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KIS Gamer TALKS ABOUT: No Man's Sky
Posted by Krit on September 26, 2016 September 29, 2016
The video game industry has seen a huge increase in popularity over the past decade and it's no surprise that with all the latest developments in technology that these games have become increasingly more complex and amazing. Then concepts for games like No Man's Sky pop up and take the gaming industry by storm out of nowhere; and for good reason. When news first popped up surrounding the development of No Man's Sky, prospects of a game which allowed players to explore a huge universe with different planets, all with different ecosystems and lifeforms was promised. Not only that, the amazing and mind blowing concept behind this game was the fact that it would have an infinite, procedurally generated world that would take, get this, 5 billion years to explore fully if you stopped at each of the randomly generated worlds for only 1 second. Yeah, have fun visiting 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 planets (roughly 18 quintillion) in a fictional universe.
Let that sink in for a while. It's obvious why so many people were excited for this game to be released. After 6 years in development and 3 years of waiting (since the game was announced in 2013 but had been in secret development beforehand), No Man's Sky has finally been released to players all over the world and people have been loving it. Well…not quite. In fact, loving it would be quite the overstatement.
Shortly after it's release, although it didn't garner bad reviews, several fans were extremely disappointed with the game. Not only did it get a rough start, being unplayable on PC for the first few days due to a bug, the game was not everything that fans had anticipated at all. Worlds were dull and seemingly repetitive. Gameplay was lackluster, and A.I of the lifeforms in the game were robotic and lifeless. Surely, this couldn't be what the game was? Blame started to shift on the developers, and there was a lot of tension surrounding No Man's Sky for quite a while. In fact, some of that tension still hasn't subsided. However, can we really blame the developers of No Man's Sky for all of this?
In my opinion, a small portion of the blame can be directed at the developers. Some of the aspects of the game really do look bad, in retrospect to what they previewed on trailers and in the news. However, the developers also never promised to do anything that fans had hyped or thought about. Everything that they had said was going to happen really did happen, although it certainly "happen" in the best manner possible. No Man's Sky really is a great example of a game that has been "overhyped" and "over-anticipated". Because so much was expected of it, it received poor feedback after it didn't come to par with what people had thought it would be. Is it a bad game? Definitely not, but is it a revolutionary masterpiece that will change the way open world games will be made in the future? No, not really. However, if you are a fan of sci-fi open world exploration games, you may very well enjoy taking a look at No Man's Sky. To read more on No Man's Sky, check it out here at this link below.
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Well, that's not exactly true, since some people have compiled a list of what developers have misled them about.
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:y3DAwpPdMWcJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/4y1h9i/wheres_the_no_mans_sky_we_were_sold_on_a_big_list/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=th&client=safari
Krit says:
While that's obviously true, in a sense, I wrote this article to highlight the effects of how overhyped games play a huge role in the industry these days. False advertisement definitely played a part in the relatively poor response to No Man's Sky release, however, it would be hard to argue against how the media definitely also controversially manipulated details on the game itself. Furthermore, it's also important to remember that before a game is released, it must go through several changes and ideas are never set in stone. In a sense, when people set their hopes too high, it is inevitable that their standards will not be met. I'm not defending No Man's Sky at all in any sense of the matter, but I would like you to take into consideration all aspects surrounding topics such as these too.

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This study examines variations in breast cancer screening among primary care clinicians by geographic location of clinical practice.
A cross-sectional survey design was used to examine approaches to breast cancer screening among physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants involved in primary care practice. A summary index of beliefs about breast cancer screening was created by summing the total number of responses in agreement with each of four survey items; values for this summary variable ranged between zero and four. Respondents were classified into urban, rural and suburban categories based upon practise location.
Among the 428 respondents, agreement with "correct" responses ranged from 50% to 71% for the individual survey items; overall, half agreed with three or more of the four breast cancer screening items. While no significant differences were noted by practice location, variation in responses were evident. Reported use of written breast cancer guidelines was less in both suburban (OR = 0.51) and urban areas (OR = 0.56) when compared to clinicians in rural areas.
Development of an evidence-based consensus statement regarding breast cancer screening would support a single set of unambiguous guidelines for implementation in all primary care settings, thus decreasing variations in how breast cancer screening is approached across varied clinical settings.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer (excluding non-malignant skin melanomas) and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the US . During the 1990s, the observed incidence of female breast cancers increased, and was accompanied by a significant decrease in breast cancer mortality . Both trends may be due, in part, to the increased utilization of mammography . From 1989 to 1997, the percentage of women aged = 40 years who reported "ever had a mammogram" increased from 63.9% to 84.8% [3, 4]. However, there was a substantial difference between those who were ever screened and the proportion of women screened in the previous 2 years (84.8% v. 71.3% ) .
Relative to areas of higher population density, areas of lower population density have been noted to have increased breast cancer incidence  and breast cancer mortality . Rural women were also less likely than their urban counterparts to have received a mammogram . This difference was attributable to disparities in education level, household income, and health insurance coverage. Rural women were also less likely than urban women to have a recent mammogram or clinical breast exam (CBE) . Conversely, a recent qualitative study reported that rural women had higher rates of mammography and CBE than their urban and suburban counterparts .
Providers of primary care services play a critical role in determining patient compliance with preventive services through direct recommendations to their patients [10–12]. Women who were "off schedule" for regular mammograms were significantly less likely to have a regular physician and to have received a physician recommendation for a mammogram than "on schedule" women . Another study of family physicians and general internists showed that 70% of women who received a provider referral completed a screening mammography within one year versus only 18% of self-referred women . Over 90% of rural women report that a doctor's recommendation to have breast cancer screening is "important" .
In the American Cancer Society's second survey of physician attitudes and practices in early cancer detection, physicians reported that screening guidelines influenced their referrals for mammograms . It should be noted that multiple factors contribute to clinician compliance with guidelines including: provider-related, guideline-related, patient-related, and environment-related variables . Our study examined geographic location of practice to identify any variations in approaches to breast cancer screening among clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) in primary care settings.
Comprehensive surveys examining issue of cancer prevention and control were mailed to primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants (n = 1761) in an 8 county region of Western New York. Primary care physicians included family physicians, general practitioners, general internists, and obstetricians/gynaecologists. Mailing addresses were obtained from the provider directories of a major regional health maintenance organization (HMO), supplemented with mailing lists from the Nurse Practitioner Association of Western New York (NPWNY), and the Western New York Physician Assistants' Association (WNYPAA). Western New York ranks among the top communities in the US for Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) penetrance. For this reason, essentially all primary care providers are included in HMO practitioner mailing lists (96%-confirm this figure).
An initial mailing to primary care physicians and non-physician providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants) was performed in February 2001, followed by two additional mailings to non-respondents at 4-week intervals. The first follow up mailing was the same as the initial mailing and included an additional copy of the questionnaire. The third mailing was a postcard reminding clinicians to return their surveys.
The survey consisted of 22 items eliciting information on clinician knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours concerning the delivery of general preventive and cancer screening services, as well as personal and professional demographic information. The survey was pre-tested for content validity using a convenience sample of health care clinicians.
1. At what age should an average-risk woman initiate screening for breast cancer using clinical breast examination? [accepted answer: 20 years] .
2. At what age should an average-risk woman get a baseline mammogram? [accepted answer: 35 years]. No current guidelines address this item, although it was a prior recommendation of ACS, it is not addressed in their current guidelines.
3. At what age should an average-risk woman begin having mammograms every 1–2 years? [accepted answer: 40 years] [15, 17–19].
4. At what age should an average-risk woman begin yearly mammograms? [accepted answer: 50 years] [15, 17, 18].
Since no single organization has issued breast cancer screening guidelines, which address all of the four screening items, we relied upon guidelines issued by several different organizations. For example, the American Academy of Family Physicians [18, 20] and the 2nd United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advise mammography every 1–2 years for women aged 50–69 years . (Since completion of data collection for this project, the 3rd USPSTF released an updated statement advising mammography, with or without clinical breast examination, every 1–2 years for women aged 40 years and older ).
A summary index of beliefs about breast cancer screening was created by summing the total number of responses in agreement with these items; values for this summary variable ranged between zero and four. It is important to emphasize that the focus is not on "correct" versus "incorrect" responses, but rather the variations among respondents. For example, if a large proportion of respondents indicate the same response to an item(s) this would indicate limited variation.
Demographic information collected on respondents included clinician age, gender, race/ethnicity, professional groups, board certification, specialty, practice structure, work schedule, involvement with supervision of trainees, and the zip code location of their clinical practice.
Using 2000 United States (US) Census figures and geographic land area (in square miles), the population density of each zip code area in Western New York was determined (population/square mile). Calculated population densities were matched with the clinical practice site zip codes provided by survey respondents. Practice site zip codes were then divided into urban, rural, and suburban categories. The analysis is based on the location of each medical practice and not on the residence of the clinician or patients.
All zip codes identified within the major cities of WNY, Buffalo or Niagara Falls were categorized as "urban." Each of these urban areas had population densities exceeding 1000 persons/square mile (persons/mile2). Communities surrounding Buffalo and Niagara Falls were identified as "suburban" if they were contiguous to these major cities and had population densities between 500–1000 persons/mile2. Although five zip code areas in Erie and Niagara Counties had population densities exceeding 1000 persons/mile2 (Hamburg [1050.4/mile2], East Amherst [1068.5/mile2], North Tonawanda [1222.5/mile2], Tonawanda [3027.8/mile2], and Depew [3269.1/mile2]), they were classified as suburban areas for this study. These areas are distinctly separate from the urban centers, moreover these communities have higher socio-economic status and are not burdened with the problems often associated with urban areas. Based on these changes, 17 clinicians were reclassified (4%,17/428).
The remaining zip code areas were categorized as "rural" if their population density was less than 500 persons/mile2. The majority of these communities are considered rural areas of Western New York (WNY) by local opinion. However, communities with total populations of 2500 persons or more were classified as "suburban" consistent with US Census criteria. This re-classification impacted Fredonia (total population 10706), Olean (20976), Batavia (22924), Clarence (8391), Lockport (48859), Jamestown (49478), and Lewiston (12104); ## of clinician were reclassified. Overall, this process resulted in 59% of respondents classified as urban, 18% as suburban and 23% as rural.
Chi-square statistics were used to compare demographic and professional characteristics of respondents between the geographic categories. Chi-square analysis was also utilized to assess associations between responses to breast cancer screening items with independent variables such as specialty group and demographic characteristics (age category, gender, etc.). Nonparametric tests were used to evaluate differences in age and the reported number of hours of continuing medical education credits (CME) as these variables were not normally distributed. Odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) were used to compare summary scores for breast cancer screening and utilization of breast cancer screening guidelines among respondents within geographic categories. In addition, we used a multivariate logistic regression model to test whether geographic category represented an independent predictor of the summary score for breast cancer screening and use of written screening guidelines. Results are presented as adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. SPSS 10.1 software (SPSS, Inc. Chicago, Ill.) was used for the analyses.
4. Persons who did not report a practice site zip code (n= 5).
Thus, analyses were based upon responses from 428 practitioners: 179 physicians, 185 nurse practitioners, and 64 physician assistants. The majority of respondents reported practicing in urban areas (59%), with a relatively equal distribution of respondents practicing in rural and suburban areas (23% and 18% respectively).
As summarized in Table 1, the suburban and urban respondents were more likely to be female. Respondents did not differ by age or race. Rural respondents were more likely to be physicians (54%), whereas a large proportion of both suburban and urban respondents were either NPs or PAs. Also, more rural practitioners were board-certified (78%) compared to suburban and urban practitioners (59% and 60% respectively). Urban practitioners were more likely to report being involved in the supervision of trainees (69%). Among physician respondents, family physicians or general practitioners were more likely to be located in rural areas (76%).
chi square = 3.0, df 4, N.S.
chi square = 2.67, df 4, N.S.
chi square = 1.03, df 2, N.S.
chi square = 5.54, df2, N.S.
Figure 1 summarizes responses to each of the individual breast cancer screening questions. Agreement with "correct" responses ranged from 50% to 71% for the individual items. Overall, 50% agreed with 3 or more of the four breast cancer screening items.
Figure 2 presents the distribution of scores for the summary index. While no significant differences were noted by practise location, variation is evident illustrating heterogeneity in responses. As illustrated in Figure 3, the distribution of summary index scores differed by clinical group (p = 0.049). When groups of clinician were compared separately, the distribution of scores differed only for physicians compared to nurse practitioners (p = 0.017).
Distribution of responses to four items on breast cancer screening (percent agreement with "correct" response to each statement) by primary care clinicians, Western New York 1. 12001 Survey of primary care clinicians (MDs, NPs, PAs) in WNY. No significant differences by geographic region.
Distribution of responses to four items on breast cancer screening (percent agreement with "correct" response to each statement), by clinician group, Western New York1 . 12001 survey of primary care clinicians in WNY. Overall chi-square = 6.05, p= 0.049. For physicians compared to NPs, p = 0.017; no other comparisons among clinician groups were statistically significant.
Overall, about one-half of respondents agreed with three or more of the four breast cancer screening items (Table 2). There were significant differences between age tertiles with the <40 year old group (61%) being more likely than the >50 year old group (34%) to correctly answer 3 or more of these items. Females (56%) were more likely than males (39%) to correctly answer three or more items (p < 0.001). Differences were also observed when the summary index was analysed by practice structure, with only 30.4% of solo practitioners agreeing with three or more of the four breast screening questions. There were no significant differences by geographic categories in the summary measure or when individual questions on breast cancer screening recommendations were compared.
Summary measure of approaches to breast cancer screening among primary care health professionals (% of respondents agreeing with 3 or more of 4 survey items), by geographic category.
*Adjusted for age and practise structure. When the suburban group was compared to urban group using the suburban group as the referent, the crude OR = 0.92 (95% CI 0.55–1.54); adjusted* OR = 0.94 (95% CI 0.55–1.64); n = 408.
As shown in Table 3, approximately 65% of all respondents reported use of some written breast cancer screening guideline. Analysis of geographic variations in the reported use of written breast cancer guidelines, after adjusting for age and professional designation (physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant) revealed less use of guidelines in both suburban (adjusted OR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.26–0.98) and urban areas (adjusted OR = 0.56, 95% CI 0.33–0.97) when compared to rural areas.
Reported utilization of written breast cancer screening guidelines among primary care health professionals, by practice location.
*Adjusted for age and clinical groups (MD, NP, PA). When the suburban group was compared to urban group using the suburban group as the referent the crude OR = 1.04 (95% CI 0.61–1.75); adjusted* OR = 1.14 (95% CI 0.66–1.95); n = 325.
While there were significant sociodemographic and practice-related differences by geographic regions, no significant variations were observed in the summary breast cancer screening index among urban, suburban and rural areas. These results are important in highlighting differences in how breast cancer screening is approached, with agreement ranging from 50% to 71% for the individual breast screening items. Moreover, this group of primary care health professionals demonstrates marked variation in approaches to breast cancer screening since agreement with three or more of the four breast cancer screening statement was just 50%. While this variation could be due to a variety of factors, it is more likely that these differences reflect clinicians' attempts to reconcile conflicting recommendations issued by various organizations.
We defined one "accepted" response to each item to serve as a basis from which to examine both dichotomous and polychotomous responses. While others might debate which response category is "acceptable", the fact that responses are distributed across several categories is more noteworthy. That is, regardless of the category selected, variation in responses is apparent. It is worth mentioning that the response option which we designated as the "accepted" answer was generally observed to represent the modal response.
While a potential limitation of this study is the low response rate (30%), it is comparable to the lower range of response rates of health care providers reported in a review article of this topic . Our study relied upon a passive response system without any financial inducements for completing a multi-page mailed survey. The response rates among the geographic regions surveyed were similar.
It is possible that clinicians working in non-primary care settings, and specialities with dual designations as "primary care providers" may have been less likely to complete the survey because it may have been perceived as outside their usual scope of practice. Also, the length of the survey may have contributed to a reduced number of responses. We were not able to more fully explore sociodemographic and professional variations between respondents and non-respondents due to limited baseline information beyond mailing addresses and practice location. While these limitations may impact the generalizability of our study, the comprehensive approach of including physicians, PA, and NPs in combination with the large number of respondents represent unique strengths.
The predominance of women among urban and suburban respondents may be due to the overrepresentation of nurse practitioners in these groups. Urban providers were more likely to be involved in the supervision of trainees which is reflective of the locations of clinical training centers in urban centers of Western New York. On the other hand, rural providers were more likely to report their specialty as family or general practice. This is consistent with a national trend of an increasing physician supply of family physicians/general practitioners in rural communities . Interestingly, rural providers were also more likely to be board-certified than their urban and suburban peers. The overrepresentation of both family physicians and nurse practitioners may account for this variation.
Another issue which is not addressed by these data is what clinicians think about the guidelines. In other words, it is not clear if the clinicians do not follow the guidelines because they are not familiar with them, if they have reviewed the guidelines and don't agree with them, or if they simply find conflicting guidelines to be confusing.
Guidelines for breast cancer screening are not uniform across organizations. Despite the recent recommendation from the 3rd USPSTF advising mammography, with or without clinical breast examination, every 1–2 years for women ages 40 years and older , the issue of mammography among women age 40–49 remains under debate. The practice of obtaining a baseline mammogram, adopted by many primary care physicians in clinical practice, does not appear in the guidelines of any major organization. The source of these guidelines consulted for this paper and included the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, specialty societies and health insurance companies.
This study suggests that primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician's assistants, lack a consistent approach to breast cancer screening. This lack of agreement does not appear to be impacted by geographic practice location but rather is likely a more global clinical issue. The implications of this lack of consistency for individual patients or groups of patients are uncertain, since it is unclear how differences in approaches to breast cancer screening translate into differences in clinical practice.
Application of an industrial perspective to reduce variation would suggest opportunities to develop a more consistent approach to how breast cancer screening is addressed in the primary care setting. Development of an evidence-based, consensus statement regarding breast cancer screening, with broad endorsement, would support a single set of unambiguous guidelines for implementation across primary care settings.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Oishei Foundation of Buffalo, which provided the funding for this project.
LS and MM were responsible for the study concept and design. MM, JE, AM were responsible for the design and coordination of the acquisition of data. MM, SL, LS, AS, AM participated in the analyses and interpretation of data. SL, MM, and LS drafted the paper while MM, SL, LS, AS, AM, JE were all involved in the critical revisions.


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UAE taking centre stage, Virat Kohli's behaviour and ball-tampering: Good, bad and ugly of cricket in 2018
We list out why the gentleman's game found itself in the news for the right, and sometimes the wrong, reasons this year
Australia's cricket establishment was mired in a crisis this year after Steve Smith, left, David Warner, right, and Cameron Bancroft admitted to being involved in a ball-tampering episode during the Cape Town Test against South Africa. The trio was suspended and some of Cricket Australia's top office-bearers resigned. Justin Langer was appointed coach in place of Darren Lehmann, and it was decided that the team had to weed out their hyper-competitiveness and a win-at-all-cost mentality that had made them successful but unlikeable. It also meant having a relook at sledging. Dave Hunt / EPA
Cricket showed its good, bad and ugly sides this year. In other words, 2018 was not terribly different from the years past and it won't be all that different from the years ahead – such is the nature of not just sport but most things in life.
That being said, out of 2018 emerged many fascinating narratives – an overused word these days but also relevant – and they deserve reminding before those of us who love the sport take fresh guard for the new year.
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Australia's 'Sandpapergate' scandal has to be the most important cricket-related development of 2018.
Not only did the illegal tampering of the ball during the Cape Town Test against South Africa by Australia opening batsman Cameron Bancroft lead to his suspension and those of captain Steve Smith and vice captain David Warner, it also forced a rethink by those who run Australian cricket about how the game should be played by the 'Baggygreens'.
The result of an inquest into the controversy forced a clean-out of the top executives from Cricket Australia. It also led to the appointment of an inexperienced player as captain in Tim Paine and the replacement of coach Darren Lehmann with his former teammate, but someone with a strikingly different personality – Justin Langer.
The new-look team were instructed to henceforth play the game with decorum and resist pushing the boundaries of civility in the name of gamesmanship and competitiveness – the problem that supposedly culminated in three players conspiring to cheat.
England captain Joe Root, second left, led an imperfect Test side in 2018 and yet found ways to win. Reuters
England somehow make it work
England in 2018 proved that Greek philosopher Aristotle's line "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" indeed worked in practice.
Despite facing issues with their batting and bowling in Tests, England were competitive throughout the year. It is difficult to say how much impact the limited-overs teams' successes had on the morale of the Test side. After all, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler form the core of England's line up in all three formats.
While that may have been a factor, one cannot take lightly the frailties in England's set-up: an unsettled top order, the absence of a world-class spinner (although Adil Rashid's game evolved in 2018), and the inability to find long-term replacements for ageing fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
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Root's captaincy and his pre-eminence as England's No 1 batsman helped his side register unlikely Test series wins at home against India and away to Sri Lanka.
It made for a memorable year, even though – incredibly – they are no closer to finding long-term solutions to their niggling problems.
All-rounder Ben Stokes can continue to build on his England career after his acquittal. AFP
Stokes gets second chance
The England all-rounder was arrested last year after a street brawl near a nightclub. It also led to his suspension from the team and, worse, a court case that very nearly ended his budding career.
The 27 year old was later acquitted of a charge of affray even though in the intervening period, he missed out on the crucial Ashes tour of Australia at the turn of the year and some action in 2018.
English cricket will benefit immensely if Stokes focuses on his game, which he happens to be very, very good at. After all, this is the man being tipped to be as great as, if not greater than, Ian Botham.
In any case, 2018 will be remembered as the year he got a second chance.
South Africa's AB de Villiers has retired from all forms of international cricket. James Oatway / Reuters
Star players bid adieu
The year was marked by a slew of international retirements, most notably of South African wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers, English opener Alastair Cook and Indian opener Gautam Gambhir.
The trio brought with them varying styles of batsmanship: De Villiers was aggressive and innovative, Cook was defensive and conventional, Gambhir was somewhere in between.
De Villiers never won a World Cup and neither did Cook, although the latter would at least hold pleasant memories of England's Ashes victories both at home and abroad. Gambhir was the match-winner in the finals of the 2007 World Twenty20 and 2011 World Cup. He also led Kolkata Knight Riders to two Indian Premier League titles.
Some might say all three players ended their careers prematurely, but at least De Villiers and Cook retired on their terms. Gambhir, unfortunately, was a Test discard long before he called it quits.
India captain Virat Kohli is respected as a player the world over, but is he as loved? Trevor Collens / AP Photo
Kohli becomes the news
Few players have polarised public opinion as has Virat Kohli.
The India captain had long been considered one of the great batsmen of his generation – along with Root, Smith and New Zealand's Kane Williamson. But in 2018, he proved peerless as he dominated all three formats of the game.
Yet, 2018 has also been a poor year for Kohli's image as a role model. His run-ins with the media on the tours of South Africa and England, his rant against an Indian fan who criticised his batting, and a recent fight with Paine in the ongoing series in Australia have not endeared him to many of the game's lovers across the world.
He does not seem to care. And why should he when he is scoring runs, leading a fairly successful team, making tons of money and continuing to attract followers on social media?
Well, he must know that he is not as loved by fellow Indians as his own role model Sachin Tendulkar still is – even though he might end up smashing most of his batting records. Point to ponder for 2019?
UAE cricket has seen its stock rise even further, with the Emirates being chosen as the venue to stage high-profile tournaments, such as the Asia Cup, as well as the ever growing number of franchise competitions, including the Afghanistan Premier League, the Abu Dhabi T20 and the T10 League. The national team have performed well, too, while their players are attracting attention from leagues around the world - such as the ones in Nepal and Canada. Chris Whiteoak / The National
UAE takes centre stage
For almost a decade, the UAE has been a home away from home for the Pakistan national team and, to a lesser extent, the Afghanistan side. It has also provided the stage for the Pakistan Super League and a part of the Indian Premier League to be held here.
But 2018 will be remembered as the year in which the UAE became the centre of the cricket world. The Emirates hosted the Asia Cup, as well as the first season of the Afghanistan Premier League. Abu Dhabi Cricket organised for the first time a one-of-its-kind competition called the Abu Dhabi T20.
And who can forget the roaring success of Season 2 of the first and only T10 tournament – called the T10 League – in Sharjah.
The national team have also performed reasonably well this year. They beat Zimbabwe, a Test side, in their backyard as they came close to qualifying for the 2019 World Cup.
The International Cricket Council – housed in Dubai – also opened up the process for teams from Associate Nations, such as the UAE, to qualify for the 2023 World Cup.
And while Amjad Javed and Adnan Mufti announced their retirements this year, they are optimistic about the state of the game in the country. Onward and upward in 2019 then.
Afghanistan's Mohammed Nabi, right, plays a shot on Day 2 of their one-off Test against India in Bangalore. Aijaz Rahi / AP
Test club gets bigger
While the UAE have some way to go to become a Test side, the elite club officially expanded by two in 2018.
Ireland played their first Test, at home to Pakistan, as did Afghanistan, away to India. Ireland got beaten by five wickets while the Afghans got crushed by an innings and 262 runs in a game that lasted just two days.
Despite the results, both Ireland and Afghanistan are expected to improve. They have the talent and the structure to keep doing so. What they need in greater supply, however, are playing opportunities.
With television money being crucial to the game, there is a concern they will not get a lot of chances to play against the big Test sides. But 2018 will have filled supporters of both teams with hope that the only way is up in the years to come.
Bangladesh were among the best sides in Asia Cup. They are also among the best sides in the continent. Ishara Kodikara / AFP
Bangladesh step it up
The rankings may not reflect this entirely, but there is a feeling Bangladesh have overtaken Sri Lanka as the third-best Asian team below India and Pakistan.
Sri Lanka are marginally ahead of Bangladesh in the ICC's Test and T20 ranking tables but not in the ODI list.
The Sri Lankans, though, have suffered morale-inflicting defeats this year – most notably at home to England. Meanwhile, Bangladesh won a tri-series at home also featuring Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. They also reached the finals of the Nidahas Trophy T20 tournament in Sri Lanka and the Asia Cup in the UAE before losing to India in both thrillers.
Even though they got crushed by Afghanistan in a T20 series held in India, they beat the West Indies in both the Test and ODI series at home.
What is worth noting is while Bangladesh have made steady improvement over the years, the more established Sri Lanka find themselves struggling, thanks mostly to player inexperience on the pitch and political interference off it.
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my coworker/girlfriend might get fired soon, employee wants a second paid month off for her dissertation, and more
It's four answers to four questions. Here we go…
1. My employee wants a paid month off to finish her dissertation — a second time
I have been in my managerial position for less than one year. One of my direct reports received four weeks of paid time off a couple years ago in order to complete her dissertation (when I was her colleague, not her boss). This is not a standard policy/practice, and many of us were upset with what we considered unfair treatment. A PhD is not required for the position, although we do work in academia and it's normal for people to have them.
She did not complete her dissertation, and now two years later she is under pressure to finish. She is also pregnant, and will take 16 weeks leave this coming fall/winter. She took last week off to paint her house, and during that time sent a request directly to my boss for another four weeks paid time off this summer. Earlier today he told me about her request, and I am angry that she would request this again. He is considering her request and asked my opinion. I don't support it, but don't think I made a great case other than "it's not fair."
She has not spoken to me about it, and I need to be better prepared to discuss it, but I get angry and I'm struggling to get beyond that. Do you have any suggestions for how to calmly discuss a topic that is emotionally charged? Also, I wonder if I am being unreasonable and harboring resentment and therefore unable to think about the request objectively?
Yeah, you've got to take the emotion out of it when you talk to your boss or you'll harm your own credibility. But think about the actual reasons for why you're angry — there's logic to them, and you can present that case to your boss. You can point out that this employee has already received a month of paid leave that other employees haven't received, that she didn't use that time for the work she'd said it was for, and that offering her an additional month on top of that will demoralize others on your team and cause resentment, as surely some of them could also use a biennial month off. (Keep her maternity leave out of it though; that shouldn't be a consideration, and it's legally iffy to make it one.)
Or you could come at this from an entirely different angle: If this is something your boss wants to do, would your employer be willing to offer a month of extra paid leave every two years to every employee, regardless of what they want to use it for? If so, that would be a hugely attractive benefit for people. If he's not up for that, then you can use that to point out that this isn't equitable — but if he is, then great.
(But also, why are these requests going to your boss and not to you? While different companies do things differently, ideally if you're her manager, these requests would come to you and you'd handle them.)
2. My girlfriend is my coworker and might get fired soon
I work for a large international company, and so does my girlfriend of two years. We have the same role, but it's such a big company that we've never worked together (and HR has no problem with the relationship).
The problem is that, while I love my job and am doing well, my girlfriend is in trouble and might be getting fired pretty soon. She asks me for advice and vents to me, but it's hard to know what to say. I can't be and don't want to be her career counsellor, but I also want to be there for her when things are tough, you know? Basically, how can I maintain boundaries while still being supportive?
One option is to just focus on how she's feeling and avoid getting into actual advice — in other words, "That sounds really hard — I'm sorry this is happening" or "I know this is really stressful — want to just order delivery tonight and just watch a million episodes of SVU?" but not "Why don't you try talking to Lucius about what happened in the meeting?"
If she's directly asking you for advice, though, you might need to say, "I want to support you as your partner and not as a colleague who works at the same company, and I feel like it's healthier for our relationship for me not to try to really lean into work advice." But at the same time, I don't know that either of you will be well served by being too rigid about this — if there's something where you might have a helpful perspective, it makes sense to offer it (and she could be rightly annoyed if you refuse to). The key is in watching the balance — you don't want to be workshopping her work problems every night. But some advice, in moderation and when it's requested, can be part of being supportive. If it feels like too much, though, that's something you should flag.
3. I panicked and said I was interning somewhere that hadn't hired me
I'm a recent college graduate and a couple months ago I reached out to a woman, "Claire," who is one year older and who works at a company I'm very interested in. Claire agreed to get coffee and tell me about her career path. I felt like we had a fairly good back and forth, but when she asked me about my job experience, I kind of had a an insecure / panicky reaction where I felt like I haven't done enough stuff with my life. I ended up blurting that I'm currently interning at an organization that I had an interview scheduled at the next day.
It's a small organization but well-known in our field, and to my horror Claire excitedly asked if I know her friend who works there. I back-pedaled and said something like, "Oh, I just, just started there so I'm still learning names," etc. Honestly, the blip barely seemed to register to Claire, but it was hanging over me for the rest of the conversation. I tried to stay cool but at the end of our talk she told me that she'd be happy to recommend me to her company and to just shoot her my resume when I want to apply and she'll forward it to the hiring manager. So long story short, I'm not sure what to do.
The interview the next day ended up going great (even though I was terrified the whole time that my interviewers would slam their fists on the table and demand to know why I told so-and-so's friend that I already was an intern there) and a few weeks later they offered me the internship. So now I will be interning at the same place as Claire's friend, but not till this summer. Do I still send Claire my resume and hope she forgets about the internship I mentioned? Do I include a note on the resume that I'll be starting the internship this summer? Do I just apply to her company without emailing her? It's a large corporation so it's not like she'd know, but if she does recommend me to HR I'd have a way better chance of getting an interview. What's your take? I know I'm an idiot.
Normally I'd say your resume shouldn't include an internship you haven't yet started, but in this case it makes sense to list it so that Claire doesn't wonder where it is. You could just put "summer 2019" for the dates, or even "summer 2019 (hired)."
Hopefully Claire won't recall your conversation so word-for-word that she realizes you said you were currently working there (and if she does, will probably just assume she misunderstood). And while "I'm still learning names" is a little weird about a place you haven't begun working at, it's not totally out of the realm of possibility — I could see an intern saying something like that, figuring they had learned some names already (like the people they interviewed with). So, a little awkward but definitely not as awkward as if you hadn't been hired! Since some time has passed and this wasn't a major focus of your conversation, there's a pretty good chance that it won't seem terribly weird.
The bigger thing is to make sure you reflect on why this happened and how you want to handle moments like that in the future. Also, know that it's totally okay that you haven't done a lot yet! That's very normal for intern stage and you shouldn't feel insecure about it … and actually, being up-front and humble about that is a lot more appealing than entry-level people who try to cover that up.
4. "We foresee job openings in the future"
I recently interviewed with a small organization while still under contract with a national service program (that's ending soon). The interviews went really well, and we discussed me possibly starting part-time and then transitioning to full-time when my service contract was up in a couple months. They called me, saying they went with another candidate who was able to start at full-time right away, and told me they think I'd fit in well with their organization, and that they foresee having some openings that I should apply for once my service contract is up. I responded graciously and added the interviewers on LinkedIn.
Should I keep applying to other jobs despite this potential open position? What if I accept another position and then they reach out to me? Would it be too forward of me to email the hiring manager thanking her for her time and consideration, and asking for a timeline on the potential job opening?
You absolutely should keep applying to other jobs! This offer is probably sincere, but there are all kinds of reasons that it might come to nothing — they could find a better qualified candidate, they could have a hiring freeze, they could reconfigure the position, they could move someone internal into it, the hiring manager who liked you could leave, etc. So definitely don't count on this in any way — instead think of it as something that could happen, but very well might not.
But when you email the hiring manager to thank her, you could say something like, "Is there a particular timeframe where it would make sense for me to check back with you about the possible future openings you mentioned?" Or you could just email her in a few months and ask at that point.
Meanwhile, though, if you get another offer somewhere else and you want that job, you should take it — since you'd be comparing an actual offer for an actual job to a non-offer for a job that doesn't exist yet.
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Folklore And The Supernatural – A Figment Of Our Imagination, Or Real?
Since we could put our thoughts and history on cavern walls we have mentioned otherworldly beings or gods. The Egyptians even had a word for our spirit, something akin to 'soul' or 'chi'─ that word is Ka. The Christian bibles (Protestant, Catholic, so on and so forth) mention a fierce, yet loving god with beings called angels to fight for humanity souls (spirits) and be at the Christian god's side when they must purge satan, his followers, and his fallen city of angels, casting them into a burning 'lake' for all of eternity. Different branches also believe that you gain a second chance by finding your way from a place called purgatory into heaven or be doomed to wander this in-between forever.
This isn't exclusively Christian. Japan's practice of Shinto (which labeling Shinto in itself is sort of a foreigner's way of explaining an umbrella belief of the religion, such as the many different versions of Christianity─ it is region based) goes into a very lengthy process of the family ensuring their loved one is at peace. The dead must be cremated, and the family must first remove the bones with chopsticks starting at the feet to be placed first so that they are not upside down in the urn. The ashes can be divided among family and friends, but the bones and ashes remaining must be placed at the family shrine afterward. (all of the bones!)
The older beliefs were that the afterlife was a dark realm, much like Greek mythology where there is a river separating the living from the dead. The more modern take is that people will go where their spirits are suited to go, however many funerals are a blend of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs. A popular view of the blending beliefs is to follow a 20 day step-by-step process to ready the spirit (Reikon) for death.
If you don't, it can cause the spirit to become vengeful. (Onriyo, a generic term for 'ghost' or 'spirit' can come back from 'purgatory' to avenge wrongdoings in our world, known as Yurei. Or, if you happened to be the person that wronged or killed the person that is seeking revenge─ Ultimate. Payback.) This has a striking resemblance to the ghost/zombie creature from Scandinavian folklore, Gjenganger who is a monster that comes back to the world to finish up old business, or seeking revenge before passing on.
Isn't she a cutie? ^~^
There is no stopping a Yurei, they can physically manifest themselves into our world and harm or kill people. While this is just the tip of the iceberg─ you can see how many cultures have their own unique spin on deities, spirits, or realms beyond our own.
The belief of the supernatural is still strong in many cultures, even today in 2022. The differences between many of us are the belief of power the supernatural can hold. While some believe that ghosts, even if they are annoying or scary, cannot kill or harm you─ some cultures believe ghosts can manifest into physical form and can both harm and kill you. (Like the Yurei) You can find many Eastern cultures that believe this way, most notably China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. This is why they hold festivals to honor and remember the dead to keep them happy.
Think they have some weird beliefs on death and the supernatural spirits? Check out these guys from other cultures:
Manananggal─ The Body-Separating Vampire (shapeshifter). Courtesy of the Philippines.
The name literally comes from the Tagalog term 'to cut in half' which in English translates to 'separator or remover'. It prefers to prey on sleeping expectant mothers (yeah, as if pregnant ladies need any more added stress) and uses a elongated appendage, think butterfly, to suck out the heart of the unborn baby or to suck out the blood from someone that is sleeping. It also targets newly weds or men that have left women at the altar. So, not only does this horrific creature feast on expectant mothers and their unborn child─ for your viewing pleasure it also flies in the sky sans-legs complete with intestines and all.
oh. my. a-god.
Artwork can be found https://www.deviantart.com/experimettle/art/Aswang-Manananggal-162522463
The good news? If you can locate it's lower body, just smear salt, ash, or crushed garlic on it. It won't be able to re-join with it's body and will die at sunrise. It's like a vampire on steroids. o,o
Speaking of eating babies, check out the Japanese Yamauba (Female Mountain Ogres)
They are said to be the older women in town that were marginalized and then forced to live in the mountains. While they prefer babies, they will also feast on any passerby's. The neatest part? They have a mouth under their hair. Om Nom Nom.
An older lady in Russian folklore has a bit of a mixed review on good/evil. The Baba Yaga:
She wanders through the woods, riding a mortar with a pestle cane. She offers help to those that seek guidance, but in many versions you must pay a price. And in original tales Baba Yaga is portrayed more as a witch that tricks or steals children then making them do chores, fattening them up, and then eating them. Hmm…Hansel and Gretel anyone?
Pinky Pinky – The South African Bathroom Horror
Much like our tales of Bloody Mary, or Japan's Hanako San─ This creatures preys on women that try and use the public bathroom. Pinky Pinky has a shock of bright pink hair and is half human, half creature. It chooses to target women in their most vulnerable moment─ especially girls that wear pink underwear. It will attack and sometimes become enraged enough to murder. (Bizzaro~) According to legend only women can see it, but over the years boys have claimed to have been attacked by it.
How about the U.S. urban legends?
Check out Slender Man:
Artwork by: https://www.deviantart.com/irishfist123/art/Slender-Man-783300904
Even though this guy was created on a creepypasta internet meme on the Something Awful internet forum by user Eric Knudsen (aka 'Victor Surge') in 2009, it still sends thrills and chills into fans everywhere. Believe it or not, it started off as a Photoshop contest to create paranormal images. While many fans argue over which version of him is right, the most popular version is an unnaturally tall, slender entity with pale skin, wears a suit, with a featureless head and face, and tentacles. The German people had a tale about a tall man as well called Der Großman – Pronounced Der Grossman (I like to say 'The Gross Man' lol!)
The lore:
So, here's the deal─ Slenderman was never filed under Mythology and therefore does not have an official background story that is 'canon' to the 'original'. That being said, Slender started off being a humanoid type monster that would prey on mostly children. It had a very Lovecraftian vibe to it─ madness, another dimension, fantastic/horrific creatures in modern settings. Meaning anywhere 'safe' you could turn, the worst can happen. Slender can slenderwalk─ travel anywhere at anytime without being detected. Some theories suggest that he is an interdimensional being or 4th dimensional creature. Others think he started as a myth and then was turned into a real being called a Tulpa. The Tulpa theory is that Slenderman can be a thoughtform creature─ meaning that people as a collective have 'thought' Slender into existence, making him a real being.
The one that most people can agree on is that Slenderman only starts coming around when you think about him, or talk about him. (Her? They? It?) I dare you to not think about it. 😉
Around the world we seem to be drawn to creatures of the night. They slink around our homes and prey upon our friends or families. Or how about the notorious Slender Man, Black-Eyed Children, and Shadow People─ famous urban legends in the U.S. I'm particularly fond of these myself and love the chill that runs down my spin as I imagine them waiting in the dark, ready to take me to the other realm.
So, I too find myself wondering─ Are these just urban legends or are there elements of truth to our worst nightmares? What do you think friends?
Pleasant dreams.
xoxo─ Grey


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Q: How to search by certain objects keys values First sorry for my bad English!
Suppose this document looks like this:
{

    "id": "598969845c274c145a935994",
    "contract_ref": "ABCDEF1234",
    "currency": "USD",
    "per_unit_cost": [
      {
        "size": 22,
        "price": 1000
      },
      {
        "size": 42,
        "price": 1500
      }
    ]
  },

{

    "id": "598969845c274c145a93599b",
    "contract_ref": "ABCDEF1234",
    "currency": "USD",
    "per_unit_cost": [
      {
        "size": 22,
        "price": 1234
      }
    ]
  }

How do you find 'per_unit_cost.size' that exactly match with '$all' [22], i.e. retrieve the second document and ignore the first?

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Civilians in Mosul fled their homes to head a safer territory
Iraqi forces opened a safe passage for civilians trapped in Mosul's dense neighborhoods, allowing thousands to flee areas where ISIL militants put up some of the fiercest resistance yet in the campaign to retake the city.
It's one of the largest outflows of civilians from Mosul since Iraqi forces first launched the operation on October 17th to rout the militants from the city.
Extinction Rebellion protesters blocking entrance to concrete plant
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion on Tuesday 16 July disrupted London Concrete, the British capital's biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete which supplies a major road tunnel project under the River Thames.


Cape Town – The 2019 academic year is set to begin in a few weeks time when universities across the country welcome thousands of new and returning students to their campuses. It is a period of joy and excitement for those with a secured place of study at a higher learning institution but it can also be a frustrating experience for those who did not apply in time or were rejected by an institution of their choice.
CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley said that the university will start the walk-in process from January 23 but only in programs that still have space to accommodate new deserving applicants.
"Until then we are first allocating spaces to students who applied on time and have been accepted, provisionally accepted or waitlisted. Once those students have indicated whether they are accepting their space we will open for walk-ins," said Kansley.
Kansley added that walk-in spaces are generally more likely to be open in the Engineering or Applied Science faculties and encouraged learners with good Physical Sciences and Mathematics marks interested in these streams to to watch the CPUT website for a list of courses with space.
Kansely encouraged applicants to apply via the Department of Higher Education and Training's Central Application Clearing House (CACH ) system to avoid standing in queues.
UWC has encouraged late applicants to use the DHET's CACH system.
"We would assist them by allowing them to apply using our computer lab," said UWC's spokesperson Gasant Abarder.
According to Martin Viljoen, Stellenbosch University (SU) spokesperson, the institution closed off its application process at the end of June 2018 and successful applicants for the year 2019 were then informed about their application status.
"As all available first-year seats have been allocated, SU unfortunately cannot consider walk-in applications," said Viljoen.
UCT spokesperson Aamirah Sonday said that although the university's date for applications closed on 30 September, they were still willing to assist walk-ins and processes are currently being put in place to enable this.
"The university received 62 740 undergraduate applications to study in 2019 from approximately 32 000 applicants and can enrol only 4200 first-year students. Due to capacity issues, the unfortunate reality is that there would be some applicants (traditional or walk-ins) who will not be accepted because of limited capacity," said Sonday.
UCT registration and orientation of first-year students takes place from 21 January to 8 February 2019.


Description from the Brewery: Bright golden color with a strong head. Pleasant blend of fruit and malt on the nose with generous mouthfeel and a moderately bitter finish. A good example of a Traditional Ale. These coopers kits come from an actual brewery. They do not need to go through a boiling process like most home brewing kits because they are sanitized and hops are added at the brewery. This makes it one of the simplest and easiest kits to make. Because they come from the brewery the quality of the beer is also very good. Below is an article by the importer of Coopers beer kits that you may find interesting. Just click on the blue links below: Do I need to read the directions? NOTE: These Can Kits need a Fermentables Kit to properly brew. All "Can Kits" need this addition to properly brew. The "Kit" consists of one pound of dextrose (corn) sugar and one pound of light dry malt extract. We highly recommend this addition on all can kits.


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Biopolymerer är polymermolekyler som bildas av levande organismer. Biopolymerer är alltså polymera biomolekyler. Eftersom de är polymerer innehåller de monomerer som binds ihop till större molekyler med kovalenta bindningar.

Det finns tre huvudsakliga klasser av biopolymerer, utgående från monomererna och de strukturer som bildas:
 Polynukleotider (RNA och DNA), som är långa polymerer uppbyggda av 13 eller fler nukleotidmonomerer.
 Polypeptider, som är korta polymerer av aminosyror.
 Polysackarider, som består av kolhydrater.

Biopolymeren cellulosa är den vanligaste organiska föreningen på jorden, och utgör ungefär 33 procent av all växtmassa.

Se även
 Biomaterial

Källor

Biomolekyler
Polymerer

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Q: Using css scroll snapping, how to make the image not in view blurry (less opaque)?

body {
  overflow-y: hidden;
}

.slides {
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  display: flex;
  overflow-x: scroll;
}

section {
  height: 100vh;
  min-width: 80vw;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  scroll-snap-align: start;
}
.section-1{
background-color: blue;
}
.section-2{
background-color: yellow;
}
.section-3{
background-color: green;
}
.section-4{
background-color: orange;
}

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help

please

I am making a horizontal scrollable carousel. In this div there are images, and I am using css scroll snapping where scroll-snap-align: start. The image that is up next in the list (the one that is not visible on the right) needs to be less opaque than the one that is currently in view.
This is the look I am going for (picture of the carousel)
Also while I'm here is there a chance anyone could help with endless scroll, so the images just start from the beginning again?

A: The answer is to use an event listener on the scrolling container. Depending on the leftscroll value of the scroll container we either set the opacity style of an image container (which wraps the images that are placed inside the scroll container) to a lower value (blurred) or back to 1(visible).
The use of refs in React makes things a lot easier both in terms of the scroll container and the image containers.


George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William V. Murray to George Washington . 1796. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw440010/.
(1796) George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William V. Murray to George Washington . [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw440010/.
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