Designing of great houses for sale in Kenya requires a thing of beauty for them to be successful. The whole process of purchasing a housing unit is a very instinctive and intuitive process. Buyers of such units will purchase what they feel in their hearts as the place with sufficient appeal to meet that desire and image of the perfect house for where they aspire to be when they get into their dream home. This is something that is most often felt in the heart rather than within the mind.
When Buying Houses For Sale In Kenya, Beauty Makes All The Difference!
The logical provisions of the house may be met and taken care of, but it is in that area of a buyer's heart that a sale is either made or lost. When a property for sale is lacking in this department, then sales for such houses is driven by wholly different mechanisms and end up moving way slower in the marketplace.
Making great houses for sale in Kenya may be quite lucrative, especially when done right and with the right ingredients.however just what can guarantee a developer to realise the kind of runaway sales that characterises a truly successful development?
I believe one of the answers is found in the age old requirement by individuals for great quality. This may sound cliche, but the truth is that people will hardly invest in something as valuable as a house when it does not strike a chord with their personal tastes and requirements. It is an 'it' kind of thing. If the house does not have it, then it will not elicit the kind of interest that leads to a commitment to purchase from a potential buyer or lessee.
The 'it' in this case can be any number of factors, ranging from the need to have a beautiful environment called home. Additionally it may be defined by that unique sense of place that defines a locale, through its environment and its particular character. Probably its the quality of space that makes such a difference when it comes to how individuals feel inside each room in the house.
All these factors make for very interesting homes that have a signature setup and characteristics that can bring individuals to purchase this kind of housing unit. the pull that each individual factor exerts on a successful housing scheme cannot be underrated.
However, probably the most profound influence on the choice made by an individual for the kind of home to buy comes from the aesthetic quality of the home, both internally and externally. Human beings are deeply visual in their approach to life. We are interested in the latest and greatest, especially as long as it is packaged in a glitzy manner, or would make us look good to our peers and friends. This means that whether we really need it or not, the need to look good may often supersede the rational process of decision making that may draw a home buyer away from other economical fundamentals.
With this mind, developers need to remember that the aesthetics of the house may be lower in hierarchy to its functioning technically speaking, but its impact on the decision to buy the house cannot be overemphasized.
We are deeply visually stimulated by a great looking building, more so a house. The whole prospect of living in a beautiful home is the sum of desires of many families. A place which captures the image of success and favour through its appearance. This driving force is so strong that it will drive many a buyer to make decisions in favour of purchase based on the aesthetic element of the house, even more than its functionality.
Houses For Sale In Kenya Must Be Beautiful, Enough Said.
Thus, it is important for the developer to major in the areas of quality aesthetically. This is the first area of judgement that either knocks a housing scheme off a buyers list put not. If the outlook of the house is not pleasant enough to capture the imagination of their buyers, they would doubtless fall aside in the face of stiff competition from the market.
However a well thought out scheme commandeers many advantages to the developer. Most obviously, it would be easier to move in terms of sales. They would be preferred due to their quality and aesthetic appearance.
The question therefore is, if you are a developer interested in building houses for sale in Kenya, are your houses beautiful?


@m01 there is no maintainer. If you want to update it, just update it. Don't post copies of pkgbuilds in comments.
FYI there is currently no maintainer, I gave it up some time last year. Feel free to bump the version and update it, I haven't been using influx for a while and don't have much to test it with now.
I think a new version 0.8.9 is available which supports exporting to v. 0.9 and above.


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Q: Android can we dismiss the notification from any other app after consuming it? I'm using NotificationListenerService to listen for all the incoming notifications (3rd party apps, messages, mails etc.) from the status bar and reading them aloud. But the problem is that I don't know how to dismiss a notification after reading it from my service. I have gone through notificationManager.cancel(id) but I couldn't get the id for an incoming notification from 3rd party app.
Please let me know if there is a way to dismiss the notification from any app.

A: cancelNotification() method in the NotificationListenerService class worked for me.
            cancelNotification(notificationMessage.packageName,
                notificationMessage.tag, notificationMessage.id);

A: You cannot dismiss notifications from other applications. You can however get details about it with the NotificationListenerService.
@Override
public void onNotificationPosted(StatusBarNotification s) {

}

But to answer your question, you can only dismiss your own notifications.

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Q: Some problems were found with the configuration of task ':app:bintrayUpload' when trying to upload an Android Library to jCenter I am trying to upload my library to jCenter. I am following this tutorial:
http://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/how-to-upload-library-to-jcenter-maven-central-as-dependency/en
After following the steps and getting to typing in the Android terminal "> gradlew bintrayUpload" I get the following error:
:app:bintrayUpload FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

*

*What went wrong:
Some problems were found with the configuration of task ':app:bintrayUpload'.

No value has been specified for property 'packageName'.
  No value has been specified for property 'user'.
  No value has been specified for property 'apiKey'.
  No value has been specified for property 'repoName'.

Before flagging my question as a duplicate, I shall indicate that i tried the solutions from the following stackoverflow questions:
Publications(s) specified but no publications exist in project :library
After trying that solution, I get the following error:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

*

*What went wrong:
Task 'bintrayUpload' not found in root project 'UniFont'.

Searching this error, I got to the following solution from this question on stackoverflow:
Task 'bintrayUpload' not found in root project 'bin'
That was not the solution for me. My path with jdk/jre exists. I have tried switching between them multiple times. Optional question:
Do I need to declare both JDK and JRE paths into Windows Envirorment Variables?
Here is my top level build.gradle:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'
    classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.2'
    classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-plugin:1.2'

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {

//apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'

repositories {
    jcenter()
    }
}

Here is my build.gradle(app module):
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "23.0.0 rc3"

defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {

    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.1'
}

ext {
    bintrayRepo = 'maven'
    bintrayName = 'Library Name'

publishedGroupId = '...'
libraryName = '...'
artifact = '...'

libraryDescription = 'A simple library for setting a single font in a View in Android.'

siteUrl = '...'
gitUrl = '...'

libraryVersion = '1.0'

developerId = '...'
developerName = '...'
developerEmail = '...'

licenseName = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
licenseUrl = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
allLicenses = ["Apache-2.0"]
}

Can anyone please help me with this?
Thanks you!

A: Here is a simple tutorial for uploading your libraries to bintray.
Your build.gradle file of project should be something like this.
buildscript {
 //...
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'
        classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-backports-compat23:2.3.5'
        classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.0'
        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-plugin:1.2'
        }
}
    //...
}

And add these lines at the end of build.gradle file of your desired module which you want to upload to jcenter
ext {
    developerId = 'your username in bintray'
    developerName = 'your name'
    developerEmail = 'your email'
    bintrayRepo = 'maven'
    bintrayName = 'your library name in bintray'

    publishedGroupId = 'your group id'
    libraryName = 'your library name(better to be as like as bintrayName)'

    artifact = 'your artifact'

    libraryDescription = 'description'
    libraryVersion = 'version'

}
apply from: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smasoumi/Bintray/master/install.gradle'
apply from: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smasoumi/Bintray/master/bintray.gradle'

And also add your apiKey and username of bintray to your local.properties and change your gradle version to 2.2.1
Then execute
gradlew.bat install

If it shows successful message then upload your project to bintray by this command
gradlew.bat bintrayUpload

Also be sure that JDK path is set.


Start taking classes at Prema Yoga Brooklyn and other studios!
This afternoon/evening class is a deep, meditative asana flow followed by restorative and meditation. This is time you gift yourself to open, release, and set or clarify your intention for the week/end - to realign your awareness with what is real and constant within you. You will sweat, but you will also rest and restore deeply.
There are no upcoming "SLOW It Down" classes on this day.
Mat and towel rental is available at the studio.
Terrific class. Good flow to get a sweat going, then great restorative poses to set the week off right.
Great class. Simple but effective flow followed by restorative poses. Lived up to the name and exceeded my expectations for how I felt after. Very glad I took the class!
Good class, clear instructions, creative teacher. I really enjoyed the restorative part. It was my first time at this studio and I was a bit taken aback by the method of counting breaths which I've rarely encountered before.
I love Prema yoga forever.
Great flow: simple but challenging. Then relaxed restorative poses. Good class!
Relaxing and soothing yoga - good for those lazy days.
Lovely studio and mix of vinyasa and restorative. the flow wasnt my favorite (felt a bit repetitive and not as athletic) but the restorative component was very restful. Good vibes overall!
Great class wish Nora was on the schedule regularly.


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IODE was founded in 1900 by Margaret Polson Murray of Montreal who recognized a need for loyal support for Canadians departing to fight with the Empire forces in South Africa.
She encouraged the formation of a federation of women to promote patriotism, loyalty and service to others by sending telegrams to the mayors of Canada's major cities urging them to call together the prominent women of their communities. The first chapter was formed in Fredericton, New Brunswick on January 15, 1900. The next month in Montreal, a draft constitution and the aims and objectives of a national organization were reviewed. Chosen were a name, Federation of the Daughters of the Empire, a motto, "For Queen and Country", followed by a prayer and badge. Primary chapters were formed in quick succession across Canada, as were children's (later called junior) chapters.
In 1901, the head office moved to Toronto, the federation was incorporated as Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and Children of the Empire Junior Branch, and Edith Boulton Nordheimer was elected the first National President.
The name IODE was officially adopted in the '70's. We are a federally chartered not-for-profit charitable organization with many levels within the association. Structured to report under the jurisdiction of The National Chapter of Canada IODE are Provincial, Municipal and Primary Chapters across Canada.
IODE is proud of its heritage and traditions. The following brief history is a picture of great achievements by many loyal and dedicated women.
The Founder of Empire Day, 1897, Mrs. Clementina Fessenden, worked closely with IODE in its infancy and the first Empire Day Programme was arranged by IODE in Fredericton, New Brunswick on May 23rd.
IODE members raised funds to honour the 90 Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in South Africa. A monument was unveiled in Bloemfontein, South Africa, by the Earl of Athlone (later Governor General of Canada), and IODE funds have helped to maintain the graves in intervening years.
The National Chapter Head Office was established in Toronto and the first executive meeting held. Mrs. Edith Boulton Nordheimer is elected as the first National President.
The National Chapter erected the Alexandra Gates, an iron grilled gateway to Queen's Park, Toronto, to commemorate the visit to Canada of the Duke and Duchess of York – later King George V and Queen Mary.
A four-page pamphlet was created as a channel of communication to chapters across Canada. Today, Echoes magazine is mailed to members three times a year.
An Education programme, Commonwealth Relations, is formed and IODE built and furnished a room in a domestic science school in Bombay, India. Annual Commonwealth Scholarships are available.
Hamilton Municipal Chapter is the first IODE chapter to provide beds in existing sanitoria in a campaign waged against tuberculosis.
The Kaiser-I=Hind Chapter, Poona, India was formed by Miss Susie Sorabji.
National Chapters were formed in the Bahamas, Bermuda and Newfoundland (which later disbanded).
Chapters begin to donate library buttons, flag folders and gifts to schools.
The IODE Preventorium in Toronto was the first institution of its kind in North America, established for the treatment of those children who had been exposed to, but not yet contracted tuberculosis.
The first Tag Day in Canada was IODE "Rose Day" for a child welfare project.
An Act of Parliament incorporated IODE.
The "Home for Mentally-Deficient Children" is established in Halifax following the disastrous explosion in 1917 and was the first institution of its kind in Canada.
To honour Canadians who gave their lives or suffered disabilities in the two World Wars, two War Memorial Funds were established for children of those killed or permanently disabled veterans and to establish a permanent memorial of postgraduate scholarships. Chapters have subscribed over $1,000,000 to these bursaries. Following the Second World War, terms were broadened and as of 1995, 3.7 million dollars have been awarded from the War Memorial Funds.
World War I and II
$12,000,000 was raised by IODE members to purchase hospitals, hospital ships, ambulances, bomber and fighter aircraft and field comforts for Canadian service personnel. Relief to prisoners of war and refugee camps, libraries and canteens for servicemen and thousands of volunteer hours were among the many contributions in both wars.
The National Society of the Daughters of the British Empire in the USA was granted affiliation with IODE in Canada.
Adopted Schools programme in rural communities, far north and the West Indies was created.
The first IODE calendar is sold with its proceeds used by the National Education department to finance special awards to students at Canada's National Ballet School and the National Theatre School of Canada and to purchase musical scores of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
The National Chapter Endowment Fund was inaugurated with an objective of $200,000, the principal to be held in trust and the income to be used to further the work of the Order.
The Vancouver Preventorium, a joint IODE-Rotary Club project, is opened.
The International Peace Garden located on the border of Manitoba and North Dakota is dedicated to peace and friendship between Canada and the United States of America, and is continuously supported by IODE.
The Wilhelmina Gordon Foundation Fund is established for postgraduate study in English at Queen's University. Originally the prize was $25 and now $800 is distributed annually.
Alberta's Coronation Bursaries are created.
IODE was the first Canadian organization to send civilian relief to Britain and continued with the adoption of two children's hospitals there.
$100,000, raised in one month to purchase a Bolingbroke Bomber, is presented to the Government of Canada.
The Lucy Morrison Memorial Fund for Education is established in Ontario with over $500,000 donated. The Fund grants bursaries, fellowships and special awards.
A unique wartime gift was the shipment of 87 wedding outfits to Women's Service Headquarters to be distributed on loan to British service women.
Saskatchewan IODE created The Avenue of Trees, each tree bearing a plaque in memory of Saskatchewan men who lost their lives during the war.
Post World War II and the Korean War
Over $1,000,000 was raised during the period of 1946 to 1950. Massive quantities of clothes, medical supplies and food were sent for relief of displaced persons. $100,000 was raised across Canada by exhibiting a needlepoint carpet made by Queen Mary and was used to provide much needed dollars for Britain following the Second World War. The carpet was presented to the people of Canada in 1951 by Princess Elizabeth and is housed in the National Gallery of Canada.
An ermine cloak was the gift of members throughout Canada to Princess Elizabeth on the occasion of her marriage, November 20th.
The jeweled badge, given to Mrs. Clark Murray by the Primary Chapters in the Province of Quebec, was presented by Mrs. Murray's two daughters, and since then, has been worn by each National President during her term of office.
$500,000 is raised to assist victims of the Manitoba flood with food, bedding and home furnishings.
1000 members who trained in civil defence brought immediate aid to victims of Hurricane Hazel in Ontario.
Community Halls in Frobisher Bay, Tuktoyaktuk and Baker Lake are built in celebration of IODE's 60th anniversary.
To celebrate Canada's Centennial Year, the IODE Centenary Fund was established and $52,333 was raised by 1967. $1000 was given to the three chapters in the Yukon and the reminder divided equally among the ten provinces to be used for special Education projects.
Nova Scotia members prepared hot meals and served thousands of rescue workers at the Springhill Minehead for 24-hour periods during the two-week emergency.
September 18 was IODE Day at Expo in Montreal.
Toronto Municipal Chapter used funds from the sale of the Children's Convalescent Hospital (formerly the Preventorium) and raised $500,000 to build The IODE Children's Centre at the new North York General Hospital.
By this time, all the separate service funds to which chapters have contributed are amalgamated as The National Services Fund (Child and Family Welfare, Ex-service Personnel, Post War Services, Overseas Relief, Shipping and Korean projects).
$50,000 was raised to provide hearing aides, desk monitor sets and hearing rooms in northern schools.
The 75th Anniversary Project "Concern for Children" raised $125,208 from the sale of red floribunda roses, named "IODE Rose" to mark this event.
The National Chapter purchased 38 watercolours by Winifred Petchey Marsh to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession to the Throne of Queen Elizabeth II for presentation to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, NWT.
Police Community Relations Awards were created to honour an individual or unit making a significant contribution in their community.
Adopt-A-Class project in Labrador is formed.
The Ursula E. Bangs Scholarship for study in cardiovascular disease is offered annually to a graduate doctor at the University of Toronto.
A Marsh painting is presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales as a wedding gift for their own personal collection by IODE. The Prince of Wales had expressed great interest in the Marsh painting at the opening of the Heritage Centre in 1977.
The Provincial Chapter of Newfoundland is formed.
To recognize the best in Canadian's children's literature, The National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award was introduced.
The 90th Anniversary project was created to build the IODE Percussive Arts Centre for the Music Camp at the International Peace Garden.
Looking ahead to the 100th Anniversary in the year 2000, a fund was established with a goal of $100,000 to provide a gift for Canada.
IODE approved a formal Mission Statement.
Over 1,870 children enjoyed Snack Pack in Labrador.
Born to Read, a program of providing books to mothers of newborns, was undertaken as an IODE project in New Brunswick, and has become a National Chapter Education project.

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Number of Britons with long Covid reaches new high
April 7, 2022 by admin 0 Comments
The number of Britons living with long Covid stands at its highest level since official statistics on the phenomenon were first collected a year ago.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics published on Thursday showed an estimated 1.7mn people, or 2.7 per cent of the UK population, reported experiencing symptoms lasting for more than four weeks after they had, or suspected they had, the disease as of March 5. This represents a slight rise from 2.4 per cent about a month earlier.
According to Imperial College London's React-1 study, the latest UK infection levels are more than 40 per cent above the previous high point during the first wave of the Omicron variant in January, in part because of a decline in the protection offered by vaccines.
Charting the impact on sufferers' lives, the data showed long Covid symptoms affected the day-to-day activities of 1.1mn people, or about two-thirds of those who self-reported they had the condition. About one in five said that their ability to undertake daily tasks had been "limited a lot".
Fatigue was the most common symptom, reported by just over half of respondents, followed by shortness of breath by 34 per cent, loss of smell by 28 per cent and muscle ache by 24 per cent.
The precise causes of long Covid, and the prognosis for sufferers, remains unclear despite a growing body of research.
Under-50s were more likely to experience the syndrome, the data suggested. As a proportion of the UK population, the prevalence of self-reported long Covid was greatest in people aged between 35 and 49.
Also at greater risk were women, people living in more deprived areas, those working in social care, teaching and education or healthcare, and those with another activity-limiting health condition or disability.
The data showed that 422,000, or just under one in four, people with self-reported long Covid, first had, or suspected they had, the disease less than 12 weeks earlier.
A total of 69 per cent had fallen ill at least 12 weeks before; 45 per cent at least a year previously; or 4 per cent at least two years before.
The data is broken down according to the Covid variant giving rise to symptoms. Of people with self-reported long Covid, 33 per cent first became infected before Alpha was the main variant, 15 per cent during the Alpha wave, 27 per cent in the Delta period, and 19 per cent after Omicron became dominant.
The analysis was based on 368,857 responses to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Infection Survey, weighted to represent people aged two years and over living in private households in the UK.
The estimates related to self-reported long Covid experienced by participants in the survey, rather than clinically diagnosed cases in the full population.
Self-reported long Covid was defined as symptoms persisting for more than four weeks after the first suspected infection that were not explained by something else.
Separately, pressures on the NHS from the high volume of Covid infections were underlined by official data showing 94 per cent of hospital beds are now occupied, and the highest number of staff for 10 weeks are off sick due to the virus: an average of 28,500 staff each day.
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He laughs after you hand in Massacre at Light's Point. He has the Blood Elf laugh since he is a San'layn, which is a Scourge Blood Elf, but it just seems like a laugh that wouldn't be heard from a guy like that.
EDIT: comment I responded too isnt there anymore.
Prince Valanar's voice has changed since the last time I made a DK (half a year ago?). He sounds like a half-dead old man. Very distinctive.
I could swear there were other sound file changes in the DK starting zone too. I'm hearing quest givers who previously didn't have a voice.
Valanar's goofy laugh after you turn in the massacre quest is still the same... it doesn't fit his new voice at all.


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Why Barack Obama's Speeches Will Outlive His Presidency
Whatever happens to the president's policy legacy, we'll always have his words.
by Harry Cheadle
Dec 27 2016, 3:20pm
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
Barack Obama wasn't even a US senator when he showed up onstage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, in a prime speaking slot. Relatively unheralded and unknown, the self-described "skinny kid with a funny name" was a 42-year-old Illinois state senator who, it turned out, could speak pretty well. In 16 minutes, he brought the convention to its feet with a message of inclusiveness, progressive politics, and a boundless, almost naïve faith in America. It was praised universally and had people talking about Obama as the first black president.
And then, improbably, he delivered on that promise, thanks in no small part to his unparalleled ability as a orator. During his presidential run, whenever he needed a big speech to boost his candidacy, he gave one. When he was president, whenever the country needed him to address a tragedy, he did so.
Obama's 2004 DNC Speech:
That 2004 speech is rightly remembered as the start of Obama's rise, but it won't go down as his best or most powerful address. Nor did it power him to victory in his Senate race, which he won easily after his opponent dropped out after an absurd sex scandal involving allegations of wanting his ex-wife to go with him to a sex club. But it marked out the major themes of future Obama speeches: the promise of America, the genuine love of country, the notion that Americans as a people are always working to improve their lives and lives of those around them. It's the kind of optimism that Americans love, the kind of hope and faith in progress that seems uniquely powerful coming from a black man.
As a presidential candidate, Obama's best speeches were, obviously, all about pushing forward his campaign. One of the most consequential came out of the 2007 Jefferson Jackson Dinner speech, a fundraising event in Iowa. In that stem-winder, Obama told his story and contrasted himself against his rival Hillary Clinton—painting himself as a more honest, more progressive alternative to her, while dismissing criticism that he was too inexperienced to be president. Then there was "A More Perfect Union," an address on race, anger, and the importance of the church in the black community that Obama gave in March 2008 to respond to criticism of his Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright. It was eloquent, nuanced, and careful—and maybe more important, it helped put to rest a controversy during a contentious battle for the Democratic nomination. The rest is literally history.
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech:
Over the next eight years, Obama would give many speeches. Lots of them were routine, some were obviously in service of some policy end (his 2009 address at Cairo University was a carefully planned, and controversial, olive branch to the Muslim world), and a few were streaked through with more beauty than you'd expect from an ordinary president (his eulogy for the victims of the Charleston shooting, which ended with him breaking into "Amazing Grace").
As Obama's presidency ends, it's an open question how much of his legacy will survive the coming Republican efforts to tear it down. But the best of his speeches will remain to be studied—as snapshots of how Obama and his administration thought about the world, as explanations for his actions, and also as a guide for how liberals can remain hopeful even in a post-Obama age.
Twenty-six of Obama's most important speeches have been collected in We Are the Change We Seek, a book edited by MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid and liberal commentator and author E.J. Dionne that's coming out next month from Bloomsbury USA. It's a compilation that reminds readers of both the power of some of Obama's rhetoric and the sweep of the issues he attempted to tackle during his presidency—he spoke about just war while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, racism and reform in Selma, progressive economic policy in Osawatomie, Kansas, gun control in Newtown.
Recently I spoke with Dionne about Obama's speaking style, the difference between hope and optimism, and why Obama wasn't able, despite all his gifts, to persuade the country to support his most important policies.
VICE: Do you think that we'll be studying Obama's speeches years down the line?
E.J. Dione: The answer is yes for a number of reasons. One is I think Obama so clearly falls into the tradition of Lincoln and Martin Luther King in rhetorical strategy that so often involves calling America back to its own promise. Like Lincoln and King, he loves to cite the founding documents—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—and his love for the phrase "more perfect union," his use of the word "perfect" more as a verb than as an adjective—all of that puts him in a long, and I think it's fair to say noble, tradition.
The second reason is he's the only president who addressed race from the point of view of someone who is African American. But also someone who straddles the divide as a biracial person. He was constantly explaining black America to white America, though he was occasionally explaining white America to black America. There's no other president who has done that.
The third is another tradition he represents, which is a preacherly style that I think of as "Civil Rights Christianity." It's a style that is very much out of the African American church in the 50s and 60s. The place you obviously see that particularly powerfully is in the Charleston eulogy. We remember rhetoric that forges a tradition—and I think he did that by combining those elements—but also is part of a tradition. I think there are elements of Obama on both sides of that.
Obama's eulogy for the victims of the Charleston shooting:

You mentioned the Charleston speech. Do you think that will be the one he's most remembered for?
There's a philosopher [Paul Crittenden] with a book called Reason, Will, and Emotion. In Charleston, Obama channeled emotion in an incredibly constructive way. In Selma, he channeled reason and emotion to spark a will to reform. I think Selma explained his view of American history, of the role of the reformer, of the importance of the agitator to reform, and also of a vision of a very inclusive America. So I think Selma would be at the top of my list. But the Charleston speech is incredibly powerful.
Obama speaking at the 50th anniversary of the famous Civil Rights march in Selma, Alabama:
What are your top three or four Obama speeches? Either the most important historically, or your personal favorites.
One of my personal favorites is somewhat eccentric because of my own interests. I think his 2006 speech to the Call to Renewal Conference—run by Jim Wallace, a progressive evangelical—is the best speech a politician has given about religion and public life in a very long time. It so powerfully and intelligently describes the obligations of believers to nonbelievers and the obligations of nonbelievers to believers in a pluralistic democracy. More than most liberals, he is insistent on the role of religion in American public life and American history, and he takes liberals to task for a certain prejudice against religion. But he also takes to task religious people who will not acknowledge the importance of nonbelievers in the American population.
Selma, I think, will go down as an extraordinarily important speech. But if you want to take three, it gets harder for me. There are a lot of runners-up in that category. The Nobel speech was a fascinating argument from someone who is not a pacifist—it's in a way one of the best defenses of just war that a politician has given. I happen to really like the Howard commencement speech this year because it's calling for patience in a democracy, and it insists that activism has to be harnessed with patience and persistence, which is not something you hear people talk about a lot.
Obama's commencement address at Howard University from March 2016
You have to include two others just because they were so politically important. One is his '04 convention speech, which I think is fascinating because we remember it as "there is no red America and no blue America, but the United States of America," a conciliatory speech, but when you read the whole thing, it was also a partisan critique of the Republicans who were dividing us. I think the tension between those two ideas is the tension that animated and plagued the whole Obama term—he constantly wanted to be the unifier but was well aware that he was facing an implacable enemy, particularly after his first year in office.
Then there's the Jeremiah Wright speech, which was so important to his political survival at the moment—but it is one of his most complete efforts to take on race in American history and race in contemporary life.
How do you think history will judge some of these speeches after time goes on and the immediate political context they were given in fades away?
I think a lot of his speeches endure because they have a sense of history. The example from the past would be Lincoln's Cooper Union speech. The historian Harold Holzer called it "the speech that made Abraham Lincoln president." And it had a very clear purpose politically of situating Lincoln in the Republican Party in a way that would make him an appealing person to be nominated in 1860. But it is also a whole view of the role of slavery in American history. So Cooper Union lives both for its political effect and for its gloss on the American story. I think the Wright speech will be similar to that.
As you acknowledge in the introduction to the book, for all of Obama's obvious gifts, he failed to really sell two of his major achievements in his first term—the stimulus and the Affordable Care Act. Why do you think that is?
I've been struggling with this for a long time, and I've never come up with a wholly unsatisfactory answer. Obama was, in general, better at broadly thematic speeches than at speeches linked to particular policies. In some ways, he was not as good at selling himself. If you compare Bill Clinton's speech on behalf of Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention to Obama's own speech at that convention, Clinton's speech was better, which Obama himself pretty much acknowledged.
Obama, somehow, did not dedicate himself in the same way rhetorically to selling particular policies. If you look at a speech like Osawatomie after the fact, he sold his approach to healthcare and the stimulus better in that 2011 speech than he had at any point before. The other thing is, I think he always had certain ambivalences about the stimulus. And while they were fighting for healthcare, they never fixed on one central argument that they thought worked. There was not a consistent pattern—at times they were talking about cost, at times they were talking about coverage, at times they talked about other elements of the healthcare bill.
The other issue is political: By the time the healthcare bill passed, it had been so demonized that Democrats in general made what I think in retrospect—and I thought at the time—was a mistake. They didn't want to talk about it because they'd thought that would hurt them. I think it would have been better to try very comprehensively to sell the thing.
Obama speaks at Newtown, Connecticut, after the shooting there:
Can you think of a good example of a time when Obama did succeed in selling the nation on a certain idea or policy?
He was a very good advocate for stronger laws on guns—which were persuasive to the nation, but insufficient to break through the grip the gun lobby and on Congress. I think the country agreed with him on guns, and he made the case on guns very effectively, but not in a way that could break the logjam in Congress. But some of those gun speeches are really, really powerful. He's not somebody who conveys anger very much, but he did convey anger quite effectively on those occasions, I thought.
Ironically, he got the stimulus and the healthcare bill, even though he didn't sell them very well, but I thought he sold his gun policy very well, and he couldn't get it passed.
Obviously a lot of liberals are not feeling very optimistic right now with Trump's election. What can people learn—either emotionally or intellectually—from reading and listening to these speeches?
One of my very favorite things that Obama talked about a lot was the difference between hope and optimism. He was very insistent that he was not necessarily an optimist. An "optimist," as he defined it in a few speeches, will try to stare reality in the face and see only the good things. Hope requires staring reality in the face, admitting how difficult things might be, and nonetheless retaining the confidence and the will to make change in the face of the biggest obstacles. Hope is a virtue; optimism is a disposition.
No movement has been successful in the long haul if it couldn't hold onto hope in the face of the most excruciating barriers. That is in a way a religious side to Obama's rhetoric. He would remind people in a lot of his speeches, in our history when progressives—in the broadest sense of that word—were losing the argument, when they felt defeated. He called people to remember that our forbears didn't give up hope, even though things looked fairly hopeless. That's why I think in this coming period a lot of people are going to be turning back to Obama. They may not be very optimistic about the country at the moment, but they need to maintain the hope that they can change it again.
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The idea for this came from my desire to give my older kids a weekly challenge in their workboxes. A couple years ago, we had the opportunity to be on Destination Imagination (DI) team. The boys had fun, learned so much while participating and their team took first place at the state competition. The Instant Challenge is the heart of DI, and our favorite part of the experience. And I thought it would be a perfect addition to our workboxes.
I am really excited about this, and I think you will like it too. So I am inviting you to join us!
"Up for a Challenge?" is designed to get students involved in critical thinking and creative problem solving by doing an Instant Challenge.
According to the DI website, Instant Challenges promote critical thinking, creativity and the ability to solve problems quickly.
Instant Challenges can be Performance-based, Task-based, or a combination of the two (called a hybrid challenge). For the purpose of this carnival, I will focus on task-based and hybrid challenges and give Performance-based challenges as an extra challenge from time to time (unless you are willing to video record your challenges, it can be harder to share performance challenges online).
Using the challenges, with permission, at Instant Challenge Gold Mine, I will post a new instant challenge each week on Monday and then ask you to join us.
Each challenge uses common materials that you can find around the house, such as mailing labels, chenille sticks, straws, rubber bands, etc. You can print the list of supplies found here.
Provide a link back to Delightful Learning or use the Up for a Challenge? button in your post.
Follow the rules listed in each Instant Challenge.
You may not help or give suggestions during the challenge, but you may ask questions such as "Are you using all of your supplies?" or "Can you think of any other way you could use that?" if they are struggling to find a solution.
Whenever possible, make this a team event to encourage team work. For the purpose of this carnival, a team is 2 or more students working together. However, if you only have one child that can participate, then they may work individually. This will still be a valuable experience for them.
Be sure to give your student feedback with their score. Point out specific things that caught your attention. Be positive and encouraging, but also give them honest feedback on how they can improve.
Post your results/solution with a photo or video of the challenge and share the permalink to your URL in a comment.
Challenge your kids to have fun, get creative and think critically!
See the challenges and solutions posted here!
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TLC Neurosurgeon Nabil Muhanna, M.D. inducted into the Northeast Georgia Business Hall of Fame
The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. is honored to congratulate Nabil Muhanna, M.D. on his induction into the Northeast Georgia Business Hall of Fame. Inductees are chosen annually based on their exemplary public service and community involvement in addition to their exceptional business accomplishments.
The Gainesville Times lauded Dr. Muhanna as "both a neurosurgeon and inventor with 29 medical device patents to his name."
Before coming to Gainesville in 1983, Dr. Muhanna served in the United States Army and later became chief of Neurosurgery at Eisenhower Medical Center. He has also been an assistant professor at Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Muhanna's practice, Specialty Clinics of Georgia – Neurosurgery merged with The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. in 2010 to form the Department of Neurosurgery.
Mimi Collins, CEO at The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. said of Dr. Muhanna, "He is one of the most gracious, kind, compassionate people I have had the pleasure of meeting. He is a wonderful individual and has done a lot for the community and for his patients."
The annual ceremony was hosted by Junior Achievement at the Chattahoochee Country Club in early February.


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Q: show that $n\Upsilon_{n-1} \equiv -1 \pmod{n}$ iff $n$ is prime Agoh conjecture: let $n$ be a positive integer with $n \ge 2$, then
$$nB_{n-1} \equiv -1 \pmod{n}\iff n\text{ is prime} $$

The idea of $\Upsilon$ number comes from my power sum formula and negative values of zeta function
Definition  let $m$ be a non-negative integer
 $$\zeta(-m)=(-1)^{m}\frac{B_{m+1}}{m+1}=\sum_{b=1}^{m+1} \Upsilon_b\sum_{i=0}^{b-1} (-1)^{i}(b-i)^{m}\binom{b-1}i$$
so we can calculate values of $\Upsilon_b$ , if we substitute value $\zeta (0)=-1/2$ gives $\Upsilon_1=-1/2$.
Again we can calculate next value using or substituting previous values of $\Upsilon_b$.
first values are given by
$$\begin{align*}
\Upsilon_1&=-\frac{ 1}{2},\\
\Upsilon_2&=\frac{ 5}{12},\\
\Upsilon_3&=-\frac{ 3}{8},\\
\Upsilon_4&=\frac{ 251}{720},\\
\Upsilon_5&=-\frac{ 95}{288},\\
\Upsilon_6&=\frac{ 19087}{60480},\\
\Upsilon_7&=-\frac {5257}{17280}.
\end{align*}$$

hypothesis: let $n$ be a positive integer with $n \ge 2$, then
$$n\Upsilon_{n-1} \equiv -1 \pmod{n} \iff n\text{ is prime} $$
Else show that hypothesis is equivalence to agoh's conjectures
Else
    show that if n is prime then $n\Upsilon_{n-1} \equiv -1 \pmod{n} $

Steven Clark had verified conjecture $n\Upsilon_{n-1} \equiv -1 \pmod{n}\iff n\in \mathbb{P}$ for $2 \leq n \leq 1000 $

More simply
Let $D_{m,b}=\sum_{i=0}^{b-1} (-1)^{i}(b-i)^{m}\binom{b-1}i$
So $D_{m,m+1}=m!$
$$\Upsilon_{m+1}=\frac{(-1)^{m}B_{m+1}-(m+1)(\Upsilon_1 D_{m,1}+\Upsilon_2 D_{m,2}+\cdots+\Upsilon_m D_{m,m})}{(m+1)!}$$
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Have you ever woke up and immediately started to dread the day at hand? One of those days where your schedule seems to be overflowing with meetings, deadlines, quotas, the kids' after school activities, and a whole host of other responsibilities. You almost wish you could bury your head under the sheets and make it STOP! It turns out that this type of negative approach to the day may be contributing to a self-fulfilling prophecy of misery for your day. Research has shown that our mental attitude has a profound effect on the way that we interpret various events. The key is to focus on having a positive mental attitude and seize the day (carpe diem).
While this story may be a little extreme, the lesson is unmistakable. Our mental attitude has a major impact on the way that we interpret the world around us. If we can start the day with a positive mental attitude, no matter how overwhelming our schedules may be, it will be more productive, less stressful, and more enjoyable than if we go into it with a sense of trepidation and filled with negativity.
1. Create a morning exercise routine.
Get your body moving first thing in the morning. Exercise gets your blood flowing and releases dopamine and endorphins that help boost your PMA.
2. Spend at least 10 minutes reading something positive.
Don't read the news (it's usually depressing). Instead read something positive and motivational. This could be motivational quotes, a motivational or self-improvement book; anything that helps boost your attitude. NOTE: Social Media (Facebook,Twitter, Etc…) does not qualify as motivational content. I know there are motivational pages – like CANI's- but your news feed can be a harmful distraction so avoid social media and stick with books and blogs.
Don't know how? Learn! There are many methods that you can research(Transcendental Meditation, Buddhist, etc). Find one that you are comfortable with and practice it. Most methods have you focus on breathing or a mantra to help put the mind into a trance-like state, allowing it to reset. There are a number of studies that show the positive effects that meditation has and how it contributes to a PMA.
4. Take inventory of the positives in your life.
Rather than thinking about all of the things you must do today, begin by being grateful for the things that you have: health, a home, food, your job, etc… Beginning your day with an attitude of gratitude will contribute greatly to your PMA.
5. Create a top 5 "to do" list the night before.
Eliminate the need to overwhelm yourself in the morning by starting your day with a ready-made list of the first 5 things you will do today. Focus on getting through that list before you worry about any of the other things you must do. Allowing yourself to feel a sense of accomplishment will help you approach the remainder of your tasks with the right attitude.
Try to incorporate some or all of these items into your routine and begin your day energized and positive.
Friedman, N. (2005). 7 Keys To Having A Positive Mental Attitude. Business Credit, 106(7), 78.


This is an excellent multiple choice bible quiz of your knowledge about "The Law of faith". Complete this bible quiz by clicking one of the buttons on the left of the options for each question. If you make mistakes and want to correct them, then the best thing to do is to edit the entries by clicking on another option or click the "Start again" button at the bottom. There is no time limit so enjoy your bible quiz.
We act on our faith.
God upholds it with the word of his power.
God is a God of faith.
God will bring our request to pass if we fulfil the conditions.
God never changes what he has said he will do.
God always answers our prayers.
3. When we operate in faith, which of the following statements is true?
We only need to ask God for what we want to happen.
We must spend a lot of time in prayer for any particular need.
We never need to command anything to happen.
Sometimes we must pray to God first and then command things to happen.
πιστευσετε - piseusete which means "doubting".
διακρινομενος - diakrinomenos which means "contending in the mind".
πιστευσαντας - pisteusantas which means "doubting".
διακονουντες - diakonountes which means "contending in the mind".
Present tense and literally means "Will come into being".
Future tense and literally means "Will come into being".
Present tense and literally means "Is coming into being".
Future tense and literally means "Is coming into being".
6. In #1.44 of the bible study seven things are listed that we need to believe for salvation. Which of the following is NOT among them?
Believe that there is one God.
Believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.
The Greek word for "confess" means "to agree with".
The Greek word for "confess" means "to speak with the mouth".
The Greek word for "confess" is only for forgiveness of sins.
Faith will still work without confession.
8. Which of the following scriptures does NOT say that faith without works is dead?
Acting on our faith is not always necessary.
Acting on faith results from a believing heart.
Genuine faith produces corresponding actions.
A person who does not act on his/her faith can still have a genuine faith.
Endurance is always required with faith.
Endurance is never required with faith.
Endurance is sometimes required with faith.
Endurance is only required for Salvation.
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Our March Leading Lady, Nicole Picadura is back for her sensational second performance! If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE. Today she brings you another beautiful card with a video tutorial!
Happy Saturday! Last week I shared a project using a die cut and embossing paste to create a unique focal point for cards. Today, we are going to take it super simple and create an embossed background with a die!
This is VERY simple, anyone can do it! This is also a great way to stretch your dies, giving them a new purpose other than just cutting papers. For this project, I used the Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways for the background.
Any dies you have will be able to provide a subtle and soft dimension, allowing any focal points to pop easily! I kept the main portion of the card and the sentiment super simple using the Sketchy Thoughts Stamp Set & Cutaways. Since our background is super busy, keeping focal points simple and sweet will balance things out.
When stamping the sentiment, make sure to give it a good coverage since it is being stamped on top of the embossed surface. You can use MISTI to help with it. What kind of dies do you have that you can use this technique with? Perhaps background dies? or word dies you could use over and over for backgrounds? or shaped dies? Any would work well, so give it a try!
Love the effect of the embossed background! Pretty card!
Wow, I've never thought of embossing like this but what a fun way to use the dies. Now I can get even more use out of my supplies, which is always great!
I love this card Nicole, it is so cool! I just realized I still don't have any alphabet die (upper OR lower case!) I really like these ones. Very versatile, not just trendy!
such pretty work :) love it!
Great choice to use the letters for this technique--wonderful card! I know how to do it, but hardly ever do. Thanks for the reminder!


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Boettcher Scholarship recipients can apply for funding to spend either a semester or a year studying abroad.
2012 scholar Jaser Alsharhan studied abroad in Rwanda at SIT Rwanda: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding, which supported his international studies minor.
2011 scholar Melissa Barnes traveled to Berlin to study Afro-German women and feminism in various cultures.
2013 scholar Kristina Lu studied literature, culture and history in Rosario, Argentina.
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A Collection of Tales That Bind
Dilys Ng for TIME
By Sarah Begley
When Ellen Oh was in elementary school, her teacher read a classic children's book to the students: Claire Huchet Bishop's The Five Chinese Brothers. That day at recess, she says, "the kids started to chase me around and do Chinky eyes at me and use ching-chong language." In art class that afternoon, a boy painted mustard yellow on her arm, telling her she "wasn't the right color for a Chinaman."
Oh, who is Korean American, is now an author herself and wants to make sure young readers today feel recognized in their literature. As president of the organization We Need Diverse Books, she has edited an anthology of short stories for middle-grade readers representing the breadth of American childhood. Flying Lessons & Other Stories, to be published Jan. 3, includes contributions from nine award-winning and best-selling authors, including Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming, 2014) and Grace Lin (When the Sea Turned to Silver, 2016), plus newcomer Kelly J. Baptist, whose story about a homeless boy whose father has died won a contest that's part of the organization's mission to build up new writers.
Christopher Tolkien, Son of Lord of the Rings Creator, Dies at 95
People Have Invented More Than 200 Gender-Neutral Pronouns. Here's Why 'They' Is Here to Stay
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover, 2014), who wrote a story in verse about a boy who gains the ability to read people's thoughts after hitting his head, says he likes to tell stories about kids "who happen to be from a different culture or community or background, who laugh and breathe and cry and have hopes and dreams just like every other kid. But they aren't viewed as other, and they don't view themselves as other." Other tales focus explicitly on the feeling of being different: Meg Medina (Burn Baby Burn, 2016) writes about a Latina girl whose father has arranged to paint the gym in her new school in lieu of paying tuition. When a group of students traipse through the workspace and mess up the paint, they see her not as a peer but as less-than. "For kids of color, those little micro-moments happen all the time," Medina says. "We have to help them make sense of that."
The stories will also resonate with any kid who's ever felt different–which is to say, every kid. Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil, 2013) contributes a personal story about a nerdy Indian boy on vacation in Spain, who gazes at the cute boy on the beach wondering whether he's staring because he likes him or because he wants to be him. Chainani notes efforts at inclusion can themselves be segregated–"this is the disability story, this is the gay story." But for him, there were multiple things that made him feel like an outsider as a kid, including being "a bone" at 6 ft. 115 lb. "It isn't so much about finding a story that mirrors exactly your situation, but [one that] somehow produces the same feelings."
"What we want to do," Oh says, "is to talk about how the human experience is what bonds all of us, instead of putting us into these parcels, these categories, and saying, 'No, you're different, and I can't relate to you.'"
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Dakota Hawkins Charged with Four Aggravated Assault Counts; Alleged Gun Incident Locked Down Schools In October
The man whose confrontation with family members in October that prompted a lockdown of schools in central Casper will face trial on four counts of aggravated assault. Dakota Hawkins was bound over to district court after he waived his preliminary hearing before Circuit Court Judge Brian Christensen on Thursday...
John Knox Now Charged With Attempted Second-degree Murder
A Casper man charged with aggravated assault and threatening people with a gun at a bar earlier this month now faces a charge of attempted second degree murder, a Natrona County Circuit Court judge said Thursday.
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F1 Games
Announcing F1 2015
By justbiglee, March 26, 2015 in General Discussion
SamuelTrautman 0
mmpaw37 said:
In regards to Project Cars...
A friend of mine rang me last night and told me he had purchased it, and after a few tweaking with his wheel, he's managed to get it somewhat perfect(or so he says).
I am going to visit him after work and see what this PCars is like for myself; however from the reaction from him, he didn't sound to enthusiastic and has said it needs a lot of tweaking. He has a decent system so i'm not sure what he really means but, he did say that the graphics and framerate are a slight issue.
He'd explained that you have to spend so much time messing about with the graphics settings - then you have to restart the game when you've applied those settings and it takes a lifetime..., but again I will see for myself what he means later on.
TBH..., from what he said I don't think I will be purchasing it...
tweaking the settings, is that not normal for pc gaming? I wouldn't know being a plug and play gamer, just don't have the time to spend messing about with pc's
10Tenths 0
my face when people still thinking this is all FOM's fault because of "muh license restrictions"
sjsharp2010 200
I think if you like a good relatively easy to get into sim then you'll enjoy it. I didn't find myself having to play around with the graphics settings to much at first I had a problem with the spray flickering when I was doing a wet race but it just needed some tweaks to the Anti Aliasing settings I had set up which I resolved but aside from that it pretty much worked out of the box framerate wise it looks good for me as I do have a fairly decent card in the GTX 770 4gb. But obviously everybody is different.
Tourgott 0
I'm more like
hola 0
Well everyone...Good day!
I have been informed by @TheLeeMather and @LiteralZero about the lack of forthcoming information, and why there seems to be a 'hold up'...
As you all may know, all assets have to be subjected to testing and scrutiny; following that comes the inevitable FOM(and other parties) signing off period - which is why periods of inactivity unfortunately takes place.
scottishwildcat 120
coolieboy said:
I think all this talk about FOM and license issues is BS! Has anyone played F1 Race Stars on iOS? It has official cars and drivers, yet you drive as an unknown driver for a fictional team. Why can't CM implement that in F1 2015 is beyond me.
Nobody has said they can't. We know they can, as they've done it in every other F1 game. They've just chosen not to for this one, supposedly because it would break the immersive experience they're trying to create with all the new driver specific commentary lines and animations. Time will tell.
As for closed press demos, they're not unique to CM by a long chalk. Nobody expected a public demo this time around because they've never done one before... I'd say that's the least of most people's concerns about the game.
Fair enough your choice of course. I personally prefer P cars over Assetto Corsa though
after all you have said the last 2 weeks im beginning to think codies have paid you off to stay quiet, lol
the whole game feels unfinished? well at least they have something in common with codies :-)
every race with ai is as you say "awkward" its the multiplayer that counts for me and from what I see it looks really good
scottishwildcat said:
As for closed press demos, they're not unique to CM by a long chalk. Nobody expected a public demo this time around because they've never done one before...
except the one demo they did do in 2012 lol
and I honestly cant remember ever having a fictional team to play in, can you remind me what year that was, lol
edited, didn't think @scottishwildcat would reply to this
DarkRedslayer 10
Ahh the advantages of consoles lol
and a little too much like Assetto Corsa for my liking. The handling isn't that bad but again, it just feels the same as AC -
not sure if serious
SpecOps1UK 0
The version of P Cars you played must be different to mine which is bizarre. I have played extensively thus far and experienced none of the problems you mentioned. I'm still getting F1 2015 though.
Project Cars AI is the best AI in any racing game I've ever seen. They even try to force you into a mistake.
Sometimes they're a little bit too aggressive but that's a very small issue compared to the ridiculous AI we know from CM. I'm pretty sure their new AI in F1 2015 will be not much improved.
Andi 7
Well using a ps3 controller will give you a bad experience no matter how good a driving game is, using a ps4 or xbox 360/xb1 controller is like playing a different game... And that is coming from a Sony guy.
MastaVonBlasta 1
The situation with the recent lack of communication is disappointing, but the reason of FOM holding up has come up in the past with previous games. I personally do think it is a legitimate reason and I get a feeling the team is forbidden from complaining about the hold up or from expressing when they expect to have the all-clear.
When the game was announced (it feels like its already been a while), @justbiglee @Britpoint and @LiteralZero were open and answered questions. I don't think they stopped replying, because they suddenly became bad people - it must be down to higher powers...
I have high hopes that the F1 2015 will be a major step forward and that it will be a success, which will help Codemasters keep on going and creating games from my favourite genre - racing. Of course, I do agree that creating a bit more hype would help them as in case of this game they really need it to sell.
Whatever the reason is for the communication breakdown hopefully it eases off soon.
DiRT Rally turned out very well, because it is a result of listening to what the customers asked for. The release format on Steam Early Access is the right one in these circumstances: perfect a potentially nichee game on PC before gauging interest for it on consoles and then invest into porting it.
With the F1 game the path is very different. F1 2015 is surely a result of a large investment, it will release on all major current platforms and it is a part of licencing deal. I think the communication and promotion of F1 2015 will be VERY different to DiRT Rally.
In any case the scheduled release is just around the corner - hopefully the game is progressing well and we're close to hearing more. If the game is full of bugs, please delay the release - buggy games do not go down well with customers...
One thing in CM's favour might be that in quite a few videos I've seen of both sim racers and F1 YouTubers playing Project Cars, they've said that of all the cars in the game they've tried, the Formula A car in particular just feels "wrong". (Even ignoring the silliness of being able to use DRS anywhere during a race.)
One thing in CM's favour might be that in almost every video I've seen of people playing Project Cars, they've said the Formula A car just feels "wrong", not to mention the silliness of being able to use DRS anywhere during a race.
Who said FA "feels" wrong? Obviously I've never driven a F1 car but for me it feels much more realistic than CM's F1. For PCars it all depends on the correct settings.
As for DRS: It's based on the 2011 rules, when DRS was allowed anywhere in Qualifying. I'm pretty happy they're allowing it in the race too, because DRS is just bullshit so it gives great racing with equivalent cars and not just push-to-pass fake overtakes. Slipstream is still too much in Pcars, though. It's a known bug and will be fixed soon.
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SpecOps1UK said:
Well obviously I played the same game, however its good that you didn't experience those particular issues...must be sporadic...?
But yeah, I am not impressed personally speaking, and I won't be making the purchase as to be honest, its just not my cup of tea. The 'Gran Turismo' esque feel to it just doesn't feel right - so was Assetto corsa and rFactor..., however I preferred the latter of the two.
TBH..., F1 2015 can't come quick enough now and I know for sure Codemasters will not let us down, regardless of the lack of communication; This whole feeling I have which has that DiRT Rally type of release has without doubt made me personally feel both excited and relaxed! ;)
I know @Codemasters will not let the fans down...I KNOW IT! ;)
Hmmm maybe. The might pull the rabbit out of the hat yet concerning F1 2015. But I wouldn't bet my house on it come think of it I wouldn't bet on it at all. I purchased all the F1 games, 2014 for me was the biggest disappointment of all of them. Waited for that patch. Give them time I said. They wont let us down. Well history tells us a different story.
This year for the first time in six years the hype (Well there is no hype because there is no communication) and the excitement is not there for me. I'm not really bothered if the game is even released this year never mind next month. Why I here you ask. PROJECT CARS. That's why, I never have had more excitement, Overwhelmed, Euphoric and exuberant about this game in all my years of gaming. SMS listened to the community and give them what the wanted and more. Furthermore I know this game will receive support from the developers over the months ahead.
Deep down I hope Codemasters can deliver. But what I heard so far has not filled me with confidence at all.
Now can you please excuse me I hear someone calling me from inside my PS4. Project cars.
Team VVV vids elude to its handling greatness and I agree. I have driven many different cars on track days including Formula Ford, Formula Audi, Formula BMW, Formula 1 (1996 Benetton) plus many other open wheel and race cars and also agree with The Stig. The handling in Project Cars is incredibly realistic.
Tourgott said:
Who said FA "feels" wrong?
Off the top of my head, I think YouTubers EmptyBox and AOR Fisi (who both do a good bit of PC sim racing) and AlexZafro (who's more on casual Codies F1 gamer end of the scale) have all said much the same thing, and I've heard it from one or two others as well (sorry I can't remember who, off-hand).
proud to say... i got my first warning ever by Codecrappers. Looks like they have the time to give out warnings but not to give us info. Take your warning and shove it Codecrappers. thank god for free speech. If you see this name gone fellow members.. then you know what happen to me. But i will be back. thank god for anonymous surfing.
If only I could hit agree more times. Hate drs.
Why should anyone take the word of someone whos actually driven them over youtube league racers?!
@justbiglee are you there by any chance...? - Or any other moderator that can close this thread...? - Its moved over to the 'dark side'...discussions about Project CARS instead of F1 2015! ;(
...This is a forum about Formula One games by Codemasters isn't it...?
Come on @PeteTheDuck ...Sort this out...
pmsl you got double standards bro,
Zombie said:
they cant combat the tor network,, proxy servers are another option :-) you don't even need a real email address to sign up for this forum! lulz
mmmpowpow you mark my post as off topic yet I just went through this whole thread and you have been off topic for about 3-4 pages :-) my remark about double standards above must be true eh lol #communitybanter


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Ivan Coyote (Image: Supplied)
Auckland Writers Festival: Rachael King interviews Ivan Coyote
Rachael King | Guest writer
We conclude our week-long series of encounters with guests due to appear at the Auckland Writers Festival as Rachael King interviews the fairly fucken fantastic Ivan Coyote.
Last year, Ivan Coyote stood on stage in front of a sell-out crowd at the WORD Christchurch festival and delivered gut-punching stories of love, gender, body scars, family quirks and encounters with strangers; often with a wink and a comic's timing, and always with genuine emotion. We should have booked a bigger room. As Ivan left the building that afternoon, I made them promise to come back, and that's just what they're doing next week, with shows in Wellington and Christchurch before landing at the Auckland Writers Festival.
Since that first visit, the Canadian writer has published Tomboy Survival Guide, their eleventh book and a collection of stories about growing up in the 1970s as a tomboy: with first crushes, first jobs, and negotiating the world as a non-binary transgender person, or, as Ivan describes it, "plaid on the outside, but with flowers on the inside", like their new shirt.
Ivan's work goes a long way to create understanding, but at the same time it is not Ivan's job to educate the reader on trans issues — rather, understanding is a fortunate side-effect of reading intimate, honest, funny and at times, painful narratives. Ivan's freedom as a kid and as a young teen playing alongside boys on the sports field, developing crushes on fellow tomboys, gives way to prejudice faced while training as an electrician and protests from religious fundamentalists.
The stories are full of generosity and warmth, but nothing prepares you for seeing Ivan performing them on stage, and the 'Coyote one-two' which has you laughing and weeping in the space of one story. In 'Stronger Than the Skin' Ivan documents the scars on their body, and how they came to be, starting with the one under their chin and ending with the scars from top surgery to have their breasts removed. Affecting to read; riveting to hear live.
Ivan's work with youth is legendary — not only in helping transgender and queer kids feel less alone, but in their work addressing issues of bullying. When I emailed Ivan to ask them if they'd answer a few questions, they were typically on the road, about to do three school shows in one day, with 600 kids per show. I was grateful they found the time to answer when they got back home.
When you were here last year, we took the visiting writers to be welcomed to Christchurch by Ngāi Tahu. Tell us about your experience visiting Tuahiwi marae, where all the writers were asked to stand and tell a story, and where I hear you were so popular, you missed the bus.
My experience at Tuahiri marae? Well I haven't stopped thinking about it. I have Māori relatives, my step-grandma and her children, and several cousins on my dad's side of the family who married into Māori families, and their kids too of course. But that was my first visit to a marae. My grandmother was so excited for me to be there!! I was deeply moved to meet the elders and be a witness and a guest that day. What an honour! I especially loved when everyone shared their family history and lineage. Whakapapa. As a storyteller who has written extensively about my own family, and who is very close with most of my huge family, this made so much sense to me.
And yeah, I got so into talking to all the old aunties after the lunch that the bus left without me and I had to jump the stone wall (like a jaguar, someone said) and cut the bus off at the pass.
Ivan Coyote performing at WORD Christchurch (Image: Supplied)
I think it was [American critic] John Freeman who described you as a jaguar and I could see it all in my mind.
It was Hal [Wake, director of Vancouver Writers Fest]. I suggested gazelle but he said I was more jaguar. It was about a five foot fence.
I love the family dynamics you portray in your stories. You speak very warmly of your grandmother, who was part Irish and part Roman Catholic who had been brought up being told to lie about who she was, and you've written a loving tribute to her called "Kraft Singles for Everyone". What was your relationship like?
She ruled our family. She was our quiet, meek, hardworking matriarch. I miss her every day. I think of her multiple times a day. She was a huge influence on all of us.
You have written about the importance of gender neutral toilets and then you gave a TED talk (Why We Need Gender-Neutral Bathrooms) which went viral. What has been the effect on your life of that talk?
The effect on my life of that talk is that I do not ever want to ever talk about where I use the washroom or how difficult that can be for trans people (especially these days in North America with you-know-who in power and his you-know-whats), ever again in my life. And I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be talking about bathrooms probably for the rest of my life.
You put yourself out there and the internet can be a treacherous place. Do you read the comments? Why or why not?
Mostly no. Not on the real mainstream outlets, like Reddit and The Guardian, etc. The TED website. Ugh. Too much hate and not enough heart left to withstand it all, really. I have enough just to answer hateful emails, Twitter messages, randoms on my Facebook public page, etc. I don't go looking for it.
Full room at WORD Christchurch (Image: Supplied)
It seems to me that storytelling — opening yourself up to personal stories told in such an engaging way rather than presenting people with facts — can do a lot of work in building empathy between people from different worlds. I certainly saw it in our audience, both in your sessions and in the session where we invited refugees in our community to tell their stories. Why do you think that is? And can these encounters make a difference one story at a time or is the divide just too great?
I think that stories are the best way we have to explain, to understand, to learn, to teach, to warn, to celebrate, to remember, to honour. I think stories are the best tool we have to change the world.
I think they do make a difference one person and one heart and one mind at a time. I just don't know if that pace is fast enough to help us right now. The bad stories have so much power and airspace and bandwidth right now.
In "I Wish My Son" a mother writes to you for advice about understanding her transgender son. You say that if you could give her son advice it would be advice about the importance of being a good, feminist man and what that looks like. I have also heard you speak about the importance of chivalry. What were the male role models in your life like?
Male role models or masculine role models would be my first question. I had to unlearn most of what society teaches young girls (because that is what I was socialised to be, as unsuccessful as it was) about being a man in order to find a place to form my own version of myself, my own masculinity that reflected my feminist beliefs and my own experience navigating the world as a non-binary person.
That said, I learned a lot of good things from my dad and my uncles, especially my great Uncle Jack. A couple of teachers, too. Some old tradesmen I apprenticed under when I was an electrician.
Do you ever have the urge to drift back into work as an electrician? Do you get pleasure from rewiring a socket or installing a bathroom fan?
Yes! Yes!, and more yes. I'm writing this in my office at 8pm. I've been at it since 8am and I'm not close to done. I never ever feel done with work these days. I just re-wired all the plugs and switches in my girlfriend's grandmother's house, and then came home and swapped out a couple of my plugs with brushed silver plugs with USB adaptors built right into them, and I use my electrical knowledge on the road, at venues and recording/playing live music all the time.
I'm amazed by the huge well of stories that you have. Are you still finding nuggets of memory to mine and how do you keep the ideas coming?
Knock on wood I've always had more ideas than time to think much less write them all down. Knock on wood.
You travel a lot for your work — this will be your third visit to Australasia in less than a year — and you really give yourself over to your performances. How do you look after yourself in order to recover and ready yourself for the next trip? And how do you find the time and headspace to create new work?
This is an ongoing struggle. 25 years of touring is catching up to me. I'm closer to turning fifty than I am 45 now. Much closer. I'm tired all the time. I'm looking at finally getting to the point where I have to sort of look at the road as a way of buying myself time off of the road. I'm taking most of August off. Which means a different kind of work though. Writing. I feel like I could sleep for three weeks right now. I need a vacation but I need to learn what that actually looks like. I used to work electrics in film, pull 80 hour weeks so I could tour when everyone else on the crew went to Mexico. I wrote Tomboy on a very strict schedule. 1000 words a day for 70 days. If I had a gig or skipped a day to go swimming I would have to catch it up. I'm glad I don't have any employees, because my boss is a bit of an asshole.
Ivan Coyote appears in Wellington on Sunday 14 May, at the WORD Christchurch Autumn Season on Tuesday 16 May and the Auckland Writers Festival 18–21 May.
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DITL Data Isn't Statistically Valid for This Purpose (Part 2 of 4)
By Dr. Burt Kaliski Jr.
Nov 08, 2013 2:30 PM PST
For several years, DNS-OARC has been collecting DNS query data "from busy and interesting DNS name servers" as part of an annual "Day-in-the-Life" (DITL) effort (an effort originated by CAIDA in 2002) that I discussed in the first blog post in this series. DNS-OARC currently offers eight such data sets, covering the queries to many but not all of the 13 DNS root servers (and some non-root data) over a two-day period or longer each year from 2006 to present. With tens of billions of queries, the data sets provide researchers with a broad base of information about how the world is interacting with the global DNS as seen from the perspective of root and other name server operators.
In order for second level domain (SLD) blocking to mitigate the risk of name collisions for a given gTLD, it must be the case that the SLDs associated with at-risk queries occur with sufficient frequency and geographical distribution to be captured in the DITL data sets with high probability. Because it is a purely quantitative countermeasure, based only on the occurrence of a query, not the context around it, SLD blocking does not offer a model for distinguishing at-risk queries from queries that are not at risk. Consequently, SLD blocking must make a stronger assumption to be effective: that any queries involving a given SLD occur with sufficient frequency and geographical distribution to be captured with high probability.
Put another way, the DITL data set — limited in time to an annual two-day period and in space to the name servers that participate in the DITL study — offers only a sample of the queries from installed systems, not statistically significant evidence of their behavior and of which at-risk queries are actually occurring.
A concrete example will illustrate the point. Continuing the observations and analysis started in New gTLD Security and Stability Considerations [PDF] and New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis, Verisign Labs analyzed the SLDs in queries for 14 applied-for gTLDs at the A and J root servers during the period from July 16 to October 19, 2013. The 14 applied-for gTLDs were chosen arbitrarily as a sample set with a range of query volumes, not based on any assumptions about their SLD activity.
To be consistent with the SLD blocking proposal, the research team excluded from further analysis any SLD that did not consist only of alphanumeric characters and dashes, and any that appeared to consist of 10 random characters (the so-called "Chrome random strings").
Verisign Labs then recorded the cumulative number of SLDs detected as of each day of the period, starting with 0 and leading up to the total number of SLDs observed for the entire period. To normalize across the different TLDs, the cumulative number per day was then divided by the total for the period to produce a cumulative percentage, starting with 0% and ending with 100%. The results are shown below.
The cumulative percentage grows gradually over the three-month period, with no obvious slowdown at the end; new SLDs continue to be observed each day at a similar rate. This is the case for all of the gTLDs measured. A sub-period as short as the one in the DITL data sets would not capture the full set of SLDs, even including the data from other root servers.
An apt analogy was made by one observer, "This would be like you deciding from a one-day weather report how to dress for the rest of the year. If it's sunny, you'd go out without your umbrella every day, but that may not be a good idea."
Verisign Labs recently applied a similar, though preliminary, analysis of the queries seen at the A and J root servers for the recently delegated gTLDs whose SLD blocking lists were published on October 29:
.camera, .clothing, .equipment, .guru, .holdings, .lighting, .singles, .ventures, .voyage
The analysis indicates, as anticipated, that installed systems are sending many queries to the root server system that include SLDs not on the blocking lists.
However, one example is particularly illuminating.
In the second technical report, Verisign Labs identified the WPAD and ISATAP query types as potential risk vectors. These are not the only types of queries that could put an installed system at risk if the behavior of the global DNS were to change, but they are important ones because of the widespread use of the WPAD and ISATAP protocols in network configuration.
In data collected at the A and J root servers between July and October 2013, Verisign Labs observed 918 WPAD queries and 403 ISATAP queries from one third-level domain within one of the recently delegated gTLDs. This third-level domain was within an SLD not on the blocking list.
Because the SLD is not on the blocking list, it is possible that the SLD could be registered within the gTLD, changing the behavior of the global DNS for the installed system that generated these queries, with unpredictable consequences. In addition, as noted, many other SLDs not on the blocking lists occur in the queries to the root server system. Changes to the global DNS for those SLDs could likewise impact installed systems.
For reference, the traffic volume that Verisign Labs measured at the A and J root servers for the gTLD is visualized below. The top line of each graph shows the total number of queries measured during the period (excluding, as in the previous analysis, queries for domain names that did not consist only of alphanumeric characters and dashes, and the so-called "Chrome random strings"). The bottom line shows what the total number would have been if queries with SLDs on the blocking list were also excluded.
The SLD mentioned above is the primary source for the unmitigated WPAD and ISATAP requests. Many other SLDs contribute to the total requests. Clearly, a significant number of potentially at-risk queries would remain if blocking were implemented.
Until more detailed analysis has been done for the queries and the installed systems that generated them, it is not possible to draw a full conclusion on the impact on installed systems if the response to those queries were to change as a result of the registration of an SLD in the new gTLDs. However, the evidence at this point underscores the argument that the list of SLDs observed in the DITL data is an inadequate basis for determining which queries may put installed systems at risk.
Additional posts in this series:
Part 1 of 4 – Introduction: ICANN's Alternative Path to Delegation
Part 3 of 4 – Name Collision Mitigation Requires Qualitative Analysis
Part 4 of 4 – Conclusion: SLD Blocking Is Too Risky without TLD Rollback
By Dr. Burt Kaliski Jr., Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer at Verisign
Related topics: Cybersecurity, DNS, Domain Names, ICANN, New TLDs
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206. Is production downtime distinguished from equipment breakdown, and are both tracked?
207. Are problem, cause and action codes grouped, nested and hierarchical?
208. Is there a troubleshooting database (i.e., based on analysis of problem, cause and action codes) to assist in diagnosing equipment repair problems?
209. Can a user create, analyze and track failure records?
210. Does the CMMS track service life percentage?
211. Does the CMMS support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA or RCA)?
212. Does the CMMS support Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)?
213. Does the CMMS support Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)?
214. Does the CMMS support Weibull, Monte Carlo Simulation, Laplace, and Crow/AMSAA analysis for reliability programs?
215. Does the CMMS support determining the optimal maintenance policy (ie, fail-based, use-based or condition-based maintenance)?
216. Can you create an operators log book for a given asset, separate from work orders, to determine things like failure info, downtime info, conditions, applicable, work order references, and line stops (ie, when equipment stops for a few minutes and operator makes a minor fix, can actually record what happened electronically)?
220. Does the CMMS provide archiving capability (ie, ability to view archived data from within the CMMS, automatic storage based on conditions other than time like asset status, easy and fast restoration)?
221. Does the CMMS support a PAS 55 framework (ie, future ISO 55001)?