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Peter Noel Harris  is a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy from 2009 to 2012. He was Chairman of the Australian Productivity Commission between 2012 and 2018.

Life and career
Harris joined the Australian Public Service in 1976 as a graduate economist in the Department of Overseas Trade. From 1989 to 1991, Harris was senior private secretary to Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

Between 2001 and 2002, Harris was vice president of government and international affairs with the Air New Zealand/Ansett Group. Ansett Australia went into liquidation in March 2002 and Harris joined the Victorian public service that year, serving as the Director of Public Transport and later Secretary of the Department of Sustainability and Environment.

Then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Harris Secretary of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in August 2009. In the role, he was responsible for overseeing the roll-out of the $37 billion National Broadband Network.

In November 2012, Harris was appointed Chairman of the Australian Productivity Commission.

Honours and appointments
Harris was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2013 for distinguished service to public administration through leadership and policy reform roles in the areas of telecommunications, the environment, primary industry and transport.
In March 2019, Harris joined the board of Infrastructure Australia, about six months after retiring from his final major government role as chair of the Productivity Commission. In April 2020 he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCC) Advisory Board, which he concluded in October 2020. He currently holds an advisory board position with retirement specialist start up Household Capital.

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300 destinations for the Weekend Tourist!
I've been a tourist all my life. Everywhere I go I'm looking to see what's around the corner or inside a building. I don't want to miss anything. It's always good to know the options. I've been known to make elaborate travel brochures for my trips (and for my friends trips) listing all possibilities in several categories of entertainment. Doing research is half the fun — it's like you're already there. Then you can pick and choose.
You can have a good time anywhere if you just look and learn and try a little harder. Anyone can spend a lot of money and go to Europe or Argentina and have fun. But how about a quick and easy half-day vacation in St. Cloud? Completely possibly. In fact, I can make you want to stay longer.
One of my mottos is that I always try to be positive. It's easy to be negative. And negativity breeds more negativity. So when I'm out and about I try to keep a positive attitude. If you don't like something, don't go there. I try to do that with this column too. You don't want to read about me complaining about things — you want to have fun!
My first column, about the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, hit newsstands November 19, 2001 in what was then Skyway News. My subheading was "a guide to art, architecture and cultural curiosities." While there are no longer tours of the active trading floor, that lobby is still one of my favorite spaces and I pop in whenever I'm nearby.
COFFEE BREAK: I usually like my coffee coffee-flavored but I fell in love with cedar and maple at my new favorite coffee shop: Five Watt Coffee, 3745 Nicollet Ave. S.
Send your comments or tips to WeekendTourist@mnpubs.com.


On November 11, we honor the wartime service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces. Originally proclaimed Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I, it was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to include American veterans of all wars.
The following lessons, activities, games, and resources will help your students celebrate service men and women past and present.


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\section{Introduction and Concept}
This short note is about the following setting: let $f:X\to Y$ be a mapping
between finite sets. Assume that the sizes of $X$ and $Y$ are sufficiently
small to permit a specification of $f$ via a lookup-table. Let $E(m,\kappa)$
denote a group-homomorphic encryption of a message $m$ under a key $\kappa$,
where $E$ can be symmetric or asymmetric. Let $E$ be group-homomorphic in the
sense that $E(m_1\cdot m_2,\kappa)=E(m_1,\kappa)\cdot E(m_2,\kappa)$, where
$\cdot$ denotes the respective group operations within the plain- and
ciphertext space.

In this setting, we consider the following question: given $E$ and an
encrypted value $c=E(x,\kappa)$, can we compute $E(f(x),\kappa)$ without
decrypting $c$? We call any such implementation of $f$ an \emph{oblivious
lookup table}, as it shall effectively hide the evaluation of $f$, or
equivalently, evaluate $f$ only on ciphertexts by virtue of conventional
homomorphic encryption.

Becoming more specifically, let $p=2q+1$ be a safe prime (i.e., $q$ is a
prime too), and let $\G\subset\Z_p$ denote the $q$-order subgroup generated
by some element $g\in\Z_p$. We first describe the lookup technique in plain
form, and subsequently wrap the encryption around the necessary operations.

Let $X=\set{x_1,\ldots,x_n}\subseteq\G$ be an enumeration of (distinct)
values to be looked up. To each such element $x_i$, we associate a vector
$\vec v_i = (x_i^k)_{k=0}^{n-1}=(1,x_i,x_i^2,\ldots,x_i^{n-1})$. Notice that
$x_i\neq x_j$ whenever $i\neq j$ implies that the vectors $\vec
v_1,\ldots,\vec v_n$ are all linearly independent, as they essentially form
the rows of a Vandermonde-matrix $\vec V$. Without loss of generality, let us
assume $\abs{X}=n=\abs{Y}$, say, by allowing multiple occurrences of the same
element in $Y$ in case that $f$ is not injective. Under this convention, let
the (not necessarily pairwise distinct) elements of $Y$ be enumerated as
$Y=\set{y_1,\ldots,y_n}$.

We will construct the value of $f(x_i)$ by a scalar product of $\vec v_i$
with a vector-representation of the lookup table. That is, the lookup table
itself is a vector $\vec \ell$ with the property that $\vec v_i^T\cdot\vec
\ell=f(x_i)$ for all $i=1,2,\ldots,n$. To this end, let us choose an
arbitrary but invertible matrix $\vec U\in\G^{n\times n}$ with columns $\vec
u_1,\ldots,\vec u_n$. Define the lookup table as $\vec \ell:=\vec
U\cdot\vec\alpha$ for some (yet to be determined) vector $\vec
\alpha=(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n)$. Now, let us look at the scalar product of
$\vec v_i$ with $\vec U\cdot \vec\alpha$ to yield $f(x_i)\in\Z_p$. This
results in a linear equation $\alpha_1(\vec v_i^T\cdot \vec
u_1)+\alpha_2(\vec v_i^T\cdot \vec u_2)+\cdots+\alpha_n(\vec v_i^T\cdot\vec
u_n)=f(x_i)$. Establishing this condition for all $i=1,2,\ldots,n$, we end up
observing that, to find $\vec \alpha$, we need to solve the linear system
$(\vec V\cdot\vec U)\cdot\vec\alpha=(f(x_1),\ldots,f(x_n))^T$ for $\vec
\alpha$. The coefficient matrix $\vec V\cdot\vec U$ is invertible by
construction, and hence we can easily lookup values $f(x_i)$ by computing
$f(x_i)=\vec v_i^T\cdot\vec\ell$, taking $O(n)$ multiplications and
additions.

Now, let us see if we can equivalently do all the necessary steps when the
pre-image is encrypted. For that matter, we take an element-wise commitment
to the $\vec v_i$ from above to represent $x_i$. That is, the value $x_i$ now
comes committed and encrypted as $\tilde E(x_i,\kappa):=(E(1,\kappa)$,
$E(g^{x_i},\kappa)$, $E(g^{x_i^2},\kappa)$,\ldots,
$E(g^{x_i^{n-1}},\kappa))=(c_1,\ldots,c_n)$, so that the matrix of exponents
remains $\vec V=(v_{ij})_{i,j=1}^n$ with $v_{ij}=x_i^{j-1}$ and as such
invertible. Since the order of $\G$ is a prime, we can -- in a setup phase
where the exponents are known -- straightforwardly work out the values
$\vec\alpha$ and the lookup table $\vec \ell=(\ell_1,\ldots,\ell_n)$, which
is supplied in plain (not encrypted) form to the instance that seeks to
evaluate $f$.

To evaluate $f$, let the encrypted input value $x_i$ be given as $\tilde
E(x_i,\kappa)$. Then, we can compute the lookup value $E(f(x_i),\kappa)$ as

\begin{align}
    \prod_{k=1}^n c_k^{\ell_k} &= \prod_{k=1}^n E(g^{x_i^{k-1}},\kappa)^{\ell_k}
    = \prod_{k=1}^n E(g^{v_{ik}},\kappa)^{\alpha_1 u_{k1} + \alpha_2 u_{k2} + \ldots \alpha_n u_{kn}}\nonumber\\
    &=\prod_{k=1}^n E(g^{\alpha_1 v_{ik} u_{k1}+\alpha_2 v_{ik}u_{k2}+\ldots+\alpha_n v_{ik}u_{kn}},\kappa) = E(g^{f(x_i)},\kappa)\label{eqn:lookup}.
\end{align}
The last equality is instantly obtained by writing out the exponents for
$k=1,2,\ldots,n$ and rearranging terms properly when summing up.

A final remark is judicious here: the formula yields only a single value
based on an input vector. To properly implement the lookup to be
\emph{repeatable}, i.e., to model iterations like $f(f(\cdots f(x)\cdots))$
or generally functions $f:X\to X$, we need to look up all the elements of the
output vector via separate tables. So, the overall lookup table is no longer
a $n$-dimensional vector, but an $(n\times n)$-matrix $\vec L=(\vec
\ell_1,\ldots,\vec \ell_n)$. The $j$-th such lookup table $\vec \ell_j$ must
then be designed to return $y^{j-1}$, whenever the input value $x$ is
represented by a sequence $1,x,x^2,\ldots,x^{n-1}$ in the exponents. That is,
the mapping $f(x)=y$, acting on $x$ being represented by encrypted values
$1,g^x,g^{x^2},\ldots,g^{x^{n-1}}$, requires $n$ lookups that successively
yield $1,g^y,g^{y^2},\ldots,g^{y^{n-1}}$, each of which by \eqref{eqn:lookup}
requires $O(n)$ exponentiations and multiplications. So, the total cost of an
oblivious lookup comes to $O(n^2)$ exponentiations (subsuming multiplications
as the cheaper operation here).

Considering security, each lookup table is indeed available in plaintext, but
since it is independent of a particular input and the input and output values
remain encrypted at all times, knowledge of $\vec L$ cannot release any
information about the secret $x$ being transferred into the secret result
$f(x)$. Probabilistic encryptions like ElGamal an offer the additional appeal
of enforced re-randomization of the resulting ciphertexts. That is, if a
distrusted third party does several lookups, it nevertheless cannot recognize
any results as being identical to previous ones.

\section{Related Work}

This work closely relates to \ac{PFE}, which provides a system where the
function-to-be-evaluated $f$ \emph{and} the inputs are private and the
evaluator learns nothing about either aside from the (encrypted) results of
the evaluation of the function on the inputs. This can be realized using
\ac{SFE} over a universal circuit
(\cite{KolesnikovSchneider2008,Valiant1976}), to which $f$ has to be
converted first. Another approach is to use a (non-universal) circuit
representation of $f$ and employ a \ac{FHE} scheme
\cite{Gentry2009,Silverberg2013}. However, all mentioned approaches carry
complexities that are too high for practical applications. Conceptually
closest to our ideas seem to be \cite{KatzMalka2011} and
\cite{MohasselSadeghian2013}, both based on singly homomorphic encryption.
The former realises \ac{PFE} in a strict two-party setting with one party
providing the function and the other providing the inputs. Evaluation is done
through a common virtual machine. The latter is based on a framework that
splits the task into \ac{CTH} and \ac{PGE} which together enable \ac{PFE}
with linear complexity in all standard settings. However, both \ac{PFE}
protocols require an interactive setting while we are aiming for the
non-interactive setting. The security implications tied to our simple scheme
when being lifted to two-operand functions (if that it possible at all) are,
however, far from clear and probably intricate (cf. \cite{Boneh2011}) and
will be discussed along the research sketched in this abstract.

\section{Open Issues}
A yet open issue is a proper formalization of security for oblivious lookup
tables. Intuitively, the attacker should be unable to learn anything
meaningful from the lookup table as such, since this is nothing but a bunch
of ciphertexts and hence indistinguishable from self-made cryptograms,
provided that the encryption is semantically secure. However, a full-fledged
formal argument and definition of security is subject of future
considerations. Also, the idea does not obviously generalize to functions of
multiple inputs, which poses another interesting question for future
research.

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You are invited! Come to celebrate our 4th year anniversary from 2:30pm till 5:00pm. Get ready for great prizes, food, music, performances, special guests and lots of dancing!
The yearly recital is for all our students. They all work really hard to improve their talents throughout the year and this is a wonderful opportunity to share what they have learned with their friends and families.
Our dance and music spring break camp allows new students as well as existing ones to socialize, play and learn in a friendly environment geared towards the improvement of their dance and music skills. It also a great opportunity for those students who wish to improve their technique or try out for the CSMDA Competition Team.


SKIPPER Steven Gerrard was "gutted" to be sent off against Ukraine but backs his team to see off San Marino next month in his absence.
Gerrard, dismissed for the first time in 98 caps after picking up two yellow cards, will miss just that Wembley game but return for the trip to Poland.
England have four points from two matches after their 1-1 draw against Ukraine, but Gerrard is sure they will finish in the top two in the group.
He said: "I am gutted over the sending-off but happy with my performance. I am certain the boys can do the job against San Marino without me and then I'll be available for Poland.
"We're disappointed not to get the three points but, having gone a goal down, we showed fantastic character. We kept probing and, when the substitutes came on, we created more chances. We deserved the point, if not a bit more, on chances.
Jermain Defoe is also promising that England will deliver. "We will pick up a lot of points away from home," he said.
This was the first time Defoe has been played in all 90 minutes of an England match – and this was his 51st cap.
He admitted it was a slog on his own up front and that bringing on Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck was the key. "It is important to be patient, keep running, make sure your movement is good," he said.


Abstract: Chemical reaction networks can be automatically generated from graph grammar descriptions, where rewrite rules model reaction patterns. Because a molecule graph is connected and reactions in general involve multiple molecules, the rewriting must be performed on multisets of graphs. We present a general software package for this type of graph rewriting system, which can be used for modelling chemical systems. The package contains a C++ library with algorithms for working with transformation rules in the Double Pushout formalism, e.g., composition of rules and a domain specific language for programming graph language generation. A Python interface makes these features easily accessible. The package also has extensive procedures for automatically visualising not only graphs and rewrite rules, but also Double Pushout diagrams and graph languages in form of directed hypergraphs. The software is available as an open source package, and interactive examples can be found on the accompanying webpage.


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Asking the tough questions on Fukushima
What a load of spun crap, to be polite: "Moreover, the government is lifting the evacuation order for any areas where annual radiation levels are "no more than" 20 mSv. The International Commission on Radiological Protection told the government that once the situation had stabilized in the affected areas, people could return if radiation dropped to between 1 and 20 mSv, but the lower the better. Exposure to 20 mSv for a short period may not be a problem, but it could have harmful effects in the long run."
In the thick of it: Industry Minister Yosuke Takagi (right) is exploring a variety of options to boost agricultural areas near the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant.
In January, regional newspaper Fukushima Minpo interviewed Yosuke Takagi, state minister of economy, trade and industry. While talking about reconstruction plans for areas near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Takagi mentioned resurrecting Dash-mura (Dash Village), a farm created from scratch by boy band Tokio for its Nippon TV series "The Tetsuwan Dash."
The location of Dash-mura was always secret, lest Tokio's fans descend on the project and destroy its rustic purity. But following the reactor accident caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was revealed that the farm was in an area declared off-limits due to its proximity to the plant. It was promptly abandoned.
A different news outlet, Fukushima Minyu, clarified that the revival of Dash-mura is "nothing more than a personal idea of Takagi's," but that he intends to discuss it with related parties. An 80-year-old farmer who once worked with Tokio on the project told Minyu that bringing back the farm would be a great PR boost for the area's agriculture, which is obviously Takagi's aim. The show's producer, however, after hearing of Takagi's comment, tweeted that he knew nothing about the news, adding cryptically that "Dash-mura is no one's thing."
The Huffington Post called the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to ask if it had any intention of reviving Dash-mura. A representative only "confirmed" that Takagi had "made such a comment" and said METI had no "definite plan" to that end but might "study it."
Nevertheless, the idea fits in with the government's goal of getting former residents to move back to the area. Last week, authorities announced they would further reduce the evacuation zone at the end of the month, which means it will have shrunk by 70 percent since April 2014. The concern is that few people want to return. Some have already made lives for themselves elsewhere and see a lack of opportunity in their old communities.
Many also remain suspicious of the government's assurances that radioactivity has dropped to a safe level. There is still debate among experts as to whether or not the radiation in the area is dangerous. The government says that the problems caused by the accident are now "under control," and affected residents can soon go back to their old lives.
One media outlet who has challenged this assumption is TV Asahi's "Hodo Station." On March 9, the nightly news show sent its main announcer, Yuta Tomikawa, to Iitate, a village located about 40 km from the crippled nuclear facility. All 6,000 residents were eventually evacuated after the accident.
Standing in front of rows of black plastic bags, Tomikawa reported that, according to the government, decontamination efforts have been a success. A safe annual radiation level is 1 millisievert, but a local dairy farmer told Tomikawa that his own readings showed five times that level, adding that 70 percent of Iitate is wooded and forest land had not been decontaminated yet.
Moreover, the government is lifting the evacuation order for any areas where annual radiation levels are "no more than" 20 mSv. The International Commission on Radiological Protection told the government that once the situation had stabilized in the affected areas, people could return if radiation dropped to between 1 and 20 mSv, but the lower the better. Exposure to 20 mSv for a short period may not be a problem, but it could have harmful effects in the long run.
Tomikawa did not say that people who returned to Iitate would be in danger, but he did imply that the government is manipulating numbers in an attempt to persuade evacuees to return to their homes.
The web magazine Litera wrote that TV Asahi is the only mainstream media outlet to question the government line in this regard. Actually, Nippon TV did something similar, albeit indirectly. Last month, it rebroadcasted an episode of its "NNN Document" series about the married manzai (stand-up comedy) duo Oshidori Mako-Ken's efforts to come to terms with the Fukushima meltdowns and their aftermath.
The couple belongs to the large Osaka-based entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo, but ever since the disaster Mako has attended about 500 related news conferences, making a nuisance of herself by plying Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings employees and government officials with questions the mainstream media don't usually ask.
In order to gain access to the news conferences, she offered stories to the weekly magazine Spa! Her editor there told Nippon TV that Mako is now respected or resented by a lot of full-time journalists, partly because she's a geinojin (entertainer) who has proved her mettle as a reporter, but mainly because of her hard-line queries, which put her interlocutors on the spot.
Following the disaster, Mako became suspicious when she saw people fleeing Tokyo in large numbers but heard nothing about it on the news. In order to make sense of the situation she'd watch unfiltered news conferences about the disaster on the internet. She realized only independent reporters asked tough questions, so she started attending them herself as a proxy for average people who didn't understand what was going on. The more officials obfuscated, the more she studied.
She's now recognized by some foreign press as one of the most informed persons on the subject — she even received a letter of encouragement from Pope Francis — and yet she's shunned by the Japanese press. Nevertheless, she has dedicated followers, including workers cleaning up the reactor who often feed her questions to ask of officials. She's won awards for her work, but from citizens groups, not media groups.
Nowadays, Mako and Ken do more free lectures on Fukushima No. 1 than they do comedy shows. One of their main themes is that media reports tend to confuse the public rather than inform them, but that's really the fault of the government, which would like nothing better than for people to feel as if nothing ever happened.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/18/national/media-national/asking-tough-questions-fukushima/
March 20, 2017 - Posted by dunrenard | Fukushima 2017 | Contamination, Evacuation Order To Be lifted, Fukushima, radiation

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TelAthena Systems
Launched as one of the world's first commercial Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) systems in 1983, TelAthena's users have logged over 1 billion production hours in contact centers worldwide. Our clients have included Fortune 500 companies as diverse as DuPont, Circuit City, GTE, British Telecom, Nissho Electronics and Walker Information, from the Market Research, Fundraising, Telemarketing, Customer Service, and Financial Services industries.
TelAthena's offices are located in the historic Brooklyn Army Terminal. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Brooklyn Army Terminal was commissioned by the federal government in March of 1918 to serve as a military depot and supply base, and served as the largest military supply base in the US through WWII. Over three million troops and 37 million tons of military supplies passed through the facility – including, in 1958, perhaps the most famous soldier to deploy from the Brooklyn Army Terminal -- Elvis Presley.
TelAthena Systems is wholly owned by D.F.King & Co., Inc. Founded in 1942, D.F. King is a global financial media relations and private equity firm representing more than 600 public companies and mutual funds located primarily in the U.S. and Europe.
TelAthena Software has been awarded "Product of the Year" by both Customer Interaction Solutions and CTI Interaction Solutions; an Editor's Choice Award from CRM Solutions and Call Center Solutions; 3 times "Best of Show" award at CTI Expo, twice "Best of Show" at Communication Solution Expo; and the "CRM Excellence" award from TMC Publications.
Human Interaction Software
The best ideas are often the simplest. The ones which appear so straightforward, so natural, that they seem obvious in retrospect.
Take Call Center Software, for example. Since it exists to create an interface for the transfer of progressively larger amounts of information, the technology must be sufficiently advanced to power and process this exchange. However, the method by which this information is received, that is, the point of contact, is far from high tech. In fact, it's the oldest form of communication on earth: the human voice.
Accordingly, how can we reconcile a state-of-the-art data gathering system with a "low-tech" data delivery vehicle which is complex, random and multi-permutational?
By designing the software around the rhythms and responses of human conversation. Because Call Centers are first and foremost about recognizing and interfacing with people, be they clients, customers, patients or prospects. Which is why TelAthena has created software that goes beyond mere scripting: Human Interaction Software
Web and Telephone Contact Center services and consulting
King TeleServices, (another D.F. King entity), is a full service contact center services provider that supports inbound/outbound voice, email, chat, text and social media monitoring programs with state of the art technology. With a combined total of over 1,200 seats in four centers the 600 seat flagship center is also located at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Clients include among other entities engaged in financial services, banking, healthcare, government, media, telecommunications and mail order and online commerce sector. King TeleServices has experience supporting stakeholder communication, customer service, technical support, telesales and survey programs for its clients.
TelAthena users may choose instead to connect to one of TelAthena's many servers and telephony switch via the Cloud, and pay only for usage. Several options are available: data collection and storage; data collection and storage with telephony; telephony only.
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I find the whole concept of letting go of ego a really interesting one. Part of the yoga practice is to remove ego. Whilst there are many reasons for doing so, I've been doing a lot of thinking about the role ego has to play in our personal practice and how it could be considered responsible for the western trendy approach to yoga.
For example, I've had a number of students seek out yoga for the purpose of weight loss. They want to sweat. To feel like they've done a work out. In my opinion, it's such attitudes that have resulted in the likes of power yoga and hot yoga styles evolving. They address common problems like weight concerns and help people to physically improve their body shape (notice, I'm talking external appearances only). This is ego working right here.
Then there are those practitioners who want to do strong vinyasas or advanced asanas, like Mayurasana (peacock). Whilst there is nothing wrong with wanting to advance in your practice by performing more challenging asanas, I feel it's important we stop and think about why we want to do these asanas. Why do we want to be inverted in a handstand (Ardho mukha vrksasana) or fold our body in half via a back bend (Ardha chakrasana).
I can't answer these questions for others, but I can for myself. In my case, I would be lying if I said my ego had no influence on my practice. For one, I'm human. And for two, I know my ego is in part responsible for spurring me on to go a little deeper, or higher, or harder. As I was one of those people that was medically advised by experts that I would never physically be strong, or have much mobility in my body (due to Scoliosis), I became even more determined to challenge my body. To hell with the idea of allowing someone elses opinion (because that's all it is at the end of the day, an opinion) dictate how I'm going to feel in my body! So I continue to learn, experiment, fall, try again….
But whilst there is very much ego involved (which is a constant challenge to try and minimize), I feel it is so important to stop and ask ourselves why we are doing a particular asana, outside of the ego? What are the physical and non-physical parts of the body that are being activated? What does the asana lead to? How does compromising the asana to hold a big toe rather than pull back a little and work from a less advanced position help us to progress?
Today, for example, I was practicing Pincha Mayurasana, which is quite an advanced asana – but my shoulders keep collapsing, limiting the mobility of my spine to bring me to the next level. Because of this, my teacher has now told me to return to working with a wall support to build up the strength in my shoulders before taking myself back to the full asana. The egoist part of me thinks this makes me look weak or incapable. But the reality is, it is only by being humble in the practice that I can actually excel and achieve those new, powerful asanas. I need to come back to basics.
This is why I'm so passionate about Hatha yoga. It brings the beautiful balance between strength and flexibility, which carefully and strategically prepares people to take their practice to the next level very quickly. Within just a few weeks of consistent work, people notice their bodies totally transform – from stiff, rigid and painful to light, flexible and strong.
So with that said, have a think about these few questions; "Why am I practicing particular asanas? Why do I want to do only the more challenging asanas? What role is my ego playing in my practice?
"Am I in the asana or just doing the asana?" This will make a huge difference to your approach. Recognise the role of the ego, be aware of it and do not allow it to control your regular practice. It will never take you where you want to go.
Be sure to share your thoughts and experiences. I would love to hear from you.


pat_uv = phitheta2uvpat(pat_phitheta,phi,theta) expresses the antenna radiation pattern pat_phitheta in u/v space coordinates instead of φ/θ angle coordinates. pat_phitheta samples the pattern at φ angles in phi and θ angles in theta. The pat_uv matrix uses a default grid that covers u values from –1 to 1 and v values from –1 to 1. In this grid, pat_uv is uniformly sampled with a step size of 0.01 for u and v. The function interpolates to estimate the response of the antenna at a given direction. Values in pat_uv are NaN for u and v values outside the unit circle because u and v are undefined outside the unit circle.
pat_uv = phitheta2uvpat(pat_phitheta,phi,theta,u,v) uses vectors u and v to specify the grid at which to sample pat_uv. To avoid interpolation errors, u should cover the range [–1, 1] and v should cover the range [–1, 1].
[pat_uv,u_pat,v_pat] = phitheta2uvpat(___) returns vectors containing the u and v coordinates at which pat_uv samples the pattern, using any of the input arguments in the previous syntaxes.
Convert a radiation pattern to u-v form, with the u and v coordinates spaced by 0.01.
Convert the pattern to u-v form.
Convert a radiation pattern to u-v coordinates, with the u and v coordinates spaced by 0.01.
Define the pattern in terms of ϕ and θ.
Convert the pattern to u-v coordinates. Store the u and v coordinates for use in plotting.
Convert a radiation pattern to u-v coordinates, with the u and v coordinates spaced by 0.05.
Phi angles at which pat_phitheta samples the pattern, specified as a vector of length P. Each φ angle is in degrees, between 0 and 180.
Theta angles at which pat_phitheta samples the pattern, specified as a vector of length Q. Each θ angle is in degrees, between 0 and 90. Such angles are in the hemisphere for which u and v are defined.


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SWTT appealed to me as it offered maximum time in the classroom and was a smaller cohort than other PGCE courses. I found going straight into the classroom daunting at first, but this was a massive advantage during interviews for teaching positions, as I had been teaching much longer than other PGCE students. The two placements were both excellent, and offered a good opportunity to settle into the schools and develop my practice with experienced teachers for support.
SWTT has prepared me well for my Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) year; I am in my first term and really enjoying my new job. Having spent the majority of my PGCE in the classroom means I have more resources and experience teaching, which is really helping when managing my own laboratory."
"After completing a Master's degree in Physics at the University of Exeter and doing some further research within the field I decided I wanted to use my understanding and enthusiasm for the subject to encourage and inspire the younger generation of scientists.
I decided to take the SWTT route as a large percentage of the training year was spent in school; the involvement with placement schools began right at the beginning of the course, with theory sessions running alongside the placement days.
I thoroughly enjoyed my training year, learning new techniques, discovering new fun science demos, becoming a reflecting practitioner and learning how to have an inclusive classroom/laboratory. I am also very grateful for the support, advice and time all my mentors gave me. Resilience is definitely a skill that was worked on during the year!
I am now in my third year of teaching following my PGCE and am helping run the Duke of Edinburgh Award in the school, have completed a leadership course and am in the process of organising a science trip to Disneyland Paris!"
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Q: How to join stream data with a table updated slowly (e.g. once a day)? In structured streaming, I need to join stream data with some slow changing data. The slow changing data get updated by daily and might get updated not on a fixed time. The stream data, however, comes at seconds level. If I don't want to load the slow changing data in each micro batch, and also expect to get the latest version of slow changing data once it gets updated, is there a way to do that?
Thanks

A: I'd recommend using DataStreamWriter.foreachBatch on the stream data and simply cache and unpersist the slow-changing dataset when needed. Since foreachBatch works on the driver (on a separate thread though) it should work.
A very advanced approach, in my opinion, would be to develop a custom data source that would do the "slowing part" itself.

A: I tried this. I store last modified time of a single file in a variable, then broadcast it, and in foreachBatch I get this time again. If they are different I can refresh the cache. And then I found I don't have to broadcast the variable. If the variable gets the value before foreachBatch, it still keeps original value inside of foreachBatch (for local mode running in intelliJ). Code is like:
var latestModified = Files.getLastModifiedTime(Paths.get("/some_file"))
var deltaTable = DeltaTable.forPath(spark, deltaPath)
var c = deltaTable.toDF.cache()
df
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    val currentModifiedTime = Files.getLastModifiedTime(Paths.get("/some_file"))
    if (!currentModifiedTime.equals((latestModified))){
          c.unpersist()
          c = deltaTable.toDF.cache()
          latestModified = currentModifiedTime
        }
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The Profile
Martin Men Recall their best stories
Martin Hall turned 100 this year and that meant a flood of alumni visiting campus for the anniversary event and revisiting stories from their time in the historic dorm.
Some Martin men present at the event were uneasy about sharing stories from their glory days. When asked, Jeff Tate '75 had this to say:
"We're intellectuals, we don't have any stories. We were the guys over in the library till midnight, we didn't know anybody," Tate said.
In true Martin fashion, Tate then prompted the friend he was sitting with, Jerry Pruden '75, to recount the time Pruden had broken into the steam tunnels under Martin with his twin brother and tried to chisel through a brick wall earning himself the nickname "Tunnel Rat". Like other alumni, he also fondly remembered pranks, one involving a Martin party room completely full of stolen bicycles.
Bill Hobbs '71 recounted coming home from a late night to find that every doorknob in his section was tied together and had to let his dormmates out, while Marion (Red) White '70 described the punishing of an annoying classmate by filling his room floor to ceiling with crumpled up newspaper while he was home for the weekend.
"When he came back on Sunday he tried to open his door and he could not open his dorm door," White said, excited to note that while most guys just left their keys on the doorframes. "After that, he took his [key] with him."
For Chuck Chappell '64, what started as likely a drunken mishap made his room, number 316, a commemorated spot.
"I woke up at one or two in the morning to the sound of water running. Well, another resident of Martin had come in and was relieving himself in our wastebasket, which was right next to where I was sleeping," Chapell said. "News quickly spread across campus. The next day when we got back from our classes, [another student] had taken a poster board and printed it and did big letters—it was really very attractive—and put on it 'John 3:16 Welcome to Martin Hall.'"
Even context for current infrastructure issues can be found in former students. Tate recalled run-ins with furry friends in Martin's basement.
"I'm lying in bed and I felt the running of a little mouse, and then I felt another. I stayed up that entire night," Tate said. "The next night I went to bed with two mouse traps on each post, and let's just say that I caught six mice over about the next two nights and I never found a mouse in my bed again."
On a larger scale, Chris Williams '70 described his most exciting Martin experience watching the construction of the old library under the brick pit.
"As I was walking up the stairs to the fourth floor I heard this huge roar," Williams said. "I looked out the window and the whole thing had caved in. I saw a couple of workmen scrambling out, climbing onto the rebar steel."
Luckily, nobody was hurt in the incident.
Conway Regional Hospital also seems to be a constant theme in Hendrix life. Andy Koehler '04 became a patient there after a first floor wide Airsoft battle.
"I tried to pull some Matrix moves where I jumped and was shooting and also dodging, but in the process I bashed my head into the doorframe of one of the doors down there and got a big laceration," Koehler said. (The doctors at the hospital assured him the wound wasn't serious) "one of the guys who came with us called my best friend Nathan Lawrence '04 who could not go and told him I was actually comatose from it and that things weren't going well. Nathan who's a very passive, calm guy was so upset by this that he actually took a table and threw it across the drunk trap and was apparently in a state of grief until he heard all of us laughing on the other end. And yet, he's still our friend!"
And what better to end on than a combined mystery and romance? Kent Thompson '07 was one month into his first year in Martin when his roommate disappeared, and he wasn't about to let that opportunity go to waste. The next morning, he and the girl in his bed didn't feel like answering the door, however, when a key went in the lock he realized that was a choice he would regret.
"The dean of students walks in, the head of campus police walks in, a Conway police officer walks in, and the guy who left's dad walks in," Thompson said. "Bra on the floor, just not the best situation for them to walk in on right now. And they proceed to sit there and ask me what happened to my roommate."
After going through the roommate's desk they discover the English major left a note that said, "Passion has consumed me, out of the ashes I rise anew."
"It turned out, he took his car and drove to Seattle… So, that was how I met my wife," Thompson said.
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Teaching How to "Drive a Bike"
Anyone can ride a bike, right? It's true. Most people can get on and pedal, but bicyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles. Many of us have never been taught to "drive our bike." And our elementary aged kids have not been trained to drive a vehicle either.
- Incorporate Bike Safety Education into Elementary School curriculum.
- Hold Bike Safety Rodeo events.
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Upright and electric bassist and composer Nick Abbey has become an integral fixture of the jazz and contemporary music scenes in WA since arriving from Melbourne in 2006.
As a performer, Nick has appeared with the likes of international luminaries George Garzone, John Scofield, Paul Bollenback, Alex Norris, Jim Pugh, Howard Levy, and Troy Roberts, as well as local legends Paul Grabowsky, Jamie Oehlers, James Morrison, and Graham Lyall. Aside from his main ensemble TRISK, Nick is also currently an active member of Abbey|Foster|Falle, Det Nopsus, Libby Hammer Quintet, Hammer 9, Johannes Luebbers Dectet, Paul Grabowsky's Perth Sextet, and The Fix, amongst others.
Nick's compositions have repeatedly drawn accolades, including the recently announced award of the WA Music Industry's Jazz Song of the Year 2014 for a new TRISK tune entitled Charon. This is Nick's third consecutive receipt of this accolade, with tracks from Abbey|Foster|Falle's Brotherhood album previously taking it out in 2012 (Maelstrom) and 2013 (Avina).
Nick has toured nationally and internationally (including Singapore, China, France, and Italy), has featured on over a dozen recording projects, and has recently commenced Ph.D studies at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, focusing on rhythm and extended techniques of the upright bass.
Keep up to date with Nick at www.triskmusic.com!
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Arranger, Composers, Musicians
Bassist (acoustic & electric), Composer, Arranger, Producer, Radio Presenter on RTR 92.1FM. Teaches bass at WAAPA and is Treasurer for JAZZWA.
Active as a professional musician for over 20 years, Pete graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (W.A.A.P.A.) in 1997 with a Bachelor of Music (Jazz) and is an in-demand bassist performing regularly in a wide range of styles on both Double Bass and Electric Bass Guitar.
Pete has performed extensively throughout Australia and also in India, China, the U.K, Italy, Singapore, Japan, the U.S.A and New Zealand and he has performed with many well known artists including Michel Legrand, Hank Marvin, Mark Murphy, Geoffrey Keezer, George Garzone, Leo Sayer, Carmen Lundy, Andy Sheppard, Gary Bartz, Walter Smith III, Karrin Allyson and James Morrison to name only a few.
Currently a member of the highly acclaimed Tom O'Halloran Trio, Pete is also bassist for the Perth ensemble "Memory of Elements" (MOE) which launched it's debut album and toured Australia in 2011 including performances at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues. MOE recently released it's second album "Now Noise" composed by the group's pianist Tom O'Halloran. Pete is also a member of the gyspy jazz groups "Belleville" and "Sassafras" and he has been a member of many other perth-based jazz groups including "Michael Pigneguy Sextet" and "The Perth Jazz Orchestra". Pete has also led/co-led a number of groups including "Thrust" (funk-jazz) "Salamander" (jazz & electronic music) "Frames of Minds" (modern jazz) and continues to lead jazz groups under his own name ranging in size from trio to quintet.
An avid composer, Pete has written numerous original works including commissions for the Nuevo Tango group 'Guapo', Southern Forests Arts and also JAZZWA (the 26th Parallel Suite – written for 20 piece ensemble) and he has won WAMi awards for jazz composition. Pete also writes for his own groups/projects including the Pete Jeavons Quintet.
Named the Perth Jazz Society's most outstanding contributor in the year 2011 (and previously in 2000 too), Pete was also a finalist in the 2008 National Jazz Bass Awards. Despite maintaining a busy schedule as a freelance musician Pete has been a driving force in the not-for-profit arts organization "JAZZWA" for 17 years, in various roles including Project Manager, General Manager, and currently Treasurer. As a Project Manager for JAZZWA Pete has produced six volumes of the Jazzaziz Compilation CD for JAZZWA (which features original contemporary jazz from various Perth jazz groups) and organized countless performances, tours and jam sessions for JAZZWA. Pete also runs the annual JazzNOW! Jazzcamp for JAZZWA, designed to educate young jazz musicians.
Pete also teaches bass at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (W.A.A.P.A.), and is a presenter of the 'Giant Steps' contemporary jazz program on community radio station RTR-FM 92.1.


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Small margins will be crucial for Springbok Women
Their tour to Japan – despite the result of Saturday's second Test against their host nation in Kumagaya Rugby Stadium – is already a huge success for the Springbok Women and their journey towards the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in October this year.
That is the view of Springbok Women captain Nolunsindiso Booi, as they completed their final training session before the Test in preparation of the second opportunity to beat Japan.
The hosts won 15-6 in Kamaishi last week, but Booi is confident that the result will be different this time around in a very hot and humid city, that is also the home of current Japanese Division One champions, the Panasonic Wild Knights.
"We spoke about and trained to eliminate the small margins between the teams all week; now it is time for us to go out there and do it," said Booi.
"We were not far off the mark in Kamaishi, but truth be told, we just made too many errors to deserve the win. And we gave the ball away to Japan too many times. Now we have another opportunity to change that, and I think we can.
"The tour has tested us properly. The extreme weather conditions, the very long hours of travel and the challenge from the Sakura XV all provided a stern test. Our response in the first Test was not ideal, I know this time we will front up to the challenges in a calmer and more calculated way as we learned from the experience and will be a better team for it," she confirmed.
"The tour was planned to get us in shape for the Rugby World Cup and we have already reaped massive benefits. We are closer together as a squad, we learned to work together and have one confirmed vision – that we are all South Africans who love our country deeply and want to make it a better place for those to come.
"Also, for our jersey – we need to make sure it remains an inspiration to those girls wanting to play rugby and this tour all contributed to our unity as a squad."
Chumisa Qawe in action against Kenya last year.
Booi said the game plan from last weekend will not change much, but the execution will and that could be the difference: "We are the more physical side and need to make that count. We are backing our set-piece to be the difference in the game and to create us opportunities, field position and territorial dominance. This time, we have to lead the way in finishing off scoring chances too."
She said playing at the Kumagaya Rugby Stadium will also spur them on: "This is a beautiful stadium and probably the best I have played at in a while. The fact that the Springboks beat Japan here in 2019 (in a RWC warm-up match) certainly helps us in our motivation as we would like to follow their example and do the same. We need to make sure we come into this game focussed and do not stop until the last whistle."
For Chumisa Qawe, playing until the final whistle is now a given. The hard-running centre started all four Tests last year, but in the last three internationals she was playing off the bench and she says the change in role has not changed her outlook in playing.
"I take over from Aphiwe (Ngwevu) and just continue in that role and style," said Qawe.
"We are similar players, so the game plan does not change when I come onto the field in her place. For me it is just to make sure I continue with the good work she has been doing recently.
"The conditions are very tough and our role from the bench is to take over from those players who have emptied their tanks and make sure we continue doing good things for the team. We are certainly looking to finish the tour on a high."
Match details: Japan Sakura v Springbok Women
Date: Saturday, 30 July 2022
Venue: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Saitama
Kick-off: 10h45 (SA time)
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)
TV: SuperSport (Variety 4)
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Lessons learned, remedies to be applied, say Roos and Mkhari
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Blitzboks surge into Birmingham semi-finals
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Willie le Roux said the Springboks were preparing for a huge onslaught when they meet New Zealand at the Mbombela Stadium and then at Emirates Airline Park in the next two weeks in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship as the visitors will be determined to fix their mistakes.
Dazzling Blitzboks are Commonwealth Games kings
The Springbok Sevens team won the gold medal at the Rugby Sevens event of the Commonwealth Games when they produced a brilliant performance to defeat Fiji 31-7 in a pulsating Final on Sunday evening in Birmingham.


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e. jean carroll
that's Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Bad Biden."
that's hilarious.
e. jean carroll? she's a trainwreck.
i almost wrote about her last time. i'd read her awful excerpt/rant/wanderings at 'the new yorker' website ('the cut' aspect of 'the new yorker').
if you missed it, she's been raped. many times. apparently.
she's claiming that donald trump, in the 90s, raped her at a department store.
and she laughed during it.
now, 1st off, if you're raped ... are you raped if you're not trying to stop it and if you're laughing the whole time? where in there is the part where it's rape?
i don't believe her story.
here's susan ('on the edge') weighing in:
The problem is E. Jean Carroll is a braggart, and even if the Trump allegations are true, she has a real problem with credibility in thinking she is so devastatingly beautiful having been a university beauty queen, no man can help but take advantage of her. It just reeks of bullshit.
so there's that. and, no, she's not that pretty.
'the washington examiner' reports:
CNN host Anderson Cooper moved quickly to a commercial break when the woman who has recently accused President Trump of assaulting her in the mid-1990s suggested that rape was "sexy."
Cooper had asked writer E. Jean Carroll, 75, if she felt like she was a victim. During a discussion of her allegations with the CNN host, Carroll maintained that there was nothing "sexual" about her alleged rape in the dressing room of a New York department store.
"I was not thrown on the ground and ravaged," Carroll said, denying that she was a victim. "The word rape carries so many sexual connotations. This was not sexual. It just hurt."
Carroll described the alleged event between Trump and her as a "fight" rather than "rape." Cooper responded by saying that most people would likely think of rape as a violent assault, to which Carroll responded that she thinks most people find rape "sexy."
She said: "I think most people think of rape as being sexy. They think of the fantasies."
she needs some serious help.
i also question how she's 'strong enough' to address it now.
if it happened, she was in her 50s and should have come forward to help others back then. if it happened, she surely enabled the rape of other women.
i just can't get over her drama.
her bad writing.
her being an advice columnist - 1 who didn't come forward or seek therapy.
or the fact that she can't remember when it happened - fall or spring.
she's always been a drama queen.
Monday, June 24, 2019. Yet again, the press fails to read the room, Joe Biden's in deeper trouble than they admit, another candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination declares, the US will not evacuate contractors in Iraq -- now that the Iraqi government promises to provide even more protection, and much more.
Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Bad Biden" went up on Sunday.
The press appears to misunderstand the event. So does Bob Somerby. Joe's latest moment in the negative spotlight is about people seeing him as too close to segregationists because, let's be honest, Joe can't stop boasting about how closely he worked with segregationists. It's not as though the press was pursuing this topic and it's not as though his campaign hadn't told Joe to stop talking about it.
For Bob Somerby, for example, it has nothing to do with Biden's response to the flair up, it's all about -- you know this is coming -- Al Gore. Yes, gather round kiddies, as Bob pulls out the big book one more time to tell us that, in the beginning, God created Al and Gore.
Starting in 1987, Phoebe Snow was telling you it's a different world than where you come from -- later Aretha Franklin would sing the same message and still later Terrence Forsythe would join with Boys II Men to make the same point -- somehow it all escaped Bob Somerby.
Bully Boy Bush and company thought they grasped the change. They were under the impression that reality was what they said it was. It's the same belief that Joe Biden holds on to.
He doesn't have to apologize when women are bothered by his treatment of them. He doesn't have to apologize when people of color are bothered by his repeated efforts to glorify his own work with segregationists.
For Joe, any event is what he says it is.
It's called entitlement and, yes, it's called White privilege and Joe's operated under it his entire life.
And in the 20th century, you pretty much could do that and get away with it.
In this century?
In fact, when this website started, we had comments. There's a point, bear with me. My attitude is always: I've had my say, have your say. If a journalist wanted to respond here, it's posted as they've written it and that's really that.
But we closed off the comments and did so early on.
Keesha e-mailed shortly after this site started and said she'd prefer it not have the option to comment. I was confused by the request and we exchanged e-mails on the topic. She was a women of the left, a person of color and she was tired of not going to websites that were Democratic or left because she'd been ripped apart or someone else had.
You saw that, by the way, take place again last week but not at a website.
Keesha felt (and I agree with her) that she was welcome at this or that site as long as her Blackness or her womanhood didn't conflict with whatever DNC message was currently being sold. If she raised issues of the way certain policies effected people of color, she would be told -- in very crude terms -- to not talk about it.
When Joe Biden's issue with women first got serious attention, along comes Alyssa Milano telling the world it didn't matter and Joe was friendly with her and blah blah blah.
Last week, along came many people insisting that outrage felt by some people of color over Joe's remarks did not matter.
It's the same thing that was gong on at the various big sites of the early '00s. They fell from grace for a reason. They're whores. That's all they are. In 2008, they purged Hillary supporters and told the world Hillary was racist, was hoping Barack would be assassinated, was this and was that. Eight years later, they told their audience to vote for her -- but never explained how she had changed.
Kos-Kos has no ethics. He just wants to make money off you. So when the DNC, says X, he repeats X. He's like a Stalinist in that way.
But the left isn't the left he once thought he could control. Women of all races and men of color have rejected the top-down control that these people thought they could impose.
And what the press and Bob Somerby are missing is that Joe doesn't get to impose upon others. In fact, it's Joe that needs them, not the other way around. Joe Biden holds no public office currently. He wants to be president but, at present, he's just another former politician.
He needs voters, he needs support. And telling people that what has upset or bothered them doesn't matter? That's really not the way to garner support.
Joe's running a play it safe campaign. He thinks that will work in the primaries. And, with so much of the press propping him up, it may work -- in the primaries.
But when it's head to head time with Donald Trump in the general election, Donald's not going to back down. As some idiotic Kos-Kos hisses, "We need to get along!," Donald Trump's not going to say, "Oh, okay, then I won't emphasize this stupid thing that Joe just said."
As history demonstrates, over and over, Joe Biden always says some stupid thing.
His supporters and enablers last week did him no good. Many people were outraged by his statements. Bob can quibble over what the wording was. US House Rep Tulsi can say his rivals are making political hay out of the situation. None of that matters.
What matters is that people had a serious response to this and they were ignored. The candidate dismissed them and so much of the opinion shaping public did. (Which, pay attention, is how you lose the ability to shape opinion.)
Joe Biden already suffered from an enthusiasm gap. Everything that took place last week only ensured that the enthusiasm gap grew.
The message that's shaping up from Campaign Biden is that Joe's not Donald Trump.
And We The People got that message in 2016 when Hillary campaigned on not being Donald Trump as well.
The first day of 2016, we looked back at the previous year with "2015: The Year of the Ass." And that piece concluded with:
2015 will lead into 2016. So is it any surprise that, as the year ends, it appears very likely that the two major party candidates who'll be competing next year will be Hillary and Donald Trump?
What else, honestly, what else could The Year of the Ass produce but a match off between each major party's biggest ass?
That 2020 will offer an ass on the GOP side is a given. That it will do the same on the Democratic Party side? It doesn't have to go that way.
But if Biden gets the nomination or if Joe doesn't change real quick, that's what it will be.
Forget everything else from last week except for Joe Biden demanding an apology from Senator Cory Booker.
Do you not grasp how insulting that is?
Sorry, Kos-Kos-ers, this isn't 1992. Joe's Sista Souljah moment is not going to play his way. In 2019, we all saw an African-American object, in very nice terms, to the glorification of segregationists and instead of acknowledging that some could find the remarks objectionable, Joe -- an elderly, White man with a lot of money and a lot of power -- demanded that Cory Booker apologize.
This is not how you build a solid base of support. It would work in 1992 but that's 27 years ago. (Check my math, always.)
Turning to another Joe, Joe Sestak. The former member of Congress announced yesterday that he was running -- bringing the number of candidates vying for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination to 25.
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Retired US admiral Sestak joins huge field of Democratic hopefulsThe already large field of Democratic presidential candidates has grown again: Joe Sestak, a former Pennsylvania congressman with an extensive military background, said…
CNN Breaking NewsVerified account @cnnbrk 18h18 hours ago
Former Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak says he's running for president. The retired US Navy 3-star admiral joins a field of 23 other Democrats. cnn.it/2WZN5Vl
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Bianca Quilantan (POLITICO) reports:
On his website, Sestak also released a number of policy plans on health care, jobs and economic protections, climate change and environmental protections, and other key issues.
The 67-year-old Sestak is a latecomer in an already-crowded Democratic field — his entry brings the number of candidates to 24 — but said his decision to delay his announcement was because of the return of his daughter's brain cancer.
The former congressman's late start means he does not qualify for the first debates in Miami, slated for Wednesday and Thursday. The Democratic National Committee capped the event at 20 participants spread over the two nights.
Sestak served in the House from 2007 to 2011. He defeated longtime Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2010 Democratic Senate primary after Specter switched from Republican to Democrat, but lost the general election to Republican Pat Toomey. He tried for a rematch with Toomey in 2016 but lost the primary.
NowThisVerified account @nowthisnews 14h14 hours ago
Joe Sestak just became the 25th Democratic presidential candidate
Joe Sestak Becomes 25th Democratic Presidential Candidate
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Having just declared, it will be awhile before the press can review his policy proposals and sound him out about the issues to form an opinion. Oh, wait, it's the whorish press.
Dave WeigelVerified account @daveweigel 23h23 hours ago
Joe Sestak, a former congressman from Pennsylvania who lost Senate bids in 2010 and 2016, is now running for president. I am serious. He's in Iowa today.
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Is that who he is? Dave is such trash. And the incidents Dave mocks him for? They actually go to independence and strength. Joe bucked the DNC on both of those races. The DNC actively worked to see him lose. Check the record, check the money poured in by the DNC.
But a whore like Dave Weigel never sees a backbone as strength. Toss a wad of cash through the door of his office and he drops to all fours -- to steal the old joke Joan Rivers used to do about Sophia Loren (only it was a Hershey bar in Joan's joke).
Sarah Abdallah @sahouraxo Jun 22
Sarah Abdallah Retweeted Lily Adams
Hillary Clinton: Voted for the #Iraq War. Said she'd "totally obliterate" #Iran. Turned #Libya into a safe haven for slave-selling jihadists. Armed terrorists in #Syria. Sold billions in weapons to Saudi Arabia. "Foreign policy expert"? More like warmongering mass murderer.
Sarah Abdallah added,
Lily AdamsVerified account @adamslily
Today's a good reminder. We could've had a freaking foreign policy expert as President. Would've been nice!
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Apparently Donald likes to steal from War Hawk Hillary. BBC NEWS reports:
President Trump has said he does not want war but warned Iran it would face "obliteration" if conflict broke out.
Speaking to NBC on Friday, he said the US was open to talks but would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
He also expanded on his last-minute decision to call off strikes planned in response to the shooting down of a US unmanned drone this week, saying he had been told 150 Iranians would be killed.
"I didn't like it. I didn't think it was proportionate," he said.
Yes, killing civilians in a war started because a drone was shot down would not be "proportionate."
It's a message the ridiculous Secretary of State cannot comprehend.
Secretary PompeoVerified account @SecPompeo Jun 22
First, President Trump did not pass a message through Oman calling for talks with Iran. We have made our position abundantly clear and we are willing to engage when the time is right.
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Secretary PompeoVerified account @SecPompeo
Second, the U.S. has shown beyond any doubt that Iran shot down a U.S. unmanned aircraft in international space and the U.S. is not evacuating personnel from Balad Air Base in Iraq.
3:17 PM - 22 Jun 2019
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Last, the U.S. stands for peace and stability in the Middle East. The decisions we have taken in response to Iran's reckless attacks have been to protect Americans and American interests worldwide. Read my full statement:
Why is War Pom Poms weighing in? Maybe because the US does not have a Secretary of Defense currently.
As for not evacuating personnel from Balad Air Base? We covered that on Saturday:
They were going to get the contractors out but now they're not. Because? More security is being provided for the base. Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) reports, "Security measures have been increased at Balad Air Base in Iraq, which houses U.S. Air Force trainers and associated U.S. contractors, following a mortar attack last week, a top Iraqi air force commander said Saturday." Remember, the Iraqi installed government is a puppet government which works for the US government. They've demonstrated that yet again. Some mortar attacks that result in no deaths results in beefed up security. But when attacks result in the deaths of Iraqis? The Iraqi government's not so concerned.
Case in point, XINHUA notes:
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday condemned a bomb attack that occurred in eastern Baghdad of Iraq.
In a cable of condolences sent to Iraqi President Barham Salih and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, the emir expressed Kuwait's strong condemnation of the flagrant act that claimed lives of innocent people.
ALJAZEERA explains:
Several people have been killed in a blast at a Shia Muslim mosque in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, according to police and security sources.
The explosion hit the Imam Mahdi al-Muntadhar mosque in Baladiyat neighbourhood during Friday prayers, near the massive and densely-populated district of Sadr City.
The attacker was wearing an explosive-laden belt targetting the mosque, Police Captain Ahmed Khalaf told Anadolu Agency.
He said 10 people were killed and dozens wounded, while other news agencies' reports quoting unidentified security sources put the death toll to at least seven.
The mosque was attacked this week, the base was attacked this week. In one case, US forces (and contractors) were at risk but not harmed. In the other, Iraqi people were killed.
The Iraqi government makes a decision to beef up the protection of . . . the base where the US fores are.
The Iraq War was a war that should have never happened. It continues to this day. It's amazing that we tell children to finish their vegetables before they start their dessert but we never tell War Hawks to finish their ongoing wars before starting new ones.
Witness - Al JazeeraVerified account @AJWitness 6h6 hours ago
An Iraqi medic visits his old hospital, only to find it completely destroyed by the war. Nowhere to Hide: Iraq's Emergency Room - aje.io/flr59
"This is where I used to sit." | Iraq: Nowhere to Hide
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Iraq is destroyed. And yet the same people who supported the Iraq War now want to argue for a war on Iran.
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how much work has joe biden had done?
rooting for tulsi
liberalvixen is a really dumb bitch


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College student Kay Morowa goes up against warlords, poachers and human traffickers in The Phoenix Rising – Destiny Calls.
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Kay flees and finds her way to a dazzling refuge called Ipharadisi. There, she meets the majestic, menacing Queen Zaina and a handsome doctor named Erec.
Although impressed by Ipharadisi's beauty and noble reason for existence, Kay's sole desire is to return home to her college beau (whom she has much unsettled business with) and to her mom and dad, whom Kay never thought she could miss so much.
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In the Blue, the world's last city, all is not well.
Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, a boy who believes in fairytales that Julia's world can't accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not her castle, and she'd escape into the trees if she didn't know that contamination and death awaited humanity outside.
But not everyone in the Blue is human, and not everyone can be contained.
Beyond the city's boundaries, in the wild forests of the Red, Cameron has precious little humanity left to lose. As he searches for a lost queen, he finds an enemy rising that he thought long dead. An enemy that the humans have forgotten how to fight.
One way or another, the walls of the Blue are coming down. The only question is what side you'll be on when they do.
Darkside Cookies: Considering my Favourite Villains and Antagonists.
Actual photo of a Darkside Cookie--no wonder they're so hard to resist.
I have a perpetual weak spot for villains. I like protagonists well enough most of the time although ever so often the good guys in a book or movie will lose my empathy in favour of the baddies. There are a few interesting theories behind why people identify with villains, but this post isn't about psychology. Besides, that link doesn't cover how the most appealing villains have complex motivations or how darn attractive they tend to be.
But pretty faces and the ability to empathise aren't the only factors involved. A couple of the antagonists made it onto this list because they're awful and I hate them. They are truly bad people.
Movie Loki is a more complex character than cartoon Loki. I personally feel that he's more chaotic neutral than truly villainous, but that doesn't alter the fact that he's done some terrible things. He sets up his own (biological) father and kills him before attempting to destroy Jotunheim entirely in Thor. He causes the deaths of many people in Avengers. In Thor: The Dark World he tips off Kurse, which has the unexpected consequence of causing Frigga's death.
He really comes into his own in Thor: Ragnarok. Although there are many opportunities to explore his character in the earlier movies, those scenes generally ended up on the cutting room floor. In Ragnarok we see his threat status diminished by Hella's appearance, which provides an opportunity to see a more rounded personality from Loki. The big question is whether this trend will continue into Avengers: Infinity War (No, I haven't seen it yet but you can leave spoilers in the comments—I love spoilers).
I'm a huge sucker for Marvel villains, and Magneto is one of the reasons why. I remember finding Magneto so compelling when I watched the X-Men cartoon series as a child. I knew he wasn't always doing the right thing, but I also knew he thought he was and that understanding impacted me deeply. Then the X-Men movie came out with Ian McKellan as Magneto, I got an introduction to his backstory that I either missed when I was younger or did not fully comprehend, and I was hooked.
It's important to emphasise that Magneto is an asshole. He does have his moments of altruism, but they so often coincide with his grand plans and their ultimate fruition that it's difficult to discern how genuine his motivations are.
Whether you like them or not, the newer Star Wars movies have introduced a complex sense of the grey lying between the light and dark sides of the force. Kylo illustrates this in his struggle to continue choosing the dark side.
Yes, there's a lot of Grandpa Vader in him. Solo or not, Kylo has inherited the sulky, poor me syndrome that pulled Anakin to the dark side and had Luke sitting on an island where he hoped he'd never be found. Skywalker men and their issues. I'm not saying Kylo's feelings aren't understandable, considering what happened between him and Luke, but I truly hope we'll see a completed redemption arc in the next Star Wars movie.
Does Itachi count as a villain? His actions have been calculated to cause more good than harm but the man does despicable things nonetheless. He forces his younger brother to relive their parents' murder hundreds of times in repetition and killed many innocent people the night he wiped out his clan (Sasuke wasn't the only child), never mind all the unnamed and unknown villainy he perpetrated for the Akatsuki.
As is often the case in Naruto, Itachi's moral integrity is mainly a matter of perception.
Sociopathic, creepy, mad scientist—how could Orochimaru not be on this list? I really hate this guy, so much so that I sided with Sasuke the perpetual moron because I wanted Orochimaru dead so badly. He didn't stay dead, but still.
Crazy human experimentation that resulted in agonising death, torture, a complete and utter lack of empathy, self-serving motivations, and pretty much everything else about him place Orochimaru firmly in the territory of the true villain.
Dolores Umbridge is the most evil villain in modern fiction. She may be fond of the colour pink and cute kittens but she delights in cruelty (writing lines in your own blood), is a bigot (hatred for non-human magical beings and 'half-breeds'), and gleefully partakes in systematic oppression (all the education decrees at Hogwarts and the trials held for muggle-born witches and wizards).
If that isn't proof enough of her malevolence then consider the fact that this woman can cast a patronus charm while wearing a Horcrux. No normal person could summon enough joy to cast this spell when constantly under the malign influence of a Horcrux, unless that evil gave them joy.
What do you think? Which villains do you think are amazing?


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Kingsville police investigate double shooting on Alice Avenue
The shooting remains under investigation, and a motive has not been established, Kingsville police said.
Kingsville police investigate double shooting on Alice Avenue The shooting remains under investigation, and a motive has not been established, Kingsville police said. Check out this story on caller.com: https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2019/07/18/kingsville-police-investigate-double-shooting-alice-avenue/1770238001/
Tim Acosta, Corpus Christi Caller Times Published 3:27 p.m. CT July 18, 2019 | Updated 4:18 p.m. CT July 18, 2019
Kingsville police are investigating a shooting that left two men hospitalized Wednesday night in the 900 block of East Alice Street.
Cmdr. Bradley Lile, with the Kingsville Police Department, said the incident happened just after 6 p.m. A man walked up to a home and approached a 51-year-old man outside, shooting him with a shotgun, he said.
John Phillip Garza (Photo: Contributed, Kleberg County Sheriff's Office)
Lile said the 51-year-old man ran away from the scene, and the gunman went to the house next door and shot a 44-year-old man before giving chase to the one who fled.
The gunman was detained by Kingsville police without incident after chasing the 51-year-old man through an alley in the 900 block of East Lee Avenue, Lile said. A shotgun was later found under a house near the area, he added.
John Phillip Garza, 29, was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one for harassment of a public servant, Lile said. His bond was set at $225,000 on Thursday, according to Kleberg County Jail records.
Both men who were shot were taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg initially, but later moved to a Corpus Christi hospital. The 51-year-old man remains in intensive care, Lile said, but his condition was unknown.
The shooting remains under investigation, and a motive has not been established, he said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the Kingsville Police Department at 361-592-4311.
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Over the course of running my IT business for 10 years, that challenge was amplified by the speed at which our digital world changed. Back in 2004 the iPhone hadn't been invented, and we weren't walking around with the Internet in our pockets. There has never before been an age in which we could get so much done so quickly. There also has never before been an age in which we've been so overwhelmed and exhausted with information and tasks, so bombarded with emails and things to read and watch, so stressed by the intense demands of daily life.
1. Compile a list of 3 Most Important Tasks (MITs), and do these FIRST.
2. Put a stop to interruptions.
Process all the smaller tasks you need to complete each day. Phone calls, emails, errands, paperwork, meetings, social media, research etc. I typically try to do these at 11AM and 4PM. This schedule might not work for you, so figure out what does work for you.
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Suspect wanted in assault allegedly found snooping in Tamuning man's property
Police weren't immediately able to apprehend Ryan James Arnold after a woman reported him for an assault but they found him days later after a man called the authorities about a strange person on his property, according to court documents.
Arnold, 25, is accused of headbutting, then choking and throwing a woman on the bed in an assault, according to a magistrate's complaint filed Tuesday in the Superior Court of Guam.
The woman told police at one point she passed out, documents state.
He fled from the scene, documents state. About a week later, police arrested Arnold in a separate incident, according to the charging documents.
A Tamuning man called Guam Police Department and said a man was in his garage area looking through a window, documents state.
When the man asked what the suspect wanted, the suspect said, "Nothing, I'm just looking," then he left, documents stated.
Based on the man's description of the suspect, police found and apprehended a person, who was identified as Arnold, documents state.
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Arnold also had a resealable baggy that contained a substance that tested presumptively positive as methamphetamine, the charging documents state.
Arnold was charged with possession of a Schedule II controlled substance as a third-degree felony, family violence as a third-degree felony, terrorizing as a third-degree felony, strangulation as a third-degree felony and invasion of privacy as a misdemeanor.


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ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productStop At: Xiutla Riders Ecoadventure, Puerto VallartaWe meet you at our shop 15 min before your tour's departure time. After filling up the waivers we'll explain to you what and where we are going to go. The places we'll be stopping at and the control you have to decide how long you want to chill out in these places or to choose to ride longer time the ATVs on the mountains. We provide you with helmets, bandanas, and goggles for your comfort and security riding the ATVs. We explain to you hand signals your guide will be using to communicate with you once you start riding and how to operate the ATVs, to begin our adventure.Duration: 15 minutesPass By: El Faro Lighthouse, Puerto VallartaAfter riding Puerto Vallarta's side streets with amazing views from downtown, offroading the Sierra Madre's trails, chilling out on a hidden bar in the Sierra, jumping in into the Rio Cuale to cool down, we'll ride back into town to show you more nice streets to find the lighthouse. Here you can admire the downtown and Bay's view.


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