Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF), on its own behalf and on behalf of the International Association of Defense Counsel, today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision from the California Court of Appeal that interpreted a class arbitration waiver in DirecTVs standard Customer Agreement as a basis to negate the entire arbitration agreement. In a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court today in DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, ALF urged the Supreme Court to reaffirm the primacy of federal arbitration law over inconsistent state laws or court decisions that would limit the availability of arbitration.
The dispute arises from class actions alleging that DirecTV violated California law by charging subscribers a cancellation fee when they cancelled their service before the end of the contract term. DirecTV moved to compel arbitration under the arbitration clause of the Customer Agreement, but the trial court refused to do so. The California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial courts refusal to compel arbitration, finding the arbitration clause ambiguous and interpreting it as the parties agreement to be bound by California law rather than by the Federal Arbitration Act. The California Court of Appeal read the phrase the law of your state to include state laws the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts in California and elsewhere have held to be preempted by federal law, and it then found the entire arbitration agreement to be unenforceable under California law.
In the brief, ALF argues the California appeals court engaged in sophistic reasoning to avoid decisions of the federal appellate court and two federal district courts interpreting the very same DirecTV Customer Agreement as requiring individual arbitration and the state court erred in refusing to enforce the parties agreement to arbitrate their dispute in individual arbitration. ALFs principal argument is that the California appeals courts interpretation of the phrase the law of your state to mean the (non-federal) law of your state without considering the preemptive effect of federal law ignores settled federal law that applies to state law both prospectively and retroactively; we argue further that and state law that is preempted by federal law is a legal nullity.
The California Court of Appeals decision in this case does precisely what AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011), the Supreme Courts recent leading case on enforceability of arbitration agreements, prohibits: it applies state law to invalidate an arbitration agreement solely because that agreement includes a class-action waiver. The California Court of Appeal (the states intermediate appellate court) purported to reconcile that result with Concepcion by holding that the parties contractually opted out of FAA preemption, even though they specified that their arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. The California court based its holding on a non-severability clause designed to prevent class arbitration; under that clause, the parties agreed that the arbitration agreement as a whole would be unenforceable if the law of [the customers] state would find the class-action waiver unenforceable. The California court seized on that clause to find that the parties intended to rely on a state law to avoid enforcement of an arbitration agreement governed by the FAA even though the state law is preempted by the FAA .
That reasoning, the Ninth Circuit explained in another case interpreting the very same language in the same customer agreement, is nonsensical. Murphy v. DIRECTV, Inc., 724 F.3d 1218, 1226 (9th Cir. 2013). Under the Supremacy Clause, a state law that is preempted by federal law is a nullity. Thus, Concepcion made clear that the Discover Bank rule [disallowing class-action waivers] is not, and indeed never was, California law.
Arbitration is an effective, efficient and comparatively inexpensive alternative to costly and time consuming litigation, but plaintiffs have increasingly sought to use class-action arbitration as a replacement for lucrative class action lawsuits even where the arbitration agreement explicitly bars class arbitration.
We ask the Supreme Court to reiterate its teaching one the clear mandate of the Federal Arbitration Act and that the Court will not tolerate the very judicial hostility to arbitration the Federal Arbitration Act was intended to overcome.
To see our brief, click here.


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If legislation currently making its way through Sacramento gets the governor's signature, it would put a stop to former professional athletes from the six major leagues (NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS) who spent their careers in other states from coming to California courts to collect workers compensation. Currently, California is the only state with statutes of limitations liberal enough to allow players who maybe only played a handful of games in the state to sue for damages decades after the trauma that created a long-term injury.
Assembly Bill 1309 would put a stop to it, and the major leagues are lobbying hard to get it passed, as passage would reduce the amount they would have to pay for workers compensation insurance. Proponents say these cases clog California's courts, a statement that opponents to the legislation strongly refute. California is the last place these players can seek damages for injuries suffered many years prior whose effects surfaced later in life, opponents of AB 1309 say.
Should California stop allowing these cases to be litigated in our courts? Or should we keep this last port in a stormy sports career open for athletes trying to get justice?
Ted Lieu, California State Senator representing the 28th District, which encompasses much of the South Bay, stretching from Long Beach to Marina del Rey
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Media, Technology and Education commentator and community organizer with Participate Learning.
The Future of Education is Way Beyond Twitter
While the Future of Education Technology Conference in held in Orlando earlier this month brought together many of the most significant innovators and practitioners driving digital learning in 2016, it was the sessions and conversations around virtual personal learning networks that took center stage.
The talk of FETC revolved around how educators talk to each other the remaining 51 weeks out of the year online - and mostly within 140-character increments. The use of Twitter to develop and cultivate personal learning networks, said many attendees we spoke to, is revolutionary.
Sprinkled throughout the conference were onsite and unofficial Tweetups that introduced attendees to one another by their Twitter handles. Many Tweetup participants that we met knew a lot about each other and perhaps corresponded a time or two previously. In most cases, however, Tweetups were their first in-person meetings.
Smaller sessions focused on topics like "Using Twitter for Professional Development" (hosted by Tammy Neil of Branford High School and #Fledchat) were held multiple times per day. A presentation from #Edtechchat moderator Susan Bearden and Cybraryman Jerry Blumengarten titled "Twitter 101: Build Your Personal Learning Network" essentially led off the conference.
While there were multiple sessions and conversations focused on Twitter's impact within K-12 education, many teachers also spoke of the social network's inherent limitations for deep collaborations.
Before going any further here, let's take a step back to explain the history of Twitter chats for education, how they work, and how much they have impacted teacher communication and collaboration over the past half decade.
The unofficial beginning of the Twitter chat for educator phenomenon was the debut of #Edchat on July 30, 2009. It was then that educators Steven W. Anderson, Tom Whitby and Shelley Sanchez took to what was at the time still a fledgling platform to publicly ask and answer questions around learning and technology.
"I wanted to have a greater impact with schools across the country," Anderson told me during a previous interview. "Early in my career I began to understand the power that technology could have over learning. My desire was to make sure teachers were fully prepared to navigate the world of technology."
It worked. Anderson and his colleagues discovered in short order that there were thousands of educators around the world who had similar desires - but no avenue until then to communicate with one another.
From there, more Twitter chats like #Edtechchat and #satchat began to emerge. There are now hundreds of chats around general topics as well as those specific to subjects, grade levels and geographies connecting tens of thousands of educators across the globe.
Twitter chats for educators typically last about one hour (although some are 30 minutes) and occur during a set time each week (some are bi-weekly or monthly). Most revolve around a Q&A format, where one or a handful of moderators posts 5-to-10 questions throughout the hour, with anywhere between dozens and thousands of participants chiming in and acknowledging the ideas of others via retweets, favorites and replies.
"A New Way to Twitter Chat"
The educators we surveyed at FETC who participate in one or multiple scheduled chats each week said that they are drawn to Twitter because in many ways they feel isolated in their own buildings. Not surprisingly, there is a strong correlation between teachers who are first-movers in the use of technology within their instruction and those who are professionally active on social networking channels. The common characteristics include a zeal for reinvention and collaboration. Twitter (and to a lesser extent Facebook, Pinterest and other social networks) introduces pedagogical pioneers to those with similar interests across the globe.
While Twitter offers unprecedented reach and exposure to personal learning communities, longtime users and newbies to the social network alike complain about many constraints. Those new to Twitter often find it difficult to keep up with the pace of a chat, where literally thousands of Tweets might be exchanged within one hashtag in the period of an hour. More seasoned users may start a conversation via a Twitter chat and then continue in another channel (whether that be Google Hangout, Voxer, Blab or Direct Messaging within Twitter itself). Virtually everyone has issues with spam and third-parties who incorporate political or nefarious messages (and images) within chats.
Twitter chat pioneer Steven W. Anderson began 2016 with a call for educators to resolve to "find a new way to Twitter chat".
"After being involved with the creation, participation and evolution of one of the largest hashtags and Twitter chats around (#edchat), Anderson wrote in a recent post, "I always hear the same feedback wherever I go. Things like 'I like the chat, but it's too hard to follow. Is there a pause button so I can slow it down and read what everyone is saying? There's a lot of great information but the archives are difficult to search to find what I am looking for.'"
What Anderson and others are seeking is a way to tap into all the benefits of Twitter (reach, visibility, promotion), but in a way that is more optimized for collaboration and resource discovery (which brought many teachers to Twitter in the first place.). His preferred solution is Participate Chats, which debuted last November from Participate Learning (formerly appoLearning).
"(It's) a new platform to help anyone participate, follow or catch up on their favorite Twitter chats," Anderson wrote. "As well, Chats is integrated with everything else you can do with Participate Learning, including finding vetted resources, creating collections around topics or lesson plans, and collaborating with others on resource suggestions and how to incorporate in instruction."
Participate Learning CEO Alan Warms recently explained the rationale behind Chats, and how it reinforces all of the other discovery, curation and collaboration tools the company (where I also work) has developed. Everything was developed based on thousands of conversations with educators. It makes sense that educators who love to share their thoughts on the use of digital resources in education also have a lot of feedback for educational developers building tools to make this process easier.
As we learned at FETC, it's not just about sharing feedback, but more significantly how you harness relevant feedback into something new and powerful.
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Cluster Merger: Galaxy Clusters Caught in a First Kiss
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For the first time, astronomers have found two giant clusters of galaxies that are just about to collide, as reported in a new press release by RIKEN. This observation is important in understanding the formation of structure in the Universe, since large-scale structures — such as galaxies and clusters of galaxies — are thought to grow by collisions and mergers.
The composite image shows the separate galaxy clusters 1E2215 and 1E2216, located about 1.2 billion light years from Earth, captured as they enter a critical phase of merging. Chandra's X-ray data (blue) have been combined with a radio image from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India (red). These images were then overlaid on an optical image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey that shows galaxies and stars in the field of view.
The discovery of 1E2215 and 1E2216 at this stage of merging has enabled astronomers to test their computer simulations of these important collisions. This new result provides evidence of a shock wave that is generated early in the merging process and travels out away from the collision in a perpendicular direction.
Because the merging process takes much longer than a human lifetime, astronomers only see snapshots of the various stages of these collisions. A separate graphic shows 1E2215 and 1E2216, plus two systems at earlier stages before collision (Abell 399/Abell 401, and Abell 1758), and one where the collision has already occurred (CIZA J2242.8). This series of images represents the sequential steps a galaxy cluster would undergo. A labeled version shows the separation between the two clusters and the amount of time, measured in billions of years, before or after impact.
(In the additional four systems of the cluster sequence graphic, only X-ray and radio data are shown. For Abell 399 and Abell 401, the X-ray data are from ROSAT and the radio data are from GMRT. In the Abell 1758 image, the X-ray are from Chandra and the radio data come from GMRT. Finally, the X-ray data in CIZA J2242.8 are from ESA's XMM-Newton, while the radio data are from the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands.)
Clusters of galaxies are the largest known objects held together by gravity and consist of hundreds of galaxies that each contain hundreds of billions of stars. Ever since the Big Bang, these objects have been growing by colliding and merging with each other. Due to their large size, with diameters of a few million light years, these collisions can take about a billion years to complete. After the dust has settled, the two colliding clusters will have merged into one bigger cluster.
The result was published in Nature Astronomy on June 24, 2019, by first author Liyi Gu of the RIKEN national science institute in Japan and the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and collaborators. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations.
Fast Facts for Cluster Merger:
Credit X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIKEN/L. Gu et al; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Optical: SDSS
Scale About 30 arcmin across (10 million light years)
Category Groups & Clusters of Galaxies
Coordinates (J2000) RA 22h 18m 20.3s | Dec -03° 49' 41"
Constellation Aquarius
Observation Date 5 pointings from July 23 to July 29, 2018
Observation Time 40 hours (1 day 16 hours)
Obs. ID 21131-21134, 20778
Instrument ACIS
References Gu, L. et al., 2019, Nature Astronomy, in press
Color Code X-ray: Blue; Radio: Pink; Optical: Red, Green, Blue
Distance Estimate About 1.2 billion light years (z=0.09)
Two galaxy clusters located about 1.2 billion light years from Earth.
About 1.2 billion light years from Earth.
X-ray light from Chandra, radio light from Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope & optical light from SDSS.
About 10 million light years across.
X-rays are blue; Optical is red, green and blue; Radio pink.
In the constellation Aquarius.
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Cyclone soccer displays improvement
The Ottawa High School boys soccer team is playing at a different level to begin the 2020 season.
The Cyclones finished their first week of action, splitting home matches. On Tuesday, Ottawa defeated Hayden, 1-0, and on Thursday fell 4-2 to Spring Hill.
"We look like a different program," OHS soccer coach Roland Jaworski said. "We have gotten bigger. Almost all of my kids have been working because they came out in the summer. Every training session we have had, they have been working really hard and it showed. Their pace has gotten better. Their fitness and touch has gotten a lot better. It has been a real positive beginning."
Jaworski said the new turf on the soccer field has been wonderful to play on.
"The new field has been a blessing for us to get to play on," he said. "The more we play on it the better we get on it. We get used to the ball rolling fast and true."
The coach saw his team play a different brand of soccer than a year ago when Ottawa struggled.
"We have a lot of grit," Jaworski said. "In the first game, we scored in the first half and they gritted it out and played their hearts out to get that win. The same thing happened today. We just had a couple of mistakes. We played really hard. It has been real positive."
Spring Hill made Ottawa work. Jaworski said the Broncos do a good job of possessing the ball and have talented midfielders and forwards.
"They have real brisk and solid passes on the ground," Jaworski said. "We had a hard time keeping up with that pace. Because they did have such strong midfielders and forwards, our defense was under a lot of pressure. We were working on keeping it out of the back to minimize damage. I told them to clear the ball out. You hope to catch them on a break away. It worked out once. Hopefully, we can start possessing a little better. We are going to work on that before our next game."
Ottawa fell behind 2-0 but battled back to tie the match at 2-2 with about 23 minutes remaining.
Junior Reese Fogle got Ottawa on the board with a rifle shot. Senior Matthew Powell tied it up with a header.
Ottawa plays 6 p.m. Thursday at home against Ward in a varsity-only match. It will be Senior Night.


In an effort to reignite the CMBS Securitization market and broaden the buying pool of investors, CMBS issuers have returned to public bond offerings. Most, if not all, of the latest CMBS issues have come to market with public offerings.
This trend began when Goldman Sachs and Citigroup were forced to pull a CMBS offering from the market during August 2011. When the transaction returned to the securitization markets it included a restructured, larger publicly-offered deal in order to produce a more effective way to attract investors.
A year ago the CMBS market was roaring out of the gates with tightening spreads, increased loan-to-values, more distressed-loan resolutions, and delinquency levels were flattening out. However, in summer 2011 most of those positive trends took a turn for the worse. CMBS spreads began to widen. Standard and Poor's (S&P) announced that it would pull their rating of Goldman Sachs and Citibank's upcoming securitization. This event forced Goldman and Citi to repackage the issue. In doing so, the Goldman / Citi offering created a new level of bonds to broaden the pool of buyers, thus creating CMBS 3.0. Issuers are now offering extra credit enhancement to the highest level of bond holders in the new structure. Several other CMBS issuers followed suit after Goldman and Citibank. The result has been both good and bad. The good news… the demand for the highest-rated bonds was strong. The bad news…the demand for the lower-rated bonds is not as strong. In other words, the B-Piece Buyer is still the critical element driving the CMBS market, and those buyers are limited.
All this shuffling has led borrowers looking for a CMBS or an insurance company loan to find a bifurcated market.
Clearly, insurance companies, agency lenders (i.e. FNMA) and private book lenders such as pension funds can provide lower pricing on a commercial real estate loan versus a CMBS lender. For example, in today's market, Life Company pricing will range from 4% to 4.5%, versus CMBS 5% to 5.75%…about a 100 to 175 basis point premium.
The recent shuffling has caused CMBS spreads to widen, making a clear demarcation between CMBS versus Insurance Company, FNMA and Pension Funds. The widening spreads were needed to ensure that the CMBS origination shops were able to attract the bond buyers needed to securitize the issues. The silver lining is that CMBS is still a solid product that most likely can offer a borrower superior leverage. There is still a huge place in the market for CMBS product, and it is a welcome sight coming off of a 2009 / 2010 where almost zero fixed rates lending was coming from Wall Street.
Long term, Moody's Investors Service says structured finance transactions such as CMBS deals will perform better than pre-crisis CMBS pools as a result of improvements in asset quality and transaction structures, both of which were responses to weaknesses revealed during the crisis.
CMBS Issuance is on track to produce over $40 billion of volume, according to a late April Issue of Commercial Mortgage Alert. For now, the CMBS loan market is steady and a somewhat predictable platform (with respect to pricing and leverage) that will have a much-needed impact on the upcoming wave of maturities. Before long, pricing will align itself with the insurance companies and pension funds. Leverage will creep up as market fundamentals continue to stabilize and the thirst for long-term paper increases.
Navigating the waters of CMBS players can be a confusing and time-consuming task. Today, there are about 20 to 25 active CMBS players who are all not necessarily looking for the same thing with respect to product type, leverage or even borrower / sponsors for that matter. Some CMBS providers prefer lower-leverage deals with top quality sponsors and, in return, are offering very competitive pricing. Other CMBS players will move up the leverage curve (and even offer mezzanine financing). However, expect pricing to be risk-adjusted. Whatever the financing requirements, Metropolitan Capital Advisors has the capabilities and deep-rooted relationships to access the full spectrum of available CMBS capital to best maximize your objectives.
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Q: docker-machine stop command kills all my containers I am using docker-machine, and I created a VM with VirtualBox driver. I would like to pause my machine without killing all the running docker dontainers in that machine. Is this possible to do somehow? I would like to resume my machine, and resume all my containers that were running.

A: You should be able to do it as long as you use Pause or Save State on Virtualbox.  When you use Pause or Save State on VirtualBox all of your 'run' state is stored on the disk and then when you Unpause or Restart that 'run' state is restore from disk. Tried it myself and it works great.

This equivalent to using 'Suspend' on VMware.

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*Stop All docker machines : docker-machine stop $(docker-machine ls --format "{{.Name}}") (edited)

*Start All docker machines :: docker-machine start $(docker-machine ls --format "{{.Name}}") (edited)

*Stop a machines : docker-machine stop "<machine-name>" (edited)

*Start a machines :: docker-machine start "<machine-name>" (edited)

A: Or from the command line:
VBoxManage controlvm YOURDOCKERMACHINENAME savestate

To resume:
docker-machine start YOURDOCKERMACHINENAME && eval $(docker-machine env YOURDOCKERMACHINENAME)

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[Knetz] IZ*ONE Kim Minju Goes To Soop.. In The Same Company As Gong Yoo And Suzy
Kim Min-ju, a former member of IZone, makes a new nest in the management forest.
According to a number of broadcasters on the 29th, Kim Min-ju recently completed her exclusive contract with her management Soop.
Kim Min-ju's contract with her current agency, Urban Works, will end at the end of this month. As it became known that her expiration date was approaching, Kim Min-ju, who had a bigger dream of making contact with many managers and acting as an actress, decided to sign an exclusive contract with Management Soop after much consideration.
She participated in Mnet's 'Produce 48' in 2018 and debuted as IZ*ONE in the final 11th place. She is on MBC's 'Show! As well as MC for 'Music Core' and tvN D Studio's 'Get It Beauty', he has expanded his activities as an actor through MBC's 'The Great Seducer', web drama 'A-Teen Season 2', and the movie 'Everything was okay yesterday'. He recently confirmed his appearance in MBC's 'Gold Spirit – Joseon's Marriage Ban' and is preparing to be reborn as an actor with a strong presence.
Management Soop is an actor entertainment company belonging to Gong Yoo, Gong Hyo-jin, Seo Hyun-jin, Nam Joo-hyuk, Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Yu-mi, Suzy, and Choi Woo-shik. As Korea's leading actors are included, expectations are high for the collaboration with Kim Min-joo, who will walk the path of a full-fledged actress.
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9. Oh, congratulations!! Let's meet a good agency and shoot a lot of good works
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Four State AGs Join Florida Democrats in Urging 11th Circuit Not to Intervene
The Florida Democratic Party filed a pleading Thursday in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing federal courts should not intervene to halt recounts in four Florida counties. The attorneys general of Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico and Oregon also filed an amicus curiae brief, asserting their interest in preserving their own electoral process without intervention by the federal government.
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In an attempt to impede three voters' efforts to halt recounts in four Florida counties, the Florida Democratic Party filed a response pleading Thursday in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Florida Democratic Party has intervened as an appellee in the voters' suit against county canvassing boards, the Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris and other members of the Florida Elections Canvassing Commission. The party also intervened in a similar suit on appeal from the Southern District of Florida in which presidential candidate George W. Bush and vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney are plaintiffs. The party had not filed a brief in that case as of press time. The Florida Democratic Party argues that the federal courts should not intervene in a process that constitutionally should belong to the states. State attorneys general in Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico and Oregon also jointly filed an amicus curiae brief to prevent federal courts from intervening in the recount process. The four attorneys general say that they have an interest in preserving their own electoral process without intervention by the federal government. The Florida Democratic Party's response argues: � A remedy of injunction can only be granted by the circuit court if it finds that the Florida district court abused its discretion in failing to grant an injunction. Because the district court correctly found that the plaintiffs did not have a likelihood of success on the merits of the case, the Florida Democrats argue that the circuit court cannot find that the district court abused its discretion. � The plaintiff's injunctive relief is sought "without any demonstration that the [p]laintiffs will suffer any harm if the status quo remains undisturbed." � The plaintiff voters have not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of the case for following reasons: � The circuit court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the recount dispute because "all controversies and contests as to the manner in which electors are selected must be resolved by the state." The party cites Supreme Court case law to argue that the Constitution confers on the states the power to establish the manner in which the state's presidential electors are chosen. � "[P]recepts of federalism" prevent the circuit court from intervening in a state's vote-counting process. No constitutional question has been raised in this case, the Florida Democratic Party says. To constitute a federal constitutional claim, the party argues, the challenge "must go well beyond the ordinary dispute over the counting and marking of ballots." For a federal court to be involved in this case, the party says, would be a "grave overreaching of its authority." � Fla. Stat. Ann. Sec. 102.166, which applies to voting recounts, does not violate the equal protection clause or deny due process. The Florida Democratic Party argues that the plaintiffs are not alleging any discrimination, an improper denial of their right to vote, or any fraudulent interference with their right to vote. There is no due process violation here, the Florida Democrats say, because there is no proof that the application of Florida's vote recounting statutes have been applied in an unfair manner. � The threatened injury to the plaintiffs does not outweigh potential harm to the various county canvassing boards caused by an injunction. Because the plaintiffs will still be able to bring their case to state court, argues the party, any injury caused by the denial of the requested injunction will not be irreparable. � The granting of an emergency injunction would "disserve public interest" by delaying the entire election process. The public, argue the Florida Democrats, "is entitled to all the facts sooner rather than later, even as the Florida courts sort out the various legal claims about the process." The state attorneys' general amicus brief argues: � The federal courts lack jurisdiction to address the plaintiffs' claim because there is no constitutional violation of law involved in this case. Also, the selection of presidential electors should be reserved to the states. � Principles of federalism dictate that the circuit court should abstain from deciding this case. Florida state courts are more appropriate forums for addressing plaintiffs' contentions. Adequate state review is available to the plaintiffs because the recount issue concerns an administrative order based upon local factors, say the attorneys general. Intervention of a federal court is not necessary for the protection of federal rights.


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Barry Goal Steals the Show, Fixture Moaners and the Invisible Man
Hitchens60 January 13, 2021 16
We all probably thought the worst when the Covid outbreak left us without any first team players together with three leading U23's out for the Cup tie with Liverpool.
The last time Villa fielded a team of debutants was in 1874 – our first ever competitive game – which probably shows how little the Cup matters to Villa this year given that we elected to play rather than requesting a postponement which we were fully entitled to do.
Liverpool turned out most of their first team despite Klopp's constant whining about not being allowed five substitutes, fixture congestion and the need to protect the players. If, in fielding so many experienced players, Klopp was trying to rub Villa's nose in the dirt then it spectacularly backfired on both counts.
And whilst on the subject, we've lately had to put up with fixture moaning from Mourino and Scott Parker. Parker making it known that he was less than thrilled in having to take our spot tonight against Spurs, conveniently forgetting they called off the original tie just two hours before kick off after a breach by some of their players – could they have put out a squad (the protocol I believe is a minimum of 14 players being available)? We'll never know because no data was published unlike in other outbreaks which have led to postponements.
While all of us are having to make sacrifices in our daily lives, the grumbling about clubs having to move fixtures is pathetic and shows how self absorbed football has become. It's unlikely that 'elite football' will be stopped, despite Allardyce's plea to be released from his Baggies nightmare for two weeks – there are too many multi-million pound contracts involved – and the sooner clubs realise that this season is going to be like no other with fixture changes and congestion, the better. We don't need to keep reading about it.
Enough of all that.
Villa fans must have been reaching for the record books and worrying about a record Cup defeat (8-1 against Blackburn Rovers over a century ago) when the teams were announced but those fear soon turned to joy as Villa not only withstood the Liverpool juggernaut but surprisingly went in 1-1 at half time. When Louie Barry broke clear and finished so calmly, after really good play from the back, Villa had already won the night and having that goal voted as the best goal of the FA Cup 3rd Round (31% of the vote by BBC viewers) was the deserved icing on the cake.
There were brilliant performances all over the pitch and although tiredness eventually overcame them, it took all of Liverpool's 'big guns' to achieve the win.
Lamare Bogarde and Ben Chrisene have been rewarded with professional contracts. The seventeen year-olds are two of the most recent additions to the academy side and were signed to meet Purslow's objective of filling the U23 side with highly talented teenagers'. Are these also an example of Lange's influence starting to show? Will we at last to see real progress from the academy as players of any quality, Grealish excepted, have been few and far between?
All in all a Villa performance and the Barry goal that will live long in the memory.
I was going to write more about the United game but time passes and the outcome was boringly similar although Villa played well and were, in the end, unlucky not to secure a draw.
United were once again awarded a dubious penalty when Pogba, who had just finished instructing Luke Shaw to dive in the box, cleverly managed to trip himself up. Luiz may have been naïve in allowing himself to get suckered in but the real complaint is why didn't Oliver go and look at the monitor? After all it was Oliver, in our game against Brighton, who went over to the monitor, having a warded a penalty to Villa for a foul on Trezeguet, deciding to overturn the decision. The award to United was no less marginal but, of course, at Old Trafford the award of a home penalty is not a novelty is it?
The lack of consistency when applying VAR protocol is destroying the game and needs to be addressed now.
So onto the invisible man or one Ross Barkley, who once again failed to materialize for the United game despite Smith continually reporting him being fit to play. Is this just about poor and thoughtless media briefing or something more concerning? Hamstring injuries, on average, keep a player out for six or so weeks so questions should be asked over the way this is being communicated to fans.
The real disappointment is that he has now been absent for more games than he has actually played and there is no doubt that when he plays he lifts the team to a higher level. His interplay with Grealish and his goal threat would, I believe, have made a real difference against United.
Everton next on Sunday, the outcome of which will depend on the after effects of Covid and the amount of preparation time the players have as, at present, Bodymoor Heath is still closed.
Hitchens60 January 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm . Permalink Reply
The Everton game appears to be in doubt as Public Health England have, reportedly, said Bodymoor Heath cannot reopen until Saturday leaving no time for preparation for the game.
Its also being reported that the EPL Board will be discussing this today.
If Villa are forced to play the game in these circumstances then it starts to challenge the integrity of the league.
Hitchens60 January 14, 2021 at 10:36 am . Permalink Reply
Confirmed, Villa's game against Everton is postponed.
Bill Pearson.. January 14, 2021 at 9:56 pm . Permalink Reply
Andre Greene gone to Sheffield Wednesday. are we still churning them out then ?
Hitchens60 January 15, 2021 at 7:18 am . Permalink Reply
Bill, I think the academy has a reasonable record of turning out good players at Championship level but not so much in terms of really good players.
Under Purslow / Smith we are now looking at signing (and in some cases buying) the best young talent around to boost the quality of our academy / U23's rather than relying solely on bringing through local youngsters.
I wouldn't say that's right Hitch after the display they put up against Liverpool. Our problem in my mind is lack of showing our talent wouldn't you say. Grealish got in because needed a player and lifted eyebrows. You only have to look around the English league to see our ex players in other clubs. Ok we will splash the cash and buy but they are only end of playing years of a player, not one player has said I want to go to Villa! They all want the bright lights that the Midlands don't have in our city. So what I'm saying is have Faith in home grown and don't give up on a 21 year old player th as been in the care from youngsters loving the game and won't to be great one day.
DSVilla January 15, 2021 at 7:44 pm . Permalink Reply
I get where you are coming from Bill. It's a bold decision to throw a raw youngster into the first team as it's a massive step up. Villa have generally alternated between needing to fight to stay in a division or fight to get out of it. This season looks like it's different so maybe some of those kids might get a chance. Not sure what changes you can make to the squad or whether younger/home grown players don't count in your squad total.
Certainly, some of those who played the other night look as though they could hold their own. Tough call for a manager though. His neck is on the line and he could ruin a players career by picking him too early or not early enough.
It does look like we are seriously looking to upgrade our intake at youth/U23 level though.
Rumoured that Hourihane may go out on loan – something I suggested may happen a couple of weeks ago.
Another rumour is that we're interested in David Brooks at Bournemouth.
The first might be dependant on the second
By the way Dean Smith got manager of the month from Sky Sports.
Holte66 January 15, 2021 at 6:57 pm . Permalink Reply
Congratulations Dean Smith on MOTM for December. This means it's inevitable that January will be a terrible month.
As for Villa's youngsters, it is highly unlikely that they will become first team regulars for us. History suggests that a couple will flirt with first team action before being loaned out and forgotten. Ramsey might be the first since JG to break into the first team and stay there but pressure on managers will force them to buy rather than develop their own. I hope I'm wrong and DS seems more likely than previous managers to give kids a chance. Continuity at the top will help the academy to push promising youngsters towards the first team.
Bum Bum January 16, 2021 at 9:56 am . Permalink Reply
What January??? Looks like we may not get to kick a ball again. Wouldn't surprise me if the season was cancelled considering this outbreak is worse than the last. Bloody typical when we're on a roll!!!
God, covid life is boring. Gotta be thankful for our health though.
Bill, had your jab yet as the old geezer on site??? 😁😁😁
Get your vitamin D down your neck guys!!!!!
Bum Bum,, had my jab on the 4th the second got cancelled,
nath January 16, 2021 at 8:30 am . Permalink Reply
hope we have got that nasty covid under control and all players and staff are on the mend who contracted it. four games behind after this weekend matches and they expect us to probably play 3 games in a week for the rest of the season. when the intelligent thing to do, should be extend the season and abandon the euros. all the world needs now is a useless euros competition and to in danger players by ridiculous time schedule to complete a season. football has been a wonderful distraction from this covid nightmare, players deserve better thought of than demanding more.
i said a few weeks ago we have got the whole club singing from the same hyme sheet. the youth team displayed excellent against a full strength pool side, i agree with a earlier post that pool came looking to act some kind of revenge after we mauled them in the league. they must have been licking their lips when the covid news surfaced.
some of them kids are now getting loans which will only fast tract them for the future. it doesnt matter that its non league, its does matter that its men football, see the kids proved they can now play the game. they have enough skill and tactically are good as proven against pool. but they lacked the fitness to compete whole 90 and keeping up the same standards over and over. they can only achieve this by playing regular and not youth game in the real mens game.
our club is going places fast and smith is a big part of this movement. its not down to one player or one man off course. owners have also played their part by not interfering and trusting the footballing men to implement their footbaling side. we are miles ahead of where i thought we would be at this moment in time. playing great football too. i am totally enjoying villa and proud of all the players
nath January 16, 2021 at 3:39 pm . Permalink Reply
watching leeds brighton and their pitch is cutting up and commentary said it will be heavy on the legs. that made me bust with laughter. its a bad pitch by premiership standards but its miles better than the pitches i played on. ours was p/t cow fields with ponds always in goal areas. you get knackard quicker cause the weight of your kit being soaked with mud and water. i bet i could play on these premiership pitches even today with my added timber
Villa's next six fixtures (Covid permitting)
20th Man City (a) 6pm BT Sport
23rd Newcastle (h) 8pm Sky
27th Burnley (a) 6pm BT Sport
30th Southampton (a) 8pm Sky
2nd Feb West Ham (h) 7.45
6th Feb Arsenal (h) 3pm
That's four games in 10 days between now and the end of January and six games in16 days in total before we get a weeks break!
With so many games in such a short period of time there will be a heightened injury risk as well as mental and physical fatigue especially after the Covid outbreak.
So. it seems to me that we're going to need some new recruits to help with the workload – particularly upfront?
Adam January 16, 2021 at 8:28 pm . Permalink Reply
I'd tempt wolves with a bid for Neto. Quality player. £28m might tempt them to sell. Josh King an obvious and needed signing.
yeah i agree that neto looks like a top winger. he doesn't over do things or over complicate things, like some players that do that and end up tying themselves in knots trying to outfox their opponent. neto just creates space and crosses the ball. his crosses yesterday were top class just wolves had nobody in the danger zones to make them count.
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And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 10:24–25
An important aspect of the worship of God is that it is communal. We believe that the Christian life was never meant to be solitary! That is why we come together for the Traditional Service to worship the God who made us and rescued us.
What is the Contemporary Service?
At the Contemporary Service, our brothers- and sisters-in-Christ gather as the family of God every week to express our love and worship to God. We do this through songs, prayer, and listening and responding to God's Word. Every month, we celebrate the Eucharist (Holy Communion) where we remember how Jesus died to cleanse us of our sins and was resurrected to give us hope and a new life.
The Contemporary Service complements the Traditional Service in the worship life of Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church. So, while the musical expressions and types of songs may differ, the heart of worship to the one true God remains the same.
Click here for the timing and location of our Contemporary Service!
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
What is the Contemporary Service Ministry?
We are the collection of ministries that exist to support the weekly Contemporary Service. We cover whatever is necessary to facilitate the gathering of God's people to worship Him.
Here is a list of the ministries that make up the Contemporary Service Ministry:
Contemporary Service Ministries
Contemporary Service Worship & Music
Worship (Justin)
The Worship Ministry is a team of believers that is called to facilitate the worship experience at AMKMC through music, encouraging and leading the congregation into the presence of the Lord. Two different teams serve at the two service locations of the Contemporary Service every Sunday morning.
Commitment to the Worship Ministry entails participation in a worship practice session before Sunday, setting up and packing up equipment before and after the service. The songs played during service include a praise segment, and may include songs for offertory, Holy Communion and a song of response.
AV (Sean)
The AV Ministry is the 'unsung hero' not many people know of unless some technical problems arise. We serve God through the use of sound and sight. We provide support for worship services, prayer meetings and any ad-hoc requests such as weddings. During the service, we are the bridge between the main sanctuary and AMK Hub.
Volunteers are welcome to join us even if they have no prior relevant experience. Through special sessions and on the job training, we equip members with the knowledge and know-how to do their best in their service to God. We welcome anyone who has the passion to serve in our AV ministry.
Ushers (Swee Ching/Jeanne)
The Usher Ministry is a ministry of welcoming, helping and serving the people. Some of the tasks are operational, like pre-service set-ups and giving out bulletins, etc. At the same it is a people-centric ministry which aims to make people feel welcome at church, to be the ambassadors to new visitors, or even to direct the congregation to other ministries in church. The only pre-requisites to becoming an usher are a love of people and a humble and willing heart to serve others.
Service Operation Leaders
SOL (Brian)
Service Operation Leaders are the conduit for the services at the main sanctuary in church and AMK Hub. They ensure that pre-service prayers are conducted, coordinate the timing of the service and also the simulcast alongside the audio visual teams, and give cues to the pastors to begin different segments of the service (i.e, announcements, tithes and offering collection, doxology, etc).
Prayer (Ai Choo)
Prayer ministers act as intercessors to pray for members of the congregation. They serve mainly during the pre-service prayer segment and the Altar Ministry after service. Before the service starts, the prayer minister will lead the people to pray for different groups of people: the ministers who are serving on that day, the preacher, and the people who are coming. At the end of the service, prayer ministers will pray for people who come forward to the altar rails for prayer. Before prayer ministers step up to serve, training will be provided.
Traffic Wardens
The traffic warden ministry exists to ensure a safe church environment for the congregation. We serve mainly before and after services when large numbers of members and cars arrive and leave the church building. Our main task is to manage the flow of vehicular traffic at the church entrance. We also help to direct members to walk along designated pathways, and assist members, especially the elderly and the physically disabled, to embark and disembark. No prerequisites are required and basic training will be provided. If you have a passion to serve and a good sense of alertness, do come and join us as a traffic warden.
Accounting Stewards
Accounting Steward
Accounting stewards help to keep the church accountable by counting our offerings after service every week. If you like administration and are looking for an avenue to serve, you are welcome to join us.
Click on the individual ministries to find out more.
"Joining this ministry has indeed opened my eyes to see the works of His hand, and it is such a joy and privilege to be able to partner God in advancing His Kingdom through prayer."
Click here to read more about how Ms Ho Ai Choo came to serve in the Contemporary Ministry and her experiences in the ministry.
As you can imagine, it takes a lot of volunteers to ensure the smooth running of service every week! We are always on the lookout for people who are passionate about God and about serving Him and His people. If you have a teachable and willing heart, we invite you to join us in ministry!


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[Renoprotective effect of small volumes of hypertonic saline solution in chronic heart failure patients with marked fluid retention: results of a case-control study].
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During intensive therapy of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients with marked fluid retention using high doses of i.v. furosemide the additional effect of agents which might exert osmotic attraction of interstitial fluids has been proposed. They are thought to impede the impairment of renal blood supply and glomerular filtration rate, which may be caused by a combined action of cardiac preload acute reduction, hypotension and neurohormonal activation.We therefore assessed in CHF patients with NYHA class III and BNP values from 900 to 1500 pg/ml, who were treated with i.v. furosemide, the predictors of iatrogenic short term creatinine impairment by means of a case-control observational study from two centers. Patients with CHF had been treated for 6-8 days with intravenous loop diuretics alone or with an additional i.v. administration of other agents (plasma expanders, albumin, mannitol, inotropic support etc.). A rise in serum creatinine ≥ 25% of the basal value was considered as renal impairment.A total of 15 cases and 38 controls were enrolled. At univariate analysis, serum creatinine basal value ≥ 2.2 mg/dl, absence of hypertonic saline solution (HSS) in the therapeutic protocol, hyposodic diet and refractory oligoanuria were associated with an increased risk of worsening renal function precipitated by i.v. diuretic therapy. At multivariate analysis as a predictor of loop diuretic-related renal function impairment, we found a serum creatinine ≥ 2.2 mg/dl at baseline (OR: 63.33, 95% CI: 3.68-1088.73, p=0.0043) and the absence of HSS in the therapeutic regimen (OR: 25.0461, 95% CI: 2.07-302.53, p=0.0113). Moreover, in multivariate analysis ascites had some predictive value of renal deterioration (OR: 13.28, 95% CI: 1.0055-175.41, p=0,0495).


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2. Every other Brioni belt I've seen has the size clearly marked at the tip of the belt. This one doesn't.
On the plus side, it does have the name on the buckle as it should. Also, I'm not incredibly knowledgeable about Brioni, so I'm probably making up for it with paranoia and nitpicking. What do you guys think? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
^^^^ I'm no expert but I would say the tie is real, but quite old. The belt looks good as well.
Agreed. Tie is legit, just very old. Think belts legit as well, also probably older given the Roma reference.
Hi! bought this pair of RRL jeans, not sure if they are legit cause there are no tags inside. Any help appreciated. If they are legit where are they made? Cheers!
I wouldn't worry about the "Peter Elliot" tag being on the tie. Peter Elliot is a well known NY chain of luxury fashion stores, so that seems to check out. It would be the other tags/details that I would focus on. For what it's worth, seems legit to me.
Definitely legit and an awesome coat!
Hello. I've been looking around at some Versace ties online, and one detail I keep seeing alongside other suspicious details (wonky cuts, sloppy edges, weird tags, etc) is this kind of lining. Is there any reason to suspect this lining as an indicator of a fake on it own? Basically - if everything else looks good but it's got this lining, should I be suspicious?
That lining indicates that it's older, someone here could likely tell you the specific years of use but I've seen it, and that particular logo, on stuff from the 1980's.
Those look fine to me. That looks like a repair on the crotch though which doesn't jive with them looking brand new. Maybe they are a second that they never sewed tags into? Either way, if they fit enjoy them because they look legit from here.
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15th Anniversary of September 11
How did the National Museum of American History acquire objects related to Sept. 11? How did you decide what objects to include in the Sept. 11 collection?
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History asked a small group of collecting curators—those with special experience in identifying and acquiring objects with important stories to tell and able to distill a large story into manageable segments—to determine which aspects of the events to acquire. These curators focused on three areas when documenting the story of Sept. 11: the attacks themselves, the experience of first responders and the recovery efforts. As curator David Shayt (1952–2008) noted:
"What we are doing is building a collection for all time. It's not something that we take lightly, so even a Barbie doll here is looked at with great scrutiny if it is offered to us. What messages, what stories does it tell? Does it have lasting value for the museum? Does it have research potential? Is it made well, so that it will endure over the decades and decades?
These same questions were asked of everything I did collecting at the World Trade Center. Looking through piles of rubble, talking to policemen, asking co-workers and workers up there, 'What have you seen lately?' Frankly we were offered many things that we declined....The criteria we had in mind was stories within stories, lasting physical value and authenticity."
To hear from more curator as they discuss the process of collecting in the aftermath of Sept. 11, visit the museum's website September 11: Bearing Witness to History.
How many objects related to Sept. 11 do you have? Do you have artifacts from all three sites?
The Sept. 11 collection is growing, and currently includes more than 1,000 photographs, 300 objects, 15,000 comment cards (from visitors to the museum's exhibition "September 11: Bearing Witness to History," which opened on the first anniversary) and documents in the museum's Archives Center. The museum was designated by Congress as the official repository of Sept. 11 materials in 2001, and preserves artifacts from all three sites. Objects include clothing from first responders and survivors, airplane fragments, photographs of the search for the missing and of temporary memorials, and remembrances. In 2011, 21 objects were formally transferred to the National Museum of American History from the Transportation Security Administration to mark the 10-year anniversary of the attacks.
Do you have any Sept. 11 artifacts on display?
Yes, the exhibition "The Price of Freedom: Americans at War" includes a small section on Sept. 11. The camera that Jules Naudet used to film the only known footage of the first airplane hitting the north tower of the World Trade Center, and the activity of the firefighters' command center inside the lobby of the north tower is currently on display in "American Stories." From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 11 the museum will provide visitors with a close-up view of objects from the three sites—New York, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa.—as well as recent acquisitions related to how American lives have changed since the 2001 attacks. To create an intimate experience for visitors, the objects will be displayed on tables rather than behind glass. Artifacts on view include airplane fragments, firetruck lights from the World Trade Center site, uniforms from the Pentagon and objects recovered from offices. A number of objects are on loan to other museums, including the 9/11 Memorial.
I have an artifact I'd like to contribute to the collection. Does the museum accept donations?
Soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the museum began collecting objects to document and preserve the material record of this important event in American history. The immediate collecting priorities focused on the attacks, the response and rescue efforts, and the commemorations that followed.
The museum would be pleased to consider donations of additional material. While we have been offered many objects related to the attacks and to the numerous responses from around the world, we cannot accept everything. If we do not accept an artifact, we might be able to direct the offer to another institution: we are working with a consortium of museums to document and preserve a selection of objects and responses.
If you have an artifact that you would like to donate, please contact the Museum's Office of Curatorial Affairs at September11donations@si.edu to obtain the proper procedure for donating items to the collections. It is Smithsonian Institution policy not to accept unsolicited donations, so please do not send any items directly.
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Q: Order of the Normalizer of a Sylow $p$-subgroup in $S_{p}$ Question: Let $p$ be a prime and $P \leq S_{p}$ with $|P| = p$. Prove that $|N_{S_{p}}(P)| = p(p-1)$.
I have already solved this problem, but I have come across a proof that is much more elegant than my own. However, I'm not really convinced by it.
The proof is as follows. Any permutation $\sigma$ that normalizes $P$ should send $1$ to one of $\{1, \dots , p\}$ and $2 \mapsto \{1, \dots , p\} \setminus \{\sigma(1)\}$. The conclusion is that these $p(p-1)$ choices determine the permutation completely, but I do not see why this is necessarily the case.


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A quotation by Shawcross
Reviso
Postby Reviso » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:11 pm)
Hello. I'm not a believer, but I'm puzzled by a quotation attributed to Hartley Shawcross :
"We ignored Hitler's pleadings not to enter into war. Now we are forced to realise that Hitler was right."
-British Attorney General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, Stourbridge, March 16th, 1984.
Where was it published ? Did Shawcross confirm it in his 1995 book "Life Sentence" ?
Postby Hannover » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:44 pm)
Shawcross's above statement was supposedly given in a speech in 1984. But it's contents is somewhat obvious in that it's well known that Hitler pleaded with Britain not to go to war and later pleaded with Britain not to engage in planned and intentional civilian terror bombings, which the British did initiate. Anyone can clearly see the result of WWII, the 'Allies' allowed the communists to control 1/2 of Europe for over 50 years. An admission and acknowledgement by the Allies of a huge mistake simply requires looking at the facts.
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Hannover wrote: Shawcross's above statement was supposedly given in a speech in 1984. But it's somewhat irrelevant because it's well known that Hitler pleaded with Britain not to go to war and later not to engage in civilian bombings, which the British initiated. Anyone can clearly see the result of WWII, the 'Allies' allowed the communists to control 1/2 of Europe for over 50 years. Admission of a big mistake by the Allies simply requires looking at the facts.
Thanks for the reply. If I understand you good, you consider the quotation as dubious ("supposedly"). I would be cautious with such recantations (and deathbed stories)...
Postby Hannover » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:33 pm)
Reviso:
Your're welcome.
My reason for "supposedly" is that it is quoted frequently but I have never seen the text of the speech in any traditional publication, that doesn't mean it does not exist. A local newpaper where the speech was given may have carried the text. I haven't spend much time on it as I do not find the contents particularly unique.
Usually the meaning and implications of such quotes is what people want to debate. And as I have stated, finding support for it's content is easy. IOW, it follows that someone like Shawcross would eventually make such statements.
Postby Lamprecht » 1 decade 1 year ago (Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:22 pm)
Reviso wrote: Hello. I'm not a believer, but I'm puzzled by a quotation attributed to Hartley Shawcross :
This is the whole quote:
Step by step I have arrived at the conviction that the aims of Communism in Europe are sinister and fatal. At the Nuremberg Trials, I, together with my Russian colleague, condemned Nazi aggression and terror.
I believe now that Hitler and the German people did not want war. But we declared war on Germany, intent on destroying it, in accordance with our principle of balance of power, and we were encouraged by the 'Americans' around Roosevelt. We ignore Hitler's pleadings not to enter into war. Now we are forced to realise that Hitler was right. He offered us the co-operation of Germany; instead, since 1945, we have been facing the immense power of the Soviet Union. I feel ashamed and humiliated to see that the aims we accused Hitler of, are being relentlessly pursued now, only under a different label.
Postby Moderator » 1 decade 1 year ago (Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:44 pm)
Lamprecht,
I believe Reviso wants a verifiable source for the quotation. Thanks.
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Es denomina ordinador domèstic (o pres de l'anglès i del castellà computadora domèstica) a la segona generació d'ordinadors, va ser un tipus de microordinadors que van entrar al mercat amb el naixement de l'Altair 8800 i s'estén fins a principis de la dècada de 1990. Això engloba a tots els ordinadors de 8 bits (principalment amb CPU Zilog Z80, MOS Technology 6502 o Motorola 6800) i a la primera generació d'equips amb CPU de 16 bits (principalment Motorola 68000 i Intel 8086 i 8088). El terme prové que va portar l'ordinador de la indústria a la llar. Encara que se sol excloure d'aquest grup als ordinadors IBM compatibles, però cal destacar que fins al triomf definitiu i l'adopció del terme "ordinador personal", van haver de competir amb les línies patrocinades per Atari, Commodore i Apple Computer, per la qual cosa alguns opten per incloure en la categoria de domèstic als models més significatius de 16 bits, o almenys als ordinadors compatibles orientats al mateix mercat com la gamma Tandy.

En certa manera, guardant certa similitud amb les noves formes animals aparegudes en el període càmbric, una gran quantitat de màquines de totes les classes, incloent rareses com l'ordinador Jupiter Ace en llenguatge Forth apareixien al mercat i desapareixien de nou. Alguns tipus d'ordinadors van romandre durant més temps, d'altres van evolucionar tractant de mantenir la compatibilitat (existeixen, per exemple, targetes d'emulació Apple II per als primers Mac). No obstant això, al final de la dècada la majoria van ser eliminats per l'ordinador personal compatible amb IBM i les generacions més noves de consoles de joc perquè ambdues utilitzaven els seus propis formats incompatibles. La revolució IBM va ser provocada el 1981 per l'arribada de l'ordinador personal de IBM 5150, l'IBM PC.

Malgrat això, segueixen existint grups d'usuaris que no renuncien a usar i millorar els seus vells equips dotant-los de les possibilitats modernes com disc dur o connexió a Internet. Encara que totes són molt actives (tenint en compte la cada vegada menor base d'usuaris), destaquen per mèrit propi la d'usuaris de MSX en els 8 bits i la de Commodore Amiga en els 16 bits (qualificats per un redactor de MacByte com els llogarets d'irreductibles gals que resisteixen el setge de les legions Wintel). Així mateix han donat naixement a una sèrie d'aficions que se solen englobar sota el terme retroinformàtica.

Una de les més conegudes és l'emulació, normalment per programari, però també per maquinari, d'aquests antics ordinadors i consoles en tot tipus de dispositius: moderns ordinadors personals, consoles, PDAs, telèfons mòbils, reproductors de DVD descodificadors de TDT, càmeres fotogràfiques digitals, etc.

Molts d'aquests ordinadors eren superficialment similars i tenien usualment un teclat de fabricació barat integrat en la carcassa que contenia sota la placa mare amb la CPU, una font d'alimentació externa i com a unitat de visualització més comuna un televisor. Molts utilitzaven cintes de cassets d'àudio compactes com a mecanisme (notòriament poc fiable) d'emmagatzematge de dades, ja que les unitats de disc flexible eren molt cares en aquella època. El seu baix preu era comú en la majoria d'ordinadors.

A part de casos com CP/M i OS-9, la majoria tenen a la ROM les rutines bàsiques (que podrien considerar-se el seu sistema operatiu) juntament amb el llenguatge BASIC. És el que avui sol conèixer-se com el firmware dels perifèrics (una unitat de disc o lector de DVD pot portar integrat en el seu circuit de xips de microcontroladors precisament basats en les CPUs d'aquests equips).

Vegeu també
 Història de l'ordinador personal
 Ordinador personal

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Rune's PC Museum
 Home of the home computer
 Collection of old analog and digital computers at Old Computer Museum
 Computer History Museum – An online museum of home computing and gaming
 "Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures" – From Ars Technica
 article on computing in the 1980s
 Google Books link to A history of the personal computer: the people and the technology by Roy A. Allan

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Wondering for those who do bets. Me and a couple buddies made some bets this week and filled out brackets.
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import ezdxf

from ezdxf.math import Matrix44

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def simple_helix(filename: str):
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    doc.saveas(CWD / filename)

def transform_helix(filename: str):
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    msp = doc.modelspace()
    helix = msp.add_helix(radius=5, pitch=1, turns=5)
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For that, of course, I need questions. If you're curious about the design and development of this beastie, please take this opportunity to ask away.
1) "The structure is very flexible and eminently customizable." Could you elaborate on exactly what this entails and how you went about it in the first place?
B) the writing of other, more traditional adventures.
Is this a remake of the old "Queen of the Demonweb Pits" -- which I remember loving -- or a whole new beast?
The planescape campaign setting was pretty... different... from other existing campaign settings at the time (or at now, for that matter). How much free reign were you given to be a bit odd for this book?
I'm always interested in how two authors work together on a project like this. How was the labor divided between you and Gwendolyn?
I just noticed something of interest in your Interests and had to comment. The combination of Italy, Memento Mori, and Grappa is very reminiscent for me and not just because I could list them in my own Interests as well.
Two years ago, I took two courses in Rome, Italy. One course involved Baroque Art, and indeed I saw many Memento Mori pieces, frequently on tomb decoration. The above icon is one such, and I have several other photos I could send you links to as well if you're interested. Finally, while in Rome, I had my first taste of grappa, and I am a big fan. I've also tried some Chilean grappa since then -- ABA Pisco -- but it seems to me the second rate Italian brand was better. The best I've had yet, however, was the Italian Alexander Aqva Di Vita that I tried in Toronto -- rather expensive though. Know any you could suggest?
Is there a connection between these three for you as well -- at least between Italy and Grappa -- or are they all very separate interests of yours?
My time in Italy has been extremely limited, and yet my first novel is set there (Venice and Milan). I love the country, the history, the wines, the memento mori, and yes, the grappa. Though for me, all three interests are unrelated.
The memento mori, for me, relate to the Baroque as well, but to the Baroque in Germany and Poland. I'd love to see more of your photos/links on this topic.
Here's my collection of the memento mori from Rome. They're all marble of some sort from church interiors. The majority are Baroque pieces (as we focused on Baroque churches and that's when the pontiffs exuberantly funded the arts for their own purposes), but some may date a little earlier or later. The majority of these were side-exhibits, so to speak, and not the focus of our main lectures.
Also, I'll apologize for some of the photos' quality. Many of the churches were quite dimly lit in their side chapels.
I took over 600 photos of the scenery in Rome, Naples, and Pompeii on my trip and also recorded a few journal entries in my notebook. If you're interested in seeing any more of it, perhaps to help for your book, it is all organized and sorted in this journal entry of mine.
And he's my memento mori icon, from a barista friend who's an artist as well.


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import java.io.Serializable;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
import javax.persistence.NamedQueries;
import javax.persistence.NamedQuery;
import javax.persistence.Table;

/**
 * The persistent class for the ocs_pm database table.
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@Entity
@Table(name="ocs_pm")
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	@Column(name="ch_qtd")
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  private Ocs ocs;

  @ManyToOne
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	public OcsPm() {
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  public OcsPm(Integer id) {
    this.id = id;
  }

  @Override
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  @Override
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    return this.getPm().getDescricao().compareTo(o.getPm().getDescricao());
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	@Override
  public int hashCode() {
    final int prime = 31;
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    return result;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (this == obj)
      return true;
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      return false;
    if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
      return false;
    OcsPm other = (OcsPm) obj;
    if (id != other.id)
      return false;
    return true;
  }

  public Integer getId() {
		return this.id;
	}

	public void setId(Integer id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	public Integer getChQtd() {
		return this.chQtd;
	}

	public void setChQtd(Integer chQtd) {
		this.chQtd = chQtd;
	}

  public BigDecimal getValor() {
    return valor;
  }

  public void setValor(BigDecimal valor) {
    this.valor = valor;
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  public ProcedimentoMedico getPm() {
    return pm;
  }

  public void setPm(ProcedimentoMedico pm) {
    this.pm = pm;
  }

  public Ocs getOcs() {
    return ocs;
  }

  public void setOcs(Ocs ocs) {
    this.ocs = ocs;
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