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Texas sparks international row with election observers
Categories: Issues: Culture Wars, Issues: MarxistWatch(TM), News: Elections, News: International
Texas authorities have threatened to arrest international election observers, prompting a furious response from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
"The threat of criminal sanctions against [international] observers is unacceptable," Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said in a statement. "The United States, like all countries in the OSCE, has an obligation to invite ODIHR observers to observe its elections."
Lawmakers from the group of 56 European and Central Asian nations have been observing U.S. elections since 2002, without incident. Their presence has become a flashpoint this year, however, as Republicans accuse Democrats of voter fraud while Democrats counter that GOP-inspired voter ID laws aim to disenfranchise minority voters.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott further fueled the controversy on Tuesday when he sent a letter to the OSCE warning the organization that its representatives "are not authorized by Texas law to enter a polling place" and that it "may be a criminal offense for OSCE's representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place's entrance."
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Chick-fil-A makes record-br… by The Instigator
Chick-fil-A has learned upholding traditional values is not just good for the soul; it's also good for business. Since President Dan Cathy stirred up a firestorm of controversy and protests by daring to say in public that he supports traditional marriage, the fast food chain has enjoyed record sales and increased brand recognition.
According to a report by USA Today, consumer use, visits, and ad awareness all rose measurably in the third quarter, despite widespread negative media coverage of Cathy's remarks to the Baptist Press opposing same-sex "marriage."
A Sandelman and Associates survey of more than 30,000 fast-food shoppers in markets where Chick-fil-A operates showed consumer use of the restaurant chain rose 2.2 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2011. Their market share rose 0.6 percent. Awareness of their advertising rose 6.5 percent.
Dem warning: Obama could lo… by The Instigator
MILWAUKEE – The Democratic mayor of Denver said Sunday that President Obama could lose the battleground state of Wisconsin if the incumbent's supporters fail to increase early voter turnout in the Badger State.
"If the election was held today, President Barack Obama would lose the state of Wisconsin because where his base is, we have not turned out the vote early," Mayor Michael Hancock told a Democratic rally. "The suburbs and rural parts of Wisconsin – the Republican base – are voting. President Obama's base has yet to go vote.
"We've got to get our people to go vote," Hancock said.
Early voting, which began in Wisconsin on Oct. 22, is a central component of Obama's strategy to win the state. The president won Wisconsin four years ago by 14 percentage points, but recent polls show the race with Republican Mitt Romney tightening, and that is fueling Republican enthusiasm about their chances of seizing the state.
Gathering Storm: Time for D… by The Instigator
A massive and historic storm is barreling towards the beltway this weekend. The entire DC-NYC axis, headquarters of the left media complex, will suffer the effects of three storm-fronts, converging at the same time. Evacuations may be ordered, but it is likely too late. No, I'm not talking about Hurricane Sandy. The storm I mean is the growing realization that Obama is on the cusp of losing the election. But, with just a little over a week to go, it may be too late to hit the panic button.
Democrats and the media have labored under several false assumptions the entire campaign. They wove these into a narrative that Obama's reelection was inevitable. It may have helped them sleep at night, but it caused them to miss the techtonic plates shifting beneath the election. This weekend three storm-fronts started converging that will sweep their assumptions away. Let's look at each in turn.
The first storm-front is the expanding campaign battleground. I've long noted that which states become competitive towards the end of the race can tell you a lot about the state of the campaign. In 2008, when "red" states like Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina and Montana suddenly became competitive, it was a clear sign that Obama had a huge momentum advantage. This year, however, it is "blue" states becoming competitive. In the final week, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota are emerging as new battleground states. If Romney's position is improving in states like these, its a good sign that he slated to win states like Florida, Colorado, Virginia and Ohio.
Insurers nervous over prosp… by The Instigator
You'd think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney's improved election prospects, but instead they're in a quandary.
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law. The companies already have invested tens of millions to carry it out.
Were Romney elected, insurers would be in for months of uncertainty as his administration gets used to Washington and tries to make good on his promise repeal Obama's law. Simultaneously, federal and state bureaucrats and the health care industry would face a rush of legal deadlines for putting into place the major pieces of what Republicans deride as "Obamacare."
Would they follow the law on the books or the one in the works? What would federal courts tell them to do?
The answers probably would hinge on an always unwieldy Congress.
Things could get grim for the industry if Republicans succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act's subsidies and mandates, but leave standing its requirement that insurers cover people with health problems. If that's the outcome, the industry fears people literally could get health insurance on the way to the emergency room, and that would drive up premiums.
Read More Insanity…
Obama's Ohio Early Vo… by The Instigator
Obama National Field Director Jeremy Bird released a memo on Thursday designed to calm nervous Democrats by advancing the Obama campaign's meme that it is dominating early voting in the battleground state of Ohio.
But as former Republican National Committee strategist Adrian Gray points out, the Obama campaign's Ohio narrative is bogus.
"When things are ugly for a campaign, these types of memos can start flying," writes Mr. Gray. "It is troubling for the president's supporters that they could not come up with at least a handful of positive data points in Ohio."
As Mr. Gray notes, the Obama campaign's Ohio memo is heavy on anecdotes, light on verifiable data, and plucks mathematical minutiae from sub-group polls to paint a political portrait approximating momentum.
In the memo, the Obama field director touts the fact that he has seen "groups as big as 100 voters going to vote in Athens, Ohio." The problem: just 604 Democrats in the entire country have voted in person, and no more than 40 in a single precinct.
Why did Obama choose to "st… by The Instigator
As John and Scott point out, the CIA has issued a statement making it clear that "no one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need [in Benghazi]; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate." That statement surely was issued with the approval, and presumably at the direction, of the CIA's director, General Petraeus.
Who, then, made the several decisions denying help to the Americans in Benghazi who needed it? Who, initially, told CIA to "stand down" in face of the attack? Who decided that American defense forces an hour or two away in Southern Europe would not be deployed?
Bill Kristol argues that, at least with respect to not sending in the military, the decision must have been made by President Obama. Given what was at stake – the safety of Americans, including an ambassador, in the face of an attack by hostile forces – Kristol surely is right. It is inconceivable that none of the key actors — Secretary of Defense Panetta, Secretary of State Clinton, and General Petraeus — failed to present to Obama the decision of how to respond. And if Obama failed to make a decision, that would be more damning than making the wrong one.
Kristol goes on to ask: "When and why—and based on whose counsel obtained in what meetings or conversations—did President Obama decide against sending in military assets to help the Americans in need?"
The key question is "why."
EPIC FAIL: Obama offered to… by The Instigator
Soon after he took office, President Barack Obama began a process ultimately designed to reestablish full US diplomatic relations with Iran, including a reopening of embassies, an Israeli daily reported Sunday. The initiative, part of a wider shift in America's diplomatic orientation, aimed at reaching understandings with Tehran over suspending its nuclear program, Maariv claimed, citing "two Western diplomats very close to the administration."
The initiative led to at least two US-Iran meetings, the report said. Israel was made aware of the contacts, and opposed them.
But Iran rebuffed the "diplomatic hand" offered by the White House, Maariv reported. The Islamist regime "opposed any sign of normalization with the US, and refused to grant a 'prize' to the Americans," according to an anonymous Israeli source quoted by the paper.
The information — the lead item on Maariv's front page, headlined "Obama offered to renew relations with Iran" — comes on the heels of reports earlier this month that the US and Iran held back channel contacts toward establishing direct talks over Tehran's nuclear program. Both the White House and Iran denied those reports.
According to Maariv, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili for an hour in 2009, and one other meeting between officials from both sides took place as well.
Included in the diplomatic incentives package offered by Washington would be, in the first stage, the opening of interest sections in Washington and Tehran, with the possibility subsequently of expanding to full diplomatic ties, including US and Iranian embassies and ambassadors in each other's capitals, Maariv claimed.
VIDEO Senator Portman: Find… by The Instigator
Obama's Taqqiya Unrav… by The Instigator
I have never entertained the idea that Obama was a Muslim and always believed he was a socialist. But Obama's behavior over the last four years regarding Islam has convinced me that Obama has a Socialist/Islamic centered worldview — a combination that is not uncommon in many parts of the Muslim world.
Having been a journalist in Egypt for six years in the seventies, I have witnessed socialism with an Islamic twist to be a popular political ideology, especially amongst Arab journalists and intellectuals. Socialism, and even communism, have managed to survive in the ruthless Islamic political system as an alternative to full-fledged Sharia. The two ideologies have blended together in cases including the Baath Party in Syria and Iraq and socialist regimes in Egypt and Yemen. One major difference between the two ideologies is that Islam uses Allah, while socialism uses atheism, to fight the God of Christianity. Free democracies, such as the United States, are alien to Islam and socialism both because they regard government as a servant of the people and hold that human rights are granted by God and not by government or the code of Sharia.
Both Sharia and socialism are united in their envy of Western society and need to change it. That is why Obama has become the savior of both Islam and socialism. He embodies both ideologies. The claim that Obama is a Christian was a silly joke, but a necessary lie for the greater cause of changing America to fit the goals of both creeds.
Obama became the One, the savior of both Islam and socialists. To do that, Obama had to deny who he really was, which explains why his actions and words have never added up. At the recent Alfred E. Smith Catholic Charity dinner speech, Obama did not seem to be just kidding when he said that Romney uses his middle name Mitt and "I wish I could use my middle name." Obama was referring, of course, to his Islamic middle name of Hussein. In Obama's mind, he was not ashamed for having deceived America — he blamed America for putting him in the position of having to deny his true pride in his middle name.
New TV Ad Exposes ObamaR… by The Instigator
STOP the politicians, President Obama and others from politically capitalizing on US national security operations and secrets!
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III. Adoption of Agenda: CM Hutchinson made a motion to adopt the agenda including an executive session. Motion seconded by CM Love. Motion carried by CM Yawn, CM Griffin, and CM Brown. Motion passed. Agenda adopted.
V. Public Speakers: None
VI. Adoption of Minutes: CM Hutchinson made a motion to adopt the February 8th minutes. Motion seconded by CM Love. Motion carried by CM Brown, CM Yawn, and CM Griffin. Motion passed. Minutes adopted.
VII. Reconciliations: Not ready
Alarm System: CM Love stated she has been looking into the weather alarms and will be getting some quotes soon. Two of the people she spoke with will be coming this week to give their quotes. She also spoke with Dr. Kelley about getting a grant for the system and was told there are a few grants that could cover 45%-50% of the cost.
Ditches: Mayor Smith reported that the ditches are being worked on and look good. There are some more that will be done soon, including one CM Griffin asked about.
Community Center Porch: Mayor Smith stated that the Community Center porch is almost completed. If the weather holds up this week they will be done. It looks good so far.
Mosquito Sprayer: Mayor Smith stated that she has been told by several people that the mosquito sprayer won't help solve the problem. They suggested trying out a pellet that is out into running water. The city already has them available and will be trying it first before spending the money on the sprayer.
Water Bills: Mayor Smith spoke to the council about several issues concerning the water bills. The council agreed that the water bills need to be paid in full on the 20th of every month and cutoff will be done first thing on the 21st. This is how everything is stated in the ordinance and it will now be followed.
Old Water Accounts: Letters will be sent out to some past due water accounts giving them a certain amount of days to pay the balance.
Grant through EPA: Mayor Smith stated that she is working on the grant with the EPA again. They help the city with the whole process and the grants can be up to $300,000. She will let the council know when there is progress made.
Land Survey: Mayor Smith stated that some property needed to be surveyed in order to complete some of the maintenance. She has contacted a company the city used in the past.
Laptops: Mayor Smith stated that both laptops at City Hall are no longer working. The original laptop has a cracked screen and the newer one is dead. Danny from quick computer repair looked at both and said the first was not worth repairing and the newer one he will be contacting the manufacturer. Danny quoted a laptop for a price of $689 to purchase a new laptop in a 4-1 vote. CM Brown voted against the motion.
Meals for kids: CM Hutchinson and CM Love are in charge of giving out the meals at the Community Center. The program started on March 3rd and is through the Johnson County School system. Each Wednesday meals can be picked up from 11:30 to 12:30. There will be 5 breakfasts and 5 lunches provided. While on the subject of Johnson County the Mayor announced about a hot spot. There was a hotspot provided by Johnson County available to the public intended for students to use. The hotspot is at the Community Center and the password will be posted shortly. Chief Strickland suggested putting a time frame for the use of the hotspot.
Southern Software Proposal: Mayor Smith stated that the city clerk was unable to start training for bank reconciling due to the state of the accounts in the system. There were items that were entered incorrectly and other errors dating back to January. Because of this Southern Software offered to catch the general, water, and court account up to date. CM Hutchinson made a motion to accept the proposal from Southern Software and to pay for each out of the individual accounts. Motion seconded by CM Yawn and carried by CM Love and CM Griffin. CM Brown voted against the motion.
Knapp Building: Mayor Smith spoke with Shannon Watkins about taking down the Ice House and part of the Knapp Building. He stated that he was unable to give a price estimate until he can see inside of the Knapp building to see what all needs to be done. The council agreed to get a contract and price of what it would cost to take down the Ice House alone.
Fire Department- Chief Yawn reported that there had been 5 first responder calls and one MVA call for the month of January and 4 first responder calls and one woods fire call for the month of February. Two new personnel will be attending first responder training in Swainsboro. The department had their oxygen bottles tested and 9 out of 10 passed. There are two air packs that need to be repaired.
Street/Water Department- CM Brown had nothing to report. Mayor Smith asked if CM Yawn would like to give a report. CM Yawn stated that everything is going good. There has been a few water lines dug up and they found a cut off they were unaware of.
Police Department- Chief Strickland stated he had a lot he wanted to cover with his report. He started off stating that the Governor's Office of Highway Safety Dinner went extremely well. They held a small road check after and they all had a good time. Next he stated that they are still waiting on GDOT approval for the camera at the traffic light. After that he announced that there was a dog kennel donated to the animal control effort by Ethel and Lenard Andrews. He took the time to set up a holding facility for the dogs. All of the materials and food were donated as well. He posted on Facebook that as of March 1st they would be fully enforcing the animal control ordinance. They will be issuing city ordinance citations and holding dogs for 24 hours. There is a $25 holding fee. After 24 hours the dog will be transferred to Swainsboro Animal Shelter to be rehomed. They will make their best effort to contact any owners who he knows of for the dogs. There has been an excellent response and 1 citation has been written so far. In response to the change they have seen Jack and Kim Fleming donated $500 to support the animal control effort. The next issue he moved onto was complaints he heard about the truck purchased for the police department. He stated that the he heard it was a "waste of tax payers' money." That statement is untrue. The truck was paid for out of the court account which is money accumulated from fines and fees. They are still waiting on a grant for the radar. He then covered the striping of the truck stating that they are following the laws. Striping is only necessary for writing speeding tickets. He followed by announcing that total brought in for citations this year so far and that the safety of the city has increased. Lastly he presented Officer Renfroe and Office Claxton with awards for their 1 year of service.
Safety Department- CM Hutchinson reported that she spoke with Felicia about the Safety Grant and she will be getting the information together for her. The grant is due in October.
Recreation Department- CM Griffin stated that they will be receiving a donation for cabinets for the Rec Dept. from Sammy Floss. CM Griffin is currently looking into a hot water tank/ in line hot water for the concession stand.
Julie Griffin- Briefly spoke about the event the council approved the previous month- the event was canceled and moved to a different area.
Suzanne Hutchinson- Spoke to Chief Yawn asking if the Fire Dept could repaint the fire hydrants in town.
Michelle Love- Already went over what she wanted to speak about.
Mayor Wynola Smith stated that she needed to speak in executive session
XI. Executive Session: CM Hutchinson made a motion to go out of regular session and into executive session at 7:19pm. Motion seconded by CM Love. Motion carried by CM Griffin, CM Yawn, and CM Brown.
XIII. Adjournment: CM Hutchinson made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 pm. Motion seconded by CM Love. Motion carried by CM Yawn, CM Griffin, and CM Brown.

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Boston teacher Nino Brown, of the ANSWER Coalition, speaks with TRNN's Ben Norton about the links between US militarism, gun violence, and police brutality. He connects the epidemic of school shootings domestically to the endless wars internationally.
The natural instinct of human beings is towards cooperation and sharing, but, distorted by competition, personal ambition and nationalism, self-interest and greed have become preeminent motivating forces, distorting action and corrupting the policies of governments.


This is me every night when I attempt to lull my sweetie to sleep. Zzzzzz.
When my two were little, a long time ago, I had to read; "This is the House That Jack Built" first, every night. I had to start slow and get faster with each verse, and if I fouled it up (frequently, as I went faster) they'd laugh and I'd have to start over. Then they chose a short story from the books to read, not boring, not exciting. I always finished with "Goodnight, Little Bear" and that would get them sleepy and ready to head to cloud nine. In fact, when my elder daughter was married and very pregnant with my grandson, if she could not sleep, I had to walk over to their place (a block over and a block up) and read her the same stories. Put her out like a light. Even my younger daughter would, when ill or having a bad day in college, call me and have me read her the "Goodnight Little Bear". I started all over with my grandson, but now he's a hulking teenage football lineman at 6′3" and 204 pounds, with nearly 17-inch biceps. I'll have to wait a few more years for great-grandchildren, I guess.
I saw that one coming. Hee Hee. Cute.


After upgrading my Nexus 6P on Verizon to the Android 7.1.1 beta, I discovered that Visual Voicemail in the native Android dialer works! You just need to make sure that that basic (free) or premium visual voicemail is active on your line. Voicemail-to-text works too, if you add Premium Visual Voicemail to your line. Unfortunately, there is no sign of Wi-Fi calling support (yet?). HD voice has always worked on the Nexus 6P.
As a growing number of medical facilities are struck by ransomware, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a fact sheet describing how businesses that process electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) should defend against and respond to ransomware.
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for financially motivated cybercriminals. Individuals, hospitals, businesses, schools, police departments, and government agencies have all been victims of highly disruptive ransomware, resulting in ransom payments totaling at least $24 million in 2015, according to the DoJ and DHS. It doesn't take much to start a ransomware campaign, and the returns can be extremely high. Fortunately, the steps to prevent ransomware from succeeding are equally simple and low cost.


English translation for Tahiti Nui Mahalo?
It means: Big Tahiti, or Tahiti the great (Greater Tahiti). Tahiti, the island is shaped like an eight, one circle being larger than the other. Hence, Tahiti Nui is the greater of the circles.
What is the difference between Answers and Mahalo?
What does Mahalo no ka makahiki maka'i loa mean in English?
Is Mahalo a good ukulele brand?
Aloha: This is "Thank you with much love" as most would say "Thank you from the bottom of my heart" sort of thing.
What is mahalo ho aloha mean?
I think you're trying to put hoa as the middle word. Mahalo hoa aloha means thank you friend or thank you oh person for whom I care.
In what language does mahalo mean thank you?
Mahalo is the Hawaiian word for thank you. It did not originally mean exactly thank you but instead can mean thanks, gratitude, praise, esteem or admiration.
Where could one purchase a Mahalo Baritone Ukulele from?
One can purchase a Mahalo Baritone Ukelele from a number of places. For example, one can get information and prices at Music123, Price Machine, Amazon, or Musicians Friend.
What are the release dates for Baywatch - 1989 Mahalo Hawai'i 10-2?
What are the release dates for Epic Fu - 2006 Veronica Belmont Mahalo Kung Fu Champ 2-32?


Sourdough bread, about 75% wholemeal wheat flour. Slight 'flying crust', probably due to over-proving. It spent the night in the fridge before baking but left it out a bit long at room temperature before putting it in the fridge (in other words, I forgot about it). The other two loaves were OK.


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ARTWORK by RK Schlueter: "Illusion in Rose"
The kitty in the painting is my good pal, Chief. When I painted this I thought a lot about my friend who has recently passed on. He was a fine painter, a painter's painter. His work always reminded me how important personal integrity is. Never give your authority away because true power comes from within.


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Miroslav Šimandl, 1954-2015
In memoriam Miroslav Šimandl, 1954-2015
Prof. Miroslav Simandl (January 6, 1954 - March 23, 2015) received his Ing. (MSc) degree in Control Engineering in 1978 and CSc. (PhD) degree in Technical Cybernetics in 1984, both from the Institute of Technology in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. In the period 1978-1992, he held various research and teaching positions at the Institute of Technology in Pilsen. In the period 1993-2001, he was an associate professor, and since 2002 he held the position of professor at the Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. Since 2011, he was the vice-rector for research and development at the University of West Bohemia and head of the research team "Identification and Decision Making under Uncertainty" at the European Centre of Excellence NTIS at the University of West Bohemia.
Throughout his academic career, prof. Simandl focused his research on state estimation, information fusion, system identification, optimal and adaptive control, and fault detection. Within the state estimation area he developed nonlinear filters, especially an advanced version of the point-mass method, particle filters, and derivative-free filters; he also proposed calculation of the Cramér-Rao bound used for filter evaluation. In the area of information fusion, he advanced the idea of fusion of probability density functions of the system state. He also dealt with the system identification based on classical approaches and also neural networks. A great deal of effort he spent on the optimal dual and bicriterial control. He originated the idea of using closed-loop information processing strategy in the fault detection and designed a new active fault detection approach. He not only focused on theory but he also applied the proposed methods in various fields such as navigation system design, controller design for cold-rolling mills, fault detection for smart houses, and optimal portfolio design and optimal investment strategy in econometry.
Figure 2: Miroslav Simandl
He published over 150 scientific papers in leading journals (e.g., IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, Information Fusion,) and prestigious conferences (organized e.g., by ISIF, IEEE, IFAC). Within the International Federation of Automatic Control, he served as the co-chair of the International Program Committee of the 16th IFAC World Congress in Prague, 2005, and was a member of two technical committees "Modelling, Identification, and Signal Processing" and "Economic and Business Systems". He was a member of the editorial board of the journal "International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science".
Miroslav Simandl was not only the scientist but also a university professor, who was very much liked and highly regarded by his students and colleagues. He led several courses on estimation theory, system identification, fault detection, and adaptive control, was the author of three textbooks, and was the advisor of 12 Ph.D. students who successfully defended their dissertation theses. In 2015, he received the Werner von Siemens Excellence Award for Basic Research for his contribution to the area of "Novel Approaches and Methods of Nonlinear State Estimation and Optimal Decision under Uncertainty".
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These Scotsmen look fab, Tim!
Wonderful additions Tim, outstanding job on the faces, they look so living...well, except for the casualies, of course! Excellent work!
Great looking covenanters, I always think of Dixon as being small and TAG being about mid size with Renegade being on the large size but I can't see the difference in the group shot, looking good just waiting for that lost pikemen to turn up!
Iain, I find the Renegade figures HUGE but they fit in nicely with my predominantly Redoubt ECW collection.
In the picture with the pikemen, what i notice most is that the Renegade figures are carrying pikes that are noticeably skinnier.


In a previous post, I introduced Fyodor Dostoyevsky's character Nikolai Stavrogin (from Devils) and how he is an "empty self" seeking consolation for the despair that is within him. He longs for mercy and consolation. How will he find it?
So Nikolai visits Father Tikhon, a monk, to get help. He reads his confession to him and says that he's going to publish it as a way of seeking forgiveness. Father Tikhon, after patiently and carefully listening to his very long confession, gently points out that while it could be true that a natural need for repentance and forgiveness has compelled him to want to publish his confession, there is something else going on.
He points out that Stavrogin, through his confession, seems to be inviting others to see him as extraordinarily malicious. In other words, he seems to be dramatizing his situation, essentially assigning himself a role that portrays him as so malicious that no one's, not even God's love can be sufficient to forgive and heal him (and later Stavrogin confesses that indeed this is the case.)This, Tikhon points out, means he's too preoccupied with how he wants to be viewed by others. And he wants to be viewed as irredeemable and therefore condemned.
Then Tikhon puts his finger on the heart of the matter--If he's truly contrite and wants repentance and forgiveness, he should not publish his confession but go, in silence and secrecy, into a monastery and become a monastic novice under a spiritual director. No drama, no false humility; but surrender and true openness.
Stavrogin is stunned by this.
Rowan Williams, in his profoundly insightful book on Dostoyevsky, writes the following about confession: "Confession reaches out to an imagined listener; but it can only bring absolution--that is, some sort of altered relational world--if it is at some level open to its listener, working for recognition." This is not the case with Stavrogin's confession. Williams goes on to say that Stavrogin's confession is diabolical because "it moves toward silence, not a listening silence but that of incommunicable self-enclosedness, death." This is because, ultimately, he's not really interested in repentance and forgiveness.
In part I and part II I have given a very brief description of Stavrogin and what's going on with him. In the next post I'll go into more detail about how he is a self in despair and what that means exactly. For those who are interested in further study of Dostoyevsky's fiction I highly recommend Rowan Williams' Dostoyevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction.


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Psychologismus je názor považující psychologii za základ vší filozofie a za základní vědu vůbec. Vztahuje psychologické techniky do řešení filosofických technik a vychází z pojetí, že psychologie je základem každé vědy, neboť neexistuje vědecké odvětví, v němž by také nešlo o vnímání, myšlení apod. V současné sociologii představují psychologismus zejména směry neofreudismus, fenomenologická sociologie a etnometodologie. Psychologismus je také označení pro jakékoliv přeceňování významu a dosahu psychologie, kdy jiná hlediska bývají zanedbána nebo zcela odmítnuta. Jiné definice říkají, že psychologismus spočívá v chybné identifikaci nepsychologických subjektů s psychologickými. Název vymyslel německý historik a filozof Johann Eduard Erdmann. Termín psychologismus vyvolával zejména v 19. století značné spory a vznikaly dobové kritiky.

Historie psychologismu
Zakladatelem psychologismu je francouzský sociolog a sociální psycholog Gabriel Tarde. Považoval za nutné definovat v rámci sociologie elementární sociální fakt. Tím byl psychický stav jednotlivce. Začátkem 19. století se psychologie zabývala jedincem a sociální procesy nebrala v potaz. Ke konci století se situace zásadně změnila, Tarde sociální jevy považoval za jevy vznikající na základě vzájemného vztahu individuí. Psychologismus se velmi rozšířil, a to jako obecná tendence psychologicky zdůvodnit vědecké poznání a objasnit nejrůznější jevy. Psychologické zdůvodňování gnozeologie (F. E. Beneke), lingvistiky (G. Paul), estetiky (G. T. Fechner), logiky (J. Lipps), dějin a literární vědy (H. Taine) i dalších disciplín se stalo moderním. Za hlavní představitele psychologismu ve filozofii je považován Jakob Friedrich Fries a Johann Friedrich Herbart.

Poprvé Erdmann použil pojem "psychologismus" při kritické charakteristice filozofického postoje Fridricha Eduarda Benekeho, který pokládal psychologii za veškerý základ filozofie. Podle Benekeho je psychologie nástrojem, který umožňuje propojit filozofii s vnitřní individuální zkušeností a z výsledku poté vyvodit strukturu lidského poznávání.

Počátky psychologismu tak začínají v 60. letech 19. století, kdy psychologové a sociologové začali přicházet na to, že fungování lidského života, potažmo lidské chování, není možné nazírat jen z fyziologického hlediska. Psychologové dospěli k závěru, že lidské chování je ovlivněno i společenským životem člověka, naproti tomu sociologové pochopili, že lidské chování nelze posuzovat jen na základě chování ve společnosti, ale i na základě dílčích projevů chování, jako je například rozhodování.

K rozvoji zkoumání tohoto fenoménu docházelo tedy zejména v 19. století, a to hlavně ve Francii, kde dlouhodobě docházelo k rozsáhlým společenským změnám, a to především kvůli francouzským revolucím. Francouzská revoluce jako taková se stala příčinou změn a zároveň těžištěm zkoumání tohoto období. Vzhledem k tomu docházelo k rozsáhlému zkoumání tzv. psychologie davů, neboť to byly právě lidové davy, které ve francouzských revolucích sehrály klíčovou roli.

Zastánci psychologismu se v této době shodovali na těchto rysech lidského chování:

·        Lidská mysl má společný, nadosobní základ daný společností, ve které žije.

·        Člověk je svou povahou spíše bytost iracionální; to implikuje, že ani společnost nelze posuzovat na základě víry v rozumné chování členů či víry v logiku.

Na počátku 20. let 20. století se na našem území sporem o psychologismu zabýval český filozof a sociolog Josef Ludvík Fischer. Tuto problematiku rozebral především ve své publikaci Úvod do filozofie, zejména v oddílu věnovaném její metodě.

S postupem času se náhled na psychologismus měnil a byl chápán v nových souvislostech. Americký filozof Ned Block ve své knize Psychologism and Behaviorism líčí psychologismus jako pohled na inteligentní chování soudíc podle toho, jak člověk vnitřně zpracovává myšlenky konatele. Tento postoj je v kontrastu s behaviorálním pohledem, který tvrdí, že inteligence může být přisuzována bytosti výhradně skrze pozorování jejího chování.

Kritika psychologismu
Termín psychologismus vyvolával zejména v 19. století značné spory. Vznikaly dobové kritiky, zaměřené zejména na to, zda logika a epistemologie jsou součástí psychologie. Přestože se diskuze o pojetí psychologismu vedly zejména v německém prostředí, do debaty významně přispěl také anglický filozof John Stuart Mill. Jeho následovníci se však dodnes neshodují, zda byl zastáncem psychologismu či nikoliv, a to z toho důvodu, že ve svých dílech někdy zmiňuje závislost logiky na psychologii a jindy naopak tento vztah popírá.

Kritikou psychologismu v logice se zabýval německý filozof moravského původu Edmund Husserl ve svém díle Prolegomen k čisté logice. Pojem psychologismus v logice vykládal tak, že logika je brána jako součást psychologie, jež se považovala za jediný a dostatečný teoretický základ logiky. Husserl se zabýval dvěma linkami kritiky psychologismu, které detailně popsal ve svém díle. První princip vychází z analýzy povahy zákonů čisté logiky, podle níž se tyto zákony nemohou zakládat na empirických psychologických pravidlech, a tedy psychologie nemůže být základem logiky. Druhá linie Husserlovy kritiky se snaží dokázat vnitřní rozpornost psychologistického stanoviska, jsou-li z něj vyvozeny jeho nejzazší důsledky.

Dalším významným kritikem psychologismu byl německý fenomenologický filozof Martin Heidegger, žák a následovník myšlenek Edmunda Husserla. Na jeho raných publikacích se podepsal nejvíce kritický realismus a katolická filozofie, byl silným odpůrcem modernismu. V mládí byl hodně ovlivněn freiburským teologem a filozofem Carlem Braigem. Spor o psychologismus podle něj nebyl primárně sporem s psychologií, ale příležitostí k odhalení hlubokých filozofických problémů, které přímo vedly ke Kantovi a jeho filozofii. Významná je Heideggerova dizertace s názvem Nauka o soudu v psychologismu.

V článku Psychologie náboženství a podvědomí vedl Heidegger otevřený spor s psychologií a byl proti psychologizaci víry. Nechápal spor o psychologismus jako přímý spor s psychologií, ale jako možnost odhalení filozofických významů. Psychologizace logiky totiž nepramenila z psychologie, ta se ovšem právě díky psychologizaci logiky začala prezentovat jako samostatná vědní disciplína. K psychologizaci logiky mimo jiné vedlo nepochopení Kantových transcendentálních výzkumů výbavy lidského rozumu.

O spor o psychologismus a logicismus se ve 20. letech 20. století zajímal také J. L. Fisher ve svém díle Úvod do filozofie. Pokusy logicismu dát poznávaným pravdám nadsubjektivní hodnotu podle J. L. Fishera končily nezdarem. Dle jeho slov "logicismus chtěje ujíti domnělé absurdnosti psychologismu, který ujišťuje o pouze relativní povaze všech pravd, musí strpěti, aby byl obviněn z absurdnosti ještě větší". Podle něj nelze obejít subjektivní účast při vzniku poznání. Hlavní překážkou, jež se musela překonat, byla možnost veškerých psychologických bádání opřít se o prostý fakt, že logika je jako disciplína pojednávající o myšlení bezpochybně vnořena do psychických procesů myslícího subjektu.

Významně se sporem o psychologismus ve 20. století zabýval Přemysl Dvorský, který teoreticky vycházel z Heideggerových myšlenek.

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 DVORSKÝ, Přemysl. Základy logiky v temporalitě lidské existence: spor o psychologismus v myšlení Martina Heideggera. 1. vyd. Nymburk: OPS, 2008, 15–32, 167 s. .
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Související články
 Gabriel Tarde
 Edmund Husserl
 Fenomenologie
 Martin Heidegger

Externí odkazy
 http://filosofiednes.ff.uhk.cz/index.php/hen/article/view/58
 https://is.muni.cz/el/1423/podzim2004/SOC705/um/11_lekce_Psycholog_sociologie.pdf

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Fighting Fantasy series
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Deathtrap Dungeon re-released complete with iPad support.
London, Ontario (May 25, 2010) – Big Blue Bubble Inc. announced today that Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Fighting Fantasy: Deathtrap Dungeon have been rereleased with iPad support to the iTunes Store!
Now you can experience the books that started the massively popular series, which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide, on your iPhone or iPad. Fighting Fantasy fans will love the classic story and original illustrations with a technological twist. No more dice, pencils, or bookmarks. All the special features are built in!
Fighting Fantasy readers will be excited to know that Big Blue Bubble will be releasing Fighting Fantasy: Citadel of Chaos shortly.
• New! Universal app iPad support
• New! Scrolling image gallery of unlocked in-game art
• Tap the on screen buttons to flip pages (No papercuts!)
• Shake to roll the 3D dice using the accelerometer
• Inventory items selectable via touch-screen
• Game-save feature allows you to retrace your steps
• Includes both original illustrations by Ian McCaig and digitally re-mastered versions
• Integrated iPod music library access
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/fighting-fantasy-the-warlock/id345137138?mt=8
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain iPad Screenshots:
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Deathtrap Dungeon iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/fighting-fantasy-deathtrap/id347056818?mt=8
Deathtrap Dungeon iPad Screenshots:
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About Fighting Fantasy
The Fighting Fantasy book series was born in 1982 when authors Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone created a revolutionary new idea for the fantasy genre with the first title, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. The reader became the hero of his or her own fantasy adventure in a story that was part book, part game. After each paragraph a decision must be made; which way to turn, whether to fight or flee, which mysterious character to approach, and what risks to take. Each decision sent the reader to a different page to discover the consequences of their choice, with each read-through ending either in disaster, or with the discovery of the ultimate goal. To date, the series has seen more than 70 titles published and more than 14 million copies sold worldwide. For more details, visit www.fightingfantasy.com
About Big Blue Bubble:
With over 40 high profile games in its portfolio, Big Blue Bubble Inc. is one of Canada's leading video game developers. Each of company's three divisions (iPhone, Console and Casual) is dedicated to making the best possible games by combining innovative designers with top calibre artists and industry leading programmers. By maintaining a strong focus on the development of technology and showcasing it through award winning games, Big Blue Bubble will continue to lead the way in becoming a cornerstone of the casual gaming world.
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In 1897, James M. Cowan from Aurora, Illinois, visited the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. He visited as the director of a group of girls who made up the Armour Drill Corps of Chicago. Cowan already had ties to Tennessee. At the age of thirteen, he had moved with his family to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and remained there until he was in his twenties when he moved to Cincinnati. He subsequently made his wealth in insurance, but his true passion was collecting art. As he neared the end of his life, Cowan had some seven hundred pieces in his collection. Aware that Nashville's Parthenon was being reconstructed as a permanent structure, he decided to donate anonymously a portion of his collection to be housed there. Between 1927 and 1929, the works were shipped to Nashville, to be moved into the Parthenon upon completion of the reconstruction.
In fact, he purchased many pieces specifically with this destination in mind, eventually giving sixty-three pieces to Nashville. These works, all oils on canvas, dating 1765-1923, are housed permanently in the Parthenon and bare the name of its generous donor - the Cowan Collection.
Generally, there is one work by each artist in the collection, so in looking you can learn something of the man who formed this collection by his choices. We see a man who was taken with the landscape in its more unrefined form, and had a diverse and unusual interest in figure paintings. This is a fine collection of American art and we are indeed fortunate to have it here in Nashville.


Autori: F. Sprovieri, I. M. Hedgecock, and N. Pirrone.
Abstract: Atmospheric mercury species concentrations were measured during two oceanographic cruise campaigns covering the Adriatic Sea, the first during the autumn in 2004 and the second in the summer of 2005. The inclement weather during the autumn campaign meant that no clear in-situ production of oxidised gas phase mercury was seen. Events where high values of HgII (g) and/or Hg associated with particulates (HgP) were observed, could be linked to probable anthropogenic emission source areas. During the summer campaign however, the by now rather familiar diurnal variation of HgII (g) concentration, with maxima around midday, was observed. Again there were events when high HgII (g) and particulates (HgP) concentrations were seen which did not fit with the pattern of daily in-situ HgII (g) production. These events were traceable, with the help of back trajectory calculations, to areas of anthropogenic emissions. The back trajectories for all the events during which high Hg species concentrations were encountered showed that the airmass being sampled had passed near port areas in the previous 24 h. Not all these ports are associated with major industrial installations, it is possible therefore (bearing in mind the uncertainty associated with the back trajectory calculations) that either shipping or port activities are a Hg source. Box modelling studies of the summer 2005 campaign show that although the in-situ production of HgII (g) occurs in the MBL, the exact chemical mechanism responsible is difficult to determine. However given the high O3 concentrations encountered during this campaign it seems clear that if Hg0 does react with O3, it does not produce gas phase HgII. Equally, the reaction between Hg0 and OH if it occurs, does not contribute appreciably to HgII (g) production.


Researchers are hopeful that smaller, more efficient machines will aid in studying brain disorders and issues.
A pair of Mayo Clinic researchers hoping to revolutionize how magnetic resonance imaging is used to scan the brain for a host of neurological and psychiatric disorders this month are celebrating the arrival of a long-anticipated prototype of a compact MRI machine in Rochester, five years after receiving a federal grant.
Drs. John Huston III and Matt Bernstein said they were "popping the corks" last week after the installation of the first-of-its-kind small MRI scanner, developed in conjunction with GE Global Research after the effort was awarded a $5.7 million government research grant in 2011. The resulting compact but powerful 3-Tesla scanner – only one-third the size of traditional machines – was placed in the Charlton North Building on Mayo's Rochester campus in early March.
They say the new brain scanner could be revolutionary: While both lighter and thus less expensive than traditional full-body scanners (it represents a 3-time reduction in weight), it's also being touted as speedier and more efficient. With radiology comprising an estimated 10 percent of the nation's healthcare spending – or $270 billion per year – the government is betting that taxpayer funds spent to develop a new generation of smaller MR machines could help lower healthcare costs long-term while also enhancing their medical uses, especially for brain scanning.
Huston, a neuroradiologist, and Bernstein, a medical physicist, said that with the delivery of the prototype from GE, their role is now beginning – namely to test its potential in expanding what MRI can tell doctors about such disorders as aneurisms, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain disorder, depression and autism.
"GE did its part by developing this groundbreaking technology, and now there's a lot of excitement here as we jump in and actually begin doing the research," Huston said. "We're going to perform head scans on at least 300 volunteers.
The other, more exciting aspect of the research will be testing out and quantifying the extent to which the prototype make can make a quantum leap in the speed of delivery for high-quality magnetic images.
The prototype is part of an emerging trend toward the specialization of MRI technology. Current whole-body scanners remain very valuable but are a "one-size-fits-all" kind of technology. They have no ability to perform the kind of functions that could be achieved by a scanner specially designed to image small areas of the body, such as the brain. Based on new kind of lightweight magnet developed by GE, along with advanced gradient technology, it permits high-resolution MR images of the human brain that are of much higher quality and produced at greater speeds than traditional whole-body systems.
The hope is the Mayo tests will produce brain images that could give physicians much more accurate and reliable information in assessing neurological disorders, Huston said.
"What we're going to determine is if these images will allow us to more robustly find the changes in the brain associated with neurological diseases," he said.
The 2011 grant from the National Institutes of Health was given not only because of the effort's promise to improve treatment of brain disorders, but also to expand the availability of MRI technology generally. The introduction of compact MRI systems could address more than 40 percent of all the imaging conducted today, while at the same time moving the bulky contraptions out of big-city hospitals and into smaller community hospitals and rural settings.
Thus, the hope is healthcare costs could also be reduced by producing smaller, less expensive MR machines and by bringing the technology closer to where patients can access it, no matter where they live.
Meanwhile, should the compact MRI technology prove feasible, it could expand the universe of medical disciplines that may benefit from imaging. For instance, a local application for Mayo could be its touted new proton beam cancer therapy program, in which magnetic images of tumors are used to determine with geometric accuracy where doctors should aim their proton streams in a bid to zap cancer cells but spare nearby healthy tissue.
Bernstein said that process could be greatly aided by the prototype because its technology has demonstrated it can reduce distortion near the near the edges of the images.


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Q: Easily write formatted Excel from Python: Start with Excel formatted, use it in Python, and regenerate Excel from Python I have to create Excel spreadsheet with nice format from Python. I thought of doing it by:

*

*I start in Excel as it is very easy to format: I write in Excel the
model I want, with the good format

*I read this from Python

*I create from Python an Excel spreadsheet with the same format

In the end, the purpose is to create from Python Excel spreadsheets, but formatting with xlwt takes a lot of time, so I thought of formatting first in Excel to help.
I have researched for easy ways to doing this but haven't found any. I can stick to my current working solution, using xlwt in Python to create formatted Excel, but it is quite awkward to use.
Thanks for any reply

A: Thanks for your replies. I've found what I was searching for at Preserving styles using python's xlrd,xlwt, and xlutils.copy. The code is below.
import xlrd
import xlutils.copy

inBook = xlrd.open_workbook('input.xls', formatting_info=True)
outBook = xlutils.copy.copy(inBook)

def _getOutCell(outSheet, colIndex, rowIndex):
    """ HACK: Extract the internal xlwt cell representation. """
    row = outSheet._Worksheet__rows.get(rowIndex)
    if not row: return None
    cell = row._Row__cells.get(colIndex)
    return cell

def setOutCell(outSheet, col, row, value):
    """ Change cell value without changing formatting. """
    # HACK to retain cell style.
    previousCell = _getOutCell(outSheet, col, row)
    # END HACK, PART I
    outSheet.write(row, col, value)
    # HACK, PART II
    if previousCell:
        newCell = _getOutCell(outSheet, col, row)
    if newCell:
        newCell.xf_idx = previousCell.xf_idx
    # END HACK

outSheet = outBook.get_sheet(0)
setOutCell(outSheet, 5, 5, 'Test')
outBook.save('output.xls')

A: You said:

formatting with xlwt takes a lot of time

and

it is quite awkward to use

Perhaps you are not using easyxf? If so, check out the tutorial that you can access via www.python-excel.org, and have a look at examples/xlwt_easyxf_simple_demo.py in your xlwt installation.

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Game 7: St. John's vs Northeastern Huskies
By Norman Rose@ECoastBias Updated Nov 25, 2011, 12:00pm EST
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Coming off of a home win at St. Francis, the St. John's Red Storm continue to develop as a young basketball team. The St. Francis game was the first contest where the Johnnies led from beginning to end, playing a mix of man and zone defenses to keep their opponents from getting many clean perimeter looks.
This Saturday, the Red Storm face a different challenge in the Northeastern Huskies. Coach Bill Coen - who worked with current Providence head coach Ed Cooley under Al Skinner at Boston College - has a tall, tough team that looks to score inside. The challenge for the Storm will be in defending the paint.
Mood music: Little Dragon, My Step (video, opens in new window.)
Tip Off: 4:00 PM, Eastern
Vs: Northeastern Huskies (2-1)
Location: Carnesecca Arena, New York, NY
TV: ESPN3 | Radio: Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, WSJU
Northeastern Huskies: Storm Warnings
Last year's Northeastern team went 11-20, 6-12 in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Huskies were a young team, and were better late, defeating Final Four participant VCU and NCAA Tourney participant UNC-Asheville in a Bracketbusters game. Coach Bill Coen considered last year a learning experience, as he shepherded one of the youngest teams in the country last season.
This year, the Huskies are 2-1, with a road win against Boston University, a win against a reeling Southern Illinois team, and a loss to U Mass. The Huskies have decent height on their roster, with the shortest starter standing at 6'2 (point guard Jonathan Lee), some promising forwards, and they shoot well from the free throw line. Their pace is slow and deliberate, but their offense is led by attacks from Lee.
In the past, they have run the flex offense that Al Skinner used at Boston College. The offense involved a lot of ball reversal and baseline screens at Boston College, so the Johnnies' forwards have to be aware of their opponents' movements and when to switch.
Will the Huskies run something different against the zone? Possibly.
Northeastern: Strengths/ Weaknesses
Huskies Strength: Offensive rebounding. The Huskies rebound over 41% of their own misses, led by 6'7 freshman forward Reggie Spencer and 6'5 defensive stalwart Alwayne Bigby. But the roster has players who can crash the boards from the bench as well, including the 6'10 Rian Pierson. The Huskies have taken a higher percentage of their shots from inside the arc than St. John's has. God`sgift Achiuwa and Maurice Harkless have to work to keep the Northeastern players off of the boards.
Huskies Strength: Getting to the line. Shooting guard Joel Smith, forward Kauri Black, and Jonathan Lee lead a parade of players to the free throw line; they draw 2 free throws for every 5 shots. Forcing the Huskies to take shots from the perimter - where they prefer to avoid shooting and only make 26.3% - will be key, so expect to see the matchup zone for much of the game from St. John's.
Huskies Weakness: Turnovers. Northeastern has been great at finding ways to score, but have diluted that strength with turnovers in all three games they have played. 6'8 guard/ forward QUincy Ford has been a culprit from the bench, as has starter Joel Smith and Bigby.
Huskies Weakness: Hackery. Northeastern has allowed an average of 25 free throw attempts from their opponents. And they have not faced the talent and quickness of the Red Storm yet. Kauri Black is averaging 3.7 fouls per game in 28 minutes per game; Reggie Spencer is giving up 4 fouls per game in 25 minutes; Lee and Smith are around 2 fouls in over 33 minutes per. Clearly, Northeastern is prone to fouling. So aggressive action from Moe Harkless, Nurideen Lindsey, and D`Angelo Harrison should continue to get the Storm chances form the line.
The Five Points a/k/a Keys to the Game
Drive/ transition attack. The Huskies are foul prone, and the Red Storm have been excellent at drawing fouls. The team has to look to attack, and avoid easy outside looks.
Defensive rebounds. It's always helpful to force misses at the other end and get to the defensive rebounds to power the transition offense, so board work will be key. The Huskies aren't adept outside shooters (so far), so they will look to generate points with activity on the glass.
Defensive awareness. St. John's active hands and defensive awareness should be able to force turnovers with the press.
Thanksgiving Gifts. While it's important that God`sgift makes a strong impact on the court, the possible emergence of Sir`Dominic Pointer and D`Angelo Harrison could be a huge help for the Red Storm. Their ability to score from the outside should draw defenders a step away from the paint, allowing more chances for the interior players.
Free throws. As a team that sometimes struggles to shoot, St. John's has to maximize its transition opportunities by hitting free throws. The team has won despite their misses, but games can be lost at the line, especially to tough emerging squads like Northeastern.
Prediction: St. John's continues winning at Carnesecca with a 69-63 win.


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A Twitter Stream Tracker tracking total word count and top words used (stop
    words filtered) in Twitter tweet stream using the
[Twitter Stream API](https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/overview) via
the [tweetstream](https://github.com/tweetstream/tweetstream) gem.

### Installation

Must use Ruby v1.9.3, a [tweetstream](https://github.com/tweetstream/tweetstream) gemspec dependency.

    rvm install ruby 1.9.3 (or install Ruby 1.9.3)
    gem install tweetstream

### Configuration
Stop words, execution time limit and [tweetstream](https://github.com/tweetstream/tweetstream) gem Twitter
credentials are configurable in the
[config.rb](https://github.com/bry/twitter_stream_tracker/blob/master/config.rb)
file.

##### Stop words

Append stop words to filter words from tweet, removing them from top words counting.

```ruby
STOP_WORDS = %w(and the me a or but is to of this that from in for on at - la y en de que I you my el your it with &amp & e o te The be so los para like I'm do se)
```

##### Execution Time Limit

Set program to terminate in X number of seconds.

```ruby
TERM_IN_SECONDS = 300
```

##### Twitter App Credentials

Create a [Twitter App](https://apps.twitter.com/), then use the given app credentials in the `config.rb` file.

```ruby
TweetStream.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key       = '[your twitter app consumer key]'
  config.consumer_secret    = '[your twitter app consumer secret]'
  config.oauth_token        = '[your oauth token]'
  config.oauth_token_secret = '[your oauth token secret]'
  config.auth_method        = :oauth
end
```

### Usage

    ruby tracker.rb

![Image demo](https://raw.github.com/bry/twitter_stream_tracker/master/results.png)


on the next [day] also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit [him], having gone on unto friends, to receive [their] care.
and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city [of] Lasaea.
and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.
but Paul having gathered together a quantity of sticks, and having laid [them] upon the fire, a viper -- out of the heat having come -- did fasten on his hand.
and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting [it] a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing [their] minds, said he was a god.
who also with many honours did honour us, and we setting sail -- they were lading [us] with the things that were necessary.
and, some, indeed, were believing the things spoken, and some were not believing.
for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.
preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness -- unforbidden.


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A man has been killed and several others injured in an accident at Germany's Nürburgring racetrack.
Nürburgring organizers and the police in nearby Adenau confirmed that a car had come off the track during a long-distance race and flew over barriers into the spectators.
The race was immediately ended and not restarted.
Authorities did not say exactly how many people were hurt in the crash.
They were brought to nearby hospitals in the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany.
The one casualty was not immediately killed, but died of his injuries in the racetrack's medical centre.
Legendary Formula One driver Jackie Stewart called the 26-kilometre Nürburgring "Green Hell" for its fiendish complexity.
Its North Loop alone features more than 300 metres of elevation changes over its 21 kilometres.
Deaths during races are rare, but there are more often accidents, sometimes fatal ones, during public sessions on the track.


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Moneyball Review
By Amy Curtis 8 years ago
Review of: Moneyball Review
Reviewed by: Amy Curtis
Last modified:September 7, 2018
Moneyball surprises with a great script, interesting story, and an intelligent study of the use of statistical analysis to choose a winning baseball team.
Moneyball isn't your typical inspirational sports movie, thankfully. It's more of a baseball-themed biopic of the Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, and the way he turned the traditional methods of building a successful baseball team on its head with a modernized statistical approach. Moneyball hits theaters this weekend, and proves an intelligent study of the use of math, economics and statistical analysis in the world of baseball.
If you consider that this movie is based on the true story of Billy Beane and is basically a biopic, it succeeds in being a rather smart film. It does a great job dramatizing what could be a very dry and technical stat-counting theory created to assign value to baseball players and referred to as "moneyball".
Brad Pitt leads the cast of Moneyball as the former professional baseball player-turned-scout Billy Beane. Beane is in a bad place as the manager of one of the poorest teams in the league. He just wants to win a World Series, but with other wealthier teams luring away his big players, it looks like he doesn't stand a chance at forming a winning team.
As he maneuvers his players and tries to score some up-n-comers from other teams, he realizes that unless he changes the system, there's no way the Oakland A's will ever be a winning team, given the money he can spend on potential team members.
Lucky for Mr. Beane, he meets an unassuming recent graduate and economics major who swears by a new method of building a baseball team. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) has worked up a computer system to analyze each player in the league and assign value to him based on non-traditional stats, like number of base walks.
Beane hires Brand and together they turn the baseball world on its head, compiling a "cheap" team that goes on to have one of the longest winning streaks of all time. Though many of his old-school co-workers went with the new program kicking and screaming, in the end, his experiment caused other big league teams to adopt similar systems and changed the behind-the-scenes world of baseball.
Part of the reason Moneyball is more interesting than one of your typical sports dramas is the direction. Bennett Miller takes a rather grey, cement-enshrouded setting and gives it a little pizzazz. Some extreme angles, artistically composed close-ups, and even some archival footage and pictures peppered in go far to up the visual interest of the film.
Pitt is at his best here, though I still couldn't detect much actual emoting from the well-seasoned actor. His Billy Beane was fun and believable, and the actor relied on a constant flow of snacks and chewing tobacco into his maw to distract from his lack of range. And it worked, as I found his portrayal entertaining enough (though the continual spitting of chew into a cup was on the cringe-worthy side).
Hill was a pleasant surprise as a mild-mannered statistician with an interest in the game of baseball. He forgoes his usual obnoxious comic character for a slightly awkward math geek, and he does it with an appealing subtlety.
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Pirate Radio) delivered another great performance as Art Howe, the gruff baseball coach unwelcoming of new changes and Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) presented a charming baseball player given another chance at the big leagues, despite having a confidence problem.
Though the plot centers around a new way to scout for baseball, and not the game itself, that's not to say Moneyball entirely lacks some of that sports-movie melodrama audiences expect. There's plenty of inspirational moments, music montages, and light humor and the ending grew quite sentimental and dragged a little.
I'd go so far as to say there was a certain amount of romanticizing baseball going on, but Moneyball did its best to distance itself from being a sports fluff piece using some gritty behind-the-scenes realism and a well-paced and accessible script. That it makes a statistical analysis method to scouting out a successful baseball pool understandable, and even entertaining, to the non-sports fan is what earns it a solid two thumbs up.
Tags: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Moneyball, movie reviews, Philip Seymour Hoffman


OLATHE, Kan. /July 18, 2017/Business Wire — Garmin International, Inc. a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced the GDL 82 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) datalink, the latest addition to the most comprehensive line-up of certified ADS-B solutions available from Garmin. The GDL 82 is a small, lightweight Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) with built-in GPS that uniquely integrates with the aircraft's existing transponder and transponder antenna. This new, patent-pending installation design allows for a streamlined installation. For aircraft owners looking for a turnkey solution to satisfy the requirements of ADS-B Out in the most economical manner, the GDL 82 is a straightforward path to meet regulatory requirements.
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Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin and GDL are registered trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.


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La Belle Province est une périphrase utilisée pour désigner le Québec en tant que province du Canada.

Utilisation sur les plaques d'immatriculation
Cette devise a été apposée sur les plaques d'immatriculation de la province de 1963 jusqu'en 1977. Depuis 1978, c'est plutôt la devise officielle du Québec qui y apparaît : Je me souviens.

Ce changement a été proposé avec vigueur par l'historien et député de Trois-Rivières  Denis Vaugeois, plus tard ministre des Affaires culturelles, qui assimilait le mot « province » à la notion de colonie : « En nous affichant ainsi, nous admettions être en tutelle : étions-nous donc si fiers d'être une province ? Autour de moi [au conseil des ministres], certains murmuraient : "Mais on est la belle province!" Beau prix de consolation ! » Avec l'appui de Gérald Godin et de Lucien Lessard, ministre des Transports, Vaugeois a réussi à convaincre le caucus, ralliant notamment Lise Payette, responsable du dossier de l'assurance automobile.

On attribue communément ce changement à Lise Payette, ce qui incite Denis Vaugeois à préciser : « Dans ses mémoires , elle dira d'ailleurs que c'est elle qui a remplacé la plaque "La Belle Province" pour "Je me souviens", mais en vérité, ce n'était pas à elle de réagir au mot province. C'est Lucien qui s'en est chargé en tant que ministre des Transports. »

Usage
Cette périphrase est utilisée plus fréquemment en dehors du Québec (ailleurs au Canada, médias de langue anglaise, France) qu'au Québec lui-même, où elle est souvent perçue comme un cliché.

Notes et références

Articles connexes
 Province de Québec (1763-1791)
 Je me souviens
 La Belle Province est aussi un groupe de chanson Québécoise originaire de Bretagne (France).

Devise en français
Symbole du Québec
Surnom de lieu


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NYU Shanghai and NYU Stern Expand Portfolio of Jointly Offered One-Year MS Programs with Launch of New MS in Organization Management & Strategy and MS in Marketing & Retail Science
Through studying in Shanghai and New York City, including built-in experiential learning and engagement with industry leaders, recent college graduates build global skills for successful careers in Asia's management and marketing/retail sectors
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NYU Shanghai and NYU Stern School of Business are expanding their successful partnership to introduce two new one-year Master of Science programs to prepare new and recent college graduates with career ambitions in management and marketing in China and the broader Asia region.
The jointly offered programs, an MS in Organization Management & Strategy and an MS in Marketing & Retail Science, leverage the combined intellectual and instructional resources of NYU Shanghai and NYU Stern. The programs will entail 12 months of full-time study over three semesters in two global business hubs, starting with a summer semester at NYU Stern in New York City followed by fall and spring semesters in China at NYU Shanghai. Students will learn from world-renowned NYU faculty who are hand-selected to teach these programs. The first classes will enroll in June 2022. Graduates will join an NYU alumni network of more than 600,000 worldwide, including more than 18,000 alumni in Asia.
The programs will build on the existing partnership between NYU Shanghai and NYU Stern in the successful launch of their inaugural joint Master of Science programs, the MS in Data Analytics & Business Computing and MS in Quantitative Finance, which welcomed their first cohorts in June 2019. Graduates of the programs have gone on to careers with top firms including Apple, Bank of China, Deloitte, Discover, EY, Orient Futures, Panda Capital, Ping An, PwC and more.
NYU Shanghai Chancellor Tong Shijun said, "These new programs align with NYU Shanghai's mission to create educational opportunities that encourage international engagement and global perspectives. They also build on a collaboration with NYU Stern that has only grown stronger and deeper. Just like with our existing programs, we expect the MS in Organization Management & Strategy and the MS in Marketing & Retail Science to both attract and train future business leaders in China."
"With innovative courses that will ground students in foundational knowledge and skills while also illuminating newer trends, these programs will offer rigorous academic experiences," said Jeffrey Lehman, Vice Chancellor, NYU Shanghai. "Students will receive a rich education that will equip them to contend with the forces driving the rapid transformations that define global business today."
"After demonstrated success with the MS in Data Analytics & Business Computing and MS in Quantitative Finance programs, we are thrilled to continue our partnership with NYU Shanghai to prepare the next generation of young minds to excel in additional high-growth markets in Asia," said Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern. "With industry-leading scholars at the helm, these programs are designed to prepare students to anticipate, harness and lead change — the essential skills that employers are demanding from the next generation of talent that will join their firms."
NYU Stern's top-ranked Marketing and Management and Organizations departments are home to influential researchers, thought leaders and instructors. Stern also recently established the Center for the Future of Management with the mission to foster cutting-edge research on major shifts in the global business landscape, and the challenges and opportunities they present for business leaders, strategists and managers.
With its unique platform for study and research that bridges the New York University global network with China, NYU Shanghai has been pioneering new models of international higher education since its founding in 2012. NYU Shanghai's business faculty features more than 30 distinguished scholars with vast academic and industry experience.
The MS in Organization Management & Strategy, under Academic Co-directors Professor Christina Fang and Professor Joseph Porac, will teach students topics needed in today's increasingly interconnected, dynamic and global business context, including strategy, innovation, design thinking, negotiation skills, and more. This foundation will help students succeed in large and medium-sized Chinese private and government-owned business organizations, consulting firms, family-owned enterprises, or as entrepreneurs. The MS in Marketing & Retail Science, under Academic Director Professor Russell Winer, will prepare students to address the forces disrupting the field of marketing, including big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence through courses in marketing analytics, new retail technology, data driven decision making and more. Graduates will be equipped to pursue careers in both traditional marketing positions in global and Chinese companies, as well as in e-commerce and other companies in the digital economy.
Students in both programs will have access to academic extracurriculars including company visits in New York and Shanghai, in addition to industry panels and speakers. Students will engage in professional development workshops, events and one-on-one career coaching. Each program also features an affiliated advisory board of senior industry leaders from companies around China and Asia, such as Bain, Disney, Estée Lauder, FedEx, Microsoft, Unilever, and Visa. Both programs will culminate with a capstone project to solve a real case situation presented by a corporate client, including projects sourced from the advisory boards.
For more information on the programs and admissions process, visit the website.
About NYU Shanghai
Founded in 2012, NYU Shanghai is one of New York University's three degree-granting campuses around the world, alongside New York City and Abu Dhabi, and it is also the first Sino-U.S. joint research university in China. With an enrollment of 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a distinguished international faculty, NYU Shanghai exemplifies the highest ideals of contemporary higher education. At the undergraduate and postgraduate level, NYU Shanghai's programs prepare graduates to be creative and culturally adept leaders with global vision.
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Ayan est un nom commun et un nom propre arabe, turc, indien et africain qui peut faire référence à :

Nom commun
 Hindi
 ayan (अयन), nom commun qui possède diverses significations :
 « vitesse », « mouvement »
 « route », « voie », « passage »
 « lieu », « emplacement »
 « période », « temps »
 « pis », « mamelle ».
 Turc
 ayan, adjectif turc qui signifie « clair, évident »
 âyan ou ayân, francisé en ayan, mot turc (de l'arabe أعيان, ayan « distingués, notables » de ayn', « œil »)) qui signifie « notable », « chef » « sénateur », ou « officier supérieur chargé de la sécurité ».

 Toponyme

 Ayan, village de la commune de Dzeng dans le département du Nyong-et-So'o et la Région du Centre ;

 , village du , dans le , dans la province de l'Azerbaïdjan occidental ;

 Prénom
 Ayan, prénom masculin indien
Ayan est un prénom indien notamment porté par :
  (1983-), réalisateur indien (Inde)

 Patronyme
 Patronyme turc
  (1904-1953), homme politique turc.

 Cinéma
 , film indien réalisé par  sorti en 2009.

 Références

 Voir aussi
 , patronyme turc composé de Ayan et du suffixe turc -oğlu qui signifie « fils de », accusatif de oğul'' qui signifie « fils ». Ayanoğlu signifie donc « fils d'Ayan ».

Prénom turc
Homonymie de patronyme turc
Patronyme turc