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2016 World Scrabble Championship – The Finals
September 3, 2016 September 3, 2016 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
The 2016 World Scrabble Champion will be a Brit – it's Brett Smitheram vs Mark Nyman for the finals! Brett has never been a world champion, but has been a top expert for years and has come close several times. Mark won in 1993 and has also come very close in the following years. It should be exciting!
The best-of-3 quarterfinals went as follows:
Mark beat Joel
Lewis beat David
Adam beat Allan
and Brett beat Rob
However, for some reason the pairings for the semifinals were not winner of 1v8 vs winner of 4v5. Instead, Mark beat Adam 3-2 and Brett also beat Lewis 3-2. Some fun words – Brett played NEFARIOUS through an N and a U, and Mark triple-tripled (or played a nine-timer, as they say in the UK) with PIDDLERs against poor Adam Logan.
Good luck to both finalists!
2016 World Scrabble Championship – The Quarterfinals
The preliminary 24 rounds of the 2016 World Scrabble Championship are done, and we have 8 qualifiers for the quarterfinals.
A few things to note. Some people think that 24 games is too short to determine the 8 quarterfinalists, and 5 of the 8 qualifiers are seeded 10th or higher (3 are seeded 20th and above!). However, even the lowest rated qualifier, American Rob Robinsky, is a great player who just finished 2nd at the elite BMSC (British Matchplay Scrabble Tournament) last week, so he is certainly underrated.
Pakistani youngster Moiz Ullah and a crowd are hushed over his round-24 game against Adam Logan, which he lost by one point. (Photo taken by Jesse Day)
The Pakistani Scrabble players are truly becoming a force to be reckoned with. Several of them finished at the top of division B at the championship. As with any tournaments with qualifiers, this tournament has its share of heartbreaking stories. Moiz Ullah lost by just one point to Adam Logan to get knocked out of the quarterfinals. I'm sure it's just a matter of time for him.
Nigel Richards sadly finished out of the money, but even if he had won his last game to Brett Smitheram (a barn-burner I watched earlier on the train over the Twitch live stream), he would not have made it to the top 8 anyway, due to the way the other games turned out.
Kenji Matsumoto, a top American Scrabble expert, commented on Facebook that this year has not been too great for young players. Indeed, most of the quarterfinalists are in their 40s or above. Maybe the youngsters are getting surpassed again! Kenji is a top American Scrabble expert from Hawaii who has recently written a book called Breaking The Game, which is available for purchase through his website.
The best player in the top 8 is probably Canadian Adam Logan, who has won the World Championship in 2005, the US National Scrabble championship in 1996, and multiple Canadian National Championships.
Below are the expected quarterfinal matches, along with my predictions for how they will do — best of 3 for the quarters, which is very prone to high variance.
(1) Mark Nyman vs (8) Joel Wapnick – two former world champions. I'll give Nyman a slight edge because he finished with the best record after 24 games, but it's probably a coin toss since it's just three games!
(2) David Webb vs (7) Lewis MacKay – Lewis made it all the way to the finals last year against Wellington Jighere before going down 4-0 in a series that was more hard-fought than the scoreline would indicate. David Webb is known for creating a series of YouTube videos in his Dweebovision channel, wherein he commentates on his online Scrabble games. I'll pick Lewis to win this mini-series due to his experiences from last year.
(3) Allan Simmons vs (6) Adam Logan – Allan has won the UK National Championship once, and the BMSC multiple times, but I'll give Adam the edge as he is possibly the 2nd or 3rd best player in the world currently. (After His Nigelence)
(4) Robert Robinsky vs (5) Brett Smitheram – I know Rob from our days on Yahoo! Literati (I need to write an article about my Literati experiences at some point…) and he's always been a great player. Brett has more experience with the Collins dictionary, although Rob has been playing Collins for almost 5 years now. Although Brett might be the better player – he is seeded best out of the top 8 – I'll give Rob the sentimental pick (he did just get 2nd in the BMSC).
The semifinals and finals will both be best of 5. Assuming the brackets are as they were in the 2014 WSC, my picks would be:
Mark Nyman vs Rob Robinsky – Mark gets the edge
Lewis MacKay vs Adam Logan – Adam gets the win
And our winner will be Adam Logan over Mark Nyman 3 games to 2. Mark my words… maybe.
2016 World Scrabble Championship
The 2016 World English Scrabble Championship started in Lille, France, earlier today. This edition is the third held by Mind Sports International (MSI), a company based in the UK. They have been involved in the Scrabble scene for several years now, as well as poker, chess, Magic: The Gathering, and other mind sports. Among their innovations is an RFID-based Scrabble board that automatically keeps score, as well as their live camera coverage of games and annotation software. This particular tournament is extra special because it also features the championships for French and Spanish language Scrabble.
As you may know, Scrabble is quite an intense game and many people take it very seriously. We know of a particular player who has taken a several-month sabbatical (Scrabbatical?) from work just to prepare for this tournament and he is doing quite well as of day 1. This is the kind of obsession that makes Scrabble players unique and that makes the game so interesting.
The standings in the English edition so far are as follows (thanks much to Nicky Deco and the wonderful team in Lille who got these standings to us):
Many of the old favorites are here, including Wellington Jighere, Nigel Richards, and a significant Thai contigent (Komol leading his compatriots with a 6-2 record). On top is the only undefeated player, and a former world champion himself, Englishman Mark Nyman.
There was a bit of a snafu earlier today with the MSI-developed tournament pairing software, which was not quite ready for prime-time. The organizers have now decided to switch to tsh, an old but stable and well-maintained tournament pairing software used in most large Scrabble tournaments worldwide. This software also has the ability to provide live results, so we'll try to get you a link to follow your favorite players.
You can also follow live on twitch.tv – our good friend Jesse Matthews is in Lille providing live commentary. He has been doing great live commentary for major tournaments since the National Scrabble Championship in 2015. This is his first time doing this at Worlds, along with Robin Pollock Daniel, a top Canadian expert. Their dynamic duo are quite entertaining and worth watching. Day 2 begins in just a few hours!
2015 World Champion Wellington Jighere playing against Shan Abbasi earlier today on the live board.
-Cesar Del Solar
New Aerolith feature!
July 23, 2016 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
Aerolith.org, the word study application created by Cesar Del Solar in 2007, has a brand spankin' new feature!
Drum roll please..
Historical stats on challenge correctness and time remaining can now be displayed graphically.
Thanks to Emily Dowgialo for creating this neat feature!
Cooper Komatsu and Jem Burch win the National School Scrabble Championship!
April 10, 2016 April 10, 2016 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
Cooper Komatsu and Jem Burch, two 13-year olds from the Los Angeles area, have won the National School Scrabble Championship! You can play along with the final game here: http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=23279#0 – thank you to Craig Beevers for the annotation.
This year, the championship was held at the New England Patriots stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Featuring over 100 2-person teams, this is the largest NSSC so far. The tournament consists of 7 2-on-2 games across 2 days, and each team is given 30 minutes to make their move. The rules are largely the same as those of "adult" tournament Scrabble, but the dictionary is an expurgated one with no curse words. Wouldn't want to teach the kids any bad words!
Cooper Komatsu and Jem Burch win the 2016 NSSC as part of team Lucky 13 (apparently a reference to their ages)
I (Cesar) remember the first time Cooper came to Los Angeles Club #44 with his mom Deborah. He was just 6 years old! And he already showed a lot of promise. Early in his club career he was already taking down expert players, making bingos and scoring left and right. I never got to play him, but I'm sure it would have been a good game. He became good friends with Jem Burch, another young player, in the coming years.
The youngest and oldest members of Club 44 at the time – 82 years separate Cooper Komatsu and Ralph Crosby (who is sadly no longer with us, RIP)
Jem and Cooper came to a lot of our LA tournaments in the last few years, always placing well and often beating experts along the way. I remember at one tournament in Long Beach there was a little basketball hoop and rim where we were playing for prizes and Cooper and Jem were owning it.
Jem and Cooper both play quite fast and still make good plays despite this. I thought this would serve them well at the NSSC and I'm not surprised at all that they won it. They played the final game at a very high level – you can see some great plays in the board picture above. You can also see the stream of the final game here. Some plays of note: a natural 7-letter bingo AGNOSIA, making GESTATES. Also, the word QUARrELS, for what appears to be 101 points, AWAITED, JARINA, GOFER, and some other cool parallel plays.
Craig Beevers, 2014 World Scrabble Champion, had the following to say about their game in a Facebook forum:
I watched all the games today and caught bits of yesterday. They played a really great game in the final, pretty much flawless and kept their nerve in the endgame. Congrats and well played.
Very impressive, and looking forward to what Cooper and Jem achieve in the Scrabble world over the next few years.
Congratulations to Cooper and Jem!
Scrabble Chat with Conrad Bassett-Bouchard
March 13, 2016 March 23, 2016 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
Get to know Conrad Bassett-Bouchard, former North American Scrabble Champion, foodie and Portland transplant originally from the Bay Area.
–Video shot and edited by Emily Dowgialo
Crescent City Cup
January 9, 2016 January 31, 2016 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
Only one week until the Crescent City Cup in New Orleans! This is the fifth installment of this illustrious tournament, one that Jesse Day won 3 times, and was about to win for a fourth time last year until Morris Greenberg stopped him. We at Scrabble TV Live will be there shooting footage and participating in the revelry of this unique city.
We are going to be doing some filming for an upcoming project. If you are comfortable and willing to be on camera, we'd like to sit down and chat with you. We mostly want to focus on Scrabble overall and peoples' lifetime careers, but we also want to hear about how your tournament is going.
Check out the entrant list here:
http://cross-tables.com/entrants.php?u=13237
141 entrants and counting across the Collins and TWL divisions. If you want to talk to us at the tournament make sure to look for Cesar or Emily (one of us will have a camera most of the time). We are rooting for our Bay Area friends to do well! The Berkeley tournament tomorrow should be a good warm-up, stay tuned for news about it.
Tournament information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/nolascrabble/
See you in the big easy.
Scrabble Chat: Cesar Del Solar
December 25, 2015 December 26, 2015 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
ScrabbleTVLive's very own Cesar Del Solar took home the victory at the California Open in San Francisco last weekend! We talked a little bit with him about what it was like to win his first big tournament, and he gave us a play by play of his final game against Rafi Stern.
Starring Cesar Del Solar, creator of Aerolith.org
Directed & Edited by Emily Dowgialo
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The 8th Annual California Open
Players from all over are making their way to beautifully foggy San Francisco where games start at 9:30am sharp.
This year there are only 42 entrants. They announced the tournament a bit late this year, which made for difficult planning for some players, but the turnout is still pretty decent for being last minute and during the holiday season.
The California Open started in Santa Nella in 2008, a small town known for Pea Soup Andersens, a favorite pit stop of travelers driving down Interstate 5. It then migrated to San Francisco, first at Fisherman's Wharf and has been at its current home, the Parc 55 hotel in Union Square, ever since. No Californian has ever won the California Open.
I'll be there taking pictures and schmoozing with everyone, and most likely dining and boozing in the evening. I will also be posting updates so check back for those.
More information about the tournament can be found here.
Live coverage is hosted on Cesar Del Solar's site Aerolith.org: https://aerolith.org/co2015/html/.
See you there! I'm a native Californian myself, so I'll be rooting for my home team to finally take home the gold.
-Emily Dowgialo
North American Scrabble Champion Does A Reddit AMA
December 6, 2015 December 17, 2015 / scrabbletvlive	/ Leave a comment
North American Scrabble champion Matthew Tunnicliffe did an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit today. A Redditor asked Tunnicliffe what his favorite weird word he has learned from Scrabble, and Tunnicliffe revealed that he could not answer that question because it was actually his Reddit password. We'll see if he gets hacked.
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Customer Experience Mindset In A Post COVID-19 World: An Infograph
Blake MorganSenior Contributor
I am a Customer Experience Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker.
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It used to be that customer experience was the only way to differentiate your brand among a sea of sameness. Now the challenge is not just to stand-out, but to pivot, innovate and transform. These three buzzwords are much more easily said than done. This is not the time to quiver in fear and count our losses, but be a leader in helping customers get back on their feet. We are now serving a customer that's been financially impacted by COVID-19, who wants to be a touchless and digital customer, and who will be living differently for some time. In modern life, we have been lucky to not have incurred a global catastrophe of this nature in over 100 years.
While we haven't had a pandemic for over many years, we can look at history to assume there will be major lasting changes in the mind of the customer, as well as how we run our businesses and governments.
The Black Death, The Spanish Flu, WWII, 9/11 And ... COVID-19
In a recent podcast with David Mayer - Senior Partner at Customer Strategy Consultancy Lippincott - we looked back at pandemics in history to think about how life might change tomorrow. For example in the 1300's the Black Death in Europe killed 25–30 million people. It was credited by historians with ending feudalism - structuring society around relationships that were derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour and serfdom. The Black Death also ushered in the enlightenment - a range of ideas from the 1700s - centered on the celebration of reason. The new goals of rational humanity were happiness, knowledge and freedom. Here we also saw constitutional government and the separation of church and state.
The Spanish Flu of 1918 took between 50 and 100 million lives (2.5% of the global population). Afterward many governments socialized healthcare for all, while the U.S. initiated employer-based insurance plans. Additionally countries recognized the need to coordinate public health at the international level.
During World War II (1939-1945) women stepped up to take on jobs largely held by men (think about Rosie The Riveter - a cultural icon - who sports a red bandana, a strong flexed bicep and generally a "We Can Do It!" quote). Efforts to temporarily reduce social and legal barriers persisted after the war, driving an acceleration of female workforce participation. Then the men came home from war, got their jobs back, got married and moved with their wives to the suburbs to participate in the "baby boom."
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The 9/11 World Trade Center attacks reshaped transportation and security policies worldwide. There were collective, permanent shifts in societal attitudes about the trade-off between personal privacy and security. People accepted higher levels of screening and surveillance in the interests of collective security. Many toiletries - to this day - are still thrown out at the airport, and let's hope you aren't late to a flight and forget you have a half-filled non-disposable water bottle in your bag. Some airports make you take your shoes off, some don't. Many of us are still confused by the rules 20 years later. But these rules - and heightened security overall - have made flying much more secure in general. It is safer to fly today than to ride in a car.
Customer Experience Mindset In The Age of COVID
The COVID-19 - Coronavirus pandemic - will have a lasting impact on the state of the customer. Customers have lost loved ones, jobs, and businesses. Even when life has somewhat returned to normal, people all over the world will have a new hyper-awareness about getting sick from every day activities in the past they took for granted. Flying in an airplane, eating from a buffet, or getting a manicure is a distant dream for many. Customers are nostalgic for a time when we could simply live our lives normally, without the new strain COVID has caused on daily life.
"The Future Is Here But It's Not Evenly Distributed"
Science fiction writer William Gibson once said "the future is here, but it's not evenly distributed." COVID-19 is the pressure that companies needed to start taking advantage of the technology available to make life less complicated, and there are many benefits of taking advantage of this technology.
We've seen the approval of telehealth by insurance companies (insurers now reimburse for virtual doctor and therapy appointments - but did not for many years), better supply chain for deliveries of all kinds, much bigger corporate giving and donation programs, and allowing employees to work remotely in industries that prohibited it before. The touchless, digital customer has been catered to now in an unprecedented way. Pollution is way down. In cities all over the world residents can see mountain tops for the first time - emissions have decreased in such a significant way. Is this a wake-up call for emission-producing industries as well as businesses that have the power to impact the environment? Another impact of COVID-19 is the exposure of how ill-prepared governments are to deal with global disasters.
Return To Customer Experience Normalcy?
When we return to normal, it won't be normal. You will have to know the customer's comfort levels with all shopping experiences. Firstly, you might not see a customer in your store until next Fall or Winter.
And in-store shopping preferences have changed. For example, without a vaccine, shoppers will be less likely to want to try on makeup from shared sample products, or to try food samples at stores. They might want clothes to be disinfected between try-ons, or need to be reassured that touch screens are cleaned frequently.
Below is an infograph detailing the 7 ways the customer experience mindset has been impacted on an individual and societal level by COVID-19.
Customer Experience Mindset In The Age of COVID-19
Extended Stats On COVID-19 Customer Experience Mindset:
1. Traumatized Societies
18% of people have a family member or friend whose health has been impacted by COVID-19, including 5% whose family member or friend died of the disease *USA Today
In China and Italy, one-third (31% and 33%, respectively) have a family member or friend whose health has been impacted by the virus *Agility PR
COVID-19 left millions without jobs, sent billions into isolation and forced nearly everyone on earth to grapple with the feeling that they or those they love are suddenly physically vulnerable - *CNBC
Anxiety and Emotional Impact
22% of people say they are experiencing anxiety from being confined to their house-18-24 year old are most anxious 32.7%
-65+ least anxious 16.4%.
-The Northeast in the U.S. is the most anxious from being confined to their homes 24.9%
19% worry about running out of money with 18-24 leading in money worries 32.4% and 65+ lowest 10.3%
Pessimism
44% now (April 2020) say they are very or somewhat pessimistic that the government will be able to solve the coronavirus issue, in March 2020 pessimism was 35.4%
*All above stats from Prosper Insights
2. Consumer Trust
Absent consistent information from the government about the virus, and amid growing skepticism around fake news online, people trust businesses more than they trust their own governments. They want corporations to care about the well-being of employees to shifting products and pricing to creating a sense of community.
62% say their country will not make it through this crisis without brands playing a critical role in addressing the challenges
- In the U.S., 51% of respondents say they trust that their employer is well-prepared, while 43% say that they trust that the country is
55% say that brands and companies are responding more quickly and effectively than government.
71% say if they perceive that a brand is putting profit over people, they will lose trust in that brand forever
*All above stats from Edelman Trust Barometer
3. Consumer Spending Now
Consumers plan to be cautious, even when the spread of the virus subsides—with substantial implications for economic and social recoveryCurrently, 37% of consumers prefer to satisfy their core needs while staying indoors — including working, virtually socializing, consuming media, and making essential retail purchases.
"Other than necessities, I am not shopping for anything at any retailer until this pandemic is over." (Female, 55–59 years old)
*Above stats from Forrester
95% of consumers want companies to implement physical protection and distancing measures to help keep them healthy
65% are currently postponing purchases and travel, and 52% intend changes to their buying behaviors to continue
34% are postponing major life decisions, and 26% will take planning for major life decisions more seriously after the pandemic
27% are currently saving more than they normally do, and 26% plan to save more in the future than normal
Shopping online is the new normal and 30% plan to shop more online in the future, even 28.3% of those 65+ say so and 33.8% of 18-24
*Above stats from Prosper Insights & Analytics
4. Employee Expectations In The Future
36% of those working from home, said they would like to continue to work from home after the pandemic is over. Men 40.7% and women 32.5% *Prosper Insights
States where unemployment rates are projected to be the highest in the coming months rely on leisure and hospitality, travel services, transportation, warehousing, and oil and gas extraction *USA Today
Investing in a "work from anywhere, anytime, on any device" model and putting best practices like these in place benefits companies in the midst of a crisis. And it generally makes it easier for employees to be productive and effective each day. *Autodesk
5. Tech, Speeding Up Digital Transformation and Robot Adoption
Companies That Provide Digital Transformation Services Are Doing Well
Organizations that excel at CX are investing in methods to centralize analytics and decision making approaches and scale them exponentially, across all connected channels. CX leaders are investing in customer data platforms (53%) and real-time decision engines (45%). *Pega
Companies that sell remote work tools and video conferencing platforms are doing well
Tech is hiring
Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple are all hiring tech jobs including engineers, data scientists, software designers, and cybersecurity experts *CareerBuilder
Amazon is advertising over 20,000 open tech jobs on top of the 175,000 new shipping and logistics roles it recently announced to meet the rising demand for home deliveries amid coronavirus.
Facebook will hire 10,000 new workers on product and engineering teams by the end of the year *Business Insider
Instacart is hiring 300,000 new full service shoppers *TechCrunch
Uptake In Robots
13% increase in average utilization of brain powered robots increased since January 2020 in retail locations eg. floor scrubbing robots at Walmart
Robots in South Korea have been used to measure temperatures and distribute hand sanitizer
McDonald's is testing robots as cooks and servers
*All above stats from BBC
6. Companies That Are Thriving Amid COVID-19
Peloton - the home gym equipment company- shares are up more than 50% since mid-March, when the coronavirus began to spur lockdowns that emptied office buildings nationwide. On Tuesday, they were recently up 0.6% at $31.25. *NY Post
Netflix added 15.8 million subscribers in the first quarter, more than double the 7.2 million that were expected — a growth of more than 22% year over year. Netflix now has 182 million subscribers worldwide. The company also saw quarterly revenue of $5.77 billion versus the $5.76 billion estimated *The Verge
Amazon stock is up 40% from mid-March. Jefferies estimates it could almost double in the near future *Geekwire
An analysis from RBC Capital Markets, which just ran its fifth annual user survey on online grocery trends. It concluded that Amazon's online grocery arm could produce $70 billion in gross merchandise volume by 2023 — more than 3X from 2019 — becoming a material portion of its total revenue *Geekwire
Walmart shares are up 11% in 2020 *Investor Place
Walmart's U.S. sales reportedly jumped 20% in March as people stocked up on essentials—further boosted by a 190% increase in monthly downloads of its online grocery app, according to data tracker App Annie *Fortune
7. New Appreciation For Normal Life
Today, a third of consumers strongly agree with the suggestion that they will reappraise the things they value most and not take certain things for granted *Ernst & Young
In conclusion, COVID-19 has infected nearly three million people, with 875K recoveries, and 207K global deaths (55.5K in the U.S. alone) as of April 27, 2020. COVID-19 has traumatized millions, and will forever impact the way we perceive our environments, the way we work, the way we engage customers, and the way governments plan for the future. One thing has been made clear; not being agile - or ready for anything - can be a huge danger. We must learn to move quickly and in understanding the new experience customer mindset, we will continue to have customers.
Blake Morgan is a customer experience futurist, keynote speaker and the author of the bestselling book The Customer Of The Future. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here.
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package ca.sapon.jici.lexer.literal.number;

import ca.sapon.jici.evaluator.Environment;
import ca.sapon.jici.evaluator.EvaluatorException;
import ca.sapon.jici.evaluator.type.PrimitiveType;
import ca.sapon.jici.evaluator.type.Type;
import ca.sapon.jici.evaluator.value.Value;
import ca.sapon.jici.evaluator.value.ValueKind;
import ca.sapon.jici.lexer.Symbol;
import ca.sapon.jici.lexer.TokenID;
import ca.sapon.jici.util.StringUtil;

public class LongLiteral extends NumberLiteral {
    private long value = 0;
    private boolean evaluated = false;

    public LongLiteral(String source, int index) {
        super(TokenID.LITERAL_LONG, source, index);
    }

    private LongLiteral(String source, int start, int end) {
        super(TokenID.LITERAL_LONG, source, start, end);
    }

    private void evaluate() {
        if (!evaluated) {
            String source = StringUtil.reduceSign(getSource());
            final int lastIndex = source.length() - 1;
            if (StringUtil.equalsNoCaseASCII(source.charAt(lastIndex), 'l')) {
                source = source.substring(0, lastIndex);
            }
            final int radix = StringUtil.findRadix(source);
            try {
                source = StringUtil.removeRadixIdentifier(source, radix);
                value = Long.parseLong(source, radix);
            } catch (Exception exception) {
                throw new EvaluatorException(exception.getMessage(), this);
            }
            evaluated = true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean asBoolean() {
        throw new EvaluatorException("Cannot convert a long to a boolean", this);
    }

    @Override
    public byte asByte() {
        return (byte) asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public short asShort() {
        return (short) asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public char asChar() {
        return (char) asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public int asInt() {
        return (int) asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public long asLong() {
        evaluate();
        return value;
    }

    @Override
    public float asFloat() {
        return asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public double asDouble() {
        return asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public Long asObject() {
        return asLong();
    }

    @Override
    public String asString() {
        return Long.toString(asLong());
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public <T> T as() {
        return (T) asObject();
    }

    @Override
    public ValueKind getKind() {
        return ValueKind.LONG;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isPrimitive() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public Class<?> getTypeClass() {
        return long.class;
    }

    @Override
    public Type getType(Environment environment) {
        evaluate();
        return PrimitiveType.THE_LONG;
    }

    @Override
    public Value getValue(Environment environment) {
        return this;
    }

    public LongLiteral withSign(Symbol sign) {
        final TokenID id = sign.getID();
        if (id != TokenID.SYMBOL_MINUS && id != TokenID.SYMBOL_PLUS) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Expected a sign symbol");
        }
        return new LongLiteral(sign.getSource() + (sign.getSource().charAt(0) == getSource().charAt(0) ? ' ' : "") + getSource(), sign.getIndex(), getEnd());
    }
}

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When I started taking it, friends who I had had for over a decade told me I looked healthy and my shoulders were no longer tensed up. Apparently I always had lifted my shoulders every day before then and I didn't even know it until it was brought to my attention.
I am 28 now, 6 years later, and I am a happy and productive elementary school teacher without panic attacks. I still take clonazepam when I anticipate a very difficult situation, but do not feel a 'high' from it. Rather it seems to temper my emotions so that I can find better ways to cope with them.


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Reese Witherspoon just perfectly explained why Kamala Harris' VP nomination is so important
Lauren Geall
Taking to Instagram to celebrate Kamala Harris' vice president nomination, Reese Witherspoon reflected on an experience from her childhood to demonstrate why Harris' achievement is so important for young women of colour across America.
Kamala Harris made history yesterday as she became the first woman of colour to be nominated for the vice president role. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden confirmed the news after swearing that he would announce a woman on his ticket – and it's safe to say people were excited about his choice.
Harris – the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India – has been a favourite among Democratic voters for a while now. She started off the race as a presidential candidate but dropped out in December, saying she did not have enough funding to continue.
If she is elected, she would also claim the title of the first woman to take on the vice president role – only two other women have ever been nominated, and neither ended up on the winning ticket. The US has never had a female president, either.
US election 2020: Kamala Harris has been chosen to run for vice president, and it is a historic moment
But Harris' nomination isn't just historically significant – it's culturally significant, too. As the first woman of colour to be nominated for a vice presidency, Harris' presence on the campaign trail is a powerful reminder to young women across America that they too can rise to positions of power. And that's what Reese Witherspoon perfectly articulated in her latest Instagram post.
Taking to Instagram to share a picture of herself when she was younger, Witherspoon explained how Harris' nomination had led her to reflect on an experience she had in third grade, when the kids in her class laughed at her when she said she wanted to be the US' first female president.
"I woke up this morning thinking about a moment from my childhood. In the 3rd grade our teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, and I raised my hand and said 'I want to be the first female President of the United States of America'," she wrote. "Some of the kids laughed, but my teacher looked me in the eye and said, 'I will be the first person to vote for you, Reese'.
"My thoughts today are with women in our country, especially the young Black and Brown girls of our nation, who have watched their mothers hold up their families, their communities, their cities, their states."
US election 2020: what is Kamala Harris' stance on the issues that matter to women?
Witherspoon continued: "Now you know that YOU too can work hard, dedicate your life to service and show up every day to help others, and YOU can RISE to become a Vice Presidential nominee in the United States of America. Today is a truly historic day!"
As Witherspoon's post expertly highlights, representation matters. Seeing a woman of colour rise achieve a vice presidential nomination for the first time isn't just something people will read about in history books; Harris' nomination is a reality which will continue to inspire young women across the world for generations, and hopefully lead to more young women pursuing a career in politics – and that's pretty incredible.
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When you go to your profile, or anyone elses for that matter, underneath the user name are stars, what are they for? Never understood them?
It means you're a special boy.
I think it means the Teacher likes you.
That's a great question, I have always been curious myself.
Who's in charge of checking ?
Can't be that special, I got a light out.
I didnt wet the bed 5 out of the last 7 nights but still no stars..what gives?
It means your super special all mine are lit up. Then again though I wired them up.
You know that's right. Something shorted out. At some point in time.
As far as wiring stuff. Just remember on 240VAC black to black, white to white, and red to green.
Apparently I'm one star short of a full deck.
I'm pretty sure mine are broken.
Wow, your house must be pretty boring around Christmas, nothing is lit up!
something gets lit up alright.
Celebrating Christmas with Jack, huh, then running down the snowy street yelling: "Merry Christmas Everybody!". I can actually picture this.
Cool, how do you do that?
He's a pipe fitter that knows basic electrical work and circuitry. I sent him some blue prints and he did the rest.
I've read your posts, I never said you "look" dumb.
Remind me to "owe" you a like, I hit the dreaded quota again!


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Q: Can I start a new application but inside a "frame" I have created? Is it possible to from my application to start another (any other) application, but the new application to be displayed inside a "frame" I have created?

A: Not generally. You cannot embed the UI of another app in your app. The primary exception to that is via app widgets, if you implement an AppWidgetHost.

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With around 1,500 players for over 20 teams, Old Albanian RFC is a large organisation that benefits from around 150 volunteers giving up their time for the benefit of the club and its members. Whether it's being on the committee, coaching a team or volunteering on the gate, the club is always looking for new people to get involved.
We have a number of current vacancies which we're looking to fill, if you're interested in any of these, please get in touch at – [email protected]
Role Title Summary
Romans Manager This is a key role in the operation of the senior club. It involves organising the Men's Roman's Team (2nd XV). Tasks will include:
Ensuring the players are available and communicating arrangements with them
Confirming the details with opposition, match officials and making any necessary arrangements
Ensuring all match day kit & equipment is organised and ready for the team, then returned after the match
Managing the team in conjunction with senior players and coaches during matches.
Ensuring completion of any match day paperwork / admin
Having spent a lot of the off season working on Social Media and Websites we're looking for someone to come in and work alongside our Social Media Manager.
The individual will have a key role in creating content, managing the publishing of that content, assisting the club in finding new avenues to reach our audiences.
Gate Assistant On 1st XV match days the club can host hundreds of people who are coming to watch the match. Ensuring these people feel welcomed, find their way in, get parked and pay their entry fee is a key role. The gate is run by volunteers from the club and typically members offer to do a couple of matches per season, but the guys can always use more help.
Data Manager The management of data has become of vital importance to organisations of all types and we are no different. Player information, results, financial records, club archives etc all have to be looked after and managed. Increasingly Rugby Clubs are required to provide this information to the RFU and other bodies, so being organised is vital.
For the first time OAs are looking to bring in someone to help manage and utilise the mountain of information that the club has and is generating on a regular basis.
Web Manager We are looking for an individual or individuals to help with management of the club website.
This role could be folded into the Marketing or Data Manager roles if so desired, but involves;
Publishing news articles, match reports and previews
Updating match results and fixtures
Uploading photos / videos
Ensuring our sponsors and partners pages are kept up to date


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Posts Tagged "Mesa Boogie"
Mesa Boogie Archives
Gear Review: Mesa/Boogie D-350 Compact Bass Amp
Mesa/Boogie amps are known for their powerful, muscular tone – some are also renowned for their weight. We picked up the new lightweight D-350 Compact Bass Amp to see how much punch this little amp could pack.
Mesa/Boogie Unveils the Subway D-350 Bass Amp
Mesa/Boogie has added a new stop on the Subway. Their lightweight bass amp series has expanded to include the D-350, which is the smallest and lightest bass amp in Mesa history. The 350-watt, 3.1-pound head is also their most affordable.
Gibson Acquires Mesa/Boogie
More industry news is rolling in to start the year as it has been announced that Gibson has acquired Mesa/Boogie. Randy Smith, who founded the company 51 years ago, will join Gibson as "Master Designer and Pioneer of Mesa/Boogie and beyond."
MESA/Boogie Unveils the Subway TT-800 Amp Head
MESA/Boogie has unveiled the latest in its lightweight amp series with the Subway TT-800. The 800-watt Class D amp blends their Subway series with aspects of their classic Boogie BASS 400+ amp.
Mesa/Boogie Adds New Amp, Cabs, and Preamp Pedal to Subway Series
Mesa/Boogie has expanded on their Subway series of bass amplification with the Subway WD-800 head, three new cabinets, and the new Subway+ DI preamp pedal. The products are built in their Petaluma, California shop. The WD-800 is an 800-watt head that brings together a two-stage tube preamp with a powerful class-D power section.
Mesa/Boogie Announces Switch-Track and Head-Track Pedals
Mesa/Boogie has expanded their product lineup with two new signal management devices: the Switch-Track and the Head-Track. Aimed at controlling dual amps, the Switch-Track allows for an "either-or-both ABY scenario," which the company says lets users switch between two different amps, two identical amps with different settings, or combining amps for a fuller sound. Its input is buffered to prevent...
Mesa Engineering Introduces Subway Bass Series
Mesa Engineering has gotten into the world of lightweight amplifiers with their new Subway Bass Series. The lineup includes the company's first ultra-lightweight Class D amplifier and a pair of bass cabinets loaded with neodymium speakers. Heading up the series is the Subway D-800, an 800-watt amplifier that weighs in at five and a half pounds. Mesa says the amp...
Mesa Boogie Introduces Traditional Powerhouse Bass Cabinets
Mesa Boogie has introduced a new line of bass cabinets called the Traditional Powerhouse Series that offers up 2×10, 4×10, 1×15, 6×10, and 8×10 speaker configurations. Each of the cabs are handbuilt in Petaluma, California with Marine-grade Baltic Birch and are covered with Black Bronco Vinyl with a gray and black weave jute grille. The 2×10, 4×10, and 1×15 models...
First Look: Mesa Boogie Prodigy and Strategy All-Tube Bass Amps
Mesa Boogie unveiled some sweet new gear at Musikmesse this year, including a pair of new all-tube bass amps called the Prodigy and the Strategy. Rated at 120 watts and 300 watts respectively, the pair are both equipped with three 12AX7 preamp tubes and a class A/B multi-watt power amp. The Prodigy's power amp section allows for running all four...


Charlotte Church has lost her baby weeks after she and her boyfriend, musician Jonathan Powell, announced that she was pregnant.
A statement posted to the Welsh singer's Twitter account on Monday revealed the sad news, sharing, "Charlotte and Jonny [Powell] are very sad to announce that they lost their baby."
"Now is a time for grieving and being together as a family," the statement continued. "We kindly ask everyone to respect that peace."
The couple, who began dating in 2010, announced the news that they were expecting their first child together back in May.
It would have been the 31-year-old artist's third child, as she shares a 9-year-old daughter, Ruby, and 8-year-old son, Dexter, with ex-boyfriend Gavin Henson.


Travel by coach and ferry to Victoria. Check in for a two night stay at the Chateau Victoria and get bundled up for the viewing of lighted boats complete with hot chocolate. Day two stay in town for shopping or join us for the much-loved Dickens Fair, "Deck the Halls" with over 70 vendors, a stroll through Canada's National Gingerbread Showcase, where talented bakers from across Canada show off their creativity and "sweet" masterpieces! At the Festival of Trees you'll find 65 stunning trees up and down the halls of The Bay Centre. This year you choose between the Roy Orbison Tribute Show "the Lonely" that delivers a sensitive and dynamic show featuring 22 of his hit songs from from 1960 to '64 at Elements Casino or Butchart Gardens Magical Christmas with traditional carolers, festive brass bands, ice rink and the 12 Days of Christmas Light Display. You also will be able to grab a view of the lighted truck convoy, with over 70 vehicles fabulously decorated with lights and decorations.Your final day book and early holiday tea at The Fairmont Empress, ride one of the horse-drawn trolleys that circulate throughout downtown on the weekend, a unique way to see the sights and take a break while you rest your weary feet. Listen for your holiday favorites in carolers roaming the streets or check out the Teddy Bear holiday exhibit at the Grand Pacific. Boarding the 4:00pm ferry back to Port Angeles.


Third-seeded Longwood defeated #6 Detroit 16-9 in the quarterfinal game of the National Lacrosse Conference Tournament in Davidson, North Carolina Friday night.
Senior captain Kesley Dean|Centreville, Md. (Queen Anne's) spearheaded the Lancers' (10-7, 5-2 NLC) victory with six points on three goals and three assists. LU will look to upset #2 High Point in the semifinal game tomorrow (Saturday), April 30, at 2 p.m. for its shot at playing in the finals for an unprecedented third NLC Tournament title.
Longwood held the Titans to just three goals in the first period, leading 8-3 at the intermission. Despite a six-goal second half by Detroit, LU was able to score another eight goals to secure victory, including the game-winner from senior captain Duan Wright|Church Hill, Md. (Queen Anne's) with 24:01 remaining.
Senior Amanda Bereznay|Gwynn Oak, Md. (Seton Keough) scored the first goal of the game with just 1:20 gone, while 40 seconds later Detroit answered via the game's leading scorer Anna Eidem, who added four, before the Lancers surged for a five-goal run to jump ahead 6-1 with 17:54 left. At 12:34, Detroit finally got on the board again, snapping the Lancers' scoring run. In the opening minutes of the second period, the Titans pulled as close as they'd get all game within four (8-4), scoring the half's first goal just over a minute in.
There were 10 Lancers adding offensive arsenal, half of whom finished with multiple goals. Senior Cara O'Brien|Arlington (Bishop O'Connell) added two, continuing her 13-game scoring streak after being held scoreless only once in the regular season and converted two or more goals in all other games but one. Sophomores Jamie Brentlinger|Gambrills, Md. (Arundel) and Stephanie Schenkel| Brentwood, Tenn. (Ravenwood) as well as freshman Emily Whitman|Fairfax (W.T. Woodson) also added two apiece.
Steady in the cage for Longwood was senior captain Juli Liebig|Centreville, Md. (Queen Anne's), making eight saves and picking up a team-high five ground balls in 43:21. Junior Alicia McCarty|Bel Air, Md. (Bel Air) finished the game's final 16:39, conceding one goal and making three saves with one ground ball.
Longwood outshot Detroit 38-22, grabbed more ground balls (28-26) and won 16 draw controls to the Titans 11.


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MusicTexas Music HistoryJanuary 6, 2017
The Punk Rock Alamo: Pistols in S.A.
Originally published in the Austin American Statesman 1/6/13
SAN ANTONIO. "Wow, 35 years!" exclaimed Ty Gavin, singer of the regrouped band the Next, whose members met at the infamous Sex Pistols show in San Antonio on Jan. 8, 1978. "Has it really been that long?"
Three days before the anniversary of the most notorious rock show in Texas history, downtown San Antonio nightclub Backstage Live paid tribute to the Sex Pistols, hosting 10 bands under the banner "The Filth and the Flautas," which was a play on "The Filth and the Fury," a famous headline about the Pistols in a London tabloid. Some of the acts on the bill had opened for the two Pistols shows in Texas on the punk band's only U.S. tour, which lasted all of 12 days. Some acts were inspired to form after Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones and Paul Cook played a 1,200-capacity country nightclub on Bandera Road called Randy's Rodeo.
The punk rock Alamo, Randy's is now a bingo parlor, run by a Catholic church. Although they've kept the name and the signage, Randy's current operators wanted nothing to do with the anniversary show, said Margaret Moser, who co-curated a museum exhibit "We're So Pretty: The Sex Pistols in San Antonio", at the South Texas Popular Culture Center.
For 35 years, the Sex Pistols choosing to play San Antonio, "the Detroit of the Southwest," instead of hipster haven Austin, remains a point of pride to the city located 70 miles to the South.
Although influenced musically by U.S. groups, Alice Cooper, the Ramones and the New York Dolls, the Pistols and their visionary manager Malcolm McLaren added their own theatrical sound, ripped fashion and nihilistic philosophy to create cultural upheaval in the U.K. They were a rude and snotty reaction to, not only corporate rock, but a future that held no allure for bored, jobless youth.
From across the Atlantic, their brilliant album Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols also stirred bold pockets of stagnant American youth. Their music was too rough for the masses, but in "God Save the Queen," released during a national celebration honoring the Queen's 25 years on the British throne, we heard a band of hoodlums get in the face of the establishment like never before. "God save the queen/ she ain't no human being/ there is no future/ in England's dreaming." Rebellion isn't hope, but sometimes it's all you've got.
Banned to play public concerts in the U.K. after too many destructive incidents, the Pistols announced their first American tour, with only seven dates on the itinerary: Atlanta, Memphis, San Antonio, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Tulsa and San Francisco.
San Antonio? A hotbed of hair bands and heavy metal, S.A. was an unlikely destination for the first U.S. tour by British sensations. But the Alamo City had robust concert promoters Stone City Attractions, who found Randy's and also booked the Pistols into the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas.
McLaren intentionally bypassed the major metropoli in favor of mostly-southern cities where the encroachment would be more significant and confrontation more likely. In Texas and Oklahoma, McLaren booked his charges into country music clubs, including Cain's in Tulsa, made famous by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. These were the same kinds of venues Elvis Presley played on his first tours and Presley's death six months earlier provided a bit of subtext to the Pistols tour, which promised to usher in the death of rock n' roll.
In actuality, the foray of January 1978, which ended with singer Rotten asking a crowd in San Francisco if they'd ever had the feeling they'd been cheated, was the Sex Pistols suicide tour. After that S.F. show, the band broke up and bassist Vicious died of a drug overdose while on bail for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
By the time the Pistols arrived in San Antonio, they already knew their demise was brewing. Band, crew and a legion of security guards arrived at Randy's on a tour bus with "NOWHERE" on the destination sign. Bassist Vicious, a heroin addict, was so dope sick he carved the words "Gimme a Fix" on his chest.
Modeled, in part, on Iggy's Stooges, the band members were fast becoming Malcolm's stooges. Their manager seemed numb to the idea that the band and producer Chris Thomas had made a modern day classic with "Bollocks" and so he felt the need to market the Pistols as a shocking freak show.
Taunting them with homophobic slurs, the band carried utmost contempt for the Randy's audience, which included everyone in the nascent Austin punk contingent, as well as curious Randy's regulars who paid the $3.50 cover to watch the trainwreck. This was the show where Vicious, tired of the taunting from an audience member who admitted he had come to start trouble, viciously tomahawked his electric bass into the audience, barely missing heads that would've surely been cracked open. "Oh, dear, Sidney's lost his guitar," Rotten sneered.
Rotten later acknowleged the Randy's show as the band's best on the tour. And McLaren got what he wanted, as one British tabloid splashed the headline "Sid turns Vicious as the Sex Pistols battle with U.S. Fans."
The Sex Pistols trafficked in chaos, putting violence of the mind into motion, but as testified by the last song they ever played, at Winterland in S.F. on Jan. 14, 1978, it was becoming "No Fun."
Opening the Pistols' swang song was the Nuns, whose guitarist Alejandro Escovedo was forever influenced by the experience. Never Mind the Bollocks has never lost its power and continues to inspire bored youths to pick up guitars.
In Texas, the shows are best remembered for what they inspired. A group of University of Texas film students who trekked to Randy's would start a music and culture magazine called the Austin Chronicle. And many bands would spawn from the chaos, just as the Sex Pistols and the Clash, the Beatles and Stones of punk, fortified after the Ramones played London on July 4, 1976.
Opening the Randy's show were a pair of quite different bands: Ultra, the S.A. prog-rock kingpins, and a new punk band called the Vamps, whose singer Frank Pugliese now fronts the Sons of Hercules. Ultra played earlier at the 35th anniversary show and as the guitarist played a meandering lead to a roaring bass/drums rhythm, Austin singer Tex Edwards whispered in my ear, "this is the kind of music we were rebelling against in 1978."
Edwards' band the Nervebreakers opened for the Pistols at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas and were scheduled to reunite at Backstage Live, but because of a death in the family, the Nervebreakers were replaced by another Edwards band Purple Stickpin.
The Hickoids, whose S.A.-based singer Jeff Smith co-organized the "Flautas" show, had the privilege of recreating the Sex Pistols Randy's set. At least that's how it was was advertised. Instead, the band played such Pistols numbers as "Bodies," "Anarchy In the UK," "Holidays In the Sun" and "EMI" in no particular order and inexplicably omitted "God Save the Queen," which opened the Randy's set. Still, the Hickoids were tight and the crowd of about 800 was into it, even if singer Smith wandered the stage in a state of low interest in his duct-tape pants. Perhaps Smith, age 14 in 1978, is still upset about his older brother not taking him to the Randy's show, as promised. "That song goes out to my brother Barry," Smith said after singing "Liar."
The Pistols broke up a week after the Randy's show, with Rotten stranded in S.F. with no money or credit cards. The next year he would form Public Image Ltd., a band that would prove to be almost as influential as the Pistols, but in a more subtle way.
The Pistols show wasn't the last punk rodeo at Randy's, as the Ramones and the Runaways played the low-ceiling country nightclub the next month, followed by Patti Smith and Squeeze a few months after that. But neither of those concerts had the lasting implications of the Sex Pistols set.
San Antonio must have a bit of an inferiority complex when it compares itself to Austin, with SXSW and an international reputation for live music. "Keep San Antonio Lame" is a t-shirt you can buy in the proudly unhip Alamo City.
But for a night in 1978 in a bowling alley turned country music nightclub, San Antonio was the center of the musical universe. Something that can't be taken away. Something no one there will ever forget.
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How White Women Can Help Advance Women Of Color: Karen Fleshman On GHOGH Podcast Episode 10
Written by Dana Sanchez
Lawyer and activist Karen Fleshman believes that becoming more inclusive is a learnable skill, and one that will have increasing value in the marketplace.
Based in the San Francisco area, Fleshman speaks, writes, and offers training and coaching. Her company, Racy Conversations, helps people and companies understand how conscious and unconscious biases work.
Fleshman is one of the few white women speaking out about white women's role in advancing equality. She helps companies develop inclusive cultures where all viewpoints are welcomed and valued. Fleshman dedicates much of her time to police accountability activism.
Recruiting is only part of the diversity equation, Fleshman says on her website. Inclusion may be even more important. Without it, "the best employees will become entrepreneurs or find another employer where they feel valued."
Digital media pioneer Jamarlin Martin launched the GHOGH Podcast Franchise — Go Hard Or Go Home — at SXSW 2018, aimed at multicultural millennials.
Jamarlin talks to Karen about women of privilege exploiting civil rights and diversity movements, and whether Kamala Harris can be trusted on criminal justice reform. They also discuss Facebook's problems, and whether these can be sourced to Mark Zuckerberg's and Sheryl Sandberg's values and ethics.
Karen Fleshman, Founder, Racy Conversation Photo: Anita Sanikop
Here are some excerpts from the interview:
Karen Fleshman on flipping the 10 percent:
The goal of Racy Conversations is to flip the 10 percent of white millennials and white Generation Z to anti-racism so we can have a majortity anti-racist generation. Forty-three percent of millennials are people of color and 47 percent of Gen Z are people of color. If we can reach 10 percent of the white people in those generations and flip them, then we can have a majority anti-racist generation."
On famous white women talking about racism and white supremacy
"Freada Kapor — she is outstanding and a huge role model and mentor for me. I cannot name a single household-name white woman — celebrity, elected official, executive, a famous white woman — who's out there talking about racism and white supremacy. They don't exist … I would say white women are the No. 1 enforcers of white supremacy in our society and we identify with white men. We're very comfortable in our position of privilege. We are the ones who maintain the social order. In the workplace, white women are not kind to other women and they're particularly not kind to women of color and to men of color. The great irony is that the folks who have done the most to advance white women are Black men.
On 52 percent of white women voting for Trump
"That's the first thing I've thought about every morning since November 2016, and the last thing I think about every night before I go to sleep. And including some of my family members voted for him."
On the message from the Womens March 1-year anniversary:
"I was in Las Vegas for the Womens March one-year anniversary and all of the speakers were women of color. The message was: white women, step aside and follow the lead of the women of color … just get out of the way, get behind us and we're going to be the leaders. I think that is the role white women need to take in these movements — not calling the shots but bringing the resources and using our resources and influence to support the leadership of women of color."
Hear more of Karen Fleshman's interview with Jamarlin martin on Episode 10 of the GHOGH Podcast.
Other GHOGH episodes:
Episode 15: Clarence Wooten, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, sold his first tech business for $23 million. He discusses his new venture — STEAM Role — meritocracy, and common mistakes founders make. He also talks about Bitcoin's long-term prospects and how blockchain has opened up new capital-raising opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Episode 14: Barron Channer, founder of Miami -based Woodwater Investments, talks about turning down Harvard Business School, and whether Black-on-Black murders need to be prioritized over police-on-Black murders. He also debates what is to blame for the Black murder rate in Chicago and whether most U.S. police departments are racist in the second of a 2-part podcast.
Episode 13: Barron Channer, founder of Miami-based Woodwater Investments, shares how he got to work for billion-dollar real estate developer Don Peebles. This Wharton MBA's business focuses on real estate development and tech. He revisits how Barack Obama handled Rev. Wright in the first of a 2-part podcast.
Episode 12: Keenan Beasley, co-founder and managing partner of New York digital analytics company BLKBOX, talks about his early mistakes, how NY and Silicon Valley investors differ, and the advantages of getting experience in an industry before trying to disrupt it. The Westpoint grad and former P&G brand manager also discusses M&A activity involving Richelieu Dennis, Byron Allen and Robert Smith.
Episode 11: Travis Holoway, founder and CEO of peer-to-peer lending startup SoLo Funds, discusses Mark Zuckerberg as a liberal tech version of Donald Trump, Jake Tapper's double standards on CNN towards Black leaders, and whether Silicon Valley has "negro helpers" who set the community back.
Episode 10: Karen Fleshman, the founder of Racy Conversations, talks about women of privilege exploiting civil rights and diversity movements, and whether Kamala Harris can be trusted on criminal justice reform. She also discusses Facebook's problems, and whether these can be primarily sourced to Mark Zuckerberg's and Sheryl Sandberg's values and ethics.
Episode 9: Felecia Hatcher and Derick Pearson talk about Black Tech Week, economic empowerment, and the potential impact of Atlanta landing Amazon HQ2. They also discuss the politics of diversity favoring women of privilege, and whether or not Silicon Valley is the global capital of white supremacy.
Episode 8: Marlin Nichols, co-founder of Cross Culture Ventures, talks about the culturally-themed fund he started with Troy Carter. He discusses the burger-flippin' robot, Flippy, and socially responsible investing. Marlon offers advice to founders seeking investment, and answers questions about whether there is too much "shut-up-and-dribble" in Silicon Valley.
Episode 7: Tayo Oviosu, founder and CEO of leading Nigerian mobile payments company Paga, discusses bitcoin prospects, superior Nigerian academic performance in the U.S., and why Nigeria is the African economic opportunity. The podcast also touches on Elon Musk, Aliko Dangote, and whether Oviosu would ever run for president.
Episode 6: Rodney Sampson, founder of HBCU@SXSW and the Atlanta-based Opportunity Hub, discusses investing in Atlanta blockchain startups and the importance of connecting HBCU endowments to Black tech. He covers the intersectionality of oppression, discrimination, and holding SV leaders accountable for inequality.
Episode 5: Angela Benton talks about starting NewMe Accelerator, building her personal brand as a single mother while battling cancer, and whether or not most of the "diversity" gains in Silicon Valley will go to privileged white women.
Episode 4: Detavio Samuels, president of Interactive One, leads a $30M digital media business that in 2017 acquired Bossip, Madamenoire, and HiphopWired. He discusses Richelieu Dennis' acquisition of Essence, Facebook's recent fumbles, and whether Complex Media is a culture vulture.
Episode 3: Arlan Hamilton talks about Backstage Capital, the VC fund she dreamed up while she was homeless. She talks about the Silicon Valley establishment and about Tamika Mallory, who attended Saviours' Day with Louis Farrakhan.
Episode 2: Rodney Williams, founder and CEO of Lisnr, talks about raising $10 million in venture capital, HBCU endowments that invest in black tech, and how to fire loyal employees you like.
Episode 1: Brian Brackeen talks about his path to starting his facial recognition firm, Kairos, how blockchain can be applied to the NFL, and whether Disney's' "Black Panther" is revolutionary.
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Lawrence, Jaguars' offense struggle again in loss at Indy
By MICHAEL MAROT - Nov. 14, 2021 07:09 PM EST
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. (10) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Darius Leonard (53) and middle linebacker Bobby Okereke (58) in the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Lawrence finally got a chance to play for the win.
Trailing 23-17 with 2:17 left on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts, the rookie jogged onto the field, confident he could lead the Jaguars to the winning score and end nearly two years of road futility.
Those hopes vanished as rookie defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo and 2020 All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner sacked Lawrence and ripped the ball out. Kemoko Turay recovered to seal Indy's victory.
"This is a team that, that's what they do is take the ball away," Lawrence said. "We talked about it this week and that was a point of emphasis. As I was going down, someone came from the back side and punched it out. I just have to take care of it. I didn't think the ball was super loose, but that's on me."
The Jags (2-7) headed home with their 12th consecutive road loss and nine straight defeats against division foes.
For Lawrence and the offense, it wasn't an easy one to accept.
After showing promise with two wins over the last three games, Lawrence and the Jags struggled mightily against an improving Indy defense. Lawrence went 3 of 14 passing while converting just one of eight third-down chances in the first half.
He finished 16 of 35 for 162 yards and a rating of 59.5, taking three sacks and turning the ball over for the 13th time this season.
And while the top overall pick in April's draft quickly accepted responsibility, teammates knew there was plenty of blame to share.
"It sounds like we're talking and it's all Trevor's fault and it's not anywhere close to that," tight end Dan Arnold said. "I think everybody played bad. There were dropped balls everywhere and penalties everywhere. I think it's one of those things that as an offense, we have to put it on our shoulders and say, 'Hey, we have to get better and we will.'"
Lawrence spent much of the game trying to evade defenders and overcome long-yardage situations.
A slow start by the defense and special teams only complicated matters.
When E.J. Speed returned a blocked punt for a touchdown, the Colts led 10-0 midway through the first quarter.
"Bubba (Ventrone) had a feeling we were going to block a punt this week," Indy coach Frank Reich said, referring to his special teams coordinator. "We've been doing some serious punt block drills in middle of the season and he said 'Someone's going to get it.' Bubba was really confident we were going to get a block this week."
Defensively, there were other problems.
Jonathan Taylor piled up 93 of his 116 yards in the first quarter against a defense that allowed 100 yards rushing to only two of first eight opponents. Taylor's 4-yard scoring run put Jacksonville in a 17-0 hole that it never quite got out of.
While the defense only gave up two more field goals over the final three quarters and Lawrence got the Jags within 20-17 on a 2-point conversion pass to Arnold early in the fourth quarter, the Colts made sure Lawrence didn't take advantage of his final chance.
"This one stung (for Trevor), I could tell," coach Urban Meyer said. "This one hurt him. A lot of guys were stung in there because we felt like we could go down and win the game, on the road and against a good team."


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April 16, 1964: SF Warriors beat St. Louis Hawks to reach NBA Finals
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Steve Kroner April 16, 2020 Updated: April 16, 2020 6:30 a.m.
April 16, 1964: SF Warriors beat St. Louis Hawks to reach...
1of9Sporting Green cover, April 17, 1964. The Warriors defeat the St. Louis Hawks on April 16� to head to the NBA Finals.Photo: San Francisco Chronicle / April 17, 1964 /
2of9Basketball: SF Warriors Wilt Chamberlain alone before game. (Photo by Herb Scharfman/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)Photo: Herb Scharfman / The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
3of9Wilt Chamberlain in front of City Hall during a parade for the San Francisco Warriors.Photo: Chronicle file / The Chronicle
4of9(Original Caption) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: San Francisco Warriors star Wilt Chamberlain moves past Philadelphia 76er Jerry Greenspan (hidden) for a dipper-dunk. 76er Hal Greer watches in awe, December 26th.Photo: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
5of9San Francisco Warriors Wilt Chamberlain playing in the USF gym against the Detroit Pistons. Feb. 4, 1964.Photo: Joe Rosenthal / The Chronicle
6of9San Francisco Warriors playoff game vs the St. Louis Hawks 4/1/1964 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down a rebound between Zelmo Beatty and Bob PettitPhoto: Joe Rosenthal / The Chronicle
7of9San Francisco Warriors playoff game vs the St. Louis Hawks 4/3/1964 Wilt Chamberlain battles for a rebound with Zelmo BeattyPhoto: Art Frisch / The Chronicle
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In their second season in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Warriors reached the NBA Finals by beating the St. Louis Hawks 105-95 at the Cow Palace in Game 7 of the Western Division finals April 16, 1964.
Wilt Chamberlain scored 39 points and grabbed 30 rebounds for San Francisco. In Game 7, not the series. For the series, he averaged 38.6 points and 23.4 boards.
In Game 7, the Warriors trailed by one after three quarters, then outscored St. Louis 29-18 in the fourth period. Chamberlain got help from guards Guy Rodgers (19 points, eight assists) and Al Attles (13 points, six assists) and forward Tom Meschery (15 points, eight rebounds).
The Warriors lost 4-1 to Boston in the Finals. The following January, they traded Chamberlain to Philadelphia for Connie Dierking, Paul Neumann, Lee Shaffer and cash.
— Steve Kroner
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Did you know about one in 20 young children are deficient in iron? To find out if your child is falling short, add up the amount of iron in the foods she likes to eat and compare it to what she needs. We've divided more than 50 kid-fave foods into easy-to-navigate categories. And we didn't forget about dairy products; they're not listed here because they contain only very small amounts of iron.
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Iron may not grab as much attention as calcium and vitamin D these days, but it's crucial that children get the recommended amounts: 7 milligrams (mg) daily for 1- to 3-year-olds and 10mg for 4- to 8-year-olds. Roughly 7 percent of toddlers and 4-5 percent of 3- to 11-year-olds are iron-deficient. "Picky eaters and kids on a restricted diet because of food allergies tend to be most at risk," says Sarah Krieger, R.D., a St. Petersburg, Florida-based spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.
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Iron is also important for brain development. "When a child is deficient, the body directs all the iron to the blood at the expense of the brain, and learning problems set in," Dr. Greer says. Worse still, the trouble may persist long after the anemia is gone. In a study from the University of Michigan, kids who had iron-deficiency anemia as babies scored lower on math and writing tests and had more attention and social problems at age 12 than their classmates who had normal iron levels in infancy.
Doctors have found new connections between iron and health. One recent Indian study showed that anemic kids were more than five times more likely to have an asthma attack than children who got enough iron. What's more, iron-deficient kids may be more vulnerable to lead poisoning. The mineral helps the body excrete the substance, but for kids who are running low it's more likely to linger in the blood and cause learning disabilities.
Three ounces of lean beef provides 2-3 milligrams of iron, and cooking it in a cast-iron pan could double that amount. In a study from Texas Tech University, the iron content of two eggs jumped from 1-1/2 milligrams to nearly 5 milligrams when they were scrambled in an iron skillet.
Fresh clams contain the most iron of any food; just one supplies 2 milligrams of the mineral. If you kid doesn't dig clams, no worries. This pasta tastes like noodles and butter because the clams are shelled and blended in.
Don't have a meat eater? All varieties of beans supply nearly as much iron and protein as beef and they're packed with fiber so kids stay full.
Most cereals offer at least 4 milligrams of iron per serving (it'll be noted as 25 percent of the Daily Value), but some have twice that amount. We used a higher-iron cereal, corn flakes, to coat chicken legs, which are slightly higher in the mineral than breast meat.
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<— This could be me!
OK, maybe not really. Maybe not quite. I mean, pink really isn't my colour. But the point is, it's awards season, not just for exciting Hollywood types, but for us lot wot are into science fiction and fantasy and stuff. In particular: nominations are open for the 2014 Hugos! If you're 'an attending or supporting member of Loncon 3 (the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention) and/or… you are an attending or supporting member of Sasquan (the 2015 World Science Fiction Convention), and/or… you were an attending or supporting member of LoneStarCon 3 (the 2013 World Science Fiction Convention)' then you're eligible to nominate for the Hugos! Wow! It's like you have superpowers!
Most extra-specially important, you can nominate for the Best Related Work category, and… guess what? Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays, and Commentary is eligible for nomination for Best Related Work. Even more rockingly awesome? My post on 'Remembering Margaret Cavendish' is one of the essays published therein. This means that I am effectively eligible to be nominated for 1/50th of a Hugo! SO EXCITE.
But before people can vote on whether I, and my fellow online essayists, are deserving of this honour, Speculative Fiction 2012 needs to get nominated. And that's where you come in.
Join me and we can rule the Hugos as Blogger and Readers!
I'm pretty sure that's how this works, anyway.
You know what's even better, though? You don't just have to nominate based on how much you love me and my specific post. This weekend, the whole book is available for free (electronically) from Amazon. Go! Go get it! You have nothing to lose – it's free! FREE LITERARY CRITICISM IN THE SPECULATIVE FICTION GENRE – what could go wrong?
So, yeah, I'm not being subtle about this. I'm not the sort of person who wins awards, and I'd kinda only be winning a little part of one, but I'm pretty excited, and you could help make my dream come true! You could help make me a sort of Hugo Award Winner!
Also, I'm psyched for my little essay, and, quite frankly, for Margaret freakin' Cavendish. I've only become more passionate about how we need to right the wrong of Margaret Cavendish's being forgotten and ignored by a male dominated literary canon that seeks to ignore the achievements of women. Because this wonderful, courageous, passionate woman wrote things like this about why women like her have been ignored:
[P]oor education, exclusion from public institutions, political subordination within the home, physiological dictates of childbirth, and society's pervasive vision of women as incompetent, irresponsible, unintelligent, and irrational.
Philosophical and Physical Opinions (1655)
[W]e are shut out of all power and authority, by reason we are never employed either in civil or martial affairs, our counsels are despised, and laughed at, the best of our actions are trodden down with scorn, by the over-weening conceit, men have of themselves, and through a despisement of us.
And of that great woman, Virginia Woolf wrote:
" . . . All I desire is fame", wrote Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. And while she lived her wish was granted. Garish in her dress, eccentric in her habits, chaste in her conduct, coarse in her speech, she succeeded during her lifetime in drawing upon herself the ridicule of the great and the applause of the learned. But the last echoes of that clamour have now all died away; she lives only in the few splendid phrases that Lamb scattered upon her tomb; her poems, her plays, her philosophies, her orations, her discourses — all those folios and quartos in which, she protested, her real life was shrined — moulder in the gloom of public libraries, or are decanted into tiny thimbles which hold six drops of their profusion. Even the curious student, inspired by the words of Lamb, quails before the mass of her mausoleum, peers in, looks about him, and hurries out again, shutting the door.
'The Duchess of Newcastle', The Common Reader, by Virginia Woolf
And I kind of really do think that it's important to right the wrong of Margaret Cavendish being forgotten. And if my essay on why she should be remembered as the inventor of science fiction can be not only published, but in a book that wins one of the most coveted awards of the beloved genre that she began for us… then I feel like it would be some kind of vindication for her. A real step towards righting the wrong of another great woman having been written out of history.
A woman who, after my own heart, was only after fame. ;-p
There's been a lot of noise this year about how people shouldn't 'campaign' for nomination – that the work should speak for itself – but I'm with Amal El-Mohtar:
You cannot with one breath say that you wish more women were recognized for their work, and then say in the next that you think less of people who make others aware of their work.
'Of Awards Eligibility Lists and Unbearable Smugness', by Amal El-Mohtar
I used to be the kind of woman who wouldn't shut up about her achievements. Eventually, I realised I was annoying people, so I stopped. But, the thing is, we live in a culture that is disproportionately annoyed with women who speak up as opposed to men who do. Where Sandra Bullock is a bigger box office draw than George Clooney, but he was given equal billing in a film where she was the lead, because presenting a woman as a lead is considered 'off-putting' for an action film. Where literary reviews can devote only 6% of their space to works by women, and still be under the impression that women are dominating their column space; and where, if a woman is speaking more than 30% of the time she is perceived as domineering. Where 50% of online gamers are female, but 83% say that they would rather not talk to other players whilst gaming because of the harassment they receive. Where teachers who actually achieve gender equality in the attention they give to students report feeling as thought they are giving 90% to the girls. As Janet Holmes writes: 'The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence'.
So… I'm speaking up. This is my little thing what I did, and I'm proud of it. And it's part of a bigger thing that other people contributed some really awesome stuff to – people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives on the genre we all love – and I think they deserve recognition to. Margaret Cavendish was never shy about asking for attention when she was alive – it's after she died that we let her down. So, I don't wanna guilt ya, but if you could help give my little paper, about giving her more recognition, a little recognition, I would be totes grateful.
Rhube out.
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Q: Highlight repeat sentences or phrases in a Word document I found what looked like an answer here:
Highlight (not delete) repeat sentences or phrases in a word document
But after reading through all the code and answers, I really don't know what to do with the code or how to run it!  Is this a custom macro I can just copy/paste?  I'd love a plug and play solution to this.  Like the original author, I cut and paste a document together from several other documents, and I'm sure there are duplicate sentences and such throughout - I just want to find them easily so I can delete or reword them.  Thanks!

A:
You write macros in a part of Word that most users never see: the Visual Basic Editor (the VBE). Open the VBE by using any one of the following methods:

*

*Press the keyboard shortcut, Alt+F11

*Click the Visual Basic button on the Developer tab. To do that, click the File tab, and then click Options. On the Word Options dialog box, click Customize Ribbon. In the right side of the dialog box, select the Developer tab. Click OK to return to your document, and then on the Developer tab, click the Visual Basic button.

*Add the Visual Basic command to the Quick Access Toolbar.

From https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff604039(v=office.14).aspx
In my experience with that thread, the top code seems to work mostly.
CODE
Option Explicit

Sub Sample()
    Dim MyArray() As String
    Dim n As Long, i As Long
    Dim Col As New Collection
    Dim itm

    n = 0
    '~~> Get all the sentences from the word document in an array
    For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.Sentences.Count
        n = n + 1
        ReDim Preserve MyArray(n)
        MyArray(n) = Trim(ActiveDocument.Sentences(i).Text)
    Next

    '~~> Sort the array
    SortArray MyArray, 0, UBound(MyArray)

    '~~> Extract Duplicates
    For i = 1 To UBound(MyArray)
        If i = UBound(MyArray) Then Exit For
        If InStr(1, MyArray(i + 1), MyArray(i), vbTextCompare) Then
            On Error Resume Next
            Col.Add MyArray(i), """" & MyArray(i) & """"
            On Error GoTo 0
        End If
    Next i

    '~~> Highlight duplicates
    For Each itm In Col
        Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
        Selection.HomeKey wdStory, wdMove
        Selection.Find.Execute itm
        Do Until Selection.Find.Found = False
            Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdPink
            Selection.Find.Execute
        Loop
    Next
End Sub

'~~> Sort the array
Public Sub SortArray(vArray As Variant, i As Long, j As Long)
  Dim tmp As Variant, tmpSwap As Variant
  Dim ii As Long, jj As Long

  ii = i: jj = j: tmp = vArray((i + j) \ 2)

  While (ii <= jj)
     While (vArray(ii) < tmp And ii < j)
        ii = ii + 1
     Wend
     While (tmp < vArray(jj) And jj > i)
        jj = jj - 1
     Wend
     If (ii <= jj) Then
        tmpSwap = vArray(ii)
        vArray(ii) = vArray(jj): vArray(jj) = tmpSwap
        ii = ii + 1: jj = jj - 1
     End If
  Wend
  If (i < jj) Then SortArray vArray, i, jj
  If (ii < j) Then SortArray vArray, ii, j
End Sub

I added the code to the ThisDocument item in the left sidebar, and then was able to run it. (I got an error about a string being too long, but it seems it still partly worked because there are now purple highlights in the document.)
n.b., it probably only works on the Windows version of Word. I had it work in Word 2016 Preview.


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