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Brian Nosek
Brian Arthur Nosek
California Polytechnic State University, Yale University
Bethany Teachman
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
Psychology, Metascience
Moderators of the relationship between implicit and explicit attitudes (2002)
Doctoral advisor
Mahzarin Banaji
Brian Arthur Nosek is an American social-cognitive psychologist, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, and the co-founder and director of the Center for Open Science.[1] He also co-founded the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Project Implicit.[2][3] He has been on the faculty of the University of Virginia since 2002.[2]
3 Honors
Nosek received his BS from California Polytechnic State University in 1995, and his MS, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University in 1998, 1999, and 2002, respectively.[2]
Work[edit]
In 2011, Nosek and his collaborators set up the Reproducibility Project, with the aim of trying to replicate the results of 100 psychological experiments published in respected journals in 2008.[4] In 2015, their results were published in Science, and found that only 36 out of the 100 replications showed statistically significant results, compared with 97 of the 100 original experiments.[5][6] In 2014 Nosek was guest-editor of a special issue of the journal Social Psychology dedicated to the publication of preregistered replications.[7]
Honors[edit]
In 2015, he was named one of "Nature's 10" by the scientific journal Nature.[8] In 2018, Nosek was awarded, alongside Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald, with a Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their work on implicit bias.[9]
John Ioannidis
^ APSSC (2014). "Champions of Psychological Science: Brian Nosek". Observer. Association for Psychological Science. 27 (5). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ a b c "Brian Nosek CV" (PDF). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ "The Project Implicit Team". Project Implicit. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
^ Bishop, Dorothy (28 August 2015). "Psychology research: hopeless case or pioneering field?". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Open Science, Collaboration (28 August 2015). "PSYCHOLOGY. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science" (PDF). Science. 349 (6251): aac4716. doi:10.1126/science.aac4716. hdl:10722/230596. PMID 26315443. S2CID 218065162.
^ Yong, Ed (27 August 2015). "How Reliable Are Psychology Studies?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Vedantam, Shankar (19 May 2014). "Why Reporting On Scientific Research May Warp Findings". NPR. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ "365 days: Nature's 10". Nature. 528 (7583): 459–467. 2015. doi:10.1038/528459a. PMID 26701036.
^ "2018: Implicit Bias, Explicit Science". The Golden Goose Award. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
The Experiment-experiment, a Planet Money podcast featuring Nosek
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Nosek&oldid=1060147727"
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"More Books, Fewer Weapons." A Reading List for Jair Bolsonaro
by Gabriela Alemán Nov 6, 2018 2 minutes
On October 7 a number of Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro's followers took photos of themselves voting with a gun at their side; the extreme right-wing candidate had said, as a campaign promise, that he would make the sale of firearms more accessible to all. Brazil voted again on October 28 and thousands of Bolsonaro opponents took photos of themselves voting next to a book—the books varied from feminist theory to history to novels. One of the authors that appeared again and again in those photographs was Hilda Hilst. Alicia Yánez Cossío, one of the most widely read Ecuadorian authors, rarely appears in the country's list of canonical writers; Gorodischer and Dávila's books are hard to find outside their countries and Emma Reyes' sole book, a compilation of the 23 letters she wrote to her friend Germán Arciniegas, only became a literary phenomenon years after her death. With the election of Bolsonaro in mind, here are five Latin American women writers you need to know.
Alicia Yánez Cossío (Quito, Ecuador, 1928)
She has published more than 23 books (novels, poetry, theatre and children's books). The genres she's covered range from magical realism to historic novels and science fiction. One of her stories from El beso y otras fricciones is included in the Big Book of Science Fiction (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original, July 2016). Her 1972 novel Bruna, soroche y los tíos will be turned into a movie next year.
Angélica Gorodischer (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1928)
She's published more than thirty books (novels, biographies, essays and short story collections), although she's mostly known for her detective and sci-fi and fantasy novels. Kalpa Imperial (parts one and two, published in Spanish in 1983) was translated by Ursula K. Le Guin in 2003. Although she's won prizes for her fiction since the sixties (her first book was published in 1965, Cuentos con soldados), her books are hard to come by outside of Argentina. Her latest book, Coro, was published in 2017.
Hilda Hilst (Jaú, Brazil, 1930-Campinas, Brazil, 2004)
Considered one of the great Brazilian writers of the 20th century, she wrote theatre, poetry, journalism and novels. She was deeply interested in metaphysics and humanity's relationship with the divine. Her theatre was in many ways opposed to the military dictatorship of the 1970s, her erotic and transgressive novels of the 1990s were published by Gallimard in France and gained her a wider international audience.
Amparo Dávila (Pinos, México, 1928)
One of the great Mexican short-story writers, she's written ten books (poetry and short-stories). Her first book Tiempo destrozado appeared in 1959, her last collection Con los ojos abiertos in 2008. Her fantastic/surreal stories are marked by madness, death, time and desire and the tortuous relationships between men and women.
Emma Reyes (Bogotá, Colombia, 1919 – Burdeos, Francia, 2003)
She was a Colombian painter whose letters, turned into the novel Memoria por correspondencia, gained her wide readership inside and outside Colombia. Her childhood experiences are told through a child's voice, detached and non judgmental. In some ways the narrator´s voice resembles that of the narrator of Agota Kristok's The Notebook.
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Q: Why didn't Voldy's soul split off when he killed James?
"You were the seventh Horcrux, Harry, the Horcrux he never
  meant to make. He had rendered his soul so unstable that it
  broke apart when he committed those acts of unspeakable evil,
  the murder of your parents, the attempted killing of a child. But
  what escaped from that room was even less than he knew. He
  left more than his body behind. He left part of himself latched
  to you, the would–be victim who had survived."
Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows (part 7),  page 592

Murder alone doesn't create a Horcrux it takes intent. This section of the book states that Harry is a Horcrux even though not intended. JKR latter said he isn't officially a Horcrux but considering it is stated that this incident is what caused Harry to be considered like one then why didn't the death of James also fracture Voldemorts soul into a third shard that would have flung off to attach itself to someone or something. There were two murders and a third attempted which should have caused three splits of the soul. Now even though he didn't intend for a Horcrux to be made two were made Harry and the piece that Quirell found. Why isn't there another? This nicely constructive para added by Kevin on my request to clarify the point...
OK, so Voldy can't kill both James and Lily with one single spell.
He must have killed James first, then aimed at Harry when Lily came in between.
The reverse can't be true, because the moment he had killed Lily, he would have been destroyed!
So, when he killed James, his soul should have split, or am I missing something?
Why didn't his soul split?

A: Under normal circumstances, a murder doesn't result in the creation of a horcrux, it simply fractures the soul. It takes a work of dark magic (generally referred to as a "horcrux-making spell") in order to prepare the receptacle and it takes a supremely powerful wizard to be able to detach a part of their (now-fractured) soul from the "master soul" and transfer it to the receptacle.
JKR elaborated on this in a cast + crew interview in 2007:

JKR : The receptacle is prepared by dark magic to become the receptacle of a fragmented piece of soul and that that piece of soul deliberately detached from the Master Soul to act as a future safeguard or anchor to life and to safeguard against death

As to why Harry became a Horcrux, JKR makes it clear that Harry isn't a classic horcrux, he's actually something distinct and different.

JKR: Well, I tell you-- You know what, this will not end the discussion. I know that, and you know that. But here is the thing. For convenience, I had Dumbledore say to Harry, "You were the Horcrux he never meant to make." But I think, by definition, a Horcrux has to be made intentionally. So, because Voldemort never went through the grotesque process that I imagined creates a Horcrux, with Harry, it was just that he had destabilized his soul so much that it split when he was hit by the back-firing curse. And so this part of it flies off and attaches to the only living thing in the room. A part of it flees in the very close-to-death limbo state that Voldemort then goes on and exists in. I suppose it's very close to being a Horcrux. But Harry was not-- did not become an evil object. He wasn't-- he didn't have curses upon him that the other Horcruxes had. He himself was not contaminated by carrying this bit of parasitic soul.

Based on this, the order of events is actually pretty straightforward;

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*Voldemort killed James. In the process his soul became 'destabilised'.

*Voldemort killed Lily. In the process his soul became more fractured.

*Voldemort attempted to kill Harry (who was protected by Lily's "love aura")

*The trauma of being hit with his own back-firing curse was sufficient to make a piece of Voldemort's soul escape and infect Harry.

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by Leilani Reklai April 25, 2020 June 11, 2020
Belau Submarine Cable Corporation's (BSCC) attempt to obtain financing to connect to a second fiber optic cable link to U.S. west coast has been hampered by the world COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier this year, BSCC reported that it was seeking to connect to Project Echo, a submarine cable linking Jakarta, Indonesia to Eureka, California. The Echo Project has three equal partners, Google, Facebook and TransPacific Network(TPN) and TPN has offered to connect a spur to Palau. The cable will pass Palau at about 200 km range.
The new second submarine cable is to provide resiliency, security and greater capacity for Palau internet needs and BSCC had identified 2 potential lenders and was working to obtain approval from OEK for the loan.
With the current crisis facing the world and Palau, President Remengesau reported that the plan has been downsized temporarily due the need to address economic challenges Palau is facing with COVID-19.
According to Remengesau, BSCC will only put the T-connection on the TPN network to allow for future connection.
The second cable is very important according Remengesau. He said that the current situation emphasizes its importance as our only connection to the outside world, especially in terms of telemedicine application and the need for it.
The second cable is needed for resiliency and backup for the current cable. Source of funding for the new cable was to come from the payment of over $2 million for legacy satellites currently serving as backup for local telecom providers.
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import unittest
import zgitignore
import re

class ZgitIgnoreTest(unittest.TestCase):
  def test_normalize(self):
    self.assertEqual(zgitignore.normalize_path('./ert/dr/td/t'), 'ert/dr/td/t')
    self.assertEqual(zgitignore.normalize_path('ert/dr/td/t'), 'ert/dr/td/t')
    self.assertEqual(zgitignore.normalize_path('.\\alb\\dld', sep='\\'), 'alb/dld')
    self.assertEqual(zgitignore.normalize_path('/foo/fighters', sep='/'), 'foo/fighters')

  def test_convert_negate(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('!a')
    self.assertEqual(negate, True)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a')
    self.assertEqual(negate, False)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('\\!a')
    self.assertEqual(negate, False)

  def test_convert_spaces(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('aaaaaa      ')
    self.assertEqual('\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ ' in pat, False)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('aaaaaa     \\ ')
    self.assertEqual('\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ ' in pat, True)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('aaaaaa     \\\\ ')
    self.assertEqual('\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ ' in pat, False)
    self.assertEqual('\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ ' in pat, True)

  def test_convert_escapes(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('\\!important')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?'+re.escape('!important')+'$')

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('\\#test#')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?\\#test\\#$')

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('g\\zzzzz\\gzzzzz')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?gzzzzzgzzzzz$')

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a\\{[0-9]{3,6\\}}|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a\\{[0-9]3,6}\\|$')

  def test_convert_slash(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('lolo/rosso')
    self.assertEqual(pat.startswith('^(?:'), False)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('lolo/')
    self.assertEqual(pat.startswith('^(?:'), True)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('lolo/rosso/**')
    self.assertEqual(pat.startswith('^(?:'), False)

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('/rosso')
    self.assertEqual(pat.startswith('^(?:'), False)

  def test_convert(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('lolo/')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('lolo/rosso')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('lolo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('wolo/lolo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('lolo/')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('*lolo')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('lolo/')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ugabuga/folor/lolo')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('w/r/lolos')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('po*lolo')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('pololo')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('po/wa/wo/lolo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ugabuga/polorewrlolo')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('pololo5')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('po\\*lolo')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('pololo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('po*lolo')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('hopsasa/dolasa')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('hopsasa/dolasaf')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ooo/hopsasa/dolasa')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('/hopsasa')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('booga/hopsasa')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('hopsasa')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('*/hopsasa/dolasa')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ooo/hopsasa/dolasa')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ooo/woo/hopsasa/dolasa')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('**/hopsasa/dolasa')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ooo/hopsasa/dolasa')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('ooo/woo/hopsasa/dolasa')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('aaa/**/bee')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa/bee')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa/x/bee')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa/b/d/d/bee')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('aaa/**')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa/b/d/d/bee')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('aaa**')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('aaa/b/d/d/bee')))

  def test_convert_from_gitignore(self): #stolen from gitignore manual
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('Documentation/*.html')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('Documentation/git.html')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('Documentation/ppc/ppc.html')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('/*.c')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('cat-file.c')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('mozilla-sha1/sha1.c')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('**/foo')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('s/ds/ds/foo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('foo/foo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('foo')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('/**/foo')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('s/ds/ds/foo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('foo/foo')))
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('foo')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('**/foo/bar')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('window/ogaboga/foo/bar')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('/bar/**')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('bar/df/dfd/f')))
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('bar')))

  def test_convert_from_comments(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('*aaa')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('e/r/cf/x/s/bbbaaa')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('*aaa/')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('e/r/cf/x/s/bbbaaa')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('*aaa/cf')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('asasas/baaa/cf')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('*/lol.mw')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('lol.mw')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a*n/wat')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('an/wat')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a*n')
    self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('an')))

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('/*/foo')
    self.assertIsNone(re.search(pat, zgitignore.normalize_path('foo')))

  def test_convert_brackets(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a[]]|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a[]]\\|$')
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a[d]|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a[d]\\|$')
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a[!a]|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a[^a]\\|$')
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a[a-z]|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a[a-z]\\|$')
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a[!o-q]|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a[^o-q]\\|$')

  def test_convert_power_regex(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a{[0-9]{3,6\\}}|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a[0-9]{3,6}\\|$')
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a{\\\\n}|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a\\n\\|$')
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('a{(oga|boga)}|')
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^(?:.+/)?a(oga|boga)\\|$')

  def test_class_basic(self):
    test1 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['build/', 'wow*fg'])
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('ogaboga'), False)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('oo/build'), False)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('oo/build', True), True)
    test1.add_patterns(['*woul[d]\\[p1r4t3]*'])
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('would[p1r4t3].mp3'), True)

    test2 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['!exclude', 'exclude', '!exclude'])
    self.assertEqual(test2.is_ignored('exclude'), False)

    test3 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['exclude', '!exclude', 'exclude'])
    self.assertEqual(test3.is_ignored('exclude'), True)

    test4 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['\\#test#', '\\!important'])
    self.assertEqual(test4.is_ignored('#test#'), True)
    self.assertEqual(test4.is_ignored('!important'), True)

  def test_class_case(self):
    test1 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['*readme*'])
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('readme.txt'), True)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('README.rst'), False)

    test2 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['*readme*'], True)
    self.assertEqual(test2.is_ignored('readme.txt'), True)
    self.assertEqual(test2.is_ignored('README.rst'), True)

  def test_class_power(self):
    test1 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['testcolor{#[a-f0-9]{3,6\\}}.test'], True)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('testcolor#00ffff.test'), True)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('testcolor#FFF.test'), True)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('testcolor#4.test'), False)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('testcolor#04zzzz.test'), False)

  def test_docker(self):
    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('test', docker=True)
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^test$')

    pat, dir, negate, comp = zgitignore.convert_pattern('!test', docker=True)
    self.assertEqual(pat, '^test$')

  def test_check_parents(self):
    test1 = zgitignore.ZgitIgnore(['build/'])
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('build/test', is_directory=False, check_parents=True), True)
    self.assertEqual(test1.is_ignored('build/test', is_directory=True, check_parents=True), True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

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Ana sat miserably on the side as everyone else engaged in battle. She had no weapons, no experience, and no way of getting either.
Her mind wandered back to Miss Amberstone, and her mint green bedroom at home. Mint green was her favorite color, although most Emberlins loved the warmer colors; red, orange, yellow. However, Ana had always loved mint green.
She adjusted her bandanna and watched Snoelle's flawless moves, hoping to return to the Academy soon.
sigh. Great. Just because he can fight, this new kid thinks he's our hero.
I walk over to him.
"By the way," he continues, "this kid with a red hat, green and black jacket, red shorts and super long socks and boots ran off when the airship-thingy flew down. Don't know if that's important...".
I saw which way she went, and start walking briskly.
"Ah," I say "there is no way you would be able to find her without me. I've got this whole place rapped around my finger." I use my electric hammer to jump onto a house. "I'll find her," I say, "but I don't see why a coward should be allowed on this team, I would quickly dispose of her" I add. That earned me a scowl or two. What is wrong with these people? Don't they understand anything about this resistance? My thoughts were interrupted with surprise as I saw the orange haired girl jump onto the same building I was on with her weapon. "Wow, suprising" I say. "Well, maybe we're not as helpless as you think we are!" She says. "Well, see if you can catch up" I smile and make a running leap to the next building.
@Toren_Jumpspark I do not think you are a coward, I am trying to narrate the ideas of a prideful boy.
@Snoelle_Fitzshine did I get all the facts straight in this RP post?
Also, I have a cool backstory for this boy that will slowly unravel throughout this role-play.
sigh. Wrapped around his finger, he says. Well I've had it wrapped around mine since I could walk, and I don't need some know it all to try to prove otherwise. Growing up here made sure of that.
I attempt to lose the know it all. He is fast, but so am I, and my weapons are lighter. I know that soon I will be far ahead.
I see Ana sitting to the side as that unhelpful boy starts yelling down from a roof.
"Hey, Ana. You okay?" I asked.
"Yeah," she muttered, "I just wish I could help you guys when you fight. I feel useless." I scowled downward, mostly at myself. "Ana... I was in your place once." I said as I sat down beside her. "I thought I was useless when I watched my Father make things in his crafting shop. I could never match the amazing thing he could make, I thought I wasn't good enough." Ana sniffled. Maybe it was my imagination. "You are far from useless, you taught me that Snoelle wasn't as bad as she looked. If you didn't, I would probably still think she was a jerk." I got up and shuffled for something in my belt. "Here, take this." I handed her my trusty electric hammer. "You need it more than I do." It pained me to give it away, but it was the right thing. I think. "Wow," Ana said. "Really?" "Yup! I have a flame katana, I'll be fine." Man, I hope I made the right choice.
If you see this text, you are reading my character's thoughts.
My shoes made an odd sort of sound as I walked on the cobblestone streets of No Man's Landing.
The coat I wore barely offered protection against the harsh, cold winds. "Well, at least I look cool."
For some random reason, I quickened my pace.
Maybe because I felt no current purpose for living, or maybe because I thought I looked even COOLER running with my COOL jacket. Regardless of the random reason, I still ran faster. "Hm, speaking of cool, I think the temperature dropped again."
"Hey, I'm hungry. Maybe I should...."
My thoughts were interrupted by a man that speeded into me.
"BLAHLALALA!! THE AUDACITY," I yell madly while I'm on the floor.
I get a closer look at the man and realize that he's a young boy wearing urchin rags.
Our eyes meet for a second. He has blue eyes. His face is covered with dirt.
Without a word, he speeds away.
The boy drops something. An envelope with a red seal.
After getting to my feet, I grab the envelope and tear it open.
"Dear Pig Larkcape, you are invited to blah, blah, blah, blah."
"Words, words, words, words, words, words about the Resistance Academy."
"That kid's name must've been Pig Larkcape. Hm, I'm bored."
I HAVE AN INSANE IDEA THAT WILL PROBABLY END IN DISASTER BUT I'M GOING TO DO EXACTLY WHY THIS IDEA SAYS ANYWAY!
I'M GOING TO PRETEND TO BE PIG LARKCAPE!!!
I'm so awesome for thinking up something like this.
Ana stared down at the hammer in her hand, glad to have it, but completely lost as to how to use it.
Should I ask her to teach me how? Or would that just annoy her . . .
Ana chose to say nothing and followed Snoelle to the next rooftop instead. Stanley's hammer helps her not to feel completely useless, but she still hadn't a clue how to use it.
She thought back to the stories Meghan Amberstone had told her about Aethasia, she closed her eyes, letting the memory of the stories flow through her. She was living them now! Here in the Landing!
First, you have to learn to fight Miss K reminded her.
Ana sighed, Yes, but how?
Who do you think you could learn from? Miss K asked mentally.
Ana gasped aloud and smiled as much as she could. With her eyes fixed on Snoelle, she practiced her hammer swings on imaginary enemies.
I ran over. "Sam? Are you awake?"
Well duh, he's awake, my brain said. I scowled in my head. "How do you feel?"
Sam is about to say something when I hear the buzzer go off. "I'll be RIGHT back," I tell Lila. I turn and run to the gates. When I open them, there's a boy standing there. "Hi! You're Pig Larkcape, right?"
Alright, I guess I'm doomed to stay here. I don't necessarily know what to do, so I turn to the girl whose name I figured out was Lila (@Lila_Lightcraft) and ask "What's this?" showing her my invitation to this school "and why do I have one?"
What am I doing? Toren can take care of herself. If she ran off, then she knows her way around and will come back eventually. As the appointed leader, i have to stick with the group. As for The Know It All, he can keep looking for her if he feels so inclined. I wish I could see the look on his face when he meets Toren!
"That's the wrong way!" The Know It All shouts.
He looks puzzled. I really don't care.
Soon I meet back with the group. They are sort of wandering around, not sure what to do.
I notice Ana a ways from the group. She has an electric hammer in her hands and is swinging it around.
"Stanley gave it to me!" She replies.
I bring out my own hammer.
Ana gasped in amazement, Snoelle was going to teach her how to properly use a hammer!
Snoelle taught her the basic swings, attacks, and defenses. After ten more minutes, Ana was swinging in time with Snoelle.
"Alright, now try out your hammer on one of those." Snoelle suggested, pointing over her shoulder to an automaton.
Ana gulped and approached the metal man from behind. She drew in her breath and swung her hammer at it with full force.
Streams of white light, unlike anything Ana had ever seen before, came from the hammer's impact. The automaton's chest wobbled and it's head popped off into the air. It's body fell forward and crashed to the ground.
I did it! she though, I truly did it!
"Thank you, Snoelle!" she called.
"Thank you, Snoelle!" Ana called.
shes really becoming less shy! Before she would hardly talk, let alone shout!
I return to my "friends" and talk to them, just so that they don't think I'm too worried about Ana. But that is where my mind was.
"That's your invitation to the Academy, you got it in the mail!"
Sam frowns, "No I didn't. I just found it in my pocket."
"Uh...well then someone must have put it there when you weren't looking...no that's not right um..." I stammer, trying to find the right words to say without them sounding weird.
"You...uh..." what do I say?! Ugh I don't know what to do! 'The Scarlet Man put it there because he knows you need to be here." I say without even knowing what I just said.
Woah, why did I say that? This is crazy!
I start to panic. I wanted to tell him that I didn't know why I'd said that but that would've sounded like I was crazy! Then I glance at the clock in my room and breath a sigh of relief.
"Well, it's lunch time so we better...ya know...um...get lunch! Heheh..." I grimace and without thinking grab Sam's hand and rush out of the door.
Ana smiled at the encouragement and continued her fight. She'd have so much to tell Meghan Amberstone when she came for a visit!
I'm fighting automatons! I'm fighting the Empire! Just like Aethasians do! I'm fighting for the Resistance!
Then, Ana noticed Snoelle return to her friends. Ana finished off the last automaton and joined Snoelle's crowd.
And, I have friends! she thought merrily. Now, when do we return to class?
I quickly stopped when I saw a guy standing there with a paper. His face had a mischevious look on it and I felt like I should be worried. "Hey," I said, startling him from his thoughts. "Uh-hey! Do I know you?" he asked stepping backwards a bit.
"No but I'd know that paper if I saw it from a mile away," I stated, walking up and looking at the paper. "That's the invetation to the Resistance Academy, it's not hard to get in." I ruffled the back of my hair. "Pig Larkcape huh... you must like to eat a lot huh?" I chuckled at my joke. "Anyways, I'm Toren Jumpspark," I stick out my hand, which he reluctantly takes. "I'm from the Resistance Academy, if you get in my way. I'll run over you."
By now his face was completely confused and surprised. Yes, I was bold. very bold for that matter. I threatened people when I just met them. I didn't have time for people trying to be better than me. So I decided I'd warn them before they got their feelings chrushed. "Well if your done with your dumbfoundness, I have some missions to do, If I were you, I'd tag along. Soon after I finish up this fog and tin cans We'll be heading back for the Resistance Academy."
"The other classmates, duh," I retorted.
After a little while of silence I turned on my heels and began walking off, with my Hammer in hand, when i suddenly ran into a boy that I could tell I already didn't like (Sorry @Sam_Darkspeaker but Toren does not like cocky people other than herself). "I found her!" he shouts.
"Pft, I found you Mister. So don't act like it was you," I scoffed pointing a finger at him, quickly I ran off towards the group with Pig behind me.
The scarlet man? Who is he? I wonder. All of a sudden, Lila's pulling me up and out of the room. "Whoa whoa whoa!" I say trying to gain balance. When I do, I decide I should just follow along, just go with it I thought. I didn't hear what she said after she said "the scarlet man" so I have no idea where we are going. I decide to voice my thoughts "where are we going?" I ask, "to the lunchroom for lunch" she replied. This is where I start to resist. The masked man said that the food of the resistance has no fog in it making it poisonous to the brain and body. "Oh no," I say, "you are not going to poison me!" I shake her hand off and start running in the opposite direction again. The teleporter doesn't seem to be working, so I guess I have to run far away from here, I realize I should jump to No Man's Landing.
"Wha- hey where are you going?! I'm not going to poison you!!!" I yell after him.
in fact, that food is good for you! It doesn't have any fog in it!
I shake my head and run after him. Engaging the speed boost power on my boots. I follow him to the garden and almost grab him when he bends down suddenly to get his teleportation device and I fall over.
"Oof! Hey stoooop!" I yell but he doesn't seem to hear. Just before he crashes into the gate he disappears. I sigh.
"Hmm, I wonder if the same thing will happen to him like what it did an hour ago..." I walk up to the gate, but not right up against it, and hold out my hands, waiting for Sam to suddenly appear and be unconscious.
"Ha," I say. "If it weren't for me jumping off that roof, you would've kept running!" That's when I got a punch by her now iron fist. "Oh, I say, you wanna fight?" I say. "Not exactly" she says, but I can tell she is preparing. I get my electric hammer and finger guns charged up and wait for him to make the first move that I'll block.
Alright, this time my teleportation device works and I am teleporting to No Man's Landing, except in apparently the worst place to be. I was in the middle of two people about my age (which happen to be @Toren_Jumpspark and Ian) with their weapons drawn! This world is crazy! What's up with this place?
he shouldn't be running away from the school, why is the Great Engineer letting him do that?
I sigh and walk back to the academy, Luna is waiting there and she looks over my shoulder, looking like she's trying to find Sam.
"His thing worked this time." I say snd Luna frowns.
"Well, do you wanna get lunch? I guess Crafting class is over, and I'm hungry!"
Luna smiles. "Yah, sure." And we walk together to the cafeteria.


Rocky Hock Lions Club President Pat Smith presents Certificates of Appreciation to International Director Gwen White and her husband Rhett White, a past district governor.
ROCKY HOCK — A determination to serve wherever she could has led Tyrrell County resident Gwen White to a prestigious role as a Lions Club International Director who is traveling the world to spread the message about the important work the organization is doing.
White, who along with her husband was a special guest at a recent installation ceremony held by the Rocky Hock Lions Club, said she wasn't quite sure how she rose to the highest level of Lionism except that she has served wherever she could – even in the days before women were accepted as Lions Club members.
White, who is one of 34 International Directors, said she officially became a member of the Lions in 1994 and from there served in a variety of offices including serving as editor of the statewide Lions newspaper, then district level chairmanships. In 2010 she was asked to serve as district governor of the Lions.
White's term is for the two years from 2017-2019. She will go out of office in Milan, Italy.
Still, White said she is a firm believer that there's no place better than home.
White said that in her final year as a director she was pleased the focus of the Lions' work would be to find a way to eradicate diabetes as that is a major cause of blindness.
During their visit to the Rocky Hock Lions, White and her husband inducted two new members, Karen Dammeyer and Jeff Dammeyer, who were sponsored by Lion Frances Jordan.
Rhett White talked with the Lions about the LEO Clubs, in particular the one he helped charter in 2014 at John A. Holmes High School. He presented the John A. Holmes LEO Club Charter to then-Principal Sheila Evans and inducted the new LEO officers for 2014-2015. This year the remaining charter members will be graduating. White, a past district governor for the Lions organization, also presented a Certificate of Scholarship from the Rocky Hock Lions Club to charter LEO member Katie Layden.
After the new members were inducted and the Certificate of Scholarship was presented, Rocky Hock Lions Club President Pat Smith presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Gwen and Rhett White.
Anyone interested in learning more about the work of the Lions organization is encouraged to contact Gwen White at (252) 202-2329.


What happens at Marijuana Anonymous meetings?
Every MA meeting is slightly different. We typically read the 12 Steps of Marijuana Anonymous, as well as the 12 Traditions. Sobriety chips are often given to acknowledge sobriety milestones and birthdays. Sometimes there is a speaker who tells their story, or the group might study the Steps or other literature. Many meetings have a topic for discussion and an opportunity for group members to share. All meetings are non-smoking in compliance with California laws.
A schedule of all Southern California meetings is available here as a PDF.
MA District 6 includes the northern part of Los Angeles county, primarily the San Fernando Valley. At this time, every meeting in our district is open to both women and men, but women-only and men-only meetings are held in the greater Southern California area (see schedule).
Join us for fellowship after the meeting!


Not even close. This myopic view is where many brands get their customer feedback programs dead wrong. It is important to ask the right questions in order to get a multi-dimensional view of your buyers. You don't just want to know if they like a product or service. Based on their cognitive, behavioral, and emotional tone of their responses, you want to get an understanding of their overall perception of what you're selling and how well, or not, their needs are being met.
This means the quality of your questions matters much more than the quantity. In fact, most consumers are not interested in spending their precious time filling out your questionnaires and feedback surveys. Research shows that once a customer begins answering a survey, the drop-off rate is dramatic with each additional question, particularly for the first 15 asked. This means you want to keep your surveys to a 10 question maximum. And to a five-minute maximum. Don't expect a customer to spend more than a few minutes answering questions, even with a good incentive for filling out your questionnaire.
1. How frequently do you use our product?
A customer may like something. That doesn't mean they care about it, are motivated in any way to use it, or have the least interest in letting a friend know how much they like it. Think of it this way. You like chocolate, right? (If you're one of those vanilla people, just substitute in). So, you are probably generally satisfied with any company that sells chocolate. In fact, a chocolatier would have to whip up some really unsavory sweets to prompt you to say, 'nope, not satisfied'.
2. What is the one most important benefit from our product/service?
3. Have you shared our news/updates/posts on social media before? If so, how many times and on what social media sites?
Here's your customer engagement question that will gauge your buyers' behavioral response to your product or service. It also provides insight into the likeliness that your customers are also your social media followers – a strong step on the path to iron-clad loyalty. The answer to this question will help you segment your buyers to determine what type of nurturing they need to either become more engaged or to feel rewarded and appreciated for their loyalty.
4. What's your priority – reducing costs or increasing productivity?
This is a core question for B2B marketers. It's a must on any general customer feedback survey as it will reveal how happy (or frustrated) your buyers are with industry pricing. The trick to this question is that increasing productivity is always a priority. B2B buyers traditionally value the quality of a product or service over price. When a high proportion of respondents choose 'reducing costs' as a priority, you've identified price as an emerging market pain point.
By lowering prices or offering a discount to existing customers on their next purchase or next subscription renewal, you're more likely to keep the customers you have. On the other hand, not responding to this feedback through some type of price incentive could lead to a higher churn rate.
5. What could we do to help you meet your goals?
This is the, 'how could we improve?' question. It's just framed differently. Of course, you want to know what issues your buyers have with your product or service. However, some customers are not going to jump at the chance to complain about a product (unless they are truly dissatisfied). It's just part of our social conditioning. By focusing on their needs and objectives instead of your brand's, you're more likely to get an honest response. It also gives you more insight into your buyer personas and what is likely to motivate them. This information is customer nurturing gold.
6. Why did you choose us over our competitors?
A business is only as good as its competitive advantage. This question will reveal what your buyers perceive as the unique value of your brand. And more importantly, why they may be sticking with you. You may also find that some of your customers don't perceive any strong distinguishing features with your brand. They may purchase your product or sign up for your service because you had a good promotional offer or because you were the first brand that showed up in their Google search (nice SEO work, by the way!). Use this information to determine if your marketing needs to focus more on your brand's UVPs. It will also reveal what strengths you may want to highlight more to attract new customers.
You may get a 'no' response here. That's alright. This is where you can open up the lines of communication to uncover any individual issues your current customers may have.
When a customer does pose a question, be sure it's answered promptly. Here's your chance to impress your customers. Give them a taste of your brand authenticity. Meanwhile, you can leverage your survey as a tool for building brand loyalty in addition to getting the invaluable insights on your customers' needs, perceptions, and expectations. Getting a direct response will make a customer feel valued by your brand. More importantly, they will walk away feeling like spending their time to answer your questions was five minutes well spent.


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Q: Is a not empty subset of a unmeasurable set a unmeasurable set? We have a measurable space $(\Omega, \mathbb{A})$. I want to prove the following statement about random vectors
$$X=(X_1, ..., X_k) \hbox{ is a random vector iff } X_i \hbox{ is a random variable } \forall i = 1,...,k $$
For this, I want to use only the following definition: $X:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}^k$ is a random vector (random variable if $k = 1$) if $[X \subset B] \in \mathbb{A}$, for all $B = B(q,r)= \{y \in \mathbb{R}^k : d_{max}(q,y) < r\}$, whith $(q,r) \in \mathbb{Q}^k \times \mathbb{Q}$. In other words, I want to use the fact that $\mathbb{R}^k$ and its topology have a countable base. In addition, we know that:
$$B(q,r) = \Pi_{i = 1}^k (q_i - r, q_i + r)$$
and
$$[X \in B(q,r)] = [q_1 - r < X_1 < q_1 + r, ..., q_k - r < X_k < q_k + r] = \bigcap_{i = 1}^k [q_i - r < X_i < q_i + r]$$
With this in hand, I would like to prove the most difficult implication: $(\implies)$. For this, take a randoms $x \in \mathbb{Q}^k$ and $r\in \mathbb{Q}$ and suppose that $[q_i - r < X_i < q_i + r] \notin \mathbb{A}$ for some $i$. Since that:
$$[X \in B(q,r)] \subset [q_i - r < X_i < q_i + r]$$
I want to prove the following fact: if $B \notin \mathbb{A}$ and $A \subset B$, $A \neq \emptyset$, then $A  \notin \mathbb{A}$. With this, I can get some contradiction. Is it true?

A: Certainly your claim is false, as pointed out by Alessandro Codenotti. Use the fact that $B(q,r)$ can be written as  countable union of sets of the form $[a_1,b_1] \times [a_2,b_2] \times \cdots \times [a_k,b_k]$ to prove that $X$ is measurable if each $X_i$ is.


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Canada Creates New Class of Visa to Attract Entrepreneurs to Launch Startups Here
Canada today revealed that it plans to create a new class of visa,
Canada today revealed that it plans to create a new class of visa, according to Reuters.
Officials hope it will attract technology entrepreneurs to immigrate to the country to start new companies.
The immigration department consulted with Canadian venture funds, including Boris Wertz's Vancouver-based Version One Ventures.
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It has put a moratorium on issuing its existing entrepreneur visa, which only required an immigrant to hire one person for one year, and intends to initiate a visa that would be issued to people identified by venture capital funds as candidates to create start-up firms in Canada. The venture funds would be required to invest in the start-ups. The start-up visa is one of several changes being undertaken by Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in what he says is an effort to make the immigration system more responsive to Canada's economic needs.
"Canada seeks young, ambitious, innovative immigrants who will contribute to Canada's job growth and further drive our economy," Kenney's press secretary, Alexis Pavlich, is quoted as saying. "The start-up visa is an initiative that the government of Canada is exploring to assist in transforming our immigration system into a fast, fair and flexible system that will meet the needs of our economy and help grow our country."
Venture investment funds would choose entrepreneurs in whom they would invest, and the government would try to clear them for entry into Canada within weeks. The idea is to unite Canadian money and foreign brains. An initial source of candidates could be frustrated foreigners in the high-tech sector in the United States who have not been able to land resident status there.
"This program will link brilliant, job-creating, immigrant entrepreneurs with Canadian investors. We want the world's best and brightest to come to Canada - to start businesses and to create jobs in Canada," Alexis added.
The program is expected to be unveiled in detail later this year. According to the report, the government will set aside 2,750 visas a year. Last year it issued 700 visas under the old entrepreneur class. The problem with it was that an immigrant could buy a corner store and hire one person then abandon the business after a year.
"There are never enough brains in a country," Version One Ventures founder Boris Wertz is quoted as saying. "Every country's going to compete for the best brains in the world."
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ShareDesk Launches Beta Airbnb for Workspaces
In February
In February Techvibes covered a Canadian startup with plans to tap the growing co-working and "collaborative consumption" trend by building an office sharing platform. We tagged their plans "Airbnb for workspaces." Today they officially launched in beta.
Vancouver-headquartered ShareDesk has built as slick platform that includes hundreds of office spaces worldwide—of which 650 are easily bookable online.
As far as we know ShareDesk is the only Canadian company tackling workspace rentals online—their biggest competitor is US-based Loosecubes.
According to co-founder Kia Rahmani, SharedDesk is more flexible than other solutions and allows desk surfers to book multiple days, weeks, or months in a single transaction.
Nomad workers can search for shared spaces by city or even provide ShareDesk with the address of a convenient location where they would like to work.
And if you have a spare desk in your office, you can add it to ShareDesk in minutes by creating profile to showcase your space and start accepting bookings
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Adrian Heath's track record for developing scorers got him United job, but Loons aren't scoring
Written By: Andy Greder / St. Paul Pioneer Press | Jun 11th 2019 - 8pm.
Minnesota United head coach Adrian Heath calls out in the second half Saturday, June 8, against the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. Ron Chenoy / USA TODAY Sports
When Minnesota United hired Adrian Heath before its first MLS season in 2017, the new head coach's development of goal scorers was a main bullet point on his résumé.
With Orlando City, Heath received (and sought) credit for helping Dom Dwyer and Cyle Larin become top scorers. In Orlando's first MLS season in 2015, Larin scored a rookie-record 17 goals, and last October, he continued to praise Heath.
"He really helped me develop, taught me a lot," Larin told MLSsoccer.com. "… He was very important my first two years, coaching me, learning in training, movements and all that."
But after two years in Minnesota, Heath now has a gap on his résumé. No attacking United players have produced an increase in goals scored under Heath; this includes young players similar to Larin as well as older, more established players Heath either inherited or acquired from other clubs.
That includes top producers such as Christian Ramirez, Angelo Rodriguez and Darwin Quintero, as well as Miguel Ibarra, Sam Nicholson and Romario Ibarra. Plus, short-timers like Johan Venegas, Alexi Gomez and Bashkim Kadrii and projects such as Abu Danladi and Mason Toye.
This entangles Heath, but how much falls in varying shades of gray.
With a club-high 14 goals in 2017, Ramirez was averaging a goal per 170 minutes in the jump from the lower-level NASL. But in 2018, his output dipped to one goal per 197 minutes, and he was traded to Los Angeles FC.
When Rodriguez replaced Ramirez last August, the transfer from Colombian club Tolima scored a goal per 217 minutes in 2018. That number is down to one goal per 269 minutes this season.
Quintero was Minnesota's first high-priced Designated Player last April, and he led the way with 11 goals (and 15 assists) in 2018, one goal per 217 minutes; that is down to one per 223 this year. And this year's output is arguably inflated artificially; four of his five goals have come on penalty kicks.
For Rodriguez and Quintero, this snapshot comes during huge droughts. Quintero hasn't scored in the past nine games, Rodriguez in the past seven.
After a 1-0 loss to the then-last-place Colorado Rapids on Saturday, Heath pointed at the players for what he saw as their lack of desire to score.
"We can't buy a goal at the moment," he said Monday. "I just think that we need a break. At the weekend, I don't think we did enough to get ourselves a break. I think we had 20 crosses in the second half of the game alone. That is an awful lot of crosses for us to not make a clear-cut chance of them. It's disappointing."
But what can Heath do to stop the dire stretch?
"There is a lot of things that you can do, whether it be Monday to Friday on the training field, keep going over what you know is the right thing, going over best practice," he said Monday. "But more importantly, trying to keep the guys believing that they are doing the right thing."
One strategy Heath used recently is showing his players highlights of them scoring goals.
"They are not doing a lot different when they were scoring goals," Heath said. It's "just basically trying to fill them with some confidence, because I know what it's like. It's never easy when you are at the sharp end of the team and you're not scoring goals, people ultimately look at the people up there."
Heath and United have been looking for reinforcements in the summer transfer window from July 7 to Aug. 7. But they've recycled before without quality results.
Nicholson joined Minnesota in July 2017 and had one goal in 639 minutes in that abbreviated season. In 2018, he had one goal in 526 minutes before being traded to Colorado last May.
On loan from a club in Peru, Gomez didn't score in 1,322 minutes a year ago.
The Loons received Ethan Finlay in a trade with Columbus in 2017. He had a goal per 326 minutes in his first season in Minnesota, and one per 285 before a serious knee injury last April. In working his way back to full strength, he has one goal in 811 minutes this season.
Besides Rodriguez, Minnesota added Romario Ibarra in the summer of 2018. He averaged one goal per 90 minutes last year, then one per 190 this season before being loaned to Pachuca of Mexico's Liga MX. The club said this was based on the Ecuadorian not acclimating to life in the U.S.
Kevin Molino bridges the gap between Heath's stints in Orlando and Minnesota. In Orlando, Molino averaged a goal per 210 minutes in 2016, and midway through the season Heath was fired.
Now in Minnesota, Molino scored once per 358 minutes in 2017 and one per 70 in 2018 before a serious knee injury last March. Now working his was back, he has one goal in 169 minutes this season.
For younger players, Heath acknowledged "it's been a little bit slow" in developing Danladi, a third-year forward/winger, and second-year forward Toye.
"The frustrating thing is with Abu has been the lack of availability," Heath said. "He gets himself right and then we can't do enough work with him on the training ground."
After playing 26 minutes as a sub Saturday, Danladi was out of training Monday and Tuesday, and he will miss Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup fourth-round match against Kansas City at Allianz Field.
While injuries fall outside a coach's control, Danladi's persistent hamstring issues were an issue before the 2017 draft. But Heath and sporting director Manny Lagos believed they could be overcome and used the first overall pick to take him.
In 2017, Danladi scored eight goals and finished second in MLS rookie of the year voting. He averaged one goal per 173 minutes, but that dipped to one in 483 minutes last year. The 23-year-old now has one goal in 464 minutes this season.
At age 20, Toye is more of a project. The seventh pick in the 2018 draft didn't score in 340 minutes last season. This year, he has played only 26 minutes with Minnesota. He was the last Loons player on the field Tuesday, trying like all of them, to find the back of the net.
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The above code prints "C:\Users\r2d2w\Desktop". I would like to convert it to "C:/Users/r2d2w/Desktop". How can this be done? The line desktop.replace("\", "/") will not work and will give error "EOL while scanning string literal".

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Shakespeare, Woody Allen and Today's Flight of a Qantas A380
Photo courtesy Airservices/Paul Sadler
Both Woody Allen and William Shakespeare have words of wisdom regarding the momentous flight today of Qantas Airlines' newly resurrected Airbus A380. Don't believe me? Keep reading.
One can certainly understand the excitement of Qantas executives, with the arrival in Sydney this morning of the A380 Nancy Bird Walton. The jumbo jet has been out of service since November 2010 when the number 2 Rolls Royce Trent 900 engine spewed parts shortly after takeoff from Singapore's Changi Airport and had to make an emergency return. Like a prodigal child, the plane is certainly "more honored in the breach" as William Shakespeare might describe it.
But it remains to be seen whether this is an "all well that ends well" story or a "Never, three times a week," assessment as Woody Allen's character in the movie Annie Hall once said in complaining about how infrequently he was having sex.
Photo of damaged engine courtesy ATSB
Did the world's largest passenger jet come through brilliantly after the uncontained engine failure severed lines and disabled vital systems on the plane carrying 466 people? Every airline flying the A380, (Singapore and Lufthansa and of course Qantas) and even those without the Rolls Royce engines (Air France, Emirates, Etihad and Korean Air) is certainly hoping that is the case. And as Woody Allen said in his autobiography, "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."
But there are those who continue to shake their heads over just how much of a failure was the A380 that was Qantas Flight 32 that day. I've written at length about this in the past, which you can see here. You can look at it either way, but the big commercial money is betting that "nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so," thank you Bill Shakespeare, these days we call that "spin".
This morning at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport; water cannons greeted the arrival of VH-OQA and on the flight deck, the pilots of the ferry flight replied to their landing clearance with a heartfelt "It's good to be home," according to Richard De Crespigny, the media-dubbed Captain Fantastic who was in the left seat of the airplane back when this whole story began in 2010. His book is scheduled to be published this summer and a television documentary is in the works. When anyone asks, De Crespigny is always quick to say of the A380, "It performed brilliantly, it is indestructible."
Qantas executives Alan Joyce and Alan Milne with De Crespigny
Whether being quaffed in Sydney, Airbus HQ in Toulouse or Rolls Royce's office in Bristol, none of today's champagne swilling comes cheap. The flight 32 affair has been a "plague on all their houses".
Australian media reports making the plane airworthy again cost $130 million, about fifty percent of the cost of an A380 purchased new. Rolls Royce paid millions in compensation to Qantas and everyone associated with the world's largest jumbo jet has suffered from a slight loss of confidence in the airplane.
But here it is Sunday morning, and I don't want to rain on the parade. It is indeed good news that Qantas and Airbus avoided the dread "hull loss" by putting the A380 back in the airline's fleet. Soon it will be carrying passengers again.
And if the air safety folks still looking into the gritty details of everything that went amiss on the airplane 16 months ago do their job well, they will remember Shakespeare's words in As You Like It, "sweet are the uses of adversity." These days we call that "lessons learned."
Painting of Qantas Flight 32 by Jaak de Koninck
Cedarglen said...
If you look really hard, I think you will discover that the failed engine was #2, not #3.
Christine Negroni said...
You are correct. The uncontained failure was engine 2. Thanks.
G McAlea said...
Nice to see you could quote Shakespear on his birthday!!
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La Howmet TX (Turbine eXperimental) era una vettura statunitense da competizione appartenente alla categoria delle Sport prototipo, progettata nel 1968 per collaudare le potenzialità della turbina a gas. Tale progetto, pianificato dal pilota Ray Heppenstall, univa un telaio realizzato della McKee Engineering a motori a turbina noleggiati dalla Continental Aviation & Engineering; il sostegno economico era della Howmet Corporation.

Sebbene non fosse stata la prima vettura da competizione dotata di propulsore a turbina, la Howmet TX rimane tutt'oggi la prima e unica vettura a turbina che abbia mai vinto una gara, avendo vinto due gare e due corse di qualifica organizzate dallo Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) durante la sua unica stagione agonistica. In seguito la TX registrò sei record di velocità terrestre omologati FIA dopo il suo ritiro dalle competizioni.

Lo sviluppo

L'interesse nell'uso delle turbine a gas come alternativa ai motori a pistoni andava crescendo nell'industria automobilistica durante gli anni sessanta. La Chrysler aveva cominciato i collaudi negli anni '50 e iniziò a noleggiare al pubblico la sua Turbine Car nel 1963, mentre la casa automobilistica britannica Rover e la scuderia BRM unirono i loro sforzi per realizzare un'auto da corsa per la 24 Ore di Le Mans nel 1963 e nel 1965.

Entrambe le vetture si dimostrarono affidabili, ma non riuscirono a ottenere il successo di pubblico e i risultati in gara che da esse ci si sarebbe rispettivamente aspettato. A partire dal 1967 Andy Granatelli, progettista e proprietario di una scuderia, diede vita a una vettura motorizzata da una turbina che portò il pilota statunitense Parnelli Jones quasi a vincere la 500 miglia di Indianapolis, ma che dovette ritirarsi per un problema meccanico dopo aver condotto la gara per oltre due terzi. Un tentativo simile portato avanti con una Lotus 56 nel 1968 portò al medesimo risultato dopo aver mostrato di meritare le vittoria.

Nello stesso periodo del debutto a Indy dell'auto di Granatelli, il pilota Ray Heppenstall cominciò a concepire un progetto per motorizzare con una turbina a gas la sua vettura sport, eliminando i difetti mostrati anni prima dalla Rover-BRM. Heppenstall riteneva che un telaio dal disegno semplificato avrebbe incrementeto la competitività dell'auto a turbina; egli sottopose in un primo momento il progetto alla Allison Engine Company e in seguito alla Williams Research. Alla fine chiese aiuto al suo amico pilota Tom Fleming, che all'epoca era vicepresidente della Howmet Corporation, fornitrice di fusioni per turbine nell'industria aerospaziale. Heppenstall e Fleming riuscirono a convincere la Howmet che supportare finanziariamente una vettura sport competitiva e unica nel suo genere potesse portare il grande pubblico a conoscere l'azienda. La Howmet accettò di finanziare il progetto, prestando il suo nome alla vettura.

Il telaio
Heppenstall avviò il progetto acquistando una vettura Cooper Monaco, ma in seguito decise che non era la scelta migliore per un motore a turbina e quindi la rivendette. Allora Heppenstall richiese a Bob McKee, proprietario della McKee Engineering, la costruzione di due vetture nuove. Il primo telaio a traliccio fu realizzato in realtà partendo da una precedente vettura McKee realizzata per il campionato CanAm nel 1966, adattata per ospitare il motore a turbina. Il secondo esemplare fu invece realizzato partendo da zero, il che permise di progettarlo per lo specifico uso del motore a turbina utilizzando un telaio allungato di . I telai erano denominati Mk.9 dalla McKee, ma non furono utilizzati per nessun'altra vettura oltre alla Howmet TX.

La Mk.9 fu progettata secondo le norme del Gruppo 6 emesse dalla FIA per le vetture prototipo, che lasciava piena libertà ai progettisti, ponendo limiti solo per la cilindrata. Bob McKee progettò una carrozzeria chiusa con portiere ad ala di gabbiano che vestiva la vettura a motore centrale. Le sospensioni erano a quadrilateri deformabili con molle a spirale e freni a disco su ogni ruota. Il serbatoio da 32 galloni americani (USgal) per il cherosene era posto tra l'abitacolo e il motore.

La turbina
Le turbine che muovevano le due two Howmet TX furono noleggiate dalla Continental Aviation & Engineering. Le turbine a gas TS325-1 erano prototipi, derivati da un appalto non portato a termine per un elicottero militare, che la Continental al momento non utilizzava. Le turbine date in prestito pesavano 170 libbre (77kg) e producevano 325 bhp (330CV/PS o 242kW) e 650 lbf·ft (949nM) di coppia e potevano raggiungere i 57.000 rpm.

La turbina era a doppio stadio e un Turboalbero forniva la potenza alle ruote motrici passando attraverso un riduttore. Grazie all'ampio campo di utilizzo della turbina, il cambio tradizionale non era necessario e la Howmet TX era quindi un'automobile monomarcia, sebbene venisse cambiata la riduzione finale del differenziale a seconda del circuito su cui doveva gareggiare. Con tale trasmissione la retromarcia era assente e, sebbene Heppenstall in un primo momento volesse farne a meno, la FIA la rese obbligatoria e venne montato un piccolo motore elettrico alimentato dalla turbina per muovere l'auto all'indietro.

La turbina usava due ampi tubi di scarico diretti verso l'alto e collocati all'estremità posteriore della vettura. Era poi presente in posizione decentrata un terzo tubo di scarico più piccolo, quello della valvola wastegate. Tale valvola era progettata in funzione della riduzione del ritardo di risposta della turbina ai comandi dell'acceleratore. Una volta raggiunto il regime massimo di rotazione, la wastegate regolava inoltre la quantità di carburante che affluiva alla turbina, modulando la potenza erogata.

Sebbene la cilindrata delle turbine non possa essere misurata con la stessa metodologia dei motori a pistoni, la FIA introdusse una formula di equivalenza per calcolare quella della Continental TS325-1, convenzionalmente determinata in 2960 cc, sebbene Heppenstall abbia in seguito ammesso che il motore era effettivamente al di sopra del limite dei tre litri. La cilindrata equivalente così stabilita permise alla vettura di competere tra le sport prototipo del Gruppo 6 fino a 3 litri.

Storia agonistica
Dopo aver completato l'assemblaggio delle due Howmet TX, le vetture furono iscritte alla 24 Ore di Daytona, gara inaugurale del Campionato Internazionale Marche 1968. La loro presenza attirò attenzione prima ancora dell'inizio della competizione e vi fu dato grosso rilievo sulla copertina del programma di gara. Sebbene entrambe le vetture fossero nell'elenco dei partenti, solo il secondo esemplare prese parte alla corsa, mentre l'altra auto fu tenuta ai box come vettura di riserva. L'equipaggio della Howmet TX, composto dallo stesso Heppenstall, Dick Thompson ed Ed Lowther, riuscì a qualificarsi settimo in griglia. In gara molti avversari effettuarono le loro sosta per il rifornimento prima della Howmet, permettendole ri risalire la classifica fino al terzo posto, ma al 34º giro la wastegate della turbina rimase chiusa durante la percorrenza di una curva e l'eccesso di potenza mandò in testacoda la vettura, che andò a sbattere contro le barriere e dovette ritirarsi.

Per la 12 Ore di Sebring tenutasi dopo un paio di mesi, la TX fu capace di migliorare le proprie prestazioni qualificandosi terza alle spalle di una Porsche 907 e di una Ford GT40. In un primo momento la turbina funzionò in modo affidabile, ma giro dopo giro l'ingestione dei detriti presenti sulla pista la danneggiò e le vibrazioni indotte fecero rompere il supporto posteriore sinistro. La vettura si ritirò dopo sei ore.

Dopo Sebring, il Campionato Internazionale Marche ritornò in Europa e così fece il team Howment. Si iscrissee alla BOAC 500 sul Circuito di Brands Hatch. I problemi alla wastegate fecero ritirare la vettura dopo soli sette giri. Rimasto in Gran Bretagna, il team Howmet iscrisse la vettura a una gara sprint del locale campionato nazionale tenutasi sul Circuito di Oulton Park affidandola al pilota britannico Hugh Dibley. Comunque la rottura del motorino d'avviamento durante un pit stop privò di nuovo la TX della possibilità di portare a termine questa gara sulla distanza di un'ora.

Piuttosto che restare in Europa per il prosieguo del Campionato Internazionale Marche, la squadra riportò la TX negli Stati Uniti per competere nel Campionato Nazionale SCCA. Una volta rientrati nel Paese di origine, la vicinanza alla sede permise di superare i problemi di giuventù della vettura e la Howmet TX riuscì a finire la sua prima gara, il Vandergraft Trophy tenutosi a New Cumberland (Virginia Occidentale). Heppenstall portò la vettura sul podio, concludenco la gara al secondo posto e facendo registrare il nuovo record del circuito. Dopo il successivo ritiro nel Michigan, la TX fu iscritta alla corsa Heart of Dixie a Huntsville, in Alabama, dove in una breve gara di qualificazione che si disputava il giorno precedente alla gara vera e propria veniva decisa la griglia di partenza di quest'ultima. La Howmet TX ottenne la vittoria nella gara di qualificazione ottenendo così la pole position. Scattata da lì, mantenne la prima posizione fino all'arrivo: queste due vittorie furono le prime mai conseguite da una vettura spinta da un motore a turbina in una competizione ufficiale.

Una volta ottenuta la prima vittoria al volante della Howmet TX, Heppenstall fu di nuovo affiancato da Dick Thompson per laMarlboro 300. La vettura conquistò nuovamente la breve gara di qualificazione che assegnava la pole position e da questa andò a vincere la gara vera e propria con un margine di 11 giri, dopo aver condotto dal primo all'ultimo giro. Fiduciosi nelle capacità della vettura contro la concorrenza europea, entrambi gli esemplari furono iscritti alla 6 Ore di Watkins Glen, gara valevole per il Campionato Internazionale Marche. Hugh Dibley e il debuttante Bob Tullius vennero iscritti con la prima vettura, mentre Heppenstall e Thompson con la second. Le vetture si qualificarono ottava e nona. Grazie ad alcuni incidenti che coinvolsero a inizio gara le Porsche ufficiali, le due TX risalirono al terzo e quarto posto assoluto, ma la vettura di Dibley e Tullius fu vittima durante l'ultima ora di problemi alla trasmissione che la costrinsero ad arrancare lungo il circuito fino al termine della gara, mentre l'altra auto mantenne il passo fino alla fine, ottenendo il podio, conquistando la vittoria di classe e guadagnando 4 punti valevoli per il campionato.

Dopo il successo a Watkins Glen, le due auto furono preparate per partecipare alla 24 Ore di Le Mans, posticipata quell'anno a settembre per le proteste che nel 1968 infiammarono le piazze. La società francese Pechiney, produttrice di alluminio, sponsorizzò l'iscrizione della squadra alla competizione. Gli equipaggi rimasero gli stessi della gara precedente, ma le prestazioni in qualifica al Circuit de la Sarthe furono inficiate dai lunghi rettilinei e la migliore delle due si qualificò ventesima.

Durante la gara la vettura di Thompson cominciò ad aver problemi già dopo tre giri. il sistema d'alimentazione non riusciva a mandare abbastanza cherosene alla turbina, che quindi non forniva la massima potenza, cosicché la TX arrancava lungo gli interminabili rettilinei. Mentre una delle auto proseguiva a passo ridotto, l'altra fu vittima della rottura del mozzo di una ruota due ore dopo, richiedendo una riparazione lunga tre ore. Alla sesta ora di gara la vettura fu squalificata per aver percorso una distanza insufficiente, pari a soli 60 giri. La vettura di Thompson non durò molto di più, perché il pilota andò a sbattere alla curva Indianapolis, capottando e distruggendo la macchina.

Una volta conclusa la stagione 1968, Heppenstall cominciò a pianificare la stagione successiva, prevedendo lo sviluppo di una trasmissione a rapporti multipli in luogo di quella monomarcia utilizzata nell'anno del debutto. Ma la Howmet riteneva che il programma non stesse fornendo il ritorno pubblicitario desiderato e decise di interrompere la collaborazione.

Record di velocità terrestri
La Howmet decise nel 1969 che, sebbene il programma sportivo fosse troppo costoso da portare avanti, le due vetture potevano ancora servire come mezzi promozionali. Heppenstall decise di tentare di riparare il secondo telaio TX distrutto in gara a Le Mans. La vettura fu sottoposta a profonde modifiche per adattarla alla nuova carrozzeria barchetta, venendo ridenominata Howmet TX Mk.II. Il nuovo veicolo si cimentò nel tentativo di infrangere alcuni record di velocità terrestri nella categoria delle vetture a turbina. Poiché la TX Mk.II pesava circa 1000 kg, la vettura fece diversi tentativi rientrando in due diverse categorie di peso semplicemente variando la zavorra posta a bordo

Su una strada vicino al Talladega Superspeedway Heppenstall pilotò la TX Mk.II nell'agosto 1970, conseguendo 6 record riconosciuti dalla FIA, con il cronometraggio effettuato dalla IMSA.

Impieghi successivi

Nel 1971, la Howmet terminò l'uso promozionale delle due TX. I due telai furono venduti a Rey Heppenstall per prezzo simbolico di un solo dollaro, ma poiché le due turbine Continental erano state noleggiate alla Howmet, esse dovettero essere restituite una volta che le auto furono vendute. Alla fine Heppenstall vendette i due telai.

Il telaio #GTP1 fu acquistato da Jim Brucker e conservato nella sua collezione in California. In mostra statica, è dotato di un simulacro della turbina Continental originale posto nel vano motore. L'automobile fu acquistata da Bruce Linsmeyer della Avon Aero e dotata di una turbina Continental originale. In seguito al restauro la #GTP1 vinse nel 2007 il Sebring Trophy al Concours d'Elegance di Amelia Island.

Il secondo esemplare, telaio #GTP2, fu riconvertita dalla sua configurazione barchetta all'originale carrozzeria chiusa tramite un restauro a cura dalla McKee Engineering su richiesta del nuovo proprietario Chuck Haines. Non potendo ottenere la turbina Continental originale, venne installata al suo posto una turbina Allison 250C18, di dimensioni inferiori.

Il diverso propulsore ha richiesto la riprogettazione di alcuni particolari, poiché lo scarico ora esce dalla parte alta del cofano motore anziché dalla parte posteriore dell'auto. L'assenza della wastegate ha reso inutile il terzo tubo di scarico. Completata nel luglio 1996, la Howmet TX telaio #GTP2 ha partecipato tre volte al Goodwood Festival of Speed. In seguito fu venduta a Xavier Micheron e ora è esposta in Francia.

Durante il periodo in cui Chuck Haines era proprietario del telaio #GTP2 fu scoperto un telaio McKee Mk.9 incompleto. Questo terzo telaio, conosciuto come #GTP3, fu acquistato dallo stesso Haines. Su sua richiesta, la McKee completò nel 2000 la vettura secondo le specifiche originali, ma anche stavolta si dovette usare una turbina Allison. La #GTP3 è ancora nelle mani di Haines (nel 2008, NdT), che la usa in gare per vetture storiche e ha partecipato al Goodwood Festival of Speed nel 2007.

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Annotazioni
 La Howmet TX ottenne due vittorie in gara. Il totale non comprende le due vittorie conseguite nelle gare sprint di qualificazione.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 YouTube - avviamento motore della Howmet TX #GTP2 all'Amelia Island Concourse d'Elegance
  endurance-series.com - Articolo sulla Howmet TX

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