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Should I become first author of a paper for which I did the statistical analysis?
I am a statistician working at a research institute. We work with data from patients with a certain disease. I am getting paid by the institute, but a part of the money comes from a research grant a doctor brought in. The doctor does not work at the registry, but at a hospital and is working closely together with statisticians of the institute (including me) on research questions.
Together we are doing research on a project. I am doing 100% of the statistics, but all the research questions and ideas come from the doctor. She is also the one writing a manuscript for a paper currently.
Now she wants to put me as first author and herself as last author (as supervisor). The idea comes from other researchers who do something similar, but they usually have medical PhD students and not statisticians as first authors. So basically the reason she wants to put me as first author is to put herself as last author.
I feel uncomfortable being first author and would prefer being second author. I am probably the one putting the most hours into the project by preparing all the data, doing the statistics and explaining the results to the doctor. The statistical analysis will be a big part of the paper. But the research question is not my idea, I have no medical background, the doctor is writing the paper. I am basically getting paid to do the analysis. While I think it is interesting research, I do not identify with it and I do not agree fully with all the conclusions. So far I worked under the assumption to become co-author and the idea of making me first author came up recently. My opinion is that I should only be first author of my own research, which would be in statistics, not medicine.
I guess it is very odd to reject being a first author =).
My next step will be to talk to her about it, but I was hoping for some perspective or opinions from the community. Is it harsh/unusual to insist on being co-author only?
Who would you suggest should be first author in this case?
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Note that in medicine, the leading author is typically the last author. By insisting to change the order, you are trying to force the doctor to put you, in his/her fields standards, as the main author of the paper. – Nick S Jan 10 '17 at 13:20
Agree with Nick. The senior author/grant procurer usually puts their name last - at least in my experience. However, in cases where the only contribution to the project was statistical analyses, I've also seen the statistician receive acknowledgement and not authorship. If you're uncomfortable with being listed as first author, you could always ask for the second option. – Inde Jan 10 '17 at 13:59
Would a Contributions paragraph solve your uneasiness? - it would take care that there is no misrepresentation of what you did/didn't contribute to the paper. Obviously, in a 2 author paper there is no middle author position... – cbeleites Jan 10 '17 at 16:12
Can you clarify: you say "First author," "Second author" and "Last author." Are there only two of you? Or more? – AJK Jan 10 '17 at 18:37
There are more authors, but with little contribution – a statistician Jan 11 '17 at 10:04
In medicine, as in most biological fields that I know of, the first author is the person who did most of the hands-on work, while the last author is the one who had the idea and planned the project. From what you've said, then, it would be appropriate for you to be first author and the doctor to be last.
That said, if you don't feel comfortable being first author (and especially in light of your comment that I do not agree fully with all the conclusions) it's also appropriate for you to request to not be first author -- some middle position (second author, or whatever) is also perfectly suitable for your contributions, from the sound of it.
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Great answer. I would also suggest that the MD be listed as corresponding author. Most questions about the paper would likely be medical rather than statistical. That way the statistician would avoid medical questions that might arise from the publication. – Richard Erickson Jan 27 '17 at 13:27
Answering this from the perspective of a biomedical researcher who is often in the position of "We had this question, and this data...can you make something of it?"
First, the conventional view of authorship positions":
First author: The person who did most of the work
Last author: The senior author on the paper. Usually a conceptually guiding force, and the type of person who could be summed up as "Without X, none of this would have been possible..." even if they wrote no code, swabbed no samples, etc.
Others: Everyone else.
From what you're describing, it sounds like there are only two of you. As such, it seems like the logical ordering is you as first author and the doctor as second author. Both of these are relatively prestigious positions in terms of authorship, so putting her last isn't a negative drain on her career. It indicates exactly what's happening - she's running a lab and directing research.
So basically the reason she wants to put me as first author is to put herself as last author.
Her reasoning is correct.
I feel uncomfortable being first author and would prefer being second author. I am probably the one putting the most hours into the project by preparing all the data, doing the statistics and explaining the results to the doctor. The statistical analysis will be a big part of the paper. But the research question is not my idea, I have no medical background, the doctor is writing the paper. I am basically getting paid to do the analysis.
If there are only two authors, her reasoning is entirely correct, and first author is the logical place for you to be.
While I think it is interesting research, I do not identify with it and I do not agree fully with all the conclusions.
This is marginally more concerning to me than whether you are first or last.
So far I worked under the assumption to become co-author and the idea of making me first author came up recently. My opinion is that I should only be first author of my own research, which would be in statistics, not medicine.
I would be extremely confused if you were last author on this paper, and would make assumptions about what that meant regarding the project that were much more inaccurate than the ones I'd make if you were first author.
Is it harsh/unusual to insist on being co-author only?
This would only make sense if there are more people on the team, and even then...
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As a reader of scientific literature, I will think that either is your work or that she is your advisor/mentor. Now, I agree that If you don't feel comfortable don't do it. However, It would be a waste. Probably this doctor has more publications so he doesn't care about 1st author publications.... but for the sound of it, you are new in this world of publishing.
Also, it is your research "line or agenda". If you don't want to be strongly associated with the output maybe is also a good idea to put you in a second. But, if it is our you considered it "your research" and you plan doing things on this subject in the future maybe is good that you put yourself in the first place.
Good luck with the article!
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"These ideas have gone mainstream," Center for Political Accountability President Bruce Freed said in an interview.
Companies in a core group tracked by the CPA-Zicklin Index are adopting disclosure policies at a rapid clip. The number that disclose or prohibit giving to tax-exempt groups has jumped 95 percent since 2015; the number that have delegated decision-making authority to board members has more than doubled.
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The group singled out Intel Corp. for its policy on political spending. The company ended contributions to members of Congress who voted against certification of the 2020 presidential election.
AT&T Inc. notched a perfect score after it restricted payments to trade associations and tax-exempt groups. The company's ranking jumped in 2019 when it adopted policies after making payments to a shell company controlled by Michael Cohen, a onetime lawyer to former President Donald Trump who later served time in federal prison.
"AT&T was a company that had resisted adopting strong disclosure and accountability policies until the Michael Cohen scandal," Freed said.
Not-so-high scores: Netflix Inc. was one of 27 companies that scored zero on the index for the second year running.
At an annual meeting in June, nearly 81 percent of Netflix shareholders asked the company to disclose its political giving, including money directed to trade associations and tax-exempt groups.
Netflix opposed the resolution, saying it would be expensive. It also said that its trade associations are free to take positions the company opposes "and that are not directly attributable to the membership dues we pay." It could be "difficult for us to assess exactly how our contributions to such organizations could be used, which would make it difficult to comply with this proposal," Netflix wrote.
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Emmy Nation:
Undercover Suffragette
L. Davis Monroe
A fascinating glimpse into often-overlooked aspects of women's history, Emmy Nation: Undercover Suffragette follows a young typewriter girl as she struggles to survive on her own in 1913 London.
Emmy's wages are far from sufficient to feed and clothe her properly, so when she's offered a better-paying job with Scotland Yard she doesn't hesitate to accept—even though it means spying on the seemingly harmless Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She soon meets Edith, a wealthy suffragette, who promises to show Emmy the ropes.
When a man from her past takes over the Scotland Yard task force and questions her loyalty, Emmy accepts a risky mission from the WSPU to prove her value to both sides, only to wind up endangering herself and Edith and wondering for what or whom she's actually fighting.
Honest, yet hopeful, about the hardships facing women in the early twentieth century, this story honors the human struggle for equality and serves as an ongoing reminder of the importance of standing up for your beliefs.
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The Microwave Tower
I must have passed the same tower every day for the last thirty years. It stood so tall and yet, it blended so seamlessly into the background. I knew it was there, but it didn't register as anything other than part of the scenic backdrop to my focussed world. That was until the day it all changed…
Have you ever wondered how technology really works? Up until that day, I had taken it for granted. Sure, I had a working knowledge of airwaves, sound waves, and even microwaves, but did I really know what each of them actually entailed?
The answer to that question is a resounding no. As it turned out, the experts really had no idea either.
It was a Friday. I remember the day clearly; it was the first time in ten years I took a different route to work. I hesitate to think of what would have happened had I not taken that right turn when I did…
I made it to work, a little later than usual, but I was still early. I liked that; having the time to grab a coffee from the tiny kiosk in the lobby before my busy day began. Nothing like a moment to yourself to clear and refocus your head after the hectic grind of traffic. It was at the kiosk that I first heard what had happened.
It's odd, you know. Hearing the news for the first time. I still find it hard to believe and if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes, I may not have.
You're probably wondering what happened and to be honest, I'd love to tell you. The fact of the matter is that I don't know what happened. That's not entirely true either; I know what happened, but I don't know why it happened. No one knows why.
The only thing we do know is that it was the microwave tower.
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They stopped, but they didn't stop living. They just stopped moving. Everyone and everything froze in the exact place that it had been occupying at the moment of the event.
The vehicles. The vegetation. The people. All stuck in stasis.
At first, emergency responders were afraid to enter the circle, but with their first tentative steps inside the ring, nothing happened to them. They tried to render aid to those who were affected, but there was no help for them.
While technically not dead, they were certainly not alive either. The site has terrified some; so much so that the government attempted to cover them. You see it was impossible to move them; the pulse fused them permanently with the environment.
I remember the first time I passed the circle after it happened. The eerie feeling of utter stillness washed over me and for a moment, as the world around me slowed, I was sure it had happened again. My throat filled with my fear and I vomited onto the steering wheel of my car. Once the moment had passed and I was dropped back into a world full of movement, the waves of relief, tinged with a fair amount of disgust flowed over me.
Many months elapsed before I even had the nerve to drive by again. My heart still exploded into my throat and my stomach crinkled itself into knots; my breakfast, thankfully, stayed on the inside this time.
It was years before I could approach the ring without the security of my car surrounding me. By that time I was an old man, ancient by the standards of my grandchildren. I know why I felt compelled to search out those that had stopped that day, their souls and actions frozen in time, but that didn't stop me from being afraid to do so.
I stood just outside the barrier that had been erected all around the ring. It wasn't the type of obstacle that would stand in your way; it was more of a demarcation for people to comprehend that passing into the inner ring could have disastrous effects should the tower decide to malfunction again.
Even as I fought the urge to turn away, my body propelled me forward, through the fence and into the living monument. In silence, it waited. For what, I cannot say with any certainty. The overwhelming emotions of despair and loneliness played along my nerves like a song of pain and nostalgia. It was a heady phenomenon, this mix of emotions that resonated deep into my soul.
As I walked along the sidewalk, I studied the statuesque people as I passed by them. Men, women, and children caught unaware in mid step, in mid swallow, in mid call. If you haven't seen inside the circle yet, picture the busiest moment on the street that you can remember and capture it for an instant, as if you've taken a photograph. That's the best way to describe it; a photographic moment etched in life-sized stone relief. Every detail down to the last wisp of hair blown awry by an errant gust, petrified against the elements that now assault it.
When I found her, my heart broke again. After I returned home that fateful day so many years ago, I had searched the house for her, hoping that she had never made it to work that day. My cell phone pleas had all gone unanswered and deep down I knew what that meant, despite the fact that I refused to believe it. The empty house was the proof I received.
The second piece of corroborating evidence came in the form of two FBI Special Agents about three months after the event. I had reported my wife as missing and potentially within the ring as the authorities had instructed us to do in the days following the pulse. My heart was heavy making that call, but what else could I have done? I wanted the answer even though I knew it would hurt to hear it. I knew what the truth was, but I still wanted to see it for myself.
That was why I entered the ring so long after the pulse. It had taken me that long to build the nerve to do it, the nerve to see Catherine again.
When I found her, it was like so no time had passed. She had been caught in mid stride, her left hand searching the expanse of her purse for something. She looked as if she might topple, but strangely, her body was balanced on the ball of her right foot. By the laws of physics, there was no way that she should have remained upright, but the pulse had somehow suspended them. I stood for a long time, my eyes gazing upon her beautiful face and my heart breaking because I know that deep inside her body still lived. Scientists who studied the phenomenon had recently let it be known that while time had essentially stopped for those caught up in the pulse, life had not.
Life. It's such a funny word. Those poor people were not living by the standards that you and I would define, but they were alive. Alive. Such a sad word when taken into context sometimes.
Placing one last kiss on her face, I left the circle from the way that I came; dreading the coming months of loneliness as contemplated my own death. Even in death, we will not be reunited and that is a hard truth to swallow.
And so the circle around the tower remains; a silenced and creepy garden of statuaries that stand in effigy of what can happen, of what did happen.
One thing is for certain, people no longer live within five kilometers of any tower. Anywhere. A lesson has been learned and a wariness of technology born from that moment. The moment that froze time and space in the oddest of ways.
Copyright © 2012 Julianne Snow
A REVIEW FROM MY COMMUTE: ZOO — James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge | #WhenAnimalsAttack
I've found lately that I'm getting through audiobooks faster, though my rides to work haven't been getting longer — it's an odd phenomena but one I can't say I'm disliking. One of the recent books I finished was ZOO by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear.
With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it's too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. With wildly inventive imagination and white-knuckle suspense that rivals Stephen King at his very best, James Patterson's ZOO is an epic, non-stop thrill-ride from "One of the best of the best." (TIME)
Okay, I will admit that I tried to watch the show based on this book on CBS when it debuted but just couldn't get into it. After listening to the audiobook, I'm going to go back and give it another shot. The book was utterly thrilling and I enjoyed each terrifying moment of it. While I'm not someone prone to looking at any situation as the potential for utter catastrophe, the events in ZOO read like they could be possible. That's scary. Really and truly scary. I highly recommend this book.
INDIE SPOTLIGHT: Viscera | #CollectionofStrangeTales
Jessica B. Bell
Viscera is a collection of short stories full of all the things that make you squirm, cringe, and laugh when you know you shouldn't. You'll remember why you're afraid of the dark and experience an abundance of weird creatures: witches, ancient gods, and all-too-human monsters – the scariest of all.
Indulge your twisted sense of humor with stories about unconventional werewolves and a woman with a frog fetish. Know what it's like to arrive too late to save an unusual alien abductee, or giggle with sick delight as a woman serves up a special Hasenpfeffer dinner to her pig of a husband.
Settle in for bedtime stories fit for monsters.
Viscera will grab you by the gut and squeeze, making you cry for mercy—or laugh like a fiend!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Jessica B. Bell is a writer of strange, dark fiction. She lives in a damp basement and writes her stories on musty old parchment by candlelight. Her keeper, one Helena Hann-Basquiat, brings her moldy scraps of bread and sour wine on occasion, and transposes her mad scribbling into the digital world for the amusement and entertainment of her readers.
She is the author of CHUK, a serialized novel written online from August 2013 to October 2014, currently in the editing process.
She is also currently working on a trilogy of quasi-historical weird fiction the likes of which you've never seen.
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FRIDAY FICTION: The Itch | #FreeFiction #Horror #Humour
The Itch
It started as an itch.
Just above his appendectomy scar.
A niggle akin to a tickle, then a full-fledged insistence.
Powerless to control the urge, Scott raked his jagged fingernails like scythes over the spot.
The more he scratched, the more persistent the urge became. Like an addict, he continued to collect his epithelials underneath his unkempt nails.
The night was endless with the constant itch in his side. He continued to dig deeper into his flesh, hoping to scrape out the source. Rubbed raw within the first hour, he knew that it would only take longer to heal. Yet, he continued to serve his annoying master. Too lazy to get out of bed to check his corpulent flesh, he resigned himself to the fate of a potential scar. Even in his restless sleep, his fingers sought out the now tender spot of raw skin.
In the morning, Scott awoke feeling groggy and thick-headed after a night spent tossing and turning. Taking his time getting out of bed, he absentmindedly scraped at his side. Feeling a stickiness, he pulled his hand away from his side and tried to focus on the tips of his fingers. Red. Blood? Had he really scratched that hard?
Coming to the full realization that he'd done some damage through the night, he made his way into the bathroom to stand before the mirror over the porcelain sink. Looking at his expansive belly in the reflection, he was aghast at what he saw.
Slowly oozing red blood and a viscous, unctuous clear fluid, the patch on his abdomen was larger than he had first imaged. Had he really scratched a hole in the side of his body? It was incomprehensible to Scott that he could have done this much damage overnight. Something had to be wrong; there must be an explanation…
After placing a quick call to work, he dressed and left for the hospital, silently praying that whatever he'd done to himself could be undone.
Alone in the stark cubicle, replete with pale blue dotted gown that wouldn't close over his ample ass, Scott sat on the uncomfortable hospital bed, wishing that his side didn't hurt. The admitting nurse had taken one quick look at his stomach and immediately set him up in a room with the inadequate gown. Upon her exit, she added that the doctor would be with him shortly and promptly shut him off from the hustle and bustle by swinging round the pale green curtain.
Not wanting to admit it, the fear was all that he could think about. What the heck was wrong with him? Scenes from the past few days played over and over in his head. He ran through the multitude of people he'd encountered; his co-workers, the pizza guy, the pretty check-out girl at the supermarket, even the woman he visited once a week to satiate his desires. He raked his mind for clues as he raked his flesh; could one of them have infected him?
The more he thought about it, the more his mind dwelt upon the possibilities.
The more he dwelt on the possibilities, the deeper he scratched.
The only thing that broke his reverie was the middle-aged, balding doctor that pulled back the curtain. He strode in with purpose and a level of cool aloof. Not glancing up from the chart in his hand, he stopped by the edge of the bed.
"What seems to be the problem, Mr. Harris?"
"Well doc, I have this itch on my side –"
"An itch, Mr. Harris? You came to the ER for an itch?" With that said, he finally looked up, turned and muttered, "You came to the hospital for an itch… You've got to be kidding me!"
"What?! You're leaving? You haven't even seen –"
"Seen what? Some patch of skin that has you scratching? Let me see it then; just be quick about it!"
The doctor turned on him so quickly that Scott didn't really know how to react. He stupidly fumbled with the side of the gown, trying desperately to pull the corner of it from under his thick thigh. Finally extricating the worn fabric, he lifted the edge to reveal his swollen belly, the rawness of his skin quite apparent.
For a moment, it looked as if the doctor might apologize for his outburst. Instead, he placed the chart on the bed beside Scott and bent forward for a closer look.
Just as quickly, his head jerked back, surprise covering his face. Turning to the small desk, he opened a drawer and pulled out a skinny metal probe about the length of a pen.
"I'm just going to apply a little pressure, Mr. Harris. Nothing to fear, just need to take a better look…" His words trailed off as he advanced the probe at Scott's stomach.
Scott felt a tiny bit of pressure deep inside his stomach and then a fluttering. It was a strange feeling and one he couldn't remember ever having experienced before. Not painful, but uncomfortable.
The doctor's hand retreated almost immediately, searching for something. He found it by the wall next to the desk and promptly threw up into it. Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, the doctor turned to look at him, fear and revulsion painting a picture of horror across his face.
"What is it Doctor? Am I going to die?" The fear in the room was palpable. Scott, afraid for his life; the doctor afraid of his patient.
"You'll have to wait here a moment, I need a second opinion." Almost breaking into a run, the doctor left the cramped cubicle, leaving behind the stench of vomit and burnt coffee.
Within moments he had returned, a pretty young blonde haired doctor in tow. She smiled warily at Scott and introduced herself. "Hello, Mr. Harris. I'm Dr. Campbell. Would it be alright if I had a look at your side, please?" She asked with a politeness that almost made up for the way that the other doctor had behaved.
"Sure…" he answered, "Just tell me I'm going be okay and I'll show you anything." The comment was a bit off colour, but Scott was a warm blooded male; even in sickness, he'd do what he could to score. Not that she would ever have looked at him, but it never hurt to try…
Bending down, she stared at the spot on his side, intently trying to make out what she was looking at. Her head jerked back up, her hands coming straight up to her face.
"What? What is it?"
"See? I told you…"
"But that's impossible. There's no way that –"
"No way that what? Could someone please tell me what's going on?"
Again, Scott felt the stirring within his stomach. Reflexively, he placed his hand on his side and rubbed. Only this time he could feel something else.
Smooth. Hard. Tiny. Square. Plus now there was a definite hole.
"Mr. Harris, you may want to move your hand—"
The pain was excruciating. His fingers were on fire. He brought them up to his face to have a look and was shocked to see what he could only interpret as teeth marks marring the surface. Teeth? Was that what he had felt?
Remembering the tiny bathroom he'd passed on his way to the cubicle, Scott moved faster than he'd ever moved before. With the edges of the gown flapping behind him, he threw the light switch and ripped the fabric across his stomach to get a better look. The sight astounded him.
He had a mouth on the side of his abdomen. A fully formed mouth with teeth, lips and a tongue. Looking more closely, he could see the faint swell that had started to form above the mouth, along with the twin semi-circular arches of coarse black hairs exuding from his skin above that.
Feeling sick, he turned to the doctors who had followed him down the hallway, anguish and confusion written all over his face.
"That's a mouth right? A fucking mouth on my side?"
"Yes, Mr. Harris. We believe that's what it is"
"How the fuck did it get there?"
"We have no idea, Mr. Harris. But that could be the least of your problems –"
"The least of my problems? I have a fucking mouth – with teeth – on my stomach. What the fuck could be worse?"
The two doctors shared a glance, "Well, it doesn't appear that it's just a mouth –"
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Scott's world went dark and he crashed to the ground.
Waking up in the hospital was an eerie feeling; part of his brain remembered the horror that had felled him, while the other maintained that it was just a bad dream. Trying to move, Scott realized that he couldn't. Panicking, he fought to move, believing that he was paralyzed with that thing on his stomach. Turning his head to the left, he saw that a restraint covered his wrist. He strained against it, testing it, knowing that it would be effective regardless of his hope.
Looking to the right, he saw that his other wrist was also locked in a restraint. Recognizing the futility of struggling, he laid he head back down on the pillow. Breathing deeply for a moment, he began to take stock of everything. His left leg hurt, as did his left shoulder. His head was pounding but Scott put that to the fall he knew he had taken. His attention turned to the one thing he had hoped he could avoid.
The mouth. With all of its little white pearlescent teeth.
Shuddering, he strained his head upwards, attempting to see the side of his abdomen. Letting his head fall back down in defeat, he started to cry. Scott had no idea what was going on and it scared him. Had the doctor really stated that there was a face forming on his stomach?
The wait for someone to come felt interminable. Once the doctor arrived, he opened his mouth to talk but no sound came out. The terror of that moment radiated from Scott.
"Mr. Harris, you need to calm down. Getting yourself all worked up isn't going to help you at all."
Again, Scott tried to speak; his mouth opening and closing with each attempt. Frustrated, he began to sob.
"Mr. Harris, it will be all right. We have you scheduled for surgery later today. Once we remove the tumor, everything should go back to normal. These types of things happen all the time. One of the unique things about the cells within our body is that they have the ability to develop into any of the body's structures. It's simply an anomaly, however unfortunate it may be." With a reassuring hand on his arm, the doctor gave a small squeeze before leaving the room.
Resigned to accept the fate that odd things sometimes happen, he tried to put his mind at rest. At least the itch was gone. And soon the growth would be as well. Closing his eyes, he thought about the glorious void of sleep, hoping to drift into a world unlike the hell he was currently living.
As he nodded off, a small gravelled voice spoke aloud, "But I'm not a tumor…"
A REVIEW FROM MY COMMUTE: Diary — Chuck Palahniuk
So what have I been listening to lately? I've been on a bit of a weird fiction kick and Diary by Chuck Palahniuk certainly did not disappoint…
Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, she's now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but that doesn't stop his clients from threatening Misty with lawsuits over a series of vile messages they've found on the walls of houses he remodeled.
Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a period of compulsive painting. Inspired but confused by this burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from America's most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuk's most impressive work to date.
I really enjoyed this tale from Palahniuk—it was so utterly bizarre but made perfect sense. It was horrorific in a humourously physchological way and I loved each moment of it. Told in diary format, it felt a little odd since it wasn't completely told from the first person perspective as one might expect but for some reason, against the backdrop of the interconnected story lines, it works. Definitely worth the read if you enjoy a little strange with your horror fiction!
INDIE SPOTLIGHT: North Dark | #DarklyDystopian
October 16, 2016 November 12, 2016 / Julianne Snow (@CdnZmbiRytr)	/ Leave a comment
North Dark
Lane Kareska
Set in a lonesome and barbarous failed state, North Dark is the story of a lone man traveling by dogsled across a frozen wasteland in pursuit of the fugitive who destroyed his family.
Haunted by predators both physical and spectral, the musher's journey takes him across a deadened tundra, tortured cities and the remains of civilizations long-lapsed into madness. All the while, his enemy slides in and out of striking distance, always one step ahead, always one act of violence away.
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FRIDAY FICTION: Hunt(ed) | #FreeRead
Hunt(ed)
His breath came out like a whisper, passing over his lips louder than he wanted. Sullivan heard it down the hall, the scratch of its nails sharp on the linoleum floor of his office.
He had no idea what it was but once he heard the screams, his instinct was to dive for the cover afforded by his desk. As he hid, his heartbeat quickened, the fear of knowing next to nothing pounding loudly in his chest.
Deep down Sullivan was a coward, but that was okay. He didn't need to be the hero. In fact, he was happy to hide and hope.
"Hello? Can anyone hear me?" The voice was tentative, quiet, almost a whisper but still loud enough to be heard by the creature stalking them.
Sullivan wanted to shush them but didn't dare risk giving up his location. Instead he squeezed himself into a smaller ball on the cool floor beneath this cheap mass produced desk.
A shrill scream rang out as it pounced, one of his co-workers coming to a horrific end. The sound of it eating reverberating through his body. It was close. Too close.
Sullivan felt the need to move, his body twitching with the pent up fear and nervous energy of its closeness. But he stayed, knowing that movement would attract its attention. But he wasn't stupid, least of all today.
With his eyes squeezed tightly closed, he heard the huff of its breath as it sniffed out its next meal. It was a quick succession of sounds that made him release his bladder as the shame of it washed over him.
In that moment Sullivan knew it was over. He knew the creature would find him now, especially with a warm, fragrant trail to lead the way.
He smelled it as he felt the warmth of its rank breath on his face. Opening his eyes for the last time, he saw for the first time what had sought him out. It was a thing made of nightmares, evil incarnate in a misshapen form.
Sullivan opened his mouth the scream, but no sound came out. The last sight he saw was the sharp rows of teeth descending over his face. Then thankfully there was only darkness.
It moved away, hunting for its next meal, listening for the sounds of fear, reading the anxious energy in the air, smelling the stale but pungent odour that oozed out of the pores of the frightened.
A REVIEW FROM MY COMMUTE: Fangland by John Marks | #Vampires #TelevisionJournalism
October 13, 2016 October 7, 2016 / Julianne Snow (@CdnZmbiRytr)	/ Leave a comment
It was the cover that drew me into this audiobook at first. That and the title. Fangland…
An acclaimed novelist and former 60 Minutes producer grandly reinvents the Dracula epic in the halls of a certain television newsmagazine In the annals of business trips gone horribly wrong, Evangeline Harker's journey to Romania on behalf of her employer, the popular television newsmagazine The Hour, deserves pride of place. Sent to Transylvania to scout out a possible story on a notorious Eastern European crime boss named Ion Torgu, she has found the true nature of Torgu's activities to be far more monstrous than anything her young journalist's mind could have imagined. The fact that her employer clearly won't get the segment it was hoping for is soon the very least of her concerns. Back in New York, Evangeline's disappearance causes an uproar at the office and a wave of guilt and recrimination. Then suddenly, several months later, she's heard from: miraculously, she's convalescing in a Transylvania monastery, her memory seemingly scrubbed. But then who was sending e-mails through her account to The Hour employees? And what are those great coffin-like boxes of objects delivered to the office in her name from the Old Country? And why does the show's sound system appear to be infected with some strange virus, an aural bug that coats all recordings in a faint background hiss that sounds like the chanting of…place-names? And what about the rumors that a correspondent has scored an interview with Torgu, here in New York, after all? As a very dark Old World atmosphere deepens in the halls of one of America's most trusted television programs, its employees are forced to confront a threat beyond their wildest imaginings, a threat that makes gossip about an impending corporate shakeup seem very quaint indeed. Written in the form of diary entries, e-mails, therapy journals, and other artifacts of early-twenty-first-century American professional-class life, compiled as an informal inquest by a very interested party, Fangland manages both to be a genuinely-in fact triumphantly-frightening vampire novel in the grand tradition and a, yes, biting commentary on the way we live and work now.
The story itself was riveting and I found myself not wanting to stop driving. That's one of the problems with audiobooks, you get so enthralled with what you're listening to that one more chapter ends up as one more spin around the block.
While it's heralded as a re-imagining of Stoker's Dracula set in present day times against the backdrop of post 9/11 New York, it's truly something standalone and complete. If you like Vampires or are looking for a different read that will entertain you, I totally recommend picking this one up.
INDIE SPOTLIGHT: The Somnibus | #Supernatural #Horror
October 9, 2016 November 12, 2016 / Julianne Snow (@CdnZmbiRytr)	/ Leave a comment
The Somnibus
Craig McGray
Be safe tonight…
After the loss of his parents in a horrific accident, Michael Black is left to put the shattered pieces of his life back together. All is not what it seems though when Michael learns that he has a special 'gift'. A gift that will put him and everyone he knows in mortal danger. Something evil wants what Michael has and it will stop at nothing to get it, destroying anyone and everything that stands in its way.
Lost in a maze of death and betrayal, this young man with a rare paranormal power finds himself in a fight against a malevolent force hell-bent on revenge.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Craig McGray lives on the east coast of Florida with his wife and two beautiful daughters. In addition to spending time with his family, he enjoys triathlon and endurance training
Many of his story ideas come to him during those quiet times while running, biking, or swimming.


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Mandatory Group 1 and Group 2 Parent Orientation Night will be held Thursday September 28th during Group 1 (5:50-6:30pm) and Group 2 (6:30-7:15pm) practice times at Lions Arena.
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The best short track speed skaters in Western Canada are headed to the SaskTel Centre for the Canada West Short Track Championships!
Come cheer on our own club skaters, and experience the excitement of short track speed skating right here in Saskatoon.
Let's help Marsha Hudey from White City, SK get to the ISU World Cup Final in Norway – a critical step on her path to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PeyongChang.
Thanks to the athletes, coaches, parents and volunteers for a great weekend at Canada Cup 3. Special thanks to Geoff Meinert – Meet Coordinator.
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/* Declaration of class Symbol */

#ifndef SYMBOLDATA_HPP
#define SYMBOLDATA_HPP

#include <string>

#include "TokenLexeme.hpp"

typedef enum
{
  TYPE_INTEGER,
  TYPE_FLOAT,
  TYPE_CHAR,
  TYPE_STRING,
  TYPE_BOOL,
  TYPE_VOID,
  TYPE_INVALID,
} NativeType_t;

const char TYPECHAR_INTEGER = 'i';
const char TYPECHAR_FLOAT =   'f';
const char TYPECHAR_CHAR =    'c';
const char TYPECHAR_STRING =  's';
const char TYPECHAR_BOOL =    'b';
const char TYPECHAR_VOID =    'v';
const char TYPECHAR_INVALID = '~';

const std::string TYPESTRING_INTEGER = "entero";
const std::string TYPESTRING_FLOAT =   "real";
const std::string TYPESTRING_CHAR =    "caracter";
const std::string TYPESTRING_STRING =  "alfabetico";
const std::string TYPESTRING_BOOL =    "logico";
const std::string TYPESTRING_VOID =    "nada";
const std::string TYPESTRING_INVALID = "invalido";

class SymbolData
{
public:
  SymbolData();

  static std::string  getTypeString(NativeType_t type);
  static NativeType_t getStringType(const std::string& typeString);
  static char         getTypeChar(NativeType_t type);
  static NativeType_t getCharType(char typeChar);
  static NativeType_t getLiteralType(TokenType_t typeChar);

  void setName(const std::string& name);
  void setDimensions(size_t dimensions);
  void setLine(size_t line);
  void setParameters(const std::string& parameters);
  void addParameter(NativeType_t parameter);
  void setScope(std::string& scope);
  void setType(NativeType_t type);
  void setIsFunction(bool isFunction);
  void setIsConstant(bool isConstant);
  void reset();

  std::string  getName() const;
  NativeType_t getType() const;
  size_t       getDimensions() const;
  size_t       getLine() const;
  std::string  getParameters() const;
  std::string  getScope() const;
  bool         isFunction() const;
  bool         isConstant() const;

private:
  std::string  m_name;
  NativeType_t m_type;
  size_t       m_dimensions;
  size_t       m_line;
  std::string  m_parameters;
  bool         m_isFunction;
  bool         m_isConstant;
  std::string  m_scope;
};

#endif /* SYMBOL_HPP included */

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You know, I just realized that for my sixth movie in this series, it's about a movie that heavily features the number 6. That was not on purpose but I suppose it worked out quite nicely. Hell, even look at the above poster. So many 6's.
Anyway, I haven't seen this movie in 10+ years and even then I believe I saw it on TV, so this was really my first legitimate experience with the film. Let me just say: Wow. What an awesome movie. I just love how the story unfolds. It does so in a way that is extremely appealing to me. I love when the woman hangs herself, there's no set-up. You don't see her climb to the roof. You don't see her put the noose around her neck. A lesser director would have included this to add tension but not here. Instead you just hear her voice yell out for Damien, trying to get his attention before proclaiming "It's all for you..." Perfect.


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Q: How do you Precompile all Javascript Files except One? To avoid "assets not compiled" errors in production on my Rails 3.2 site, I added the following line to production.rb:
  config.assets.precompile += ['*.js']

This precompiles all the .js files in vendor so if they're ready when called from inside a page. Unfortunately one of the .js files cannot precompile without errors, so I want to skip it. How can I precompile all .js files except one file, bad-file.js?

A: You might do it like this in application.rb
    config.assets.precompile << Proc.new do |path|
      if path =~ /\.(css|js)\z/ &&  path!~ /bad-file\.js\z/
        full_path = Rails.application.assets.resolve(path).to_path
        app_assets_path = Rails.root.join('app', 'assets').to_path
        if full_path.starts_with? app_assets_path
          puts "including asset: " + full_path
          true
        else
          puts "excluding asset: " + full_path
          false
        end
      else
        false
      end
    end

You might also do it in a simple way, I tested it a little, not the same name.
config.assets.precompile = [/^((?!bad-file\.js).)*$/]

That mean the file path should not contain the substring "bad-file.js". You can improve the regexp more accurately, add the directory information or something.

A: In your production.rb file try adding this.
config.assets.precompile += %w( bad-file.js )

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Imagine missing Heaven by 30 feet . . . all that was asked of Lazarus was to "act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with his God", but he missed it by 30 feet.
This event in John 12 happened the same weekend as Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. It was the critical event in turning Judas against Jesus and turning the crowds to Jesus. It is one of the Bible's best studies in extravagant gratitude and what it may cost us to be grateful.
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More environmental rollbacks moving through West Virginia's Legislature
Lawmakers want to weaken legislation meant to prevent chemical spills and postpone implementing new water quality standards.
by Erin Beck March 8th, 2021 March 8th, 2021
The storage tanks at Freedom Industries that leaked in 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
Another year, another effort by West Virginia lawmakers to weaken environmental regulations.
Lawmakers are pushing one bill through the Legislature that would allow more pollutants, including cancer-causing chemicals, in West Virginia rivers and streams.
Another bill speeding through the Capitol would further weaken landmark chemical tank safety rules — passed after the 2014 spill at Freedom Industries near Charleston that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people — by excluding the natural gas industry from the regulation.
West Virginia lawmakers have said they want to focus this year on bringing people to the state — and a plan to eliminate the income tax depends on growing the population.
But as they focus on relaxing restrictions on industries, there's been no action on bills to lessen the negative impacts of the natural gas industry on West Virginia residents' quality of life, including legislation that would make natural gas operators place their wells, and the associated traffic and construction noise, farther from homes.
Chipping away at storage tank regulation
House Bill 2598, sponsored by Del. John Kelly, R-Wood, would finally give the oil and gas industries what they've wanted for years — a sweeping exemption from the Above Ground Storage Tank Act. That measure became law in 2014 in response to the Freedom Industries chemical spill.
Among other provisions, the act requires professional inspections of the tanks every three years and updated spill response plans every five years. During those inspections, professional engineers and certified inspectors, who are registered with the Department of Environmental Protection, assess whether the tank is likely to spill.
While West Virginia lawmakers have already exempted many oil and gas industry tanks from the law, this year's bill exempts an additional 887 tanks, according to the West Virginia DEP. Those tanks are in areas deemed most dangerous because they are closest to intakes and therefore most likely to contaminate the drinking water supply.
West Virginians gather at the Capitol. Photo courtesy Angie Rosser.
In an emailed statement, Kelly said the bill would make the law more fair to oil and gas companies. And bill proponents have tried to assuage concerns, saying the tanks in question are small and contain brine.
But the tanks sometimes hold thousands of gallons. The Freedom Industries spill that contaminated the water was about 11,000 gallons, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
And while brine can also be harmful to human health, DEP Deputy Secretary Scott Mandirola told lawmakers that only 12% of the tanks contain just brine.
During the House Health Committee meeting Thursday, Mandirola also told lawmakers the DEP doesn't support the bill in its current form, and that some of the chemicals in the tanks that would become exempt from regulation are known carcinogens.
If the bill passes, inspectors from the DEP's Office of Oil and Gas would become responsible for inspecting the tanks in question. That would mean the tanks would likely only be inspected once every 20 years, according to Mandirola.
This also adds more inspection responsibilities to an office that has been drastically underfunded for decades. In 1993, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission reported in its West Virginia State Review that the Office of Oil and Gas lacked inspectors, likely due to less funding from drilling permits, and a follow-up report in 2003 noted that lawmakers still hadn't taken action.
Last year, officials said they expected to have to cut the office's staff by 35%. Last month, lawmakers and environmental groups expressed concern about the number of inspectors in the office.
"[The Office of Oil and Gas is] in a financial free fall," said Angie Rosser, executive director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition. "They've been operating a deficit for several years, so they're laying off staff. They only have 11 inspectors for the whole state and 75,000 wells and 30,000 tanks."
That office is funded through one-time fees on new drilling permits. Del. Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, and Sen. William Ihlenfeld, D-Ohio, have introduced a bill to address the problem by creating an annual fee for well owners (not including well owners who only use the gas to heat their homes), but lawmakers haven't placed the bill on their agendas.
Legislators in the House Health and Human Resources Committee passed the bill on party lines and sent it to the floor for a vote. If the measure passes the House, the bill would also have to pass the state Senate before it would become law.
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, noted last week that he has sponsored some version of this same bill for years, and said it "would keep marginal wells profitable, rather than plugged or abandoned, in which case they become a liability of the state," according to an email from a spokeswoman.
But Karan Ireland, senior campaign representative for Central Appalachia for the Sierra Club, noted that the same bill failed last year, after it was introduced on Jan. 9, the anniversary of the Freedom Industries spill.
Ireland surmised that because the Capitol is closed to the public due to COVID-19, lawmakers may feel more free to pass the bill without scrutiny.
"They don't have to look people in the eye when they're passing it," she said.
As lawmakers are prioritizing relaxing requirements on these storage tanks, legislation to address the problems caused by the oil and gas industry continues to stall. Many West Virginians live with constant light, air and noise pollution and truck traffic from nearby drilling sites.
In 2012 and 2013, Michael McCawley, an environmental scientist and associate professor at West Virginia University, studied the impact of horizontal drilling on nearby communities, including noise and air pollution and health effects, and submitted those studies to the DEP. The DEP made recommendations to address those concerns the following year. Del. Terri Sypolt, R-Preston, has attempted but failed for several years, including so far this year, to pass a bill to address them. Her bill would require companies to monitor their air and noise pollution and implement the maximum available 30 control technology available to limit that pollution, as well as set up their operations farther away from homes.
Similar legislation is regularly introduced and sent to the House Energy and Manufacturing Committee, but never placed on an agenda by Republican leadership. Del. Bill Anderson, R-Wood and the chairman of the energy committee, told ProPublica in 2019 there was no "appetite" for the bills and that "people in the community need to understand the needs of the industry, if we're going to have the benefits in terms of jobs."
Allowing more cancer-causing chemicals in the water
Another measure moving through the Legislature would update pollution standards to allow industries to release higher amounts of some types of chemicals.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency recommended in 2015 that states update water quality standards for 94 pollutants that have human health effects, including ones that could cause cancer and organ damage. Those standards regulate how much of that pollution companies are allowed to release into rivers and streams.
Six years later, West Virginia lawmakers have whittled down that rule and are considering updating just 24 standards, instead.
Even though many of the proponents of the bill represent companies and industries, they have said they support the bill due to scientific reasoning and have focused less on economic impact.
Del. Geoff Foster, R-Putnam and the bill sponsor, said lawmakers are in favor of the rule change based on a review of EPA studies.
Jason Bostic, vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association, was on a workgroup that worked on the rule.
"[The group] looked at the science," he said. "It looked at the individual parameters and it came up with recommendations that they felt best reflected the conditions here."
The West Virginia Manufacturers Association, which Foster said is the leading proponent of the bill, as well as other bill supporters, including the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Chemours Company, and the American Chemistry Council did not respond to requests for comment.
The EPA encourages states to consider state-specific science, and use information like a resident's average fish consumption, water consumption, and body weight to determine to what degree a chemical will build up in the human body.
In fact, that's why the Manufacturers Association said they asked lawmakers to hold off on implementing the standards several years ago: to review state-specific factors, including that West Virginia residents are heavier, drink less water and eat less fish than many other Americans.
But this year's bill includes no state-specific science at all. And while lawmakers are following the EPA's recommendations, based on national data, to lower the permitted level for roughly half of the 24 pollutants and increase the level for the rest, they're ignoring the agency's recommendations for 70 other chemicals.
Rosser, of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, is concerned because some of the chemicals that would remain unregulated are already being discharged into West Virginia waters. She also noted that nothing is stopping West Virginia from implementing only those standards that are protective.
Rosser wants to see lawmakers work on reducing risk when it comes to clean water, so more West Virginians can feel comfortable making decisions that should be healthy ones.
"We should be setting policy that restores our ability to not be limited in the amount of fish we eat and restores our ability to live more healthful lifestyles such as fishing out of our rivers or drinking more water or swimming in our rivers," she said.
Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee rejected efforts by Del. Chad Lovejoy, D-Cabell and the minority chair of the committee, to amend the bill so only water quality standards that lower chemical concentrations allowed in the water would be updated — not those that increased limits.
The bill still has to pass the full House of Delegates and the state Senate before it would become law.
McCawley, said it's an "uncomfortable fact" that even scientists can't make foolproof predictions about whether weakening a particular environmental regulation will or won't result in catastrophe. He also noted that it's important to consider economic impact, but lawmakers must be upfront about what that impact is for West Virginians to decide whether it's worth relaxing regulation.
As lawmakers prepared to once again postpone strengthening dozens of water quality standards, McCawley compared it to the current public health crisis, noting that policy-makers have also "kicked the can down the road" on pandemic prevention for years.
"We have said for years that a pandemic was coming and everybody said, well, the chances of pandemic are pretty small. But if it ever comes, it's gonna be terrible," he said. "Guess what?"


ESPN and all other NBA media outlets are having a field day with the Jamal Murray and Kyrie Irving feud. Well… let me rephrase, the whining and complaining by Kyrie Irving about Jamal Murray. Yeah, that sounds better!
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Boston Celtics, 114-107, on Monday night behind an impeccable scoring effort by Murray. Murray dropped 48 points on the Celtics and was cooking any defender thrown at him. Even Marcus Smart could not help but get crossed up by Murray during that game. While most highlights wanted to focus on the shots Murray made, the main story came from a shot that he did not make.
On the Nuggets' final possession, they had built up a seven-point lead and the Celtics pulled back their defensive efforts. Usually, players either pass the ball around or simply dribble out the remaining clock. Well, Murray did not do that and he hoisted up a 30-footer that ricocheted off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
Nevertheless, shooting in those types of situations is viewed as insulting. The act is not taken kindly by opposing teams or media outlets. Murray's shot was not perceived by Celtics guard Kyrie Irving who grabbed the ball and chucked it into the stands. He claimed Murray's actions were immature and unprofessional, so the ball did not deserve to go to Murray, it deserved to be launched into the Pepsi Center crowd.
There are mixed feelings regarding Murray's actions from Monday night. Many people believe he should not have taken the shot and taken the professional approach by dribbling out the clock. Others believe that Irving is simply being a sore loser and should have not let Murray shoot the ball. I'm going to give my take and explain why Jamal Murray was in the right to shoot the final shot.
Murray was on fire from the field on Monday night. He was finishing at the rim, hitting pull-up jumpers and launching daggers from distance. He was unguardable that night, which ultimately lead to Murray scoring 48 points.
Yes, 48 points is a lot of points and a great number for a scorer of Murray's caliber. However, for all those people who did not play basketball, 48 points is not a 50-piece. Murray wanted the career-high of 50 points and I completely understand his thinking. Go search for any former player's take on this decision and they will agree with Murray's choice.
Is it considered disrespectful since the Celtics basically accepted defeat before the shot. Well… yeah I guess, but I was part of the Pepsi Center crowd that night and we were egging Murray on. We wanted to see him hit the half a century mark as it has not happened for a Nuggets since Carmelo Anthony almost a decade ago! Murray might have been booed (definitely exaggerating) for just dribbling the clock out and accepting a 48-piece.
Regardless of what anyone thinks, Murray took the shot and their is nothing anyone can do about it. People are going to agree with his decision and others will disagree. All I can say is scoring 50 points at the highest level of competitive basketball is not an easy task. So, if Murray finds himself at the doorstep of the 50-point club once again, I'll expect him to shoot it once again.


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First Look At Star Trek Online Ruins Our Sexy Green Alien Fantasies
Meredith Woerner
Click to viewWhat's the point of playing Star Trek Online if you're not going to get to explore green alien hotties? New game play footage of the Star Trek MMO premiered at the ST Convention in Las Vegas this weekend, and while the space shots are strikingly beautiful, the characters themselves leave much to be desired. Click through for the panel video.
I'm sorry, but if exploration is the main focus of this MMO, what's the point if everyone looks like a blocky CG character from the 90s? I need barely clothed green ladies, and I need them now. But besides the predictably bad graphics for an MMO character, the actual landscapes look spot on fantastic.
While I want a little more from my characters in this new Star Trek MMO the Borg ships and varying takes on the Enterprise are interesting. I'm excited to see what new worlds and ships the people over at Cryptic Studios will bring us. That being said according to chief creative officer Jack Emmert, it could be about 3 years until this MMO is released.
Players can look forward to building their own races, ships and crew. Yes, there will be a holodeck, and you will even be allowed to add a holodeck character to your crew.
Star Trek Online Las Vegas Webcast from Cryptic Studios on Vimeo.
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3 freaking years?
What a laugh at an unexcusable error!
As is if the new movie is not bad enough, maybe they want to wait until it's out and has destroyed star trek as we know it, before they release what is clearly shaping up to be the biggest bit of vaporware since duke nukem2.
One more nail in the coffin of star trek by a corporation that fails to respect it's audience.


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Jon Garate Badiola, né le  à Azkoitia (Guipuscoa), est un coureur cycliste espagnol.

Biographie
De 2006 à 2008, Jon Garate court dans l'équipe Caja Rural. Il rejoint ensuite le club basque Bidelan-Kirolgi en 2009. Bon grimpeur, il s'impose sur le championnat du Guipuscoa.

En 2011, il se distingue en réalisant sa meilleure saison chez les amateurs. Il devient champion du Pays basque en ligne à Bergara et réalise de nombreuses places d'honneur dans le calendrier amateur régional ou en Coupe d'Espagne. En mai, il est sélectionné par José Luis de Santos pour participer au Tour des Asturies, sous les couleurs d'une sélection nationale espagnole.

Palmarès
 2009
 Champion du Guipuscoa sur route
  du San Juan Sari Nagusia
  de la Klasika Lemoiz
 2010
  du Tour de La Corogne
  du Gran Premio San Antolín
 2011
 Champion du Pays basque sur route (Pentekostes Saria)
  du Mémorial Cirilo Zunzarren
  du Mémorial Rodríguez Inguanzo
  du San Gregorio Saria
  de la San Martín Proba
  de la Klasika Lemoiz
  du San Juan Sari Nagusia

Notes et références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste espagnol
Coureur cycliste de la communauté autonome du Pays basque
Naissance en janvier 1986
Naissance à Azkoitia

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'use strict';

const _ = require('lodash');
const expect = require('chai').expect;
const injectr = require('injectr');
const sinon = require('sinon');

describe('cli : programmatic-api', () => {
  const deps = {
    './facade/dev': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/init': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/mock': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/package': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/publish': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/preview': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/registry-add': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/registry-ls': sinon.stub().returns(() => {}),
    './facade/registry-remove': sinon.stub().returns(() => {})
  };
  const programmaticApi = injectr(
    '../../dist/cli/programmatic-api.js',
    deps
  ).default;

  const scenarios = [
    { cmd: 'dev', facade: 'dev', dependencies: ['local', 'logger'] },
    { cmd: 'init', facade: 'init', dependencies: ['local', 'logger'] },
    { cmd: 'mock', facade: 'mock', dependencies: ['local', 'logger'] },
    { cmd: 'package', facade: 'package', dependencies: ['local', 'logger'] },
    {
      cmd: 'publish',
      facade: 'publish',
      dependencies: ['local', 'logger', 'registry']
    },
    {
      cmd: 'preview',
      facade: 'preview',
      dependencies: ['local', 'logger', 'registry']
    },
    {
      cmd: 'registry.add',
      facade: 'registry-add',
      dependencies: ['local', 'logger', 'registry']
    },
    {
      cmd: 'registry.ls',
      facade: 'registry-ls',
      dependencies: ['local', 'logger', 'registry']
    },
    {
      cmd: 'registry.remove',
      facade: 'registry-remove',
      dependencies: ['local', 'logger', 'registry']
    }
  ];

  scenarios.forEach(scenario => {
    describe(`cmd: cli.${scenario.cmd}`, () => {
      const fn = _.get(programmaticApi, scenario.cmd);

      it(`should be function`, () => {
        expect(typeof fn).to.equal('function');
        expect(fn.length).to.equal(2);
      });

      it(`should correctly wrap the related facade`, () => {
        fn({}, () => {});
        expect(deps[`./facade/${scenario.facade}`].args[0][0])
          .to.be.an('object')
          .that.has.all.keys(scenario.dependencies);
      });
    });
  });
});