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'The Pass shall Not Pass...!' - Protesters take to Streets across France after Macron drops Vaccine Passport Bombshell
Liberté! Résistance! - A Photo-Report from France
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'The Pass shall Not Pass...!'
- Protesters take to Streets across France after Macron drops Vaccine Passport Bombshell -
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Protests against
mandatory vaccines and health passes
announced by French President Emmanuel Macron
in Paris, July 14, 2021.
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Police fired tear gas at demonstrators who threw rocks and bottles, set construction equipment on fire in Paris, and picketed state buildings across France, in response to President Emmanuel Macron's vaccine and health pass moves.
Mass protests all over the country took place on Bastille Day, the anniversary of the 1789 storming of the notorious Paris dungeon that kicked off the French revolution.
In Paris, police fired tear gas to suppress the demonstrators.
Photos and video from the capital showed protesters erecting barricades from materials found at a construction site.
Some building machinery left unattended was apparently set on fire as well.
One of the observers lamented the destruction of the mechanical digger, saying that the city's ubiquitous electric scooters would have made a better pyre.
RT France's Charles Baudry captured video from Paris showing that things calmed down a bit as the afternoon wore on.
His photos from during the day showed the extent and the energy of the demonstrations.
Social media posts about the protests included the hashtags #PassSanitaire and #VaccinObligatoire, referring to Monday's announcement by Macron that healthcare workers will have to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by September 15, or face losing their jobs.
Moreover, a "health pass" to be introduced in August will limit entry to bars, restaurants, cafes and shopping centers in favor of those who've either tested negative, are fully vaccinated, or recently recovered from the virus.
Macron had previously promised there would be no vaccine mandate or health passports.
French outrage wasn't limited to Paris, either.
Videos from around the country show protests in Toulouse and Marseilles in the south, Haute-Savoie in the southeast, and Nantes in the west, among other places...
"The pass shall not pass!" was the chant of demonstrators besieging the prefecture building in Nantes.
Liberté! Résistance!
- A Photo-Report from France -
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Emergency demonstrations were held in towns and cities across France on Wednesday July 14, 2021, as the state went full-fascist in imposing bio-security dictatorship.
In a televised address on Monday evening President Emmanuel Macron announced that "vaccination" was to be compulsory for all health workers and that, furthermore,
"vaccine passports" were to be required for everyday access to public spaces ranging from cafés and restaurants to trains and buses.
While some French people were panicked into signing up for the jab so that they could continue with their usual lives and summer holidays, others reacted angrily and quickly organized protests on the public holiday marking the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution of 1789.
In the Mediterranean city of Montpellier, large numbers gathered in the central Place de la Comédie and marched through the city streets.
There was a visible Gilets Jaunes contingent, but many described themselves as first-time protesters. Health workers, including a doctor, addressed the crowd.
One carried a placard (above) declaring:
"Sack me, lock me up, I will remain free in my choices".
"Liberté!" declared the chants.
"Résistance!"
"Non au pass sanitaire!"
"We aren't scared!" the rebels shouted defiantly and they certainly now knew they were not alone.
Applauded from shop doorways and balconies, they urged onlookers to join them as they made their way to the Préfecture, the city's government building, and encircled it, setting off fireworks.
By the time the march descended on the main railway station, it was bigger than ever.
Dozens of protesters rushed into the station concourse and there were scuffles with police inside before the demo moved off again into the narrow mediaeval streets.
More protests across the country are planned for Saturday.
While the response to the Covid coup in France had up until now been relatively muted, the authorities could well have now pushed things too far.
"A state lie against citizens' freedom. Everyone on the streets!"
"For your security you are deprived of your liberties"

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EU 'confident' €100bn green transition fund will see the light
(EurActiv, 16 Dec 2019) A draft €100-billion "Just Transition Mechanism" outlined by the European Commission as part of its Green Deal last week will eventually see the light in January, EU officials have said. The amount of "fresh money" under the new fund is however expected to be limited.
Work on the detail of the fund has started after EU heads of state and governments "clearly endorsed" the European Green Deal's "vision and path" at last week's EU summit, officials said.
The Commission confirmed on Monday (16 December) that it is currently "in the process of developing its proposal" for the €100bn Just Transition Mechanism.
EU leaders have instructed the Commission to work on the funding "that will be necessary to support the transition towards climate neutrality by 2050," said Dana Spinant, the EU executive's deputy chief spokesperson.
"Work is undergoing to map how exactly this will be drafted," including the amount of private and public funding available under the new scheme, added Vivian Loonela, the EU Commission's environment spokesperson.
Leaders from the 28 EU member states endorsed the Commission's European Green Deal at a summit last week, including a flagship objective to make Europe the first climate neutral continent in the world by 2050.
But Poland abstained, saying it needed more clarity on the new sources of funding available for regions expected to be the most affected by the transition to net-zero emissions.
EurActiv, 16 Dec 2019: EU 'confident' €100bn green transition fund will see the light
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Last week I wrote about some of the challenges to successfully implementing OpenStack in the enterprise. The biggest obstacles have nothing to do with technology, but rather have to do with Governance, Processes and Skills.
Related to this topic are the Critical Success Factors, or CSFs, of your OpenStack strategy. CSFs make or break a strategy, they drive and guide an organization towards success, especially when it comes to Information Technology implementations that require cultural change.
There is always skepticism when I introduce the concept to clients, too "management consulting"… but the reality of the matter is that if you don't apply a relentless focus on the CSFs, your implementation will most probably fail.
Executive Sponsorship – Introducing such a revolutionary concept into an enterprise will only succeed if you have the blessing and support of senior executives. Not everything will go the way you expect, there will be setbacks, some larger than others, and you will need Executive support in order to overcome the challenges you will face. They force you to stay committed to the journey.
Governance – Cloud is a catalyst for breaking down cultural barriers and shattering existing fiefdoms in an organization. If you think you can bulldoze your way through years and years of legacy processes and culture, think again. You must create a Governance structure that is inclusive of all relevant lines of business, ensure that channels of communication are always open, and that the objectives are clear from the very beginning, with all participants on board to execute the common vision.
Position for Services – As you migrate to a cloud environment, where there is more automation and self-service expectation, your IT, Engineering and Operational organizations will need to shift from a linear, waterfall project-based approach to one of shared services. This is easier said than done, but it can be. Introducing DevOps processes, agile methodologies, and common shared services incrementally will enable the shift to a truly agile enterprise.
MVP– As with any new technology, one that will disrupt the status quo, you will need to show successes early and often. Don't try to boil the ocean, don't architect and build a massive cloud right out of the gates, start small, with a PoC, transition to a Pilot, run "safe" production workloads, be willing to fail in order to make the solution more resilient in the long term. A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) approach is the right way to go. There is no big bang with cloud.
KPIs – I can't stress this point enough, you need to clearly articulate the success metrics and measure early and often, to demonstrate success but also to continuously improve the processes and platforms. Not having a reference point will make it difficult for you to justify the investment that you will need to make, over and over, to senior executives. Categories typically include financial e.g. TCO, cost avoidance, IT efficiency ratio; agility e.g. cycle time, provisioning time, MTTR; and quality e.g. infrastructure availability, defect backlog.
Bottom line, don't neglect the softer aspects of your OpenStack implementation. If you want to take OpenStack mainstream, it's time to stop treating it like a science project and apply the same discipline and approach as you would to any strategic initiative.


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France Joins the Anglo-American Military Axis
Old and Duplicitous Rivals Join Forces
By Rev. Richard Skaff
Global Research, November 03, 2010
Theme: US NATO War Agenda
In the current New World Order, boundaries of countries are increasingly blurred, sovereignty of individuals and of nations are slowly eroding, critical thinking is portrayed as conspiring, and truthfulness is perceived as trouble-making. Meanwhile, unholy unions are formed and new duplicitous treaties are signed to allegedly solidify elitist friendships. At the same time low intensity wars are waged to reduce an exploding population, pillage and impoverish nations, as well as balkanize rogue states, in order to subdue them and to bring them into the global family of the multinational business community that consists of predatory financiers and economic vampires.
Ironically, the BBC announced on November 2, 2010 that Britain and France have signed treaties agreeing to an unprecedented Defense cooperation, including the creation of a joint military force, the sharing of aircraft carriers and closer nuclear research.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed two pacts in London which they said would allow both nations to remain global players while cutting Defense budgets following the financial crisis.
The 50-year deal will introduce a new joint rapid reaction force of up to 5,000 troops plus the creation of a shared nuclear testing facility while the two countries will be able to share use of their aircraft carriers by 2020. [1]. (One center will be set up in the UK to develop nuclear testing technology and another in France to carry it out. £750m will also be saved over four years on the Trident nuclear missile system by cutting the number of warheads). [2]. Sarkozy and Cameron also said that the moves will save money without undermining national sovereignty. Both London and Paris, centuries-old military rivals turned European Union allies have defended the plans, insisting that their militaries will not lose the ability to act independently. [1].
This Anglo-Franco treaty leaves the observer wondering of the true motives behind this new military interdependence? Could this unholy alliance between two duplicitous, greedy, and power hungry Britain and France be a new step toward the full integration of the UK into the European Union? Could that mean that three mortal enemies like Germany , France , and England who caused millions of deaths in the world are finally heading toward unification under one nation and under one god "the Euro" or "another global currency?" Could the United States be the silent broker behind this treaty? Is this treaty a prelude for a new imperial ambition? Stay tuned!
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11670247. Cameron and Sarkozy hail UK-France defence treaties (November 2, 2010).
Copyright © Rev. Richard Skaff, Global Research, 2010
Articles by: Rev. Richard Skaff


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New York County Judge Rules Against the Joint Trial of Asbestos Cases
Within a recent decision, Judge George Silver of Supreme Court, New York County, held that since not all asbestos plaintiffs are created equal, the joint trial of several, bundled asbestos lawsuits is not axiomatic — as the plaintiffs' bar would have it — but rather needs to be established in each individual case. In doing so, the judge struck a balance between the policy in favor or judicial economy and the defendant's right to a fair and impartial trial.
In re NYC Asbestos Litigation, 2013 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 4732, 2013 NY Slip Op 32548(U) (2013) involved a motion by seven plaintiffs to jointly try their cases together. In support of the motion, the plaintiffs alleged common modes and historical timing of asbestos exposure; similar expert witnesses; identical injury for six of them; same plaintiff's counsel, etc. The plaintiffs also claimed judicial economy would be served by trying the seven cases together. In opposition, the defendants argued joinder of the cases would not promote judicial efficiency, but rather would lead to juror confusion and an unfair trial for the following reasons: 1) The plaintiffs' worksites and occupations were dissimilar; 2) the products at issue were diverse; 3) the mode of exposure differed; 4) different time periods were in question; and 5) the diseases were not the same. Defendants further maintained that whereas an individual case takes five to twelve days to try, a joint trial such as the one at bar could take upwards of ninety days given the volume of evidence attendant to a trial of this magnitude.
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Cleveland Browns Had Meeting With Top OT Andrew Thomas
By Andy Webb April 8, 2020 @theandywebb
(Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire)
The Cleveland Browns are expected to bulk up their offensive line during the upcoming NFL Draft.
There's multiple areas of concern for Cleveland, but adding a tackle is a must for this organization.
It appears the Browns are showing interest in Georgia Bulldogs offensive tackle Andrew Thomas.
They reportedly had a pre-draft meeting with Thomas, so it appears the Browns could go after him with their No. 10 selection in the upcoming draft.
Would selecting Thomas in this spot be the best move for the future of the organization?
Georgia OT Andrew Thomas, who's widely seen as one of the best offensive tackle prospects in this class, has had FaceTime meetings with the #Browns, #Dolphins, #Jaguars, and #Jets. He also has a meeting with the #Giants upcoming this week, per source.
— Jordan Reid (@JReidNFL) April 7, 2020
Who is Andrew Thomas?
Thomas was a five-star high school recruit and a top-50 overall player before he even took the field for Georgia.
He earned Freshman All-American honors after starting 15 games at right tackle for Georgia during his first season.
He switched to left tackle his sophomore season, but that didn't slow down his play.
Thomas earned second-team Associated Press All-American and first-team All-SEC honors while playing 13 games during his second season.
His junior year was just as strong as the last two, but he did miss one game with an ankle injury in 2018.
Thomas finished off his college career by earning first-team Associated Press All-American and first-team all-conference accolades during his 2019 campaign.
It's easy to see why Thomas is looked upon as one of the best tackles in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Would Thomas Fit on the Browns?
The simple answer is that Thomas is looking like a Day 1 starter on just about every professional organization.
He earned a boatload of accolades in college and appears to be getting better each season.
He has shown he is ready for professional football and Thomas can play both right and left tackle.
That is great news for Cleveland who could use an upgrade at both tackle positions.
Thomas would be a fantastic fit in Cleveland, but it's unknown if he'll fall to the Browns at No. 10.
There's a chance 8 or 9 offensive linemen could be selected in the 1st Round of the 2020 NFL Draft, which would make it 25%-33% blockers.
* Tristan Wirfs
* Mekhi Becton
* Andrew Thomas
* Jedrick Wills
* Josh Jones
* Austin Jackson
* Ezra Cleveland
* Isaiah Wilson
* Cesar Ruiz
— Scott Wright (@DraftCountdown) April 8, 2020
Will Thomas Fall to the Browns?
While it's almost impossible to predict how the draft will play out, there is a chance that Cleveland ends up with Thomas.
The bad part is, there are other organizations ahead of Cleveland that are desperate for offensive line help as well.
The Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, and Miami Dolphins have all conducted meetings with Thomas already.
Both the Jaguars and Dolphins have their first-round selection before Cleveland.
There's a good chance that Miami waits on offensive line and takes a quarterback with the No. 5 pick.
Although, Jacksonville would be a great fit for Thomas and the organization needs a tackle desperately.
The good news is, there aren't many other organizations besides Jacksonville that would likely select Thomas before the No. 10 spot.
It sounds promising that Cleveland could land their offensive tackle for the foreseeable future, but fans will have to wait and see how the draft plays out.
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Girl, 19, left with fatal brain damage after drugged up driver ploughed into the back of car flinging her from back seat
17 Jul 2020, 1:02
Updated: 17 Jul 2020, 2:18
A COKED-up driver who took the hard drug to stay awake killed a teen after smashing in to a car on the motorway, a court has heard.
Chloe Palmer, 19, suffered a fatal brain injury after Bradley Lane, 28, lost control of his vehicle on the M1 and crashed in to a stationary Renault on the hard shoulder in Hertfordshire.
Chloe Palmer tragically died six days after the crash
Bradley Lane admitted causing the death of Chloe by his dangerous drivingCredit: sbna_fairleys
Two other young women in the car suffered serious injuries in the collision.
Chloe had been sitting in the rear of the stationary Renault Twingo when the Isuzu D-Max driven by Bradley Lane ploughed into it on November 25, 2017.
She died in hospital six days later.
A fourth woman, who had got out of the vehicle and was leaning against a metal barrier beside the car, was uninjured.
All the women had been out clubbing that night in Watford and were making their way home when the crash occurred in the early hours of Saturday close to junction 6.
St Albans Crown Court heard they had been heading north towards St Albans when the car pulled over onto the hard shoulder just south of the Bricket Wood exit.
ADMITTED DANGEROUS DRIVING
Lane, of Basildon in Essex, admitted causing Chloe's death by his dangerous driving.
He also admitted two further charges of causing serious injury to the other women by his dangerous driving.
The 19-year-old driver had been flung out of the car in the impact and suffered serious injuries.
Another young woman seated next to Chloe on the back seat suffered a head injury and an injury to the right side of her chest wall.
The court was told that Lane had admitted that the crash happened as he was driving home after working a double shift as a driver.
During that time he had taken cocaine some eight hours before the crash to help him stay awake.
The court heard the crash had occurred when tiredness eventually caught up with Lane during his drive home.
Chloe had been sitting in the rear of the stationary Renault TwingoCredit: sbna_fairleys
A loss of concentration and alertness meant he drifted across the carriageway and onto the hard shoulder colliding with the stationary car.
Judge Michael Simon, hearing the case, was told Lane had immediately admitted his guilt to police when they interviewed him.
At his first appearance before magistrates in May 2019 he had asked to be remanded in custody and since then has been held in Bedford Prison.
His barrister, Malcolm Galloway, said Lane wanted to make a heartfelt apology to the family of Chloe, who lived in Edgware, north London.
Lane said he had taken the cocaine not for recreational purposes, but for it to act as a stimulant and help him stay away as he completed a double shift as a driver.
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Passing sentence, Judge Simon told Lane he should never have got behind the wheel of his vehicle that night to drive home and said his tiredness meant he was not in a "fit state" for the journey.
He jailed Lane for 30 months and disqualified him from driving for two years.
Because of the time Lane has spent on remand, the sentence means he will be released from prison in the next few weeks.
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Measurement of the top quark mass using charged particles in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
A novel technique for measuring the mass of the top quark that uses only the kinematic properties of its charged decay products is presented. Top quark pair events with final states with one or two charged leptons and hadronic jets are selected from the data set of 8 TeV proton-proton collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. By reconstructing secondary vertices inside the selected jets and computing the invariant mass of the system formed by the secondary vertex and an isolated lepton, an observable is constructed that is sensitive to the top quark mass that is expected to be robust against the energy scale of hadronic jets. The main theoretical systematic uncertainties, concerning the modeling of the fragmentation and hadronization of b quarks and the reconstruction of secondary vertices from the decays of b hadrons, are studied. A top quark mass of 173.68±0.20(stat)+1.58−0.97(syst) GeV is measured. The overall systematic uncertainty is dominated by the uncertainty in the b quark fragmentation and the modeling of kinematic properties of the top quark.
Titolo: Measurement of the top quark mass using charged particles in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
Abstract: A novel technique for measuring the mass of the top quark that uses only the kinematic properties of its charged decay products is presented. Top quark pair events with final states with one or two charged leptons and hadronic jets are selected from the data set of 8 TeV proton-proton collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. By reconstructing secondary vertices inside the selected jets and computing the invariant mass of the system formed by the secondary vertex and an isolated lepton, an observable is constructed that is sensitive to the top quark mass that is expected to be robust against the energy scale of hadronic jets. The main theoretical systematic uncertainties, concerning the modeling of the fragmentation and hadronization of b quarks and the reconstruction of secondary vertices from the decays of b hadrons, are studied. A top quark mass of 173.68±0.20(stat)+1.58−0.97(syst) GeV is measured. The overall systematic uncertainty is dominated by the uncertainty in the b quark fragmentation and the modeling of kinematic properties of the top quark.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.092006
URL: http://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.092006
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Sunday saw Little Mummy Running complete race 4 of my 2016 5k challenges. It was also the end of the Stockton Winter 5k series. The sun was shining and although muddy in places, the route was manageable. It should have been straight forward. Chatting to my sister and Rachael, my fellow mummies running, it was far from it.
Some serious sleep deprivation (the monkeys have no clue that we need the energy to run in the morning) and a dip in personal motivation was making this a bigger mental challenge than it should be. In fact the sentence "I feel like I am about to do something terrible, not just go for a run" was used. Running is like this sometimes. It isn't easy and it isn't always fun. It is actually about what you get afterwards that motivates you to get out and run.
If you have been following my blog you will have read The Beach. I talk about the monster in my life. Always there lurking about waiting for a weak moment. For a long time I thought of the monster as something I needed to escape from. However, recently I have come to realise that it is part of me. Instead of making me weak the monster has made me stronger. Instead or exorcisng the monster I have learned to exercise with it. Like a personal trainer you don't like but who gets results.
That is how these challenges have made me feel. There have been days that are hard. Days I haven't wanted to run and days when the monster has made life in the monkey house miserable. Those are the days that I run. As soon as I get the opportunity, I lace up my trainers and go. Because if I don't then the monster will move into my home and take residence.
Sundays race for me felt amazing. With the sun shining I felt confident and motivated. Training has been different recently as I have focused on some all over body work. I run twice a week with one strength class and a Friday night Clubbercise session. It is a parent equivalent of clubbing with glow sticks. Fourty five minutes in the dark, disco lighting and classic dance tunes, followed by pajamas, a bought in curry and an early night. When the instructor shouts free style I make the most of it. The darkness gives enough freedom to start flinging myself around and pretend I am back in World Head Quarters in Newcastle in my early 20s. The only thing missing is the cosmopolitans.
Back to the race, we were ready to shake off the feeling that we were going somewhere terrible. Just a run in the park. Off the staring blocks at a comfortable pace and down to the banks of the river tees, a route I was aware of but never experienced. The monkeys rarely allow us anywhere past the play park. The sun glinting on the river was gorgeous. The course was muddy in places but not difficult to navigate. The hilly sections were also more manageable after the epic at Cowpen Bewley and the stairs at Wynyard park.
The route was a double lap and we made a steady pace which meant that we missed being lapped by the first runners. The second lap did begin to take it's toll but slowing slightly helped to keep the pace and the sunshine certainly made the difference. This race was busier than usual and some familiar faces returned. I felt included within a group of people who know that it is not about finishing times but finishing lines. The finishing line this time was a hub of enthusiasm and cheers. Those already finished calling "race to the finish" as we splodged through the last few meters. Handing over my timing chip I felt a little sad as the series drew to a close. The summer series moves races to a Thursday evening. Sadly this is Aldi shopping night (the routine of a domestic existence) and none negotiable around Mr LMR and my pockets of freedom away from work and children. I am therefore venturing to other 5k challenges.
This is when 2016 gets really interesting. The next run is the Colour obstacle run. 5k of inflatable obstacles, water fights and rainbow paint bombs. I am doing this with my siblings. Almost a full quota. My sister in law is standing in for my youngest sister Little Lady Lucious. She is more burlesque dancer than runner, it really isn't her thing. So she has been excused.
This one is a bit more personal as we are all running for Heather. My sister in law was her sister in law. Between us we want to raise more money and more awareness of Raindrops to Rainbows. The road since Heather's passing has been difficult and scattered with obstacles. The heartbreak is still raw and painful but those close to her keep going, no matter what. It is inspiring and painful all at once. Therefore, as my monster comes to the door to call me out to run again, I remember that even though some runs feel terrible, they are necessary "me time". Good for the body and soul. Once faced, it is never as terrible as you imagine. Please keep donating to keep us motivated and keep us running.


When Grahame Lesh decided to enter his high school talent show in 2003, he asked his dad, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, if he'd join him to perform the band's hippie-era anthem "Sugar Magnolia."
"I was so touched and so proud that he invited me to play with him," Phil says.
Phil, 77, and Grahame, 30, now play together regularly, anchoring the Terrapin Family Band, Phil's latest Dead-centric project that grew out of regular gigs at Terrapin Crossroads, the family's bar, restaurant and music venue in San Rafael, California.
"People ask me what it's like to play music with my son and I say, 'It's the best thing in the whole universe.' I can't even describe it," Phil says. "A lot of times when we're together we're not so much like father and son as we are just a couple of musicians."
Grahame, for his part, has tried to come at music in his own way. A self-taught guitarist who picked up the six-string at 13, Grahame grew up playing in garage bands and learning metal riffs. He now leads the country rock band Midnight North, which gigs weekly at Terrapin Crossroads and tours the country.
Grahame didn't start pursuing music seriously until the venue opened in 2011, and he had a non-music job until a few years ago. Phil and his wife, Jill, encouraged Grahame and his younger brother, Brian, to play music but never pushed it as a career path.
"By the time I started picking up guitar they were like, yeah, as long as you do something (musical) we're cool with it. ... It doesn't have to be your job or anything," Grahame says. "I'm sure they're happy that it is."
"It's so delightful that it turned out the way it did," Phil says. "Everything he's done has been entirely on his own effort. It was like a matter of policy in a way. I didn't want to push. I wanted them to be who they were. I'm so glad it didn't a skip a generation."
Grahame grew up around music, touring with the Dead as a child and, after Jerry Garcia died, with Phil Lesh and Friends. He actually saw his first show during the Dead's 1986 New Year's Eve run in Oakland, California, when he was just 2 weeks old."When he got older, he would sometimes sit on a road case behind Jerry and I think he might have internalized that heavily," Phil says.
When Terrapin Crossroads opened, Grahame started playing Dead songs regularly for the first time with his friends and his dad. The Terrapin Family Band has been through a few permutations but settled into its core lineup - with drummer Alex Koford, keyboardist Jason Crosby and guitarist Ross James - last year. They play a mix of Dead songs and classic rock covers, and even do an original, "Galilee," that Brian wrote.
The band has become Phil's most consistent group in years and has reinvigorated him enough that he's slowly returning to touring after mostly playing shows in California and New York since the Dead's farewell concerts in 2015. The Terrapin Family Band's first real tour begins Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with special guests Robert Randolph and Nicki Bluhm sitting in.
"This is pretty close to the ideal of the Grateful Dead, of each musician being like a finger on a hand, and it blends together really well," Phil says.
"I think we're playing a more energetic rendition of these songs than a lot of bands do these days, more than the Dead did, other than certain eras," Grahame says.
Maybe Phil is just a proud dad, but he's constantly impressed by Grahame's approach to music.
"The way he thinks about music and the way he strings his thoughts together, he really has a feeling for the long line," Phil says. "So he's thinking ahead and at the same time he's open to the moment when you throw all the rules out the window and you just wail. It is so enjoyable for me to play with somebody like that. If I had my druthers I'd play with him every time. Because of the way he plays. But it makes it even better because he's my son."


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"Destined to become a classic" (Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking), this harrowing memoir of life inside North Korea was the first account to emerge from the notoriously secretive country -- and it remains one of the most terrifying. Amid escalating nuclear tensions, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's other leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party state, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps for "re-education." Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of one of these camps to escape and tell his story to the world, documenting the extreme conditions in these gulags and providing a personal insight into life in North Korea. Sent to the notorious labor camp Yodok when he was nine years old, Kang observed frequent public executions and endured forced labor and near-starvation rations for ten years. In 1992, he escaped to South Korea, where he found God and now advocates for human rights in North Korea.Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this book brings together unassailable firsthand experience, setting one young man's personal suffering in the wider context of modern history, giving eyewitness proof to the abuses perpetrated by the North Korean regime.
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It's more or less inevitable that Amazon Alexa will find its way into cars. Once you get used to sitting in your house and shouting commands into the air, you'll pretty quickly find yourself wanting to do the same in your car. Apple and Google have the advantage there right now, with their voice assistants running constantly on the smartphone you already have strapped to a windshield mount. You just know Amazon wants to wiggle its way in.
For now, that means third-party accessories. This morning we saw Anker launch a little Alexa-powered box that plugs into your 12V cigarette outlet. Now, here at CES, Garmin is announcing an Alexa-powered dash cam.
Called the Garmin Speak Plus, it's actually a follow-up to a device the company launched in October of last year that shared the same name, minus the "Plus." The main difference here? It's about 80 bucks more ($149 MSRP for the Speak, or $229 for the Speak Plus,) but it has a built-in dash cam.
The Speak Plus is available for pre-order now, and should ship sometime in mid-February.


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Mindanawon lawyers: Duterte's tirade against Zarate "dangerous" for all HR lawyers and defenders
Carolyn O. Arguillas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 December) – "Dangerous."
President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration Monday night that members of the Makabayan bloc are part of a "grand conspiracy" to overthrow the government, singling out fellow Mindanawon and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate," is "dangerous (as) it can be interpreted by rogue military or police elements as open season on Congressman Zarate," said lawyer Antonio La Viña, former Dean of the Ateneo School of Government and Law professor from Cagayan de Oro.
Duterte's statements, he told MindaNews, "do not have any judicial or legal value as (they are) not based on evidence" but "from a practical point of view, it is a prejudgment by your chief enforcement official and so a violation of due process."
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate. Photo courtesy of Bayan Muna FB page
Lawyer Romeo Cabarde, one of the spokespersons of Alisto!, a citizens' platform launched Tuesday morning where citizens can report violations and abuses related to the controversial Anti-Terror Act of 2020 said the President's tirade against Zarate "is exactly what we, in Alisto!, are apprehensive about — red-tagging, red-baiting, and terrorist-tagging are sanctioned and made acceptable under the Anti-Terror Act."
"If a sitting member of the House of Representatives can be can be treated poorly in public, how much more for ordinary citizens, particularly those who do not have access to the means of defending themselves?" Cabarde told MindaNews.
"Many Mindanao farmers, workers, indigenous peoples, and Bangsamoro have found themselves in such a situation, where they are unfairly charged and their rights and safety put at risk," he said.
Lawyer Mary-Ann Arnado, Secretary-General of the Mindanao Peoples Caucus, posted on her Facebok page that Zarate, a schoolmate at the Ateneo de Davao College of Law, "is a highly respected colleague in the legal profession" who is a "consistent human rights lawyer and a hard-working, honest and incorruptible legislator."
"Every citizen is entitled to his own political beliefs and whatever color you have – red, yellow, black or blue does not turn you into a criminal or an enemy of the state. For God sake. Please go after the real security threats to this country," Arnado added.
While in Ateneo de Davao, Zarate was a member of the Tau Mu Fraternity where he was Grand Archon. He passed the bar in 1995. He has served as chair of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Davao chapter and the Union of Peoples' Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM). He is on his third term as Bayan Muna party-list representative.
In a statement, the UPLM said the "insistent red-tagging officially done by no less than the President poses a clear and present danger on the lives of Zarate and all human rights lawyers and defenders."
It recalled that a number of those who were red-tagged ended up dead: like Benjamin Ramos and Anthony Trinidad, who were among 53 lawyers, prosecutors and judges killed under the Duterte administration since 2016.
"A threat on Zarate is a grave threat on all legislators who are fulfilling their mandate and on all human rights defenders who remain true to their lawyers' oath. These threats are glaring violations of rights under our Philippine Constitution and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights," the statement read.
Duterte's declaration
During his "Talk to the People on COVID-19" Monday night, Duterte declared the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives as members of a "grand conspiracy" to overthrow the government, and said the Armed Forces of the Philippines is "very correct" in tagging them as communists. Addressing Zarate, he warned: "bantay ka sa akin" (you better watch out).
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on November 30, 2020. TOTO LOZANO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
"We are not red-tagging you. We are identifying you as members in a grand conspiracy comprising all the legal fronts that you have organized" under the National Democratic Front, Communist Party of the Philippines and New People's Army.
He described Zarate as a "komunista" who defended an oligarch, apparently referring to Zarate's active participation in the deliberations of the Joint House Committees on Legislative Franchise and Good Government" on the renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise. Zarate summed up on July 9 this year the arguments in favor of renewing the franchise. Majority of the committee members voted the next day to deny the franchise application.
The President said that whenever he sees Zarate on television, "para akong nakakita ng tae ng iro, para akong nakakita ng tae ng aso. Sa totoo lang … Bantay ka sa akin." (it's like am seeing dog's poop, it's like am seeing dog's poop. That's true…. You better watch out), Duterte warned before asking Health Secretary Francisco Duque to report on COVID-19.
Zarate ignored Duterte's insults. The UPLM said it is "beneath the UPLM to even address the (President's) heaping of personal – not fact-based – insults" on Zarate.
Zarate said what Duterte did was a "diversionary tactic" of the former mayor of this city, "purposely made to divert the issues of incompetence, continued corruption amidst wanton poverty of our people."
He said the President's move was "also calibrated to pave the way for heightened attacks that will lead to silence us and stifle the voice of dissent especially in Congress."
Last month, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, vice chair of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) told CNN Philippines that asking the Commission on Elections to disqualify the Makabayan bloc from the electoral process in 2022 is an option. In the NTF's press conference after the third Senate committee hearing on red-tagging on December 1, Esperon said: "we have firmed up our move and we will do that… you can be sure that we will go towards that direction as soon as possible." (Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)
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Mark Webster – Player Spotlight
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There must be something in the water in Scotland and I don't mean Nessy, in particular in Aberdeenshire where an upcoming GDL powerhouse by the name of Mark Webster resides.
Our writer, Ashley Calver, spent some time talking to Mark about all things darts.
"I live in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. I own a pub here and Captain The Royal Oak team. I'm actually the only Founding member of Huntly and District Darts League (HDDL) that is still actively playing in it. We have a new committee that got together a few years back and before COVID we had many big plans for our town league."
With COVID and lockdown there could have been a danger of Mark just becoming another Scottish myth or fable but unlike the famous Ghost Piper of Clanyard Bay, Mark can be seen as well as heard thanks to the platform the GDL has given him and there isn't a hairless dog in sight.
Webster broke down why he started tossing the tungsten instead of the caber and quickly added how he initially got his beginnings in the GDL "I was 14 or 15 when I first became properly interested and started throwing darts, I used to watch the BDO World Championships and wanted to play. I used to play nearly every day after school at my friend's house.
I came across GDL on Facebook, being off work because of COVID I decided I had to keep myself playing good darts, I seen the GDL and thought why not?"
Unlike the mythical Stoor Worm, Mark has been a breath of fresh air in the GDL, really producing some great darts and results along the way "I have to say my biggest achievement would have to be being in all finals of the Matchplay Qualifiers for Middle Grade. I have also won the Division 2 Statman Cup."
Having achieved so much in a relatively short time as a GDL player what else could he produce in the organisation? Recently getting moved up to the higher grade it's been a mixed bag lately but that doesn't stop Mark from being positive "I want to push on with my darts but I have to be honest and say something isn't clicking properly right now and I've not had much of a run. I recently got beat in round 1 of the first GDL Grand Prix qualifier and that was sore, after playing so well in the previous qualifiers. I take one game at a time but I'd like to be able to press on and get into a final in the Upper Grade for starters then go from there. Each win is a bonus!"
Something we probably all worry about is our practice, in terms of amount of time and routines. Mark explains what he does to improve his game "Since being back to work I train less on the board but I try and fit in at least 8 hours a week of practising, I play the Bob 27s game a-lot for practising my doubles, I also play online games on Nakka for practice."
We all have our darting heroes and perhaps sometimes model our games on them too, and it will come as no surprise that Mark's come from north of the border "Being from Huntly I have always followed our local PDC player John Henderson, but I've had the same darts for years now and they are a Gary Anderson set, a winning set is what I like to say haha. I would say that I have my own style of throw too."
Much like a Selkie, Webster can transform himself from a 'real life' player to an online player and back but has he found any difference in his playing standard from one to the other? "Being perfectly honest here I have to say that both sides I have had good success in, I won the HDDL singles in 2019 as well as The Birnie Trophy, a memorial cup we play for every year in Huntly. I was also part of the winning triple in a new cup that was played for the first time in 2019."
Being a popular and major player taking part in the GDL, Mark tell us what he thinks the future could hold for the organisation "The GDL is only going to get bigger and better. It has helped me greatly through both lockdowns and I have met some amazing people. All I can hope for is that it continues to deliver the best online darts leagues there is around."
As we know, Mark is from the Huntly District League so how does he feel having fellow league players in the GDL have helped him "I was the first one in the HDDL to play GDL, after Q1 of the Open I pestered them all to get involved. Some of the guys signed up right away, including my younger brother Neil who actually won the Q2 of Open for lower grade then got to the final of the Open Finals. He was declared runner up, I'm still waiting for my cut for getting him involved! (Haha)
One thing is for certain Mark Webster is on an upward trajectory in the GDL, a fantastic unofficial ambassador for our online darts world. Improving his own game but also inspiring others to enjoy the game, put the practice in and to work harder to compete in the Graded Darts Leagues and raises everyone's standards.
Mark is on Twitter as @markwebster11
Our writer, Ashley, is also on Twitter – his username is @ashley_calver please follow him to show your support for his great work!


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CFN Services expands European presence
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CFN Services, a leading provider of managed automated trading enablement services, announced expansion initiatives in Europe to deliver enhanced trading solutions for European financial markets participants and extend connectivity between key European and North American financial centers.
The first initiative is CFN's deployment of its Alpha Platform On-Demand, the first globally-distributed, high-performance financial markets public cloud, delivering an on-demand cloud computing environment in proximity locations in London and Frankfurt. CFN's second initiative will accelerate expansion of its core Alpha Platform low-latency connectivity, infrastructure and managed trading solutions into five additional financial hubs: Madrid, Zurich, Milan, Stockholm and Moscow. Combined, these initiatives will broaden access to CFN's single-sourced, high-performance trading solutions across European financial markets.
"Our European expansion is in direct response to our clients' needs," said Mark Casey, President and CEO, CFN Services. "As brokers, dealers and trading firms move to diversify their trading strategies, they are increasingly looking to overseas markets. Our global, low-latency networks and high-performance infrastructure will enable European market participants to grow their businesses and expand into new markets."
CFN will enhance its Alpha Platform for ultra-low-latency market data delivery and trade execution to enable the dynamic provisioning of a secure, enterprise-compliant, virtual cloud computing environment in proximity to European liquidity venues in the equities, options, futures, derivatives and the FX markets. With Alpha Platform On-Demand, clients can self-provision business-critical, front- and back-office applications on demand, supporting OMS/EMS, risk management, market data management, back-testing and clearing and settlement, while maintaining high performance, direct market access.
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Duke Energy today celebrated the ceremonial grand opening of its new 1,640-megawatt Citrus Combined Cycle Station located at the 5,100-acre Crystal River Energy Complex in Citrus County, Fla., about 85 miles north of Tampa.
More than 300 community leaders, elected officials and Duke Energy employees attended.
The station started producing energy for 4.5 million Floridians in late 2018.
Combined-cycle natural gas units generate energy more efficiently and have significantly lower emissions than coal-fired units.
By investing in the new Citrus station, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other emissions are expected to drop by 90 percent in comparison to the operation at the two 1960s-era Crystal River coal-fired units, which formally retired in December 2018.
The new station is also strategically built on the east side of its 400-acre property to protect an active bald eagle's nest, which currently has two eaglets, and wetlands that are on the west side of the property.
The Citrus station provided more than $600 million in economic benefits during construction and will provide about $13 million annually during the station's 35-year operational life.
During the height of construction, the project created about 3,000 temporary construction jobs and provided work to more than 100 companies around the world and across the U.S. and Florida. In all, crews poured about 37,000 cubic yards of concrete – equal to about six football fields filled waist deep – and installed about 475 miles of wire and cable.
The new station is expected to generate approximately $4 million in new Citrus County property taxes for 2019, benefiting schools and local governments.
About 50 full-time Duke Energy employees are operating and maintaining the station.
Since 1966, Duke Energy employees have donated their time, talent and treasure to give back to the communities and neighborhoods where they live and work.
Since 2012, Duke Energy has contributed more than $1.75 million to Citrus County through Duke Energy Foundation grants and community sponsorships.
In 2018 alone, the company provided about $125,000 in Foundation grants and community sponsorships to Citrus County organizations and an additional $103,000 to United Way of Citrus County through employee pledges and the Foundation match.
Employees also logged 2,927 volunteer hours helping nonprofit organizations advance their mission, such as removing algae from a local spring and sponsoring underprivileged children at Christmas.
The Crystal River Energy Complex is home to the new Citrus Combined Cycle Station, two operating coal-fired units – which are among the cleanest in the country – two retired coal-fired units and a decommissioning nuclear plant.
The complex also has a mariculture center that raises and then releases fish into the Gulf of Mexico and grows freshwater eelgrass, donating more than 8 million individual plants for various springs and lake restoration projects.
The Citrus station has two power blocks, four combustion turbine generators and two steam turbine generators, providing the latest technology with a proven performance.
Megawatts from the new station combined with the two operating coal-fired units make the Crystal River Energy Complex one of Duke Energy's largest generators in Florida, capable of producing more than 3,000 megawatts of energy. One megawatt powers about 800 average homes.
The new station receives natural gas through the new 515-mile Sabal Trail pipeline. The $3.2 billion pipeline starts in Alabama, extends through Georgia and ends in Central Florida. Duke Energy is a 7.5 percent owner of the pipeline.


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National Front, French Front National (FN), right-wing French political party founded in 1972 by François Duprat and François Brigneau but most commonly associated with Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was its leader from 1972 to 2011. Since its beginnings, the party has strongly supported French nationalism and controls on immigration, and it often has been accused of fostering xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
In its first decade of existence, the National Front dwelt on the fringes of French political life, representing a uniquely French twist on western Europe's maturing neofascist movement. Having resurrected slogans used by French fascists in the 1930s, the FN initially appealed to veterans of the Algerian War and to followers of the right-wing populism of the Poujadisme movement led by Pierre Poujade in the 1950s. Indeed, Le Pen himself was closely tied to Poujadisme, having won a seat in the National Assembly in the 1956 election that proved to be the movement's high point. Electoral success was slow to come for the FN, however, and in 1981 Le Pen failed to obtain the 500 signatures required to secure a place on the presidential ballot.
The party's fortunes turned in the early 1980s, as it posted strong showings in mayoral elections in Paris and Dreux and won 10 seats in the European Parliament. The FN made further advances into the political mainstream in the 1986 French legislative elections, winning roughly 10 percent of the vote and 35 seats in the National Assembly. That performance was not to be repeated, however, as it owed more to French Pres. François Mitterrand's manipulation of electoral procedures (changed before the 1986 election from a two-round majoritarian process to a system of proportional representation) than to any real increase in the FN's popularity. Even though the FN would continue to collect approximately 10 percent of the total vote, after the return of two-round majoritarian voting in 1988, it failed to send more than a handful of representatives to the legislature. Le Pen fared better in the 1988 presidential election, garnering almost 15 percent of the popular vote, and the following year the party retained all 10 of its seats in the European Parliament. Le Pen himself continued to be one of the most divisive personalities in French politics throughout this period, and some of his public comments, which minimized the events of the Holocaust, led to fines and widespread criticism.
By the 1990s the FN had established itself as a significant force in French politics. In 1995 Le Pen captured more than 15 percent of the vote in the presidential contest, the FN won mayoral elections in Toulon, Orange, and Marignane, and a former FN member was elected mayor of Nice. In spite of these victories, the party continued to characterize itself as an organization outside of the French establishment, and it placed itself in opposition to virtually the entirety of the political mainstream, from the French Communist Party to the Socialist Party to the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic. This antagonistic relationship was made apparent in 2002, when Le Pen won a surprise victory over Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in the first round of the presidential election. In the second round the reaction against Le Pen was overwhelming, as disparate parties united behind incumbent Jacques Chirac to return him to office with the largest margin of victory in the history of the French presidency.
Le Pen's performance in the 2007 presidential election was far less impressive. Chirac's longtime rival, Nicolas Sarkozy, ran a campaign that siphoned away potential FN supporters with promises of tougher immigration laws, and Le Pen failed to advance beyond the first round of balloting. The following year a French court imposed a three-month suspended sentence and a €10,000 fine on Le Pen for comments he had made in 2005 that violated France's statute on Holocaust denial. As the party's performance at the local and regional level began to falter, Le Pen's personal behaviour became more of a liability than an asset, and it was increasingly clear that his daughter was being groomed to succeed him.
Assuming leadership of the party from her father in January 2011, Marine Le Pen distanced herself from the extreme views that traditionally had been associated with her father and the FN, while she continued to present immigration—particularly from Islamic countries—as a threat to France. The telegenic Le Pen led the party to a record showing in the first round of cantonal elections in March 2011, and the FN ultimately prevailed in two districts. In the first round of the 2012 presidential election, she finished third behind Sarkozy and Socialist candidate François Hollande. Although Le Pen did not earn a place in the second round, she won 18 percent of the vote, the highest-ever first-round total for a National Front presidential candidate.
Remaining a prominent figure in the French political scene, Le Pen continued to recast the FN as a credible alternative to France's major mainstream parties. As Hollande's approval ratings sagged, support for the FN surged, and the party performed exceptionally well in local elections in March 2014. As impressive as those results were, they were eclipsed in May 2014, when the FN finished first in elections for the European Parliament. Capturing approximately one-fourth of the vote, the FN rode a wave of Euroskepticism to its best-ever performance in a national election. A bitter feud between Marine and Jean-Marie Le Pen led to the expulsion of Jean-Marie from the party in August 2015.
After a deadly terrorist attack in Paris in November 2015 left more than 130 dead, the FN capitalized on growing anti-Islamic sentiment. The party performed well in the first round of regional elections in December 2015, but the Socialists strategically withdrew poorly polling candidates ahead of the second round to ensure that the anti-FN vote was not split. The Republicans captured the regional presidency in those areas, and one FN candidate criticized the apparent collusion among the mainstream parties, stating that "there are some victories that shame the winners." Marine Le Pen characterized the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom in June 2016 and the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States that November as proof that her brand of right-wing populism was on the rise, and a number of polls showed Le Pen in the lead ahead of the April 2017 presidential election.


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2. What is a collection of 8 bits called?
3. What does ISP stand for?
4. What is the ascending order of a data Hierarchy?
6. How much address lines are required to address each memory location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
7. What is used to choose between incrementing the PC or performing ALU operations?
8. What is a computer program called that converts an entire program into machine language at one time?
10. Where does the operand is placed in immediate addressing?
11. What is used to store data in registers?
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DeMarcus Cousins embracing his second chance with USA Basketball
By Brett PollakoffJul 22, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS — DeMarcus Cousins is a participant in a USA Basketball event for the second straight summer, but after how things turned out last year, it was by no means guaranteed that he would ever be asked back.
Cousins was a member of the USA Select team that was there for the Olympic team heading to London to practice against, and for whatever reason, the way things went down didn't sit well with USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo.
"Show respect to players, and you get respect back," Colangelo said at the time. "He needs to mature as a person, as a player if he's going to have an outstanding NBA career. So before there's discussion about him being part of our program, he has a lot of building to do. He has a lot of growing up to do."
It's not in Cousins' nature to let criticism against him slide, a problem he continued to show even this past season when he was suspended for confronting an opponent's broadcaster after a game during the regular season.
But he seemed to take a professional approach last year with Colangelo.
"I actually just had a conversation with (Colangelo)," Cousins said back then. "I asked him, 'How was I being immature?' He never really gave me an answer. I mean, I really wanted to know. I took offense to it. … It definitely bothered me."
Cousins is back this year because despite his attitude issues, he has the talent to compte with the game's best. And it seems as though the initial remarks weren't that big of a deal in either party's eyes.
"I mean, the whole thing was blown out of proportion," Cousins said Monday at Team USA mini-camp in Las Vegas. "What was said between us wasn't really as bad as it was [reported], but for [Colangelo] to set it aside and give me another chance, I'm very thankful for it."
Colangelo echoed that sentiment when asked why he felt like Cousins deserved another invitation to be a part of USA Basketball.
"Well, primarily because there was a little bit of a misunderstanding that got out of hand with the media last year over what did transpire with him," Colangelo said. "That was unfortunate. So in an attempt to bring it to a close, I said the book is closed. Let's move on with our lives, and why not give him a second chance? Everyone is deserving of a second chance."
It's early in the proceedings, but after the first day of practices, Colangelo seemed pleased with the effort that Cousins displayed.
"He's done fine," Colandelo said of Cousins. "We haven't even had our first discussion, we're going to have that when we get back to the hotel tonight with all the players. But he came in with a great attitude. He's worked real hard, he had a great day today at practice, but a lot of people did."
Cousins is happy to be back, and in the brief portion of the scrimmaging the media was allowed to view, he did seem to be playing hard, even diving on the floor near the end of a game to try to gain possession for his team by saving the ball from going out of bounds.
But lest you think Cousins has lost that edge, he maintained it when asked who his competition is for the best big man at this week's camp.
"Nobody," he said.
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Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Sep;110(9):1324-38. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.233. Epub 2015 Aug 25.
Selecting Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (STRIDE): Determining Therapeutic Goals for Treat-to-Target.
Peyrin-Biroulet L1, Sandborn W2, Sands BE3, Reinisch W4,5, Bemelman W6, Bryant RV7, D'Haens G8, Dotan I9, Dubinsky M10, Feagan B11, Fiorino G12, Gearry R13, Krishnareddy S14, Lakatos PL15, Loftus EV Jr16, Marteau P17, Munkholm P18, Murdoch TB19, Ordás I20, Panaccione R21, Riddell RH22, Ruel J23, Rubin DT24, Samaan M8, Siegel CA25, Silverberg MS26, Stoker J27, Schreiber S28, Travis S7, Van Assche G29,30, Danese S12, Panes J20, Bouguen G31, O'Donnell S26, Pariente B32, Winer S33, Hanauer S34, Colombel JF3.
INSERM Unité 954 and Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Nancy, University of Lorraine, Houdemont, France.
Division of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Columbia University Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, New York, New York, USA.
First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
AP-HP, Department of Digestive Diseases, Hôpital Lariboisière Medicosurgical and University Denis Diderot, Paris, France.
North Zealand Hospital, Capital Region, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Division of Gastroenterology, CHU Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of General Internal Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Service des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif et INSERM U991, CHU Pontchaillou et Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Claude Huriez Hospital, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Selecting Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (STRIDE) program was initiated by the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IOIBD). It examined potential treatment targets for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to be used for a "treat-to-target" clinical management strategy using an evidence-based expert consensus process.
A Steering Committee of 28 IBD specialists developed recommendations based on a systematic literature review and expert opinion. Consensus was gained if ≥75% of participants scored the recommendation as 7-10 on a 10-point rating scale (where 10=agree completely).
The group agreed upon 12 recommendations for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The agreed target for UC was clinical/patient-reported outcome (PRO) remission (defined as resolution of rectal bleeding and diarrhea/altered bowel habit) and endoscopic remission (defined as a Mayo endoscopic subscore of 0-1). Histological remission was considered as an adjunctive goal. Clinical/PRO remission was also agreed upon as a target for CD and defined as resolution of abdominal pain and diarrhea/altered bowel habit; and endoscopic remission, defined as resolution of ulceration at ileocolonoscopy, or resolution of findings of inflammation on cross-sectional imaging in patients who cannot be adequately assessed with ileocolonoscopy. Biomarker remission (normal C-reactive protein (CRP) and calprotectin) was considered as an adjunctive target.
Evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for selecting the goals for treat-to-target strategies in patients with IBD are made available. Prospective studies are needed to determine how these targets will change disease course and patients' quality of life.
10.1038/ajg.2015.233
Disease Management*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Remission Induction/methods


In Virginia, any driver on the road has already consented to taking a breath or chemical test if there is probable cause you are operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
This means if you are suspected of driving under the influence of either and you refuse to submit to a test, you will likely lose your driving privileges if found guilty. At trial, the person may face both a DUI as well as a Refusal to Submit, but the prosecutor will have to prove the DUI without any chemical evidence, which can be quite difficult.
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Q: preg_match backreference to find ending tag I'm trying to use regex to parse a template I have. I want to find the _stop tag for the _start tag. I need to find the specific ones since there can be nested _stop and _start tags.
The regex I'm using is
/{(.*?)_start}.*{(\1_stop)}/s

and throwing that into a preg_match
And the template

        {MakeAppointment_start}

New {AppointmentTerm}

                {AppointmentForm}

        {MakeAppointment_stop}
        {RegisterSection_start}

Register

                {RegisterForm}

        {RegisterSection_stop}

Login

                {LoginForm}

The results are
Array
(
    [0] => {MakeAppointment_start}

New {AppointmentTerm}

                {AppointmentForm}

        {MakeAppointment_stop}
    [1] => MakeAppointment
    [2] => MakeAppointment_stop
)

Index 0 is correct however 1 and 2 are not. 1 should have the register tags and content and 2 should not exist.
What am I doing wrong here?

A: Firstly, preg_match only returns one match. use preg_match_all instead. Secondly, the indices 1 and 2 you get, are your capturing groups. You can simply ignore them, although your second capturing group is quite redundant; you could just remove the second pair or parentheses in your regex. Using preg_match_all will yield the full match and all capturing groups for all matches.
I also think you should escape your { and } since they are regex meta-characters. I wonder why the engine does not choke on them this way, but I think it is better practice to just escape them anyway.

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