progress up through the teams. By the age of 16 I was playing in the first team, the youngest player of the first team. I love playing for this team, we are really relaxed and always have a laugh - I was worried about feeling pressure of letting the team down but nobody cares and we support each other to be the best we can be. The social events we do as a club help us to gel and be friends on and off the pitch.
Jill Bednall
Kim Hack
I started playing with Redhill in their Fourth team (when they had four teams :-)) and I have been able to progress through the teams and I am now playing for the First team. I really enjoy being part of the team and it so great to play together. It does help if you win, but you can have a good team game regardless. It is great to be part of this club and I feel I can make a difference in the club.
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I've been playing with Redhill for quite a few seasons now and the club were so friendly when I joined, and have remained so. Whilst we work hard, we play just as hard and have lots of fun on Saturdays and during socials.
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TimHH
And, by the way, wouldn't it be fun if bulgaria beats Russia tomorrow? I wonder how germany vs Poland match would look like....
And raylight, if you read this: Come over here, i miss your rants
never mess with your setter......
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Why is Bakut such a surprice to the world? He has been an excellent opposite for years in Fakel. And from last season he's leading Gazprom as well with solid performances.
I agree Russia has many strong opposites. They can take out for this tournament Pavlov, Moroz and Kruglov. And there's still Poletaev. Or Dima changing position.
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The issue about Bakun is that he has never played for a major team or/and won anything big till now - and he's 30. (The Ukrainian championship won with Lokomotiv Kiev back in mid 2000s, to all my respect, fits this description too.) He did indeed look superb in some games; the recent encounters with Kazan and Moscow were just one big "wow" (a clear reason why Alekno invited Bakun to the NT) but in the very end there is still some doubt. I guess the choice was between him and Kruglov who plays together with Grankin in Dinamo Msk and therefore looks theoretically a more straightforward candidate. It is a great chance for the talented naturalised player, I would really like to see him using it. Otherwise, Pavlov is sick, Moroz is hopeless, Poletaev is considered too young.
P.S. Yepp, if Rus loses to Bul tomorrow, Dima is highly likely to "change position". No, I'm talking about life overall not just volleyball, alas.
Kaziyski
Bulgarian NT hater declared by dido1302
Bakun is one of the most underrated players in Superleague. I'm following his performances for years and most of the time he is one of the best players in league. As powsoff said he has been playing for "smaller" clubs and stayed under "the radar".
Kovalev's injury is going to change situation for Russia, Alekno can't rotate setters and OPP's anymore. But I don't see how Konstantinov can surprise him today...
Belgium, why do you hate set points so much?
Begium is hopeless.
They just deny every gift, polish team wants to give them....
Russia-Bulgaria starting now. Losing team is out of Rio.
I keep Bulgaria in my prayers. Go Skrimov!
Looks like they could really need some intervention from above.
Mykhailovs consistency from the service line is really impressive
Bulgaria is pretty bad. Weakest team on the tourney together with Finland
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Oh, come on, they played badly today, this is an overstatement. I would talk about the game but there is nothing really to talk about. And it was more or less expected. There was hardly any chance for Bulgaria to qualify with this group of players, whereas Russia fully deserves to play in the semis. Let's avoid empty phrases. I was very embarrassed Bulgaria had NO blocks throughout the entire game. They scored one out of nowhere when the game had practically finished. I can't remember if I had ever seen such a poor blocking performance. And Bulgaria was the best blocking team at the recent ECH, block is also one of our positive, usually strong elements, one of the first weapons to try and stop Russia, or any other team for that matter. I still can't understand why Vladi Ivanov was barely used in these two days, he is the best libero Bulgaria has right now. Yosifov, Bulgaria's best blocker, entered the court too late as well. But these are all very tiny aspects on a more global scale which measures the Russian dominance accordingly.
Maxim Mikhaylov was probably the game's MVP, but I would still give it to Tetyukhin for his contribution. Alekno had studied very well everything this Bulgaria could demonstrate. Surely there was little Konstantinov could do to react. I was super impressed by the 1-meter gap in block in the second set Russia left for Vlado Nikolov. Volkov was instructed to cover Nikolov's diagonal, whereas the other blocker (an OH or a setter in those rotations) covered the line. They formed a gap that would normally be exploited but Nikolov kept hitting the diagonal, thus falling into Alekno's trap. A perfectly prepared match by their head coach, he killed in advance any drama that would have been possible otherwise.
Now I can write again that I have a hint regarding a second match this week between Russia and France. We'll see about that.
On a side note, we can organize a Balkan Olympiad We will invite Serbia, Slovenia, and some other local volleyball giants Now seriously, good luck to those still fighting for Olympic quotas
Solid win for France against Finland, probably not much more to say about the match. Lets see if they bring on some subs tomorrow against Bulgaria.
Poland vs. Germany will define the group winner. Assuming that France will be first in their group you would think that both teams will try to avoid playing France in the semis, so this should be a good match. But of course, you never know what is going on inside Vitals mind, so lets better be prepared for surprises.
The match will be sold out but i don't think there will be much of "home advantage" for the german team.
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Not true ! Bulgaria - France 3:0 and points ratio will decide.
Of course the possibility exists... but seriously, Bulgaria is not winning that match
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TimHH wrote:
Vital is planning to give up this group match, and then give up the semi with France, save much energy and wait for the loser of POL-RUS, who might have been exhausted in a 5-set match until 11:30pm on Saturday, and have to play the 3rd place match at 1:30pm on Sunday. Then Germany has an edge. That's Vital's traditional strategy...
Seeing Vital's trick, Antiga and Alekno start negotiation, and agree that they should play 1 set only, the loser of the 1st set should immediately surrender to make the game 0-3, so that both can save energy for Sunday. Finally, Vital is still screwed... lol...
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CAVB: From 23 Teams arrived.. 7..
Prediction Game:
Gold Medals - 14
Silver Medals - 12
Bronze Medals - 9
I_love_volleyball wrote:
Independently from todays outcome, the german semi-final will be played at 16.30 CET
If you read through the news today it seems that all players want to play but Heynen would prefer to rest some of them. Trauma of ECH seems to have left scars, at least with the players. Lets see what will happen. I guess we will see a lot of rotation within the match, depending on how the match goes.....
France needs one set to advance and two to become first in group. Hard to imagine that they won't achieve this. I just rewatched parts of Russia-France match and yes, they are a pure joy to watch. Not seeing them in Rio would be a true shame.
I am still not sure about the russian team. When was the last time, they stayed under 40% in attack percentage? Block, and especially defence looks quite good though. For any further opponent it will be decisive to limit Mykhailovs serving streaks. Time and schedule might not be in their favour too, although the day rest today could be exactly what they need.....
So France is leading 2:0 and sealed the first place in their group. Now they are playing with all subs.
That means that the winner of Poland-Germany will play Russia and the loser will play France.
Setter & Coach
The subs already came on court after 1st set, and their game isn't even that much different from the starters...Only Grebennikov doesn't get a rest.
EDIT Now he does
Lyneel
Bulgaria has really ugly jearseys for this tournament.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - It was a long haul to a new corporate regulation, but most corporate leaders feel it was worth it. The NCUA Board approved the new corporate reg at its October board meeting. The main highlights include the following: *A grandfathering provision for Paid-in-Capital; *Elimination of a provision...
By Staff Writer | December 17, 2002 at 07:00 PM | The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – It was a long haul to a new corporate regulation, but most corporate leaders feel it was worth it. The NCUA Board approved the new corporate reg at its October board meeting. The main highlights include the following: *A grandfathering provision for Paid-in-Capital; *Elimination of a provision restricting corporates from paying dividends if Reserves, Undivided Earnings fall below 2%; *Ability of corporates to invest in BBB investments at a limit of 25% of capital; *Permitting the purchase of servicing rights in conjunction with the purchase of a loan. What weren't corporates happy about? The provision that requires corporates to record ACH transactions at the time of advice of funds, rather than the settlement date. Corporate leaders are also disappointed that they were unable to get NCUA to move to a more risk-based system for evaluating their balance sheets.
Overdraft Fees Draw Critical Scrutiny in New Filene Report
Jim DuPlessis | January 14, 2022
Filene report says credit unions are re-evaluating their worth and fairness.
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Consumers continue to put health care, travel and financial decisions on pause.