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Microsoft reassures console gamers as it reattempts to pivot Xbox to the cloud at E3
Email Twitter: @MindHead1 Jun 11th, 2018 inFeature Stories
For the majority of this console generation, Microsoft's Xbox division has been dogged by the memory of a botched hardware reveal. The perceived missteps during the Xbox One unveiling back in 2013 included a lack of focus on gaming, too much interpretive talk of always-connected purchases and gaming experiences and, an acute interest in non-gaming related entertainment such as sports, TV, film and apps.
The company has never really stepped out of the shadow of those egregious errors according to a vocal majority of gamers, despite the company's recent gamer-focused approach and adoptions.
Yesterday, at its fifth E3 conference since the reveal of the Xbox One, Microsoft stood on stage and doubled down on its commitment to focusing on gaming while subtly hinting at a pivot back to its always connected cloud meshed gaming experience pitch of old, and remarkably, fans didn't riot this time around.
Going back to the drawing board
Microsoft is at it again with their always connected-cloud talk, but this time its pitch was arguably received better than it was when the company ham handily stumbled over itself back in 2013 during its Xbox One announcements.
Many of Microsoft's staunchest critics in 2013 are now showing a bit more reserve when reporting that the company is working on streaming game service that could potentially exceed the limits of its Xbox platform. Understandably, the notion of a streaming game service is, on its face, more palatable than a seemingly DRM-locked digital marketplace that would potentially render its hardware impotent when out of range of wi-fi or other wireless connectivity options.
However, a 30,000 view of the gaming landscape would show that companies such as Microsoft, Electronic Arts (EA) and, yes, even Sony, are preposing a not too distant future where gaming is based on connectivity being a utility rather than a luxury for many.
Former Xbox CEO, Don Mattrick ate his size 12 shoes (just guessing), over and over as he fumbled the explanation of online gaming in the era of multiplayer, digital downloads, and Steam. Had Mattrick laid out the examples of any of the above online options, many gamers would be rendered mute with complaints as most engage with online gaming more often than not. Instead, a submarine full of Xbox wielding soldiers sunk the Xbox PR boat before it was able to leave the shore.
Gamers were inherently distrusting the notion that a console had to be always online back in 2013, but have routinely showed over the years that when the Xbox Live or PSN servers are down (even for an hour) they're apt to raise concern rather quickly.
Take a stroll down any content sharing site dedicated to gaming and look at the top three games receiving the most attention by viewers and gamers, and you'd be hard press to find a single player, non-internet-connected game listed. The truth of the matter is that online games are a huge market that is only growing with time, which is why Microsoft's announcement of a streaming gaming service even endeared praise from some gamers.
The backlash Microsoft got from fans seemed similar to the backlash Chromebooks took from Windows and Mac users. There were some valid points to be acknowledged, but the fundamental myth that dispelled most complaints was that without an Internet connection, most of the hardware PC elites were rather muted in the most fundamental ways. Same goes for an always-connected console.
Sure, you can play a disc-purchased single player story mode without the Internet, but how many people are opting to play online with family, buddies or even strangers? How many people make midnight download purchases versus those who sleep outside of Gamestop to be the first to play a game? How many gaming studios have opted to have online-only game modes, the last five years? Seems as though the trends are pointing toward more Internet-connected gameplay than less, as some argued back in the day.
Microsoft's Streaming ambition
Microsoft's plan is to "unlock console-quality gaming on any device," according to new head of Xbox, Phil Spencer. Spencer further added about the Xbox streaming game service, "we are dedicated to perfecting your experience everywhere you want to play–your Xbox, your PC and your phone."
Spencer's announcement was met with applause by not only attendees at the Xbox briefing but by many on the internet who are now seeing the obvious path studios, hardware manufacturers and publishing developers are headed. Shortly after Xbox became a pariah in the industry following its Xbox One debacle, Sony released its own always-connected streaming service called PS Now and while crowds were mixed on its implementation, pitchforks and torches were sheathed for the moment.
What is clear, is that gamers don't mind online gaming, and in most instances, prefer it (cough*Fortnite Battle Royale*cough). It just took some time, a better orator and a few working proof of concept fundamentals such as Game Pass, software-enabled backward compatibility, a robust digital download platform and Xbox Play Anywhere implementations to reassure gamers that the evolution of gaming is something to embrace rather than rail against as a zero sum solution.
With EA Access, Sony's PS Now, Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass and CEO of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot's recent streaming game service announcement, the presence of online gaming has become more invasive and realistic than the DRM-riddled announcements of yesteryear. These online announcements and services all come despite implementations, such as constant online access being a requirement, digital purchases that circumvent 3rd party reseller outlets and DRM-locked gameplay because they're running parallel to more traditional gaming purchases, but only for the time being.
Gamers are in the bait part of a 'bait n switch' con that will be seeing more and more of them opting to pay for an all-you-can-eat streaming service (like Netflix for games) that will require an always-connected internet option, for the convenience of being able to play and extend their console-level gaming experiences on to their PC, Tablet, phone or even Smart TV.
With Microsoft's Azure cloud presence, the company couldn't be in a more suited position to take advantage of a global cloud presence that should substantially mitigate input lag, server downtimes, or online lobby headaches typically caused by online games.
Another piece of hardware
Short and simple, as powerful as the Xbox One X is, to use an old MADtv skit reference, Microsoft managed to add another blade.
Perhaps, in an effort to assuage the growing fears that Microsoft might exit the gaming industry after this console generation, or perhaps to showcase their streaming concept, the company is back in the labs creating yet another console to follow the X.
Even if it's only a stop-gap to the company's streaming first/only future, fans and Xbox gamers can still look forward to midnight and Black Friday purchases of bundled Xbox hardware for at least another couple of years. While there are scant details about what the next console holds in store for gamers, we're afforded blind speculation for now. The team behind Microsoft's slickest PC devices, the Surface line, will now be working in tandem with the Xbox team on the look and feel while the Xbox team sources parts for the architecture of the rig. Needless to say, gamers can look forward to droolworthy-looking device that may have an unconvential trick or two up its sleeves.
The second half of the promise
Next up, games.
For over five years, Microsoft has been saddled as the console with the least amount of games to show during E3, and for arguments sake, the critics have been mostly right. Sony has had a better show of first party IP and it's paid big bucks to be the marketing arm to some of the most well received titles this console generation. Properties that used to be synonymously linked to Xbox are now becoming PS4 destinations, such as the Call of Duty franchise. It's been hard for Microsoft to break a now codified narrative that Sony just has more games, despite many of them being cross-platform titles.
While sharing the vision of their gaming future, Microsoft also announced its intent to purchase gaming studios Ninja Theory, Undead Labs and Compulsion Games to add to its already purchased Playground Games and newly formed The Initiative studio.
Recently, there has been online chatter that Microsoft's Xbox division was facing such an uphill battle against its largest competitor in Sony and its PS4 hardware sales, that it seemed almost inevitable that the company would shutter its gaming department.
However, with the news of Microsoft forming and intending to buy five new studios to bolster and expand its IP library, it seems the company is even more committed to providing gaming experiences than it was back in 2013.
"The original games we create at Microsoft Studios are some of our biggest assets," said Matt Booty, corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios. "Our growth strategy is to continue to expand the worlds that players love, while developing all-new exclusive games that deepen their engagement with our platform. We are thrilled to welcome five new studios into the Microsoft family. We believe these teams have the collective creative power and operational excellence to deliver the next industry game changers."
If everything falls through for Microsoft, it will be in possession of its own gaming future. Yes, branding rights of multi-platforms and console exclusives are proving to be a successful tool in the gaming industry, but first-party development will allow Microsoft the luxury of experimentation. As with State of Decay 2, with Microsoft in the driver seat (as publisher) the company was able to offer games bucking against the expensive sticker tags of most recent titles, offer it as part of a subscription package for less than $10 a month, and keep release parity with PC and consoles as part of its Xbox Play Anywhere initiative.
With these new studios potentially coming on board, Xbox and PC (for a moment at least) gamers should expect to see more intellectual properties get the first-class expanding treatment of digital gaming on the Xbox platform, as well as a much needed uptick in the amount of titles coming from Microsoft.
Beyond the perception of exclusivity, adding five more studios also gets Microsoft out of its Forza, Halo and Gears of War rut and should invite a more varied group of gamers to the platform. Action-adventure games such as Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, or indie survival ones such has State of Decay 2 or We Happy Few, and the great minds behind Forza tapped to make a new mobile-first racing game, could go a long way to courting more gamers to the platform, which is arguably the direction anyone invested in gaming should want to see.
These are just some of the takeaways from Microsoft's E3 2018 conference, but they speak volumes as to where Microsoft sees itself currently; needing to fix its game reputation and where it sees itself in the near future as part of the evolution of console gaming from dedicated hardware to console-level gaming, anywhere a gamer chooses to be. The future looks bright on both fronts for Microsoft.
Tags: E3 2018 | Halo | Playstation 4 | PS4 | Sony | State of Decay 2 | Xbox One | Xbox Play Anywhere


Following on from the widespread success of the adidas TOUR 360 and the Adidas TOUR 360 II, adidas Golf has launched the latest addition to their family of shoes in the shape of the adidas TOUR 360 3.0 golf shoe.
As you would expect from an adidas shoe, the adidas Tour 360 3.0 has got more technology than Bill Gates' gaff...firstly it features the 360WRAP, which is a visible technology that surrounds the midfoot area to promote enhanced upper stability and increased leverage.
And new to this model of Adidas TOUR 360 is a 3-dimensional moulding which allows the saddle to hug the midfoot more securely.
Like the Adidas TOUR360 LTD, the 3.0 model also benefits from the THiNTech technology. This incorporates a TPU sole designed to position the foot closer to the ground, which aids stability.
And, as is normal with adidas shoes, there are a range of colour combinations to suit all tastes.


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The 2016–17 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2016 and concluded in March with the 2017 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.

Preseason

Rankings

() first place votes

All-NEC team

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. All numbers are from time at current school.

Postseason

NEC tournament

  March 2017 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

NCAA tournament

National Invitational tournament

Women's Basketball Invitational

All-NEC honors and awards
Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.

See also
2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

References

External links
NEC website

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Moral Muscles Part 2: Conquering Fear
I going to lay the blame for this squarely at the feet of my then ninth-grade friend, Earl. Like me, Earl thought the best way to be the heroes of the schoolyard was to take a page from the Bruce Lee School of Interpersonal Skills. Someone gives you a look? Spinning back kick to the face. Trash talks your gnarly BMX? Five finger death claw. Takes your lunch? Dragon clutch to the scrotum and a fast tearing technique. I had wondered why I had not seen life this clearly before.
The perfect guide to helping your child through adolescence.
Earl also had access to a remarkable technological innovation, a VHS player. That meant we could watch our hero, Bruce Lee, lay out some old-school whooping. After that, rewind and watch it again. Realistically, I should have gravitated towards "The Dragon", but another movie drew me in like a retarded moth to a zapper.
If you've seen the original Karate Kid, you know it's a story about a whinny Jersey brat who moves to the West Coast and gets a well-deserved beat-down for being a total schmuck. He gets free karate training from the Okinawan maintenance man and finally beats Cobra Kai's top student in a bare-knuckles, full-contact tournament after only a summer of training.
But that's not the best part.
Daniel skinny-as-a-rail LaRusso takes down Johnny Lawrence in one dramatic final move, the crane kick. This kick appears to smash Johnny's nose into his cranial cavity, but nobody seems to care. If you've spent more than five seconds in a dojo, you know this kick is not only impractical, but leaves you incredibly open to attack and is a box full of humiliation.
For the record, I had not spent any seconds in a dojo. As such, I figured this kick would rock the next time I had to defend my then non-existent honor.
Fast forward a month and young John is scrapping in the schoolyard. I don't know what my malfunction was, but one should never try to make too much sense out of what happens in their teens. Honestly, my stories of girl-chasing would make several seasons of sitcom episodes.
But don't mistake my occasional fighting for any level of skill. I was dreadful. Dare I say, laughable. I one particular instance, I thought giving this crane kick a shot was a smart tactic. The circle of spectators could hardly believe what they were seeing. As a reward for their patronage, I gave them comic relief by loosing my balance.
One of life's top 5 embarrassing moments in 3...2...1...
Sigh, not my finest hour.
There was just no recovering from that spectacle. In that moment, I realized that Ralph, my dearest Mr. Macchio, was a stinking liar and a garbage role model. Thankfully, he redeemed himself with Cobra Kai, so I'm happy to say all is forgiven.
Still, Johnny is my Sensei now.
One 80's Saturday morning I was watching Stampede Wrestling on the boob-tube and flipping thought the newspaper. I glanced through the classifieds section just in case any young, hot women were looking for a skinny, angst ridden teen to rock their world. Nope, but I noticed an ad for a karate school at the YMCA. Karate you say? You mean I could learn the real thing? It even said the first month was free!
Moooooomm!!!
I first watched a class and was gob-smacked. It was about as close to love at first sight as a I remember. The Sensei would yell commands and everyone would punch or kick in unison. I had never seen real kata or sparring before. It was magic. And the best part? Not one crane kick. I couldn't wait for Mom to give them her money.
Within fifteen minutes after the class I was officially signed up at the Shotokan Karate Club. The little Macho Man on my shoulder was yelling "Oooohhhhhh yeaaaah! Dig it!" in anticipation. Surely in no time I would befriend Mr. Miagi and wax-on-wax-off my way to sweet victory. I would have more chicks crawling over me than James Dean because girls dig scrawny teenage guys who can scream in Japanese and punch the air. No really, Google it.
Like, um, you want to, like, uh...hang out at the mall sometime?
On the first day of class, all the puny white belts, myself included, met Sensei Richard Okonkwo, who didn't quite fit the stereotype I was expecting. What I was expecting was an old Japanese dude who spoke like Yoda. Sensei Okonkwo was Kenyan and spoke in such a thick Swahili accent I honestly had a hard time knowing what the hell he was ever saying. But the nice thing about karate is the universal language of getting punched in the face. What I remember most is that Richard had a heart of a true teacher. He knew I was a kid who needed a little toughening up. That, and a hell of a lot of guidance.
The thing about Richard is that the guy was a legitimate, certifiable killing machine. He didn't grow up in happy Canadian suburbia, but rather some pretty darn tough African neighborhoods. Despite that, Sensei always had a smile…until it was time for business. Then I would see the glaring whites of his eyes and I just about soiled myself when he got in sparring position. He honestly looked like he had every intention of hanging me by my own intestines. But he was always kind-hearted and knew to go easy on me. Still there were a few times Sensei needed to deliver a gentle nudge to help me move to the next level.
And sometimes to snap ourselves out of a bad habit, a slightly more aggressive nudge is required.
When it came to my karate training, even at the youthful age of sixteen, I was a kata genius. That having been said, my kumite/sparring skills lacked offense. The idea of getting hit really scared me and that's probably normal for most people, especially teens. Problem is, if one is terrified of being on the receiving end of a fist, roadblocks to training are going to pop up.
By now I was a green belt and Sensei felt it was high time a teenage John-san learned to stop being a wuss. He could see the obvious problem. I would block and retreat, block and retreat. My opponent really had no problem just keeping the hits coming. The idea of moving in for the kill was problematic, as that can often leave one open. To be an offensive fighter involves a certain amount of risk and especially confidence. But all I could think about was getting clobbered. Each time someone did a fake jab, I flinched. For Sensei, this was not going to cut it.
After yet another defensive match on my part, I was asked to sit down. Then everyone was told to sit down. Sensei walked to the middle of the ring, alone. His friendly smile vanished the second he stood in ready position. What was he doing?
"John!" He was pointing to the ring and I got up with an "Osu". I had sparred with Sensei before, but not with this kind of vibe in the air. This did not look like a gentle lesson in basics and I was wondering what fresh hell I had just stepped into. The atmosphere in the room got real, real tense as I stood face to face with a man who could break me in half before I had the common decency to piss myself. I didn't want to go, but one simply does not say "no" to Sensei. Now I lay me down to sleep…
Not every day your fellow students can witness a homicide.
I thought the best way to fight Richard was to at least try and not be a total pussy. In doing so, maybe I could earn his respect and be allowed to live. So I got in position with my best Kai! and was ready to rumble with the jungle.
At first, Richard permitted me the luxury of being allowed to live. He would fake a jab and I'd retreat. The match was stopped. He would smile and try to coach me.
"I want you to attack. Stop being afraid of me."
Easier said than done. We got in position again and began a second round. I got some shots in but as before, retreated at the first sign of his offense. The match was stopped once more. I was sweating, partially from fear of being obliterated.
Sensei did not say anything, but rather gave me "the eye". For those unaware of what "the eye" represents, it means that you know what was expected of you, and it did not bear repeating. It's the dojo equivalent of your Mom saying, "don't make me stop this car!". He also wasn't smiling anymore.
Okonkwo now commanded for a third and final round. After throwing a few powder-puff punches at him, he impatiently yelled "STRIKE!" Being too terrified to disobey, I remember charging in full speed screaming with a reverse punch…
…and then my memory gets a little hazy after that.
I can strangely relate to this scene.
I wasn't sure how it came to be that I was suddenly airborne. Odd, wasn't I just running towards Sensei? How is it I'm flying in the opposite direction? And how did Sensei's foot get there? Man, that's just so…
Sweet #$@! Okonkwo just killed the kid!!
It's was a curious sensation interrupted by a sickening impact of my body against the thankfully padded wall like a bag of wet oatmeal flying halfway across the dojo. You don't normally hear other students yell, "holy s—!!" during karate class, but I think we can forgive their breaking of decorum in this case.
When my lights came back on, I remember looking up and seeing a smiling Richard examining my face for signs of life. I signed a waiver when I joined this outfit, so I don't think he was too worried.
"John? Are you ok?"
How many fingers do you see?
There's no place like home…there's no place… I'm starting to come around and I notice half the class seems amazed I'm alive. Given the winded feeling in my midsection, I fear their celebration may be premature.
"Osu?" Not a very convincing response, but I was slowly coming around.
"Very good, John! Stand up."
Stand up? I'm afraid you have me mistaken for someone with a functioning skeleton. My brain was still running through the startup diagnostics, yet somehow, I was able to get back on two wobbly legs. My fighting stance resembled a newborn gazelle standing for the first time. But in karate, you don't just quit, otherwise the ghost of Funakoshi will spit in your soup. In my current condition I was going to put up as much a challenge as Helen Keller, so Sensei put his feet together and bowed. I did likewise, thus concluding what could only loosely be called a "match".
I sat down and did my best to breathe life back into my reanimated corpse. The other students look at me like I was Lazarus back from the dead. At the end of class, Sensei sought me out immediately for a debriefing.
"John, are you feeling better?"
If this was code for requesting another match, I was joining the seniors yoga class next door. "Yes, Sensei! Good match!" I didn't mean a word of it.
He laughed again as he put his hand on my shoulder. "John, I need you to stop being afraid when you fight. Do you understand?"
"Osu!" I said, lying completely but nodding in the affirmative. If anything, this experience should have made me more terrified than ever. It took a while to understand what he was saying, but as weeks went by it became more obvious.
To the contrary, in subsequent sparring classes, I was more offensive. When a punch came in, I would hold my ground, block and counter, but my retreating became minimal. In my mind, I had sustained, and survived, a wicked kick from Sensei and it didn't kill me. I wasn't fearing an unknown anymore.
I wish I understood these lessons more back then. You and I need to know that in many of life's trials, we fear that a big, fat back-kick will be the thing that kills us. So we live in a defensive posture, constantly retreating after every attack, whether real or fake.
Sometimes, the only way to snap ourselves out of this self-induced paralysis is to go in screaming, get tossed across the room, and be forced to stand up. It's hard, and sometimes you just want a few minutes to puke in a corner. But if you get back in the fight, it's very likely you will, as Sensei said, "stop being afraid".
Strangely enough, I never fought at school again. Correction…there was one last fight. Instead of soft targets, I eventually had a final confrontation with a merciless bully that went back as far as Kindergarten…
The Story Continues: STANDING TALL
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCERPT FROM THE UPCOMING "SELF-HELP" BOOK BY JOHN PAUL PARROT.
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The Botanical Society of Canada was founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in November 1860. Among its founding members was Scottish-Canadian botanist George Lawson, who created the Society with the goal of establishing a botanical garden at Queen's College (now Queen's University), and publishing a catalogue of Canadian plants.

Membership
The Society's first meeting attracted 91 members. By the second meeting, held in January 1861, the Society  had 140 paying members, including John A. Macdonald (who would later become Canada's first Prime Minister). William Leitch, the principal of Queen's College, was elected president, while Lawson became the Society's secretary.

200 people attended the Society's third meeting, and by this time, the Society began earning favourable notices from abroad. From its beginnings, the Botanical Society of Canada had practical and theoretical purposes. Members created a library and herbarium, and shared seeds and plant cuttings at their meetings. Farmers received advice on dealing with pests. One member, Andrew T. Drummond, published a report on plants which could be used for paper, and exhibited dyes made from lichens. Drummond and other members prepared floras of Kingston, southwestern Ontario, and the Red River region in Manitoba."Botanical [research] of great value had been carried out by ladies in other countries and all other departments of scientific knowledge had benefitted from their exertions." – Annals of the Botanical Society of Canada, p. 52
The Society had five categories of membership; Honorary Members, Fellows, Lady Members, Annual Subscribers, and Corresponding Members. Several notable Honorary Members were admitted; including Asa Gray, Sir William Jackson Hooker, John Lindley, and John Torrey. Women were granted equal membership, and the Society's Annals  contain several references to the work of its female members. For example, Mrs. Lawson, the wife of George Lawson, published a paper on silkworm cultivation. She argued that silkworm cultivation could be a productive form of employment for women and girls, while the silkworm's primary food source, the White Mulberry (Morus alba), would be an attractive addition to the urban landscape. Another member, a Miss Gildersleeve, followed-up on Mrs. Lawson's research with her  own paper, 'Remarks on the silk obtained from lettuce-fed silkworms'.

Botanical Garden
As part of the Society's mission, a botanical garden was established on the grounds at Summerhill, on Queen's College campus. The garden beds contained hardy plant species, including plants received from the Society's international members, such as Asa Gray. Lawson and others had hoped to install a greenhouse on the grounds, so that plants from warmer climates could thrive in the garden. The garden is sometimes referred to as the first botanical garden in Canada, but was preceded by at least one; Allan Gardens in Toronto. Today, Summerhill is the site of Queen's University's arboretum, but stray specimens from the old botanical garden are said to appear unexpectedly in the lawn.

Dissolution
Despite ambitious beginnings, the Botanical Society of Canada was short-lived. In October 1863 George Lawson resigned from Queen's after clashing with Queen's College administration and at least one colleague. Lawson immediately left for Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he had been appointed professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the Dalhousie College (now Dalhousie University). Since the Botanical Society of Canada had relied on Lawson's social and professional connections, it collapsed after his departure. In 1867, former members of the Botanical Society of Canada attempted to revive the Society; proposing new branches throughout the country.

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Botanical gardens in Canada
Professional associations based in Canada
Botany in North America
Organizations established in 1860
1893 establishments in Ontario
Botanical gardens in Canada


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Orrin Hatch: "Outright war" in the Senate if Dems try reconciliation
I think I have to root for it to happen now. Traffic uber alles, my friends.
Hatch said Thursday that using reconciliation would be "one of the worst grabs for power in the history of the country" that would permanently impact relations between the two parties.
"It is going to be outright war and it should be, because it would be such an abuse of the reconciliation rules," Hatch said. "If they abuse those rules it is going to lead to even more heated animosities between not just the two parties, but even between individual senators."
Oh, the vids we shall cull; getting to see the famous McCain temper finally unleashed alone makes it worth it. But don't celebrate just yet. No less an O-Care booster than Ezra Klein sounded grim this morning about the Dream dying on the Senate floor. Not with a bang but a whimper:
The timetable Emanuel is laying out makes little sense. The jobs bill will take some time. Financial regulation will take much longer. Let's be conservative and give all this four months. Is Emanuel really suggesting that he expects Congress to return to health-care reform in the summer before the election? Forgetting whether there's political will at that point, there's no personnel: Everyone is home campaigning.
Moreover, there's a time limit on health-care reform. The open reconciliation instructions the Senate could use to modify the bill expire when the next budget is (there's disagreement over the precise rule on this) considered or passed. That is to say, the open reconciliation instructions expire soon. Democrats could build new reconciliation instructions into the next budget, but that's going to be a heavy lift. The longer this takes, the less likely it is to happen. And Emanuel just said that the administration's preference is to let it take longer. If I were a doctor, I'd downgrade health care's prognosis considerably atop this evidence.
What he neglects to mention is that reconciliation itself could take a fantastically long time. Read this wonkish but valuable analysis at TNR of all the procedural hurdles Senate Democrats would have to jump through to make it happen. There's no specific timetable given, but it sounds like it'd take weeks at least; depending upon how the public reacts, the GOP could be emboldened to try to make it months, with Brown likely tapped for some sort of visible role to leverage the symbolism of him as a popular veto against ObamaCare. On top of all that, there's the fact that House Dems don't trust Reid and company to actually pass a reconciliation "fix" if the House passes the Senate bill first, either because procedurally it'll be too difficult or because too many centrists will end up bugging out in fear and they won't have 50 votes. Listen to Clyburn below. Exit question: Reid's seriously going to try this? Seriously?
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President Trump issues USD4.7 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020
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The Budget Message of the President
To The Congress of the United States,
In just over 2 years, together with the American people, we have launched an unprecedented
economic boom. Since I was elected, we have created more than 5 million new jobs, including
half a million manufacturing jobs. Nearly 5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps.
Unemployment is the lowest in nearly half a century. African American unemployment, Hispanic
American unemployment, and Asian American unemployment rates have all reached historic lows.
Our Nation is experiencing an economic miracle—and it is improving the lives of all our citizens.
We have achieved these extraordinary gains thanks to historic tax cuts and an unprecedented
regulatory reduction campaign, through unleashing American energy production, systematically
fixing bad trade deals, and remaining absolutely committed to putting the needs of the American
worker first.
My Administration worked with the Congress to pass unprecedented legislation to confront the
opioid crisis, a sweeping new farm bill, groundbreaking criminal justice reform, major investments
to rebuild the military, and historic Department of Veterans Affairs reforms to ensure that our great
veterans have access to high quality healthcare.
We are also making our communities safer. To target violent crime, my Administration has increased support for Federal, State, and local law enforcement. We have added nearly 200 new
violent crime prosecutors across the United States. And last year, the Department of Justice prosecuted more violent crimes than ever before. As a result, violent crime is falling.
My Administration is confronting the national security and humanitarian crisis on our southern
border, and we are accepting the moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives
and jobs of our citizens. This includes our obligation to the millions of immigrants living in the
United States today who followed the rules and respected our laws.
In the 20th century, America saved freedom, transformed science, and defined the middle class
standard of living. Now we must write the next chapter of the great American adventure, turbocharging the industries of the future and establishing a new standard of living for the 21st century.
An amazing quality of life for all of our citizens is within reach. We can make our communities safer,
our families stronger, our culture richer, our faith deeper, and our middle class bigger and more
prosperous than ever before.
We are now addressing our challenges from a position of strength. My 2020 Budget builds on the
tremendous progress we have made and provides a clear roadmap for the Congress to bring Federal
spending and debt under control. We must protect future generations from Washington's habitual
deficit spending.
This year, I asked most executive departments and agencies to cut their budgets by at least 5 percent. In addition to reflecting those reductions, my Budget invests in the following priorities:
Securing our Borders and Protecting our Sovereignty. As President, my highest duty is
the defense of our Nation—which is why finishing the border wall is an urgent national priority. All
who are privileged to hold elected office must work together to create an immigration system that
promotes wage growth and economic opportunity, while preventing drugs, terrorism, and crime from
entering the United States. Immigration policy, like all policy, must serve the interests of Americans
living here today—including the millions of new Americans who came here legally to join our national
family. The American people are entitled to a strong border that stops illegal immigration, and a
responsible visa policy that protects our security and our workforce. My Budget continues to reflect
these priorities, and I look forward to working with the Congress to finish the border wall and build a
safe, just, and lawful immigration system that will benefit generations of Americans to come.
Preserving Peace through Strength. A strong military, fully integrated with our allies and all
our instruments of power, enables our Nation to deter war, preserve peace, and, if necessary, defeat
aggression against United States interests. To that end, my Budget requests $750 billion for national
defense, an increase of $34 billion, or 5 percent, from the 2019 enacted level. The Budget funds the
National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, building on the major gains we have already made throughout the world.
Protecting our Veterans. Our Nation's brave warriors and defenders deserve the best care
America has to offer—both during and after their active service. Last year, I signed into law the historic VA MISSION Act of 2018 to reform and transform the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system into an integrated system for the 21st century. My Budget fully funds all requirements
for veterans' healthcare services and provides additional funding to implement the VA MISSION Act
of 2018.
Investing in America's Students and Workers. To help protect taxpayer dollars, my Budget
continues my request to create an educational finance system that requires postsecondary institutions that accept taxpayer funds to have skin in the game through a student loan risk-sharing program. My Administration will also continue to seek expanded Pell Grant eligibility for high-quality,
short-term programs in high-demand fields, so that students and workers can quickly gain valuable
skills at a more affordable cost and obtain family-sustaining jobs. We must create and invest in better opportunities for our Nation's students and job seekers, while ensuring that we do so in a more
efficient and effective manner.
Research for Childhood Cancers. Many childhood cancers have not seen new therapies in decades. My Budget initiates a new effort that invests $500 million over the next 10 years to support
this critical life-saving research.
Defeating HIV/AIDS in America. The HIV epidemic still plagues our Nation, with more than
38,000 Americans infected every year. In response, my Budget provides $291 million to the Department
of Health and Human Services to defeat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The goal is to eliminate most new
infections within 5 years (75 percent) and nearly all within 10 years (90 percent). This initiative will
focus efforts on diagnosis, prevention, and treatment efforts in the locations where intense transmissions of the virus are driving the epidemic.
Confronting the Opioid Epidemic. My Budget continues historic levels of funding for our law
enforcement, prevention, and treatment efforts to combat the opioid and drug addiction epidemic.
Supporting Working Families. America must also lead in supporting the families of our workforce so that they can balance the competing demands of work and family. My Budget includes a
one-time, mandatory investment of $1 billion for a competitive fund aimed at supporting underserved populations and stimulating employer investments in child care for working families. My
Administration has also pledged to provide paid parental leave to help working parents, and we are
committed to partnering with the Congress to enact this important policy.
We must always strive to uphold our oaths to promote and protect the personal and economic freedoms the Constitution guarantees to us all.
We must work together to renew the bonds of love and loyalty that link us to one another—as
friends, as citizens, as neighbors, as patriots, and as Americans.
My Budget reflects my Administration's commitment to these worthy goals as it seeks to make
the United States of America wealthier, stronger, safer, and greater for every American family and


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As we look back upon the eventful past of the Morris College, the small beginnings and the heroic work done by its gallant founders, it gives a great sense of pride and awe over viewing its history of events, remarkable student strength and a confident future. Much water has flowed under the bridge since 1885....
Under the leadership of Sir Bipin Krishna Bose, Mukund Balkrishna Buti, Madhao Rao Gangadhar Chitanavis and others, the Committee of the Neill City High School proposed that a College for the Central Province was very desirable and Nagpur was an appropriate place for establishing a College. Thus, an application was made to the Government for grant-in aid. At a public meeting held on the 4th December 1882, subscriptions amounting to Rs. 1900/- were promised for starting a college in Nagpur in memory of Sir John Morris. Rapid progress was made in furthering this proposal. A society called "The Nagpur Morris College Association" was formed to raise funds for the establishment of a college. They managed to raise Rs. 1, 55,289 to serve as an endowment of foundation for a college. Thus, upon the approval of the Local Government, a Society was formed for administering the College, with Sir Bipin Bose as Secretary and a Governing Body. Thus was born the Morris College in June 1885.
However, a suitable building for Morris College was yet to be built. After changing several locations, the College was finally placed in the building now known as the Neil City High School, in 1894. But, this was not adequate, as part of it was used by the school and part as a hostel for the students of the Government Normal School.
Meanwhile, the University Act of 1904, and the consequent affiliation of the college to the Allahabad University, made it necessary for the college to have a building of its own. Thus, the Residency Hall, with its extensive building and compound was repaired at Government cost, necessary alterations were made to house a college and Morris College was shifted here in July 1911. This historic edifice is a landmark in the history of Nagpur. Built around 1807 for the Resident Officer in the Court of the Bhosla King, in later times it was used as a Government House. This ancient building remains to this day, with the added possession of the Directors bungalow. This year, 2010-2011, marks the completion of a century of existence of our Institute in this campus.
In 1919, in response to the increasing student strength, another building, now called the Annexe was made a few hundred yards across the road. With this the college grew rapidly in strength and importance. Following this, a hostel for non-resident students was constructed. This hostel, located within the College campus, was built at a cost of Rs. 60,000, partly funded by the Government and partly raised by the College Council. During these years it was the good fortune of the College to receive a major share of the annual expenditure from the Government. In 1991, the Government paid Rs. 39,000/- out of the annual expenditure of Rs. 48,000/- to the Institute. On the 28th of February, 1914, the College Society met and decided to hand over the College unconditionally to the Government. The final sanction from the Secretary of State was obtained and the college passed into the hands of the Government, in March 1914.
In 1946, on the eve Indian Independence, standing on the threshold of freedom, far reaching changes were affecting the education in India. We remember with gratitude the services of the great men who managed the College in those days of political fervour and emotional turbulence. They earned for themselves the title of "The Old Guards", as we proudly call them now. They were:-
Mahamahopadhyay K.G. Tamhan
Professor N.N. Ganguly
Shri S.C. Roy
Dr. P.N. Mukherjee
Shri S.P. Bannerjee
After the completion of hundred years of existence, the College was renamed as Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, by Chief Minister Sudhakarrao Naik, in 1985. This was in honour of Shri Vasantrao Naik, who served the longest tenure as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The continuous progress of the college over the years can be gauged from the upward trend of the number of students who were admitted to the college year after year. From mere twenty one students in 1885, the College graduated to 1142 students in 1960. Today the College has more than 3000 students, hailing from the city as well as the neighbouring towns and rural areas. We may close this brief account of the History of the Institute with the words of Dr. Bipin Bose:
"It is to be hoped that the future students of the College will remember that, they owe its origin to exertions of their own people and it is these exertions, which continue till this day, that has made possible its present state to which it has matured i.e. into a first class Institution of its kind. It is further hoped that its Alumnae will be proud of their Alma Mater. I hope for the best in their efforts. They may maintain for it a high reputation for building up a disciplined mind and character, thus turning out to be good and useful citizens of this great Country who, by their thoughts and actions, will add to the moral energy of the nation.".....
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Google has leapt far ahead when it comes to its use of renewable power.
Since 2017, Google pledged to power its data centres and offices with 100 percent renewable energy.
Now the tech company said it's surpassed that, announcing in a blog post that it purchased more power from solar and wind than was used by its operations globally last year. Google said it's the first company of its size to reach that goal.
Of course, Google isn't completely powered by solar and wind.
For every kilowatt hour of electricity the company consumes, it purchases a kilowatt hour of renewable energy to replace it, which is sourced from a wind or solar farm built specifically for its needs.
Google said it has contracts to purchase three gigawatts (3GW) of output, but that it's not yet possible to power itself fully with renewable energy. The company hopes that one day it reaches that goal, but said its initiatives helped to spur new wind and solar developments.
"What's important to us is that we are adding new clean energy sources to the electrical system, and that we're buying that renewable energy in the same amount as what we're consuming, globally and on an annual basis," Urs Hölzle, Google's SVP for technical infrastructure, said in the post.
In 2015, only 44 percent of Google's energy needs came from renewables. That improved to 57 percent by 2016, before it covered all its needs come 2017.
As Google leaps ahead, other tech companies have also pledged to become powered by green energy.
Apple Park is entirely run by renewables, as are many of its facilities around the world. Amazon is working to build dozens of wind farms, and its U.S. fulfilment centres are powered mostly by solar. Facebook aims to have 50 percent clean and renewable power in its energy mix this year.


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Twice as Many Teens and Kids Were Suicidal in the Last Decade
And two-thirds of them were girls.
by Jesse Hicks
May 8 2017, 10:20pm
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Over the last decade, the percentage of children and teens who've been admitted to US hospitals because of suicidal thoughts or actions has more than doubled. That's according to new research presented yesterday at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco.
Researchers came to that conclusion after reviewing emergency department and admission data from 32 children's hospitals across the country between 2008 and 2015. There were a total of 118,363 encounters in children between 5 and 17 years who received diagnoses of suicidality or serious self-harm. A little more than half of those who sought care were teens between the ages of 15 and 17, while 37 percent were between 12 and 14; children from 5 to 11 years old were about 13 percent of the total.
Next they looked at these numbers compared to the total number of visits to these 32 children's hospitals. In 2008, the rate of kids ages 5 to 17 in these hospitals who were diagnosed as suicidal was 0.67 percent; by 2015, that number had climbed to 1.79 percent. So, yes, the rate of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts more than doubled in this study, but it is a small amount of hospitalizations and it may not be representative of all hospitals across the country.
"We noticed over the last two, three years that an increasing number of our hospital beds are not being used for kids with pneumonia or diabetes; they were being used for kids awaiting placement because they were suicidal," Gregory Plemmons, an associate professor of clinic pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and author of the study, told CNN. He and his Vanderbilt Children's Hospital colleagues soon found their grim intuition was correct.
Plemmons also noted that the largest uptick was seen among girls, who went from representing 60 percent of suicide-related hospital visits in 2008 to 66 percent by 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a year ago that suicide rates among girls ages 10 to 14 had tripled between 1999 and 2014, from 0.5 per 100,000 girls to 1.5 per 100,000. A few caveats: The study did not include completed attempts or the total number of actual suicides, and the increase could be partly because doctors are getting better at detecting signs of suicidal ideation. The study has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The study also discovered seasonal variations: the lowest number of cases occurred in the summer, while the highest number occurred in spring and fall, which seems to sync up to the school calendar. Speaking with CNN, Plemmons suggested that school stress may be one contributing factor, though suicide attempts often have multiple, entangled causes.
The increasing suicide rates mirror those among adults, Plemmons said, but the research arrives amid a charged atmosphere around the problem of teen suicide. The recent Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has provoked strong criticism from counselors and mental health professionals for unrealistically portraying adults as uncaring and generally clueless about teenagers' problems, and for potentially glamorizing the idea of suicide among a vulnerable population. That could, the argument goes, make more teens consider self-harm.
On the notion of "suicide contagion," though, the science is far from settled. Studies suggest that media coverage of actual suicides by celebrities can be followed by an uptick in suicide rates, but the possible effect of fictional suicides is much murkier. Netflix renewed the show for a second season which will air in 2018.
What we do know is that the reasons teens attempt are complex and multifarious. We now also know that for the past decade, suicide rates have been moving in the wrong direction. Figuring out why is going to be the next big challenge.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, help is available. Call 1-800-273-8255 to speak with someone now or text START to 741741 to message with the Crisis Text Line.
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