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Q: Applying Oracle Pivot to get horizentle data (I am new to Oracle pivot.)
The result of my code is as follow.

 ROWNUM  C0         M               SS
------- --- ---------- ---------- ----------
     1    a          a__               3.5
     2    a          abd               1.5
     3    a          abe               3.5
     4    a          ace               5.5
     5    b          a__                35
     6    b          abd                15
     7    b          abe                35
     8    b          ace                55

Items in C0 shows vertically as expected.
Now,The purpose is to show the values in C0 horizently.
How to modify my code to make result as follow?
  ROWNUM       M        a          b
----------  --------- ---------- ----------
         1     a__       3.5        35
         2     abd       1.5        15
         3     abe       3.5        35
         4     ace       5.5        55

My code is as below;
CREATE TABLE T4 (
C0 VARCHAR2(10),
C1 VARCHAR2(10),
C2 NUMBER
);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('a','abd',1);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('a','abd',2);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('a','abe',3);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('a','abe',4);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('a','ace',5);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('a','ace',6);

INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('b','abd',10);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('b','abd',20);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('b','abe',30);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('b','abe',40);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('b','ace',50);
INSERT INTO T4  VALUES ('b','ace',60);

SELECT ROWNUM,rr.C0,rr.M, rr.ss
FROM
(
SELECT C0,C1 M, AVG(C2) ss FROM T4  GROUP BY C0, C1
UNION
SELECT C0,SUBSTR(C1,1,1)||'__'  ,AVG(C2) ss FROM T4  GROUP BY C0,SUBSTR(C1,1,1) ) rr
ORDER BY rr.C0,rr.M ASC;

A: You can achieve the result in two ways.
Using PIVOT and using a traditional technique (CASE WHEN).
PIVOT is the recommended technique to use. But I have written both just for your reference.
-- Using PIVOT --
WITH DATAA AS (
SELECT ROWNUM,rr.C0,rr.M, rr.ss
FROM
(
SELECT C0,C1 M, AVG(C2) ss FROM T4  GROUP BY C0, C1
UNION
SELECT C0,SUBSTR(C1,1,1)||'__'  ,AVG(C2) ss FROM T4  GROUP BY C0,SUBSTR(C1,1,1) ) rr
)
-- USING PIVOT
SELECT
    ROWNUM,
    TAB.*
FROM
    (
        SELECT
            *
        FROM
            (
                SELECT
                    M,
                    C0,
                    SS
                FROM
                    DATAA
            ) PIVOT (
                SUM ( SS )
                FOR ( C0 )
                IN ( 'a' AS A, 'b' AS B )
            )
        ORDER BY
            1
    ) TAB;

-- Using Traditional technique --
WITH DATAA AS (
SELECT ROWNUM,rr.C0,rr.M, rr.ss
FROM
(
SELECT C0,C1 M, AVG(C2) ss FROM T4  GROUP BY C0, C1
UNION
SELECT C0,SUBSTR(C1,1,1)||'__'  ,AVG(C2) ss FROM T4  GROUP BY C0,SUBSTR(C1,1,1) ) rr
)
-- TRADITIONAL WAY
SELECT
    ROWNUM,
    M,
    A,
    B
FROM
    (
        SELECT
            M,
            MAX(CASE
                WHEN C0 = 'a' THEN SS
            END) AS A,
            MAX(CASE
                WHEN C0 = 'b' THEN SS
            END) AS B
        FROM
            DATAA
        GROUP BY
            M
        ORDER BY
            M
    );

-- Output --

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Historic buyout signals promising hope for global cancer therapy
Following the announcement in February of one of the biggest biotech transactions in Australian history, world-leading pharmaceutical company MSD (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ USA) has acquired virotherapy firm Viralytics, founded in Newcastle by Associate Professor Darren Shafren.
Associate Professor Darren Shafren.
Twenty years ago, the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI*) researcher never anticipated that what began as an investigation into the common cold would lead to development of the anti-cancer therapy, CAVATAK®.
"When I first started with this project, it was focusing on a cure for a common cold and not at all looking into cancer. There were a few serendipitous events that led us down a different pathway, which will now hopefully be something that benefits patients with fairly advanced cancers," Associate Professor Shafren said.
The immunotherapy compound, CAVATAK, is a form of common cold virus which infects and kills cancer cells by awaking the immune system and encouraging anti-cancer activity.
"CAVATAK is a bioselected common cold virus that targets cancer cells more preferentially than normal cells. When it binds to a molecule that seems to be overexpressed on cancer cells, it undergoes an infection in that cell and makes the cancer cell look more foreign to the immune system.
"Normally a lot of cancers escape our immune system because they pretend to be part of us, but the CAVATAK virus now makes it look different, triggering a reaction from the immune system," Associate Professor Shafren explained.
The virotherapy began gaining substantial momentum in 2014 after securing $27.1 million in funding to carry out international trials. More recently, American pharmaceutical giant MSD came on board after realising the potential benefits CAVATAK could have in conjunction with their antibody treatment KEYTRUDA®.
"CAVATAK helps our immune system identify cancer cells, while KEYTRUDA elevates the level of intensity of the immune system, so together they seem to have substantial benefit of recognising and attacking cancer," Associate Professor Shafren said.
KEYTRUDA is currently being assessed in America, Australia and the United Kingdom in lung cancer, metastatic bladder cancer and melanoma, with hopes that ongoing results will reveal a significant benefit of using CAVATAK to increase the efficacy of KEYTRUDA.
"The merger is a really positive result and a great vindication of all the hard work that the staff, clinicians and patients have put in. To have a large pharmaceutical company utilising all their skillsets to help push this through for potential approval will really increase the impact of this treatment," he added.
University of Newcastle Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Professor Kevin Hall, said the historic buyout demonstrated the world-class medical research potential being cultivated in the Hunter region.
"This milestone achievement by Associate Professor Shafren has shone an international spotlight on the research excellence of our institution, further highlighting the region's commercial capabilities and their global application," Professor Hall said.
"Supervising a team of 20 scientists, Associate Professor Shafren's expert leadership has also built high-level commercialisation expertise amongst our next generation of University of Newcastle innovators," he added.
The historic $502 million acquisition of Viralytics began as $25,000 in seed funding from the Greater Building Society when Associate Professor Shafren sat next to their general manager during the inaugural HMRI gala dinner in 1999.
"At that time it was difficult to get funding and this was an out-there project. I mentioned to the general manager at the time how hard it was to get funding and he said 'we'll see about that'.
"A few phone calls and a couple of weeks later we started a great relationship that continued for the next few years, which was critical to compile the initial mass of clinical data that allowed us to push it forward with biotechnology companies," Professor Shafren said.
HMRI Director, Professor Michael Nilsson said they were proud to have played a role in progressing a good idea into a commercial reality.
"Breakthrough discoveries like this come to fruition through hard work and access to a fertile research environment, with the support of donors. HMRI facilitates all of these key components to address serious health conditions and enable innovative therapies like this to be developed," he said.
Following two decades of the pursuit for a product that can benefit patients' survival and quality of life, Associate Professor Shafren has his sights set firmly on staying in the cancer immuno-oncology space and developing further products or combinations that will benefit patients.
"There's still a lot of unmet need. KEYTRUDA drugs currently have response rates in the order of 30 to 50 per cent and we'd love to work with the MSD team to be able to bring that up to the 60th or 70th percentile," he said.
Keen to share his experience and open more doors of opportunity for students and researchers in Newcastle, Associate Professor Shafren encourages others pursuing the same path to never give up.
"Don't give up your passion. At the end of the day, good science is one thing but sometimes you need a little bit of good luck as well. Our driving force was to develop something that could help patients. When you have a whole team working collectively toward the same objective, it's easier to stay enthusiastic and persistent about your goal," he said.
* HMRI is a partnership between the University of Newcastle, Hunter New England Health and the community.

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Is there a functional difference between WF10 and WF12?
We're currently running Wildfly 10.1 in production, but have Wildfly 12 on dev. Aside from configuration and feature differences, are there any security/vulnerability differences between 10 and 12? I don't see a changelog posted for 10.1 -> 11 -> 12, so we're not really sure if we even need to deploy 12, if we don't want to take advantage of any of the new features, considering 10 works fine. We have a working model of our code base running on 12, so we don't fall behind like we did with JBoss 4, but we'd like to know what, if any, vulnerabilities/security patches are in 12.
1. Re: Is there a functional difference between WF10 and WF12?
There are multiple new features introduced in wildfly 12. Wildfly 12 has EE8 functionality in fully completed incremental chunks, as opposed to waiting for everything to finish in a big bang release. WildFly 12 makes significant progress on this front, adding support for the majority of the new standards.
Issues/Bugs present in wildfly 10 are fixed in Wildfly 12.
Refer to WildFly 12 Release notes for a list of new enhancements,bug fixes etc.
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3. Re: Is there a functional difference between WF10 and WF12?
4. Re: Is there a functional difference between WF10 and WF12?
Wow! There's a lot of CVEs fixed between 10 and 12. I'll see what I can do about extraditing a push to production.


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En el mundo tenemos programas en más de 135 países, conócelos aquí.
Centramos nuestro acompañamiento en el desarrollo de los niños y las familias, a través de los siguientes servicios:
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Que están en riesgo, para que sean entornos protectores.
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Conoce los proyectos realizados en varias zonas del país donde miles de participantes se han beneficiado por sus resultados.
Conocer nuestros proyectos
Ser parte de los Amigos SOS es apoyar para que más niños crezcan en una familia
Soy Amigo/a SOS
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Ser parte de las Empresas SOS es contribuir a mejorar la situación de la niñez
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SOS Children's Village Ayacucho
Ayacucho was once the centre of the pre-Hispanic Huari culture, and it was the Battle of Ayacucho that sealed Latin American independence. In recent history, however, Ayacucho has been marked by underdevelopment, isolation and poverty.
Three decades of socio-political violence have left many displaced and deeply scarred
SOS siblings on a trip up the mountain (photo: F. Espinoza)
The city of Ayacucho is the capital of the Ayacucho Department and is an agricultural, manufacturing and educational centre. It is situated in a fertile valley on the eastern slopes of the Andes at 2,746 metres above sea level. Over the last decades, Ayacucho experienced a tremendous demographic explosion caused by forced internal migration. In the 1980s and '90s, the rural population in the region suffered extreme violence due to Peru's internal conflict involving the "Shining Path" guerrilla insurgent organisation. Many had no choice but to leave their homes and traditional lifestyles behind and flee to the city.
These political refugees settled on the outskirts of Ayacucho, where they lack basic facilities such as water, sanitation and electricity, which in turn leads to an increase in infectious diseases. Unemployment is also high and can result in poverty, family break-ups and violence, malnutrition or even the abandoning of children. The violence experienced during this time has also left deep scars in the population, creating a culture of fear and distrust, and a deep-seated pain that remains visible to this day, for example in the huayno music of the region.
Education and training are urgently needed to aid development in the region
Ayacucho is one of the poorest regions in Peru with an overall poverty rate of 68.3 per cent, and nine in ten household living in poverty in rural areas. Some of the reasons for this are the lack of agricultural land, financing and knowledge about commercialisation, insufficient access to formal work for low-income families and limited development of micro-enterprises.
Another problem is the poor level of education in the region: 17 per cent have received no formal education whatsoever. Illiteracy has decreased from 45.1 per cent in 1981 to 17.9 per cent in 2007 but it remains high in rural areas at 27.2 per cent.
What we do in Ayacucho
Mothers at the SOS Social Centre (photo: F. Espinoza)
SOS Children's Villages has been active in Ayacucho since 2006. Our family strengthening programme, which we offer at the SOS Social Centre here, focuses on children under the age of five and their mothers, particularly those living in conditions of extreme poverty. The objectives of our programme are, in the first instance, to improve the nutritional condition of children and provide integral health care. There are also measures to prepare young children for starting school, and to improve the income situation of parents through basic skills training. Childminding is offered so that parents can leave their children in safe hands while they go out to work. The main goal of the programme is to prevent children from being abandoned by their biological relatives due to their difficult social situation.
For children in Ayacucho who are no longer able to live with their parents, fourteen SOS families can provide a loving home for up to 126 children. They live with their brothers and sisters and are affectionately cared for by their SOS mothers.
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Russian Drivers Will Be Tested For Chronic Alcoholism
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The Ministry of Health of Russia approved new rules for passing driver's medical commissions when obtaining the first license and returning the old one after the end of the period of deprivation. In these cases, you will now have to be tested for chronic alcoholism, as well as the use of psychoactive substances. This became known to the newspaper "Kommersant".
According to the new rules, in order to obtain a driver's license, it is necessary to pass a mandatory test to determine the CDT marker in the blood. If its concentration is higher than 1.2 percent, the person will be sent to a drug dispensary for a more accurate diagnosis of liver disease. If chronic alcoholism or other illness incompatible with driving is identified, the license will be denied.
In addition, driver candidates will have to pass a test for a range of psychoactive substances. To do this, you need to pass urine for analysis. If the express test shows the presence of prohibited substances in the body, then the candidate or the driver returning the license will need to pass another analysis using chromatographs in a specialized laboratory.
After such a check, the medical board may not only not give a driver's license, but also be fined 4,000-5,000 rubles or punished with administrative arrest for up to 15 days.
The new rules for passing the medical commission are trying to weed out dangerous drivers. But the cost of passing commissions will inevitably rise. According to the traffic police, in the first six months of 2019, more than 11 thousand drug-intoxicated drivers were identified.
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Russian Drivers Receive A Record Number Of Fines
Russian drivers receive a record number of fines in the News section
The First Russian Microelectric Car Was Invented And Tested In Adygea
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Pavaj score by the 5D Sensograph of placescases.com: 4.9 out of 5.
Plovdiv is one of our favorite towns in Bulgaria. It is close to Sofia however when you travel to it, you are moving to a radically different place where you can stroll along the small cobblestone streets, go from gallery to gallery, visit around the bars and the restaurants of Kapana (the artistic central part), to see a concert on the hills, to walk along the main street and there's still a bunch of stuff you can do there.
In this beloved city of ours, our favorite restaurant is Pavaj, which means paving. You will definitely come up to it if you walk around in Kapana.
I recommend making a reservation a couple a days in advance. However, if you go straight there without booking, they are flexible. They'll ask you for your phone number to call you when a table is vacant for you. Meanwhile you can drink coffee or an aperitif around here, going through souvenir shops, having a henna tattoo, listening to a jazz concert between the buildings.
Pavaj has an award from Bacchus magazine as a restaurant of the year 2017, chosen by the readers. I visit Bacchus magazine awards ceremony every year. This year Pavaj has been nominated again. Only it competes with some of the best and it will be very difficult for them. We are talking about Cosmos, ANDRe, L'Etranger, Bistrello, Yastrebets in Borovets, Chef Mihalchev's Miyabi. The latter is unfairly unrecognized by placescases.com. The simple reason is that I had wonderful time with friends there and just forgot to take pictures.
Expect in my next posts to see if Pavaj won the award of Bacchus again.
…. Not only the refrigerators are colorful- the plates also burst into colors, from the salad, through the main one, and in the dessert too, but for it you will read more in category Smell… and Taste…. Fill your eyes with a little red, yellow, green, brown, white, even violet.
…. I have a note though, for which half heart has dropped- you can't pay by card. Come on people, we are in the 21st century. Your payment options are retro as your interior, only this time it's not a compliment!
…. There's a danger of hearing the neighbors' conversation, and yours can be heard, but like I said, space is scarce and it is the case everywhere in Kapana, so you should live with it.
…. Here the absolute prime is a cheesecake with candy violets- no kidding. It is topped with glaze, prepared from violet candies and they even put one next to the slice, to remember how they looked and tasted in your childhood times. Awesome dessert!
…. The Aroma of rakia from Zarich- apricots, pears…. divine work!
…. Very tasty little trouts – they say this size is the best. Is it true or not, I don't know, but they had a wonderful crispy crust-perfect!
…. Another favourite for my kids meal here, and I can't help but steal from their dishes, are the pork ribs- I recommend them to every carnivore .
…. Tripe soup is a classic on a Saturday or Sunday in Bulgaria. Here you can have a very good one!
…. It is a sin not to say that homemade fries there are mega temptation. Forget the low carbohydrate diets! Order a portion with lavish amount of white cheese strained on them and enjoy it guilt free!
…. A very nice selection of Rakia- if you have not tried Serbian rakia, be sure to try it – pear and apricot. The Serbs know how to do them!
If you are planning already a trip to the beautiful town of Plovdiv, The Culture Capital of Europe for 2019, you can book your stay right here. For your convenience, I added a booking.com box, which refers directly to their site. I guarantee you're going to use all your genius discounts and privileges they would offer to you. Just enter the dates of your trip, then hit the Search button and voila. In addition, booking.com are doing their best to make sure that your expectations as a customer are fulfilled. I've described an example about the latter in my story about our stay in Shangri-La hotel in Singapore .
Do you ever wonder how some places are so very different from others in service, environment, as a general experience? This means you are also interested like me in the topic of The Experience Economy by Pine and Gilmore. I've tried to recognize those places which apply it in practice its principles, whether deliberately or accidentally, and I think it is worth to consider them. Right click on category The Experience Economy.


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The Most Transformative Cover Songs
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Readers recommend their favorites. Submit your own—especially if the cover goes across genres—via hello@theatlantic.com, and please include a short description of why you love it so much.
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Chris Bodenner
4:20 PM / July 12, 2016
Track of the Day: 'One Way or Another' by Until the Ribbon Breaks
A reader in Mississippi, Amy Jones, recommends a cover that really brings out the creepiness of the lyrics:
An episode of the American drama series Stalker highlighted the cover of Blondie's hit in its fifth episode, though I first stumbled upon it via Spotify. I try not to look at my phone while driving, but I had to glance down to check if this was a cover of that old song I had never thought much about but dismissed as silly.
The band, Until the Ribbon Breaks, describes their style as one that "blends genres like electronic, pop, rock, and hip-hop … with a sharp alternative edge." Their cover of "One Way or Another" certainly fits that description, with soft beats underlying harmonies with just enough dissonance to be beautiful but interesting. My favorite covers are those that recast the lyrics in such a different light that the listener considers them in a new way, and this British band succeeds as their vocalist croons the old playful words with haunting conviction.
Debbie Harry was inspired to write the original song after her experience with a stalker. She told Entertainment Weekly:
I was actually stalked by a nutjob, so it came out of a not-so-friendly personal event. I tried to inject a little levity into it to make it more lighthearted. It was a survival mechanism.
(Submit a cover via hello@. Track of the Day archive here. Pre-Notes archive here.)
Track of the Day: 'Let It Be' by Gladys Knight and the Pips
A reader in Pittsburgh, Josh, has a moving tribute to his friend:
I've been following your cover series and would like to contribute a favorite. In March, I lost my best friend Chris—far, far too young at only 36. In suburban Pittsburgh in the '90s, we were an unlikely pair. He was black, I was white, and about as physically and socially different as could be. In 10th grade, Chris joined the marching band, and playing together in the trumpet section, we became inseparable.
In band, you played a wide variety of genres and were exposed to many influences. Chris and I cultivated eclectic musical tastes, and in the pre-Napster/iTunes/Spotify days, when people defined identity by the contents of their CD binder, we could exchange any band or genre without shame. He blew my mind with a Prince record; I floored him with the White Album. It united us, and as we passed through the momentary catastrophes and tender triumphs of adolescence, we always had a soundtrack.
So my selection for this cover series is "Let It Be" by Gladys Knight and the Pips:
McCartney's sparse hymn is transformed by Gladys' soaring gospel performance and the call and response into an urgent demand. It almost seems as if the Pips' plaintive echoes are restraining her from ascending to another plane of existence.
The Beatles began by playing Motown songs, and after their explosion, Motown artists covered them frequently. This cover of "Let It Be" has been solace in my personal grief, but also as an echo of the troubled times in which it was written and recorded, and a tonic to the current unrest in our civic society. I know Chris loved this song, and I know he would agree.
4:20 PM / July 9, 2016
Track of the Day: 'The Weight' by Aretha Franklin
From reader Conor Murphy:
I nominate Aretha Franklin's cover of "The Weight" by The Band. Taking a song as moody and solemn as that and singing it the way she does transforms it in startling ways. Switching to a soul arrangement and foregoing the piano for horns creates an entirely new dynamic within the song, while the pure power and depth of her voice is almost overwhelming.
By the way, if you want to continue the Beatles covers, you could also use Franklin's "Eleanor Rigby," which is similarly incredible.
Track of the Day: 'We Can Work It Out' by Stevie Wonder
Reader John Maschoff ends a despairing week of national news on an optimistic note:
This version of "We Can Work It Out" so wonderfully injects the groovy funk and soul that Stevie Wonder has been creating for decades. It's a must-include on this list.
He follows up:
If you're looking for an extra lift for the weekend, might I impose and suggest an extra Stevie gem from the same album. So, so good.
Track of the Day: 'Enjoy the Silence' by Nada Surf
Lance goes with a cross-subgenre pick—Nada Surf's cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence":
I love this song because it takes a classic synthpop song and turns it into a classic power pop song. When I listen to the original, it's hard for me to imagine it as a power pop song; when I listen to the cover, it's hard for me to imagine it as a synthpop song. The Nada Surf arrangement works on its own, without depending on knowledge of the original for its effect.
Track of the Day: 'Ticket to Ride' by The Carpenters
I recently asked readers for their favorite Beatles covers, specifically ones that transcend the rock genre. One reader pointed to a reggae-jazz version of "She's a Woman" while another highlighted an eclectic a cappella version of "Helter Skelter." This next reader gets right to the point:
The Carpenters's "Ticket To Ride." Brilliant. Period. End of sentence.
Here's some trivia regarding that song title, relayed by Don Short, a Daily Mirror music journalist:
The girls who worked the streets in Hamburg had to have a clean bill of health and so the medical authorities would give them a card saying that they didn't have a dose of anything. I was with The Beatles when they went back to Hamburg in June 1966 and it was then that John told me that he had coined the phrase 'a ticket to ride' to describe these cards. He could have been joking – you always had to be careful with John like that – but I certainly remember him telling me that.
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Track of the Day: 'The Star-Spangled Banner' by Marvin Gaye
A reader in NYC, David Leitner, has the perfect cover for the day:
Marvin Gaye's "Star Spangled Banner" is the ultimate song transformation. What only he could sing, solo with a beat box …
If you have any Star-Spangled suggestions of your own, let us know and we'll update. Update from Noam:
This version is my fave because Sufjan [Stevens] captures the menace of it. The song is fundamentally about a war, and although patriotism compels us to ignore the fact that war is hell, this cover doesn't.
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Track of the Day: 'Helter Skelter' by The Bobs
In response to my inquiry for the most genre-bending Beatles cover, Jay in Cincinnati remembers a truly unique, a cappella version of "Helter Skelter":
Somewhere in the mid-1980s, I was working late ... really really late, after 3 A.M. late. Finally driving home, my brain competed with only two thoughts: staying conscious enough to survive the trip, and how good it would feel when I finally could collapse into bed.
The radio was on—nice and loud, to help me avoid nodding off, tuned to a small non-commercial station that played non-mainstream music. When this song came on, it must have been close to 30 seconds before I even realized it was a song I knew. It was so different—not just different from the original song, but from almost any kind of music I'd ever heard—that for my own safety I pulled off the road so I could listen. Nobody identified what I'd heard; they just kept playing more music. Sometimes on this station it could be 40 minutes before anyone came on to list what had been played.
There were no cell phones, there was no internet. When I got home, I did not go to bed. I had to get a phone book, look up the station's number and call. I had to know. Unlike today, when hardly any radio station in America has a live person on the air overnight, someone answered.
I've since seen this group [The Bobs] in concert maybe ten times, occasionally planning family/friend visits to other cities based on when they would be performing there. They've done covers of other famous songs, sometimes as radically different as this, but also in versions more recognizable. Mostly they sing their own songs, which range from hilarious to weird to touching. Every time I see them do this song, it brings back that night.
Update from a reader in Bend, Oregon:
I nominate Tiny Tim's cover of the Beatles song "Girl." Tiny was generally not taken seriously, but he was very serious about music:
When he burst into public recognition in 1968, people either regarded Tiny Tim as a lovable wacko, or simply a wacko; though Tim's eccentricity seemed both charming and oddly appropriate in the wake of the Summer of Love, despite his long hair and beatific attitude, he was no hippie, but instead an amateur archivist of American popular song who made it his life's crusade to remind people about the joys of the Tin Pan Alley era. In his own odd way, Tiny Tim was one of the first artists of the rock era to celebrate the notion of the Great American songbook, though his fondness for a warbling falsetto delivery, his thrift-store wardrobe, his slightly fey personality, and his championing of the ukulele as his favored means of accompaniment was every bit as anomalous in 1968 as it would be today. While Tiny Tim was (principally) marketed as a novelty act and treated as a joke by many who presented him to the public (one of his most frequent television platforms was on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In), Tim wasn't kidding -- he loved and lived for this music, and he performed it in a historically accurate manner, remaining true to his musical vision right up to the very end . . . .
This cover sounds both serious and wacky, and it bends the original song into such a bizarre vaudeville style that it is almost unrecognizable. Tiny's vocal range is very wide, and gives the song a unique sound. I would guess that most people won't like it, but here it is anyway.
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Track of the Day: 'She's a Woman' by Jeff Beck
From reader Keith Wells:
One cover I still love to hear after 30-odd years is Jeff Beck's cover of The Beatles' "She's A Woman." It manages to be faithful to the original and, yet, so very different with a talk-box vocal—an early use of the effect—and a laid back, reggae-jazz vibe with amazing, complicated musicianship. (I still find it a bit hard to believe the drummer was 19-years-old at the time.) Widely considered one of the greatest rock guitarists, at the time Beck had tired of backing up singers like Rod Stewart, even though his albums were released as The Jeff Beck Group. Instead of another rock album, however, he came out of left field with an instrumental jazz-fusion effort produced by George Martin, The Beatles' producer, which became a huge hit.
Here's a thought: What's the best, most genre-bending Beatles cover you know of? Drop us a note with your pick and why you love it.
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Track of the Day: 'I Want You Back' by Lake Street Dive
Jeremy writes a wonderful reader review:
Your cover song series is a such a great idea. I'd like to recommend Lake Street Dive's cover of The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back." The original version—with its young Michael Jackson vocals, instantly funky baseline, and infectious riff—has been called "certainly the fastest man-made route to pure joy." It's almost impossible to hear it and not want to move, bop your head, and crack a smile.
Lake Street Dive takes the raw material and transforms it into an almost plaintive lament about lost love that fits the song's lyrics much better. By slowing down the tempo, changing the harmonies and adding a meandering jazz trumpet that echoes and elaborates the joyous guitar riffs of the original, they completely change the song.
Nowhere is this more clear than in the third verse. Whereas the Jackson version features a joyous a-ba-ba-bum-bum under Michael's soaring "all I want, all I need" lyric, the cover goes all in with an upright base solo. In their reading, it is a jazz/country ballad, not a pop anthem.
Although "I Want You Back" is by far my favorite of their covers, Lake Street Dive has a ton of compelling cover songs on YouTube. Hall and Oates' "Rich Girl," George Michael's "Faith," Annie Lennox's "Walking Through Broken Glass," and even "Bohemian Rhapsody" have all gone through their unique jazz/Nashville/'60s Atlantic Records filter with great results.
Track of the Day: 'Wuthering Heights' by the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
From reader Steve Hunter:
Hiya Chris, I'm enjoying your cover series, so thought I'd have a go myself. Kate Bush is my favourite artist, and she has been since her first jaw-dropping appearance on Top of the Pops in January 1978. "Wuthering Heights," a song about a ghost calling on her lover to join her in death and based on the classic novel, went to number 1 in the British Charts for four weeks—the first time a female artist reached number 1 with a self-penned song. And all this from a 19-year-old "girl" appearing, it seemed, from absolutely nowhere.
"Wuthering Heights" marked the start of a career of singular originality and innovation, and it's been covered many times—mostly badly or indifferently. However, I just love the cover by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain [embedded above], which turns "Wuthering Heights" into a swinging song you could almost imagine Frank Sinatra singing. Yes it's a mickey take, but an affectionate one, and I know that Kate herself really enjoys it.
The YouTube link that Steve provided for Kate Bush's version of "Wuthering Heights" is a pretty fantastic live performance at Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. To give you a sense of the spectacle, the stage credits include one for "Illusions, magic and mime."
I don't know much about Kate Bush but she seems fascinating, so I found a BBC documentary from a few years ago and watched the first six minutes—on the impact of her "Wuthering Heights" debut:
Several of the talking heads discuss her "high-pitched voice, warbling and dropping," as Viv Albertine of the punk band The Slits put it. And this quote from John Lydon of Sid Vicious especially stood out:
[Kate Bush's voice in "Wuthering Heights"] was extremely challenging, the vocal—it was almost hysterical, and so up there, the register. But it was absolutely fascinating. And I know at the time a lot of my friends couldn't bear it—that it was too much. But that's exactly what drew me in.
I felt the same when I first heard Joanna Newsom years ago on her first album Walnut Whales (e.g. "Peach, Plum, Pear"). Newsom has a similarly eerie and challenging voice as Kate Bush's, but it became irresistible. Ditto for Alec Ounsworth with his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah when I first heard their self-titled album (e.g. "Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away"). If you have a favorite artist who initially grated on you, and you want to write a short note about it, let me know. Update from Steve: "We've had a pretty depressing week here in the UK, this has cheered me up no end."
Track of the Day: 'If I Were a Carpenter' by Bob Seger
A gospel-tinged track for Sunday, sent by reader Keith Wells:
Before he became a superstar, Bob Seger released an album of almost exclusively covers, titled Smokin' Ops, including his version of Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter." Of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of versions released over the years, it's my favorite. His passion comes across as authentic, and Skip Knape's beautiful Hammond organ throughout gives it an almost gospel feel.
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Unlike regular civil trials, small claims court rules do not follow the Rules of Evidence. There are no rules of evidence. Additionally, the judge is allowed to ask questions of the parties and witnesses, and generally takes a more proactive role in determining the facts of a case. It will likely be pretty quick. If a jury trial is required, the trial could last a few hours. Small Claims Court cases for Bandera are heard in 4 LOCATIONS throughout Bandera County.
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Alteration of the bone tissue material properties in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy study.
A Mieczkowska, SA Mansur, Nigel Irwin, Peter Flatt, D Chapppard, G Mabilleau
School of Pharm. & Pharmaceut. Sc.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a severe disorder characterized by hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. A higher occurrence of bone fractures has been reported in T1DM, and although bone mineral density is reduced in this disorder, it is also thought that bone quality may be altered in this chronic pathology. Vibrational microscopies such as Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIRM) represent an interesting approach to study bone quality as they allow investigation of the collagen and mineral compartment of the extracellular matrix in a specific bone location. However, as spectral feature arising from the mineral may overlap with those of the organic component, the demineralization of bone sections should be performed for a full investigation of the organic matrix. The aims of the present study were to (i) develop a new approach, based on the demineralization of thin bone tissue section to allow a better characterization of the bone organic component by FTIRM, (ii) to validate collagen glycation and collagen integrity in bone tissue and (iii) to better understand what alterations of tissue material properties in newly forming bone occur in T1DM. The streptozotocin-injected mouse (150mg/kg body weight, injected at 8weeks old) was used as T1DM model. Animals were randomly allocated to control (n=8) or diabetic (n=10) groups and were sacrificed 4weeks post-STZ injection. Bones were collected at necropsy, embedded in polymethylmethacrylate and sectioned prior to examination by FTIRM. FTIRM collagen parameters were collagen maturity (area ratio between 1660 and 1690cm(-1) subbands), collagen glycation (area ratio between the 1032cm(-1) subband and amide I) and collagen integrity (area ratio between the 1338cm(-1) subband and amide II). No significant differences in the mineral compartment of the bone matrix could be observed between controls and STZ-injected animals. On the other hand, as compared with controls, STZ-injected animals presented with significant higher value for collagen maturity (17%, p=0.0048) and collagen glycation (99%, p=0.0121), while collagen integrity was significantly lower by 170% (p=0.0121). This study demonstrated the profound effect of early T1DM on the organic compartment of the bone matrix in newly forming bone. Further studies in humans are required to ascertain whether T1DM also lead to similar effect on the quality of the bone matrix.
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Mieczkowska, A., Mansur, SA., Irwin, N., Flatt, P., Chapppard, D., & Mabilleau, G. (2015). Alteration of the bone tissue material properties in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy study. Bone, 76, 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.03.010
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N2 - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a severe disorder characterized by hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. A higher occurrence of bone fractures has been reported in T1DM, and although bone mineral density is reduced in this disorder, it is also thought that bone quality may be altered in this chronic pathology. Vibrational microscopies such as Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIRM) represent an interesting approach to study bone quality as they allow investigation of the collagen and mineral compartment of the extracellular matrix in a specific bone location. However, as spectral feature arising from the mineral may overlap with those of the organic component, the demineralization of bone sections should be performed for a full investigation of the organic matrix. The aims of the present study were to (i) develop a new approach, based on the demineralization of thin bone tissue section to allow a better characterization of the bone organic component by FTIRM, (ii) to validate collagen glycation and collagen integrity in bone tissue and (iii) to better understand what alterations of tissue material properties in newly forming bone occur in T1DM. The streptozotocin-injected mouse (150mg/kg body weight, injected at 8weeks old) was used as T1DM model. Animals were randomly allocated to control (n=8) or diabetic (n=10) groups and were sacrificed 4weeks post-STZ injection. Bones were collected at necropsy, embedded in polymethylmethacrylate and sectioned prior to examination by FTIRM. FTIRM collagen parameters were collagen maturity (area ratio between 1660 and 1690cm(-1) subbands), collagen glycation (area ratio between the 1032cm(-1) subband and amide I) and collagen integrity (area ratio between the 1338cm(-1) subband and amide II). No significant differences in the mineral compartment of the bone matrix could be observed between controls and STZ-injected animals. On the other hand, as compared with controls, STZ-injected animals presented with significant higher value for collagen maturity (17%, p=0.0048) and collagen glycation (99%, p=0.0121), while collagen integrity was significantly lower by 170% (p=0.0121). This study demonstrated the profound effect of early T1DM on the organic compartment of the bone matrix in newly forming bone. Further studies in humans are required to ascertain whether T1DM also lead to similar effect on the quality of the bone matrix.
AB - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a severe disorder characterized by hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. A higher occurrence of bone fractures has been reported in T1DM, and although bone mineral density is reduced in this disorder, it is also thought that bone quality may be altered in this chronic pathology. Vibrational microscopies such as Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIRM) represent an interesting approach to study bone quality as they allow investigation of the collagen and mineral compartment of the extracellular matrix in a specific bone location. However, as spectral feature arising from the mineral may overlap with those of the organic component, the demineralization of bone sections should be performed for a full investigation of the organic matrix. The aims of the present study were to (i) develop a new approach, based on the demineralization of thin bone tissue section to allow a better characterization of the bone organic component by FTIRM, (ii) to validate collagen glycation and collagen integrity in bone tissue and (iii) to better understand what alterations of tissue material properties in newly forming bone occur in T1DM. The streptozotocin-injected mouse (150mg/kg body weight, injected at 8weeks old) was used as T1DM model. Animals were randomly allocated to control (n=8) or diabetic (n=10) groups and were sacrificed 4weeks post-STZ injection. Bones were collected at necropsy, embedded in polymethylmethacrylate and sectioned prior to examination by FTIRM. FTIRM collagen parameters were collagen maturity (area ratio between 1660 and 1690cm(-1) subbands), collagen glycation (area ratio between the 1032cm(-1) subband and amide I) and collagen integrity (area ratio between the 1338cm(-1) subband and amide II). No significant differences in the mineral compartment of the bone matrix could be observed between controls and STZ-injected animals. On the other hand, as compared with controls, STZ-injected animals presented with significant higher value for collagen maturity (17%, p=0.0048) and collagen glycation (99%, p=0.0121), while collagen integrity was significantly lower by 170% (p=0.0121). This study demonstrated the profound effect of early T1DM on the organic compartment of the bone matrix in newly forming bone. Further studies in humans are required to ascertain whether T1DM also lead to similar effect on the quality of the bone matrix.
KW - Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy
KW - Type 1 diabetes mellitus
KW - Collagen glycation
KW - Collagen integrity
U2 - 10.1016/j.bone.2015.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.bone.2015.03.010
JO - Bone
JF - Bone
Mieczkowska A, Mansur SA, Irwin N, Flatt P, Chapppard D, Mabilleau G. Alteration of the bone tissue material properties in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy study. Bone. 2015 Jul 1;76:31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.03.010


The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released updated guidance on Federal Information Security and Privacy Management Requirements M-19-02. Of particular interest and importance is Section I-IV: High Value Assets List Updates. In simple terms, it requires agencies to review and report their information crown jewels to help ensure that risk management resources are being applied to the things that matter most. This is a crucial aspect of good cybersecurity risk management that is often done poorly, when it's done at all.
If you've worked for the government for any length of time, you know that one of the facts of life is the seemingly endless documentation resources – most of which only cover part of what you might need to know on any given topic. Almost invariably, these documents reference one or more additional documents, which eventually, and hopefully, enable you to put together a complete picture of your area of interest.
With regard to crown jewel identification, carefully navigating the path of references takes you from M-19-02 to BOD18-02 to M-17-09 to FIPS 199 to NIST 800-60v1 and NIST 800-60v2 appendices C and D. Fortunately, these Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) documents have some remarkably useful information.
If your navigation isn't careful enough, which was true in my initial research on this topic, you could end up at the NIST 800-61, NCCIC Federal Incident Notification Requirements, and other resources. Although these provide some very good information regarding other aspects of risk management, their guidance regarding crown jewels is inconsistent with FIPS 199 or NIST 800-60, and is fundamentally flawed. The severity and nature of their flaws could be an entire article of its own, so I'm not going to get into the details here.
Suffice to say that government personnel trying to identify their agency's crown jewels may or may not end up referencing the same resources. As a result, one agency's "crown jewels" may not be comparable with another's. Perhaps worse yet, an agency may misidentify their own crown jewels.
High, medium, and low aren't well-defined. As is usually the case with qualitative scales, a lot is left to the imagination and biases of whoever is using the scale.
The suggested assignments of high, medium, and low to most information categories (e.g., information related to Foreign Affairs) generally passes an intuitive litmus test of reasonableness, but there were some that left me wondering (e.g., information related to Intellectual Property Protection was rated low for confidentiality, integrity, and availability). There may be good reasons for those ratings, but the rationale aren't fully fleshed out for many categories.
Significant latitude appears to be given to agency management to vary from the suggested severity categories. For example, the NIST reference might say that, given an agency's mission type, data sensitivity to integrity loss is low, but an executive can choose to categorize their information at a higher level. Why would an executive do this? Well, if resource allocations are tied to information sensitivity categories, and if they don't want their cybersecurity budget cut… Yes, there is supposedly a review stage in the process, but the question is how closely exceptions given limited review resources.
Once the crown jewels are identified, it needs to leverage an effective risk analysis model to understand the true significance of any control shortfalls and their remediation options.
Despite the concerns I outlined, current resources (the right ones) represent a decent starting point for identifying crown jewels. The second step can be fulfilled by having qualified personnel use a well-established non-proprietary risk analysis model like Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR). This question of what makes someone "qualified" to do risk analysis will be the topic of a future article.
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In Rollerball, James Caan plays star athlete Jonathan in a corporate controlled dystopia. He is so successful at the violent sport of rollerball that the higher-ups deem him a threat to the uniformity of the "perfect" society they have constructed. Jonathan has begun to stand out as an individual, rather than just part of the team. That is frowned upon. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is also about being part of a team, but, unlike Rollerball, the team is a group of scalawags who just happened to become heroes. They become a family after sharing death-defying exploits, and all are valued equally for their individual contributions.
Because there is no longer conflict in the futuristic society in which rollerball is popular, the sport is the only outlet for humanity's competitive drives. There are rules, however, which offer some control over the mayhem. That is, until Jonathan refuses to retire when the corporate executives see him as a danger. The only other source of meaning in his otherwise uneventful existence is his wife, who was taken from him and given to an engineer. Taking away his beloved game as well is asking too much. To punish Jonathan, the authorities remove the sport's safety restrictions as his defiance continues — they're probably hoping to kill him off.
In Guardians, one of the team members, Rocket, steals from the Sovereign, an arrogant race of genetically designed aliens. Furious, their beautiful (on the outside) high priestess, Ayesha, sends waves of ships to annihilate the Guardians. During a Sovereign assault, they end up crashing on a lush planet that is actually the body of a powerful Celestial. The Celestial, Ego, reveals that he is the long lost father of Quill, leader of the Guardians. This appears to be great until Ego's megalomaniacal plan for the galaxy is revealed. Quill must decide to either side with Ego and be immortal or band together with his team and thwart the evil scheme.
There's an obvious comparison between the Sovereign in Guardians and the corporate executives in Rollerball. The Sovereign are so haughty that they don't even deign to pilot the attack ships sent to destroy the Guardians, but rather direct the ships from the safety of their home planet. The executives in Rollerball watch the athletes pummel each other from behind the safety glass at the arena, or on television. Both the Sovereign and executives go to excessive lengths to punish those who offend them.
Ego is even worse than the Sovereign, as he seeks to replace all life in the galaxy with himself. Also, Quill discovers that Ego gave his mother a brain tumor, which is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Quill realizes that saving his teammates is better than being immortal. For Jonathan in Rollerball, his freedom to continue playing is more important than leading a comfortable, but empty, life. At the end of the film he is the last player standing. The executives are presumably humiliated. This is case with the Sovereign as well, after the Guradians destroy their attack ships.
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Sometimes I get carried away and I forget to come back to the original event that motivated a post. I want to get back to Secretary Clinton's remark that Israel's announcement of new settlements in Jerusalem was a slap in the face. The remark itself was not the only significant thing. If you happen to have caught Clinton on TV you may have noticed a flicker of the eye, a hesitation in the voice when she said that the United States has always supported Israel because we have "shared values".
It's one thing to have occupying armies in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's one thing to dabble in assassinations by drones in Pakistan, it's one thing even, to allow arms to flow to drug lords in Mexico - or local police, as was just reported today on CNN, to sell confiscated weapons to dealers. It's quite another thing to flaunt all the rules that govern occupations for decades, with the excuse that the occupied populations rebel.
When Israeli soldiers, as reported by Chris Hedges in today's Truthdig, are increasingly refusing to serve; when the Israeli government is cracking down in extreme ways against Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations, it is no wonder that the Secretary of States has difficulty in enunciating that now defunct situation.
I visited Israel in 1986 to report on Israeli reactions to the first intifada. It was hard to believe that the Israel I saw on World Focus last night on my local public television station was the same country: there were no skyscrapers in Tel Aviv then, now Microsoft and other companies reach to the sky; the airport was rudimentary; it is now as impressively modern as any; there was only a budding technology industry: today the Israelis are making electric cars and charging grids, and a pill that photographs a patient's insides.
One has to wonder, considering the needs of other countries who do not assert their rights with weapons, whether Israel still needs our money: its achievements do not appear to have given it the self-assurance necessary for a humane - let alone constructive - policy toward those it displaced.
In an ironic reversal of the story of David and Goliath, this is a country that crushes throwers of homemade rockets with tanks and bulldozers, and bristles when the world condemns it.
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Odds Honcho John Avello, of the Wonderful Wynn Las Vegas Sportsbook: Talks Mayweather Fight, NFL, Wynn Sports Betting App (Nevada Only) and Potential Presidential Betting?
By Chris Yandek in CY Interviews CY News CY Sports CY What's Happening September 11, 2015
1. This weekend could very well be Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s last fight. He will enter the squared circle against Andre Berto.
2. The NFL has its first full slate of regular season football games this Sunday.
3. It was announced this week that Wynn Las Vegas will host the first Democratic debate on October 13th.
Who better to speak with about these things than Wynn Las Vegas sportsbook manager and CYInterview regular John Avello.
During our conversation, Mr. Avello revealed to us that in a few months, residents and tourists of the state of Nevada will be able to bet sports on their smart phones, with the Wynn's own sportsbook betting app. We also discussed whether a person might be able to make a wager, in the future, on who the next President of the United States will be. The head oddsmaker was as interesting as always when covering these topics.
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As for the fight this Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto, unsurprisingly, Floyd is a heavy favorite. You would have to wager $30 to win $1. On the other side, for every $1 you wagered, you would win $16 on Berto if he won the fight. Mr. Avello says there have already been six and seven figure bets on the heavy favorite, Mayweather, to win:
"You have to put up $30 [on Mayweather] to win $1, which is a pretty good piece, but if it's a sure thing, you know, why not? And, but we all know that nothing is for sure. Anything can happen. Mayweather says it's his last fight, I'm not a believer of that. I think he'll be back to fight another fight whether he wins or loses this fight. When that will be, I don't know. But I just think it be very hard for him to walk away from the game when he's actually at the top of his game.
On the other side, if you want to take Berto and take a 16 to 1, put up $1 to $16, you're welcome to do that side also. So if you feel the underdog has a real shot, we're offering the value on it. … I think the price might be a little too high [on Mayweather] even for the guys that think he's gonna win. Put up $30 to win $1 is probably not a wise bet."
This weekend provides us with the first full slate of NFL regular season games. John told us the first week of the NFL always brings a big crowd. When it comes to bets on who will win the Super Bowl this year, he says there has been a lot of action on a variety of teams. He breaks down where the money has been wagered going into the season:
"There's been quite a bit of action, even on some of the shorter price teams. Seattle was once 5 to 1, they're now 4 [to 1]. Green Bay was once 10 [to 1]. They're now 6 [to 1]. The [Indianapolis] Colts were once 14 [to 1], they're now 6 [to 1]. So there's been even some money on the shorter price teams. On the longer price teams, Dallas, 18 [to 1], now down to 14 [to 1]. The [Philadelphia] Eagles, 22 [to 1], now down to 12 [to 1]. The [Miami] Dolphins are getting some play. They were 50 [to 1] at one time. Now they're down to 25 [to 1]."
It was announced this week that Wynn Las Vegas would host the first Democratic debate on October 13th. The Wynn Las Vegas veteran tells us his thoughts on his resort getting this notable event:
"I think it's great. It's sure gonna bring a lot of exposure to the property. I also think it's just a great thing for the town and they can't hold it at a better spot here than Wynn. So I'm excited about it."
It is not currently possible to place a bet, in any Las Vegas sportsbook, on who will be the next President of the United States. Mr. Avello says he would love to see the rule changed, so the Wynn could offer wagers on political propositions. He says there may be another opportunity in the future for a rule change so people could then place a wager on their favorite politician to win the White House:
"I think so. We were close a few years ago. We were trying. It is in our regulations that we don't do it and we can't do it. But there was a time a couple years ago where we were trying to have that changed and I think we may take another shot at that maybe in the future to get it changed again. I think it would be great betting. You can just put it up and book it for two years and the way, we all know how presidential elections, you know, favorites and underdogs radically change through the course of time. So it would just be a great betting proposition I believe for the town."
Finally, John tells us about the Wynn's upcoming cell phone sports betting app and what else is going on at the Wynn Las Vegas sportsbook:
"Just that the books are thriving, doing well. A lot more sports players now probably than ever before. We're opening up a mobile app here at Wynn soon within the next couple of months so people will be able to wager on their mobile apps anywhere within the boundaries of Nevada. So the business is doing well and glad to be a part of it."
You can find out more about Wynn Las Vegas at http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/
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IEEE Day is officially celebrated on the first Tuesday in October. In 2017 it was celebrated on October 3rd. It is a commemoration of the first time engineers met to discuss their technical ideas in 1884. The day is used to celebrate our membership across the world collaborating on ideas that leverage technology for a better tomorrow. In 2017 IEEE celebrations were conducted around the world between October 1st and 17th.
For our IEEE Day event this year, we met at the Academy of Arts Science and Technology (AAST) in Myrtle Beach to watch a NOVA documentary on the Building of the Megatomb on October 7th. The Megatomb is the new containment vessel surrounding the Chernobyl reactor which was completed in 2016. The new structure has a 100 year lifespan and will be used to deconstruct the destroyed reactor.
Our attendance at the event included IEEE members, AAST's teachers and administrators and high school students attending AAST. We ended the event by discussing the multidisciplinary team required to create the Megatomb and provide an additional 100 years of safety for the world. For the students we reminded them that in the next hundred years, their generation would be challenged to find a permanent solution to containment at the Chernobyl site.
You may wonder why students and teachers attended IEEE Day with us this year. The answer is simple: they were invited. Specifically, I went to AAST on October 6th and met with the teachers, administrators and students. While there I was able to see their engineering lab with both VEX and FIRST robots, look at the CAD drawings students were making, and take a quick tour through their computer science lab to answer questions. I heard stories of students touring airport control tours, and upcoming projects requiring 3D printing so students could build their own drones.
I ended my tour in the school auditorium. I gave a brief on IEEE, IEEE Day and a history lesson on the Chernobyl accident and its immediate impact. I tried to make the discussion more than numbers and statistics. One realization that still shocks me is that the Exclusionary Zone is over 1000 square miles. If the Chernobyl accident had taken place in Horry County where AAST is located, over 80% of the county would be uninhabitable.
Once I finished my discussion and invited the students to attend our IEEE Day event to learn how the site is being contained, the questions began. There were questions about how to find more information, on the effects of radiation and on how the Exclusionary Zone is managed. There was interest and a great zeal to learn more. That interest led several students to give up a portion of their Saturday to learn more about the Megatomb. I am very thankful for that. I am also thankful for a school and administrators who allowed me to interact with 80 of their students, to talk about engineering, to challenge those students to look forward and strive to solve some of the most complex problems of our time.
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