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Q: Finding an error in hash function when resizing table While preparing for an exam I came across a question about hash tables.
I am given a table of length 11 with the following hash function:
h(k,i) = ( k mod 13 + i * (1 + k mod 7) ) mod 11

The hash table is then resized to size 12. So the new hash function becomes:
h'(k,i) = ( k mod 13 + i * (1 + k mod 7) ) mod 12

Which problems occur?

A: The problem is that the hash function becomes worse.
In the first case, the distribution of different combinations of k and i is very even among the 11 hash bins. In the second case, the distribution is not so even - particularly, the number of combinations of k and i for which the result of the hash function will be 0 is noticably higher.
Of course, during an exam, one would probably have to argue why it is this way. It's somehow related to

*

*k mod 13 being a value between 0 and 12

*k mod 7 being a value between 0 and 6 (which divides 12)

*maybe, somehow: 11 is a prime number and 12 has many divisors...

but (at least for me) it is hard to find a convincing reasoning that goes beyond these trivial insights. Maybe you have another idea based on that.
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class HashTest
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int maxK = 30;
        int maxI = 30;
        System.out.println(computeFrequencies(h0, maxK, maxI));
        System.out.println(computeFrequencies(h1, maxK, maxI));
    }

    private static Map<Integer, Integer> computeFrequencies(
        Hash hash, int maxK, int maxI)
    {
        Map<Integer, Integer> frequencies =
            new LinkedHashMap<Integer, Integer>();
        for (int k=0; k<maxK; k++)
        {
            for (int i=0; i<maxI; i++)
            {
                int value = hash.compute(k, i);
                Integer count = frequencies.get(value);
                if (count == null)
                {
                    count = 0;
                }
                frequencies.put(value, count+1);
            }
        }
        return frequencies;
    }

    private static interface Hash
    {
        int compute(int k, int i);
    }

    private static final Hash h0 = new Hash()
    {
        @Override
        public int compute(int k, int i)
        {
            return ((k % 13) + i * (1 + (k % 7))) % 11;
        }
    };
    private static final Hash h1 = new Hash()
    {
        @Override
        public int compute(int k, int i)
        {
            return ((k % 13) + i * (1 + (k % 7))) % 12;
        }
    };

}

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Benefits June 12, 2012
Replacement Rate Studies Could Have Pitfalls
June 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors should not rely on replacement rate studies when differentiating plan providers, a research paper contends.
Corie Russell
Plan sponsors are increasingly requesting replacement rate studies where each provider conducts an analysis to determine the potential impact or improvement of the given investment strategy on participants. In other words, they are using it to determine the "retirement success" of the participants if they use that provider's or consultant's product or solution, according to the research paper "Inaccurate Precision: The Danger of Replacement Rate Calculations."
In many cases, the plan sponsor will supply a potential vendor with average (or median) plan demographics and ask the vendor for the expected replacement ratio at retirement for the average (or median) plan participant, explained David Blanchett, research consultant for Morningstar Investment Management and author of the paper. This approach can be dangerous because it does not take into consideration variables like outside assets and spouses, therefore making it nearly impossible to meaningfully compare the expected replacement ratio provided by two different vendors.
"You have a very incomplete picture of [plan participants'] retirement readiness," Blanchett told PLANSPONSOR.
The paper explores the important differences in how one defines the expected replacement ratio, as well as explains how replacement rate estimates can vary based on different assumptions and provide varying levels of insight. Blanchett used assumptions including savings rate, inflation, market forecasts and retirement age.
According to the research, making relatively minor changes to a set of base assumptions can lead to a range in the median replacement rate for a plan to vary from 48% to 107%, and a range in the replacement rate for an individual to vary from 67% to 261%.
While the intentions of these replacement rate studies may be good, Blanchett said they will not help a plan sponsor make a "quality" decision among providers.
Instead, Blanchett suggested plan sponsors understand the methodology used to build the respective products and then select the approach that best matches the underlying goals and objectives of the plan sponsor. "You really have to understand the methodology instead, and understand how each provider reaches a solution," he added.
Blanchett said he is concerned that the use of replacement rate studies could filter down market. Replacement rate studies are increasingly used in the large market, but Blanchett thinks small- and mid-sized companies could follow suit. "It's reinforcing a bad decision, rather than moving people in the right direction," he said.
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Interview with Patricia Rubio
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Patricia Rubio began her career at Skidmore in 1983 after graduating from Valparaiso University in Chile and, after arrival at Skidmore, her PhD at the University of Alberta in Canada. She filled many roles at Skidmore - coordinator of the self-instructional language program, Director of Women's Studies, Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, and Associate Dean of the Faculty. Since retirement in 2016 she has helped run her sister's restaurant in Chile, taught ESL to backstretch workers at the Saratoga track, played a great deal of golf and serves as chair of the board of the Saratoga Chamber Players.
In this interview she also discusses the complexity of the self-instructional language program, changes in the Women's Studies program and its evolution to a full major, the influence of Dean of Faulty Phyllis Roth, her work with Dean Muriel Poston, and issues of diversity.
Patricia Rubio
"Interview with Patricia Rubio," Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project, accessed January 28, 2023, https://ssmp.skidmore.edu/document/1399.
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Community Core
Stark Enterprises was founded in 1978 by Robert L Stark when he developed his first single-story commercial property in Mayfield Heights, Ohio while completing his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University. From this first investment, Mr. Stark laid the groundwork for what would become Stark Enterprises, one of the most reputable real-estate development companies spanning over 8 states and constantly growing.
To date, Stark Enterprises has developed over 45 plus commercial and residential properties spanning ten states across the US. As the business continues to mature, a new strategic vision has evolved with focus on development of the Community Core – the employment of mixed-use density, intricate place-making and compelling architectural design in the creation of unique pedestrian-focused suburban communities.
The Beacon project at 515 Euclid Avenue made history this year opening in November 2019. This residential high rise was the first built in downtown Cleveland in over 40 years and exemplifies the rich history and passion Stark Enterprises has for the city and its powerful resurgence. Visit www.thebeaconcleveland.com to learn more.
Moving forward into 2020, Stark Enterprises is expanding their Liv+ luxury student housing brand partnered with Campus Advantage, Liv+ Gainesville, developing near the campus of University of Florida Gainesville. Learn more at livplusgainesville.com.
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– Developer of Crocker Park in Westlake, Ohio – a one-of-a-kind mixed-use development that vertically integrates retail, residential and office space with dining, entertainment and most importantly community. Located on 75 landscaped acres and encompassing 12 city blocks, Crocker Park features an impressive mixture of internally known retailers and local boutiques, public spaces, streetscapes, parks and alleyways as well as a unique mixture of loft-style/urbane apartment living, charming city homes, work/live town homes and brownstone communities. Newest addition to the project, Phase III, was completed in 2016 and includes the new World Headquarters of American Greetings, a hotel and additional retail including an expanded H&M coming in late 2018, dining and residential development.
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MODERN FLEETS
MODERN NAVY
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971)
Guided Missile Destroyer / Frigate Warship
Naval Warfare / Ships
Image from the United States Department of Defense DVIDS imagery network.
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great DDH-971 was formally commissioned for service into the South Korean Navy in July 1998.
Authored By: Staff Writer | Last Edited: 4/6/2020 | Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com
With unpredictable neighbor North Korea to its north and defense powerhouse China to its West, it behooves the nation of South Korea to invest heavily in a viable naval service to function alongside its land and air branches. As such, various warship and submarine classes have been inducted into service over the decades and, throughout the mid and late 1990s, the Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyers were introduced with the group numbering three and led by ROKS Gwanggaeto (DDH-971) itself. In time, ROKS Eulji Mundeok (DDH-972) and ROKS Yang Manchun (DDH-973) came online and all of the warships were constructed by Daewoo Heavy Industries. Each maintains an active status in the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy (2017).
Despite their official destroyer classification, the group can also be considered as frigates due to displacement, size and capabilities.
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great was formed as part of the South Korean Navy "KDX" initiative which seeks to provide the ROK Navy with a deep water / ocean-going force - a move away from a primarily coastal-minded naval force. This meant a warship design with good sea-keeping capabilities and range as well as armament and sensor systems capable of engaging multiple targets Beyond-Visual-Range (BVR). The new destroyers have begun to fill their portion of the requirement with as many as twelve total ships planned for the group.
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great displaces 3,825 tons under full load. She features an overall length of 444.6 feet with a beam of 46.6 feet and a draught down to 13.8 feet. Internally there is a crew of 286 and the air arm includes a pair of Westland "Super Lynx" navalized helicopters launched and retrieved from a stern helipad. A full-service hangar provides at-sea repair and maintenance facilities.
Propulsion is by way of a COmbined Diesel And Gas (CODAG) arrangement which sees 2 x Ssang Yong Motor Company 20V956 TB82 diesel units paired with 2 x General Electric LM2500-30 marine gas turbines. These engines are tied to a pair of shafts under stern that provide for speeds reaching up to 30 knots. The combination arrangement allows the operator to switch from gas to diesel and back to accomplish the actions of dash and cruising - and effective fuel-saving system for modern warships. Operational ranges are out to 4,500 nautical miles.
The warship's profile sees a single deck gun at the forecastle with an imbedded bank of missiles ahead of the bridge superstructure. Atop the superstructure is the communications and sensors system with some of the installations set about a lattice-style main mast. Aft of the main superstructure is a split "Y-style" smoke funnel exhausting the propulsion scheme. Aft of this is the secondary superstructure (containing the hangar) and helipad.
Conventional armament is 1 x 5" /54 caliber 127mm OTO-Melara deck gun (turreted) and 2 x Signaal "Goalkeeper" 30mm Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs). The missile focus of the warship is apparent as the Mk 48 Mod 2 Vertical Launch System (VLS) ahead of the bridge houses 16 x RIM-7P "Sea Sparrow" surface-to-air missiles. Beyond this are a pair of quadruple launchers for the Harpoon anti-ship missile. The warship is also outfitted with 2 x 324mm (12.8") triple torpedo tubes to deal with surface and undersea threats (Mark 46 torpedo support).
The AN/SPS-49(V) 2D air-search radar heads the list of advanced processing systems that give the vessel vision beyond the horizon. This is in addition to the Signaal MV08 surface-search and Daewoo SPS-95K navigation radar fits. Signaal also provides its STIR 180 series Fire Control System (FCS) radars. The SLQ-25 "Nixie" system is a towed decoy for incoming torpedoes and the ATLAS DSQS-21BZ forms the hull-mounted sonar system. 4 x CSEE DAGAIE MK 2 is an installed chaff launcher. All this works in conjunction with the armament systems aboard the ship as well as the helicopters which provide even greater coverage for the warship.
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great was launched on October 28th, 1996 and formally commissioned on July 24th, 1998. She remains in active service alongside her two sisters (2017).
Commissioned, in Active Service
CONSTRUCTION [+]
Ship Class [ Gwanggaeto the Great-class ]
Ships-in-Class [ 3 ] Ship Names: ROKS Gwangggaeto the Great (DDH-971); ROKS Eulji Mundeok (DDH-972); ROKS Yang Manchun (DDH-973)
- Blue Water Operations
- Fleet Support
- Direct-Attack
DIMENSIONS [+]
444.6 ft (135.51 m)
Width / Beam:
46.6 ft (14.20 m)
Height / Draught:
13.8 ft (4.21 m)
WEIGHTS [+]
Displacement (Surface):
3,800 tons
POWER [+]
2 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines with 2 x SsangYong Motor Company 20V 956 TB82 diesel engines driving 2 x shafts.
PERFORMANCE [+]
Speed (Surface):
30 kts (35 mph)
4,519 nm (5,200 miles; 8,369 km)
1 x 127mm (5") /54 caliber OTO-Melara deck gun
1 x 16 Mk 48 Mod 2 Vertical Launching System (VLS) (RIM-7P "Sea Sparrow" Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs)).
2 x "Harpoon" anti-ship missile launchers (quad-launchers).
2 x 30mm Signaal "Goalkeeper" Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs).
2 x 324mm (12.8") triple torpedo tubes
AIR WING [+]
2 x Westland Super Lynx Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) navy helicopters.
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Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 8.
October 24th, 2017 Comments Off on Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 8.
OK, this is it. We are almost done with the definition of a serious health condition. I'm serious. Let's deal with chronic conditions. You know, the sorts of health conditions a person might get that just does not go away. Like asthma or diabetes or epilepsy. How do these kinds of conditions fit into the definition of a serious health condition?
And back to §115 we go.
(3) May cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity (e.g., asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.).
So we have three things we need for a condition to be "chronic" and we will start from the bottom and work our way up. First, the condition may cause "episodic" incapacity. You know, once in a while. Like when the weather is bad (or really good he said dripping with sarcasm) and the employee gets an asthma attack. The condition has to continue over an extended period of time – again, like asthma. It doesn't just go away with treatment. And finally, the condition requires periodic visits to the doctor. And here is where it gets complicated. You have to see the doctor at least twice per year. What is twice per year? According to Lusk v. Virginia Panel Corporation, Civil Action No. 5:13cvO79 (W.D. Vir. 2014), twice per year means that the employee saw a doctor at least twice in the year preceding her need for leave.
Lusk was not treated at all for her mental health condition in the year preceding her alleged FMLA leave on January 16, 2013, and neither did she have a certification from her doctor that she suffered from a chronic condition. In short, given the evidence addressed at summary judgment, the court cannot conclude as a matter of law that plaintiff Lusk falls within this FMLA category.
So that isn't a "chronic condition" under the FMLA. And remember, the general doctor's visit and three day incapacity rules don't apply to chronic conditions just like they don't apply to pregnancy.
(f) Absences attributable to incapacity under paragraph (b) or (c) of this section qualify for FMLA leave even though the employee or the covered family member does not receive treatment from a health care provider during the absence, and even if the absence does not last more than three consecutive, full calendar days. For example, an employee with asthma may be unable to report for work due to the onset of an asthma attack or because the employee's health care provider has advised the employee to stay home when the pollen count exceeds a certain level. An employee who is pregnant may be unable to report to work because of severe morning sickness.
(d) Permanent or long-term conditions. A period of incapacity which is permanent or long-term due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective. The employee or family member must be under the continuing supervision of, but need not be receiving active treatment by, a health care provider. Examples include Alzheimer's, a severe stroke, or the terminal stages of a disease.
29 CFR §825.115(d) & (e).
Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 7.
October 20th, 2017 Comments Off on Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 7.
We are still in section 115 of the Regulations but now we are going to talk about treatment as it relates to a pregnancy and "chronic conditions." You see, in addition to your regular old serious health condition that we have been discussing in the last six – yes, six – posts, an employee may also be eligible for leave for treatment for pregnancy or a chronic condition. We will focus on pregnancy for this post and get to chronic conditions with the next one.
(b) Pregnancy or prenatal care. Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy, or for prenatal care. See also §825.120.
(4) The expectant mother is entitled to FMLA leave for incapacity due to pregnancy, for prenatal care, or for her own serious health condition following the birth of the child. An expectant mother may take FMLA leave before the birth of the child for prenatal care or if her condition makes her unable to work. The mother is entitled to leave for incapacity due to pregnancy even though she does not receive treatment from a health care provider during the absence, and even if the absence does not last for more than three consecutive calendar days. The expectant mother is entitled to leave for incapacity due to pregnancy even though she does not receive treatment from a health care provider during the absence, and even if the absence does not last for more than three consecutive calendar days.
So mom gets time off for any incapacity due to pregnancy. The Reg goes on to say that the mother gets time off before the birth for "prenatal care or if her condition makes her unable to work." Say, for example, the doctor puts her on bed rest before the birth. Or for prenatal care, like for doctor's appointments before the birth. She also gets time off for her own serious health condition following the birth of the child – say, complications from a difficult delivery or to recover after a C-section. And one more thing to keep in mind here, they have to have a doctor's visit and the three day incapacity rules don't apply here: "The expectant mother is entitled to leave for incapacity due to pregnancy even though she does not receive treatment from a health care provider during the absence, and even if the absence does not last for more than three consecutive calendar days." Out sick due to morning sickness – covered. Don't believe me? Let's go back to §115.
Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 6.
October 16th, 2017 Comments Off on Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 6.
A regimen of continuing treatment includes, for example, a course of prescription medication (e.g., an antibiotic) or therapy requiring special equipment to resolve or alleviate the health condition (e.g., oxygen). A regimen of continuing treatment that includes the taking of over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, antihistamines, or salves; or bed-rest, drinking fluids, exercise, and other similar activities that can be initiated without a visit to a health care provider, is not, by itself, sufficient to constitute a regimen of continuing treatment for purposes of FMLA leave.
So it is prescription medication, or therapy or something you need the health care provider in order to get it, and not just drink plenty of fluids and take an aspirin. Simple enough.
Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 5.
October 10th, 2017 Comments Off on Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 5.
And of course we are talking about the continuing treatments part of that definition. Remember, last time we left off with when the second of the two treatments have to take place.
So the second treatment has to take place within 30 days of the first day of incapacity. I got sick on Monday the 1st. Have to have two treatments by the 30th. But who decides? Do I just get to decide to go back to the doctor a second time and, voila, I have a serious health condition? Nope, the doctor decides.
Clear as mud, right? I'm going with the Summerville Court, but I live and practice (mostly) in Michigan. You might want to talk to your labor lawyer before you decide to tell an employee they are not covered by the FMLA because they did not have two treatments while they were sick.
Oh, and one more thing – that whole 30 day thing for the second doctor's visit? Does not apply if there are "extenuating circumstances." What is an extenuating circumstance?
(5) The term extenuating circumstances in paragraph (a)(1) of this section means circumstances beyond the employee's control that prevent the follow-up visit from occurring as planned by the health care provider. Whether a given set of circumstances are extenuating depends on the facts. For example, extenuating circumstances exist if a health care provider determines that a second in-person visit is needed within the 30-day period, but the health care provider does not have any available appointments during that time period.
Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 4.
October 03rd, 2017 Comments Off on Why? A Serious Health Condition under the FMLA – Part 4.
Yes, yes, I know we are still talking about "serious health condition" and we have been for the last several posts. But this is important stuff. Most of your FMLA leaves are going to be for a serious health condition, either the employee's or a family member's. So this might take a post or two more.
So we have that down, right? A period of incapacity that lasts more than three consecutive days. But that is not it. The section also says: "that also involves".
So in addition to the three consecutive days, you need "continuing treatment by a health care provider".
Well, let's break that down. We will start with number 1, that makes sense.
(c) The term treatment includes (but is not limited to) examinations to determine if a serious health condition exists and evaluations of the condition. Treatment does not include routine physical examinations, eye examinations, or dental examinations. A regimen of continuing treatment includes, for example, a course of prescription medication (e.g., an antibiotic) or therapy requiring special equipment to resolve or alleviate the health condition (e.g., oxygen). A regimen of continuing treatment that includes the taking of over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, antihistamines, or salves; or bed-rest, drinking fluids, exercise, and other similar activities that can be initiated without a visit to a health care provider, is not, by itself, sufficient to constitute a regimen of continuing treatment for purposes of FMLA leave.
Man, we are all over these Regulations just to get to one definition. So, treatment means an in-person visit with a health care provider "to determine if a serious health condition exists and evaluations of the condition".
Now let's touch on that two or more times thing. First, as you can see, the "first in-person treatment visit must take place within seven days of the first day of incapacity." So I got sick on Monday, as a threshold issue I need to see the doctor within seven days of Monday.
OK, I think that is enough for today. It's enough for me anyway. We will talk about that second visit next time.


Whether you're a fashionista or you're just trying to make a more conscious effort to protect the environment, attending an eco-fashion trade fair can be great fun. Held all around the world, these fairs are designed to put the spotlight on some of the very best ethical brands, and help designers and influencers find clothing that suits their lifestyles and attitude to waste.
At Ultra Tee, we've talked about the impact clothing has on the environment many times. In our piece on mind-blowing statistics on the fashion industry, we revealed clothing can take more than 200 years to break down, so finding clothing made from sustainable, recycled materials is a great way to reduce your footprint and prolong the life of quality fashion pieces.
If you want to attend an eco-fashion trade fair, check out our top five list below. We've chosen five of our favourite eco-friendly trade fairs that combine cutting-edge fashion with the environment.
A favourite here at Ultra Tee, the Green Showroom is an annual fashion event held in Berlin, Germany in January of every year. Described as an "unconventional exhibition showroom, enriched by the fresh new concepts", this trade show brings together some of the biggest and most innovative names in eco-friendly fashion and accessories, as well as showcasing some of the latest ethical lifestyle products. The event has grown from strength to strength, with this year's show attracting more than 1,200 guests and 55 exhibitors. You can find out more about next year's event, which will be held from the 15th to the 17th of January 2019, on the 10times website.
Another popular German eco-fashion trade fair is Innatex, held at the Messecenter Rhein Main Wallau, Hofheim. The biannual three-day event (this year's second event being held from 28th to the 30th of July) is a natural textile fair, with an emphasis on stunning fashion pieces as well as accessories, home textiles, fabrics, toys and much more. Perfect for fashion lovers as well as designers, the event hosts more than 500 exhibitors, attracting between 20,000 and 50,000 visitors.
If you enjoy making your own clothing or even run your own fashion business, then the Future Fabrics Expo in London is a must-see. This annual event is now in its seventh year, and was launched as a "platform to discover more sustainable textiles and innovations for the future of fashion". As well as showcasing some of the most innovative and environmentally-friendly textiles, the event is centred around networking and bringing together brands and designers who have one common goal: to reduce their fashion's impact on the environment and use more sustainable, innovative materials that will stand the test of time and deliver comfort and style.
Back to Germany for the next trade show on our list, and this time to the Ethical Fashion Show in Berlin, known as NEONYT in Germany. This international fashion fair is open to professional visitors only and runs every July and January. Exhibitors show off their latest designs for men, women and children across ranges such as streetwear, sportswear and much more, as well as premiering new products across their accessories lines, like bags, shoes, jewellery and more. Of course, everything showcased is ethically sourced and produced, while conferences and fashion shows are hosted to bring together some of the biggest names.
The Fashion Trade Show, known as Fashion SVP, is another popular fashion trade fair in the UK, and while the event itself isn't tailored towards ethical dressing necessarily, it hosts an annual seminar that's designed to help fashion designers and buyers source more ethical clothing and make changes to their production and manufacturing to improve the global impact fashion has on the environment. Known as the Sourcing Briefing, the event brings together industry experts to share their knowledge and experience on sourcing, production, brand and product development, design, marketing and social media - with an emphasis on being ethical.
While fashion trade fairs certainly aren't for everyone, they're a great day out if you're into fashion and want to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in ethical design. At Ultra Tee, we've been able to source our ethical, organic cotton thanks to trade fairs, and continue to attend these events around the world to discover the latest technologies and processes that are making the fashion industry more sustainable, ethical and green. Stay tuned for more updates!


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Florida Tech's Grant Hughes Selected By Florida Launch In Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft
By Daniel Supraner, Florida Tech Sports // May 31, 2017
first player in FIT LAX history drafted by the MLL
Florida Tech men's lacrosse senior standout Grant Hughes was drafted by the Florida Launch in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Collegiate Draft. (FIT image)
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Florida Tech men's lacrosse senior standout Grant Hughes was drafted by the Florida Launch in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Collegiate Draft.
The Launch selected Hughes with the first pick of the 10th round of the draft, 82nd overall.
The Windemere, Florida native becomes the first player in program history to be drafted by the MLL.
He is just the second in Sunshine State Conference history to be drafted – joining Connor Whipple of Tampa who was also taken by the Launch with the first pick of the ninth round in the 2017 draft.
"This is a huge day for Grant, the men's lacrosse program and Florida Tech," exclaimed head coach Ryan McAleavey.
"Being drafted in the MLL is a tremendous way for Grant to cap off his career at Florida Tech. We are excited for him and what he is going to do at the next level in his life."
Florida Tech's Grant Hughes was named an USILA/Nike Division II Honorable Mention All-American and an All-SSC First Team selection this season.
Florida Tech Finishes Final Regatta In Third Place At NCAA Rowing Championships
Hughes was named an USILA/Nike Division II Honorable Mention All-American and an All-SSC First Team selection this season.
The short stick defensive midfielder finished with 12 caused turnovers and eight ground balls in 2017.
He completed his career at Florida Tech with 32 ground balls, 25 caused turnovers, four goals and five assists.
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Science - November 15, 2012
"I was banned from saying anything"
He spent more than 30 years researching the best way to sedate and kill meat animals such as cows, chickens and pigs in an abattoir. Then suddenly the spotlight was on him, when a change of law about ritual slaughter was proposed. 'I was standing with my back to the wall,' says Bert Lambooij. He retires on 1 December.
It is not a nice subject, Bert Lambooij readily admits. How do we kill our meat animals? Do we shoot them gas them, electrocute them or cut their throats? What is the most humane method, causing the animals the least suffering? This is what Lambooij researched for 33 years, as anonymously as possible, because it is not the sort of subject that goes down well at birthday parties. 'We have never given our research much publicity; people prefer to turn a blind eye and the subject raises emotions. We have also had slaughter researchers who said: we can't do this, we want to stop.'
Lambooij did not find a day of research at the abattoir a cheering experience either. 'You see animals being killed on a mass scale, routinely and purely instrumentally. You have to distance yourself from that emotionally, otherwise you'll go under. That goes for the people who work there too, because you see animals suffering. On the other hand you need to take care that you don't become hardened to it.' So how did Lambooij stick it out? 'You see that there is so much that needs improving and that is your motivation for your research. You want to know whether the animals are in pain. But you can't ask them, so you have to measure it. We did that with brain activity in the animals. That provides an indication of their wellbeing and gives away whether the sedation given before the slaughter is actually working. We also take heart measurements to determine the stress physiology. That is a unique measurement system in the world and other countries are eager to work with us.' Yet Lambooij cannot directly measure wellbeing and pain in the animals. 'Pain is an interpretation. We obtain data that makes it a reasonable assumption that an animal suffers from a particular intervention. And that is where the discussion about animal welfare begins.'
Discredited
Last year Lambooij suddenly found himself in the limelight when there was a move to ban ritual slaughter in the Netherlands. Lambooij stated in a memo to the ministry of EL&I that animals slaughtered ritually - by cutting their throats - suffer pain as they bleed to death. He was attacked for this by Jewish organizations, his research was discredited by the Dutch research organization TNO, and he - or more precisely, Wageningen UR - was taken to court. How does he look back on all that now?
'I would have liked to respond to all the accusations but I was manoeuvred into a powerless position. Slaughter was suddenly no longer a scientific issue but an emotional-religious issue. Opponents tried to undermine the scientific results with accusations intended to undermine my credibility. The media eagerly joined in that game. Jewish organizations told the press: he is not a real researcher; he works at some small institute - I hear that from journalists who listened to both sides. But there were also journalists who just wrote what they heard - you are dependent on their integrity.' Communication advisors at Wageningen UR advised him against getting mixed up in the discussion. A bit later the legal advisors went so far as to say that he was not permitted to say anything, as the case was now before a judge. 'Meanwhile, the other parties kept the game going in the press,'Lambooij recalls. 'That puts you with your back to the wall.'
But the TNO report in which Lambooij's conclusions were described as 'unscientific' still annoys him. 'Do you know what was remarkable about it? No authors were mentioned on the TNO memo. They attacked me, but I still don't know which staff members at the 'renowned' TNO assessed my report, what their level was. I noticed that they had not understood the setup of my trial - they just didn't get it. But I couldn't respond because of the court case.'
But Lambooij was vindicated in the end. A study by an international project group on ritual slaughter without anaesthetic, Dialrel, corroborated his findings (with Lambooij as co-author). Secondly, his research was published in the academic journal Meat Science. But the media paid very little attention to it. That is where the feeling of powerlessness comes from, explains Lambooij. He had suffered damage to his reputation but he could not defend himself and in the end there was no public recognition that he had been right.
'It happens to you, and you just have to accept it,' he says now. Could he have gone about things differently, with hindsight? 'No; this was going on a high political level and I could not influence that with solid science-based arguments.'
Lambooij does not make a battle-weary impression. He has to retire but wants to go on working one day a week. As an international authority in the field of slaughter and sedation techniques, he regularly provides advice and runs courses both in the Netherlands and abroad. His colleague Marien Gerritzen is taking over the research. Lambooij: 'We are going to measure the wellbeing of animals during transportation in a European project, and for the ministry we are going to draw up criteria for handling animals before and at the abattoir. It is not just about the slaughter method but about how you treat the animal. Roughly or calmly? Are the animals rushed through the process? I think we should pay more attention to that, in ritual slaughter too. There is too much focus on the throat-cutting, whereas you should evaluate the whole slaughter process ethically.'
Ethical discussion
The rise of the Dutch animal rights party has made it seem as though animal welfare during slaughter has only recently become a social issue. But nothing is further from the truth. The captive bolt pistol was developed in the nineteenth century to ensure a quick death for cattle at abattoirs and prevent unnecessary suffering. Way back in the 11 th century there was a law in Germany requiring that animals be sedated before slaughter. In the Netherlands there has been a law requiring animals to be sedated before slaughter since 1918, and as early as 1938 Lambooij's predecessors established that low voltage electric shocks did not sedate goats enough in abattoirs. Guidelines are becoming more and more stringent. A recent example is the banning of the water bath in which chicken were stunned electrically because the method is thought not to reduce pain enough. Abattoirs have now gone over to sedation with gas or with an electric shock to the head.
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Q: How might one verify that a file has been copied? Is there a way to make sure that a file has been copied to a USB drive?
(Ex: I have a file secret.db and I suppose that my friend has copied it into his USB drive. With stat $filename I cannot see the updated a/c/m/time because cp doesn't update the timestamps).
Is there a way to know that or is it impossible?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Bash v4.

A: TL;DR: In many cases, you can see whether the file was accessed; however, it is impossible to tell whether a copy was made or not.
It seems that atime would be updated when using cp (unless noatime is in effect); however, doing any other read operation (like grep somestring $filename) would also touch the file.
In most installs (without a ton of auditing), it is not possible to find out why exactly the file was read, and whether the process reading the file also wrote a copy of the data elsewhere (to USB? to socket? to RAM?).
Moreover, this only concerns online, unprivileged attacks. If I have physical access, I could reboot into a live-CD distro, mount the partition read only, copy anything off it (or even make a full-disk image) and there would be no marks on the partition (except the incremented mount counter).

A: I solve it using python script, the idea is checking in a loop if file size is incrementing, you have to set time.sleep for your needs, in my case was only 0.05s to see if file is increasing his size...
The check ends when size in the before size check iteration is the same in the actual size check...
dict is a dictionary type, initialize it with 'dict = {}'
               if not filename in dict:
                #new item...
                time.sleep(0.05)
                dict = {filename: os.stat(fullInFilename).st_size}
                break #next iteration loop, that finds itself again
            else:  # already exists in dict, copying finished?
                time.sleep(0.05)
                sizeRegistrado = dict[filename]
                sizeActual = os.stat(fullInFilename).st_size

                if sizeActual != sizeRegistrado:
                    # still copying...
                    dict[filename] = sizeActual
                    print(sizeActual)
                    break
                else:
                    # Done copying
                    #print("pop!")
                    dict.pop(filename)


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As Jurassic World sets new box office records, Dinosaurs dominate the downtown area of Stamford
In its second weekend since opening, Time Magazine reports that Jurassic World has garnered over $981 million in global box office gross according to Box Office Mojo.
The film is slated to reach the one billion dollar mark this Thursday, less than two weeks after its release.
What an amazing run! (Watch out Furious 7, which reached the billion dollar mark in 17 days)
Just as amazing is Stamford Downtown's presentation of the Dinosaur's Rule outdoor art show.
40 originally designed and painted fiberglass dinosaurs are on display for free viewing throughout the summer months.
Here are examples from the Downtown art exhibit:
In Celebration of the 150th Birthday of William Butler Yeats, Perhaps the Greatest Poet of the 20th Century.
My introduction to William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1839) was as a Freshman at Columbia College. Alan C.Purves, my English instructor, assigned our class Yeats's Second Coming to explicate.
The first stanza was very disturbing to say the least. It begins with a disruptive image of a falcon not being responsive to its trainer, the falconer and
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The ceremony of innocence is drowned.
The poem was written in 1919 at the end of the "blood dimmed tide" of World War I and "anarchy is let loosed" as the the Russian Revolution has gripped the attention and toppled the stability of the world.
My appreciation of Yeats was greatly enhanced by studying some of his great poems under the aegis of Professor William York Tindill of Columbia University's Graduate Faculties English Department. He brought the rhythms of Yeats's poems alive by reading significant passages out loud. His favorite was September 1913 and his favorite lines:
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.
The poem was occasioned by the lockout in September 1913 of employees by the employers and merchants of Dublin. The poem also pays tribute to those early Irish revolutionaries and patriots who tirelessly devoted their lives to the futile cause of creating a free Irish Republic;
Here is a video animation of Yeats reading September 1913:
Other Yeats poems that I suggest one read include: Adam's Curse, The Lake Isle of Innisfree and The Wild Swans at Coole.
Yeats won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
Happy Birthday Mr. Yeats.
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Nevada to tax music events as Vegas becomes festival mecca
Posted on 06/21/15 by jerardelliott
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Northern Nevada has long been known as home to the freewheeling counterculture Burning Man festival in the starkly beautiful Black Rock Desert. In the past five years, Las Vegas, too, has evolved into a festival goers' mecca.
Hundreds of thousands of devotees now also flock to the psychedelic Electric Daisy Carnival rave, the iHeartRadio music festival, the Route 91 Harvest country festival and Rock in Rio, an import from Brazil.
But organizers fear new changes to Nevada's tax law could endanger their festivals' futures.
Last month, state lawmakers voted to impose a 9 percent tax on admissions to most live entertainment events, replacing a two-tier tax rate. The original tax had so many exemptions and exclusions that it became a headache to enforce.
All events in venues with a capacity of 15,000 or more must pay the fee even if they have nonprofit status — a provision that aims to prevent organizers from avoiding the tax by claiming a 501(c)3 exemption.
The measure won't take effect until October, months after this year's Electric Daisy Carnival wraps up, but general admission passes that cost about $360 now could soon include a fee of about $32.
"Nine percent is a huge tax," said Gary Bongiovanni, president and editor-in-chief of the concert industry trade publication Pollstar, adding he was surprised that Nevada of all places was taxing festival tickets.
"People from California move to Nevada to get away from taxes," he said.
Burning Man organizers, who have mused about moving elsewhere, argued after the bill's passage that attendees already support local businesses and pay gas and sales tax. They've called the new tax misguided.
Organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival called it "extremely detrimental" for an industry that operates on "razor-thin margins in an already high-risk environment."
Pasquale Rotella, founder of Insomniac which produces the event, said he doesn't want to move the festival that's now in its fifth year at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But if he needed to, there are other places it could go.
"I love it here. I moved here. My home is here now," he said, also crediting the area for its support of the festival.
But doing the math to make it work will be difficult, he said.
He noted the festival lost $3 million the first year and didn't begin to make a profit again until its third year in Las Vegas.
"We have to build a city from scratch for 140,000 people," he said, noting that his staff brings in power to the speedway's parking lot and erects huge stages and carnival rides for a dance party spectacle. "It's a huge gamble."
He's raised prices before to cover the increasing costs and he said he doesn't doubt that some people may forgo attending if an extra 9 percent tax is added on top. He also said it ended any discussion of launching more events in Nevada.
"This is just something that we haven't gotten our heads around yet," he said.
The revamped tax has now looped in outdoor events, and even includes strip clubs and escort services.
Sen. Mark Lipparrelli, a Las Vegas Republican who co-sponsored the bill with Democratic Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, said the measure aims to broaden the tax base and avoid double-taxing purchases at some events by newly exempting food, beverage and merchandise.
Lipparelli said he doesn't expect the restructured tax to bring in any more or less revenue than the old structure because food tax revenue was a major driver.
Proponents also say the reworked law brings certainty for business operators and reduces the prospect of surprise fines. Under the old law, venue owners and auditors agonized over sweeping gray areas: Would a guitarist playing background music in a restaurant or go-go dancers at a nightclub trigger the tax, for example?
But the prospect of higher ticket prices is troublesome for festival attendees, who already feel put out by ticket, food and travel expenses.
Colton Hood, 21, and his wife Sarah, from Greeley, Colorado, rattled off what they spent for their Rock in Rio weekend in May. Tickets $300 each, gas another few hundred dollars, $600 for a few nights at the Excalibur and about $300 each for food and drinks. All told, nearly $2,000.
While an extra $10 or $20 on top of that wouldn't seem like a big deal, "it's annoying," Hood said.
Roberta Medina, a vice president with Rock in Rio and daughter of the music festival founder, wasn't aware of the tax plan but said it would be too bold to suggest it might sway the festival's decision to return.
Rock in Rio USA already has agreed with MGM Resorts International to return to their 37-acre site again in 2017 and 2019, and Medina said there have been talks to return every year after 2017.
But there's no guarantee.
"Nothing's no matter what. It has to be good for everybody," she said.
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Changing Lives Ministries
First Lady Glenda Dudley
Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr. D. Min.
Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr. is from Goldsboro, NC and is the youngest of 11 children from the union of the late Bishop Leamon Dudley, Sr. & the late Mrs. Ida Dorothy Dudley. He gave his life to Christ when he was 12 and began ministry at the early age of 13. He grew up in the United Holy Church of America, Inc. He was ordained by the UHC in 1986. He changed denominations and became an ordained Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 1989 and served as a chaplain in the Air Force for the C.O.G.I.C. Bishop Dudley is married to the former Glenda D. Jones of Spring Hope, NC. They have two children, Mahogany Kneecoal and Geoffrey Vincient II. He is a retired Air Force Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel, and in his 21 ½ years of service he has lived and ministered in many states and several countries. He diligently pursued formal education to prepare for a lifetime of ministry.
1981—Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Drama & Speech, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1991—Master of Divinity, School of Theology, Virginia Union University
1992—Master of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma
1997—Post Master Education Specialist, University of Memphis
2000—Doctor of Ministry, Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University
2015—Currently pursuing his PhD in Leadership from Regents University
He is the author of "Prayer: Answers Guaranteed" (Outskirts Press Publishing) and "What's My Ministry: What Does God Want From Me?". His formal education culminated with a doctorate in ministry dissertation or "project piece" on "How to Plant and Grow Churches in the 21st Century." He has put his education and leadership gifts to use in a milieu of venues. In less than 3 years each congregation he founded or lead experienced tremendous growth:
1990—Moody AFB Chapel service 35 to 150
1993—Spaindahlem, Germany 235 to 500+
1998—Progressive Life in Christ (new church plant) Hampton, VA 12 to 200+
2000—Scott AFB Chapel 2 from 230 to over 635
2003—New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church (current) from a core of approx. 28 to over 2500
Bishop Dudley has Episcopal responsibility over the following churches and ministries through Changing Lives Ministries.
Word in Season Ministries, Pastors Mack and Frieda McCullough—Warner Robins, Georgia
F.A.I.T.H. International Ministries , Elder Amelda Thomas-Jones, Founder
New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, Africa & Monrovia, Liberia
Chaplain, Captain Kenny Neal, USAF; Elder Junius B. Pressey; Min. Charlie and Elder Mary Copelin
Bishop Dudley has dedicated his life to serving the church and community through a variety of organizations.
Founder & CEO of New Life Enterprises
Founding President of the O'Fallon/Metro-East Branch of the NAACP
Chairman St. Louis Metro East CARES Mentoring Circle
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Board Member
Formerly served as the first African-American of O'Fallon District 90 School Board
Bishop Dudley is the founding pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in the Metro East (O'Fallon, IL) area of St. Louis, MO. They are now one church in two locations after starting the second New Life North in 2016. He and his church are under the spiritual covering of Bishop TD Jakes of Dallas, Tx. New Life adopted the East St Louis Sr. High School, changing lives through mentoring with Project Graduation. This faith-based model they developed is endorsed by Susan Taylor, Editor Emeritus of Essence Magazine and the founder of the National CARES Mentoring Movement. NLC LifeChangers, as they call themselves, are committed to changing lives in their lifetime.
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Q: pre-compressed gzip break on chrome, why? I serve pre-compressed CSS and JS files on my site, and IE6-8 and FF
is working perfectly with my .htaccess file.
# Compressed files
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} .*gzip.*
AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
AddType application/x-javascript .gz
AddType text/css .gz

I call the files with the .gz extension already [example]:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="css/layout.css.gz" />

So why is this breaks in google Chrome?
Thanks.

A: Download Fiddler and look at the raw response headers to see what the server is sending back for that particular request.
FYI, Fiddler is a client side proxy that filters your browser requests through. Super informative when dealing with these kind of issues.
-- Update
Upon further investigation, it doesn't appear that your RewriteCond is actually doing what you think it is doing. According to the Documentation, the RewriteCond directive is only used in conjunction with a RewriteRule.

A: *

*You must use the Content-Encoding: gzip response header.

*You must only return GZIP compressed content when the client's Accept-Encoding header allows GZIP.

A: Our .htaccess file (we have .jsz files with compressed javascript, and Chrome handles them fine):
AddEncoding gzip .jsz
AddType text/javascript .jsz

A: Safari (and Google Chrome) don`t works with compressed file if they extension is .gz
To support gzip archives on Safari and Chrome, copy and compress .css and .js files into gzip and rename they extension a .gz on the .jgz
(for example:
    before - one file style.css into directory
    after  - two files, style.css and style.css.jgz into directory )
And added this code into your .htaccess file:
AddEncoding gzip .jgz
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !Safari
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !Konqueror
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.jgz -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.jgz [QSA,L]

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header append Vary User-Agent
    <FilesMatch .*\.js.jgz$>
    ForceType text/javascript
    Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
    Header set Content-Encoding: gzip
    Header set Cache-control: private
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch .*\.css.jgz$>
    ForceType text/css
    Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
    Header set Content-Encoding: gzip
    Header set Cache-control: private
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

For example megaburg.ru
Tested - is working with Safari, Chrome, Opera and Firefox  8)

A: I answered a similar question with a much more conservative matching rule for when to Gzip:

Safari, Chrome, and IE6 all have
  problems with Gzipped downloads. Also,
  Apache will do the gzip compression
  for you, there is no need to manually
  gzip files.  Try this snippet:
# This uses mod_deflate, which is pretty standard on Apache 2.  Loading
# mod_deflate looks like this:
#
#   LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
#
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml application/xml application/xhtml+xml text/javascript text/css application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \\bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

See the original post: How can I make my .htaccess file allow Safari & other browsers to open GZIP?

A: You would just need to set the Content-Encoding header field to tell the client, that the response data is encoded with gzip:
<FilesMatch "\.gz$">
    Header set Content-Encoding gzip
</FilesMatch>

But unfortunatly Apache doesn't allow to set that header field. Instead Content-Encoding will become X-Content-Encoding.

A: Google Chrome (and Apple Safari) do not support gzip compressed CSS and JavaScript. Certain IE6 versions also have problems.
They do support gzip compressed HTML documents, but not CSS and JavaScript.


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* Competing against players who may be much better than them.
* Being evaluated by a brand new coach and is being ranked and rated.
* Dealing with the internal pressure of possibly not making the team.
The tryout is not much easier for the coach. Sure it is fun to see and evaluate new talent, especially when a player you have never seen before or heard anything about makes a favorable impression. But there is usually nothing harder a coach will have to do the whole season than having to tell a young player that he or she did not make the team.
* Before the final roster is announced or posted, the players who did not make the team need to be called.
* If a parent answers, tell the parent why you are calling and when you are done with him or her that you would like to speak to Billy personally. As I wrote in a previous post titled, "Player, Parents, and Coach Meetings and Evaluations," tell the parent the good aspects of Billy's game and character and then a few things that he needs to work on.
Also tell the parent that you want to send a thank you letter to Billy that will include an overview of the positives and what he should work on. An email could work, but a letter is more meaningful.
* If the player answers, take a deep breath and proceed with the unwanted news in a caring and nurturing manner. When you are done, make sure you get an opportunity to talk with a parent.
* If there is no answer, leave a message asking them to call you back. Don't leave a message saying Billy did not make the team. If they don't call back and the next day there is still no answer, send them an email.
* After the tryouts and throughout the season, make yourself available to the players who did not make the team as well as to the parents. Provide them with your email address and tell them they can contact you any time.
* Remember the names and faces of the players who did not make your team. When you run into them, call them by name and ask how they are doing. (I am terrible with names so when I don't remember a name, I ask them to remind me).
* Try getting the names of the teams that these players end up playing for. Keep this information in a paper notebook you carry with you in a PDA or phone. When you happen across a game that features one of these teams, watch the game. If time permits, talk with the player and parents after the game. If you see improvement in Billy's game, especially in the areas you mentioned that needed work, mention it. If you don't have time, send them an email.
* At some point during the season, send an email to the players who did not make the team and their parents inquiring how things are going.
* Make sure that during the tryouts the players and parents know how you intend to contact everyone with the results so there are no surprises.
Yes, taking the time to call 10, 20, or 30-plus players is time consuming and composing notes about the positives and areas for improvement for each player requires a great deal of effort.
But I believe, especially with young players, tryouts must not be a bad experience. Taking the extra time and effort and showing care and compassion will mean a lot to the players and their parents who did not make the team.
Don't expect everyone to thank you for your efforts, but in the long run, these players and parents will appreciate you.


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Tanning Mom's Criminal Past Surfaces
Updated: 10:00 AM PDT, May 4, 2012
INSIDE EDITION has learned the tanning mom who was thrust into the national spotlight has a criminal past. Meanwhile, she's got some harsh words for critics, including Jersey Shore's Snooki.
The tanorexic mom is having a tan-trum, and who is she mad at? Snooki from Jersey Shore.
You'll recall that Snooki had harsh words for Patricia Krentcil, saying, "That (blank) is crazy!"
Apparently, those words burned Krentcil even worse than her tanning session.
Krentcil said, "She's the biggest (blank) in the world. She's fake. She's fat. Her (blank) are fake. She's disgusting. When this is all said and done, I'd like to meet up with Snoopy."
Ah...her name is Snooki, Patricia.
Jay Leno hit the nail on the head, saying on The Tonight Show, "There are now people in New Jersey dumber than the cast of Jersey Shore. I didn't think that was possible."
This latest "tan-trum" adds to the dubious reknown for the woman burned brown. She's also lashed out at her critics during a shopping trip.
"There's somebody out there, for my whole life, that doesn't like me because they are jealous, they're fat and they're ugly," said Krentcil.
The 44-year-old charged with taking her six-year old daughter into a tanning booth, has pled not guilty, and insists she's a great mom, saying, "I'm a great mother and I would never do that to my child."
But the harsh glow of the national spotlight can sometimes burn. INSIDE EDITION has learned that she has a criminal past, including a DWI and an assault conviction for, get this, biting a cab driver.
Krentcil also filed for bankruptcy in 1999. And in 2000 she was convicted for theft and forgery. In total, there have been 22 civil judgments or liens filed against the tanorexic mom.
We asked dermatologist Dr. Doris Day if anything can be done to undo the damage to Krentcil's skin.
"Well the good news is, your skin cells are always turning over and regenerating. So, there's so much you can do just by stopping tanning alone," said Dr. Day. "Her skin will recover to some extent, but it will never fully recover. It's so much easier to prevent the damage than it is to try to fix it afterwards."
If nothing else, the tanorexic mom has turned the spotlight on an obsession that can be dangerous.
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Company members are often asked to perform around town and do lecture demonstrations.
For the younger developing dancer SASPA Dance Companies are open by audition in August of each year to students of SASPA. Please see school calendar. The semi-professional Alamo City Dance Co., is in residence at SASPA providing other performance opportunities throughout the year for the pre-professional and amateur dancers.


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After many, many, many months, Phoenix Feathers has finally gotten past the first brick wall of Alexander Savage: The Fist of the Father as an FC. Congrats to all of those who took part. Hopefully A2S won't be as far away.
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Sony Confirms Early 2023 Release for PlayStation VR2
Now we just need a price and a final launch date...
byMatthew Humphries Aug 23, 2022
The launch of the PlayStation VR2 headset and its new controller is going to happen in early 2023.
Late yesterday, an image of the PSVR2 was included in a tweet and a post on Instagram from official PlayStation accounts along with confirmation of an "early 2023 release." Although that doesn't give us a firm release date, it suggests we'll be able to buy the new VR headset before the end of the financial year, meaning by March at the latest.
Sony first teased the PSVR2 headset back in February 2021, before revealing the new controller for use with a PS5 the following month. Jump forward to July this year, and Sony released a slew of new details about how the VR headset will work.
It's promising to offer a real revolution in console VR gaming with two graphical modes for VR and non-VR gaming, up to 120Hz refresh rates for VR experiences at a much higher resolution and with HDR, custom play areas, see-through view, and the ability to live stream the game being played.
The one remaining piece of information we need now is a price. With the state of supply chains, high inflation, and production in China being so unpredictable due to lockdowns, it's very unlikely Sony will be able to match the $350 price point of the original. Add in the upgraded tech and new controller design, and I think we're all expecting a higher price point. Hopefully we find out what it is before the end of the year.
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About Matthew Humphries
I've been working at PCMag since November 2016, covering all areas of technology and video game news. Before that I spent nearly 15 years working at Geek.com as a writer and editor. I also spent the first six years after leaving university as a professional game designer working with Disney, Games Workshop, 20th Century Fox, and Vivendi.
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Aimee Mann & Michael Penn - Acoustic Vaudeville, Shepherd's Bush Empire, 13 July 2000
Before I begin to drone on about the lovely Acoustic Vaudeville performance
on 13 July in London, let me say Beware! This excessively long account is for patient people who don't get a chance to see such shows.
The venue for the London show was the Shepherd's Bush Empire, an old BBC theatre that is usually too far away and too young (ie all standing and crowded) for my 33-year-old old fogey self. However, this gig was all seated, and I had excellent seats thanks to a friend with ticket booking talents.
Aimee Mann stepped on stage quite early to introduce the opening act. I was
pleased to see that the Penns had brought to Europe their touring partner,
comedian Patton Oswald, who amongst other things plays a small part in the
sitcom called King of Queens that sometimes appears on the
Paramount Comedy Channel on UK cable. At times, he was a bit crude for my
tastes, but he certainly had me chuckling on several occasions. Perhaps
because I'm an American living in London, I particularly appreciated a lot
of his humour, such as his disappointment with our game shows, which he said
usually consisted of people opening a dictionary and trying to see who could
best pronounce the words, and the winner would be awarded with the grand
prize of a mint.
At about 9pm, Aimee strolled on stage, tall and thin as ever, wearing denim
jeans and a long sleeved denim shirt and dead-straight blonde hair with
fringe. She was accompanied by the amazing keyboardist Patrick Warren, who
added enormous atmosphere to the entire show.
Aimee started with Fourth of July on acoustic guitar. This is the song that
drew my attention back to her after the absence of 'til Tuesday; I heard it
on a Q sampler and later saw her perform it on Jools Holland's show. This
night's performance of it was gorgeous and haunting, as always.
When she finished, she silently wandered off with barely a nod to her
husband as he came on stage. His music is a recent discovery for me, I have
to say; I only have MP4, which I love. I have never seen him live, and he
looked quite a lot different from what I had expected based on the
tie-sporting chap on the album cover. This man reminded me more of actor
John Turturro (Quiz Show, Barton Fink) and was wearing jeans with a dark
brown snakeskin-patterned shirt unbuttoned to the fourth button (didn't do
much for me, though). He, too, was amazingly thin; everyone should buy more
of their records so they can eat, poor things.
Michael Penn picked up an acoustic guitar and started with Free For All's
Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In), perhaps appropriately in light of
my comments, lovely though he was. He was in fine voice and the song was
terrific. Patrick amazed me for the first of many times that night by
playing an amazing electric guitar solo on the keyboards; I eventually
started to wonder if he was actually playing one of those steel lap guitars,
but his hands remained on the keys.
After that number, Aimee returned to the stage, accompanied by Buddy the
electric guitarist, who looked like Phil Mitchell of Eastenders gone dapper
in a snazzy suit and trilby, and drummer/percussionist John. Michael walked
off stage until Aimee had a word and he returned and provided backing
vocals, as did Buddy, for a song from Aimee's latest album and EP, Bachelor
No 2, called Red Vines, which sounded wonderful.
As Michael picked up his acoustic guitar for the next number, Aimee
explained that they'd decided after a gig at the Largo in Los Angeles that
their stage banter was useless, so they brought in a professional to do it
for them. She welcomed Patton Oswald back to the stage, and he promptly
introduced himself as Aimee Mann and read from a tiny notebook in a deadpan
voice, 'Are you ready to rock? I can't hear you' and carried on in that vein
until Aimee launched into Jon Brion co-write Choice in the Matter from her
I'm With Stupid album. Patrick provided another amazing guitar solo on the
keyboard.
Aimee then switched to tambourine whilst Michael prepared to play Me Around
from the Resigned album, a wonderful number with a Stray Cat beat, after
which Patton laid it on thick with an introduction à la 'I'm Michael Penn
and I'm soooo depressing,' which had Michael in stitches. He then followed
with the splendid Small Black Box from the same album.
Without pausing, Michael launched into Perfect Candidate, one of several
favourites from MP4 (Days Since a Lost Time Accident), during which Aimee
played electric bass where warranted.
Michael took over the electric bass next during Aimee's eagerly applauded
song How Am I Different from Bachelor No 2, which means that a lot of the
audience must have ordered that album or EP from her US website, unless they
were just pretending to recognise it by gleefully welcoming it. Michael
didn't sing on this one at all; backing vocals were provided by dapper
Buddy, and the 'orchestra' was provided by Patrick.
They played straight into Aimee's catchy That's Just What You Are from her
second solo album, on which she sings the song with Glenn Tilbrook and Chris
Difford of Squeeze. Michael kept playing electric bass, though he did seem
to be reading the chords all evening from a music stand near him. Never
mind; I was impressed that he was so versatile.
Enter Patton to imitate Aimee again, doing his best to embarrass the couple
('I like to kiss my husband's chest--it's like granite') and delivering a
funny account of how they supposedly spent their day, from buying an Egg
McMuffin to visiting nothing but American sights and stores, landing in
Starbucks and only venturing out after that to buy a thermometer that looks
like Big Ben. He entertained the Penns as much as the audience; they always
seemed slightly wary but always delighted to hear what he would say.
Next Michael continued on bass and backing vocals whilst Aimee performed Long Shot from her second album. Barely pausing afterwards, Patrick introduced on electric piano a song that everyone recognised from Magnolia, the wonderful Wise Up.
Patton then pretended to be a prima-donna Mann, telling how (s)he had demanded of Starbucks staff to be called 'Academy Award Nominee Aimee Mann,' and when Patton had the member of staff supposedly retorting that Aimee wasn't good enough to beat a Phil Collins cartoon, Aimee laughed without any bitterness, totally enjoying the lark. She then sang the song in question,
Save Me, from Magnolia, with Michael still on bass.
For the final song performed from Magnolia that night, Aimee insisted on
audience participation, despite a dislike of it herself, asking us to
provide an unusual rhythm section. Since we could not clink our glasses
(alas, they were only plastic cups), we jangled our keys on request to
create an amazing background to Aimee and Michael's acoustic guitars whilst
Buddy flipped open and shut his lighter to the beat. It all somehow even
improved the already perfect You Do.
Aimee then switched to electric bass while Michael strummed his acoustic
guitar during the brilliant Bedlam Boys from his album March. Afterwards,
he had a go at stage banter and started to explain the unusual subtitle to
MP4, one of his many records that wasn't available over here, he bemoaned,
until prompted that they could be purchased on the Internet or in the
'lobby.' Patton cut in and took over with a supposedly more interesting
explanation of his own, which again amused the Manns and encouraged Michael
to join in by following up spontaneously with the line 'and then I undid the
goat,' which got a surprised hearty laugh from his wife. Another great song
from MP4, Don't Let Me Go, followed.
When he finished, someone called out for one of my very favourite tracks
from his latest album, High Time, and Michael barely paused for breath
before stating, 'All right, I will,' and then singing it wonderfully, with
Aimee again providing bass in the appropriate parts. Patrick provided
lovely cello via the keyboards.
Next came my favourite from MP4, Bucket Brigade, which he played on his own
for a bit whilst Buddy left the stage and Aimee sat on a stool, bass around
her neck but pointed towards the floor as if feeling neglected, and she
watched her husband carefully as he performed. She eventually rose to
contribute some bass as Buddy returned to sing and play the electric guitar
gently.
During the next number, March's Brave New World, the verses are hurried as
they are in Elvis Costello's Pump It Up. Mid-way through, Aimee gave Buddy
a knowing nod, and to execute their secret plan, she moved towards Michael
so that she was standing within inches of him, then danced about madly in
order to distract him, which she finally did, over and over again, so that
he kept messing up the words and having to stop and re-start. I thought
this was a wonderful testament to the love between them and the fact that
they enjoy fun; anyone else might have got irritated at least, but he
laughed and enjoyed it, and when he finally managed the full verse, despite
Buddy and the others singing 'Four Leaf Clover' and later 'Don't Sit Under
the Apple Tree' over his efforts, he received well-deserved applause, and he
beamed brightly. Buddy broke a string early on in the song, and Michael
finished the number by breaking one of his own on his acoustic guitar, so
the intense passion and tomfoolery of the song cost them two strings.
They'd been playing for an hour and 10 minutes and left the stage.
Fortunately, they returned soon enough, with Patton holding a cup of tea
whilst delivering his next introduction, which allowed a roadie to begin
re-stringing Michael's guitar. Michael picked up the electric bass, Aimee
played acoustic guitar, and they sang a fragment of the Sonny and Cher
classic I Got You, Babe, which the audience seemed to think was adorable.
Next, Aimee introduced a hit from her 'til Tuesday days that she'd written
with Elvis Costello, the Other End (of the Telescope), and announced that
guitarist Buddy would do an Elvis impression in the third verse. Michael
played bass, reading the chords for what must have been an unfamiliar song
in any case, and Buddy indeed gave us the best Declan McManus impression I
have ever heard.
When the roadie returned with Michael's repaired guitar, Aimee switched to
electric bass and began strumming away marvellously, whilst Aimee looked
baffled but followed along. He played a magnificent song from March called
Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun, after which they left the stage again.
Aimee and Michael returned shortly after that, and Aimee said they didn't know what to play. That prompted everyone in the audience to shout out a
favourite song, which en masse was completely incomprehensible, something Michael illustrated by speaking what I think was Spanish back at us. Aimee refused an audible request for Ghost World (I think), as no one would know that, but agreed to play I've Had It from her wonderful first album
Whatever. She advised that Michael did not know that song so he would stand
back and have a cool drink of water, which he did. She gave firm
suggestions to the other members of the band as to what they might
contribute, but they all seemed a step ahead of her. Buddy gave up his
guitar in favour of backing vocals and lighter-clicking again. The crowd
loved this faultless performance of an enjoyable song fittingly about
touring and trying to make it in the music business.
Finally, Aimee introduced a song of Michael's where she would do an Ethel
Merman impression towards the end. Before the music started, she
mentioned that they'd had fun and that she really wished she still lived in
London 'quite frankly.' She played tambourine and contributed vocals,
Michael played guitar, and most of the audience instantly recognised his hit
No Myth from his March album. It was a wonderful, bright and cheerful
tune. I was amused when, during the guitar solo, the lighting technician
turned up the lights on Buddy, who of course was just playing rhythm; the
solo was being played again on keyboards by Patrick. Sure enough, at the
end, Aimee contributed an Ethel Merman impression, which frankly was the
only thing she did badly all evening.
At 10.35pm, they left the stage permanently, but the audience still remained
seated, clapping and stomping the floor with their feet, in hopes of getting
more magnificent music from the marvellous performers, but we were
disappointed by the signal of the lights coming up. I had heard that they'd
performed the 'til Tuesday hit Voices Carry as an encore in the States, so I
was surprised to realise that the performance was over.
Since Aimee Mann is so well-known here where her husband's albums have not
even been released, you would have thought that the Acoustic Vaudeville
show would have been a bit Mann-heavy. However, they played exactly the
same number of songs--11 from each and one Sonny and Cher duet. All of the
songs were performed perfectly, with the exception of the fun flubs of
Michael's Brave New World. It was a truly excellent night.
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