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NVIDIA finally teases the RTX 2080
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Leaked Benchmark, New Turing Architecture – 600% Faster than Pascal?
NVIDIA just uncovered their new Turing Architecture for GPUs at the recent SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote. The new architecture brings many new technologies which includes GDDR6 Memory, Tensor Cores, Real-Time Ray Tracing, AI-enhanced Deep Learning Anti Aliasing known as DLAA and much more. And for the next-gen GeForce GPUs, we finally seem to have a name – RTX 2080.
The SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote was focused towards content creators, but the introduction of the Turing Architecture does give us many new insights about what new features and technologies would be implemented in the Turing-based RTX 2080 GPU. Let's have a look.
New Turing-based GeForce RTX 2080 GPU to be unveiled at NVIDIA's next event in Cologne on 20th August 2018
NVIDIA recently released a new teaser video titled 'Be For The Game' – it starts with hardware enthusiasts unboxing an NVIDIA GPU, moving on to showcase of high-end gaming setups and then people starting up their gaming rigs, inviting people to play. The video ends with the hashtag #BeForTheGame and details about NVIDIA's next event, which is in Cologne and will be held on August 20th 2018.
How we finally have a name – RTX 2080
Several hints are present in the video that confirm this name. In-game aliases of people in different sequences of the video were AlanaT Mac-20, Eight-Tee, Not11 and RoyTeX, and in the ending sequence, the dates also pop up in such a way that the numbers 2, 0, 8 and 0 come up one by one. All these are pointing to the fact that the new high-end GeForce GPU will be called RTX 2080 and will feature the Turing Architecture. Nice hints there, NVIDIA. We finally seem to have a name!
NVIDIA also registered TURING, GeForce RTX and Quadro RTX Trademarks recently, so it seems very likely that they're leaving behind the GTX Branding. It also seems like the lower-end 2050 and 2060 GPUs will retain the GTX branding, and they won't use the Real-Time Ray Tracing technology.
Ashes Of The Singularity Leaked Benchmark – RTX 2080 better than Titan V?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Leaked Benchmark – Image from Wccftech.com
This leak comes from Wccftech. The leaked benchmark is using the Core i7-6850K and an unidentified 'NVIDIA Graphics Device' on DirectX 12. The settings were maxed out and the scores which we're seeing here are beating Titan V! These scores shouldn't be possible by any presently released GPU and it seems like the graphics card used was based on the Turing Architecture.
This benchmark, if done on the RTX 2080 or any other Turing GPU, used early drivers. The GPU was most likely an early engineering sample as well. Considering these things the performance is still mind-boggling and I expect the final version with optimized drivers & updates to run even better.
The Quadro RTX Professional GPUs – All the new technologies that come with it and how they could be relevant to the Turing-based GeForce RTX GPUs intended for Gaming
Quadro RTX GPUs are used in intense visual computing operations, and they're mostly used by content creators of movies, designers of architecture & automobiles, and for visualization of scientific data. We can't be sure which technologies will be implemented in the GeForce variants of the Turing Architecture GPUs, but the new Quadro RTX GPUs will be using all these new features & technologies –
Up to 48GB of GDDR6 VRAM from Samsung
Real-Time Ray Tracing using RT Cores
Tensor Cores for AI-based rendering
Turing Streaming Multiprocessor Architecture (with up to 4608 CUDA Cores)
USB-Type C and VirtualLink Connectors
NVIDIA NVLink – New high-speed linking technology to combine two GPUs, allow scaling of VRAM up to 96GB and up to 1000GB/s Data Transfer Speeds
You can read how these technologies help in content creation here.
NVIDIA announced three new Quadro RTX GPUs at the event. They will be released in Q4 2018. Pricing starts from $2300 and goes all the way up to $10,000. The Quadro RTX GPUs will be released in Q4 2018. We don't have the full specifications but here is what we have right now, this also includes a comparison to the older Volta-based Quadro GV100 GPU –
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX Family Specification Sheet – Image from AnandTech.com
Bob Pette, Vice President of Professional Visualization at NVIDIA said –
Quadro RTX marks the launch of a new era for the global computer graphics industry. Users can now enjoy powerful capabilities that weren't expected to be available for at least five more years. Designers and artists can interact in real time with their complex designs and visual effects in ray-traced photo-realistic detail. And film studios and production houses can now realize increased throughput with their rendering workloads, leading to significant time and cost savings.
That's quite a big advancement. Now, let's talk about some of the advancements, features and technologies that are relevant in Gaming –
NVIDIA also said that the Turing Architecture will be 6 times faster than the Pascal Architecture, which translates to 600% faster speeds –
The new Turing-based Quadro GPUs feature a 6x speed improvement compared to the Pascal Architecture – Image from AnandTech.com
But this is just for content creation. We can't really expect a 600% performance improvement in gaming with the RTX 2080, but judging by this tremendous improvement we can expect NVIDIA to pull off something similar with their next lineup of Turing-based GeForce GPUs.
New AI Based Anti Aliasing – NVIDIA DLAA
Nowadays, games use popular anti-aliasing technologies like TXAA, SSAA, MSAA, FXAA and others. There hasn't been a big breakthrough in Anti-Aliasing technology since quite a while now but now the Turing Architecture introduces NVIDIA's new Deep Learning Anti Aliasing, called DLAA. This new Anti-Aliasing Technology will be powered by Augmented Reality and NVIDIA describes it as 'a breakthrough in high-quality motion image generation'.
The Turing Architecture brings NVIDIA DLAA – Image from AnandTech.com
We'll have to wait and see how game developers implement this technology in their games, but since NVIDIA has a track record in having closed sourced technologies (like TXAA), so I doubt it would ever become mainstream. DLAA will probably be implemented in some NVIDIA Partnered GameWorks Titles. Nevertheless, it seems very promising and I'm very excited to see what game developers will be doing with this new technology.
GDDR6 Memory
The Quadro RTX Cards are the first NVIDIA GPUs ever to use GDDR6 Memory. This is produced by Samsung and the highest end Quadro RTX 8000 features a whopping 48GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Also, with NVIDIA's new NVLink technology, this can be scaled up to 96GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Awesome.
This is the first generation of GDDR6 Memory and we're yet to see SK Hynix and Micron show off their GDDR6 Memory, but this first gen Samsung GDDR6 Memory does have a marginal improvement over the GTX 1080 Ti and GTX 1080's GDDR5X Memory. Here is a memory specification comparison sheet comparing Titan V with HBM2, GeForce GTX 1080 & 1080 Ti with GDDR5X up against the new Quadro RTX 8000 with GDDR6 Memory –
GDDR6 vs HBM2 vs GDDR5X GPU Memory Types Comparision – Image from AnandTech.com
Keep in mind that this comparison is with the Quadro RTX GPUs intended for content creation and not gaming. We don't really have specific performance metrics on GDDR6 Memory right now, but looking at these specifications, the first-gen GDDR6 is at least 200% faster than the late-gen GDDR5 VRAM used in most GPUs right now, and 40% faster compared to GDDR5X VRAM. The RTX 2080 will surely feature better implementation of GDDR6 Memory that will be focused towards use in gaming instead of content creation.
The new technologies & advancements introduced in the Turing architecture are absolutely amazing, no doubt there. NVIDIA's recent teaser video on YouTube and their subtle hints are clearly pointing out that something big is coming, and I'm very excited to see what kind of performance improvements could be brought with the Turing Architecture for Gaming. NVIDIA very much did surprise everyone at the SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote.
August 20th 2018 – The countdown begins. What do you think about the RTX 2080 and the Turing Architecture? Will NVIDIA DLAA become mainstrem? Let's discuss in the comments.
New Turing Architecture versus Older Pascal Architecture – Image from TomsHardware.com
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Dance review
Mark Morris premieres a friendly frolic at Tanglewood
By Janine Parker Globe Correspondent,June 30, 2015, 12:00 a.m.
The Mark Morris Dance Group performing its world premiere of "The" at Tanglewood Music Center.(Hilary Scott)
LENOX — Near the end of Mark Morris's new dance "The," couples sway happily in each other's arms before circling the stage, side by side, running, their clasped hands uplifted. On Friday night, this little victory lap felt particularly resonant: Earlier, the Supreme Court had given us much to celebrate, and those sweetly jubilant duos — male-female, male-male, female-female — said so much, as dance often does, without a word.
Oh, but there's always an air of celebration when Morris — feted for his musicality — and his eponymous company appear at Tanglewood. One of the special charms of this year's visit was the fact that "The," a world premiere, choreographed to Max Reger's four-hands arrangement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, was the bookend to the program's opener: the orchestrated version performed by the gifted fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, conducted by Morris. (All the pieces were accompanied by live music.) Naturally, there was plenty of dancing up on the podium, as Morris bounced, swayed, and rocked to that irresistible Bach.
The middle piece on the program, Morris's 2005 "Cargo," is set to Darius Milhaud's own piano quintet arrangement of his 1923 composition "La Création du monde." The nine dancers enter in silence, cautiously approaching a long wooden pole lying center stage. When the pole is lifted the music begins, as if it were a giant conductor's baton; the dancers gently push it around the circle, catching it with a weighted mixture of curiosity, reverence, and fear.
A program note references the South Pacific Island groups known as "cargo cults" that believed that "western manufactured goods ('cargo') were created for them by ancestral spirits." Dancing in sequences that are often evocative of ritual, and lightly clad in costume designer Katherine McDowell's cream briefs, bras, and camisoles, the dancers indeed suggest a kind of preindustrial society. Eventually there are three poles, all mysteries to be contemplated and/or conquered. At various times they conjure weapons, yokes, oars, and, of course, phalluses; the dance is rich with striking imagery. Those pictures, the intensity with which the dancers convey them, and the now-impressionistic, now-jazzy score keep us guessing: Is this play or war? Is the dancer dangling from the pole a child in a schoolyard or a martyr on a cross? The dancers are by turns fierce and funny, making the uncertainties compelling.
The only tension in "The," however, is in a section in which most of the dancers seem asleep while others stand, with one leg raised in attitude. Tottering slightly, they fling the lifted leg front or back, their torsos and arms reacting, sharply accenting the shift. The sleepers unfurl an arm up, dreamily, and turn over; their fraught colleagues try to get them up, but they wiggle back down, in a kind of cartoon faint. It's beautiful, it's wonderfully strange, and — "The" being one of Morris's friendly frolics — it's all good. Elizabeth Kurtzman's costumes of mesh tops and satiny, wide-legged pants; Nicole Pearce's warmly golden lighting design; Morris's many quirky little themes and variations; and the dancers' generously spirited performance combine for simple pleasure. Do I sound like a hopeless romantic? If you saw the dancers in those final little lovely duets, one sweeping the other up, while the lifted one, smiling, frames the face of his or her partner with loving hands, you'd probably swoon too.
Janine Parker can be reached at parkerzab@hotmail.com.

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I picked up the phone just outside of the police station in San Rafael, California, and told the woman on the other line that I was there to see Officer Lilah Gavlick. A couple moments later, a young woman with a high ponytail and the typical aviator sunglasses on top of her head. She stands at around five feet, dressed in a bulletproof vest and jeans.
Gavlick, dressed in her typical uniform, looking out over the smoke from the North Bay fires.
She walks me around, showing me the offices, break room, conference room, and holding cells. We then sit down in an office with a small window near the ceiling, that gives you a small glance of grass outside. It's around 6:45 pm on a Thursday night. While fires roar in the North Bay, things are quiet at the police station. It's surprisingly peaceful – nothing like CSI Miami, NCIS, or Hawaii Five-O.
Gavlick grew up in San Juan Bautista, an area near Santa Cruz, California. In her third year at the University of California at Davis, she thought she wanted to be involved in animal science and was on the veterinary path. Yet, during her internship, she realized that it was not her true passion. Her ex-boyfriend's father was a sergeant Salinas Police Department, and he offered to set her up with a ride-along with one of the officers. It was a quiet night, which Gavlick estimates to the "curse of the ride-along," where the night always seems to be dead when an officer has a ride-along joining them. It was on that night that Gavlick realized this was her true passion.
Gavlick attended Santa Rosa Junior College Safety Academy. Five months of the training focused on the "basics," which consisted of "physical testing where you jump over the 6-foot walls, and you do the obstacle courses, and then you have your written tests where you learn about different laws, and penal codes and your authority to arrest people and you learn how to do your report writing and how to interview, and just basically how to handle common cases or common calls." Additionally, Gavlick learned defensive tactics and how to operate a firearm.
Gavlick maintains her physical state by working out at a local CrossFit gym.
About a week after my first meeting with Gavlick, I join her on a ride-along. She shows me her usual route in eastern Marin – an area commonly known as the Canal Area – and explains more about human trafficking and gangs. She shows me different tags on walls of buildings and points out common rendezvous locations for human trafficking victims and their clients. Gavlick always refers to them as victims, and she explains to me why they are such. Many women who get caught in the life of selling their bodies for a profit grow up in less-than-perfect circumstances. Whether it's abuse, a lack of a male role model or father figure, or neglect, these women are raised without the same care that many of the students at Marin Academy are provided, and definitely not as many school resources. Many of the women fall in love with the human trafficker and are brainwashed to follow directions given to them – one of them is to not inform the authorities of the identity of their trafficker which makes Gavlick's job even harder.
A photoshopped image of myself and Gavlick.
Gavlick truly sees these women as victims. Even though they are committing crimes, she explains that many of them do not have a choice. While driving through the streets of the Canal District at 8:30 on a Friday night in late October, Gavlick pulls over to the left side of the road. Halloween decorations provide minimal orange light – a stark contrast against the bright white light of the police van. Gavlick roles down the window and asks a woman how her night is going. The woman puts up a wall, responding quickly that it's fine. Gavlick, beginning to step out of the car, informs the woman that she is not here to get her in trouble – she just wants to make sure the woman is safe and okay. As I watch from inside of the vehicle, I see the woman relax a bit… not much, but Gavlick's firm yet calm tone informs the woman that she is okay and that she can be trusted. The woman ends up denying what Gavlick knows about her occupation, and Gavlick returns to the vehicle to search for others that she might be able to help.
Gavlick is disappointed by the amount of trust many in the United States have for law enforcement. She says that, while someone might have had a negative run-in with another officer before, she is not the same person as whoever that was. She adds more, saying: "we are here to help," which summarizes the night better than anything.


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package com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor;

import com.mockobjects.dynamic.Mock;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.*;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ValueStack;
import org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.HttpParameters;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Unit test for {@link ParameterFilterInterceptor}.
 *
 * @author Gabe
 */
public class ParameterFilterInterceptorTest extends XWorkTestCase {

    ActionInvocation invocation;
    ParameterFilterInterceptor interceptor;
    Mock mockInvocation;
    ValueStack stack;
    Map<String, Object> contextMap;

    @Override
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        contextMap = new HashMap<>();
        stack = ActionContext.getContext().getValueStack();
        mockInvocation = new Mock(ActionInvocation.class);
        mockInvocation.expectAndReturn("getInvocationContext", new ActionContext(contextMap));
        mockInvocation.expectAndReturn("getStack", stack);
        mockInvocation.expectAndReturn("invoke", Action.SUCCESS);
        mockInvocation.expectAndReturn("getInvocationContext", new ActionContext(contextMap));
        mockInvocation.matchAndReturn("getAction", new SimpleAction());
        invocation = (ActionInvocation) mockInvocation.proxy();
        interceptor = new ParameterFilterInterceptor();
        interceptor.init();
    }

    @Override
    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
        super.tearDown();
        interceptor.destroy();
    }

    public void testBasicBlockAll() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest(null,null,true,new String[] {"blah", "bladeblah", "bladebladeblah"});
        assertEquals(0, getParameterNames().size());
    }

    public void testBasicAllowed() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest("blah",null,true,new String[] {"blah"});
        assertEquals(1, getParameterNames().size());
    }

    public void testBasicBlocked() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest(null,"blah",false,new String[] {"blah"});
        assertEquals(0, getParameterNames().size());
    }
    public void testAllSubpropertiesBlocked() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest(null,"blah",false,new String[] {"blah.deblah", "blah.somethingelse", "blah(22)"});
        assertEquals(0, getParameterNames().size());
    }

    public void testAllSubpropertiesAllowed() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest("blah",null,true,
                new String[] {"blah.deblah", "blah.somethingelse", "blah(22)"});
        assertEquals(3, getParameterNames().size());
    }

    public void testTreeBlocking() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest("blah.deblah","blah,blah.deblah.deblah",false,
                new String[] {"blah", "blah.deblah", "blah.deblah.deblah"});
        assertEquals(1, getParameterNames().size());
        assertEquals(getParameterNames().iterator().next(),"blah.deblah");
    }

    public void testEnsureOnlyPropsBlocked() throws Exception {
        runFilterTest(null,"blah",false,new String[] {"blahdeblah"});
        assertEquals(1, getParameterNames().size());
    }

    private void runFilterTest(String allowed, String blocked, boolean defaultBlocked, String[] paramNames) throws Exception {
        interceptor.setAllowed(allowed);
        interceptor.setBlocked(blocked);
        interceptor.setDefaultBlock(defaultBlocked);
        setUpParameters(paramNames);
        runAction();

    }

    private void setUpParameters(String [] paramNames) {
        Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
        for (String paramName : paramNames) {
            params.put(paramName, "irrelevant what this is");

        }
        contextMap.put(ActionContext.PARAMETERS, HttpParameters.create(params).build());
    }

    private Collection getParameterNames() {
        return ((HttpParameters)contextMap.get(ActionContext.PARAMETERS)).keySet();
    }

    public void runAction() throws Exception  {
        interceptor.intercept(invocation);
    }

}

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Circumcision Decision
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Walking to class past the political and cultural smorgasbord of Sproul Plaza at the University of California at Berkeley was a feast for the eyes. There was, of course, the Ralph Nader-loving table teeming with activity and the ever-desolate Berkeley College Republicans station. But the one that always caught my eye was the "Male Circumcision = Genital Mutilation" table. And yes, they had pictures.
I remember once, an outraged Member of the Tribe holding a sign that read: "For God's Sake, My Penis Was Ruined" told me that the traumatic experience of circumcision had scarred him physically and emotionally. Forever. At the time, I was all like "Dude, chillax. Smoke a bowl or something" and I went on my way to my next class.
But now, 10 years and one telltale ultrasound later, I can't stop thinking about this man, his sign, and his tsurus. Because with the knowledge that the fetus I now call Little Homie is indeed a boy-child, comes the inevitable deep breath as my husband and I mentally prepare for our baby-to-be's eighth day of life: Little Homie is getting cut.
And I'm not happy about this.
Since I kick ass at Googling, I know that while the medical community at large generally considers circumcision to be medically unnecessary, there are statistics that support the theory that this practice is actually quite healthy and sanitary. And while some argue that circumcised men experience less sexual pleasure than their non-circumcised counterparts, I have yet to hear one complain.
And, beyond these facts and figures, I have been raised to believe that circumcision symbolizes a profound covenant with God. It's a ritual that has existed for thousands of years, and I always believed that if I had a son, I would want him to take part in this time-honored tradition.
Maternal Fears
But this was how I felt before I saw Little Homie's boy parts.
And now, even though we're shopping around for the best mohel in town (think Benihana chef with a yarmulke), I have a lot of reservations.
I'm afraid that the mohel will develop a palsy seconds before the blade meets my baby's foreskin. I'm scared that Little Homie will get one of those extremely rare infections, and his penis will turn gangrenous and fall off, and he'll never give me grandchildren–oy vey iz mir. And, I'm terrified that one day, Little Homie–for whatever reason‑‑will grow up to resent our decision to have him circumcised.
Ok, ok, ok, before you tear my "Member of the Tribe Card" into a million pieces, please know that I love being a Jew. And while I do not, nor have I ever, taken the biblical narrative literally, I am proud of my heritage. But I also believe that intrinsic to being Jewish–hell, to being a person–is to question long-held assumptions and beliefs, no matter how inviolable and sacrosanct they may seem. And in the end, it is Little Homie's penis. So, ultimately, shouldn't he decide what is (or isn't) done to it?
A Chain of Tradition
But, my husband feels differently. After all, he was circumcised on his eighth day of life, so why shouldn't his son be too? I suspected that my husband was driven by ego and the desire to see a doppelganger when he had pissing contests with his son more than anything else. But during a fight late one night he set me straight.
"I want him to be circumcised because my grandmother lost most of her family when she fled the Nazis, and I think it would break her heart if we didn't circumcise her great grandson," he said. "Besides, this is a tradition, and I won't be the one to break the link in the chain."
I could see his point. But I persisted. Why couldn't we wait until Little Homie was old enough to make the decision himself?
"Look, parents make choices for their children all the time," my husband said. "We're Jewish, and to deny the brit is to deny our people. So he's getting circumcised. Period."
Great. The guy who never goes to synagogue, who eats pepperoni pizza during Passover, who can barely name the Five Books of Moses had transformed into Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof.
It's Just Skin
I've read the literature on both sides of the circumcision debate and while it seems that the peer-pressure within the Jewish community is to make the cut, I know there is a small, but growing group of Jewish imas and abbas out there who are taking a revolutionary path and refusing to circumcise their baby boys. The question is, do I dare join them? And if I do, and my husband doesn't, what does this mean for our family? The kid only has one penis, so how can we compromise over something that either is or isn't? Ah, where's King Solomon when you need him.
But still, I know that regardless of what we do, a foreskin–or lack thereof–will not define the person Little Homie becomes. And, foreskin or not, we will raise our son in a home steeped in Jewish values including Tikkun Olam, Gemilut Hasadim, and Tzedakah. We will do our best to make sure our baby-to-be grows up in a world where he is loved, nurtured, and honored, so that he, in turn, can love, nurture, and honor others. That is the best we can do. And, if one day Little Homie ends up holding a sign that reads, "For God's Sake My Penis Was Ruined," we will pay for his therapy bills.


After a moment of silence employed by Milady in observing the young man who listened to her, Milady continued her recital.
"It was nearly three days since I had eaten or drunk anything. I suffered frightful torments. At times there passed before me clouds which pressed my brow, which veiled my eyes; this was delirium.
"When the evening came I was so weak that every time I fainted I thanked God, for I thought I was about to die.
"In the midst of one of these swoons I heard the door open. Terror recalled me to myself.
"He entered the apartment followed by a man in a mask. He was masked likewise; but I knew his step, I knew his voice, I knew him by that imposing bearing which hell has bestowed upon his person for the curse of humanity.
Milady, with a rapid gesture, opened her robe, tore the cambric that covered her bosom, and red with feigned anger and simulated shame, showed the young man the ineffaceable impression which dishonored that beautiful shoulder.
This was too much for Felton.
Pale, motionless, overwhelmed by this frightful revelation, dazzled by the superhuman beauty of this woman who unveiled herself before him with an immodesty which appeared to him sublime, he ended by falling on his knees before her as the early Christians did before those pure and holy martyrs whom the persecution of the emperors gave up in the circus to the sanguinary sensuality of the populace. The brand disappeared; the beauty alone remained.
Milady read in his eyes love! love!
"Pardon for what?" asked she.
Milady held out her hand to him.
"So beautiful! so young!" cried Felton, covering that hand with his kisses.
Milady let one of those looks fall upon him which make a slave of a king.
Felton was a Puritan; he abandoned the hand of this woman to kiss her feet.
He no longer loved her; he adored her.
"Buckingham! It is, then, Buckingham!" cried Felton, in a high state of excitement.
Milady concealed her face in her hands, as if she could not endure the shame which this name recalled to her.
"God abandons him who abandons himself," said Milady.
The soul of Milady was bathed in an infernal joy.
"Listen, Felton," resumed Milady, "for by the side of base and contemptible men there are often found great and generous natures. I had an affianced husband, a man whom I loved, and who loved me--a heart like yours, Felton, a man like you. I went to him and told him all; he knew me, that man did, and did not doubt an instant. He was a nobleman, a man equal to Buckingham in every respect. He said nothing; he only girded on his sword, wrapped himself in his cloak, and went straight to Buckingham Palace.
"Buckingham had left England the day before, sent as ambassador to Spain, to demand the hand of the Infanta for King Charles I, who was then only Prince of Wales. My affianced husband returned.
"Lord de Winter!" cried Felton.
"Oh, what an abyss; what an abyss!" cried Felton.
And at these words, as if all her strength was exhausted, Milady sank, weak and languishing, into the arms of the young officer, who, intoxicated with love, anger, and voluptuous sensations hitherto unknown, received her with transport, pressed her against his heart, all trembling at the breath from that charming mouth, bewildered by the contact with that palpitating bosom.
Milady put him from her slowly with her hand, while drawing him nearer with her look; but Felton, in his turn, embraced her more closely, imploring her like a divinity.
"Well, then, we will live and die together!" cried he, pressing his lips to those of the prisoner.
Several strokes resounded on the door; this time Milady really pushed him away from her.
Felton obeyed; this woman was now his whole thought, his whole soul.
He found himself face to face with a sergeant commanding a watch- patrol.
"Well, what is the matter?" asked the young lieutenant.
"And here I am," said the sergeant.
Felton, quite bewildered, almost mad, stood speechless.
"Great God!" exclaimed Felton, on seeing the knife glitter in her hand.
At that moment a burst of ironical laughter resounded through the corridor. The baron, attracted by the noise, in his chamber gown, his sword under his arm, stood in the doorway.
Milady perceived that all was lost unless she gave Felton an immediate and terrible proof of her courage.
Felton uttered a cry, and rushed toward her. He was too late; Milady had stabbed herself.
But the knife had fortunately, we ought to say skillfully, come in contact with the steel busk, which at that period, like a cuirass, defended the chests of women. It had glided down it, tearing the robe, and had penetrated slantingly between the flesh and the ribs. Milady's robe was not the less stained with blood in a second.
Milady fell down, and seemed to be in a swoon.
Felton snatched away the knife.
At this injunction from his superior, Felton obeyed; but in going out, he put the knife into his bosom.
As to Lord de Winter, he contented himself with calling the woman who waited on Milady, and when she was come, he recommended the prisoner, who was still fainting, to her care, and left them alone.
Meanwhile, all things considered and notwithstanding his suspicions, as the wound might be serious, he immediately sent off a mounted man to find a physician.


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GlobalGiving Launches in the UK
Last Monday, GlobalGiving UK launched its brand new web site in London at a big gathering of NGO, private sector, and government leaders. This is particularly exciting since UK donors are among the most generous and progressive in the world when it comes to supporting causes overseas.
The creation of GlobalGiving UK has been supported financially by the Charities Aid Foundation's Venturesome Fund and the Travel Foundation, with key advice and operational support from Google, Expedia UK, Paypal, and Isango. Booz and Company hosted the launch on Monday and provided office space in the start up phase. The GlobalGiving US team worked overtime to provide back-end services and adapt the front-end website to the UK context.
Minister Shahid Malik of DFID (the UK's aid agency) gave the keynote speech and made the first donation through the site, which speaks volumes. DFID is at the very top of official aid agencies in terms of innovation and leadership in key areas.
The GG UK team is outstanding.
It is headed up by Sharath Jeevan, who has the kind of eclectic background that makes him specially suited for the job. Most recently, he ran eBay's charity division in the UK. Previously, he has worked at the international NGO ActionAid, been a project leader at Booz Allen, and has even done a high-tech startup in Asia. Having grown up near London, Sharath has an economics degree from Cambridge, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and graduate degree in creative writing from Oxford.
UK team members include Rachel Smith, who heads up relationships with NGOs and campaigns, Svetlana Gitman, Tanya Serov, Ann Dugan and Becky Hill - all of whom have played key roles in the launch.
We at GlobalGiving US are proud of our new cousins in London. But we are a little nervous, too. They have already introduced a couple of key innovations that we don't have on our own site :)
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Resolved Unilateral polycystic kidney disease?
I saw a patient with a complaint of abdominal fullness. On CT scan, there was apparently a unilateral polycystic kidney. Does this occur? Is it related to conventional ADPKD?
This patient looks like someone with somatic mosaicism. Mosaic individuals acquired their ADPKD not at conception (therefore negative family history) but during early development when only one polypotent stem cell in a multicell embryo acquired a de novo mutation. So their disease is diluted and presents focally or with extremely asymmetry as in your patient.
Conventional mutation screen is typically negative is the signal from the mutant alleles is greatly diluted. We have developed a Next Generation Sequencing protocol for this type of mutations and can detect them down to 5% level. If you are interested, we can test this patient.
polycystic renal disease. Urologic consultation is recommended.


Cash registers ring and sales are glistening, but make sure your shopping is sweet by double-checking those receipts to insure against accidental overcharging by faulty cash register price scanners.
OK, so the last part didn't rhyme, but you get the idea. Overcharging does happen, and the County's Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures (AWM) wants to make sure that if you're shopping, you're checking your receipts.


With all the calories put on over Christmas, I thought I would take a trip down to the coast, near St. Marys Lighthouse as I had earlier on in the month, in the hope to burn some of the festivals excesses off. The time and conditions were almost identical to the last time I came – early morning, cold and mostly overcast only this time it was much more windier making it feel a lot colder. On this occasion, I also decided to bring different photographic equipment as I was more interested in photographing any wildlife there may have been around.
However, I did decide to take the opportunity to photography the sunrise again, but unlike last time, the sun didn't show, so I thought I would try something different and use a 10 stop ND filter to create a long exposure effect and salvage a worthwhile image. The below image ended up being around four and a half minutes long.
A short walk and I found some shore birds feeding, and with the tide coming in I decided to sit myself down and wait for them to come into photographic distance of my lens. After about an hour and a half (and a very cold, damp backside) I had taken an ample number of photographs under dull and difficult conditions resulting in nothing particularly exciting, (see below) and after the inevitable dog came bounding along and chased all the birds away, I decided to call it a day.
Already wide awake when the alarm went off at 5:00am, it was therefore easier to get out of bed than it might of otherwise been on a cold, dark December Saturday morning. First things first – look outside to see what the weather's like. The forecast was ok but then it was forecast to be ok last Saturday but it was raining when I got up then at five in the morning. It's not raining – at least not at the moment! The current forecast is still promising if cold, minus 3, so by 6:15am I'm off to my planned morning trip to the coast, dressed in enough layers of warm clothing to keep me cosy through a Siberian winter.
7:20am and I'm at Whitley Bay, stopping off at a newsagent to buy a Whisper bar – breakfast. By the time I get to my final destination, at St. Marys Lighthouse, it's nearly eight and getting light. At this time of year, this is the best location along this part of the coast of Tyneside, to photography the sunrise over water because the sun rises further to the south east. I checked the tide timetable the day before to make sure the tide wasn't either too far out or in at around sunrise, as I wanted to have a foreground of rocks and water in my shots. If the tide was too far in, there wouldn't be any rocks, if it was too far out I would have to clamber over a lot of slippery rocks in dark light to get near the water's edge. It was almost ideal except that the tide was coming in which means I have to watch I don't get caught unawares.
8:00am and I'm set up at a nice spot, camera on tripod and a neutral graduated filter on the lens to help balance out the exposure so the background is balanced to a similar brightness to the sky.
I've always loved sunrises, seeing the sun come up and night turn into a new day, there's something very magical about them. From a photographers point, you have to rely on the weather and the sky in particular as this can make the shot. Today, the sky was completely overcast except, amazingly, for the horizon where the sun was coming up, due around 8:35am.
I started taking pictures before this however, as the colours and sky constantly changed during the first half hour before the sunrise, starting with a soft, blue shades of colour.
By sunrise, I have had to move back a couple of times as the tide started to come in. As the sun came over the horizon, it started to become windy and rain slightly, but now the blue shades gave way to a smattering of oranges and yellows and the clouds helped make the sunrise a picturesque science. It's at this point, the light is constantly changing and I was so caught up in what I was doing that I forgot about the tide which had started to creep around behind me, so I had to move further back again.
By now it had started to cloud over again, which was actually a good thing, otherwise the light would have been too strong. The sun was just about poking through the clouds, giving a soft grey light, still dull enough to let me get long enough exposures to give the water that feeling of movement. By 9:35am, that was it. My hands were frozen, the light was to harsh and the tide, quickly coming in, but I felt I had got some good images. Still early, so I thought I would see what else there was to photograph.
With the tide coming in, that tends to be a good time to catch wading birds so went to a spot which I know can be a good location so long as there is nobody walking their dogs. My good fortune seemed to be holding out as there were a number of Oystercatchers and Sanderlings and by sitting on the beach, I just let them come to me. Unfortunately, I didn't have my right camera or lens to photograph wildlife so had to make do with what I had, otherwise would have go some good shots. After some twenty minutes or so, a fellow photographer came up to me and told me about a seal near by. He pointed out roughly were it was and so off I trotted in the hope of photographing my first seal.
Having reached the point on the St. Marys causeway where he said the seal was, I started looking for it but couldn't find it. He came along and pointed it out to me – still I couldn't see it – until it moved. It had looked like one of the rocks. No wonder people were just walking past it without knowing it was there. It seemed quite young, indifferently lying there, dozing and occasionally looking around. I took a few shots on the one time it looked up and decided not to disturb its sleep and left.
As I walked back, the fog was rolling in off the mainland and I took a shot of a flock of Lapwings with the background of Whitley Bay and Cullercoats in the hazy distance.
Having put my camera away I came across one final image of this fog bank obliterating the coastline, with the sun just managing to come through, so out it came again one last time. By the time I had finished with these last few pictures, five hours had passed since arriving in the early morning darkness and I had filled 2, 2GB of camera flash cards with a assortment of images both wildlife and seascape. Not a bad days shooting.
With the tide coming in, that tends to be a good time to catch wading birds so went to a spot which I know can be a good location so long as there is nobody walking their dogs. My good fortune seemed to be holding out as there were a number of Oystercatchers and Sanderlings and by sitting on the beach, I just let them come to me. Unfortunately, I didn't have my right camera or lens to photograph wildlife so had to make do with what I had, otherwise would have go some good shots. After some twenty minutes or so, a fellow photographer came up to me and told me about a seal nearby. He pointed out roughly were it was and so off I trotted in the hope of photographing my first seal.


Just before Season Four: Order & Havoc.
For Honor's Season Four is getting closer and just before it, we will be able to try out the game for free and see if we like it.
Starting from November 9, Ubisoft will hold a free-to-play weekend for For Honor on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. During the weekend, we will be able to play the solo and co-op campaign, five multiplayer mods with all the heroes through Season Three. Free weekend will end on November 12.
During your free trial, if you happen to enjoy the game, you will be able to purchase it with 60% discount and your progress during the trail will be carried over to the game. If you already have the game, you will be able to take part in the Warrior Training Program.
The Season Four: Order & Havoc will be out and bring new maps, heroes, features, a Tribute mode and many more on November 14.


We are in the Tobago Cays Marine Park. It's like being back in the Bahamas because the water is so clear. We took this picture when we were at the beach. We took the boogie board and decided to go snorkeling when we saw a stingray. We also saw the butterfly fish that Mark took this picture of.
After that, Dad saw the first black tip reef shark. A man was cleaning fish and dumped some fish guts in the water. The sharks, stingrays, and fish smelled it and the seagulls saw it. They started a little feeding frenzy. The guy that was putting the chum in the water said there was a 7-foot white tip reef shark in the harbor.
He's saying, "Yea, it's snowing with sand!"
The brittle star is regenerating a leg. At first I thought it was dead but after about 5 minutes it started moving around. I yelled to Mark to bring the camera and we took a picture.
A swing made out of a fender!
This morning after school, Dad told us he had a surprise for us. At first Mark thought it was going to be a toy but it was the fender swing. We played for about 10 minutes and did silly things like twisting each other around. Our legs would get tangled up and we would walk around on our hands with our feet stuck to the fender until we fell off. It happened it to Mark first accidentally and then we did it on purpose because it was funny.
You took great pictures of the fish. I especially liked the one of the puffer fish in the sand "snowstorm". Do you have your own camera?
Hi, nana. We do not have our own camera we used mom and dads. It does look like it is snowing in the picture.
You're lucky that your mom and dad let you use such a good camera. Keep on taking such good pictures.


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Iran vows to retaliate over top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizade's killing
By Michael Daventry with AP • last updated: 28/11/2020
The scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, east of the capital Tehran, on Friday - Copyright Fars News Agency/AP
Iran's president has said the country would retaliate over the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the country's most senior nuclear scientist who was assassinated on Friday outside Tehran.
Hassan Rouhani also said Iran would take action "in due course" but the incident would not push the country into making hasty decisions, in a televised statement on Saturday.
"Iran's enemies should know that the people of Iran and officials are braver than to leave this criminal act unanswered," he said.
"In due time, they will answer for this crime," he added.
Fakhrizadeh was killed while driving through the city of Absard, east of Tehran, by "armed terrorist elements" using explosives and machine-gun fire, the Iranian state broadcaster said.
He died at a local hospital where medical staff were unable to revive him.
Photographs released by the Iranian news agency Fars showed a Nissan sedan with bullet holes through its windshield and pools of blood on the road.
The country's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there were "serious indications of [an] Israeli role".
He added in a tweet: "Iran calls on int'l community—and especially EU—to end their shameful double standards & condemn this act of state terror."
Rouhani said in a previous statement that "the mercenaries of the oppressive Zionist regime", apparently referring to Israel, were responsible for the killing.
Hossein Salami, the chief commanded of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, said: "Assassinating nuclear scientists is the most violent confrontation to prevent us from reaching modern science."
There was no immediate comment from Israel, although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has referred to Fakhrizadeh at a previous news conference saying: "Remember that name."
Both US and Israeli intelligence have described him as a driving force behind the Iranian nuclear weapons programme that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said was ended in 2003.
But the agencies alleged Fakhrizadeh continued to work on the project even after it was formally disbanded.
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I actually remembered to document the progress of this one (below). It took less than 12 hours and I was experimenting with the "water" tiles. They turned out looking like ripples, which was unexpected and welcome.


Pete Herbert, Afro fusion outfit Oyobi and Neo Soul singer Andre Espeut jump on the train to the South American territories in order to meet Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel for the continuation of their latest sonic excursion: Electropical Part 2.
The classic Venezuelan folk tune "Sabana" gets the PH treatment for this massive Balearic conveyor, whilst Oyobi delivers an Epic remix of "El Vuelo Del Condor" combining G Funk vibes with Afro / Latin roots.
Last but not least Andre Espeut drops his signature silky vocal sound translated in Spanish for this undercover groover of Synthesized Latin-Soul.


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Larryville.com • View topic - What's the Matter With Kansas Schools?
Post subject: What's the Matter With Kansas Schools?
This page reveals how ALEC bills would privatize public education, crush teacher's unions, and push American universities to the right. Among other things, these bills make education a private commodity rather than a public good, and reverse America's modern innovation of promoting learning and civic virtue through public schools staffed with professional teachers for children from all backgrounds.
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The truth is ALEC's main complaint is using government funds to support any program that does not funnel taxpayer dollars to corporations and the wealthy, and they have particularly focused on what they call an obscene waste of money on public education that in their corporatist libertarian philosophy is better spent on for-profit private and religious schools.
To bolster their contention that public education is failing miserably, they cite the deplorable performance of students enrolled in the public school systems, and they have had valuable assistance from corporate-owned media and the Koch brothers American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) who want to send taxpayer dollars earmarked for public schools to corporate-owned private schools and religious programs.
Public education advocates finally received a wealth of good news courtesy of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) from a long-term trend study of tests given every four years in math and reading. According to the data, contrary to what Republicans, ALEC, and corporate-education advocates contend, America's public education system has made consistent and equitable progress over the past four decades.
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Kansas legislature has not been constantly throwing more money at Kansas public schools. For the past few years say 15 years the legislature has been throwing less and less money at Kansas Public Schools. Perhaps the Sam ALEC Brownback team missed that while living all those years in Washington,D.C.
The bottom line is the Sam ALEC Brownback Team wants to privatize the school system. In order to make a good system appear as though it is failing is first to paint the system as evil then keep pulling funding. When it comes to education politicians are not the experts that's for sure.
There is no hard evidence to substantiate that the public school system is failing nor is there any hard evidence to substantiate that the public school system is evil nor is there any hard evidence to substantiate the need to turn public school tax dollars over to private industry.
Nothing but political rhetoric is on the table.
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I have been told more than once that I live in a "fantasy land". All I can say to that is "lucky me!"


It was a great honour to welcome over 50 young people and their families from 8 of our 12 groups in the district to celebrate their achieving the highest possible badge in their section, the chief scouts bronze, silver or gold.
With our revamped certificates showing off the new branding and a presentation from 2 of our Scouts heading to the 24th World Scout Jamboree next year in West Virginia it was a welcome afternoon in our annual calendar. We hope to see even more of you next year.


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Die marxistisch-leninistische Organisation der Fedajin (Minderheit) () ist eine politische Organisation im Iran.

Sie wurde 1980 gegründet und entstand nach einer Trennung von der Organisation der Volksfedajin-Guerilla Iran. Ursprünglich nannte sie sich Organisation der Volksfedajin-Guerilla Iran ().

Da die Organisation der Fedajin im Iran verboten ist, wird sie als Untergrundorganisation angesehen, die vor allem im Ausland aktiv ist.

Ideologie

Siehe auch
 Linke Guerillabewegung im Iran
 Organisation der Volksfedajin-Guerilla Iran (OIPFG)
 Volksfedajin-Guerilla Iran (IPFG)
 Organisation der Volksfedajin Iran (Mehrheit)
 Volksmodschahedin

Weblinks
 www.fadaian-minority.org – Website der Organisation Fadaian (Aghaliyat)
 Website der Organisation Fedaian (Aghaliyat) (deutsch)

Einzelnachweise

Organisation (Iran)
Iran
Untergrundorganisation
Gegründet 1980


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IFC, Exim bank Strengthen Partnership in North Africa and Levant
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group,and developmentpartner Eximbank are continuing to provideinnovative financial products for Egyptian farmers, and help smaller businesses in Egypt as well as North African and Levant countries adopt sustainable energy technologies to drive economic growth and development.
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Egypt,including farmersactive in agricultural-based value chains, facea host of challenges,from difficulties in accessing finance to high energy costs. IFC aims to support private sector development by addressing these challenges, through its collaboration with partners like Hungary's Eximbank.
Eximbankhas supported IFC's advisory programs with a total of $1.5 million overthe past two years, including $1million to help IFC pilot an Islamic microfinance program in Egypt and Tunisia, potentially one of the first scalable models for musharaka (e.g. profit- and risk-sharing) in MENA and globally. In Egypt, the program enabled the Alexandria Businessmen's Association (ABA) to design and pilot a cost-effective, profitable risk-sharingproduct, targeting farmers in the dairy sector. The new financing mechanism provides an alternative to conventional microfinance, with many of the heifers purchased for the pilot scheme sourced from Hungary. Eximbank also recently provided $500,000to promote sustainable energy financing in North Africa and Levant countries, part of a $3.5 million program in the region that IFC started in 2010.
"Our partnership with Exim Bank has madetheseefforts possible" said Xavier Reille, Manager of IFC Financial Sector Advisory Services -Financial Institutions Group. "Helping financial intermediaries provide new and innovative financial products will facilitate access to finance, a strategic priority forIFC across the region."
IFC and Eximbank's partnership beganin 2014, aiming to help Hungarian companies enter new foreign markets by participating in World Bank and IFC development tenders. Eximbank focuses on the agriculture, water management, ICT, energy and healthcare sectors in Egypt, North Africa, the Western Balkans, Central Asia, former CIS countries, India, Turkey, Indonesia, and Vietnam, in particular.Eximbank'sstrategy inEgypt is aligned with the foreign economic strategy of the Hungarian Government, and build on projects in the pharma industry, transportation, ICT sector.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Working with 2,000 businesses worldwide, we use our six decades of experience to create opportunity where it's needed most. In FY15, our long-term investments in developing countries rose to nearly $18 billion, leveraging our capital, expertise and influence to help the private sector end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.
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What are the Foods that control diabetes?
The principal reason that you need to choose foods that control diabetes is to get a better balance of carbs, proteins, and fats in your every day meal plan.
In fact, all this type of food does not impact diabetes, especially proteins, and low carb foods. In a single word they are called diabetes foods.
Actually, the main reason you're in this page is to get the list of foods you have to put in your daily diabetic meal plan.
In this way you'll be safe and get a better control of your diabetes.
What I've done is to bring the diabetes foods all together divided in two major categories. The first one I've called "pure foods" and the second category I've called "herbs".
All the two categories do the same job. They help you get a better control of your diabetes, that's why they're also include in the controlling diabetes group.
Now, below I've list down the first category of such foods. Generally, they are high in fiber and low in carbohydrates.
This is why they are ideal choice for people with diabetes.
As I've been telling you above, the second category of diabetes foods includes "herbs". They do mimic insulin function.
In this way they give you a hand at keeping your blood sugar levels under control. Don't you think this sound as magic? It's not.
This is real. Just find the right "herbs" and make a wonderful tea with them and go on managing your diabetes.
For sure you may not know some of them and may need some additional info. For this, why don't you go on and do a bit more search right now by visiting this review page?


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EVERTON PLAYERS » PROFILES
Antolin Alcaraz
Squad number 30
Position Defender
Joined on 9 July 2013
Joined from Wigan Athletic
Transfer fee No fee (Free agent)
Signed by Roberto Martinez
Full debut v Southampton (H)
Contract duration 2 years
Contract expired June 2015
Released 10 June 2015
San Rogue Gonzalez, Paraguay
Date of birth 30 July 1982
Height 6' 2" (1.87 m)
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Antolin Alcaraz was out of contract with Wigan Athletic at the end of the 2012-13 season and his move to Everton has been mooted ever since Roberto Martinez was installed as Everton's new manager.
The then 30-year-old agreed a two-year deal, the club confirmed and signed the paperwork after a successful medical and international clearance was secured.
That cleared the way for him to reunite with Martinez, who had brought him to the Premier League two years ago.
An experienced centre-half, the Paraguayan international was a natural choice for Martinez to bring in to bolster his central defensive options.
His last season with Wigan had been disrupted by injury but he looked fit and ready to go in pre-season 2013. However, a succession of injuries and hernia surgery would delay his full debut until the Blues' final match of 2013 against Southampton where he slotted in seamlessly when called upon to fill in for the injured Jagielka.
His initial appearances were positive, but Alcaraz struggled for consistent fitness over the remainder of the season and proved to be a somewhat erratic deputy for the more reliable Phil Jagielka and Sylvain Distin.
Comfortable on the ball and with good distribution from the back, the Paraguayan was perhaps exposed more for his lack of pace and positional sense than anything else, his nadir coming perhaps in the 2-0 defeat at Southampton in April 2014 when the Blues' Champions League hopes were finally extinguished by two own goals, the first by Alcaraz.
The Paraguayan was the first to admit the season had been something of a disaster for him personally:
"On a personal level, it's one to put behind me," Paraguayan said of last season in which he made just seven appearances. "It's one to forget almost as it's been full of negatives. The frustration as a player is that an injury stops you doing what you most enjoy.
"It's almost like it is taking your liberty away from you and you become a prisoner in your own situation. But it's gone now and it's not worth looking back and feeling sorry for yourself. You have to look ahead, be positive and I'm looking forward to next season and hoping for better things."
Alcaraz made his debut for the Blues against Southampton in the final match of 2013, regaining fitness at the right time for Martinez as Phil Jagielka and then Sylvain Distin succumbed to injury over the busy Festive period.
He found the adjustment required by a return to full Premier League and FA Cup action difficult, though, suffering muscle fatigue that would limit his availability until the later stages of the campaign.
"I took solace in that I was able to play a few games towards the end of the season and physically I came through those okay, and that is promising for next season," the centre-half continued. "What I want more than anything is to make sure that I am 100% fit, totally free from injuries and have the chance to do what I do."
However, 2014-15 was a little hit and miss at best to start with for Alcaraz and he didn't see much action until there were injuries or other issues with the normal first choice centrebacks.
John Stones's lay-off from an ankle injury between September and December 2014, combined with Distin's apparent falling out with the manager gave him an opportunity to reclaim his place until he, too, suffered a shoulder injury following a colliison with Wilfried Bony in the home game against Swansea.
By the time he was fit again, Stones and Jagielka had cemented their places as the first-choice central defensive pairing but Alcaraz was asked to deputise in March 2015 when Stones fell ill and turned in an excellent display against Newcastle at home that earned him a starting berth in the ill-fated Europa League Round of 16 second leg in Kiev where the Blues' hopes of reaching the final in Warsaw were shattered.
That game, one which Alcaraz himself will not look back on too fondly given the 5-2 scoreline and his own personal performance, would be his last start for Everton before his contract expired that summer.
Everton Career
Number League
Apps (sub) League
Goals Cup
Apps (sub) Cup
Goals Total
Apps (sub) Total
2014-15 30 6 (2) 0 5 (0) 0 11 (2) 0
Totals 11 (3) 0 6 (0) 0 17 (3) 0
Previous Career
Season Team Appearances (sub) Goals
2001-2002 Racing Club de Avellaneda [Arg] 0 0
2002-2003 Fiorentina (on loan) [Ita] 0 0
2003-2007 SC Beira-Mar [Por] 112 5
2007-2010 Club Brugge [Bel] 68 5
2010-2013 Wigan Athletic 67 3


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Posted in University life with tags circulaire Guéant, ESSEC, foreign students, French elections, French politics, HEC, Mines, Paris Mathematical Science Foundation, Polytechnique, postdoctoral position on October 30, 2011 by xi'an
Due to a new law introduced last May by the French government, it has now become almost impossible for foreign non-EU students who graduate from a French business (e.g., HEC or ESSEC) or engineer (e.g., Polytechnique) school, or from a university, to get a job in France after graduation, even with a firm offer from a company. (This post may sound like a strange complaint since, in some countries, a student visa prohibits its holder to get a permanent job without first exiting the country. But this was not the case in France till last May.) Indeed, those non-EU (post)graduates with a job offer need to apply to local administrations who decide whether or not the job fits a need and whether or not it could not be offered to a French national. (As if those local administrations had the proper expertise.) The procedure takes months, during which the (post)graduates cannot work. Months for no reason other than the administrations being understaffed. And in most cases the answer is no. Meaning these (post)graduates then have to leave the country within a month. And cannot apply to a student visa without first leaving the country…
This sudden change of policy has been heavily discussed in the national and international press (chinese version), on blogs, and by student and professional organisations: I cannot but join the flow of protests against this iniquitous, absurd, and counter-productive action, dictated by electoral motives catering to the rightmost (or just plain xenophobic) part of the electorate. It is counter-productive in that most of those students have been trained in elite public schools, meaning their training has been mostly supported by the State (i.e. the French taxpayer), which would only benefit from the input of highly qualified (post)graduates to the French economy. It is absurd in that those non-EU (post)graduates number in the thousands, hence are unlikely to make a dent in the immigration figures used to frighten the electorate. It is counter-productive because it sends the wrong message to potential students abroad and will thus lower the attractivity of French higher education, an attractivity which is already under pressure from competing countries like Canada and Australia (which just went ahead of France in terms of foreign students). It is absurd since the [former Education and currently Budget] Minister, Valérie Pécresse, has publicly written to the Minister of Interior to ask him to abolish a procedure "going the wrong way". It is counter-productive because these students graduate from schools (HEC, Polytechnique, Essec, Mines, Ensae, &tc.) where there are more job offers than candidates with the proper training. So the typical xenophobic rethoric of "foreigners stealing jobs from nationals" falls completely off the mark there, even though it was instrumental in passing this law… Now, it is quite probable this law will not survive the elections next May, but le mal sera fait (in terms of attractivity)… Note that postdocs are not impacted by the procedure!


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Bethlehem University's WAJD musical group performs third concert
WAJD, Bethlehem University's talented group of musicians, performed its third concert for the pleasure of students, faculty, staff, and even parents. Through the efforts of the Office of the Dean of Students, the group which was named for a fellow student who passed away in 2008 and also loved music keeps his spirit and a shared passion for music alive. Their latest concert, the third, offered jazz pieces, the group's trademark which commemorates Wajd's enthusiasm for jazz, having been a saxophone player.
The group, which consists of traditional band i nstruments as well as Oriental instruments, such as the kanoon, also recently performed in Tunis – the only group from Palestine invited to attend the 8th International Collegiate Music Festival in Susa along with seven other music groups.
Their latest performance included selections of folklore tunes, classical and modern Middle Eastern music, including a Fairuz classic, "Zahrat Al Madaen," called "A Song for Jerusalem" in English. The concert was well attended by the university community and included the mother of Wajd, Suzanne Za'arour.
The group has high hopes for the future and hopes to become a permanent and well known feature of the university. The group, most of whose members are trained at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, was welcomed by the university community, who expressed desire to enjoy more performances, according to Nadine, one of the groups singers. She feels that belonging and having such a musical group adds diversity and enrichment to the academic atmosphere while allowing students to unwind from challenging studies. It also, according to Mai Jaber, presents an opportunity for the university to become recognized for contributions to the musical world as the group gains status - which will improve with support and time. Jaber is proud of the progress the young musicians have made during the past year and a half. WAJD also has a Facebook page which contains more information and news.
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Murder sentence could lead to 'offender dying in jail'
Paul Thomas Ryan, 66, of Tweed Heads has been found guilty of murder over the stabbing death of his former partner. Picture: Liana Boss
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10th Dec 2020 3:50 PM | Updated: 4:42 PM
A MAN who stabbed his former partner to death in a frenzied attack inside a Tweed Heads apartment will spend at least 17 years behind bars, a court has heard.
Paul Thomas Ryan, 66, was convicted earlier this year at a judge alone trial of murdering his former long-time partner Marie Van Beers in a stabbing attack in the kitchen of the flat the pair shared on Brett St, Tweed Heads, on November 12, 2018.
The killing took place on the same day that Ms Van Beers was granted an AVO against Ryan following threats against her and the day before she was due to leave him for good.
On Thursday, Justice Richard Button sentenced Ryan to 23 years in jail with a non-parole period of 17 years for what he called an "extremely grave" example of murder.
"It could well lead to the offender dying in jail," Justice Button told the court.
In his sentencing remarks, Justice Button pointed to the primary motivation for the murder as Ryan's anger and jealousy at his former partner of decades "taking the first steps into a new life" by pursuing a romantic relationship with a man on the mid-north coast.
The court heard that Ryan murdered Ms Van Beers in a frenzy in the unit kitchen using two knives and at one point held a knife to her throat, forcing her to call her sister.
It heard Ryan stabbed the victim multiple times with many wounds inflicted to her back.
"Words were replaced by murderous actions," Justice Button said.
"She was entitled to feel safe in her own home."
The court heard Ryan was a chronic alcoholic and prescription drug abuser who had worked a number of unskilled jobs until 25 years' ago when he suffered a work accident.
Since that time, it heard his life had become "degraded" including frequent hospitilations, an admission to a psychiatric hospital and a suicide attempt.
The court heard that while Ryan drank nine mid-strength beers at a nearby club before carrying out the "savage" attack on Ms Van Beers, intoxication "had no role to play" in the murder.
It also heard that following the killing Ryan made "exculpatory claims", including that he tried the drug ice for the first time shortly before the attack, which Justice Button characterised as "alcoholic confabulation".
Justice Button also noted the impact on members of Ms Van Beers' family, who the court heard continued to struggle with challenges caused by the "terrible day" of the murder.
With time served, Ryan will be eligible for parole on November 11, 2035.
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Monday night, I went into Manhattan for a "benefit/funkraiser" for P-Funk/Talking Heads/Praxis/etc. keyboardist Bernie Worrell.
An article in Rolling Stone last week gave a pretty solid overview of what was planned: "To date, the still-evolving lineup includes Worrell with P-Funk colleagues George Clinton and Bootsy Collins; Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads; Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash of LaBelle; Living Colour; Questlove; Buckethead; the Meters' Leo Nocentelli; the B-52's' Fred Schneider; Paul Shaffer; Meryl Streep (who fronted a band featuring Worrell in her recent Ricki and the Flash); director Jonathan Demme; and the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra, the night's presenters." An earlier lineup listing included producer/bassist Bill Laswell, who I was sad ended up not being part of the show.
The first part of the evening was hosted by the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra, who invited a wide selection of guests to join them:
(You can't tell from these photos, but the group was HUGE. Longtime Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar is in there someplace. I didn't even notice that it was Melvin Gibbs holding down the bass chair until they did introductions at the end of the set.)
Bernard Fowler, who I know from a Philip Glass CD, but everyone else seems to know because he's been touring with the Rolling Stones since the 80s.
Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads did "Rev It Up" from his 'Casual Gods' CD, and also stuff from Velvet Underground and Modern Lovers (who he played with before joining Talking Heads).
David Byrne spoke for a bit, but didn't perform. After the Black Rock Coalition finished their part of the event, a series of bands cycled through.
First, Screaming Headless Torsos, who I suspect blew away a bunch of people who might not have known of them before (I learned about this night's events at a SHT show in January). They did this song, which I love even though it's making fun of a guy who reminds me a lot of myself:
Paul Shaffer and the Letterman Band (who I didn't know were still performing together) did three tunes, and showed what a band can do when they play together 5 nights a week for 30 years. There were a bunch of tech problems during the performance, but Shaffer was able to work through everything with a smile on his face and keep the band completely together as he needed them to adapt the form on the fly.
Jerry Harrison joined Living Colour for a performance of the Talking Heads "Memories Can't Wait." Last time I saw Living Colour play, they were still young guys wearing neon colored neoprene suits.
Meryl Streep, Rick Springfield, and Jonathan Demme worked with Bernie in Demme's recent film "Ricki and the Flash."
Newark mayor Ras Baraka sent a representative with a proclamation declaring a Bernie Worrell day in Newark. Not sure why Newark, I'm pretty sure that Bernie is from right next door to me in Plainfield.
Fred Schneider of B-52s sang his solo song "Monster." Because why? This remains unclear to me.
Buckethead (who played with Bernie on a few excellent Praxis recordings) joined Leo Nocentelli from The Meters, which ended up being a less weird combination than I might have thought. The last time I saw Leo Nocentelli play, we were at the NAMM show, where some band was playing 'Cissy Strut' by the Meters and Leo just happened to be walking by. He jumped on stage; the guitarist handed over his instrument and got shown the proper way to play the song.
Bootsy talking about Bernie and recognizing the efforts of the great Nona Hendryx, who appears to have been the main force behind the event. Bootsy took other one of the drum kits and they brought George Clinton out, which is, on reflection, the only way you could have ended a 4.5 hour long show like this.
I remember after the Live Aid concert, Martha Quinn on MTV said that seeing Pete Townshend play the opening chords of 'Pinball Wizard' was like watching John Hancock sign the Declaration of Independence; this was kind of like that.
I haven't found a lot of video of the night, but YouTube user extplay posted a few great videos from about 20 feet in front of where we were standing:
After four and a half hours of this nonstop funk onslaught even I got so into things that I uncrossed my arms and everything.
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All Party Parliamentary Group says UK should set ambitious target to increase international student numbers
Report finds increasingly restrictive policies and procedures has led to decline in UK's share of students
A new report published yesterday by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Students says the UK government should set an ambitious target to increase international student recruitment.
The APPG's 48-page report is here and is the result of a two-month inquiry into how the UK can build a sustainable future for international students.
Higher education is the UK's fifth largest services sector and a recent report found that the net economic benefit to the UK of both EU and non-EU higher education students who started in 2015/16 was £20.3 billion.
While the UK is still the second most popular destination for international study behind the USA, the APPG says in its report that the UK's position is slipping and international student numbers have flatlined while other nations are developing strategies to increase numbers.
The report states: "When the UK's international student market share is compared with that of its competitors, the UK has been in decline since 2011. International student numbers in further and private education have decreased drastically in the UK since 2011. The reasons for this are multifaceted and can be attributed to: repeated changes to and complexities of the Tier 4 student visa regime; the 2012 closure of the post-study work scheme; the introduction of national strategies and targets for increasing the number of international students in competitors nations, including attractive post-study work offerings; and the perception of the UK as a less welcoming study destination due to Government rhetoric, particularly regarding a 'hostile environment' for migrants and in the wake of the EU Referendum."
The APPG for International Students says what is needed is a growth mindset in relation to international students and a strategy to support this.
"Having heard all the evidence and considering opportunities and challenges we are recommending that the Government sets a target to grow the number of international students and that this is supported by a cross-departmental strategy. We believe the various government departments and the sector should come together to ensure this is done within the next six months. The overall aim of the target and the supporting strategy should be to grasp the opportunities which now present themselves and show the world that the UK is not just open for business but determined to lead the world in this hugely important enterprise," the report states.
The report makes 12 recommendations in total, including that the Government should offer a clearly labelled and attractive post-study work visa which allows up to two years of work experience in the UK.
Paul Blomfield MP, co-chair of the APPG, said: "Increasingly restrictive policies and procedures over the last eight years have discouraged many international students from applying to the UK."
"We need to press the reset button, establish an ambitious strategy to increase recruitment, put new policies in place, and send out a clear message that international students are welcome in the UK."
Lord Bilimoria, co-chair of the APPG and the president of the UK Council for International Student Affairs, wrote in an opinion piece in the Guardian: "As a first step, the government must commit to removing students from net migration figures. There must also be attractive post-study work visas available – such as those I helped to introduce through parliament a decade ago and that the coalition government scrapped in 2012 – and we must maintain an open relationship with the European Union that allows for free movement of students and researchers."
Meanwhile, as an interesting aside, a recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy found that nearly a quarter of US billion-dollar startup companies had a founder who first came to the US as an international student.
One of those students, the co-founder of the billion-dollar company Cloudflare, told the National Foundation for American Policy: "The best thing the U.S. government has done on immigration is Optional Practical Training (OPT) to allow international students a chance to stay and work for a time after graduation."
Refugee Council and ASAP welcome significant improvements in new Home Office domestic violence guidance
Coalition of All-Party Parliamentary Groups publishes report on the difficulties and discrimination faced by African visa applicants
Entrepreneurs Network finds foreign-born entrepreneurs are making a massive contribution to the UK
Women For Refugee Women says Chinese women trafficked to the UK are being routinely detained
Law Society says contracted-out visa and immigration services undermine the rule of law and damage UK's reputation
Parliament's human rights committee says nationality law 'good character' test should not be applied to children
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration finds 2018-19 was "a particularly difficult year" for the Home Office
Detention Action writes to Legal Aid Agency with serious concerns over the quality of legal advice available to immigration detainees
Jesuit Refugee Service UK publishes report examining the impact of destitution and detention on asylum seekers
Work and Pensions Committee criticises Government's "shameful" approach to 28-day move on period for new refugees