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The Syrian-Iraqi border has become a point of confrontation among regional and international powers.
The continuing threat of a resurgence by the Islamic State group, and its efforts to exert influence in Syria and Iraq, has played out most noticeably along the Syrian-Iraqi border. Yet that border, extending all the way up to the frontier with Turkey, is about more than the Islamic State. It has emerged as a main point of confrontation among regional and international powers.
Over 600 kilometers of the border formerly controlled by the Islamic State are currently held by a patchwork of political actors. On the Iraqi side, the major forces are Iraq's regular army, Arab Sunni tribes, as well as Shi'a and Yezidi militias tied to Iran, which also share a connection with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operating in western Sinjar. On the Syrian side, the U.S.-backed Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) controls large parts of the border. The Syrian regime, allied with local partners, holds other areas, while the Islamic State rules over a small pocket of territory.
This complex mix of forces is reshaping the border area, even as the border itself is reshaping how the different parties are interacting with one another as they compete for spheres of influence. Cross-border interaction and a mutual need to prevent a return of the Islamic State have also brought Damascus and Baghdad closer together, which ultimately works to the benefit of Iran. Indeed, today Iran is the only actor that has a significant presence, and influence, on both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border.
In 2014, during the phase of expansion by the Islamic State and the initial fight to oppose it, Iraqi Kurdish forces counterattacked and took some 30 kilometers of territory beyond their former area of control, almost reaching Sinjar. Following the failed referendum on Kurdish independence in 2017, the Iraqi government recaptured nearly all of those areas and stationed government troops and units of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)—quasi-official militias composed primarily of Iraqi Shi'a—on the border. The dilemma for the Iraqi government today is that those forces require food and fuel, creating a major drain on the national budget. If these funds are cut, as is possible, it might allow the Islamic State to regain territory and reignite conflict in the border region.
On the Syrian side, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad does not have the same problem. After retaking the highly strategic Al-Bukamal border crossing in November 2017, the regime employed a model that involves collaboration between the Republican Guard's 104th Brigade and local tribal elements in Deir Ezzor. Because the system is more financially sustainable, it allows the regime to maintain a strong presence on the border.
Geopolitical rivalries on the Syrian-Iraqi border have only intensified as a result of mounting tensions between the United States and Iran. Complicating matters in the broader border area that stretches northward toward Turkey are the conflict between Turkey and U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish groups and the rivalry between the United States and Russia. The United States has also possibly intervened militarily against the PMF, which has crossed the Iraqi border into Syria to conduct operations against the Islamic State. Washington considers them to be an extension of Iran and in June 2018 U.S. aircraft reportedly bombed PMF forces between Al-Bukamal and the Tanf crossing, which the Americans control, on the Syrian side of the border. However, the U.S. denied that it was involved.
These clashing agendas underline that the Iraqi-Syrian border plays a far more intricate role than delineating the boundaries between two sovereign states. The presence of nonstate actors who are disputing state control over borders—or indeed who sometimes share border control with states—has produced new military relationships.
That is increasingly the case on the Iraqi side of the border, where Shi'a militias and the Kurdish Peshmerga operate alongside Iraqi military forces. According to one its leaders, the PMF deployed along the Syrian-Iraqi border in coordination with the Iraqi government. Other reports estimate that 80 percent of the 140,000 PMF members are stationed in northern and western Iraq, close to Syria and far from areas where they were recruited. This figure has not been confirmed, but to some observers the deployment, if the numbers are corroborated, is part of an Iranian attempt to secure a corridor between Iran and Syria.
At the same time, the Turkish armed forces continue to carry out cross-border operations against the PKK in areas such as Sinjar. The Turkish intervention is affecting relations between Kurdish factions. The Kurdistan Democratic Party, which leads the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, is coordinating with Turkey to deny the PKK and its allies a safe haven in northern Iraq. However, this attitude is not shared by the other major Iraqi Kurdish party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which controls the city of Suleimaniyya and has a strong presence in Kirkuk. The PUK is a close ally of Iran and is believed to have developed a more sympathetic attitude toward the PKK and its Syrian affiliate, the Democratic Union Party.
The Islamic State's priority has been to preserve its caliph minus a caliphate. It still controls a small strip of territory on the Syrian side of the Syrian-Iraqi border, which is at risk of imminently falling. Last December, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of the 2,000 American troops in Syria. Most of the units are stationed along the border and are scheduled to have completed their withdrawal by the end of April, except for around 200 troops.
If this new situation creates a vacuum, it could lead to military advances by Iran and its proxies, the Syrian government, Kurdish militias, Turkey, or Russia. That is why the Syrian-Iraqi border is likely to remain highly militarized, a consequence both of geopolitical rivalries and local crises.
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5 Secrets of a Tour de France Rider
BY Emily Becker
The Tour de France is not for the faint of heart. The annual 21-stage bicycle race features teams of professional riders from around the world who pedal over 2,000 miles of the French countryside and French Alps before reaching the ceremonial last stage in Paris. We don't all have the calf muscles to tackle a climb at an incline of 15 percent, but read on to learn some secrets of those who are cycling for the winner's yellow jersey.
1. They eat constantly.
Three meals a day? Try six. Cyclists burn up to 1,000 calories an hour during the grueling race, and the days involve four hours of pure cycling. The thing a rider does the most when he's not on the bike is eat. Days start with a massive buffet-style breakfast at the hotel and then racers continue to eat and drink up until the bicycling actually begins. During the leg, each team's support vehicles hand out fruit, sandwiches, water, and sports drinks that the riders consume while pedaling.
The riders have built up a major calorie deficit during the day, and after the finish line, the work begins during the bus ride to the hotel as the cyclists are served starches like boiled potatoes and rice, and proteins like tuna and ham. At the hotel, riders chow down on a 2,000-calorie dinner that is heavy in protein to rebuild muscle. The day ends with a snack before going to sleep, during which they're probably not dreaming of food.
2. They're chatting the whole time.
Four hours is a long time to ride a bike, especially when you don't have anyone to talk to. Early on in the day's race, cyclists often talk to each other while pedaling, especially if they end up in the large group of riders that forms after the starting gun (this group is called the "peloton"). Historically, riders would first try speaking to each other in French. If that didn't work, they would try Italian and then Spanish. It wasn't until the mid-1980s, when riders from Anglophone countries started appearing at the Tour, that English became widely spoken. The Union Cycliste Internationale, the governing body for the world of international cycling, now operates in both French and English.
3. They can pee while riding.
Riders sweat a lot. To make up for the liquid lost, cyclists drink several bottles of water and sports drinks during the ride, some of which will eventually need to leave the body through another method. Usually, riders in the peloton will stop all together or follow the understanding that the group will slow down if a significant number of riders need to stop for a bathroom break. However, when nature calls, it calls when she wants—whether that's in the peloton or sprinting to catch up with the leaders during the last miles of the race. In such cases, riders have been known to urinate while on the bike by exposing themselves for a few moments (or just letting it go, as-is).
4. They live longer.
Despite the epic crashes that involve dozens of riders at a time, a study released by the Paris Cardiovascular Center in 2014 showed that male professional cyclists live, on average, 6.3 years longer than the general population. The study compared the lifespans of any Frenchman who finished at least once in the Tour de France against an average Frenchman, and found that mortality rates were 41 percent lower for the riders. Scientists attribute the difference to a cyclist's generally healthy way of life, including a very small likelihood that a professional cyclist smokes.
5. They'll only ride a clean bicycle.
It should come as no surprise that the bikes themselves are maintained rigorously during the race. Each bicycle is hand washed first with a degreasing solution before receiving a soapy sponge bath and power wash to remove dirt, grime, and memories of the day's race. Not only are the bikes cleaned thoroughly, but mechanics also readjust and re-tune every bike—including replacing the cables and bearings—on a daily basis.
When not being tuned up or transported or ridden, the bikes for each team remain under lock and key in the team truck. The Cannonade Garmin team is said to park a second team truck directly behind the one that holds the bikes so, even if the lock somehow gets picked, thieves can't open the rear swinging doors.


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South Korean survey ships open up to science
Vessels used mainly for seabed surveys will expand in focus.
South Korea's ocean-going research programme is changing tack. For more than two decades, it has focused on discovery and exploitation of minerals on the sea floor, but now a move is afoot to expand the research agenda. A 5,900-tonne ship — the Isabu — is being built with the capability to launch autonomous underwater vehicles, perform sea-floor-penetrating seismic surveys and collect sediment cores up to 40 metres long.
The current flagship, the 1,422-tonne Onnuri, spends about three-fifths of its time scouring the sea floor for mineral deposits under the direction of the deep-sea minerals group at the Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) in Ansan. That heavy economic emphasis is set by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, which oversees KIOST as well as the nation's ports and shipping.
The ministry's hold is so complete that in 22 years of operation, no academic researcher outside KIOST has ever led a cruise. "This is really scandalous," says marine geophysicist Sang-Mook Lee of Seoul National University. Although scientists at his university and elsewhere have been able to work aboard the ship, they have been frustrated by a near-complete lack of say in where the Onnuri goes or what research questions it pursues.
In March, that is set to change: KIOST will start to make Onnuri's upcoming cruise tracks public, and will invite outside researchers to propose projects that can be done along the way, says Gi-Hoon Hong, who became the institute's president in August and has supported broadening the constituency for its research vessels. Eventually, time on the ships, which currently costs up to US$12,000 per day, will be awarded through a merit-based system.
South Korea's focus on mineral exploration dates back to the founding of KIOST in the early 1970s, when the nation was in the middle of a decades-long economic boom. At the time, polymetallic nodules — balls of manganese and other metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt that accumulate on the sea floor — seemed a valuable potential resource. Although international interest in the minerals waned over subsequent decades, the South Korean government continued to fund research on the nodules and other sea-floor mineral deposits.
Securing marine mineral resources is "considered very important to the Korean people, because of the scarcity of land-based natural resources," says Jai-Woon Moon, the head of KIOST's deep-sea mineral research group. And rising prices for metals have renewed the world's interest: Nautilus Minerals of Toronto, Canada, claims to be two years away from starting to extract gold, copper and other metals from a sea-floor site off Papua New Guinea.
But there is widespread scepticism of seabed mining. Lee calls the promised economic benefits "a big lie that the governments of Korea, China and India tell to their people". Kyungsik Choi, a marine sedimentologist at Seoul National University, dismisses Nautilus Minerals and other commercial operations as not economically viable, and says that they will provide "nothing more than demonstrations". Many in the Korean marine-science community say that KIOST itself is divided, with staff scientists chafing against the mining agenda imposed by the oceans ministry.
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The long feud between the ministry and its critics reached a flashpoint in 2008, with the proposal to build the Isabu. The Korea Development Institute, a think tank in Sejong that is charged with evaluating major government projects, sided with the critics, saying that the economic benefits of sea-floor mining were uncertain. It approved the ship's construction, but on the condition that the academic community have access to it. A panel of researchers headed by Lee later recommended that the ship be managed by a committee with representatives from government, academia and industry. But in 2013, the oceans ministry transferred management to KIOST in a closed process. At the time, it was deemed most cost-effective for KIOST to both operate the vessel and direct its research, says Hyuntae Kim, director of the ministry's development division.
Disappointed by the move, Lee turned to a public forum. As one of the nation's most celebrated scientists and a well-known advocate for the rights of people with disabilities (he was paralysed from the neck down in a 2006 motor-vehicle accident), he testified in the national legislature on 24 October, accusing the oceans ministry of cutting a secret deal with KIOST. By the end of his appearance, then-minister Ju-Young Lee agreed to open up Isabu to the academic community, clearing a path for the merit-review process.
With the prospect of leading a major oceanographic cruise now open to him, Choi says that he hopes to take Isabu to the Indian Ocean. He wants to help nations in southeast Asia such as Myanmar and Bangladesh, which have extensive low-lying coastal deltas, to better understand the threat posed by sea-level rise and tsunamis.
Owing to his disability, Lee can no longer sail on cruises. But he says that he takes satisfaction in knowing that he has been able to wield his fame for a positive result. "I felt very good that, yes, this is compensation for my injury," he says. "I felt redeemed."


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William Lyons with Jaguar E-Type William Lyons was a visionary and a true pioneer in the automotive industry. Born in Coventry, England in 1901, Lyons had a passion for cars from a young age. He started his career as a motorcycle sidecar manufacturer in the 1920s, but it was his creation of the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922 with William Walmsley that would lay the foundation for his future success. Lyons's company produced sidecars for various motorcycle manufacturers. However, his innovative designs and attention to detail set his products apart from the competition. Knowing he had something special on his hands, he ushered the Swallow Sidecar Company into the automobile industry. As Swallow was commonly known as SS, he changed the name of the automaker to Jaguar Cars Ltd so it w...
We found some crazy cool classic Ford hot rods for sale on Craigslist that we're dying to share. If only I had a space to store them, let alone the money to buy them myself. Alas, I don't, so perhaps you should! Check out these affordable hot rods in the video and let us know which one you want to bring home the most. Links for each listing are below. https://youtu.be/-hlFwKGp0Tg 1954 Ford Customline - $11,500 This classic cruiser is for sale outside of Kansas City for a price as splendid as the car. With a 239 Y block V8 connected to a three speed manual transmission, this old hot rod is a hard hitter. Find it here on Craigslist. 1957 Ford Ranchero - $12,000 This running but rusty Ford Ranchero hot rod is a patina cruiser, if you're into the P word. With a V8, C6 aut...
On this day in 1804 John Deere was born in Vermont. After apprenticing as a blacksmith, he found work in Burlington before opening his own shops in Vergennes, and later in Leicester. Facing financial troubles, Deere headed west, eventually settling in Grand Detour, Illinois in 1836. He easily found work in his trade, for a lack of blacksmiths lived in the area. This move, however, exposed him to one such trouble, a sticky, clay soil that traditional cast iron plows had difficulty turning. Above: John Deere. Top John Deere Model D. (John Deere Archives) Inspired by polished steel pitchforks and the ease at which they pierced the soil, he set out to build a plow for the Midwest. The resulting cast steel plow framed by wrought iron debuted in 1837. The new style of plow found great...
Bunkie Knudsen with new Chevrolet Auto industry titan Semon Knudsen was born in 1912 to William Knudsen, who himself would later become president of General Motors (1937-1940). His father gave him the nickname Bunkie, referring to the WWI term for bunk mate. The pair had a special bond, and the elder Knudsen knew how to play into his son's interests. When 14-year-old Bunkie asked for a new car, his father gave him a brand new 1927 Chevrolet. The only thing, it was fully disassembled. Bunkie went to work putting the car together piece by piece by hand, a process that cemented an interest in automobiles. His automotive career began after earning an engineering degree from MIT and then taking a low level position at Pontiac in 1939. Like father, like son, he would go on to become a succes...
1974 Jeep J10 pickup truck. By Christopher Ziemnowicz - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 During World War II, Willys-Overland, first formed by John Willys when he purchased Overland Automotive in 1908, became one of the largest producers of military vehicles for the U.S. government. This is largely due to the company's most famous product, the Jeep. The small, versatile vehicle built specifically for military purposes is proved dutiful on the field of battle and beyond. While Ford also produced Jeeps for the war, Willy's maintained the trademark. After the war, Willys-Overland continued to produce Jeeps for civilian use, and the vehicle became popular for its ruggedness and versatility. In 1953 industrialist Henry J. Kaiser acquired Willys-Overland, who saw Jeep's potential as a profitable co...
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February 4, 1913 – Civil rights activist Rosa Parks is born
Rosa Parks, nee McCauley, the "First lady of civil rights," according to Congress, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on this day in 1913. While growing up in the Jim Crow south, Parks remembered watching the school bus pick up the white children and take them to class. Yet, Black children always had to walk. At the time, laws in Alabama essentially made providing school transportation to Black kids illegal. Parks later recalled, "But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world." Above: Parks with MLK. Top: Parks with reporter Nicholas Chriss, after the boycott ended. (UPI) It would not always be a way of life, thanks to her. On December 1, 1955, Parks sat i...
February 3, 2016 – Toyota announces the end of Scion
Scion xB After a failed attempt to attract younger buyers directly to the Toyota, the Japanese automaker launched Scion with a debut at the New York Auto Show in March of 2002. Just pre-production two models sat on the show floor, the bbX, later known as the xB, and the ccX, which became the tC. The production versions showed up the following January at the LA Auto Show. This was followed by the launch of the 2004 models in June 2003. Throughout that year, Scion dealers slowly began to pop up in southern and eastern US states. It would be a full year before the cars were available coast to coast. 2005 Scion tC. After hitting peak sales of 170,000 in 2006, the struggles began. The 2008 financial crisis played a heavy role in the decrease to 45,678 for the 2010 model year. Toyota ...
February 2, 2004 – Dodge Ram SRT-10 sets speed record for production trucks
NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughn displays his two-way average speed which earned the Dodge Ram SRT-10 a Guinness Record for World's Fastest Truck at DaimlerChrysler's Chelsea (Mich.) Proving Grounds. (Stellantis) On this day in 2004, the all new Dodge Ram SRT-10 made history as it claimed its place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Fastest Production Pickup Truck." Fresh off the assembly line, the Dodge Ram SRT-10 unleashed its Viper V-10 power, proving its dominance with a two-lap, both-directions average speed of 154.587 mph over a "flying kilometer" on the 4.71-mile oval at the DaimlerChrysler Proving Grounds in Michigan. The record-breaking run was certified by both Guinness World Records and the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), setting the bar higher than eve...
Ends tomorrow – 1 of 282 – Midnight Purple II 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec
Photos courtesy The Import Guys If you haven't heard, Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) cars are pretty hot. Like, burning. Like, dang, those are every millennials childhood on wheels. Speaking of dreams, this Midnight Purple II 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec is one of 282 trimmed in that spec and color. Despite not yet being 25 years old it has been legally imported to the United States by the fine folks at The Import Guys in Ferndale, Washington. It's currently on Bring a Trailer with an auction ending tomorrow (February 2, 2023). At the time of writing it's been bid up to $155,000. While that is a lot of money, it's a heck of a deal for this car. Full transparency, I've seen this car in person. It is beautiful. R34 for Sale Under the hood sits the original 276 horsepower twi...
February 1, 1907 – Steam pioneer Léon Serpollet dies
Léon Serpollet in the Easter Egg with a riding mechanic French inventor and industrialist Léon Serpollet is said to have done more for the steam automobile than anyone else. While experimenting with steam vehicles in the late 1880s, he and his brother Henri built a promising steam powered tricycle that helped them convince investors to fund further developments. His funds went to the development of the flash boiler, which he patented In 1896. The device made steam a more viable fuel option for vehicles, as drivers would now have a much shorter wait time before their vehicle was ready to go. 1901 Serpollet Vis-a-Vis Typ D. To demonstrate the power of steam, Serpollet set out to break the land speed record, which he did on April 13, 1902 while driving a car he built and dubbe...


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There are several different options available when it comes to selecting which type of paint to use for the artwork, and oil paint of course is considered to be the most popular of those choices. Oil paint is a combination of pigments, binder, and thinner. The binder, or oil, works as a transporter to hold and apply the thinner and the pigments makes the paint easier to apply to the surface.
Vijaya Prakash Boggala is a passionate oil painter. He is basically a medical abstract writer but when not working he likes to do something creative and that is why painting is his favorite pastime. He says that oil painting has been around for several thousands of years. However, during the early years, most of the artists preferred using other paints instead of using oil paints. This is because oil paint used to take a lot of time to dry. Later on, certain artists came up with the idea of mixing tempera with the oil paint and post this oil paint became more popular.
Oil paint creates rich, shining colors that stand out more than other paints in the market. As oil paints contain more color, they create a more effervescent piece of artwork. Other paints are more transparent, and while that create a gorgeous painting, the vivacity of oil paints is unparalleled.
The slow drying time of oil paints can be an advantage for most artists. Due to such a slow drying time a piece of art can be corrected and worked on long after the first stroke has been applied. Artists can work on a painting in an efficient manner without worrying that the paint will dry out quickly.
When it comes to blending, oil paint tends to blend quite well. An artist can flawlessly produce stunning brush strokes and blending techniques with oil paint. This is not something that is possible with any other forms of painting due to their faster drying times.
Vijaya rightly says that both oil and acrylic paintings have their exclusive advantages and requirements. For starters, acrylic is a more appropriate choice as they can get started with plain paint and water and can be painted on any surface. Oil painting is more suitable for advanced painters as they can be used for making complicated paintings which may last for numerous sessions.
Apart from being a renowned oil painter, Vijaya Boggala also likes to watch live sports and work on a number of DIY projects. He is also polishing his skills in landscape photography, slow shutter speed photography, and action photography. At present, he stays in Greensboro, North Carolina, and has a four-year-old son.


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It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 am, When an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, we began to engage in conversation I asked him if he had a doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I then inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer Disease.


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AOL Launches Open Voice APIs
Today, AOL will launch Open Voice APIs to enable developers to integrate the AIM Call Out Service into softphones and SIP-enabled devices. According to AOL, the APIs will "provide third-party developers and VoIP device manufacturers with open standards protocols that will enable them to easily integrate the AIM Call Out service into softphones, as well as SIP-enabled hardware and cell phones with wi-fi connectivity."
The APIs directly integrate with AIM Call Out, which is AOL's "SkypeOut" PSTN low-cost dialing service. AIM Call Out is built right into AIM, a popular instant messaging client that used to be and perhaps still is the #1 IM client. Skype may or may not have surpassed AOL in total users, but regardless, AOL dropped the ball when they let Skype's voice functionality help erode into AOL's formerly dominant IM market share.
Many users are loathe to run multiple IM clients, so many switched from AIM to Skype because they could get IM, plus voice & video -- all in a single client. Why bog down system resources with multiple IM clients? I will say AOL has done a good job of beefing up the feature-set of AIM, but one has to wonder if Skype's momentum is unstoppable. That said, there are still several popular IM clients hanging around, including Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger, which added interoperability / federation a few years back. What I'd really like to see is interoperability & federation between all IM clients, VoIP clients (using SIP), video clients (using H.264), etc. But that may be a pipe dream, especially since Skype, Inc. doesn't want to jump on the SIP bandwagon anytime soon.
In any event, Steve Murphy, Senior Vice President, AOL said, "By opening up our voice communications gateway to developers we're furthering the mission of AIM which is to facilitate the world's real-time conversations. We're building on the popularity of the Open AIM program and opening up the AIM Call Out platform, enabling open standards voice communication services to proliferate in the marketplace."
The AOL Developer Network provides third-party developers with direct access to AOL's technology platforms and open APIs. AOL stated the available open APIs, tools, and documentation for services such as AOL Video Uploads, Open Xdrive, Truveo, Userplane, MapQuest, Winamp, OpenAuth, and others, can be viewed at http://dev.aol.com.
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\nThe APIs directly integrate with AIM Call Out, which is AOL's "SkypeOut" PSTN low-cost dialing service. AIM Call Out is built right into AIM, a popular instant messaging client that used to be and perhaps still is the #1 IM client. Skype may or may not have surpassed AOL in total users, but regardless, AOL dropped the ball when they let Skype's voice functionality help erode into AOL's formerly dominant IM market share.
\nMany users are loathe to run multiple IM clients, so many switched from AIM to Skype because they could get IM, plus voice & video -- all in a single client. Why bog down system resources with multiple IM clients? I will say AOL has done a good job of beefing up the feature-set of AIM, but one has to wonder if Skype's momentum is unstoppable. That said, there are still several popular IM clients hanging around, including Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger, which added interoperability / federation a few years back. What I'd really like to see is interoperability & federation between all IM clients, VoIP clients (using SIP), video clients (using H.264), etc. But that may be a pipe dream, especially since Skype, Inc. doesn't want to jump on the SIP bandwagon anytime soon.
\nIn any event, Steve Murphy, Senior Vice President, AOL said, "By opening up our voice communications gateway to developers we're furthering the mission of AIM which is to facilitate the world's real-time conversations. We're building on the popularity of the Open AIM program and opening up the AIM Call Out platform, enabling open standards voice communication services to proliferate in the marketplace."
\nThe AOL Developer Network provides third-party developers with direct access to AOL's technology platforms and open APIs. AOL stated the available open APIs, tools, and documentation for services such as AOL Video Uploads, Open Xdrive, Truveo, Userplane, MapQuest, Winamp, OpenAuth, and others, can be viewed at http://dev.aol.com.


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Alan Turing Decoded
As he did in his graphic biography Feynman
Jim Ottaviani explores the life and work of another scientist in his newest work.
The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded explores Turing's youth, education and war experiences that lead him to
Publisher's Summary: English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954) is credited with many of the foundational principles of contemporary computer science. The Imitation Game presents a historically accurate graphic novel biography of Turing's life, including his groundbreaking work on the fundamentals of cryptography and artificial intelligence. His code breaking efforts led to the cracking of the German Enigma during World War II, work that saved countless lives and accelerated the Allied defeat of the Nazis. While Turing's achievements remain relevant decades after his death, the story of his life in post-war Europe continues to fascinate audiences today.
Award-winning duo Jim Ottaviani (the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feynman and Primates) and artist Leland Purvis (an Eisner and Ignatz Award nominee and occasional reviewer for the Comics Journal) present a factually detailed account of Turing's life and groundbreaking research—as an unconventional genius who was arrested, tried, convicted, and punished for being openly gay, and whose innovative work still fuels the computing and communication systems that define our modern world. Computer science buffs, comics fans, and history aficionados will be captivated by this riveting and tragic story of one of the 20th century's most unsung heroes.
The real focus of the book is Turing's mind and how it was consumed with his theoretical ideas. It is written as interviews with Turing and various important people in his life. Each sheds light on different aspects of his life. Because I'd seen the movie, starring Benjamin Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, I was able to easily follow the story, but I wonder if it would be as easy a path to follow if I hadn't.
Tags: Alan Turing, Benjamin Cumberbatch, Jim Ottaviani, The Imitation Game
Categories biography, graphic novel, inventor, non-fiction


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Mark Cuban Loans JJ Barea Team Plane to Deliver Supplies to Home in Puerto Rico
Shawn Knight Published: September 27, 2017
Hurricane Maria left a path of destruction in Puerto Rico leaving about 97% of the island's 3.4 million residents without power, water or enough fuel. Many U.S. residents worried about their loved ones include Dallas Mavericks' point guard J.J. Barea wondering how he could assist his native land.
WFAA reported it may have been the first time the Dallas Mavericks' team plane landed with only one player aboard. Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban loaned the team plane to Barea to take supplies to Puerto Rico with most of it donated by North Texas.
Barea said in a statement:
It's like a bomb exploded. There's nothing going the water's ugly, houses don't have no roofs and people are fighting for gas and water.
On Monday (Sept. 25) Barea and his friends loaded the plane with food, water, medicine, and generators. He skipped the first day of practice and took off early Tuesday morning. Barea hopes that the supplies make it back to his father and uncles who stayed behind. His mother and grandmother returned with him back to Dallas and are already planning a second trip with supplies to the place he holds dear to his heart.
Our thoughts and prayers are going out the people of Puerto Rico and if you would like to make a donation you can do so by visiting the Hurricane Maria relief website.
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David Hlynsky. "I Shop"
Article publié dans le n°231 – Été 2013
Par Ashley Johnson
3 Juil. 2013 - Lecture de 3 mins
Photography is a deceptive art as it subverts our assumptions about time-based reality. By framing segments, the photographer allows us to see and imagine aspects of life far beyond observable reality. David Hlynsky's photography is preeminently engaged with cerebral interpretation and in I Shop he presents photographs of Communist shop windows taken in four trips to Eastern Bloc regions from 1986 to 1990. In this display, he invites viewers to contrast our image-saturated Capitalist environment with another way of life.
Coincidentally I visited the Soviet Union in 1990, arriving in Moscow via an aging Aeroflot craft, with ice stalactites forming over my head in the cabin roof. A dark crepuscular journey to the city centre took me past grey, monolithic condo structures looming like huge battleships. By day, one realized that there was none of the West's frenetic bustle of shopping. As Hlynsky portrays, windows were quite bare apart from indications of what wares might be obtainable within. Gorbachev's era of glasnost and perestroika was in full swing with Boris Yeltsin poised to take over the leadership, along with murky oligarchs of criminal persuasion. If one needed to change money, you got a better deal from the waiter than the bank. There was a sense of confusion, as people scrambled to try and make a buck within a system that still worked on quotas.
If one were to believe Western propaganda, Communism had been a well-intentioned but flawed experiment that demonstrated the value of a market-driven economy. At the time certain theorists were predicting the demise of Capitalism as well but perhaps we have only just reached that point, in a world dominated by ownership, the exhaustion of fossil fuels and bourgeoning poverty. Jeremy Rifkin outlines the situation well in his book, The Third Industrial Revolution and points to harnessing new, greener energies located in the buildings we occupy that would be distributed laterally over an energy internet. The EU is actually implementing his program, which will have important economic consequences, not least for the North American economies that continue to foster oil technologies and contaminate groundwater through fracking. The trend towards open source and file sharing has become a blueprint for redesigning society and offers a moral alternative to hierarchical exploitation of resources. Paradoxically, some Asian societies have moved aggressively towards the Capitalist model and North Korea still exemplifies a communist world from the fifties.
How do we view our material existence? Are we to remain enslaved to a shopping mall mentality, bludgeoned by advertisements that even invade news reporting? Politicians believe that if something gets repeated enough, the majority will concur. For Hlynsky, these images present a lost alternative to our present culture. Instead of labels evoking fantasy, the captions and images present utilitarian information. Yet much is presented poetically and with a fine sense of design. Western adverts eulogize celebrity and wealth, inviting aspiration but in a world with decreasing spending ability, perhaps fewer can afford the dream. The image, Communal Cup, taken in Moscow 1990, exemplifies the societal difference. Our immediate reaction is alarm, because our minds have been saturated with medical warnings of infection. In a way, the medical and pharmaceutical industries are ensuring a marketplace for their skills and products. Yet, this society seems to have shared the cup with impunity. One of my most memorable USSR moments was to use the washroom in a park. Two old ladies and their cats lived inside it and maintained the cleanest establishment. Their solution to economic necessity showed that value could accrue to anything.
Art is an anomaly in Western culture with artists most appreciated after they have drawn their last breath although some advanced countries see artistic product as cultural capital and worth investment. Strangely, conversations with artist immigrants from Eastern Bloc countries reveal that art flourished under the communist system as the need to sell was obviated and they had ample opportunity to explore ideas at university level. David Hlynsky's exhibition makes us think and that is of enormous value as we face having to reinvent our society. The role of the artist could be to simply imagine. Survival will ultimately depend on initiating a new kind of socialism commensurate with environmental considerations.
De Luca Fine Art Gallery, Toronto
www.delucafineart.com


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ביה"ס לקולנוע וטלויזיה סגל אקדמי בכיר
דואר אלקטרוני: razyosef@tauex.tau.ac.il
אתר אישי
משרד: מכסיקו
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), The Department of Cinema Studies, New York University, United States. SUMMA CUM LAUDE Subject: Cinema Studies. Title of Doctoral Dissertation: Beyond Flesh: Queer Masculinities and Nationalism in Israeli Cinema.
1994 - 1998 Master of Arts degree (M.A.), The Dept. of Poetics and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University. SUMMA CUM LAUDE Titel of Master's Thesis: "The Military Body: Nale Masochism and Homoerotic Relationships in Israel Cinema."
1991 - 1994 Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A), The Department of Film and Television, Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University. MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Academic position
2002 - Teaching at The Film and Television Department, Tel Aviv University
2002 Visiting Professor at The Department of Near Eastern Studies, The University of Michigan. Teaching the courses Nationalism and Visual Culture: The Case of Israel and Modern Hebrew Literature.
2001 Adjunct Professor of the course Introduction to Cinema Studies, Department of Media Culture, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York.
2001 Adjunct Professor of the course Queer Perspectives in Popular Film, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Cinema Studies, New York University.
2001 Teaching Assistant of the course Expressive Culture: Film The Movie Spectator, The College of Arts and Science, Morse Academic Plan, New York University.
2000 Teaching Assistant of the course Expressive Culture: The Film of Orson Welles, The College of Arts and Science, Morse Academic Plan, New York University.
1999 - 2000 Teaching Assistant of the course Introduction to the Language of Film, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Cinema Studies, New York University.
1999 - 1998 Graduate Assistant of Professor Annette Michelson, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Cinema Studies, New York University.
Academic and Professional Awards
2002 - 2003 A Returned Scientist grant from The Office of Absorption and Immigration.
1999 - 2001 Joint Fellowship from Tel Aviv University and ISEF The International Sephardic Education Foundation. Fellowships from New York University.
1996 - 1997 A distinguish student scholarship from the School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
1993 - 1994 Cited on the Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University Deans list for academic achievements.
Raz Yosef is Senior Lecturer in The Film and Television Department at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
He was a visiting professor at NYU and at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Beyond Flesh: Queer Masculinities and Nationalism in Israeli Cinema (Rutgers, 2004). His work on gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Israeli visual culture has appeared in GLQ, Third Text, Shofar, Framework and Camera Obscura. His areas of research are: film theory, queer theory, feminist film theory, postcolonial theory and third world cinemas, Israeli cinema and national culture, film melodrama, trauma studies.
Beyond Flesh: Queer Masculinities and Nationalism in Israeli Cinema, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2004.
To Know a Man: Masculinity, Sexuality and Ethnicity in Israeli Cinema, Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Press, 2009, pp. 250, (forthcoming, in Hebrew).
REFEREED ARTICLES
"The Military Body: Male Masochism and Homoerotic Relations in Israeli Cinema," Theory and Criticism: An Israeli Forum, Number 18, Spring, 2001, pp. 11-46, (in Hebrew).
"Homoland: Interracial Sex and the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict in Israeli Cinema," GLQ – A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 8.4, 2002, pp. 553-579.
"Intimfeinde: Interethnische Sexualitat und der israelisch-palastinensische Konflikt: Eastern Wind," ("Intimate Enemies: Biracial Sexuality and the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: Eastern Wind,") Werkstatt Geschichte 31, 2002, pp. 92-99.
"Ethnicity and Sexual Politics: The Invention of Mizrahi Masculinity in Israeli Cinema," Theory and Criticism: An Israeli Forum, No. 25, Fall 2005, pp. 31-62, (in Hebrew).
"The National Closet: Gay Israel in Yossi and Jagger," GLQ – A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Volume 11; 2, 2005, pp. 283-300.
"Spectacles of Pain: War, Masculinity and the Masochistic Fantasy in Amos itai's Kippur," Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 24, Number 1, Fall 2005, pp. 49-66.
"Restaging the Primal Scene of Loss: Melancholia and Ethnicity in Israeli Cinema," Third Text, Vol. 20. Issue 3/4, May/July, 2006, pp. 487-498.
"The Politics of Normality: Sex and Nation in Gay Israeli Cinema," Theory and Criticism: An Israeli Forum30, Summer 2007, pp 159-188, (in Hebrew).
"Phantasmatic Losses: National Traumas, Masculinity and Primal Scenes in Israeli Cinema – Walk on Water," Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2008, pp. 93-105.
"Recycled Wounds: Trauma, Gender and Ethnicity in Keren Yedaya's Or, My Treasure," Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture and Media Studies, 2009, (forthcoming, pp. 40).
"The Queer Voice and Body in Israeli Cinema: An American Citizen and Time Off, " in: Fictive Looks: On Israeli Cinema, Nurith Gretz, Orly Lubin and Judd Ne'eman (eds.). Tel Aviv: The Open University of Israel Press, 1998, pp. 261-280, (in Hebrew).
"Bodies of Redemption: Zionism, Masculinity and Cinema," in: Thomas Edlinger (ed.) Remapping the Region: Culture and Politics in Israel/Palestine, Linz: O.K. Books, 2004, pp. 14-27.
"Marked: The Construction of Ashkenazi Whiteness in Zionist Cinema," in: Yigal Nizri (ed.) Eastern Appearance / Mother Tongue: A Present that Stirs in the Thickets of its Arab Past, Tel Aviv: Babel Publishing, 2005, pp. 132-152, (in Hebrew).
"Introduction to Beyond Flesh: Queer Masculinities and Nationalism in Israeli Cinema," in: Postzionism: A Reader, Laurence J. Silberstein (ed.), New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2008, pp. 294-307.
Associate Editor, Kolnoa: Studies in Cinema & Television, Assaph Section D, No. 1, 1998.
Associate Editor, Fictive Looks: On Israeli Cinema, Nurith Gretz, Orly Lubin and Judd Ne'eman (eds.). Tel Aviv: The Open University Of Israel Press, 1998, (in Hebrew).
Guest Editor, "Special Issue: Visual Evidences: History and Memory in Israeli Cinema," Israel: Studies in Zionism and the State of Israel – History, Society, Culture, 2009, pp. 1-166. (in Hebrew).


Diamond Dallas Page is now 56 years old, but you'd never know it. He retains the same intensity he had when he was in the ring. He credits DDPYoga for changing his life and improving his health. His program has also turned around the lives of many of his friends and US Veteran Arthur Boorman (story below). DDP was on to talk about his wrestling career and new life as an actor, motivational speaker and creator of DDPYoga.
DDP broke onto the wrestling scene back in 1988 and quickly rose to popularity when he debuted with WCW in 1991. DDP spent over a decade with WCW and was a three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, four-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, and one-time WCW World Television Champion. He was also just the fourth WCW Triple Crown Champion.
Injuries forced DDP to retire from wrestling in 2005. However, this presented a great new opportunity and led the newly retired wrestler to focus on acting, motivational speaking, and fitness/yoga. The concept of Yoga for Regular Guys, which would later be known as DDPYOGA was developed and made into a series of workout videos.
DDPYOGA has transformed the life of disabled US Veteran Arthur Boorman. Before DDP's yoga program,Boorman weighed nearly 300 pounds and was unable to walk without the use of a knee brace, back brace, and canes.
Doctors told Boorman that he would never be able to walk again, but within 9 months he dropped 133 pounds and improved his balance,flexibility,and strength.He now walks without knee/back braces or canes.
5 years after DDPYOGA changed Boorman's life, he remains around 170 pounds,teaches 8 DDPYOGA classes a week,and is capable of doing things even DDP cannot do.


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Q: PyTorch equivalent of BestExporter? I am searching for an equivalent of BestExporter in PyTorch to save the most recent N best checkpoints, but I cannot find one.
Here is my implementation:
class SaveBestModel:
    """
    Class to save the best model while training. If the current epoch's
    validation loss is less than the previous least less, then save the
    model state.
    """
    def __init__(
        self, best_valid_loss=float('inf')
    ):
        self.best_valid_loss = best_valid_loss

    def __call__(
        self, current_valid_loss,
        epoch, model, optimizer
    ):
        if current_valid_loss < self.best_valid_loss:
            self.best_valid_loss = current_valid_loss
            print(f"\nBest validation loss: {self.best_valid_loss}")
            print(f"\nSaving best model for epoch: {epoch+1}\n")
            torch.save({
                'epoch': epoch+1,
                'model_state_dict': model.state_dict(),
                'optimizer_state_dict': optimizer.state_dict(),},
                f'weights/best_at_epoch_{epoch}_with_loss_{current_valid_loss}.pth')

It just saves all checkpoints each of which is better than its previous one in loss. I wonder if there is a high level API equivalent to BestExporter in TensorFlow?

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The celebrated photorealist artist and Middlesex alumnus Kelvin Okafor has gifted one of his famous photo-like pencil portraits, 'Mia's interlude', to the University.
At a ceremony held on campus Kelvin said he felt honoured to be back ten years after graduating and to gift the University with 'a piece of my soul'.
"Mia was my first subject model after I graduated from here so I thought it would be a fitting gift. I get my inspiration from the moment we're living in, from the here and now, the beauty and flow of life.
'Mia's interlude' is a pencil portrait of Kelvin's family friend Mia Cadman at 11 years old. Kelvin has been drawing Mia every two years since she was three years old, following her journey through life. After feeling compelled to draw her the first time he met her, Kelvin plans to continue creating portraits of Mia.
In 2017 he became the first black artist to be permanently exhibited in the House of Commons as part of the Parliamentary Art Collection. His stunning pencil portrait of the late Bernie Grant MP (one of the UK's first Black British MPs) hangs outside the Attlee room in Portcullis House.
Art critic and writer, Estelle Lovatt describes Okafor as one of the very best draughtsmen working today who like a great master sculpts a face on a piece of paper out of light and shadow.


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package com.twitter.service.cachet

import net.lag.logging.Logger
import javax.servlet.http.{HttpServlet, HttpServletResponse, HttpServletRequest}
import java.util.{HashMap => JHashMap, Map => JMap, Properties, Set => JSet}
import scala.collection.mutable

object BackendsToProxyMap {
  val log = Logger.get
  var hosts: List[String] = Nil

  def apply(backends: List[ProxyBackendConfig], backendTimeoutMs: Long, numThreads: Int, soBufferSize: Int,
            w3cPath: String, w3cFilename: String, errorStrings: Map[Int, String]): JMap[String, ProxyServlet] = {
    val backendMap = new JHashMap[String, ProxyServlet]()

    hosts = backends.map { config =>
      val proxy = new ProxyServlet()
      val host = config.domain
      proxy.init(host, config.ip, config.port, config.sslPort, backendTimeoutMs, numThreads, true, soBufferSize, w3cPath, w3cFilename, errorStrings, config.overWriteHosts)
      log.info("adding proxy %s for host %s with ip = %s port = %s sslPort = %s overWriteHostHeaders = %s", proxy.id, host, config.ip, config.port, config.sslPort, config.overWriteHosts.mkString(","))
      backendMap.put(host, proxy)
      config.aliases.foreach { alias => backendMap.put(alias, proxy) }
      host
    }.sort((a, b) => a.length > b.length)

    backendMap
  }

  def getAnyOneHost: String = hosts.head
}

case class ProxyBackendConfig(domain: String, ip: String, port: Int, sslPort: Option[Int], aliases: Seq[String], overWriteHosts: Array[String])

object HostRouter {
  private val log = Logger.get
  val backendMap = new JHashMap[String, ProxyServlet]()

  def setHosts(backends: JMap[String, ProxyServlet]) {
    backendMap.putAll(backends)
  }

  /**
   * Adds an alias to the HostRouter for a given host.
   */
  def +=(alias_host: (String, String)) {
    HostRouter.backendMap.get(alias_host._2) match {
      case null => throw new IllegalStateException("no backend found for " + alias_host._2)
      case p: ProxyServlet => backendMap.put(alias_host._1, p)
    }
  }

  def apply(requestHost: String): ProxyServlet = {
    if (requestHost == null) {
      return null
    }
    val host = if (requestHost.contains(":")) {
      requestHost.split(":")(0)
    } else {
      requestHost
    }

    val (backendHost, serv) = backendMap.get(host) match {
      case null => {
        // Wildcard matching. e.g. foo.twitter.com => twitter.com
        log.warning("Didn't find backend with exact match for host '%s'. Trying wildcard matching now.", host)
        BackendsToProxyMap.hosts.find(domain => host.endsWith(domain)) match {
          case Some(h) => val proxy = backendMap.get(h) ; (proxy.id, proxy)
          case None => (null, null)
        }
      }
      case servlet: ProxyServlet => (servlet.id, servlet)
    }
    log.debug("requestHost = '%s' host(after removing ':') = '%s' backendHost = '%s'", requestHost, host, backendHost)
    serv
  }

  override def toString(): String = {
    val output = new mutable.ListBuffer[String]()
    val backends: JSet[String] = backendMap.keySet
    val iterator = backends.iterator
    while(iterator.hasNext) {
      val alias = iterator.next
      val proxy = backendMap.get(alias)
      output += "%s -> %s".format(alias, proxy.toString)
    }
    output.toList.sort(_ < _).mkString("\n")
  }
}

/**
 * Supports multiple backends serving disjoint domains.
 *
 * @param defaultHost - the hostname to pick if the request doesn't send one.
 */
class MultiBackendProxyServlet(defaultHost: String, backends: List[ProxyBackendConfig], backendTimeoutMs: Long, numThreads: Int,
                               soBufferSize: Int, w3cPath: String, w3cFilename: String, errorStrings: Map[Int, String]) extends HttpServlet {
  private val log = Logger.get
  HostRouter.setHosts(BackendsToProxyMap(backends, backendTimeoutMs, numThreads, soBufferSize, w3cPath, w3cFilename, errorStrings))
  private val defaultBackend = HostRouter(defaultHost) match {
    case null => HostRouter(BackendsToProxyMap.getAnyOneHost)
    case b => b
  }
  log.info("defaultBackend = %s", defaultBackend.toString)

  override def service(request: HttpServletRequest, response: HttpServletResponse) {
    var host = request.getHeader("Host")
    log.debug("MultiBackendProxyServlet: Received New Request with protocol = %s method = %s remoteAddr = %s URL = %s Host = %s",
                  request.getProtocol(), request.getMethod(), request.getRemoteAddr(), request.getRequestURL(), host)
    Stats.w3c.log("host", host)
    var backend = HostRouter(host)
    if (backend == null) {
      // Use default backend - But we don't explicitly set the Host to a defaulthost in the http request, letting
      // the backend deal with the weird host.
      log.warning("Bad request: No backend found for Request: protocol = %s method = %s remoteAddr = %s URL = %s Host = %s",
                  request.getProtocol(), request.getMethod(), request.getRemoteAddr(), request.getRequestURL(), host)
      Stats.noProxyFoundForHost()
      Stats.w3c.log("x-default-backend", "1")
      host = defaultHost
      backend = defaultBackend
    }

    // actually service the request now
    Stats.countRequestsForHost(host)
    try {
      Stats.w3c.log("x-proxy-id", backend.id)
      backend.service(request, response)
    } catch {
      case e => {
        log.error("Unable to service request for unknown reason (Exception = %s, message = %s, cause = %s)  Request: protocol = %s method = %s remoteAddr = %s URL = %s Host = %s",
          e.toString, e.getMessage(), e.getCause(), request.getProtocol(), request.getMethod(), request.getRemoteAddr(), request.getRequestURL(), host)
        val statusCode = HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
        response.setStatus(statusCode)
        response.getOutputStream.print(errorStrings.getOrElse(statusCode, ""))
        Stats.returned5xx()
      }
    }
  }
}

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Social networking can currently be described as a mainstream youth activity, with almost half of 8-17-year-old children, who have access to the Internet, claiming to participate. As an activity it is of particular interest to literacy educators because it is enacted through the production and consumption of text. However, a growing body of research is finding that while young people transfer knowledge and practices across the sites that they occupy, children's text production using informal digital literacy practices and children's school-based text production can be regarded as increasingly disparate activities. This paper draws from a current research project that is exploring three pre-teenage children's text production in social networking sites. Here one child's "Bebo" profile page is presented and discussed in order that the forces that play upon her text production can be identified. Through consideration of these forces, a framework for considering children's text production in informal digital environments is suggested. This framework steps away from the existing frameworks currently found within the Primary National Strategy for Literacy and Mathematics and instead requires that children's texts are viewed in relation to structure and agency.


Towns and cities outside London could accelerate growth and productivity by implementing 'brain gain' policies to attract and retain digital talent, a report published by Vodafone shows. These policies aim to spur regional growth, and could help to spark a digital revolution across the country, enabling towns and cities to fully exploit the huge economic and social benefits of new technologies.
As a British business which employs over 12,000 people in the UK, Vodafone is committed to supporting regional development. The report Vodafone commissioned uses in-depth interviews with combined authorities, business groups and digital innovators in Greater Manchester, the Tees Valley and the West Midlands to highlight the ground-breaking digital initiatives taking place across the UK.
Allowing Apprenticeship Levy funds to be used for retraining and upskilling returners – people who have been on a career break, often due to caring responsibilities, and would like to return to work.
The report also finds that upgrading the country's digital infrastructure will be vital if policymakers are to encourage highly qualified workers to move to towns and cities across the UK to begin careers and start businesses. As part of its commitment to investing in regional development, Vodafone recently announced a deal with CityFibre to provide gigabit-capable full fibre broadband to approximately 12 cities, reaching one million homes across the UK by 2021.
Vodafone UK Chief Executive Nick Jeffery said: "The UK is ideally placed to be a world leading digital centre. We have a great education system, a rich industrial heritage and outstanding businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators.
Margot James, Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries said: "We want the UK to be the best place to start and grow a digital business with opportunities spread across the country so everyone benefits and I welcome Vodafone's work on this report.
Ben Houchen, the Mayor of Tees Valley said: "Attracting the brightest and best to Tees Valley is a major priority of mine. Our area is in desperate need of high-tech, highly skilled jobs, so I welcome proposals by Vodafone today to attract and retain more graduates to live and work across the region.
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands said: "Every day, the offer of the West Midlands for graduates improves, not least as a result of the booming digital sector – the largest outside the capital by some margin – and the thriving start-up scene. Connectivity is constantly improving with HS2 supercharging our transport revolution. But we also need to undergo a similar revolution in terms of digital infrastructure and the support we give to digital start-ups, many of which spin-out from our world-class universities.
The East of England and the South East lose over half of their graduates to jobs outside the regions six months after these graduates have finished university.


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10 storylines to follow for Giants vs. Cowboys
1. Waiting all offseason for Sunday night.
> [Scouting Report: Giants vs. Dallas](http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Scouting-Report-Breaking-down-the-Cowboys/f580d361-da01-4ce4-a1b3-ab8930bc0ac7)
> [The Coughlin Corner: Season begins](http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/Coughlin-Corner/article-1/The-Coughlin-Corner-2015-Season-is-upon-us/7938b1c7-c350-4c18-85c0-66528afa8ad6)
> [New NFL record for Beckham Jr.](http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Odell-Beckham-Jr-can-break-NFL-record-Sunday/2f48d630-ed82-4b9f-950a-5653ffac62da)
> [5 Players to watch vs. Cowboys](http://www.giants.com/photos/photos/5-Players-to-Watch-vs-Cowboys/2954f906-014f-46f6-a8ab-ac102d1d37d2)
> [Strategy: Game-planning vs. Dallas](http://www.giants.com/videos/videos/Strategy-Game-planning-for-Cowboys-offense/28508ef0-7fa7-4b04-962b-f9260c7212f1)
For the third time in four years, the New York Giants open the season on "Sunday Night Football" against the Dallas Cowboys. This time, Big Blue faces the defending NFC East champions at AT&T Stadium, where the Giants hold a 4-2 record since the building opened in 2009. From rookies to the most seasoned NFL coaches like Tom Coughlin, Week 1 never gets old.
>> READ COWBOYS SCOUTING REPORT
"Just as excited, just as nervous, just as anxious to get started," Coughlin said. "Just as anxious to see our team on the field."
2. Cruz and Beason out; injury report.
Wide receiver Victor Cruz and middle linebacker Jon Beason have been ruled out of Sunday's opener against Dallas. Cruz, who missed the last 10 games of 2014 with a serious knee injury, has recently been hampered by a calf injury that caused him to miss the entire 2015 preseason as well.
>> WR CORPS READY TO STEP UP
Beason suffered a knee injury against Jacksonville in the preseason and has not yet returned to game action. Meanwhile, Linebacker Jonathan Casillas (neck), defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins (hamstring), and defensive end Owa Odighizuwa (foot) are probable. y.
3. New-look offensive line.
With Will Beatty on the physically unable to perform list and missing at least the first six games with a pectoral injury, the Giants will be starting five players at five different positions along the offensive line in 2015. Rookie Ereck Flowers took over for Beatty at left tackle; Justin Pugh moved from right tackle to left guard; Weston Richburg assumed his natural role at center; and Marshall Newhouse signed as a free agent this offseason to play right tackle. Meanwhile, the team has not announced who will start at right guard, where Geoff Schwartz and John Jerry have rotated this summer.
4. Rookie impact.
After last year's rookie class made big contributions across the board, the 2015 draft picks will look to do the same starting Sunday night. Look for Flowers, safety Landon Collins, Odighizuwa, wide receiver Geremy Davis and offensive lineman Bobby Hart. Meanwhile, safety Mykkele Thompson (Achilles) is on injured reserve.
5 Players to Watch vs. Cowboys
Keep an eye on these five players as the Giants face the Cowboys on Sunday
WR ODELL BECKHAM JR. The reigning AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year's life changed the last time he played on "Sunday Night Football" against the Dallas Cowboys. He made a catch that you may have seen once or twice before and proved he was much more en route to 91 receptions for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns in 12 games. For the time being, the wide receiver corps will have to fill the void of Victor Cruz, who is dealing with a calf issue after missing the last 10 games of 2014 with a knee injury. "All we can do is go out there and make him proud," Beckham said. "Play to the best of our ability, and when he's back with us and back going, I'm definitely looking forward to it and excited."
LT ERECK FLOWERS For the third year in a row, a rookie is in line to start on the Giants' offensive line. After Justin Pugh did so in 2013, Weston Richburg followed last year, and now Flowers, the ninth overall pick out of the University of Miami who will be playing one of the most important positions in football: left tackle. "You know, I started my first game ever [against the] Cowboys, Sunday Night Football, so I told him it's going to be an electric atmosphere," Pugh said. "It's definitely going to be something that he'll never forget. But just to go out there and calm his nerves down and go out there on that first play and just hit somebody, kind of shake off all those jitters, and just settle in and get ready to play one hell of a game."
SAFETY LANDON COLLINSThe Giants' second-round pick will make his NFL debut at AT&T Stadium, where three years ago, he began his All-American career at Alabama with a victory over Michigan. Primarily a freshman backup in 2012, he made his first start a season later against Tennessee and returned an interception 89 yards for a touchdown. But the NFL is a whole different ball game. He's going up against Pro Bowl quarterback Tony Romo out of the gates. >> COLLINS READY TO MAKE IMPACT "I mean, Tony Romo said he's looking for key matchups," Collins said of being tested as a rookie. "If he's going to look for key matchups, he's going to pick on me. He's going to get what he wants. He's not going to get what he wants, but he's going to get what he wants."
RB SHANE VEREEN After watching his former team and defending champion New England Patriots kick off the 2015 season on Thursday night, Vereen will make his debut as a member of the Giants. While Vereen, who set the Super Bowl record for most receptions by a running back, is a safety valve for Eli Manning in the passing game, he is one of four running backs on the Giants' roster after the team kept only three last year. "Rashad [Jennings] is healthy and running well; Andre [Williams], another year under his belt running a variety of schemes that we like to do, he's improved there with his reads," McAdoo said. "Add Shane to the mix and Orleans [Darkwa], as well, I feel like we'll be more consistent there and have a chance to be a pretty good running team."
WR DWAYNE HARRIS Kickoff return, punt return, and gunner, Dwayne Harris can do it all on special teams. While he tries to bring a spark to the third phase of the game, the former Cowboy came to the Giants to be more involved in the offense. Now the new member of Big Blue will go against his old teammates in Big D. "I know in Dallas, we definitely take that first game against the Giants very seriously," Harris said. "I'm pretty sure we're doing the same thing here. I think that rivalry is definitely a builder for the first game."
5. Starting safeties.
Before the Giants kick off Week 1, they had five safeties land on injured reserve at a position that returned no starters from a year ago. But nothing changed for Collins, who knew he was going to contribute from Day 1 after the Giants traded up to draft him with the first pick of the second round. As for the second half of the tandem, the Giants tried just about every combination this summer, and on Thursday defensive coordinator Stave Spagnuolo said, "I'm not going to go into that right now. We've got a bunch of options, everybody has been working there. Before it's all said and done, I think we're going to need all of them to win the games. We won't get hung up too much on who starts."
6. Spags won't overload new defense in Week 1.
Spagnuolo begins his second stint as defensive coordinator of the Giants on Sunday night. Of course, the preparations have been underway since the moment he was hired on Jan. 15. After the offseason workouts, training camp practices and preseason games, that preparation is about to be put to the test.
"We're almost there," Spagnuolo said. "I don't think the full volume is in yet, but I don't know that we need the full volume of defense right now. Sometimes I think in the first game, you play a little faster, you play a little bit better, with less thinking. So we've been conscious of that, and purposely haven't put things in for all the reasons, questions you all asked. We've got a lot of young guys. But you don't want to get caught short-handed either."
7. Manning approaches 100th victory, other milestones.
Manning is 245 yards away from becoming the 15th player in NFL history to reach 40,000 career yards and needs three touchdowns to pass Dave Krieg (261) for 12th place on the league's all-time list. But his greatest milestone is career wins. With one more, Manning will reach 100 victories as a starter. He currently has 91 in the regular season and eight in the postseason.
Know Your Opponent: Dallas Cowboys
Playmakers on Cowboys first-team offense, defense, and special teams, presented by Nike
QB MATT CASSEL
RB JOSEPH RANDLE
FB TYLER CLUTTS
TE JASON WITTEN
TE GAVIN ESCOBAR
WR DEZ BRYANT
WR TERRANCE WILLIAMS
LT TYRON SMITH
LG LA'EL COLLINS
CENTER TRAVIS FREDERICK
RG ZACK MARTIN
RT DOUG FREE
DT NICK HAYDEN
DE GREG HARDY
DT TYRON CRAWFORD
DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE
LB SEAN LEE
CB MORRIS CLAIBORNE
LB ANTHONY HITCHENS
LB ROLANDO MCCLAIN
CB BRANDON CARR
FS J.J. WILCOX
SAFETY BARRY CHURCH
KICKER DAN BAILEY
PUNTER CHRIS JONES
8. Odell goes for Hall of Famer's record.
On Sunday, Odell Beckham Jr. has a chance to break Michael Irvin's NFL record of nine consecutive 90-yard receiving games against the Hall of Famer's former team.
>> BECKHAM CAN SET NFL RECORD
"I think the toughest challenge he has -- and we had a chance to kind of talk about a little bit of this -- is really outliving that catch," said Irvin, who drafted Beckham to his Pro Bowl team as the alumni team captain. "Now what do you do and how not only the expectations of living up to that certain play, but also dealing with how people are going to come after him now because of all the attention that he gets from making certain plays like that and you're living in New York City. As I said to him, this isn't Baton Rouge anymore. This is New York."
9. Wing takes over punting duties.
The Giants have a new punter after releasing veteran Steve Weatherford last week and acquiring Brad Wing from the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft choice. The lefty from Australia will also hold for kicker Josh Brown, as Weatherford had done.
10. This is it.
On Saturday, clubs across the league trimmed their rosters to the 53-player limit. Among the once-unheralded players to the make the Giants' team were tight end Jerome Cunningham, linebacker Unai 'Unga and Nikita Whitlock, who played fullback, defensive tackle and on special teams in the preseason finale. Whitlock replaced fan favorite Henry Hynoski, while the Giants also released veteran linebacker Jameel McClain, the team's leading tackler in 2014. On Monday, Coughlin delivered a message to his team after their first practice of a live game week.
>> THE COUGHLIN CORNER: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
"This is it," Coughlin said. "There's no 100 guys, there's 10 practice squad guys this year, and 53. We have to service each other, we have to help each other get better, and that's the whole purpose of this thing. There is a responsibility to each other and we always talk about unity over self and so on and so forth, team above self, and that's what this was about. "


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UConn women's basketball freshman Ice Brady out for season with dislocated patella
Oct. 26, 2022 Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 12:48 p.m.
UConn women's basketball freshman Isuneh 'Ice' Brady helped led Team USA to gold at the 2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Argentina. It was her first time playing for Team USA.
Photo courtesy of USA Basketball
UConn women's basketball freshman forward Ice Brady will miss the 2022-23 season because of a dislocated patella in her right knee.
She suffered the injury during practice last Friday. UConn said in a release that Brady underwent successful surgery at UConn Health on Tuesday to repair damage suffered during the dislocation.
She began rehab on Wednesday and the UConn medical staff will be regularly monitoring the injury throughout her recovery, according to the school.
Brady is now the second Husky to be ruled out for the season, following star Paige Bueckers (ACL tear).
"Anytime any player has an injury, it's so heartbreaking because they put so much time and effort into being the best player they can be," head coach Geno Auriemma said in a release.
When that's taken away – regardless of how long they're out – to not be able to play is unfortunate. Ice has made so much progress since she's been here and I'm really confident that when she does come back, she's going to be better and more impactful than she already has been."
A post shared by Isuneh Brady (@ice.bradyy)
Brady (6-foot-3) was expected to compete for playing time in the frontcourt, along with fellow freshman Ayanna Patterson (6-2)
UConn is returning graduate student Dorka Juhász (6-5) along with junior Aaliyah Edwards (6-3), redshirt junior Aubrey Griffin (6-1), and sophomore Amari DeBerry (6-5). The Huskies graduated forward Olivia Nelson-Ododa from last season.
Griffin, who missed all of last season, is returning from back surgery.
Ranked as the fifth-highest recruit in her class by ESPN, Brady was a 2022 McDonald's All-American. The California native averaged 20.7 points, 12.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks as a senior at Cathedral Catholic High in San Diego.
In an Instagram post, Brady wrote: "God gives his toughest battles to his toughest soldiers."
Bueckers shared a picture of Brady on her Instagram story and wrote, "Strong soldier ... We kicking rehabs ... Love you and let's get it Ice."


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Q: Chi-square GoF test Joe likes coin tricks. In one of his tricks, he flips a coin $3$ times. Let $X$ be the number of heads that appear. Joe will repeat this trick so that we have $n$ samples from $X$. Although Joe doesn't make any claim about whether the coin is fair, he does claim that he is flipping the coin all three times independently. We are skeptical that Joe might be deceiving you so you decide to test the claim.
(i) If we let our null hypotheses be Joe's claim, explain why we express it as $H_0: X$ is binomial $(3, p)$.
(ii) We take a random sample of size $n = 100$. For $i = 0, ..., 3$, let $Y_i$ be the number of samples of $X$ that result in $i$ many heads. We observe that $Y_0 = 43, Y_1 = 8, Y_2 = 5, Y_3 = 44$. What is the conclusion at significance level $\alpha = 0.10$?
What I did is as follows
(i) Not quite sure what to say here. Hypothesis testing begins with a claim about a population parameter; in this case, Joe claims that he flips the coin independently, and if he flips it $3$ times, then that is characteristic of a binomial distribution with some unknown probability of flipping the coin, $p$ (it is unknown since Joe hasn't made a claim about whether it is fair or not). Hence, our stated or null hypothesis is expressed that way.
(ii) We use a chi-squared goodness of fit test.
$H_0: p_0 = P(X = 0) = (1-p)^{3}, p_1 = P(X = 1) = 3p(1-p)^{2}, p_2 = P(X = 2) = 3p^{2}(1-p), p_3 = P(X = 3) = p^{3}$
The test statistic, $T$ is:
$$T = \frac{(43 - 100(1-p)^3)^2}{100(1-p)^3} + \frac{(8 - 100(3p)(1-p)^2)^2}{100(3p)(1-p)^2} + \frac{(5 - 100(3p^2)(1-p))^2}{100(3p^2)(1-p)} + \frac{(44 - 100p^3)^2}{100p^3}$$
From the tables, $\chi^2_{0.10}(3) = 6.251$
We reject the null hypothesis if $T > 6.251$.
If you plot $T$ against $p$, you get a somewhat parabolic shaped curve with minimum at $p = 0.503$ and $T = 205.119$. Regardless of what value of $p \in (0, 1)$ is chosen, $T$ will always be greater than $6.251$. So we reject the null hypothesis.
Is what I have done correct? Any assistance appreciated.

A: I would phrase (i) like this.  Joe's claim is that the three flips are independent events.  Also implied in the claim (but not explicitly stated) is that they are identically distributed; i.e., the probability of heads on any given flip does not change from one flip to another.
Consequently, the claim is equivalent to asserting that:

*

*The number of heads observed in a single flip is a Bernoulli random variable with probability parameter $p$;

*The outcome of each flip is iid;

*The number of heads observed in three flips is binomially distributed with $n = 3$ and probability parameter $p$.

Therefore, to test whether there is sufficient evidence to suggest this claim is not true, the hypothesis to be tested is:
$$H_0 : X \sim \operatorname{Binomial}(3, p) \quad \text{vs.} \quad H_1 : X \not\sim \operatorname{Binomial}(3,p).$$
As for (ii), your approach and conclusion are correct, although when $p \approx 0.502723$, I get $T = 30312.9$.