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Q: Prototype Ajax.Updater evaluate string before the update here's my code:
new Ajax.Updater('container', url, {
    method: "get",
    onLoading: function () {
        document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = "Loading...";
    },
    on200: function(response) {
        if(response.responseText.match(/WhatImLookingFor/)) {
            window.location = "leNewURL";
        }
    },
    onComplete: function(response) {
        //do other cool stuff
    }
});

What I'm trying to do is intercept the response before container gets updated and if the text in the response matches WhatImLookingFor, I want to redirect the user to leNewURL. With the code above this is happening, but not before the update, so it looks quirky. Is there anyway that I can intercept right before the update happens or do I have to resort to other hacks like hiding container and show it only if there's no match?

A: If you want to customize the behavior of your Ajax call like that I would recommend using the base Ajax.Request() http://api.prototypejs.org/ajax/Ajax/Request/
new Ajax.Request(url, {
    method: "get",
    onLoading: function () {
        $('container').update("Loading...");
    },
    onComplete: function(response) {
        if(response.responseText.match(/WhatImLookingFor/)) {
            window.location = "leNewURL";
        }
        else {
            //do other cool stuff
            $('container').update(response.responseText);
        }
    }
});

I swapped out the document.getElementById() with the $() utility method as its less to type and includes all of PrototypeJS's Element methods

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Q: Doubt regarding square root During a lecture my professor said that the co domain of function $$f(x)=\sqrt{x}$$ must be $[0,\infty)$.
But I asked " can the co-domain be the whole R?"
He answered "it can't".
My doubt is that eventhough the range is [0,$\infty$),can the co domain be R or it  must be [0,$\infty$).
Please help me to clarify my doubt.Thanks .

A: The point is, unless we are being very strict  about things, the only condition on the co-domain is that it must contain the range.
The definition of codomain says : "a set that contains all the possible values of a function".
Both the sets $\mathbb{R}$ and $[0,\infty)$ contain the range of your function, which happens  to be $[0,\infty)$. Hence, both qualify as co domains of the function.
However, if you were to say that $[0,\infty)$ is the domain of the function, then you would get  a stronger statement about the function, namely that it is one-one and onto. Therefore, it would be recommended for you to work with  $[0,\infty)$ as the co domain.  It would not be mandatory to do so.

A: For a function $f\colon A\to B$ we call $A$ the domain and $B$ the co-domain of $f$. This expresses that $f(x)$ is defined and is an element of $B$ for all $x\in A$.
The range of the function, $$f[A]=\{\,f(x)\mid x\in A\,\}=\{\,y\in B\mid \exists x\in A\colon y=f(x)\,\},$$ is a subset of the co-domain, and may be a proper subset.
Thus we can consider the square-root function as a function $[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$, but just as well as a function $[0,\infty)\to \Bbb R$ (but certainly not as a function $[0,\infty)\to[1,\infty)$ and of course not $\Bbb R\to\Bbb R$)


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Q: Correlation between two variables Qstn: X and Y have a correlation of 0.9. Does there exist another variable correlated to both X and Y  with correlation -0.9.
My answer:  yes.
Since X and Y are correlated,
Y = a + bX ; b>0
Let there exist a variable Z correlated to both X and Y.
Then, Z = a1 + b1X ; b1<0
  Y = a2 + b2Z ; b2<0

Therefore,
Y = a2 + a1b2 +b1b2X ;b1b2>0
Please tell me if my reasoning is right?


i honestly couldn't resist.. i have a bunch of plants indoors and i just had to get something outdoors (which i just finished doing before writing this).. so i planted zucchini, summer squash and winter squash. personally i don't care if they make it or not - alot of the plants i have were considered as test plants so i see which will do better under certain conditions..
But if you have other stuff, I am not sure I would have started with the squash which to me are the last planted. Tomatoes can withstand a lot more cold than squash.
Yep! Out of all the warm weather seedlings, tomatoes are the first ones to get thrown out in the cold to sink or swim.
Tonight will likely be our last very chilly low, with a low of 36 degrees forecast. I'll likely turn the sprinklers on about 3 a.m. and let them run until around 9 a.m. Will move all of the plants that are still in midsized pots into a heated area.
applestar wrote: Yep! Out of all the warm weather seedlings, tomatoes are the first ones to get thrown out in the cold to sink or swim.
On a related note, what other warm weather crops fall into the "planting early doesn't hurt 'em" category and which into the "planting early stunts them forever and you'll regret it" category?
I plant succession plantings for most everything, so if the earliest gets stunted, the next batch is o.k. If any stunted plants don't seem to be earnig their keep, then they get jerked up and replaced with something that will earn its keep. For tomatoes, we always start an excess of plants, just in case an early planting doesn't work out.
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Abandon in place an existing continuous cast in place storm drainage pipe and replace it with a 48 inch, a 54 inch and a 60 inch continuous reinforced concrete pipe (RCP). The pipe route is from North Adams Street, east to North First Street, and then east under the UPRR tracks to the Creekside Basin. The location of the new pipe is adjacent to the existing storm drainage pipe except for the section between North Adams Street and North First Street.
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January 8, 2015 By thedandygoat
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Aided by a team of translators and cultural sensitivity consultants, we bring you "52 Days of Charlie Hebdo" covers, one for every week last year. We will add a new every day, or as often as we can scrape up enough money to pay the translation team. Our goal is to spread the publication's charm and offense to everyone, equally, even as we learn to regret our decision to do so. Note: we've moved our office to a bunker in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. And everyone here's got Ebola, so stay away.
The cover reads, "If Muhammad came back…"
Prisoner: "I'm the Prophet, you moron!"
Jihadi: "Shut up, infidel!"
The cover reads, "Surrogacy is 2 parents … and one slave."
What else may we add? If you don't know what "surrogacy" is, then look it up. We attempted to, but our dictionary was broken.
The cover reads, "Le Pen, Zemmour: no to family reunification."
If a non-European has lived in France for at least 18 months, his or her non-European family members may be given French residency visas as well, as long as a few criteria are met. Prominent and controversial journalist Éric Zemmour (depicted in the middle) is calling for genetic testing to be a part of this "family reunification" program in order to verify that applicants are, in fact, related. Similar demands for limitations on family reunification have been made by Jean-Marie Le Pen (on the left) and his daughter Marine Le Pen (on the right), both leaders in the conservative nationalist party Front National.
The cover reads, "The sex slaves of Boko Haram are pissed off: 'Don't touch our benefits!'"
Members of the commentariat don't agree what this cover "means." It may be an example of the mystifying "third degree" of French humor (the first being literal, the second being ironic, the third being — well if we knew, we'd wouldn't tell you, would we?).
The benefits referred to in the caption are "allocations familiales," which is financial assistance given to anyone with dependent children. The more kids you have, the more money you get.
And Boko Haram is, obviously, the English rock band whose 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is still considered essential to understanding the Summer of Love.
2014 saw an increase in the numbers of migrants attempting to make boat crossings to Europe through the Mediterranean. From January to October, at least 150,000 migrants arrived on Italian shores alone, while an estimated 3000 died trying to make the voyage. The question of what to do with migrants once they arrive, as well as how to discourage them from attempting such perilous journeys, is a very divisive one.
Éric Zemmour is a French writer and commentator whose conservative positions — including a staunch opposition to the current French immigration policy — have caused caused him to be celebrated by some and loathed by others. His 2014 book "The French Suicide," which argues that a combination of cowardice and capitulation have diminished French sovereignty and global influence, was a bestseller.
In the cartoon, the two people under the boat are Marine Le Pen (from the conservative nationalist Front National) and former president Nicolas Sarkozy (from the center-right UMP party).
The cover reads, "'The French Suicide' : They are initiating the Zemmour plan."
In October, French news outlets were reporting dozens of stories of roving gangs of armed clowns attacking passersby, putting French police on alert and prompting some vigilantes to take to the streets to beat up anyone caught wearing a bright red wig and jumbo shoes.
The cover reads, "Aggressive clowns: 'He made me eat shit!'"
The cover reads, "Nabillon: the TV starlet stabs her boyfriend."
"Nabillon" is a portmanteau of "Nabilla" and "Fillon." Nabilla is the buxom reality TV star who infamously stabbed her boyfriend, and François Fillon is the former prime minister and a close ally of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Last fall, Fillion was rumored to have tried to speed up legal proceedings in a corruption case against his old (and at 5 feet, 5 inches, we can say "petit") pal to prevent him from making a political comeback.
The cover reads, "These great French chefs who have succeeded abroad."
Like many countries in Europe, France has seen quite a few of its citizens get recruited by ISIS, and last fall some estimates put the number at nearly 1000 who had either already joined the Islamic State, or were planning on it. A week before this issue went to press, Flavien Moreau, the first Frenchman to be tried for the crime, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a French court.
This cover has recently been removed from the Charlie Hebdo Facebook page, and understandably so. Or not? What do you think?
The cover reads, "Fed up with Restos du Coeur"
Stirring the pot in the illustration is Coluche, a French comedian who in 1985 founded Restos du Coeur, an organization that provides food and lodging to homeless people. In November, when this issue came out, Restos du Coeur was celebrating its 30th winter of giving assistance.
In the pot are the leaders of the three largest political parties: President François Hollande (Socialist Party), former president Nicolas Sarkozy (center-right UMP), and Marine Le Pen (conservative-nationalist National Front).
Around when this issue came out, there was much discussion in the media about the likelihood of these three "has-beens" running for president in 2017.
It is our expert's opinion that the meaning is this: another year, same ol' shit.
Depicted in the middle is Jean-Marie Le Pen, the 86-year-old founder of the National Front, the conservative nationalist party. On the left is his daughter, Marine, who is currently the party's leader. On his right is his granddaughter, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, a National Front member of parliament who was elected in 2012 at the tender age of 22.
The cover reads, "We tried everything — except syphilis." And that's all we know.
The cover reads, "Yes to nativity scenes in public spaces!"
In December, a judge ordered officials in La Roche-sur-Yon, a town in western France, to remove a nativity scene from the town hall on the grounds the display violated laws prohibiting religious symbols in public spaces. This decision sparked criticism and protest, with some polls showing that up to 85 percent of French people believe that nativity scenes should be permitted as a cultural tradition — an argument that has held sway with judges in other parts of France.
If you fail to find the (so very très français) "second degree of humor" in this cover, so do we. Did the editors of Charlie Hebdo just want to to take a cheap swipe at those aging militant Catholics who threaten the country with prayer-a-thons?
Our resident French expert has reminded us that a "public space" ("lieu public") can describe a public building as well as public areas like parks — where, perhaps, toilets are scarce.
Florian Philippot is a leader in France's National Front, a conservative nationalist party. In December 2014, the tabloid Closer published photos of Philippot and a male companion seemingly holding hands, effectively outing him.
The cover reads, "Shocked parents of Philippot: 'We didn't know he was from the extreme right.'"
"Nabilla gets out of jail"
Nabilla Benattia is a French celebutante who became famous in 2011 after starring in the reality TV show "Love Is Blind." A cross of Kim Kardashian and Snooki, Nabilla is as famous for her booty as her coarse manners and her Biff-like catchphrase, "Allô, quoi." ("Hello?")
In November 2014, she was arrested after stabbing her then-boyfriend Thomas Vergara multiple times in the chest with a knife. Vergara, a reality TV star in his own right, claims the attack was the culmination of repeated instances of domestic abuse against him. Nabilla was released from jail a week before Christmas, and she will be tried for the stabbing later this year.
In French, the word for turkey, "une dinde," can also mean someone who is stupid.
"A dog at the Élysée: The popularity of Hollande climbs with labradors"
The Élysée Palace is the official residence of French presidents, their mistresses, and sometimes their wives. President Hollande, whose popularity is only slightly above that of the Charlie Hebdo shooters themselves, received a labrador puppy for Christmas. The verb "to climb" — grimper — can also mean "to hump."
"The Predictions of the Wise Man Houellebecq"
'In 2015, I lose my teeth'
'In 2022, I do Ramadan'
Michel Houellebecq is the author of "Submission," a recent novel that depicts the 2022 election of a Muslim president who instills Sharia law in France.
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Local News & Views What's next for Marcus Book Store?
What's next for Marcus Book Store?
by Karen and Greg Johnson, co-owners, SF Marcus Book Store
We first extend our family's deep appreciation to all our supporters for the constant love and dedication and willingness they have shown to donate time, energy and money to retain the SF Marcus Book Store in the Jimbo's Bop City-Marcus Books landmarked building and to keep the business in the hood. It's been an uplifting experience.
Mayor Ed Lee makes one of many pledges to support Marcus Book Store as he shakes the hand of co-owner Greg Johnson. Mayor Lee knows that Marcus Books is not only the oldest Black book store in the U.S., but it is the only Black business to survive Redevelopment devastation of the once thriving, world renowned Black Fillmore District. It's not too late. "We are asking Mayor Ed Lee to step up and actually do the right thing and save this crucial landmark we all need," Greg says. – Photo: The Foghorn, USF
The purpose of this particular article is to clear up misconceptions that have surfaced about Marcus Book Store.
By now, most people are aware that in May 2014 San Francisco Marcus Book Store became the site of a tragic event: The store was ransacked and dismantled in broad daylight by the people who acquired the building in a bankruptcy sale. Their action was part of an overall scheme to publicly embarrass our family and dismantle an African American-owned legacy business recently designated by City officials as a cultural landmark.
Historical designation can be a good thing but it's laughable being publicly praised by the Board of Supervisors and the mayor for Marcus Books' contributions to the humanity of The City – Mayor Ed Lee even came to the store for a photo op, smiling widely and pledging his full support – and then quickly kicked to the curb and declared obsolete goods. Got to admit that we were perplexed by the timing.
We loved our home and store location and had been in court battles to retain the property to no avail. It was global public outcry that made the issue too large to sweep under the rug. A few days after another court hearing, the Sweisses changed the locks on the building.
For weeks they had initiated verbal agreements to allow us access to remove our inventory and then denied every date. Then they demanded that we testify in court against a family member who was still legally residing in the building as a condition to access. We declined to lie in court.
Karen Johnson and daughter Tamiko stand outside the officially landmarked Marcus Book Store a few months before it was ransacked by the Sweiss family. – Photo: Sara Bloomberg, KQED
After a whole month of denying us access to our possessions, they hired workers to go into the store and demolish the bookcases and furniture, taking some inventory, throwing away other items, stealing musical instruments, sound systems, professional tools, art work and other miscellaneous items necessary to any retail store.
The Sweisses are accountable for their actions, morally and legally. Concerned people from both sides repelled by the devastation stepped in and demanded they return objects taken.
The incident brought in layers of complexity, high anxiety and trauma, yet we choose to handle the situation with dignity, seeking full compensation rather than retaliation. We embrace change in a positive spiritual way and stay focused on the value we bring to our community and others interested in expanding their knowledge about Black culture.
Marcus Books of San Francisco will continue to be a part of the San Francisco landscape. As co-owners of a cultural legacy, we are committed to maintaining the rich cultural heritage. There's much more to come!
Our passion is wrapped up in the building, so naturally we plan to push the envelope and pursue discussion centered on repurchasing the property at a reasonable cost – rather than the $1 million the Sweisses added to their purchase price.
We urge our supporters to continue investing in this revolutionary movement to halt ordained greed. The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and a number of courageous and passionate individuals continue to stand up and voice their displeasure at social injustice.
We would appreciate hearing back from the community and getting your thoughts on what services you would like the future Marcus Book Store to provide.
Gregory and Karen Johnson would like to hear from you – what Marcus Books means to you and what ideas you may have for restoring this incomparable treasure to the community that needs and loves it. Leave them a message at http://supportmarcusbooks.com/readers/.
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Borrowed Scenery is a story about an alternate reality (past, future or parallel) where plants are a central aspect of human society. Weaving through the physical spaces of everyday life, the story can be tangibly experienced wherever plants and humans interact. This film provides an insight into the physical narrative of the project – a visual taste of the space and place as the camera weaves through Ghent's parks and urban vegetation.
John Paul Bichard's documentary on the LIREC project deftly rises to the challenge of outlining the project's sometimes bewildering complexity and diversity while at the same time tracing the underlying connections between its many facets. Wrapped in beautiful graphics and pleasing production values, it will surely appeal to those with no prior knowledge of the LIREC project or its background, even while it conveys some of its technical breadth and depth.
This DVD transforms natural sounds and images through digital technologies. Vocals, music, organic image and computer-generated designs are digitally grafted together, creating an intriguing and intensely evolving reality.
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DVD accompanying the tx0om publication, designed as a puzzle and a set of cards. It documents FoAM's responsive environment in Torino and Greath Yarmouth, Time's Up in Maribor, the p~lot workshop in Croatia and other activities that were realised as part of this European project between 2002-2003.


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Powers: The Zaniac possessed vast superhuman strength (at least Class 50) and durability. It could create and project knives composed of radioactive energy. It possessed a pathological hatred for women, especially the attractive ones. It would seek to slay any "pretty-pretties" it could get its knife on. It preserved to save the "Knife of Love" for women, and attack men with the "brute force of hate."
When killed, the Zaniac would release a number of small, vermin-like creatures that would scatter until they found someone to bite. Their victim then became the next Zaniac, and the remaining vermin disintegrate, so that only one Zaniac exists at a time. Some of the victim's memories and personality traits would stay with then when they became the Zaniac, mixed in with its pathological misogynistic hatred.
(Thor I#372(fb)) <possible> - In an alternate future (Earth-869371), the Zaniac, in the form of a foreign diplomat, had slain the mayor of Brooklyopolis, which sparked off a world war. The government tracked down evidence of the Zaniac into the past, possibly even back into the nineteenth century, where they suspected him of being the man known as Jack the Ripper. They managed to establish a specific temporal fix on the Zaniac in the modern era, and they sent back Federal Police officer Justice Peace to stop him, in order to prevent their world war.
(Thor I#319) - The Zaniac was originally the name for a character in a horror movie directed by Mr.Kroenking. The character in the movie was supposed to be an escaped lunatic who had been in an asylum for the mass murder of fourteen cheerleaders. When the Zaniac character was a child, its mother mistreated it, locking it in a closet, among other abuses. As it grew older, the character transferred its hatred to all women.
Brad Wolfe was the actor slated to play the role of the Zaniac. He sought the role in the slasher movie to use as a stepping stone to bigger roles and better parts. However, he identified with the character in some fashion as he had a similar childhood himself. One scene of the movie was filmed over the location of the Manhattan Project, which involved nuclear in the late 1940s. Some explosives for a future scene had been stored underneath a set of bleachers, and they caught on fire when a man watching the filming unwittingly discarded his cigar into them.
During the movie scene, Wolfe, as the Zaniac, chased the actress playing his victim into the bleachers, just as the explosives went off. The explosion released some of the radiation that had been stored in the ground below it since the testing. The radiation mutated Wolfe, twisting his mind and body so that he seemed to become the Zaniac character he had been playing.
Don Blake and his friend and colleague, Dr. Shawna Linde had been watching the film as well, and they were stunned by the explosion even at some distance. The Zaniac mistook Shawna, in her torn dress, for the "luscious coed" he had been chasing and made off with her. Blake changed into Thor, pursued the Zaniac, and succeeded in stopping him from killing Shawna. However, the Zaniac's unexpected superhuman strength surprised Thor, and he managed to escape. Following the plot to the movie, the Zaniac then headed for a home for women, planning on slaughtering them all. Kroenking recommended that Thor check out that location, and Thor again prevented his massacre. The two struggled for a short-time, until the Zaniac began creating and throwing a series of energy knives at Thor. Thor deflected the knives by whirling his hammer, and they struck the Zaniac, incapacitating him. The Zaniac was taken away by an ambulance under police custody.
(Thor371) - Seeking vengeance on Thor, but wishing to remain free of suspicion, "Thug" Thatcher had the Zaniac broken out of from Skraggmore Penitentiary. Thatcher's plan was to have the Zaniac kill Jane Foster, and have him take the full blame due to his history. However, upon being freed from his energy-nullifying manacles, the Zaniac slew Thatcher's old girlfriend, Ruby, who walked in on them. Thatcher's agent, Kellen, responded by shooting and killing the Zaniac. However, the Zaniac's form began to convulse, and dozens of creatures burst forth, lunging for Thatcher and Kellen. The two fled, and Kellen tried to fight them off, but one of them bit Thatcher, transforming him into the next Zaniac, who continued to seek the death of Jane Foster.
(Thor372) - The Zaniac killed Kellen, and then tracked down and killed Jane Foster as well. However, Justice Peace, a law-officer from an alternate future had been sent back in time by the Time Variance Authority (TVA) to stop the Zaniac.
Justice Peace initially clashed with Thor due to a misunderstanding (as is the law in comics), but they eventually joined forces. Peace's Hopsikle, his means of transport, still maintained a weak temporal charge. Thor combined the last remnants of chronal energy remaining in his hammer, Mjolnir, to enhance this charge, so they could go back in time and save Jane Foster. The charge was sufficient to bring them back to seconds after the death of Brad Wolfe, and they killed all of the Zaniac vermin before they could infect anyone else. Thatcher, however, had a heart attack from the stress of nearly being bitten by one of the vermin, and he died.
Clarifications: Several different beings have been credited as being Jack the Ripper, who was active in August 1888. See his entry for those.
There is a probable scenario to account for all these added accounts of Jack The Ripper. It is likely that Thomas Malverne was the employee of Fu Manchu. Malverne wanted to be a vampire, but he was prevented from drinking the blood of his victims because Dormammu forced the fragment of Zaniac into him. After his death by the vampires, the released Zaniac fragment possessed another body that went on to the United States and was collected by the Predator. Malverne�s physical body was buried under the tombstone marked just �Jack the Ripper�. However, it may be only a matter of time before someone at Marvel adds another twist. (It�s actually a shame the Ripper wasn�t borrowed by Mephisto or Satannish during their attacks on the Avengers West Coast [AWC #98-100]. It sure would have been a good place for him to show up and for Marvel to close their many contradictions.)--Will Ucthman.
--Or perhaps Dormammu brought the Zaniac fragment to Earth and placed it into Malverne first. This stimulated his interest and bloodthirsty behavior, which caused him to be recruited by Fu Manchu. The fragment also drew him to the vampires, but though he carried out the acts, his human spirit stopped him from consuming his victims' blood. Malverne's corpse was buried in said grave, but by the time it was unearthed in the modern era, Malverne's spirit had been twisted by decades in Hell. Malverne's brain had been taken by Fu Manchu, who distilled only the killer impulses of Jack the Ripper from his mind. Many Zaniac fragments are spawned with the death of the host, and while one stayed in the version collected by the Predator, another went on to possess Brad Wolfe, the Zaniac.
--To clarify, this would mean that the Zaniac fragments are/were the true Ripper, and Malverne and others were just hosts, though they did become twisted by their exposure to the essence of the Zaniac.
In addition, the Vampire Tales story can be fit in thusly: Either it was the "original" Ripper (possibly Malverne) who was pulled forward in time, and then was returned to his own time somehow, OR it was one of the Ripper's successors, another host for a Zaniac fragment. This successor could either have stayed in that time period, or might have returned to his own time and gone on to travel to the Holy Ghost Church and meet his death.
I personally like the idea of the Zaniac fragments, as it allows many beings to meet many fates, and allows pretty much any Ripper story to be fit into continuity. The way the Ripper used the wooden stake on St. Francis, rather than dirtying his knife on a woman reminds me of the way the Zaniac only wanted to use his knife (representing his twisted love) on women, and the brutal fists of hate on men. He compromised on Thor, because his long hair made him look like a pretty-pretty.
Possibly, Earth-Interface might be the same timeline as the world shown by Justice Peace in Thor I#372. The once peaceful future may have needed to adopt an advanced security system to stop the Ripper's (and perhaps his further spawns') killings. Perhaps they generated this on their own, and this is the world of Justice Peace's origin (as would appear from Thor#372) or they might have enlisted aid from the Time Variance Authority and gotten Justice Peace that way.
Zaniac has a full entry in Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook.
Comments: Created by Doug Moench and Keith Pollard, revised by Walt Simonson and Sal Buscema.
It makes an interesting story, but I could use a little more explanation into how Wolfe became the host to the Zaniac vermin if he gained his abilities from the radioactive explosion.
Of course, one of the vermin must have escaped to bite another victim.
Thanks to John McDonagh for supplementary Jack the Ripper information.
He also pointed out that Justice Peace is an obvious Judge Dredd spoof. We'll call it homage.
Ruby's kids will receive their own entry at some point.
Ruby's last name, Kellen's first name and Thatcher's first name were revealed in Zaniac's profile in OHotMU A-Z HC#13.
(Journey into Mystery I#89) - He was originally a New York based mob boss. He was shot in the shoulder during a gunfight with the police. Thatcher's men found the office of Dr. Don Blake and his nurse, Jane Foster, and forced them at gunpoint to treat Thug. Blake was more than happy to treat Thatcher, and he removed the bullet and stabilized him. However, Thatcher then directed his men to "take care of him" so he couldn't squeal to the cops. Blake managed to retrieve his walking stick, and he transformed into Thor. Thor captured Thatcher's gang, but Thug himself escaped and took Jane Foster hostage again. Thor rescued Jane and pursued Thatcher, eventually catching him in an old construction site. Thatcher was sent to prison.
(Thor I#368) - Thatcher was released from Ryker's Island and promptly took a plane to Chicago (or Illinois).
(Thor I#372 (fb) ) - When he was released, he sought vengeance on Thor, but knew he couldn't harm him, and had no wish to return to prison. He came upon the idea of freeing the Zaniac and having him kill Jane Foster.
(Thor I#369) - Thugh came upon Ruby as she was telling her sons to clean up, thinking of what their daddy would want. Thug reintroduced himself to Ruby, whose mind Thor had wiped.
(Thor I#371-372) - He hired another criminal named Kellen to assist him. He tracked down his old girlfriend, Ruby, who now lived in Chicago, and forced her to let him stay at her house, and to assist in his plan to free the Zaniac.
The remainder of his fate is detailed above.
Ruby Mortensen was the girlfriend of Thug Thatcher before his arrest. She was worried about him when he was injured, and she pleaded with not to harm Dr. Blake or Jane Foster. When he was cornered by Thor, she begged him to surrender and take his medicine. She promised him that if he went to jail, she'd wait for him. However, he turned on her, telling her that he never loved her and she was nothing but a millstone around his neck. Thug fired at Thor, and Ruby was nearly hit by one of bullets.
After Thug went to prison, Ruby moved on. She moved to Chicago, and had two kids, Ricky and Micky. The father of these kids was not named: it may have been Thug, or another man. Nonetheless, Ruby was living alone years later when Thug was released from prison. He threatened her kids to force her to cooperate with him. She allowed him to stay at her house, and then snuck a nose filter Skraggmore Penitentiary, where it was eventually delivered to the Zaniac. This allowed him to escape during a gas attack by Kellen, who flew him out with a helicopter. However, Ruby wandered in as the Zaniac was being released from his manacles, and he slew her. Her children were taken to Asgard, and became part of the large family of Volstagg and Gudrun.
Marcus Kellen was a criminal hired by Thatcher to assist in his plot to use the Zaniac to kill Jane Foster. He flew the helicopter and launched the tear gas which broke the Zaniac out of jail. He panicked after the Zaniac killed Ruby, and shot him dead. After Thatcher became the next Zaniac, he snapped Kellen's neck. However, in the timeline created/remade by Thor and Justice Peace, Thatcher never became the Zaniac, and so he was still alive, although his exact fate is unknown.


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KERSHAW, KATHERINE (nee McLaughlin) "KASS"
KERSHAW, KATHERINE (nee McLaughlin) "KASS", - 63, of Somers Point , passed away unexpectedly Thursday September 20, 2018 at her home. She was born February 25, 1955 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to John McLaughlin and Helen Wilkinson. Kass grew up in Upper Darby and Ellwood City and graduated from Atlantic City High School. After graduation, she traveled the country, lived in New York and studied dance. She moved back to New Jersey and worked at the Atlantic City library and Trump Taj Mahal. Kass married Lee Kershaw in 1993 and retired in 1995 to raise their daughter, Lena. She was an avid reader, loved learning and could find art in anything. Kass was a fun, friendly face around her neighborhood and made friends wherever she went and was bright,thoughtful and truly kind to everyone she met. She was a great mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She will be truly missed. Kass is survived by her husband Lee, daughter Lena, grandsons, Douglas and Jaxson, mother Helen McLaughlin, siblings, Margaret Tritt, Ellen Sykes (Charles), Charles McLaughlin (Kathy), Theresa Cramer (John), Mary McLaughlin, Cecelia Carter, Elizabeth McLaughlin, James McLaughlin, Suzanne Lempka (David), Anne Downes, Evelyn Ward (Aaron) and Joseph McLaughlin. She is also survived by 24 nieces and nephews and 17 grand nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her father John McLaughlin, brothers John and Francis McLaughlin, father-in-law Atherly and brother-in-law Stephen. A Mass of Christian Burial for Katherine will be Celebrated 12noon on Monday October 1, 2018 at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church 606 Shore Road Somers Point with a viewing from 11am to 12pm. The Rite of Committal will be offered at Holy Cross Cemetery, Route 40 in Mays Landing following Mass. Arrangements by the Gormley Funeral Home LLC, AC.


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We were troubled by Gina Kolata's December 10, 2018 New York Times article claiming that "after decades of research, there are shockingly few firm conclusions" about diet. There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to diet, and searching for a magic bullet eating plan can only lead to disappointment and frustration. That said, decades of research from distinguished scientists across a wide spectrum of dietary philosophies do in fact reveal a number of firm conclusions about what constitutes a healthy diet. One reason people give up on eating well is the public perception that nutrition experts all disagree and that there's no clear message on how to eat well. While this perceived conflict might make for a more interesting headline, in reality, nutrition research is not as muddled as many journalists lead readers to believe. In 2015, Oldways gathered the leading researchers across a wide spectrum of dietary philosophies (from Paleo to vegan, from low fat to Mediterranean, and many more) to find common ground on what constitutes a healthy diet, and the group reached numerous actionable points of consensus. Since then, the academic community has continued to pursue clarity amidst the confusion and controversy that dominate headlines. Just last month, scientists with widely varying perspectives published a review on low-fat and low-carb diets, identifying areas of consensus between the two approaches. Science by its nature encourages us to continue probing for new information – and yet in the meantime, we all need to eat three times a day, so it's imperative that people understand we have plenty of evidence already for what kind of food choices support good health.
We are extremely disappointed by the recent USDA announcement that the final rule on school meal flexibilities will weaken school nutrition standards, particularly with regards to whole grains. The announcement that only half of the weekly grains served in the school lunch and breakfast programs will be required to be "whole grain rich" is a euphemism for making a meager 25% of the grains whole. This is because "whole grain rich" simply means that at least half of the grains in a food are whole — NOT that the food is 100% whole grain.
This rollback is an unnecessary threat to children's health, given that widespread evidence indicates that healthier school meals have actually reduced plate waste without reducing school meal participation in many districts. Despite Secretary Perdue's comments to the contrary, students today are eating, and enjoying, whole grain foods. Relaxing nutrition guidelines that are already being met is a pointless exercise, and September 2016 data from the USDA show that the vast majority of school districts are certified as complying with the school nutrition standards. This includes 100% certification in states such as Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi — states that often don't receive acknowledgement for meeting nutritional guidelines.
This announcement comes at a particularly troubling time, as a 2017 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 57% of today's children will be obese by age 35. Our lunchrooms are a place to nurture students' appetites for healthy food and properly fuel their growing brains and bodies. Thus, we urge policy makers to prioritize the health and wellbeing of the next generation, and to not backpedal on existing successes.
The Lancet article did in fact find protective effects of moderate alcohol consumption in heart disease and diabetes, but argues that the increased risk of certain cancers and car accidents outweighs the benefits. Given that heart disease is the number one killer in the US, alcohol's potential beneficial relationship with cardiometabolic health should not be dismissed. However, the overall lifestyle that alcohol is a part of can reveal far greater information about health risks and benefits than simply analyzing alcohol in isolation. Moderate alcohol intake (particularly wine) is a characteristic component of a traditional Mediterranean diet, enjoyed in populations made famous for their longer lives and lower rates of chronic disease. When alcohol is consumed as part of a balanced meal, and coupled with daily movement and social connections, as in the Mediterranean, studies find a net health benefit. However, when alcohol intake is accompanied by unhealthy habits, like smoking or poor diet, or unsafe habits, like driving, obvious health risks present themselves. There's no reason to start taking up drinking if you don't already, particularly if you have a family history of alcohol dependency. However, the Mediterranean diet and other traditional diets present examples of how to safely enjoy alcohol in moderation (up to one 5-ounce glass of wine per day for women, or up to two 5-ounce glasses daily for men), in a way that may support cardiometabolic health and help to foster positive social connections.
A recent article with the headline, "Fatty foods don't cause heart diease, bread and pasta do," is another disappointing focus on a study that has been discounted by most nutrition scientists and other health professionals.
Oldways weighed in at the time the PURE Study was published, also citing methodological problems, such as the fact that carbohydrate quality was not considered, and that the diet described in the article (50-55% carbohydrates, 35% fat, and (by difference) 10-15% protein) actually resembles a Mediterranean diet more than a low-carb Atkins diet.
And then, take a deep breath and remember that one study does not change years of solid nutrition science research. High quality pasta and bread are part of a healthy diet.
The PREDIMED study, first published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2013, was a landmark clinical trial demonstrating the Mediterranean diet's role in major cardiovascular events (like stroke or myocardial infarction). The republished PREDIMED data, which has stronger randomization protocols in place, further strengthens the evidence base on the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet.
Despite the imperfections of the original PREDIMED study, its results continue to withstand scrutiny. The republished analysis, which excludes 1,588 of the original 7,447 participants due to randomization protocol, comes to the same findings as the original PREDIMED study, with an approximately 30% lower risk of major cardiovascular events. The participants that were omitted from the republished study were excluded because they shared a household with a previously enrolled participant and were therefore assigned the same diet without randomization, and because one of the eleven study sites assigned participants to diets by clinic, rather than individually. Even without these participants included, the sample size of PREDIMED remains large compared with other randomized controlled trials of diets and adds to the large body of literature demonstrating the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet.
But here again, the Mediterranean Diet has science on its side. The PREDIMED study is hardly the only time researchers have made links between the Mediterranean Diet and good health. The Mediterranean diet is one of the most well-researched eating patterns in the world, with more than 5 decades of epidemiological and clinical research supporting its benefits. The evidence supporting the Mediterranean Diet is so robust, that even the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend a Mediterranean style diet.
Yes, children in countries around the Mediterranean are eating more fast food and highly processed food, just as American children have done, and are thereby becoming more overweight and less healthy, like their American cousins. Educating kids (and their parents) about healthy food choices (and how to put them on the table quickly) is essential. Many traditional Mediterranean meals – such as pasta topped with vegetables and beans or a little fish – take less time to prepare than visiting the mall food court or picking up takeout, while saving money too.
Since more solid, peer-reviewed data support the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet than any other way of eating, Guardian readers should be aware that this healthy eating pattern is not on its last legs.
We are disappointed by the recent USDA rule to relax school nutrition standards. This move is an unnecessary threat to children's health, given that widespread evidence indicates that healthier school meals have actually reduced plate waste without reducing school meal participation in many districts. Despite Secretary Perdue's comments to the contrary, students today are eating, and enjoying, whole grain foods. Relaxing nutrition guidelines that are already being met is a pointless exercise, and September 2016 data from the USDA show that the vast majority of school districts are certified as complying with the school nutrition standards. This includes 100% certification in states such as Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi — states that often don't receive acknowledgement for meeting nutritional guidelines.
This announcement comes at a particularly troubling time, as a Harvard study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 57% of today's children will be obese by age 35. Our lunchrooms are a place to nurture students' appetites for healthy food and properly fuel their growing brains and bodies. Thus, we urge policy makers to prioritize the health and wellbeing of the next generation, and to not backpedal on existing successes.
We wholeheartedly support the National Academies' suggestions to enhance transparency, manage biases, and promote sound science. That said, we feel it's important to clarify that the widespread critiques of the DGA do not translate to a critique of the DGSAC (Dietary Guidelines Scientific Advisory Committee). The 2015 DGSAC report was met with widespread support from those immersed in nutrition research, as well as respected organizations including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the National WIC Association, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Scientists from vegan to Paleo, and from low-fat to Mediterranean, pushed aside personal interests and lent strong, collective support to the DGSAC report at Oldways' Finding Common Ground conference.
We believe strongly that overall diet determines health, rather than individual foods or specific nutrients. No matter what combination of nutrient criteria FDA might mandate as healthy, it's inevitable that a reductionist approach will result in efforts to "game" the system with fortified manufactured foods, while some whole, natural foods may fail to qualify. For instance, under the "current thinking" outlined in FDA's September 2016 guidance, brown rice wouldn't qualify to be labeled healthy – while the highest fat hamburger meat commonly sold (70% lean/30% fat) would qualify, as would the bun typically eaten with it.
In our comments, we advised FDA to follow either of two paths: 1) Don't allow the use of "healthy" at all on packaging, or 2) Allow it only on whole plant foods. If FDA does allow use of the word "healthy," Oldways recommends using it to highlight whole or minimally processed plant foods, which are especially encouraged in the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans – instead of tying use of the word "healthy" to a formula of nutrients.


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Iveta Mukuchyan to represent Armenia in Eurovision 2016!
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By Ervin Juhász Last updated Oct 13, 2015
Moments ago the name of the Armenian representative for Eurovision 2016 has been revealed. After a lot of rumours, it has been revealed that it is indeed Iveta Mukuchyan who will be representing Armenia next year in Stockholm!
About representing her home country in Eurovision 2016, Iveta Mukuchyan said:
I'm very happy, thankful and honored to be chosen by the Public TV Company of Armenia to represent Armenia. I love Eurovision and it's amazing to get a chance to represent my country on the big stage. Your support is very important to me, so I hope you will be next to me on this responsible and important journey.
The Armenian national broadcaster has also started an open contest for songwriters from all over the world. Everyone can submit their songs by e-mail to selection@armtv.com, no later than November 13. More details about this call for songs can be found on the official Armenian Eurovision website.
Give a listen to one of Iveta's latest hits right here:
You can also check out a quick interview with Iveta Mukuchyan about Eurovision right here:
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2019 LEGO® Speed Champions Part 1: the sets
New year, new LEGO® sets and we also welcome a new contributor, Ben Davies (ProfessorBrickkeeper) who over the course of two posts will take a look at 75890 Ferrari F40 Competizione, 75891 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Race Car, 75892 McLaren Senna, 75893 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, and 75894 1967 Mini Cooper S Rally and 2018 MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. As is often the case at New Elementary, Ben chose not to apply the stickers. If you want to see how the cars look stickered, check out the reviews at your other favourite LEGO fan sites!
Since the theme's introduction in 2015, LEGO® Speed Champions has continually offered a wide variety of licensed vehicles to autophiles and LEGO fans alike, ranging from consumer vehicles to racing cars.
The 2019 Speed Champions arrangement expands on this by offering cars from several different brands, including Ferrari, Chevrolet, McLaren, and, for the first time, Dodge and MINI.
75890: Ferrari F40 Competizione
The Ferrari F40 Competizione is one of the quintessential sports cars, and has been portrayed in two previous LEGO sets (Racers 30192 F40 in 2012 and the Creator Expert 10248 Ferrari F40 in 2015, respectively). Despite these previous versions, 2019's 75890 Ferrari F40 Competizione marks the first time the car has been portrayed at minifigure scale, so I was curious to see how well the designer replicated the details of the iconic sports car.
After initial photos were released, the set received some flack for the rather "chunky" front bumper and the prevalence of visible studs. After building the physical set, I am happy to report that the set looks much better in person than in official photos. The sleek look of the original car has been well-captured by the designer, who used a clever mix of Erling bricks and SNOT brackets to attach detailing to the side. The set is completed by a removable front hood, rear spoilers, and exhaust pipes.
75891: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Race Car
75891 marks the second appearance of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Race Car, which previously appeared in 2016's 75874 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race. The new car, however, is a significant upgrade over the previous model, which relied too heavily on angular bricks to capture the complex curves of the actual car. The 2019 model remedies this by modeling the front of the car out of bow elements, attached with SNOT bricks, and using macaroni tiles to blend the front-end with the body of the car.
In a clever work of engineering, the designer managed to fit both a rear window and a roll cage into the car. This is achieved by mounting the panel and slopes which make up the back of the car to a hinge brick, which is then rested on a tile with handle, so that it sits at an angle where it does not clip the bars making up the roll cage.
A brick-built fuel tank is also included with the vehicle, though that is notable only for its clever use of a harpoon as a fuel nozzle.
75892 McLaren Senna
Based on early set images, I had high expectations for the McLaren Senna. After building the set, I am happy to say that I was not disappointed. With a striking gray and orange color scheme, the car stands out among the rest of the Speed Champions. The curves of the original vehicle are well replicated through the use of baby wedge bows.
The set also includes its fair share of interesting parts usage and building techniques. Originating in Nexo Knights, Weapon Axe Head with Bar (Element ID 6128870 | Design ID 22407) are used to represent the front headlights of the vehicle, and spear tips, for the first time appearing in Transparent Red, are used for the brake lights. In order to create the glass door panels of the cockpit, a Windscreen 4 x 4 x 1 (Design ID 6238) is inserted upside-down and locked into place with other bricks.
In addition to the car, a wind tunnel fan is included, with a play feature allowing you to rotate the blade by spinning a gear mounted behind it.
75893 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and 1970 Dodge Charger R/T
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is the first of two cars featured in 75893. While the final model may look rather unassuming at first glance, it features an impressive amount of detail, including a back windshield, tailpipes, and taillights. I particularly appreciate the creation of the hood vent, using a Vehicle Spoiler 2 x 4 with Handle (98834) embedded in the front of the vehicle. My only real criticism of the model relates to the front, where the transition between the 1 x 6 plate used for the grille and the part assembly used for the upper bumper is quite harsh, and the latter feels like it should have been recessed by one plate.
Complementing the drag-racing theme of the set, a 1970 Dodge Charger R/T is included as the second vehicle. Popularized by The Fast and the Furious films, the Charger R/T falls nicely into the category of classic cars with cult status that very easily could have gone overlooked in future sets. The construction of the vehicle is rather straightforward, save for some nice use of brackets to form the perimeter of the car's front grille, and the use of two Bar Holder with Clip (11090) which serve as tailpipes. For those interested in modification, it is possible to swap out the engine sticking out of the car for a section of plain hood.
Like previous mid-tier Speed Champions sets, 75893 includes some scenery in the form of a drag racing "Christmas tree." The tree in the set is built around a play feature which lets you place the lights in a downwards position, then use a Technic slider mechanism in the back to simultaneously toggle the countdown lights.
75894 1967 Mini Cooper S Rally and 2018 MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
The 1967 Mini Cooper S Rally stands out as one of the most interesting Speed Champions vehicles to-date, being both the smallest and oldest vehicle yet depicted in the line.
To capture the diminutive size of the 1967 Mini Cooper S Rally, the body of the car is just five studs wide, rather than the standard six of most Speed Champions vehicles, and is constructed primarily out of SNOT brackets and headlight bricks. The car features several interesting examples of clever parts usage, including black meat cleavers used to represent the front mudguards, and rubber bands used to attach tires onto the roof rack – a connection technique which is common among AFOLs, but rarely seen in official sets.
On the other end of the the size spectrum, the 2018 MINI John Cooper Works Buggy is one of the largest vehicles to appear in the Speed Champions line, second only to the Scuderia Ferrari Truck (75913) from 2015.
While the model looks nicer in real life than the box art would suggest, it still comes as a bit of a disappointment, especially following construction of the superb Mini Cooper. Compared to images of the actual vehicle the set is based on, the shaping of the vehicle seems rather off, particularly in the front, where the headlights and grille are sunken into the vehicle, and the wheel wells are much less prominent. While the final model still looks alright, and is a decent representation of the original car, especially considering the parts the designer was working with, a disservice is done by placing it with the Mini Cooper, which is arguably one of the best looking vehicles in the Speed Champions line. To the credit of the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy, it does feature a working suspension system – a feature not previously seen in any Speed Champions set.
To round out the set, a garage is included for servicing the vehicles.
The garage includes sections for servicing the 1967 Mini Cooper S Rally and 2018 MINI John Cooper Works Buggy, though the lift only accommodates the Buggy. A creeper is also included, which allows for a minifigure to lay beneath the buggy.
Continue to Part 2 to take a close look at all of the new elements introduced in this latest wave of Speed Champions sets.
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All five sets are available now including from Amazon.co.uk:
75890 Ferrari F40 Competizione £12.99 / US$14.99 / 14.99€
75891 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Race Car £12.99 / US$14.99 / 14.99€
75892 McLaren Senna £12.99 / US$14.99 / 14.99€
75893 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and 1970 Dodge Charger R/T £34.99 / US$29.99 / 39.99€
75894 1967 Mini Cooper S Rally and 2018 MINI John Cooper Works Buggy £44.99 / US$49.99 / 49.99€
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Labels: Set review, Speed Champions
Unknown 5 Jan 2019, 01:44:00
I really wish the '67 Mini was a stand alone set. It looks so good, but the rest of the set and the $50 price are going to stop me from getting it.
Tim Johnson 5 Jan 2019, 15:49:00
We've just published part 2, which includes all element IDs of all new parts used in that set... so once they become available from BrickLink or Replacement Parts you could just buy those.
Joseph G 5 Jan 2019, 03:51:00
I might have to get that Senna. It just looks SO GOOD!
I usually don't apply stickers either; cheers to purism.
They certainly change Speed Champions sets a lot. I like how they look with the stickers but hate 'spoiling' the parts!
Anonymous 6 Jan 2019, 22:54:00
I believe the Ford Raptor also had a similar suspension system.
Mini is said here to be the oldest vehicle yet in SC line, but I believe last year's Ferrari Ultimate Garage included an even older GT 250.
Unknown 8 Feb 2019, 20:56:00
I want more will there be a second wave
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Could the Los Angeles Chargers select a quarterback in the draft?
By John Wozniak
MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 03: Daniel Jones #17 of the Duke Blue Devils heads to the sidelines in the second half against the Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /
It seems like we ask this question every year, but it has to happen eventually, right?
Could the Chargers draft a quarterback in the 2019 draft? Drafting a quarterback would allow for player development under the watchful eyes of Ken Whisenhunt and Philip Rivers. The cream of the crop is unlikely to be available for Tom Telesco in 2019.
The Chargers will arguably select a tackle with the 28th overall pick. Several NFL experts are at odds over who the top quarterback is in this year's draft.
A recent post on ESPN lists several offseason bold predictions for all 32 teams. Eric D. Williams, writing for ESPN makes his bold predictions for the Los Angeles Chargers.
"Bolts GM Tom Telesco has not drafted a quarterback since selecting Brad Sorensen in the seventh round of the 2013 draft, his first year with the Chargers. Philip Rivers is perhaps the most durable quarterback in the NFL and is playing at a high level, but he's 37 years old and the Chargers need to start developing a young signal-caller to eventually replace him."
History tells us that draft rankings don't always align with how a player will adapt to the NFL. Should the Chargers opt to draft Rivers' successor, which quarterback might be available for Telesco?
Draft class of 2019
Kyler Murray, Drew Lock and Dwayne Haskins will likely be off the board inside the top seven picks. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5th overall), New York Giants (6th overall) and Jacksonville Jaguars (7th overall) all require a fresh face under center. The Denver Broncos have the 10th overall pick, they are unlikely to be in the hunt for a rookie quarterback.
Daniel Jones, Duke
Jones had three consistent years as the starter for the Blue Devils, he finished his collegiate career 764-of-1275 for 8,201 yards and 52 passing touchdowns. Jones averaged a 59.9 pass completion percentage.
Matt Miller, writing for the Bleacher Report, gave Jones a huge compliment, ranking him as the 22nd overall pick and the second-best quarterback in the 2019 draft.
David Cutcliffe, a veteran who mentored Peyton and Eli Manning coached Jones, who won the Reese's Senior Bowl MVP. Atheltic quarterbacks add another dimension to the offense, Jones is a dual threat quarterbadk, he carried the ball 406 times for 1,323 yards in three seasons.
Kyle Crabbs, writing for The Draft Network, does not have Jones as a first-round pick in version 5.0 of his mock draft. Bucky Brooks, regards Jones as a top-five quarterback in this year's draft. Crabbs summarises Jones's abilities.
"Daniel Jones projects as a potential starter, but he's not going to be a universal prospect. Jones needs to work in an offense that is predicated on dispersing the football quickly out of his hands and allows for a lot of rhythm work. Jones' work under pressure is also of concern, so he'll need to work behind an established, effective offensive line if he's going to reach his ceiling, which projects as an average starting quarterback in the NFL. Scheme dependent but starter qualities."
Jarrett Stidham, Auburn
Stidham suffered an ankle injury in 2015 at Baylor and missed the entire 2016 season before moving to Auburn for the 2017 season, a year in which Stidham had his best season.
The Tigers' starter holds the Auburn record for pass attempts without an interception (162). Stidham heads into the draft having completed 545-of-848 attempts for 7,217 yards and 48 passing touchdowns in three seasons. One of Stidham's traits is an accurate arm, justified by a 64.3 pass completion percentage.
Daniel Jeremiah, writing for NFL.com gave his take on Stidham prior to the 2018 season.
"Stidham lacks elite size, but he's big enough for the position. He has plenty of arm strength and throws a very tight ball. I was quite impressed after watching him spin it at the Elite 11 camp a few weeks ago. The 21-year-old is very accurate in the quick game and shows the ability to change ball speed. He really excels throwing the deep ball coming off play action, and he does a good job using the width of the field to give guys plenty of room to run under the ball.
Stidham is also very effective throwing on the move. He squares his shoulders and displays the ability to layer the ball over underneath defenders. His athleticism is a big asset in the running game. He's used on designed QB draws, as well as in the zone-read game. He has similar athleticism to Mitchell Trubisky when he was coming out of North Carolina".
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Ryan Finley, NC State
Finley had three productive years at NC State, finishing 2018 with a 67.4 pass completion percentage. Finley is regarded by Mike Sando of ESPN as a back up. The Draft Network's Joe Marino has concerns over Finley's accuracy under pressure. Finley would struggle without an elite offensive line.
Why didn't Finley enter the 2018 draft? Marino's summary of Finley is likely to throw up more questions than answers for a general manager.
"A sixth-year senior, Finley enters the NFL with an abundance of experience under his belt. While his time on the field is ideal, his deficiencies with processing are even more concerning given the amount of football he's played to this point in his career. Finley leaves much to be desired in terms of arm strength and the ability to drive the football with velocity to his targets which limits the areas of the field he can realistically attack in the NFL. Finley finds his success hitting rhythm passes and making spot throws against man coverage. By year three, Finley could be a reliable backup quarterback but it's hard to envision him having success as a starter or pegged for that opportunity."
Trace McSorley, Penn State: The three-year starter could well be on the board in the later rounds of the draft. McSorley had a frustrating 2018, where a poor Nittany Lions offensive line hurt his cause.
The athletic quarterback isn't afraid to carry the football. He rushed for 798 yards in his final college season.
The Chargers will have to draft a quarterback soon. No.17's shoes will be hard to fill. Chargers fans should feel confident in Telesco's ability to do what's right for the franchise.


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Herding CRT's Ideological Cats
[This commentary appeared as an Other Voices column here in the 27nov21 edition of The Union.]
'It ain't what you know that gets you into trouble; it's what you know that ain't so.' Will Rogers and others.
Herding ideological cats is a job Union editor Alan Riquelmy is tasked with as the chair of the newspaper's Editorial Board. On the whole he does a commendable job in composing the EB's weekly debate into a cohesive Our View column that appears in its Saturday edition. Today's topic (here) is a particularly hairy one – Critical Race Theory as taught in our K-12 schools.
The recent public forum on CRT was held at the high school board meeting with most attending being CRT's ideological devotees, while denying that it is taught to Nevada County kids. Their opposition was a group calling itself Protecting American Ideals whose members presented evidence that indeed the tenets of CRT are taught in our schools, and that such teachings are destructive to the kids' learning and practicing American ideals. As Riquelmy points out, neither side was there "to listen to the presentation", but instead to "participate in the pageant" of people with made-up minds. Moreover, our editor reveals that even the EB "couldn't reach consensus on an issue this contentious".
As Riquelmy sought to pour oil on the column's troubled waters, he ran into a couple of items with which I have a nit or two. First, our editor is of the common understanding that there exists only one history. Serious students of history are the first to point out that there are countless histories, each of which aims to present a cohesive narrative of a period's chronicled events. The job of historians is to identify the causal basins and beams (sequences of 'this caused that', etc) of every notable milestone that they explicate. And as we know, causality is both slippery and many-headed. To every gathering of causal sequences, one can quickly come up with yet another one that tells a different plausible story of the times.
Another popular error embedded in our society can be laid at the feet of the late Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan – 'you can have your own opinion, but you can't have your own facts.' Wrong! It is easy to see in this age of the internet, 500 plus media channels, and facile international communications, that there are many disparate sets of 'facts' that attend and characterize any issue or notion. It is only the voluble talking heads and media pundits who each purvey their own facts as the gospel upon which their narrative finds footing and reflects their biases. We consumers of history and facts have more than an ample smorgasbord from which to choose what suits our fancy or yields to our grasp.
Finally, CRT does have a widely accepted definition composed of tenets considered to be true. These are collected and displayed on various websites – e.g. britannica.com/topic/critical-race-theory. The tenets presented generally agree; they are not a mystery. But here is the meat of the argument about CRT being taught in our schools – 'Critical Race Theory' does not have to appear in a school's syllabus in order to have its tenets be taught to students. The tenets of any body of thought can be marbled piecemeal into any of a number of different courses to communicate its desired ideological perspective – today there are even handbooks to show teachers how to inject CRT into all STEM(!) subjects. And that is demonstrably what students tell their parents what is happening, and that is what the parents are up in arms about here in Nevada County and across the country.
Our editor admirably concludes, "Sure, we want our children to learn about history without the politics of the day tainting it. We don't want our kids saddled with the sins of the past. We want a vibrant new generation to leave school armed with knowledge and critical thinking skills, questioning a country they love when needed and fighting for it when required."
And then he adds the kicker, "But we also want people who think like us going to the polls." It was ever thus.
Posted at 11:34 AM in Books & Media, Critical Thinking & Numeracy, Culture Comments, Nevada County, Our Country | Permalink
I prefer to begin at the begineing..
"In "Traditional and Critical Theory" (1937), Max Horkheimer "considered the socially conformist orientation of traditional political philosophy and social science with the brand of critical Marxism favoured by the institute. According to Horkheimer, the traditional approaches are content to describe existing social institutions more or less as they are, and their analyses thus have the indirect effect of legitimating repressive and unjust social practices as natural or objective. By contrast, critical theory, through its detailed understanding of the larger historical and social context in which these institutions function, would expose the system's false claims to legitimacy, justice, and truth." [Brittanica]
This is Marxism 4.0 incarnate, and this is the precursor to Critical Race Theory.
Posted by: Gregory | 20 November 2021 at 03:07 PM
"The job of historians is to identify the causal basins and beams (sequences of 'this caused that', etc) of every notable milestone that they explicate. "
I was thinking about that this morning and have to respectfully disagree, although many historians would go with your definition.
To me, a 'good' historian is one who collects up pertinent facts and presents them in an understandable summary. It isn't like the average historian has sufficient experience in life to build any kind of causality chain beyond the most obvious (the SF Fire caused people to move into the street) and a cynical old statesman will bring too much of a POV.
A poor but popular historian builds a novel that is loosely tied to some documentation.
We may well have to wait for our Robot Lords 'n Masters to find underlying threads, in the meantime the books will mostly contain dramas of palace intrigue and one barely understood battle after another. The need to find patterns in clouds is something we have to fight, otherwise everyone sounds like Mr. Emery's primitive attempts to attach Presidents to economies or Paul Krugman's laughable crystal balls.
CRT:
I'd say that the rot goes so deeply that merely yelling at some iron rice bowl administrator makes no difference at all.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-teachers-association-conference-instructed-teachers-to-undermine-parents-on-gender-identity-sexual-orientation/ar-AAQVev8
https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/how-activist-teachers-recruit-kids
If you don't want Red Guards (or state-imposed mental illness) for children, it looks to me like one either fires everyone and starts over, or you get them out of the mitts of the public school system.
No doubt The State will have an increasing interest in charter/private/home schools, perhaps sending Kommissars by to make sure that the state religion is followed, but at least a first-order defense is in place. States run by Blue Mob Anthills are not going to change their ways anytime soon
scenes 702am - We do indeed have to respectfully disagree. I base my accepted definition that distinguishes between a chronicler and an historian on the teachings of historians Will Durant, VDH, and Page Smith (of the latter I was actually privileged to be his student at UCLA). Among many others, these historians make it clear that the work of chroniclers is focused on and limited to the capture and faithful recording of the factual framework surrounding an event or epoch. (Kings brought their own chroniclers to observe and record battles and other important events. Chroniclers of different patrons usually worked together and shared what they observed, even on the sidelines of battlefields. Of course, what they later wrote in their delivered copy reflected their desire for continued employment.)
Historians were counted as a definite cut above chroniclers for the important reason that they were supposed to possess a wide field of knowledge that enveloped and reached beyond the subject of their current work product. This body of knowledge made it possible for them to weave together the causal threads that gave rise to milestones and events which changed the course of kingdoms, empires, and the fortunes of princes. Without such causal bindings in his writings the appellation of historian was not bestowed. The real value of a history is that it is a text of potential wisdom for the student who seeks a deeper understanding of the past in order to plan and prepare for a more secure and rewarding future.
Closer to the stink....
Administrator banned from school grounds after exposing critical race theory ideology
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/administrator-banned-from-school-grounds-after-exposing-critical-race-theory-ideology
'California's new educational guidelines say math is racist'
https://thepostmillennial.com/californias-new-educational-guidelines-say-math-is-racist?
re: BillT@10:43PM
I was keeping an eye on that when it was going down. The best place to get the flavor of the thing is his twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/TheTonus
One basic problem is that you are dealing with this sort of thing in MSM.
"In other words, if white men don't cheat, steal, rape, control or kill the loose bodies of nonwhite people, the future of whiteness is in peril. "
https://news.yahoo.com/kyle-rittenhouse-proof-white-women-183033289.html
Barrages of 'news' that make Alex Jones sound like a middle-o-the-road kind of guy.
Honestly, I'd say that white men are indifferent to the 'loose bodies of nonwhite people', but maybe that's the worst crime of all if self-image drives your philosophy. No doubt, the Department of Useless Studies at a modern university gives a person a lot of canned phrases to pull a lanyard on.
There's no point in any attempt at logic or convincing the Blue Mob of much of anything. Religious zealots have the ability to double-down on dogma and (more importantly) too many of these people seriously profit from the fight. There's gold in them thar craziness.
lol. Perfect for the 2021 Holidays.
"A Salvation Army guide aimed at "courageous conversations about racism" asks "White Americans" to "stop trying to be 'colorblind.'""
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/salvation-armys-woke-racism-guide-tells-white-americans-racism-is-systemic-and-colorblindness-is-harmful
https://www.newsweek.com/salvation-armys-donors-withdraw-support-response-racial-wokeness-initiative-1645658
Remember everyone, stay at your own end of the prison rec yard.
scenes 835am - To the Rebanes as lifelong supporters of the SA, this is a very sad report. The virulence of wokeness passeth all understanding.
More on The Army of Salvation.
https://www.lawofficer.com/salvation-army-critical-race-theory/
You can argue that you should have seen it coming. There's no reason for church (or churchly) organizations to avoid the poisoning at the administrative level that you see in schools or federal government.
This'll take a while, but I expect to see more and more schisms with those groups as a more conservative base tears off from their betters. Whether it's a lesbian Anglican minister repurposing a church as a community center and part-time Islamic meeting room, or the Pope shutting down traditionalist branches of Catholicism, church members will likely self-select to an agnostic variety that sticks around and eventually dies out and more conservative members that set up their own fandango.
It's a reason why I find the uber-traditionalist, the new interest in classics studies, self sufficiency, physical fitness, so interesting. No doubt it'll get called 'fascism' although that shows an ignorance of both fascism and classical learning. There's something there that might actually turn into something both interesting and valuable. Heterosexual Western men are bound to clique up around something and it might as well be something like that. I can smell it in the corners of the interwebs.
GeorgeR...
I happened to look at theunion and had to laugh at the stirred-up ant nest.
It seemed to me that your opinion piece really had nothing to argue about in it and was fairly presented. It had less POV than usual. There was no point in upset except that the commenters just *knew* what you really meant, and it probably involved D. Trump (and probably Hitler) somehow.
I did enjoy sea lawyer R. Cross noting that the column was 3 days early on a 1/month basis but then your politics "really doesn't deserve equal treatment.". Mild autism leads you to some odd places.
Scenes 723pm - Yes, our little microcosm here has all the trappings of what ails our nation.
The low information folks who swamped you article with koolaid drinkers narratives should read this -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/29/watch-detroit-school-superintendent-our-curriculum-is-deeply-using-critical-race-theory/
Federally funded critical race theory program removes 'critical race theory' from description
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/federally-funded-critical-race-theory-program-removes-critical-race
OP: " high school board meeting with most attending being CRT's ideological devotees,"
I guess you could think of it as a growth experience to watch an expansionist religion at work. The word came down to explain away CRT as 'something just taught in graduate school' without seeing it's close relatives in their own lives. John McWhorter had some pretty good essays on this sort of thinking.
The whole damn thing happened pretty quickly, but that just shows my inability to smell undercurrents of crazy before they get traction.
It's probably safe to assume...
. You'll never convince the CRT advocates otherwise. They have too much emotional investment.
. School administrators are a lost cause. The have bought-in to the concept and have careers attached to it, especially specialty folks in the DEI industrial complex.
. They'll keep teacher training and materials absolutely as secret as possible. It's for the children. Occasional leaks will occur.
. In their own minds, schools have taken over the moral instruction of children.
. Without actually seeing reading lists and watching the teachers do their thing, it's hard to tell what's really going on. Schools have lost trust, but will tend to become more of a black box over time.
Thing is, you're not going to change this beast regardless of the number of parents-with-signs out front. I'd love to hear workable solutions, it's an interesting thought experiment.
But can we say we got our voices heard? Nothing is going to stop them, not deterrent too big. It's in there nature. Why did the scorpion bites the frog carrying him across the river? It's in his nature. Her nature.
I figure that 3% of the parents will either pull their kids from public school for good. The rest either cannot manage to be a stay at home mom (sacrifice too great), put the kids in a private school, or their kid are really into football and are on the team. Whatever, 3% gone, taking away our tax dollars from the public schools. It doesn't look like more. 7% did not sound practical.
CRT is confusing to most. Sounds like an academic exercise with post grad stuff kicked around by . Don't think 2-5th graders can comprehend legal theories which stretch beyond the letter and thr spirit of the law. When we are graduating students who are functionally illiterate, it's safe to say that. The State Superintendent of Schools has already made his mind up. So have the teachers union boss and other shake down artists.
The 'boys with penises in girls locker rooms' is being taught as completely normal behavior and should be celebrated and emulated is a separate issue....until one understands the distain Marxist have for the family unit...parents in particular. You got a new family now and Santa has no snowballs.
I thought black history was taught in schools already. Like in Black History MONTH. That's 1/9 on the school year right there. When I was in school, we studied California History which was all about Spanish Land Grants and Mexico and then Mexican history and Mexico City history and the Aztec history and what a horrid thing to this day that Cortez burned all the libraries and knowledge of the Aztec history and all that stuff. Learned a hell of a lot more of Spanish-Mexican history than California history. And learning a foreign language (Spanish) was taught in elementary school as a class. Same requirement taught in jr high. In high school, one could opt for German, French, Latin, or Spanish. Most took Spanish cause it was easier. Hot Dog is hog dog in Espanol. So is Coca-Cola the same in Spanish. And it was a non-union public school in a non-union school district. I learned today's freshman bonehead Biology 101 in the 9th grade.
And we were taught where the Japanese Interim Camps were placed in the Ownes Valley. But no one ever walked into the girl's shower rooms or bathrooms unless to put Saran Wrap over the top of the toilet bowl...under the seat.
'Los Angeles Public Schools Host Critical Race Theorist To 'Challenge Whiteness' While Saying They Aren't Teaching Critical Race Theory'
L.A. government schools told parents critical race theory isn't being taught despite bringing in a known critical race theorist to train teachers to 'challenge whiteness'
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/30/los-angeles-public-schools-host-critical-race-theorist-to-challenge-whiteness-while-saying-they-arent-teaching-critical-race-theory/
Have you taken the privilege walk yet?
Matt Walsh on CRT
'Kamala Stopped FBI From Monitoring Black Supremacists Like Waukesha Killer'
The Waukesha killer's allies are sitting in the White House.
"Two years ago, Senator Kamala Harris, along with Senator Cory Booker and six other Democrat Senate members, attacked the Justice Department for monitoring black supremacists. The politicians signed a letter falsely claiming that black identity extremists was "a fabricated term based on a faulty assessment of a small number of isolated incidents".
And they argued that monitoring black racists was racist."..........
"Biden and Kamala issued statements on the Arbery verdict. Biden had previously issued a statement condemning the Rittenhouse verdict. Neither of them have issued statements about the massacre of six Americans by a racist terrorist. Democrats have adopted the critical race theory ideology which, like the racist killer, causes them to believe white people aren't human.
That's what Black Lives Matter means. Black lives matter. No one else's lives matter."
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/12/kamala-stopped-fbi-monitoring-black-supremacists-daniel-greenfield/
Science education in Blue Mob America.
"Seattle-area teacher recorded during vulgar, anti-police Kyle Rittenhouse rant"
https://mynorthwest.com/3253161/rantz-seattle-area-teacher-recorded-during-vulgar-anti-police-kyle-rittenhouse-rant/
"Teacher uses science class to label white middle schoolers privileged oppressors"
https://mynorthwest.com/2937573/rantz-teacher-uses-science-class-to-call-white-middle-schoolers-privileged-oppressors/
"District tells staff to defend critical race theory, but deny they teach it"
https://mynorthwest.com/3133091/rantz-district-defend-critical-race-theory-deny/
"School diversity director out for memes calling Christians, Republicans racist"
https://mynorthwest.com/3059781/rantz-school-diversity-director-out-for-memes-calling-christians-republicans-racist/
etc. etc. Exciting times in Washington.
Question. Is it easier to fire 100% of school district staff and (let's say) 40% of the teachers, or just start over?