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Since 2018 law, Iowa utilities are doing a lot less to help customers save energy
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by Karen Uhlenhuth, Energy News Network
Iowa's largest utilities have dramatically scaled back efforts to help customers conserve energy since a 2018 law gutted the state's efficiency requirements.
MidAmerican Energy reported kilowatt-hour savings for 2020 that were 64% lower than what the utility achieved the year before the law took effect. Alliant Energy's savings were down 40% during the same period.
"That's just staggering," said state Sen. Rob Hogg, a Cedar Rapids Democrat who voted against the legislation. "At the very moment when our country needs to be increasing energy efficiency quickly, this is terrible."
Most states require utilities to make regular investments in energy efficiency programs such as lighting and appliance rebates, which can help keep costs down for all customers by delaying the need for more expensive infrastructure upgrades.
In 2018, Iowa lawmakers passed a bill that critics at the time warned would "eviscerate" those programs in the state by capping how much utilities could spend on them, exempting several large customers from paying into the programs, and subjecting spending to a tougher cost-effectiveness test.
SF 2311 was passed in the final days of the 2018 Iowa legislative session. All 32 Republican senators and all but five of the 59 Republican House members supported the bill over objections from Democrats and environmental advocates.
The outcome so far has fulfilled predictions made during legislative debate, said Josh Mandelbaum, a senior attorney for the Environmental Law & Policy Center.
"We thought there was going to be a significant reduction in energy savings, and we're seeing a significant reduction in energy savings," Mandelbaum said.
MidAmerican did not respond to requests for comment.
Alliant spokesperson Morgan Hawk said the company has continued to meet its energy savings goals — targets that were significantly lowered in the wake of the 2018 law.
"We are proud to have achieved 94% of expected electric energy savings in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and an unprecedented derecho storm which caused widespread damage across our service area," Hawk said.
Alliant and MidAmerican filed revised five-year energy efficiency plans after the law took effect. The new and diminished efficiency programs took effect on April 1, 2019.
According to an analysis by the Iowa Environmental Council, both utilities cut spending on electricity conservation programs by more than a third, and gas conservation programs by more than three-quarters.
"This means massive savings for customers left on the table and higher energy bills," said Kerri Johannsen, energy program director for the Iowa Environmental Council.
The law also allowed utilities to eliminate free in-person energy assessments. MidAmerican now leaves its customers to make assessments on their own using an online tool the company provides.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's yearly state energy efficiency scorecard dropped Iowa a dozen places since the law's passage, from 24th nationally in 2018 to 36th place last year, citing the impact of the 2018 law.
Sen. Hogg acknowledged that utilities faced other hurdles last year, such as the pandemic and a freak wind storm that caused widespread damage across the state. Still, he doesn't see them as major factors for the decline in energy conservation.
"I don't think there's any question that the primary problem here was a change in the law," Hogg said.
In particular, the spending caps are "the clearest rationale for why this happened," said Nick Dreher, policy director for the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. The bill prohibited state regulators from requiring utilities to spend more than 2% of expected electric revenue or 1.5% of expected natural gas revenue on efficiency programs.
"There are measures that are more expensive to run but produce greater savings," Dreher said. "You're left with measures that are less expensive but don't produce the deeper energy savings"
Calling energy efficiency "the quickest, cheapest and cleanest way to deal with greenhouse gases," Hogg said he believes his colleagues in the legislature need to reevaluate the changes they made in 2018.
"Either Iowa needs to fix the law and allow the Iowa Utilities Board to use more energy efficiency," he said, "or we need national utility legislation. A national clean energy standard would override what Iowa did."
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We're into the golden era of Friends now, and you'd be hard-pressed to find an outright mediocre episode from this point on. So let's get to some ranking!
Before we begin, you can check out some of my related blog posts below:
FRIENDS Seasons Ranked
25 – The One with the Screamer
Rating: C-
I don't like "boy who cried wolf" story archetypes, and "The One with the Screamer" follows that structure almost exactly.
Ben Stiller is a fun cameo, but I hate every scene where Ross isn't believed. Also, Phoebe has a boring B-plot where she waits on a phone. That's it.
24 – The One Where Rachel Quits
Rachel quitting is alright as plotlines go, but I found the Ross B-plot where he fills in for a girl scout to be extremely dumb.
23 – The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel
Chandler gets over a messy break-up, and Ross tries to teach his son that real men play with GI Joes instead of girly dolls. So yeah, "The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel" hasn't aged all too well.
22 – The One with the Race Car Bed
Rating: B-
Monica gets a race car bed. That's it. That's the plot. Also, Janice cheats on Chandler.
21 – The One with the Doll House
The doll houses are cool props, but otherwise there isn't much to write home about.
20 – The One with the Chick. And the Duck
I've always found the inclusion of the chick and duck to be an odd creative choice, and it all stems from this average episode.
19 – The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner
The Phoebe plotline where her old songwriting partner returns is okay, but it's the Chandler-girlfriend-prosthetic-leg story that always cracks me up.
18 – The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break
The beginning of the end of Ross and Rachel, and while it's not perfect just yet it sets the ball rolling nicely.
17 – The One with the Giant Poking Device
The titular poking device has become one of Friends' iconic cast images, but otherwise there's nothing much to shout about.
16 – The One with the Jam
Good stuff, but at the end of the day it's a filler story about Joey's love of jam.
15 – The One Without the Ski Trip
Chandler's dance of attention-seeking self-pity is a highlight of Season 3, and the bra-wire conversation is great, but "The One Without the Ski Trip" feels a little bitter after the Ross / Rachel saga.
14 – The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends
Tom Selleck is always a joy to have on screen, but his fling with Monica isn't even the second best thing about this episode.
I really like the bookswap plot, and the guy with revealing shorts gag is a classic. If only the A-plot with Richard and Monica was stronger.
13 – The One with Ross's Thing
Ross's titular "thing" is definitely one of the weirder plotlines that Friends ever did, but it kinda works. I actually like Phoebe's plotline more, where she has to pick between two perfect guys.
12 – The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister
An amazing premise for an episode, and I only wish they took some of the jokes and gags a step further.
11 – The One with Frank Jr.
This is one of the lowest-rated episodes of Season 3, and I don't really know why.
The Phoebe / Frank Jr. stuff is decent, but I found the Joey DIY segments to be hilarious. But hey, to each their own.
10 – The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
Jon Favreau's Pete was a fun side character to have around, but I'm glad he didn't outstay his welcome.
This is also the episode with the Robin Williams / Billy Crystal cameos, and Chandler's boss keeps slapping his butt. An easy top ten finish.
9 – The One with the Hypnosis Tape
The beginning of the Pete Becker saga, but that's not what I remember this episode for.
The titular hypnosis tape is such a fun gag, and I love Matthew Perry's feminine acting.
8 – The One with All the Jealousy
Ross and Rachel's relationship starts to show some reals cracks in "The One with All the Jealousy", but Joey's dance audition is the scene that always makes me laugh.
7 – The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy
A great season opener, the writers made sure to make "The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" a memorable one.
6 – The One with the Tiny T-Shirt
I completely forgot how good "The One with the Tiny T-Shirt" is – Joey does a funny little dance, Ross gets pulled back from a door with some great physical acting, and Chandler's sarcasm is at an all-time high.
5 – The One with the Flashback
The first flashback episode, and they nail it on the first attempt.
There are so many great on-the-nose jokes about the Friends' futures, and every scene has at least one really funny moment in it.
4 – The One at the Beach
It feels weird that "The One at the Beach" isn't a two-part finale, but it more than makes up for the lack of length with some great gags.
The strip-Happy Days game is funny, Joey's sand-mermaid is hilarious, and the Ross / Rachel relationship gets some serious development.
3 – The One with the Morning After
A.K.A. The best display of acting this show has ever produced.
David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston absolutely kill it, and you can genuinely feel the years of history and pent-up frustration in their relationship.
What drives the episode home, however, is the surprisingly funny antics going on with the rest of the cast in the side room. I'm really glad the writers were brave enough to do a more drama-focussed episode.
2 – The One with the Football
Easily one of the best Thanksgiving episodes, which is impressive given the overall quality of that particular subset of stories.
I really love the sibling rivalry between Ross and Monica, and Chandler and Joey even get their own competition in the form of wooing a lady. The jokes all land, and the final match is well handled.
1 – The One Where No One's Ready
The best bottle episode in TV history, all you need is six friends and one room to create a hilarious story.
Monica is breezy, Joey and Chandler can't help but bicker, and the Ross / Rachel relationship adds a decent bit of tension to the mix. It's an episode that has everything, and each cast member gets their moment in the spotlight.
Season Rating: A-
Without a doubt one of the best seasons of Friends … But I know they can do even better.
Let's have a look at the stats for the season:
5A (20%)
17B (68%)
3C (12%)
And the stats overall:
14A (20%)
17C (24%)
Aaand that's my list. You can check out some of my latest blog posts below:
Persona 5 Royal – Every Confidant Ranked
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Coalition of Pro-Israel Advocates/Citizens Opposed to Propaganda Masquerading as Art
Jerusalem Post Columnist Caroline Glick Speaks Out Against Federation Funding of Anti-Israel Groups – Refers Specifically to COPMA & Theater J
Column One: American Jewry's Fight
By CAROLINE B. GLICK
It can only be hoped that the overwhelming majority of American Jews call and demand that all Jewish Federations stop allowing anti-Israel groups to feed from the communal trough.
In light of these overwhelming levels of support, it is disconcerting to see that across the US, Jewish communities are failing to prevent anti-Zionist Jews from hijacking communal funds and facilities to finance anti-Israel activities.
CONSIDER A few recent examples.
"….Meanwhile on the East Coast, both the Washington and New York Jewish communities are embroiled in a feud over Federation funding for anti-Israel Jewish groups. In Washington, a group of pro-Israel activists operating as the Committee Opposed to Propaganda Masquerading as Art has begun a campaign to end Federation funding for anti-Israel activities.
In a letter to Federation President Susie Gelman and Federation board members from March 6, COPMA's chairman Robert Samet argued, "It is critical that the Federation establish guidelines for withholding funding from partner agencies that engage in political propaganda and activism denigrating Israel and undermining its legitimacy as a strong, secure and independent Jewish state."
COPMA's specific concern is Federation Funding for the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center's professional theater group Theater J.
As the letter explained, "Theater J, a partner agency of the Federation and a recipient of its funding and support, has turned an arts program at the DCJCC… into a platform for political activism that expresses hostility and antipathy towards the State of Israel and little regard for its security."
In 2009, Theater J staged the virulently anti- Semitic post-modern passion play Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill. The play accuses the entire Jewish population of Israel of mass murders that were never committed.
Unfortunately, as COPMA notes, this is par for the course. In the past, Theater J's artistic director Ari Roth organized buses to bring community members to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to watch a production of the virulently anti-Israel propaganda play My Name is Rachel Corrie.
This year, under Roth's leadership, Theater J presented Return to Haifa, a play that COPMA argues "distorts the history and origins of Israel and makes the historically accurate death of a Jewish child in the Holocaust… comparable to the fabricated and utterly fantastical story of an Arab child allegedly abandoned by his fleeing parents in Haifa in 1948, ostensibly as a result of their terror over advancing Israelis."
In response to COPMA's letter, Roth told the Forward that it "is not a prerogative of the donor" to intervene in artistic content, and claimed that attempts to limit the theater's activities amounted to censorship or blacklisting.
Carol Greenwald, COPMA's treasurer, rejects Roth's arguments. In her words, "The issue is not artistic freedom to create whatever the artist chooses; the issue is the appropriateness of a Jewish communal institution using Jewish communal funding to showcase defamation of the Jewish people."
The Forward quoted Andrew Apostolou, a local Jewish Community Relations Council member, as quite sensibly saying, "There are things a Jewish community shouldn't be doing, like serving a bacon cheeseburger on Yom Kippur. Putting on an anti-Semitic play is one of these things."
COPMA is not alone in its concerns. In New York, a group of activists formed a new organization called JCC Watch to force the New York Jewish Federation to end financial support to the Manhattan JCC due to its partnership with organizations that support economic warfare against Israel through calls for economic boycotts, divestment and sanctions. Like COPMA, JCC Watch asks that the local Federation adopt guidelines to prevent Federation funds from being transferred to groups and programming that showcase calls for economic and political warfare against Israel.
So far, Washington's Federation has not responded to COPMA's letter. Interviewed by the Forward, the Washington Federation's CEO defended giving supporters of anti-Israel sanctions the stage as part of Federation-sponsored panels on the grounds of "welcoming multiple voices." And in an op-ed in New York Jewish Week last month, the New York Federation's CEO defended the JCC's partnership with groups that engage in economic and political warfare against Israel…."
caroline@carolineglick.com
This entry was posted in Articles & News on August 3, 2013 by admin.
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An artist's concept of a penthouse at 15 Hudson Yards.
The stakes don't get much bigger than this.
Real estate heavyweights Related Companies and Oxford Properties are teaming up to create Hudson Yards, a brand new neighborhood on Manhattan's far west side.
Due to be completed by 2024, the 28-acre mega project will have nearly 20 million square feet for offices, retail, and residential, with tenants like white glove clothier Nieman Marcus and culinary legend Thomas Keller.
It's reportedly the largest real estate project in American history.
The development broke ground in December 2012.
This September, Hudson Yards got its very own subway station.
The 7 train stop is just one way Hudson Yards is changing New York.
Beyond the train, the project is remarkable for a few reasons. The $20 billion dollar project is getting a 35,000 ton platform to support its skyscrapers.
Over a working rail yard.
One that will continue to operate after all the buildings are built.
The tech going into the platform is ridiculous. Gigantic caissons are being dug into the earth to support the buildings, like super-sized stilts.
The entire complex will have 16 skyscrapers from multiple architects, as this visualization from Visualhouse shows.
The office building 10 Hudson Yards topped out in October, meaning that its vertical construction is complete. Tenants will include Coach, L'Oreal, SAP, and VaynerMedia.
It will also feature the Public Square, a 14-acre open space similar to the High Line.
The Public Square will be kept cool by an advanced heat system — since those trains below will be running mighty hot.
Speaking of the High Line, Hudson Yards will be viewable from the far north end of the beloved elevated park.
Related senior vice president Thad Sheely tells Tech Insider that Hudson Yards isn't a "readymade city."
"We're not building just an office complex," he says. "We're not building just a residential complex. We're not building just retail. We have a little bit of everything."
The penthouse views at 15 Hudson Yards will be pretty impressive.
30 Hudson Yards will have swank office space — also with world class views.
The area that's being turned into Hudson Yards used to be a hole in the city, Sheely says, because the rail yard precluded any building on top of it. But now Hudson Yards is turning that space into a high-end crossroads.
The New York skyline will never be the same.


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Bengaluru FC part ways with Gaffer Westwood
Bengaluru FC, on Tuesday, announced that the club would be parting ways with coach Ashley Westwood by mutual consent, bringing to end a successful three-year association during which the Blues won two I-League titles and one Federation Cup crown. The Blues have also made the quarterfinals of the AFC Cup this season under Westwood and will look to go a step further when the continental competition resumes in September.
The Englishman was at the helm of affairs since the club's inception in 2013 where the Blues went on to stun Indian football by winning the I-League in its debut season. 2014 too was a successful season where Bengaluru won the Federation Cup, finished second in the League and made the knock-out stages in the AFC Cup.
In his parting note Ashley said, "I am extremely proud of my time and achievements during my tenure at BFC. I came to the country with a blank canvas, tasked with helping to build a club from scratch, improve Indian football and to try to produce some players to go on to represent the country. I feel with 3 major trophies, multiple 'Coach of the Year' awards and developing as many as 10 players to go on to represent India across different ages, I have achieved all of my objectives. I would like to thank the players, staff and management team for their efforts and support and I also want to thank the most important and fundamental part of this club, the fans."
Gaffer further added, "My time with BFC has been a memorable one and I'll never forget all that we achieved. I'm saddened to leave but I know I have left the club in a very strong position as Champions of India once again and safely through to the quarter finals in the AFC Cup. I wish the club all the best for the future."
From the club, their CEO Parth Jindal stated, "It's been an extremely difficult time for the management of the club to part ways with Ashley Westwood. The decision hasn't been the easiest to take but like always, it is one made in the best interests of Bengaluru FC."
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the past two years, the United States has seen women make amazing
strides in the effort to break the glass ceiling. The progress has
enabled women to earn places and positions never before thought
possible. From Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign to Katherine
Bigelow's recent Oscar win for best director, we have come a long way…
Or have we? A quick Internet search for the word "discrimination" turns
up the headlines of hundreds of cases, many of them filed on the
grounds of gender bias. Cases such as the one recently settled in
Oregon involving Les Schwab Tires may be an indicator that workplace
discrimination is still alive and well.
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced
last week that it had finally resolved its gender-biased hiring class
lawsuit against Les Schwab Tires of Washington for $2.0 million. Les
Schwab is a giant franchise that not only serves Washington State, but
Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California and Utah. The EEOC's case
alleged that Les Schwab had failed to hire qualified women to work in
the Sales and Service divisions of their outlets. The Sales and Service
divisions at Les Schwab are primarily in charge of changing customer
tires. And according to the chain, it is strictly man's work. Les
Schwab, according to the EEOC, denied the applications of over 200
women throughout the West for Sales and Service positions since 2004.
These women will be eligible for a share of the settlement.
charge that Les Schwab was able to have dropped from the suit was that
it failed to promote women to managerial positions. While never
admitting guilt, Les Schwab has agreed as part of the settlement to
continue to train employees on anti-discrimination, as well as to
encourage and promote the hiring of qualified women candidates for all
positions that they apply for.
the EEOC is thrilled at the result of the settlement and vows to
monitor Les Schwab's hiring practices and development. The EEOC also
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Q: Spark Kafka Structured Streaming: Issue - Concurrent update to the log. Multiple streaming jobs detected I am experimenting running structured streaming from kafka source and sinking them back to kafka topics.
In my current set up, I am scheduling two spark jobs via spark-submit.
Each job reads from it's own unique Kafka topic. But both of them write to a shared topic.
My current spark-defaults.conf includes:
spark.streaming.concurrentJobs 5
spark.scheduler.mode FAIR

When both jobs are scheduled independently, they work as expected. However, when I try to schedule them together, by submitting one after the other, the job submitted first stops responding with logs:
java.lang.AssertionError: assertion failed: Concurrent update to the log. Multiple streaming jobs detected for 10
    at scala.Predef$.assert(Predef.scala:170)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.streaming.MicroBatchExecution$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$sql$execution$streaming$MicroBatchExecution$$constructNextBatch$1.apply$mcV$sp(MicroBatchExecution.scala:339)

Are there some confs that I am missing? How do we schedule concurrent jobs writing to the same Kafka topic in Spark? Appreciate your thoughts.
Edit: writing to the same Kafka topic
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A: I had the same error while trying to write to two Kafka sinks and here is how I solved it. I'm not sure if this applies to your case, since in my case I was using Checkpointing for Failure Recovery.
Using the same checkpoint file for the two sinks is what caused the problem. So if you are using checkpoints, this might be the solution...
Here is the code (using Python) that produced the error in my case:
output_query_1 = aggDF_1.writeStream \
    .format("kafka") \
    .option("kafka.bootstrap.servers", "localhost:9092") \
    .option("checkpointLocation", "/tmp/checkpoint") \
    .option("topic", TOPIC_1) \
    .outputMode("append") \
    .start()

output_query_2 = aggDF_2.writeStream \
    .format("kafka") \
    .option("kafka.bootstrap.servers", "localhost:9092") \
    .option("checkpointLocation", "/tmp/checkpoint") \
    .option("topic", TOPIC_2) \
    .outputMode("append") \
    .start()

Passing different checkpoint files as checkpointLocation solved it for me:
output_query_1 = aggDF_1.writeStream \
    .format("kafka") \
    .option("kafka.bootstrap.servers", "localhost:9092") \
    .option("checkpointLocation", "/tmp/checkpoint_1") \
    .option("topic", TOPIC_1) \
    .outputMode("append") \
    .start()

output_query_2 = aggDF_2.writeStream \
    .format("kafka") \
    .option("kafka.bootstrap.servers", "localhost:9092") \
    .option("checkpointLocation", "/tmp/checkpoint_2") \
    .option("topic", TOPIC_2) \
    .outputMode("append") \
    .start()

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Game of Thrones Season 7 ended a while ago, and production on Season 8 is set to begin this month. While the production may be at work getting ready for Season 8 filming, the hype train for Season 8 has already started running. In a recent interview, Game of Thrones star John Bradley, who plays the role of Samwell Tarly on the show, teased Season 8, and said every episode of the six will will be monumental! Read on!
John Bradley recently spoke to Huffington Post about Game of Thrones Season 8, and it looks like it will be amazing. He explained :
"We assembled a team of directors this year who have been in charge of some of our big episodes in the past. Miguel and David have done some of the standout episodes of previous seasons. Clearly every single episode of the six you've got left in Season 8 is gonna be monumental and needs somebody at the helm who's done that kind of high-stakes, high-octane direction before for us."
He went on to say :
"I think what we used to call Episode 9 in 'Game of Thrones' folklore — the episode when everything comes to a head and you get a lot of spectacular sequences — I think you're gonna get six 'Episode 9s' this year. You can tell that because we've got directors who have been in charge of some of the most huge setpieces in the past doing episodes all throughout the season."
He also talked about Sam stealing credit for Gilly's observation of the legitimacy behind Jon Snow's true parentage :
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Posted by Susan Elan Jones MP on March 5, 2016 in Latest News
Susan Elan Jones MP welcomed a group of young Japanese business people to her Clwyd South constituency as they stopped to visit Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
The group were on a familiarisation trip to Britain to visit different destinations and meet with around 300 businesses at a flagship business event.
The Clwyd South Labour MP, who worked in Japan after leaving university, said: "I once worked in Japan so I was particularly delighted to meet with a group of young business visitors from that country.
"I am so pleased that the group got to see our wonderful World Heritage Site, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
"The visitors asked many different questions, but one that seemed to be of great interest was our membership of the EU. I suppose that isn't surprising when you think of how many jobs and how much business investment in our country is dependent on our being in the EU."
Timothy Jenkins, Senior Tourism Affairs Executive of Visit Britain, who organised the visit said: "I am delighted that Susan Elan Jones MP was able to meet with the group of Japanese travel traders who came to North Wales. The group were very impressed and grateful that Susan welcomed them to Wales in Japanese!"


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In ten years, informal learning has gone from obscurity to the top of corporate learning agendas. Managers pay lip service to informal learning, tell people they have responsibility for their own learning, and then they abandon them. We need to empower DIY learners to fend for themselves.
This is the first of three articles on Real Learning. This article looks at the ten year history of informal learning and the challenges involved in encouraging its use. The next article, Real Learning: Learning For Everyone, explains what people need to know and do to learn for themselves and work smarter. The third article, Real Learning: Bottom-Up Learning From The Top Down, looks at the role of Real Learning in organizational transformation.
Ten years ago I argued that most people learn to do their jobs informally, not from training or formal courses. It was a radical message at the time. Most people rejected the notion or chose to overlook it.
I wrote a book about Informal Learning, authored scores of articles, and gave countless presentations on the subject in the U.S. and Europe. I earned the reputation of being the "informal learning guy".
Research showed that 80+% of the way people learn their jobs is informal. I asked why, if Informal Learning was carrying more of the load, did organizations invest most of their spend on Learning and Development on formal learning? Profit oriented managers were intrigued, but they didn't know what to do about it. It was an emperor's new clothes moment.
The rise of social networks raised the profile and fostered the growth of social learning, which is generally informal. Major organizations adopted 70:20:10 and similar frameworks that emphasize the importance of learning on the job. Smartphones enabled people to learn on the go, but this learning, too, was generally informal and on demand.
Increasingly vocal workers demanded the right to choose their own learning and bring their own devices to support it. Workers didn't want courses; they just wanted to learn what it takes to do the job.
Informal learning now tops the agendas of most chief learning officers.  The problem is they want to control it, and that's not how informal learning works. You have to trust people to make decisions for themselves.
Frequently a training department will announce that people are ultimately responsible for their own learning.
Rarely do CLOs or training departments lift a finger to help people learn how to learn.
This is absurd. Neuroscientists, psychologists, and brain researchers have discovered much about how people learn in the last 15 years. However, no one has shared these findings with the people who are being asked to take responsibility for their learning, many of whom equate learning with schooling.
The credibility of L&D and HR is so low in many companies that they would be able to change the situation if they wanted to. Studies by the Corporate Leadership Counsel find that less than a quarter of senior managers think that Learning and Development is critical for meeting business outcomes. More than half would not recommend working with Learning and Development at all.
To paraphrase Henry Ford, if a CLO believes he can do a thing or not do a thing, he's right. If CLOs don't have confidence in what they're doing, neither do I.
Learning and Development generally focuses on people who are deficient. These are people who need to know about something new or are under performing or have not been around long enough to know the ropes. High performers rarely receive any assistance at all.
Years ago a study in Harvard Business Review reported that improving the learning of top performers paid many times the results of doing the same with average performers.
For nearly half a century, I've advised corporate Learning and Development departments, but L&D only reaches a small sliver of the workforce and its approach is episodic. It doesn't do much to empower the organization. Most people are unaware that learning is even a variable. I'd like to help those people Learning and Development never reaches learn to learn for themselves.
Forgive a stretch analogy, but I'd like to do for learning what Luther did for religion: Make the sacred knowledge transparent. Bring things out in the open. (Luther's big move was to translate the Latin Bible into something ordinary worshippers could read.) The sacred knowledge in this case is what astute Instructional Designers know. When people have to design their own learning, they need to become their own Instructional Designers.
In an ever more complex work environment, Learning and Development doesn't have a prayer of touching all the people who would benefit from learning more effectively.
 Cushing Anderson, Look on the Bright Side, CLO magazine, January 8, 2015.
 Jay Cross and Clark Quinn, Survey of 200 CLOs, Become a Chief Metalearning Officer, CLO magazine, June 2009.
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Duke to build off Grayson Allen's comeback
Grayson Allen scored a career-high 34 points last Saturday vs. UNLV.
LAS VEGAS -- Grayson Allen had a few stops to make after his career day in Las Vegas.
He chatted with ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale. Then he did a postgame interview for television and was the last player on the floor at T-Mobile Arena.
When he was done, he ran back to the locker room, sure to embrace the crowd of Duke fans waiting for their last chance to see him before he disappeared through the tunnel.
Allen, who scored a career-high 34 points against UNLV this past Saturday, wouldn't have a chance to rest his foot until after a flurry of media questions outside of his locker. There, he assured everyone he was all right, as if his performance against the Runnin' Rebels didn't make that clear enough.
What does a career-high 34 points today get you if you're Grayson Allen? An interview with Jay Tatum, for one thing.#DukeBluePlanet pic.twitter.com/jAMLt9UHhE
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Allen practiced for the first time in five weeks just a day before Duke met UNLV for the first college basketball game at T-Mobile in Vegas. He hadn't been well enough after nagging foot issues. Allen, forced to play a bit more conservatively than he's grown accustomed to, rested during the Maine game Dec. 3. Battling turf toe, he still tried to make the explosive plays that helped him garner preseason ACC player of the year nods.
"I think he's trying so hard. Again, he does not practice," coach Mike Krzyzewski said after Allen shot 2-of-10 in Duke's 84-74 win over Florida on Dec. 6. "I think he wants it so bad that he's rushing it."
The junior guard has seemed to overextend at times, trying to make plays and score in ways he couldn't because he was injured. Still providing valuable contributions, Allen distributed more, a mentality that started during Duke's Hall of Fame Tip-Off trip in mid-November. He dished eight assists against Florida and averages a team-best 3.8 a game (though forward Amile Jefferson has led Duke in assists in two games this season).
Saturday, Allen turned it on early, guiding Duke to a 94-45 win over UNLV in the midst of the 25-year anniversary of the teams' last meeting: the 1991 Final Four. Allen shot 12-of-16 from the floor, going 6-of-9 from three-point range. This time, one assist; Duke passed out 18 assists to UNLV's six, and only three players of the 10 who played for Duke didn't finish with at least one.
Allen nailed four second-half 3s and finished the game with three dunks, including one where he flew up the lane off a feed from senior Matt Jones for a ruthless finish. Allen scored 12 of Duke's 50 points in the paint that day, with everything else coming from behind the arc. He added four rebounds and had two turnovers in 29 minutes.
He opened his scoring campaign with a 3-pointer at the 17:04 mark of the first half, going on to score an early nine points over a three-minute span.
"He's back -- that's what I told him," said guard Luke Kennard while Allen playfully flexed his muscles. "He's going to build off of this. We're going to build off of this as a team"
When Allen wrapped up his final set of interviews, a trainer examined his taped-up right foot. Allen is valuing this week's exam period. Duke won't play again until it hosts Tennessee State on Monday. A little more than a week ago, Krzyzewski said because of its injuries, Duke appears to be in "October mode" when everyone else is on December.
"It's getting better and we're hoping this stretch, this break that we have coming up will get it to 100 percent and be good enough to not have to worry about it," Allen said, addressing his toe.
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In life, we are often faced with important decisions, and events that shape our futures. We ponder over these decisions at great lengths, and we wonder what their implications would inevitabley be. However, do we ever ponder over the events and decisions that are critical in carving our afterlife? Do we stop in the middle of our busy scheduled days, and take a moment to repent for our sins, to repent for all the wrong doings in our past?
What better an inspiration than the example of Hur ibn Yazid al Riyahi? A personality who had sinned so greatly - he was in the very army that aimed to kill the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (saww), Imam al Hussain (as) in Kerbala. A man who, in one instant, on that blood-stained desert in Karbala, in one brave gesture, crawled towards Imam al Hussain (as) as a slave would, and offered to sacrifice his life for the message of Islam.
And then we have Imam al Hussain (as), who so sincerely accepted Hur and welcomed him to his camp, knowing of his shortcomings, knowing of the part he played in bringing Imam to Karbala. From this we learn that it is never too late to ask for Allah's (swt) forgiveness - it is never too late to repent for the sins we have committed.
In an effort to understand the life of Hur ibn Yazid al Riyahi, Ahlulbayt TV travels to Karbala to film the brand new documentary "The General", airing for the first time at 22:30 (GMT) on Wednesday November 13th.


Baulkham Hills High School has run a successful band program for many years under the guidance of our parent committee and Music Faculty. The Band and Orchestra consists of 6 bands, described below, that meet weekly for rehearsal. All bands are given opportunities to perform at school functions and to participate in competitions appropriate to their skill level.
This band caters for students who have not previously played a musical instrument or an instrument that is part of a concert band or who wish to try a new instrument.
Beginner Band is conducted by Dr Luis Madrid.
Rehearsal is on Wednesday morning starting at 7:20 am.
The Junior Band is for students who have a good working knowledge of their instrument. Students progress to this from the Beginner Band or through an audition process if they have previous experience on their instrument.
Junior Band is conducted by Dr Luis Madrid.
Rehearsal is on Thursday morning starting at 7:20 am.
Students progress into the senior band is by audition from the Junior Band. Playing and performance expectations are higher as students will be playing more complicated pieces.
Rehearsal is on Friday morning starting at 7:20 am.
Students who have achieved a higher degree of skill with their instrument are eligible to audition from the Senior Band. Concert Band also performs regularly at various school functions including Presentation Evening.
Concert Band is conducted by Dr Steve Clark.
Rehearsal is on Monday morning starting at 7:20 am.
The Stage Band is an ensemble group which performs a jazz-based repertoire. This band is designed for students who have a high degree of musical expertise and membership is by invitation or audition. The band has a particular focus on solo performance and improvisation.
Stage Band is conducted by Mrs Lesa Groves.
Orchestra caters to students who play an orchestral instrument and provides the opportunity for string players to develop their ensemble and performance skills. Non string players must also be a member of either the Senior or Concert Band.
Orchestra is conducted by Dr Luis Madrid.
The band program is an extra-curricular activity offered to students of Baulkham Hills High School. The compulsory fees cover the costs of: an administration assistant, band conductors, music scores, entry to competitions and band equipment. Fees for 2019 are $300 per student, payable at the beginning of the year. Only one fee is charged even if students are in more than one band.
This parent group is a vital part of the school band program. Meetings are held once a term or when required. Details will be advertised in the school newsletter and by email. We ask all parents to provide support to the band program by attending meetings and/or filling various roles within the program to share the workload and keep costs down. There are various committees and activities for parents to become involved with.
All students who join the band should make a commitment to being a part of the band for at least one year.Students are expected to attend rehearsals, workshops, performances, competitions and camps as required, including in-school performances during the school day. Advance notice in writing from the parent or guardian must be given to the conductor if a student is unable to attend band related activities. If a student is absent from due to illness, the conductor is to be advised by email to the band email address. Students are expected to be punctual and help with setting up and packing away. It is vital that students co-operate with conductors, tutors and parent helpers.
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Students are awarded with a badge after 1 year, 3 years and 5 years membership in band.
There are opportunities for students to attend band tours from time to time. In 2017 a concert band and string ensemble toured Europe in the April school holidays, in 2019 a second tour to Italy, Slovenia and Croatia is being planned.


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Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes is een gemeente in het Franse departement Saône-et-Loire (regio Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) en telt 1017 inwoners (2004). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Autun.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes bedraagt 45,0 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 22,6 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Externe links

Gemeente in Saône-et-Loire

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Rowan students compete in inaugural CHSS case study competition
Matt Kass
The winning group poses for a photo during the Case Study Competition hosted by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences on Friday, Feb. 23, in the Student Center. -Photo courtesy of Will Mendez
Early Friday morning several teams of Rowan students, each under the guidance of a professor from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), met in room 221 of the Chamberlain Student Center. The students were there as part of the inaugural CHSS case study competition, in which students presented their solutions to a theoretical situation.
In this particular instance, the case study dealt with the question of what to do about inviting a controversial speaker to campus at the fictional "Garden State University." Teams showcased their ideas in front of judges, who after hearing them present would ask the students questions relating to their solution to the case study.
One of those judges was Jason Rindosh, a Rowan alumnus who graduated in 2009 with a double major in philosophy and history, who now works as a partner at Bedi Rindosh, a law firm. Rindosh said that every team really stepped up their game and made a positive impression on him.
"I have to say that I was very impressed with all of the students," Rindosh said. "As a civil rights attorney, I was very happy to see that all valued free speech, and even when they didn't agree about how to moderate it in a sensitive place like a public university campus, they all presented ideas that are logical and actually tie in with their majors for the most part. So I was very impressed with the quality."
After each of the five teams finished presenting, the judges excused themselves to deliberate. Following the small break, the winners were announced. The team lead by Dr. Misty Knight-Finley, an assistant professor of political science at Rowan, won the competition. After the results were announced, she had nothing but good things to say about her team's performance and the obstacles they overcame along the way.
"I'm immensely proud," Knight-Finley said. "We've been rehearsing [the presentation], I've seen this every step of the way and I still wouldn't have been able to tell you that they were going to walk up there the way that they did with exactly what they did. I mean they didn't even know each other. These people don't know each other. They were thrown into a room, only half of them were there. We had some trials. We started as a team of six, came down to a team of four, and I'm immensely proud of them."
Knight-Finley's team was made up of Rowan students Juan Florez, Monica Monteiro, Austen Johnson and Trishawna Forde. The members of the group all agreed that the friendships they had made working on this project were a benefit to the competition. And for Monteiro, a junior English major, the competition brought with it the chance to see other teams responses to the case studies.
"I didn't think that it would be as competitive [as it was]," she said. "But then once you get into the room it's such a pleasant competitive vibe. We saw ideas that we had thought about at once, that other groups incorporated in a different way, and it was really nice seeing how everything was incorporated."
For questions/comments about this story, email news@thewhitonline.com or tweet @TheWhitOnline.
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New Releases, week of 2/23/13: Jack Kirby Saves Edition
Argo, Anna Karenina, Monster Squad, and more on DVD/Blu-ray
Ben Affleck's Argo is the big release of the week given all the momentum it has heading into the Oscars. Based on the true story of how Jack Kirby helped saved the day, Argo won Best Picture and Best Director at the 2013 BAFTA Film Awards as well as the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.
Other major releases on DVD and Blu-ray include Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Sinister with Ethan Hawke, and the teen-com Fun Size. Special mention goes to Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike for being the movie no one wanted or watched. Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. once said that he had to flog himself to finish reading Atlas Shrugged, which is probably what it'd feel like to watch the film.
Loads of re-releases worth noting. The Criterion Collection is putting our Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando, for one. Two Arnold movies get Blu-rays: The Running Man and a remastered version of The Terminator. Top Gun hits Blu-ray like a skull slamming into the jettisoned canopy of a fighter jet. The silent classic The Thief of Bagdad starring Douglas Fairbanks gets a re-release. Monsters Inc. gets deluxe collector's editions to prep people for Monsters University. And the fun-as-hell misfit kid movie The Monster Squad gets the Blu-ray treatment, finally.
Someone better tell Sulley and Mike to steer clear of those goobers in the Monster Squad. Things could get ugly.
After the cut, the new things on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a bunch of misfit kids from the 1980s.
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars (DVD, Blu-ray)
Anna Karenina (DVD, Blu-ray)
Argo (DVD, Blu-ray)
Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (DVD, Blu-ray)
Fun Size (DVD, Blu-ray)
The Package (DVD, Blu-ray)
Seeds of Destruction (DVD, Blu-ray)
Sinister (DVD, Blu-ray)
Special Forces (DVD, Blu-ray)
Sushi Girl (DVD, Blu-ray)
Undefeated (DVD, Blu-ray)
Re-releases
Best in Show (Blu-ray)
Don Giovanni (DVD, Blu-ray)
Easter Parade (Blu-ray)
Highlander 2: Renegade Version (Blu-ray)
Innocent Bystanders (DVD, Blu-ray)
The Insider (Blu-ray)
Irreconcilable Differences (DVD, Blu-ray)
Julius Caesar (Blu-ray)
Live Nude Girls (Blu-ray)
Les Miserables (1958) (DVD, Blu-ray)
The Monster Squad (Blu-ray)
Monsters, Inc. - Five-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition (DVD, Blu-ray)
Monsters, Inc. - Three-Disc Collector's Edition (DVD, Blu-ray)
The Nest (DVD, Blu-ray)
Night of the Demons 2 (DVD, Blu-ray)
On the Waterfront [Criterion Collection] (DVD, Blu-ray)
Prison (DVD, Blu-ray)
The Running Man (Blu-ray)
That Cold Day in the Park (DVD, Blu-ray)
The Terminator [Remastered] (Blu-ray)
The Thief of Bagdad (DVD, Blu-ray)
Top Gun (Blu-ray)
Also on Flixist: Argo (5) From our database:
Flixist Awards 2012: Best Film - Matthew Razak
Flixist Awards 2012: Best 'OH SH*T!' Moment - Thor Latham
Flixist reacts to the 85th Academy Awards - Flixist Staff
Flixist Awards 2012: Best Director - Matthew Razak
Here are your 2013 Oscar winners - Matthew Razak
Puppies predict the 2013 Oscar winner for Best Picture - Liz Rugg
New Releases, week of 2/23/13: Jack Kirby Saves Edition - Hubert Vigilla
These BAFTA Best Film posters are beautiful - Liz Rugg
Full list of 2013 BAFTA Film Award winners - Hubert Vigilla
Filed under... #Blu-ray #Criterion Collection #dvd #New Releases #Weekly Releases


First of all install the necessary languages using the Language Manager of Joomla. This is independent from this component and a requirement for the next steps. To translate the gallery into your language you have several options. Let's assume you want to have the gallery translated to Spanish with the locale es-ES. The following options are available.
create/reuse the file language/overrides/es-ES.override.ini and put your translations into this file. You can change the content of this file using Joomlas language management in the back end.
With each new version it might be necessary to add new translation keys to your custom file. If you choose option 1 this would be possible without touching any file in the file system manually. You can use the Joomla back end to add the missing keys. Starting with 2.6.4 each installation or update will delete translation files from /language/xx_YY/. If you added your changes there make sure you migrate them to one of the options mentioned above.
If you want to contribute or need a blue print for your own translation, you can got to my repository for custom translations: https://github.com/svenbluege/eventgallery-translations. Using this way of translating, you can easily create an installable language pack.


The Philadelphia Phillies head to PNC Park on Saturday, May 20, 2017 to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The expected starting pitchers are Vince Velasquez for the Phillies and Ivan Nova for the Pirates.
The odds for this matchup have Philadelphia at +120 and Pittsburgh at -130. The Phillies have a 23-15-0 over/under mark and a 20-18-0 run line record. The Pirates are 21-20-0 against the run line and have a 18-22-1 over/under record.
The Phillies have a 14-24 overall record this season. Starting pitcher Vince Velasquez has a 2-3 record with an earned run average of 5.63 and a WHIP of 1.38. He has 39 strikeouts over his 38.1 innings pitched and he's given up 35 hits. He allows 8.2 hits per 9 innings and he has a FIP of 5.28. The bullpen has an earned run average of 5.04 and they have given up 131 base hits on the year. Teams are hitting .258 against the bullpen and they've struck out 109 hitters and walked 61 batters. As a team, Philadelphia allows 9.5 hits per nine innings while striking out 7.2 batters per nine innings. They are 29th in the league in team earned run average at 4.92. The Phillies pitchers collectively have given up 354 base hits and 184 earned runs. They have allowed 61 home runs this season, ranking them 2nd in the league. Philadelphia as a pitching staff has walked 129 batters and struck out 268. They have walked 3.4 men per 9 innings while striking out 7.2 per 9. They have a team WHIP of 1.44 and their FIP as a unit is 5.09.
As a team Philadelphia is hitting .256, good for 13th in the league. The Phillies hold a .428 team slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .324, which is good for 16th in baseball. They rank 13th in MLB with 8.8 hits per game. Odubel Herrera is hitting .242 with an on-base percentage of .298. He has 36 hits this season in 149 at bats with 13 runs batted in. He has a slugging percentage of .369 and an OPS+ of 78. Cesar Hernandez is hitting .299 this year and he has an on-base percentage of .368. He has totaled 47 hits and he has driven in 10 men in 157 at bats. His OPS+ is 114 while his slugging percentage is at .433. The Phillies have 334 hits, including 72 doubles and 44 home runs. Philadelphia has walked 126 times so far this season and they have struck out 327 times as a unit. They have left 252 men on base and have a team OPS of .752. They score 4.55 runs per contest and have scored a total of 173 runs this year.
Pittsburgh has a 18-23 overall mark this year. With an earned run average of 2.48, Ivan Nova has a 3-3 record and a 1.03 WHIP. He has 33 strikeouts over the 54.1 innings he's pitched. He's also given up 52 hits. He allows 8.6 hits per nine innings and his FIP stands at 3.35. The bullpen has an earned run average of 3.87 and they have given up 143 base hits on the year. Teams are hitting .260 against the Pirates bullpen. Their relievers have struck out 123 batters and walked 55 opposing hitters. As a team, Pittsburgh allows 9.3 hits per nine innings while striking out 7.6 batters per nine innings. They are 12th in the league in team earned run average at 4.11. The Pirates pitchers as a team have surrendered 375 base knocks and 166 earned runs this season. They have given up 44 home runs this year, which ranks 21st in Major League Baseball. Pittsburgh as a staff has walked 125 hitters and struck out 307 batters. They give up a walk 3.1 times per 9 innings while they strike out 7.6 per 9. Their team WHIP is 1.38 while their FIP as a staff is 4.09.
As a team, they are batting .228, good for 28th in the league. The Pirates hold a .373 team slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .309, which is good for 24th in baseball. They rank 28th in MLB with 7.6 hits per contest. Josh Bell comes into this matchup batting .248 with an OBP of .338. He has 31 hits this year along with 18 RBI in 125 AB's. He maintains a slugging percentage of .520 with an OPS+ of 122. Josh Harrison is hitting .286 this season and he has an OBP of .350. He has collected 40 hits in 140 at bats while driving in 14 runs. He has an OPS+ of 115 and a slugging percentage of .471. The Pirates as a unit have 310 base hits, including 63 doubles and 38 homers. Pittsburgh has walked 145 times this year and they have struck out on 296 occasions. They have had 277 men left on base and have an OPS of .682. They have scored 3.85 runs per game and totaled 158 runs this season.


To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
The message of the Book of Revelation is an exhortation to the church stand firm in the face of persecution, even if it means to be willing to die for the sake of the Gospel.
All the prophets from righteous Able to Jeremiah were slain. All of the original apostles except for John, who was exiled, were martyred. Jesus was crucified. The 1st century church was thrown to the lions or became torches in Nero's court.
Precious metal is refined by fire.


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Batman (1989) Movie Review
Hello fellow moviegoers!
'Batman' stars Michael Keaton as Batman, and Jack Nicholson as the Joker. At the beginning of this movie Batman isn't really a known person around Gotham City yet, he is more of a myth than anything. Than he starts becoming more prominent and accidentally causes Jack Nicholson to fall into a vat of acid and become the Joker. Joker starts running a muck, and it is up to Batman to stop him.
There are some really hardcore fans of this movie out there, who grew up watching it. Then there are the people that watched Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight' first and hated this movie after watching it later. I personally have seen Nolan's trilogy multiple times, and I just watched this movie for the first time this morning. What did I think? It was good. I don't think it is as amazing as some people say it is, but I don't think it is the complete pile of trash others claim.
Jack Nicholson's Joker is really one of the standout parts of this film. At points you are in awe at the performance Nicholson gives in this role. At other times, he is dancing around awkwardly and you are left sitting there uncomfortably. So while I thought Nicholson's Joker was good, they kind of went too far wacky at times and it is just turned out silly. He is definitely no Heath Ledger.
Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne is also good. Michael Keaton gave probably one of the best performances as Bruce Wayne I have seen. As Batman though, that is a different story. The character of Batman was just kind of a brick wall. I didn't really care much for him. He really didn't have any facial expressions, he didn't talk much, he basically just beat up, and scared criminals. I wanted more out of this Batman than that.
The supporting characters sometimes felt like they were just thrown in their because they were in the comics. For example, Harvey Dent is in this movie, portrayed by Billy Dee Williams, he isn't really a big character and I feel like he didn't need to be there at all. And feel bad saying this, but the same goes for Commissioner Gordon. He didn't work with Batman, and he was only in couple of scenes.
Overall this is a good movie, just not as good as I wanted it to be. The acting sometimes is a little too much or too little. But, nonetheless, it is a Batman movie, so you will find enjoyment out of it.
Have you seen this movie? Do prefer this or 'The Dark Knight'? Let me know by commenting on this post!
Kyle Kruse
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Hank McCoy (Before the Fur)
And then there's Ozymandias.
Cold? Yes. Ruthless? Undoubtedly. A bad guy? Well, my gut instinct is to say yes, of course. Anyone who goes around plotting to wipe out all of modern civilization is evil.
Look at the world Watchmen is set in. The line between right and wrong is wildly relative. People rally to stop organized crime, but they also rally to persecute people for their religious beliefs and sexuality too. The government sends superpowered humans to fight brutal wars over seas. "Heroes" like the Comedian descend further and further into violence and depravity or maybe they always were violent and depraved and the costume just made the perfect outlet for all that.
I mean, what exactly are Nite Owl and Rorschach trying to save anyway? I suspect Rorschach doesn't have any delusions about what he's doing. He knows the world isn't a nice place, but it's the principle that it's better to let people be who they are than force them to be something they aren't through manipulation that I guess he's fighting for. Is it worth it though? Why protect people's right to choose if, in Rorschach's opinion, they don't have much choice anyway? Why protect a world that just generates hopelessness and hate?
I'm not endorsing anything Ozymandias does. To me, he's the bad guy. But could someone, somewhere, make the argument that he's the only hero in the story who's actually going after the source of all of the problems, albeit in a really deranged way? What if the only way to really "win" is to tear down the society that produces all of these problems to begin with? And what if he's the only guy with the guts and the vision to go after it? Is it better--more moral--to just let the world keep turning then, knowing things aren't going to get better? It casts everything in a really bleak light, doesn't it? I mean, Nite Owl and Rorschach save millions of lives. But is anything going to change?
He's a lunatic and his plans are evil, but at least he gets the real problem: society. I think there are better ways to resolve the problems a society faces than to destroy it. I think people deserve the chance to try to do better, on their own. And maybe THAT'S what Rorschach and Nite Owl are fighting for. But you COULD look at Ozymandias' intentions and see something heroic in there. Even if it could be butchered and mangled along the way. It's a scary, provocative light to cast him in.
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Q: Dataframes - Combining How do you combine df_1 and df_2 - to achieve the desired dataframe?
The color squares hopefully give a quick visual of what is required. ie.

Struggling with this one - all help/ suggestions appreciated. Thankyou.

A: You can try df_total = df1.append(df2), but this way might put column 'race_id_legs2' after 'race_id_leg1', so you need to reorganize the column.

A: Here is a possible solution. I'm sure there is a more eloquent solution - but this works.
import pandas as pd
from collections import Counter
from itertools import chain

df_1=pd.DataFrame.from_dict({'name':['fred', 'fred', 'fred', 'bill', 'bill', \
'ted', 'ted', 'ted', 'ted'], 'pts':[8,4,5,7,2,3,9,8,5]})

df_2=pd.DataFrame.from_dict({'name':['pam', 'pam', 'lou', 'lou', 'lou', 'lou', \
'sam', 'sam', 'sam', 'sam'], 'pts':[5,6,5,6,5,6,5,6,5,6]})

############################################
# df_1 - setup 2 lists - first with the names (length of list for each person is 10 long)
# ....then do a list of points that is - length of list 10 long

df_1_count_of_names=list(Counter(df_1['name'].tolist()).values())

number_unique_names=df_1['name'].nunique()

count=0
start=0
end=df_1_count_of_names[count]
list_of_pts_for_each_name=[]
try:
    while count<len(df_1['pts']):

        list_of_pts_each_person=df_1['pts'][start:end].tolist()
        list_of_10_zeros=[0]*10
        pts_each_person_listof10 = list_of_pts_each_person + list_of_10_zeros[len(list_of_pts_each_person):]
        list_of_pts_for_each_name.append(pts_each_person_listof10)

        start=end
        end=start+df_1_count_of_names[count+1]
        count+=1

except IndexError:
     pass

df_1_total_list_of_pts=list(chain.from_iterable(list_of_pts_for_each_name))
# print(df_1_total_list_of_pts)

X=df_1['name'].unique().tolist()
Y=[0]*10
df_1_total_list_of_names=[]
for i in X:
    for j in Y:
        df_1_total_list_of_names.append(i)
# print(df_1_total_list_of_names)

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# df_2 - setup 2 lists - first with the names (length of list for each person is 10 long)
# ....then do a list of points that is - length of list 10 long

df_2_count_of_names=list(Counter(df_2['name'].tolist()).values())

number_unique_names=df_2['name'].nunique()

count=0
start=0
end=df_2_count_of_names[count]
list_of_pts_for_each_name=[]
try:
    while count<len(df_2['pts']):

        list_of_pts_each_person=df_2['pts'][start:end].tolist()
        list_of_10_zeros=[0]*10
        pts_each_person_listof10 = list_of_pts_each_person + list_of_10_zeros[len(list_of_pts_each_person):]
        list_of_pts_for_each_name.append(pts_each_person_listof10)

        start=end
        end=start+df_2_count_of_names[count+1]
        count+=1

except IndexError:
     pass

df_2_total_list_of_pts=list(chain.from_iterable(list_of_pts_for_each_name))
# print(df_2_total_list_of_pts)

X=df_2['name'].unique().tolist()
Y=[0]*10
df_2_total_list_of_names=[]
for i in X:
    for j in Y:
        df_2_total_list_of_names.append(i)
# print(df_2_total_list_of_names)

############################################
# Now - combine the name and pts lists from df_1 and df_2 into one dataframe.

df_3=pd.DataFrame({'df_1_names':df_1_total_list_of_names, 'df_1_pts':df_1_total_list_of_pts,\
'df_2_names':df_2_total_list_of_names, 'df_2_pts':df_2_total_list_of_pts})
# print(df_3)

############################################
# Now - optional - get rid of the columns that have zeroes for both df_1 and df_2 in the
# pts columns

df_4=df_3[(df_3.df_1_pts!=0)|(df_3.df_2_pts!=0)]
print(df_4)


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