I'm implementing the convenience method for saving Tor's current configuration using SAVECONF.
My implementation is here (this commit). I've based it off my setconf branch because it's using the SingleLineResponse I implemented in it, so this will have to merged after that (which is based on the getconf parsing, because the tests need it). I wish had done this seperately, but, *shrug*.
I've rebased to master, so the link to the commit in the ticket won't work, but it's the same branch.
Heh, threw me off for a second since 'insatisfiable' isn't a word. It's right in the change, though.
by Tor (i.e., one with an error code & a message) should subclass this.


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Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón (born September 22, 1949) is a Spanish judge who currently serves as president of the Constitutional Court since January 12, 2023.

Conde-Pumpido previously served as magistrate of the Supreme Court from 1995 to 2017, year in which he was proposed by the Spanish Senate as magistrate of the Constitutional Court. He also served as Attorney General of Spain from 2004 to 2011.

Personal life
Conde-Pumpido was born in La Coruña, a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. His father was also a Prosecutor. He graduated from the University of Santiago de Compostela and received his J.D. in Law and Economics in 1971. He worked as a Judge in San Sebastián and Segovia for twenty years. He played an active role on the boards of directors for the Judges for Democracy Association.

Conde-Pumpido was nominated to the Supreme Court of Spain in 1995. The Supreme Court of Spain () is the highest court in Spain for all matters not pertaining to the Spanish Constitution. The court, which meets in the Convent of the Salesas Reales in Madrid, consists of a president and an indeterminate number of magistrates appointed to the five chambers of the court.

In 2004, Conde-Pumpido was appointed as Attorney General by the King of Spain, on a proposal from the Government of President Rodriguez Zapatero, after receiving the opinion of the General Council of the Judiciary, and he was the Spanish AG from 2004 to 2011. Now he came back to the Supreme Court of Spain.

He has written many papers, including "National prosecution authorities and criminal justice system: the challenges ahead". ERA Forum, NL, 2009.

Attorney general

The Attorney General of the State (Fiscal General del Estado) is the highest official of the public prosecutor (Ministerio Fiscal) of the Kingdom of Spain. He was appointed by the King of Spain, on a proposal from the Government, after receiving the favorable opinion of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). He served as such from April 24, 2004 to December 17, 2011.

President of the European network of General Prosecutor near the Supreme courts
Jean-Louis Nadal, Prosecutor General at the Court of cassation in Paris, strongly backed by Conde-Pumpido, created in 2009 the European Network of General Prosecutor near the Supreme Courts, which Nadal was the first president. In May 2009, Conde-Pumpido was elected, in Praga, as president of the network.

President of Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors
In October 2007, in the XV Assembly held in Madrid, Conde-Pumpido was elected to assume the Presidency of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP).

Antiterror effort

Conde-Pumpido reinforced the activity of the Prosecutor of the national hearing against Islamist terrorism as a response to the attack of March 11, 2004, in Madrid, increasing its workforce, creating a group of specialized prosecutors and fostering international cooperation to share information, getting the trial for the massacre should be held within a reasonable time and with damning of most of the defendants result. At the same time he advocated and put into practice a preventive criminal policy to Act police and judicially against the commands in training until they were able to cause damage, that improved police efficiency and produced a result positive to prevent further Islamist attacks in Spain throughout its mandate.

Conde-pumpido also launched a U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Experts Working Group, with prosecutor-to-prosecutor dialogues on Counter Terrorism issues. The U.S.-Spain Bilateral CT experts Working Group was founded in March 2005 on the one-year anniversary of the Madrid train bombings. The January 12–13, 2010 meeting marked the first time that Organised Crime was on the agenda.

On April 17, 2009, Spain's attorney general, Candido Conde-Pumpido, said his office would not support Judge Baltasar Garzon's outrageous effort to prosecute Bush six Administration officials for their role in the US antiterror effort. Spain's AG said any such prosecution would turn his nation's National Court "into a plaything" for politics.

The European Public Prosecutor strongly backed by Conde-Pumpido
Following the attacks on the eurozone by speculators in 2009–10, Spain proposed the EU enact the European Public Prosecutor provision so the post could co-ordinate legal action in retaliation. "Spain wants the European Union to use a planned public prosecutor's office for the region to protect the euro currency against speculators", Spanish Attorney general Cándido Conde-Pumpido said in March 2010.

Agreement to strengthen U.S.-Spanish cooperation
On April 8, 2010, in Madrid, US Attorney General Eric Holder signed an Agreement to strengthen U.S.-Spanish Cooperation with Conde-Pumpido. Holder met with Prosecutor General Conde-Pumpido to discuss the many ways in which the United States and Spain can continue the excellent partnership we have established in counterterrorism, counternarcotics, money laundering, smuggling or combating international organized crime.

United States diplomatic cables leak
On November 28, 2010, WikiLeaks and five major newspapers from Spain (El País), France (Le Monde), Germany (Der Spiegel), the United Kingdom (The Guardian), and the United States (The New York Times) started simultaneously to publish the first 220 of 251,287 leaked confidential.

According to the United States diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, U.S. officials tried to pressure Spain into dropping court investigations into the Central Intelligence Agency's extraordinary rendition, torture at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and the 2003 killing of José Couso, a Spanish journalist, in Iraq by American troops. Politicians such as the former Deputy Prime Minister María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Ángel Moratinos and the Attorney General Cándido Conde-Pumpido, among others, were pressured by U.S. officials.

The Attorney General Conde-Pumpido strongly denied the version of Ambassador Aguirre contained in the cables.

Magistrate of the Constitutional Court
In 2017, the Senate proposed him as one of its candidates to assume a position within the Constitutional Court. He was appointed by the Monarch on March 15, 2017.

The initial proposal was made by the regional Assembly of Madrid, given that the Magistrates of the Constitutional Court appointed by the Senate are chosen from among those proposed by the parliaments of the Spanish regions.

He was elected president of the Court in January 2023. Before his election as president, he was considered the unofficial candidate of the so-called "progressive" sector of the Constitutional Court.

References

People from A Coruña
1949 births
20th-century Spanish judges
21st-century Spanish judges
Prosecutors general of Spain
Living people
Attorneys general of Spain

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Q: Stackoverflowerizer update
Possible Duplicate:
Is it legal to copy Stack Overflow questions and answers?

There's a new scraping site on the scene that Stackoverflowerizer doesn't redirect: http://www.apacheserver.net/

A: FYI, and YMMV…
On 2 January, I added apacheserver.net to the big list at Is it legal to copy Stack Overflow questions and answers?.
On 8 January, user155464 added a comment:

apacheserver.net fully complies with TOS. It uses the API, the official API has a link to question in the form of stackoverflow.com/questions/##/timeline Also as far a links to migrated questions, the API does not provide the username or ID or author for those types of questions. Here is the example of data provided by the API: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/4634197 and this is example of migrated question from API (notice no author in it): http://api.superuser.com/1.0/questions/220732

On 9 January, the same user added an answer to the question Report high-Google-ranking SE content copiers here, saying:

I have been following this whole development and it looks like you are at war with sites that use your own API.
  …
  I think if someone complies with the attribution requirements and links back to original, you should not treat those sites like some sort of criminals. After all, the 'mashups' is the new buzz word on the web.
  …
  You (SO) are probably the only site I know that offers the API and then go on a witch hunt against those who uses it, even those who uses it properly.

A: There's a special post for this, you can update it with your information.
PS Not sure if anybody benefits from that data, though.
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Link is fixed.

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Q: Compress working directory I want to know the best way to compress the current working directory so that only the last directory's full name is visible. Let me give an example:
$ echo $PWD
/Users/mac/workshop/project1/src

I want to be able to pipe it through a series of commands such that I should get
~/w/p/src

I can obtain the first part of getting the leading ~ by doing ${PWD/#$HOME/\~}
$ echo ${PWD/#$HOME/\~}
~/workshop/project1/src

What do I pipe the rest through so that I get
$ echo ${PWD/#$HOME/\~} | ...
~/w/p/src

A: echo ${PWD/#$HOME/\~} |
sed -e 's%/\([^/]\)[^/]\{1,\}/%/\1/%g' \
    -e 's%/\([^/]\)[^/]\{1,\}/%/\1/%g'

The repeated regex is necessary because the pattern matches, for example, the /src/ in ~/src/perl/DBD/Informix/lib/DBD/Informix, and the matching resumes with the p of perl, which isn't a slash, so it doesn't match immediately.  You can see what happens by replacing the g with gp.
Example:
$ echo $PWD
/Users/jleffler/src/perl/DBD-Informix/lib/DBD/Informix
$ echo ${PWD/#$HOME/\~} |
> sed -e 's%/\([^/]\)[^/]\{1,\}/%/\1/%g' -e 's%/\([^/]\)[^/]\{1,\}/%/\1/%g'
~/s/p/D/l/D/Informix
$

$ echo ${PWD/#$HOME/\~} |
> sed -e 's%/\([^/]\)[^/]\{1,\}/%/\1/%gp' -e 's%/\([^/]\)[^/]\{1,\}/%/\1/%gp'
~/s/perl/D/lib/D/Informix
~/s/p/D/l/D/Informix
~/s/p/D/l/D/Informix
$

A: Command :
sed "s/\/home\/[^\/]*/~/;s_/\(.\)[^/]*_/\1_g" <<<"/home/ssam/Documents/so"

Output :
~/D/s

Command :
sed "s/\/home\/[^\/]*/~/;s_/\(.\)[^/]*_/\1_g" <<<"/homey/singo/Documents/so"

Output :
/h/s/D/s


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Home / News / Unisport's big World Cup preview
Group A - H | Unisport presents the big 2018 World Cup preview
Written by Frederik Tobias Thorgny Hansen
Frederik Tobias Thorgny Hansen
Whether you need an overview for choosing your fantasy team, or you just want to be able to talk about World Cup with you friends who are all football nerds, we present to you our World Cup Preview, taking you through Group A - H in this years version of the biggest tournament on earth. Dig in!
The squads for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are finally confirmed, and some of the best players on their positions didn't even make the cut. Now, it's time to get the big overview and take you through our preview of the group stage, including every participating nation, which players to watch, and a prediction of who makes it through to the knockout stage.
Time has most certainly changed for Russia compared to the time they launched their bid to host the World Cup for the first time. At that moment, they were on a high after reaching the semi-finals at the 2008 European Championship. Now, Russia go into the World Cup as the second lowest-ranked of the 32 teams, only behind Saudi Arabia, having failed to advance past the group stage of any tournament since 2008.
Though Russia failed to make it out of the 2017 Confederations Cup group stage, it still remains unseen what Russia actually can produce on the big stage since the team hasn't taken part in the qualification rounds. Looking at the squad, Russia have a talented midfield with creative playmaker Alan Dzagoev and highly rated propect Aleksandr Golovin. However, the team lacks firepower in attack and has a disjointed defence, including goalkeeper Akinfeev who tends to fail in big tournaments, and that may result in the Russians struggle to advance from the easiest group in the World Cup.
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Preparations for Russia have been far from ideal for Saudi Arabia since qualifying for a fifth World Cup, with two coaches fired. Edgardo Bauza was dismissed nine days before the World Cup draw after only five friendlies in charge. Bauza had been appointed in September to replace Bert van Marwijk, who was fired despite leading the team to their first World Cup since 2006.
Now, Juan Antonio Pizzi has been appointed as the new coach, and he aims to improve Saudi Arabia's best-ever performance at World Cup which is the second-round exit to Sweden at the 1994 tournament in the United States. It seems like a race against time, and with only three players from the squad playing outside of the home country (all on loans) and the worst FIFA ranking of all participants, the The Green Falcon's quality don't seem to be high enough to avoid last place in the group.
A huge chok went through not only the world, but especially Egypt when Mohamed Salah had to leave the pitch in the Champions League. The Egyptian magician had carried both Liverpool in the Champions League and Premier League and Egypt through the African qualification to the country's first World Cup since 1990. Eventually, Salah made the final cut, but only time will tell how fit he will be when Egypt play their first match against group favourites Uruguay on June 15th.
Though having dominated the African Cup of Nations from 2012-15, The Pharaohs were left out of the worlds finest tournament. But now they are back. And the team is not only about Salah. Like other North African national teams, Egypt have a solid defence plus all in all a strong organisation with counter attack expert coach Hector Cuper in control. Don't be surprised if they make it through the group, though it might be difficult to see attacking brilliance coming from other than Salah. Worth noticing is Egypt's captain and legendary 45-year-old goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary who will be the oldest player in history to play at the World Cup. Respect.
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Mighty Brazil was the only team that finished with more points than Uruguay in the South American qualifying phase. Uruguay's stars are in their best age as footballers, and with a strong core of Diego Godin and talented José Giménez and strikers Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez, Uruguay look like the ones to beat in group A.
With upcoming stars like midfielders Nahitan Nandez, Lucas Torreira and especially Rodrigo Bentancur, experienced Coach Oscar Tabarez has a lot of additional quality for the future and also for this summer. On paper, La Celeste need to make it through to the knockout round, and they might even go to the quarter finals, while they have to bring their A game to reach the hights of World Cup 2010.
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Group A prediction:
Uruguay in 1st place while Salah and Egypt take 2nd to upset host nation Russia.
If Cristiano Ronaldo wants to win the World Cup, 2018 seems like last call. Though Portugal triumphed at the Euro 2016, Ronaldo and co. were to a lot of people rightfully criticised for their style of play during the tournament. However, through the qualifying to the World Cup, Portugal dominated their group with only one loss to Switzerland in the first game back in September 2016. Portugal won every qualifying game since that day but have shown inconsistency in the recent friendlies.
CR7 really must step up to his best this summer if Portugal have bigger hopes than just reaching the knockout phase. Though Ronaldo is a huge part in this team, Man City bound Bernado Silva plays a key role in the starting linep. Also, watch out for starlet winger Gonçalo Guedes, and don't underestimate striker André Silva though he was far from impressive in his first Serie A season. And all of you do remember what happened the last time you underestimated the Portugeese in a big tournament, don't you?
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Espana are back, and they are looking strong. The managerial change from Vicente del Bosque to former goalkeeper Julen Lopetegui has reinvigorated a side that was in clear decline after failing to defend their world title in 2014 and European crown in 2016. Spain's WC squad is filled with talented midfielders. Isco, Iniesta, Busquets, Thiago, the list goes on. In addition, with David De Gea in goal, and Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique anchoring the defence, the only potential weakness is the Spaniards' attack.
Diego Costa, Iago Aspas and Rodrigo all got the nod instead of Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata, and though all of the chosen three attackers are in great shape and offer different aspects to Lopetegui's attacking force, the failure of Costa at WC 2014 and the need for a player like Fernando Torres and David Villa back in the days may still affect La Roja. This however hasn't seemed like a problem for Spain recently as the team went through an undefeated qualifying campaign of nine wins and just one draw, including a 3-0 victory over Italy, and a more than convincing 6-1 win against Argentina. Seriously, watch out for these guys and keep an eye on starlet Marco Asensio.
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20 years have gone past since Morocco's last World Cup. Back in 1998 the team didn't make it through despite getting 4 points in the group stage. Now, the North African team is finally back, and though they are in a tough group, don't underestimate this solid squad. Coach Herve Renard's Morocco features several promising young talents including Ajax midfielder Hakim Ziyech and Younes Belhanda.
Morocco's strength is without doubt the team's structured organisation. Renard has brought discipline and flair to a team developing an exciting brand of football based on solid defending and fast attacking tempo, and Morocco impressively qualified to the 2018 World Cup without conceding one single goal. Spain, Portugal and especially Iran will have to fight a lot to break through the Moroccan defence, and this might see Ziyech and Co. punishing the opponents on the counter attack.
From one team with a rock solid defence to another. After host nation Russia and Brazil, Iran was the first team to book a ticket to this year's World Cup. The Iranians went unbeaten in 18 qualifying games across two rounds. In the last round, Iran didn't concede a goal in nine games but finished with a 2-2 draw against Syria.
Iran will be playing their fifth World Cup, qualifying back-to-back for the first time. They went winless at the 2014 World Cup, but this time coach Carlos Queiroz is targeting the knockout stages and has vowed Iran will "not go to Russia as tourists." And something tells us that he might be right this time though the bookmakers don't expect anything. Defence might be Iran's big strength, but watch out for Rubin Kazan striker Sardar Azmoun and Eredivisie top scorer Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
Group B prediction:
Spain in 1st while Portugal fight to get 2nd. Don't be surprised if Iran or Morocco make it through instead of CR7 and Co.
With star players like Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé and Paul Pogba, a young (second youngest along with England) and vibrant Les Bleus promises to be eye-catching. Didier Deschamps side could not handle the pressure of being favourites in the Euro 2016 final at home to Portugal, but this year the hyped French team really needs to click. The talent is certainly there, but the mindset must be as well.
Despite a loss to Sweden and two draws against small football nations Belarus and Luxembourg, France qualified as a clear number one in their group. Now, France have to cope with being huge favourites against Australia, Peru and Denmark, just like the team did in the 2014 World Cup. And France need a good start. But don't forget how it went in 2002 and 2010 when France failed to win their opening matches.
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Qualified for a fourth consecutive World Cup, Australia had to take the long route to Russia after failing to secure direct entry in Asia because of a slightly inferior goal difference to Saudi Arabia. The Socceroos played 22 games in qualifying, including an Asian playoff against Syria and culminating with a play-off win over Honduras. That made them the next-to-last team to clinch a spot at the 2018 edition.
After Ange Postecoglou quit as coach a week after Australia secured their place in Russia, Bert van Marwijk, the man who helped Saudi Arabia to qualify, has taken over the hot seat. Van Marwijk, who got 2nd place with the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup, might actually be one of the biggest profiles around the team, as he will aim to improve the Australian's before the World Cup. Look out for Mile Jedinak to stabilise the midfield, though much of the attention naturally falls on 37-year-old icon Tim Cahill. However, van Marwijk and Jedinak face a huge task. If Australia advance from the group, it will be one of the biggest surprises.
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36 years. We've missed you Peru, and the Peruvians have certainly missed the World Cup. But now, they are back. Chile, Ecuador and even Paraguay were considered favourites for South America's fifth spot in the World Cup. In the end, it went to a Peruvian side that conceded only seven goals in eight matches in 2017. Ironically, Peru have to thank Argentina coach Ricardo Gareca who scored a goal in 1985 that eliminated Peru in the South American qualifiers for the 1986 WC. Since 2015 he has led a much better organised and well-paced Peruvian team.
Though the Peruvians may respect Gareca now, they are in love with key striker Paolo Guerrero. The 34-year-old captain scored five goals in the qualification and is a hero in Peru, and one can only imagine the joy that went through the nation when Guerrero got cleared for the World Cup despite his doping ban. Besides Guerrero, one must look out for former Schalke 04 star Jefferson Farfan, winger Edison Flores and playmaker Christian Cueva. Most importantly, Los Incas play with a big heart, and they will fight both France and Denmark for a place in the knockout phase.
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It's been six years since Denmark last played in a major tournament in the 2012 European Championships, but the team is now unbeaten since back-to-back losses in qualifying against Poland and Montenegro in October 2016. Especially a solid defence topped with Kasper Schmeichel in goal means that the Danish Dynamite is a tough team to break down.
Looking at the attacking options, playmaker Christian Eriksen is the man the Danes will count on. The Tottenham star can both create and score goals, and his form looks to almost decide Denmark's fortunes in Russia. If Denmark and Eriksen hit the top level as in the 4-0 win against Poland and the 5-1 victory in Ireland in the qualification, they will be dangerous for almost every team, but looking at the last three friendlies against Panama, Chile and Sweden, Denmark has only managed to score once. The player who scared that goal is left winger Pione Sisto - watch out for this man and potentially also for upcoming star striker Kasper Dolberg who got a ticket to Russia instead of Nicklas Bendtner.
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Group C prediction:
France and Denmark to go through. Watch out for Peru.
19 goals in 18 matches. This is all Argentina managed to produce in the World Cup Qualification, and so did last placed Venezuela. A team featuring Lionel Messi can never be ignored, even though the 2014 runners-up barely made it to this World Cup. But other key talent like Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala have been far from top form for La Celeste y blanca.
Besides Messi, the only positive thing on paper from the qualification for Jorge Sampaoli's side is that only Brazil were better at defending throughout the qualification. But looking down on Argentina's squad, the defence doesn't look impressive. This is why it may not be too much to say that Argentina's World Cup depend on Messi, maybe even more important than Cristiano Ronaldo is for Portugal. Argentina would not be going to Russia without Messi's goals and leadership, and the team is without doubt one of the biggest questionmarks before the tournament.
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With just 330,000 people, Iceland are the smallest country ever at the World Cup. The city of Moscow alone outnumbers Iceland's entire population 40 times over, but this is a team of giant-killers. Island's run to the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, knocking out England on a memorable night in Nice, showed the talent and determination in Iceland's team.
Qualifying for the World Cup ahead of Croatia and Ukraine proved that the Euro's wasn't a one-off. It might be optimistic to expect more success in Russia, but with Iceland's fighting spirit, their passionate fans and their "thunderclap" chant, nothing can be ruled out. The big concern though is the fitness of attacking playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson who's Iceland's biggest indivual profile. If he isn't in top shape, it looks difficult for Iceland to make it out of one of the World Cup's toughests groups.
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It's been 20 years since the glory days of Davor Suker and Co. who secured Croatia a third place. Since the 1998 World Cup in France, Croatia actually haven't made it out of the group stage, failing in 2002, 2006 and 2014. This year, Croatia aim to emulate 1998 and everything apart from participation in the knockout stage will be seen as failure.
Despite having at their disposal a generation of players capable of making the difference, Croatia had to squeeze through the play-offs for the second straight World Cup. Led by playmaker Luka Modric alongside Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Rakitic and Ivan Perisic, Croatia are on paper a tough team to beat. Coach Zlatko Dalic will need the players to replicate their club form on the international stage at a major tournament, just like they did in the promising play-off wins against Greece. If Croatia manage to perform at their best, they will be one of the toughest teams to beat and can potentially top this group. Look out for Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic who's yet to have his real breakthrough.
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The first team from Africa to qualify, and convincingly. They won a group that contained current African champion Cameroon, former champion Zambia, and Algeria, and qualified for five of the last six World Cups. A 4-0 victory over Cameroon emphasised that when they get it right the Super Eagles can be a handful for any side. Argentina found that out in November last year when Nigeria came back from 2-0 down to win their friendly 4-2 in Russia.
Nigeria has a good mix of a strong central midfield in John Obi Mikel and Wilfred Ndidi and explosive talented attacking players in Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Victor Moses. However, the biggest concern for Nigeria is their defence. In addition, Nigeria is missing goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, and there doesn't seem to be any obvious replacement. This can eventually be the reason why Nigeria doesn't make it through this group. Worth noting down is that Nigeria has the youngest squad in the World Cup with their players averaging 25.9 years.
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Group D prediction:
Croatia, 2. Argentina, 3. Nigeria, 4. Iceland. But seriously, every team can make it to the last 16.
Brazil were the first team to clinch qualification for Russia and had memorable wins on the way, including a 3-0 success over Argentina in the same Mineirao stadium of the 2014 1-7 semi-final humiliation. It took the appointment of Tite in September 2016 to revive Brazil. Under his helm, Seleção are now about organisation and flair, and there have been only one loss in a friendly against Argentina.
And then let's get to the guy everyone talks about in Brazil right now: Neymar Jr. Though he's been injured since February, in a recent friendly against Croatia, Neymar showed the world that he's back like nothing ever happened. The break from football might actually turn out to be an advantage for NJR and Brazil. If he reaches his top level, it should be enough for Brazil to go all the way. Remember, there's some guys called Marcelo, Coutinho, Gabriel Jesus and Thiago Silva in the squad as well. Frightening.
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Nine wins and one loss in the last group game sent Switzerland in the play-off for World Cup qualification. A dubious penalty call saw the Central European side crush Northern Ireland's World Cup dreams. Now, it's time for Switzerland to finally win a WC knockout game, which they haven't done since 1954. However, this might be the year. The Swiss team has a core of players from the 2009 Under-17 world champion team and a depth of tournament experience.
Switzerland is a well-balanced team that has seemed to need a high-class central defender and reliable scorer. In Dortmund's Manuel Akanji, coach Vladimir Petkovic might have found that defender, while Breel Embolo aims to get his international breakthrough in attack. Watch out for profile Xherdan Shaqiri as well, and don't underestimate the value of Valon Behrami who's going to his fourth straight World Cup in the elder statesman role for a young squad, speaking all of Switzerland's three main languages.
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The huge surprise of the 2014 World Cup. Costa Rica, the small Central American country, reached the quarter-finals in Brazil only losing to the Netherlands on a penalty shootout. Profiles like Keylor Navas, Bryan Ruiz, Celso Borges and Joel Campbell played huge roles in Costa Rica's success. And four years later, it's the same core of players, the other participants have to watch out for.
The 2018 World Cup in Russia will be Costa Rica's fifth World Cup appearance, which is impressive for a country with a population just under 5 million. Costa Rica qualified for this year's World Cup only behind Mexico, and though the team lost 5-0 to Spain in November 2017, La Tricolor recently managed to beat Northern Ireland 3-0. It's strange that a team may surprise us two World Cups in a row, but once again many 'experts' doesn't expect a lot from Costa Rica. We do, but it's a tough group.
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It's been eight years since Serbia participated at the World Cup. In 2010, after an impressive win over Germany in the group opener, Serbia only needed a win, and could actually also go through with a draw, in the last group game against Australia, but the team lost 2-1 and finished bottom of the group. This really sums up the historic problems for Serbia, as the team has failed to fulfil its potential.
Now, eight years later, Serbia has made huge changes in the squad bringing in young profiles combined with a experienced defence. This seemed to be the right mix for Serbia in the qualifiers, as they cruised through their group. Look out for Dusan Tadic and Aleksandar Mitrovic in attack, but pay extra attention to Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - he might just be the next big thing and will potentially give Serbia that edge to qualify for the last 16 with group favourites Brazil.
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Group E prediction:
Brazil as clear number 1 and Serbia to snatch 2nd in front of Costa Rica and Switzerland.
A squad that doesn't even have space for Leroy Sané must be feared. The World Cup holders have already collected a trophy in Russia in the build-up to the World Cup, winning the Confederations Cup in July 2017 with a B-team, using the warm-up tournament to test new options. Impressively, Germany qualified for Russia with 10 wins from 10 and a European-record 43 goals.
What's really inspiring about Joachim Löw's chosen ones are that they are and perform like one unit. The key man is Toni Kroos who keeps the side ticking from midfield, where his intelligence, precision and composition on the ball inspires team-mates going forward. Watch out for Marco Reus who finally gets his first World Cup participation this year as well as captain Manuel Neuer who's back after a long injury period. Almost everything has to go wrong for Die Mannschaft if they don't claim a top 2 spot. Expect them to grab all 9 points available.
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Regulars at the World Cup, but always coming up just short. This is the World Cup story of Mexico. They have played in the last six World Cups, and were knocked out each time in the round of 16. Reaching the quarter-finals this time would therefore be seen as a success, as the Mexicans have only done that twice - 1970 and 1986 when they were hosts.
El Tri impressed four years ago in Brazil, and they were impressive in qualifying this time, doing so with three games to spare ahead of Costa Rica and Panama. Germany look almost locked on 1st place, so coach Juan Carlos Osorio knows that the team has to fight Sweden and South Korea for that last spot. And the Mexico squad has the talent to snatch that. Look out for usual suspects goalgetter Javier Chicharito Hernandez, playmaker Giovanni dos Santos, all rounder Andres Guardado and young winger Hirving Lozano. Also note that the moment you see Rafael Marquez on the pitch in Russia, he has represented Mexico five times in World Cup history, which is a tied record with Antonio Carbajal and Lothar Matthäus.
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Nobody saw it coming. Not even the Swedes. Last year, Sweden stunned Italy in the play-offs to qualify for their first World Cup finals since 2006 after having finished second after France and in front of the Netherlands. An impressive result in the first post-Zlatan period. And actually, Sweden seem more united and well-structured without the characteristic superstar.
In the World Cup in Russia, we're also going to see a Ibrahimovic-less Sweden team. A Sweden team which's great strength is defence and team spirit. Especially the rock solid defence is certainly something the Italians will agree on. However, Sweden is not going to get an easy World Cup this year. Apart from Emil Forberg, it is difficult to spot the attacking talent in Janne Andersson's squad, and with quality World Cup opponents in Germany and Mexico, Sweden will have a tough task going for that top 2 spot.
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Every World Cup since 1986 has featured South Korea. This time looks likelier to be a repeat of 2014's meek group-stage exit than 2002's swashbuckling run to the semi-finals. Qualifying was tricky, with a place only secured thanks to a tense 0-0 draw against fellow qualifying contenders Uzbekistan on the final day of the Asian group stages, combined with Syria's failure to beat Iran.
Much will depend on a duo of English Premier League players, Tottenham's Son Heung-min and Swansea's Ki Sung-yeung, who bring valuable experience of top-level football. If especially Son doesn't hit his top level, it seems very difficult for South Korea to advance to the next round.
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Group F prediction:
Germany and Mexico to go through.
If you have Romelu Lukaku up front, Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne as creative geniuses, and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for a final lock on goal, the ingredients for success are there. However, Belgium is yet to break into the semi-finals of a major tournament. 2018 must be the year for Belgium, a pressure that lies on Spanish coach Roberto Martinez who took over from Marc Wilmots after a disappointing Euro 2016.
Martinez, however, has already made himself a unpopular guy in many Belgium fans' book. Ditching Roma star Radja Nainggolan doesn't seem like the right decision in our eyes, but who knows - maybe Martinez says 'told you so' to all his critics in July? Besides the absence of Nainggolan, another issue could be in central defence where Vincent Kompany might not be perfectly fit when the tournament kicks off. Either way, Belgium looks like a team with lots of depth, and they must be considered serious dark horses to win it all in Russia.
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Defeating Costa Rica 2-1 in the final qualifier on a mysterious goal, Panama earned a first-ever qualification for the World Cup, which resulted in a national holiday. Panama has only four million people, but finished ahead of the United States, which has about 320 million. Impressive no matter have they are going to do at the World Cup.
Colombian coach Hernan Dario Gomez might be the biggest star of all around the Panama team. He got Colombia into the 1998 World Cup, and then did the same for Ecuador in 2002. And now he did it for Panama. Gomez is taking the oldest squad (29.6 years average age) to the World Cup in Russia. And there's really not a lot to expect from the team which's biggest profiles are the rather unknown strikers Luis Tejeda, Gabriel Torres and Blas Perez.
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Unbeaten during their qualifying campaign, Tunisia are making a return to the World Cup for the first time in 12 years. The Eagles of Carthage qualified for Russia ahead of Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya and Guinea and will take part in their fifth World Cup. They have never got beyond the group stage, and this year's tough draw doesn't seem to change that.
With a new generation of players including Wahbi Khazri, their main goal will be to win the game against Panama. Unfortunately, key player Youssef Msakni did not make the squad do to an injury. However, Tunisia should still be favourites against Panama, but it seems like there's a very little chance of stealing a point from Belgium or England.
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Expectations in England have plummeted because of the team's embarrassing performances in recent major tournaments - exiting the 2014 World Cup at the group stage and losing to Iceland in the round of 16 at Euro 2016. Having the world's richest and most popular domestic league has had an adverse effect on the England team, whose managers have an increasingly shallow pool of top players to choose from.
However, England has shifted recently shifted their focus on talent development, and with recent success in some of the youth tournament's, the future might look bright for The Three Lions. 2018 might just be a tad too early to expect anything huge from England. The second youngest squad (26 years old average, tied with France) will be taken to Russia, and newly appointed captain Harry Kane will aim to take his team securely through the group stage. Everything beyond the last 16 for coach Gareth Southgate and Co. should be seen as a an acceptable performance.
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Group G prediction:
A miracle needs to happen before Belgium and England don't go through.
It's the first World Cup since 2006 for Poland, whose fans are likely to travel to Russia in large numbers. It could be the last chance to play on top level on the biggest stage for striker Robert Lewandowski who scored a European-high 16 goals in qualifying.
This year, Poland are largely unchanged from the team that reached Euro 2016 quarter-finals where they lost on penalties to eventual champions Portugal. One concern is the team's defence that conceded four goals in the game against Denmark. Group H, however, seems like the most open group in the World Cup, and Poland will have a great opportunity to make it through to the last 16 where England or Belgium look like to be waiting.
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Senegal are back at the World Cup for the first time since their stunning debut in 2002, when they famously beat defending champions France on the way to the quarter-finals. The qualification for this year's World Cup was contentious, with Senegal benefiting from an unprecedented decision by Fifa to order a replay of their 2-1 loss in South Africa because of match-fixing by the referee. Senegal took advantage to win the replay, changing the dynamic of the group.
Coach Aliou Cisse, who played and captained Senegal during the 2002 World Cup, will aim to inspire his squad to follow the footsteps of the 2002 team. In 2002, the big profile for Senegal was called El Hadji Diouf. Today's profile is Sadio Mané. With his blistering pace, Mané has been every bit as effective for Senegal as he has for Liverpool, and along with a squad including lots of players from Europe's big leagues, The Lions of Teranga might surprise us just like they did 16 years ago.
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Los Cafeteros reached the quarter-finals four years ago in Brazil and they have the talent to do it again. This will be Colombia's second straight appearance after sitting out for 16 years. This time around, qualification was a struggle for Colombia, as they waited until the last match to make it to Russia.
Like in 2014, the big profile is still James Rodriguez who stunned the world with his impressive performances. This year Colombia has added some firepower in attack with Radamel Falcao who missed out four years ago due to injury. Jose Pekerman, who also led his native Argentina to the quarter-finals in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, once again has the talent in his squad to make it out of the group stage. After that, Colombia can only surprise us. Watch out.
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The last participant in the 2018 FIFA World Cup is Japan. Coach Akira Nishino was brought in two months ago after the federation parted ways with Vahid Halilhodzic. Not the ideal warm up for the World Cup, one must say, which is one of the main reasons why it's difficult to know what to expect from Japan.
Japan finished first in Group B in Asian qualifying, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Australia, and while the squad lacks the star power of many other World Cup teams, Japan can count on a group of reliable players with plenty of European experience. Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund and Shinji Okazaki of Leicester should play key roles, but it will be difficult for the proud nation to overcome Poland, Colombia and Senegal.
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Group H prediction:
Colombia and Senegal to go through from a group where anything can happen.
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Who said: "Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest."
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James Beaumont Neilson
(22 Jun 1792 - 18 Jan 1865)
Scottish inventor who introduced the hot-air method to blast furnaces smelting iron. The process was more efficient than the former use of cold air, and reduced the amount of coal consumed.
Short biography of James Beaumont Neilson >>
from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (1875)
James Beaumont Neilson (source)
[p.215] NEILSON, James Beaumont, the inventor of the hot-blast in its application to the smelting of iron, was born at Shettleston, near Glasgow, 22d June, 1792. His father, Walter Neilson, was what at that time was called an engine-wright, or at the present time an engineer, and died at a good old age, in the employment of the late William Dixon, ironmaster, as engineer at his collieries at Govan—greatly respected by all who knew him, and by his employer, who had his portrait painted and hung on the walls of his residence.
Walter had two sons, John and James, who both became engineers. John, who was some years the senior of his brother, received a classical education, and was a great reader and ardent student. At his works, the Oakbank Foundry at Glasgow, in 1825, he designed, and afterwards constructed, the first iron steamer that went to sea. Latterly he became also an ironmaster, and died at a good age: his sons are proprietors of extensive ironworks in Lanarkshire.
James, or Beaumont as he was usually called, at an early age assisted his father in erecting and working the steam-engines constructed for mining purposes, and was afterwards apprenticed to his brother. In 1814 he left his brother's works, like his father became engine-wright, and was employed by Mr. William Taylor at his collieries, near Irvine. In 1817 he was appointed engineer to the gas-works then just established at Glasgow, where he remained until he resigned this situation as engineer and manager in 1847.
The gas-works were greatly extended under his directions, and many improvements introduced by him into gas manufacture, then practically little known. In consequence of the great eminence to which he rose as a gas-engineer, he was much consulted from all quarters. He introduced clay-retorts instead of iron, and as early as about 1826 heated his retort ovens entirely by the waste coal-tar as liquid fuel—used sulphate of iron solutions to remove the ammonia found so injurious to pipes and gas-fittings, &c. &c.; but the most beautiful and ingenious of his inventions was the [p.216] "swallow-tail" burner, since used all over the world. The first large roof constructed entirely of iron was erected by him in the early extensions of the old works at Kirk Street. Neilson patented none of these inventions, but gave them to the company, which in a great measure assisted in bringing them to the very prosperous condition they at that time enjoyed.
The boy Beaumont Neilson received a very ordinary education; but in after-life he prosecuted his studies with great diligence and perseverance—had no love for society, his books being his constant companions; and so much was he impressed with the advantages to be gained by a study of the practical sciences, that in 1821 he established a workman's institution for the benefit of the men in his employment, with models, laboratory, and workshop; in fact, a little school for technical education.
Dr. Ure, in his Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures, says—"One of the greatest improvements made by simple means in any manufacture was accidentally observed by my pupil Mr. James Beaumont Neilson, at a smith's forge." But here the doctor is in error: the forge was constructed with a furnace under the hearth in which the air or wind was heated before being blown into the fire. This arrangement was not accidental; the experimenter was searching for some means to improve the blast employed to excite the combustion of furnaces in which iron is made, because his attention as a man of science had been drawn by an ironmaker to the fact of the irregularity of the action of these furnaces, particularly the difference between winter and summer working. It was suggested to him that the blast might be submitted to some purifying process; but Neilson thought that the object to be aimed at was to increase the action of the oxygen in the air, and free it from moisture. Many experiments were made, and the result was, that the patent for the hot-blast was taken out on 1st October, 1828, the title having been written by Lord Brougham. The invention may be simply described as the heating of the air-blast by passing it through vessels placed in ovens before it is blown into the smelting-furnace.
The patentee, who had neither the pecuniary means nor the influence necessary to introduce his invention to practice, applied for advice and assistance to his friends Charles Macintosh (the celebrated inventor of waterproof cloth), Colin Dunlop of the Clyde Iron-works, and John Wilson of the Dundyvan Ironworks. To the two former he gave each three-tenths of his patent, to the latter one-tenth, reserving only three-tenths for himself. Great difficulties were encountered in persuading ironmakers to use the invention, the general belief being that instead of heating the blast, it ought to be made as cold as possible, for which purpose refrigerators had been used, and even ice applied to them to cool the air to the utmost. Ultimately, however, it became universally adopted, and the great value of the invention was proved beyond question by the fact, that thirty-two shillings and sixpence per ton was saved in the manufacture of the iron, besides each furnace making twice the quantity of iron which it formerly did. Coal and ironstone from which iron was with difficulty made by the old system, was found most suitable by the new process. The patentees demanded only one shilling per ton of royalty.
Like other inventors who had gone before him, Neilson was subjected to great persecutions from those he had so much benefited. The ironmakers in Scotland from time to time attempted to destroy his patent; and at last, in 1840, a confederation was secretly formed, united under a formal deed, in which "they bound themselves to institute, defend, carry on, and follow out to a conclusion such actions, and generally to adopt such proceedings, judicial and extrajudicial, as their advocates or survivors of them shall advise to be expedient and proper for setting aside the said letters-patent, and for resisting the enforcement of the claims founded by the said James Beaumont Neilson, &c. &c." Now the struggle began in earnest between the patentees and the confederate ironmasters, and continued from 1839 to 1844. Twice a jury refused to deprive the patentee of his rights; twice were appeals to the House of Lords unsuccessful, two jury trials occupied sixteen days, about 140 witnesses were examined, at one and the same time twenty different actions were carried on, and the litigants spent between them on law charges alone not less than £40,000. Neilson was terribly discouraged and broken down in health. When the news arrived of the final decision of the House of Lords in his favour, he lay insensible under typhus fever not expected to recover.
Notwithstanding the small share of the patent he retained, and the losses from litigation, the inventor of the hot-blast realized a moderate fortune; and it may be estimated that his country benefited by his invention to the extent of about twelve millions per annum, besides the impetus it imparted to all those great works in which the price and abundance of iron forms an important element of their success.
Neilson retired to that seclusion he was so fond of on the island of Bute, where he lived several years on a property which belonged to the late marquis, and whose friendship he enjoyed. Married in early life to an Ayrshire lady, an orphan, Barbara Montgomerie, he had by her several sons and daughters. She did not live to share that repose which later in life her husband enjoyed, but by her great spirit and energy, she cheered and stirred him up when with utter despondency his health and courage seemed entirely to fail. In 1851 he bought an estate in Kirkcudbrightshire, where he lived much loved and respected, pleasing and instructing all from the store of knowledge he had accumulated, and taking an active interest in all that tended to the welfare of those around him. His love of education never left him. He built an institution, with library, school, &c., for the instruction of the people on his estate—was a member of the Church of Scotland, but left it with the Free Church at the disruption; a strict Presbyterian, with perhaps a little too much of the Puritan in his character; severe and exacting in all questions of truth or honour. He died 18th January, 1865, at Queenshill, now the property of his eldest son, Walter Montgomerie Neilson, the well-known engineer and locomotive-engine maker of Glasgow.
The original text began with one, long one paragraph, which is split as five above to improve readability. Text from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (1875), Vol. 5, 215-216. (source)
22 Jun - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Neilson's birth.
The British Iron Industry, 1700-1850, by J.R. Harris. - book suggestion.
Nature bears long with those who wrong her. She is patient under abuse. But when abuse has gone too far, when the time of reckoning finally comes, she is equally slow to be appeased and to turn away her wrath. (1882) -- Nathaniel Egleston, who was writing then about deforestation, but speaks equally well about the danger of climate change today.
Carl Sagan: In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. (1987) ...(more by Sagan)
Albert Einstein: I used to wonder how it comes about that the electron is negative. Negative-positive—these are perfectly symmetric in physics. There is no reason whatever to prefer one to the other. Then why is the electron negative? I thought about this for a long time and at last all I could think was "It won the fight!" ...(more by Einstein)
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Heard Museum vs Phoenix Art Museum ??
If you had a day to visit only one of these 2 museums, which would it be and why?
We are from Southwest and have/can see SW art easily, if that makes a difference.
Heard is always interesting ... Phoenix Art Museum sometimes has some great exhibits, sometimes not. Look at the calendar and see what's on display during the period when you are visiting and decide.
Both museums are within blocks of each other along Central Avenue, you could easily walk it and do both within your time allotment.
Thanks for the info; due to some family issues we never made it to either. Next time..


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The following article was first published in the Dec 1999 Issue of CyberBoxingZone. Expanded and Revised Fall 2004
How Joe Louis Would Have Beaten Muhammad Ali!
By Monte D. Cox
In the July 1991 Ring Magazine I had a letter published giving four reasons why I thought Muhammad Ali would have defeated Joe Louis had these two all time great heavyweights ever met in their respective primes. These four reasons sum up how most modern boxing fans think of a potential Ali-Louis battle: 1) Ali had greater speed, especially of foot. 2) Ali had the ability to adapt and change his fight plan while Louis tended to be more robotic. 3) Ali had the better chin and successfully absorbed the bombs of some of boxing's most dangerous sluggers. 4) Ali was never beaten at his best; his first loss came at age 29.
Having grown up as a fan of Muhammad Ali it is sometimes difficult to be objective. I felt a need to prove this popular theory to myself. I began an intensive study of the two great heavyweights particular styles by thoroughly studying films of both fighters, as well as the opinions of other knowledgeable historians and trainers. Within a year I published an article in the May 1992 Boxing Scene "Joe Louis: The Best Heavyweight Ever!" In this article I argued that out of all the heavyweight champions it was Joe Louis who most closely resembled the perfect fighter. I concluded the Louis-Ali match-up as a toss up that could go either way. After more years of study I now firmly believe that Joe Louis could defeat Muhammad Ali. The following describes the how and why.
Muhammad Ali has become such a legend that people think of him as invincible. One person wrote to me that Ali was a "demi-god". I admit it's pretty impossible to defeat a deity. However, Ali was not a god, but a human being and as such had human frailties. As Jack Dempsey once said "no man has everything." Ali had a number of weaknesses as a fighter. He did not have an orthodox style and never learned the rudiments of classical boxing. Ali made many tactical errors in the ring. Ali did not know how to properly hold his hands, or how to duck (he pulled back or sidestepped), nor did he know how to parry or to block a jab!
Ken Norton's trainer Eddie Futch said, (Anderson pg. 233), "The jab was a big reason Muhammad Ali never figured out why he had so much trouble with Ken Norton in their three fights."
In the May 5, 1969 Sports Illustrated, in an article, "Clay-Ali: The Once and Future King", Ali demonstrated how he avoided a jab. He relied on judging the distance and leaning away as in the photograph left He didnt know how to block a jab! If you look at Ali on film, he held his right hand out to the side and did not have it in position to block a jab. That is why Ali had problems with certain fighters like Doug Jones and Norton, fighters with a good left jab could cause him great difficulty.
Norton consistently hit Ali with his jab because Ali didn't keep his right hand up to parry Norton's counter jab. Ali leaned away from punches. He dropped his hands low. He threw a right uppercut from the outside and dropped his right hand every time before he threw it! This is precicely why Ali was vulnerable to the left hook througout his career. A thorough study of film reveals these flaws in Ali's style. These poor habits caused him trouble with quick handed boxers who had solid left hands.
Joe Louis said of Ali in his autobiography (Louis p 260), "Ali's a great fighter, (but) he made too many mistakes, his hands are down a lot, and he takes too many punches to the body. I know what I'm talking about."
Technically, Ali wasn't a very good fighter; it was just that his physical gifts (speed, reflexes, and chin) were so astonishing that he was able to get away with things that would have gotten most fighters beaten up. Some may argue he did end beaten up when his career was over. George Foreman noted on his web-site (www.georgeforeman.com) that after Ali's speed diminished "it became apparent that he never really learned defense."
So many Ali worshippers are under the impression that Ali was "unhittable" in his prime. This is a myth. George Chuvalo, a limited fighter who lacked both skills had sucess at times against a prime Ali with a body attack. Chuvalo who lacked both speed and hitting accuracy managed to catch Ali flush on the chin with a solid right cross in the 13th round. In both fights with Henry Cooper Ali was hit cleanly by a very average fighter. Even in their second fight Cooper managed to land a fair number of left jabs and hooks as Ali leaned away from punches before Cooper was badly cut.
Ali's tactic of leaning away from punches was considered suicidal by the old-timers. This with good reason, such a tactic could be exploited by a good feinter. Fortunately for Ali, the art of feinting has been an all but lost art since WW2, especially amongst heavyweights. Joe Louis, however, did use occasional feints to set up his devastating counter-punches. Caswell Adams of the New York Herald-Tribune wrote, March 31, 1935, "Louis can punch with terrific power...He can feint a foe out of position." By catching Ali coming back after leaning away from a feint, his counter-punches would land with double impact!
Ali's chin was among the best in heavyweight history, but no man's chin is impregnable. Ali was nearly kayoed by Henry Cooper's left hook. He was very fortunate the punch came at the end of the round. He returned to his corner glassy eyed and his trainer Angelo Dundee used smelling salts in the corner to revive him.
Ali also struggled against Doug Jones. The lesson from that fight is not whether Ali deserved the decision, but that a small heavyweight of modest ability was able to be competitive with him. Fighters with quick hands and good left jabs always caused him technical problems. Against Louis, Ali would be facing one of the fastest and most powerful jabbers in boxing history.
Now, consider the statement by Murray Goodman, (Boxing Scene. Spring 1995), that Joe Louis "could knock you out with a left jab."
Historian Mike Silver wrote, (Ring Almanac, p 122, 1998) "There was kayo power in every one of Joe Louis punches, but the most important of all was the battering ram of a jab, which was equal in power to an ordinary heavyweights right cross."
Boxing historian and writer Ted Carroll summarized a potential Ali vs. Louis match-up, (Ring, July 1966), "Louis had one of the fastest right hands ever seen in a ring. It boomed out of his slow moving gait with the speed and suddenness of a rattler. Clay's defensive technique relies greatly upon leaning backward out of range of his opponent's blows. Against a right hand of Louis speed and power this would have been a highly dangerous maneuver and the current champion would have been flirting with disaster every time he tried it. It is possible to conceive Clay getting a decision over Louis in a bout that lasted the full 15 rounds. But it is not so easy to imagine his going the distance without getting tagged by Louis fast hands somewhere along the way. When that happened it could mean the end of everything right then and there for Muhammad Ali."
Carroll also noted that boxers with great footwork such as Conn and Pastor had given Louis trouble. But Ali was not as correct a boxer as Billy Conn or Bob Pastor. Ali had many faults in his style. Joe Frazier nearly knocked him out in the 11th round of their first fight as Ali exposed himself in the corner with his hands down. A crunching left hook, the punch that Ali was vulnerable to throughout his career, had Ali wobbling around the ring in serious trouble. Louis was a faster and by far a more accurate and powerful puncher than Frazier was. He was the finest combination puncher in heavyweight history, and possibly the greatest finisher. If Louis had Ali hurt the way Frazier did in the 11th round there is no way Ali would have survived.
Ali's legs were doing the "dance that puppets do when the guy with the strings is drunk." -Bob Waters, Newsday, Mar 1971
Had that been Joe Louis in there instead of Joe Frazier it would have been over! Louis was a deadly finisher and didn't let his man off the hook when hurt. The "Brown Bomber" was the epitome of the hooded assassin. In fact the saying goes "Once Joe Louis had his man hurt...."
Foreman had Ali out on his feet by Muhammad's own admission (Ali pg. 406-409). George Foreman and Earnie Shavers were arguably heavier hitters than was Louis, but they were not nearly as explosive or quick with their hands. George and Earnie were limited fighters who ran out of gas in the later rounds. Foreman was the heavyweight destroyer non-pareil, who owned the first five rounds of any fight, but by the sixth he was done. Shavers tried to pace himself in his fight with Ali, and consequently failed to go after him after he had him hurt. Louis had 15 round stamina and kept his power into the late rounds. Louis was a constant knockout threat throughout a fight, while Ali only had to make it though the early rounds against Shavers and Foreman, who threw a lot of wild haymakers, wasting their limited energy. Louis didn't make that mistake, throwing short, jolting, economically sound punches. Louis would pick his shots and take apart any man who placed himself on the ropes.
The "rope-a-dope" would not work against Louis, in much the same way it didn't work against Frazier in Manila. In that fight, he absorbed a terrible beating to the body.
"Ali slumped into his corner at the end of the 10th round exhausted and contemplated quitting", Sports Illustrated, Oct 13, 1975.
Louis would pressure Ali, like Frazier and Norton. Ali didn't like pressure, as he preferred to box from the outside. Joe Louis once described how he would have fought Ali, The Ring, Feb. 1967:
"The kid has speed and there's no one around to outbox him, and the opponent who tries is in his grave. Especially in the middle if the ring. I'd see to it that Clay didn't stay in ring center. No. He'd be hit into those ropes as near a corner as I could get him. If he stayed on the ropes he would get hurt. Sooner or later he'd try to bounce off, when he did he would get hurt more. I'd press him, cut down his speed, and bang him around the ribs. I'd punish the body. "Kill the body and the head will die", Chappie use to tell me. It figures. Sooner or later he'd forget about that face of his and he would start dropping that left hand like he did against Mildenberger and Chuvalo. Those fellows got their openings by accident, and fouled it up. I would work for it and wouldn't reckon to miss when it arrived. Cassius Clay is a nice boy and a smart fighter. But I am sure Joe Louis would have licked him."
Joe Frazier fought this battle plan mapped out by Louis in 1967 almost to perfection in 1971. Frazier began working the body early. He punished Ali along the ropes, and when his opening finally came (in the 11th and again in the 15th) Frazier took advantage. Smokin' Joe failed to score a knockout that day but his victory was decisive. The plan almost worked in the third fight as well, Ali absorbed such a beating he said it was "the closest thing to death" that he had ever experienced.
Kenny Norton used a very similar plan. Eddie Futch always believed that Joe Louis had the correct style to exploit Ali's fundamental flaws. He trained Norton to use the same strategy he believed Louis would have employed. Futch instructed Norton, (Anderson p 235), "Your not going to hit Ali by slipping, dropping underneath or parrying. You have to hit him while he's punching. When he starts to jab you punch with him. Keep your right hand high. His jab will pop into the middle of your glove and then your jab will come right down the pipe…that is what destroyed Ali's rhythm." Ali jabbing with his right hand out to the side made him vulnerable to a counter jab. A classic boxer with his rigth hand held in proper position could catch Ali's jab in his glove and counter, Ali would be helpless to avoid it since his hand was not in the correct position.
Futch further planned out the following, (p 235), "If you start from the center of the ring it will only take you three steps to get Ali on the ropes. Every time you jab, step in and jab again. Then do the same thing." Then Eddie told him what to do when he got Ali to the ropes, "Don't do like all the other guys do. Don't throw your left hook to the head, he'll pull back against the ropes and pepper you with counter-punches, instead start banging his body with both hands." That is how Norton, whose jab, speed, and power was inferior to Joe Louis, gave Ali hell in three very close fights.
Joe Louis trainer Jack Blackburn was a master boxer with over 160 pro fights, an all-time great lightweight who fought heavyweights. He was a genius at boxing strategy. Blackburn would have devised a plan to defeat Ali using the same strategy that Joe spoke of in 1967 and used by Futch with Norton. He would have seen the same weaknesses that Frazier and Norton used to defeat Ali. Ali did not hold his right hand in place to block the counter-jab. Chappie Blackburn would tell Joe, "he's a sucker for a left jab." Louis had the perfect classic style to defeat Ali. It would not matter that Ali's jab would "get there first." Joe would block Ali's jab with his right glove held high, his chin tucked under his shoulder (see picture left) and counter Ali in the middle of his face with his own jab just as Norton did. He would use the jab to maneuver Ali to the ropes.
Goodman noted that Louis was a "master at cutting off the ring."
Ali said, (The Greatest p 405), that he was forced to go to the ropes against Foreman, "All during training I had planned to stay off the ropes…but now I've got to change my plans. Sadler and Moore have drilled George too well. He does his job like a robot but he does it well…I'm famous for being hard to hit in the first rounds, but no fighter can last (dance) fifteen if he has to take six steps to his opponents three."
Joe would put continuous physical and psychological pressure on Ali. Louis would cut off the ring and step Ali towards the ropes, where he would then pound the body. Muhammad would then begin to drop his hands. Blackburn would instruct him "when he drops his right hand to throw the uppercut, deliver the knockout drops with the left hook." Joe Frazier exploited this same flaw when he dropped Ali in the 15th round of their first fight.
Eventually Louis would see an opening and strike. Goodman described a Joe Louis assault like this:
"There were no warnings with a Louis punch. He would lash out like a cobra, and it could be just as deadly."
Jimmy Braddock was once asked what it was like to get hit by "The Brown Bomber's" punch, "It ain't like a punch," Braddock said. "It's like somebody nailed you with a crowbar!" -75 Years of The Ring, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1997 Section: The Best Puncher.
"All the blows in Joe Louis arsenal were so perfectly and precisely thrown every time that you get the sense watching him that he couldn't have been wild or sloppy if he tried." --William Dettloff in the 2004 Ring Almanac describing his selection of Joe Louis at #1 among the 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Louis punches were not just heavy punches like Foreman or Shavers but fast and explosive punches. Ray Arcel, one of the greatest trainers in history worked against Louis in 14 of his fights, said, (Anderson, 120), "Louis once drove Paulino Uzcudin's teeth right through his mouthpiece!" Arcel said it was the hardest punch he ever saw. Not Joe Frazier, not George Foreman, not Earnie Shavers had that kind of dynamite behind their punches.
Louis would catch Ali along the ropes with one of his most powerful and deadly hooks. Unlike Frazier, Joe Louis could throw a triple left hook with speed and power as he did against Max Baer. Ali's legs would turn to jelly. Louis combinations would fire with piston like precision and the power of a human jackhammer. The speed of Louis assault would be mesmerizing. Ali would be battered unmercilessly and unceasingly until the referee was forced to call an end to the execution.
Some "analysts" never bother to study films and therefore don't see the technical flaws in Ali's style demonstrated in this article. Instead they make a pointless argument as to how well some of Louis opponents would have done against Ali or the quality of Ali's opposition as compared to Louis. It doesn't matter. Styles make fights. Billy Conn and Max Schmeling did not have Joe Louis physical attributes or his style. Ken Norton had the style to give Ali fits; a right parrying hand to block Ali's jab-a good left jab in return, pressure on the inside, a strong body attack and a good left hook that Ali was susceptible to. Joe Louis had all these attributes and was a faster and far more powerful and explosive puncher than Ken Norton was.
Joe Louis was not well prepared for some of his opponents because he didn't know much about them, but any fighter that gave Louis trouble the first time was destroyed in rematches. Louis was 10-0 in return engagements. Louis proved he could make the adjustments to defeat the weaknesses in an opponents style. Ali, despite all his innovativeness, never did understand why Norton gave him so much trouble. It was because Ali didn't know how to block a jab and Norton's trainer Eddie Futch knew how to exploit it. Eddie always believed that Louis had the style to beat Ali. In the March 1992 Ring, Futch picked Louis to stop Ali late in a mythical dream fight. I never understood why until I quit repeating the same old lame arguments and started really studying films. Joe Louis had the style to exploit Ali's technical flaws.
In comparison to my original somewhat superficial thoughts from my 1991 letter a more thorough examination of the facts shows the following to be true:
While Ali is the fastest heavyweight ever, Louis was nearly as fast with his hands. Ali's many tactical mistakes would leave him open to one of Louis lightning-like strikes. His foot-speed and jab would be negated by Louis properly placed right parrying hand. Louis would render ineffective Ali's primary weapon, his left jab, and drive him to the ropes vis-a-vis Ken Norton.
Ali was a master of strategy against slow handed bruisers like Liston, Terrell, Foreman, and Shavers. He had more trouble with men with hand speed who could punch with him like Doug Jones, Norton, and Jimmy Young. Louis was superior in hand speed to any of these men. With the previously outlined strategy, which Blackburn and Joe would be sure to implement, Louis would not be at a strategic disadvantage against Ali.
Ali had a great chin, but he was not a diety. Nat Fleischer rated Joe Louis as the greatest finisher in ring history. Consider that Joe Frazier had Ali in serious trouble and he did not have Louis speed of delivery, combination punching ability, nor was he as deadly a finisher. Had it been Joe Louis he would have kayoed Ali in the first Frazier first fight, and also in the third. Liston, Foreman and Shavers were big punchers but slow of hand, and could not carry on a sustained assault for 15 rounds. Louis definitely would not tire and he was a more explosive and sharper puncher in the mold of a young Mike Tyson. Louis had real shock value in his punches. Ali's chin would have its greatest test not against Frazier or Foreman but against Joe Louis.
Ali was never beaten until a 3-year lay-off, but it was still close to his physical prime he was less than 2 months removed from his 29th birthday. Some would say he lost to Doug Jones, and he was nearly kayoed by Cooper so his unbeaten streak is not without tarnish. In comparing Ali when he retired at age 36 after beating Spinks his record was 56-3 with 37 kayos. Louis when he retired as champion at age 35 was 60-1 with 51 kayos. Louis also lost four of his best years due to WW2 just as Ali lost 3 ½ years in his forced exile. Overall Ali faced the better competition, but Max Schmeling (a first rate counter-puncher), Max Baer (one of the hardest hitters in division history), Arturo Godoy (a strong chinned swarmer), and Jersey Joe Walcott (one of the slickest boxer-punchers of all time) are better than anyone that Ali faced during his prime years, with the exception of Sonny Liston. Both Ali and Louis were dominant champions.
Ali had a slight edge in size over Joe. Ali was 6'3" 212 pounds in his prime, and had an 80-inch reach. Louis was 6'1 ½", and about 207, his best weight in his rematches against Buddy Baer and Abe Simon. Louis had a 76" reach. Louis height and reach is about the same as Evander Holyfield. Frazier was 205 in the first Ali-Frazier fight, so any physical advantage is void. Joe Louis had the hand speed, the jab, the power, the stamina, the ring smarts and the style to defeat Muhammad Ali. Joe Louis is the one man who would knock Muhammad Ali out!
Ali, M. with Durham, R. 1975. The Greatest My Own Story. Random House.
Anderson, Dave. 1991. In The Corner. NY. William Morrow and Co.
Boxing Scene. 1995 Spring. Tiger Press Inc. Palisades, NY. "Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Louis. Who Would Have Won In Their Primes?" by Murray Goodman.
Ring Magazine. 1966 July. "How would Clay Have Done Against Stars of the Past." by Ted Carroll.
Ring Magazine. 1967 Feb. "How I Would Have Clobbered Clay" by Joe Louis.
Ring Magazine. 1992 Mar. Battle of the Legends: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Louis
Louis, J. with Rust Jr., A. and Rust, E. 1978. Joe Louis: My Life. Hopewell, NJ. Ecco Press.


In the previous post shared how to use sbt in Spark-streaming project. This post is about how to create a fat jar for spark streaming project using sbt plugin. sbt-assembly is an sbt plugin to create a fat JAR of sbt project with all of its dependencies.
If multiple files share the same relative path the default strategy is to verify that all candidates have the same contents and error out otherwise. This behaviour can be configured for Spark projects using assembly-merge-strategy as follows.
the assembly plugin then packs the class files and all the dependencies into a single JAR file: target/scala_2.10/TwitterPopularTags-assembly-0.3.0.jar.


Quick post for a quick gift.
I have lots to do before the first day of school tomorrow! I don't know how I feel about it being here ALREADY.
I want to get First Day of School teacher gifts done, but we shall see! LOL!
I'm always needing little gifts for people "just because". LIKE teacher gifts. This project is not what I have planned-my kids teachers will be getting a early peek at my NEWEST My Timeless Template for September Release- for their gifts-and they don't even have a CLUE! LOL!
Sometimes I'm tight on time (shocker I know! LOL!) and want to make something special , but QUICKLY! I don't think that because something was done "quicker" doesn't mean it has any less sentiment than something you poured over for a longer time-either way, you made it from the heart, and that is what matters!
This color combo is FAB!
Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow and White-LOVE T!
I LOVE stamping/paper-crafting because now you can REALLY make personal gifts that suit the receivers personality, or reflect the gift that you are giving-in this case it is a bag of Dutch Masterpieces-Blushing Pear hard candies (they are so YUM-O!). All I could think of was Partridg in a pear tree! LOL! Granted this isn't a partridge, nor is my tree bearing fruit, but I went with it! LOL!
I used Birds of a Feather, and Beyond Basic Borders for this one.
Now for my back panel-that was printed on Raspberry Fizz. My decorative mat layer was done in white, then stamped. I adhered the layers together, prior to assembling my template. I then ran the top flap though my Cuttlebug Machine, using a label die from nestabilties, to be able to get a DEEP frame shape cut and embossed into the top layer 😀 Now it didn't cut through the layers, just made a very cool SIMPLE accent to my Tucked Away top!
Now in the corners, if you look closely-you can see I added these metal side tabs (usually used on wooden purse boxes). I love the way they add to the box design, without over powering it! Just a fun embellishment!
I also spritzed my layer with my color spritzer! Fun touch.
Anyway-this was done in like 20 minutes TOPS! So definitely a fast gift!
Well speaking of gifts, I better get INKING!
Tomorrow I send the kids off to school so I hope to get some photos posted.


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I was browsing Reddit the other day and a user posted a question asking what small things he could do around his house to help sell it faster. From what I understand, they have had their home on the market for a little while now and their showings are starting to dry up. He and his wife were expecting their tax refund soon and were going to dedicate a portion of that to freshening up their home in the hopes of increasing interest in the home. I happily replied with a few suggestions that are comparatively inexpensive in the arena of home improvement. A lot of folks who are selling their homes may feel like they need to provide some feature that differentiates their home from the others on the market. It is obviously helpful to make the listed home as memorable as possible to potential buyers, but doing or adding too much can hurt more than help. Keeping those upgrades simple and easy will yield the best results.
Yesterday, I came across an article from Inman Group that discusses this exact topic and I wish I'd had it to share with that gentleman on Reddit. The article is titled, "8 'extras' that help sell a house," and lists every suggestion that I have for those who are willing to put in a little extra work to help sell their home quicker. The beautiful thing about most of these upgrades is that they do not cost much in comparison to other projects at home. In fact, many of these things will be done by the new homeowner anyway! Most Buyers much prefer it when they have little or no work to do to their new home.
Exterior Paint: Painting the exterior of a home can get very pricey. Especially if you hire it out. This is the most labor intensive and pricey projects on this list. If you are hiring it out to professionals, make sure you get multiple quotes. If you plan on doing it yourself, be VERY thorough and check the weather beforehand! Really, the easiest solution here is to have taken good care of the exterior home and made sure to have kept the old cans from the last time the home was painted. This makes matching the color and finish a breeze. From there, you can just follow step #8 and touch up any problem areas with the same color! P.S. New shudders are an inexpensive way to freshen up a home!
Carpet: This is likely the second most expensive project on the list. If you do not wish to replace the carpet, at least have it steam cleaned or go rent a RugDoctor from a home improvement store. If the entire home is carpeted, the labor and material will make it quite pricey to replace all the carpet. If it is just a couple or less rooms, try to find "remnant" pieces. These are essentially left over or oddly shaped sections that you can buy at a discount.
Remove the wallpaper: This job is not fun. As a rehabber, we buy a lot of very dated properties with a lot of wallpaper. I can attest to the frustration of scraping glue from the walls. Most folks that are in the market these days, do not enjoy wallpaper. They think that it makes the home feel old. It is not a very difficult job. It is just very time consuming and monotonous. Some of the older wallpaper glues are more like cement and require serious scraping. The best tip with removing wallpaper is to mix very warm water and vinegar, spray a manageable area and scrape the paper off while it is wet and the glue is made malleable by the warm water.
Lighting: You do not want the home to feel dark and cavernous. The trend amongst homeowners these days seems to be open floorpans with a lot of natural light and higher ceilings. Even if your home lacks these things, you can at least try to mimic that effect by getting rid of the artificial light and adding as many LED and high-wattage bulbs as you can.
Air Filters and Vents: They say you should change your air filters every 30 days or so. I usually don't because I forget. It's not the end of the World if you do forget. If you have pets and do this routinely, you'll notice a huge difference in the air quality of your home. It is also very easy to vacuum the AC registers around the house to clean them up. It's a cheap thing to do that shows the buyer that the seller is on top of maintenance!
Remove all traces of your pet: A lot of people really love animals. Even stranger's animals! There are also a lot of people that do not love animals. People that do not love animals or do not love the idea of living with animals will immediately be turned off if they see evidence of a pet in the home. It is in your better interest to just tuck these things away while the home is being shown.
Interior Paint: Maybe you and your family love the colors in your house, but that does not mean that potential buyers will. It is a safe bet to just repaint and use a neutral and fresh color. When a buyer visits a home, they are trying to imagine themselves and their families in that house. If you create a blank canvas for them, they can imagine their family's future enjoyment much easier.
Pressure Wash: You should definitely do this before you list your property. It is very inexpensive if you own a pressure washer. If you do not, I bet you know someone who has one. If not, rent one. Being thorough when you pressure wash can make not only the siding of your house feel fresh and new, but it can also rejuvenate the foundation, sidewalks, windows, doors, etc! You wouldn't sell a dirty car, would you?
This is an additional step from me. Make sure that you have a responsive and attentive listing agent. I encounter too many listing agents that do not answer the phone and leave loose ends around the property. If you do need a listing agent, please contact me. I will be more than happy to list your property!
If you have any questions about selling your home, feel free to contact me! I am happy to help and I would love to be your listing agent.
If you are ready to buy, please contact me! I will be happy to represent you as your buying agent, as well!
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