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Foley ad takes liberties with McKinney record
by Mark Pazniokas July 16, 2014 @ 1:53 pm Updated March 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm
Tom Foley, the Republican convention-endorsed candidate for governor, roughs up his GOP rival, John P. McKinney, in a new tit-for-tat ad that still keeps his campaign's focus on weakening the Democratic incumbent, Dannel P. Malloy.
Foley, a major political fundraiser for George W. Bush, a former U.S. ambassador and the 2010 GOP nominee for governor, lumps together Malloy and McKinney as "career politicians" and "insiders" who pushed "failed policies" and "billions in higher taxes."
But the ad takes liberties with McKinney's record in the state Senate, and one of the votes it references in a footnote implies criticism of a bipartisan measure in 2005 that boosted spending on Metro-North, deficient bridges and other transportation infrastructure.
The ad follows by two days a McKinney commercial that compared Foley's unwillingness to consider further employee concessions to shrink the cost of government to the stance of the Democratic governor.
Foley's new commercial ties Malloy and McKinney together on higher taxes. But McKinney, the GOP minority leader, voted with every other Republican against the $1.5 billion tax increase that Malloy obtained from the Democratic-controlled legislature in his first year.
And faulting McKinney for joining nearly every other legislator in 2005 in voting to invest in transportation infrastructure seems odd in a week when a report on transportation deficiencies has Malloy defending his administration against criticism it is not spending enough.
The 2005 vote is referenced in a footnote supporting the claim of McKinney supporting higher taxes. The vote came during a special session in which the legislature and Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, agreed to raise the gross receipts tax on petroleum products from 5 percent to 8.1 percent in a series of steps over eight years.
The money helped pay for a state investment of nearly $1 billion on transportation projects, including the purchase of 342 new commuter trains for Metro-North, a new rail repair facility and improvements to I-95 from Greenwich to Stonington.
The Foley campaign had no immediate response when asked if their candidate thinks that raising gas taxes to pay for the Metro-North cars and other transportation investments was a mistake.
The ad also talks about failed economic policies. According to a footnote, that is a reference to McKinney's vote for legislation that enabled Malloy to initiate his now-controversial "First Five" program of economic development assistant to major companies willing to pledge the creation of 200 new jobs.
McKinney is now among the critics of how Malloy implemented the program, which he has likened to "corporate welfare."
A basis for a claim of policies that are "costing us jobs" is a bill that Malloy actually is highlighting as an accomplishment in his own TV ad: a bipartisan bill that authorizes $400 million in tax breaks to United Technologies Corp. in return for a major expansion designed to preserve Connecticut's aerospace and engineering base. McKinney voted for the bill, which passed on a 34-2 vote in the Senate.
The Foley ad refers obliquely to McKinney and Malloy's support for "bigger intrusive government." The footnote for that claim refers to the 2011 budget, which Malloy signed and McKinney opposed, and to the 2013 post-Newtown gun law supported by both.
The script:
Dan Malloy. John McKinney.
Career politicians. Insiders.
Pushing failed policies – costing us jobs1 .
Billions in higher taxes2 ,
More spending – more debt3 ,
Bigger, intrusive government4 .
Time for new leadership – new ideas.
Tom Foley. An outsider.
Problem solver who will stop out of control spending,
Lower taxes,
Support job creators,
Fight for ordinary citizens.
Tom Foley –
Pride, prosperity for Connecticut.
I'm Tom Foley and I approved this message.
Tom Foley is the Republican endorsed candidate for Governor of Connecticut.
1Source: Public Act No. 11-86, 7/8/2011; Public Act No. 14-2, 5/8/2014; CNBC, 6/24/14
2Source: Bloomberg, 5/4/11; Public Act No. 05-4, 7/1/2005
3Source: CT Assembly's Fiscal Analysis, 7/1/14, Comptroller's Reports, Accessed 7/1/14
4Source: Public Act No. 11-6, 5/4/2011; Public Act No. 13-3, 4/4/13
Tagged: 2014 campaign, Dannel P. Malloy, John P. McKinney, political ads, Tom Foley

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The Post War Welfare State is crumbling - who is to blame for it? Asks Ripon Ray
The current welfare state changed in such a way that a true reflection is required as to how this has come about and and its context.
Post Second World War, the Attlee government nationalised the Bank of England, the coal industry, the Central Electricity Generating Board and area electricity boards, Cable & Wireless Ltd, the railways and the local authority gas supply undertakings in England and Scotland. It introduced free education for all by nationalising institutions which were either provided by parishes or philanthropists. The National Health Service was formed and made accessible to everyone regardless of ability to pay.
If you were unemployed there was infrastructure to support you when you could not afford to pay by creating the welfare system as you see today. The expenses of running such a nationalised state was met by cheap loans borrowed from overseas, contributions made by tax payers and companies in times when Britain was losing imperial dominance. Post war employment was near to 100%.
Such a boom would not last forever; an oil price shock lead to a 70% increase in oil prices when Arab oil producers imposed an embargo on Western countries in retaliation for their support for Israel during the Arab-Israeli War in 1973. This increased costs to industry and was a trigger in their decline. According to a recent Government report:
'Since 1973…there has been a substantial decline in the share of manufacturing in economic activity on all measures. The sharpest decline has been in the share of manufacturing in total output at current prices, from 31.9% in 1973 to 12.4% in 2007'[1].' [2]
In the early 1980s over 3 million people were unemployed; more than 10.5% of the total workforce in Britain.[3] Most of those unemployed were in former manufacturing areas which saw the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression.[4] Although the intention of the Conservative Government was to cut welfare spending, due to the high unemployment level, increased expenditure on the benefit system was inevitable.
By the end of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, nearly all the publicly owned industries and utilities had been privatised. The justification for doing it was to make these firms more efficient and competitive.[5]
The financial industry emerged as a powerful force during this period partly as a result of the deregulation of the mortgage market. This, among other changes, enabled local high street banks to lend mortgages instead of solely local building societies which helped to fuel a rise in house prices.[6] We have also saw the first mass use of credit cards which created a consumer bubble.[7] In 1980 banks created £109 billion. Just after the financial crisis in 2010 it was up to 2,213 billion. In London at least 50% of the sector's output was generated in this way. [8]
Though this gave finance a powerful presence in the economy, the fracture in this sector began to emerge once Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in the US due to its high exposure in subprime mortgages. Many of the household financial institutions in Britain were also exposed to these toxic investments, so much so that the British government had to intervene to rescue these banks instead letting them go insolvent. Northern Rock was nationalised; the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and HBOS were also classified as public owned financial corporations by October 2008.[9] These institutions received over £500[10] billion of tax payers money in order for them to stay afloat because they were deemed too big to fail.
According to Lord Adair Turner, former chair of the Financial Services Authority:
'"The financial crisis of 2007 to 2008 occurred because we failed to constrain the financial system's creation of private credit and money."
Under the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government, the Chancellor George Osborne stated that the government's fiscal policy would be to make substantial reductions in public expenditure. According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies, almost one in three councils have faced 30% or more in budget cuts in real terms [11]. Such cuts reduced the ability of councils to spend on social care, health, housing and education. 90% of British councils have now charged council tax to those who were previously deemed too poor to pay. Local councils in the fiscal year 2016/17 in England and Wales referred 2.3 million debts to bailiffs[12] adding further indebtedness to the most disadvantaged communities.
As local council budgets shrank due to cuts in grants provided by the central government, the welfare reforms also targeted vulnerable communities who have physical and/or mental health problems. As a result of these changes, according to Disability Rights UK, £5 billion has been cut in the last decade from disability benefits.[13] The same data shows that, cumulatively, £37 billion less will be spent on working age social security benefits by 2021 under the current Conservative Government compared with 2010.[14]
Shelter, the homeless charity, emphasised that homelessness is increasing year on year. Currently one in every 200 [15]people are now homeless in Britain. In London, however, the figure is one in 52 people[16]. Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter states the following:
'Due to the perfect storm of spiraling rents, welfare cuts and a lack of social housing, record numbers of people are sleeping out on the streets or stuck in the cramped confines of a hostel room.'[17]
According to the Trussell Trust, in every area where universal credit goes live, within 12 months of rollout foodbanks see a 52% increase in demand, compared to 13% in areas with where universal credit has been in force for three months or less,[18] The trust cites delays in receiving the first payment and the process of moving to a new benefit system as the cause.
It seems that the current welfare reforms are removing the safety net which the welfare state was supposed to provide and is putting the most vulnerable people in our society at serious risk.
[1] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277158/ep2-government-policy-since-1945.pdf
[2] https://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/centre-for-business-research/downloads/working-papers/wp459.pdf
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/16/socialexclusion.politics
[4] https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/630/economics/economy-in-1980s/
[5]https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/case-study/privatisation-uk-companies-1970s/
[6]https://econ.economicshelp.org/2010/02/economy-of-1970s.html
[8] https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06193
[9] ukpublicsectorinterventionsinthefinancialsector22may15_tcm77-404993.pdf
[10] https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmtreasy/27/27.pdf
[11] https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/8780
[12] https://www.stoptheknock.org/
[13] https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/september/disability-benefit-spending-reduced-%C2%A35-billion-over-last-decade
[15] http://media.shelter.org.uk/press_releases/articles/320,000_people_in_britain_are_now_homeless,_as_numbers_keep_rising
[18]https://www.trusselltrust.org/what-we-do/research-advocacy/universal-credit-and-foodbank-use/
Labels: Arab-Israeli war, Attlee, Bank of England, Disability Rights UK, financial crisis, FSA, Great Depression, Lord Adair Turner, Margaret Thatcher, Shelter, Trussell Trust, welfare reform
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import os, sys, binascii, re

def ord_str(string):
        return [ord(c) for c in string]

def compute_hamming(st1, st2):
    if len(st1) != len(st2):
        raise ValueError
    l, hd = len(st1), 0
    for i in range(0, l):
	xred = st1[i] ^ st2[i]
	hd += len([c for c in bin(xred) if c == '1'])
    return hd

def get_blocks(stream, blocksize):
        for i in xrange(0, len(stream), blocksize):
            yield stream[i:i+blocksize]

def attempt_key(stream, keylength):
        blockit = iter(get_blocks(stream, keylength))
        accum, size=0, len(stream)/keylength
        for i in range(size):
            try:
        	sl1, sl2 = next(blockit), next(blockit)
                accum += compute_hamming(sl1, sl2) / float(keylength)
            except StopIteration:
                pass
            except ValueError:
                size -= 1
	return  (keylength, accum / float(size))

def transpose(stream, keylength):
        pos, buckets = 0, [[] for _ in xrange(keylength)]
        for b in stream:
            buckets[pos % keylength].append(b)
            pos += 1
        return buckets

def ascii_ratios(block):
    accum, total = {}, float(len(block))
    for c in block:
        for x in range(0, 255):
            xored = c^x
            if not x in accum:
                accum[x] = 0
            accum[x] += 1 if isAsciiChar(xored) else 0
    return accum

def isAsciiChar(c):
       return c in range(65, 90) or c in range(97, 122) or c == 32

kbeg = 2
kend = 40
scores = []

data = ord_str(binascii.a2b_base64("".join([s.strip() for s in open('6.txt').readlines()])))

for x in range(2, 40):
	scores.append(attempt_key(data, x))
scores.sort(key=lambda t: t[1])

bestres = scores[:1]
print 'using key length (%i) with lowest average Hamming distance (%f)' % bestres[0]

transposed = transpose(data, bestres[0][0])
keybytes = []

for num, block in enumerate(transposed):
    ratios = ascii_ratios(block)
    items = list(ratios.iteritems())
    items.sort(key=lambda k: k[1])
    items.reverse()

    keybytes.append(items[0][0])
    #print "%i:\t%s" % (num+1, " ".join([str(chr(x[0])) for x in items[:5]]))

print '#'*120
print 'KEY: ', ''.join([chr(b) for b in keybytes])
print '#'*120
plaintext = [chr(c ^ keybytes[n % len(keybytes)]) for n, c in enumerate(data)]
print ''.join(plaintext)
print '#'*120

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Q: How can i select a song from a list using pygame.mixer How can i select a certain song to play it by using pygame? I put them into  a list, but the following codes are not working. When i run the app, it prints "none" and when i uncomment pygame.mixer.music.play, the app gives that error: "an integer required. Also when i change the codes as;
    selected_song = random.randint(0,len(songs))
    pygame.mixer.music.load(songs[selected_song])

It gives this error: Couldn't read from RWops. So i could not figure it out.
from tkinter import *
import pygame, os, random
pygame.mixer.init()
songs = (pygame.mixer.music.load("A.mp3"),
     pygame.mixer.music.load("B.mp3"),
     pygame.mixer.music.load("C.mp3"),
     pygame.mixer.music.load("D.mp3"))
window=Tk()
window.geometry("175x150")
class Player:
    def __init__(self):
        pass
    def play(init):
    selected_song = random.choice(songs)
    #pygame.mixer.music.play(selected_song) #uncomment this
    print(selected_song) #comment this
    return selected_song

a = Player()
l1=Label(window,text="Music Player",font="times 20")
l1.grid(row=1,column=1)

b1=Button(window,text="Play",width=20,command=a.play)
b1.grid(row=4,column=1)
#b2=Button(window,text="Pause",width=20,command=stop)

    #song_list=os.listdir()
    #song_listbox=StringVar(window)
    #song_listbox.set("select songs")
    #menu=OptionMenu(window,song_listbox,*song_list)
    #menu.grid(row=4,column=4)
    window.mainloop()

A: pygame.mixer.music.load() will always return None, hence your songs tuple will always be (None, None, None, None):

pygame.mixer.music.load()
Load a music file for playback
load(filename) -> None
load(object) -> None>
This will load a music filename/file object and prepare it for playback. If a music stream is already playing it will be stopped. This does not start the music playing.

It's always advantageous if not necessary to read the documentation of the libraries you use.

You should only store the filenames in songs:
songs = ("A.mp3", "B.mp3", "C.mp3", "D.mp3")

and to play a random music file, do
...
selected_song = random.choice(songs)   # select music file
pygame.mixer.music.load(selected_song) # load music file
pygame.mixer.music.play()              # play it
...

Note that this will only work if the music files are in the same directory where you start your program.

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Zandonella, who comes from Ticino, received 18 Gault Millau points to take the highest honour in the annual restaurant guide awards.
"Rico's stands for perfect, exciting cuisine in a relaxed, uncomplicated atmosphere," said Gault Millau Switzerland's editor-in-chief Urs Heller, according to the Tages-Anzeiger.
Heller described Violier's replacement, Franck Giovannini, as "outstanding".
The restaurant guide named the 'rising stars of the year' as Laurent Eperon of the Baur au Lac in Zurich, Felix Suter of the Schlüssel in Oberwil, Basel-Country, Alain Bächler of the Trois Tours in Fribourg and Andrea Bertarini of the Conca Bella in Vacallo, Ticino.
The Chedi Andermatt, owned by Egyptian businessman Samih Sawiris, was named 'hotel of the year 2017'.


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Q: Como faço para renderizar na tela com reactjs uma imagem que eu quero que o usuário escolha diretamente no seu computador? Estou desenvolvendo um app que tem a proposta de ajudar a encontrar animais perdidos e queria o que o usuário conseguisse fazer upload de uma foto do animal e que quando ele fizesse tal ação a foto fosse renderizada na tela!
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import './Formulario.css'
function Formulario() {
const[Form,setForm] = useState({"Nome":"","Data":"","Caracteristicas":"","Foto":""})

const[list,setList] = useState([])

function handlechange(e){
    if(e.target.getAttribute("name")==="FormNome"){
        setForm({"Nome":e.target.value})
    }
    else  if(e.target.getAttribute("name")==="FormCarac"){
       setForm({"Nome":Form.Nome, "Caracteristicas":e.target.value, "Data":Form.Data,"Foto":Form.Foto})
   }
   else  if(e.target.getAttribute("name")==="FormData"){
    setForm({"Nome":Form.Nome, "Caracteristicas":Form.Caracteristicas,"Data":e.target.value,"Foto":Form.Foto})
}
// else  if(e.target.getAttribute("name")==="FormFoto"){
//     setForm({"Nome":Form.Nome, "Caracteristicas":Form.Caracteristicas,"Data":Form.Data,"Foto":e.target.value})
// }
   }
   function handleAdd(e){
    setList([...list,Form])
    e.preventDefault()
}

return (

        <form>
            <input type={'text'} name="FormNome"
             placeholder={"nome do seu animal"} value={setForm.Nome}
             onChange={(e)=>handlechange(e)}
             />

            <input type={'date'}
            name="FormData"
            onChange={(e)=>handlechange(e)}
            value={setForm.Data}/>

            <input type={'file'}
            name="FormFoto"
            // onChange={(e)=>handlechange(e)}
            value={setForm.Foto}
            />

            <input type={'text'}
            placeholder={"Conte mais sobre seu animal, Ex: caracteristicas"}
            value={setForm.Caracteristicas} name="FormCarac"
            onChange={(e)=>handlechange(e)}
            />
            <button onClick={handleAdd}>adicionar</button>
        </form>

           {list.map((item,key)=>(

{item.Nome}

Sumiu no dia: {item.Data}

{item.Caracteristicas}

            ))}

);

}
export default Formulario;

A: Olá, você pode tentar usar o URL.createObjectURL(), ele recebe como parâmetro o seu arquivo vindo do input file, por exemplo:
else if(e.target.getAttribute("name")==="FormFoto"){
   const file = {
      fileContent: e.target.files[0]
      picture: URL.createObjectURL(e.target.files[0])
   }
   setForm({"Nome":Form.Nome, "Caracteristicas":Form.Caracteristicas,"Data":Form.Data,"Foto": file.picture})
}


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The lattice work is stand in and quite high poly. The end result will be used in the unreal development kit, so I don't want to get too poly happy.
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package org.apache.harmony.lang.reflect.parser;

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The treads were cut to size and laid from the same paving as the patio. Each tread overhangs the step below and slopes downwards towards the front about 6mm. Each tread overhangs the step below and slopes downwards towards the front about 6mm.
How to Remove a Concrete Patio 1) First, dress accordingly. The job can be a dusty one so put on work clothes on that provide protection (such as long-sleeve shirts and jeans) and be sure to wear your safety equipment: your gloves and goggles and boots.
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Livongo Health acquires behavioral health company
Julie Spitzer - Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 Print	| Email
Livongo Health, a digital health startup aimed at supporting people with chronic conditions, has acquired behavioral health solutions provider myStrength, the companies confirmed Jan. 30.
With the acquisition, Livongo will add services to support patients with depression, anxiety, stress, substance use disorder, chronic pain, opioid addiction and insomnia to its Applied Health Signals solution.
"Simply put, myStrength and Livongo are a great fit. We share a commitment to providing solutions that address multiple conditions and deliver measurable outcomes, and we are like-minded when it comes to mission, values and culture," said myStrength co-founder and CEO Scott Cousino. Mr. Cousino, along with all of myStrength's employees, will join Livongo.
To support the expansion, Livongo has brought on Anmol Madan, the former CEO of Ginger.io, as its chief data officer and Julia Hoffman, PhD, former national director of mental health services at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as vice president of behavioral health strategy.
"We are excited to welcome the myStrength team to the Livongo family and to combine our capabilities to better serve our members and rapidly growing client base of self-insured employers, health plans, health systems and pharmacy benefit managers," said Glen Tullman, executive chairman of Livongo.


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Adventist Health White Memorial's newly renovated and updated Women's Imaging Center was licensed on July 18 by the Department of Health Services (DHS). The center is located on the first floor of Medical Office Building Plaza II adjacent to the Los Angeles Imaging Center.
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The newest technology — including breast tomosynthesis — will be offered at this facility in the coming months. Breast tomosynthesis provides multiple images of the breast — similar to CT scanning —without additional X-rays of the breast. This provides an exceptional picture of the breast tissue at different levels and makes it easier to detect disease.
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Fitzgerald Contractors are pleased to announce the successful completion of a wide range of civil engineering works at the Grade 1 listed Calke Abbey Estate in Derbyshire, with the newly constructed Calke Explore Outdoor Hub realising National Trust's aims of bringing improved facilities and ensuring that the site continues to be protected.
The £1.6m scheme was delivered across a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in a challenging environment, both from the wetland works location and the live nature of the works, with 384,561 annual visitors on-site throughout the project duration.
The scope of works comprised extensive earthworks and drainage including construction of a new 100 space car park built from porous pave, provision of footpath and cycleway routes and outdoor recreation areas, including natural play and nature trails over 600 acres of parkland.
The primary objective of the scheme was the safe and efficient construction of the proposed works whilst maintaining the existing amenities of Calke Abbey and mitigating the impact of the works upon the local environment.
The potential for damage or pollution to the natural environment and its plant and wildlife within the Calke Abbey site was identified as a major risk at preconstruction stage – the works took place during breeding season and of particular note, the watercourses were home to rare beetles and white crayfish. Consequently, Fitzgerald's in-house planning team redesigned aspects of the works so that we could maintain watercourses to facilitate water movement throughout the site.
Notably, the Fitzgerald team designed and constructed a unique 'human badger sett' within the Outdoor Hub, which features as one of the most exciting new attractions for young visitors. The sett is made up of 3 pods with interconnecting tunnels and the structure constructed from reinforced concrete. The sett design presented a significant challenge to meeting the client's specified finish which was successfully achieved through a spray concrete gunite application.
National Trust General Manager Stewart Alcock said 'We are really pleased with reaching completion of this phase of the project and the end result looks amazing. This has been achieved on an ecologically sensitive and difficult site under the full gaze of several hundred thousand visitors with high expectations. A key ingredient of success has been the working relationship we established with the whole Fitzgerald team, as well as the way they positively responded to our requests to work with care and understanding for the site'.


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What is MSM and How Can it Help My Joints?
By: Sarah Knowles BA, MA - Updated: 24 Sep 2012 | *Discuss
Not to be confused with Microsoft's MSN, MSM is the shortened name of a dietary supplement called Methylsulfonylmethane. It may sound scary, but it's just a fancy title for the organic form of sulphur. Present in small amounts in many of the foods we eat and extremely prevalent in the body, MSM is popular because of its supposed anti-inflammatory properties, and is used mainly to help relieve arthritis-related joint discomfort.
Is MSM a Drug?
MSM is not a drug but a dietary supplement. It does not cure arthritis, but is purported to relieve the inflammation that causes joint pain, neck pain and other related ailments. As a health supplement, MSM can be taken either by itself or with other health supplements such as glucosamine and chondroitin.
One reason MSM is so well-known today is thanks to actor James Coburn, who has made more than 80 Hollywood films and been nominated for numerous awards. Although he always played a tough guy, in real life he suffered greatly from rheumatoid arthritis – until he claimed that MSM "stops the pain" and gave him back his life.
Other Uses for MSM
MSM is also thought to be helpful for people with scleroderma, a chronic connective tissue disease, allergies, interstitial cystitis (painful bladder syndrome) and other ailments ranging from Alzheimer's disease to constipation. In a clinical trial, a throat spray containing MSM was even found to be helpful in curing snoring. However, closer inspection reveals that one study showed it made snoring only slightly quieter.
Be aware that as of yet, topical creams containing MSM have not been found to be beneficial in preventing wrinkles or making them disappear, although many creams containing this health supplement are on the market purporting to do exactly that.
Sources of MSM
MSM is available as powder, tablet or as a cream or lotion, although there is no evidence that it can actually be absorbed into the skin. It is usually manufactured as a product of DSMO (dimethyl sulfoxide), which is a by-product of the wood pulping industry. It can also come from other sources, such as seaweed, so check any labels carefully before purchase if you have any worries concerning this supplement's origin. The good news is that while DSMO can give off an unpleasant odours from the person using it, which many people say smells like oysters or garlic, MSM has no such side effect.
How Safe is MSM?
MSM has been shown to be safe although it is not entirely clear whether it can interfere with prescription medicines or, indeed, other nutritional supplements. In any case, you should always consult with a health professional before taking any dietary supplements, with the exception of multi-vitamins and minerals. Minor side effects include tummy upsets, diarrhoea and headaches.
No conclusive studies have been done to show if MSM is safe for pregnant or breastfeeding women, kids or people with diseases of the liver or kidney. One of the reasons for this is that the vast majority of the research studies and clinical trials done on MSM have involved animals, not humans.
In all likelihood, the worst that can happen if you take MSM is that it will have no effect! As it claims to work only as long as you are taking it, it's all up to you...
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Tried it for 2 months and it seemed to give me a small measure of arthitis relief (osteo), but my hair and nails greatly improved. Will continue using it for those reasons alone, but it tastes quite horrible (used the powder). Only used half the recommended dosage, as more upset my stomach.
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PROFILE OF MRS. MARGARET ONOBHA MOMODU- ACTING UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
Mrs. Margaret Onobha Momodu was born into the Iyare family Emaudo, Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State on 3rd December, 1956.
She attended Emaudo Primary School, Emaudo Ekpoma from 1961 to 1966 and Adesola High School, Ibadan from 1968 to 1973.
In her quest for University education, she proceeded to Forth-Valley State University, Ft-Valley Georgia, U.S.A. from 1976 to 1977 and Western Kentucky University Bowling-Green, KY U.S.A.; from May 5th 1979 to May 31st 1983, where she graduated in flying colours with a B.Sc. in Public Health (May 5, 1983).
Mrs. Margaret Onobha Momodu did her N.Y.S.C., at Bendel State University, Health Centre, Ujeolen, Ekpoma (12th January, 1984 to 11th January, 1985).
She proceeded to University of Ibadan, Ibadan, for her Masters Degree in Library, Archival and Information Studies in 1989 and graduated in the year 1992. After her Masters Degree, she got her first employment as a Library Assistant in the then Bendel State University (Now Ambrose Alli University), Ekpoma in 1987 and has progressed to the zenith of her career in the Library. She is also an adjunct lecturer, Institute of Education, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma. (2005 till date).
She has more than 22 academic publications in learned International, National and Local journals, in addition to chapters in books to her credit. Also, she is involved in three(3) on-going researches.
She has worked in almost all sections of the Library including positions at the Main Library, Law Library, Medical Library, and as Head, Emaudo Annex and Agric Library.
She is an active members of several Learned Societies and Associations including the Nigeria Library Association (NLA), American Public Health Association (APHA), National Association of Women in Academic (NAWACS) etc.
She has attended many conferences, workshops and seminars which include intensive training on Administering the e-library system.
She was appointed to the position of Acting University Librarian on the 1st June, 2021.
She is happily married into the Royal family of Shaka Momodu of Irrua and the marriage is blessed with children and grandchildren.
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My Roles in Fallout 3
As a Level Designer on Fallout 3, I was responsible for the layout, enemy placement and behavior, loot placement, puzzles and overall theme and background of various places within the game. I also was responsible for the traps system, including scripting the traps and working with artists, programmers and others to get the traps functioning in-game.
Locations of Note:
Here are a few places that I'm particularly proud of.
Mobile Base Crawler
This area consists of the last four combat sections the player goes through on the extended main quest of Fallout 3.
The first area is the crawler's underbelly, where the player encounters Stiggs, an Enclave engineer. You can extract information from him, and either choose to kill him for siding with the Enclave, or let him go after hearing his side of the story. With the right perk, you can learn how to turn all of the robots in the base against the Enclave by accessing the robot control mainframe in the next area.
The second area is the crawler's main part, containing the control room, dorms, a med bay, a deathclaw research station and an armory. In this area you can unleash a friendly deathclaw that will massacre Enclave personnel, find tons of loot in the armory, and gain access to the top part of the platform.
The third area is the top of the platform, occupied by some of the toughest enemies in the game. During the fight, vertibirds land and drop off more troops and shoot rockets at you during flyby attacks.
The final area is a satellite tower, where you make the final decision of the main quest and fight off more Enclave enemies as you make your way up the tower. This area is made easier if you reprogrammed the Enclave robots, as they're making an effort to contain them. The Brotherhood is now making bombing runs outside, and you can hear the bombs go off during your combat inside. After you've done what you need to do, you're picked up by a vertibird commandeered by the Brotherhood of Steel.
In a semi-accurate reproduction of the actual archives you encounter Sidney, a treasure hunter looking for the Declaration of Independence. Features include a standoff in the Archives' Rotunda where you hold your ground alongside Sidney against waves of incoming super mutants. Sidney also guides you through and an underground service area being guarded by military robots, offering shortcuts if your skills are sufficient.
Farragut West Station
A metro station that is the most probable route into DC on the main quest, the player gets to fill a ghoul-infested area with flammable gas, and learns how to use a laser pistol to ignite the gas.
The slave quarters in The Pitt DLC, this area is a filthy working and living environment for the Pitt's slave population. There is an upper area that is blocked off from the player at the start of the DLC, where Pitt Raiders can be seen walking above the player. This enforces the atmosphere that the slaves are lower-class citizens without access to the nicer, raider-inhabited upper areas. While most settlements are handled by world artists, the amount of combat here (raider vs player, raider vs slave, slave vs player) necessitated the involvement of a level designer.
In Mothership Zeta, the player get close to the objective in the Hangar before setting off an alarm. The player then gets to fend off numerous waves of enemies by activating repulsion pylons originally used to help alien spacecraft land. The explosions from the pylons send enemy aliens and their helper robots flying. When creating this, I made a flexible scripted system that allowed me to rapidly change the spawn frequency, amount of spawns and difficulty of enemies, and also break the attacks into distinct waves in order to not overwhelm the player.
Weapons Lab
Further on in Mothership Zeta, you encounter the weapons testing facility. In this area, there are numerous testing stations, including a station where you can teleport mutant bovines (Brahmin) from the surface of the earth, who are then blasted to pieces by helper robots carrying experimental, unique weapons. You can destroy these robots and take their unique weapons. You also come across a target practice range that teleports numerous wasteland creatures and raiders into the spaceship for you to shoot. Successful target practice will award you with an alien weaponry perk.
Galaxy News Radio
This is one of the first points the player travels to if following the main quest.
Meresti Metro Station
A major point on the Blood Ties quest, this area is the home of a reclusive cult.
I'm responsible for some of the caves under Oasis, important to the Oasis quest.
Rivet City's Broken Bow
A slanted, half-underwater area that is potentially part of the Replicated Man and Wasteland Survival Guide quests.
A super high-tech area that the player must visit on the main quest.
Bethesda Ruins
A fortified set of buildings overrun by raiders.
Deathclaw Sanctuary
In the mountainous northwest, there is a cave full of deathclaws. Only the toughest or sneakiest will survive long enough to get the great loot that's down there.
Shalebridge
Actually two separate areas, one is inhabited by friendly worker ants and allows the player to perform a freeform activity to acquire ant nectar, a powerful chem. These friendly worker ants are being harassed by a neighboring group of ants. By going down the twisting, vertigo-inducing tunnels of the aggressor ant hive and taking out their queen, you encourage the other ants to make ant nectar more quickly.
County Sewer Mainline
A fun sewer romp takes the player along a twisting series of pipes and processing stations. You might just encounter Gallo, an insane cannibal ghoul hermit who collects useful items and antique Nuka Cola merchandise.
L.O.B. Enterprises
A company under investigation for developing weapons with China, the building was occupied by government military robots when the bombs fell. To this day, the robots still guard the halls of the building, waiting for new instructions.
Anchorage War Memorial
A complex beneath this memorial contains several dead wastelanders, monstrous mirelurks and a makeshift kitchen. It is up to the player to determine what became of the wastelanders, and follow a breadcrumb trail of clues to a hidden stash of loot.
An outdoor region in DC, containing a slew of Super Mutants and various freeform activities.
Another outdoor region in DC, connecting various locations together and providing exploratory gameplay.
Franklin Metro Utility
This high-level ghoul-infested area contains some serious combat. The player also gets to explore what was once a ghoul settlement, and is now a hive of insane feral ghouls.
Tenleytown/Friendship Station
On the way to the GNR building on the main quest, it's quite probable that the player will get to go through this scenic, low level dungeon. The player gets to loot dead fallen wastelanders who were attacked by the feral ghouls in the area.
The raider-only settlement in The Pitt was also put together by me instead of a world artist due to the high amount of combat involved in this area. There are multiple combinations of combat possible depending on the player's choices, including a scene where the player powers down the lights in the area and Trogs (violent, light-hating subhuman mutants) flood the area killing off all of the raiders. The player gets to finish off any survivors left after the battle.
Abandoned Apartments
Created based on a need for more exploratory content in The Pitt, I created an apartment footprint and duplicated it in order to make a multi-story apartment building. Then, to make the area interesting, I collapsed walls, floor and ceilings to make a non-standard path for the player. This experiment in simplicity took a familiar setting and turned it on its end, causing the player to navigate the building in a unique way.
The boss of The Pitt lives in this towering skyscraper. It was a challenge to make the building seem huge from the inside while keeping the player focused on the main path of the quest.
Ritual Site
Located in Point Lookout, this part cave, part masonry space looks unique due to the integration of the cave kit and an exterior stone wall kit found in DC. It is the resting place of the Book of the Dead, and a creepy area for the player to explore in Point Lookout's The Dark Heart of Blackhall quest.
Robot Assembly
In Mothership Zeta, the player is accompanied by a tech-savvy scavenger through the robot assembly plant. Highlights include blowing up part of the assembly line in order to get to the next area, and a boss fight involving an alien who has a robot control device. You can watch the alien wake up helper robots from their pods, and they go to attack you. You can loot the control device from this alien, and then activate dormant robots with it throughout the rest of the DLC. These helper robots will follow you around and attack your enemies for you.
Experimentation Lab
This macabre area is where the humans are being experimented on. The player encounters hostile alien/human hybrids as well as gruesome experimentation rooms. Highlights include unleashing a group of these hybrid abominations on alien researchers.


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Q: How can I create a ListView of bitmap and string updating progressively after OnCreate? I have a ListView on main activity, which shows a Contact picture on the left and a textview showing  on the right on each row. Everything works like it should, but the problem is that when application is launching,and when there is many messages, the user must wait about more than 10 seconds to start using the app.
What I tried to do was finding a way to load each row progressively, and avoid waiting every rows to be loaded to start using the app. I tried AsyncTasks, Handlers, Threads, Hashmaps.. But I can find a way to manage this task.
My Activity is a ListActivity.
the listview of the activity uses a custom Adapter with parameters (this,smsarray,picturearray).
smsarray is an ArrayList<String> containing strings of each sms, and picturearray is an ArrayList<Bitmap> containing contact pictures in bitmap format for each sms.
I have a method getSMSData() which gets the sms strings and bitmaps with the help of a cursor, and puts strings at index 0 on smsarray, and bitmaps at index 0 on picturearray, for each contact on launch.
public class MessageList extends ListActivity {

static List<String> smsarray;   static List<Bitmap> picturearray;
static MessageListAdapter smsadapter;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    smsarray = new ArrayList<String>();
    picturearray = new ArrayList<Bitmap>();

    getSMSData();

    smsadapter = new MessageListAdapter(this,smsarray,picturearray);
    getListView().setAdapter(smsadapter);

}

public void getSMSData() {

        Bitmap defaultbitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.default_contact_picture);
        Bitmap contactbitmap;
        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox"),new String [] {"person","address","body","date"} , null, null,"date ASC");
        String[] displayname = new String[]{ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME};
        String name;
        String person;
        String address;
        String date;
        String body;
        int id; Cursor contactcursor;

            while (cursor.moveToNext()) {

            person = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("person"));
            address = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("address"));
            date = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("date"));
            body = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("body"));

            if (person != null){

                contactcursor = getContentResolver().query(Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, person),displayname, null, null, null);
                contactcursor.moveToFirst();
                name = contactcursor.getString(0);

                id = Integer.parseInt(person);
                InputStream input = ContactsContract.Contacts.openContactPhotoInputStream(getContentResolver(), ContentUris.withAppendedId(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, id));
                contactbitmap = null;

                if (input == null) {
                    contactbitmap = defaultbitmap;

                } else {
                    contactbitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
                }

                if (contactbitmap != null){
                    picturearray.add(0,contactbitmap);
                }else {
                    picturearray.add(0,defaultbitmap);
                }

                smsarray.add(0,getResources().getString(R.string.From) +" "+name+" "+"\n"+getResources().getString(R.string.Number)+" "+address+" " +"\n"+getResources().getString(R.string.At) +" "+date+"\n"+getResources().getString(R.string.Message)+" "+body);

            }

            if (person == null) {
                picturearray.add(0,defaultbitmap);
                smsarray.add(0,getResources().getString(R.string.From) +" "+getResources().getString(R.string.Unknown)+" "+"\n"+getResources().getString(R.string.Number)+" "+address+" " +"\n"+getResources().getString(R.string.At) +" "+date+"\n"+getResources().getString(R.string.Message)+" "+body);

            }

        }

    }

}

public class MessageListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter <String> {

final Context vcontext;
final List<String> varray;
final List<Bitmap> vpicture;
final LayoutInflater layoutinflater;

public MessageListAdapter (Context context,List<String> smsarray, List<Bitmap> picturearray) {
    super(context, 0);
    vcontext = context;
    varray = smsarray;
    vpicture = picturearray;
    this.layoutinflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);

    }

public int getCountpicture() {

    return vpicture.size();
}

public Bitmap getItempicture(int position) {

    return vpicture.get(position);
}

public long getItemIdpicture(int position) {

    return position;
}

public int getCount() {

    return varray.size();
}

public String getItem(int position) {

    return varray.get(position);
}

public long getItemId(int position) {

    return position;
}

public  class ViewHolder {
    TextView messagetext;
    ImageView image;
}

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

    ViewHolder holder;

    if (convertView == null){
        convertView = layoutinflater.inflate(R.layout.listitem, null);
        holder = new ViewHolder ();

        holder.messagetext = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.messagetext);
        holder.image = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.contactimage);
        convertView.setTag(holder);

    } else {
        holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
    }

    holder.image.setImageBitmap(vpicture.get(position));
    holder.image.setPadding(2, 1, 0, 0);

    holder.messagetext.setText(varray.get(position));
    holder.messagetext.setPadding(10, -1, 10, 5);

    return convertView;

}

}

Thanks for your precious help.

A: Instead of decoding all the bitmaps and retrieving all the records initially, you should be doing it in the getView() method of your MessageListAdapter. Pass the Cursor in the constructor and use it from inside the adapter.
EDIT :
You could modify your getSMSData() method to something like this :
public Cursor getSMSData() {
     Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox"),new String [] {"person","address","body","date"} , null, null,"date ASC");
     return cursor;
}

and in your onCreate use this cursor to create the MessageListAdapter like this:
Cursor cursor = getSMSData();
smsadapter = new MessageListAdapter(this, cursor);

Modify the MessageListAdapter constructor to receive and save the cursor:
public MessageListAdapter (Context context,Cursor cursor) {
    super(context, 0);
    vcontext = context;
    vcursor = cursor;
    this.layoutinflater = LayoutInflater.from(context); // alternately, you could use the View.inflate() method
}

Then use this cursor in the getView method of your adapter:
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    // ...
    vcursor.moveToPosition(position);
    // Now use this cursor to populate your convertView
    return convertView;
}

This way you only have to load data for the rows which is visible to the user. I hope that helps.
If you think that decoding the contact picture for each record (everytime the getView method is called) is slowing you down, you might consider saving the contact picture in a Map (but DO NOT decode all the pictures initially by iterating over the entire cursor. That'll put you back at square one) and load it from there.
You could also consider using AsyncTask to load the contact pictures, but since you are using the convertView you need to be careful.

A: I've managed to get everything done with the setting of a CursorAdapter. Now my adapter gets directly with the cursor the number, the date, the message and the id of the contact if it exists, in my bindView method, but I can't figure out how to set contact's name if there is an id. I thought this will work :
public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {

String contact = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("person"));
TextView contacttext = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.from);
             String name = "";

                if(contact == null) {
                    name = "unknown";
                }

                if(contact != null) {
                    Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,contact);
                    Cursor contactnamecursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, new String[]{ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME}, null, null, null);
                    name = contactnamecursor.getString(contactnamecursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
                }

             contacttext.setText(name);
}

But it seems that I can't use a new cursor in my CursorAdapter. It gives me an exception when I scroll through the list (when it gets to a row where it should display contact's name, normaly) Why can't I use my new contactnamecursor? I also tried with the adapter's cursor but it gives me an exception as well... I will try differents methods, but learning why it fails should help me and other readers to improve their knowledge if you have the answer ; )


In non-Hobkin news, "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" made the BSFA Awards ballot/shortlist. OMG! Thank you to all the BSFA folks who nominated it. I'm absolutely overwhelmed and stunned.
Saw that "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" (originally published in Interzone #220) was nominated for a 2009 BSFA Award! *Woot!* For any BSFA members who haven't sent in your nominations yet, my story can be read for free at Apex Magazine, where it was reprinted, or heard podcast (read by the fabulous Lawrence Santoro) at Escape Pod. The deadline for nominations is tomorrow (Jan. 16).
Also, Interzone is now running its annual readers poll for IZ stories published in 2009. Polling ends March 31st!
And finally, a reminder for SFWA members that Nebula nominations end on February 15th. One more month left! I'm delighted (ecstatic, absolutely blown away) that "Sinner" has received so many nominations. I'm actually daring to hope that it might just make the ballot.
The 2009 Nebula nomination period opened yesterday and runs through Feb. 15, 2010. This is the first year of the revamped Nebula nomination rules, a process that really, really needed an overhaul. It promises to be much more transparent and commonsensical than the previous system.
I invite folks to peruse the Carl Brandon society list of 2009 short stories by writers of color and the Nebula suggested reading offerings at the SFWA.org site for some fabulous fiction to consider nominating.
My novelette "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman Beast" was published by Interzone and reprinted in Apex Magazine in 2009, making it eligible for Nebula consideration.
Folks can read it for free from Apex's site or listen to a free podcast of it, read fabulously by Lawrence Santoro, at Escape Pod.


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Ferrari On The Podium At Monza
by Jordan Harry April 8 2019 414 AMORE?
Ferrari on the podium at Monza in Italian GT
The first round of the Italian GT Endurance Championship held on Sunday in Monza ended with a Ferrari on the podium and some regrets. The Ferrari 488 GT3 of Easy Race, with Mancinelli, Veglia and Cioci behind the wheel, finished second in a tricky race hampered by wet and changeable weather conditions.
First hour. After all the sessions in the dry, the competitors had to deal with the rain that fell on the Lombard track in the hours and minutes immediately before the race began. The drivers set off behind the safety car that returned after two laps, as did the 488 GT3 of Scuderia Baldini with Stefano Gai at the wheel who stopped to mount slicks. Di Amato began his determined climb up the standings and very quickly moved into fourth, imitated by the Ferrari of Mancinelli. On lap three, the 488 of AF Corse retired with 18-year-old Simon Mann driving the car into the pits. A few minutes later Di Amato also replaced the tyres although, against his will, he was forced to return to the pit lane again when the rain increased in intensity. The pit lane became crowded once more as the mechanics waltzed around the cars. When the situation returned to normal, Di Amato lapped in some very fast times, moving into second position with Gai's 488 GT3 behind him. Mancinelli, brilliant in the opening stages, was in eighth an hour into the race.
Second hour. A few laps before handing over to Vezzoni, Di Amato had to deal with a puncture suffered at the Roggia, forcing him to complete almost an entire lap on three wheels and, above all, opening the way ahead to Stefano Gai who, shortly after, handed over to Jacques Villeneuve. The Canadian, once the obligatory stops were over, took the race lead, while Veglia, who had replaced Mancinelli, was seventh. Vezzoni, in eighth, made way for Di Amato. Meanwhile, the track was still wet even though the sun had started to peep out. Villeneuve, in his debut in the Italian GT, stretched his lead over his rivals to more than 12 seconds. Unfortunately for him, the safety car – which came on 1h21 minutes from the end – compacted the group, thwarting the efforts of the former Formula 1 world champion. When the race resumed, Villeneuve regained a small lead, while the young Veglia took advantage of the situation, to claim third in his 488 GT3.
Third hour. The third and final hour yielded many surprises, unfortunately not all pleasant for Ferrari. The track, now dry in many places, encouraged the drivers to switch permanently to slicks when changing drivers. Villeneuve handed over to Fisichella in first while Cioci, who replaced Veglia at the wheel of the Ferrari of Easy Race, was fourth but very close to Andrea Palma. The two fought it out at different points of the track but Cioci got the better of the Roman driver with a masterful manoeuvre out of the first chicane. On the other hand, Fisichella in the lead started to suffer problems causing him to slow down and then retire on lap 74. At this point, the best of the Ferraris remaining was that of Cioci who used all his experience to fight off Andrea Palma's attempt to reclaim second position. The second Ferrari still on the track, that of RS Racing with Di Amato at the wheel, attempted a difficult recovery after the puncture, but unfortunately was still far off the podium. The trio of Mancinelli, Veglia, and Cioci crossed the line in second, three hours after the start, while the 488 GT3 of Di Amato and Vezzoni was in eighth.
Upcoming rounds. The Italian GT Championship will return in less than a month, at Vallelunga, where the first round of the Italian GT Sprint Championship will be held from 3 to 5 May, while the Endurance Championship will take place in Misano from 17 to 19 May.
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Are Free-To-Play Games Sustainable?
by Iain MacNeil May 4, 2016, 11:52 am 115 Views
If you own a smartphone or have a Facebook account, we have no doubt that you have played a free-to-play game. Maybe you scrimmaged in Clash of Clans or grew crop in Farmville or erected a mighty kingdom in Elvenar. No matter what free-to-play game you chose, the point is it is nearly impossible to go through this day and age with even a mild interest in video games without your free time getting completely sucked up by free-to-play games.
Odds are you haven't actually paid for any free-to-play games you may have played. The format, which makes money from secondary purchases inside of the game such as new skins, characters, abilities, mounts etc. after its been downloaded for free, only sees purchases from about 2.2 percent of its players, according to a 2014 report by Swrve. This year's Swrve report has an even grimmer statistic: nearly half of free-to-play revenue comes from 0.19 percent of players.
That is staggeringly low. These people who are willing to shell out money for upgrades and perks are known as "whales" within the industry and it doesn't take a business genius to know that banking on these whales is unsustainable.
So why are free-to-play games still touted as the release model of the future if only 0.19 percent of people playing free-to-play games?
The simplest answer for why the free-to-play monetization model is being so rampantly adopted despite the cracks in the veneer is because developers and publishers know that paying $60+ upfront is a big deterrent. Realistically, the only people who are willing to take the gamble are gamers. By making a game free-to-play, it at least gives the developers and publishers a chance to crack into the much larger market of people that simply have spare time.
Are free-to-play games sustainable? Only time will tell. But for now, you better believe that the industry is banking on there being plenty of whales out there for them to ensnare.
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With coordination from the UN Foundation, members of the Practitioner Network served in a range of working groups in the first two years of the Network's activities, focusing on key issue areas identified as essential for reaching universal energy access by 2030, and to promote productive uses of energy and cross-sectoral linkages in line with the Millennium Development Goals.
The working groups focused on driving specific recommendations for both immediate and longer-term market development in issue areas such as finance and investment, standards, supply chains, social protection, mapping, agriculture, health and micro-grids. They served as a first-order platform to network, catalyze ideas, and share information in a focused manner to drive concerted action towards the 2030 goal of Sustainable Energy for All.
The working groups' main deliverable was a set of recommendations to highlight best practices and identify key areas for scaling up energy access, including: understanding the market, improving policy and regulatory frameworks, facilitating finance, advancing mini- and micro-grids, and improving standards and testing. The set of recommendations drafted with input from the Practitioner Network's working groups was launched during the Rio+20 Summit, and was instrumental in strengthening the importance that was given to sustainable energy in the outcome document.
Since then, the majority of the Working Groups reconvene on a needs-only basis, and some have been integrated into larger initiatives.
Ensuring that necessary operation and maintenance services are provided after installation for the life of the systems.
The efforts of the Working Group generated significant interest within the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, and led to the creation of the High Impact Opportunity (HIO) on Energy for Women's and Children's Health. A number of Practitioner Network members who participated in the Energy and Health working group are now acknowledged as partners of this consortium.Under the broader umbrella of the HIO, an initiative co-led by the UN Foundation, the World Health Organization and UN Women, and funded by the Government of Norway, is seeking to catalyze the electrification of health clinics in developing countries. This initiative will set the stage for sustainable energy installations in rural health centers through needs assessments, advocacy, and mobilization of stakeholders for action. It will thus identify needs and ensure linkages between the energy and health sectors in an integrated manner.
Mini/micro-grids are essentially community-level installations whereby a number of villagers receive their energy services from a centralized generation plant, such as a micro-hydroplant, a hybrid solar PV/wind/diesel system, a biomass gasification plant, or at the small end, a battery recharging station, as well as other solutions. Some of these may serve hundreds of customers in terms of households and small industry, and be more than 1MW in terms of capacity, whereas others may serve a small number of families or small enterprises or community facilities like schools or medical clinics.
According to International Energy Agency, only 40 percent of global increased electricity needs are likely to be met by grid electricity.Expanding access to the remaining 60 percent, particularly in rural areas, will require the use of mini/micro-grids as well as stand-alone solutions.This working group was established to examine the policy frameworks, technical innovations, and financing models required to accelerate mini- and micro-grid development and deployment in communities without access to electricity. The working group also seeks to map existing mini-grid installations and facilitate the standardization of systems across the board.
Coordination of this working group has led the UN Foundation to serve as one of the five founding partners of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative's Clean Energy Mini-grids Partnership. The UN Foundation will be sharing co-secretariat duties with the Practitioner Network Member Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE).
This partnership aims to use Sustainable Energy for All as an international framework to multiply the impact of existing and upcoming efforts in the area of clean energy mini-grids. It will focus on supporting the establishment of an enabling ecosystem for accelerated investment, deployment and replication of clean energy mini-grids grids towards the global 40 percent by 2030 target.


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Minor MLB Transactions: 12/23/18
By Connor Byrne | December 23, 2018 at 10:59am CDT
The latest minor moves from around baseball:
Veteran right-hander Steve Johnson, 31, announced his retirement Friday on Instagram (hat tip to Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com), ending a pro career that began when the Dodgers used a 13th-round pick on him in 2005. Johnson never got past the Double-A level with the Dodgers, though the Baltimore native eventually reached the majors with his hometown Orioles. The O's selected Johnson in the 2009 Rule 5 Draft, and he went on to amass 59 1/3 innings with the club from 2012-15. Johnson added another 16 2/3 frames with the Mariners in 2016, the last time he appeared in the bigs. In total, Johnson tossed 76 innings of 4.26 ERA ball with 10.2 K/9 and 5.6 BB/9 at the game's highest level. He wrapped up his career last season with Lancaster of the independent Atlantic League.
The Cubs have signed left-hander Mike Zagurski to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league camp, Jerry Crasnick reports. The 35-year-old spent last season with the division-rival Brewers, though he only threw one big league inning – a disastrous frame in which he yielded seven earned runs. But Zagurski did thrive as a member of the Brewers' Triple-A affiliate in hitter-friendly Colorado Springs, with which he posted a 3.20 ERA, 13.2 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 in 45 innings. Zagurski has held his own in Triple-A with a few organizations, evidenced by his 2.84 ERA, 12.3 K/9 and 4.1 BB/9 over 294 1/3 frames. However, Zagurski has had a horrid time across 76 1/3 MLB innings with the Brewers, Philles, Diamondbacks, Yankees and Pirates, having logged a 7.78 ERA with 9.08 K/9 and 5.66 BB/9.
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Minor MLB Transactions: 8/9/17
By Jeff Todd | August 9, 2017 at 7:10pm CDT
Here are the day's minor moves:
The White Sox have added righty Steve Johnson from the Orioles, per an announcement from the latter organization. Cash considerations are heading back in return. Johnson, 29, becomes the latest pitcher added to the Triple-A roster by the South Siders, who are lining up options for the MLB roster down the stretch. He has 76 major league frames of 4.26 ERA pitching on his ledger, with 10.2 K/9 but also 5.6 BB/9 in that stretch. The free passes have never been quite as much of an issue for Johnson in the minors, though, where he has been excellent at times. Things haven't gone quite as well this year, though, as Johnson owns a 5.30 ERA in his 37 1/3 frames — though he has still managed more than a strikeout per inning.
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By Jeff Todd | March 4, 2017 at 1:47pm CDT
We'll track the day's minor moves here:
The Mariners have outrighted infielder Mike Freeman after he cleared waivers, per a club announcement. He'll head back to MLB camp as a non-roster player. GM Jerry Dipoto suggested yesterday that Freeman lost his place on the roster in large part because the club felt he was the likeliest of the reserve infield candidates to clear waivers. Now that he has, presumably, there's still a chance he could crack the Opening Day roster, though he'll also be at a disadvantage since he lost his 40-man spot.
Righty Steve Johnson will join the Orioles on a minor-league deal, as Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com was among those to report on Twitter. The 29-year-old has spent five prior years in the O's organization, cracking the majors in three seasons. Last year, he worked to a 4.32 ERA in 16 2/3 MLB frames with the Mariners, striking out 9.2 but walking 5.9 batters per nine. Johnson did produce better numbers at Triple-A, though, posting a 2.05 ERA in 22 innings with 10.6 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9. That continued a noticeable pattern in which Johnson struggles with free passes at the MLB level (5.6 BB/9 lifetime) despite carrying palatable (or better) rates in the upper minors.
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Minor MLB Transactions: 6/19/16
By Connor Byrne | June 19, 2016 at 9:42pm CDT
Here are the latest minor moves from around baseball, with the newest transactions at the top of the page…
The Rockies acquired lefty Pat McCoy from the Blue Jays, according to the Jays' Triple-A affiliate (Twitter link). McCoy has pitched in four different organizations during a pro career that began in 2007, and his Major League experience consists of 14 relief innings with Detroit in 2014. McCoy has a 4.43 ERA, 7.6 K/9 and 2.63 K/BB rate over 491 2/3 career minor league frames, with 288 of his 312 games coming as a reliever.
The Pirates selected the contract of catcher Jacob Stallings from Triple-A and added him to both their Major League and 40-man rosters. Jason Rogers was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move. Stallings will give the Bucs some depth behind the plate with Francisco Cervelli on the DL and Chris Stewart also battling an ankle injury. A seventh-round pick in the 2012, Stallings has a .675 OPS over 1266 career minor league PA and wasn't listed on Baseball America's ranking of the Pirates' top 30 prospects.
The Mariners have sent right-hander Steve Johnson outright to Triple-A Tacoma, the team announced. Johnson has been outrighted in the past, so he'll have the option of declining in favor of free agency. The Mariners designated him for assignment Friday after he totaled a 4.32 ERA and 11 walks over 16 2/3 innings.
The Rays have outrighted lefty Dana Eveland to Triple-A Durham, according to the club. Eveland, like Johnson, has been outrighted previously. The 32-year-old has racked up 16 2/3 frames of 7.56 ERA ball at the major league level this season.
Minor league Red Sox reliever Anthony Varvaro has retired, per a club announcement. Varvaro, 31, concluded his career by recording a 2.83 ERA, 9.73 K/9 and 4.08 BB/9 in 28 2/3 innings for Triple-A Pawtucket this year. Prior to tossing 11 frames at the major league level for the Red Sox in 2015, he was a member of the Braves, with whom he had a pair of standout seasons from 2013-14. Varvaro combined for 128 innings of 2.74 ERA pitching in that span, also posting a 6.54 K/9, 2.67 BB/9 and 48.2 percent ground-ball rate. Over the course of 183 2/3 innings in the majors with the Mariners, Braves and Red Sox, Varvaro logged a 3.23 ERA, 7.35 K/9 and 3.43 BB/9.
The White Sox have signed first baseman K.J. Woods, whom the Marlins released, and outfielder Slade Heathcott to minor league deals, reports Matt Eddy of Baseball America (Twitter link). The Marlins used a fourth-round pick in 2013 on Woods, who hit .239/.326/.386 in 872 minor league plate appearances with their organization. Heathcott, the more notable player of the two, was the Yankees' first-rounder (29th overall) in 2009. BA ranked him as baseball's 63rd-best prospect entering the 2013 season, but injuries and disappointing production led the Yankees to release him last month. Heathcott did perform well during his first taste of major league action last year, though, collecting 10 hits – including two home runs and a pair of doubles – in 30 PAs.
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Mariners Designate Steve Johnson, Place Wade Miley On 15-Day DL
The Mariners have announced a series of roster moves involving their pitching staff. Righty Steve Johnson was designated for assignment and southpaw Wade Miley was placed on the 15-day DL with a shoulder impingement. Seattle has called up right-hander Jonathan Aro and lefty David Rollins to take their places.
Johnson, 28, pitched to a 4.32 ERA over 16 2/3 frames on the year for the M's. He was striking out better than a batter per inning, but his 11 walks certainly rate as a concern. Those numbers largely match his career line of a 4.26 ERA and 10.2 K/9 against 5.6 BB/9.
The 29-year-old Miley has struggled to keep runs off the board in Seattle and owns a 5.28 earned run average over his 76 2/3 frames on the year. Other than allowing more home runs and drawing a few less grounders than usual, though, he's looked much like his typical self. Miley has checked in with 6.8 K/9 against 2.8 BB/9 on the year, right around his career averages.
To take a look at the new Mariners pitching alignment, check out the updated Seattle depth chart at RosterResource.com.
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By Jeff Todd | May 3, 2016 at 5:08pm CDT
We'll track the day's minor moves right here:
The Cubs announced that they've placed outfielder Matt Szczur on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring and selected the contract of outfielder Ryan Kalish to take his place on the active roster. In order to clear a spot for Kalish on the 40-man roster, the club has transferred infielder Christian Villanueva to the 60-day disabled list. Kalish, 28, was long a top-rated Red Sox prospect and is, as such, quite familiar to president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and GM Jed Hoyer. Excellent production in the minors has earned Kalish his first taste of the Majors since 2014 (also with the Cubs). In 20 games (70 plate appearances) at the Triple-A level thus far, Kalish is batting a ridiculous .368/.471/.509 with four doubles, a pair of triples, three steals and more walks drawn (10) than strikeouts (nine).
The Mariners announced that they've selected the contract of right-hander Steve Johnson from Triple-A Tacoma and placed right-hander Tony Zych on the 15-day DL with rotator cuff tendinitis. Johnson, 28, has a fair amount of big league experience — all coming with the Orioles between the 2012-15 seasons. In 59 1/3 innings at the big league level, he's worked to a 4.25 ERA with 10.5 K/9 against 5.5 BB/9. However, he's posted a 20-to-2 K/BB ratio in 16 innings with Tacoma this season, so the Mariners will undoubtedly hope that they've helped iron out his longstanding control problems. Zych, meanwhile, had a 3.00 ERA in 12 innings this season and had punched out 19 batters against eight free passes (one intentional).
Earlier Moves
The Reds have purchased the contract of catcher Rafael Lopez from the Bridgeport Bluefish, the indy league club announced. He'll head to Triple-A Louisville, providing another depth option for an organization that is filling in for injured MLB starter Devin Mesoraco. Lopez, 28, has only appeared briefly at the major league level. He spent last season at Triple-A in the Cubs and Angels systems, slashing .266/.339/.335 over 246 plate appearances.
Righty Matt Buschmann has been outrighted to Triple-A by the Diamondbacks, MLB.com's Steve Gilbert reports on Twitter. The 32-year-old was designated recently as Arizona continues to cycle through relief pitchers to keep its pen fresh. He surrendered only one earned run in his first 4 1/3 big league frames, but will for head back to Triple-A once again to wait for another shot. Buschmann had been working as a starter in the minors, as he has for much of his minor league career, but it remains to be seen what role he'll take upon his return to Reno.
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By Jeff Todd | March 17, 2016 at 7:03pm CDT
The Mariners have added righty Steve Johnson on a minor league deal, per a club announcement. Johnson, who was recently cut loose by the Rangers, will not receive an invite to big league camp. It's been a disappointing spring thus for the the 28-year-old, who struggled in his time with Texas, but Seattle will hope he can provide some pen depth. There's some track record to go on with Johnson, who is coming off of a 2015 season in which he carried a 2.30 ERA over 54 2/3 Triple-A frames while racking up 11.0 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9.
Former Cubs prospect Josh Vitters is headed to the indy league Bridgeport Bluefish, per a club announcement (via Twitter). Still just 26, Vitters has yet to return to the majors after a brief look back in 2012. Once a consensus top-100 prospect leaguewide, the infielder struggled badly at Triple-A in 2014 and was ultimately released by the Cubs. He joined the Rockies on a minor league pact last year, but Colorado ended up releasing him in the spring.
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Rangers Release Steve Johnson
We'll track the day's minor moves in this post. There's only one of note thus far:
The Rangers have released right-hander Steve Johnson, per a club announcement. He had been hammered for eight earned runs on nine hits over 3 1/3 spring innings, though he did pick up five strikeouts in that span. The 28-year-old has seen only sporadic major league time over the past several seasons with the Orioles, and joined on with Texas on a minor league deal in hopes of a new opportunity. That will have to come with still another organization, but the rest of the league will surely take notice of Johnson's strong output at Triple-A last season. Over 54 2/3 innings, he worked to a 2.30 ERA with 11.0 K/9 versus 2.6 BB/9.
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By Jeff Todd | January 29, 2016 at 8:40pm CDT
Righty Steve Johnson has signed on to a minor league pact with the Rangers, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com tweets. He'll get a spring invite. Johnson lost his 40-man spot with the Orioles earlier in the winter. The 28-year-old has seen limited major league time over the past several years, but has put up some intriguing numbers in the upper minors. Last year, he threw 54 2/3 Triple-A frames with a 2.30 ERA and 11.0 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9.
The Reds have agreed to terms with lefty Jonathan Sanchez, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports on Twitter. Sanchez, 33, hasn't seen the majors since a brief stop with the Pirates in 2013. Best known as a former starter with the Giants, Sanchez has seen only minimal action in organized ball over the last two seasons and will be looking to get back to action in the Cincinnati organization.
Veteran infielder Maicer Izturis has joined the Blue Jays and will head to major league camp, the team announced. The 35-year-old switch-hitter missed last year with shoulder surgery. Izturis will presumably try to battle onto the roster as a utility candidate. It's been a while since he's posted league-average numbers at the plate, but he is a versatile defender.
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Orioles Designate Steve Johnson For Assignment
By Steve Adams | December 2, 2015 at 4:19pm CDT
The Orioles announced that they've designated right-hander Steve Johnson for assignment. The move creates space on the club's 40-man roster for new acquisitions Mark Trumbo and C.J. Riefenhauser (only one spot was needed, as a second was opened up when Steve Clevenger went to Seattle in the deal).
Johnson, 28, logged a 2.11 ERA with 46 strikeouts against 18 walks in 38 1/3 innings for Baltimore back in 2012 but has tallied just 21 innings of 8.14 ERA ball in the Majors since that time. He's spent stints on the disabled list due to a lat injury and an oblique injury since that successful rookie debut and also spent considerable time at the Triple-A level. Johnson has 317 1/3 career innings at Triple-A, where he's worked to a 4.20 ERA with 8.5 K/9 against 4.0 BB/9.
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