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Closer To Reality: Scientific Attitudes To UFOs
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The subject of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) as viewed by the hardcore professional scientific community mixes just about as well as oil and water. Here I examine some of the in's and out's surrounding that mix although the basic fundamentals seem to revolve around the fact that the UFO issue was never initially considered a scientific issue, just a national security issue. Like the rest of the great unwashed, scientists weren't welcome into the realm of the inner national security sanctum. That excuse no longer can no longer hold water.
Author's Introductory Note
Much of what follows was taken from a to-and-fro debate with an armchair but scientifically inclined UFO sceptic. I've edited my responses to the exchange to hopefully yield a reasonably coherent article.
Scientists and UFOs
While it is true that the scientific community, in general, have formally shied away from the UFO field, numerous scientists in all fields (astronomy, physics, biology, psychology, etc.) have on their own behalf taken a personal interest and made a study of the subject. I can and have below named names. I also suspect, based on some surveys of the scientific community by some scientists, that a fair number have a personal interest in the subject, but leave that interest behind their front door when they go to work.
The main reason scientists shy away from the area harkens back to the early history of the UFO phenomena when the powers-that-be had to reassure the great unwashed that there was nothing to see here, there were no national security implications, etc. The subject was down-played, even ridiculed in order to calm down any possibility of public concern. I mean the very possibility of aliens (or even the Russians) violating your nation's airspace and the powers-that-be being totally unable to do anything about it might be under discussion at the highest levels behind closed doors but not ever to be publicly admitted. The powers-that-be got a helping hand because of the far-out fringe elements that got introduced by those who just like to get their names in the papers and muddy the waters. The impression any scientists would have gotten from officialdom is that everything is under control; there's nothing to this; only the nut cases see 'flying saucers' and meet and greet the 'space brothers' from Venus. What officialdom uttered behind closed doors was quite a different matter.
If readers doubt all of this, I strongly advise acquainting yourself with the CIA sponsored Robertson Panel and Report from January 1953 which was inaugurated at the direct request of the White House. I have to repeat my earlier comments that from the very beginning UFOs (nee 'flying saucers') were a national security issue, NOT a science issue. Scientists need not apply for the position of UFO investigator with officialdom since they didn't have proper security clearances or a need to know and wouldn't be allowed to publish their findings or give UFO lectures to their students.
So another major reason why scientists couldn't deal with the issue from the get-go was that they didn't have access to the data. All the UFO sighting reports were in the hands of the USAF (and other security agencies like the NSA) and classified. Scientists can't investigate in the absence of hardcore data.
It is indeed unfortunate that scientists can't just snap their fingers and have UFOs appear and reappear on demand, but that applies to other phenomena as well like Transient Lunar Phenomena, gamma-ray bursts, ball lightning, supernovae, even SETI, etc. Somehow these other elusive, unpredictable, unrepeatable phenomena are considered worthy of science and are considered to be in the realm of science, so your argument there falls flat.
Scientists and the UFO Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH)
Some (note: some) people (including some scientists) considered the UFO ETH (extraterrestrial hypothesis) and dismissed it as implausible (note: but not impossible). Other people (including some scientists) have considered the UFO ETH and considered it plausible, even the most likely explanation.
I, on the other hand, note that with the UFO ETH, we have a perfect union between theory and observation. Theory just about mandates or requires that extraterrestrial intelligence(s) be here. Observations strongly suggest that they are here. As I said, a near-perfect match. Isn't science wonderful?
The Scientific Consensus on UFOs
There are those who seriously suggest that when it comes to the entire scientific community "As far as science is concerned, the entire UFO subject is an embarrassment".
Such advocates are seriously uninformed. Many "serious UFO books" have been authored by scientists, scientists who have published in leading academic journals. I mean scientists like J. Allen Hynek (former scientific consultant to Project Blue Book); Jacques Vallee, Frank Salisbury, James E. McDonald, Peter A. Sturrock, Stanton T. Friedman, John E. Mack, Richard F. Haines, C. G. Jung, David R. Saunders, Berthold E. Schwarz, Ivan T. Sanderson, Karla Turner, Bruce Maccabee, and on and on it goes. You even have Carl Sagan & Thornton Page editing the anthology "UFO's – A Scientific Debate" (Cornell University Press; 1972). Further, journals like "Science" have NOT neglected the UFO issue. "Science" and "Nature" have certainly published letters-to-the-editor and book reviews on or about UFOs.
By the way, I hope readers noticed the use of the word "scientific" in the Sagan/Page anthology given above. Further, the title of the late J. Allen Hynek's book was "The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry" uses that magic word "scientific". In addition to being the scientific consultant to the USAF on the UFO issue, Hynek was Chairman of the Department of Astronomy, Northwestern University. Lastly, the University of Colorado's UFO study, under the direction of the late Edward U. Condon, was titled "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects". There's that word again. The only thing unscientific about it was the behaviour and attitude of the Director, Edward U. Condon himself who was a disgrace to the term "scientific". In short, it would appear that UFOs were NOT an embarrassment to Carl Sagan or Thornton Page or to J. Allen Hynek or to the University of Colorado staff who conducted that UFO study.
In fact, UFOs could not have been an embarrassment to each and every scientist (Ph. D. or M.D.) that has written a serious book on the UFO subject. It doesn't appear they were worried about peer pressure. Indeed, perhaps there was no established scientific community backlash against them.
Other scientists may not have written UFO books, but they have gone on the public record with pro-UFO statements. Such scientists include Clyde W. Tombaugh (discovered the planet Pluto), Leo Sprinkle (Professor of Psychology), Robert M. L. Baker, Jr. (President of West Coast University), Margaret Mead (Anthropologist), Hermann Oberth (pioneer rocket scientist), Lincoln LaPaz (meteorite specialist, University of New Mexico) and many more if you include foreign countries. Finally, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics have publicly issued statements in support of UFO research.
Some More about the Scientific Consensus on UFOs
Many people still suggest that there is a scientific consensus on the UFO issue and that consensus gives the subject the thumbs down. I'm not aware there was or is a scientific consensus on the UFO question. Can anyone tell me what official scientific body speaks on behalf of scientists around the world, or at least in one or more of the developed nations of the world (USA, Canada, England, France, Germany, Australia, Russia, etc.) and has issued that scientific consensus? What was the date? What is the text of that official so-called scientific consensus? Is that so-called consensus made up of just physical scientists, or are biological scientists part of that so-called consensus too? What about behavioural scientists? Are anthropologists and archaeologists included in this consensus? Perhaps the so-called consensus is just a loose and informal opinion shared by some individuals who happen to be scientists. And somewhere between the extremes of impossibility and the proven readers will no doubt find a spectrum of loose and informal opinions that individual scientists have, some to the right of that so-called consensus, some to the left of that so-called consensus, albeit there will be a cluster which might be loosely termed a consensus. Dare I suggest that the so-called consensus people will actually reveal when hard-pressed, a diversity of opinions among scientists on the UFO question as they'd probably find on many other issues, social, cultural, political, religious, etc.
So there is NO formal document or position paper or statement issued by any body that represents the scientific community, like the AAAS, that states a position on the UFO question. Any so-called consensus is just a hodge-podge amalgamation of lots of individual statements or opinions. I could just as easily compile a list of pro UFO ETH opinions by scientists and call that a consensus. The bottom line is that there is NO single position taken on the UFO question by the scientific community. If anyone finds one, kindly let me know.
Now if you were to ask every scientist in say the USA, "Are the hardcore UFO unknowns a representation of extraterrestrial intelligence and technology?", then, if they were really honest, they'd have to answer "I don't know" on the grounds that they have, in all probability, never actually studied the issues central to the subject. If you rephrase the question along the lines of "Is it likely/possible/probable that the hardcore UFO unknowns are a representation of extraterrestrial intelligence and technology?" then you might get more "yes" or "no" answers, but that rephrased question is ultimately more a Fermi Paradox question than it is a UFO question since you're really asking is it likely/possible/probable that ET is here and now.
Now you know that in science there is NO appeal to authority. Just because a scientist says something is so, or isn't so, doesn't make it so. It's just like sceptics who endlessly spout off that they (ET) are not here. Just because they say so doesn't of necessity make it so. They know (or should know) their science and related history. How many things used to be a position of consensus but are now utter rubbish? Once upon a time, there was a consensus that dragons existed and that sea monsters patrolled the ocean deeps. The ancient Greeks had a consensus that Zeus and Hera existed; ditto the ancient Egyptians with Horus and Isis. Stones couldn't fall from the skies (meteorites) and the Sun couldn't have blemishes (sunspots). The Earth, of course, was created in 4004 BC. The Earth was also the centre of the cosmos. The raisin pudding model of the atom was by consensus correct. Continental drift was by consensus impossible. Examples could be tripled without breaking into a sweat. So dear sceptics, don't give me this "spin", this lump of bovine fertilizer about how consensus is the be-all-and-end-all that brings us all closer to reality.
The bad news is that science is NOT a democracy; the majority doesn't rule. So people who adopt the idea or the philosophy of scientific consensus can take that consensus and then know where to stick it!
For yet another example, the whole 'plurality of worlds' debate has swung from one extreme of consensus to the other extreme and back again; then repeats the ever-changing altering of consensus of opinion. When it comes to extraterrestrials, you can prove to your own satisfaction just about any and every position you care to take based on some once-upon-a-time consensus.
Regarding UFOs & Scientists versus Leprechauns & Scientists
One sceptic of my acquaintance makes the statement that no scientific body or bodies have spoken out on the UFO issue for the same reason that they have not spoken out on fairies and leprechauns. If UFOs are in the exact same category as fairies and leprechauns then everyone and every body that has spoken out on UFOs should also have spoken out on fairies and leprechauns. Clearly, that is not the case. Many people and organizations have waxed lyrical about UFOs yet have kept their opinions about fairies and leprechauns to themselves.
The American Congress has held Congressional Hearings on UFOs, but NOT on fairies and leprechauns. Why is that? The British and Australian Parliaments have talked about UFOs, but NOT about fairies and leprechauns. Why is that? I'm sure that applies to many other legislative bodies around the world. American Presidents Truman, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Obama have uttered words of wisdom about UFOs, but not a peep about fairies and leprechauns. Why is that? Other world dignitaries have talked about UFOs but not about fairies and leprechauns. Why is that? The American security agencies like the CIA and the NSA and the FBI have pondered over the UFO issue, but to the best of my knowledge not pondered the issue about the reality of fairies or leprechauns. Why is that? That also applies to various security agencies in other countries. The American military agencies have taken various positions on the UFO issue, but never, ever uttered a peep about fairies and leprechauns. In fact, many individual scientists have given opinions on the UFO issue – pro and con – but refrained from entering the hotly contested subjects centred on the reality of fairies and leprechauns.
Readers might note that a Big Question philosophically-themed website like "Closer to Truth" has a section devoted to aliens and whether or not they might be in the here and now, but gosh-golly-gee-wow, they have forgotten to include a section for viewers to debate fairies and leprechauns. Why is that? So, if it's good enough for all of these agencies and individuals to wax lyrical on UFOs but not wax lyrical about fairies and leprechauns, then perhaps UFOs and fairies/leprechauns are NOT in the same pigeon-hole as my sceptical acquaintance surmises.
This might suggest that scientific bodies that speak on behalf of the scientific community are the ones out of step by not saying something about a topic that nearly everyone else has had a go at. Perhaps these institutions are a bit too elitist and up themselves for their own good.
So, to all of those why make a constant comparison of UFOs with fairies/leprechauns, I just conclude that its nonsense and they know it to be nonsense. It's like comparing a pterodactyl with a dragon. I'm not one to knock dragons, but they don't have much structure and substance relative to pterodactyls. In continuing an idiocy of comparing something of substance and structure, something with physical evidence backing it up, with fairies and leprechauns, is just making such advocates look more foolish than they already are on this topic. Of course, that's their right, and if they want to play the fool, well I'm not going to stop them. I'd suggest a good night's sleep or a vacation as something in order for these sceptics, but then again neither sleep nor a holiday ever cured acute foolishness.
Another example to contrast the two subjects, I made a recent trip to a DVD shop. They had a half-dozen UFO and/or alien documentaries in stock; a sum total of absolute zero titles on hand when it came to documentaries on fairies and leprechauns! It would appear that the buying public is way more interested in UFOs than they are in Celtic mythology. Can that observation resonate inside that relatively foolish brain of yours or is that revelation too complex for you to comprehend? The bottom line is that there is WAY more structure and substance to the UFO issue than pondering the realities of fairies and leprechauns in residence at the bottom of your garden.
Regarding the Nature of Scientific Theories
According to some of a scientific turn of mind, my sceptical acquaintance, the Theory of Gravity is good but the Theory of UFOs is bad. Ah, but there is an exact parallel here. No one debates the existence of gravity and no one debates the existence of UFOs (just the association between UFOs and ET)! However, there is a debate about exactly what gravity is. Is it warped space-time meaning that space and time have to have structure and substance? Or is gravity just caused by a force particle – the graviton, an accepted part of the standard model of particle physics, akin to how the electromagnetic force is caused by the photon. Gravity exists but the cause is still debated. UFOs exist; the debate is how much evidence is required for the ETH to be acceptable to the mainstream. Even such things which science has once upon a time considered bagged and tagged – no debate required – has come unstuck. Newton was bagged and tagged; Einstein let the cat out of the bag or the worms out of the can. I have to repeat an earlier observation that nothing in science is absolutely fixed and set in stone. What was once debated might no longer have been debatable only to have an Einstein come along and require a new debate. Now, what if the simulation hypothesis that we exist as virtual beings in a computer software-generated landscape is correct? Then gravity will have yet another explanation! Gravity is just software!
Though this isn't the place to discuss the nature of gravity in depth, I do feel somewhat compelled to – briefly – mention two other debating points. 1) Why is gravity so incredibly weak relative to the other three quantum forces, and 2) why can't gravity be unified into a Theory of Everything? So you see, there is just as much debate over gravity as there is with respect to the nature of those hardcore UFO unknowns. Those with that scientific turn of mind picked a bad example with Gravity is Good for a comparison.
My acquaintance points out that gravity exists and that is not something that can be debated. I point out that UFOs have existence and that cannot be debated. The nature of gravity and the nature of UFOs CAN and HAVE been debated. Why do some sceptics have an issue with that? In attempting to discredit UFOs by crediting gravity, sceptics have picked a bad example on the grounds they really have exact parallels. Logic my sceptical friends, logic! If they deny the entire existence of UFOs, then what the heck were the USAF and hundreds of other agencies around the world investigating? The ET facet relates to an explanation of the nature of UFOs, not their existence.
Real Scientists versus Armchair Scientists Regarding the Issue of UFOs
Real scientists get up off of their collective butts and attempt to falsify a claim, suggestion, idea, hypothesis, or postulate, whatever you wish to call it made by another scientist. Translated, they walk-the-walk. Armchair 'scientists' and associated UFO sceptics sit behind a PC and just mouth-off. They just talk-the-talk and then they talk-the-talk some more, again, and again, and again. That's the difference between real scientists and armchair 'scientists', like my sceptical acquaintance.
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Some employers offer employment contacts to their employees, although this is not a legal obligation. An employment contract is legally binding and generally the terms cannot be changed without agreement between the employer and the employee. If an employer breaches the contract, they could be sued for wrongful dismissal. In any event, employers must give their employees a written statement of their employment, such as a staff handbook, within two months of the employee's start date.
Is my employer obliged to look after my health and safety?
Employers have a legal duty to care and look after their employees' health, safety and welfare at work. Employers must undertake risk-assessments of all working practices if they have more than five employees, and keep a record of their findings along with the actions they intend to take to deal with risk. Additionally, employers are legally obliged to have a health and safety policy for the workplace.
Can my employer withhold my statutory rights?
An employer must not withhold employees' statutory employment rights, although some statutory rights are acquired only after a certain length of employment. For example, employees have the right to be paid the national minimum wage from the day they start work. Conversely, in order to bring a claim for unfair dismissal against an employer, employees generally must have given one year's continuous service.
Do I have any rights if I am dismissed unfairly?
An employee can bring an unfair dismissal claim against an employer, if they have been dismissed without fair reason or if the process used to dismiss them was unfair. In some cases, the dismissal of an employee could be deemed automatically unfair, if the employer denies the employee a statutory employment right, such as maternity leave. You have the right to take your claim to an Employment Tribunal within three months of the dismissal; therefore you should consult an employment solicitor without delay.
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Flexible working arrangements, such as flexi-time and annualised hours, are not a statutory right for employees. However, working parents are allowed to request flexible working and the employer should give the request every consideration. A parent must have been working continuously for twenty-six weeks prior to the request, and should not make more than one request per year.
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To secure a job in a competitive marketplace you should aim at achieving excellence through every stage of the application process.
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If your application is well-received, you may be offered a screening phone interview. Make sure you have a copy of your CV and covering letter, in case you are asked about them in more depth and try to take the call somewhere quiet with a good, clear phone line. It is acceptable to take a moment before answering any questions and you don't need to keep talking, just answer the question succinctly and wait for another.
After the interview you should take notes of what was said because if you are called for an in-person interview the panel may reference something from the phone-call. You can also send a thank-you note to the interviewer, as a way of keeping your interest in the job to the fore.
If you are asked to attend an interview, pay attention to grooming and dress appropriately. Most importantly, thoroughly research the company concerned and think about how your skills, experience and ambition fit in with their way of working and their future goals. It will also help you to know what kind of interview you are going to be given; for example, whether you will need to give a presentation, take part in group activities, or discuss a hypothetical case-study.
To conclude, even if you are the best candidate, it is impossible to stand out from other job applicants if you are late for an interview!
UK economy to fluctuate during 2012
New numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed an increase in retail sales for January, compared to December 2011. Kate Davies, Head of UK Retail at the ONS, said that the growth had been expected.
"All sectors are experiencing some growth when you look year-on-year. In particular the household goods sector has risen from where it was previously, it's ended a long run of contraction. The most prominent driver behind this growth comes from the non-store retailing sector [mail order and internet] but also from food stores and clothing stores."
Whilst the figures were positive the Chief of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, warned that although the UK is unlikely to hit another recession, growth is predicted to be slow and fluctuate.
"The fiscal consolidation and tight credit conditions at home and the weakness of our major overseas trading partners are acting as a drag on growth.
"The underlying need for repair of balance sheets means that the path of recovery is likely to be slow and uncertain. For much of this year, there is likely to be a zigzag pattern of alternating positive and negative quarterly growth rates."
Sir Mervyn acknowledged that some businesses had recorded a positive start of the year but highlighted that the fragile economic climate meant that this trend may weaken through the year.
He also expressed sympathy over the inflation's impact on people's savings, stressing that he understood the frustration over the lack of growth but said that this was a natural consequence of the financial climate.
"These are consequences of the painful adjustment prompted by the financial crisis and the need to rebalance our economy. Unfortunately there is no easy remedy."
For jobseekers January will have been a relatively good month, compared to previous ones, as some businesses were able to recruit more staff. However, the fragile financial climate is still leaving many potential employees unengaged and many of those currently employed fear that they will be made redundant.
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Workers risk exclusion from pension schemes
Last year the Government abolished the default retirement age and many employees were concerned by the prospect of a future in which they would lose their job earlier than anticipated, leaving them in financial hardship. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) now indicate that pension schemes are getting more expensive to finance as we live longer.
In 2011 mortality rates were much lower than expected, and the ONS attributes the fall to medical advancements. The Head of Mortality Research at Punter Southall, Ross Matthews, said that as life-expectancy increases so, inevitably, does the cost of pension schemes.
"If the 2011 fall in mortality rates continued, a man of 65 retiring today could expect to live to 91, three years longer than the typical current estimate of 88. A 45-year-old would live to 95, seven years longer. This equates to an increase of up to 15% on pension scheme liabilities, potentially driving deficits by up to 50%."
Not only are pension schemes getting more expensive to finance but some low-earning employees also risk falling outside the ambit of such schemes. The trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned that a pension scheme to be launched later this year, which would automatically enrol employees, could leave out thousands of low-earning female workers.
At the moment, workers would be automatically enrolled if they earned just under £7,500 a year. However, there are indications that the limit will be increased to £10,000, which the TUC said would adversely affect 1.8 million female workers.
Brendan Barber, the General Secretary of the TUC, said that the Government should freeze the earnings threshold. He feared that the exclusion of thousands of workers would have unintended consequences beyond what could be forecasted.
"Whether this is the best way to help the low-paid is an interesting debate, but it would be disastrous if it had the unintended consequence of excluding a significant proportion of women workers from pensions saving."
If the earnings level is increased it would also affect 500,000 men according to the TUC. However, as women are more commonly found in low-wage jobs they would be worse off as a whole compared to low-earning male workers.
In the current financial climate many are struggling with making ends meet, some to the extent that it becomes necessary to take on an extra job. By removing employees from retirement schemes more insecurity will burden many workers and add to a stressful everyday life.
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Breaks during working hours
Workers over the age of 18 are allowed a rest-break of twenty minutes, if they work more than six hours per day, according to the Working Time Regulations 1998. This may be taken as a lunch break or not, but the rest period should fall somewhere in the middle of the working hours, rather than at their beginning or end. Additionally, the rest-break should be uninterrupted where possible. Some employers, of course, will allow longer or additional rest-breaks.
The Regulations do not require employers to pay their workers for rest-breaks within a period of work, however the matter of payment is frequently subject to normal practice in a particular workplace, or it may form part of a worker's employment contract.
Young workers who are under 18 but over school leaving age have different arrangements. That is, if they work for more than four-and-a-half hours, they are allowed a rest-break of thirty minutes. As with adults, the rest-beak may be taken away from the workplace.
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, pregnant workers and new mothers who have returned to work must be allowed more frequent rest-breaks and adequate seating should be made available for them during these breaks if needed. Employers must also allow any breaks a worker may need as the result of a health condition or disability.
However, there are a number of occupational exceptions to the rules concerning rest-breaks. For example, people in the armed forces, emergency services and police are not covered by the Regulations in some circumstances. Neither are some security workers, shift workers, railway workers or those who constantly travel for their work.
Furthermore, some businesses have some very busy trading periods and continuity of service is vital in some occupations such as the health industry. In these cases, instead of getting normal breaks, workers are entitled to 'compensatory rest'. This means that the rest-break can be taken later during the same day or taken on the next working day if possible.
If an employer does not allow statutory rest-breaks during working hours, or if they dismiss a worker for refusing to work through their rest-break, the matter can be raised with an employee representative or line-manager. If the matter cannot be resolved through the proper grievance procedure at work, they could seek the advice of an employment solicitor about the recourse of an Employment Tribunal.
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Notre Dame Outlasts Clemson 4-2 in 10 Innings
Updated: 5:21 PM EDT Mar 17, 2019
Julia Morris
Credit: Clemson Athletics
Clemson falls to Notre Dame, 4-2
SOURCE: Credit: Clemson Athletics
CLEMSON, S.C. - Carter Putz scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning in Notre Dame's 4-2 victory over No. 12 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Fighting Irish, who won the series (2-1) for the first time since 2015, improved to 8-10 overall and 4-2 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 14-5 overall and 4-2 in ACC play. It snapped Clemson's streak of five ACC series wins in a row dating to 2018.Joe Boyle (1-0) earned the win by retiring all three batters he faced in the ninth inning. Mitch Megias pitched the 10th inning to record his first career save. Carson Spiers (1-1) suffered the loss. Tiger starter Keyshawn Askew allowed just five hits, two runs (one earned) and one walk with four strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched.Niko Kavadas led off the second inning with a homer, then he lined a two-out, run-scoring single in the sixth inning. The Tigers finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning on Grayson Byrd's two-run double to tie the score 2-2. After the Tigers failed to capitalize on additional scoring chances in the eighth and ninth innings, Putz led off the 10th inning with a single, the Fighting Irish's only hit in the frame, on an 0-2 pitch and scored on a one-out infield error, then Notre Dame plated another run on a grounder in the infield.The Tigers play College of Charleston in two midweek games at two different sites, beginning with a game at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
CLEMSON, S.C. - Carter Putz scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning in Notre Dame's 4-2 victory over No. 12 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Fighting Irish, who won the series (2-1) for the first time since 2015, improved to 8-10 overall and 4-2 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 14-5 overall and 4-2 in ACC play. It snapped Clemson's streak of five ACC series wins in a row dating to 2018.
Joe Boyle (1-0) earned the win by retiring all three batters he faced in the ninth inning. Mitch Megias pitched the 10th inning to record his first career save. Carson Spiers (1-1) suffered the loss. Tiger starter Keyshawn Askew allowed just five hits, two runs (one earned) and one walk with four strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched.
Niko Kavadas led off the second inning with a homer, then he lined a two-out, run-scoring single in the sixth inning. The Tigers finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning on Grayson Byrd's two-run double to tie the score 2-2. After the Tigers failed to capitalize on additional scoring chances in the eighth and ninth innings, Putz led off the 10th inning with a single, the Fighting Irish's only hit in the frame, on an 0-2 pitch and scored on a one-out infield error, then Notre Dame plated another run on a grounder in the infield.
The Tigers play College of Charleston in two midweek games at two different sites, beginning with a game at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday at 6 p.m.


The 43rd edition of CIFF drew to a close on 31st March, with the fair's organiser reporting the largest number of exhibitors, visitors and events to date – plus a marked improvement in product design and exhibitor satisfaction.
Canton (or Guangzhou in Chinese) is China's third largest city, the capital of Guangdong Province, and a flourishing commercial centre.
The biggest Export Furniture Exhibition (EFE) to date took place from 9-12th March at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) in the heart of Malaysia's capital.
The annual Export Furniture Exhibition (EFE) returns to the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) from 9–12th March.


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Q: Virtual allocation granularity and page size What are the typical values of the virtual allocation granularity and page size on Win64 platforms? That'd be SYSTEM_INFO's dwAllocationGranularity and dwPageSize.
On Win32 systems these would be 64k and 4k.
I need to know because I've designed a custom allocator based on VirtualAlloc for a Win32 application and wonder if my design choices are still valid on Win64. I have no access to a Win64 system.
Thanks in advance!

A: It is still the same, 64k and 4k on Vista x64.  Not so sure if that isn't going to change some day, the small page size is putting serious pressure on the TLB cache, degrading perf considerably for programs that allocate multi-gigabyte chunks.  I've also seen several problem reports about not being able to allocate large pages anymore at some inscrutable point during program execution.  But that's just crystal-ball staring for now.

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Details: 100 cm brass shoulder strap. Sliding closure. Nylon lining. Metallic R piece made in France.


Tarxien Rainbows signed Brazilian striker Alvaro Andre Rodrigues da Silva, known as Branquinho.
The 24-year old striker has been playing in his native country, first with America PE, Santa Cruz, Passo Fundo and last season with Linense.
This is the third Brazilian player on the books of Tarxien along with Jorge Santos Silva and Alessandro Lopes. The other foreigner is Carlos Menendez Hevia.


Melvin "Mynah Bird" Medeiros, 72, of Hilo, a retired radio personality, will be remembered in services 3 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship Gathering Place, 840 Kupulau Road, Hilo. Visitation: noon. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Barbara; sons Melvin Jr., Malcolm and Jason; brothers Theodore and Carl; and three grandchildren. Casual attire. No flowers. Updated service information for an obituary published Oct. 20.


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Bousson è una frazione del comune di Cesana Torinese, nella città metropolitana di Torino, già comune autonomo fino al 1928.

Geografia fisica

È una borgata di Cesana situata lungo il corso della Ripa, che divide il borgo in due parti. A Bousson si congiungono l'alta Val di Susa e la Val Thuras, il cui omonimo torrente confluisce nella Ripa.

Monumenti e luoghi di interesse
Nel borgo inferiore si trova la cinquecentesca chiesa parrocchiale eretta in onore della Madonna della Neve, la cui festa patronale ricorre il 5 di agosto.

Nel piccolo borgo superiore si trovano invece la suggestiva chiesetta del Santo Spirito e la casa delle lapidi, un edificio caratterizzato da una particolare ornamentazione che è stata oggetto di vari studi da parte di archeologi e storici dell'arte.

Appena fuori dal paese, sulla strada verso Sauze di Cesana, si trova una caserma degli Alpini, già sede fino al 1953 della Guardia alla Frontiera. A monte di Bousson si trova il SIC/ZSC denominato Cima Fournier e Lago Nero (cod.IT1110058).

Cultura

Bousson ha fatto da set per alcune scene finali del film Benvenuto Presidente!, girato nel 2013.

Note

Bibliografia
 Progetto Tesori d'Arte e Cultura alpina, Itinerari di arte religiosa alpina, Valle di Susa, Borgone Susa 2009
 Progetto Tesori d'Arte e Cultura alpina, Itinerari di Cultura e Natura alpina, Valle di Susa, Borgone Susa 2010
 Progetto Tesori d'Arte e Cultura alpina, Itinerari di Cultura e Natura alpina, Piana di Oulx e Valli di Cesana, Borgone Susa 2013

Altri progetti

Frazioni di Cesana Torinese
Comuni della provincia di Torino soppressi

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« back to article: Are Minnesota Teams Cursed?
The Brewers have been in existence nearly as long (41 years) as the Vikings (49 years). Yet, for the most part, I do not see the same fatalism and angst from Brewer fans, even though the Brewers have the second-longest drought among all baseball teams who have never won a World Series. Perhaps this is due to the difference in Upper Midwestern passion for baseball and football. Perhaps this is from the smaller Brewer fan base. Perhaps this is from the lack of heartbreaking losses that Brewer fans have experienced.
Whatever the reasons, Minnesota fans like me, plus long-suffering Brewer fans, can at least be thankful we are not from a fandom even more deserving of sympathy than ours: Cleveland sports fans. The pro sports teams of Cleveland have not won a championship since the Browns' NFL title in 1964 – two seasons before the "modern" era of the Super Bowl. On top of their 46-year drought, the city has had to endure stomach-punch losses by the Browns (The Drive and The Byner Fumble in the mid-80s), the abandonment of the Cavaliers by LeBron James (and the loss of his ex-team's best chance at a championship), and the postseason futility of the Indians, including a World Series Game 7 they gave away in the bottom of the 9th to an expansion team from Florida.
We Wisconsin and Minnesota fans look at that track record and realize our collective situation is not so bad. Wisconsin fans have Packer Super Bowl wins, and even a Bucks title in the early 70s. Minnesota fans have the Twins' wins in 1987 and 1991. Our college hockey teams have won it all in the last decade. For that matter, the Twins pushed back against my fatalism the other night with an extra inning win following a late blown lead that I assumed would lead to a loss (and what happens when you assume?).
Life as a Minnesota sports fan will, barring a sea change in the rate of success, likely remain difficult. I occasionally envy the Wisconsin sports fan, though I should know better. Relatively speaking, I'm doing fine. As the Red Sox showed, hope is always present. Even for the Vikings. A bit.


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The realignment of European voters and parties over cultural values is transforming political competition
Over the past 40 years, both citizen and party elite opinions on economic and cultural issues have shifted, with increasing cultural cleavages gaining particular significance. Russell J Dalton demonstrates how these changes are transforming current European party competition and electoral dynamics.
Picture: European Parliament, via a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence
In the classic American movie, Back to the Future, the main characters time travel back three decades to change their future. In a new book, Political Realignment, I travelled back to the 1970s (via data analyses) to track how the politics of the 1970s led to the political future we are witnessing today. The past evolutionary realignment of European party systems – for both voters and parties – suggests the future course for electoral politics.
The first European Parliament direct elections in 1979 occurred as the member states were confronting some of the social changes arising from neo-liberal economic policies and globalisation. In addition, new cultural issues on environmentalism and social equality were entering the political agenda.
I used a statistical method (PCA) with a survey of Candidates for the European Parliament (CEPs) to measure party elite positions along an economic issue dimension and a cultural issue dimension. Economic issues dealt with the role of government and the representation of class interests. Cultural issues included abortion rights, nuclear power, terrorism and military defence.
Figure 1 maps party positions in the EU9 member states in 1979. The traditional Left-Right economic cleavage is clearly apparent. The conservative parties (in black), such as the British Conservatives and French RPR, are to the right on the economic cleavage, while the Labour and Social Democratic parties (in red) are to the left of centre, although only slightly so.
Figure 1: Parties in the cleavage space, 1979
Source: Candidates for the European Parliament survey, 1979.
Note: Figure entries are party elites' mean scores; each bubble reflects the party's 1979 vote share.
On the cultural cleavage, elites in Labour/Social Democratic parties already lean toward liberal cultural positions. This probably arose as an appeal for liberal middle-class voters, but also reflects elites' own affluent, highly educated and middle-class views. Indeed, elites in most large leftist parties are more liberal on cultural issues than many of their own supporters. In contrast, religious parties (in blue), such as the Italian Christian Democrats and the German CDU, are the clearest representatives of cultural conservatism.
A parallel survey of European citizens shows that social groups in this two-dimensional space reflect traditional group alignments. The economic dimension is anchored by social class: professionals, executives and business owners are economic conservatives, while the working class leans toward the left. In contrast, most social groups, with the exception of the religious/secular divide, only modestly differ on the cultural cleavage. These patterns are my baseline for studying electoral change.
Next stop, 1994
By 1994, the forces of social modernisation were reshaping European party systems (Figure 2). New Green parties are vocal advocates of progressive cultural values. However, the progressive drift of Labour/Social Democratic elites overlaps with Green parties. Indeed, Labour/SD elites are generally more culturally liberal than economically liberal. Many Conservative and Christian Democratic parties had moderated their cultural positions on issues, such as divorce and women's rights reforms, to appeal to some liberalising middle-class voters.
This shift by the traditional Left and Right parties toward cultural liberalism created a political void, and even by 1994 new parties were representing this constituency. The French National Front, the Belgian National Front, and similar parties gave voters a clear culturally conservative choice. As new political contenders, the extreme positions and their populist style of far-right parties probably helped them to mobilise new support.
At the same time, the established parties seem to locate the same relative positions on the economic cleavage as 15 years earlier. The Left is represented primarily by Labour/SD parties, as communist parties declined after the fall of the Soviet Union. Liberal and conservative parties persisted in their economic conservatism. Elites in far-right parties generally held centrist economic positions to attract voters of all economic views.
Source: Candidates for the European Parliament survey, 1994 (EU9).
Our time machine then moves us forward another 15 years to 2009 and a new CEP survey. The number of parties and their political diversity has expanded. If anything, the economic cleavage is more distinct – perhaps because of the 2008 financial crisis. Now liberal parties (yellow) and traditional conservative parties are counterbalanced by reformed/post-communist parties on the extreme left (speckled red). Most Labour/Social Democratic parties are positioned near the centre of the economic cleavage not far from traditional conservative parties.
The cultural cleavage also distinctly structures party choices. Green parties define the liberal cultural pole, intermixed with Labour/SD parties. Many established conservative and Christian Democratic parties also moderated their views on cultural issues. These developments expanded a political void in the party space, which opened the potential for far-right cultural parties (brown). This has become even more apparent in subsequent elections.
Social groups also realigned their positions in this political space between 1979 and the 2009 European Election Study. Class differences on the traditional economic issues narrowed over time. A recent study of British trends finds a similar class realignment from the 1960s to the present.
An even starker realignment involves social groups on the cultural cleavage. Professionals, executives and managers are now the vanguard of cultural liberalism, while business owners and the working class adopted conservative cultural positions. Equally striking, small educational differences on the cultural cleavage evolved into a very large education gap by 2009. Moreover, the highly educated and professional occupations have grown in size, while the less educated and the working class decreased. Age groups also polarised along the cultural cleavage with younger Europeans gravitating toward liberal cultural views. Thus, the traditional class and socio-economic alignments that once structured European party systems no longer exist.
Electoral politics is an interaction between citizens' political demands and the supply of political choices offered by the parties. Two main forces generated party realignments across Europe. First, as political power shifted from labour to capital and from the working class to the well-educated and professional middle class, Labour/Social Democratic parties realigned their positions towards the economic centre and liberal cultural policies. This distanced these parties from their traditional working-class base. Established conservative parties shifted towards even more conservative economic policies and moderated their cultural positions.
Second, new Green parties strengthened a progressive cultural agenda. Eventually, far-right parties formed to oppose this progressive agenda and articulate an alternative programme. My book argues that far-right parties and their voters reflect a backlash to the forces of modernisation that have transformed Europe since the postwar era.
What came first, did political elites realign their positions and thereby redefine the lines of political competition – or were voter blocs already shifting their political values and the (old and new) parties supplied them with representation? Both options are probably true to a degree, but I lean more toward the latter explanation.
The economic and cultural dimensions comprise important policy concerns, engrained in social groups, and now represented by distinct party choices. My time travels showed that the cultural cleavage has become more central than economics in structuring citizens' political thinking, electoral choices, and party representation linkage. I expect contemporary party systems will continue responding to both political forces.
The current party space thus offers dramatically more political choice for voters. A diverse party system might increase the representation of citizen policy views, but it also creates challenges for political parties. Election strategies become more complex and less predictable in a multidimensional competition. The volatility of electoral results and increased fluidity of voter choice are likely to continue. More parties in parliaments make coalition formation and governing more difficult. This is the new political reality for parties and governments.
Finally, a puzzle remains. If social modernisation promotes progressive values, why is there heightened opposition on cultural issues today? Data from the American National Election Studies, for example, show a growth in modernising values since the 1980s, at the same time as these values become more polarising in vote choice. Even before the 2008 recession and the 2015 refugee crisis, far-right parties and hard-left populism tapped into a backlash to rapid political change that left some parts of society underrepresented. If politicians exploit these tensions for personal or partisan advantage, as some are doing today, this will harm the democratic process. But if these disruptions prompt necessary political reform and a wider representation of citizen opinions, democracies and their citizens will benefit.
This article represents the views of the author, and not those of Democratic Audit. It draws on his book, Political Realignment: Economics, Culture, and Electoral Change (Oxford University Press: 2018).
Russell J Dalton is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.
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Interesting piece but I fail to grasp the conclusion. This is what it says: "If politicians exploit these tensions for personal or partisan advantage, as some are doing today, this will harm the democratic process. But if these disruptions prompt necessary political reform and a wider representation of citizen opinions, democracies and their citizens will benefit."
What does that mean? All political parties "exploit" issues for partisan advantage – you have only to look at the Democrats over confirmation of Kavanaugh. Or the various groups in the UK making clear that they will vote down the potential Brexit plan, on openly stated partisan grounds.
And "for personal reasons"? What is that in politics if not an expression of your personal beliefs? Or are we talking cash and cars and yachts?
If the author is saying that those challenging (like the Socialists say 100 years ago) must keep quiet and try not to campaign or be visible, then the horse has bolted; the old elite has repeatedly smeared and lied about challengers to such a degree that the new diverse politics will not put up with the crony capitalism and the tired political class with its seats reserved on the google jet. If you want power you have to be as firm about it as the old elite clinging on. It is surely they who are damaging and besmirching democracy with endless lies and misrepresentations and fearmongering to the electorate over new and diverse forces. Using the media and tame journalists to smear and plant fake news.
One person's "exploit the tensions" is another person's campaigning and route to power. If we do not approve of someone's views, this does not mean that they are doing it all for some nefarious reason and that their possible success witll "damage democracy". That has been damaged by the old elite already – and anyway, this is what almost all middle class commentators said 100 years about the left and socialism – 'rabblerousers…envy…populists…evil". The list of their splenbetic energy on the subject could fill a book (and did).


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package pp.block4.cc.cfg;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import org.antlr.v4.runtime.ANTLRInputStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CommonTokenStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.ParserRuleContext;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.TokenStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTree;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTreeProperty;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTreeWalker;
import pp.block4.cc.ErrorListener;
import pp.block4.cc.cfg.FragmentParser.*;

/** Template top-down CFG builder. */
public class TopDownCFGBuilder extends FragmentBaseListener {
	/** The CFG being built. */
	private Graph graph;

    private ParseTreeProperty<Node> entrances = new ParseTreeProperty<>();
    private ParseTreeProperty<Node> exits = new ParseTreeProperty<>();

	/** Builds the CFG for a program contained in a given file. */
	public Graph build(File file) {
		Graph result = null;
		ErrorListener listener = new ErrorListener();
		try {
			CharStream chars = new ANTLRInputStream(new FileReader(file));
			Lexer lexer = new FragmentLexer(chars);
			lexer.removeErrorListeners();
			lexer.addErrorListener(listener);
			TokenStream tokens = new CommonTokenStream(lexer);
			FragmentParser parser = new FragmentParser(tokens);
			parser.removeErrorListeners();
			parser.addErrorListener(listener);
			ProgramContext tree = parser.program();
			if (listener.hasErrors()) {
				System.out.printf("Parse errors in %s:%n", file.getPath());
				for (String error : listener.getErrors()) {
					System.err.println(error);
				}
			} else {
				result = build(tree);
			}
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return result;
	}

	/** Builds the CFG for a program given as an ANTLR parse tree. */
	public Graph build(ProgramContext tree) {
		this.graph = new Graph();
		new ParseTreeWalker().walk(this, tree);
		return this.graph;
	}

    @Override
    public void enterDecl(DeclContext ctx) {
        entrances.get(ctx).addEdge(exits.get(ctx));
    }

    @Override
    public void enterPrintStat(PrintStatContext ctx) {
        entrances.get(ctx).addEdge(exits.get(ctx));
    }

    @Override
    public void enterProgram(ProgramContext ctx) {
        Node node = new Node(0, "Program");
        for (StatContext s : ctx.stat()) {
            Node childentry = addNode(s, s.getText() + "<entry>");
            Node childexit = addNode(s, s.getText() + "<exit>");
            entrances.put(s, childentry);
            exits.put(s, childexit);
            node.addEdge(childentry);
            node = childexit;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void enterWhileStat(WhileStatContext ctx) {
        Node entrance = entrances.get(ctx);
        Node exit = exits.get(ctx);
        Node whilestat = addNode(ctx.stat(), ctx.stat().getText() + "<entry>");
        Node whileexit = addNode(ctx.stat(), ctx.stat().getText() + "<exit>");
        entrances.put(ctx.stat(), whilestat);
        exits.put(ctx.stat(), whileexit);
        entrance.addEdge(whilestat);
        entrance.addEdge(exit);
        whileexit.addEdge(entrance);
    }

    @Override
    public void enterIfStat(IfStatContext ctx) {
        Node entrance = entrances.get(ctx);
        Node exit = exits.get(ctx);
        Node ifentry = addNode(ctx.stat(0), ctx.stat(0).getText() + "<entry>");
        Node ifexit = addNode(ctx.stat(0), ctx.stat(0).getText() + "<exit>");
        entrance.addEdge(exit);
        entrances.put(ctx.stat(0), ifentry);
        exits.put(ctx.stat(0), ifexit);
        if (ctx.stat(1) == null) {
            entrance.addEdge(ifentry);
            ifexit.addEdge(exit);
        } else {
            Node elseEntry = addNode(ctx.stat(1), ctx.stat(1).getText() + "<entry>");
            Node elseExit = addNode(ctx.stat(1), ctx.stat(1).getText() + "<exit>");
            entrances.put(ctx.stat(1), elseEntry);
            exits.put(ctx.stat(1), elseExit);
            entrance.addEdge(ifentry);
            ifexit.addEdge(exit);
            elseExit.addEdge(exit);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void enterBlockStat(BlockStatContext ctx) {
        Node node = entrances.get(ctx);
        Node exit = exits.get(ctx);
        for (StatContext s : ctx.stat()) {
            Node blockEntry = addNode(s, s.getText() + "<entry>");
            Node blockExit = addNode(s, s.getText() + "<exit>");
            entrances.put(s, blockEntry);
            exits.put(s, blockExit);
            node.addEdge(blockEntry);
            node = blockExit;
        }
        node.addEdge(exit);
    }

    @Override
    public void enterAssignStat(AssignStatContext ctx) {
        entrances.get(ctx).addEdge(exits.get(ctx));
    }

    /** Adds a node to he CGF, based on a given parse tree node.
	 * Gives the CFG node a meaningful ID, consisting of line number and
	 * a further indicator.
	 */
	private Node addNode(ParserRuleContext node, String text) {
		return this.graph.addNode(node.getStart().getLine() + ": " + text);
	}

	/** Main method to build and print the CFG of a simple Java program. */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		if (args.length == 0) {
			System.err.println("Usage: [filename]+");
			return;
		}
		TopDownCFGBuilder builder = new TopDownCFGBuilder();
		for (String filename : args) {
            URI path = null;
            try {
                path = TopDownCFGBuilder.class.getResource(filename).toURI();
            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            if (path == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException();
            }
			File file = new File(path);
			System.out.println(filename);
			System.out.println(builder.build(file));
		}
	}
}

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namespace Tempest {

class LineEdit : public Tempest::AbstractTextInput {
  public:
    LineEdit();

    void  setText(const char* text) override;
    using AbstractTextInput::setText;
    using AbstractTextInput::text;

    using AbstractTextInput::setFont;
    using AbstractTextInput::font;

    using AbstractTextInput::setTextColor;
    using AbstractTextInput::textColor;

    Tempest::Signal<void()> onEnter;

  protected:
    void keyDownEvent  (Tempest::KeyEvent &event) override;
    void keyRepeatEvent(Tempest::KeyEvent &event) override;

  private:
    void filterAndSetText(const char* src);
  };

}


Chambers are pleased to announce that Ricky Powell has joined chambers following successful completion of his third six pupillage. Ricky has broad common law experience across numerous areas practice areas. He is particularly experienced in property disputes and personal injury claims. He also has experience of other areas of work including clinical negligence, insolvency matters, commercial disputes and employment.


Seoul-based architectural studio MOON HOON often raises questions like 'Why so serious? Why not laugh more?'. Their effusive and quirky architectural design of Visang House is a response to these questions. One end touches the ground, while the other end stands straight into the sky, nearly like an inchworm. The angled, monumental volume occupies the long plot and presents a new way of creating space. This house is full of small but varied places, and theatre-like stages where it is possible to enjoy movies at a little terrace outside the bedroom.


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Liverpool keen on Wolfsburg's Josip Brekalo
Liverpool have been linked with a move for the Wolfsburg winger Josip Brekalo.
According to calciomercato, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, AC Milan and Roma are keen on signing the player as well and it will be interesting to see where he ends up.
The 22 year old Croatian has had an impressive season with the German outfit and he has four goals and four assists to his name in all competitions.
The Reds could definitely use some depth in the wide areas and the signing of Brekalo would be a wise move. He's unlikely to cost a lot of money and he could replace the likes of Xherdan Shaqiri in the squad next season.
The Swiss winger has been heavily linked with a move away from the Merseyside outfit after failing to hold down a regular starting berth.
Brekalo can play on either flank and he will add pace and flair to the Reds attack.
However, it will be interesting to see if the 22 year old is willing to take up a backup role at Liverpool next season.
It is highly unlikely that he will start ahead of Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
Brekalo needs to play regularly at this stage of his career in order to continue his development and a move to Liverpool might not be ideal for him.
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An overview of investigational new drugs for treating ankylosing spondylitis
Daniel Wendling
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 2016, 25 (1): 95-104
INTRODUCTION: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic condition. Pharmacological treatment relies on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (in case of peripheral involvement) and anti-TNF agents in case of inadequate response. To date, there are no alternate options, and about 30% of the patients do not adequately respond to anti-TNF therapy.
AREAS COVERED: This overview is based on recent publications and programmed studies. The author provides the reader with an overview of AS, its current management and provide details of novel insights into the disorder. From there, the authors highlight novel treatments under investigation before providing their expert opinion on the field.
EXPERT OPINION: The first results with biodrugs targeting the IL-23/Th17 pathway are encouraging, and secukinumab will likely be available in the forthcoming years to treat AS. Other targets may be evaluated in this axis. The author believes that additional head-to-head studies are needed find the place of these new drugs in AS treatment strategies. Further studies are also needed to better evaluate their long-term outcome and safety.
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Verizon Communications has donated more than $50,000 to President Barack Obama's re-election effort during the 2011-2012 cycle. Reuters
Twenty-six Fortune 500 corporations paid no U.S. federal income tax between 2008 and 2011, despite bringing in billions in profits and receiving huge subsidies from the federal government, according to a report released this week by the nonprofit advocacy group Citizens for Tax Justice, or CTJ.
Last year alone, 24 of the 30 multinational companies analyzed by CTJ paid effective tax rates under 4 percent, far below the federal statutory rate of 35 percent. Overall, the effective tax rate paid by the companies in question during the four-year period was -3.1 percent on a combined $205 billion in U.S. profits.
The companies analyzed by CTJ include some of the biggest corporate names in the U.S., most of which have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the elected officials responsible for the tax policies allowing them to pay those small tax rates on their profits.
Following is a look at the five most profitable companies on the CTJ list and the top five federal political candidates or incumbents who have benefited from the backing of each of the companies' employees and political action committees during the 2011-2012 election cycle. The contribution figures are drawn from publicly available data at the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org.
The global broadband and telecommunications company raked in about $19.8 billion in profits between 2008 and 2011 while paying a negative effective tax rate of -3.8 percent.
Top recipients: President Barack Obama, $51,493; Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., $24,450; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., $23,700; House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, $22,500; Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., $15,000.
The conglomerate -- whose CEO is currently the chair of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness -- paid a negative -18.9 percent effective tax rate on $19.6 billion in profits.
Top recipients: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, $53,750; Obama, $30,493; Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., $23,900; Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., $21,860; Rep. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., $19,750.
Boeing Co.
The aerospace and defense corporation paid a negative -5.5 percent effective tax rate on $14.8 billion in profits.
Top recipients: Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., $31,750; Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., $25,000; Former Sen. George Allen, R-Va., $23,500; Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., $23,125; Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., $20,986.
American Electric Power Co. Inc.
The Ohio-based electric-utility company paid a negative -6.4 percent effective tax rate on $8.2 billion in profits.
Top recipients: Boehner, $34,750; Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, $34,050; Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, $21,700; Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., $19,750; Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, $18,450.
The electric-utility company paid a negative -8.4 percent effective tax rate on $6 billion in profits.
Top recipients: Obama, $6,250; Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., $5,000; Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., $5,000; Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., $5,000; Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., $3,500.
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Twice last week, I came across posts in two different private social media groups where people in the writing business had experienced rudeness from novice writers submitting work. Now, I'm not going to share any specific details, because they are private groups.
But there's no excuse for rudeness at any time, and it made me realise how some novice writers still don't understand that writing is a business. It's all about professional, business relationships, and for those relationships to function successfully there needs to be respect (on both sides).
There's still a lot of the business that relies upon unsolicited submissions: writing short stories for magazines, submitting a non-fiction book proposal or a novel to a publisher, or approaching an agent.
When it comes to unsolicited submissions, writers are at the whim of those to whom they've submitted. It can be immensely frustrating waiting for someone to read your work and respond. I know. I've been there!
The problem with unsolicited submissions is that they're not usually the highest priority. Publishing businesses have their existing writers, clients and suppliers to focus on first. Unsolicited work gets read and assessed when there is the time to do it – and there's not a lot of that. That's why many publishers of novels now no longer accept unsolicited material. They just don't have the time to read them, and it often involves a lot of work for, ultimately, very little return.
The constant waiting can be soul destroying for writers, which is why some then lose patience and chase up a decision. And there's nothing wrong with that. Indeed, for time sensitive material it may be necessary to enquire as to the outcome of a submission.
So chasing for a decision isn't necessarily wrong. But it's how you chase.
Respect the fact that any reputable publishing business accepting unsolicited material will not charge for reading your work. The actual reading and assessing of material does not generate an income. And all businesses need to generate an income in order to survive. Unsolicited submissions are a cost to the writing business.
Respect the fact that what you submit now may be rejected, but a future unsolicited submission may be just what they're looking for. So your behaviour when you do chase may influence whether that publishing business is willing to look at any work you submit in the future.
Respect the fact that the publishing business is fluid. Staff and personnel move around to further their careers and gain broader experience. Being rude to someone at one business may have consequences for you later, if they may move on to another business that you approach in the future.
So the next time you are frustrated at not hearing about a submission you made months ago, just remember to be business-like in your communication. Appreciate that the publishing business is busy. Explain if there's a legitimate reason, such as topicality, for getting in touch. A polite, respectful approach should result in a polite, respectful response. Be rude and … well, you only deserve what you get in return.


1. Does dignity help overcome indignity? Why? How?
2. Does respect help outweigh disrespect?
3. Does equality help supplant inequality?
4. Does humanity help reduce humiliation?
5. Does peace help dignify conflict?
6. Does cooperation help cure egoism?
7. Does confidence help salvage despair?
8. Does forgiveness help offset anger?
9. Does faith help alleviate hardship?
10. Does responsibility help defeat dishonesty?
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External influences on Europe's air quality: Baseline methane, carbon monoxide and ozone from 1990 to 2030 at Mace Head, Ireland
R. G. Derwent; P. G. Simmonds; S. J. O'Doherty; D. Stevenson; W. Collins; Sanderson, M. G.; Johnson, C. E.; Dentener, F.; Cofala, J.; Mechler, R.; Amann, M.
Atmospheric Environment, Volume 40, Issue 5, p.844 - 855 (2006)
3-D CTM, Air quality, Ozone precursors, tropospheric ozone
A global 3-D chemistry-transport model STOCHEM has been employed to study trends in the mole fractions of methane, carbon monoxide and ozone in baseline air masses entering Europe from the Atlantic Ocean over the period from 1990 to 2030. With a range of emission scenarios for man-made ozone precursor emission sources available, a wide range of model trends were predicted for the period up to 2030. In the scenario based on current planned air pollution controls, IIASA CLE, methane shows a strong upward trend, ozone shows a weaker upward trend, and carbon monoxide is approximately flat in baseline air masses. In one of the more pessimistic IPCC SRES scenarios, A2, all three gases show future increases. However, in the scenario based on maximum feasible emission reductions, IIASA MFR all three trace gases decline. By 2030, projected climate change reduces the growth in CH4, but has insignificant effects on baseline CO and O3 in these simulations. Global or hemispheric ozone precursor emissions and their controls exert a potentially large external influence on Europe's air quality. This influence is currently not taken into account in future European air quality policy formulation.


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Two vacancies exist on the Parish Council. If there is no call for an election the Parish Council may fill those vacancies by co-option after 30 October 2020.
Village action to slow traffic speed
January 23, 2017 by Richard Crighton
The Parish Council has been working with local volunteers and Gloucestershire County Council to reduce traffic speed along the A4136 through Staunton following the publication of its recent Road Safety Strategy.
The County Council presented us with a special road sign in late 2016, known as a 'speed indicative device,' which alerts drivers by flashing up the speed of their vehicle as it approaches. The parish council will be able to move the sign to different locations around the village and its presence already seems to be having an impact on traffic speed.
County Councillor Paul McMahon, who was instrumental in securing the funding for the sign said, "I'm glad I could use some of my highways local funding to help tackle speeding concerns in the village of Staunton, and I think the new vehicle activated road sign will make a big difference."
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Written by a mix of established and rising stars in school politics, policy, law, finance, and reform this comprehensive Handbook provides a three part framework that helps organize this relatively new and loosely organized field of study. A central theme running through the book is how to harness politics to school equity and improvement.
Thematic Discussions – detailed discussions of key topics in educational politics are organized by themes and competing perspectives. The overarching themes are 1) the goals of the U.S. political system (justice, equity, opportunity, efficiency and choice); 2) the means and resources for reaching these goals; and 3) the political behaviors and compromises that seek to mitigate ideological differences and conflicts of interest.
Research Oriented – in addition to summarizing the latest research connected to key topics, each chapter exemplifies and reports on the methods and techniques for further exploration of these topics.
Reform Oriented – throughout the book and especially in the summarizing chapter, authors provide suggestions for improving the political behaviors of key educational groups and individuals: unions, superintendents, politicians, school boards, teachers, and parents.


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Zitat: Thomas Brendel, Michael Naderhirn, Luigi del Re, Ch. Schwaminger, "Improving the reproducibility and control accuracy of TMF experiments with high temperature transients" , in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), in Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of Materials, Vol. 4, Nummer ASTM STP 1428, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 9-2002
Original Titel: Improving the reproducibility and control accuracy of TMF experiments with high temperature transients
Original Kurzfassung: Different approaches will be presented to minimize control deviations in the case of TMF experiments with high temperature transients (10K/s and higher). An empirically derived algorithm calculates a modified function of the temperature command variable on the basis of the recorded control deviations. In a second approach, a two-zone model of the plant is used for control design. The model is first used to design a "soft" PI controller for generating a robust starting output profile, which is used as a basic input reference profile. The remaining error is minimizes by a "fast" PI controller. A third controller approach is realized by determination of an inverse model and its use to determine an "ideal" profile of the command variable as a reference input profile.
Englischer Titel: Improving the reproducibility and control accuracy of TMF experiments with high temperature transients
Englische Kurzfassung: Different approaches will be presented to minimize control deviations in the case of TMF experiments with high temperature transients (10K/s and higher). An empirically derived algorithm calculates a modified function of the temperature command variable on the basis of the recorded control deviations. In a second approach, a two-zone model of the plant is used for control design. The model is first used to design a "soft" PI controller for generating a robust starting output profile, which is used as a basic input reference profile. The remaining error is minimizes by a "fast" PI controller. A third controller approach is realized by determination of an inverse model and its use to determine an "ideal" profile of the command variable as a reference input profile.
Journal: Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of Materials
Veröffentlicher: ASTM International
Verlagsanschrift: West Conshohocken, PA
Number: ASTM STP 1428
Autoren: Thomas Brendel, Michael Naderhirn, Luigi del Re, Ch. Schwaminger


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WordPress, as CMS, let's you register default header image for your built in WordPress themes. However, will it also allow you to add multiple default header image support for your built in WordPress project too? Well it does and here we will learn about how to register multiple default header image in WordPress.
What is header image in WordPress?
Well if you have followed up our previous tutorials then, you may already know that the header image is the main image for your site, which can better brand out your site. You can also use it to link to your own site or if needed, to other site as required for your site need.
Header image in WordPress has many features builtin within it. As we have already described about how to add header image support in WordPress as well as default header image support too, now here we will discuss about how to add or register multiple default header image in WordPress, shall we?
From the above code as in previous article, we have added the theme support for header image as well as registering the default header image for that theme too via the 'default-image' parameter. Also, if you do not want those default values to be overwritten for same to add the custom header theme support then, you can only use the code: add_theme_support( 'custom-header' ); for same.
Now, since you know about the basic on adding default header image support within your theme, now let's move ahead and learn about how to register multiple default header image in WordPress, shall we?
How to register multiple default header image in WordPress?
Now, since you know on adding default header image as from our previous article or from above hence here we will continue on learning to register multiple default header image in WordPress. For this, WordPress has provided you with the function register_default_headers() from which you can add more default header images as needed. Hence lets move ahead and do the same as needed, shall we?
In which, you need to modify the url, thumbnail_url and description as needed pointing to the required image file as well as required description for that image. After doing out those changes now, you can utilize different header image for the same theme built in for WordPress within your site. Now, let's move ahead and see the outcome for same, shall we?
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No cheering in the press box. It's the first rule of sports writing. But there I was in the area of the Saint Louis Clubhouse reserved for media April 30, applauding heartily when Marcus Mariota's name was called as the second pick in the NFL Draft, by the Tennessee Titans, and reaching out to offer congratulations and shake hands with Jeff "Hawk" Hawkins, director of football operations at the University of Oregon.
Marcus, you see, I've come to take personally, in a way no other story has affected me in my career. Partly, it's that I'm an Oregon alum and love my Ducks. Mostly, it's having gotten to know Marcus and his parents Toa and Alana, a Kapaa High grad.
It started in October 2012 when I interviewed them before flying up to Eugene to interview Marcus for a MidWeek cover story. With their help, I set out to write the definitive story on Marcus (Google "mariota midweek chapman"). That's where the oft-repeated story of his fourth-grade essay at Nuuanu Elementary, in which he wrote he wanted to play in the NFL, got its start. It's one of many details from that cover story that have been borrowed but never quoted by other media. Apparently, there is no such thing as plagiarism on national TV. But it's OK — in a way I was still telling Marcus' story.
There's also this: In this business, you quickly develop a rather sensitive B.S.-ometer. Marcus is genuine. You can trust what he says.
And there's this:Whether it's sports or music or any other endeavour, greatness leaps out, and journalists are as drawn to it as fans.
The draft's timing on April 30 was, well, daft. It was April 28, 2012, that Marcus had his national breakout in Oregon's intrasquad spring game on ESPN, giving us a glimpse of what might be possible. So in just three years and two days, he went from unknown to the No. 2 pick in the draft.
Oregon media, I'm told by friends up there, was as wall-to-wall in its coverage of Marcus and the draft as Hawaii media. He has, in a way, elevated people in both states.
I've seen and sensed what a great young man Marcus is. That was on display again on draft day as he stood and amiably greeted (with lei up to his ears), each of the hundreds of friends, family and former teachers, coaches and teammates who were invited to the draft day party. Having touched and inspired every life there, he was now reaching out to shake hands, chatting and posing for photos and throwing his arms around shoulders, gracious and smiling all the while.
When at last I had a moment with him, I reminded him of our first meeting in the fall of 2012.
"It's amazing what you've done since then," I said.
"It's been crazy, unbelievable," he said.
Believe it. And believe that he's just scratching the surface of his greatness, both on and off the field.
"Thanks for your support," he said as I left. That's Marcus.
As those of us in Hawaii and Oregon can attest, folks in Tennessee just got lucky.


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Returning to the ring
By Nick Celario The Garden Island | Friday, March 29, 2019, 12:05 a.m.
Eric Matsuzaki / Contributed photo
"The Kauai Kid" Noa Kaho'omana hits Kory Oliver with signature move, the Dead Bird Splash, during Unify Championship Entertainment show "Hana Hou" at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu on Jan. 26.
"The Kauai Kid" Noa Kaho'omana is declared the winner over Kory Oliver during Unify Championship Entertainment show "Hana Hou" at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu on Jan. 26.
"The Kauai Kid" Noa Kaho'omana makes his way to the ring during Unify Championship Entertainment show "Hana Hou" at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu on Jan. 26.
Incredible Chris Wilde plays to the crowd during Unify Championship Entertainment show "Ascendant" at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu on Feb. 23.
Incredible Chris Wilde, right, gets a leg lock against Afa Jr. during Unify Championship Entertainment show "Hana Hou" at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu on Jan. 26.
LIHUE — A couple of pro wrestlers from Kauai will be making their return to the ring this weekend.
Noah Gusman, known by ring name "The Kauai Kid" Noa Kaho'omana, and Isaac Worth, known as Incredible Chris Wilde, will be part of Unify Championship Entertainment (UCE) show "Vindicta" on Saturday at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu.
Both Gusman and Worth said the show will feature several pro wrestling veterans such as Yoshitatsu, Taya Valkyrie and "The Samoan Stallion" Ativatu.
"Taya Valkyrie, she comes from Lucha Underground. She's been in AAA out in Mexico. Yoshitatsu used to be in WWE," Worth said.
Gusman, 27, of Kapaa, and Worth, 30, of Lihue, have done a handful of shows for UCE, which is a relatively new promotion. Shows bring crowds of about 200, they said.
"I actually did a show with them. It was during the pumpkin patch festival, which was back in, I want to say, October. That's when I got this scar right here," Gusman said, pointing to his forehead. "I threw the guy into the corner. He moved, and my body folded over the turnbuckle and my head hit the ring pole."
The two pro wrestlers couldn't share much details of the upcoming show per UCE policy, they said.
"Every time I go out there is definitely a new experience," Worth said. "There's only maybe a couple things I do that have been consistent – certain moves that I do and things I do in the ring. But by and large, I always want to come out with something slightly different or bring a new aspect into it. This one, definitely expect the usual shenanigans."
Worth has been a pro wrestler for about a year. Gusman has wrestled for about two years.
Both have wrestled in shows on Oahu and on the mainland. The two have wrestled against each other as well.
"There's not as much of an adjustment. He knows me well, and I know him well. We just kind of naturally flow with each other. It's like, I tag him and he tags me, and we have a good time," Worth said.
Gusman added: "It's like having your set dance partner that likes to kick you everywhere and hit you everywhere."
In a previous interview with TGI, Gusman said a goal of his is to headline a show. That's yet to happen.
But in addition to that, he said he aims to one day wrestle for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
"Everything I expected, really. There's always the ups and downs in whatever you try to do – the uphill climb as well as the decline, you know? Basically, all in all, just try to do best in every aspect," Gusman said.
Worth said, at least for right now, he's not interested in wrestling for well-known promotions. He just wants to get out there and gain experience.
Among his goals is to go abroad and do shows. A few places he named are Japan and Ireland.
He described it as "chasing the muse."
"I want to travel. I want to wrestle against guys I grew up watching. I want to continue to elaborate, grow and express what I've got going on," Worth said.
Nick Celario, sports writer, can be reached at 245-0437 or ncelario@thegardenisland.com.
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Soyuz T-4 fue una misión espacial soviética tripulada realizada en una nave Soyuz T. Fue lanzada el 12 de marzo de 1981 desde el cosmódromo de Baikonur mediante un cohete Soyuz hacia la estación Salyut 6 con dos cosmonautas a bordo.

Los objetivos de la misión consistieron en hacer reparaciones en la Salyut 6 y en realizar pruebas de los sistemas de a bordo durante un vuelo tripulado y durante el acoplamiento a la Salyut 6 y varios experimentos científicos.

Tripulación
Vladimir Kovalyonok (Comandante)
Viktor Savinykh (Ingeniero de vuelo)

Tripulación de sustitución
Vyacheslav Zudov (Comandante)
Boris Andreyev (Ingeniero de vuelo)

Véase también
Soyuz T

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