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Here's Doug Pederson's Explanation for Preposterous Two-Point Conversion Attempt, Down 21-17
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Let's keep things simple here.
You scored a touchdown to cut New York's lead to four points. Kick the extra point and make it a three point game. Now, you've ensured that you can tie the ballgame with a field goal during an ensuing possession.
But no, Doug Pederson decided to go for two, and Carson Wentz got himself sacked, which meant the Eagles' deficit remained at four and resulted in them needing a touchdown instead of a field goal at some point later in the game.
It seems to defy logic, and Sunday afternoon Doug explained it this way:
"The decision making there was to obviously trust my guys upstairs. We had just converted one before and felt good with the play call. You go for it and make it when the field goal can win the game for you later on in the fourth quarter. At least it gives you an opportunity to know what you need to do to win the game."
And here's his response Monday morning:
"So we have a two-point chart based on points and win probability. Down four, to go down two in that situation, your win probability goes way up and that's why I made that decision to go."
Well yeah, no shit! If you go down two, you can kick a field goal to WIN the game. But converting the two is HARDER than kicking the extra point, which is EASY. And when your offense is lumbering up and down the field and nothing is guaranteed, Doug, please take the points however you can get them.
More than anything, we need to take a look at this two-point chart the Eagles' analytics department is using, because ESPN's data is saying something completely different:
ESPN's Win Probability had the Eagles at 37.7% had they attempted the XP and 37.3% by going for 2 after scoring to make it 21-17. So pretty much a wash numbers-wise, anyway. — @ESPNStatsInfo
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) November 15, 2020
Let's get the ESPN dorks in the same room with the Eagles dorks and have them figure this out, because two models are apparently telling us two different things.
We're not anti-analytics at Crossing Broad. We really aren't. The problem is that you can't become a slave to the numbers at the expense of using common sense and trying to read the flow and momentum and emotion of a game. No data set can properly parse the non-linear human factors I just listed.
What if you're just a shitty conversion team? Or you run out of plays, as Doug said a few weeks ago? Put that on the chart.
At this juncture in the game, Doug should have said to himself, "look, we just had a good drive, we're back in it, let's kick the extra point, make it a one-score deficit, and try to get a defensive stop here." They ultimately DID get that stop, but then found themselves on their own five yard line at the start of the fourth quarter, needing to go 95 yards for a touchdown instead of a much shorter distance to set up a game-tying field goal attempt.
Analytics are fine, and we're always looking for new ways to approach sport and help decision making and roster building. But sometimes you just need to keep it simple, do the obvious thing, and use basic instinct, like Sharon Stone, to feel your way through the macro-level shifts that just cannot be packaged nicely into a data sheet. There must be a balance between data and common sense gut feel for the game.
No idea why they go for two in that situation.
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) November 15, 2020
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History is a set of lies agreed upon (N Bonaparte)
Manfred von Richthofen: Baddy or Just German?
19/12/2012 by noonobservation
Presumably German photographers asked their subjects to think about the cold inevitability of death, rather than cheese.
Manfred von Richthofen was credited with 80 combat victories by his death, aged just 25. At the age of 31, this makes me feel like a dismal underachiever.
Thanks to popular culture (mainly Stop the Pigeon), I grew up with the unreasoned assumption that The Red Baron was a "baddy".
This youthful prejudice was precariously founded upon:
1. His slightly creepy, aristocratic German name.
2. His arrogant aeroplane.
3. The traditional German "death look" he adopted in formal photographs.
Dick Dastardly's copy-cat plane and unreasonable victimisation of birds did much to tarnish Richthofen.
4. His ruthless efficiency in killing people.
Having noticed that a pro-Richthofen film has recently been made, starring Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones as a (presumably evil) nurse, I thought I'd reassess the matter.
The contemporary view
In autumn 1917, while getting over a serious head wound, Richthofen wrote a short autobiography.
Have you ever seen anything more beautiful than this FONT?
The Red Battle Flyer was immediately, and rather shabbily, translated into English (all the native German speakers in Britain presumably still being entertained by Military Intelligence).
Mr C G Grey, editor of The Aeroplane, seems quite taken with Richthofen and expresses in the preface the opinion that most RFC men "…would be quite pleased after the war to sit at a table with him and compare notes over the cigarettes and liquors." Grey describes Richthofen as "…very like an English public school boy of good family," (i.e. an emotionally stunted sociopath who flourishes in hierarchical institutions and is good with a hunting rifle).
Though some RFC squadrons drank to the memory of the Baron on the occasion of his death, the counter argument was put succinctly by the British ace Mick Mannock when he said, "I hope he roasted the whole way down."
Manfred and his two younger brothers, Lothar and Bolko.
Being a Prussian nobleman, Manfred started his military career at the age of 11. His best subject was the parallel bars.
Like all good airmen, he began the war in the cavalry. Once it was established however, that horses are ill-adapted to trench warfare due to their inability to turn round in narrow spaces, this vestigial limb of the German army was made to dismounted and run errands. Outraged at the lack of opportunity for killing people in the supply corp, Manfred demanded a transfer to the air force.
Flying career
After a period of upskilling, Richthofen eventually graduated to Boelcke's new elite 'chasing' squadron on the Western Front. His first confirmed kill was a British two-seater in September 1916. Over the following months, Richthofen's score gradually mounted thanks to his unwavering focus, clinical technique and apparent inability to empathise with his victims.
Georges Guynemer just before he went missing in action in Sept 1917.
Repeatedly sending men plummeting to their deaths in burning planes caused considerable strain on pilots, and most "aces" had the common decency to go nuts. By the time he had shot down 45 planes and been shot down seven times himself, the French ace Georges Guynemer weighed only 9 stone and spent his free time pacing up and down talking to himself.
Richthofen suffered from no such neuroses. Instead, he ordered a special silver cup from Berlin every time he downed a plane and decorated his bedroom with the serial numbers of his victims.
Manfred's bloodthirstiness was partly fuelled by the desire to cover up his hideous wallpaper.
January 1917 saw Richthofen receive the Pour le Merite (or Blue Max) and become leader of Jasta 11. It was at this point that he started painting his plane "staring red" in a successful attempt to ingratiate himself with the model aircraft making community.
Thanks to Richthofen, the Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane kit has offered generations of model makers the opportunity to use something other than various shades of khaki.
Richthofen's "bag" increased greatly over the early months of 1917, owing to the excessively sporting British tactic of sending novice pilots into enemy territory, in slow-moving, poorly armed death traps with big, round targets painted on them. During "Bloody April", the life expectancy of a new Royal Flying Corp aviator fell to just 11 days.
Richthofen viewed the British with a mixture of admiration and derision: "…we have for opponents those French tricksters, or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck…"
The German secret weapon of 1917.
At the same time that the British were filling the skies with easy meat, the Germans were equipping themselves with new Albatros and Fokker fighters and inventing the "Flying Circus" – a sort of surrealist sketch show that involved pulling together several Jastas into a large hunting pack of planes capable of dominating a whole sector. Manfred commanded what became known as the "Richthofen Circus" composed of Jastas 4, 6, 10 and 11, with ground support from several giant stop-motion cats.
"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything," is acknowledged by some as the greatest line in cinema history.
By late 1917 however, German air superiority had been eroded by the introduction of British SE5s and Sopwith Camels, and by the destruction of the German's secret sound weapon by Captain James Bigglesworth using a stolen police helicopter.
On 21st April 1918, Richthofen was unglamorously killed by an Australian anti-aircraft battery. Some believe that his earlier cranial injury, which had required bone splinters to be removed from his head, may have impaired his judgement.
He was buried by the Australians, reburied by the French, moved to Berlin in 1925, (where the Nazis later erected a massive new tombstone over him) and finally reclaimed by the Richthofens in 1975, who were keen to distance themselves from vulgar little middle class upstarts like Hitler.
Von Richthofen and his one true love, Moritz
Richthofen had no confirmed victories with the ladies, though he loved his Great Dane, Moritz very much, describing him as "the most beautiful being in all creation." Moritz once flew with Manfred as an observer, which made the dog "very merry", though the mechanics were less merry about having to clean dog shit off the seat afterwards.
Richthofen's brother Lothar also flew with Jasta 11, shooting down 20 planes in his first 4 weeks. Manfred however saw his brother as more of a butcher than a sportsman: "When I have shot down an Englishman, my hunting passion is satisfied for a quarter of an hour… My brother is differently constituted."
Manfred (centre) looking cuddly with members of Jasta 11, including his brother Lothar (back right).
Thanks to having the writing style of an enthusiastic twelve-year-old, Richthofen comes across as rather cuddly in The Red Battle Flyer. For example, when made to fly a cumbersome bomber early in his career, he took comfort in its "… tempting name "Large Battle-plane"".
This care free enthusiasm for combat was probably the product of his entirely army upbringing at the height of German nationalist militarism. This gave him rather narrow goals in life, leaving no time for hobbies such as girlfriends and unmanly emotion. While British airmen were wasting valuable energy being emotionally repressed, Richthofen could get on with the war, safe in the certainty that killing the enemies of Germany was the most righteous and glorious occupation a man could have. Manfred was a pure product of his upbringing and natural talents, and saw himself as a sportsman, and not a baddy at all.
C G Grey sums up the perception of Richthofen and the Germans thusly: "In the … true spirit of knightliness, an Englishman knocks a man down and then lets him get back up and have another chance, whereas a more practical [German] person would take excellent care that his opponent never got up until he acknowledged himself beaten."
Memorability Spectrum Analysis
Hotness (red): 95. A Fokker in the air, but a DV2 with women.
Eccentricity (green): 180. Maintained perfect sanity thanks to his total lack of normal human emotion.
Violence (blue): 223. Shot down more than 80 planes. Was "…delighted with bomb throwing."
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Taissa says:
Like your Peter the Great post this makes me wonder whether loving one's dog is a redeeming feature or a sign of alienation from the human mainstream. Being a dog owner makes me wonder this too…
noonobservation says:
You would have to ask a psychologist. I am unqualified.
Hitler had a nice Alsatian called Blondie.
Blondie was not a redeeming feature.
The Red Baron with a pretty sky blue rating? What is the world coming to. Have you ever heard of the best tank ace ever – Kurt Knispel? (Nobody ever has.) He's very cool – looked like Che Guevara and tended towards punching SS officers when they mis-treated POWs – which would have put him in military prison if only he hadn't been such a pesky good shot with a tank.
I'm afraid I try not to venture beyond 1918 (except for the occasional inevitable reference to Nazis), but anyone who punched SS officers is OK by me.
It's interesting how in the age of mass, mechanised warfare, it was the military branches that still involved one-on-one combat where the most glamour was to be found. I would certainly write about snipers if I did the Second World War.
russiansnows says:
The Red Baron's reputation is probably helped by the Royal Guardsmen's Christmas song about his duel with Snoopy.
Richthofen comes across as quite cuddly in that too.
While I do appreciate the chance to paint Airfix planes different colours (like the jolly yellow Tiger Moth trainer) that triplane construction is an absolute bugger to build. They were fearsome though – the height of offensive technology at the time.
Fokker Dr1 Triplanes sure were iconic. Perhaps not as important as the Albatros DI-III though, in which Richthofen got most of his kills. Some people seem to consider the Fokker Tri to be a slightly tardy copy of the rare, but deadly, Sopwith Triplane.
Still, the Germans sure had the edge when it came to style. British planes were so dowdy.
I know that the whole aeroplane thing was pretty new-fangled during the Great War, but honestly they came up with some of the most unmilitary names for fighters imaginable… Camel, Pup, Snipe and Dolphin (all Sopwith), the insanely titled Blackburn Kangaroo(?!) and trust the French to come up with the Nieuport Bebe (yes, that does mean 'Baby').
You'd think you could rely on the Germans for something more warlike, but instead you get the Albatross, and the crowning glory of crap warplane names, the Taube, which sounds menacing and militaristic but translates as 'Dove'….
Seriously, that was the best they could do?
The fighter plane manufacturers must have been pleased when the Second World War began as it gave them a chance to make up for it with some better names…
I believe the "Camel" was originally a nickname invented by pilots who thought that the cowling over the twin Vickers machine guns looked like a hump. Sopwith eventually just accepted it as the model's name. Snipe is very silly considering the inoffensive nature of these small wading birds, but I guess they'd settled for inappropriate animal names by then.
The name "Fokker" makes up for any amount of pacificity in model names of German planes.
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This is what I thought about when I was a little girl and my sisters would plan their "weddings." We would cut out pictures from magazines and keep them in a treasure chest in the attic, imagining what their dresses will look like when the big day come around. But I would think about the times after the wedding, and they would tease me for it. "It's just one day" I would say to them, but I guess I shouldn't have expected a 5 and 7 year old to know as much as a 9 year old. I wanted a happy life, and I wanted to travel, and I wanted to have a family.
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A tour in Spetses, the "fragrant island" of the Saronic Gulf
In antiquity, the island of Spetses was called "Pityoussa", which means "covered in pine". Later on, the Venetians named it "Isola di Spezzie", which means the "fragrant island", due to its numerous aromatic herbs and flowers. It makes perfect sense…
An overview of Spetses island…
The journey to Spetses from the port of Piraeus only takes 2 hours by hydrofoil. Both its beauty and its proximity to the mainland make it a perfect destination for every season!
The island's unparalleled sophistication and elegance fascinate all visitors. The moment they enter the picturesque cobblestone alleys and walk through the beautiful Neoclassical buildings, the florescent house yards and balconies… they are mesmerized!
Spetses is a car-free island, which creates a feeling of calmness and relaxation to the visitor. Bicycles are the ideal means of transportation for a tour around the island, whereas the traditional horse-drawn carriages are preferred by the romantics.
The history of Spetses is long and its past is glorious. The Spetsiot navy played a leading role in the Greek War of Independence in 1821, under the command of Laskarina Bouboulina and Andreas Miaoulis.
The island of Spetses experienced great economic prosperity during the 17th to 19th century, evidence of which one may witness even today: the magnificent captains' mansions, with their unique architecture, adorn the town of Spetses, adding to its unrivaled cosmopolitan aesthetics and charm.
Walking around the town…
Dapia is undoubtedly the signature spot of the town, with its scenic little port and the charming cafés, restaurants and pastry shops that attract crowds of visitors. The absolute favorite spot for endless leisurely strolls!
Not far from Dapia, lies the historical Bouboulina square, with the imposing statue of the Spetsiot heroin and an iconic building that stands out: it's the Poseidonion Grand Hotel, with its stunning architecture and its impressive interior. The hotel first opened in the summer of 1914 and, ever since, it has hosted great personalities from all over the world.
Walk down to the bustling Clock square, which was named after the tall tower clock that was built in 1915. The central market of Spetses used to be here, with its retail shops, small handicrafts industries and tavernas. Today, the Clock square features a number of hotels and restaurants.
The old harbor of Spetses, with the traditional shipyards and the wonderful buildings, is not to be missed. Savor a delicious meal in one of the area's fine restaurants that lie by the sea and continue to an atmospheric café or lively night club for endless fun and entertainment.
Walk up to the breathtaking Kasteli, the island's fort and highest point of the town, which resembles a village. The stunning panoramic views from the historical church of Agia Triada (St. Trinity) and the church of Profitis Ilias will fascinate you. Close to the lighthouse, you will find the Panagia Armata church, which was built after the Spetsiots' victory against the Ottoman Turks.
Take a journey through Spetses history, visiting the island's museums: the Museum of Spetses, housed in Hadjiyannis Mexis house, and the Bouboulina Museum which is housed in the former home of the Greek heroine.
The legendary Armata…
Every September, a memorable experience awaits all visitors of Spetses, the greatest event of the island, the famous "Armata", featuring a spectacular re-enactment of the historic naval battle in Spetses, amid a mind-blowing feast of fireworks and firecrackers!
Where to swim…
Most beaches on Spetses island are organized. Relax and enjoy the crystal clear waters at the beach of Agia Marina or Agios Mamas, at Kounoupitsa beach or in Agioi Anargyroi, while those who seek quiet and secluded places to swim, may rent a boat and explore the paradise small coves and hidden beaches in Spetses.
Gastronomic delights…
The Spetses traditional crushed almond confections with the addictive cinnamon and clove flavor, called "amygdalota", as well as the island's savory specialty, "fish ala Spetsiota", are famous local delicacies that are not to be missed.
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On Sunday, after the tragic fire in Brooklyn, the Red Cross in collaboration with FDNY canvassed the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn to inspect and install free smoke alarms and to educate the community on the importance of home fire safety.
This past Saturday, we celebrated our New York City volunteers at our annual recognition event at Battery Gardens in Lower Manhattan. Congrats to all our awardees and thank you to all who give of themselves in support of our mission. Two guests of honor were Chassity and Edyberto, who recently lost their apartment in Queens to fire, but came to the event to thank Red Cross volunteers.
On Thursday, our superstar CPR/AED instructor, Lipica Shah, made an appearance on Dr. Oz to discuss and demonstrate the importance of AED training.
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Thursday also marked the one year anniversary of the tragic East Harlem Explosion that rocked the city. As we took a moment to reflect on the events of that day during a memorial event held in the morning, our hearts and prayers go out to those who suffered such terrible loss.
On Wednesday, the Red Cross responded to a mudslide in Yonkers, forced the evacuation of a large apartment building housing a significant senior population. A relief center was opened to provide safe haven, warm meals and emotional support to displaced residents.
Also on Wednesday, the Red Cross had the honor of ringing the closing bell of Nasdaq to help raise awareness to the importance of fire safety and how you can help by donating to the cause.
Earlier in the week, a four-alarm fire in Brooklyn left several families on National Drive without homes. The Red Cross was able to provide those families with emergency housing and financial aid for food and clothing.
While this didn't happen last week (this took place two Fridays before), we still wanted to spotlight the wonderful work of Long Island Red Cross volunteers who participated in a deployment briefing for 250 Air National Guard service members and their family members at the Gabreski Air National Guard Base. The volunteers provided the service members with information about Red Cross services for Armed Forces.
March 17, 19 & 21: Red Cross blood drive; 1 to 7pm; 520 West 49th Street, Manhattan. Schedule an appointment to donate today.
Mar. 21: New York City Red Cross volunteers will be recognized at the Battery Gardens in Manhattan from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Stephen Wolfe.
In Case You Missed It - Mar 9
Red Cross Volunteers teamed-up with Batman this weekend to
help teach fire safety to attendees of the Big Apple Con.
Over the last 7 days, the Greater New York Red Cross provided emergency assistance to 68 adults and 36 children following 42 local disasters. Here are some highlights from last week and a preview of some upcoming events (see below).
Over the weekend, the Metro New York North Red Cross chapter gathered to celebrate local volunteers. Thank you to all who came out to support the event and thank you to all who volunteer their time to make our mission possible in this region and beyond! View our Flickr gallery of the event here courtesy of volunteer photographer extraordinaire Matt LaMonica.
Also over the weekend, Red Cross volunteers were out in force at the Big Apple Con and at the Staten Island Mall to promote and recruit for our Home Fire Safety Campaign.
Last Friday, Metro New York North CEO, Mary Young, met with Assemblyman Gary Pretlow and Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins to discuss preparedness as part of March is Red Cross Month.
Also on Friday, we kicked-off our Measles & Rubella campaign in Greater NY, spearheaded by our Red Cross Club Youth volunteers. Special thanks to Jennifer Kerner, our guest speaker.
Wednesday night, as a fire blazed in Peekskill, our volunteers were on the scene to help four families with emergency financial assistance, temporary lodging, food and clothing. Thanks to Assumption Church, we opened up a reception center for all impacted residents.
Earlier that Wednesday, local Red Cross leadership met with members of several emergency response organizations from the Jewish community in Williamsburg. The meeting was held to build a stronger partnership that would better assist the community when local emergencies and large scale disasters occur.
On Monday, we posted a special thank you to Rallye Motors for donating a Sprinter Van for our Blood Services division.
The first week of March marked the beginning of Red Cross Month! As proclaimed by President Barack Obama, Red Cross Month is a time where "we renew our sense of common purpose and honor all those whose sacrifices have made our society more prepared, resilient, and united."
Mar. 9 & 11: Red Cross blood drive; 1 to 7pm; 520 West 49th Street, Manhattan. Schedule an appointment to donate today.
Mar. 10: The Brooklyn Nets will host an American Red Cross Awareness Night (versus the New Orleans Pelicans). For every discounted ticket sold, the Brooklyn Nets will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Red Cross. If 200 tickets are sold, the Red Cross will be honored with special halftime recognition.
Mar. 12: This Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the E. Harlem building explosion that took eight lives and left hundreds homeless. To mark the occasion, Red Cross leadership, alongside community and government partners, will attend a vigil for the impacted community. Click here for a snapshot of the Red Cross response.
Mar. 13: As part of the Red Cross Home Fire Preparedness Campaign, volunteers will be out in Manhattan installing free smoke detectors and talking to residents about fire safety. If you'd like to volunteer, please contact Uikki O'Bryant.
Mar. 14: Long Island Red Cross volunteers will be recognized at the Coral House in Baldwin, N.Y. from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Deborah Gibbons.
Nov. 1: Looking to run the 2015 NYC Marathon? Did you know you could run with the Red Cross AND support our mission? Now is the time to join Team Red Cross!
In Case You Missed It - March 2, 2015
Via @kanhonglin, #TeamStatenIsland after a day of installing free smoke detectors in Rosebank. #firesafety pic.twitter.com/6XpwSi1Mut
— NY Red Cross (@redcrossny) March 1, 2015
Over the last 7 days, the Greater New York Red Cross provided emergency assistance to 198 adults and 93 children following 67 local disasters. Here are some highlights from last week and a preview of some upcoming events.
Did you know that yesterday marked the beginning of Red Cross Month? Lots of great events scheduled across our region over these next few weeks. Stay tuned!
This past weekend, our Home Fire Preparedness Campaign kicked into high gear here in greater NY with nearly 150 free smoke detectors installed in the Bronx, Staten Island and Long Beach, N.Y. Big thank you to all who came out to help save lives!
At our fire safety event in the Bronx, Red Cross volunteers lend a hand to an unlikely group of NYers. Here's a hint: film at 11.
On Friday, we shared the story of Carmen Allende, a woman who turned to the Red Cross late last year after a fire destroyed her Bronx home.
Late last week,Catherine Lin along with her high school Red Cross club, donated 28 backpacks full of school supplies to the Red Cross. These bags will be donated to fellow students who recently lost all their processions in a home fire or other local disaster. Learn more about how you can form your own Red Cross Club at your high school or college by clicking here.
On Thursday, Metro NY North Red Cross teams provided emergency assistance to 11 residents following a fire in Mount Vernon.
On Wednesday, Red Cross supporters and staff on Long Island gathered to say thank you to Joe Stanco and Nick Toomey of Rallye Motors for personally donating a Sprinter Van to the Red Cross.
Early in the week, we shared the story of Rick and Nancy Stein, Red Cross volunteers from Westchester who've been getting lots of NYers prepared for the unexpected.
All month: Red Cross Month!
March 4 & 6: Red Cross blood drive; 1 to 7pm; 520 West 49th Street, Manhattan. Click here to register.
March 4: Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces team hosting lecture with The Veterans' Mental Health Coalition, 1pm to 4pm; 520 West 49th Street, Manhattan. Learn more.
March 6: Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces volunteers will provide information and support to service members returning from deployment and their family members in Westhampton Beach (Long Island). Learn more about our SAF program.
March 7: Red Cross blood drive; 10am to 3pm; 520 West 49th Street, Manhattan. Click here to register.
March 7: Metro New York North Red Cross Volunteer Recognition Event, 10:30am to 12:30pm; Comfort Inn and Suites; Nanuet, N.Y. Learn more.
Mar. 10: The Brooklyn Nets will host an American Red Cross Awareness Night (versus the New Orleans Pelicans). For every discounted ticket sold, the Brooklyn Nets will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Red Cross. If 200 tickets are sold, the Red Cross will be honored with a special halftime recognition.
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Q: Pass environment variable from linux to docker container I am using docker-compose like this:
version: "2"
services:
  3dominator:
    build: .
    image: 3dominator:0.1
    container_name: 3dominator
    environment:
      NODE_ENV: development
      DB_ENV: container
      DOCKERHOST: $${DOCKERHOST}
    ports:
      - "3004:3004"
    volumes:
      - ./src:/app/src
    links:
      - 3dominatordb
      - 3dominatores
     ...
     ...

I want to pass a variable DOCKERHOST from my linux environment to docker container environment.
How to do that?

A: Two options:
environment:
  - DOCKERHOST: ${DOCKERHOST}

Or since you are using the same variable name, you can shorten that to:
environment:
  - DOCKERHOST

A: You're almost there. Just remove one of the $ signs:
https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/#variable-substitution
By having two dollar signs, you're preventing Compose from substituting the shell value for the variable.

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We have a fantastic opportunity for a temporary Administrator working for a large organization within the public sector, Our client is based in the Peterlee area and is looking for someone with office admin skills to start as soon as possible.
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Participate in weekly H&S checks.
Practical skills and knowledge of Word and Excel.
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When the jaguar f-type debuted two years ago, it made an immediate and profound impact. for good reason " despite being out of the purebred sports car segment for. 2016 jaguar f- type r is a civilized brute of a sports car, New for the 2016 jaguar f-type r supercharged sports coupe is all-wheel drive and a five-year warranty unmatched by other luxury sports cars.. 2016 jaguar f-type r coupe vs. 2016 mercedes-amg gt s, Pure, unadulterated performance data and specs: jaguar f-type r coupe vs. mercedes-amg gt s vs. porsche 911 gts. full details at car and driver.. 2016 jaguar f-type r is a civilized brute of a sports car, New for the 2016 jaguar f-type r supercharged sports coupe is all-wheel drive and a five-year warranty unmatched by other luxury sports cars.. 2016 jaguar f-type r coupe vs. 2016 mercedes-amg gt s, Pure, unadulterated performance data and specs: jaguar f-type r coupe vs. mercedes-amg gts vs. porsche 911 gts. full details at car and driver.
The entry-level model uses Jaguar's new 3.0- litre V6 supercharged petrol engine, good for 340 PS (250 kW; 335 hp), 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 5.1 seconds, and a top speed of 161 mph (259 km/h). In the middle comes the F-TYPE S, with the same engine tuned fo 380 PS (279 kW; 375 hp), a top speed of 171 mph (275 km/h), and 0 to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds. The top of the range model is the V8 S, with Jaguar's 5.0-litre, 495 PS (364 kW; 488 hp) supercharged petrol engine.  The layout is front-engined , rear-wheel-drive or all- wheel drive for AWD models. The gearbox is an eight-speed automatic with paddle-shifters offering manual override. In 2015, the F Type now introduced the ZF six-speed manual. This transmission is only available for the V6 models. There is a mechanical limited-slip differential on the V6 S and an electronic limited-slip differential on the V8. The engine choices will remain unchanged for Coupé, but with the addition of a higher performance V8 R model producing 550 PS (400 kW; 540 hp) in lieu of the convertible V8 S model.
The F-Type interior has a two-seater setup with the leather interior and control buttons finished in aluminium. There is a touchscreen display in the centre console and another TFT display between the dials in the instrument panel. There is also a choice of flat-bottom or alcantara finish for the three-spoke steering wheel and buttons finished in soft-feel matt black. Jaguar has introduced a stop-start engine shutoff function, which Jaguar claims boosts economy by 5 percent.
The F-Type has bi-xenon headlights with integrated LED daytime running lights, along with full LED lighting at the rear. The S and V8 S versions get an "active exhaust system" which opens special valves over 3,000 rpm to intensify the sound profile. There is a retractable rear wing spoiler and door handles that are left hidden with the bodywork until needed. The fabric hood raises or lowers in 12 seconds, and can be used when the car is moving at up to 48 km/h (30 mph). The audio systems offered, use Meridian technology with either 380W spread across ten speakers or 770 W across twelve speakers.
"You don't really have to yell every time 'don't speed! don't speed! ' like you're scared of exhausting the entire fuel within one torque.
Fuel efficiency is another dimension the automakers had taken which thereby made the ride worthy of owning.
Starts from approximately $65,000 up to $122,000.
That's a nice price for such a nice ride.


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Q: Using only Boost.DateTime with errors on Windows I am using b2.exe to compile Boost.DateTime:
.\b2.exe install --with-date_time link=static runtime-link=static

It create bin.v2 directory in C\:Downloads\boost_1_66_0, I copy static lib libboost_date_time-vc141-mt-gd-x32-1_66.lib from bin.v2\libs\date_time\build\msvc-14.1\debug\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi to my project
and copy all of the headers from C\:Downloads\boost_1_66_0\boost  to my project
I am try to include #include "boost/date_time.hpp" with error
error(active)   E1696   cannot open source file "boost/cstdint.hpp" ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\posix_time\posix_time_config.hpp  14
Error(active)   E1696   cannot open source file "boost/config/no_tr1/cmath.hpp" ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\posix_time\posix_time_config.hpp  15
Error(active)   E1696   cannot open source file "boost/cstdint.hpp" ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\time_duration.hpp 12
Error(active)   E1696   cannot open source file "boost/operators.hpp"   ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\time_duration.hpp 13
Error(active)   E1696   cannot open source file "boost/static_assert.hpp"   ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\time_duration.hpp 14
Error(active)   E0169   expected a declaration  ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\time_duration.hpp 289
Error(active)   E1696   cannot open source file "boost/cstdint.hpp" ConsoleApplication1 c : \Users\Administrator\source\repos\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\include\boost\date_time\time_resolution_traits.hpp    13
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Recent Weekday Trader
Overlooked CKE May Be Appetizing Play
Vito J. Racanelli
Updated March 31, 1998 11:59 pm ET / Original July 19, 2019 8:56 am ET
T he stock of McDonald's , long a blue-chip laggard, rocketed 16% in little more than a week after the company said it would improve the quality of its food and cut costs by more than $150 million. Some Wall Street analysts cheered the move by upgrading their recommendations, clearly adding to the shares' big gains.
McDonald's wide coattails have lifted some of its peers' stocks as well: Last week, the Dow Jones restaurants group was the second best-performing group in the market.
But one former high-flyer, CKE Restaurants , wasn't invited to the party. Indeed, while McDonald's now trades at an all-time high of 60, CKE has been moving in the opposite direction.
In the last two months CKE has seen its stock fall around 21% from its 52-week highs of $46 1/4. Though the stock had tripled in the last two years, Wall Street has increasingly turned sour on CKE's prospects. The recent share price retreat comes mainly as investors fret about the company's ability to digest the 3,100-unit Hardee's restaurant chain, which was purchased last July. That move turned CKE from a California-based company once best known for its Carl Jr.'s and Taco Bueno units into a nationwide restaurant chain.
Making matters even worse, on February 21 the company announced that same-store sales at Hardee's fell 9.3% in the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 1998. A few weeks later Standard & Poor's assigned a speculative rating of B to the company's recent $150-million bond offering, the proceeds of which will help pay off the Hardee's acquisition.
William Chenoweth, a portfolio manager at Berwyn, PA-based Turner Investment Partners, says the company might have bitten off more than it can chew with Hardee's, which he believes must be turned around quickly to keep Wall Street's disenchantment from worsening.
But such worries may be overdone. Some bulls on CKE -- and the company's top management -- are convinced that CKE will get Hardee's top-line growth problems sorted out soon.
"By the end of this fiscal year, we should see improvement in same-store sales," predicts Pauli & Co. analyst Selman Akyol, who has a price target of 55 on CKE stock, which he rates a Strong Buy.
Top company officials also are optimistic. In an interview with Barron's Online, CKE president and chief operating officer C. Thomas Thompson says the decrease in same-store sales will be reduced as 1998 progresses. More importantly, he vows that the trend will turn positive by this time next year. (Hardee's same-store sales have been declining year over year for about five years.)
Meanwhile, profitability appears to be looking up: Thompson notes that Hardee's average gross margins have improved from 1% in the fourth quarter ended January 1997 (before CKE took over) to around 12% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998 -- just six months into CKE's tenure.
How will CKE turn Hardee's around? Primarily by rationalizing the chain's unwieldy menu, improving food quality and remodeling about 300 company-owned Hardee's restaurants this year, says Thompson. One early litmus test could take place after the April 20th kickoff of a new $110-million advertising campaign for Hardee's, which has a big presence in the South and used to be known for its breakfasts. Should the next quarter show a boost in same-store sales as a result, investors could come back to CKE. Indeed, even the cautious Chenoweth of Turner Investment says he'd jump into CKE again at the first sign of a Hardee's turnaround.
Some might find CKE's current prices pretty appetizing. At Tuesday's closing price of $36 3/4, CKE trades at less than 23x the First Call mean earnings projection of $1.61 per share for the fiscal year ending January 1999, and at 18x the $2.04 consensus estimate for fiscal 2000. In the year just ended, CKE posted earnings of $1.07 per share, up from 73 cents.
That current P/E is now lower than those of much larger fast food chains, like Wendy's and McDonald's, both of whose stocks historically have traded at a discount to CKE. Those big chains also will probably grow earnings in the low double digits over the next two years; CKE's earnings growth rate is expected to be three to four times as high. Thompson reiterates that CKE is sticking to its goal of producing 30% or better annual average earnings growth over the next three to five years.
If management can make good on those promises, Wall Street might turn aside from those Big Macs it's now devouring and instead wolf down some of Hardee's good old Southern-style biscuits -- with CKE shares for dessert.
T he stock of McDonald's , long a blue-chip laggard, rocketed 16% in little more than a week after the company said it would improve the quality of its food and cut costs by more than $150 million.


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URBAN GARDENER: Lettuce pray for food security
Kira DeSourcy, who was just awarded the city's prestigious Stewardship Award, is in the forefront of our "young farmer" movement
Marnie Neaves
If It Weren't For The Dedicated Efforts of three commercial food farmers in this city and the support of North Island College (NIC) Continuing Education Dept. food growing programs, we would still be treading water these past three years on the vision of becoming a self sufficient community.
Kira DeSourcy, who was just awarded the city's prestigious Stewardship Award, is in the forefront of our "young farmer" movement. Since last winter she has been managing the food production of a remote farm cooperative on Cortes Island. Overlaying that she's been teaching a program on agriculture and backyard gardening and has developed a film series in conjunction with the city and NIC on food security.
The course called "Lettuce Grow" included backyard gardening and small scale agriculture. The series attracted an unexpectedly large turnout and received great reviews. That became the impetuous for designing the winter program which is now in progress. It includes bi-monthly events and workshops. Topics range from mason bees to organic gardening, permaculture and hydroponics. Check the NIC Continuing Education website for dates and registration.
Connie Kretz, owner of Coastal Roots Vegetables, is in her fourth season of food production on the Hudson family's farm in North Campbell River. Working alone, with occasional help, Connie grows more than 20 different crops on an acre of land. She has developed a highly successful box program which supplies a stylish container of freshly picked vegetables every week to her client list. The program wrapped up on Oct 1 but the energetic Ms. Kretz doesn't take that date as a signal to slow down. She is now preparing soil for her personal winter garden. This includes a broad selection of cold-hardy plants including lettuces, chards and onions.
Third On My List of Active Farmers are Steve Ross and Michelle White of Ross Mountain Blueberry Farm on Peterson Rd. They established the farm three years ago and it has been a long stretch of back breaking work to arrive at where they are today.
This summer they harvested their first crop of lusciously plump blueberries, not enough for commercial purposes, but a harbinger of great returns when their bushes reach maturity in the next year or two.
The Putting Your Garden To Bed event attracted a great turnout at St. Patrick's Church library last Saturday.
The Comox Strathcona Waste Management on-site educator Elaine Jansen invited master gardener Lorraine Waring of Courtenay to present a program which included advice on bedding down the veggies as well as lawn care, pruning shrubs, composting and fall planting. One topic that particularly interested me was her admonition to lime, lime, lime. She strongly believes that Vancouver Island soils are very deficient in this valuable mineral and suggests we amateur gardeners can easily test our own soil with an inexpensive kit purchased by mail from West Coast Seeds.
Did You Know the horticulturist at world renowned Kew Gardens in London says you can insect proof your garden with a simple spray mix of one egg yolk, a litre of water and one tbsp. of baking soda. Now, that sounds easy!
OUT ON A LIMB: The otherwordly landscape of Baikie Island
OUR VIEW: Stewards of our waterways


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Zaki's Corner
Zaki's Corner is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Zaki Hasan
Title/Year
1 B+ Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Zaki Hasan A sterling example of the MCU at its best: Likable hero, interesting villain, compelling premise, solid performances all around. EDIT
2 C The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Zaki Hasan Hopkins' direction is competent, and Goldman's screenplay merely serves its purpose. EDIT
3 JFK (1991) Zaki Hasan JFK is so effective that regardless of one's agreement or disagreement with the conclusions director Stone draws from his considerable research, there is simply no denying its success as a work of remarkable persuasive power. EDIT
4 C+ Men in Black: International (2019) Zaki Hasan MIB: International is a bit like the CSI: Miami of alien hunting sci-fi action-comedies. Sure, it'll do in a pinch if that's what you're in the mood for, yet it lacks the extra something that made the original stand apart. EDIT
5 C+ Dark Phoenix (2019) Zaki Hasan Dark Phoenix feels in many ways like a vestigial remnant from a past life, but it's also one last hurrah for a series that's been a steady presence for almost twenty years. EDIT
6 B Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Zaki Hasan This is a deeply silly movie that knows when to play things totally straight. That might sound like damning it with faint praise, but it's really not. EDIT
7 C Aladdin (2019) Zaki Hasan If you're a fan of the original, one has to wonder, why not just watch that? Why indulge the company's incessant need to churn out this endless parade of karaoke cosplays instead of giving us whole new worlds? EDIT
8 B John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum (2019) Zaki Hasan This isn't a movie you watch for story, but the stuff you do watch for is present in ample supply. EDIT
9 B- Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) Zaki Hasan As someone far outside the target demo, I found Detective Pikachu unobjectionable, if forgettable. But as for the generation(s) steeped in the minutia of this stuff? Warner Brothers is sure to catch them all. EDIT
10 A Avengers: Endgame (2019) Zaki Hasan Spellbinding, surprising, and immensely satisfying. Eleven years, twenty-two films, one singular cinematic achievement the likes of which we've never seen before and aren't likely to again for a long time to come EDIT
11 D Hellboy (2019) Zaki Hasan Imagine a film where almost every single creative choice constitutes some kind of a misstep, and you have a sense of what this is like. EDIT
12 B Meet Joe Black (1998) Zaki Hasan Meet Joe Black marks the latest in a succession of strong turns by Anthony Hopkins. More than even [Brad] Pitt, the film serves as a showcase for the versatile and talented Oscar winner. EDIT
13 A Star Trek Beyond (2016) Zaki Hasan A welcome refresh that again grounds the series in the spirit of idealism and optimism that were at the forefront of creator Gene Roddenberry's thinking, and which have no expiration date. EDIT
14 C+ Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Zaki Hasan Gleefully scavenges familiar moments from prior iterations of the brand, but with none of the accrued emotional heft. EDIT
15 A Star Trek (2009) Zaki Hasan The 2009 model Star Trek is laced with the fresh thrill of discovery. EDIT
16 D Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) Zaki Hasan The least involving, least cohesive movie in the entire ten picture catalog. EDIT
17 C- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) Zaki Hasan Content to skate on the pre-existing audience's fondness for these characters and the Star Trek brand. EDIT
18 A- Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Zaki Hasan First Contact just works. It works as a rousing chapter in the Star Trek saga, and to a lesser extent it works as mainstream entertainment EDIT
19 C- Star Trek Generations (1994) Zaki Hasan Pretty much everything from the time Kirk leaves to the time he reappears is a distraction. EDIT
20 C James and the Giant Peach (1996) Zaki Hasan ...valiantly attempts to convey the amazement and childlike sense-of-wonder so characteristic of the late Dahl's books, and while it does succeed occasionally, more often than not it falls flat. EDIT
21 B+ The World Is Not Enough (1999) Zaki Hasan All the various gears and pulleys that go together to make a Bond film run like a well-oiled machine are at work here. EDIT
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22 B+ Shazam! (2019) Zaki Hasan Shazam! has big action, big laughs, and a big heart underneath. EDIT
23 A Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Zaki Hasan It's at once gripping, humorous, emotional, and immensely satisfying. An appropriate and fitting farewell to the finest crew in the fleet. EDIT
24 C Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Zaki Hasan The real tragedy of Trek V is that there are faint glimmers throughout, poking through the wreckage, of the deeper meaning the filmmakers were striving for. EDIT
25 B+ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Zaki Hasan The marching orders here were for a romp, and a romp they produced. EDIT
26 B Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Zaki Hasan Star Trek III does what it needs to do by restoring part of the original status quo and setting up a new one to be resolved at a later date. EDIT
27 A+ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Zaki Hasan Signaled the transformation of Star Trek from 'cult' into 'franchise,' providing a creative lease on life that would power the movie series for the next twenty years. EDIT
28 C+ Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Zaki Hasan The first earnest attempt to foster large scale public interest in a moribund property that had survived up to that point solely on the enthusiasm of its small, devoted following. EDIT
29 A+ Spotlight (2015) Zaki Hasan Riveting and ceaselessly compelling, while also illustrating the inherent nobility of reporters hitting the streets and chasing down leads and finding sources. EDIT
30 C Dumbo (2019) Zaki Hasan While Burton puts all of his considerable expertise to work in Dumbo to make us believe an elephant can fly, it'd take even more than he can muster to make us believe that it needs to. EDIT
31 Spider-Man 3 (2007) Zaki Hasan A forced, altogether unsatisfying conclusion to a series that had hit some pretty satisfying creative highs during its short lifespan. EDIT
32 Spider-Man 2 (2004) Zaki Hasan Displays the kind of poise and confidence that can only happen when you're following on from a critical smash that also became one of the most successful movies of all time. EDIT
33 Spider-Man (2002) Zaki Hasan Watching Spider-Man today, it's easy to see why it worked as well as it did, while also fully acknowledging those parts of the machinery that have gathered some rust in the interim. EDIT
34 A Sicario (2015) Zaki Hasan Not merely an engrossing drama. Not merely a challenging thriller. One of the best movies of the year. EDIT
35 C+ Captain Marvel (2019) Zaki Hasan A rare misstep from a franchise factory that otherwise strides the movie landscape so assuredly. EDIT
36 B Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Zaki Hasan Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows doesn't go nearly as deep as I would have liked, but is a mostly-diverting concoction that, thankfully isn't as broad as it could very well have ended up. EDIT
37 B+ Sherlock Holmes (2009) Zaki Hasan The '09 model Holmes is at once a fresh reinvention of the concept for modern sensibilities, and a surprisingly grounded embrace of its pulpy roots. EDIT
38 A Selma (2014) Zaki Hasan Selma serves as a pointed and poignant riposte to our current historical moment. It's an important film about an important story. It deserves to be seen, shared, discussed, and, like the events it depicts, never forgotten. EDIT
39 B- The Siege (1998) Zaki Hasan Unfortunately, the movie's ignorant portrayals of other cultures while espousing a message of brotherhood comes across as not a little hypocritical. EDIT
40 C San Andreas (2015) Zaki Hasan Per San Andreas, if the big one hits, just sit back, cross your fingers, and wish the Rock was your dad. EDIT
41 C+ Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Zaki Hasan Never quite manages to be more than the sum of its many engaging parts. EDIT
42 B- Sabotage (2014) Zaki Hasan There's something deliriously subversive about how proudly Sabotage wields its R rating. And while it's too clumsy to be good, it does tie together in way that's mostly satisfying. EDIT
43 C Robin Hood (2010) Zaki Hasan As the first salvo in a hoped-for franchise, this Robin Hood is pretty much a non-starter. However, as a case study of the Hollwood assembly line run amok, it's earned a peculiar kind of immortality all its own. EDIT
44 A Creed (2015) Zaki Hasan Creed is as gritty and grounded as the original Rocky, and it packs an emotional punch that's as powerful as any in the ring EDIT
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47 Rocky IV (1985) Zaki Hasan It's a bad movie, no doubt, but at the same time, and somewhat paradoxically, it's also a great movie. Figure that one out. EDIT
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An exploitable buffer overflow has been identified in a shared library which is being shipped with Oracle Application Server 4.0.8.2, and used by iPlanet Web Server if it is configured as external web-listener.
We have been able to reproduce this on 2 different machines, with very similar setup. Oracle has been contacted, but they haven't been able to reproduce this problem. We would appreciate if people using OAS/iWS could test this against their servers and let both us know the results as other versions of the software might be vulnerable as well.
iWS has to be configured as external 'web listener' for Oracle Application Server, so that iWS will load a shared library (/ows/4.0/lib/ndwfn4.so) to handle requests for OAS. Overflow happens when a long string is requested with prefix that has been 'linked' to OAS (by default it is /jsp/). which is then passed to the library routines to be processed. Buffer size is around 2050-60 bytes.
will trigger the overflow (iWS webserver should core-dump and be restarted by watchdog; externally it will be seen as a dropped connection).
It is also possible that other versions of OAS/iWS/Solaris are vulnerable.
We have developed a working exploit for this problem which will be publicly released.
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Assesses the career of Chinese artist Ding Yi from the late 1980s to the present day
Examines the impulse behind his sole use of the x and + sign and explores the considerable variety and development within his oeuvre
Ding Yi's paintings are collected internationally: institutions holding work by the artist include the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; M+, Hong Kong; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
This is the first monograph to give an overview of the entire career to date of artist Ding Yi (b. 1962), whose work, unlike most other well-known Chinese painters, is wholly abstract.
Large in scale, and extraordinary in detail, Ding Yi's paintings invite a myriad of questions, not least how an intuitive artist works with recurrent patterns and symbols. Tackling this paradox, the authors discuss a range of questions pertinent to the artist, primary of which is how China has shaped his work, both culturally and environmentally, over the past thirty years.
Based on extensive interviews with the artist, Ding Yi presents a definitive portrait of an important contemporary painter, who holds a unique position in Chinese art history. As such, it is essential reading for fans and the uninitiated alike.
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When compared to northern temperate counterparts, birds in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere regions, are characterised by low fecundity, long developmental periods and high Survival. This pattern has been attributed to hypotheses relating to food limitation, nest predation, and reduced seasonality leading to high adult survival. Still, to date few studies have investigated this issue. In particular, detailed studies from southern regions are scarce and as a result our understanding of this question remains weak. Another characteristic of 'southern' birds is a higher frequency of cooperatively-breeding species. It has previously been shown that cooperative breeding is most frequent amongst species with high survival and low fecundity. An explanation for this could be that long occupancy of territories by long-lived breeders leads to reduced opportunities of independent breeding by young birds. However, the biology of some species is such, that they do not experience shortage of breeding territories or other constraints, while still showing delayed dispersal and cooperative breeding. This study investigates what factors drive life-history evolution in a cooperatively breeding southern African passerine, the sociable weaver Philetairus socius. This species departs from the traditional cooperative breeding model in being a non-territorial colonial nester that inhabits an unpredictable semi-arid environment. Sociable weavers face no obvious constraints on independent reproduction, yet cooperative breeding is common. Therefore, I also aimed at determining what factors prompt delayed reproduction in this species, since this life history trait is the first step leading to cooperative breeding.
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Thoughts on climate fiction from a writer and a publisher
Posted on January 1, 2014 by J.G. Follansbee
A table of climate fiction books at Foyles' bookstore in London. Photo courtesy Dan Bloom.
Mark Nykanen, author of Primitive, Carry the Flame, and other environmentally themed novels, and Mary Sands Woodbury, editor at Moon Willow Press and the website Clifibooks.com, offered their thoughts on climate fiction and its future in publishing. (Material is edited.)
What is "climate fiction," and is it a new genre of fiction?
Nykanen: I like "climate fiction" as a separate category of fiction entirely. I don't think it works as a sub-genre of sci-fi. Cli-fi can have roots in sci-fi, of course, but also in thrillers and literary fiction. Right now there's a fuzziness about cli-fi, though the term is clearly gaining traction. But I also think sales will dictate whether cli-fi gains a sharper profile.
Woodbury: Climate fiction is fiction related to climate change, usually anthropogenic. It's a genre by itself but can overlap with speculative, literary, and science fiction. And even though it's new, some critics call the very term "climate change" a tired trope, and some climate change authors might not even totally identify with the genre (yet), seeing it more as a motif than a genre.
What are the main themes of climate fiction?
Nykanen: Destruction of the human species is the dominant theme of cli-fi. Related to that, naturally (yes, pun intended), is the destruction of the environment in which we, as a species, have flourished. From there, authors take it to various fictional domains–dystopia, apocalypse, post-apocalypse. I haven't seen much cli-fi emphasizing adaption.
Woodbury: I've seen a little bit of everything, including light-hearted parody. Climate fiction is really mostly about the ways humans react to conditions we find ourselves in, in this case in a world in which long-term climate patterns are changing. It is not always pessimistic in the sense that if something bad happens, total doom and gloom will follow—more like, how do humans deal with not just climate change effects but fellow problems such as quick resource grabs, over-fishing, and freshwater reduction?
Who are the authors defining climate fiction today?
Nykanen: I'm hard-pressed to name the leading authors of cli-fi. While I've certainly read a fair number of them, I read far more literary fiction than anything else, so of course Margaret Atwood's work comes to mind right away. Ditto, Barbara Kingsolver.
Woodbury: I am not sure that any one book or author has defined the genre, though Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan, Barbara Kingsolver, and Nathaniel Rich are often listed in climate change articles in the media. Lesser-known authors, such as Clara Hume, whose Back to the Garden mirrored some of Daniel Quinn's philosophies, and Peter Heller, whose The Dog Stars didn't even mention climate change, are also starting to get some recognition.
Will we see a climate fiction shelf in bookstores?
Nykanen: I'm not sure we're going to see bookstores in ten years, so hazarding a guess about a "shelf" for cli-fi should be seen metaphorically. While I'd like to see a clear category of cli-fi, I'm not too sanguine about that. I think cli-fi takes on a subject that is deeply uncomfortable for people, who are caught in a classic case of cognitive dissonance: Those who accept climate change and are knowledgeable about it recognize that it calls for wholesale changes in their lifestyles, which most–to judge by the record–cannot accept. So what do they do? They turn away from dealing with it as much as possible, and that, alas, includes reading about the subject. For those who view reading fiction as an escape, cli-fi provides little comfort.
Woodbury: Already, Goodreads, Smashwords, and Amazon recognize the genre. Media such as The New Yorker, NPR, The Guardian, and The Christian Science Monitor have recently reported the new genre. The question for libraries and bookstores is a taxonomical one: climate fiction overlaps with other fiction, and if it claims its own genre it will not be a sub-genre but will occupy other genres laterally. Climate change novels are easier to catalog in digital systems, with metadata, but it would be great if the genre found its own physical bookshelf.
Will climate fiction affect the debate on climate change?
Nykanen: I think cli-fi has the potential to sway popular views about the looming disaster, but I don't believe that's likely to happen unless literary efforts are adapted to film or television. I think the more adventuresome TV that we've been watching for the past decade would be the best medium for reaching and, perhaps, even convincing large numbers of people.
Woodbury: The New York Times asked this question of Professor Annie Merrill Ingram, who said, referencing Rachel Carson's 1962 nonfiction book, "We don't yet have a Silent Spring of climate change. We don't yet have that galvanizing work." I think part of the reason we haven't seen this yet is because Carson's book was nonfiction and dealt with something easier to grasp: the effect of pesticides. Not only is climate change large and overwhelming, but it is tied with a slew of potential environmental, economical, and political issues that would be quite difficult to cover in a novel. [But] the books are here. The genre is here. We're ready. Mainstream media isn't picking it up in totality just yet. That's what we want to change, and part of why clifibooks.com exists.
What do you think? Will climate fiction change the world?
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Joe, this was the best discussion of cli fi i have seen online so far! BRAVO to you and your two guests, Mary and Mark, for a very good and thoughtful discussion of the emerging genre, which, yes, is still in its infancy and slowly making its way uphill and into public conciousness. I am sure this interview you have conducted here will stand the test of time and become part of the cli fi archives in the future! REALLY. and when the mainstream media finally take the time to do informative news stories about cli fi as a new genre for movies and novels, reporters will use this interview was material to quote from, and even contact mark and mary for quotes for their news stories. I have heard that the NEW YORK TIMES is preparing a big cli fi story for release in the paper sometime in 2014, maybe in a few months, but they are working on it now, gathering quotes and this interview is germane to what the NYT is doing now for research on the genre. Good on ya, mate, as they say Down Under and across ther Pond in the UK, where cli fi is also MAKING WAVES.
Thanks for including me in this interview! Good to see a really thoughtful discussion of an emerging genre, one that may not be fully realized until climate change itself is more understood by the general population.


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Thousands Head to Washington to March for Gun Control
Sam Rigante '21
On Saturday, March 24, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to Pennsylvania Avenue, facing the Capitol, to rally for gun control, common sense gun laws and stricter background checks in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The march, organized as the "March for Our Lives," was accompanied by hundreds of "sister marches" across America in prominent cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
The march featured over 20 speakers and singers including Parkland survivors, pop stars, teenagers whose lives were affected by gun violence and even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter.
Citizens from all over the country came together to show their support for the survivors of the Parkland shooting and to tell Congress and other legislators they plan on enforcing stricter gun laws in the United States. Pennsylvania Avenue was crowded as protesters turned towards the Capitol, holding signs and chanting "Vote them out!"
Josie Sotter, a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas who was present on the day of the shooting, said she believes that together, Americans rallying for the same thing can create change.
The first speaker was Cameron Kasky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas who is a co-founder of the Never Again MSD movement.
"This is a peaceful protest to show our support for what we need and what needs to change," Sotter said. "Since something happened to my friends, I'm doing something for them."
Sotter's poster featured the name of Jaime Guttenberg, a freshman who was killed in Parkland during the shooting.
The march, which started at 12:10 p.m., was opened by a video of newscasts from the day of the Parkland shooting. The crowd booed loudly when President Donald Trump came on the screen, as it featured a clip from a press conference of him offering his thoughts and prayers.
"Look around, we are the change!" Kasky said to a round of applause. "We hereby promise to fix the broken system we've been forced into and create a better world for the generations to come. Don't worry, we've got this!"
The march also featured noteworthy pop stars and singers, such as Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt. Platt and Miranda sang their new song "Found/Tonight," which will give a potion of the proceeds to the March for Our Lives foundation.
Teenagers and adults were not the only ones who took the stage, however. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter, who is nine years old, took the stage to share her thoughts on the issue.
"I have a dream that enough is enough and that this should be a gun free world! Period." King said, before giving pause for the crowd to cheer. "We are going to be a great generation!"
Michael Ortega, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, told people how to help further the movement.
"Support all the retweets, likes shares," Ortega said. "And then anyone that's above 18, if they can, vote. Any campaigning anyone here can do, protesting, that alone is really really helpful."
David Hogg, one of the prominent student leaders and another co-founder of the Never Again MSD movement, also took to the stage at the march.
"Change is here," he proclaimed to the crowd. "The sun shines on a new day and the day is ours. Inaction is no longer safe and to that we say, no more."
The last speaker to take the stage was Emma Gonzalez, an outspoken critic of the NRA and another notable student leader after the Parkland massacre. Gonzalez, after listing the names of all the victims, held a silence for four minutes, which she announced was the time it had taken for gunman Nikolas Cruz to kill the 17 teachers and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Gonzalez's final words to a teary-eyed crow rang throughout Washington. The speech, which was published throughout social media, ended with Gonzalez advocating for more protests.
"Fight for your lives," she said, "before it's someone else's job."
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