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Ariana Grande: Who's The 'Bang Bang' Singer Dating These Days?
Chanel Adams
Petite pop tart Ariana Grande has been keeping quiet about her personal life these days. The singer was last spotted with backup dancer Ricky Alvarez when they were seen kissing and licking donuts last July in California.
The couple was even spotted sharing some PDA at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. According to the Hollywood Life, Alvarez wouldn't leave Grande's sight in the private area that they celebrated. An insider told the celebrity gossip blog that the couple whispered into each other's ears and giggled all night long.
"Ricky was all over Ariana throughout the night in the VIP area. He wouldn't leave her sight and was constantly whispering in her ear and making her laugh. He was very cute with her. They shared a few kisses, but she was definitely on high alert with all the cameras around, so she just stuck to holding hands over major PDA."
Grande even dropped hints about her boo on her Snapchat account. Last month, she revealed to fans that her "babe" surprised her with her very own recording booth that he built himself.
The pair first sparked the romance rumors when Ariana kissed him during a June 28 concert. Their relationship was then confirmed when Ariana and Ricky were caught kissing on camera at the donut shop over the Fourth of July weekend, but fans were too busy scolding Ariana for licking the donuts that were left out on the counter.
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Since Donutgate happened, the two have been keeping a low profile by spending time alone at home or on Grande's tour bus.
"They are not super serious, but they are exclusive. [Their relationship is] very new and they are very comfortable around each other so that its helping things move forward quicker than usual."
But sources say that Ricky is kind of the jealous type – and for good reason. In January, Justin Bieber liked and commented on a few of Ariana's Instagram photos, and Ricky was not happy about the pop star's flirtatious behavior.
Bieber allegedly commented that Grande looked good on a now deleted video. He wrote, "Damn u look good." Alvarez shut the Biebs down by writing, "keep looking player….I already told you she does."
Ariana Grande then sparked romance rumors with ex-boyfriend Nathan Sykes. Fans thought that the pair rekindled their romance since they collaborated for a new song, "Over and Over Again." Both Ari and Nathan took to their Twitter accounts to promote their new duet.
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While fans have hoped that the former couple would get back together, it appears that the two are just back together for their professional careers.
According to Rolling Stone, Grande is still in her low-profile relationship with Alvarez, at the moment.
Ariana Grande has managed to ditch one guy in her life and that's her manager Scooter Braun. She reportedly fired him as her co-manager after their three-year working relationship. Ariana signed on to Scooter's team back in 2013, and has experienced huge success because of him.
Now the "Focus" singer has parted ways with Braun, according to various reports. The singer and the manager have yet to comment on the news, but an insider insists that her decision had nothing to do with Bieber.
"Ariana always has and continues to support Justin. She did not think the relationship was working for her professionally anymore. It was time to move on. She thinks this is the best professional decision for her moving forward."
During an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper in 2014, Grande revealed that Braun was like a "father figure" because she hardly sees her own dad, Edward Butera, who left her mom when she was a child.
Now that she has broken ties from Scooter Braun, fans are wondering if this will push back Ariana Grande's upcoming album, Moonlight.
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As the tweets and statements parsing President Obama's speech announcing the new initiative My Brother's Keeper started to roll in late yesterday afternoon, I began to remember the antics of one man: Tavis Smiley.
Already a household name with a powerful platform on PBS and in Black circles, Smiley was one of those people who seemed to believe that Barack Obama was going to be the African American community's penultimate pushback against centuries of slavery, marginalization, and every form of the four circles of racism Jay Smooth talked about on Youtube.
Obama's aspirations to the White House were to be his ticket to greatness as well, he thought, but when the future President offered to send his wife in his stead to Smiley's annual State of the Black Union event, Smiley exposed himself as the petulant, nakedly self-interested parody of a Thought Leader that is his legacy, declaring Michelle Obama persona non grata and becoming one of the Obama administration's harshest, most irrational critics. Then there was that whole Poverty Bus Tour with another high chief of the Marginalized Community, Dr. Cornel West, who at times breathed anger and anti-Semitic rage against this President for not getting him a ticket to his first inauguration, and thus their status as permanent laughingstocks was confirmed.
Six years later, many of those who publicly ridiculed Smiley and West have created solid brands themselves on exactly what they did: bash this President for never in their estimation "doing enough" to help young Black men of color live their lives successfully and safely, always pointing to the the existence of racism and the pallor of white supremacy, things no rationally minded human being would ever dispute.
And when this Executive placed the children we are trying to save on the same stage as he–every varying skin tone, hair style, and age group–seeking to get them into places of future power and success in ways the Legislative branch could collectively care less about before they fall victim to these streets or the end of some Floridian bigot's gun, and already have the cries of "respectability politics" and "behavioral modification" started.
From the moment President Obama walked into the East Room for the "My Brothers Keeper" event, you could tell this initiative was personal for him. For he knows, as all African Americans know, that when you're a black male you're not allowed to make mistakes, innocent or otherwise. Youthful indiscretions can turn into lifetime liabilities if they don't get you killed. And you have to come to terms with being viewed as a problem. One that is best ignored or incarcerated or both depending on where you live.
As I tweeted yesterday, what President Obama did is singlehandedly the most revolutionary thing any President has done at any time in our nation's history exclusively for the Black community. In that room, those young men's stories, who indeed go largely ignored or are simply patted on the head as they are hauled off to prison, were just taken into the body and consciousness of the Office of the President of the United States. Our pain was not merely spoken of; a clear pathway to a life other than misery and poverty was blazed here. After years of upset that Obama had not done this sort of thing in his first term, a solutions-based conversation has finally been started.
I always say stop looking at yourself as other. Yes, we get racism. Yes, we get bigotry… Yes, you can be aware of who you are and you can be proud of your identity and all of those things, but concern yourself with being excellent and then before you know it, all of those things that you thought were hindrances will be your silent motivators and you will have made it and you will be doing it and working in your career and you'll look back and say, how did I do this?
Cynicism and conflated nobility complexes help no one. Courage and overcoming the odds given in life does. Don't be the ones that constrain for your own ends.


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Veezu was established to lead consolidation in the UK private hire sector by acquiring UK Taxi Companies, with a view to commercialising and improving performance in them. It is a unique business model established in late 2013 by two well-known Welsh-based entrepreneurs who had a clear strategy to lead the UK taxi market through an expected period of change and consolidation. Since its early establishment, with laws dating back to 1831, the UK Taxi and Private Hire industry is recognised as one of the most regulated of its kind in the world. It's a sector strategically critical to the UK's transport network where today it services in excess of 600m journeys per annum. The UK industry is said to be worth an estimated £9bn per annum, which mirrors that of other transport networks such as buses and rail. Veezu has invested heavily in new technology to raise the bar for all consumer types and create a 'best-in-class' offering for all B2C and B2B customers. Substantial investment in a strengthened management team, mobile application and dispatch technologies will see Veezu become one of the leading private hire operators in the UK.
Paul Ragan founded Motaquote Insurance in 1991, which became Wales'' most aggressive consolidator in the Motor Insurance sector, where after some 18 acquisitions, Mr Ragan sold the business in 2008. Mr Ragan acquired a small Taxi Business in Dec 2008 (Radio Cabs in Bridgend) purely as an investment and never worked in the business until 2013. It was at this point Mr Ragan considered the dynamics of Radio Cabs most interesting and subsequently spent six months undergoing due-diligence on the Private Hire Sector before putting a strong team together and presenting to funders in October 2013 about his ambitions and plans to lead consolidation. It was then that Veezu was born.
The major challenges in starting Veezu were resource and industry credibility. To secure funding at the outset involved several months of industry due-diligence, growth planning and commitment from a "top-heavy" team to ensure a suitable credible consolidation proposal was recognised and subsequently supported.
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Dear RSU 21 Families & Staff,
Due to widespread complications involving power outages and unplowed roads from the snowstorm on Monday, January 23, RSU 21 Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 24.
Utility officials and law enforcement agencies do not anticipate that power will be restored to the community by the opening of school tomorrow morning and some school buildings are anticipated to not have essential functions operational.
School will be closed for students, staff and central office personnel.
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All school activities including athletics are canceled for Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
The accumulation of ice, downed trees, uncleared roads and sidewalks, and widespread power outages were all factors in this decision to close school. This decision was made after consulting with town officials, local law enforcement and utility officials, as well as RSU 21's transportation personnel, who have all reported various challenges involving loss of power and roads that remained unplowed.
Thank you for your understanding and flexibility. We all want to ensure the safety of our students and staff.
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Local news including summer food programs, hall of fame pavers and YMCA sports clinics.
The Bucyrus City Schools and Galion City School District, in partnership with the USDA, will sponsor summer food service programs this summer.
Free lunches will be provided to children ages 1 to 18 from 10:15 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. weekdays May 30 through Aug. 10 at the Bucyrus Secondary School; and also from 11:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m.at Bucyrus Elementary School.
• Bucyrus Lions Field Park, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Bucyrus Harmon Field Park, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
• Bucyrus Public Library, noon to 1 p.m.
All lunches are available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be eaten on site. Adult meals will also be available for purchase at a cost of $3; correct change is required. Program menus will be posted at each site and on the Food Services webpage at www.bucyrusschools.org.
No meals will be served July 3 or 4. For details, call Lorie Pennington at 419-562-5355.
• Libby Lane Apartments, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• East Park, 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
• Heise Park Shelter House, noon to 12:30 p.m.
• Galion Arms Apartments, 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Program menus will be posted at each site and on the Food Services webpage at www.galionschools.org. No meals will be served July 4. For details, call Kim Pfleiderer at 419-468-6500.
BUCYRUS - The Crawford County Veterans Hall Of Fame monument foundations have been poured and the paver pad should be poured next week, weather permitting.
Pavers are still available. For details, call Chuck at 419-562-4740 or Don at 419-562-9789.
BUCYRUS - The Bucyrus Area YMCA will offer "Racq it" clinics in July and August.
The clinics are for ages 5 to 12, take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and cost is $20 per child, per week.
Clinics include ping pong, July 24 and 26; racquetball, July 31 and Aug. 2; and pickleball, Aug. 7 and 9.


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The Beutenberg Campus is a science and research site situated in southern Jena, Germany. The physician Hans Knöll founded the first biomedical research institute at Beutenberg in 1950. From 1970, it was run as the Central Institute of Microbiology and Experimental Therapy (Zentralinstitut für Mikrobiologie und experimentelle Therapie - ZIMET) of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. From 1982 institutes focussing on physics were also set up on the site. Following German reunification in 1990, a multidisciplinary science and research centre was created in response to a recommendation by the German Council of Science and Humanities.

The campus currently hosts nine research institutes. These include three Leibniz Association institutes, two Max Planck Society institutes, one Fraunhofer Society institute, one institute funded by the State of Thuringia, as well as Friedrich Schiller University institutes. Two start-up centres, the Technology and Innovation Park Jena and the Bioinstrumentation centre, host more than 50 companies. In addition, Wacker Biotech GmbH has established biotechnology production facilities on campus.

Beutenberg Campus offers an interdisciplinary knowledge and technology platform for work in innovative research. It is a competence centre for research in terms of the guidelines Life Science meets Physics. The areas of biology, natural product chemistry, environmental research and medicine complement the physics of optics, photonics and optical microsystems.

Over 2300 people currently work on the Campus, more than 1000 are scientists. German and foreign students pursue their PhDs in association with one of the seven international research schools and in close cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.

Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V.
In 1998 the Institutes on Campus organised themselves into the Campus Association. This non-profit Campus Association provides a platform for interdisciplinary cooperation, for representing campus activities to the outside world and for developing strategies for added value synergies between the members. For example, the Campus Association annually grants its most talented young scientists the Campus Award in Life Science and Physics. The Association organises scientific talks by internationally renowned scientists, presents campus research activities to the public in an accessible manner and represents the interests of the members in relation to politicians and civil servants.

Research institutes
 BioCentiv GmbH - BioInstrumentation Centre
 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
 Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Applied Physics
Center for Innovation Competence Septomics
Centre for Molecular Biomedicine
 Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT)
 Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
 Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
 Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
 Technology and Innovation Park Jena
 University Clinic Jena, Friedrich Schiller University - Institute of Virology and Antiviral Therapy
 Wacker Biotech GmbH

Awards
Germany - Land of Ideas: Ausgewählter Ort 2006

References

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Official website Beutenberg Campus

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Blazing the Trail: Shawn Kemp, the aerial artist
Mat Issa
Sept 3 2022 7:40PM UTC
Welcome to Basketball News' 10-part mini-series, Blazing the Trail, where Mat Issa breaks down the most revolutionary players of the 1990s and 2000s. Throughout this series, we'll examine how these players changed basketball and pioneered their respective skills.
In this sixth installment, Mat goes in-depth on the two-way brilliance of Shawn Kemp. He explains what made "The Reign Man" special on both ends of the floor, with insights from former Seattle SuperSonics head coach George Karl, current Atlanta Hawks head coach Nate McMillan (who played with Kemp) and former Sonics scout Yvan Kelly.
Arguably the most salient feature of a 1990s NBA roster was the presence of a low-post brute. The Utah Jazz had Karl Malone. The Houston Rockets had Hakeem Olajuwon. The Orlando Magic (and then later the Los Angeles Lakers) had Shaquille O'Neal.
And, of course, the Seattle SuperSonics had Shawn Kemp.
Did the Sonics lean on Kemp's unique athleticism and mobility enough? While Kemp thrived in the golden era of big men, one could also argue that he's the precursor to the modern-day center.
WHAT MADE KEMP SPECIAL
To interpret Kemp's revolutionary impact, one needs to understand the customary tactics of the era.
At the time, a staple play in many playbooks was an empty corner post-up with three players spaced out on the opposite side. Here's a look at how the Jazz orchestrated that action:
The alignment was effective because of the illegal-defense rules in place before 2001. The restrictions outlawed zone defense and made it so that when ancillary defenders wanted to double team, they had to completely commit to the endeavor, which left one offensive player unaccounted for.
This means that teams had to watch idly as superstar players cooked defenders in isolation (first clip in above montage) or offer supplementary resistance and risk the chance that said superstar dimes up an open shooter (second clip).
The SuperSonics were no strangers to these practices, but as former Sonics head coach George Karl notes, they sprinkled in a lot more pick-and-roll than the rest of their contemporaries.
"We probably ran as much [pick-and-roll] as anybody in the league," Karl told Basketball News.
In fact, their pet action — a play called "two-out" — was an empty corner pick-and-roll with three shooters spaced out on the opposite side.
Here's a demonstration of the play in theory and in practice:
Visual diagram courtesy of Luceo Sports
The inner workings of the play are best described by former Sonics scout Yvan Kelly.
"[Gary] Payton would have the ball on the left wing, about free-throw line extended. Shawn would come set a pick on Gary's right side, and away they would go," Kelly told Basketball News. "The weak side was spaced with the big in the right corner. The spacing is what made defending it so hard. It was really hard to double team or trap it."
The reason they could handle this ball-screen-laden attack was because of Kemp. Where Malone was limited as a finisher because of his low release point, Kemp feasted thanks to his verticality and wide catch radius.
"Some of the lobs that Gary would throw, I thought they were gonna go way out of bounds, and somehow [Kemp] found and caught them," Karl marveled.
"We just killed people with a simple side pick-and-roll!" Kelly added gleefully.
This distinction matters because pick-and-rolls are more efficient than post-ups. For instance, during the 2021-22 season, the average post-up yielded 0.9 points per possession (PPP). Meanwhile, the average pick-and-roll roll man produced 1.25 PPP, per InStat.
While Seattle's gameplan was ahead of its time, Karl regrets not turning to the pick-and-roll more.
"Kemp's post-up game was good, but his face-up game was probably what he was more confident in," Karl said.
Kemp was a cataclysmic force, the likes of which the league had seldomly seen.
"At the time that Shawn [Kemp] came into the game, his position was called the power forward, and that's how he played the game," said his former teammate Nate McMillan, who is now the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks. "He brought that athleticism. The things that you saw Blake Griffin do... Shawn Kemp was doing all that [long] before Blake Griffin. Just explosive, athletic, powerful."
On offense, he functioned more like an Amar'e Stoudemire than a Karl Malone. His God-given gifts weren't meant to be wasted on dull isolations. Kemp was best served as the punctuating force on an egalitarian attack — a play-finisher rather than an independent scorer. He would be the perfect player to pair next to the high-usage, on-ball creators of today.
Unfortunately, societal expectations for big men forced Kemp to focus on post-ups instead of the rim-runs, putbacks, catch-and-shoot jumpers and transition forays he excelled at.
Unlike many of the post-centric bigs of the 1990s, Shawn Kemp was more of a play-finisher than an isolationist.
Don't get me wrong, he posted up plenty, but he was at his best when he could score off rim runs, putbacks, catch and shoot jumpers, and transition forays. pic.twitter.com/IVhSlrTgDh
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His proficiency in that last component — transition — is what influenced their unique defense.
"We played our best when we created our offense from our defense," Karl explained.
And to acquire more fastbreak opportunities, Karl leaned heavily on his assistant coach Bob Kloppenburg's SOS pressure defense.
"George Karl wanted us to run, so we forced the issue," McMillan said. "We pressured, we trapped, [and] we switched."
In its simplest form, the SOS pressure defense was a barrage of hostile tactics designed to create turnovers and get the SuperSonics' athletic personnel out and running. Seattle was first in opponent turnovers every season from 1992 to 1997, except in 1994-95 (when they finished second). The Sonics were uber-aggressive on defense — double-teaming, trapping, fronting, switching, etc.
The scheme was so aggressive that Karl joked that Kloppenburg "wanted to double the Coke machine."
Kemp's versatile skillset was essential to fulfilling Kloppenburg's vision. As McMillan alluded to, where many teams would have their bigs hedge on ball-screens, Seattle trusted Kemp to switch pick-and-rolls.
"[Kemp] was what we all want now in today's game," Karl said. "We switched a lot — switching the pick-and-rolls, switching onto guards. Kemp was ahead of his time there."
Watch as Kemp forces Scottie Pippen to give up the ball (and then later break up a lob):
Along with his positional versatility, the SOS pressure defense's success was contingent on Kemp's ability to trap the ball-handler, deny the ball to teammates, full front in the post and, most importantly, protect the interior with his roaming brand of rim protection.
"If we didn't get the steal, [Kemp] was so athletic that he was blocking shots and protecting the rim," McMillan explained. "We didn't have big centers like Olajuwon and [Patrick] Ewing. Kemp was our guy. He was our leading shot-blocker.
"When you thought you had something easy, he was erasing that stuff."
The Sonics — featuring McMillan, Gary Payton and Sam Perkins — were not bereft of defensive talent. Still, Kemp's multi-faceted appeal on that end of the court helped them put the pieces together and become a top-three defense three times from 1992 to 1997.
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In his prime, Kemp was a near 20-and-10 player, earning six All-Star nods and three All-NBA selections. Kemp and Payton formed one of the most electrifying one-two punches in the NBA.
If a team didn't have an athletic big man, Kemp was going to destroy them. Kemp's ideal offensive context is best illustrated by looking at his varying outputs against his different playoff matchups.
Visual created by Mark Cheung
All players struggle against opponents who counter their strengths and exploit their weaknesses. But dependent scorers who lean heavily on athleticism (like Kemp) have an especially hard time adapting to players who can negate their superhuman abilities.
In Kemp's case, his kryptonite was athletic paint protectors who touted extraordinary length. During his prime years, his worst postseason outing came at the elongated hands of Dikembe Mutombo.
"[Denver] didn't have to double-team/trap him... because Mutombo could guard him [1-on-1] with his length," McMillan explained. "Kemp had to get to the rim, and Mutombo was right there at the rim."
Another example of this can be seen with our old friends in Utah. In 1992, against defensive titan Mark Eaton, Kemp was relegated to 13.8 points per game on 49.6% True Shooting. When the two teams faced off again the following season (when Eaton fell off production-wise) and later in 1996 (when he retired), the depleted Jazz frontline was no match for the basketball adonis.
The dynastic Chicago Bulls fielded a pugnacious defense throughout their 1990s run, but even they were slightly vulnerable to elite offensive big men. When Kemp faced off against the Bulls, he turned in one of the best six-game runs of his career.
"He was the best player on the floor that year," Karl said. "Michael Jordan got the MVP, but the best player on the floor... was Shawn Kemp."
And despite never winning a championship or hoisting a Finals MVP award of his own, Kemp was a massive contributor to a contending team for half of the decade.
As we established in Part I of this series, teams that make the NBA Finals either have a great deal of balance on both ends of the court or are outlier-level elite at one end of the floor.
The SuperSonics fall in the former category, leaning on two-way excellence to stand out in a loaded Western Conference. From 1992 to 1997, Seattle finished top-three in the NBA in Simple Rating System (SRS) — a metric that ranks teams based on their point differential and strength of schedule. All five of those seasons rank among the top-100 SRS seasons in NBA history.
However, team excellence is not the only factor that determines who will be the last squad standing. Luck is also a variable, and that resource was scarce in Seattle.
In addition to being a poor matchup for Kemp, the Denver Nuggets' egalitarian offense was also the perfect counter to the SOS pressure defense. Unlike the Rockets with Olajuwon (whom Seattle bested in two of their three playoff bouts during that era), the Nuggets didn't have a low-post warrior they could key their aggressive scheme in on.
"They were able to take away our strength... We couldn't get our traps against them because there was no one to trap," McMillan explained. "It was hard for us to establish our tempo because of Denver's style of play."
In 1995, the SuperSonics outscored the Lakers in the totality of the series, but lost the five-game series. Los Angeles eked out three wins by less than five points, and Nick Van Exel went on a playoff heater that he wouldn't replicate for the rest of the decade (24.8 PPG on 64.5% TS).
Lastly, in 1995-96, Seattle posted a 64-18 record and the 55th-best SRS season in NBA history, only to be vanquished by the team with the second-best SRS score ever: the 72-win Chicago Bulls.
"In a normal year, that was a championship team," Kelly summarized.
WEAVING THE THREAD
Ironically, Kemp's progenitor was also his mentor.
"Of any basketball player in the world [who] has helped me the most on the court, I would say Xavier McDaniel, without a doubt," Kemp said on the Iconic Sonics podcast. "Everywhere he would go, I would sit behind him because I was [always] learning from him."
Like Reign Man, X-Man was a slash-and-crash bandit who was capable of submitting thunderous jams from the heavens.
However, while McDaniel was an incredible athlete in his own right, he was not Kemp's equal.
"They did have similar games, but they were different players," McMillan explained. "They were both power players. X-Man was athletic, but he wasn't the high-flier [that Kemp] was."
Kemp was a souped-up version of McDaniel.
Where McDaniel's career scoring efficiency was below league average, Kemp's was nearly four points ahead of it. Where McDaniel's block percentage hovered around 1%, Kemp juiced his total up over 3%. And where McDaniel's teams in Seattle consistently made the playoffs, Kemp elevated the franchise to a perennial Finals contender.
IMPACT ON TODAY'S GAME
Kemp's chapter in NBA history helped usher in a new standard for big men.
Nowadays, if your team doesn't have an offensive supernova like Nikola Jokic or Karl-Anthony Towns, you want the center position to be occupied by someone like Kemp — a relatively low-usage offensive star who can also fill multiple roles on defense.
Coincidentally, this player synopsis matches the description of one of the best players in the world today.
"The current version [of Kemp] is the fellow in Milwaukee," Kelly pointed out. "The Greek Freak."
Karl agrees with Kelly's observation: "When I first saw [Antetokounmpo], he reminded me athletically [of Kemp]."
Like Kemp, Antetokounmpo is at his best on defense when he can roam around the paint and use his length and athleticism to create havoc off the ball. Offensively, I once described him as the ultimate scavenger of low-hanging fruit (rim-runs, putbacks, transition surges, etc.). In fact, the Milwaukee Bucks even utilize the same empty-corner actions for him.
McMillan sees a lot of similarities between the SOS pressure defense and the aggressive, gaping scheme currently being deployed in Miami (one he witnessed firsthand in the first round of last year's playoffs).
And, of course, he credits Bam Adebayo with anchoring the unit in the same way Kemp once did in Seattle.
"[Adebayo] would probably be one of those guys that I would compare to [Kemp]," McMillan said.
More grounded observations, like those comparing Kemp to Robert Williams III (a ferocious lob finisher with a penchant for paint protection), paint Kemp as having impressed his value on some of the premier young talents in the league.
And that's how it should be because at the apex of the big-man dynasty, Kemp not only found a way to keep the SuperSonics relevant, but at the forefront of the title chase every year of his prime.
And he did so by being something more, something different, something revolutionary.
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Advantech Satellite Networks, ASN, provides satellite-based broadband communications equipment, developing equipment that supports two-way internet communications via satellite. Commercial success in this field requires the continuing enhancement of ASN Systems and Products based on feedback from the customer base as well as changing market requirements. The objective of the project is to enhance key aspects of the ASN product line in line with this feedback. These key aspects include End to End performance, DVB-S2 support, and Network Management.
The key issues addressed in this project are enhancements of key aspects of the EMS product line. These include End to End performance, DVB-S2 support, and Network Management.
The DVB-RCS standard itself is now relatively stable. Nevertheless, the provision of DVB-RCS products is still characterised by a strong need for a continued development of features and performance.
Initial product offerings provided only a limited sub-set of the full functionality offered by the standard, often targeted to the needs perceived a priority by "launch customers". This functionality needs to be complemented, in order to meet a wider market demand. Secondly, full-scale commercial service roll-out is only just beginning, so the real-world needs are only now starting to emerge. These are not all identical to those perceived in advance by the launch customers. The main benefit of this project is to introduce this functionality into the ASN product line.
Initial DVB-RCS developments, as well as the definition of the standard itself, were focussed on the provision of robust and high- performance functionality at the physical and MAC layers.
The present project contains some work addressing these layers. However, some of the focus is shifting to higher-layer and end-to-end issues. New and improved applications functionality (Multicasting, Voice-over-IP) are addressed, as well as features aimed at improving intermediate-layer functionality (Quality-of-Service support, PEP enhancements). These enhancements enable excellent end-to-end utilisation of the efficient platform provided by the MAC and physical layers.
The new DVB-S2 standard is seen as a major enabling technology for the reduction of service provisioning costs, in particular when the advanced facilities for rain fade mitigation are exploited. However, the introduction of DVB-S2 introduces issues which must be addressed in order to ensure commercial success.
For customers, DVB-S2 introduces backwards compatibility problems, so a proper migration plan must be devised. In terms of equipment, DVB-S2 changes the situation fundamentally. With DVB-S, forward link equipment such as modulators and IDU tuners are essentially commodity items. This is not yet the case for DVB-S2, forcing a DVB-RCS manufacturer to alter the strategy for implementation of forward links, compared to that adopted for the current product line.
Network Management is one of the most important functions for commercial users. This term covers a wide spectrum of functions, ranging from equipment configuration and resource administration to real-time functions such as authentication and admission control.
There are close links between these aspects of the network management and system features such as Quality-of-Service and rain fade mitigation. It also encompasses features such as terminal administration. EMS has already developed substantial network management functionality; which will be enhanced under this project.
The project plan consists primarily of developments in software for RLSS, SIT, and Gateway products as well as a hardware development for SIT. All developments will go through a thorough validation process.
SatNet has successfully completed all of the activities for this project.


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Q: Where to initialize Firebase Admin SDK in Java REST API? I am developing a REST API using Java, with the Jersy. The REST API will be used by a Fluttervmobile app.
I have decided to use Firebase in my application. So the mobile app will use Firebase Authentication. However the Firebase functions are only to authenticate the user at the moment, all other data are in a MySQL database which is accessible via the REST API.
Now, I installed the Firebase Admin SDK according to this link - https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup
The below is the code to initialize the app
try
        {
            ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            InputStream serviceAccount = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("xxxxxx.json");

            FirebaseOptions options = new FirebaseOptions.Builder()
                .setCredentials(GoogleCredentials.fromStream(serviceAccount))
                .build();

            FirebaseApp.initializeApp(options);
        }
        catch(IOException io)
        {
            io.printStackTrace();
        }

My problem is, in which class should put this code in? I can use the rest filter classes to validate the token sent by the Firebase and initialize it at the same time. However this means if I get 1M requests, Firebase will be initialized for 1M times!
How can I solve this matter?

A: You initialize the Firebase Admin SDK just once per process per project that needs to be accessed.  If you have once process and one project to access, initialize it just once in that process, before it's first used.

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After a hectic Week 5, NFL teams prepare themselves for Week 6
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By RYAN BRAUCH Sports Editor With a little bit over a quarter of the 2017 NFL season in the books, the league took a huge turn during Week five with numerous key injuries and the trade sending Adrian Peterson to Arizona.
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By RYAN BRAUCH
With a little bit over a quarter of the 2017 NFL season in the books, the league took a huge turn during Week five with numerous key injuries and the trade sending Adrian Peterson to Arizona.
Week five was an opportunity for many teams to prove to the league, fans and even themselves that they are still in a position to succeed. For other teams it was their last attempt to be competitive before throwing in the towel for the season and focus on tanking for a draft pick. Lastly, Week five may have been the last chance for some players to keep their starting roles.
After starting 0-3, the Cincinnati Bengals have used the last two games to resurrect their chances to stay competitive this year. With a big 31-7 victory against a young Cleveland Browns team in Week four, followed by a 20-16 home win against the shorthanded Buffalo Bills, the Bengals are in a comfortable spot heading into Week six. Cincinnati is rewarded with a bye week to prepare for their upcoming matchups and fix any kinks in their schemes.
The Jacksonville Jaguars also made the best of a tough matchup in Week five, as they met with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The game started out slow but it was only a matter of time before the defense completely took over control of the remaining quarters by forcing veteran quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, to throw five interceptions. Jacksonville earned a huge 30-9 victory over the 3-1 Steelers after a rocky and inconsistent 2-2 start to the season. The Jags, now 3-2 look forward to an interesting NFC matchup against the Rams at home in Week six.
Meanwhile two 0-4 teams faced off in New York as the Giants hosted the Los Angeles Chargers. After what became an intense battle for each of the team's first win, the Chargers were able to capitalize on a fatal fumble and steal the game with a last minute touchdown putting Los Angeles up 27-22 with only a few minutes remaining.
Not only did the Giants fail to win the game, they also lost their four best wide receivers in Odell Beckham Jr., Brandon Marshall, Sterling Shepard and Dwayne Harris, to long term injuries which will likely cause them all to miss the remainder of the season. The Giants will likely continue to run into problems getting wins, especially with their lack of a receiving corps and lousy offensive line.
Searching for their first win, the 0-4 Cleveland Browns played the New York Jets at home. Unfortunately for the Browns, they did not get off to the start they had hoped for as rookie quarterback Deshone Kizer played a lackluster first half, completing less than 50 percent of his passes, fumbling the ball and throwing an interception.
Despite Kizer's less than outstanding play, the Browns were still in the game, only down by three points at halftime. Heading into the second half, head coach Hue Jackson went in a different direction, benching Kizer for second year signal caller Kevin Hogan. The Stanford product took control of the game and led the team down the field for a touchdown, putting the team up 7-3 in the third quarter. Sadly the Browns weren't able to hang on for the win and Kizer may not be able to hang on to his starting job.
On top of the plethora of injuries accumulated by the Giants, other star players such as JJ Watt, Whitney Mercilus, Charles Clay and Sam Bradford suffered major injuries. Watt and Mercilus have been ruled out for the rest of the season, putting the Houston Texans' defensive front at a disadvantage for the rest of the year. Despite those major setbacks, no team will suffer as severely as the Giants, missing almost their entire receiver group.
To top off an insane Week five, the New Orleans Saints made headlines by trading seven time Pro Bowler and 2012 MVP, 32 year old running back Adrian Peterson to the Arizona Cardinals. Peterson, the long term Minnesota Viking, joined the Saints this past offseason, creating a huge logjam at the running back position for Sean Payton and the Saints.
Through the first few weeks of the season, things clearly were not working out between the Saints and Peterson, as the future Hall of Famer believed he deserved more carries but with established and trusted back Mark Ingram and standout rookie Alvin Kamara also in the backfield, it became apparent Peterson would not get more than a few carries a game.
The Cardinals were eager to capitalize on this lack of chemistry by trading for the veteran back after starting star running back David Johnson went down with a long term injury in Week 1. Struggling to find an answer to their run game problems, the Cardinals look to thrust Peterson into the starting role to revive their offense. Following such a hectic week, most teams look to regather themselves and prepare for the upcoming weeks.
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Chennai: The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body and is the blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. The commonest diseases of the aorta requiring invasive treatment include Aortic Aneurysm which is an abnormal swelling of the wall of the aorta or Aortic Dissection which is a tear in the wall of the aorta. Both these conditions can be life threatening and replacement of the diseased aorta with a synthetic graft is the best treatment. When left untreated, such aneurysms can rupture and majority of patients die in 3 to 4 minutes making it very unlikely for quick treatment to be delivered in that short period.
Mr S K who hails from Vijayawada had an aortic repair done with stent grafts in 2016 for a life-threatening condition. Over the last few weeks, he became increasingly unwell and his family including his son and wife were very concerned and took him to various hospitals at Vijaywada. He was diagnosed of severe renal failure and blood loss due to a leaking aortic aneurysm. Treatment for aortic diseases is only offered by a few centres in the country. Therefore the patient obtained opinions from various leading surgeons in Vijaywada, Bangalore and Chennai. All concluded that no treatment can be offered for Mr S K's critical condition and that fatality was unavoidable.
In despair, the family contacted Dr A B Gopalamurugan, senior interventional cardiologist and Chief of Aortic Interventions at Kauvery Hospital's newly-opened 24-hour Aortic Department. Dr Gopalamurugan is renowned for taking on very high risk patients for heart and aortic diseases and is a pioneer in various cutting edge treatments in the country. The 24-hour Aortic Department at Kauvery headed by Dr Gopalamurugan consists of various super-specialists including Cardiovascular Surgery headed by Dr Raguram, Vascular Surgery headed by the pioneer Prof Sekar, Renal Medicine headed by Dr Balasubramanian and Cardiac Radiology by Dr Zeeshan. Mr S K was urgently transferred to Chennai to Kauvery Hospital for immediate treatment.
After initial assessment, Dr Gopalamurugan was shocked to observe the critical status of the patient. He had a blood level (Heamoglobin) of 5 (normally over 10) and significant kidney impairment. He had a CT scan within minutes in the state of the art scanner for aortic diseases at Kauvery which revealed a massive aneurysm measuring about 10cm in the chest wall which had slowly started to leak. Dr Gopalamurugan realised why no one in the country was prepared to treat Mr S K as the treatment options were limited. With the possibility of only life or death, a high risk procedure was planned and executed by Dr Gopalamurugan to prevent death and maintain quality of life.
CT scan on arrival showing massive aneurysm of Aorta, and 3D image of the Aorta showing the large blood leak into the aneurysm in the chest wall
The aortic team then put in their best over the next 6 hours. The plan was to treat the kidney disease, replace lost blood immediately, perform a high risk procedure through the groin vessels to seal the leak and most importantly perform all of these simultaneously as time was not a luxury. The patient was anaethetsisec by the cardiac anaesthetists. Chief Renal physician Dr Balasubramanian immediately performed dialysis for the patient. Professor Sekar and team immediately started to expose the groin vessels. Dr Raguram, Chief Cardiac Surgeon provided back up cardiac surgical support.
Dr Gopalamurugan then deviced an indigenous plug using a routine existing stent graft and this is called as a "Candy Plug". This device was designed and created in the cardiac cath lab. This "Candy Plug" was then used to seal off the aneurysm leak by introducing it into the groin vessel and then navigating it into the neck of the aneurysm leak. This immediately sealed off the aneurysm and leak. The patient stabilised. The patient could come of anaesthesia on the same day and in a day the patient started feeling better and starting walking 2 days later.
CT Scan after the procedure showing the leak completely sealed off, and 3D image of the aorta after the "Candy Plug" technique showing no leak into the anurysm.
Mr S K and his family are extremely glad that what was deemed a mortal condition has now been treated to have their loved family member back alive and more importantly able to have a normal quality of life.
Diseases of the aorta require a large team of highly trained experts available 24-hours a day and equipped with all the latest machinery to be able to deal with any eventuality as the aorta supplies blood to almost every single organ in the body. Therefore dealing with aortic diseases requires vast experience and skills along with attention to detail to achieve good outcomes.
Dr Gopalamurugan, head of aortic interventions feels that it is most important that patients get to such aortic departments quickly as every minute lost can cost the life of a patient. Awareness of aortic disease and its treatment and available centres will help patients get the right treatment at the right time thereby saving lives and their loved ones' hopes.
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AAA offers helpful tips to get your car ready for winter driving.
TOWSON, Md. — October is Car Care Month and AAA Mid-Atlantic is reminding drivers about the importance of properly maintaining their vehicles. There are a few simple tasks every driver can do to ensure their car is road ready for the winter ahead.
In the past, vehicle maintenance needs were relatively simple and consistent across automakers. Today's engineering advancements require less maintenance at less frequent intervals. Examples include oil-change intervals now recommended at 5,000 to 10,000 or more miles; transmission fluids designed to last 100,000 miles and sealed batteries that never need to have fluid added. Even with these advancements, vehicles still require routine services that are important to maintaining the performance and safety of the vehicle.
·Read and follow the maintenance requirements and schedule set by your car's manufacturer in the owner's manual to avoid under-or over-maintaining your vehicle. Oil changes, tire rotations, changing transmission fluid, and replacing an air filter are the types of routine maintenance procedures recommended by your vehicle's manufacturer. There is no longer a "standard" maintenance schedule for vehicle services. Each automaker has different requirements, making your owner's manual the most accurate resource.
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What's Underground In This Preserve In South Carolina Is Unexpected But Awesome
Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, South Carolina is a natural preserve in Oconee County. It's bordered on one side by shallow and clear Ramsey Creek. In season it's laiden with millions of blooms, mostly from plants found naturally in the Palmetto State.
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But what's underground in this preserve is truly unexpected and awesome.
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At its inception, Ramsey Creek Preserve protected 33 beautiful acres including one-half mile of Ramsey Creek. Additional acreage is being added as this preserve continues to grow.
Sure what's on top of the ground at Ramsey Creek is beautiful, but what's underground is amazing. This little known preserve in Westminster was the first green burial cemetery in the country.
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In 1998, the founder of Ramsey Creek Preserve was a family practitioner in town. His vision was to create a natural cemetery that would return lifeforms back to nature and in turn, renew and protect the ecosystem. The solution was to create a cemetery and offer green, also called natural, burials. His efforts spawned a national movement throughout the U.S.
Just what IS a green/natural burial? Technically, no embalming fluids or formaldehyde are used, as these are considered carcinogens which are harmful to the ecosystem.
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If a casket is used, it's natural wood and not treated lumber. No vaults are used, whatsoever. All materials used are biodegradeable and good for the environment. In addition, rocks, wood or trees are used as gravemarkers.
Gravesites are carefully selected and the graves are hand-dug, often by family members.
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Another unique option of a natural burial is to skip the casket alogether. A natural biodegradeable shroud is used instead.
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Prefer cremation? Ramsey Creek has an option for that too. Biodegradable urns are available. The urn is placed into the ground and a marker of sort is placed on top.
Ramsey Creek Preserve is a testament to one man's pursuit of finding an alternative to contemporary burial practices while protecting, preserving and renewing nature.
His efforts spawned a nationwide movement. The Facebook page for Green Burial Pittsburgh cites the number of Green/Natural Cemeteries in the United States is now up to 450. And it all started right here in Westminster, South Carolina.
Have you ever heard of Ramsey Creek Preserve or a "green" burial? We'd love to hear in our comments on Facebook.
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Content Drop: Dota Underlords, Wasteland Remastered, RTK 14, Broken Lines, and more
By Jason Rodriguez February 24, 2020
The final week of February 2020 is set to become the busiest due to numerous PC game releases, many of which are strategy titles. This week's Content Drop features a plethora of new games, re-releases, remasters, and expansions. Wasteland Remastered, Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders, and Mega Man Zero/ZX Collection arrive this week. We'll also see titles such as Broken Lines, Hearts of Iron IV: La Resistance, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows, Bloodroots, Foregone, and Beautiful Desolation. There's also the western version or English translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (RTK 14). Oh, and Dota Underlords officially launches with the start of Season 1.
Note: For all other PC games releasing in this month, check out our monthly listing here. For everything else releasing throughout 2020, as well as 2021 and beyond, check out the full calendar of PC game release dates.
Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve
Release Date: February 25
Store: Steam
Dota Underlords is, arguably, one of the biggest PC game releases in February 2020. The reasons for that are two-fold. First, Valve is a pillar of PC gaming and the studio rarely releases brand new IPs. Oftentimes, these products become hits and pioneers in their respective genres. Second, the last IP they released, 2019's CCG/card battler Artifact, lost a significant chunk of its player base within a couple of weeks. Dota Underlords will have a lot riding on its shoulders. After all, the free-to-play auto chess/auto battler peaked at over 200,000 players months ago. The player count has since dropped to just around 10,000.
So, what exactly is Dota Underlords? It's a spinoff of a spinoff, one crafted and supported by Valve's ingenuity. The auto chess genre is one where you place units a board. After preparations, these units then duke it out without additional player input (hence the "auto" part of the term). The subgenre was popularized by China-based Drodo Studio after making Dota Auto Chess, a mod for Dota 2, which gained millions of players. The developers made note that they were inspired by the Chinese game "mahjong." As a side note, both mahjong and Dota are super popular here in the Philippines.
Since then, Drodo Studio made its own Auto Chess game while Valve made Dota Underlords. The subgenre's rise also led to the creation of Riot's Teamfight Tactics (based on League of Legends), Blizzard's Hearthstone Battlegrounds, and Ubisoft's Might & Magic: Chess Royale. Think of it as 2019's "battle royale craze."
Dota Underlords has been in development since last year. It'll officially leave Steam's early access program this week, kickstarting the beginning of Season 1. You can view the announcement here.
Wasteland Remastered
Developer: inXile Entertainment
Publisher: inXile Entertainment
Wasteland Remastered takes players back to the original game. Wasteland, which released in 1988, is considered one of the all-time classics in the strategy RPG genre. A nuclear war has devastated humanity, and the Desert Rangers are set to discover an even greater threat in the form of a genocidal AI construct. Wasteland's gritty and mature undertones were refreshing in the late 80s.
Wasteland Remastered will feature updated visuals, though still retaining the concepts and spirit of the original game. Wasteland Remastered could lead to a trip down memory lane in preparation for Wasteland 3 which comes out in May 2020.
Developer: PortaPlay
Publisher: Super.com
Broken Lines, a turn-based tactical strategy RPG, takes place in an alternate World War II setting. Your troops have been shot down behind enemy lines and you'll need to find a way to escape hostile territory. Along the way, players will be able to choose from different missions each chapter, experience story events, make decisions that have consequences and find the source of a deadly bioweapon.
Broken Lines features a "pause-and-play" mechanic like Mode 7's Frozen Synapse, and, in some ways, it's also a bit like Dota Underlords' auto battler concept. Each turn pauses the game and lets you command your soldiers to do various actions. Hitting the play button will have these actions run in real-time for a few seconds. You can also check out our Broken Lines official review. The game does have noticeable flaws, though the action can still keep you engaged.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV
Developer: Koei Tecmo
Publisher: Koei Tecmo
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise is celebrating its 35th anniversary. To be fair, Kou Shibusawa and Koei Tecmo haven't changed its long-standing formula. The latest offering, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (RTK 14), still lets you choose from various leaders who ruled during the tumultuous period encapsulating the fall of the Han Dynasty, the rise of warlords, and the eventual supremacy of the Sima clan. Oh, and you can still march with your armies, capture cities, and manage lands in your path to victory.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV released in January 2020, but English localization won't be supported until this week. This is also considered the release date for western audiences.
Other Content Drops this week
Mega Man Zero/ZX Collection (Capcom): February 25 – This trove of classics includes four Mega Man Zero titles as well as Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent. You can find it on Steam.
Hearts of Iron IV: La Resistance (Paradox Interactive): February 25 – This Hearts of Iron IV expansion lets you use covert operatives and spy rings to infiltrate and wreak havoc behind enemy lines, or bolster collaborators as an occupying force. You can find it on Steam.
Beautiful Desolation (The Brotherhood): February 26 – A 2D isometric adventure game featuring a post-apocalyptic landscape with jungles and "tribal punk" twists. You can find it on Steam.
Bastide (MedievalNexus): February 26 (early access) – Combining city-building and resource management, you'll need to help your 13th-century village survive and prosper in the harshness. You can find it on Steam.
Foregone (Big Blue Bubble): February 27 (early access) – An action game in the vein of Dead Cells and Blasphemous, with some elements that Diablo and Dark Souls players will be familiar with. You can find it on Epic.
Overpass (Zordix Racing): February 27 – Bring your UTVs and ATVs and prepare for some off-road racing. You can find it on Epic.
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco): February 28 – Form your favorite team of heroes and villains and reign supreme in this battler based on the anime series. You can find it on Steam.
Bloodroots (Paper Cult): February 28 – A colorful hack-and-slash title where you get to use the environment to take out your foes. You can find it on Epic.
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders (Blueside): February 28 – Engage in an all-out war between two factions in this epic hack-and-slash RTS. Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders originally launched for the Xbox 16 years ago, and it'll finally arrive on PCs this month. You can find it on Steam.
Next week's Content Drops
Next week, we'll kick off March 2020 with a couple of content drops featuring Ubisoft's The Division 2: Warlords of New York expansion and Mediatonic's Murder by Numbers. We'll see you then.
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December 1, 2018 Ben Ezard Recommended ReadingBrandon Sanderson, fantasy, fiction, reading, Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time, Towers of Midnight
This is my penultimate Wheel of Time series highlights post, where I pull out my favourite lines and reflect on some of the themes or writing style that I observed.
I read through book 13 of the Wheel of Time with a near insatiable hunger. I normally read on my daily commute but also found myself reading in every spare minute I had (including, when I should have been doing other things). I read with great anticipation. It felt as though I had journeyed so long through the series, and the end of the journey was in sight. For twelve long books the story has been reaching slowly toward a climax and now I knew it was just around the corner. The prophecies would be fulfilled, the Last Battle would finally come. With anticipation (and a tinge of sadness) I looked forward to finishing the journey with the myriad of characters who I've spent the more than half a year with.
There were two other things I particularly liked about this book (especially now that I consider them in hindsight). I'll be a little vague so as not to spoil it. The first is the treatment of the character of Noal Charin. This elderly – and yet surprisingly spritely and dangerous – senior citizen first appears in book 7. He pops in and out for a while, until he begins traveling with Matt. Noal is very suspicious and we're used to seeing assassins and Darkfriends hiding in plain-sight, so it's no surprise that the reader assumes he's somehow nefarious. Not until Towers of Midnight do we understand who he really is. He has a secret, only it's not the one we think it is. At least that's how I felt.
The second is the fulfilment of the prophecy where Matt would have to trade "half the light of the world" to rescue Moiraine. I always wondered what that meant, and how it would be achieved. Now I know, and it was excellently plotted. And of course, finished off with some trademark-quality Matt irreverence:
Mat stepped back and tipped his hat to the creatures. 'Looks like the game can be won after all,' he said. 'Tell the foxes I'm mighty pleased with this key they gave me. Also, you can all go rot in a flaming pit of fire and ashes, you unwashed lumps on a pig's backside. Have a grand bloody day.' (page 897).
Now onto my highlights:
Dull green moss hung from the branches, drooping like shreds of flesh from rotting corpses. (Page 22)
I love some good descriptive phrases; words that really paint a picture that flourishes in the imagination. What's particularly great about this one is more than just the vivid description: the phrase reinforces the theme and setting. One wouldn't use a description like this to describe trees at a wedding, but trees in a world that is literally 'spoiling' fit it perfectly.
Like an old friend. A dear, beloved old friend that you were going to stab through the eye, open up at the gut and consume by handfuls while drinking his blood. That was the property way to treat friends. (Page 36)
This block starts off one way, making you think about a friend; and then pivots 180 degrees to show that it's actually the opposite. (It is a terrible block. For context: it's an evil villain who has been entirely corrupted by darkness. The thought-process also reveals the character's warped madness. At the time I didn't really understand this passage. Only now with hindsight – having finished book 14 – do I understand it. I guess it was foreshadowing and my memory may be foggy – perhaps it does play a bigger part in book 14?)
Continuing the theme I've mentioned before about a character understanding and relating to what they are familiar with: Faile comes from a culture noted for their cavalry and adeptness with horse bows.
Faile was actually a perfect complement to Perrin. Where he was a blunt and leveled lance at charge, she was a subtle cavalry bow. (Page 123)
And, Androl a master craftsman who worked with leather:
Logain was a hard man, broken around the edges, like an old scabbard that hadn't been properly lacquered. But that scabbard still held a deadly sword. Logain was honest. A good man, beneath the scuff marks. (Page 746)
Also, taking what is a cliche for us, and bending and twisting until it's different enough so as not to be boring. 'A face only a mother would love' becomes "Berg had a face ugly enough to make his own mother wince." (Page 149) and the 'long arm of the law' becomes
There were many who would think to exploit a lone wanderer at night, particularly outside the city walls, where the arm of the law was a little on the flabby side. (Page 377)
Some gender-based humour, where men and women looked askance at one another:
She was not there at the wagon, fortunately for Mat. She would complain at him again for not having gotten her a bellfounder. She seemed to think him her own personal messenger boy. An unruly one, who refused to do his job properly. Most women had moments like that. (Page 259)
there was nothing a woman liked better than finding men who were relaxing, then giving them orders. (Page 266)
Nothing was more dangerous for the sanity of men than a woman with too much time on her hands. (Page 266)
'Nobody walks a difficult path without stumbling now and again. It didn't break you when you fell. That's the important part.' (Page 208)
Besides, I can only fight in one place at a time. What is coming will be grander than that, grander and more terrible than any one man could hope to hold back. I will organize you, but I must leave you. The war will be yours.' (Page 554)
This passage explains what we should expect in the final book. Rand will face the Dark One, but the cosmic battle between good and evil will not be the only battle. The forces of darkness are many, and the full cast of characters will be used to hold-back the enemy.
Truth, veiled in fiction:
But also because it was for the best. If two bards tried to play different songs at the same time, they both made noise. But if one stepped back to give harmony to the other's melody, then the beauty could be greater than either made alone. (Page 626)
The men who don't want titles should be the ones who get them, it seems. (Page 681)
Small things were important. Seconds were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life. (Page 746)
Some great repartee:
'I don't like this,' Birgitte said.
'You don't like anything, lately,' Elayne said.
'I swear, you're becoming more irritable by the day.''It's because you're becoming more foolhardy by the day.'
'Oh, come now. This is hardly the most foolhardy thing I've done.'
'Only because you've set a very high benchmark for yourself, Elayne.' (Page 833)
Mat just shook his head. 'Well, we're out, one way or another. But Thom, next time I want to do the bloody negotiating, sneak up behind and hit me on the head with something large, heavy and blunt. Then take over.'
'Your request is noted.' (Page 907)
Just great phrases:
Eventually, the wind encountered another continent, this one quiet, like a man holding his breath before the headsman's axe fell. (Page 46)
He was a young man, but the way he stood – relaxed, yet poised, hand on the pommel of his sword – indicated he was a practiced soldier. Too bad he had such a pretty face. A life in the military would probably end up wrecking that. (Page 303)
at night, the holes and scars on the White Tower were patched with a bandage of darkness. (Page 361)
Some interesting words that I'd either not heard before, or seldom:
whelp – A young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf. (Page 85)
succor – To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress (Page 95)
expurgations – purging, cleansing from anything noxious, offensive, sinful or erroneous (Page 316)
fecund – Capable of producing offspring or vegetation (Page 429)
bittern – a type of wading bird (Page 721)
superlatively – Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others. (Page 784)
sonorous – Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound (Page 895)
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Objective : The purpose of this study is to analyze research trends on the cost-effectiveness in acupuncture for patients with allergic rhinitis. Methods : The literature and research in allergic rhinitis was searched in electronic databases, such as National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database(NHS EED) and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(CDSR). The general characteristics and the results of each economic analysis such as incremental cost-effectiveness ratios(ICERs) were extracted. Results : In total, thirty seven studies were searched, and two studies were analyzed. They were cost-utility analysis(CUA)s that measured quality-adjusted life years(QALYs). One study showed that the ICER was €22,798 per QALY and was robust in sensitivity analysis. Another showed that the ICER was between €31,241 and €118,889 from society's perspective and between €20,807 and €74,585 from a third-party payer's perspective. Conclusions : Any generalization of these results needs to be made with caution given the specific effects of acupuncture and the difference of cost data in the various countries. Further studies are needed on this topic in order to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness clearly.
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The Police and Elvis Costello
Posted on May 2, 2008 May 3, 2008 by The Dearlove
17 years after attending my last arena rock show (Rush at Maple Leaf Gardens), B and I headed off to Scotiabank Place last night to hear The Police and Elvis Costello. We've been looking forward to it for a long time, and it turned out to be a great night.
6:30 – We arrive about an hour before the show. T-shirts are $40 – some uberfans are buying them and putting them on right away in a public display of total dorkness. The crowd seems…old. Then I realize they're all the same age as me. Ergo, I'm old. Sigh.
6:37 – I spot a rare Tim Horton's Roll Up The Rim to Win cup. Then another. And another. I guess Tim's had stocked up for a long playoff run, but the Sens feeble effort leaves this place as the last bastion of RUTR2W goodness. I'm tempted to get a coffee just to roll one more time, but decide drinking coffee at a rock concert is just too lame, even for me.
6:50 – We arrive at our seats. Section 309, row H, seats 22 & 23. For $95 each (plus service charge), we are roughly one mile from stage. Our view is impeded by a plexiglass shield. This sucks.
7:20 – A happy quartet walks by us and says, "That guy just gave us better seats!" The man in front of us leaps up and heads off in search of this magical person. I elbow B, and she agrees to check it out, too.
7:30 – Just as Elvis Costello and the Impostors take the stage, B grabs me and says "You owe me big time". My wife is awesome. With new tickets in hand, we fight our way through the crowd to the promised land.
7:35 – We open the curtain to Section 109 and find ourselves just 40 feet from stage right. Our seats are amazing – we have a great view of the band and can check out some of the goings-on backstage. It reminds me of the spot I used to watch a lot of orchestra concerts from, except a lot louder (and cooler). I wonder why I didn't buy tickets here instead, and then I remember they were $210 a pop.
8:20 – Elvis finishes up a great performance with (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding? The whole set was so well-crafted, and it was a pleasure watching such a crack band doing its thing. I got a real kick out of watching over Steve Nieve's shoulder as he went repeatedly went nuts on his Wurlitzer. I haven't listened to much of Elvis's stuff, and it looks like I have a lot of catching up to do.
8:45 – After a pretty quick change-over, The Police bound onto stage. For a second I think Malcolm McDowell is their new lead singer, but it's just Sting sporting a scraggly beard. Speaking of look-a-likes, I think Stewart Copeland looks a lot like a paranoid Stephane Dion.
The next two hours pass by in a blur. The set includes 21 songs, with barely a break between them. For three guys who are rumoured to hate each other, they have undeniable musical chemistry on stage. Sting's voice sounded great, Andy's guitar riffs were note-perfect, and Stewart complimented his usual precise hi-hat work with some nice percussion stuff.
As The Police wrapped up with a 20-minute encore, I was reminded that there are few things more enjoyable in the world than hearing people make music at a really high level. Add in a few hundred speakers and lights, several video screens, 12,000 screaming fans, and the beautiful woman in the seat beside me, and I can't think of a place I'd rather be.
For the hard-core fans, here's last night's set list…
Voices Inside My Head
When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Driven To Tears
Hole In My Life
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Can't Stand Losing You
So Lonely
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meillyn says:
Dude, you wrote down a set list at a concert? you're a superdork.
Calgary says:
Dude, you wrote down a set list at a concert? You're my hero.
The Dearlove says:
A number of people doing a Google search for some combination of "Police", "Elvis Costello", and "set list" have ended up here. Most of them are Americans, and they may be confused by a couple of my Canadian references. Here's a quick explanation:
Roll Up The Rim To Win: A national pastime that occurs every spring in Canada. Tim Hortons, purveyor of poor coffee and fatty treats (and employer of mangers with poor judgement), plays a cruel trick by telling us we can win cars and boats by rolling up the rim of our coffee cups. We desperately tear the cup apart, only to find "Please Play Again" every time.
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