Giovany Aramis González (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Prior to pitching for the Nationals, he played for the Oakland Athletics. He is of Cuban descent.
Living in Lafayette, CA, Gio Gonzalez played high school baseball at the Orinda Academy.
In, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Aaron Rowand and Daniel Haigwood for slugger Jim Thome. While with the Phillies, Baseball America rated González the number-2 prospect in their farm system behind Cole Hamels in .
In December 2006 he was traded back to the White Sox along with Gavin Floyd for Freddy García. González led the minor leagues with 185 strikeouts in 150 innings in .
On January 3,, the White Sox traded González along with fellow prospects Ryan Sweeney and Fautino de los Santos to the Oakland Athletics for Outfielder Nick Swisher. He was ranked the #1 prospect in the White Sox system at the time of the trade.
González was called up to the majors on August 5,, and made his debut on August 6. Following the 2009 spring training camp, he was returned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats.
González started the season throwing 6+ innings against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, striking out 6 and walking 1 in the 10–4 win.
González is a strikeout pitcher, with a rate of nearly 1 per inning over his career. He was fourth in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched in the AL in 2011, and he is second in the NL for the 2012 season .
News: Castillo. Jorge. For American-born players with Latin heritage, identity is complicated. 24 September 2016. Washington Post. September 24, 2016.
Web site: December 8, 2005. KGTV. Phillies Get Left-Hander To Finish Thome Deal. August 13, 2012.
News: Hamels hoping healthy run leads to Phils' rotation. May 1, 2006. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. August 13, 2012. Michael. Radano. April 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140420144550/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/doc/437156337.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=May%2001%2C%202006&author=MICHAEL%20RADANO&pub=Courier%20Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Hamels%20hoping%20healthy%20run%20leads%20to%20Phils%27%20rotation. no.
Web site: Phils acquire Garcia from White Sox. Ken Mandel. August 13, 2012. Philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com. December 7, 2006. no. April 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064542/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061206&content_id=1753339&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi.
News: Gio Gonzalez set for debut on Wednesday. USA Today. August 5, 2008. August 13, 2012.
News: Oakland's Young Studs Make Roster. Sports Illustrated. April 4, 2009. April 10, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090410021120/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/04/04/athletics.moves.ap/index.html. no.
Web site: December 23, 2011. Nationals acquire All-Star lefthander Gio Gonzalez from Athletics as part of six-player trade. Nationals Press Release. January 21, 2012. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121211943/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111223&content_id=26231642&vkey=pr_was&c_id=was.
Web site: Bill Ladson. Nationals extend Gio Gonzalez's contract through 2016 season. MLB.com. January 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131023084312/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120115&content_id=26355280&c_id=mlb. no. October 23, 2013.
Web site: Roger Schlueter. MLB Notebook: Gio putting up zeroes. April 25, 2012. MLB.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427021316/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120425&content_id=29608496&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. no. April 27, 2012.
News: Rosters unveiled for 83rd All-Star Game: Three starters for Rangers, Yankees and Giants; Hamilton smashes vote record. Sanchez. Jesse. MLB.com. July 1, 2012. July 9, 2012. July 3, 2012. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20120703010443/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120701&content_id=34263550&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb.
News: Gio Gonzalez picks up his 12th win in 4–1 victory over Rockies. Wagner. James. July 8, 2012. July 9, 2012. The Washington Post. July 3, 2012. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20120703010443/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120701&content_id=34263550&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb.
Web site: Vingan. Adam. Gio Gonzalez Hits First Career Home Run, Continues Trend of Strong Hitting From Nationals Pitchers. WRC-TV. August 9, 2012. August 13, 2012. April 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140420153438/http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/capital-games/Gio-Gonzalez-Hits-First-Career-Home-Run-Continues-Trend-of-Strong-Hitting-From-Nationals-Pitchers-165521806.html. no.
News: Gio Gonzalez hurls first shutout, Nationalss rout Cardinals 10–0. Associated Press. The Washington Post. August 31, 2012.
News: Gio is MLB's first 20-game winner as Nats roll. MLB.com. Ladson. Bill. September 22, 2012. September 22, 2012.
News: The Washington Post. Gio Gonzalez wins Warren Spahn Award. October 4, 2012. October 4, 2012. Kilgore. Adam.
News: January 31, 2013. A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names. Miami New Times. Tim Elfrink. April 12, 2013. January 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130130110301/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-01-31/news/a-rod-and-doping-a-miami-clinic-supplies-drugs-to-sports-biggest-names/. no.
Web site: August 5, 2013. Gio Gonzalez, Melky Cabrera among players avoiding discipline in Biogenesis. August 5, 2013. Sports Illustrated. August 8, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130808145420/http://tracking.si.com/2013/08/05/players-biogenesis-avoid-suspensions/. yes.
News: The Washington Post. Airplane trouble delays Gio Gonzalez's return to Nats' rotation. Tariq Lee. July 19, 2014. July 30, 2014.
News: Gio records 1,000th career strikeout. Daniel Popper. MLB.com. July 20, 2014. July 30, 2014. August 8, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808002051/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140720&content_id=85403840&notebook_id=85426114&c_id=was. no.
Web site: Brooks Baseball Home of the PitchFX Tool – Player Card: Gio Gonzalez. Brooks Baseball. 19 August 2012.
Web site: June 13, 2012. Q&A: Jordan Zimmermann & Gio Gonzalez. Laurila. David. Fangraphs. August 19, 2012.
Web site: Gio Gonzalez Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. August 19, 2012.
Web site: August 20, 2012. June 5, 2012. Gio's new charity paying immediate dividends. Milon. Hayley. MLB.com. October 23, 2013. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20131023084320/http://mlb.mlb.com/cutfour/article.jsp?content_id=32817368.
Web site: [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIn6eXO7NqM Kristina Akra sits down with Gio Gonzalez to discuss his personality, family and love of comics]. YouTube. August 20, 2012.
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Design and Analysis of an Oscillating Mechanism for Applications in a Bone Saw.
DeVore, Sara.
Abstract: An oscillating bone saw is the primary surgical power tool used for resection of bone during total joint replacement of the knee and hip. For several decades, a pistol-grip configuration of the saw has prevailed, where the motor is positioned orthogonal to the oscillating mechanism. This design evolved as a compromise between using the power head as either a drill or a saw, thus eliminat... read moreing the need for a second tool during surgery. However, after direct observation of bone sawing and through feedback from orthopedic surgeons, it became apparent that the preferred ergonomics for drilling were significantly different from sawing. Furthermore, studies of similar oscillating saws used in woodworking applications revealed that in contemporary designs the motor and mechanism are aligned along the same axis, creating a body-grip configuration, rather than a pistol-grip. The aim of this thesis is to design an in-line oscillating mechanism to accommodate a body-grip design for improved ergonomic handling of a surgical bone saw. A computer model of an in-line mechanism is first developed by reverse engineering a commercially available woodworking tool. Kinematics of the computer generated solid model are validated by two methods: (1) a motion study is performed where blade velocity as a function of motor speed is recorded with a laser vibrometer, and (2) an analytical model is developed by using a vector loop method. Components of the virtual assembly are then refined and mass properties are added such that a motion study with the computer model generates results that compare reasonably well with both vector kinematics and experimental measurements. After validating the computer model for the existing mechanism, the design is modified to accommodate specifications for an in-line surgical bone saw. The updated model is then used to perform a computational study of the mechanism kinetics to determine resultant forces on the oscillating components and related bearings. Simulations are run for a common surgical blade oscillating through a 5$^{\circ}$ angle at 10,000 cycles per minute, which is representative of a typical surgical bone saw. To reduce peak loads and to minimize tool vibration, the computational model is used to counterbalance the new in-line oscillating mechanism. At full speed prior to counterbalancing, oscillating components generate a peak load that varies between 9 N and 91 N at the front motor shaft bearing. While it is not possible to completely balance an oscillating load with a rotating mass, the peak and alternating load is reduced by adding an offset mass to the motor shaft, resulting in a more balanced load that varies between 48 N and 53 N. A natural frequency analysis is performed to confirm that the operating frequency of the saw does not excite any natural frequencies of the mechanism. Forces generated by the counterbalanced mechanism are used to size the bearings, achieving an end of life criterion that exceeded 8000 hours. In addition, the peak force is used to conduct a linear elastic finite element analysis on the cam fork, which is the primary component responsible for converting rotary motion of the motor cam into oscillating motion of the blade shaft. Considering a ductile yield criterion, the fork is designed such that the maximum stress results in a factor of safety of at least 2.0. Mechanism grease is specified to lubricate contact points. Finally, a push button mechanism is designed to provide a means of quickly changing blades without secondary tools while wearing surgical gloves. Using a Goodman failure criterion, the push button spring is designed to have infinite life. Following mechanism design and analysis, a gear case is designed and a demonstration prototype of the new in-line system is developed.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2014.
Submitted to the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Advisor: Thomas James.
Committee: Anil Saigal, Dan Hannon, and Eric Smith.
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Crime in Ramallah
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Artist: Abbad Yahya
Date of Action: February 2017
Region: Middle East
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Religion, Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Palestinian Attorney General
Description of Artwork: Crime in Ramallah is the fourth book by novelist Abbad Yahya. It follows the lives of three young Palestinian men, one of whom is gay, caught up in the murder of a young woman in the city of Ramallah.
The Incident: The novel's inclusion of sex, masturbation and homosexuality made it controversial. The Palestinian Attorney General banned the book, moving to prosecute writer Abbad Yahya, banning his novel and accusing him of threatening morality and public decency, is a gross violation of his right to freedom of expression.
Since the launch of the AG's investigation, Yahya has been the victim of a hate campaign on social media, receiving death threats; copies of his novel were reportedly burnt in the Gaza strip.
Results of Incident: Abbad Yahya remained in Qatar following the confiscation of his book, as he feared that he would be arrested if he returned home. English PEN released a statement supporting the author, pointing out the problematic censoring actions of the Palestinian government. In addition to this statement, The department of culture and information of the Palestine Liberation Organization also condemned the actions of the Attorney General's office, saying that it "opens the door for an endless censorship, which violates freedom of expression and right to creative writing."
A book club in the West Bank city of Nablus canceled a public discussion on Crime in Ramallah after its members received anonymous death threats.
Hamas also condemned the novel, and the head of the Palestinian writers' union criticized it. However, prominent Palestinian intellectuals have demanded that the ban be rescinded.
Palestine: Abbad Yahya under investigation for 'threatening morality' and has books banned, English PEN Statement
PEN Issues Statement About Case Against Palestinian Author Abbad Yahya and His 'Crime in Ramallah', ArabLit, Feb 2, 2017
Palestinian authorities ban 'Crime in Ramallah' novel over 'indecency', The New Arab, 2/8/2017
Palestinian Authority Bans Novel for 'Threatening Morality and Public Decency', Global Voices,14 February 2017
Facing Death Threats And A Ban On His Novel, A Palestinian Author Flees, NPR, April 1, 2017
An excerpt from Crime in Ramallah: Noor's Story, Words Without Borders Magazine, July 2017 issue
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Home BREAKING NEWS Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC), co-chaired by Farooq Kathwari, launches Louisville, chapter
Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC), co-chaired by Farooq Kathwari, launches Louisville, chapter
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The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, a national coalition, convened Dec. 8, 2019, at the Muhammed Ali Center in Kentucky, to launch the Louisville MJAC.
Farooq Kathwari co chair of Muslim Jewish Advisory Council (Photo: muslimjewishadvocacy.org)
The national co-chairs, of MJAC, Stanley Bergman, chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc, and Farooq Kathwari, chairman, president and CEO of Ethan Allen, addressed the launch event. The Louisville MJAC co-chairs, Dr. Muhammad Babar and Becky Ruby Swansburg, also addressed the audience.
"We are honored to be the home for the newest regional Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council. This work has never been more important. People of good faith have to stand together and speak out," Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, is quoted saying in a press release. "We have been working in our community to create social muscle. It is essential to the health of our city, and from time to time it will be called upon to respond to acts of hatred. When you don't respond to hate it gets stronger," Fischer emphasized.
The MJAC is a civil society coalition co-convened by American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) in 2016. The national MJAC brings together 46 civil society, religious, and business leaders from across the U.S. to advocate for domestic policy issues of common concern, the press release from the organization, said.
"It's appropriate that the launch of the Louisville MJAC takes place at the Muhammad Ali center. Ali had the courage to dream and the confidence to turn dreams into reality," AJC's U.S. Director of Muslim-Jewish Relations Ari Gordon, is quoted saying in the press release. "The national Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council is not an interfaith endeavor. It is Muslims and Jews coming together to better this country for all. Ali's values of defiance, persistence and, above, all heart are key ingredients for our success," Gordon said.
Louisville is the 11th regional MJAC. The other ten, in Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., represent a network of hundreds of Muslim and Jewish leaders committed to working together for the good of both communities and the country.
"I can't think of a better place to have the 11th MJAC chapter. Louisville is a beacon of hope and inspiration to the rest of the world," said Lonnie Ali, widow of Muhammed Ali, and honorary chair of the Louisville MJAC. "I look forward to being an active member of the Council. This is the work my husband would want me to do."
The Louisville MJAC says it "builds on growing connections between Muslims and Jews in the area and formalizes the relationship, connecting the two communities to others across the U.S. to engage in joint advocacy." The national MJAC enables the local activities to become part of a broader movement of Muslims and Jews working together to strengthen the social fabric of America and its democracy, the press release said.
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Hey guys! It's time for the Friday Five and this week Sara has asked us to profile an artist and pick 5 of his or her songs we like. I debated on who to chose but she said we'd be doing this again so decided to go with Josh Groban. I love Josh Groban partly because he has the voice of an angel but also for giving me one of the best concert experiences of my life.
I've seen Josh 3 times but the 2nd time was in 2007 before I started this blog. I had gotten tickets way up in the bleachers and the only reason I was able to get those was because I had joined Josh's fan club. At this time in my life I was pretty depressed and miserable with my job and life, and just needed a pick-me-up you might say. So I went to the concert with my roommate Camille and sitting way up high I was excited but it was a little hard to hear.
His opening act was awful but then they announced they were filming the dvd for his Awake album that night! I was very excited and went and got a soda. I'm not sure if it was my wearing the fan club t-shirt but a lady came up to me and asked if I wanted to change seats. They needed to fill up the lower bowl seats for the DVD. I said yes and grabbed Camille and we ended up on one of the top rows! It was so amazing to go from zero to hero in a few minutes. I was able to go right up to the stage and he kind of gave me a high five. It was so thrilling and I think even more so because it was unexpected. Felt like winning the lottery for one night!
Afterwards I was happy for like 2 weeks which was a long stretch for that time in my life. I think it was one of those tender mercies sometimes God throws us along the way. Not a big deal but just something to help us keep the faith.
So that's why Josh Groban will always be meaningful to me. Plus, his voice is perfection to boot!
Let me know what you think of my picks and video (if not subscribed please do!).. And have you ever been to a memorable concert? Share below. Thanks so much!
How did I miss your Josh Groban video? 🙂 Love love love him. Fun to hear your experiences. I too have seen him three times (including the one where they filmed the DVD!) I would have a hard hard time choosing five songs to highlight. I tend to love his Italian and Spanish songs though.
Yay! A fellow Grobanite! Isn't he amazing and believe me it was tough to pick 5. I also love his early Italian and Spanish songs and thought about including one of those. You can almost do no wrong. Did you get the recent Stages album? I love broadway so it was a huge treat for me.


In the year 2097, the entire Earth was enveloped in a cataclysmic shift in climate, plunging the globe into another ice age. Nearly 90% of the world's population was eliminated, driving the survivors to band together into loose communities and tribes. In Arctic Scavengers, you are the leader of a small tribe of survivors. Resources, tools, medicine, and mercenaries are all in scarce supply. You and your tribe are pitted against up to four other tribes in a fight for survival. Build up your tribe, skirmish against other players head-to-head, or even bluff your way to victory. The player with the largest tribe at the end of the game is declared the winner! As the competing tribes develop and grow, headquarters are established for each tribe thanks to the components in the included..
It all started when the Imperium seized control of Earth and declared martial law, sentencing those who opposed their will to immediate death or worse fates. It seemed as if all hope was lost, but before their edict could be carried out, a group of defectors managed to wrest control of the Ridback, a Class–II jumpship, and flee with as many of the condemned as they could save. It has been close to seven years that these refugees from Earth have called the Ridback home, and finally the crew has found a planet with promise. They have managed to establish outposts around it, and now the great burden falls on you to expand these small "alphas" into a full-fledged Beta Colony. Success will mean that your people will be able to begin life anew on exoplanet 14 Bos c, or, as they have renam..
"Salsa" is the Latin word for "salted", and in the Concordia: Salsa expansion for Concordia, players will discover: Two new maps: "Byzantium" and "Hispania" Wooden pieces for a sixth commodity: salt City tokens for additional salt cities 27 Forum Cards for new strategies to follow The cards are all different, can be acquired during the game, and salt your game with new strategic challenges! Some cards have permanent effects, others return to stack after using. Both the sixth commodity and the new cards can be played with the base game and the Britannia expansion as well, thus giving even more variety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO-jEGs0B8Q ..
In a galaxy far, far away... they need sewer systems, too. Corporation Incorporated builds them. Everyone knows their drivers -- the brave men and women who fear no danger and would, if the pay was good enough, even fly through Hell. Now you can join them. You will gain access to prefabricated spaceship components cleverly made from sewer pipes. Can you build a space ship durable enough to weather storms of meteors? Armed enough to defend against pirates? Big enough to carry a large crew and valuable cargo? Fast enough to get there first? Of course you can. Become a Galaxy Trucker. It's loads of fun. Galaxy Trucker is a tile laying game that plays out over two phases: building and flying. The goal is to have the most credits at the end of the game. You can earn credits by de..
With the invention of Jump Drive, the race for the galaxy begins! Develop new technologies and settle worlds to build a space empire. Find winning card combinations! Race for the Galaxy: Jump Drive is a fast-paced card game that introduces players to the Race for the Galaxy universe. Can you build the most prosperous galactic civilization? Jump Drive is a standalone game and offers simpler rules and a shorter game than its older brother Race for the Galaxy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVRpKlQ57AU ..
In New Frontiers, a standalone game in the Race for the Galaxy family, players build galactic empires by selecting, in turn, an action that everyone may do, with only the selecting player gaining that action's bonus. The developments to be used are determined during setup, allowing players to make strategic plans based on them before play begins. One group of eight developments is always in play. The game includes a suggested set of sixteen additional developments for your first game; in later games, players randomly select which side of eight double-sided "small" developments and eight double-sided "large" 9-cost developments to use during setup. Many worlds that players can acquire have special powers, with these worlds being drawn from a bag during the Explore ..
The two maps included in Power Grid: Québec & Baden-Württemberg were previously released in two separate Power Grid base games: Québec is part of Mégawatts, the French edition of the game released by Filosofia, while Baden-Württemberg was included in Funkenschlag: EnBW, a German edition of the game from EnBW. In Québec, the Canadian province Québec places great emphasis on energy production via ecological hydro power plants. Once an ecological power plant has been added to the power plant market, it will remain until purchased by a player or removed when the number on it is lower than the number of cities power by any player. The two cities of Montreal and Québec City offer several cheap connections, making this map challenging with several layers of decisions for building the b..
Two new expansion maps for Power Grid: Russia on one side and Japan on the other. In Russia, the market for power plants is restricted. Additionally, the standard rules for exchanging out-of-date power plants are changed, forcing the leading players to completely rethink their strategies. In Japan, based on the crowded geographical surroundings, the players can start two separate networks. The first connections are restricted to certain cities, guaranteeing a tough fight for the best networks. ..
The expansion Power Grid: The Stock Companies offers players a completely new game experience, specifically three new ways to play either Power Grid or Power Grid Deluxe. The main game is The Stock Companies: As shareholders, the players want to get control over different stock companies so they can acquire the greatest wealth. The two variants are a little bit closer to the well-known Power Grid experience. • The Biggest Electricity Distributors: In this first variant the players are shareholders who try to get shares of the most successful companies: the companies that supply electricity to the most cities. • The Competition of the Private Companies: In this second variant the players control their private stock companies and try to establish them successfully on the e..
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Bwaaahahahaha! posted by Theresa @ 9/18/2005 10:26:00 PM
Bwaaahahahaha!
A short article in the Guardian asks Are women as funny as men? (Purposefully funny, that is....)
Well, judging by Robert Provine's (Laughter: A Scientific Investigation) research, women certainly seem to laugh more at men's jokes than vice versa -- in 1200 cases, "females laughed 126% more than their male counterparts, meaning that women tend to do the most laughing while males tend to do the most laugh-getting."
Men seem to be the main instigators of humor across cultures, which begins in early childhood. Think back to your high school class clown -- most likely he was a male....
Given the differences in male and female laugh patterns, is laughter a factor in meeting, matching and mating? I sought an answer in the human marketplace of newspaper personal ads. In 3,745 ads placed on April 28, 1996 in eight papers from the Baltimore Sun to the San Diego Union-Tribune, females were 62% more likely to mention laughter in their ads, and women were more likely to seek out a "sense of humor" while men were more likely to offer it. Clearly, women seek men who make them laugh, and men are eager to comply with this request.
Sounds like sexual selection for an indicator of intelligence to me. I mean, you have to be smart to tell clever jokes, right? (Of course, you have to be smart enough to get the jokes, too....)
The good folks at the LaughLab took a look at "joke complexity" and the brain:
We also asked people who took part in LaughLab to answer questions that involve making various estimates, such as: How many words are there on one page of a typical paperback novel?
A) Under 500
B) 500 - 600
C) 600 - 700
D) 700 - 800
E) Over 800
Research suggests that people who are good at this type of question (the correct answer is under 500) tend to have good frontal lobe activation, whilst people who make incorrect estimates do not. Interestingly, people who tended to answer this question correctly tended to prefer relatively complex jokes, such as...
A scientist and a philosopher were being chased by a hungry lion. The scientist made some quick calculations, he said "its no good trying to outrun it, its catching up". The philosopher kept a little ahead and replied " I am not trying to outrun the lion, I am trying to out run you"!
Whereas people who answered incorrectly, tended to like more straightforward jokes, such as...
Which day of the week do fish hate?.......
Fry-Day.
In other words, the more intelligent you are -- or, at least, the more active your frontal lobe -- the more complex jokes you're likely (and able) to enjoy. And, it seems that women are looking for men who are funny (not surprising as this probably indicates intelligence) -- and men are looking for women who think they (the men) are funny:
When Karl Grammar and Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt studied spontaneous conversations between mixed-sex pairs of young German adults meeting for the first time, they noted that the more a woman laughed aloud during these encounters, the greater her self-reported interest in the man she was talking to. In the same vein, men were more interested in women who laughed heartily in their presence. The personal ads and the German study complement an observation from my field studies: The laughter of the female, not the male, is the critical index of a healthy relationship.
By the way, the LaughLab folks also found differences between nations in the types of jokes that they found funny:
People from The Republic of Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand expressed a strong preference for jokes involving word plays, such as:
Patient: "Doctor, I've got a strawberry stuck up my bum."
Doctor: "I've got some cream for that.
Americans and Canadians much preferred gags where there was a sense of superiority – either because a person looked stupid, or was made to look stupid by another person, such as:
Texan: "Where are you from?"
Harvard grad: "I come from a place where we do not end our sentences with prepositions."
Texan: "Okay – where are you from, jackass?"
Finally, many European countries, such as France, Denmark and Belgium, liked jokes that were somewhat surreal, such as:
An Alsatian went to a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote: "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof."
The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog: "There are only nine words here. You could send another 'Woof' for the same price."
"But," the dog replied, "that would make no sense at all."
These European countries also enjoyed jokes that involved making light of topics that often make us feel anxious, such as death, illness, and marriage. For example:
A patient says: "Doctor, last night I made a Freudian slip, I was having dinner with my mother-in-law and wanted to say: "Could you please pass the butter." But instead I said: "You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life".
Interestingly, Germany was the exception. Germans did not express a strong preference for any type of joke - this may well explain why they came first in our league table of funniness – they do not have any strong preferences and so tend to find a wide spectrum of jokes funny.
Dr Richard Wiseman commented "These results are really interesting – it suggests that people from different parts of the world have fundamentally different senses of humour."
Here are the top jokes in different countries according to the Laugh Lab.
And, for the record, my favorite (repeatable) joke:
A philosopher, a physicist and a mathematician were travelling through Scotland when they saw a black sheep through the window of the train.
"Aha," says the philosopher, "I see that Scottish sheep are black."
"Hmm," says the physicist, "You mean that some Scottish sheep are black."
"No," says the mathematician, "All we know is that there is at least one sheep in Scotland, and that at least one side of that one sheep is black."


This papercraft is a life size Sagittarius Aiolos's Helmet, based on the anime Saint Seiya series, the paper model created by Luisifer Chavez-Calderon. The size of finished model is about 454 (H) x 356 (W) x 240 (D) mm.
There is also a Gold Saint Sagittarius Aiolos Bust Papercraft on the site available.


London. March 1, 2017. (mediap). Report by OSCE. The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations, including twice as many explosions, compared with the previous reporting period. It observed damage from gun fire and shelling on both sides of the contact line, in Yasynuvata, Talakivka, Novolaspa and Verhulivka. The SMM noted resumption of electricity in parts of Avdiivka. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas in Stanytsia Luhanska, Petrivske and Zolote, but its access remained restricted.* The SMM camera in Stanytsia Luhanska revealed one ceasefire violation inside the disengagement area on 27 February. The SMM noted weapons in violation on both sides of the contact line. It noted the presence of unexploded ordnance in Novooleksandrivka and of mines south of Shchastia. The SMM monitored the blockade of routes crossing the contact line. It visited a border area not under government control. In Kharkiv the SMM monitored a public gathering.


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Protestantyzm w Beninie – jest mniejszością religijną, w kraju liczącym ponad 11 mln mieszkańców (2017). Obejmuje różne wyznania i denominacje i jest wyznawany przez ok. 10% społeczeństwa.

Według Operation World w 2010 roku największe wyznania protestanckie stanowili: zielonoświątkowcy (6,3%) i metodyści (1,5%). Do innych większych wspólnot należały: niezależne Kościoły ewangelikalne, baptyści, Kościoły Chrystusowe i adwentyści dnia siódmego.

Według Joshua Project największy odsetek chrześcijan ewangelikalnych w Beninie występuje wśród plemion: Burusa (25%), Fon (15,5%), Ife (15%), Ga (15%), Bariba (13%), Aja (11%) i Mossi (9%).

Historia
W XIX wieku przybył do Beninu pierwszy misjonarz protestancki Thomas Birch Freeman, który zasadził metodyzm. Pierwszy kościół protestancki został założony w 1843 roku w miasteczku Abomey. Metodyści rozpoczęli misje wśród plemion Fon i Gun.

W 1933 założona została pierwsza zielonoświątkowa denominacja w Beninie – Kościół Cherubów i Serafinów. W 1938 powstały tam Zbory Boże, które stały się największą denominacją protestancką w kraju, z liczbą zwolenników szacowaną przez Kościół na 362 tysiące. W późniejszych latach pojawiały się kolejne misje zielonoświątkowców. W 1950 roku pracę rozpoczął Kościół Apostolski z Nigerii, 1965 – Kościół Zielonoświątkowy z Ghany, a około 1970 – Kościół Poczwórnej Ewangelii. W 1980 misjonarze z USA zakładają Kościół Bożych Proroctw, a w 1985 powstaje Zjednoczony Kościół Zielonoświątkowy.

W 1946 misjonarze Serving In Mission (SIM) zakładają Ewangeliczny Kościół Zachodniej Afryki. Około 1970 roku do Beninu przybywają adwentyści dnia siódmego, a Południowa Konwencja Baptystów z USA zakłada Kościół Baptystyczny.

W dniach 5–9 grudnia 2012 roku misjonarz Reinhard Bonnke przeprowadził krucjatę ewangelizacyjną w mieście Cotonou, w której brało udział setki tysięcy ludzi.

Statystyki
Główne Kościoły protestanckie w 2010 roku według książki Operation World:

W 2017 r. Kościół Nazareński według własnych danych posiadał 60,5 tys. wiernych.

Zobacz też
 Protestancki Kościół Metodystyczny w Beninie
 Niebiański Kościół Chrystusa

Przypisy

Benin
Chrześcijaństwo w Beninie


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Vietnamese Marketing Campaign About Nurses Wins International Award
A marketing and communication campaign called 'Resilient Blossoms' by the Hoan My Medical Corporation has won the excellence award from Hospital Management Asia in the Branding & Marketing Campaign category.
A marketing and communication campaign called 'Resilient Blossoms' by Hoan My Medical Corporation has won the excellence award from Hospital Management Asia (Photo courtesy of the corporation)
Le Ngoc Anh Phuong, marketing and communications director of the company, said: "We are proud and honoured to receive this award. It is an invaluable gift that helps motivate nurses in the medical industry, which faced many great challenges even before the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Against all odds, nurses have sacrificed their own needs and time for their families in order to fulfil their responsibilities to the patient. They consider the sick their relatives and the hospital their second home. This project is a 'thank you' to the nurses who have quietly given us hope for the future."
The campaign consisted of five film documentaries in which doctors, nurses and other medical staff at Hoan My narrate true stories about medical events, their routines, fears, concerns, and professional challenges, and they can be found on the company's YouTube channel and fan page.
A photo documentary book of the same name vividly describes the profession and daily struggles of nurses.
The book is expected to be published in the first quarter of 2022 and gifted to universities, colleges and nursing students.
The documentaries have so far attracted more than 1.2 million views, 450,000 viewers and 4,400 positive comments on the fan page.
HMA is an annual event for hospital owners, C-level executives, directors and industry leaders to exchange insights on healthcare management thinking, best practices and solutions.
This year HMA held its conference and awards ceremony online from September 14 to 16.
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A judge sentenced Anthony Guarino to six years in prison on March 11 for his part in a drunk driving accident last summer, according to SignOnSanDiego.com. Guarino, 57, slammed his BMW into the back end of Marc William Durham's Toyota as Durham sat at a red light. The accident involved four cars and injured eight people, including one child.
Durham, 65, was driving eastbound on Camino del Norte at approximately 9 PM when the drunk driver struck him from behind. Police measured Guarino's BAC at .15, nearly twice the legal limit in California. Durham was a former security chief for BAE Systems and was only one week into his retirement.
"He was just so excited to retire," said widow Elaine Durham, his wife of 42 years. Durham leaves behind five children and several grandchildren.
Guarino had initially pleaded not guilty to the three felonies with which authorities charged him. Judge John Einhorn sentenced Guarino to a middle term sentence.
"Two good guys—one's dead and one's going to prison," Einhorn told SignOnSanDiego.com. "Nobody wins. It's a sad day." Guarino offered his apology to Durham's family, who was present at the sentencing.
Despite offering forgiveness before Guarino's sentencing, she later expressed disappointment in the length of the sentence.
"It doesn't seem right that a man who never had a drop of alcohol in his life should die as a result of alcohol," Elaine said.


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Off the Rim: Jeremy Lin's NBA departure signals change for Asian Americans
Asian Americans no longer have someone to look up to.
Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, left, and teammate Jeremy Lin in an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Christine Cotter)
By: Sarah Ko
"Off the Rim" is a column by Sarah Ko about basketball.
In all honesty, I am a Golden State Warriors bandwagon fan. As a Southern California native, I grew up cheering for the Lakers, but that all changed when the Warriors drafted now-NBA champion Jeremy Lin. And now that the only Asian American face in the NBA is gone, Asian Americans, like myself, are facing an identity crisis.
After his rookie year in 2011, Lin went from an undrafted, G-League backup point guard to the breakout superstar in the Knicks starting lineup — inaugurating the viral "Linsanity" movement. Lin became a global cultural sensation for defying the ultimate Asian American stereotype: they have no game; they're better as doctors and engineers.
As Linsanity took off, critics such as Floyd Mayweather claimed Lin's achievements were meaningless and he was only a sensation because he was Asian. They immediately compared Lin to the other iconic Asian faces in the NBA, including Yao Ming and Wang ZhiZhi. While those claims may be true, these critics failed to recognize a key differentiator: the other Asian faces in the NBA were born outside the U.S. Yao Ming is a Chinese citizen born in Shanghai, but Jeremy Lin is an American born in California. He just happens to be Chinese.
Growing up as a Chinese kid, Lin checked all the boxes and lived up to the expectations of "Tiger Moms." He had a 4.2 high school GPA, exceptional SAT scores and admittance to Harvard. But as an American kid, he also played streetball after school. As the basketball team captain at Palo Alto High School, he was awarded All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the year.
Basketball has always held a deep value in Asian American communities. It is a fundamental childhood activity. Asian Americans are naturally drawn to basketball because the game is so universal: you can play with anyone anywhere. It's where differences are set aside and the sole focus is on the game. Even Asian American influencers, such as the Fung Bros and Riche Le, revolve their content around basketball and its culture.
Chinese Americans aren't the kids with "tiger" parents destined for medical degrees. Korean Americans aren't the kids with smelly red cabbages. Japanese Americans aren't the kids who only watch anime. Asian Americans are kids ballin' on the street, living the same dreams shared by all American kids.
Lin's impact on the Asian American identity brought up a new generation of dreamers. When Lin joined the NBA, Asian Americans became the second-largest demographic watching the NBA, the first being African Americans. Even after two injury-laden years, Lin's jersey continued to be a staple in many closets. Unbeknownst to Lin, what Kobe, Lebron, and Michael Jordan did for the Black community is what he did for the Asian American community.
He showed us it is possible to be an American kid with Chinese blood. Not a Chinese kid born and raised in America.
While on his Asia tour this summer, Lin gave a speech on GoodTV that drew a great deal of criticism from basketball fans, players and analysts where he complained that the NBA gave up on him. Many said he should suck it up and should just continue on with his life. There are, after all, numerous basketball players who are forced to move on.
But these critics need to take a step back.
In the same hour-long speech he also said, "A lot of you guys here know what it's like to have your dream crushed … And I know that a lot of you guys feel hopeless in some situations … I don't know what it is but a lot of you guys are like me. You're waiting."
He's right. We, Asian Americans, are waiting. We're waiting for another iconic Asian American figure to disturb the prejudices we face and to serve as a gateway towards racial equality. We're waiting for a chance to show everyone what being Asian and American really means.
The Asian American image is essential in the NBA. After all, the NBA stands for the National Basketball Association, where all cultural identities in our nation should be represented. Lin's contract with the Beijing Ducks isn't just about his NBA career-ending. It's about an Asian American icon leaving the U.S; the hope that we can be more than a stereotype is dying with his departure from the NBA.
Lin's departure to the "motherland" is a call to action for every Asian American. It's time for us to reinvent ourselves and for a cultural re-education in America.
"Off the Rim" runs every Thursday.
About Sarah Ko
Sarah is a sophomore from Laguna Niguel, CA studying communications. Her love of sports stems from her past figure skating career and now delves into sports journalism, emphasizing in photography + video. She's serves as USC Annenberg Media's Sports Editor, Daily Trojan's Sports Photo Editor and Trojans360's Video Creator. Instagram: @_sarahko
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Murphy demands action to close terror gap
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Published 5:02 pm EDT, Wednesday, June 15, 2016
In wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) demanded action on Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate to close the terror gap — which would prevent individuals on the FBI's Terrorist Watch List from purchasing guns — and to expand background checks.
Murphy said he would continue to hold the floor of the U.S. Senate until Republicans are willing to work with Democrats to take meaningful action to pass commonsense gun reform laws that will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and make our communities safer.
Murphy, who speaks regularly on gun violence prevention, has delivered 45 Voices of Victims speeches since joining the Senate in January 2013.
Click here to watch a live feed of Murphy speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
"Our heart breaks collectively in this country for the citizens of Orlando and as I'll speak in a moment, in particular in Connecticut. Our heart breaks for the people of Orlando because we know in a very real way the pain that exists there today, but we also know how that pain is really never ending, how the ripples of that pain are unceasing and unrelenting and they span generations. They span neighborhoods. They span years. Newtown is still putting itself back together, probably will be for a long time, and Orlando the same.
"But this is a different moment today than it was at the end of last week. There is a newfound imperative for this body to find a way to come together and take action, to try to do our part to stem this epidemic of gun violence, and in particular this epidemic of mass shootings that plagues this nation and no other industrialized nation in the world."


The bazaar was within a half hours walking distance from where we lived, we decided to learn how to get there by foot. Tamara said that we could get to the bazaar either through a main thoroughfare, Masaliev street, or cut across the Uzbek neighborhood called a mahalla. She was a little nervous about getting us lost in the maze of walls that make up the Mahalla neighborhood, but after taking a general consensus of the group she decided to walk us through.
This neighborhood was a complete break from Russian colonial and Soviet architecture found in other parts of the city. Our initial observation of this place was that it had been built in an organic way. Many of the streets were barely wide enough to accommodate automobiles. It seemed tightly knit with walls and ornate doorways, narrow and interlocking streets, fruit trees in front of walls. We spotted pomegranate, quince, apple, djida (a little fruit that resembles a small apple), fig, mulberry, grapes in vines shading buildings and rosehips. Children and women milled about the streets. Most of the women had their heads covered. The children played on the street and stared at us quietly.
As we walked through the Mahalla we were curious about what was behind the walled compounds. Each of these buildings had distinctly large doors with ornate woodwork above and along the roof line. Some of the doors were ajar and you could catch glimpses of the inner life of the houses. Each had a courtyard with buildings that faced inward. Windows with wood-paned glass reflected through the space. Tamara was able to find a woman that let us inside one of these buildings. She was the older daughter-in-law in a household of three families.
Eventually we found our way out of the labyrinth and ended up on the path to the bazaar. The path followed the river with shade trees and an old chaikhana (Tea House).
We crossed the river over an old bridge and entered an amusement park with a number of rides and attractions. We arrived at the bazaar through a small tunnel underneath a bridge. The tunnel was dark with vendors selling shoes and clothes crammed on both sides. From here we entered the noisy bazaar.
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Brittany Ferries says open "sea lanes", a vaccination-led approach to travel corridor policy
As government hits its target for 15 million Covid vaccinations in the UK, Brittany Ferries says now is the time for a re-think on travel corridors.
While the focus today is rightly on the UK, the transport and holiday company notes that vaccination rates are rising significantly in France and Spain too. These are the countries it serves with ferries departing Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth. They are also the top two destinations for British holidaymakers.
By summer, the case for reciprocal travel corridors – in the case of Brittany Ferries "sea lanes" – to France and Spain should be persuasive. That's because the majority of adults are likely to have been vaccinated and infection rates are expected to have continued their downward trend as a consequence.
In France, health minister Olivier Véran confirmed that four million people would be vaccinated by the end of February, rising to 43 million by the end of June. That means around 80 per cent of the adult population in Brittany Ferries' most popular destination should be vaccinated well ahead of the summer holiday season.
Vaccination rates in Spain are currently higher than in France by proportion of the population and, back home, all over-50s are forecast to have received the vaccine by the end of May.
"Vaccine roll-out is moving apace in the UK, thanks to the NHS, volunteers and support of the armed forces," said Christophe Mathieu Brittany Ferries CEO. "While France and Spain are a little behind, the ramp-up is gaining significant momentum. We all believe that vaccines are the way out of this dreadful crisis. So by spring we think there will be a clear case for the adoption of vaccination-led travel corridors – or in our case sea lanes – that allow holidays to go ahead this summer and for hope to return."
Vaccination projections are of course not set in stone. Brittany Ferries also acknowledges the Covid crisis is fluid, that protecting the health and wellbeing of the nation is key and that circumstances may change. But, as of today, vaccine roll-out should be an opportunity to present hope and optimism for a brighter summer.
Brittany Ferries says reciprocal travel corridors based on a combination of high vaccination rates and low infections, would offer a clear pathway towards a morale-boosting holiday, supporting the wellbeing of the nation. These measures could be supported by testing, and (potentially) vaccine passports.
"Now is the time for optimism, not a shutdown on the summer getaway," added Mathieu. "Lockdown Britons should look forward to holiday with growing confidence – and the time is ripe for a re-think on travel corridor policy. We should all be encouraged to book with companies that offer flexible travel, allowing easy amendments or refunds, in the event that the situation changes in the months ahead."
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Former sheriff explains pension figures
Steve Aul
On June 3, Larry Riley wrote an article on Indiana sheriffs' salary contracts. This is not the first time he has written about this topic. The article, along with past articles, has some distorted facts.
These are the facts: I served as Delaware County Sheriff from June 16, 1993 to Dec. 31, 2002, at which time I retired as a police officer from the department with 22 years of service toward pension time, not 26 years, as Riley wrote.
My top priority as sheriff was to put an end to a jail lawsuit filed in 1978 by inmates concerning jail conditions aned costing the taxpayersthousands of dollars over the years. I gathered a team of experts and with the help and support of then County Commissioner President Bob Donati, fired the attorney retainedby the county and hired an Indianapolis attorney with years of experience in federal court, Ron Elberger.
Seventeen months later, the lawsuit was settled with a three-year monitor period. As the lawsuit started to come to a conclusion, the jail population started to increase.
This was early 1995. At that time the sheriff was paid a base salary, which as I recall, was about $40,000, along with meal profits from feeding inmates. The amount paid per inmate was set by state law. The profits from the meals were starting to run about $45,000 a year because of the climb in inmate population.
The sheriff's pension was figured on those two amounts (base salary and meal profits). Along with that amount, the sheriff, by law, would keep 10 percent of delinquent state income tax warrants collected.
One year during my watch that amount was around $40,000. The tax warrant money was not figured into the sheriff's pension but was still income to the sheriff. If my memory serves me correctly, average overall amount of tax warrant collections was about $20,000 a year. Based on $20,000, plus base pay of around $40,000 at that time, along with gross meal profits of approximately $45,000 per year. the sheriff's annual income was approximately $105,000.
My pension would have been figured on base salary plus gross meal profits, which equaled approximately $85,000 a year. Later in 1995, I was approached by Republican County Councilman John Wright, who asked if I would consider agreeing to a salary contract at $72,000 a year for the remainder of my first term. In return, I would give up the gross meal profits, base salary and tax warrant money.
I said OK because it was the right thing to do. When I signed the contract, the $72,000 amount is what my pension would then have been based on, not $85,000. When I was re-elected in 1998, once again councilman Wright came to me and asked if I would again sign another salary contract for the next four years in office at $84,000 per year, and do the same thing I agreed to do during the previous three-year contract.
The reason more money was offered was because by this time the jail population again had continued to climb, which resulted in more meal profit money. I agreed.
Yes, my pension was then based on $84,000 a year, however, it would have been much higher if I had not agreed to enter into the salary contract.The sheriff had the option to go under contract or not go under contract.
Currently, the Indiana sheriffs' salaries under contract are based on the population of their county and the amount is determined by a certain percentage of what their local prosecutor is paid.
The reason the county needs to pay more money into the pension fund is not only because of the higher salaries of sheriffs in Indiana, but because when I left office my longtime friend and co-worker, George Sheridan Jr., followed me as sheriff and during his term the council chose to ignore the amount the actuary firm, McCready & Keene, recommended be paid each year to keep the plan solvent.
The county council is required by law to fully fund the pension. Unfortunately, the council did not properly fund the pension for multiple years as required by law, which caused it to become underfunded.
Thanks to the efforts of several members of the council, the county is now paying the amount recommended by McCready & Keene, which includes a make-up payment for the underfunded years.
The county saved money during my watch, not only by my agreeing to a salary contract, but through the efforts of the Delaware County Council and the Board of County Commissioners.
Steve Aul is a former sheriff of Delaware County.


This MEPS public use release is one in a series of data releases drawn from the 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). This release contains the Person Round Plan (PRPL) file for 2009. This file contains records for persons insured through private establishments providing hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision or prescription medication coverage and includes variables pertaining to managed care and experiences with plans. These are designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. Released as an ASCII file with SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements, and in SAS Transport format, the PRPL file is not a person-level file and linking it to a MEPS full year person-level file requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file.


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Talented Irish boxer Caoimhin Hynes 'on the mend' following surgery on face and neck injuries
The boxer's brother has shared a positive update on the 20-year-old's condition
GARETH FULLERTON
Talented young boxer is 'lucky to be alive' after being stabbed in the FACE as his girlfriend watched The middleweight prospect was targeted in the early hours of Monday morning and was rushed to hospital with his injuries
Caoimhin Hynes is recovering well in hospital after undergoing surgery on the serious facial injuries he sustained during an assault in Belfast city centre.
Hynes sustained a horrific wound to his face and neck following an altercation with a number of people in Donegall Place during the early hours of Monday.
The 20-year-old – who was with his girlfriend when he was attacked – underwent surgery at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald on Monday afternoon.
Caoimhin Hynes is lucky to be alive after sustaining a horrific facial injury
The Holy Trinity boxer's brother Eoaghan shared an update on Facebook following the operation.
He said the surgery was successful and that Caoimhin was "on the mend and recovering".
Detectives have appealed for witnesses following the serious assault in Belfast City Centre during the early hours of Monday morning.
In a statement, the PSNI said: "Shortly before 2.50am police received a report of an ongoing altercation involving a number of people in Donegall Place. A 20-year-old male sustained a wound to his cheek after he was assaulted by a number of males wearing track suits. He is currently in hospital receiving treatment.
"Detective Inspector Paul Rowland is appealing for anyone who was in the area of Donegall Place and who witnessed an altercation or anyone who has any information that can assist with the investigation to contact them at Musgrave Police Station on 101 quoting reference 165 of 01/05/17. Information can also be passed anonymously via the Independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."


UM music faculty members Robert Riggs (left), Stacy Rodgers and Sue Gaston perform Monday night at Nutt Auditorium as the Oxford Piano Trio.
OXFORD, Miss. – When they take the stage Monday evening as Oxford Piano Trio, violinist Robert Riggs, pianist Stacy Rodgers and cellist Sue Gaston will have history – as well as music – on their minds.
The Oxford Piano Trio performs the work of Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Eric Ewazen at 7:30 p.m. Monday (Feb. 11) in Nutt Auditorium at the University of Mississippi.
Friends and collaborators for decades, the trio, all faculty members in the UM Department of Music, will perform work that reminds of them of their earliest days together and contemporary work that points toward the future.
"Our program features three very contrasting works," Riggs said. "The Schubert Trio, as would be expected by a great composer of songs, is a joyous exploration of lyrical melodies.
Ewazen's "Diamond World" is "firmly rooted in the late 20th century, but is not at all what people might expect," Rodgers said.
Coincidentally, all three of these esteemed music faculty members are retiring in June.
Tickets to Oxford Piano Trio's recital are $10, $5 for children and those with an Ole Miss ID, and are available at the UM Box Office and at the door. Proceeds support the music department's outreach and programming.


Children and youth are our future. We need to increase awareness, support, and and services available to help promote growth and mental wellness.
Upon graduation from Fanshawe College in 2011, Darci joined Wellkin Child & Youth Mental Wellness with a diploma as a Social Service Worker (SSW). Darci brings with her, a passion for children's mental health, a team oriented attitude and drive to create awareness and help eliminate stigma within the community.
Darci started at Wellkin in the Section 23 Day Treatment Program helping to develop and implement the basic skills using social skill building strategies and therapeutic games and activities. Communication, interaction, making friends, managing feelings, and problem solving strategies were often the focus. In 2012/13 Darci progressed into an internal Support and Marketing role that brings on a whole new set of skill building opportunities. This new role is multi-faceted and encompasses intake services, all administrative and clerical duties as well as psychiatric services for treating psychiatrist Dr. E. P. Ralyea.
Darci excels in front line service in the mental health field as she acquires strong self-awareness skills, current and relevant knowledge in community resources, and strong time management and multi-tasking skills which are crucial to her role. Darci is very proud to be a part of the team at Wellkin and looks forward to growing with the agency for years to come. Darci is excited to continue to help children/youth and families flourish within our community.


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UW-Stevens Point unveils theatre, dance season
STEVENS POINT - A multiple Tony Award-winning musical and a well-known, inspiring drama production are among theatrical experiences offered at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point during the 2016-17 Department of Theatre and Dance season.
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Tickets are on sale for evening and matinee performances throughout the coming academic year. Prices are $22 for adults, $21 for seniors, $17 for youth and $4.50 for students with UW-Stevens Point ID. Season ticket packages are also available for all seven shows, the four in the Jenkins Theatre or the three in the Studio Theatre. Tickets are available at the UW-Stevens Point Information and Tickets Office, located in the Dreyfus University Center concourse, by calling 715-346-4100 or at http://tickets.uwsp.edu/index.php.
In addition, the First Nighters program offers theatergoers dinner and a show on the premiere Friday evenings of six productions (Afterimages 2016 is not included). Meals are provided in the Noel Fine Arts Center courtyard by university dining. Tickets are $170 per person for either the Studio Theatre package or Jenkins Theatre package or $320 for all six. Call 715-346-4429 for more information or go to www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/First-Nighters.aspx.
The 2016-17 performances include:
"Unnecessary Farce" - Oct. 14-16 and 19-22, Studio Theatre
Watch what develops when an embezzling mayor meets with his accountant while two undercover police officers wait next door.
"La Cage Aux Folles" - Nov. 4-6 and 9-12, Jenkins Theatre
The Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of a nightclub owner and his partner who moonlights as a drag queen as they meet their son's fiancée and her conservative parents.
"Afterimages 2016" - Dec. 9-11, Jenkins Theatre
This student-directed dance show highlights the talents of student choreographers, performers, lighting and costume designers and gives students the full experience of creating their own work.
"Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" – Feb. 10-12 and 15-18, 2017, Studio Theatre
The show brings to life the passionate and profound songs of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel.
"The Miracle Worker" – March 3-5 and 9-11, 2017, Jenkins Theatre
Young Annie Sullivan comes to the Keller home to teach their blind and deaf daughter, Helen, in an inspiring story that is suitable for the whole family.
"Danstage 2017" - April 7-9 and 13-15, 2017, Jenkins Theatre
The annual dance concert features new works by faculty members and a guest choreographer.
"Blood Wedding" – May 5-7 and 10-12, 2017, Studio Theatre
A rural Spanish village plagued by rivalry and vendettas is shaken to the core by the events of a wedding day.


With all the travel I get to do in my job, I find every city I visit has its own colours and tones that make that city unique. Especially in the urban areas or down town in the city. I always keep my camera with me so I can capture these unique locations and tones. This has inspired me to create a new set of presets that replicate some of the urban tones I have seen in these cities.
Urban Presets has 20 presets that reproduce these looks for your images, check them out today!!


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Q: How to conditionally copy an observation in one column to a new observation in another? I have a setting where I try to merge information on families. I have 2 datasets. 1 includes only the oldest member of the family I have information on 'greatestparent'. The other includes all people, including also these greatestparents.
df:
greatestparent    person           child
 ID123            ID123            ID345
 ID123            ID123            ID346

dfmerge:
person  child
 ID123    ID345
 ID123    ID346
 ID345    ID456
 ID346    n.a.
 ID456    n.a.

The way it works is as follows: I have information on the greatestparent who is uniquely identified with a number. I know that this greatestparent  had children and those children possibly had children as well. To get information for each level of the family I do the following:
df=pd.merge(df, dfmerge, left_on=['child'], right_on=['person'], suffixes=(count,count+1),copy=True, how='left')

This gives me a parent with all of his/her children. Too conserve memory I then turn the data from a wide to a long format. The level variable keeps track of how many generations after the great-great-grandparent we are.
df=pd.melt(df, id_vars=['greatestparent'], value_vars=['person'+str(count), 'person'+str(count+1)],var_name='level', value_name='person')

I then merge the information on children back in. This allows me to pick up the next generation.
df=pd.merge(df, dfmerge, left_on=['person'], right_on=['person'],copy=True, how='left')

I loop this process until we reach the current generation.
The problem is that at any point in this history a family might 'die out'. Moreover, sometimes a child is registered as a person's child, but is not registered as a person him/her self. I want to make sure that this last generation ends up in my list of persons, while it is currently in the list of children.
 greatestparent   person  child      level
 ID123            ID123    ID345      1
 ID123            ID123    ID346      1
 ID123            ID345    ID456      2

So, I end up with the above data, but I want:
 greatestparent   person  child      level
 ID123             ID123    ID345      1
 ID123             ID123    ID346      1
 ID123             ID345    ID456      2
 ID123             ID346    n.a.       2
 ID123             ID456    n.a.       3

Needless to say, the data is vast, so it is not possible to just check by hand when the family dies out. Families also die out at different rates, so it is not always the last year. For speed I currently run the entire process for all families at the same time. Doing so for each family separately is not feasible.
The question: how do I get the 'last child' of a line to be named as a person as well. So, when a line dies out before the maximum line is reached, copy child to new observation of person.

A: If you don't persist in using the melt method, the following code might be useful for you.
Code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

# Create the sample dataframes
df = pd.DataFrame({'greatestparent': {0: 'ID123', 1: 'ID123'}, 'person': {0: 'ID123', 1: 'ID123'}, 'child': {0: 'ID345', 1: 'ID346'}})
dfmerge = pd.DataFrame({'person': {0: 'ID123', 1: 'ID123', 2: 'ID345', 3: 'ID346', 4: 'ID456'}, 'child': {0: 'ID345', 1: 'ID346', 2: 'ID456', 3: np.NaN, 4: np.NaN}})

# Define an output dataframe
df_out = pd.DataFrame()

# Merge until all the values in both person and child columns are null
i = 0
_df = df.rename(columns={'person': i, 'child': i+1})
while _df.loc[:, i:i+1].notnull().any(axis=None):
    # Append a dataframe of i+1 generation
    _df_out = _df.assign(level=i+1).rename(columns={i: 'person', i+1: 'child'})
    df_out = df_out.append(_df_out, ignore_index=True)

    # Get data of the next generation
    i += 1
    _df = _df.merge(dfmerge.rename(columns={'person': i, 'child': i+1}), how='left', on=i)
    _df = _df.loc[_df[i].notnull(), ['greatestparent', i, i+1]]

print(df_out)

Output:

greatestparent
person
child
level

ID123
ID123
ID345
1

ID123
ID123
ID346
1

ID123
ID345
ID456
2

ID123
ID346
nan
2

ID123
ID456
nan
3

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This great adventure combines the ascent of Mt Mulu Api Pinnacles, Mt Kinabalu and remote Mt Trusmadi with nature, the jungle and flora like entering the world of 'Lord of the Rings'. It gives the thrills of the world's highest Via Ferrata from the most beautiful mountain view in Malaysia and visits Turtle Island and the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre.
Borneo Three Peaks is a unique adventure that is not just your standard Mount Kinabalu (4095m) ascent. The expedition also takes you to the remote parts of Borneo to climb the Mulu Pinnacles and the wild and rarely climbed peak of Mount Trusmadi (2642m), where few tourists venture but from where you get the most spectacular sunrise views back over to Malaysia's highest peak. You experience a longboat journey, the cave exodus of two million bats as featured in the BBC series Planet Earth. It is just one of many natural wonders to find in this off-the-beaten trail and tropical paradise alongside turtles, orangutans, pitcher plants, flora and fauna of the mossy jungle as an alien world, like entering the world of 'Lord of the Rings'. Add to this a tropical island, the world's longest cave system and the world's highest via ferrata, it is just an amazing trip in just two weeks!!
The Borneo Three Peaks expedition now includes an overnight stay on Selingan Turtle Island and a visit to the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre to give you the opportunity to recover in readiness for Mt Kinabalu. Fly to Sandakan, upon arrival transfer for an hour's jet boat ride to Turtle Island, transfer to lodge/hotel for lunch. The afternoon is free to relax, snorkel or bird watch! In the evening you are escorted down to view the green turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs and to see the hatching baby turtles scurrying off out to sea.
Those with more time available can extend their journey through Borneo with a relaxing stay on a tropical island such as Gaya.
Food whilst on the mountain and as described in the trip dossier.
Hotel and other valley/town accommodation on a Bed and Breakfast basis.
This was a stunning expedition – and bloody hard work!
We cannot thank Adventure Peaks enough for the organisation and success of this trip. Everything we asked for to be included was, and our three weeks in Borneo effectively ran like clockwork. Choices of hotels for us was excellent and the guides used were at least good. Indeed, Dennis, our guide for Tusmadi, was both excellent and inspiring in what he is trying to achieve out there. Food throughout our stay was always good sometimes very good, but one did get a little fed up of rice at one or two points (especially when it was three times a day) and yearned for a good old cheese sandwich! The AP leader was excellent despite some fairly major issues to deal with beyond our immediate visit in Borneo and an outstanding example of true professionalism. On a more personal note it was indeed due to him that his help and cajoling got me to achieve as much as I did – being the least fit and struggling with the heat and humidity, he really helped in ensuring I reached the tops of all three objectives, Thank you.
If there was anything to be done to improve this trip further it would be to try and include a couple of extra rest days between the three ascents. None of them are particularly high but the Borneo environment is grueling! If considering this trip be aware, kilometers easily feel like miles if not actually double the distance and the ascents are unrelenting and the 'Pinnacles' day simply brutal!
The kit list supplied was very accurate and we were very glad to have taken its advice, such as taking covered toe sandals for river work. It is debatable as to whether climbing boots are needed but perhaps we were lucky with very little rain – it could have been very different.
We added on a few days on Gaya Island resort and AP sorted this in to our itinerary and transfers also worked well for this despite the official trek being over.
All in all, this was everything and more that we had hoped for, we cannot recommend Adventure Peaks highly enough.
Seligan Turtle Island & Sepilok Orangutan Sanctury £250 (+2 days)	 A rare chance to see green and hawksbill turtles laying their eggs and watch as hatchlings are released on this beautiful tropical Island.


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Q: What's wrong with min-height? Simple fiddle here.
Why doesn't min-height work the way you might think, and indeed not according to the documentation either?
Why doesn't this div fill up with a 100px by 100px box?
HTML:

CSS:
.div1 {
  min-height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
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.div2 {
  height: 100%;
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Why does height work and not min-height?

A: The problem here is % on height for div2 not the min-height.
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The percentage is calculated with respect to the height of the generated box's containing block. If the height of the containing block is not specified explicitly (i.e., it depends on content height), and this element is not absolutely positioned, the value computes to auto.

MDN Height
So you need a fixed value to refer from div1 or you can make div2 absolute:

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