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The Nets soap opera has been replaced by a prestige drama
Previously on The Brooklyn Nets…
The date is November 1st. The Brooklyn Nets' season was a downright disaster. They're struggling at 2-6, Kyrie Irving spontaneously burns off, Ben Simmons is struggling to re-acclimate. Steve Nash is being pushed off the map and Ime Udoka is about to add his melodrama to the Nets mix of extrajudicial storylines.
(fast forward to the present)
The output of the championship contender's nets evaporated after James Harden was traded amid Irving's anti-vaccine saga last February. They imploded from within, one of the NBA's worst defenses, manifested trade demands, turned them down, and then carried that negative energy into the first two weeks of the season. However, since Vaughn was named to succeed Nash, the Nets have undergone an overhaul, emerging with the NBA's second-best record and fifth-highest net rating.
Over the weekend, Fox Sports aired an interview with James Harden that took place five days before Nash was fired. It's unclear why they waited so long to release Harden's comments. Perhaps they thought it would be lost in the eye of Brooklyn's tornado, but his comments are still revealing about what went wrong with the nets. During the wide-ranging interview, Harden didn't hold back the atmosphere within the Brooklyn Nets organization, and it confirmed everything you thought about the Nash-era Nets.
"I don't want to just talk to anyone or whatever. It was just like that, there was no structure and even superstars need structure," said Harden, looking back on his year at the Net.
Harden's criticism of Nets' structureless internal environment was obvious to anyone with a keen eye, but that was partly the point of Durant and Irving's reunion. Durant felt bound within the confines of Kerr's motion offense. Irving was a malcontent in a Boston roster that has twice been on the brink of an NBA Finals. As a franchise's proxy kingpins, they wanted to represent the highest level of player empowerment.
That lack of structure and accountability came with the promotion of longtime Nets assistant Jacque Vaughn to the head coaching role. Now that the networks' easily distracted stars have cut their Twitter time, turned their attention from Amazon Prime to hoops, ignored celebrity lawsuits and buckled in, they're back in the top flight of the league. Vaughn has been instrumental in the Nets' resurgence and proved he's more than just a sacrificial lamb.
The Nets offense has had the highest effective field goal percentage in the league for the second time. Their bottom defense was a problem during Nash's stint. Vaughn began reviving the Nets' defensive intensity and rebuilding the Switch-heavy defense that Nash had abandoned. The availability of their defensive skeleton key, Ben Simmons, has given them an opportunity to transition in comfort, which wasn't possible prior to their doomed 2022 playoff sweep.
Aside from a brief reference to Ben Simmons during the Tory Lanez trial, the former No. 1 overall has focused solely on making baskets with no outside distractions. He's not yet at his best All-Defense Philly form when players defending Simmons shot 4.5% worse than their average during his last full season as a sixer. On the plus side, it no longer pollutes at a productive rate. Availability as the best ability is especially true for Simmons. We didn't even have to mention Kevin Durant, who hasn't lost a step and has remained a consistent force this season. There's no reason to ever mention Durant, as his succinct but efficient playstyle at the MVP level is the status quo.
At the start of their six-game winning streak, the Nets were still just one game over .500. Even beyond their current six-game streak, the Nets have won 10 of their last 11 games. Irving bowed his head and reminded the league why he is a generational talent.
Presumably, this trend should continue as long as the under-the-radar networks remain under-the-radar. The nets were dead silent and gone under the radar. The nets were dead silent and gone under the radar. In Brooklyn's case. Silence is golden.
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Looking forward to the talk. We are working on transforming our SaaS application into microservices so really relevant. Will be great to catch up.
It's a little provocative but I like it. And IMHO it's true.
Something I would like to point out though that didn't came across for me: The frequency of disposability can be rather high.
> If a microservice fails or is superseded a better service, then simply dispose of the old one.
This sounds like an exception to the norm e.g. there is a bug or you are deploying a new version into production. I would like to add that you could think of a setup where every commit triggers a new build. Which triggers a new deployment to a staging system. Which does a rolling update to the running staging environment. Which kills and deploys new microservices. In this world your microservices would be disposed in a matter of minutes.
@mattias awesome comments well put. i very much agree with you. i have been struggling a bit with dimensions of disposability and immutability, and the interplay between containers and microservices – partly because there is disposability for scaling out, but also functional disposability.


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China passes amended law to further curb water pollution
China's top legislature on Thursday adopted an amended water pollution law that toughens punishment of company officials through hefty fines.
The revised Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law was passed at the 32nd session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC), which concluded in Beijing on Thursday.
The law, with eight chapters and 92 provisions, will take effect on June 1.
"Enterprise heads directly responsible for causing severe water pollution incidents and others with direct responsibility will be fined up to half of their income of the previous year," said the law.
Enterprises would be held responsible for 30 percent of the direct losses of any serious water pollution incident they cause and 20 percent for incidents of medium consequences.
Previously, corporate executives faced only administrative penalties.
"The amount of fines should be imposed according to the severity of violations, and too little money cannot effectively tackle the long-standing problem of 'low violation cost'," said a statement of the NPC's Law Committee issued in December.
The law also stipulated that the country would set up its water protection goal as well as an assessment system, which would be applied to local officials.
Whether they reach the goal will be directly connected with their performance evaluation, according to the law.
It allows environmental protection departments and relevant social organizations to support water pollution victims in lawsuits and the government encourages law firms and lawyers to provide legal aid to the victims.
It added a provision to stipulate that the aquiculture industry should properly use nutrient feed in a bid to prevent over-nutrition.
Water pollution is among the top environmental concerns of the Chinese government and the public.
A 2006 survey found that surface water generally was classified as containing intermediate levels of pollution, but one third of the 744 samples tested were graded at the worst pollution rating.
The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) handled 161 emergency environmental pollution incidents in 2006, of which 59 percent involved water pollution.
(Xinhua News Agency February 29, 2008)
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- Water Pollution Control
- China to test water-pollution permit trading in Jiangsu
- White paper published on China's rule of law
- Price rises approved in 7 regions
- Doctors from Taiwan allowed to work in mainland
- Medicare scheme to go nationwide
- Sex photos a hot buy in Guangzhou
- Billions collected in illegal road tolls
- China probes foreign investment in real estate
- Political reform high on agenda
- Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
- Action to eradicate Internet sex ads
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Q: What kind of law is there in place to protect pandas?
A: In order to put the protection of giant pandas and other wildlife under the law, the Chinese government put the protection of rare animals and plants into the Constitution.
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Trump appeals to legislatures and Supreme Court in attempt to overturn the election he lost
Speaking at a summit focused on the coronavirus vaccine, Trump was asked why no members of President-elect Joe Biden's transition team were invited to participate, since it is that team who will oversee the bulk of vaccine distribution.
"We're going to have to see who the next administration is. Because we won in those swing states," Trump falsely claimed.
"Hopefully the next administration will be the Trump administration … You can't steal hundreds of thousands of votes," he claimed.
There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud, according to the federal government and Republican and Democratic election officials.
Nonetheless, Trump baselessly insisted he won the election and made a direct appeal to state officials and members of the Supreme Court to assist him in his efforts to subvert the will of voters.
"Let's see whether or not somebody has the courage, whether it's legislators or legislatures or a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court," Trump said. "Let's see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right."
But there is a sense developing within Trump's legal team and what remains of his campaign staff that their efforts to overturn or delay the results of the election are coming to an end, multiple sources told CNN on Monday, despite what the President has said publicly.
Following the news of Rudy Giuliani's coronavirus hospitalization, staffers only speculated further that it's a matter of time before their legal efforts come to a halt completely. Giuliani is currently expected to appear via Zoom in front of a hearing with Georgia House delegates Thursday, though whether he ultimately does will depend on his condition, a source said.
Officials are also aware they are rapidly approaching deadlines that will certify results of the election and final rulings in some of their legal challenges.
"The calendar is dictating that courts and judges will have to come to final decisions soon, but the legal effort continues," Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh told CNN.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins contributed to this report.


Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is the sequel to Percy Jackson: The Lightening Thief, a film that wasn't exactly magnificent but it was fun, enjoyable and entertaining. In other words, original didn't set the bar to high for the sequel. Despite this The Sea of Monsters still only managed to be average. The story centers on Percy (Logan Lerman), the son of Poseidon, who continues his epic journey to fulfill his destiny. Along the way he teams up with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.
Mr. D: now that's a god.
Sea of Monsters never really tries anything new. It never even tries to set itself apart from the Lightening Thief. Instead, it aims to hit all the same notes from the previous film without fiddling too much with the formula. The one big plus about the Lightening Thief was the characters, their relationships and the fun surprise cameos. With the latest release the story has certainly not improved, the writing of the film seems to have gotten worse, with humour that falls flat and narrative that drags. The Sea of Monsters does have its moments, but because it so few and far bar between, it's simply a film that will fade from memory by the time you leave the cinema.
Annabeth: It's a Chariot of Damnation.
Grover: Looks like a New York City cab.
Nathan Fillion's cameo as Hermes in the film is probably the best thing about the film, giving us those good-natured funny moments we come to expect from Percy Jackson, while Douglas Smith played Tyson probably the most annoying character in the film. While characters like Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), who was a strong female character in the first film, is reduced to love interest without a sense of self, and Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) who was the comic relief in the first film, now is relieved from the majority of the film.
The sequel didn't try to strengthen the first film's weaknesses. It didn't even try to build on the first film's strengths. Instead, its derivative of itself. The film could and should have been better than what it was. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is a film that is shrouded in a veil of mediocrity that perfectly balances the good and the bad of story telling and sequels to an unexceptional perfection.


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Enie Hensel's drone research featured by NCSU (story here and paper here). Nice job Enie!
Jacob Allgeier's and NCSU research featured in the new book Eye of the Shoal. Fish pee matters!


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The legendary Eden Rock- St Barths
Oetker Collection, the most prestigious European luxury hotel company, and the legendary Eden Rock – St Barths are to collaborate on the fabulous island of St Barths, French West Indies. Oetker Collection, with its iconic properties and its incredible following of well-travelled international clientele will manage the core hotel business and assist in further developing the Eden Rock Villa Rental business (ERVR).
The new gold nugget of Oetker Collection
David Matthews remains Executive Chairman of the Eden Rock Group of companies in St Barths and stated: "A partnership has been created: the Matthews Family as Owner Partner and the Oetker Collection as Manager Partner. St Barths is such an interesting place and is unique in the world. There is so much more we can do together in St Barths and for the good of the island too."
Frank Marrenbach, CEO of Oetker Collection stated: "True masterpiece hotels are like gold nuggets – nearly impossible to find. Eden Rock was created by fine hard-working people and is a shining example of true hospitality. We are very happy to be back in St Barths, the principle destination in the Caribbean and we are absolutely delighted to welcome Eden Rock – our eighth masterpiece hotel within the Oetker Collection."
"Eden Rock is a member of Relais & Chateaux and shares the pleasure of welcoming many guests in common with Le Bristol Paris, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on the French Riviera or the recently opened L'Apogee Courchevel. Enormous synergy exists between our ultraluxe hotels in France, the Seychelles, Morocco, Germany and St Barths."
"I look forward with great enthusiasm to this partnership enhancing our global offering by extending our portfolio from Europe via the Indian Ocean and now on to the Caribbean. We are very confident in the success of Eden Rock with the Matthews' ownership loyalty committed to the island of St Barths now partnering with the know-how of the Oetker Collection which has been managing fine hotels since 1923 in Baden Baden."
Eden Rock – St Barths : a masterpiece hotel
Built 70 years ago and located on a rocky promontory in St Jean Bay, surrounded by white coral sandy beaches, clear blue sea and a coral reef full of wild sea life, during the past decade Eden Rock has been regularly nominated amongst the world's best hotels by media and readers alike.
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sealed copies in the future I don't dare to open any.
Just a bunch of papers listing the merchandise and some other events etc.
so be sure to take a look at it yourself!
Can't wait for a translation, quite a long interview.
it plays "Faraway Promise" and is just the best as a collector item!
write about a few interesting once that I have beaten recently.
Yes, that's how I buy them, haha.
than expected, such quality, as if the orchestra was in the room!
a 4 hour soundtrack for a 15 hour RPG, that is impressive!
already 10+ years old soundtrack (!) love it either way!
with them for now and hopefully go back to collecting GAMES again.
Next time, the highly anticipated Xeno post!


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My opinion of Noam Chomsky's theories
The Harvard Society of Fellows 'like a rotary club'
Marvin Minsky Scientist
31. The small math community at Princeton 1369 01:44
32. The Harvard Society of Fellows 'like a rotary club' 1080 01:06
33. My opinion of Noam Chomsky's theories 3 3820 01:19
34. Donald Hall and John Hollander at Harvard 883 01:00
35. The Society of Fellows was a wonderful environment 825 00:57
36. Problems with new theories of psychology 930 02:10
37. Inventing the confocal microscope 992 03:37
38. Oliver Selfridge's work at Lincoln 724 02:07
39. Modelling my recruitment policy on Oliver Selfridge's lab 748 01:45
40. The hacker community 1 948 01:14
I went back to Harvard from '54 to '57 for three years as part of this so-called Society of Fellows, and again that was a little community, but they were... each person was in a different field, pretty much, so it was like a Rotary Club; and there were poets like Donald Hall and John Hollander, two friends, and there was the junior Fellows at the time I was there... what's his name, the Ant Man?
[Q] EO Wilson.
Yep. Ed Wilson was there some of the time – most of the time he would be in a little telephone booth in some jungle watching some animals – and there was Noam Chomsky, who was making his terrible theories about language at the time.
Marvin Minsky (1927-2016) was one of the pioneers of the field of Artificial Intelligence, founding the MIT AI lab in 1970. He also made many contributions to the fields of mathematics, cognitive psychology, robotics, optics and computational linguistics. Since the 1950s, he had been attempting to define and explain human cognition, the ideas of which can be found in his two books, The Emotion Machine and The Society of Mind. His many inventions include the first confocal scanning microscope, the first neural network simulator (SNARC) and the first LOGO 'turtle'.
Title: The Harvard Society of Fellows 'like a rotary club'
Listeners: Christopher Sykes
Christopher Sykes is a London-based television producer and director who has made a number of documentary films for BBC TV, Channel 4 and PBS.
Tags: Harvard University, 1954, 1957, The Harvard Society of Fellows, Donald Hall, Noam Chomsky, John Hollander, EO Wilson
Duration: 1 minute, 7 seconds
Date story recorded: 29-31 Jan 2011
Date story went live: 09 May 2011


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know how to bias these sensors, you need to read the datasheet. For the newcomer to the art of datasheet reading, this can be a daunting prospect because datasheets might just as well be written in Klingon for all the difficulty it can be to wrestle useful information from them. Fortunately for us, the Fairchild Semiconductor datasheet is very straightforward in telling us what we need to know.
The first graph to look at is the one that tells us where the device is the most sensitive. Figure 3 gives this chart. It shows us that 150 mils is optimal (0.15 inches).
5V, which suits us, so we'll use those values. This chart has normalized collector current as the Y axis — what is that? This is a fancy way of saying that if we call the maximum current 1, then every other point on the curve is a percentage of that value. We'll need another chart to tell us what the typical current would be through the sensor to set our bias resistor.
Optical Characteristics table of the datasheet, we find the information shown in Figure 4.
Figure 2. QRB-1134 reflection sensor.
That isn't a very common value, so let's choose 47K ohms from our junk box.


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import os
import time
from controller import *

class Robot(object):
    def __init__(self, maze_dim):
        '''
        Use the initialization function to set up attributes that your robot
        will use to learn and navigate the maze. Some initial attributes are
        provided based on common information, including the size of the maze
        the robot is placed in.
        '''
        rows, cols = maze_dim, maze_dim

        self.start = (rows-1, 0)
        self.reset()

        # these objects can be access by the controller via robot object
        # which is passed via the search method of the controller
        self.goal = Goal(rows, cols)
        self.maze = Mapper(rows, cols)
        self.counter = Counter(rows, cols)
        self.deadEnds = DeadEnds(rows, cols)
        self.deadEnds.setDeadEnd(self.heading.reverse())
        self.heuristic = Heuristic(self.maze)

        # controller creation based on the env var which has the name of the controller
        try:
            controller_name = os.environ['CONTROL']
        except:
            controller_name = ''
        if controller_name=='random':
            self.controller = Controller_Random()
        elif controller_name=='deadend':
            self.controller = Controller_DeadEnd()
        elif controller_name=='deadend2':
            self.controller = Controller_DeadEnd2()
        elif controller_name=='counter':
            self.controller = Controller_Counter()
        elif controller_name=='heuristic':
            self.controller = Controller_Heuristic()
        else:
            self.controller = Controller() # this does nothing

        # tick delay can be specified in an env var 'DELAY'
        self.time = 0
        try:
            self.tick_delay = float(os.environ['DELAY'])
        except:
            self.tick_delay = 0

    def reset(self):
        self.heading = Heading(Direction.N, self.start)
        self.prev_heading = None

    def tick(self):
        self.time += 1
        if self.tick_delay>0:
            time.sleep(self.tick_delay)
        return self.time

    def next_move(self, sensors):
        '''
        Use this function to determine the next move the robot should make,
        based on the input from the sensors after its previous move. Sensor
        inputs are a list of three distances from the robot's left, front, and
        right-facing sensors, in that order.

        Outputs should be a tuple of two values. The first value indicates
        robot rotation (if any), as a number: 0 for no rotation, +90 for a
        90-degree rotation clockwise, and -90 for a 90-degree rotation
        counterclockwise. Other values will result in no rotation. The second
        value indicates robot movement, and the robot will attempt to move the
        number of indicated squares: a positive number indicates forwards
        movement, while a negative number indicates backwards movement. The
        robot may move a maximum of three units per turn. Any excess movement
        is ignored.

        If the robot wants to end a run (e.g. during the first training run in
        the maze) then returing the tuple ('Reset', 'Reset') will indicate to
        the tester to end the run and return the robot to the start.
        '''

        # update utilities with the current location and sensor
        heading = self.heading
        self.sensor = Sensor(sensors)
        self.maze.expand(heading, self.sensor)
        self.deadEnds.update(heading, self.sensor, self.maze)
        self.counter.increment(heading.location)

        # check if the controller wants to reset or not
        if self.controller.canReset(self):
            self.report()
            self.reset()
            # switch to the 2nd run controller
            self.controller = Controller_Exploitation(self)
            return ('Reset', 'Reset')

        # ask the controller for the next move (passing self as a context)
        steering, movement = self.controller.search(self)

        # check the steering and movement against sensor values
        if self.sensor.distance(steering)>=movement:
            # update our direction and location
            self.prev_heading = heading
            self.heading = heading.adjust(steering, movement)
            # map steering to rotation
            steering_rotation_map = {
                Steering.R :  90,
                Steering.F :   0,
                Steering.L : -90
            }
            rotation = steering_rotation_map[steering]
        else:
            # wrong move - do not apply
            rotation = 0
            movement = 0

        print '{:03d} {} {} [{:>2d},{:>2d},{:>2d}] {:>3d},{:>2d} => {} {}'.format(
            self.time,
            self.controller,
            heading,
            sensors[0], sensors[1], sensors[2],
            rotation,
            movement,
            self.heading,
            'GOAL!' if self.goal.isGoal(self.heading.location) else '')

        if self.tick() == 1000:
            self.report()

        return rotation, movement

    def report(self):
        print 'Maze'
        print self.maze
        print 'Dead ends'
        print self.deadEnds
        print 'Counter'
        print self.counter
        coverage, average, std = self.counter.coverage()
        print 'Coverage! {:.2f}% count avg={:.2f} std={:.2f}'.format(coverage, average, std)
        print 'Heuristic'
        print self.heuristic

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Like Consent orders, Binding Financial Agreements set out how property and financial resources are to be divided upon the breakdown of the relationship. The advantage of a BFA is that it can be entered into prior to marriage, during a marriage, or after a divorce order is made, unlike consent orders which can only be entered into following separation.
As the BFA is not required to be submitted to the Court for approval, if one party wishes to contest it at a later date, there is greater potential for the Court to declare the Agreement non-binding, or to set it aside.
There are strict rules associated with Binding Financial Agreements, non-compliance with which can render the agreement unenforceable.
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Speaking across borders: the role of higher education in furthering intercultural dialogue (Council of Europe higher education series No.16)
Speaking across borders: the role of higher education in furthering intercultural dialogue (Council of Europe higher education series No.16) (2010)
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Our ability to relate to and interact with those whose cultural backgrounds differ from our own will be among the determining factors for the future of our societies. For most people, regardless of whether they aim for international careers or life in their local communities, intercultural dialogue will become a fact of life rather than an option. Education will need to play a key role in developing the ability to conduct intercultural dialogue, which is an integral part of developing democratic culture.This book, edited jointly by the Council of Europe and the International Association of Universities (IAU), explores the role of higher education in developing intercultural dialogue in society at large. It complements Intercultural dialogue on Campus (Higher Education series No. 11) and the issue of the IAU journal Higher Education Policy on the same topic, and includes contributions by prominent authors from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America. The book sets out the political context for intercultural dialogue and explores how universities can move from dialogue on campus to dialogue in society, and hence to become actors of intercultural dialogue. It also offers examples of good practice from various parts of the world.
Message from the rectors of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and Notre Dame University - Louaize
A word from the editors
I. The political context: intercultural dialogue for a humane society
The role of higher education in fostering a culture of peace and understanding
Intercultural dialogue and higher education: a Council of Europe view
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Intercultural dialogue on the university campus
Universities as actors of intercultural dialogue in wider society
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Higher education "as" free dialogue: pedagogy in a global age
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Intercultural competence in higher education and intercultural dialogue
Students and intercultural dialogue: more than just talk
The role of public authorities in promoting intercultural dialogue
A broad approach: beyond training professionals to educating responsible citizens
IV. Higher education for intercultural dialogue: examples of practice
The university as an actor of intercultural dialogue: an example from north Caucasus
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or conflict resolution in the Lebanese crisis?
Cultural pluralism as a challenge to the effectiveness of university education in fostering dialogue and understanding
For a culture of dialogue and mutual understanding: a Lebanese case
Internationalisation and intercultural understanding through higher education: the Chinese experience
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package org.onosproject.pce.pceservice;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;

import org.onlab.packet.MplsLabel;
import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
import org.onosproject.incubator.net.resource.label.DefaultLabelResource;
import org.onosproject.incubator.net.resource.label.LabelResource;
import org.onosproject.incubator.net.resource.label.LabelResourceId;
import org.onosproject.incubator.net.resource.label.LabelResourceService;
import org.onosproject.incubator.net.tunnel.Tunnel;
import org.onosproject.incubator.net.tunnel.TunnelId;
import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficSelector;
import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficTreatment;
import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.DefaultForwardingObjective;
import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.FlowObjectiveService;
import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.ForwardingObjective;
import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.Objective;
import org.onosproject.pce.pcestore.api.PceStore;
import org.onosproject.pce.pcestore.api.LspLocalLabelInfo;
import org.onosproject.pce.pcestore.PceccTunnelInfo;
import org.onosproject.pce.pcestore.DefaultLspLocalLabelInfo;
import org.onosproject.net.Link;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;

/**
 * Basic PCECC handler.
 * In Basic PCECC, after path computation will configure IN and OUT label to nodes.
 * [X]OUT---link----IN[Y]OUT---link-----IN[Z] where X, Y and Z are nodes.
 * For generating labels, will go thorough links in the path from Egress to Ingress.
 * In each link, will take label from destination node local pool as IN label,
 * and assign this label as OUT label to source node.
 */
public final class BasicPceccHandler {
    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BasicPceccHandler.class);

    private static final String LABEL_RESOURCE_SERVICE_NULL = "Label Resource Service cannot be null";
    private static final String PCE_STORE_NULL = "PCE Store cannot be null";
    private static BasicPceccHandler crHandlerInstance = null;
    private LabelResourceService labelRsrcService;
    private PceStore pceStore;
    private FlowObjectiveService flowObjectiveService;
    private ApplicationId appId;

    /**
     * Initializes default values.
     */
    private BasicPceccHandler() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns single instance of this class.
     *
     * @return this class single instance
     */
    public static BasicPceccHandler getInstance() {
        if (crHandlerInstance == null) {
            crHandlerInstance = new BasicPceccHandler();
        }
        return crHandlerInstance;
    }

    /**
     * Initialization of label manager and pce store.
     *
     * @param labelRsrcService label resource service
     * @param flowObjectiveService flow objective service to push device label information
     * @param appId applicaton id
     * @param pceStore pce label store
     */
    public void initialize(LabelResourceService labelRsrcService, FlowObjectiveService flowObjectiveService,
                           ApplicationId appId, PceStore pceStore) {
        this.labelRsrcService = labelRsrcService;
        this.flowObjectiveService = flowObjectiveService;
        this.appId = appId;
        this.pceStore = pceStore;
    }

    /**
     * Allocates labels from local resource pool and configure these (IN and OUT) labels into devices.
     *
     * @param tunnel tunnel between ingress to egress
     * @return success or failure
     */
    public boolean allocateLabel(Tunnel tunnel) {
        long applyNum = 1;
        boolean isLastLabelToPush = false;
        Collection<LabelResource> labelRscList;

        checkNotNull(labelRsrcService, LABEL_RESOURCE_SERVICE_NULL);
        checkNotNull(pceStore, PCE_STORE_NULL);

        List<Link> linkList = tunnel.path().links();
        if ((linkList != null) && (linkList.size() > 0)) {
            // Sequence through reverse order to push local labels into devices
            // Generation of labels from egress to ingress
            for (ListIterator<Link> iterator = linkList.listIterator(linkList.size()); iterator.hasPrevious();) {
                Link link = iterator.previous();
                DeviceId dstDeviceId = link.dst().deviceId();
                DeviceId srcDeviceId = link.src().deviceId();
                labelRscList = labelRsrcService.applyFromDevicePool(dstDeviceId, applyNum);
                if ((labelRscList != null) && (labelRscList.size() > 0)) {
                    // Link label value is taken from destination device local pool.
                    // [X]OUT---link----IN[Y]OUT---link-----IN[Z] where X, Y and Z are nodes.
                    // Link label value is used as OUT and IN for both ends
                    // (source and destination devices) of the link.
                    // Currently only one label is allocated to a device (destination device).
                    // So, no need to iterate through list
                    Iterator<LabelResource> labelIterator = labelRscList.iterator();
                    DefaultLabelResource defaultLabelResource = (DefaultLabelResource) labelIterator.next();
                    LabelResourceId labelId = defaultLabelResource.labelResourceId();
                    log.debug("Allocated local label: " + labelId.toString()
                              + "to device: " + defaultLabelResource.deviceId().toString());
                    PortNumber dstPort = link.dst().port();

                    // Check whether this is last link label to push
                    if (!iterator.hasPrevious()) {
                       isLastLabelToPush = true;
                    }

                    // Push into destination device
                    // Destination device IN port is link.dst().port()
                    installLocalLabelRule(dstDeviceId, labelId, dstPort, tunnel.tunnelId(), false,
                                          Long.valueOf(LabelType.IN_LABEL.value), Objective.Operation.ADD);

                    // Push into source device
                    // Source device OUT port will be link.dst().port(). Means its remote port used to send packet.
                    installLocalLabelRule(srcDeviceId, labelId, dstPort, tunnel.tunnelId(), isLastLabelToPush,
                                          Long.valueOf(LabelType.OUT_LABEL.value), Objective.Operation.ADD);

                    // Add or update pcecc tunnel info in pce store.
                    updatePceccTunnelInfoInStore(srcDeviceId, dstDeviceId, labelId, dstPort,
                                                 tunnel, isLastLabelToPush);
                } else {
                    log.error("Unable to allocate label to device id {}.", dstDeviceId.toString());
                    releaseLabel(tunnel);
                    return false;
                }
            }
        } else {
           log.error("Tunnel {} is having empty links.", tunnel.toString());
           return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Updates list of local labels of PCECC tunnel info in pce store.
     *
     * @param srcDeviceId source device in a link
     * @param dstDeviceId destination device in a link
     * @param labelId label id of a link
     * @param dstPort destination device port number of a link
     * @param tunnel tunnel
     * @param isLastLabelToPush indicates this is the last label to push in Basic PCECC case
     */
    public void updatePceccTunnelInfoInStore(DeviceId srcDeviceId, DeviceId dstDeviceId, LabelResourceId labelId,
                                                PortNumber dstPort, Tunnel tunnel, boolean isLastLabelToPush) {
       // First try to retrieve device from store and update its label id if it is exists,
       // otherwise add it
       boolean dstDeviceUpdated = false;
       boolean srcDeviceUpdated = false;

       PceccTunnelInfo pceccTunnelInfo = pceStore.getTunnelInfo(tunnel.tunnelId());
       List<LspLocalLabelInfo> lspLabelInfoList;
       if (pceccTunnelInfo != null) {
           lspLabelInfoList = pceccTunnelInfo.lspLocalLabelInfoList();
           if ((lspLabelInfoList != null) && (lspLabelInfoList.size() > 0)) {
               for (int i = 0; i < lspLabelInfoList.size(); ++i) {
                   LspLocalLabelInfo lspLocalLabelInfo =
                           lspLabelInfoList.get(i);
                   LspLocalLabelInfo.Builder lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder = null;
                   if (dstDeviceId.equals(lspLocalLabelInfo.deviceId())) {
                       lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder = DefaultLspLocalLabelInfo.builder(lspLocalLabelInfo);
                       lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder.inLabelId(labelId);
                       // Destination device IN port will be link destination port
                       lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder.inPort(dstPort);
                       dstDeviceUpdated = true;
                   } else if (srcDeviceId.equals(lspLocalLabelInfo.deviceId())) {
                       lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder = DefaultLspLocalLabelInfo.builder(lspLocalLabelInfo);
                       lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder.outLabelId(labelId);
                       // Source device OUT port will be link destination (remote) port
                       lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder.outPort(dstPort);
                       srcDeviceUpdated = true;
                   }

                   // Update
                   if ((lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder != null) && (dstDeviceUpdated || srcDeviceUpdated)) {
                       lspLabelInfoList.set(i, lspLocalLabelInfoBuilder.build());
                   }
               }
           }
       }

       // If it is not found in store then add it to store
       if (!dstDeviceUpdated || !srcDeviceUpdated) {
           // If tunnel info itself not available then create new one, otherwise add node to list.
           if (pceccTunnelInfo == null) {
              pceccTunnelInfo = new PceccTunnelInfo();
              lspLabelInfoList = new LinkedList<>();
           } else {
              lspLabelInfoList = pceccTunnelInfo.lspLocalLabelInfoList();
              if (lspLabelInfoList == null) {
                 lspLabelInfoList = new LinkedList<>();
              }
           }

           if (!dstDeviceUpdated) {
               LspLocalLabelInfo lspLocalLabelInfo = DefaultLspLocalLabelInfo.builder()
                   .deviceId(dstDeviceId)
                   .inLabelId(labelId)
                   .outLabelId(null)
                   .inPort(dstPort) // Destination device IN port will be link destination port
                   .outPort(null)
                   .build();
               lspLabelInfoList.add(lspLocalLabelInfo);
           }

           if (!srcDeviceUpdated) {
               LspLocalLabelInfo lspLocalLabelInfo = DefaultLspLocalLabelInfo.builder()
                   .deviceId(srcDeviceId)
                   .inLabelId(null)
                   .outLabelId(labelId)
                   .inPort(null)
                   .outPort(dstPort) // Source device OUT port will be link destination (remote) port
                   .build();
               lspLabelInfoList.add(lspLocalLabelInfo);
           }

           pceccTunnelInfo.lspLocalLabelInfoList(lspLabelInfoList);
           pceStore.addTunnelInfo(tunnel.tunnelId(), pceccTunnelInfo);
       }
    }

    /**
     * Deallocates unused labels to device pools.
     *
     * @param tunnel tunnel between ingress to egress
     */
    public void releaseLabel(Tunnel tunnel) {
       boolean isLastLabelToPush = false;

       checkNotNull(labelRsrcService, LABEL_RESOURCE_SERVICE_NULL);
       checkNotNull(pceStore, PCE_STORE_NULL);

       Multimap<DeviceId, LabelResource> release = ArrayListMultimap.create();
       PceccTunnelInfo pceccTunnelInfo = pceStore.getTunnelInfo(tunnel.tunnelId());
       if (pceccTunnelInfo != null) {
           List<LspLocalLabelInfo> lspLocalLabelInfoList = pceccTunnelInfo.lspLocalLabelInfoList();
           if ((lspLocalLabelInfoList != null) && (lspLocalLabelInfoList.size() > 0)) {
               for (Iterator<LspLocalLabelInfo> iterator = lspLocalLabelInfoList.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
                   LspLocalLabelInfo lspLocalLabelInfo = iterator.next();
                   DeviceId deviceId = lspLocalLabelInfo.deviceId();
                   LabelResourceId inLabelId = lspLocalLabelInfo.inLabelId();
                   LabelResourceId outLabelId = lspLocalLabelInfo.outLabelId();
                   PortNumber inPort = lspLocalLabelInfo.inPort();
                   PortNumber outPort = lspLocalLabelInfo.outPort();

                   // Check whether this is last link label to push
                   if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
                      isLastLabelToPush = true;
                   }

                   // Push into device
                   if ((inLabelId != null) && (inPort != null)) {
                       installLocalLabelRule(deviceId, inLabelId, inPort, tunnel.tunnelId(), isLastLabelToPush,
                                             Long.valueOf(LabelType.IN_LABEL.value), Objective.Operation.REMOVE);
                   }

                   if ((outLabelId != null) && (outPort != null)) {
                       installLocalLabelRule(deviceId, outLabelId, outPort, tunnel.tunnelId(), isLastLabelToPush,
                                             Long.valueOf(LabelType.OUT_LABEL.value), Objective.Operation.REMOVE);
                   }

                   // List is stored from egress to ingress. So, using IN label id to release.
                   // Only one local label is assigned to device (destination node)
                   // and that is used as OUT label for source node.
                   // No need to release label for last node in the list from pool because label was not allocated to
                   // ingress node (source node).
                   if ((iterator.hasNext()) && (inLabelId != null)) {
                       LabelResource labelRsc = new DefaultLabelResource(deviceId, inLabelId);
                       release.put(deviceId, labelRsc);
                   }
               }
           }

           // Release from label pool
           if (!release.isEmpty()) {
              labelRsrcService.releaseToDevicePool(release);
           }

           // Remove tunnel info only if tunnel consumer id is not saved.
           // If tunnel consumer id is saved, this tunnel info will be removed during releasing bandwidth.
           if (pceccTunnelInfo.tunnelConsumerId() == null) {
               pceStore.removeTunnelInfo(tunnel.tunnelId());
           }
       } else {
           log.error("Unable to find PCECC tunnel info in store for a tunnel {}.", tunnel.toString());
       }
   }

    // Install a rule for pushing local labels to the device which is specific to path.
    private void installLocalLabelRule(DeviceId deviceId, LabelResourceId labelId,
                                       PortNumber portNum, TunnelId tunnelId,
                                       Boolean isBos, Long labelType,
                                       Objective.Operation type) {
        checkNotNull(flowObjectiveService);
        checkNotNull(appId);
        TrafficSelector.Builder selectorBuilder = DefaultTrafficSelector.builder();

        selectorBuilder.matchMplsLabel(MplsLabel.mplsLabel(labelId.id().intValue()));
        selectorBuilder.matchInPort(portNum);
        selectorBuilder.matchTunnelId(Long.parseLong(tunnelId.id()));
        selectorBuilder.matchMplsBos(isBos);
        selectorBuilder.matchMetadata(labelType);

        TrafficTreatment treatment = DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder().build();

        ForwardingObjective.Builder forwardingObjective = DefaultForwardingObjective.builder()
                .withSelector(selectorBuilder.build())
                .withTreatment(treatment)
                .withFlag(ForwardingObjective.Flag.VERSATILE)
                .fromApp(appId)
                .makePermanent();

        if (type.equals(Objective.Operation.ADD)) {
            flowObjectiveService.forward(deviceId, forwardingObjective.add());
        } else {
            flowObjectiveService.forward(deviceId, forwardingObjective.remove());
        }
    }
}


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Q: MySQL Update MAX id within a group I have data in a table (called SubTask) that looks like this:
STID     ID       HIVAL   TASK
1        4                ...
2        4
3        4
4        4        1
5        5
6        5
7        5
8        5
9        5        1

As you can see, the hival column is marked with a 1 for the highest stid in each group (stid is a unique number). I haven't been able to figure out how to UPDATE the table to reflect this. Using the following query I am able to SELECT the records:
select stid, id, task from subtask where stid in (select max(stid) from subtask group by id)

Once selected, how do I UPDATE the records to put a 1 in the hival column?

A: That hival column is completely redundant and having it is counter productive. As you have already found out, updating it is a complicated query and is a big performance hit. Worse still, you would have to update it every time the data changes.
Instead just drop that column and do
SELECT max(stid), id from subtask GROUP BY id

A: I question the benefit of the hival column, and wonder why that is actually needed, .. but that's not the question you asked.

If it's necessary to have the hival column, and populate it using the rules as described, I'd write a SELECT statement first, and then convert that to a multi-table UPDATE statement.
You've got the start of the query written already.
 SELECT q.id
      , MAX(q.stid)
   FROM subtask q
  GROUP BY q.id

Use that as an inline view. We can do an outer join to that. If we have a matching row, then hival should be 1, otherwise hival will be NULL.
Something like this:
  SELECT IF(s.id IS NOT NULL,1,NULL) AS new_hival
       , t.*
    FROM subtask t
    LEFT
    JOIN ( SELECT q.id
                , MAX(q.stid) AS max_stid
             FROM subtask q
            GROUP BY q.id
         ) s
      ON s.id       = t.id
     AND s.max_stid = t.stid

We can convert that into an UPDATE statement by replacing SELECT ... FROM with the UPDATE keyword, and adding a SET clause. (We probably want to set hival on other rows to a value other than 1. Here, we're assuming that it will be set to NULL.)
Something like this:
  UPDATE subtask t
    LEFT
    JOIN ( SELECT q.id
                , MAX(q.stid) AS max_stid
             FROM subtask q
            GROUP BY q.id
         ) s
      ON s.id       = t.id
     AND s.max_stid = t.stid
     SET t.hival = IF(s.id IS NOT NULL,1,NULL)

Again, write a SELECT statement first, which returns the new 'hival' value to be assigned, and verify that is working. After that is tested, then convert it into an UPDATE statement.

An entirely different question (one that wasn't asked) is evaluating whether the hival column is actually needed. That question is not addressed here.)

A: UPDATE SubTask AS s1
LEFT OUTER JOIN SubTask AS s2
  ON s1.ID = s2.ID AND s1.STID < s2.STID
SET s1.hival = CASE WHEN s2.ID IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE NULL END;

A: If I were you I wouldn't have HIVAL there at all, but I think this would be the easiest way:
update SubTask as st_1
left join SubTask as st_2
  on st_1.ID = st_2.ID
  and st_1.STID < st_2.STID
set st_1.HIVAL = 1
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Christian Montgomery is burnt out. The family business is his entire world, and Christian has never stopped trying to atone for a mistake made years ago. His only break from grueling work is sitting on his beachfront deck, watching the California surfers, and wishing he could be that carefree.
Sophie Bennington was happy living in her small Kansas hometown…until she learned her entire life was a lie. So she hightailed it to the West coast, where she loves to surf, even though she's no good at it, and she's hoping to start a new career.
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Christian Montgomery is an unhappy executive in the San Diego office of his family business. A workaholic, he is always striving in vain to gain the approval of his even more workaholic father. His only pleasure in life is sitting on the porch of his beach house and watching a pretty, red-headed, wannabe surfer.
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I love the way this author writes this romance. It builds at a steady, realistic pace, and it is very hot at times even though there are no explicit love scenes. She knows how to get things rolling, but she also knows when to shut the door and leave the rest to the readers' imaginations.
The secondary characters, while not often present in the physical sense, are always present in the minds of the two main characters. They definitely add depth to the story and cause our hero and heroine to act the way they do. The plot is also complex, and while some of it is predictable, there are enough twists and turns to hold the reader's interest.
SUDDENLY MINE is a great standalone novel even though it is part of a series. If you haven't read the other books in the Montgomery Brothers series, however, I would strongly suggest that you go back and do so. As I said before, you can't go wrong with a Samantha Chase novel.


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FYI-Electoral College and How it Works Video
Every four years the Federal Register — part of the National Archives and Records Administration — administers the Electoral College. The Federal Register informs the governments of the fifty states and the District of Columbia what is required to fulfill their duty under the Constitution to elect the president and vice president of the United States. Charley Barth, director, Office of the Federal Register, and Amy Bunk, Director of Legal Affairs and Policy, explain how the Electoral College works and the Federal Register's role in collecting the documentation Congress needs to count the Electoral College.
Summary of Key Dates for the 2016 Presidential Election June through October 2016
Explanation Posted Jan 2013 Watch US Electoral College by States
The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. Read more about the allocation of electoral votes.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word "state" also refers to the District of Columbia.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Read more about thequalifications of the Electors and restrictions on who the Electors may vote for.
The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.
Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of "proportional representation." Read more about the allocation of Electors among the states and try to predict the outcome of the Electoral College vote.
After the presidential election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Your stateÂ's Certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. See the key dates for the 2016 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials, the Office of the Federal Register and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and theCongress in the Electoral College process.
The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the presidential election. The electors meet in their respective states, where they cast their votes for President and Vice President on separate ballots. Your state's electors' votes are recorded on a "Certificate of Vote," which is prepared at the meeting by the electors. Your state's Certificates of Votes are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. See thekey dates for the 2016 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials and the Congress in the Electoral College process.
Each state's electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress on the 6th of January in the year following the meeting of the electors. Members of the House and Senate meet in the House chamber to conduct the official tally of electoral votes. See thekey dates for the 2016 election and information about the role and responsibilities ofCongress in the Electoral College process.
The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the vote. The President of the Senate then declares which persons, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States.
The President-Elect takes the oath of office and is sworn in as President of the United States on January 20th in the year following the Presidential election.
Roles and Responsibilities in the Electoral College Process
The Office of the Federal Register coordinates the functions of the Electoral College on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, the States, the Congress, and the American People. The Office of the Federal Register operates as an intermediary between the governors and secretaries of state of the States and the Congress. It also acts as a trusted agent of the Congress in the sense that it is responsible for reviewing the legal sufficiency of the certificates before the House and Senate accept them as evidence of official State action.
See the key dates for the 2016 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials, the Office of the Federal Register and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the Congress in the Electoral College process.
By Barbara at April 23, 2016
Labels: 2016 Presidential Election, FYI-Electoral College and How it Works Video


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Revenue generated from Georgia football tickets zoomed up $11.6 million from a year ago.
The Athletic Association reported $33.02 million as of April, a jump from $21.4 million a year earlier, according to figures provided to its board of directors during the spring meeting Thursday at The King and Prince & Golf Resort.
Georgia attributed that to an increase in ticket prices that went into effect for the 2018 season and an additional home game—seven total–last year.
"I think we knew that tickets would sell out," athletic director Greg McGarity said. "Our track record there with the way our donors have supported us, we've always sold out season tickets. They're gone again. There's a waiting list. Our fans have just been phenomenal in their response."
Season ticket holders saw a hike of $25 for power five conference opponents to $75 per ticket and $5 more for other games to $55.
I doesn't take a particular genius to squeeze a willing market, but I'm sure McGarity would argue that point. In any event, he's certainly covered Kirby's raise.
Filed under Georgia Football, It's Just Bidness
May 23, 2019 · 12:31 PM
The mountain comes to Muhammad. Once.
Today marks the day when we finally see how high the costs of those cupcake games have climbed.
📢 Future Series Announcement 📢
🗒 https://t.co/hGhLcNhX0w #BamaFactor#RollTide pic.twitter.com/h2vlFQUYFT
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) May 23, 2019
Danny White will no doubt sputter, but in the meantime, South Florida's too busy getting ready to host Florida, Miami and Alabama (!) to notice.
Filed under Alabama, It's Not Easy Being A Mid-Major
The Johnson Doctrine is alive and well.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck's rule: 'You commit to me, you can't go see another place' https://t.co/Pepj7m6xA8
— CFAA (@CFAAEliteClips) May 23, 2019
Chaser.
The question always remains. Will Coaches allow players who are committed elsewhere to visit their school?
Shouldn't they respect that they are "all in" elsewhere? https://t.co/LlxlbQ8gMq
— Still Broke & Still Ugly (@CleatEliteAnfro) May 23, 2019
Shit, dude, everybody knows that commitment is a one-way street.
UPDATE: Ol' P.J.'s on quite the roll today. Let's set up another round, shall we?
PJ Fleck says there have been nearly 650 recruit de-commits across the college football the past two seasons
"We have a problem in our society. We don't have a problem in our program"https://t.co/4W1qjKrgR0 pic.twitter.com/cMsOhNbasG
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) May 23, 2019
Fleck also had 6 jobs in a 9-year span from 09-17.
— Bud Elliott (@BudElliott3) May 23, 2019
It's amazing how guys like Fleck expect to be taken seriously.
Somebody asked me yesterday if I thought this was a legit question.
What would you make the point spread for UGA v. an SEC East all-star team (obviously not including UGA players)?
UGA has won every East game by double doubly digits last two seasons.
My response was that I thought it was more fun than legit, although I may revisit that after Phil Steele publishes his preseason All-SEC teams.
In the meantime, have some fun with it yourselves and make your call in the comments.
Second Chance Portal
Florida State OL Landon Dickerson has reentered the NCAA transfer portal.
Originally went in Feb. 13
Withdrew Feb. 18
Now back in.
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) May 22, 2019
Maybe he thought he left something behind the first time.
Filed under Transfers Are For Coaches.
Bless your heart, Dabo.
I've got to reprint this part of a Q&A David Hale does with Clemson's head coach in its entirety because Hale makes a valiant effort to give Swinney every First Rule of Holes chance to explain his thoughtless comment about player compensation and Dabo chooses to keep digging instead. It reads like something straight out of a GTP comment thread, except Dabo probably makes more than all of us here combined.
ESPN: You've been outspoken about your concerns about paying players. The NCAA is launching a working group to look at allowing players the rights to their name and likeness. What are your thoughts on that?
Swinney: I don't know all the dynamics, but there are a million questions about how it works. You get into equity sport to sport. Is it different for positions? I love the collegiate model. I love the model of education. I've always valued that. The game has changed tremendously in a positive way, and I think a lot of people aren't informed and don't understand how we've improved the game from a financial standpoint. The value of a scholarship is incredible. The improvements of meals and stipends and paying for parents to travel. There's a lot of positives. Health care. But that doesn't mean there's not room to improve things, and you've got to always look for ways to get better. That's the job of the NCAA.
The value of a college education is enormous when you put it on paper when you talk about scholarship and housing and tutoring and training and the value of education. It's enormous. Sometimes when we talk about changing the model, we don't talk about the education piece. That doesn't count. There are things I'd love to see in continued improvement, but I think everything should be tied to education and graduation. The very few, the 1.6 percent that get to go on to the NFL, for those who don't — maybe there's an annuity or stipend that when they graduate, they get that. That's a model that can be an improvement. Maybe it is the likeness. I don't know. Then you have others out there who say we should just professionalize college athletics.
ESPN: There was a lot of criticism of your stance against paying players in light of your new contract. I think I know what your answer to this would be, that you didn't earn $93 million at your first job either, but …
Swinney: I got paid $400 a month. I put the work in and grinded. I'm never going to apologize for working to be at the top of my profession. I didn't get into coaching for that, but that's how my career has gone. The CEO of Delta makes a lot of money, too, and he has a lot of people that help him be successful. What's the average income in this country? $45,000? If we really want to professionalize it, let's pay them $80,000. Let's pay them $100,000. But they've got to pay taxes. They've got to pay for college. They've got to pay rent. They've got to pay their meals. They pay for their tutors. That's the real world. You can't have it both ways. It's a complicated issue. It doesn't matter what you say, so I don't get distracted by it. Did I ever think I'd have a contract like this? No. But there's a market, and markets drive everything.
ESPN: Well, I think that's really the criticism, right? That the market for players isn't as open as the one for coaches.
Swinney: And listen, I don't have an explanation for all that. People smarter than me figure values. But I think the game's better than it's ever been. I think the players are in a good spot. I think there's definitely room for improvement and it's great we have committees that are looking for ways to burnish the student-athlete model. That's great. But to professionalize college athletics would be — there's just a lot of challenges that come with that when it comes to equity and Title IX. And I don't think anybody will ever be fully satisfied. But I like that there are other options. Not everybody wants an education. I respect that. I think an education is the foundation for people's lives. It's hard without it.
Even if you want to give him the benefit of the doubt regarding his sincerity — and as I said the other day, for all his aw, shucks shtick, Dabo knows the math — the lack of self-awareness on display in those comments is remarkable. He gets paid the big bucks because he's worked hard and risen to the top of his profession, but somehow those same rules don't apply to Trevor Lawrence. And Dabo doesn't have an explanation for all that!
I've got the same advice for Dabo that I do for the rest of the amateurism romantics: just say you don't like the idea of paying players and call it a day. You'll sound more sensible.
Filed under It's Just Bidness, The NCAA
Andy Staples lists four reasons/excuses an AD hires a search firm.
• Cover
• Plausible deniability
• Inside information
• Background checks
Which one of those applies to the $40k McGarity shelled out for the Smart hire after he'd already been told to hire him?
A perverse incentive
Mike Brey sincerely hopes for a crackdown on dirty coaches.
Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey, who is president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches' board of directors, on Wednesday challenged schools to be more be aggressive about firing coaches for cause when they violate NCAA or school rules.
"Why don't AD's and presidents drop the hammer?" Brey said while appearing as a panelist before a meeting of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics here.
Excellent question, sir. It turns out the math is really, really hard.
Here's the bottom line vis-a-vis the athletes involved in the first FBI trial pic.twitter.com/3A1CsrjgkW
— Andy Schwarz (@andyhre) May 22, 2019
That five-star stud generates way more revenue for a school than the school lays out for him. Factor on top of that third-party payments to steer a kid to a particular program that don't come out of the school's pocket, and — if you're really lucky — court-ordered restitution to a "victimized" school. The end result? It's actually more profitable for coaches / institutions to violate NCAA rules than to follow them. Which also means more enforcement doesn't solve anything.
Pardon my French, but that's really fucked up.
Thursday morning buffet
Shuffle up and grab a plate.
Kansas athletic strength and conditioning personnel will now report directly to medical professionals, which is a positive step, but the fine print is a little tricky: "Wednesday's announcement does not keep a new Kansas coach from being able to hire his/her own strength coach and/or fire the previous strength coach, Long said."
"The Scavenger Hunt."
Another day, another Gator departure.
Jeff Dantzler previews every game on Georgia's schedule. (And, no, it doesn't sound like he's predicting a throwaway season.)
The Sporting News predicts Ohio State and Texas make the CFP field and Georgia and Oklahoma face off in the Sugar Bowl.
Too good for their own good.
Coming off an 8-5 season, Joe Moorhead gets a raise and a contract extension. Sure, why not. In related sure, why not spending news, Mike Elko is now making more than $2 million a year as a coordinator. (In case you're interested, TAMU was 21st in defensive S&P+ last season.)
I don't think this will be the only time you see that preseason ranking.
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, Gators, Gators..., Georgia Football, It's Just Bidness, Recruiting, SEC Football, The Body Is A Temple
Musical palate cleanser, blues is blue edition
I have thought for a long time that, but for his senseless death, Hendrix would have put out an epic acoustic blues album in his late fifties or early sixties. Just because he could.
What a loss…
Tagged as Tuneage


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