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package io.github.teamdevintia.magicpotions.potions;

import io.github.teamdevintia.magicpotions.MagicPotions;
import io.github.teamdevintia.magicpotions.managers.VFXManager;
import io.github.teamdevintia.magicpotions.util.EntityUtil;
import io.github.teamdevintia.magicpotions.visuals.potion.trails.TrailVPacket;
import org.bukkit.Effect;
import org.bukkit.Location;
import org.bukkit.Material;
import org.bukkit.Sound;
import org.bukkit.block.Block;
import org.bukkit.block.BlockFace;
import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
import org.bukkit.entity.FallingBlock;
import org.bukkit.entity.ThrownPotion;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityChangeBlockEvent;
import org.bukkit.inventory.Recipe;
import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
import org.bukkit.util.Vector;

/**
 * potion that lets the earth shake
 *
 * @author MiniDigger
 */
public class ImpulsePotion extends MagicPotion {

    private static final int range = 3;

    public ImpulsePotion(MagicPotions magicPotions) {
        super(magicPotions, "ImpulsePotion", magicPotions.getItemConstant().get("item.impulsePotion"));
    }

    @Override
    public Recipe createRecipe() {
        return instance().getRecipeConstant().get("recipe.potion.impulse");
    }

    @Override
    public void onPotionBuild(Entity entity) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onPotionLaunch(Entity thrower, ThrownPotion thrownPotion) {
        VFXManager.triggerVFXPacket(new TrailVPacket(), null, null, Sound.BLOCK_ANVIL_LAND, thrownPotion, Effect.CRIT, -1f, -1f, -1f);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPotionHit(Location location, ThrownPotion thrownPotion) {
        // push entities
        EntityUtil.pushAway(location, range, 0.5);
        // push blocks

        // row rad = 0
        spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN));

        // row rad = 1
        new BukkitRunnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                for (BlockFace face : new BlockFace[]{BlockFace.NORTH, BlockFace.NORTH_EAST, BlockFace.EAST, BlockFace.SOUTH_EAST, BlockFace.SOUTH, BlockFace.SOUTH_WEST, BlockFace.WEST, BlockFace.NORTH_WEST,}) {
                    spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN).getRelative(face));
                }
            }
        }.runTaskLater(instance(), 3);

        // row rad = 2
        new BukkitRunnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {

                for (BlockFace face : BlockFace.values()) {
                    if (face == BlockFace.UP || face == BlockFace.DOWN) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN).getRelative(face));
                }
            }
        }.runTaskLater(instance(), 5);

        // row rad = 3
        new BukkitRunnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                for (BlockFace face : new BlockFace[]{BlockFace.NORTH, BlockFace.EAST,
                        BlockFace.SOUTH, BlockFace.WEST,}) {
                    spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN).getRelative(face, 2));
                    spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN).getRelative(face, 3));
                }

                for (BlockFace face : new BlockFace[]{BlockFace.NORTH_EAST, BlockFace.SOUTH_EAST, BlockFace.SOUTH_WEST, BlockFace.NORTH_WEST}) {
                    spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN).getRelative(face, 2));
                }

                for (BlockFace face : new BlockFace[]{BlockFace.NORTH_NORTH_EAST, BlockFace.NORTH_NORTH_WEST, BlockFace.EAST_NORTH_EAST,
                        BlockFace.EAST_SOUTH_EAST, BlockFace.WEST_NORTH_WEST, BlockFace.WEST_SOUTH_WEST, BlockFace.SOUTH_SOUTH_EAST,
                        BlockFace.SOUTH_SOUTH_WEST, BlockFace.WEST_SOUTH_WEST, BlockFace.WEST_NORTH_WEST}) {
                    spawnFallingBlock(location.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN).getRelative(face, 1));
                }
            }
        }.runTaskLater(instance(), 7);
    }

    private FallingBlock spawnFallingBlock(Block block) {
        FallingBlock fb = block.getWorld().spawnFallingBlock(block.getLocation(), block.getType(), block.getData());
        fb.setVelocity(new Vector(0, 0.5, 0));
        fb.setDropItem(true);
        block.setType(Material.AIR);
        return fb;
    }

    @EventHandler
    public void onFallingBlockPlace(EntityChangeBlockEvent event) {
        event.getBlock().breakNaturally();
//        event.setCancelled(true);
        event.getBlock().setType(Material.AIR);
    }
}


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Jill Wechsler
To help speed promising new treatments to market, FDA is streamlining its oversight of oncology therapies, including biotech products.
Despite escalating criticism of exorbitant prices for new drugs and biotech therapies, coupled with demands for access to cheap imports, policymakers continue to support the development of new biomedical products, especially those that combat life-threatening diseases and terrorist threats. The need to maintain incentives for biotech innovation, while addressing such hot-button issues such as follow-on generics and Medicare reimbursement, will challenge Rep. James Greenwood (R-Pa) as he becomes the head of BIO (see "Greenwood to Lead BIO").
Promoting Countermeasures
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While the bill was delayed for months due to a dispute over budget control, officials at the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) have been negotiating preliminary agreements with manufacturers for new countermeasures. One major project will provide $700 million to purchase 75 million doses of an improved anthrax vaccine made with recombinant technology, high-volume fermentation, and modern protein purification methods. A related initiative seeks to acquire antitoxin treatments for inhalation anthrax disease, including monoclonal anti-PA antibodies, polyclonal anti-anthrax antibodies, and human immunoglobulin. HHS also is seeking antidotes and other products to treat and protect against smallpox, botulism, plague, Ebola virus, and radiation from "dirty bombs."
Missing Protections
Although the legislation offers incentives for manufacturers developing these products, it has a serious shortcoming from industry's perspective: it fails to include liability protections for companies if bioterror vaccines or drugs cause adverse events. And because the federal government is the main customer for countermeasures, manufacturers expressed concerns about regulated prices and lower return on investment in this field. Big pharma companies are generally delaying major investment in bioterror contracts, leaving the field to smaller biotech manufacturers.
Legislators and industry are discussing a BioShield II bill to provide liability protection for manufacturers and additional incentives for product development. Sens. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) expect hearings this fall on new tax and patent provisions, such as a proposal to offer companies that develop countermeasures "wild card" patent extensions — the opportunity to apply a two-year patent extension to an unrelated patent. Lieberman also suggested adding incentives for developing new antibiotics, and other critical treatment categories may be included in the next bill.
Development of counter-terrorism treatments also may become a campaign issue. In June, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) called for building a "medical arsenal of democracy" by speeding the transition from basic discovery to clinical trials for new drugs and vaccines. Kerry has accused the Bush administration of failing to address weaknesses in the nation's bioterrorism defenses, but his proposals for responding to biological threats appear similar to the president's.
Spurring Cancer Treatments
As part of a renewed anti-cancer campaign, last year FDA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced a broad range of collaborative efforts to facilitate development and access to new oncology therapies (see
BioPharm International
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To help speed promising new treatments to market, FDA is streamlining its oversight of oncology therapies, including biotech products. The agency is forming a new Office of Oncology Drug Products (ODP), combining three CDER divisions: the Division of Oncology Drug Products, the Division of Therapeutic Biological Oncology Products, and the Division of Medical Imaging & Radiopharm-aceutical Drug Products. FDA launched a national search for a director of the office, which will house 100 reviewers and staffers.
While the reorganization does not significantly alter FDA operations, it aims to provide more consistent oncology policies and reviews, including decisions on which applications merit accelerated approval status. ODP also will run an FDA Oncology Program to work with other FDA centers and outside organizations on new products, policies, and standards. FDA aims to fully implement this change by April 2005, when much of CDER moves to FDA's new White Oak facility.
Fighting Fat
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson also announced in July a revision in Medicare policy that could spur R&D for new anti-obesity interventions. HHS eliminated language from its Medicare coverage policy that stated that obesity is not an illness — a change that could allow coverage of effective weight-loss products and treatments for the elderly. This policy shift is expected to influence coverage decisions by private plans and payers, creating a much broader market for weight-control drugs scientifically proven to improve health outcomes.
At the World Obesity Congress in July, FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford outlined FDA efforts to combat obesity through development of new therapies. Crawford described medical problems associated with past weight-control drugs such as amphetamines and dexfenfluramine, acknowleding that doctors have few effective treatments for obesity. An FDA Obesity Working Group has been examining this situation and crafting proposals to facilitate development and marketing of safe and effective weight-control products.
In September, FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee will review a 1996 FDA draft guidance that tried to set a framework for developing chronic-use weight-loss drugs. Crawford noted that agency experts believe combination therapies and head-to-head comparisons of new and existing treat-ments "are critical for progress."
Greenwood To Lead BIO
After a six-month search, BIO selected Rep. James Greenwood (R-Pa) as its next president. He will replace retiring leader Carl Feldbaum, who headed the trade group since its establishment in 1993 (see BioPharm International, April 2004). Greenwood is completing his current term in Congress and will assume his new position in January.
Greenwood appears an ideal choice for the job. As chairman of the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the congressman has been involved in many of the research and reimbursement issues important to biotech companies. He played a lead role in recent revisions to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act and in negotiating the Medicare Modernization Act last year. A liberal Republican, he is also an advocate of stem cell research.
Greenwood said in July that he would not have left Congress for any other trade association but that he sees this as an opportunity to advance the development of biological treatments critical for human health. At the helm of BIO, which represents more than 1,000 large and small companies, Greenwood will face many challenges and controversies, including "follow-on" or generic biologics, intellectual property protections, and pricing and reimbursement, to name a few.
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Konya, històricament coneguda com Iconi (; ), és una ciutat de Turquia, a l'altiplà central d'Anatòlia. És capital de la província de Konya i el districte de Konya. El 2007 tenia una població d'1.412.343 habitants.

Història
Iconi fou una ciutat de l'Àsia Menor que Xenofont considerava la ciutat més oriental de la regió de Frígia, però més tard apareix com la principal ciutat de Licaònia. Estrabó, al , diu que era una ciutat petita però en creixement i en un lloc fèrtil. Plini el Vell ja la descriu com una ciutat populosa habitada per grecs i jueus. En aquest temps, la ciutat formava una tetrarquia amb catorze ciutats de la qual Iconi era capital. En el regnat de Gal·liè les monedes l'esmenten com a colònia, cosa que no és esmentada en cap altra font. A la divisió de l'Imperi el 395, va quedar dins de l'Imperi Romà d'Orient.

Als segles ,  i  fou escenari d'incursions àrabs, però no se'n sap de cap que ataqués la mateixa ciutat, es creu que era evitada expressament per ser una base militar. Va ser ocupada pels turcs seljúcides el 1069 i va quedar en el seu poder definitivament després de la Batalla de Manazkert del 1071. Els turcs la van anomenar Konya, que és encara el seu nom. El 1097 durant la Tercera Croada, els croats saquejaren la ciutat després de la batalla d'Iconi prenent una gran quantitat de botí, quan les muralles no estaven en gaire bon estat, però sí els jardins.

La ciutat fou ocupada per l'emirat de Karaman del 1277 al 1278, i hi va instal·lar un pretendent seljúcida de nom Djirmi. Quan el soldà seljúcida Masud II va morir el 1308, Bedreddin Mahmud Bey va veure la seva oportunitat de capturar la capital dels seljúcides, que el 1313 va passar definitivament a Karaman, però els emirs karamànides van conservar la capital a Laranda. Fou ocupada per Baiazet I el 1397, però perduda pels otomans el 1402 i retornada per Tamerlà a Karaman, en mans del qual va restar fins al 1475, quan l'emirat fou definitivament annexionat pels otomans. No va tenir un paper important durant l'imperi. El 1832 a les portes de la ciutat, l'exèrcit turc era derrotat per les forces egípcies d'Ibrahim Paixà d'Egipte. El 1864 fou erigida en vilayat. El 1895 tenia uns 45.000 habitants, dels quals 42.300 eren musulmans i 1.550 cristians armenis, més 900 cristians grecs; la ciutat tenia 21 mesquites i 5 esglésies. Una església fou construïda el 1911 pels treballadors italians del ferrocarril. La població armènia fou exterminada i la grega va haver de marxar a Grècia el 1923.

Monuments
 Hoca Hasan Medjid, datada vers 1200
 Muralles, destruïdes al
 Alaeddin Cami (iniciada per Kaykaus I)
 Türbe de Kilidj Arslan (datada 1219-1221), mausoleu de la dinastia (excepte Kaykaus I, que està enterrat a Sivas)
 Ipliçi Cami (1220-1230), reconstruïda el 1332, excepte el mihrab; la mesquita és ara un museu
 Sahip Ata Cami (1258)
 Sadreddin Konevi Cami (1274/1275)
 Türbe de Khurrem Pasha (1527)
 Türbe de Sinan Pasha 1573/1574
 Türbe de les filles de Kücük Murad Pasha (1585)
 Türbe de Shaykh Khalil (1597)
 Biblioteca de Yusuf Agha (1794)
 Pir Paşa Cami (1519)
 Serefeddin Cami (1220-1230, reconstrucció de 1445, transformada el 1636)
 Kapi Cami (1650)
 Abdülaziz Cami (1876)
 Sirçah, madrassa (1242/1243)
 Karatay, madrassa (1251/1252)
 Kücük Karatay, madrassa (1248/1249)
 Ince Minerali, madrassa (1264/1265)
 Beşarebey, mesquita (1213)
 Abdülaziz, mesquita (1214/1215)
 Şekerfurus, mesquita (1220)
 Taş (pedra) coneguda com a mesquita d'Haci Ferru (1215)
 Hatunye, mesquita (1229/1230) amb el minaret Güdük
 Bulgur Tekke, mesquita (1240-1250)
 Karatay, mesquita (1248/1249)
 Sırçalı, mesquita (1248/1249)
 Beyhekim, mesquita (1270-1280)
 Karaarslan, mesquita (1280)
 Tahir ile Zühre (1280)
 Kadi Mürsel (1409)
 Hasbey Darülhuffaz (1421)
 Türbe de Gömeç Hatun (1275-1285)
 Türbe Fakidede (1421-1456)
 Font Kapu Çeşme
 Font Akçeşme (1555)
 Bahkh Çeşme
 Gran mesquita de pilars de Mehmed Bey (karamànida) a Meram, prop de Konya (1402)
 Hammams d'Ibrahim Bey (rodalies) (1424)
 Kandemir Han o Yanziönü, caravanserrall (1206)
 Kizil Ören Han, caravanserrall (1207)
 Dokuzun Han, caravanserrall (1210)
 Altunba o Altunapa Han, caravanserrall (inicis del )
 Zazadin o Sadaddin Han, caravanserrall (1235-1236)

Galeria d'imatges

Referències

Bibliografia
 Enciclopèdia de l'Islam, V, 251 a 254.
 Donald King i David Sylvester, The Eastern Carpet in the Western World, From the 15th to the 17th century, Arts Council of Great Britain, Londres, 1983, .

Enllaços externs

 Encyclopædia Britannica: Konya.
 Emporis: base de dades d'edificacions a Konya.
 Fotos del Museu Mevlana .
 Fotos d'edificis de Konya .
 William M. Ramsay, [http://books.google.cat/books?id=JryEbmKool0C&pg=PA315&dq=cities+of+asia+minor+ramsay&lr=&as_brr=1&output=html Ciutats de sant Pau, 316-384].''

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What makes a website good? We often say that content strategy is about getting the right content to the right people at the right time. "Right content" in that phrase is usually taken to mean relevant, timely, useful—all good things. But what about actual content quality?
A content audit is usually defined as the qualitative view of your content. While data, such as analytics, can be very useful in evaluating quality, there are also the more traditionally editorial measures such as assessing against brand guidelines, style guides, and voice and tone. In this article we'll look at what some of those qualitative measures are and how to evaluate content against them.
In previous articles in this series, we've discussed how you can build on your CAT-powered content inventory to develop your audit. For the sake of this article, we'll assume that you've already created your inventory and therefore know the scope of your audit.
Every time a customer or potential customer comes to your (or your client's) web site, you are given an opportunity to convey information, inspire trust and loyalty to the brand, and make a sale or otherwise engage the user. How you speak to your customers, whether your content seems thorough and credible, and how consistent the experience is with other ways your customers engage with you, such as your print materials or retail presence, can have a significant effect.
Nomenclature is clear and consistent.
Content facilitates key user activities.
Let's look at how to assess against these criteria.
Most major organizations have a set of brand guidelines, but unless a fairly robust governance process is in place, it's easy for content creators to either be unaware of them or become lax in following them over time. Before you begin your audit, get access to those corporate brand guidelines, which usually address rules for content creation, including how to refer to the company's name (are registration or trademarks required? Can the company name be abbreviated in any way? Must the company name precede any product name?), usage of taglines, and any particular brand "voice." For issues of terminology, you may be able to conduct text searches either on the existing web site or in the content management system, and find incorrect instances.
Brand guidelines also are typically concerned with graphics and logo usage as well—for that part of the audit, we suggest you pair up with your colleagues on the creative team.
Most brand guidelines will include a set of brand voice attributes. For example, the list may include adjectives like friendly, conversational, upbeat, playful, and energetic for a consumer-facing site; for a technical site, they may be more like authoritative, serious, clear, respectful.
These are intended to guide the writers in creating content that reflects the brand and sets the tone for the user's experience with the content. When auditing content against these voice and tone guidelines, keep in mind that not every piece of content can or should convey them all, of course, and different content types may lend themselves to particular writing styles. It might not be appropriate to convey product data such as lists of features and pricing information in a playful manner, but it is possible to make it approachable by avoiding the use of jargon or technical terms that assume a level of familiarity or expertise that a new customer may not have. Promotional copy, on the other hand, may place greater emphasis on the energetic, playful, and upbeat aspects of the voice.
Following are a few examples of what to look for in content written to our example attributes. If your style guide doesn't include a list like this, consider creating one to work with.
In creating messaging and content for a site, it's important to try to project a consistent voice that conveys the attributes of the brand in a style appropriate to the customer being addressed. Whatever type of content you are managing, it's likely that you'll have users at different points in a purchase or engagement cycle as well as different levels of experience or expertise with your product or service.
Each of these customers needs to feel that the content is relevant and approachable and they need to come away from the site with whatever they came to get.
Content strategists need to be as familiar with audience research as the marketing team or any other team in the organization. When you understand who you are speaking to, how they like to be addressed, and what they are coming to the site to do, you can effectively evaluate how well site content meets their needs and speaks their language. For example, identifying key words and phrases that your customers use gives you a clear set of terms to look for in content, links, and headings. Gerry McGovern calls these "customer care words" and has written extensively about how to mine for and use them.
In a previous article, we wrote about how to use personas in content audits. Now is a good time to revisit those personas and think about how they would want to be addressed. There are several angles from which to evaluate content.
Technical sites or commerce sites that deal with sophisticated equipment have the challenge of speaking both to very expert users and people just getting started.
A new or novice user of a particular product or technology, for example, may feel unsure about making a decision, lacking confidence in their ability to gather the right information. A guided experience, offering ample opportunities to learn more via helpful content, could help enhance their confidence. Look for content that is offered in multiple formats (text, video) and is accessible via multiple entry points. Here again, looking for the use of customer terms from search logs may be a valuable audit tactic.
Sites aren't always easily divided into expert vs. novice content, though (nor should they be), so be aware that novices can come across technical content. You won't want all the expert-level content written in such a way that it doesn't meet their needs, but look for ways that novices can easily navigate away to get more information rather than feeling they've hit a dead end that leaves them questioning.
For the expert user, the goal of the site content is likely to be more focused on making him or her feel well informed and offering ways to become even more knowledgeable. If the expert user is a business decision maker or the product appeals to users with a high level of knowledge already, they may not need much in the way of help content, but need comprehensive, specific, accurate information and they need it quickly. Navigation and copy should expressly support this focus by being as brief as possible, and using precise, concrete, to-the-point language.
A business audience will be more familiar with technical specifications and industry jargon and will expect that terminology be used consistently and accurately. Look for content features like specifications, expert forums, and side-by-side comparisons to make it easier for the customer to quickly assess and make decisions.
What if you don't have brand guidelines that include voice and tone or an editorial style guide? You can seldom go wrong by embracing the concept of plain language.
If the content on your site isn't, as the definition says, easy to read, understand and use, flag it for rewrite.
Many organizations have an internal style guide, or follow one of the standards, for issues like use of punctuation, abbreviations, and other terminology. For example, a style guide might address whether to use a.m. and p.m., AM and PM, am and pm, or A.M. and P.M. or when to capitalize or abbreviate certain terms common to the subject matter. When you begin auditing a site, ask your clients whether a style guide exists and familiarize yourself with it so that you can make a single pass through the content and catch all the issues. If the client doesn't have a style guide, consider making one so that you can document the decisions you make as you review content and eliminate inconsistencies.
The purpose of having a style guide, of course, is to ensure a high-quality, consistent reading experience. As content strategists, we understand the importance of quality content. It communicates key messages to the audience and greatly influences visitors' overall experience of the site. It also helps create an impression of the company behind that site.
Allow poorly-written, unclear, inconsistent content to stand and you risk leaving the reader with a bad impression of the company. It distracts from the task at hand and can subtly undermine the brand. Insist on making it right and you will not only make a positive impression on the audience, but they will also be more likely to absorb its main messages.
Consistency internally, as evaluated against brand and style guides is critical, of course, but many organizations have other, offline touch points with customers as well. Another reason to advocate for consistency is to reinforce the brand credibility and give customers confidence that they are dealing with a single organization dedicated to quality experience.
Style guides may also address requirements for certain content types to ensure accuracy and consistency. For example, you would typically want product specifications to follow a strict standard and use a consistent set of terminology to describe product features so that accurate comparisons can be made between products.
Site hierarchy also should reflect the way customers think of your products rather than the way the business does. Avoid organizing the site by business unit but instead by what is intuitive to someone outside the company. If your audit process time and resources allow, doing some customer research such as a card sort can be very helpful in understanding how users think.
Navigation labels should be evaluated against typical customer tasks and include keywords based on what you know about how your customers search for or think about your site or product. It should go without saying that labels and links should allow a reader to accurately guess at what they lead to.
There aren't hard-and-fast rules for auditing content against subjective measures like voice and quality. In many cases, the answer to how a particular content set should be authored, presented, and managed is "It depends." Every site is different, every user is unique, and tastes and standards change frequently. But we still have a responsibility to our readers to make their experience the best it can be, so we work with what we have. Guidelines, personas, and data provide a framework within which to evaluate content. On top of that framework, we rely on our common sense and hard-won experience as strategists to guide our audit process.


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TI-99/4A Development
Classic Computing
TI-99/4A Computers
Classic99 Feature Request
By Willsy, October 25, 2011 in TI-99/4A Development
Willsy
Willsy 1,211
Location:Uzbekistan (no, really!)
I wonder if Tursi would consider adding the following feature to the next release (or add it to the todo list!) in Classic99:
Software controlled CPU overdrive; whereby
CLR @>0000 sets CPU to normal
SETO @>0000 sets CPU mode to overdrive
Obviously, the above would have no effect (which is a good thing!) on real TI equipment, but it would allow Classic99 users to switch on Overdrive for slow stuff, then turn it back off (I personally would not be interested in, for example, developing games that rely on the overdrive to function). For me, it would be useful to switch on CPU overdrive while TF is loading blocks from disks (to give the compiler a kick) and then turn it off again.
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Location:Central Florida
Things like this have come up before, i.e. somehow having the code running on the emulator *know* they are running on the emulator, or do something emulator specific. Tursi tries very hard to avoid adding features like that, since the idea of the emulator is that the software does *not* know the difference between it (the emulator) and real hardware. Also, Tursi does not usually implement things that don't exist in the real world, otherwise people write software that can run on the emulator, but not a real system. I'm not speaking for Tursi, just relaying what I think I remember him saying in the past. And of course you can ask him in person in a week or two.
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How about just having an option in the emulator to detect when disk activity is taking place and switching to turbo? It's a feature in quite a few emulators that is very handy.
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RXB 1,755
Location:Vancouver, Washington, USA
I think Mathew is spot on this one. I often speed up Classic99 when I need to but how to make it automatic would just create programs that crash on a real TI or would not work on other emulators at all.
Edited October 27, 2011 by RXB
Indeed, and I completely understand that view point. Before you know it, you've kind of 'forked' the TI-99/4A into something else that only exists in emu land.
That would work for me! It would remain compatible with the TI, and would have the benefit of improving the performance of all software that used disk a lot. For example, the Editor Assembler system would get an instant boost.
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Still no. But I appreciate the effort. However, I would not be adverse to making one of the breakpoint actions trigger overdrive. Breakpoints are flexible enough that you can trigger via PC, or any memory read or write of your choice.
The case of overdrive during disk activity is less relevant to Classic99 than many other emulators, because Classic99 is not emulating the disk DSR code. The parsing of the PAB, locating and parsing the file, and copying the requested data into VDP RAM all happens in native C++ code in Classic99. The processing of that data itself happens in the application. So in the normal case the line would be drawn, say, at the disk DSR. If that were done, though, there would be no difference in Classic99's case because the DSR already runs faster than is possible even with overdrive.
The alternative is to say that after a disk activity, overdrive stays on for a timed period. Determining the right period would be tricky and not be correct for 100% of the cases, but may be closer to what you're looking for.
I could add both of those things to my list (although I'm way behind and even more backlogged right now thanks to new job...)


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This pattern is a fun take on the poncho that is light, airy and quick to make. It only uses 3 stitches. This poncho is the perfect cold office companion for those who don't want to wear a parka to work. Oh, I guess that's just me.
I also was looking for a way to use up 2 different colored skeins to see how well the colorways would blend and as you can see I think they blend very well. This is the perfect design for those who have single skeins and looking for a project that won't take you too long to make.
That pattern is just 2 rectangles sewn partially together. Add fringe and you have a very bohemian style poncho.
I'd love to see your version on Ravelry and Instagram. Just tag me (@nettagyrl) on Instagram and hashtag my blog name #oliveandbrook.
This project will probably take about 5+ hours.
2 skeins of Lion Brand mandala of different colors or same colors. I used Wood Nymph and Phoenix.
No gauge given as this pattern is very forgiving.
Row 2 Ch 5 (counts as tc and ch-1 here and throughout) sk a stitch, tc ch-1 in next stitch until the end. You will end with a tc in the last stitch. Turn.
Row 3 Ch 5, tc in tc of previous row, ch-1, tc ch-1 all the way to the end. Turn.
Row 4 Ch 5, tc in tc of previous row, ch-1, tc ch-1 all the way to the end. Turn.
Row 6 Ch 5, sk a stitch, tc ch-1 until the end. You will end with a tc in the last stitch. Turn.
Row 7 Ch 5, tc in tc of previous row, ch-1, tc ch-1 all the way to then. Turn.
Row 8 Ch 5, tc in tc of previous row, ch-1, tc ch-1 all the way to the end. Turn.
Repeat rows 5-8 until you get to 65 rows or end with a row 5 (dc row). Fasten off.
Take a contrasting color and starting on the short side of the rectangle, attach yarn and sc until you get to first corner. Add 3 sc in the corner. You will now be working on the long side of the rectangle. 1 sc in the dc's and 3 sc in the tc's. Do this until you get to the next corner. Add 3 sc in that corner, then sc on the short side of the rectangle. Add 3 sc in the corner. You will now be working on the long side of the rectangle. Sc in the dc's and 3 sc in the tc. Do this until you get to the next corner. Add 3 sc in that corner. Do this for both rectangles. Fasten off.
Match up the rectangles and slip stitch or sc the pieces together for 37 rows. Fasten off.
To finish off, starting at the bottom corner of the poncho right side facing you, attach yarn and sc around the whole piece, with 3 sc in each corner. When you get to the middle neck part of the poncho, do a 3 sc decrease. Once you complete the sc edging fasten off and weave in all the ends.


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The Wolverines arrived in Scottsdale, AZ on Monday of this week to continue their Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl preparations, and with them a hobbled Devin Gardner still reeling from a turf toe injury suffered in the Ohio State game. At least we've been told it's a turf toe injury...which may have been the straw that broke the camel's back as Gardner has taken a career's worth of beatings in one season.
Gardner has been on crutches and in a walking boot since the Ohio State game. I don't foresee a miraculous comeback suddenly taking place before Saturday. That said, I've been wrong on these kinds of things before, so what do I know?
But if DG is indeed out of commission, the starting nod will fall to true-freshman Shane Morris who is just 5 of 9 passing for 65 yards and a pick this year. He's seen action in two games, the opener against CMU and at the end of the Michigan State game. But in bowl practices, he's been taking the bulk of the snaps with the starting O.
Devin is still day-to-day, but if we played yesterday, it would definitely be Shane.
We've had a lot of time to get him ready and take the No. 1 reps, which he's never done before. He's come along nicely. He's studied hard. He's really worked at it. It's showed up because he's improved a lot from the first day we started bowl practices to today, which is natural because he has had the reps.
Yes. As it becomes more apparent that he could be starting, we have to be very judicious about how we go about repping him in terms of what plays to run, the ones he knows the best and understands the best. So we're at that point now.
The biggest thing - I don't care if a freshman's playing or a senior's playing, our goal is to be balanced. That's always been our goal, and we've lost that a little bit occasionally when we've turned the ball over more than we wanted. We went back and became more conservative, but lately we haven't been that way. So as long as we can keep the ball out of their hands, we're going to play the game the way we want to play the game, and that's with balance.
He just assumes he's going to play, and that's the way we go about it. If for someone reason he doesn't, he doesn't. But we don't think any other way.
At this point in his college playing career, Shane is more of a sophomore than a freshman, so at least he has the benefit of knowing the offense and the system pretty well. But he does lack any meaningful game experience. If he does start, and regardless of how well or poorly plays, I don't think Gardner's job is in jeopardy for 2014. I suspect the coaches would prefer to redshirt Morris next year if they could. A much improved OL will go a long way in making that happen.
But in this bowl game, Shane could very well have his coming out party. What does anyone, especially K-State know about Shane Morris? I think Borges is underselling his freshman QB's knowledge of the playbook in order to keep the Wildcats guessing. I mean, sure, why not? Take any advantage an unknown freshman QB will give you, I guess.


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Hey i was working on a website for pepperlovers. i was wondering if you'd like it? i'd love to work with you to make it something everyone could use.
how you save your seed??
Do you still have your Frankenstein pepper plant? If so, does it still produce well? I want to try, because of limited space and I want a lot of cultivars.
Sweet been waiting for this, i was beginning to lose hope :), i started a few plants about 3 weeks ago and am struggling to keep my plants alive :D. its still cold outside so i started them inside on a heating map and TL lights.
the seeds came up fine, a few missers here and there but when i replanted them to pots it stunted their growth :(, it was just normal potting ground. Today i took one out and the soil was moist as Hell! some of the roots where starting to rot. so i went out and bought some new potting mix and mixed that with some perlite.
going to see how they do til the weekend, i hope i can save a few.
My seeds never sprout if i do not presoak them for a few hours.
My leaves on some of my seedlings have brown spots on them, some ideas about how to get rid?
What F type is the LSB at by now?
Love it! Im growing your KS Misery Sweet and Lemon Starrburst this season. Absolutely cant wait to eat them! Keep up the good work Khang!
What light do you use for your plant.
interesting video, thanks. Why do you use 2 cups at a time? Thanks again.
Looking forward to watching your videos. I've learned a lot, thank you for that!
Awesome video! Could I use coir instead of peat moss?
Clear and to the point as always. Can't wait to see how your seedlings turn out.
Ojalá pudieras mandarme algunas semillas… Buen trabajo como siempre. Saludos desde España.
What size bags do you use to store your seeds? Can you link to them?
why not get the heat mat to run when the light is off so you get heating of some kind all the time ?
Looking forward to your garden updates throughout this season. Always enjoyable and informative. Thanks.
Hey Khang glad to see you back into the swing of things. I got a big head start this year already on round 3 of starting seeds, 41 in total with another 24 seeds planted 2 days ago, going to be a great year and I wish you all the best.
Hey! I love your channel. Can you start sorting your videos into playlists for your series? For example the mini hydroponics, this series etc so its easier for us to find 'em afterwards?
Khang, you should put all the items you used in the description please, would really help! good job though!
What are the benefits and pitfalls of medical marijuana?


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Der Neue Jüdische Friedhof ist eine von zwei erhaltenen Begräbnisstätten der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in Nürnberg. Der Friedhof wird seit 1910 belegt.

Lage
Der Friedhof liegt an der Schnieglinger Straße 155 im Stadtteil Schniegling am südöstlich angrenzenden Westfriedhof. Im Nordwesten wird der Friedhof durch den Damm der Nürnberger Ringbahn begrenzt. Südwestlich des Friedhofs verläuft das Flusstal der Pegnitz.

Geschichte

1850 wurde der seit 1499 geltende Judenbann der Stadt Nürnberg aufgehoben. Die jüdische Gemeinde in Bayerns zweitgrößter Stadt wuchs schnell, die Industrialisierung zog viele jüdische Kaufleute aus den ländlichen Gebieten Frankens sowie der Oberpfalz an. Sie ließen sich nieder, um an den Vorzügen des modernen großstädtischen Lebens teilzuhaben und ihr Vermögen in die expandierende Industrie und den Großhandel zu investieren. Im Jahre 1855 wohnten 21 jüdische Familien in Nürnberg, im Jahre 1864 wurden bereits 936, 1867 schon 1254 jüdische Einwohner gezählt.

Die Verstorbenen der Jüdischen Gemeinde Nürnberg wurden zunächst auf dem Alten Jüdischen Friedhof in Fürth beerdigt. Verstorbene Kinder Nürnberger Juden wurden teilweise auf den städtischen Friedhöfen beigesetzt. Diese Praxis wurde 1857 von der evangelischen Kirchenleitung verboten. Am 28. Februar 1864 wurde der Alte Jüdische Friedhof an der Bärenschanzstraße im Stadtteil Gostenhof eingeweiht. Bis zur 1922 erfolgten Schließung wurden hier etwa 2.225 Personen bestattet.

Nachdem sich abzeichnete, dass die Kapazität des Alten Friedhofs nicht mehr ausreichte, erwarb die Israelitische Gemeinde Nürnberg im Jahr 1905 ein Grundstück nordwestlich des 1880 eröffneten Centralfriedhofs, der 1904 in Westfriedhof umbenannt wurde. Das Gelände, am Hang der Pegnitzauen gelegen, musste aufgrund des hohen Grundwassers um bis zu zwei Meter mit Erde aufgeschüttet werden, was hohe Kosten verursachte. Am 4. und 5. Februar 1909 zerstörte dennoch ein großes Hochwasser Teile des neuen Friedhofgeländes. Am 10. Mai 1910 wurde der Neue Jüdische Friedhof mit der Bestattung von Henriette Levy eingeweiht. Die Weiherede wurde von dem Rabbiner Max Freudenthal gehalten. Nach weiteren Geländezukäufen 1916 umfasste das Areal des Friedhofs insgesamt 4 ha.

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden während der alliierten Luftangriffe viele Gräber sowie das Verwaltungsgebäude schwer beschädigt. Schändungen und Verwüstungen hatte das Gräberfeld ebenso zu überstehen. Direkt nach Kriegsende wurde mit der Instandsetzung begonnen. Der Friedhof dient der Jüdischen Kultusgemeinde bis heute als letzte Ruhestätte für ihre Toten.

Anlage

Verwaltungsgebäude und Trauerhalle
Das Verwaltungsgebäude und die Trauerhalle wurden von dem Architekten Emil Hecht entworfen. Die Ausschmückung der Halle stammt von Friedrich Adler. In der Trauerhalle sind seit 1970 vier Grabsteine aus dem 1367 zerstörten Friedhof ausgestellt, welche als Treppenstufen in den Südturm der Lorenzkirche eingebaut worden waren.

Zierbrunnen
Der Zierbrunnen, an zentraler Lage hinter der Trauerhalle gelegen, wurde 1913 von dem Bildhauer Philipp Kittler geschaffen.

Kriegerdenkmal
Am 12. November 1922 wurde ein von dem Münchner Architekten Fritz Landauer gestaltetes Kriegerdenkmal für die 178 im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallenen Mitglieder der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde eingeweiht. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde am Denkmal eine Gedenktafel aus Granit angebracht. Sie trägt die Aufschrift:

"ZUM GEDENKEN ALL DERER DIE VON 1933–1945 IHRES GLAUBENS WILLEN GEWALTSAM DEN TOD FANDEN"

Hinter der Tafel ist in einer Aushöhlung des Steins eine kupferne Kapsel eingelassen, die eine auf Pergament geschriebene Liste mit den Namen der mindestens 1626 Mitglieder der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Nürnberg enthält, die Opfer des Holocaust wurden.

Zwei Reihen mit Soldatengräbern des Ersten Weltkriegs befinden sich rechts der Leichenhalle, darunter auch zwei Grabsteine für die in Nürnberg gestorbenen jüdisch-russischen Kriegsgefangenen.

Gräber bekannter Persönlichkeiten

 Rudolf Benario (1908–1933), Volkswirt, gilt er als erster, zusammen mit Ernst Goldmann und Arthur Kahn, in einem nationalsozialistischen KZ ermordeter Jude
 Ludwig von Gerngros (1839–1916), Kaufmann, Stifter u. a. des Zweitgusses des Neptunbrunnens, Ehrenbürger der Stadt Nürnberg
 Adolf Hamburger (1900–1974), Ehrenvorsitzender der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Nürnberg
 Sigmund Held (1860–1926), Rechtsanwalt, Vorsitzender der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Nürnberg
 Martin Jacobowitz (1889–1961), Direktor der Mars-Werke, Zweiter Vorsitzender der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Nürnberg
 Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909–1980), nationalkonservativer deutsch-jüdischer Religionshistoriker und Religionsphilosoph
 Carl Marschütz (1863–1957) Gründer der Nürnberger "Hercules"-Werke
 Karl Amson Joel  (1889–1982) Textilkaufmann und Großvater des US-Musikers Billy Joel

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Jüdischer Friedhof in Nürnberg
Baudenkmal in Nürnberg
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The Department of Education released guidelines in 2003 regarding religious expression and prayer in public schools, which can be found here.
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There exist volumes of academic research and work surrounding the role of repetition in religious and cultural practices. Repeated actions of any type, creating an easily recognisable mimesis, seems almost an aesthetic by-word for a normalised analytical framework of cultural activities, especially musically. From prayer to mantra, the idea of repetition is stretched to form … Continue reading Repetition And Occultism Of Invocation Of My Demon Brother (1969) – Kenneth Anger.


The difference between an engaged learner and one whose mind is elsewhere can be clearly seen in their body language. Here, we look at the signs to watch for and explain how to get everyone in the room back on track.
As a trainer, you will find that no two delegates are the same. You could have two people sitting in on the same training session, where one person is captivated by what you have to say, while the other quickly switches off and becomes bored.
Understanding these four body language signals will help you keep your delegates interested, and make you a better trainer.
A delegate who is sitting still is likely to be paying attention. Somebody who keeps fidgeting or looking around may be finding themselves distracted by their own internal dialogue.
Once you have lost somebody's attention, you are unlikely to get it back until something changes.
If your training session has been going on for some time, it might be a good time to take a break.
If it is not a good moment for this, try either asking or answering a few questions.
A short break from listening to the same person speak can often be enough to get people interested again.
People tend to look at what they are thinking about.
Delegates who are not only looking at you, but have moved their body so that their shoulders are parallel to your shoulders are likely to be engaged, and interested in what you are saying.
A delegate who is sitting still, but looking in another direction is likely to be thinking about either what they are looking at, or something else that is on their mind.
If you find that people are not looking in your direction, try moving around the room in order to re-capture their attention.
While stillness is a good sign that your delegates aren't getting distracted by a wandering mind, if you find them looking towards you and nodding, you can also take this as a sign they are paying attention.
Frequent nodding at a fast pace could be a sign of impatience.
Nodding is a sign for agreement, and in a training situation, is good indicator that the delegates are not only absorbing what you have to say, but understanding why it is important.
Watch out for fast nodding though – while both slow and fast nodding show that your delegates are paying attention, if you find them frequently nodding at a fast pace, it could be a sign of impatience.
It may be that they feel they already have an understanding of the subject, and are ready for you to move on to either more complicated ideas, or the next subject.
Folded arms are a typical defensive gesture.
It could be a sign that your delegates are feeling uncomfortable with their surroundings, so if you find several of your delegates assuming this posture, it might be a good time for a short icebreaker.
If you notice people adopting this posture before you even begin delivering your training, you may want to consider starting by having your delegates introduce themselves to the people sitting nearby.
Group tasks are another good way of breaking the ice, and also give your delegates a break from sitting still, and a chance to think.
Our bodies are one of the most effective communication tools we have, so learning to read what people's bodies are telling you is a key skill every trainer should aim to master.
Interested in this topic? Read Soft skills: Why playing it safe with non-verbal communication is a bad idea in business.
I have to take issue with some of this. Folded arms are not necessarily indicative of defensive behaviour. For some, it is simply a comfortable way to sit; for some, it's a sign that they are cold; highly kinaesthetic people tend to make maximum physical contact with themselves, and folded arms may be one sign of this.
People are pretty consistent in their own body language, but trying to derive universal meaning from a single gesture leads to dangerous assumptions about people.
Roving eyes may be a sign that the person is relating what is being said to their own experience.
I would warn against making any assumptions based on the signs listed above - people are more complex than this.
I have to agree with David - it's much more complex than this. I fold my arms when I don't have pockets - what else are you supposed to do with your arms? Or if I'm cold. Also, I'm a kinaesthetic learner, and actually having something to do with my twitchy fingers is useful - but fidgeting isn't a sign that I'm disengaged.
I also agree with David and Jasmine. Reading body language and status is so much more complicated than this incredibly simplified and potentially dangerous post. Should we discuss how picking your favourite animal or colour determines your behavioural preferences?
Massive over simplification of body language and how it applies to people within a training environment.
Folded arms - as stated they could imply the heating needs turned on, someone could just be comfortable crossing their arms. Im as comfortbale as I could ever be in my role yet i find myself more often than not, sitting arms folded. I am in no way less engaged or defensive.
nodding is a good sign, yet then later on its potentially bad?
Potentially damaging post around body language that people could read and take as gospel, leading to difficult situations in rooms. Body language is a such a more complex subject than to boil it down to 4 main types. Eye patterns, breathing, language, angle of the body....Id be very wary of sticking to 4 "types" and in particular THESE 4.
I think what will make you a better trainer is to check out with individuals where they are at, rather than make assumptions based on faulty over-generalisations!!
Nick Williams! I would warn against making any assumptions based on the signs listed above - people are more complex than this.


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Supernatural – Season 10 Episode 23
May 21, 2015 | Posted by Craig McKenzie in TV
Supernatural season 10 comes to an end and with it, the Mark of Cain but in its place is apparently something far more dangerous.
Dean went completely off the reservation last week when he slaughtered the Styne family one by one and this is continued this week when he works on a fairly normal -for him- case. The twist on that one is that Dean is completely bereft of the patience or compassion that normally helps him protect people. It has been replaced with anger and fierce determination. He calls out the situation as he sees it and is unapologetic about offending anyone in his way.
This isn't inherently evil by itself as we've seen Dean act insensitive before but the last few episode have been hammering the idea home that the Mark of Cain has all but corrupted him so it's easy to connect the dots and figure out where this new mean streak would be coming from.
Dean summons Death
As cases go it was fairly run of the mill but the episode didn't give it any focus. It only existed to show how different Dean was. I could see this type of case be the focus of an entire episode in previous seasons but now it becomes an example of the "day job" so to speak. When Dean allowed the vampire to kill the other hunter just so he could finish the job it wasn't unexpected but shocking nonetheless. Dean will have a lot of guilt to work through when this is over.
It could be argued that the personality change is a bit sudden but I see it as Dean giving up resisting the Mark of Cain's influence. As soon as he stops resisting the full force of it hits him and the change in personality is instantaneous. I don't mind that as it has been handled really well. When Dean resists he struggles to hold it together and as soon as he does he is consumed by it.
Dean does manage to come to his senses after seeing the faces of people he is responsible for killing in the mirror and decides that the world will be a better place if he's not in it. With that in mind he summons Death himself and asks to be killed but it turns out that the Mark of Cain is beyond even the power of Death to overcome. Basically not even Death can kill Dean Winchester.
The conversation with Death was my favourite part of the episode. He fills Dean in on the true origin of the Mark of Cain. It turns out that before God came along there was something called "The Darkness" -no, not the band though how great would that be if next season had Sam and Dean fighting Justin Hawkins and the rest of his group- that was beaten back and locked away. The Mark of Cain acts as lock and key to this prison and as a consequence someone has to be branded with it. The first carrier was Lucifer who was driven mad by it and then it passed to Cain who shouldered the burden for a long time before Dean came along.
The villains for season 11?
I found myself interested by this revelation but I have to wonder why there were no hints of this before now. I wonder if the writers came up with this once season 11 was announced. Either way it adds to the already massive mythology of the show and gives the Winchester's another ultimate evil to fight next season. How many is that now? I've genuinely lost count. I don't like the rewriting of Lucifer's past by having him connected to this and using the Mark of Cain as the reason for him being evil. I'm happy that he just has his own agenda so don't need this further developed to add some kind of pointless deeper significance to the whole thing.
Death tells Dean that he can remove it but the consequence of that is that "The Darkness" is released. The only options available are to pass it onto another to be tormented for eternity or have Dean whisked off to somewhere he can't harm himself or others. He will be completely alone and live forever but "The Darkness" will remain caged and nobody will be hurt as a result of the influence on Dean.
As anyone might have guessed passing the thing on isn't acceptable so option 2 becomes the only way. The added complication to that is that Sam is wholly determined to help his brother any way he can. If Death takes Dean away then Sam will find a way to bring him back and start this whole mess all over again. In other words this option is conditional on Sam being dead to prevent that from happening.
The scene between Sam and Dean where this is laid out is great stuff from both Ackles and Padalecki. They have always played well off each other but this is one of their strongest scenes in recent memory. Sam doesn't accept the plan at first but after a brief physical fight he realises that Dean is right and backs down. Before doing that he shows Dean pictures of happier times and reminds him of his capacity to love to give him something to help keep him human should he ever return. Padalecki plays Sam as unusually vulnerable in this scene and his devotion to Dean in -as far as he's concerned- his final moments is really admirable.
Dean kills Death
Having this work on Dean and have him kill Death instead was not unexpected but effective nonetheless. It reinforces the age old theme of the show being about Sam and Dean against the world and underworld. The death of…well Death creates some fascinating potential for the show as well. I wonder what the Reapers will do without a boss and what kind of power struggle that will create. Who will try to take Death's place now that he's no longer around? Next season should reveal that I imagine.
Elsewhere in the story Rowena has translated the book and knows what spell to use to rid Dean of the Mark of Cain but she needs some pretty difficult ingredients which notably includes the sacrifice of something she loves. Naturally this isn't Crowley but luckily she was taken in by a Polish family centuries ago and grew to love their youngest child who she healed from sickness and made an immortal out of sheer compassion. Wow that's convenient, imagine what would have happened if she had nothing she loved to sacrifice. At least Oskar (Nathan Dales) was set up last week to seeming insignificance but became important here.
Crowley was on top form this week slipping back into full evil mode as he kills a diner full of people just to get time alone with Oskar. His conversation with Castiel served the plot function of getting the ingredients for Rowena's spell but it's always a joy to see these two characters bounce off each other. I always want to see more scenes of them together.
"The Darkness" approaches the Impala
Rowena removing the Mark of Cain from Dean was as predicted by Death a terrible idea. It releases "The Darkness" and manages to give Rowena some really powerful magic to tap into. She's so powerful that she can make Castiel try to kill Crowley. As cliffhangers go it's a pretty ridiculous one as we all know that Crowley isn't dying anytime soon, certainly not that way.
I look forward to seeing what form "The Darkness" takes next season and what it means for the show. It looks possible that Sam and Dean could go back to basics hunting something more terrible than they ever have before. The black inky mist looked a bit similar to the Demon equivalent released from hell at the end of season 2 so we shall see.
Brother's Keeper - 8/10
A really solid finale that closes off the Mark of Cain arc while leaving something else in its place for the Winchesters to deal with.
After going completely off the reservation last week Dean continues on his rampage tearing through creatures at a fast pace before coming to his senses enough to petition Death to kill him once and for all. It's not that simple as the Mark of Cain makes someone unkillable apparently so Death presents Dean with the option to either pass it on or be taken far away where he can't hurt anyone.
Death fills Dean in on the origins of the Mark of Cain and reveals that it's actually a lock and key to hold back the most ancient of evils beaten back by God. Apparently it drove Lucifer insane and did the same to Cain. I'm not all that excited about the prospect of retconning Lucifer's back story in such a way but the concept of an ancient evil should provide some interesting fodder for the next season.
Another part of the bargain is that Sam has to die otherwise he'll devote all of his time and energy to bringing Dean back and starting the process over again. The scene between them as Sam comes around to the idea was fantastic. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki have always been good together but this was one of their best episodes in a long while. I love how vulnerable Sam appeared when he reminded Dean about his capacity to love being important for if he was to ever return. It's enough to make Dean kill Death instead.
Removing Death creates some interesting potential for next season. It should result in a power struggle for the now vacant position that could have some really evil forces trying to take advantage. It'll also be fascinating to see what the Reapers do without their boss.
This will hopefully bring Sam and Dean back to basics for a while. The show is at its best when it's the two of them against the world and underworld and it might be refreshing to have another ultimate evil for them to take on for a while.
I actually didn't mind Rowena this week. There was another dimension to her character revealed by the compassion she feels for a human family who took her in centuries ago. She healed their son and granted him immortality as gratitude and now has to kill him to make her spell work. It's awfully convenient that Rowena has one thing in the universe that she loves but it was handled quite well so I'll let it slide. Having her end the episode more powerful than ever should create some good stories next season.
Crowley was on top form here by fully embracing his evil ways as evidenced by killing a diner full of people simply to have a moment alone with Oskar. His interaction with Castiel was a great scene as well. It was important to the plot and proved to be fun at the same time.
As Death protected the removal of the Mark of Cain isn't a good thing as it causes some untold evil to be released into the universe but it does free Dean of the baggage that he's had all season and sort of resets the show to something resembling an older style. Assuming this plays out that way season 11 could be a really fun ride.
Tags: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Mark Sheppard, Misha Collins, Ruth Connell, Supernatural, TV Show (2015)
May 21, 2015 | Posted by Craig McKenzie in TV | 0 comments


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/*
 * nbest-pron-score --
 *	Score pronunciations and pauses in N-best hypotheses
 */

#ifndef lint
static char Copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 2002-2010 SRI International.  All Rights Reserved.";
static char RcsId[] = "@(#)$Id: nbest-pron-score.cc,v 1.11 2010/06/02 05:49:58 stolcke Exp $";
#endif

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include "option.h"
#include "version.h"
#include "File.h"
#include "zio.h"

#include "Array.cc"
#include "Prob.h"
#include "MultiwordVocab.h"
#include "NBest.h"
#include "Ngram.h"
#include "VocabMultiMap.h"
#include "RefList.h"

#define DEBUG_SCORES	2

static int version = 0;
static unsigned debug = 0;
static int toLower = 0;
static int multiwords = 0;
static const char *multiChar = MultiwordSeparator;
static char *rescoreFile = 0;
static char *nbestFiles = 0;
static char *pauseLMFile = 0;
static char *dictFile = 0;
static char *pronScoreDir = 0;
static char *pauseScoreDir = 0;
static double pauseScoreWeight = 0.0;
static unsigned maxNbest = 0;
static int intlogs = 0;

static char *noPauseTag = (char *)"<nopause>";
static char *shortPauseTag = (char *)"<shortpause>";
static char *longPauseTag = (char *)"<longpause>";
static double minPauseDur = 0.06;
static double longPauseDur = 0.6;
static VocabIndex noPauseIndex;
static VocabIndex shortPauseIndex;
static VocabIndex longPauseIndex;

static Option options[] = {
    { OPT_TRUE, "version", &version, "print version information" },
    { OPT_UINT, "debug", &debug, "debugging level" },
    { OPT_TRUE, "tolower", &toLower, "map vocabulary to lowercase" },
    { OPT_TRUE, "multiwords", &multiwords, "split multiwords in N-best hyps" },
    { OPT_STRING, "multi-char", &multiChar, "multiword component delimiter" },
    { OPT_STRING, "rescore", &rescoreFile, "hyp stream input file to rescore" },
    { OPT_STRING, "nbest", &rescoreFile, "same as -rescore" },
    { OPT_STRING, "nbest-files", &nbestFiles, "list of n-best filenames" },
    { OPT_UINT, "max-nbest", &maxNbest, "maximum number of hyps to consider" },
    { OPT_STRING, "dictionary", &dictFile, "pronunciation dictionary" },
    { OPT_STRING, "pause-lm", &pauseLMFile, "pause language model" },
    { OPT_STRING, "pron-score-dir", &pronScoreDir, "pronunciation score directory" },
    { OPT_STRING, "pause-score-dir", &pauseScoreDir, "pause score directory" },
    { OPT_FLOAT, "pause-score-weight", &pauseScoreWeight, "pause score weight for adding with pron scores" },
    { OPT_TRUE, "intlogs", &intlogs, "dictionary uses intlog probabilities" },

    { OPT_STRING, "no-pause", &noPauseTag, "no pause tag" },
    { OPT_STRING, "short-pause", &shortPauseTag, "short pause tag" },
    { OPT_STRING, "long-pause", &longPauseTag, "long pause tag" },
    { OPT_FLOAT, "min-pause-dur", &minPauseDur, "minumum pause duration" },
    { OPT_FLOAT, "long-pause-dur", &longPauseDur, "long pause duration" },
};

VocabIndex
getPauseTag(NBestTimestamp pauseLength)
{
    if (pauseLength < minPauseDur) {
	return noPauseIndex;
    } else if (pauseLength >= longPauseDur) {
	return longPauseIndex;
    } else {
	return shortPauseIndex;
    }
}

void
writeScores(LogP *scores, unsigned numScores, const char *filename)
{

   File file(filename, "w");

   for (unsigned i = 0; i < numScores; i ++) {
	fprintf(file, "%g\n", scores[i]);
   }
}

/*
 * Rescore one N-best list with pronunciation and pause models
 */
void
processNbest(const char *nbestFile, MultiwordVocab &vocab,
			VocabMultiMap &dictionary, Ngram &pauseLM,
			const char *pronScoreFile, const char *pauseScoreFile,
			double pauseScoreWeight)
{
    Vocab &phoneVocab = dictionary.vocab2;

    NBestList nbest(vocab, maxNbest, false, true);

    {
	File file(nbestFile, "r");

	if (!nbest.read(file)) {
	    cerr << "error reading nbest file\n";
	    return;
	}
    }

    unsigned numHyps = nbest.numHyps();

    if (numHyps == 0) {
	cerr << "warning: N-best list " << nbestFile << " is empty\n";
	return;
    }

    makeArray(LogP, pronScores, numHyps);
    makeArray(LogP, pauseScores, numHyps);

    Boolean warning = false;

    for (unsigned h = 0; h < numHyps; h ++) {
	NBestHyp &hyp = nbest.getHyp(h);

	if (hyp.wordInfo == 0) {
	    if (!warning) {
		cerr << "warning: N-best hyp " << h << " in "
		     << nbestFile << " does not contain backtrace info\n";
		warning = true;
	    }
	    continue;
	}

	/*
	 * compute pronunciation score:
	 *	sum of pronunciation log probabilites of all words in hyp
	 */
	if (pronScoreFile) {
	    LogP pronScore = LogP_One;

	    for (unsigned i = 0; hyp.words[i] != Vocab_None; i ++) {
		/*
		 * If pronunciation info is missing there is nothing we
		 * can score. Assume pronunciation prob = 1.
		 */
		if (hyp.wordInfo[i].phones == 0) {
		    if (debug >= DEBUG_SCORES) {
			cerr << "WORD " << vocab.getWord(hyp.words[i])
			     << " PRON missing\n";
		    }

		    continue;
		}

		/*
		 * copy phone string to buffer for parsing
		 */
		makeArray(char, phoneString,
			  strlen(hyp.wordInfo[i].phones) + 1);
		strcpy(phoneString, hyp.wordInfo[i].phones);

		/*
		 * convert phone string to index string
		 */
		Array<VocabIndex> phones;
		unsigned numPhones = 0;

		for (char *s = strtok(phoneString, phoneSeparator);
		     s != 0;
		     s = strtok(NULL, phoneSeparator), numPhones ++)
		{
		    phones[numPhones] = phoneVocab.addWord(s);
		}
		phones[numPhones] = Vocab_None;

		/*
		 * find pronunciations prob
		 */
		Prob p = dictionary.get(hyp.words[i], phones.data());

		if (debug >= DEBUG_SCORES) {
		    cerr << "WORD " << vocab.getWord(hyp.words[i])
			 << " PRON " << (phoneVocab.use(), phones.data())
			 << " PROB " << p << endl;
		}

		if (p != 0.0) {
		    if (intlogs) {
			pronScore += IntlogToLogP(p);
		    } else {
			pronScore += ProbToLogP(p);
		    }
		}

	    }

	    pronScores[h] = pronScore;
	}

	/*
	 * compute pause score:
	 *	sum of pause LM log probabilites of all pauses in hyp
	 */
	if (pauseScoreFile || pauseScoreWeight != 0) {
	    LogP pauseScore = LogP_One;

	    VocabIndex lastWord = Vocab_None;
	    NBestTimestamp pauseLength = 0;

	    for (unsigned i = 0; hyp.words[i] != Vocab_None; i ++) {
		if (hyp.words[i] == vocab.pauseIndex()) {
		    pauseLength += hyp.wordInfo[i].duration;
		} else {
		    VocabIndex context[3];
		    context[0] = Vocab_None;

		    VocabIndex firstPart, lastPart;

		    if (!multiwords ||
			pauseLM.findProb(hyp.words[i], context) != 0)
		    {
			firstPart = lastPart = hyp.words[i];
		    } else {
			context[0] = hyp.words[i];
			context[1] = Vocab_None;

			VocabIndex expanded[maxWordsPerLine + 1];
			unsigned n = vocab.expandMultiwords(context, expanded,
							    maxWordsPerLine);
			firstPart = expanded[0];
			lastPart = expanded[n - 1];
		    }

		    if (lastWord != Vocab_None) {
			context[0] = lastWord;
			context[1] = firstPart;
			context[2] = Vocab_None;

			VocabIndex pauseTag = getPauseTag(pauseLength);

			LogP pauseProb = pauseLM.wordProb(pauseTag, context);

			if (debug >= DEBUG_SCORES) {
			    cerr << "PAUSE " << vocab.getWord(pauseTag)
				 << " DUR " << pauseLength
				 << " CONTEXT " << (vocab.use(), context)
				 << " PROB " << pauseProb << endl;
			}

			pauseScore += pauseProb;
		    }

		    pauseLength = 0.0;
		    lastWord = lastPart;
		}
	    }

	    if (pauseScoreFile) {
		pauseScores[h] = pauseScore;
	    }
	    if (pauseScoreWeight != 0.0) {
		pronScores[h] += pauseScoreWeight * pauseScore;
	    }
	}
    }

    if (pronScoreFile) {
	writeScores(pronScores, numHyps, pronScoreFile);
    }

    if (pauseScoreFile) {
	writeScores(pauseScores, numHyps, pauseScoreFile);
    }
}

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
    setlocale(LC_COLLATE, "");

    Opt_Parse(argc, argv, options, Opt_Number(options), 0);

    if (version) {
	printVersion(RcsId);
	exit(0);
    }

    MultiwordVocab vocab(multiChar);
    vocab.toLower() = toLower ? true : false;

    noPauseIndex = vocab.addWord(noPauseTag);
    shortPauseIndex = vocab.addWord(shortPauseTag);
    longPauseIndex = vocab.addWord(longPauseTag);

    Vocab dictVocab;
    VocabMultiMap dictionary(vocab, dictVocab, intlogs);

    /*
     * Read optional dictionary to help in word alignment
     */
    if (dictFile) {
	File file(dictFile, "r");

	if (!dictionary.read(file)) {
	    cerr << "format error in dictionary file\n";
	    exit(1);
	}
    }

    Ngram pauseLM(vocab, 3);
    pauseLM.debugme(debug);

    if (pauseLMFile) {
	File file(pauseLMFile, "r");

	if (!pauseLM.read(file)) {
	    cerr << "format error in pause LM\n";
	    exit(1);
	}
    }

    /*
     * Process single nbest file
     */
    if (rescoreFile) {
	processNbest(rescoreFile, vocab, dictionary, pauseLM,
				dictFile ? "-" : 0, pauseLMFile ? "-" : 0,
				pauseScoreWeight);
    }

    /*
     * Read list of nbest filenames
     */
    if (nbestFiles) {
	File file(nbestFiles, "r");
	char *line;
	while ((line = file.getline())) {
	    char *fname = strtok(line, wordSeparators);
	    if (!fname) continue;

	    RefString sentid = idFromFilename(fname);

	    makeArray(char, pronScoreFile,
		      (pronScoreDir ? strlen(pronScoreDir) : 0) + 1
				 + strlen(sentid) + strlen(GZIP_SUFFIX) + 1);
	    if (pronScoreDir) {
		sprintf(pronScoreFile, "%s/%s%s", pronScoreDir, sentid,
								GZIP_SUFFIX);
	    }

	    makeArray(char, pauseScoreFile,
		      (pauseScoreDir ? strlen(pauseScoreDir) : 0) + 1
				+ strlen(sentid) + strlen(GZIP_SUFFIX) + 1);
	    if (pauseScoreDir) {
		sprintf(pauseScoreFile, "%s/%s%s", pauseScoreDir, sentid,
								GZIP_SUFFIX);
	    }

	    processNbest(fname, vocab, dictionary, pauseLM,
				    pronScoreDir ? (char *)pronScoreFile : 0,
				    pauseScoreDir ? (char *)pauseScoreFile : 0,
				    pauseScoreWeight);
	}
    }

    exit(0);
}

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Very interesting, never seen those before?
Have a search on Talk Photography for some discussion about these.
If you want to try the effect, dig out an old linear polariser and fit a circular polariser. There will be some vignetting but the effectiveness can be judged for low cost.
Thanks Rod. I think I will just get a circular ND, not variable. I have been waiting for Lee to produce more big stoppers but the Lightcraft ND looks good, cheaper too.
Not sure if it has a filter thread on the front, need to check that out, but it is very slim.


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La rue Hippolyte-Durand-Gasselin est une voie du centre-ville de Nantes, en France.

Description
La rue Hippolyte-Durand-Gasselin, qui relie la place Jean-V à la rue Montesquieu, est bitumée et ouverte à la circulation automobile. Sur son tracé, elle ne rencontre aucune autre voie.

Dénomination
La voie s'est appelée « rue des Catherinettes » (ou Cathelinettes), « rue des Irlandais », et « rue Jean-V ». Sa dénomination actuelle lui a été attribuée à la suite d'une délibération du conseil municipal du , en hommage à Hippolyte Durand-Gasselin, fils de l'architecte Hippolyte Durand-Gasselin qui a construit le passage Pommeraye. Banquier et directeur d'une usine de produits chimiques et d'engrais, il devient, en 1895, l'exécuteur testamentaire de Thomas Dobrée.

Historique
Les noms successifs portés par cette artère s'explique par le fait qu'elle accueillit les religieuses dominicaines de Sainte-Catherine, qui s'établirent, en 1694, avec la permission de la Ville dans une chapelle dédiée à Saint Gabriel. Puis, des moines irlandais réfugiés en Bretagne les remplacèrent afin d'y s'installer leur séminaire qu'il quittèrent définitivement à la Révolution pour la rue du Chapeau-Rouge. Le nom de « rue Jean-V » qu'elle porta dès à partir de 1899 est dû à la présence du manoir de Jean V (ou « manoir de la Touche ») dans lequel mourut le duc , le .

Architecture et bâtiments remarquables
L'ouest de la rue est bordé par l'ancienne propriété de Thomas Dobrée (1810-1895), qui abrite outre le manoir , le palais qu'il avait fait construire en 1862 pour abriter ses collections devenue depuis le musée départemental Thomas-Dobrée.

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Voir aussi

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Cape Breton firefighters call for action after report acknowledging workplace unhappiness surfaces
David Jala | Posted: Dec. 7, 2022, 5:27 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 7, 2022, 5:28 p.m. | 6 Min Read
Cape Breton Fire Fighters Association (International Association of Fire Fighters) Local 2779 secretary Mike Bourgeois, left, and president Donnie Whalen are calling on the fire department to address the problematic relationship between career firefighters that was acknowledged in a 2018 study that was only made public last month. DAVID JALA/CAPE BRETON POST
SYDNEY – The union representing Cape Breton career firefighters is calling on the municipality to acknowledge and act on a 2018 report that it says identified the wide rift between rank-and-file members and department management.
According to Donnie Whalen, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2779, the report was "buried" until just over a month ago when the union's Freedom of Information Act request (FOI-POP) was finally accommodated.
Whalen said the union opted to go public with the report after it was leaked on social media.
"Once it was put up on Facebook, the director of (CBRM) human resources contacted us to set up a way to settle some of the issues, but since then we have heard nothing," said Whalen.
"It's been disheartening to us. So that prompted us to say 'enough of this.' We have reached out to the fire chief (Michael Seth) but he has decided to avoid our emails. He's had the study in his hands for a month and he has apparently decided not to deal with it."
Whalen said the tension between unionized firefighters and department management has been going on for years.
"I can confirm the sad reality that very little has changed since 2018 and that the firefighters are still needlessly subjected to managerial tactics that are driving down morale," he said.
This Cape Breton Regional Fire Service truck is shown as it makes its way to a call in Sydney in this file photograph. DAVID JALA/CAPE BRETON POST - David Jala
The study, entitled Workplace Investigation Report for Cape Breton Regional Municipality Fire Services, was commissioned by the CBRM in 2018 after both the Cape Breton Firefighters Association (representing 70 full-time firefighters) and the majority of volunteer department chiefs and deputy chiefs (there are 34 volunteer fire departments in CBRM) voted to issue a motion of non-confidence in the fire service's management.
Study author Patrick Fradley-Davis, of Bernardi Human Resource Law, submitted his report in July 2018. According to Whalen, the report was brought forth at a CBRM council meeting before it disappeared.
"Chief administrative officer Marie Walsh decided that it was a human resources issue because names were mentioned in the document and that she would seal it forever," he alleged.
"We went on to request the document through the Freedom of Information Act, but at the time, in 2018, we were told there was a huge backlog and it would take some time."
Fast forward to autumn 2022 and the union is continuing to call on the municipality to address what Whalen calls a "toxic workplace" that is marked by negativity and stress.
Michael Seth is Chief of Cape Breton Regional Fire and Emergency Services. - Contributed
In penning the report, Fradley-Davis opened with a statement confirming that his study was not a formal investigation but rather an assessment of the environment on the career side of Cape Breton's fire service.
"Most of the results were quite negative and are reflective of a broken culture with low levels of trust and morale and high levels of conflict," he wrote in the report.
Off the top, the third-party assessor recognized that virtually all of the firefighters surveyed loved their job and were passionate about their work with about 85 per cent of the respondents acknowledging that they were proud of their work.
However, the majority of the report focused on the study's more negative results. For example, about 80 per cent of the firefighters surveyed believed their workplace was not psychologically safe. It also stated that labour-management relations within the department were at a critically low level when the study was carried out.
The report also contained a couple of paragraphs in which many firefighters singled out individual members of the management team. The names were redacted from the released report, but one particular manager was repeatedly referred to as a bully.
Fradley-Davis said he also found that the employees viewed management behaviour as being vindictive and petty, while communication between the two sides has been largely ineffective.
Marie Walsh, chief administrative officer at CBRM: "Matters raised in the report received the attention of management and are considered in all ongoing departmental decision-making." FILE - Cape Breton Post
The Cape Breton Post reached out to CBRM fire chief Michael Seth but received no response. Seth was hired to replace longtime fire chief Bernie MacKinnon who retired at the end of 2018.
Meanwhile, the municipality's CAO, Marie Walsh, responded to a request for an interview with an email confirming that the CBRM commissioned a third party to provide an overview of the issues raised by union leadership.
"Since the time of the last report, there has been a change of leadership in the fire service with a new chief appointed. Matters raised in the report received the attention of management and are considered in all ongoing department decision-making," stated Walsh.
For his part, Whalen said he's hopeful the CBRM's fire and emergency services committee will address the discontent that runs through the department.
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John Drinkwater | Criticism
This literature criticism consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis & critique of John Drinkwater.
SOURCE: "John Drinkwater," in Authors and I, John Lane Company, 1921, pp. 86-90.
In the following excerpt, Hind praises Drinkwater's poetry and his play Abraham Lincoln.
There must be many dramatic authors who, in face of the success of Abraham Lincoln: a Play, are saying to themselves, "Why did I not think of this as a subject, why did not I write a play on Abraham Lincoln, why should an Englishman do it?" These be mysteries. Yet are they? Did not an Englishman, Lord Bryce, write "The American Commonwealth," which eminent Americans have called "the best treatise on American government?" Is it not because distance and aloofness from a subject give clearness and simplicity of vision? The man on a hilltop looking down upon a wood can write a better account of it than the man who is plodding through the undergrowth. The walker sees the trees; the man...
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Courtney Clark: Goodbye, my Domino.
As most of you have already heard, Domino Magazine is no more. If you have never read Domino, run out and buy their last march issue. I know its mean to get you addicted then take it away but, the more people that make it know how much they love the mag. Please show them that you care make a post (accidentally posted twice) on the NYblog or write Domino and say goodbye. I personally am so sad to see it go you can see my previous posts about Domino, I am so happy I was able to get a signed copy of their Book of Decorating. Its a lovely book, I suggest you buy one too, simply lovely.


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Oops: California Paid out $20 Billion in Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits
by Will November 14, 2021, 3:52 pm
In decades past, California was known as a land of immense productivity and innovation. Defense companies, tech firms, and entrepreneurs of every stripe flocked to the beautiful state and its pleasant climate. Now, however, it's been transformed from a land of productivity to a land of wasteful welfare spending. Fraudulent, wasteful welfare spending, to be exact.
According to an Open The Books article in RealClearPolicy, "California has shelled out at least $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits since the beginning of the pandemic, 11 percent of all benefits paid in the Golden State." For perspective, the article's author notes that "That is more than the 2021 budgets of Delaware, Maine and Montana combined."
That RealClearPolicy article is based on a report from the LA Times, which originally broke the news that California paid tens of billions of dollars in fraudulent welfare benefits in the past year. According to the LA Times article:
California has given away at least $20 billion to criminals in the form of fraudulent unemployment benefits, state officials said Monday, confirming a number smaller than originally feared but one that still accounts for more than 11% of all benefits paid since the start of the pandemic.
State officials blamed nearly all of that fraud on a hastily approved expansion of unemployment benefits by Congress that let people who were self-employed get weekly checks from the government with few safeguards to stop people who were not eligible to receive them.
Apparently, the fraud in California was so rampant that at least $810 million in benefits went to people who were in prison, including dozens of infamous killers on death row.
Or, at least, the benefits were approved to go to people claiming the names of those infamous killers.
It's unclear, however, if the benefits actually went to those imprisoned murderers or if checks were approved to people who submitted fraudulent benefit claims with a fake name attached. The latter appears more likely, as $2 million in benefits went to people claiming to be Senator Dianne Feinstein and the sheer scope of the problem suggests that the unemployment insurance claims were sent by fraudsters rather than the criminals themselves.
Reacting to the fraud, California lawmakers imposed stricter identity verification controls that they say have prevented $120 billion in fraudulent payments.
Still, the scale of the fraud is difficult to comprehend. To help put it in perspective, "Assemblyman Tom Lackey," the LA Times reports, "brought along an illustration of 29 dump trucks filled to the brim with $100 bills representing just over half of that money lost to fraud."
While the scale of the fraud in California was the largest at $20 billion, other states struggled with the same issue.
A report from the Department of Labor, for example, gave a conservative estimate that "by [the CARES program's} end, $87.3 billion in UI benefits could be paid improperly, with a significant portion attributable to fraud" and noted that that $87.3 billion figure was likely low, as it's based on a 10% fraud rate when the actual improper payout rate is likely far higher, perhaps as high as 15% or even 19%. If the 19% estimate is accurate, that would mean that nearly 166 billion taxpayer dollars were sent to fraudsters in the form of improper unemployment insurance checks.
And that higher rate isn't an unreasonable estimate. In Arizona, for example, an AP report found that "nearly 30% of the $16 billion in unemployment insurance payments sent out by Arizona since the start of the coronavirus pandemic" were sent to scammers. That means that in Arizona, which is hardly a large state, between $4.3 billion and $4.4 billion in welfare checks was sent to scammers and fraudsters.
So, while California's incompetence is the easiest to point out given its massive scale, the Golden State was hardly alone in paying out massive sums to fraudsters.
By: Gen Z Conservative, editor of GenZConservative.com. Follow me on Parler and Gettr.