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Author and Chicago State University Associate Professor Quraysh Ali Lansana is raising four sons in gun-addled Chicago. All four of them, one in high school, one in eighth grade and two in elementary school, attend Chicago Public Schools.
"In raising my sons," Lansana says, "I continually teach them to watch their surroundings to be aware of who's around them, keep their valuable items concealed when they're on the train or walking about the city. I'm teaching them how to read a potentially dangerous situation."
Lansana was the Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing from 2002-2011; he's the author of five books of poetry, three textbooks, a children's book, editor of eight anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy—Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy & Social Justice in Classroom & Community, a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee. He has lived in Chicago for 22 years, taught in the Chicago Public Schools for a decade and been on the faculty at Chicago State for eleven years.
"I don't own a gun," Lansana says. "My sons and I have had some conversations about guns. I don't believe in them or support them and my sons know that. I don't allow my sons to play the video games that involve guns. I don't know what they do at their friends' homes but in my house they've never in their lives played with video games that involve shooting things. So they know me and my wife's stance on guns and at this point to my knowledge that's the way they live.
Lansana says he doesn't think there are any quick fixes to the staggering, debilitating number of murders in Chicago the last five years, but he does not believe most are gang-related.
"I think the majority of the shootings are business and territory related. And I think they are related to the underworld or black market economy. The gangs are secondary to that."
He believes the root of the problem is a lack of hope and a lack of opportunity for young people in the city.
"It's about jobs," he says. "It's about productive outlets for young people after school. It's about hope. It's simple desperation. I'm not saying that gang culture isn't vibrant and alive in the city– it very much is. What I am saying is that I believe that the majority of the shootings and murders that have happened in the city are connected to entrepreneurship, the underground economy. I see it as a historic perpetuation of the entrenched savage inequities that continue to exist between black folks and the dominant culture and that hasn't changed very much."
Lansana says a lot of young people see the professions as unattainable, even with an African American president.
"We want to look at what Barack Obama achieved," he says "and hang on to that. We're proud of Oprah and we're proud of the president, but in truth, most of us aren't living anywhere close to that."
He says young people are often looking for the easy way out of the financial difficulties they face.
"i think it's much easier for a young man," he says, "who grows up in the south side of Chicago and walks outside and sees June Bug on the corner with a wad of money and the freshest gear who is giving out dollar bills to kids so they can buy candy, or paying for the promising hoop stars' gym shoes–giving them $100 so they can get a new pair of gym shoes—a young person who sees June Bug doing that sees that it's easier to access that kind of lifestyle and be a hero to a hood. They don't see being a professor, or an attorney as something they can achieve.
"[Writer and educator] Jawanza Kunjufu says that if we don't get them before 6th grade, they're gone. I say if they don't know how to read by 3rd grade, then everything is going to be difficult from there on out. And then it becomes a question of how much they're going to apply themselves to work through the difficulty or not.
Lansana says the students he teaches at Chicago State are struggling to make it out of their dire financial straits through education. The median age at Chicago State is 26; over 80 percent of the student population is African American, and 70 percent of the student population is single mothers.
"At CSU," Lansana continues "when we ask: 'Raise your hand if you're the first person to attend college in your family', generally 75-80 percent of the hands go up, if not more. And a large segment of our student body has been affected by some sort of gun violence. It has everything to do with where the college is located and the overwhelming majority of our students are graduates of Chicago Public Schools.
Lansana describes one class of his at CSU the weekend after the Trayvon Martin story became national news. There were a series of shootings in Chicago over that weekend including the murder of a 2 year old girl. In class that Monday, Lansana had a conversation with his largely African American composition class. He asked why thousands of people marched in Sanford Florida, but no one was marching in Chicago about the 2 year old getting killed.
"And my students told me because the Trayvon Martin shooting had to do with race. And I said: So the shootings over the weekend in Chicago didn't have to do with race?" Lansana contends that the black on black violence in Chicago is related to racial inequalities as well.
His students said: 'In Chicago, if it doesn't involve me or mine it doesn't matter because it happens every day,' —a mentality that resonates in a poem Lansana offers from his latest book, mystic turf (Willow Books 2013)
dead dead
heat on the southside
last night, police cordoned the four square
blocks surrounding my house in pursuit of a thug
who unloaded on the shell of a gangsta
in the funeral parlor filled with formaldehyde
and lead. black folks scattered, staining
complicated streets. i settle in for summer:
the maze to the front door, running teens
from my stoop smelling of weed and tragedy
reminding my sons they are not sources
of admiration, praying that might change. not yet
june heat rises like the murder rate, gleam
and pop already midnight's bitter tune
fifteen years ago, tyehimba jess
told me about a funeral home
with a drive through window.
you pull up, push a call button
through bulletproof glass a friendly
somber attendant takes your request.
moments later, casket open
your order appears for review.
at the time i thought it inhumane.
now i think about the abstraction
of friendship while counting bullets.
is there an extra dead?
what is the term for dying again
when already? killing chi?
and what of the corpses that walk
my block in the anonymity
of black skin and white tees
filled with fluid?
Makkada B. Selah is a journalist based in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
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Relegated United came from 2-0 down to draw 3-3 at Tannadice.
"The first goal's a corner - these are situations you practice, we give out roles and responsibilities and it's very unfortunate when you lose a goal because of that," said Young.
"Every coach and manager will tell you that's really frustrating."
Young said he challenged those leaving the club to "leave a lasting memory" for supporters in what will be their last match at Tannadice.
The interim boss also praised young duo Mattie Smith and Justin Johnson for their contributions, the latter grabbing the stoppage-time leveller.
"Mattie Smith's an explosive type of player, he's got the right character," Young told BBC Scotland. "When I came at first, he'd been injured and (former manager) Mixu (Paatelainen) and I liked how he went about his business.
"Justin Johnson has got pace, which is so difficult to play against. He needs a bit of work - he'll be the first to admit that - but the idea to get a wide player the ball and let him take people on changes the dimension of the game.
"By that point, you've abandoned your defensive responsibilities and we're asking him to be offensive and explosive and he was all of those things."
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald said his side must eliminate slack periods from their play.
"I just felt we should've seen the game out," he said. "These things matter. It's something we need to work on to move the club forward. We can't have these lapses.
"We'd one two weeks ago against Inverness when we lost four goals with some similar defending."
Looking ahead to next season, Archibald said the club's primary aim was to avoid relegation, adding that he only needs to add "two or three players" to his squad.
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Nested bean definition looks like below but gets
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Inner beans are always anonymous and they are always created with the outer bean. It is not possible to inject inner beans into collaborating beans other than into the enclosing bean.

In the second case EntityManagerFactoryBean is not an inner bean and can be used by any other bean.

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Trikolpater är den största gruppen bland gömfröväxterna. De kallas också eudikotyledoner (de "sant" tvåhjärtbladiga). Namnet anger att dessa växters pollen har tre svagare punkter, colpae, (aperturer) i pollenets skal. Aperturer har funktionen att släppa ut pollenslangen, så att den kan föra den manliga könscellen till ägget, som finns nere i fröämnet under pistillen.

Trikolpaterna är indelade på följande sätt:
 "Rottrikolpater"
 Rosider
 Eurosider I (fabider)
 Eurosider II (malvider)
 Asterider
 Euasterider I (lamiider)
 Euasterider II (campanulider)

De två huvudgrupperna är rosider och asterider, men det finns några ordningar som inte ingår i någon av dessa. Hur ordningarna och familjer som ingår i dessa är placerade finns i Lista över växtfamiljer efter ordning.

De flesta av de familjer som tidigare räknades till "tvåhjärtbladiga" ingår i klassen Trikolpater.

I vissa sammanhang kan en alternativ benämning på trikolpaterna vara Rosopsida.

Externa länkar
 Eudicotar hos Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
 APGII-systemet för klassificering av blomväxter

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Welsh splendour from the early 80s... iechyd dda!
This article was first published in February 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That Time Forgot' series. We are running the full series again to mark the recent re-birth of Commodore. Thus far we've featured the Acorn Electron, the BBC Micro, the Commodore 64, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Vic-20. Here Graham Hayday reminds us that, though the kids loved the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro, his memories of the Dragon 32 aren't quite so fond.
Christmas, 1983. I wanted a computer to play games on. My parents wanted a computer I could learn to program on.
The result: I ended up with a Dragon 32.
My mum and dad believed its keys were much more grown-up than the Spectrum's rubber horrors and it must therefore have been a far more serious machine.
And in one way they were right: the games on it were rubbish, but sadly for them this didn't propel me into a life of programming.
In fact I spent most of my time round at my mates' houses playing on their Spectrums and Commodore 64s. They could play Manic Miner in colour and everything - unlike Dragon 32 users.
The Dragon 32 hit the shelves in August 1982 (see a pictorial reminder of the dear old thing here). It was made by a Welsh company called Dragon Data, which at the time was a subsidiary of toy outfit Mettoy.
Although the workings of the 32k machine bore a suspicious resemblance to a load of technology originally invented by Tandy (including the chipset, keyboard layout, cartridge connection and joystick ports), Dragon somehow avoided legal action and soon became Wales' favourite corporate son. It used a Motorola 6809 processor, which apparently did make life easy for programmers.
The company soon received a timely boost from its rivals: Acorn and even the mighty Sinclair were hit by supply problems, and, thanks to some heavy promotion by Boots the Chemist, Dragon 32s were flying off the shelves. A 'proper' computer for around £170: bargain.
Indeed, come spring 1983, over 40,000 units had been shipped from the factory in the Valleys (well, Port Talbot), making Dragon Data the largest privately held company in Wales.
Ah yes, the joysticks. Within days of me excitedly pulling the strangely butterscotch-coloured unit from its squeaky polystyrene packaging, I'd bent one of them to a 70 degree angle. Most straws have more strength in them than the average Dragon joystick.
But as I say, I didn't really play games on it all that often. Horace Goes Skiing was an embarrassment. Manic Miner (in black and white) didn't have the gameplay of the Spectrum version (but at least I knew the cheat to get unlimited lives).
If anyone had attempted to write an athletics game which required the frenetic joystick waggling familiar to all Commodore users, then the future of the company would have been secured by the huge demand for replacement peripherals alone.
But sadly, its future was anything but secure. In fact its finances had been shaky from the word go. As early as December 1982, parent company Mettoy was in deep trouble, which forced Dragon Data into a refinancing exercise. It went independent and raised money from various sources, including the Welsh Development Agency, which ended up owning 23 per cent of the company.
Prutech - an investment arm of insurance giant the Prudential - owned a further 42 per cent, and arranged for a heavyweight former GEC executive to join the company. He came on board in summer '83 in the hope he could turn round its far from rosy fortunes.
He certainly tried. In August, the £225 Dragon 64 was launched in the US, and came to the UK in November. The more powerful machine was grey instead of butterscotch, no doubt signalling the company's intent to be seen as a manufacturer of serious computers.
There was even talk of a Dragon 128, but the UK was never to see such a beast. Despite healthy sales of the 64 model, the company was still stuck in the financial mire. GEC tried to take a stronger grip on the company by moving it even higher up the computing food chain, but that failed too.
In fact, in July 1984, things got so bad that Dragon Data filed for bankruptcy. GEC and Tandy both sniffed around its assets, but Eurohard, a Spanish company, snapped it up for a reputed £1m.
Eurohard talked a good talk. The bulk of production moved to Spain. Dragon 32s and 64s continued to sell well in their new home country France and Israel also had a minor love affair with the hardware.
Eurohard even attempted a BBC Micro-style educational push in Spain with the Dragon. It went on to release a touch-tablet machine under the Dragon brand (but that, cleverly, wasn't compatible with the Dragon itself). Rumours of the 128k monster continued to circulate for a while, but then things went strangely quiet. And remained that way.
From 1985 onwards, Eurohard slowly closed all of its Spanish operations. The retail numbers weren't quite as spectacular as the world had been led to believe.
By May 1987, all the factories were all shut.
The final nail in the coffin came in 1988, when Microdeal, which wrote more Dragon titles than any other software house, pulled out of the market altogether.
And that, misty eyed reader, was that.
My own Dragon is still around. It's up in my parents' loft, reminding them cruelly that their son didn't use it as they intended. I didn't become a programmer, and so am never likely to be able to keep them in a manner to which they aren't accustomed.
Despite the years of neglect, it still works: on a recent visit to my mum and dad's I dusted it off, plugged it into the TV, attached a rickety old cassette player to it, typed CLOADM, waited a few, long minutes for the tape to do its thing and lo: the opening page of Chuckie Egg popped up. I loved that game.
But in the end, Dragon's tale is one of lofty ambitions poorly executed. Its several owners misread the mass market (which wanted games, not easy-to-program machines) and also failed to become the 'serious' computer of choice: that accolade undoubtedly belonged to the BBC Micro, thanks to its brand and the cunning schools tie-up.
Nevertheless, Dragon gave us all a great story. Long may the remaining machines breathe fire.


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Album review: Little Dragon Season High
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Little Dragon's fifth album Season High opens with 'Celebrate', a song that appears to be an homage to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lee Lewis' titanic, electronic pop-soul productions which dominated the mid-80s through to the early 90s. In particular it seems hungry to imitate the work of the Jam and Lewis' definitive front woman, Janet Jackson. It ticks lots of the appropriate sonic boxes including whispered announcements ('it's your birthday') and Oriental synth motives, but doesn't come close to either creating something new or worthy, if considered solely as a nostalgic tribute. It's Season High's most disingenuous moment and nothing else here sounds like it. There are some good moments here, admittedly, but Little Dragon have always struggled to make their tasteful music sound compelling, encouraging full attention with a desire to repeat-play.
Season High is a short, 10-track album. There is no sense of the Gothenburg-based band having a plan for how the album might sound as a whole and sonically this presents challenges which are hard to shake off. Over their career Little Dragon have, often brilliantly, veered between a lush and mid-tempo trip-hop groove, considered by many to be their successful signature sound, and more experimental, electronic pop. Lead singer Yukimi Nagona has a recognisable and soothing soul voice and has been heard on so many collaborations that it's hard to remember which of these belong to her group and which are credited to another artist. She doesn't dominate other artists' recordings, morphing effortlessly into collaborators' ideas of what they want to project, but this can be unhelpful when it comes to Little Dragon's own creations.
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'Pop Life' and 'Why Should I' are both minor, odd-ball synth-pop songs that are socially diverting but contain little in the way of a tune. 'Why Should I' uses The Pet Shop Boys' signature keyboard riffs and cuts itself short before anything of note happens and 'Pop Life', the better of the two, draws unfortunate comparisons to Robyn's 'Call Your Girlfriend' – borrowing from a far superior, modern pop classic isn't a particularly smart move unless you can measure up to it significantly. On both of these tracks, Nagona is hard to hear, muffled or sampled to the point of merging with the synths and sequencers and this is a mistake. Little Dragon's best work has been dependant on her vocal being full-centre and up close, when presented with quality material she wonderfully swells and guides a mood to the point of it becoming a beautiful and strange trance where she appointed pied piper.
Season High pretty much continues in this throwaway vein. Push is a runway song that is a mistake very much in the vein of other runway songs (Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga and Rihanna are proof Little Dragon are in good company here) and Strobe Light is (surprise!) about dancing in a club which disastrously fizzles out just as the chorus arrives. When they finally deliver the good stuff – 'Butterfly', 'Don't Cry' and 'High' are all broodingly bold with sturdy melodic structures – it's a case of too little, too late.
Season High is a nice record, a pleasant album to play when you have company round and don't wish to turn the house upside down or be distracted by music playing in the background. Little Dragon are definitely much more than that. Their 2009 sophomore album, Machine Dreams, may not be faultless but is an immersive and gorgeous collection of weird hymns. Season High is the sound of them running on elegantly detached autopilot.
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3 Key Principles for Cybersecurity in the New Utilities Sphere
The utilities sector, as with virtually every other industry, is undergoing thorough technical disruption. Advancements in analytics and end-user technologies offer a world of opportunities for utility companies—and all this before 5G connectivity goes mainstream.
But as new technology provides business opportunities, it also opens up a new world of risks, often unmanaged in more traditional businesses such as utilities.
With the adoption of more connective technologies—especially those that are closer to the end-user in the distribution chain, such as smart meters—this creates more avenues for sophisticated cyberattacks. A recent survey of utility companies from Siemens and the Ponemon Institute notes that cyber risk "is worsening, with potential for severe financial, environmental, and infrastructure damage." Moreover, when it comes to protecting themselves, industry players tend to be unprepared, or even myopic. The World Economic Forum highlighted this lack of preparedness in its 2019 report, stating, "…security of the Internet of Things was paramount to the success of Industry 4.0."
A digitized, consumer-driven grid is certainly the future of utilities, but companies have no choice but to prepare for the increased potential for exploitation. Cybersecurity, then, should be one of the key pillars to consider ahead of these digital transformation initiatives.
Getting Ahead of Cyber Threats
Regulators have tried to keep pace with these changes as quickly as providers have. For example, the U.S. Department of Energy has already released its ES-C2M2 guidelines to help find a common starting point for utility companies. For almost two decades, utilities have had to comply with the Critical Infrastructure Information Act, but new regulation significantly increases the burden of compliance-focused on the new edge devices. Senate Bills 327, specific to California, sits alongside the new Californian Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) while Senate Bill 734 amplifies the NIST 800-82 standard with the Cyber Security Framework to enshrine the need for security and privacy by design.
This regulation hints at one of the larger challenges of addressing cybersecurity in the utilities sector: digitalization has created a need to horizontally align a vast array of connected devices—many of which are outside utility companies' control—under one security framework. Providers must account for the entire connected utilities value chain, from power generators to smart refrigerators, all with no clear accountability for owning the cybersecurity and compliance burden. The question remains: where does the handshake take place between the device manufacturer and the utilities provider?
To address these risks in the most efficient way possible, utility companies can start by measuring their competence in these key focus areas:
1. Securing smart meters.
Even with all their potential benefits, smart meters make for a particularly vulnerable asset because they're a primary touchpoint between consumer and provider. There's currently no industry-wide standard for smart meter security, so every utility company must take its cybersecurity infrastructure into account while drafting up a plan to make these devices as secure as possible. As a result, adherence to new IoT Security regulations often occurs in a disjointed and individualistic manner. This process bears no resemblance to other leading economies where industry-wide agreements ensure a standardized and unified approach to solving the industry-wide paradigm.
2. Bringing consumers into the fold.
Another major disruptor in the digitalized utilities industry is more consumer-generated power production. As end-user generation devices such as solar panels become increasingly integrated into the grid, they'll need to be secured, as well.
Utility companies should deliver clear standards and pursue collaboration with customers to ensure all potential entry points to the grid are secure. In doing so, utility companies will also have to consider the end-to-end responsibility for security management. For example. the individual households installing these devices are unlikely to deploy adequate security controls to meet enterprise demands. Therefore, overlay security solutions will be required to protect enterprise-managed assets.
3. Staying up-to-date on information technology security.
While preventing new cyber threats is critical, focus shouldn't move away from current risks. Utility companies should make sure IT infrastructures have the necessary safeguards to handle the technological demands of a more connected grid with minimal risk.
Remember that innovative security solutions such as biometrics or embedded pattern recognition will soon become the industry standard. Companies have no choice but to ensure they are secure—this will lead utilities organisations to enhance previous physical security regimes to become cyber-physical in focus.
Cybersecurity is just one pillar for utility companies to consider during a holistic digital transformation. For more insights, read Wipro's deep dive on Smart Grid and Utilities Transformation or contact us today for expert insight on how you can secure your operations.
Geoff Jue
Vice President and Head of NA Utilities Wipro Limited
Geoff Jue is Wipro's Vice President and Head of Utilities for the Americas. Geoff is chartered with growing the industry practice by driving client value and business outcomes, delivery excellence, continuous innovation, and building meaningful relationships.
Geoff is well known in the utilities industry with over 39 years of experience – 21 years in management consulting leading regional and global sales, solutions, marketing, and delivery teams for Wipro LLC, HCL Technologies, Accenture, and IBM; and 18 years in various executive positions at PG&E Corporate as well as running T&D operations, customer service, and retail operations. Geoff also served as CIO to Xcel Energy for 3 years.
Geoff received his MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley, and Certificate in Total Quality Management from UC Berkeley. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at the San Francisco Playhouse, a non-profit theatre in San Francisco. He is based out of San Francisco.
Mark Brown
Partner & Global Practice Head – OT & IoT Security Wipro Limited
Mark leads Wipro's cybersecurity focus globally on OT & IoT Security and manages a practice offering an end-to-end capability across Industry 4.0 and OT/IoT and IT convergence.
Mark joined Wipro in February 2019 from his previous role as global CIO/CTO at Spectris plc and has extensive international and sectoral experience across many facets of technology leadership. He has previously been a global Fortune 50 CISO, global Fortune 500 CIO and for 4 years led EY's UK & Ireland Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Business Resilience advisory and assurance consulting practice.
Mark's experience in global technology strategy, cybersecurity and digital transformation enables him to provide insightful, pragmatic advice to clients on the paradigm of right-sizing Information security within business.
An industry-recognised leader in his field, Mark is regularly asked to present at international Information security and technology risk conferences and delivers thought leadership on how he has developed and implemented global technology and cyber security strategies, transforming the function from reactive IT functions, to pro-active business enablement functions. In 2011, he was recognised as SC Magazine Europe's Information Security Person of the Year.
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The need for Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) applications has seen immense growth throughout the IT boom. Initially these applications were very rudimentary, handling physical commodity deal capture and limited in terms of lack of mid and back ofce processing capabilities.
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[Updated] Emergency services responded to a shooting incident early this morning [Dec 29] at the St. David's Cricket Club property, where Bernews unofficially understands, a man has been shot and transported to King Edward Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
Multiple police vehicles and armed officers can be seen in the area. Further details are limited at this time, however we will update as able.
Update 3.00am: A police spokesperson said, "Police responded to a report of a firearms incident that took place at 1:40am in St Davids.
"Upon police arrival it was ascertained that a male was standing outside of the St. Davids Cricket Club when a man walked up and shot him.
"The suspect left the area and the victim was taken to the hospital via the ambulance and his condition is unknown at this time.
"The area has now been cordoned whilst the scene is being processed.
Update 7.47am: A St David's County Cricket Club spokesperson said, "The Executive Management of the St David's County Cricket Club Inc. would like to express their sincere regrets to the incident of antisocial behavior that took place at our facility during the early hours of Saturday December 29th 2018, during our annual Christmas Party which has ultimately resulted in one of our patrons being sent to hospital.
"Our hearts and minds are currently on those who have been impacted negatively by this event. The Executive want to encourage everyone no matter what part of our great island you may reside to join us in directing prayers and positive thoughts to the recovery of the injured young man and to the comfort of his family.
"The Executive wants to ensure the public that the safety of all that visit our facility is always paramount. We take violent events such as these very seriously and we made sure that every possible security measure was in place.
"Please note that after the event was made known, the management along with the hired security company and some very fast acting patrons immediately engaged in appropriate protocols by making sure the authorities were notified, the injured young man was receiving medical attention and the remaining patrons were safe. Our event stopped immediately and the venue was closed.
"The Executive Management of the St David's County Cricket Club Inc. and its Membership will not tolerate any antisocial behavior at our club or in our community. We will continue to strive for the safety of all patrons that come to our facility; that come to our home.
"We want to take this time to thank everyone for their fast thinking during this time of crisis. We are especially grateful for the fast response of the members of the public that immediately administered medical attention.
"As always, we look forward to welcoming the general public to more positive community-based events at our facility. Please be assured that we are assisting the Bermuda Police Service regarding this incident to the fullest of our ability.
Update 8.09am: A police spokesperson said, "The shooting victim is in gravely critical condition. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Serious Crime Unit on 295-0011, or the independent and confidential Crime Stoppers hotline on 800-8477″.


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One of the ways to live a good and happy life is to invest into your future. Real estate is a form of long term business you can do and it's not complicated as you may think. The real estate market is huge and beat most investment baskets in the long run.
For example, some recent predictions for the Atlanta real estate market showed that houses would gain more value next year. Another prediction suggested a rise in value of houses would increase at least 3.5% and there are similar predictions on US housing business.
Today, we're going to talk about the applications that would help you to learn about real estate business and how you can find your dream house. With these apps, you'd find profitable houses to acquire and sell for good fortune in the future.
Before, you've to listen to media, subscribe to premium investment publication before you can have access to qualify information on real estate investment opportunities while today, on the other hand, you simply download many real estate apps online. Here you can find million of offers.
With a real estate app, you can search for your dream apartment directly in any chosen area or have new offers immediately sent to your mobile phone with your search order. You can browse more than 50 ad portals at a time with just this app.
Immobilo is another very simple, and overall good to use real estate app. The only downside is that the font is a bit small. The search for real estate is quick and easy: An environmental search is integrated as well as the search in cities, neighborhoods and regions.
You can search for apartments and houses, for rent or purchase. What is needed to be improved here is that you can't even set some interest or use filters to make some preferences like balcony or garden.
In addition, the app could not save our home searches for future purpose. You have to re-enter them every time, for example, if you are looking for house to rent or buy. At least the best search results can be stored on a notepad.
Imminent is another app that shouldn't be overlooked. It has a very neat and clean design that sets itself apart from the other apps and also makes navigation easy. The search surface is clearly structured, providing nice user experience, and all important search functions and selection criteria are available.
Setting, for example, bid price or living space via sliders works comfortably, you can filter for offers with garden or pitch as well as according to senior-friendly apartments or WG rooms.
Unfortunately, there is no possibility to discover commission-free offers. Commercial real estate may not be found in the Immonet app, but anyone who is privately looking for a house or apartment will be able to get that.
Immopool's real estate app actually has a good base, but shows too many flaws in programming and operating functions. The app is designed to be relatively simple, and the structure is clear so that everything can be done quickly and easily.


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Arteta wishes Pep was not Arsenal's title foe: 'I want the best for him!'
Pep Guardiola used to be Mikel Arteta's mentor, but they are now competing for the same trophies.
Mikel Arteta is not enjoying battling Pep Guardiola for honours, describing the "challenge" he faces in taking on someone he considers a close friend.
Arteta spent three-and-a-half years as Guardiola's assistant at Manchester City before taking the manager's job at Arsenal.
After finishing eighth, eighth and fifth in the Premier League in his first three seasons in charge at the Emirates Stadium, Arteta has only now put together a team capable of matching City.
Arsenal are five points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand against Guardiola's second team.
However, it is not easy for Arteta to see City suffer given his attachment to the former boss.
Ahead of the two teams' FA Cup tie, their first meeting this season, Arteta said: "I'd rather do it with someone else to be fair.
"I want the best for him, really the best for him, and when you're challenging like that, something in between will come.
"It's a strange feeling. It is what it is and that's our challenge."
With City being the standard-bearers of English football, Arteta knew this day would come if he was going to turn Arsenal into rivals once again.
"I always hoped that one day it would happen, and this season it's happening," he said.
"Of course, that doesn't change any of the friendships, the moments we had, how important he is in my life, how important he is in my profession.
"We both want to win and defend our clubs in the best possible way. It's always been that way from day one."
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Eco Watch: "What Does China's 'Ecological Civilization' Mean for Humanity's Future?"
February 16, 2018 /in News, News & Media, Resources /by Yossi Behar
Imagine a newly elected president of the United States calling in his inaugural speech for an "ecological civilization" that ensures "harmony between human and nature." Now imagine he goes on to declare that "we, as human beings, must respect nature, follow its ways, and protect it" and that his administration will "encourage simple, moderate, green, and low-carbon ways of life, and oppose extravagance and excessive consumption." Dream on, you might say. Even in the more progressive Western European nations, it's hard to find a political leader who would make such a stand.
And yet, the leader of the world's second largest economy, Xi Jinping of China, made these statements and more in his address to the National Congress of the Communist Party in Beijing last October. He went on to specify in more detail his plans to "step up efforts to establish a legal and policy framework … that facilitates green, low-carbon, and circular development," to "promote afforestation," "strengthen wetland conservation and restoration" and "take tough steps to stop and punish all activities that damage the environment." Closing his theme with a flourish, he proclaimed that "what we are doing today" is "to build an ecological civilization that will benefit generations to come." Transcending parochial boundaries, he declared that his Party's abiding mission was to "make new and greater contributions to mankind … for both the well-being of the Chinese people and human progress."
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EU Commissioner for Justice calls on Russia to release Sentsov
EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova in a letter to Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov has called for the release of imprisoned Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova has said on Facebook.
"I have received a letter from Ukraine's representative to the EU Mykola Tochytskyi. He reported on an appeal from EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova to Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov. Vera Jourova calls for the release of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov from a Russian prison. She insists that Ukraine's representatives and I as an ombudsman be granted access to him and that an independent group of doctors provide him with the necessary medical assistance," Denisova wrote.
She added that she and the international community were waiting for a speedy response from the Russian minister.
"The appeal of the EU Commissioner is another step towards the return of all captives of the Kremlin to Ukraine, to their loved ones," the ombudsman added.
As Ukrinform reported, Sentsov, illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison on trumped-up charges of terrorist activities, on May 14 this year declared an endless hunger strike demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia.
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O casamento de Henrique de Sussex e Meghan Markle foi um evento da família real britânica que ocorreu em 19 maio de 2018. A cerimônia teve lugar na Capela de São Jorge, no Castelo de Windsor, Windsor, Inglaterra. O noivo, príncipe Henrique, é neto da rainha Isabel II. A noiva, Meghan Markle, é uma atriz norte-americana.

O casal

O noivo, Henrique de Gales, é o segundo filho de Carlos, Príncipe de Gales e Diana, Princesa de Gales, e desde 2022, quinto na linha de sucessão à sua avó, Isabel II. A noiva, Meghan Markle, é uma atriz norte-americana que era uma das protagonistas da série Suits.

O casal mantém relacionamento desde junho de 2016, entretanto a relação só veio a público em setembro do mesmo ano. Em 8 de novembro, uma declaração oficial foi divulgada pelo secretário de comunicações da família real para enfrentar a "onda de abuso e assédio" dirigida a Markle que seguiu o anúncio de seu relacionamento com o príncipe Henrique.

Markle é a segunda norte-americana e a primeira pessoa multirracial a se casar com um membro da família real britânica. Após o casamento, o casal viverá em Nottingham Cottage, no palácio do Kensington Palace.

Anúncio de noivado

Em 27 de novembro de 2017, anunciou-se que Markle e Príncipe Henrique se tornaram noivos e se casariam no início de 2018. No dia seguinte houve o anúncio de que a cerimônia seria realizada em maio de 2018 e tomaria lugar na Capela de São Jorge, no Castelo de Windsor, Windsor, Inglaterra.

A rainha Isabel II e o príncipe Filipe expressaram publicamente sua aprovação ao casamento, enquanto diversos líderes políticos, incluindo Theresa May e Jeremy Corbyn parabenizaram o casal pelo anúncio. Após o anúncio, o casal concedeu uma entrevista exclusiva a Mishal Husain da BBC News, na qual Markle vestia um vestido cor esmeralda da grife italiana P.A.R.O.S.H e um sobretudo branco da marca canadense Line the Label. Horas após a transmissão, o site da empresa saiu do ar temporariamente por não suportar o volume de acessos.

Markle é a segunda estadunidense e a primeira pessoa de raça mista a casar-se com um membro da família real britânica. O anúncio do noivado provocou muitos comentários sobre o possível significado social (ou insignificância) de Meghan Markle tornar-se um membro da realeza orgulhosamente de raça mista.

Sob os termos do Ato de Sucessão de 2013, os seis primeiros na linha de sucessão ao trono devem receber o consentimento do soberano para contrair matrimônio. Henrique era o quinto na linha de sucessão quando do anúncio de seu casamento. O consentimento real foi declarado ao Conselho Privado do Reino Unido em 14 de março de 2018.

Apesar de ter frequentado uma escola particular católica em sua juventude, Markle afirma não ser católica romana. Em 6 de março de 2018, Markle foi batizada e confirmada na Igreja de Inglaterra pelo Arcebispo da Cantuária Justin Welby em cerimônia privada no Palácio de St. James. Desde 2002, a Igreja Anglicana não proíbe o casamento de pessoas divorciadas com cônjuge ainda vivo, como é o caso de Markle, divorciada desde 2013. Com o início do noivado, Markle deu início ao processo de adesão à cidadania britânica, sendo que o Palácio de Kensington não informou se ela manterá dupla cidadania. Manter a cidadania estadunidense causaria complexidade para a realeza britânica, já que suas finanças estariam sob jurisdição do Internal Revenue Service. No fim de 2017, o casal foi convidado a celebrar o Natal juntamente com a rainha em Sandringham House.

Casamento

Planejamento
Ao contrário do Casamento de Guilherme de Gales e Catherine Middleton, em 2011, o governo britânico não declarou a data do casamento de Henrique e Meghan Markle como feriado. O casamento ocorreu no mesmo dia da final da Copa da Inglaterra, que normalmente conta com a presença de Guilherme enquanto presidente da The Football Association. A realização do casamento em um sábado quebrou a tradição da realeza britânica de casar-se em dia de semana. Em 12 de fevereiro de 2018, o Palácio de Kensington anunciou que a cerimônia teria início ao meio-dia (horário local).

Local
O casamento ocorreu no sábado, 19 de maio de 2018, na Capela de São Jorge, no Castelo de Windsor. A tradicional capela já havia abrigado o casamento do Conde de Wessex (tio de Henrique) e Peter Philips (primo), em 1999 e 2008, respectivamente. Em 2005, o local sediou a cerimônia particular de casamento do Príncipe de Gales e a Duquesa da Cornualha.

Custos
A família real britânica anunciou que arcaria com as despesas do casamento de Henrique e Markle. Os custos do bolo, florista e buffet foram estimados em 50 mil, 110 mil e 286 mil libras esterlinas, respectivamente; enquanto o custo total margeia os 32 milhões de libras. Os custos com segurança foram menores do que o casamento dos duques de Cambridge em 2011. O Real Borough de Windsor e Maidenhead divulgou gastos de 2,6 milhões de libras na limpeza e reorganização de suas vias públicas após o evento.

Trajes de casamento

Festa de casamento

Em 26 de abril de 2018, o Palácio de Kensington anunciou que Henrique havia convidado seu irmão, Guilherme, a ser seu padrinho de casamento. Inicialmente não havia sido confirmado se Guilherme deixaria de comparecer à final da Copa da Inglaterra, a qual costuma comparecer como presidente da The Football Association. Em dezembro de 2017, no entanto, o Palácio de Kensington publicou uma nota informando que o horário da cerimônia não impediria a presença de Guilherme no evento esportivo. Contudo, em março, o Duque de Cambridge confirmou sua ausência na final do evento.

Especulou-se se Jessica Mulroney, amiga da noiva, seria sua dama de honra. No início de maio de 2018, não havia ainda confirmação sobre esta hipótese e que as madrinhas e os pajens seriam todos crianças. Um total de dez madrinhas e pajens foram selecionados, cinco da noiva e cinco do noivo: dois afilhados de Markle, Rylan e Remi Ritt, bem como Brian, John e Ivy Mulroney; enquanto Henrique escolheu seus sobrinhos Jorge e Carlota, além de seus afilhados Florence van Cutsem, Zalie Warren e Jasper Dyer.

Em 18 de maio, o Palácio de Kensington informou que o Príncipe de Gales acompanharia Markle na entrada nupcial, após a confirmação de que Thomas Markle não compareceria ao casamento devido uma cirurgia no coração recente. A noiva passou a noite anterior ao casamento com sua mãe em Cliveden House, enquanto o noivo passou a noite juntamente com seu irmão em Coworth Park Hotel. Markle foi acompanhada até ao local do casamento por sua mãe.

Aproximadamente 250 membros das Forças Armadas do Reino Unido participaram do cerimonial, a maioria dos quais servem em unidades relacionadas de alguma maneira a Henrique:

 Membros da Household Cavalry serviram de escolta para os cortejos reais.
 Armação de rua foi provida por:
 1.º Batalhão, Irish Guards
 1.º Batalhão, Royal Gurkha Rifles
 Marinha Real Britânica
 Royal Marines
 RAF Honington

Cerimônia religiosa
A cerimônia religiosa foi conduzida com base na liturgia cristã para o casamento descrita no Livro de Oração Comum da Igreja de Inglaterra, igreja-mãe da Comunhão Anglicana.

Às 8 da manhã (horário local), as dependências do Castelo de Windsor passaram a receber os primeiros espectadores. A congregação e os convidados principais chegaram ao local às 9h30, seguidos pelos membros da Família Real. A rainha e o duque de Edimburgo foram os últimos membros da família real a partir para a cerimônia, uma antiga tradição, chegando às 11h52 da manhã. Logo em seguida, Markle chegou ao local acompanhada dos pajens e damas de honra. Markle foi acompanhada pelo Príncipe de Gales ao longo da capela até ao altar.

A tia materna de Henrique, Baronea Fellowes, leu um trecho de Cântico dos Cânticos em uma Bíblia cristã. O Deão de Windsor, David Conner, conduziu a cerimônia enquanto o Arcebispo da Cantuária Justin Welby realizou os atos principais. Entre os celebrantes esteve o bispo Michael Curry da Igreja Episcopal dos Estados Unidos (a autoridade estadunidense da comunhão anglicana). Em sua homilia de 14 minutos de duração, que citou figuras proeminentes como Martin Luther King Jr. e o jesuíta Teilhard de Chardin (a quem se referiu como "um dos maiores espíritos do século XX"), Curry enfatizou a redenção através do amor; sua extensão imprevista atrasou a cerimônia em oito minutos. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, a Capelã da Rainha, e o arcebispo copta de Londres Anba Angaelos conduziram as preces.

Cerimônia familiar

Convidados
O casamento também contou com a presença dos seguintes convidados:
 Gabriel Macht
 Patrick J. Adams e Troian Bellisario
 David Beckham e Victoria Beckham
 James Blunt e Sofia Wellesley
 Priyanka Chopra
 George e Amal Clooney
 James Corden
 Idris Elba
 Nacho Figueras
 Janina Gavankar
 Will Greenwood
 Tom Hardy e Charlotte Riley
 James Haskell
 Rick Hoffman
 Sir Elton John e David Furnish
 Serena Williams e Alexis Ohanian
 Oprah Winfrey

Presentes de casamento

Como o protocolo da família real impede que sejam aceitos presentes de desconhecidos ou de marcas que possam querer fazer publicidade, o casal devolveu mais de 35 milhões de reais em presentes de casamento. Uma empresa chegou a enviar uma sunga e um biquíni personalizados ao casal, esperando que fossem usados na lua de mel, mas as peças foram devolvidas. Ao invés de presentes, Meghan e Harry pediram que as pessoas fizessem doações a instituições de caridades.

Audiências em Portugal
RTP, SIC, TVI, CMTV e SIC Caras transmitiram o casamento real do ano.

Estas foram as audiências que cada canal conquistou:

 RTP1: 4,2% de rating e 15,4% de share
 SIC: 4,0% de rating e 14,7% de share
 TVI: 5,3% de rating e 19,5% de share
 CMTV: 0,7% de rating e 2,7% de share
 TVI24: 1,0% de rating e 3,9% de share
 SIC Caras: 0,1% de rating e 0,4% de share

A RTP teve Margarida Mercês de Mello a fazer os comentários em directo, a SIC colocou Clara de Sousa e Júlia Pinheiro, enquanto a TVI colocou Judite Sousa e Manuel Luís Goucha.

Henrique, Duque de Sussex
2018 na Inglaterra
Meghan, Duquesa de Sussex
Cerimônias no Reino Unido


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Help! 2day and 2morrow fasting?
what I think and my dad also told me, that we shouldn't do anything, whether it's good or not, if it's not led by the church. It's like: we do whatever we want, with or without abouna.
Dunno, don't say that fasting is bad, no, it's good. So i put it on facebook and I get contrary reactions.
hey marmar. it depends on where you are. If you are in the US, then your bishops have called a three day fast. If you're in Canada, we're doing fasts on a church by church basis, since we don't have a bishop. If you heard about a fast, its likely that a nearby church is doing it, and not your church. You can still join though.
I agree with your dad, we always seek the council of our church and Father of Confession. Even if your local church will not be fasting and you want to join others, i'd suggest you still seek the permission of your priest and explain to him the situation. Don't listen to anyone who tells you not to obey your church / Father of confession.
Okay matt, I didn't attend it. However it still confuses me, there are still people here who attended it.


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Motor Mouth: Speed certainly does kill — the environment?
Having failed to impose tougher speed limits with safety messaging, activists are now using the environment as their excuse
David Booth
Jun 26, 2020 • May 5, 2021 • 6 minute read • Join the conversation
In this file photo, stickers and balloons are affixed to a motorcycle on April 15, 2018, in Paris, during a demonstration against a new 80 km/h speed limit on secondary roads. Photo by Christophe Archambault /AFP/Getty Images
We don't need to look too far south to realize personal safety isn't really a marketable attribute. As I write this on June 25, there have been 124,294 COVID-related deaths, coronavirus cases are increasing in no less than 26 states and yet our Yankee friends are still playing Beach Blanket Bingo like American exceptionalism is sufficient safeguard against pestilence. They know the facts. They know the dangers. They are simply choosing to ignore them.
You could argue that regard for safety varies according to the jurisdiction. I'd hazard a guess that CCTV-infested England is the most nanny-ish of all our contemporaries; America the least. Canadians, judging by our somewhat subdued beachside frolicking, lie somewhere in between. Whatever side of the balance sheet you're on, however, the full safety package — absolutely no contact, two-metre distancing, and for God's sake, Novak Djokovic, no tennis tournaments no matter how "private" — has been a hard sell.
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Anyone in the car business could've told you that safety doesn't resonate . In the now 125-plus years of the history of the automobile, pretty much every safety advancement has initially been treated with scorn, skepticism, and at best, ambivalence. Seat belts (I'd rather get thrown from the car!), air bags (rappers used to take them out and use the space and electrical connections for TV monitors) and even anti-lock brakes have all been initially rejected by large swaths of the motoring public.
Worse yet, no one — and I really do mean no one — was willing to pay for them. When ABS was still an option on some cars — and all motorcycles — the take-up rate was abysmal. Ditto seat belts and air bags, the latter of which were actually offered way back in the 1970s by Oldsmobile, only to be discontinued because of lack of consumer interest. The point, to reiterate, is that safety doesn't sell. Oh, it makes big headlines and consumers tell focus groups it's important, but if safety were as important as regulators constantly contend, the only cars on the road would be Volvos .
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Even the greatest safety bugaboo of all — excessive speed — gains precious little traction on the safety front. Oh, North America still has comparatively conservative speed limits, but they have been gradually liberalized as more people realize that the connection between speed and fatalities is not quite as simple as what Grade 10 physics taught us. Meanwhile in Europe, where allowable speeds can be downright racer-ish compared with our own, safety advocates have an even harder time with their "speed kills" message.
In Germany, despite the encroachment of ever-increasing urban sprawl, much of the autobahn remains without any speed limits. The same goes for Italy, and France's massive Gilets Jaunes turmoil was triggered by President Emanuel Macron's ill-timed dictum reducing speed limits on rural roads to 80 km/h from 90. Even here in conservative Ontario, when the previous Wynne government asked the public for its policy recommendations, the third most popular idea was increasing the speed limits on our highways to 110 km/h . In other words, when it comes to reducing speed limits, safety-related messaging has limited effect on our behaviour.
More recently, though, many advocates have changed tact, positioning their speed kills messaging as environmental policy instead, trying to tie the profligate fuel consumption of internal combustion engines at higher velocities to their quest to reduce speed limits.
The movement appears to be gaining traction. Germany, for instance, has somewhat reduced the number of kilometres you can drive WFO. France, once again, appears to be revisiting its controversial speed limit reductions, this time on highways. Indeed, a group called la convention citoyenne sur le climat is scheduled to meet with Macron on June 29 to implore him to reduce the maximum speed allowed on France's autoroutes to 110 km/h, from 130. No doubt there will be many Greta Thunberg-like implorations.
The problem is that the numbers don't make a really convincing argument. France was one of the countries that formerly pushed diesels as the answer to air pollution — ironically with much the same fervor that it's now pushing EVs, but I digress — so assiduously that slightly more than 50 per cent (it used to be higher pre-Dieselgate) of its nationwide fleet is powered by compression ignition. And the one thing we can all agree on is that diesels are known for their parsimonious consumption on the open road. In my testing, I've found that most diesels suck back no more than 10 to 12 per cent more fuel at a buck-thirty compared with 110 km/h.
and you're left with the uncomfortable feeling that this, like so many other environmental proclamations, will have very little effect on our environment." /]
Now, according to 2015 statistics, there were just 11,599 kilometres of autoroute — where those 130 km/h speed limits currently reign — out of the country's total of 1,088,000 km of urban and rural roadways. In other words, the speed limit reduction would affect about one per cent of French roads. Worse yet, more than three-quarters of these high-speed motorways are peage — or toll — roads, which the average French citoyen avoids like the plague.
Factor in — as all my EV friends are continually proclaiming — that long-distance extra-urban driving plays a small part in the total mileage the average motorist drives every year and you're left with the uncomfortable feeling that this, like so many other environmental proclamations, will have very little effect on our environment. Such calculations are always fraught with assumptions and estimations, but do the math, and it's possible the effect on overall tailpipe emissions thanks to a speed limit reduction on high-speed motorways might be too small to be measured. Indeed, one has to wonder why Macron would risk another Yellow Vests upheaval for such minuscule benefits.
But if such measures are so futile, why do advocates keep on pushing for speed reductions?
Well, at least a little of this stems from a plain old hatred of the automobile. Blame traffic fatalities. Blame once-lax pollution standards. But, for a growing portion of the First World, the car has come to be a symbol of everything that is wrong with modernity. Right now, the attacks on the automobile are focused on the environment, with the switch to emissions-free battery-powered vehicles as the solution. But there are plenty of futurists for whom even EVs are but a temporary stepping-stone to a completely car-less society. And at the risk of sounding a little too 1984-ish , there is a growing movement looking to ban all mechanized travel. Beware safety advocates bearing environmental messages.
Authors note: no doubt, many safety advocates — I think I know many of you by name — are already putting digits to keyboard to decry my lack of sensitivity to motoring fatalities. And indeed, France's 80 km/h speed limits — now made voluntary as a result of protests — did reduce fatalities on some secondary roads. On the other hand, Denmark saw a reduction in fatalities when it raised some speed limits to 130 km/h from 110 km/h. The relationship between speed and mortality is much more complicated than a simple speed kills meme and the application of high school physics. For every expert who claims a reduction in absolute speed will always result in safer roads, there's another, like the Vejdirektoratet — the Danish Road Directorate — that experienced fewer collisions due to a "reduction in the difference between the cars obeying the speed limit and those exceeding it."
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Cleaning is an important tradition that is observed just before Chinese New Year. It is believed that scrubbing down and decluttering every corner of the house will get rid of all the bad luck accumulated over the past year. With so much to be done, the period right before the holiday is truly a hectic one. Why not increase the number of hands on deck and recruit the help of your kids? Read on for some techniques on getting them to willingly help out with the chores.
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Purdue's Davis accepts bench role
By Nathan Baird
nbaird@jconline.com
Rapheal Davis hasn't forgotten the special feeling on Nov. 11, 2012, when his name was first announced with Purdue's starting lineup.
He went on to start 17 of the Boilermakers' 34 games as a freshman, establishing a reputation for versatility, hard work and a team-first attitude.
Yet when coach Matt Painter recently pulled Davis aside and told him he needed to come off the bench, Davis didn't consider it a demotion.
"I'm going to get in the game and play as hard as I can," Davis said. "If I come out, I come out. As far as starting or coming off the bench, it doesn't really matter to me. I know coach trusts me.
"He told me not to think too much about it; I never really did. I trust him enough to know he's doing the right thing for Purdue, and that's all I care about."
Davis played 36 minutes off the bench in Purdue's first two games, averaging 10 points and six rebounds. In Wednesday's victory over Central Connecticut State, he needed only 15 minutes to collect 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks without committing a turnover.
Davis has provided the spark and stability Painter envisioned when he put one of his steadiest players with the second unit.
"I don't think it bothers Ray, to tell you the truth," sophomore center A.J. Hammons said. "Ray just wants to win. He just comes out and plays hard and plays his role, and if he sits down, he's always ready to come right back in off the bench."
Painter said he hoped to have eight or more deserving starters this season. Of course that means some of them would sit on the bench at tipoff, a reality that doesn't always go over well.
Yet while Painter didn't have to worry about Davis' reaction, he said that graciousness didn't factor into his decision.
"It does make for a positive, because people always see how others react to what's considered maybe a negative," Painter said. "But Ray's always been a team guy, so it's not a big deal."
Painter didn't want all three freshmen coming in with the second wave, nor did he want all of his shooting specialists together on one unit. So far, freshman Kendall Stephens has started at the 3 spot due to his perimeter accuracy and 6-6 frame.
On several occasions last season, the Boilermakers needed Davis to play above his size at the traditional power forward spot. That only enhanced the 6-5, 211-pound guard's versatility.
"The physicality of playing on the block at the 4 and bring it out to the perimeter has helped me muscle up a lot of guards and just enforce my will on people," Davis said. "It's also helped me rebound better because if I can rebound with the bigs, I definitely can rebound with the guards."
Davis grew up in Fort Wayne, while redshirt freshman forward Jay Simpson is from Champaign, Ill. Yet both ended up as teammates at La Lumiere prep school in LaPorte.
Simpson joked that Davis' willingness to pass is the biggest difference between his high school and college game. But his dependability has been a constant.
"He brings energy and leadership," Simpson said. "He's always positive. Even though he's not starting he's been positive, telling everybody to keep their head up and play hard. I think he likes coming off the bench, actually."


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