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Pavol Kaincz [pavol kajnc] (14. září 1919 Košice – 6. ledna 1985 tamtéž) byl slovenský fotbalista, který nastupoval nejčastěji jako obránce.

Hráčská kariéra
V československé lize hrál za Jednotu Košice (1945–1948), aniž by skóroval.

Prvoligová bilance

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Luboš Jeřábek: Československý fotbal v číslech a faktech − Olympia 1991
 Jindřich Horák, Lubomír Král: Encyklopedie našeho fotbalu − Libri 1997
 Eugen Magda: Storočnica košického futbalu (1903–2003) − Eugen Magda 2003
 Radovan Jelínek, Miloslav Jenšík a kol.: Atlas českého fotbalu − Radovan Jelínek 2006

Externí odkazy
 Vzácny futbalový klenot metropoly východu, korzar.sme.sk [cit. 2004-01-05, autor Eugen Magda]
 Na scénu vkročil Labodič hneď medzi veľkých, korzar.sme.sk [cit. 2008-03-31, autor Eugen Magda]
 Skon Mycia po úctyhodnej púti, korzar.sme.sk [cit. 2009-07-30, autor Eugen Magda]
 Obdivovaný Kalmyk v slovenských dresoch, korzar.sme.sk [cit. 2011-12-27, autor Eugen Magda]

Českoslovenští fotbalisté
Slovenští fotbalisté
Fotbaloví obránci
Fotbaloví záložníci
Fotbalisté FC Lokomotíva Košice
Narození 14. září
Narození v roce 1919
Narození v Košicích
Úmrtí 6. ledna
Úmrtí v roce 1985
Úmrtí v Košicích
Muži

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The photographer who captured Hong Kong's disappearing past
Updated 14th April 2020
Credit: Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery
Written by Oscar Holland, CNNHong Kong
Over the last five decades, photographer Keith Macgregor has borne witness to dramatic change in Hong Kong.
His striking images document a way of life that has rapidly disappeared from sight: street stalls that made way for chain stores, flat-bottomed boats whose residents now live in apartment blocks, and squat buildings replaced with -- or dwarfed by -- skyscrapers.
1/11 – "Junk & Central" (1982) by Keith Macgregor
Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, pictured in 1982. Scroll through to see a selection of Keith Mcgregor's images from the 1970s and '80s. Credit: Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery
But in the 1970s and '80s, when many of his most arresting photos were taken, Macgregor was more concerned with producing images for his postcard and calendar business.
"I wasn't a reportage photographer; I was a very commercial photographer," he explained at Hong Kong's Blue Lotus Gallery, where he recently exhibited work under the title "The Way We Were."
"I had to take photographs that people would want to hang on their walls for 12 months, so I was always looking for beauty or drama."
Only with the power of hindsight did Macgregor realize that he'd documented the city's lost heritage.
A quiet sanctuary in sleepless Hong Kong
"You just didn't know at the time that Hong Kong was going to change to rapidly," he said. "You took it all for granted."
From swanky to retro-cool: 9 exciting attractions coming to Hong Kong
Many of his photos focus on everyday life for local residents -- street scenes, the famous harbor and outlying fishing villages. But he also captured the receding vestiges of the British Empire. In particular, a striking 1984 image shows the last cricket match to be played on a large green in the city's center -- a luxury unimaginable in today's Hong Kong, where land prices rank among the highest in the world.
The last cricket match to be played on a large green in the city's center. Credit: Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery
"Population growth has made Hong Kong not as nice a place to look at, because it's all higgledy-piggledy and covered with every type of building you can imagine going up into the sky," Macgregor said.
A resident from 1969 to 1992 -- and a frequent visitor since -- he expressed remorse that more hasn't been done to protect the city's architectural and urban heritage.
A teashop on Hong Kong's Shanghai Street, pictured in 1982. Credit: Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery
"There's no open spaces now," he said. "I miss all that terribly, and I wish we could have preserved more of it. But I think Hong Kong is still an extraordinary place to visit."
Neon past
There is one side of Hong Kong's heritage that Macgregor is especially enamored with: neon signs.
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Realizing that the city's iconic displays were rapidly disappearing (often to be replaced with LED), the photographer set out to document the remaining signage. He believes that, since 2001, he has photographed about about 500 of the advertising boards.
It was not merely for the sake of posterity. And while Macgregor admits that much interest in his work is driven by nostalgia, his latest project features a contemporary twist: His series, "Neon Fantasy," sees him using Photoshop to superimpose multiple neon signs onto present-day street shots.
Macgregor's "Neon Fantasy" series sees him compiling photos of Hong Kong's increasingly rare neon signs into single collages. Credit: Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery
The resulting collages bring together dozens of advertising boards -- from cartoonish characters to elaborate typography -- into dreamlike tributes to a vanishing tradition.
Spectacular panoramas capture Hong Kong's disappearing architecture
"I want to do my bit to preserve the neon heritage of Hong Kong which has been sadly destroyed by the government," he said, criticizing the lack of public money made available for the signs' conservation.
"For me, that was the soul of Hong Kong -- it was the reason why tourists loved the place. It gave it a kind of buzz."


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#pragma once

#include "tigl.h"

#include <string>
#include "to_string.h"
#include "CTiglError.h"

namespace tigl
{
using ::TiglSymmetryAxis;

inline std::string TiglSymmetryAxisToString(const TiglSymmetryAxis& value)
{
    switch (value) {
    case TIGL_NO_SYMMETRY:
        return "none";
    case TIGL_X_Y_PLANE:
        return "x-y-plane";
    case TIGL_X_Z_PLANE:
        return "x-z-plane";
    case TIGL_Y_Z_PLANE:
        return "y-z-plane";
    case TIGL_INHERIT_SYMMETRY:
        return "inherit";
    default:
        throw CTiglError("Invalid enum value \"" + std_to_string(static_cast<int>(value)) +
                         "\" for enum type TiglSymmetryAxis");
    }
}

inline TiglSymmetryAxis stringToTiglSymmetryAxis(const std::string& value)
{
    if (value == "x-y-plane") {
        return TIGL_X_Y_PLANE;
    }
    else if (value == "x-z-plane") {
        return TIGL_X_Z_PLANE;
    }
    else if (value == "y-z-plane") {
        return TIGL_Y_Z_PLANE;
    }
    else if (value == "none") {
        return TIGL_NO_SYMMETRY;
    }
    else if (value == "inherit") {
        return TIGL_INHERIT_SYMMETRY;
    }
    return TIGL_NO_SYMMETRY;
} // namespace tigl
}

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Q: quote in R. How to go arround max I have to quote very long string in R. I use quote function. But, it return only certain length of tags to the console. Does anyone know the way to go around that.
S <- quote(prfl1 * X1 + prfl2 * X2 + prfl3 * X3 + prfl4 * X4 + prfl5 * X5 + prfl6 * X6 + prfl7 * X7 + prfl8 * X8 + prfl9 * X9 + prfl10 * X10 + prfl11 * X11 + prfl12 * X12 + prfl13 * X13 + prfl14 * X14 + prfl15 * X15 + prfl16 * X16 + prfl17 * X17 + prfl18 * X18 + prfl19 * X19 + prfl20 * X20 + prfl21 * X21 + prfl22 * X22 + prfl23 * X23 + prfl24 * X24 + prfl25 * X25 + prfl26 * X26 + prfl27 * X27 + prfl28 * X28 + prfl29 * X29 + prfl30 * X30 + prfl31 * X31 + prfl32 * X32 + prfl33 * X33 + prfl34 * X34 + prfl35 * X35 + prfl36 * X36 + prfl37 * X37 + prfl38 * X38 + prfl39 * X39 + prfl40 * X40 + prfl41 * X41 + prfl42 * X42 + prfl43 * X43 + prfl44 * X44 + prfl45 * X45 + prfl46 * X46 + prfl47 * X47 + prfl48 * X48 + prfl49 * X49 + prfl50 * X50 + prfl51 * X51 + prfl52 * X52 + prfl53 * X53 + prfl54 * X54 + prfl55 * X55 + prfl56 * X56 + prfl57 * X57 + prfl58 * X58 + prfl59 * X59 + prfl60 * X60 + prfl61 * X61 + prfl62 * X62 + prfl63 * X63 + prfl64 * X64 + prfl65 * X65 + prfl66 * X66 + prfl67 * X67 + prfl68 * X68 + prfl69 * X69 + prfl70 * X70 + prfl71 * X71 + prfl72 * X72 + prfl73 * X73 + prfl74 * X74 + prfl75 * X75 + prfl76 * X76 + prfl77 * X77 + prfl78 * X78 + prfl79 * X79 + prfl80 * X80 + prfl81 * X81 + prfl82 * X82 + prfl83 * X83 + prfl84 * X84 + prfl85 * X85 + prfl86 * X86 + prfl87 * X87 + prfl88 * X88 + prfl89 * X89 + prfl90 * X90 + prfl91 * X91 + prfl92 * X92 + prfl93 * X93 + prfl94 * X94 + prfl95 * X95 + prfl96 * X96 + prfl97 * X97 + prfl98 * X98 + prfl99 * X99 + prfl100 * X100 + prfl101 * X101 + prfl102 * X102 + prfl103 * X103 + prfl104 * X104 + prfl105 * X105 + prfl106 * X106 + prfl107 * X107 + prfl108 * X108 + prfl109 * X109 + prfl110 * X110 + prfl111 * X111 + prfl112 * X112 + prfl113 * X113 + prfl114 * X114 + prfl115 * X115 + prfl116 * X116 + prfl117 * X117 + prfl118 * X118 + prfl119 * X119 + prfl120 * X120 + prfl121 * X121 + prfl122 * X122 + prfl123 * X123 + prfl124 * X124 + prfl125 * X125 + prfl126 * X126 + prfl127 * X127 + prfl128 * X128 + prfl129 * X129 + prfl130 * X130 + prfl131 * X131 + prfl132 * X132 + prfl133 * X133 + prfl134 * X134 + prfl135 * X135 + prfl136 * X136 + prfl137 * X137 + prfl138 * X138 + prfl139 * X139 + prfl140 * X140 + prfl141 * X141 + prfl142 * X142 + prfl143 * X143 + prfl144 * X144 + prfl145 * X145 + prfl146 * X146 + prfl147 * X147 + prfl148 * X148 + prfl149 * X149 + prfl150 * X150 + prfl151 * X151 + prfl152 * X152 + prfl153 * X153 + prfl154 * X154 + prfl155 * X155 + prfl156 * X156 + prfl157 * X157 + prfl158 * X158 + prfl159 * X159 + prfl160 * X160 + prfl161 * X161 + prfl162 * X162 + prfl163 * X163 + prfl164 * X164 + prfl165 * X165 + prfl166 * X166 + prfl167 * X167 + prfl168 * X168 + prfl169 * X169 + prfl170 * X170 + prfl171 * X171 + prfl172 * X172 + prfl173 * X173 + prfl174 * X174 + prfl175 * X175 + prfl176 * X176 + prfl177 * X177 + prfl178 * X178 + prfl179 * X179 + prfl180 * X180 + prfl181 * X181 + prfl182 * X182 + prfl183 * X183 + prfl184 * X184 + prfl185 * X185 + prfl186 * X186 + prfl187 * X187 + prfl188 * X188 + prfl189 * X189 + prfl190 * X190 + prfl191 * X191 + prfl192 * X192 + prfl193 * X193 + prfl194 * X194 + prfl195 * X195 + prfl196 * X196 + prfl197 * X197 + prfl198 * X198 + prfl199 * X199 + prfl200 * X200 + prfl201 * X201 + prfl202 * X202 + prfl203 * X203 + prfl204 * X204 + prfl205 * X205 + prfl206 * X206 + prfl207 * X207 + prfl208 * X208 + prfl209 * X209 + prfl210 * X210 + prfl211 * X211 + prfl212 * X212 + prfl213 * X213 + prfl214 * X214 + prfl215 * X215 + prfl216 * X216 + prfl217 * X217 + prfl218 * X218 + prfl219 * X219 + prfl220 * X220 + prfl221 * X221 + prfl222 * X222 + prfl223 * X223 + prfl224 * X224 + prfl225 * X225 + prfl226 * X226 + prfl227 * X227 + prfl228 * X228 + prfl229 * X229 + prfl230 * X230 + prfl231 * X231 + prfl232 * X232 + prfl233 * X233 + prfl234 * X234 + prfl235 * X235 + prfl236 * X236 + prfl237 * X237 + prfl238 * X238 + prfl239 * X239 + prfl240 * X240 + prfl241 * X241 + prfl242 * X242 + prfl243 * X243 + prfl244 * X244 + prfl245 * X245 + prfl246 * X246 + prfl247 * X247 + prfl248 * X248 + prfl249 * X249 + prfl250 * X250 + prfl251 * X251 + prfl252 * X252 + prfl253 * X253 + prfl254 * X254 + prfl255 * X255 + prfl256 * X256 + prfl257 * X257 + prfl258 * X258 + prfl259 * X259 + prfl260 * X260 + prfl261 * X261 + prfl262 * X262 + prfl263 * X263 + prfl264 * X264 + prfl265 * X265 + prfl266 * X266 + prfl267 * X267 + prfl268 * X268 + prfl269 * X269 + prfl270 * X270 + prfl271 * X271 + prfl272 * X272 + prfl273 * X273 + prfl274 * X274)

This returns values juts to prfl253

A: Apparently we have an XY problem here. I've looked at your other question and your goal seems to be to do nonlinear regression with this formula:
BH100 ~ S * ((1 - exp(-b2*TIME))/(1-exp(-b2*100)))^b3

where S is a linear combination of dummy variables (encoding one categorical variable).
First of all, you don't need to quote anything. You need to create a formula object.
Your example data:
DF <- structure(list(year = c(1987L, 1990L, 1994L, 1983L, 1986L, 1990L,
  1998L, 2002L, 1994L, 1998L, 2002L, 2008L, 2013L, 1985L, 1989L,
  1990L), T = c(25L, 28L, 32L, 21L, 24L, 28L, 36L, 40L, 32L, 36L,
  40L, 46L, 51L, 23L, 27L, 28L), BH100 = c(12.6, 14.9, 18.8, 13.4,
  16.1, 19.6, 26.7, 27.8, 17.2, 19.4, 23.5, 26.3, 28.7, 14.6, 18.5,
  19.2), TIME = c(25L, 28L, 32L, 21L, 24L, 28L, 36L, 40L, 32L,
  36L, 40L, 46L, 51L, 23L, 27L, 28L), dum1 = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 0L,
  0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L), dum2 = c(0L,
  0L, 0L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L),
  dum3 = c(0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
    1L, 0L, 0L, 0L), dum4 = c(0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L,
    0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 1L, 1L, 1L)),
  .Names = c("year", "T", "BH100", "TIME", "dum1", "dum2", "dum3", "dum4"),
  class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -16L))

Now we create a formula (I show here how to use partially linear least-squares for the problem, for this you need to work at the log scale):
fo <- as.formula(paste0("log(BH100) ~ cbind(",
                        paste(names(DF)[5:8], collapse = ", "),
                        ", log(((1 - exp(-b2*TIME))/(1-exp(-b2*100)))))"))
#log(BH100) ~ cbind(dum1, dum2, dum3, dum4, log(((1 - exp(-b2 *
#    TIME))/(1 - exp(-b2 * 100)))))

coefs1 <- coef(fit)
#          b2    .lin.dum1    .lin.dum2    .lin.dum3    .lin.dum4        .lin5
#1.200000e+00 2.724458e+00 3.100260e+00 3.118730e+00 2.867354e+00 4.638915e+10

Obviously this isn't a good fit because of the tiny amount of data.
You can then use gnls to achieve a fit at the original scale. First you have to combine the dummies into a factor variable:
library(reshape2)
DF <- melt(DF, id.vars = 1:4)
DF <- DF[DF$value == 1L, -6]

And now you can fit the model:
library(nlme)
fit <- gnls(BH100 ~ a * ((1 - exp(-b2*TIME))/(1-exp(-b2*100)))^b3,
            data = DF,
            params = list(a ~ variable, b2 ~ 1, b3 ~ 1),
            start = list(b2 = coefs1["b2"], b3 = tail(coefs1, 1),
                         a = exp(coefs1[-c(1, length(coefs1))])))
#Error in gnls(BH100 ~ a * ((1 - exp(-b2 * TIME))/(1 - exp(-b2 * 100)))^b3,  :
#  approximate covariance matrix for parameter estimates not of full rank

Here I specified a linear model for the parameter a. Conveniently R does the dummy encoding for you. Of course, this doesn't result in a successful fit because you would need more data (and better starting values) than you provided for such a complicated model.

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Brexit: Johnson, Von der Leyen Set to Continue Talks as Rumours Swirl of 80% Chance of Failure
© AFP 2020 / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
by Svetlana Ekimenko
Life After Brexit: What's Next After UK Leaves EU (72)
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Svetlana Ekimenko. Sputnik International
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202012131081442880-brexit-johnson-von-der-leyen-set-to-continue-talks-as-rumours-swirl-of-80-chance-of-failure/
As Britain's Brexit transition period is due to end on 31 December, EU and UK negotiators have been struggling to reach an accord on the three sticking points of governance, fishing rights, and the so-called level playing field, with both camps now conceding that a failure to reach a deal is now a more likely outcome than not.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are gearing up for last-ditch trade talks on Sunday to try and reconcile the differences between the two negotiating sides in ongoing Brexit talks.
Attempts have been ramped up to seek out a viable option to the no-deal scenario that would shift post-Brexit relations between the UK and EU to default terms.
The UK exited the bloc in January, entering the transition period, due to end on 31 December, and without a deal in place, default World Trade Organisation terms will take effect, bringing with them steep tariffs on some goods.
As stalled talks to reach a trade deal and ensure Britain's orderly exit from the bloc continued into the night between the teams of Brussels' chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, and his UK counterpart David Frost, hopes of averting a 'no deal' scenario were fast dwindling.
"Talks are continuing overnight, but as things stand, the offer on the table from the EU remains unacceptable. The prime minister will leave no stone unturned in this process, but he is absolutely clear: any agreement must be fair and respect the fundamental position that the UK will be a sovereign nation in three weeks' time," a government source was quoted by Sky News as saying.
The scramble to hammer out a trade deal comes as government sources put the chance that the parties will fail to reach a last-minute breakthrough at 80 percent.
As Brussels has been demonstrating a particularly intransient stance, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been suggested by one source as 'determined to make Britain crawl across broken glass' rather than broach a compromise, writes the Daily Mail.
UK negotiators are cited as saying the 'trust issue' between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson played a part in the floundering talks last week. At the time, the UK side tried to break the deadlock by proposing a 'tariffs for freedom' arrangement.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Brussels, Belgium December 9, 2020.
However, say the sources, the fact that the 'Lutheran' Merkel does not trust the 'libertine' Johnson has brought the 'no deal' Brexit scenario even closer.
French President Emmanuel Macron has also been driving a hard bargain with the UK, as he struggles under domestic pressure to preserve access to UK waters for his country's fishing fleets, post-Brexit.
The EU earlier rejected Boris Johnson's request to negotiate directly with French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel about the unresolved issues, with Brussels' officials reported as saying he was told discussions could only take place through the bloc's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost are seen at the start of post-Brexit trade deal talks between the EU and the United Kingdom, in Brussels
After an attempt by British negotiators to break the deadlock by proposing a 'tariffs for freedom' arrangement, when the UK would have been released from the need to follow EU rules in return for accepting that duties would be slapped on British exports to the bloc, a source close to the British negotiating team was cited as saying:
"…We thought this would be the moment. But they just weren't interested. They won't accept that Brexit means setting our own rules. We could set up all sorts of dispute recognition systems to make sure the new plan was fair, but the root of the problem seems to be Merkel herself: she doesn't trust Boris. They are very different people."
Looming No Deal
The trade talks remain deadlocked over the principal hurdles, such as level of access to British fishing grounds given to EU vessels, the so-called level playing field, and governance.
On fishing, the EU has been pushing for maximum access for its boats, while the UK says it will prioritise its own boats after 1 January.
Without a deal on access to fishing waters, Brussels has warned London that it won't get full access to the EU market, without tariffs or taxes, to sell its fish there.
The so-called level playing field is about rules on fair competition to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage over their competitors on the other.
Cutting regulations could render it cheaper to produce things, making some companies more competitive than others, which is why Brussels wants the UK to adhere particularly closely to EU rules on workers' rights, environmental regulations, and state aid (financial subsidies given by government to businesses).
Finally, there is the issue of resolving trade rows, pertaining to how the rules of the deal will be enforced in the future. The sides disagree on whether the European Court of Justice should settle future UK-EU trade disputes.
Earlier in the week, Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen agreed on the Sunday deadline, following a meeting in Brussels on 9 December, after months of talks failed to achieve an agreement.
Johnson insisted the EU needed to make a "big change" over the main sticking points, while Ursula von der Leyen said a no deal was the looming outcome of "difficult" talks.
Speaking on Friday, the PM said a no-deal Brexit was now "very, very likely", as the European Commission president told reporters the two sides were still "apart on fundamental issues".
'English Nationalist'
Earlier, Boris Johnson was slammed for what was perceived as "irresponsible" behaviour after Royal Navy gunboats were geared up to patrol UK waters to ward off any illegal fishing in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 1 January.
The UK Ministry of Defence had confirmed that four 80-metre armed vessels were on standby to guard British waters from European trawlers, reported Sky News, with reports suggesting that military helicopters would also be made available for the purpose next year.
There were also reports that UK cabinet ministers were mulling increasing authority for the navy to board vessels and arrest fishermen.
Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Patten, meanwhile, accused Johnson of behaving like an "English nationalist".
"While I hope for the best, I do fear for the worst because it is very, very difficult to see what the plan is, how we're going to do so brilliantly when we're out of this 'cage' of Europe - which we of course helped to build because the main constructor of the single market was Margaret Thatcher," Lord Patten told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Tobias Ellwood, Conservative chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, was cited by Sky News as saying:
"Here we are, these undignified reports suggesting that our overstretched navy is going to square up to our NATO ally over fishing vessel rights… Our adversaries must be laughing at us and we need to get back to the table, focus on what's important in these last 24-48 hours."
Calls for Tough Action
Other Tories have called for tougher action, with Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski tweeting on Friday that UK naval forces should be deployed "to prevent illegal French fishing in our waters".
In the event of no deal with EU on Sunday we must receive absolute guarantee from @BorisJohnson that British naval forces will be deployed from January 1st to prevent illegal French fishing in our waters @SkyNews 🇬🇧
— Daniel Kawczynski (@DKShrewsbury) December 11, 2020
Former chief of naval staff, Admiral Lord West, agreed that measures should be set in place to prepare for a no-deal.
"There are complications in that you can push vessels aside, you can cut their fishing tackle but boarding these foreign ships, they'll need to pass probably a little thing through Parliament to give authority to board and get on them," West told Today.
'Keep Calm, Carry On'
In response to the reports, an Elysee official was cited by Reuters as saying the French side intended to "keep calm and carry on".
French MEP Pierre Karleskind, chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries, dismissed the ramped up rhetoric.
"I was just looking at a history book. The creation of the French Royal Navy was done in 1294 in response to naval battles between French and English fishermen. So this is a long, long history between our two nations.You're saying it's about fish but let's think just a few seconds. Do you really think it's only about fish that navy ships are used and will be used? I don't think so," he said on Times Radio.
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The EMS Association announced the winners of the 2009 Environmental Management Systems awards at the national EMS conference held in Bubury, WA.
The Awards, sponsored for small business and farm categories by CGU, and by drumMuster for the government category, recognise the efforts made by users of EMS in a range of applications.
"The Awards seek to highlight the achievements of EMS users, and demonstrate that both environmental management and profits can co-exist in the one approach," said Mick Dawes, EMS Association Vice-President.
The paths taken to develop their EMSs differ, but all award winners and runners-up had focused on delivering environmental outcomes through a strategic and planned EMS approach, using a range of innovative methods to achieve their aims. All demonstrated a strong focus on community input and collaboration.
Jean Cannon has undertaken to truly practice what she preaches in her own consultancy business. Her Awards application described her personal journey through her EMS development, outlining the practical and effective measures she has taken right across her business operations to reduce her impact on the environment. Award judges were particularly impressed by Jean's use of technology to assist with the provision of EMS consulting services to geographically diverse clients in a way that minimise travel and the associated carbon footprint. Jean has built an international portfolio of clients, and utlised the same processes she uses with clients to develop her own EMS. By changing most office operations to on-line approaches, Jean estimates she has reduce her overall power consumption by 20%, and has cut her travel from almost weekly flight to only about 6 flights per year.
Jean recommends doing a very thorough initial review when developing any EMS, to capture the full range of aspects and impacts to be addressed. Keeping things simple, and embedding the EMS fully into routine business management are other critical success factors.
Tom Forbes began developing the EMS at Roma Crane Hire and Heavy Haulage in April 2009, with full implementation occurring in September of that year. The EMS was developed as part of an integrated management approach, incorporating quality assurance, occupational health and safety, and safe operational procedures for a range of equipment.
While the full range of environmental issues is considered in the EMS, the main areas focused on are air quality, biodiversity (in particular weed control), emissions and water. The impacts staff can have on these areas has been a key concern when developing the EMS, and the effort put into training of staff to minimise impacts reflects this area. Community consultation has also been a feature of Tom's EMS. The commitment of the management team, and the underpinning of strong guiding principles are areas Tom believe are crucial for the success of an EMS. Values of professionalism, responsiveness, organisation, unity and dedication are fundamental in the support of both the business and the management approach.
Sue Holt and her family grow Shiraz wine grapes and run both sheep and cattle on their farm. A strong sense of place was expressed in Sue's award application, with the farm being in the family since the 1860's. Sue has been involved in Landcare for some time, and in 2003 joined an Australian Land Management Group EMS program. As a pilot group, the landholders identified key environmental issues, and utilised the myEMS computer program to develop EMSs suited to their own situations. In Sue's case, issues addressed within the EMS included chemical management, biodiversity (using shelter belts and habitat areas), riparian and waterway management, water quality, salinity and energy use. Sue has observed that an EMS promotes linkages, and promotes a 'triple bottom line effect", where a range of impacts and outcomes are inter-related. The wide-reaching outcomes of the EMS "gives the whole family confidence in the profession of primary production" and provides "the satisfaction of being able to look after the natural world and other species sharing our environment".
Sue addresses local catchment issues within her EMS, and regularly engages in community consolation through Landcare, catchment and natural resource centre activities. She sees these events as good opportunities to exchange information and gain new ideas.
Sue says maintaining the ethos of an EMS is easy. She sees continual monitoring and recording of progress as the most important features of maintaining an EMS, along with an awareness of how the natural world works, so as to "partner with nature rather than warring against it".
Fiona and Ben Watts have fine wool merino sheep on two properties in NSW. Fiona had previously worked for a larger business that had implemented an EMS, and so recognised the usefulness of this approach for her own business. The EMS revolves around a detailed business and farm plan, with a particular focus on aligning with industry best management practices. Key indicators are developed for a range of environmental issues, and success of management is judged against these. Fiona and Ben have worked with the Central Western CMA to protect significant areas of white box, red box, blakelys and red gum vegetation of their property, and are now also preserving various riparian areas on their properties. An interesting feature of the site is the cultural significance for both Aboriginal and European cultures. Heritage areas have been preserved within the protection vegetation areas described above.
Fiona and Ben described in their application how they are working with their supply chain through to Italian mills to promote their use of non-muelsed wool, and their plans to extend the communication lines to fashion designers and end users of the textiles. The appreciation of credible, sustainable production practices means that such communication works well for selling their wool.
Challenges for the future include keeping abreast of all the information that is available, and working towards certification of the EMS.
Darren Wilson says that one of the reasons the Wembley Golf Complex started down the EMS path is that golf courses are often viewed as high water, pesticide and fertiliser users, and impact heavily on the local area. He believes that using an EMS based on ISO 14001 helps to dispel this viewpoint, and demonstrates that the course is actually employing industry best practices. The Cambridge Council endorsed the EMS in November 2004.
The Wembley Golf Complex is only 6 km for the CBD of Cambridge, and has one of the densest populations of Tuart and grass trees in the area. Irrigation and nutrient management are critical areas dealt with in the EMS in order to protect these native species. The irrigation system for the golf course was upgraded four years ago, at a cost of $2.8 million, with the upgrade significantly improving native vegetation management, while also delivering savings in water and chemical use.
Other issues addressed within the EMS are chemical use and storage, the construction and use of new wash-down bays to prevent leaching, the establishment of buffer zones for visual amenity and vegetation protection, improved fuel storage, staff and contractor training and communication.
Darren and his team used the ePar EMS approach, and have moved to formalise previously ad hoc emergency management responses as part of their EMS. Planning includes dealing with potential emergencies in the areas of spills, irrigation equipment malfunction, vandalism and storm events, amongst other issues. Emergency responses are practices, with drills conducted annually.
Monitoring and measuring progress is a critical part of the EMS at Wembley. Lysimeters are used to monitor water quality quarterly, assessing leachate beyond the grass root zones. The golf course also reports to the WA Water Corporation annually, detailing water use and the outcomes of the Nutrient Management Plan.
Darren noted that using an EMS process is a good way to highlight how little it can take for an environmental incident or accident to occur. By being prepared, and being aware, actions can be taken to rectify issues that otherwise could become major problems. Wembley reports its performance through their website www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/copy_of_news/cambrigenews and also makes this information available on their intranet.
A particular feature of the EMS which impressed the judges was the commitment demonstrated to green procurement practices, with preference given to socially and environmentally friendly goods, even if these cost more.
Overall, Darren describes the outcome of the EMS as being that the Wembley Golf Complex is "an industry leader in its field with environmental management and is the only environmentally endorsed gold course in Australia". This certainly sets the challenge for other golf complexes in the future!
The Perisher Range Resort EMS (PRREMS) development, which started in 2002, has seen the involvement of a wide group of participants, including the Perisher Chamber of Commerce, Country Energy, Elgas, the Perisher ski lodges, a variety of government agencies and the Nature Conservation Council. Virginia Logan attended the EMS Conference in Bunbury and accepted the Award on behalf of the diverse team.
The PRREMS seeks to bring the stakeholders together to develop targets and actions that meet the needs of all. Virginia likens the Perisher Range Resort to a small town, noting that during the ski season there are motels and lodges, shops, restaurants, food outlets, emergency services a medical centre and a post office all operating in the area.
Key environmental issues addressed under the EMS include flora and fauna management (including feral animal control), soil and water management, air quality, natural resource use, cultural heritage and visual amenity and sustainable tourism practices. The vision for the EMS is that it will be "widely recognised for exemplary environmental management of the area's natural, cultural, aesthetic and social values in the national park setting, and for sustainable, recreation-related development that respect conserves, enhances and restores those values".
Training and education are priority areas for the PRREMS, and a range of techniques are used to communicate with and educate all stakeholders. For example, there is a network of Lodge EMS officers who use newsletters, e-mail and lodge notice boards to communicate EMS issues. Posters are used to inform resorts visitors of the key core values of the resorts.
An innovative feature of the PRREMS is the use of an Earthcheck system – a data interface that allows lodges to submit targets reports on-line on an annual basis, to evaluate progress against EMS targets. Feedback is used to improve the systems overall, and provides useful information for the continual improvement of environmental performance and of the EMS.


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Industry bodies swiftly reacted to the flawed and grossly misleading research published (28th February) by Goran Bjelakovic with collaborators from the University of Serbia claiming that antioxidants could shorten a person's lifespan. Industry bodies emphasised that these researchers did not conduct new research but collated old research data, the majority of which proved the valuable benefits of Antioxidant supplementation and 'skewed the results'.
The researches started analysing 815 trials and removed previously published trials from their study which they believed showed a bias 'in favour' of Antioxidants. Using their own selection method they discounted the results from 747 trials (91.7% of the initial trials). The researchers only removed 2 trials that showed a poor bias towards Antioxidants and even included a 'one-day' study instead of numerous extensive studies conducted over a period of years.
The majority of the studies included in this assessment were based on patients with serious illnesses like cancer and heart disease, the mortality rate of these patients being influenced by the disease.
The study mixed a wide spectrum of trials together that had little or no relation to one another with Dr Andrew Shao (Vice President, Council for Responsible Nutrition) stating, "It's like comparing apples and oranges".
The authors of the study actually concluded that there was no correlation with antioxidants and mortality. It was only when the researchers used their own selection method to discount what they believed were 'Antioxidant bias trials' and included the majority of trials based on 'seriously ill individuals' that they could conclude their final results. Industry bodies claim that this study has been specifically tailored and designed to achieve the result that it was set out to achieve, questioning the ethics and morals behind the study and the reasons for why it was initiated. Industry bodies have stated that a similar meta-analysis study was published before and like the previous meta-analysis this meta-analysis has a fatal flaw in the use of data.
Industry bodies reacted to the misleading study giving assurance to people that Antioxidants have been proven over and over again to be beneficial for health.
organic supplements but focused on synthetic produced antioxidants.
The same day the aforementioned study was published, yet another favourable study was published by a group of Swedish researchers who concluded that vitamin A may help reduce some risks of stomach cancer. Ironically, this same medical journal has released a stream of studies suggesting the health benefits of antioxidants from reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease and macular degeneration, to helping improve immune functioning in patients with HIV spectrum disease.
The Cambridge Heart Antioxidant Study - published in the Lancet. This report concluded that vitamin E doses of 400 to 800 IU per day, in people with atherosclerosis, reduced the risk of heart attack by 77 per cent.
Another report titled "Multivitamin Use and Mortality in a Large Prospective Study' showed that out of over 1 million participants, those adults who used vitamin E, or other antioxidant vitamins, in combination with a daily multivitamin had a 15 per cent lower risk of dying from heart disease or stroke than those who did not take vitamins.
Blood levels of the antioxidant nutrients vitamins A, C, and E, and beta-carotene are reported to be lower in people with a history of heart attack, compared with healthy individuals.
The results from the Physicians Health Study 2 (PHS2) indicated apparent benefits of beta-carotene supplementation on subsequent vascular events among 333 men with prior angina or revascularisation.
With regards to the safety of beta-carotene for long-term use, the PHS2 results indicated that beta-carotene supplementation (50mg on alternate days) had no significant detrimental effects on cardio-vascular disease during more than 12 years of treatment and follow-up.


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Virgil Thomson
Composer and critic Virgil Thomson was a real musician's musician. As a composer he created over 150 compositions that skillfully melded indigenous and cosmopolitan influences, while as a writer and lecturer he devoted himself energetically to elevating musical standards and taste, to creating a wider public for classical music, and to creating a legacy of some of the most elegant, urbane, and intelligent prose that modern music journalism has witnessed.
Photo: Virgil Thomson, photograph by Jack Mitchell, 1971.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 25, 1896, Virgil Garnett Thomson enjoyed the cultivated, leisurely-paced boyhood of the rural South. Imbued with a strong sense of place–of rootedness in heartland America and its Protestant traditions–Thomson's early connection to music came through the church and through youthful piano lessons and stints accompanying theatricals and silent films. After serving as a military pilot in World War I, he returned home to continue private piano and organ lessons, before setting his sights on Harvard, where he matriculated in 1919. There he worked as an assistant to Archibald Davison, the director of the Harvard Glee Club and choral anthologist, and he studied composition with Edward Burlingame Hill, later Leonard Bernstein's teacher. Both men whetted Thomson's curiosity about things Francophile and helped Thomson secure a fellowship to travel to Paris in 1921, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger, sketched his first compositions, associated with the Dadaists, and made friends of the painterly circle patronized by Gertrude and Leonard Stein. It was in Paris, too, that he began his lifelong attachment to painter Maurice Grosser.
Returning to Harvard in 1922, he took his degree in 1923. For the next three years he commuted between New York and Boston, where he served as organist for the King's Chapel, and he began to contribute serious music journalism to publications like Mencken's American Mercury and Vanity Fair. It was not long, however, before Europe would once again exert its siren call, and for the next sixteen years he would cross the Atlantic frequently. In 1927 he journeyed to Spain to collaborate with Gertrude Stein on their opera, Four Saints in Three Acts, which they completed in 1928. That same year he also produced Symphony on a Hymn Tune, as well as the first of a genre he can be credited with inventing: the musical portrait.
Four Saints received its premiere in Hartford in 1934, with an all-black cast, in an extraordinary visual production with choreography by Frederick Ashton. A second collaboration with Stein, based on the life of suffragette Susan B. Anthony–The Mother of Us All–premiered in 1946, shortly before Stein's death. In the intervening years Thomson created film and ballet scores as well as incidental music for the theatre, and visited Paris until the Nazi occupation forced him to flee. Back in New York in 1940, he settled into his final home, the Chelsea Hotel, and accepted a job as music critic for the Herald Tribune, which he retained until 1951. After his resignation from the paper he devoted himself to a third opera, Lord Byron, and to writing his autobiography in 1966 and his book American Music Since 1910 in 1971.
Embittered by the Metropolitan Opera's cancellation of its promised premiere of Lord Byron, Thomson had to content himself with a pared-down version presented by the Juilliard School in 1972, and it was not until 1991 that the work would be performed in its entirety, at the Monadnock Festival in New Hampshire. Ever feisty and energetic, though troubled by deafness, Thomson continued to compose until a week before his death, in New York City on September 30, 1989 at the age of 93.
Though Thomson's fame as a composer rests primarily with his three operas, the approximately 70 songs he wrote between 1926 and 1980 contain some true jewels, among them his first published song, "Susie Asado," to a poem of Gertrude Stein, and his two cycles: Five Songs From William Blake (1951) and Mostly About Love, to texts by New York poet Kenneth Koch (1959). "A Prayer to St. Catherine" comes from the latter.
–Thomas Hampson and Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold, PBS I Hear America Singing
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Virgil Thomson songs
"Critical Condition: Revisiting Composer Virgil Thomson's Masterful Prose"
A Package of Cookies
Richard Hundley
A Prayer to St. Catherine
Kenneth Koch
Song Collection: Mostly About Love
And Did Those Feet?
Song Collection: Five Songs From William Blake
Down at the Docks
Song Collection: Two by Marianne Moore
Five Songs From William Blake
From "Sneden's Landing Variations"
Frank O'Hara
Let's Take a Walk
Mostly About Love
My Crow Pluto
Portrait of F.B.
Praises and Prayers
Susie Asado
The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo
The Divine Image
The Feast of Love
The Land of Dreams
The Little Black Boy
Tiger! Tiger!
Two by Marianne Moore
Thompson: "Velvet Shoes" (Povla Frijsh)
Songs to Fill the Void
(Marion Bauer, Theodore Chanler, Charles Ives, Virgil Thomson and Scott Wheeler)
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Thomson: Vocal and Chamber Music
(Virgil Thomson)
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Nothing Divine is Mundane
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Modern American Vocal Works
(Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson)
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Sure on This Shining Night
(Samuel Barber, George Whitefield Chadwick, Charles Ives, John Corigliano, Aaron Copland, William Bolcom, Ned Rorem, Richard Hageman, Charles Griffes, Victor Herbert, Horatio Parker, John Musto, Amy Marcy Beach, Theodore Chanler and Virgil Thomson)
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Works By Thomson, Bowles, Hoiby, Hundley
(Paul Bowles, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, John Musto, Virgil Thomson and Tennessee Williams)
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Modern Music-Makers: Contemporary American Composers
By Madeleine Goss
Originally published in 1952, this volume is dated but does contain a thorough biography, chronology, and catalog for many important song composers, including Charles Ives, John Alden Carpenter, Marion Bauer, William Grant Still, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Lousie Talma, Samuel Barber, William Schuman, and Leonard Bernstein.
Virgil Thomson: An Autobiography
By Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle
By Anthony Tommasini
28 Songs by American and British Composers
Composer(s): John Duke
Song(s): Barber: Must the Winter Come so Soon?
Bernstein: Two Love Songs (Extinguish My Eyes, When My Soul Touches Yours)
Bowles: Heavenly Grass
Carpenter: When I Bring to You Colour'd Toys
Corigliano: Christmas at the Cloisters, The Unicorn
Dougherty: Sound the Flute!
Duke: Peggy Mitchell
Hoiby: An Immorality
Moore: The Dove Song (The Wings of the Dove)
Sargent: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Thomson: English Usage, The Tiger
Vaughan Williams: Hugh's Song of the Road
Wells: Everyone Sang
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Songs by 22 Americans
Composer(s): Samuel Barber
John Alden Carpenter
Celius Dougherty
John Duke
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Richard Hageman
Charles Naginski
Gladys Rich
Elinor Remick Warren
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English Usage (High Voice)
Composer(s): Virgil Thomson
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English Usage (Low Voice)
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Mostly About Love (High Voice)
Mostly About Love (Low Voice)
My Crow Pluto (High Voice)
My Crow Pluto (Low Voice)
Portrait of F.B (High Voice)
Portrait of F.B. (Low Voice)
Praises and Prayers (Low Voice)
Praises and Prayers (High Voice)
Preciosilla (High Voice)
Preciosilla (Low Voice)
Susie Asado (High Voice)
Susie Asado (Low Voice)
Ten Songs (For High Voice and Piano)
Composer(s): Richard Hundley
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The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo (High Voice)
The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo (Low Voice)
Composer(s): Thom


Your apprenticeship is over, you've known the basics for some time. You sense that this is not enough. You're right: there is something more for you. You are already in possession of the raw materials from which you will form your tools.
Use your anger; it is fire. Melt with it the steel bars of tyranny and forge a knife - feather-light - for fair Ma'at. Weigh the blade against your heart. Wield it only when the scales balance.
Use your fear; it is earth. With it you can cast a cuirass of courage and construct a keep of caution. Don one to leave the other and doff the former when you return. Both are crucial to the quest.
Use your sadness; it is water. Quench in it your red-hot shame and watch the iron crack and warp until it assumes the shape of truth. Then steep, simmer, boil into being the stuff of real change - make of sorrow the steam that will power your freedom.
Use your joy; it is air. The very medium in which you move. Let it push you, buffeting, until you find the shape that lifts. Learn in its currents the form of your flight. Then glide on updrafts of delight.
No element can be ignored, no emotion elided. You will need every one with every step. Keep them close, name them quickly, and they always draw you onward.
And when you're ready, when you can travel these realms at will and harness each to your destiny, you will craft your masterpiece.


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Ariana Grande was the one to pull the plug on her and Pete Davidson's relationship, a source tells ET.
News broke on Sunday that the couple -- who got engaged in June after less than a month of dating -- have split. According to our source, the pair broke up due to bad timing. Grande is still dealing with the death of her ex-boyfriend, rapper Mac Miller, in September from an apparent overdose. The two are also, of course, busy with their thriving careers.
"Ariana made the final decision," the source says. "It was time to realize this wasn't the right time for them and Pete is incredibly heartbroken. Pete is still so in love with her. He wanted his whole world to revolve around her but she was emotionally unavailable. He realizes she was at her limit with pressure from everyone and everything around her. There were days she just wanted to run away from the world just to get some peace and quiet and peace of mind. Pete had to give her that space out of love."
On Saturday, 25-year-old Grande canceled a scheduled performance at F**k Cancer's inaugural Barbara Berlanti Heroes fundraising gala, where her manager, Scooter Braun, noted to the attendees that she "needs this time." According to our source, Grande's loved ones support her decision to take a step back from her relationship.
"Ariana and Pete didn't plan this abrupt split, but they both know this breakup is the right decision for them right now," the source says. "Their family and friends stand behind their decision entirely and Ariana's team feels this will give her time to heal."
"They got engaged because they both felt this instant connection and even now after their split they are still deeply in love," the source continues of Grande and Davidson. "But their timing has truly affected their plans and made it impossible for them to make it work at the moment. ... They have a very special connection, partly because Pete has been there for Ariana during a painful time in her life. She will forever and always be grateful to Pete."
Meanwhile, aside from the tragedy Grande has experienced, the source notes the constant attention on the couple affected their relationship.
"They felt constantly under a microscope," the source says. "They felt that they literally had no privacy and it really took a toll on their relationship."
Still, the source says that the two are still very much in touch -- and are definitely not ruling out the possibility of getting back together. A separate source says Grande was backstage with 24-year-old Davidson just this past Saturday night at Saturday Night Live and was affectionate with him.
"They have not stopped talking since they made the decision to split and in fact they plan on trying to stay close friends or maybe one day even more than that," the source says. "They are remaining positive and looking forward to a future together where they may be best friends and still haven't ruled out the possibility of one day making their relationship work."
"They just know that they cannot be engaged right now or be in a serious relationship because of the stress Ariana has had to face recently and the stress of their careers," the source continues. "Pete's acting career has taken off. He signed on to so many projects and feature films and Ariana has a huge album to promote. And they just barely have time for that. They want to make sure if they ever do decide one day to make it work that they make their relationship a priority. They both want a family one day and realize they will have to step back a bit from their careers to do that. They love and trust each other so much and want to keep the option open for a further together."


The Law & Social Sciences Program Solicitation (NSF 12-507) has replaced this Law and Social Sciences Program Description (PD 98-1372).
The Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. These can include, but are not limited to, research designed to enhance the scientific understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interactions as these relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions. The primary consideration is that the research shows promise of advancing a scientific understanding of law and legal process. Within this framework, the Program has an "open window" for diverse theoretical perspectives, methods and contexts for study. For example, research on social control, crime causation, violence, victimization, legal and social change, patterns of discretion, procedural justice, compliance and deterrence, and regulatory enforcement are among the many areas that have recently received program support. In addition to standard proposals, planning grant proposals, travel support requests to lay the foundation for research, and proposals for improving doctoral dissertation research are welcome.
The Law and Social Science Program continues to solicit proposals that take account of the growing interdependence and interconnections of the world. Thus proposals are welcome that advance fundamental knowledge about legal interactions, processes, relations, and diffusions that extend beyond any single nation as well as about how local and national legal institutions, systems, and cultures affect or are affected by transnational or international phenomena. Thus, proposals may locate the research within a single nation or between or across legal systems or regimes.
The review process for the Law and Social Science Program is approximately six months. It includes appraisal of proposals by ad hoc reviewers selected for their expertise from throughout the social scientific community and by an advisory panel that meets twice a year. The target dates for the submission of proposals are January 15 for proposals to be funded as early as July and August 15 for proposals to be funded in or after January.
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The U.S. Navy's Record of Decision on Laurelwood housing has set in motion a chain reaction that is sure to draw greater attention to this issue, which NOPE suggests the Navy is not looking for, namely since we've argued all along that a key component of NWS Earle's built-in defense is the relative anonymity of the base. That is, we really do not have a grasp of how significant an installation we're residing near, nor do most people who drive by on Rt. 34, 36 or along Normandy Road.
This morning's Asbury Park Press story by Nina Rizzo, who has so professionally tracked this story, brings to light Colts Neck's move to pursue litigation against the Navy in an effort to stop the planned civilian housing project at Earle. The question now becomes whether Tinton Falls, or other Monmouth County municipalities or boroughs - or the County or State itself, join the suit or file actions of their own. The story, however, is unclear of the parameters of the lawsuit, though we will share them once we have details or (hopefully) a copy of it.
More interestingly, perhaps, and somewhat underplayed in Nina's story this morning brings to light a press release NOPE issued May 12, 2009, where we pick apart an extremely interesting supplement (Supplemental Agreement No. 43, signed in 2002) to the original 1980s-era Laurelwood lease that seemed to a) give away the Navy's right to terminate the lease under National Emergency Termination clauses and b) could obligate the Navy to $20 million of payments to Laurelwood beyond 2010, assuming Mrs. Fischer is unable to occupy the homes w/civilian tenants. This runs counter to the Navy's argument that rental payments will end in 2010. We'll try to include a link to that Press Release - and the actual Laurelwood contract itself - in the days to follow.
By the way, as NOPE argued in its original business case published in November 2008 and available for download from the main page of our website, it would probably cost the U.S. Navy/federal government no more than $20 million to buy out the contract, especially when considering the costs that will go into creating the access route, Mrs. Fischer's renovation and upkeep of the property for the next 31 years, and the costs of a required teardown in 2040. Yes, the contract specifies the Laurelwood homes must be town down by 2040 (and the land restored to its original state...as a wetland, mind you).


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Woodchucks stop Mallards, 7-2
Three-run first sets the tone for Wisconsin
Posted: June 25, 2014 12:13 PM
MADISON — The Wisconsin Woodchucks defeated the Madison Mallards 7-2 in a Northwoods League game at Warner Park Tuesday night.
The Woodchucks scored three runs in the first inning to jump out front.
The 'Chucks capitalized on a Mallards error as Paul deJong had an RBI single, Nate Mondou scored another on a ground out and another Mallards error on a double steal led to the third run.
The Mallards got back in the game with runs in the first and second inning. Austin Barr hit a sacrifice fly in the first and Brian Rodemoyer scored on a Wisconsin error on a double steal attempt..
But the Woodchucks got a run in the sixth on a bases loaded walk to Jack Klages and in the seventh, Mondou added a two-run double.
DeJong drove in another run with a single in the ninth – his fourth hit of the night.
The Mallards are now 15-11 in the first half of the Northwoods League South Division. The Woodchucks are 17-10.


Manfrotto recently entered the photography filter market with a series of several lens filters that are split among three product lines – Essential, Advanced and Professional. As you can probably tell from the names of the lines, they are scaled in quality and budget to meet various photographers' needs.
According to Manfrotto, "Essential filters offer solid protection and a water repellent coating, Advanced filters offer increased protection, and Professional filters offer the highest level of protection due to layers of antistatic coating." All of the filters feature anti-reflective coating, with higher-end models featuring more layers.
In addition to UV and circular polarizer filters, Manfrotto also launched a protection filter, which I find interesting. Before seeing this Manfrotto filter, I didn't realize that protection filters were a thing, but apparently other manufacturers are doing that as well. Of course, I have always heard the argument of using a UV filter as a protection filter going back to my introduction to film SLRs in the 1990s.
I have gone back and forth over the years on the idea of using a filter as a lens protector. Putting another layer of glass in front of your lens is going to have an effect on absolute image quality. Whether anyone is going to notice or not is debatable. I have also seen plenty of examples where a filter on the end of a lens saved the lens when the camera was dropped.
In recent years, I have shied away from using a filter to "protect" my lens. If I put a filter on my camera, it is because I want it to affect the final image in some specific way. To each his own though. I get the reasons why you would and I am not here to tell you why you shouldn't do that.
What I find intriguing about the Manfrotto Protect filter is that Manfrotto is just calling a spade a spade. Manfrotto doesn't want you to use its UV filter as a protection filter. If you want a UV filter, use a UV filter. If you just want a filter for protection purposes, there is a dedicated option for that. Additionally, the Manfrotto Protect filter is only available in the Professional line. It transmits 99.3% of light and has 12 layers of coating as well as a strong anti-reflective surface.
When you first pull one of the new Manfrotto filters out of the box, it is clear that they are high quality. The machining feels precise on the thin frames. The Advanced and Professional Manfrotto circular polarizer (CPL) filters offer 12 layers of coating. The Advanced model transmits 68.1% of light, while the Professional CPL model transmits 90% of light. Both lines are water repellent, scratch and oil resistant. Additionally, the Professional CPL filter has an anti-static coating to keep dust and lint away.
I tested the oil and water resistant with intentional attempts to make a mess with water and fingerprints. I was impressed with the filters' resistance to both. Water does not want to remain on the surface and easily wipes away with a lens cloth. Likewise, fingerprints are easily removed without smearing across the surface. The water is one thing, but the ease with which you can remove fingerprints is very impressive.
Optically, I have no critical remarks of any of the filters. The CPL filters perform well as a polarizing filter and reduce reflections as expected. I experienced no additional glare or visibly ascertainable loss of image quality in the various images I shot with them.
All Manfrotto filters come with a protective case and a 3-year warranty. Given the accessories, performance and ease of which they are to clean, Manfrotto has done well on its first outing with this new line of filters.
The filter line is available in 7 sizes, 52mm, 58mm, 62mm, 67mm, 72mm, 77mm and 82mm and range in price for $24.99 to $169.99. You can find them on Manfrotto's website or here at Adorama.
While it seems like an odd direction for Manfrotto to turn I'm all for more choices when it comes to filters, especially regarding price points and budgets.


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As you trek up and down the Andean slopes, the climate and vistas will change incessantly on this remarkable journey into the past. At the end of each day you will be rewarded with memories to last a life-time, and the challenge of convincing your friends back home that you did not make it all up! In short, this combination of sights and sounds, along with a professional ensemble of guides, porters, chefs and pack animals will make you feel like a true explorer.
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Best in the country
Inverclyde Council is officially one of the best performing councils in the country.
The local authority has been recognised as part of a national benchmarking scheme which measures performance across all of Scotland's councils.
Councillor Stephen McCabe
A report to the council's Policy and Resources Committee on the 'Local Government Benchmarking Framework' highlights that Inverclyde is in the top two 'quartiles' used to measure performance for 68 per cent of the measures.
And the council has seen year-on-year improvements since 2017 and is now first in Scotland with 50 indicators at the top.
Inverclyde Council Leader, Councillor Stephen McCabe, said: "The benchmark is an indicator that shows how councils cross Scotland are performing. It is hugely positive that Inverclyde is currently sitting at the top in the country.
"In many areas such as our schools performance we are already shown to be sector leading and in recent years the external reports into the council from the Care Inspectorate and the Accounts Commission has confirmed that success.
"The challenge is in making sure that we do not rest on our laurels and that we are able to focus also on the areas where we need to make improvements to ensure that residents continue to get the best value possible from their local services."
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https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Program-delivers-meals-and-more-11619283.php
Program delivers meals, and more?
Patricia Villers, Register Staff
Published 12:00 am EDT, Tuesday, August 3, 2010
ANSONIA -- For 10 years, resident Sam Porcu has enjoyed having Meals on Wheels delivered to his door.
Porcu, 87, a widower, said Thursday that Training, Education and Manpower's Elderly Nutrition Program is a lifesaver. He looks forward to getting a delivery Monday through Friday.
"It helps both timewise, and financially," Porcu said. "I give them a donation every month. It is a big, big help to me."
Porcu, who retired from the Department of Public Works, is a World War II Army veteran.
On Thursday Derrick Evans of Derby handed Porcu a hot lunch that included stuffed shells and vegetables. Derrick, 15, was helping Meals on Wheels driver Chuck Albea of Ansonia. Derrick is participating in a youth employment program this summer.
Albea said he has known Porcu four years. "He is one of our best clients," Albea said. "He is a big-time Ansonia football fan, and I coached Pop Warner (football), so we connected."
Albea delivers meals to 51 seniors in Ansonia, Seymour and Derby.
He said he always asks his clients how they are doing. "If someone doesn't seem right, I let them know at TEAM. My clients and I bond. I treat them like they're related to me," he said.
"A little patience comes in handy," Albea said.
Albea said he is told not to deliver if weather conditions are too dangerous. But he tries his best to complete his route.
"I put myself in their place," he said. "They are waiting for us. I just came from a house where the couple was sitting at the table waiting for their meals. If I don't come (on time), I hear it," Albea said with a smile.
"With the summer help it's a lot of fun," Albea said, referring to Derrick. "It teaches them how to give back, to learn that it's not about them."
The Meals on Wheels program delivers meals directly to Valley residents 60 and older who cannot shop for food or prepare meals on their own.
"Hundreds of Valley seniors on limited income, declining health, and/or without regular care from family members rely on Meals on Wheels not only for a balanced meal, but, as a critical link between that person and his or her family," said Richard Knoll, TEAM CEO/president.
"The Meals on Wheels drivers serve as a watchful set of eyes that can provide a much-needed level of comfort to an out-of-town daughter or a working son.
"For many of the homebound people we serve, human contact, conversations, and laughs may be all too infrequent," Knoll said. "In fact, some program participants do not see another human being other than a (Meals on Wheels) driver all week. The importance of the daily visit is immeasurable."
TEAM also provides Senior Community Cafes meals at Derby Senior Center, Doyle Senior Center in Ansonia, the Rev. A. Callahan House in Seymour and Griffin Hospital in Derby.
Participants in the meal program can socialize while enjoying nutritious meals. Nutrition education is also available.
In addition to noon meals, the Griffin Hospital Senior Meals Choice Program provides meals at 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
"The Senior Community Café meals offer a healthy and convenient option for anyone over 60," said Kevin George, TEAM elderly services manager.
Participation is free; a contribution of $3 is suggested. Donations are used to supplement and expand services.
If a person is unable to make a contribution, service is not denied, TEAM officials said.
For information about the Meals on Wheels or Senior Community Café programs, contact Kathleen Ayala, TEAM Elderly Services coordinator, 203-736-5420, ext. 225.


The injection of cosmetic neurotoxins and fillers is a multi-billion dollar industry in which facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, oculoplastic surgeons, and paraprofessionals in the U.S. perform more than seven million injections annually. Cosmetic Injection Techniques and the videos that accompany it provide all medical professionals in the field (from beginners to experienced injectors) with practical information on how to properly administer neurotoxin and filler injections for conditions such as lower eyelid roll, nasal flare, platysmal banding, marionette lines, glabellar frown lines, and much more. Key Features: Full color, detailed illustrations describe key anatomical landmarks and identify exact injection locations Online access to videos narrated by Dr. Kontis that demonstrate multiple injection techniques A unique rating system for each procedure, enabling injectors to perform techniques appropriate to their skill level Every commonly performed cosmetic injection procedure is covered, giving readers a comprehensive guide on how to safely and effectively perform injections This easy-to-use manual gives facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, oculoplastic surgeons and other medical professionals authoritative, concise information on the anatomy, techniques, precautions, complications, and post-treatment care involved in the administration of injections of cosmetic neurotoxins and fillers.
This clinical guide, featuring a wealth of high-quality photographs, will help pediatric dentists, pediatric dentistry residents and general dental practitioners treating children, acquire a clear understanding of contemporary treatment protocols for primary and young permanent teeth while serving as a guide to integrate these procedures into their private or institutional practice. The background to the book is the emergence in recent years of important paradigm shifts in treatment concepts. It is now recognized that clinicians must distinguish between ´´caries management´´ and ´´carious lesion management´´ when treating children. Moreover, regenerative endodontic procedures have changed the way in which the immature permanent tooth is treated. The authors present the full range of current treatment techniques step-by-step, with all the necessary detailed photographic documentation and succinct supporting text. It will be an asset for dentists worldwide.
The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The ascendance of nonrepresentational art in the middle of the twentieth century displaced these venerable skills, especially in academic art circles. Fortunately for aspiring artists today who wish to learn the methods that allowed the Old Masters to achieve the luminous color and subtle tonalities so characteristic of their work, this knowledge has been preserved in hundreds of small traditional painting ateliers that persevered in the old ways in this country and throughout the world. Coming out of this dedicated movement, Portrait Painting Atelier is an essential resource for an art community still recovering from a time when solid instruction in art technique was unavailable in our schools. Of particular value here is a demonstration of the Old Masters´ technique of layering paint over a toned-ground surface, a process that builds from the transparent dark areas to the more densely painted lights. This method unifies the entire painting, creating a beautiful glow that illuminates skin tones and softly blends all the color tones. Readers will also find valuable instruction in paint mediums from classic oil-based to alkyd-based, the interactive principles of composition and photograph-based composition, and the anatomy of the human face and the key relationships among its features. Richly illustrated with the work of preeminent masters such as Millet, Géricault, and van Gogh, as well as some of today´s leading portrait artists-and featuring seven detailed step-by-step portrait demonstrations-Portrait Painting Atelier is the first book in many years to so comprehensively cover the concepts and techniques of traditional portraiture.
DescriptionBook of exercises graded from Grade II to Grade VIII with detailed suggestions of how to practice them. Intended to precede ´Pianoforte Technique on an hour a day´ by Geofffrey Tankard and Eric Harrison.


In September, 2018, Chief Judge Elijah Smiley, Senator George Gainer and court officials announced the creation of a Veteran's Court in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. The funds for such a court were funded by the 2018/19 Florida Legislature. The funds were appropriated for the creation and support of problem-solving courts including veteran and mental health courts.
The purpose of the Veteran's Court is to reduce recidivism by emphasizing treatment and rehabilitation as an alternative to incarcerations, while also requiring offender accountability and increasing public safety.
Basford says they have other veterans that they are screening for the diversion court. In addition to providing the services that they will need, each veteran defendant will have a mentor who is a law-abiding veteran that will help them, will come to court with them and will be there to help them on an as needed basis.
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package org.traccar.protocol;

import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
import org.traccar.BaseProtocolDecoder;
import org.traccar.DeviceSession;
import org.traccar.helper.Parser;
import org.traccar.helper.PatternBuilder;
import org.traccar.helper.UnitsConverter;
import org.traccar.model.Position;

import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class BoxProtocolDecoder extends BaseProtocolDecoder {

    public BoxProtocolDecoder(BoxProtocol protocol) {
        super(protocol);
    }

    private static final Pattern PATTERN = new PatternBuilder()
            .text("L,")
            .number("(dd)(dd)(dd)")              // date (yymmdd)
            .number("(dd)(dd)(dd),")             // time (hhmmss)
            .text("G,")
            .number("(-?d+.d+),")                // latitude
            .number("(-?d+.d+),")                // longitude
            .number("(d+.?d*),")                 // speed
            .number("(d+.?d*),")                 // course
            .number("(d+.?d*),")                 // distance
            .number("(d+),")                     // event
            .number("(d+)")                      // status
            .any()
            .compile();

    @Override
    protected Object decode(
            Channel channel, SocketAddress remoteAddress, Object msg) throws Exception {

        String sentence = (String) msg;

        if (sentence.startsWith("H,")) {

            int index = sentence.indexOf(',', 2) + 1;
            String id = sentence.substring(index, sentence.indexOf(',', index));
            getDeviceSession(channel, remoteAddress, id);

        } else if (sentence.startsWith("E,")) {

            if (channel != null) {
                channel.write("A," + sentence.substring(2) + "\r");
            }

        } else if (sentence.startsWith("L,")) {

            DeviceSession deviceSession = getDeviceSession(channel, remoteAddress);
            if (deviceSession == null) {
                return null;
            }

            Parser parser = new Parser(PATTERN, sentence);
            if (!parser.matches()) {
                return null;
            }

            Position position = new Position();
            position.setDeviceId(deviceSession.getDeviceId());
            position.setProtocol(getProtocolName());

            position.setTime(parser.nextDateTime());

            position.setLatitude(parser.nextDouble(0));
            position.setLongitude(parser.nextDouble(0));
            position.setSpeed(UnitsConverter.knotsFromKph(parser.nextDouble(0)));
            position.setCourse(parser.nextDouble(0));

            position.set(Position.KEY_ODOMETER_TRIP, parser.nextDouble(0) * 1000);
            position.set(Position.KEY_EVENT, parser.next());

            int status = parser.nextInt(0);
            position.setValid((status & 0x04) == 0);
            position.set(Position.KEY_STATUS, status);

            return position;
        }

        return null;
    }

}


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Gerd Schubert (born 15 July 1943) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he lost to Chawalit On-Chim of Thailand.

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1943 births
Living people
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Olympic boxers of West Germany
Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Courtesy of Jonas Mlynek / ETH Zurich
This artist's representation of the superconducting circuit used for quantum teleportation includes an ant's head for scale. Researchers at ETH Zurich 'beamed' information from one corner of the circuit to another, a distance of about a quarter inch.
Beam me over, Scotty? A quantum leap in quantum teleportation.
Quantum teleportation hasn't reached the heights dreamed of in science fiction – yet – but quantum entanglement did just 'beam' information across a measurable distance.
By Liz Fuller-Wright Correspondent
@lizfullerwright
Quantum teleportation has taken a great leap forward – but without moving through space, so it's less of a leap and more of a, well, teleportation, for lack of a better word.
Quantum research defies easy language. How do you describe jumping from one spot to another without passing through the space between? Quantum theory works outside of space. In the subatomic realm, all the usual metaphors for progress – a "step," a "leap," a "milestone," a "higher level" – have run off to hide in the box with Schrodinger's cat.
Here's the crux of the matter: While most of physics has to follow the same rules – planets and apples are subject to the same laws of motion – all of those rules fall away when you get down to the subatomic level.
For instance, these vanishingly small particles can become "entangled." When two particles are entangled, then whatever you do to one particle instantaneously affects its entangled twin, regardless of the distance between them. Whether they're only a millimeter apart or separated by an entire galaxy, if you alter one, its twin feels it.
Recently, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) used entanglement to teleport information across a quarter inch. That sounds easy. After all, the internet sends information thousands of miles in fractions of a second. But this time, the information wasn't carried through the intervening space.
"In telecommunications, information is transmitted by electromagnetic pulses. In mobile communications, for example, microwave pulses are used, while in fibre connections it is optical pulses," explained Andreas Wallraff, professor of physics at ETHZ and head of the study, in a press release.
Quantum teleportation, on the other hand, skips the information carrier – the pulse – and sends only pure information, from one entangled particle to another. Once the particles are entangled, giving information to one means the other instantaneously knows it, too.
It's "comparable to 'beaming' as shown in the science fiction series 'Star Trek,' " said Dr. Wallraff. "The information does not travel from point A to point B. Instead, it appears at point B and disappears at point A, when read out at point B."
Teleporting information from one entangled particle to another is, however, a completely different concept from teleporting inanimate physical objects, much less living human beings.
Theoretically, what works at a distance of a quarter-inch should also work over much longer distances. Indeed, other quantum experiments have already demonstrated long-distance teleportation. Last year, Austrian scientists managed to teleport a photon almost 90 miles between the Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife. The difference is that they used visible light in an optical system for teleportation, while the ETHZ team teleported information for the first time in a system that consists of electronic circuits.
"This is interesting, because such circuits are an important element for the construction of future quantum computers," said Wallraff.
Quantum computers are still only theoretical, but if engineering catches up with theory, then they could process enormously large datasets with blinding speed. This could make extraordinary things possible – even time travel, at least according to one hypothesis.
Based on their latest experiment, the ETHZ scientists calculated that they could send approximately 10,000 quantum bits per second, which is much faster than most previous teleportation systems. (A quantum bit is a unit of quantum information.)
From here, the ETHZ team wants to increase the distance between their entangled particles. This time they sent a signal across a superconducting circuit, which is like a computer chip. The next step will be sending information from one chip to another, and ultimately, from one quantum processor to another, across great physical distances.
Their success with teleportation constitutes "a solid ground for future progress in quantum information processing and quantum communication," says Wallraff.
Scientists clear quantum computing hurdle
Quantum 'teleportation' distance record broken
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0816/Beam-me-over-Scotty-A-quantum-leap-in-quantum-teleportation


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The triple-option offense is a curveball every defensive coordinator sees coming — but still can't hit.
And it's one of the primary reasons the Grading the Week staff hold an undying affinity for Troy Calhoun's Air Force Falcons.
Troy Calhoun — A
The box score from Air Force's 48-14 rout of UNLV at Falcon Stadium on Friday says it all.
The Falcons ran 69 offensive plays, gained 511 yards, scored six touchdowns … and didn't attempt a single pass.
That, dear readers, is a work of art. Frame it and auction it off as an NFT. And while you're at it, maybe consider shipping it north to the three other major college football programs in the Centennial State. Because that sort of dominance hasn't been seen at CU, CSU or Northern Colorado in quite a while.
With Friday's blowout victory, the Falcons closed out the regular season with a 9-3 record overall. That's nine wins in 12 games — or one short of CU, CSU and UNC combined (10) with a bowl game left to play.
Just two years ago, Calhoun was rumored to be a candidate for CU's head coaching vacancy after Mel Tucker bolted for B1G cash. His candidacy was met with a collective yawn from Buffs faithful, though Calhoun's Falcons have nearly four times as many bowl bids (11) as CU (3) during his 15-year tenure.
No doubt, visions of triple-option Saturdays at Folsom Field clouded CU fans' minds.
To which we say this: Things could be much, more worse. Like, say, the 2021 Buffs offense.
Nuggets injuries — F
Hello darkness, my old friend. It's painful to see you visiting the Nuggets once again.
But here we are, mourning the loss of yet another player to a season-ending injury (guard P.J. Dozier, ACL tear) while anxiously awaiting word on whether or not another (forward Michael Porter Jr., back) will suffer the same fate.
With even the indefatigable Nikola Jokic missing games to a wrist injury, and Jamal Murray months away from re-joining the team after suffering an ACL tear of his own last spring, it's starting to feel like this season is already lost.
While the Nuggets are still near locks to reach the postseason for a fourth straight year — there's no way a Jokic-led squad finishes outside the Western Conference top 10 — it's hard to imagine them making any noise when they get there.
If that's the case, that leaves us pondering yet another depressing thought: Under those circumstances, should Denver even consider rushing Murray back before the playoffs this season?
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Sadly, the answer to that is probably no. Which means we could be another 10 months until we see Jamal play again.
Hello darkness, indeed.
George Paton — B
With every move he makes, general manager George Paton inches closer to the outcome everyone in Broncos Country has wanted since Peyton Manning left the building: A new franchise QB in Orange and Blue.
In the final analysis, the contract extensions given to receivers Courtland Sutton and Tim Patrick this week will be a win if, and only if, they convince a true QB1 (hello, Russell Wilson) to set up shop at Empower Field.
We've seen what Sutton and Patrick can do with middle-of-the-road quarterbacks. And it's not near enough to break a playoff drought that dates back to 2016.
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