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Artificial intelligence-based systems can predict death and heart attack in patients suffering from chest pain with greater accuracy than humans, says a new study.IANS | May 14, 2019, 05:11 IST
London, Artificial intelligence-based systems can predict death and heart attack in patients suffering from chest pain with greater accuracy than humans, says a new study.
Doctors use risk scores to make treatment decisions, but these scores are based on just a handful of variables and often have modest accuracy in individual patients.
Through repetition and adjustment, machine learning, the bedrock of AI, could exploit large amounts of data and identify complex patterns that might not be evident to humans, said the study presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (ICNC) 2019 in Portugal.
"Doctors already collect a lot of information about patients, for example those with chest pain. We found that machine learning can integrate these data and accurately predict individual risk. This should allow us to personalise treatment and ultimately lead to better outcomes for patients," said study author Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco of the Turku PET Centre in Finland.
The study enrolled 950 patients with chest pain. During an average six-year follow-up there were 24 heart attacks and 49 deaths from any cause.
A machine learning algorithm called LogitBoost repeatedly analysed 85 variables in the 950 patients with known six-year outcomes.
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Hong Kong and the New Architecture of Street Protest
It is indubitably the case that the five-month long, and still continuing, protest in Hong Kong over China's attempt to subvert the so-called 'one nation two systems' mode of governance and subvert democratic norms constitutes a comparatively new if still uncertain chapter in the global history of civil resistance. The world has been rather slow in coming to a realization of the extraordinary implications of a movement that cannot really be associated with anyone who might be termed a widely accepted leader, is fundamentally hydra-headed or anarchic in impulse, and, notwithstanding both immense provocations from the state as well as occasional lapses into violence on the part of some demonstrators, has remained overwhelmingly nonviolent.
By "anarchy" I signify not the absence of law and order but rather, as in the original meaning of the term, the radical devolution of power. Though the outcome of this revolt cannot be predicted, its reverberations will be felt for years to come—and not only in Hong Kong or China. The histories of nonviolent and civil resistance will have to add a hefty chapter to the existing narrative. There are salutary lessons in this revolt for those who are seeking to find avenues to resist oppressive state measures, just as, I suspect, states everywhere are looking at what is transpiring in Hong Kong with fear and concern. Their apprehension arises from China's puzzling failure, as it appears to them, to have suppressed the revolt. It is not that China balks at the brute exercise of power. There is Tiananmen Square to remind rebels of the fate that is likely in store for them: hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Chinese were killed and disappeared in that crackdown. The Chinese have herded a million Muslims in the Xinjiang autonomous region into so-called "re-education" camps that critics are terming concentration camps. China relentlessly hunts down dissenters, wherever they may be, and it has spared no effort in bullying other countries to hand over political asylum seekers. Whatever "Asian values" it may seem to embody in its better moments, few and far between these days, China is ruthless in its suppression of dissent and in its insistence on the imperative to maintain "law and order".
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-01/satellite-images-expose-chinas-network-of-re-education-camps/10432924
The question why China has not acted decisively thus far in the suppression of the revolt in Hong Kong is of far more than academic importance. The view of the economists is that China can ill-afford to antagonize other countries, particularly Western powers, at a time when the economic slowdown in China is pronounced. Hong Kong represents one of the world's largest financial markets, with a stock exchange that is larger than London, and China may be astute in not wanting to do anything that jeopardizes its own stock markets. We need not elaborate on the ongoing war between China and the US over tariffs. But economists are nothing if not reductionists, and it is certainly a fallacy to believe that rationality guides most economic conduct.
Another pervasive argument is that China has for decades wanted to position itself as a responsible world power and that it is hesitant to take steps that might undermine its credibility. This kind of thinking emanates, not surprisingly, from the hubris of Western powers who somehow think that they have been models of "responsible" conduct. The United States, of course, leads this pack of wolves—and to think that it supposes it has been a "responsible" world power! If as a responsible power it has waged several illegal wars, raided countries, engineered coups to overthrow democratically elected governments, supported dictatorships, and sabotaged many international agreements, one can only speculate with trembling fear what it might do as an irresponsible power. There may, perhaps, be something to the argument that rash action taken in Hong Kong could have adverse consequences for China's bid to put to rest the long-standing rift with Taiwan and absorb it into the People's Republic.
What if, however, China's reluctance to take decisive steps to put a halt to the revolt in Hong Kong stems from the inability of the Chinese government to understand the nature of the resistance movement? States know precisely how to counter violence, but nonviolent movements are known to baffle and disarm the opponent. The present movement has its antecedents in the Umbrella Movement of 2014, which commenced with the demand for more transparent elections and throughout retained an essentially nonviolent character. The protests of 2019 have already outlasted the previous demonstrations and are, in intensity, scope, and gravitas of an altogether different magnitude. On a single Sunday afternoon last month, nearly two million people are said to have gathered in protest at the city's Victoria Park.
The protests began with opposition to an extradition bill but, in the preceding months, the demands have not only multiplied but have become diffused in the most unexpected ways. The demonstrators have asked for fundamental reforms in how elections are conducted and in the democratic process as a whole. They have also demanded amnesty for all political prisoners. But, more unusually, they have also insisted that the large-scale protest on June 12, the day when the bill was scheduled for a second reading in the legislature, should not be characterized as a "riot". To some officials this may appear as a rather opaque demand, but it would be no surprise, for instance, to a student of colonialism who is well aware of the fact that the colonial state constantly endeavored to reduce political protests to ordinary crimes.
There is much else in the protests that has left the functionaries of the state clueless about how to tackle this rebellion and its "instigators"—that is, if there are instigators, since one of the more remarkable features of the movement is the fluid manner in which the organic impulse to demand and protect freedoms has been conjoined to grass-roots level organization and coordination. The demonstrators have displayed astonishing ingenuity in responding to state provocations and have come up with an arsenal of innovative tactics to defang the repressive status apparatus. Tear gas canisters have been extinguished with water bottles; traffic cones have been used to snuff out the gas before it spreads. Using elementary hand signaling systems, protestors have conveyed messages down long human supply chains to warn of impending police activity. All this is really, pardon the cliché, the tip of the iceberg: what we have in Hong Kong is the semiotics of a new architecture of mass-scale nonviolent street protest. Political rebels with ambitions to craft resistance movements built from the ground up would be well advised to give serious study to the Hong Kong protests.
Protesters in Hong Kong have been using traffic cones to counter tear gas. (Photo on the left by Antony Dapiran; image (screengrab) on the right by Alex Hofford). Source: https://observers.france24.com/en/20190805-hong-kong-traffic-cones-shield-against-tear-gas
The questions that emerge from this riveting demonstration of the power of the people would have been critically important at any time, but take on even greater significance at this unusual juncture of history. Nearly all over the world, established as well as younger democracies are under assault. Some would like to characterize the period as one of "strong men": Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, Recep Erdogan, Jair Bolsonaro, Viktor Orban, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Rody Duterte come to mind. And then there is Xi Jinping, who has eliminated term limits for the President and effectively installed himself as President of the People's Republic of China for life. Xi has no use for Mao's baggy trousers or worklike uniforms and dons himself in crisp suits, and could easily be confused with the tens of thousands of people who constitute the technocratic managerial elite. He even fancies himself as some kind of intellectual successor to Mao, peddling "Xi Jinping Thought" to party faithfuls and school children. (A previous generation of students of politics and philosophy might remember "Gonzalo Thought", named after the supposed new theoretical construction of Marxism, Leninism, and Maoism by Abimael Guzman [aka Chairman Gonzalo], the leader of the insurrectionary group Shining Path who has been serving a life sentence on charges of terrorism since 1992.) It is perhaps apt that the word 'populism' has been used to describe the political culture of our times, even if fewer commentators have paused to delineate the specific features of this populism. At this rate, there will be little left in a few years to distinguish between (most) democracies and authoritarian states.
The possibilities of dissent have, then, diminished greatly in most countries. Earlier generations of nonviolent activists and civil resisters were able to deploy the media to great effect; publicity was their oxygen. It might even be argued that strategies such as those of "filling the jail", whether in Gandhi's India or Jim Crow South in the 1960s, were partly born out of the awareness that such actions were calculated to arouse the interest of the press. (One should be wary of abiding too readily by such a view, more particularly because the likes of Gandhi, King, James Lawson, Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, and too many others to recount in these struggles were rigorous critics of the notion of instrumental rationality.) The critic may point out that the media is, if anything, even more widely available to nonviolent activists today. That is far from being the case: the state everywhere has shown remarkable tenacity, will, and power to commandeer the media, in all its forms, to its own ends, and moreover in this era truth, which is intrinsically tied to notions of nonviolence, is the first casualty. Hong Kong has gifted us not only a new architecture of street protest, the first one of its kind in the post-truth era, but also crucially alerted us to the fact that the question of dissent will be the paramount question of our times.
(This is a slightly modified form of the piece first published at ABP [abplive.in] September 14 as "Hong Kong and the New Architecture of Protest".)
For a French translation of this article by Laura Beoschat, see this: http://laurabeoschat.fr/hong-kong-et-la-nouvelle-architecture-de-la-rue.html
For a Bengali translation of the ABP version of this article, click here.
For a Hindi translation of the ABP version of this article, click here.
For a Marathi translation of the ABP version of this article, click here.]
For a Gujarati translation oft the AbP version of this article, click here.]
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15 thoughts on "Hong Kong and the New Architecture of Street Protest"
Kumar on September 15, 2019 at 12:57 AM said:
Excellent post. Indeed, one of the only good things about the election of Trump is his departure from the US being the responsible world power, though this has caused considerable hand wringing from liberals. My main concern about the Hong Kong protests is their positive views towards the US and UK in fact. They have generally looked back at the period of British colonialism with nostalgia. They have also waved the American flag and sung the American national anthem. While China's authoritarianism is indefensible, it is worth keeping in mind that Hong Kong has been democratic for a much longer period of time under China than it was under British rule, when it only received democracy shortly before it was given to China. Though these protests are justified, one wonders if they are also a useful tool for the NATO world order.
Vinay Lal on September 15, 2019 at 1:05 AM said:
Hi Kumar, You are absolutely right. I, too, have some concerns about the Hong Kong protestors and their (though is not your word) Anglophilia. They may wish to escape from Chinese colonization but Hong Kong is in every respect the creation of a colonial regime and its people cannot escape that history. As for the protestors waving the American flag, I would like to remind you that Ho Chi Minh cited the American Declaration of Independence in issuing forth the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence. America hogs the world's imagination and somehow becomes the original site of dissent. That narrative is going to take another few generations to dislodge. I have in mind at least one follow-up piece which is precisely about this, but nevertheless in my judgment the Hong Kong protests constitute a significant challenge to China and to the culture of authoritarianism, even if they peter out. The semiotics of this revolt is fascinating. There is of course no doubt that the West hopes to derive as much advantage as it can from the protests to humiliate China, though I hope that decent people in the US will learn something from Hong Kong to wage a street-level movement in the US.
Divya on September 15, 2019 at 3:13 AM said:
Excellent analysis of the situation and biting indictment of China while also not letting US foreign policy off the hook. I can say that every September 11th, (or 9/11 as the Americans like to call it), the chief thing I mourn is the US backed coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 deposing Salvador Allende and installing Augusto Pinochet. Quite interesting to consider all the other major incidents that occurred on September 11th in history.
Vinay Lal on September 15, 2019 at 4:47 PM said:
Hi Divya, September 11th is indeed a milestone day in contemporary history: it is the day when Mohandas Gandhi effectively launched satyagraha in South Africa. And there is the US-backed coup in Chile, as you point out. I have discussed some of this in the postscript to the Indian edition (Sage, 2005) of my book, "Empire of Knowledge: Culture and Plurality in the Global Economy" (London: Pluto Press, 2002).
Isham Cook on September 15, 2019 at 6:13 AM said:
Thanks for penning this, Vinay. You say you hope that "decent people in the US will learn something from Hong Kong." The problem is East Asia (all of Asia for that matter) has long been the Great Invisible in US media discourse. While the rest of the world burns, most Americans' knowledge of China and Hong Kong is still limited to Bruce Lee; US farmers now out of work due to the Chinese grain tariffs have had perhaps a bit more knowledge forced on them. I don't think the Hong Kong protests register at all in the US public's consciousness, even with regular news coverage. It's long been a fascination to me that Americans' cultural referents don't extend to the East, except in a confused, vestigial way, and why this is. It's interesting that the recent protests in Puerto Rico dwarfed the numbers that manage to make it out onto US city streets during political protests.
Good to hear from you. I am of course in agreement with the view that Americans are horribly provincial and that the Hong Kong protests have barely registered in the public consciousness in the US. The rest of the world and not just Asia hardly matters to the US. This is part of the story of American exceptionalism but I shall not get into that at this time. I did use the word "hope" (as you know) in adverting to the possibility that Americans might watch what is happening there and learn something from it, because what else do I or for that matter anyone else have left but hope? I must admit that I am not very hopeful, more particularly because most Americans also think that the US, the "greatest country in the world" (as it has been described by every American president, and thousands of scores of others) has nothing to learn from any other country. The late and much lamented Justice Scalia, a mediocrity if there ever was one, even admonished his fellow judges when they cited Supreme Court decisions from other countries since, in his view, American jurisprudence was infinitely superior and there was no need for American courts to refer to decisions in other countries.
Nirdesh on September 16, 2019 at 9:47 AM said:
Quite bizarre that the CPI M and other Indian communists have been calling the protesters Western imperialists and defending the Chinese state, this too while sitting in the world's largest democracy.
I can't remember the last time that any Indian communist party really showed any capacity for independent judgment. It is true that there is a certain Anglophilia in Hong Kong, but the movement is not necessarily compromised merely because of that. The CPM and other communist parties have what I call a "textbook" notion of what constitutes a "real" revolution, and everything else is too easily dismissed as "bourgeois".
Michael Martinez on September 17, 2019 at 6:28 AM said:
Thank you for your analysis Professor Lal.
Please correct my characterization if it is wrong, but I am under the impression that Hong Kong is a largely two-tiered society, with the division between the Haves and the Have Nots being more pronounced than in other Tiger economies. Please forgive my submission of such cursory evidence, but I recently watched a documentary film which related the tragic condition of many Hong Kong pensioners. These elderly were housed in what can barely be called human accommodations, and lived among a rather disturbing variety of pests. This in a society that boasts the highest property prices in the world.
The film did explain that the housing crisis was inflamed partly by the influx of mainland capital, but I was curious as to how such organic cooperation could take place among the people of Hong Kong in the face of rather glaring inequities. Is this a lesson in how to occasionally reach across class lines to achieve common objectives? Or is this a lesson in how to advance a cause in spite of the powerful Hong Kong elite? Or am I framing the question wrong entirely? My curiosity is piqued mainly by the severe numerical advantage the PRC (in many metrics but in population especially) holds over Hong Kong, and how Hong Kong might be able to overcome such difference in spite of internal fractures. I would appreciate your input Professor Lal.
Of course, the success of the demonstrations is a positive development to be celebrated. I also enjoyed your quieting of the United States, which again never shows itself to be lacking in Hubris.
Thank you Professor Lal,
Vinay Lal on September 17, 2019 at 11:58 PM said:
My endorsement of the Hong Kong demonstrations is not at all meant to offer a rosy picture of Hong Kong or the commitment of many of its people to democratic norms. Many of the protestors have been raising the US flag, which I think is not merely unfortunate and reflects naivety on the part of some protestors. Similarly, there are many lines of fracture in Hong Kong society, and you are right in pointing out that there are, besides those who are obscenely wealthy, also those who are extremely poor. The gulf between the two seems more pronounced in a small place such as Hong Kong, which also bills itself as a place of opportunity for all. Only a close sociological analysis will reveal to what extent people are marching across class lines and whether new forms of solidarity are being created, or whether the protests to some extent might also be reflecting class differences. I suspect that among the very rich, there is generally less support for demonstrations, since business interests are by instinct (and more) conservative.
Nivesh on September 21, 2019 at 4:44 AM said:
It is only the eternal energy of the Vedas that Hong Kong and China can be saved. They have abandoned their Buddhist dharmic heritage, embracing communism. It must be through a return to the dharmic path that they will resolve their challenges! Om! Agnimeele purohitam yajnasya deva mrtvijam hotaram rakhtadhatamam.
Vijay on September 21, 2019 at 10:20 PM said:
Arey bhai it's ratnadatamam not rakhtadatamam.
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Bailey Cowley on May 26, 2022 at 2:04 PM said:
I'm sure this comment will sound incredibly ignorant, but I'm still curious. Why is China so hellbent on maintaining Hong Kong? If the protestor's methods are so innovative and difficult to suppress, would it not be better for China to just let it govern itself? Correct me if I'm wrong, but China would still benefit economically from Hong Kong's production, and would still be able to claim Hong Kong as technically it's own. From my perspective, allowing Hong Kong to govern itself would free China up to focus on its own endeavours, and would preserve it's image in the global political sphere. It seems as though Hong Kong will not be suppressed any time soon, and these attempts at silencing it is causing unnecessary strain on China. Is it because they don't want to appear weak?
I do understand that Hong Kong has a colonial history that is still aggravating to China today, but I almost feel as if they must adapt to the injustices they've suffered in the past, and move forward in the most effective way. It's not the fault of Hong Kong citizens, and they should not be held accountable for the colonization that was outside of their control. Again, please forgive me if this is a foolish take, I'm just genuinely confused on why fully absorbing Hong Kong is so important to China that it's worth this massive conflict / struggle.
Vinay Lal on May 26, 2022 at 2:12 PM said:
One principal reason for China's determination to absorb Hong Kong entirely into the PRC and thus do away with the "one state, two systems" formula is because the fear that a 'democratic' Hong Kong will encourage dissent within China itself. Once you provide substantive not just formal autonomy to one part, what is there to prevent the Muslims from Xinjiang demanding the same autonomy? The question goes to the heart of the nation-state system, the inherent oppressive tendencies present within the nation-state system, and much else that I cannot address here.


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The proposed $28 billion megamerger between Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is on track to be completed by the end of the year after it received the thumbs-up vote from the Vatican needed to move ahead.
Last January, San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Englewood, Colorado-based CHI first signed a definitive agreement to create a new nonprofit Catholic health system, which would make it one of the largest health systems in the U.S. with 700 care sites and 139 hospitals across 28 states.
Modern Healthcare first reported the Vatican approval. They also earlier reported that the approval was somewhat in doubt because the complex merger includes non-Catholic hospitals which may not be required to adhere to all religious standards required of Catholic hospitals.
Dignity Health officials told media organizations in an emailed interview that the archbishops of Denver and San Francisco had both issued what is called a "nihil obstat," which means they found nothing objectionable about the proposed deal on moral or doctrinal grounds.
Dignity Health's sponsors are taking an additional step to transfer their assets to the combined ministry, and that process is underway, Dignity Health officials said. The deal is still subject to state approvals.
Dignity Health and CHI have already announced their new governing board, including six existing board members from each health system and the two current chief executive officers—Dignity's Lloyd Dean and CHI's Kevin E. Lofton. An additional member will be named once the deal is completed.
Tessie Guillermo, current chairwoman of the Dignity Health board, has been recommended to serve as chairwoman of the new board and Chris Lowney, current chairman of the CHI board, as vice chairman.
When complete, the combined health system will be the largest Catholic health system in the U.S.
Together, the systems earned $28.4 billion in revenue in 2017, had $38 billion in assets and gave $4.8 billion in charity care, community benefit and the unpaid cost of government programs.


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Stewart-Haas Racing stunned the NASCAR world this week with the announcement that they would switch from Team Chevy to Ford Performance for the 2017 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Team co-owner Tony Stewart is a longtime Chevrolet fan and athlete, so the switch to Ford was a shock to many, but he says it was for the good of the team.
Speaking to media during a teleconference yesterday, Stewart said the decision to switch from Chevrolet engines to Ford was best for the team as it allows them to operate more independently. Right now, SHR buys their engines and chassis from Hendrick Motorsports, but the Ford switch will allow them to do more fabrication in-house.
SHR also made the switch to Ford as it was a good business decision, explains Stewart. 'Smoke' may be a life-long Chevy guy, but as a business owner, he must always have his employees' best interests in mind. He thinks the Ford switch can net them more wins and championships, so it's hard to fault him for wanting what's best for his brand.
Stewart says that for now, SHR is focused on this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta. He added that "at some point we're gonna (sic) need to start preparing for the transition," but also said they want to be careful not jeopardize their 2016 season and will continue to vie for a championship under the bowtie banner throughout 2016.
Read Stewart's full transcript from teleconference at this link.
I always respected Stewart for speaking his true thought like he did when he was forced to drive the fake engine Toyotas. He stated he is a c Chevy guy and at the end of his contract left Gibbs so he could drive a Chevy, so I don't think he will ever be a ford guy. Ford is just doing what Toyota does and that is to load the field with Fords so they can luck into a title or I should say buy their way into a title. That being said, I, like a lot of Chevy guys will never cheer for him or ANY driver that drives anything other then a Chevy. I hope Harvick and Busch leave SHR.
I like what Rick said and i feel the same way ! I am 69 yrs old man and have been a Chevy guy, sense my Dad taught me how to drive , I will support the Chevy's till i die !!
Bad move will never support him or anyone that drive for his team Chevy rule alway will ……..
Well I really hate to see this happen. My heart sunk when I heard about it as I hate to see anyone leave the brand.
But with that said I work in the racing industry and know how hard money is to come by anymore and have seen so many companies having to shut their doors. Moves like this are done to keep relevant and to keep money coming in. This is not like a company where you just go out and make then sell more product. This is where you need to bring in money from MFGs to support the team. Wins do not pay for teams but wins draw attention for sponsorship.
The simple fact here is Ford offered them a lot more money than Chevy did and they took it. This is business and nothing personal to anyone. The fact is few people in racing today are willing to write big checks and when someone is willing you need to take it or risk shutting your doors because you turned it down.
The one good thing is Danica is now Fords problem. LOL!
I was so happy to see Smoke go into Chevy as I'm a fan of all his drivers and especially the Chevy brand. this ford thing isn't going to change the way I feel about him and his drivers, but, I have never rooted for anything but Chevy. So, here's my problem, I will root for the drivers I like but hope they don't win? What's up with that poop?
I was so happy to see Smoke go into Chevy as I'm a fan of all his drivers and especially the Chevy brand. This ford thing isn't going to change the way I feel about him and his drivers, but, I have never rooted for anything but Chevy. So, here's my predicament, I will root for the drivers I like but hope they don't win? What's up with that poop?
After deep thoughts, I came to a conclusion; when Joe Gibbs went with Toyota, I was still rooting for Tony, in fact, I still root for the entire team. I guess that I'm more of a driver fan than the cars they drive. It's possible that I married my wife because she was perfect for me not so much the bmw she drove.


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ON THE EDGE STUNT PERFORMER RICK ENGLISH
Marque Rick English 5th août 2022
Stunt performer Rick English has made his mark on the industry from fight scenes to motorcycle stunts. We spoke to him about his career highlights and his favorite Triumph Motorcycles.
How long have you been doing stunts and how did you get into stunt riding? I remember watching a film about Evel Knievel called Viva Knievel when I was about six or seven, and I thought it looked really cool and that it was definitely what I wanted to do when I grow up - but it's not a viable career option in the view of your teachers! It was only later on that I realized it could be something I could make a living from but also really love what I was doing.
What has been your favorite film to work on?
The Mission Impossible franchise has been good for me, as has the Fast and Furious franchise but Bond is always a dream job for any stunt guy, and I've been lucky enough to work on four of the last five Bond movies, so four of the Daniel Craig series, which is pretty special to be honest.
On the last Bond movie, No Time to Die, I was out in Matera with Paul Edmondson and the guys and I was riding the Tiger 1200 with a guy on the back firing at Bond! It's such a cool landscape out there but also super-tricky riding because of the surface. It's like polished stone floor everywhere and so grip was always an issue, especially with a big guy on the back with a machine gun as we were flying around these streets and up and down steps. It was pretty challenging but definitely a lot of fun and an epic sequence to be involved with.
What bikes have you stunted on in movies and what are your favorites?
I've ridden quite a lot of Triumphs. I've ridden a Street Triple a few times - that's a good all- round bike out the box - you can throw that thing around, it's got just the right amount of power. You get good torque that lets you play around and wheelie it really easily but then it also doesn't run out of steam so has a good balance. I like both the Speed and the Street Triple but I would have to say that the Street Triple is my favorite. What we usually do in movies is low speed, first and second gear, so the Street Triple is plenty in terms of power and speed.
I used the Scrambler 1200 straight out the box a few times and literally the vehicle guys said to me "What modifications do you need to make to it – do we need to change the gearing?" and for me there's nothing - literally scrub the tires in, scrub the brakes in and it's good to go. I'm riding one on a show at the moment and we haven't touched it, we haven't made any mods to it at all, that's a good bike.
What's the most challenging stunt you've done?
They've all got their own challenges. A lot of people say to me, even racers, how do you crash a motorcycle on purpose? And for me it's just a question of focusing completely on the technique of what I'm doing. I know that I have to hit that mark, I have to turn the bike right, I have to hit the back brake and then I have to wait for this to happen and then release the brake. I have it all as a process rather than thinking I'm going to crash.
You said you did a bit of racing when you were younger, what did you race?
I used to race Supersport 600s at club level. About 20 years ago I finished racing and went more into trick riding. I still ride on the track now, I try to ride every sort of genre of motorcycle, so I'll do track days, trick riding, supermoto and a bit of motocross and flat track... I love it all, and it all translates across.
Who would you say inspires you?
When I was growing up it had to be Eddie Kidd. He was the British version of Evel Knievel, and he was well known for doing these massive motorcycle jumps over buses. I got to meet him about 15 years ago at work and I chatted to him about going to see his show when I was young. On the British Stunt Register you have to put up a picture that displays your talents and I literally recreated a picture I had of Eddie Kidd where he was doing this cool wheelie. I showed it to him when we met and he signed it for me. And in the racing world I would say Barry Sheene - definitely those two for sure. Inspirational guys.
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Санчо VII Наварски, известен като Силния (; ) или като Санчо Предпазливи, е средновековен крал на Навара от 1194 до 1234 г. от династията Хименес. Изолира се от властта в последните си години. Затова има и псевдоним – El Encerrado, Заклю̀чения.

Историкът и съдебномедицински антрополог Луис дел Кампо, който е изучава тленните останки на Санчо VII, потвърждава, че кралят е бил с ръст над 180 см (7,3 фута или 221 сантиметра).

Произход
Син е на крал Санчо VI и Санча Кастилска.

Крал на Навара

Битка при Лас Навас де Толоса (1212)

Санчо има сериозен принос в победата на армиите на християнската коалиция над войските на Алмохадите на 16 юли 1212 година в битката при Лас Навас де Толоса. Зад войските на Алмохадите се намира лагера им, в центъра на който се намира палатката на техния вожд Мухамад Ал-Насир (християните го наричали Мирамамолин). Палатката се охранява от неговата лична гвардия, състояща се от хиляди африкански роби, които са приковани между себе си с верига (според една легенда – златна) и обграждат своя господар, образувайки жива стена, която защитава от възможно нападение. В един от решаващите моменти на битката, кралят на Навара със своите рицари достига палатката на вожда на Алмохадите, но на никой не се отдава да преодолее плътната жива стена от оковани роби. Тогава Санчо разбива тази верига и със своя кон нахлува в палатката на вожда, увличайки наварците след себе си. Виждайки този успех, след него нахлуват и другите рицари.

В палатката е седящият Мухамад Ал-Насир, четящ Корана, който на главата си има голям бял тюрбан с огромен зелен изумруд в центъра. Мухамад Ал-Насир, виждайки, че е претърпял поражение, скача на своя кон и в ужаса си бяга. В Алмохадската войска започва всеобща паника и скоро цялата останала войска се обръща в бягство. След тази битка Санчо получава герб във вид на червен щит с пресичащи се златни вериги и зелен изумруд в центъра.

Наследство
Санчо предава кралските пълномощия на сестра си Бланш, омъжена за Тибо III, граф Шампан, но през 1229 година тя умира, а в 1232 година умира и другата сестра, Беренгария, омъжена за Ричард Лъвското сърце. Така, бездетният Санчо става последния представител на мъжката линия на династия Хименес, управляващи в Навара от началото на X век. След неговата смърт за крал на Навара е избран неговият племенник граф Тибо Шампан, син на Бланш под името Теобалд I (Навара).

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 Альтамира-и-Кревеа Рафаэль: История Средневековой Испании
  М. Нечитайлов. Великий триумф Реконкисты
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Външни препратки
 Sancho VII "El Fuerte" .
 Catholic Encyclopedia article on Navarre.
 The arms of the kings of Navarre
 Medieval History of Navarre

Средновековие
Монарси на Навара

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Quiet Kismet: Songs and Stories of Surviving
March 2022, Feature
by Amy Dee Stephens
A songwriter is always looking for great stories to turn into music. Bryan Mitschell, a sound technician at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), was on the hunt for songwriting material when he found a goldmine of human-experience stories at a homeless shelter.
The result led to a groundbreaking project in which Bryan interviewed homeless people and composed music from the stories. The album Quiet Kismet: Songs and Stories of Surviving Homelessness will be released in late March.
"I was volunteering computer services at a homeless shelter," Bryan said, "and I started hearing
individual life stories. Many of the people had normal lives before experiencing homelessness. I was guilty of thinking that all these peoples' situations came from poor choices of their own doing. I now realize the insurmountable obstacles they face."
Bryan approached his friend and colleague at UCO, Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher, about producing songs from their stories. "Because what if people from the homeless community could share their perspective through music and get paid for it?" Bryan asked.
Dr. Tess is a world-acclaimed cellist who has championed 13 grants at UCO for student-based music albums in her role as a grant investigator for the university. "My purpose is to connect people with the community to make their lives better," Dr. Tess said. "As a musician, I want to use music as part of the healing process."
The homeless community was responsive, agreeing to record oral histories about their lives, for which they were compensated. Student research assistants working with Bryan sang and recorded the lead vocals. "The singers had to study the interviews and put themselves in the shoes of that person, to mentally live it," Bryan said. "I hope the students walked away with a sense of empathy and community responsibility, because they lent a voice to someone who doesn't have much of a voice."
The songs cover the stories of runaway teens, abused children who never got a break, college-educated adults who lost their income, and more. "During Covid, many fantastic and successful musicians suddenly had no income. They faced terrible hardship and came close to homelessness, confirming my knowledge that there's a thin border between being homeless and not being homeless," Dr. Tess said.
"Many people cannot relate to homelessness, which is why these stories could potentially have a powerful, transforming effect," Bryan said. "These people have emotions, goals and dreams, just like I do."
The final album includes both the songs and segments of the original oral histories. The music is open to the public at two free concerts: UCO Jazz Lab on March 30 and the Academy of Contemporary Music Live Room in Oklahoma City on March 31. In the future, the music will be available on major streaming sites, with a portion of the proceeds going toward homeless initiatives.
"Music is such an elegant vehicle for philanthropy. Someone can engage in charity by listening to a song, and the participants appreciated the opportunity to have their voices amplified," Bryan said. "I hope this album acts as a conversation in which the listener feels like they sat in the room with this person and discovered their humanness."
To learn more go to bryanmitschell.com/community
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package solace.game;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
import solace.game.effect.PlayerEffect;
import solace.game.effect.ScriptedPlayerEffect;

/**
 * Represents a passive ability in the game world.
 * @author Ryan Sandor Richards
 */
public class Passive {
  private String name = "";
  private String label = "";
  private PlayerEffect effect = new ScriptedPlayerEffect();

  /**
   * Creates a new passive with the given name.
   * @param name Name of the passive.
   */
  public Passive(String name) {
    setName(name);
  }

  /**
   * @return The name of the passive.
   */
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the name for the passive.
   * @param name The name to set for the passive.
   */
  public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  /**
   * @return The game play display label for the passive.
   */
  public String getLabel() {
    return label;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the game play display label for the passive.
   * @param label Label to set for the passive.
   */
  public void setLabel(String label) {
    this.label = label;
  }

  /**
   * @return The player effect for this passive.
   */
  public PlayerEffect getEffect() {
    return effect;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the underlying player effect for this passive.
   * @param effect The effect to set.
   */
  public void setEffect(PlayerEffect effect) {
    this.effect = effect;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return new HashCodeBuilder().append(name).toHashCode();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (!(obj instanceof Passive)) {
      return false;
    } else if (obj == this) {
      return true;
    }
    Passive other = (Passive)obj;
    return new EqualsBuilder().append(name, other.getName()).isEquals();
  }
}


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let Api = require('./api.js');

/**
 * Buffer API wrapper for updates related actions.
 */
class UpdatesClient {

	/**
	 * @param {Api} api
	 */
	constructor(api) {
		if (!(api instanceof Api)) {
			throw new Error('api is not instance of Api');
		}
		this.api = api;
	}

	/**
	 * Requests for update.
	 * @param {string} id Update id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
	 */
	getUpdate(id, options) {
		return this.api.get(`/updates/${id}.json`, options);
	}

	/**
	 * Requests for updates that are currently in the buffer
	 * for an individual social media profile.
	 * @param {string} profileId Profile id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
	 */
	getPendingUpdates(profileId, options) {
		return this.api.get(`/profiles/${profileId}/updates/pending.json`,
			options);
	}

	/**
	 * Requests for updates that have been sent from the buffer
	 * for an individual social media profile.
	 * @param {string} profileId Profile id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
	 */
	getSentUpdates(profileId, options) {
		return this.api.get(`/profiles/${profileId}/updates/sent.json`,
			options);
	}

	/**
	 * Requests for detailed information on interactions
	 * with the social media update such as retweets and likes.
	 * @param {string} id Update id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
	 */
	getInteractionsForUpdate(id, options) {
		return this.api.get(`/updates/${id}/interactions.json`, options);
	}

	/**
	 * Requests to change order for updates that will
	 * be sent out of the buffer.
	 * @param {string} profileId Profile id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
	 */
	reorderUpdates(profileId, options) {
		return this.api.post(`/profiles/${profileId}/updates/reorder.json`,
			options);
	}

	/**
	 * Requests to randomize order for updates that will
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	 * @param {string} profileId Profile id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
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			options);
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	 * Requests to create update.
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		if (profileIds) {
			updateObj.profile_ids = profileIds;
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	/**
	 * Requests to make changes for an existing update.
	 * @param {string} id Update id
	 * @param {Object} options
	 * @return {Api.Response}
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	 * Requests to immediately share a single pending update and recalculates
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	 * and recalculate times for all updates in the queue.
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Archive by category "CELL THERAPY"
Category CELL THERAPY
Investment in UK cell and gene therapy manufacturing set to continue
New data released shows cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities are rapidly becoming operational reflecting job expansion in the sector. Additional 6,000m2 of cell and gene therapy manufacturing space expected to become available within the next 12 months. The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) published the sixth annual UK cell and gene therapy
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Stem cell therapy approved for MS patients in Scotland
MULTIPLE sclerosis campaigners have hailed a "huge step forward" for patients in Scotland after a stem cell therapy was recommended for use on the NHS for the first time. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been described as a "game-changer" for MS after an international clinical trial showed that it could reboot patients' immune systems and halt the progress
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Stem cell-based therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Scientists of John Hopkins University School of Medicine summarize the current methods of human pluripotent stem cells (HPSCs) myogenic commitment/differentiation, and describe the current status of hPSC-derived myogenic cell transplantation. Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic muscle disorders that cause progressive muscle weakness and degeneration. Within this group, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the
Stem Cell Therapy for ALS
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The degradation of gel-spun poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) fibrous matrix
Foster, Leslie J.R. (1992). The degradation of gel-spun poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) fibrous matrix. PHD thesis, Aston University.
Poly(β-hydroxybutyrate), (PHB), is a biologically produced, biodegradable thennoplastic with commercial potential. In this work the qualitative and quantitative investigations of the structure and degradation of a previously unstudied, novel, fibrous form of PHB, were completed. This gel-spun PHB fibrous matrix, PHB(FM), which has a similar appearance to cotton wool, possesses a relatively complex structure which combines a large volume with a low mass and has potential for use as a wound scaffolding device. As a result of the intrinsic problems presented by this novel structure, a new experimental procedure was developed to analyze the degradation of the PHB to its monomer hydroxybutyric acid, (HBA). This procedure was used in an accelerated degradation model which accurately monitored the degradation of the undegraded and degraded fractions of a fibrous matrix and the degradation of its PHB component. The in vitro degradation mechanism was also monitored using phase contrast and scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, fibre diameter distributions and Fourier infra-red photoacoustic spectroscopy. The accelerated degradation model was used to predict the degradation of the samples in the physiological model and this provided a clearer picture as to the samples potential biodegradation as medical implantation devices. The degradation of the matrices was characterized by an initial penetration of the degradative medium and weakening of the fibre integrity due to cleavage of the ester linkages, this then led to the physical collapse of the fibres which increased the surface area to volume ratio of the sample and facilitated its degradation. Degradation in the later stages was reduced due to the experimental kinetics, compaction and degradation resistant material, most probably the highly crystalline regions of the PHB. The in vitro degradation of the PHB(FM) was influenced by blending with various polysaccharides, copolymerizing with poly(~-hydroxyvalerate), (PHV), and changes to the manufacturing process. The degradation was also detennined to be faster than that of conventional melt processed PHB based samples. It was concluded that the material factors such as processing, sample size and shape affected the degradation of PHB based samples with the major factor of sample surface area to volume ratio being of paramount importance in determining the degradation of a sample.
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Mark Mulder on Debunking "the Culture of Poverty"
It is important for financially stable churches and Christians to build relationships with those in poverty. But the reason may be different than what you might assume.
Mark T. Mulder,	Joan Huyser-Honig
Mark T. Mulder teaches sociology and congregational and ministry studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He co-authored his most recent book, Latino Protestants in America: Growing and Diverse. In this edited conversation, Mulder talks about why churches should rethink belief in "the culture of poverty."
Where did the phrase "culture of poverty" come from, and what does it mean?
American anthropologist Oscar Lewis first used the term in his 1959 book, Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty. He argued that there's a culture of poverty—values, behavioral patterns, ways of understanding the world—that makes poor people different from others. Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a U.S. Department of Labor report in 1965 to figure out why African American families remained mired in poverty. He talked about a "tangle of pathology" that produces families led by single moms. He called for national action to end "the cycle of poverty and disadvantage."
Some would say that the culture of poverty concept was born on the left, because Moynihan became an influential Democratic U.S. Senator. But the people who gravitate to this concept now want to end this cycle by getting poor people to live and behave more like the middle class. They think poverty is about bad choices and lifestyles. These tend to be the same people who want to cut welfare because they think it breeds dependency.
What common decisions or actions flow from a congregation's assumptions about the culture of poverty?
In churches that assume there is a culture of poverty, there's a lot of emphasis on individual control and cultural behaviors. This focus has a lower cost for the rest of society. It's also easy to understand—middle-class individuals just have to build relationships to show the poor how to live and disrupt their patterns. Adopting this focus means we don't have to change structures and address inequities in healthcare and transportation and real estate and employment. We don't have to broach difficult conversations about costly and abstract topics.
Have you come across culture of poverty assumptions in churches you've been part of?
Yes. I've been a deacon twice, and benevolence has been a significant component each time, as it should be. The idea of building relationships to address poverty appeals to evangelical Christians. It's not wrong, but it's not enough to show someone how to budget, because that doesn't necessarily influence their rate of eviction or quality of their children's education or their access to healthcare.
Evangelical churches frequently want to mentor them out of certain behaviors into something the congregation defines as virtuous. Financially comfortable people tend to judge because they're blind to the fact that it takes money to save money. A middle-class family can afford to buy in bulk in Costco. A poor family might not have transportation, money to buy in bulk, or a freezer to store all that frozen meat.
Have you noticed other assumptions when churches reach out to poor people?
Michael Emerson and Christian Smith discussed "the miracle motif" in their book Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America. They explain the miracle motif as a theologically-rooted idea that racism will go away if more people become Christians—and behave as if every person they run into really was an image bearer of God. But Christians can be racists. More than that, they can participate in and benefit from a racist political and economic structure. However, their highly individualized sense of Christianity makes some people unable to see institutional and structural racism. Similarly, some Christians have trouble grasping the systems that cause poverty.
Divided by Faith has a good parable to help reorient thinking about structural injustice. Two friends go to a fat camp. One gets put in a cabin with nothing but healthy food in her cupboards and refrigerator. Likeminded people and a personal trainer visit her. The other friend gets put in a cabin all by himself. It's full of junk food; no one visits to go for a run together. So, they have very different structures in place. They go to their first weigh-in, and she is disgusted to see that her friend has gained weight. But she's assuming everything in her cabin is the same as in his cabin. When we assume that everyone lives in the same kind of cabin we do, we don't understand the systems and structures that can limit other people's opportunities to thrive.
Many churches, schools, and multicultural conferences use Ruby Payne's Framework for Understanding Poverty to build bridges between socioeconomic classes. Is it helpful?
I appreciate that her books start from an interest in caring. Ruby Payne and her associates are pained by poverty. My concern is that their approach trades heavily on the idea that people in poverty have different values and behaviors compared to the middle class, and that's why they remain poor. The social science evidence tells us the opposite. Payne's "framework of poverty" gets the causation arrow wrong.
I recommend reading Tally's Corner: A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men by Elliot Liebow. The people he profiled made calculated decisions that anyone in their position would make. When I was a deacon, we would get requests for help paying Smartphone bills. Some deacons thought that was a want, not a need. But a landline doesn't give you access to the internet to look for jobs or stay in touch with colleagues. If you don't have wi-fi or a computer, you'll depend more on a Smartphone. It's easy to suggest using a public library computer instead. But that assumes you have discretionary time and a way to get there when the library's open.
How do you suggest framing discussions about how churches can help people rise out of poverty?
Churches are not social service agencies, but we should be involved. To be in solidarity with poor people, congregations need to know more about their context, their neighborhood. Churches do a pretty good job of meeting emergency needs through food pantries, but they should also be asking about the systems and structures that perpetuate those needs. Building relationships, of course, is great. However, it's wrong to assume that your relationship is so powerful that it can undo the structural forces of the political economy.
For instance, people may assume that neighborhoods are segregated because people naturally sort themselves. But federal housing policies and racial redlining prevented black people from buying homes and building wealth. Federal policies subsidized white suburbs with cheap loans and federally-funded highways that made those subdivisions more accessible. You can learn about this from Richard Rothstein's book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Relationships alone cannot address a half-century of government-supported residential segregation.
As congregations become more aware of structural injustice, they could begin using their resources to engage their neighborhoods. Churches aren't always aware of their own assets, like industrial kitchens, unused spaces, and volunteer networks. They don't always realize how much more they can do by collaborating with other congregations, such as some churches do in Grand Rapids, Michigan, through Gatherings of Hope. These kinds of groups can help congregations build relationships across socioeconomic contexts while also addressing structural inequalities.
What resources or first steps might help churches reexamine their assumptions about income inequality and why people are poor?
I'd suggest looking at how generously the early church gave. They thought of themselves as giving to Christ. When giving requests come up in churches today, there's so much judgment. I'd be nervous about someone examining my budget. I have privileges I didn't earn.
It's also good for churches to read and discuss two books—Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith and Blaming the Poor: The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty by Susan D. Greenbaum. Both are easy to read.
Attend the 2018 Calvin Symposium on Worship to hear speakers and panels discuss poverty, income inequality, and helping that heals. Mark Mulder will co-present on the future of Latino Protestants in America.
Read Mulder's essays "Right Diagnosis—Wrong Cure," about why and how Christians should commit to racial reconciliation, and "The Short and Tragic Lives of Black Youth."
Mulder's new book, Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places, can help churches accurately assess their limits and capacities for community engagement.
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When Helping Heals: Affirming Global Service in our Churches
Providing charitable support and development assistance to people in need can and does work, but, like any important activity, we must learn how to do it well.
Jonathan Brooks on Ministering with the Community
The pastor of a church where love makes the difference explains why they no longer do outreach ministry.
Worship that Calls Us to Reflect God's Heart for Justice
Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson co-wrote The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance. They explain how weekly worship helps congregations keep working with, and waiting on, God to make all things new.


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LUBBOCK – NWF State's lauded defense has delivered the Raiders to the Elite Eight.
But, really, can anyone be surprised from yet another stifling, in-your-jersey effort – the latest Wednesday's 51-50 Sweet 16 win over sixth-seed Butler at the Rip Griffin Center.
The answer is no one, at least no one that has watched 11th-seeded NWF State this season limit foes to 53 points points a night on 33 percent shooting and a 29-percent clip from 3.
On Wednesday the Raiders forced 17 turnovers and held Butler (27-5) to 30 percent shooting and a 2-for-19 clip from 3, the final miss well off the mark from Camille Downs as time expired.
The biggest defensive stand came with 7.4 seconds left after a Georgia Gayle turnover and the Raiders clinging to a one-point lead. After a frenetic possession found Downs on the left wing, Jaiden McCoy's outstretched hands pushed the potential game-winner well left of the rim as it barely grazed the backboard.
Now the Raiders (26-5) are bound for the Elite Eight for the second straight year and will face 14th-seeded Trinity Valley (27-4) – which knocked off Shelton State earlier in the night – tonight at 7 p.m. in Lubbock.
Gayle, who now has 35 points in the national tournament and is 10-of-19 from 3, delivered a game-high 17 points for the Raiders, including a trey with 4:47 left to play to put the Raiders up 48-40. Butler answered with a 6-0 run, but Cece Mayo delivered a 3 from the right wing with 2:34 to give the Raiders a 51-46 lead.
Awreona Ransom's layup with 16 seconds left drew the deficit to 51-50, but NWF State delivered the clutch stop after Gayle's turnover with 7.4 seconds left.
The win marks the second time in the tournament NWF State held its foe to 50 points, the first coming in a 79-50 win over 22nd-seeded NOC-Enid on Tuesday.
The Raiders, who were coming off a 51-percent shooting effort and 10 3s against the Jets, shot 41 percent from the floor but made just 11 trips to the foul line and 5-of-15 3s.
Awa Trasi added 13 points and Shania Meertens delivered a team-best eight assists on a night when point guard Leandra Echi was plagued with foul trouble. McCoy, who had 18 points and 10 rebounds in the opener, delivered six points and eight rebounds.


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CSE joins the GWOR
CSE is joining the Global War On Recessions!
As part of the federal government's broader effort to be seen shovelling stimulus dollars out of the door as fast as possible, CSE has become a beneficiary of CANADA'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN:
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Sir Leonard Tilley Building - "This project includes the replacement of the ceiling."
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Next month, I assume, they'll all be contributing to Canada's economic recovery by turning the furnace on when the weather gets cold.
Court confirms that CSE can collect for CSIS
In January, Federal Court of Canada judge Mr. Justice Richard Mosley cleared the way for CSE to support CSIS by collecting information on Canadians outside Canada. Judge Mosley's judgment was released today in redacted form by the Federal Court (CSIS-30-08).
As far as I can tell, the government has always intended that CSE be able to conduct collection activities in support of CSIS. The CSIS Act requires CSIS to obtain judicial warrants to conduct intrusive surveillance activities against Canadians. Then-Solicitor General Robert Kaplan, testifying in 1984 about the proposed act, stated that such surveillance might sometimes be conducted outside of Canada and that there was "no statutory requirement that the entire activities of the Security Intelligence Service be performed in Canada". Section 24 of the Act made it legal for other persons (e.g., other agencies such as CSE) to assist CSIS in executing surveillance warrants issued under s. 21 of the Act, and in 1991 CSE confirmed to the Globe and Mail that it does provide various forms of "technical assistance" to CSIS pursuant to warrants issued under s. 21, although collection was not specifically mentioned. That same year, the Security Intelligence Review Committee, the CSIS watchdog body, noted in its annual report that "current CSIS policies and procedures safeguard the interests of Canadians by limiting the information obtained from CSE to that which CSIS has the mandate and authority to collect." CSE's ability to co-operate with CSIS was explicitly written into Canadian law in 2001, when CSE was finally given its own statutory mandate, one element of which is to "provide technical and operational assistance to federal law enforcement and security agencies in the performance of their lawful duties".
So why was the legal decision necessary? In 2007 Mr. Justice Edmond Blanchard denied an application by CSIS for a warrant to conduct surveillance on ten individuals (nine Canadians and one foreign national) outside of Canada, arguing that without an explicit mandate in Canadian law he had no jurisdiction to authorize activities that would violate customary international law by impinging on the sovereignty of foreign countries (SCRS-10-07). CSIS had sought both to use the services of CSE in conducting the surveillance and to conduct surveillance activities of its own abroad (installing local wiretaps, etc.). Judge Blanchard stated that he found CSIS's arguments that CSE could assist in the execution of such a warrant "persuasive", but he did not rule on that issue as the jurisdiction issue made it moot.
Whether CSIS had never up to that time used CSE's collection abilities in support of s. 21 surveillance warrants, as some of the media coverage on that decision suggests (see, e.g., Colin Freeze, "Spying laws outdated, expert argues," Globe and Mail, 20 February 2008), or CSIS had been using CSE collection support but that support ended up as a collateral casualty in a jurisdictional decision sparked by CSIS's desire to send its own agents to conduct covert surveillance abroad, as seems more likely to me, the result of Blanchard's decision was that CSIS could not use CSE to conduct surveillance on Canadian targets abroad. (CSE surveillance of non-Canadian targets in support of CSIS presumably continued unhindered.)
The Mosley decision has now lifted that roadblock, not by finding a jurisdictional basis for CSIS surveillance conducted in other countries, but by deciding that CSIS can conduct surveillance abroad as long as it is done from "within Canada". Judge Mosley also confirmed that CSE does have the legal ability to assist in such surveillance when pursuant to a s. 21 warrant.
How can CSE conduct surveillance abroad from "within Canada"? Several possibilities come to mind, all of which are probably used from time to time. First, CSE can monitor HF radio and some satellite communications from the CFIOG intercept stations in Canada. Second, many communications between foreign points transit through Canadian territory, and it is likely that CSE has the ability to intercept selected communications from that traffic. Third, CSE can collect local cell phone and microwave traffic from the covert intercept stations it has in many Canadian diplomatic establishments, which technically are considered Canadian territory. [Update 25 November 2013: Actually, that last bit is not true. Canadian embassies, etc. are not considered Canadian territory. But since the intercept sites are Canadian assets that can be tasked remotely from Canada, they still probably fall within the range of techniques that CSE could use.]
Finally, and probably most importantly, CSE can task the collection resources of its UKUSA allies to conduct intercepts of Canadian targets. Those collection resources are located all around the world and even in outer space, but since the tasking can be done from workstations in Canada presumably that too is considered to be from within Canada.
[Update 1 July 2014: CSIS and CSE agreed with this interpretation, but Justice Mosley, when he found out about it in 2013, most assuredly did not.]
The decision also opens the way for another form of CSE collection activity for CSIS. Discussion of this technique is quite heavily redacted in the decision, but it seems clear that the technique in question is remote computer intrusion, e.g., hacking into computers in other locations (in this case, abroad), examining their contents, capturing passwords, monitoring the activities of their users, and so on. Such activities don't fall into the traditional definition of signals intelligence, but CSE has been engaging in this form of intelligence collection for more than a decade, and when its statutory mandate was drafted in 2001 it was written to reflect this broader role ("to acquire and use information from the global information infrastructure").
I strongly suspect that the government intended all along that CSE be able to use its capabilities in support of CSIS in the execution of s. 21 warrants and that the Blanchard decision was an unexpected glitch. Whether it has never been done before or was simply on hold for a couple of years, however, CSE collection support to CSIS has clearly got the green light now. It looks like CSE will be an even busier place in the wake of this latest decision.
Links to some of the media coverage of the decision:
Jim Bronskill, "CSIS enlists technical wizardry to eavesdrop abroad," Canadian Press, 6 October 2009.
Colin Freeze, "Canada's foreign intelligence agency can now eavesdrop on citizens abroad," Globe and Mail, 6 October 2009.
Joanna Smith, "Court gives CSIS expanded search powers," Toronto Star, 6 October 2009.
(HT to Jim Bronskill and an anonymous reader for alerting me to this story.)


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Retail stores that are using AI to track you and those that refuse [Full list]
By Charlie Fripp, Komando.com
There is a line in the theme song lyrics to the sitcom "Cheers" where it says that the bar is "where everybody knows your name." That might have been a fictional place, but it turns out that some stores are a place where everybody knows your face.
Security cameras are everywhere globally, and it is hard to walk down the road without spotting one. Ring doorbells can also capture what's going on around the neighborhood and are generally used to keep people safe. Have a Ring camera? Tap or click here to opt out of Amazon's shared wireless network.
For the most part, people tend to be fine with keeping an eye on others in the name of safety. But you might find it disturbing when retailers use facial recognition to identify everybody inside their store. Read on for details on this creepy practice.
Here's the backstory
Facial recognition is no longer just being used to enter super-secret facilities or unlock your phone. The technology has evolved so much that shopping malls and grocery stores use it to keep track of shoppers, foot traffic and self-serve checkout points.
You might not always be aware that facial recognition is being used, and that poses a privacy risk for anybody it recognizes. Some of the systems are so advanced that researchers speculate they can be used to target specific products to shoppers. Here we go, in-person targeted ads.
A campaign has been started calling for the technology to be limited or removed altogether.
"Imagine a store showing you targeted advertising based on the products you look at but never buy — or even personalized pricing based on a perception of your income once they've identified you," the Ban Facial Recognition in Stores campaign states.
Who's using it and what you can do
The easiest way to stop your likeness from being scanned and stored on a database is to avoid the shops that have admitted to using it. The campaign has identified several outlets, and they include:
H.E.B Grocery
Stores that indicated that they might use the technology in the future include:
Ahold Delhaize USA
The campaign indicates that facial recognition led to an arrest at an Albuquerque Albertsons. But also that Macy's "was hit with privacy lawsuit over alleged use of facial recognition software in 2020."
If you feel uncomfortable about cameras tracking your whereabouts, you can add your voice to the growing number of people who signed the petition.
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The campaign warns: "Your face should not be scanned, stored, or sold just because you walk into or work at a store. Retailers justify using facial recognition to protect and predict their profits, but this technology puts workers in danger, exacerbates bias, and amasses personal data."
Facebook's Instagram accused of illegal facial recognition scans of millions of users
Has your local police department used facial recognition software? Check this database
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