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Presidential History © John S. Cooper
Faithless Electors
We will know on election night in November, or early the next morning, who will be our next President. But in reality, that is not decided until another election in December. That is when the Electoral College meets, and elects the next President of the United States. In November, we are not electing a President; we are electing the Electors who will elect the next President.
When the Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution, they intended that the Electors should meet and calmly and objectively discuss who should be elected President. They had no intention of Electors deciding their vote in advance, much less running for the position based on how they would vote. They had not only the right, but also the duty to vote as they deemed best for the people. This system has not changed; it is still the system we use today.
The only change in the system is that today, we use a winner-take-all method. Each candidate has candidates for Elector equal to the number of electoral votes to which that state is entitled. Whichever candidate gets the largest number of popular votes wins all of that state's electoral votes. Such has not always been the case.
In the early days of our Constitution, Electors were chosen by the state legislatures. This led to political deals and a split of the state's electoral votes in many cases. In some states, a combination of selection by the legislature and popular vote decided the choice of Electors, causing more splits in the state's electoral votes. The use of voting machines and straight ticket voting at the beginning of this century led to the decline in split electoral votes.
There has been one other cause of split electoral votes throughout our history. That is the "faithless Elector." In several elections, an Elector pledged to a given candidate has changed his vote, and cast it for a different candidate. It has never made the difference in the outcome of an election, but there have been elections close enough where it could have done so.
The first "faithless Elector" was in our third election, in 1796. A Federalist Elector voted for Democratic-Republican Jefferson instead of Federalist Adams. Although three supposedly Democratic-Republican Electors voted for Adams, there is some disagreement about their being the first "faithless Electors." They were close friends of John Adams and party lines were not clearly drawn.
But the next instance was definitely a "faithless Elector." In 1820, James Monroe carried every state in the Union in his successful re-election campaign. One Elector, named Plummer, in New Hampshire voted for Monroe's Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams. Again, there is some uncertainty about Plummer's motives. The most accepted story is that Plummer, a former governor of his state, so revered George Washington that he did not wish anyone else to be remembered by history as having equaled Washington's unanimous election. Another version is that Plummer grew dissatisfied with Monroe's policies and voted for Adams in protest.
There were no further faithless Electors until 1948 when Preston Parks, a Truman Elector in Tennessee, voted for Governor Strom Thurmond who was running for President on the Dixiecrat ticket. That is the same Strom Thurmond who has been a Senator from South Carolina since 1955, and is now the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
In 1956, W.F. Turner, who had been elected as a Stevenson (Democratic) Elector voted instead for Walter E. Jones, a local judge. By the time he cast his vote for Jones, Turner knew that his candidate had lost the election, and that his vote would not make a difference in the outcome.
In the close 1960 presidential race, a Nixon Elector named Henry D. Irwin of Oklahoma changed his vote to Harry F. Byrd, a Senator from Virginia. Byrd had run as an independent, and gained votes in the South where the southern Democrats did not agree with Kennedy's civil rights position. Byrd won all of Mississippi's eight electoral votes, six of Alabama's eleven electoral votes, and the one from the faithless elector in Oklahoma. Again, it was not enough to change the results, but it did make an already tight election even closer.
In 1968, Dr. Lloyd Bailey, a Nixon Elector from North Carolina, cast his vote for American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace. Wallace carried five Deep South states that year, plus this one vote from North Carolina for a total of 46 electoral votes. Wallace came very close to denying either of the two major candidates (Nixon and Humphrey) an electoral majority and thus throwing the election into the House of Representatives. Wallace hoped that by doing so, he would have the balance of power in choosing the next President and thus be able to extract concessions from one or both of the candidates.
In 1972, Roger L. MacBride voted for the Libertarian Party candidate, John Hospers. MacBride had been elected as a Nixon Elector in Virginia. After receiving a great deal of publicity, MacBride ran for President as a Libertarian in 1976.
Another recent faithless Elector was Mike Padden of the state of Washington. He was chosen as a Ford Elector in 1976, but voted instead for Ronald Reagan, the former California governor who had tried unsuccessfully to take the Republican nomination away from President Ford.
The most recent faithless Elector was a Democrat from West Virginia in 1988. Although she voted for the Democratic candidates to whom she was pledged, she "reversed" her votes. She voted for Lloyd Bentsen, the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, for President and Michael Dukakis, the Democratic Presidential candidate, for Vice President.
In most of these cases, faithless Electors knew their candidates had already lost the election, and that changing their vote would not matter. The motivation may have been publicity, gain, or desire to make a political statement. But one or two Electors straying from their pledged candidate could change the outcome of the election. We have had some very close elections, including one where the margin of victory was a single electoral vote (Hayes beat Tilden 185-184 in 1876). A faithless Elector or two in one of these close contests could actually change the final results of the entire election.
Proposals have been made to remedy this situation. One of the most often made suggestions is to maintain the electoral system, but have a state's electoral votes cast automatically, with no individuals involved, and no possibility of faithless Electors opposing the will of the voters. Certainly, political parties have been much more careful in recent years about how they choose their candidates for the position of Elector. Until something changes, let's hope they continue to be careful.
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ATR (Auto-Teile-Ring, English: "Spare Parts Pool") is the corporate umbrella of one of the world's largest independent trading cooperations for automotive spare parts and a service center for four garage service concepts. The headquarters of ATR is located in Denkendorf (Baden-Württemberg). ATR companies provide auto shops and spare parts dealers with original spare parts and garage equipment.

History
During the 1950s, a large number of major automotive spare parts dealers in Germany came together to publish a joint catalog of automotive spare parts. From the mid-1960s on, the first gas stations began selling automotive accessories: This created competition for wholesalers that had been generating high revenues through sales of accessories. For that reason, several dealers decided to combine their purchase operations. For this to occur, a joint legal form had to be created. This is how ATR GmbH came about in 1967. ATR founding members included wholesalers Auto Merkur, Auto Staiger, Matthies, Stahlgruber und Wessels. ATR is the eldest trading cooperation for automotive spare parts in Germany. Founding members Johannes J. Matthies GmbH & Co KG in Hamburg and Stahlgruber GmbH in Poing, Bavaria have remained part of ATR until today.

ATR launched its private label brand Cartechnic for garage products and accessories in 1990. Today, the range includes more than 600 products. The wholesalers involved in ATR pushed on with developing a joint catalog after that, though these efforts only gained momentum with electronic data processing. The ATR partners first showcased their electronic spare parts information system ARTis at the Automechanika trade show in 1992.

As sales and purchases of automotive spare parts and accessories in the 1990s gradually turned into a global business, ATR moved with the times and aspired an internationalization. Its first non-German partners were French parts dealer Groupe Laurent (1991) and Spain's Gerstenmaier (1992). The foundation of ATR International AG in 1999 created the legal framework for the group-purchasing cooperation's international expansion.

Facts and figures
Today, 42 partners along with 277 trading companies in 60 countries form part of ATR International AG. These include members in the USA, South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. ATR has now a presence on six continents.

ATR partner companies employ more than 152,000 employees and operate approx. 10,000 local sales points. All in all, members of ATR International AG generated external revenues of 30.88 billion euros in 2021. ATR is one of the largest revenue generators among purchasing cooperations serving the independent automotive spare parts market globally. The non-listed AG's 42 partners hold the company's capital.

Garage workshops
In 2008, ATR consolidated independent garage and specialty store service concepts Meisterhaft, AC AUTO CHECK and autoPARTNER into ATR SERVICE GmbH, which now comprises more than 1,181 owner-operated workshops (as of August 2022). This makes ATR SERVICE GmbH the largest franchiser of independent multi-brand garages in Germany. With its 426 workshops located in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain, international garage service concept ACC AUTO CHECK CENTER also forms part of ATR.

Suppliers
ATR suppliers encompass both spare parts manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers such as Bosch, Continental, Hella, Mahle, Schaeffler und ZF Friedrichshafen AG. All in all, ATR works with around 150 suppliers, including companies servicing product groups such as automotive electric equipment, auto-chemicals, automotive accessories, auto body parts, wear parts and tools & workshop equipment.

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External links
www.atr.de

Auto parts suppliers of Germany
Companies based in Stuttgart
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Global Afrikan People's Parliament Harmonising Voices of the Afrikan Heritage Community towards Self-Determination and Nationhood
GAPP POSITION STATEMENT ON ELECTORAL POLITICS IN BRITAIN
The Global Afrikan People's Parliament (GAPP) is a newly emerged independent, participatory, self-empowering and representative body whose strategic goal is to promote, preserve and protect the best interests of the Afrikan Heritage Community for National Self-Determination (AHC-NSD), particularly those domiciled in the United Kingdom (UK). By'Afrikan' we mean people known as 'Africans' or 'Black People' of 'African origin/descent'.
As a peoples self-empowering institution of the AHC-NSD, the GAPP operates as the representative political body for people of Afrikan heritagewho choose to identify as an Afrikan Heritage Community for National Self-Determination (AHC-NSD). The AHC-NSD is a special grouping of Afrikan people working in the UK to regenerate our community towards sovereign peoplehood in quest of National Self-Determination. This includes Afrikan national autonomy in determining our own destiny in all spheres of life, in familyhood with our kith and kin, and for that matter, in unbreakably interconnected Sankofa-Nkonsonkonso[1] spiritual link with all of our generations of the past and the present and the future. Indeed, with all of our own in other communities of people of Afrikan heritage throughout the Continent and Diaspora of Afrika. GAPP acts in the UK as an institution of non-territorial political, spiritual and cultural autonomy,but connects territorially by way of Rematriation/Repatriation, as a key element of Reparations, to the homeland of Afrika.
The GAPP has learnt from the African United Action Front (AUAF), Global Afrikan Congress (GAC), Black United Front Parliament (BUF-P) and Interim National Afrikan Peoples Parliament (iNAPP) building processes, the importance of moving Afrikan people domiciled in the UK towards better reasoning and carrying out a more effective, impactful and fruitful strategy for victoriously challenging, with Black Power as well as Ubuntu Peoples'Internationalist Pluriversality[2], the racist Eurocentric coloniality of oligarchic white power in Britain.[3] In particular, we are concerned about how this coloniality of power, and its excusive assimilationist unipolarity of racist dictatorship under the camouflage of globalizing Westminster Pseudo-Democracy, results in genocide/ecocide for Afrikan people throughout the World. It is our lived reality and experience that a big part of what will bring about the cessation of such genocide/ecocide is the need for us to assert our own Pan-Afrikan unifying counter-power to stop it through the self-determined glocal[4] regeneration of our AHC-NSD within and beyond Britain. This glocal self-repairing of Global Afrikan Sovereignty is the only guarantee of the collective security of Afrikan people,within the interconnected local, national and international processes of Decolonisation, within and beyond Afrika.
We release this statement on 1 May 2015, in remembrance of the didactically enriching political legacy of the 19thcentury Afrikan-Caribbean Radical Trade Unionist William Davidson, who suffered framed-up murder by the British State on this date. The political ferment around the supposed abolition of Enslavement had catapulted in that period many Afrikan and Caribbean-born Black people into the centre of radical activism in Britain. Davidson was born in Jamaica in 1781 and sent to Glasgow at the age of fourteen to study law. While in Scotland he became involved as an aspiring revolutionary in the demand for parliamentary reform. It is reported that, Davidson became politically active after the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which 11 unarmed demonstrators had been killed and over 500 injured. In response to this he joined the Maryleborne Reading Society.
At the Marylebone Union, Davidson met John Harrison, a Spencean (a member of the Spencean Philanthropists) and joined as well. There he met Arthur Thistlewood and became one of the Committee of Thirteen that ran the organisation. However, the group was infiltrated by police informants who kept track of the meetings and records of their discussions and activities. An Agent Provocateur, George Edwards, who worked for the intelligence and security agencies of the British State, persuaded the group to initiate a British State-hatched plot to incite the radicals into attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 23 February 1820. The fake plot was intercepted and Davidson as well as others were arrested, put through a travesty of Justice trial in akangaroo court and sentenced to death. 2015 marks the 195thanniversary of the execution of Davidson, who was unjustly convicted of hightreason with four other framed-up radical colleagues, publicly hanged and decapitated outside the debtors' door of Newgate Prison on 1 May 1820.
Learning the lessons of Davidson's and other Afrikan experiences of political battling for Change over centuries at home and abroad, we in GAPP have developed a three-pronged approach to tackling the issues of political representation in Europe for those seeking to form themselves into an Afrikan Heritage Community for National Self-Determination (AHC-NSD). This three-pronged approach is as follows:-
1. The Pledging Our Cause Mutual Exchange Concord (POCMEC) – 'The Concord': rallying voting support for individual candidates standing,particularly in marginal constituencies, on party political or independent platforms, for elections to public offices at local, national, regional and international (European Parliament, etc.) levels, upon their publicly declared standpoint of pledging support for our cause of Afrikan Heritage Community Self-Determination in and beyond the United Kingdom/Europe, in exchange for our GAPP-UK critical support for and constructive engagement with them;
2. The Decoloniality Electoral Alliance forLiberation (DEAL) – 'The Deal': Building decolonizational work-in-progress alliances with political forces, in and beyond Europe, that are influential in the United Kingdom – upon the principled basis of sharing certain common grounds of Anti-Coloniality in mutually supportive quests for Self-Determination. In this context, DEAL's are useful for promoting our own cause of Afrikan Heritage Community Self-Determination in and beyond the United Kingdom/Europe;
3. The Operation Represent Ourselves (ORO) – 'Self-Represent': entails establishing an independent political party through which GAPP-UK candidates can be fielded to standfor elections to public offices at any local, national and international level deemed appropriately necessary, feasible and viable.
[1] The Akan indigenous knowledge conceptualisation of the transferable wisdom inherent in the historical and spiritual links that bind generations of a people, from the past through the present into the future.
[2] The power of unity in diversity that enables all peoples to equitably share in the interconnectedness of humanity.
[3] The Coloniality of Power is a theory of interrelation of the practices and legacies of European colonialism insocial systems and forms of knowledge. The theory describes the living legacy of colonialism in contemporary societies in the form of social discrimination that outlived formal colonialism and became integrated in succeeding social orders.The concept identifies the racial, political and social hierarchical orders imposed by European colonialism that prescribes value to certain peoples/societies while disenfranchising others.
[4] Glocal derives from the term glocalization, meaning 'thinking globally,acting locally' and speaks to the need to adopt an organisational and organising approach that provides clear global strategic direction along withthe flexibility to adapt to local/area/country specific opportunities and requirements.


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Malkin vs. Ovechkin Is the Real Rivalry
By Greg Thornberry April 28th, 2016
When the Penguins and the Capitals meet, the first thought on nearly everyone's mind is "Crosby vs Ovechkin". There is absolutely nothing wrong with that as they are arguably the best players of their generation. But when you really look at what makes this rivalry tick, you have to ask yourself if we are really discussing the most important narrative.
Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin have been compared to one another since they were teenagers in Russia. It is obvious to this day that both of them treat their on-ice meetings with a higher level of intensity than other games.
Sid/Ovi is the narrative, Geno/Ovi is the rivalry. #Comrads :) https://t.co/w2g0F4BiIb
— PGHSportsInitiative (@PGH_Initiative) April 25, 2016
Sidney Crosby and Ovechkin have had some epic meetings during their careers, but when one of the Russians is missing, there is obviously something missing. "Geno" and "Ovie" clearly try to upstage each other, almost at the cost of their own team's structure. On more than one occasion Ovechkin has gone out of his way to run over Malkin with huge hits…or at least attempted hits.
2005-16 5v5
Pitt v Wash GF% CF% OZone%
Malkin 56.1 51.9 61.5
Crosby 52.2 48.1 49.7
Letang 48.7 50.9 58.5
Ovechkin 66.7 54 48.8
They've both had their share of big moments when hey have met. Game winning goals, momentum shifting plays, and big hits to go along with their untimely penalties born of high emotions. This series could be full of career defining moments for one, or both. Malkin and Ovechkin are likely to avoid being overly emotional as they will be focused on the prize at the end of the finish line. But then again, as history has shown us, you can never be too sure.
Penguins vs. Capitals Is the Real Stanley Cup Final
Way back in the late 1990's and early 2000's the Avalanche and Red Wings frequently met in the playoffs for what many considered to be a matchup of the most talented teams in the league. Given the skill and intensity showcased in the rivalry, no East vs. West Stanley Cup Final could come close to matching the high-profile contests. In many ways it was the real championship round.
Crosby OT winner pic.twitter.com/C5uPuMTcxe
— Stephanie (@myregularface) April 8, 2016
That may be exactly what we have waiting for us in the second-round matchup between the Penguins and Capitals. The rivalry is in no way lacking for skill and dramatic storylines. Crosby vs. Ovechkin, Malkin vs. Ovechkin, Letang vs. Ovechkin. Matt Niskanen and (possibly) Brooks Orpik vs. the Penguins. The quality narratives are endless.
2005-2016 5v5
On Ice Against GF% CF%
Sid vs Ovie 46.2 46.1
Ovie vs Sid 53.8 53.9
Geno vs Ovie 40 42.9
Ovie vs Geno 60 57.1
Letang vs Ovie 36.4 47.6
Ovie vs Letang 63.6 52.4
It is a shame that the NHL created a playoff format where the 1st and 2nd seeds play each other in the 2nd round. A meeting between the two clubs in the conference final would be much more epic. Not to mention the fact that both teams earned their spot within the standings, and that should allow them to have an "easier" matchup in the earlier rounds. This system makes absolutely no sense.
Playoff chances after the games of April 25th. pic.twitter.com/BOlQM8sgm9
— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) April 26, 2016
The Penguins and Capitals feature some of the most prominent star players in the league, to go with their nearly flawless execution of their respective systems. The NHL should be shouting from the rooftops and dropping leaflets from planes to get people to watch this series.
Of course, we already know how much fun it is going to be.


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A Modest Promposal
By Michelle Rabinovich and Andrea Mocevic
Grandview High School's 2018 prom theme has been nothing if not controversial.
The "Grand Dynasty" theme is a self claiming ode to both the East Asian culture and Grandview's 20th anniversary. The majority of the Grandview community is in full support of this unique theme, though a small group of students and parents feel confusion or even anger at what they perceive to be cultural appropriation. To that end, the leadership team has been tirelessly attempting to assure this group of students of their pure intentions.
Student leadership and prom committee representative, junior Angela Na, stated that the committee expected backlash, but was taken aback by the harsh words of some peers.
"As a Korean American, we have been extremely careful with the decor and theme name. The 'Grand Dynasty' wasn't met to be 'oriental' but promote and celebrate 20 years of Grandview. We would never ever try to speak negatively of cultures," said Na.
The flyers for the 2018 "A Grand Dynasty" prom theme sparked controversy as accusations of cultural appropriation and racism flew.
Many students can understand this intention, and are excited that Grandview is celebrating new cultures.
"I don't see anything wrong with it. I think it's the coolest thing we have seen in a long time," said senior Daja Cortez.
"I know that we can't say anything because we're not Asian. We can't be like, 'oh it's not appropriating', but looking at a different standpoint like if they've done their research… it should correlate with the font and the lantern but the fact that it's not being stereotyped is the best part of it and most important… there isn't an Asian person on the invitation. There are a lot of things they could have done but didn't because they made sure it wasn't appropriating," said senior, Mahlet Mamo.
Something that makes our generation great is the vast diversity in opinions. With any proposed idea, there are a hundred ready responses. The sensitivity of the prom committee was equally as debated.
"I think that with the conversation they had, it seemed like they didn't even bother to consult teachers. My Chinese teacher went to Stanford for East Asian studies for God's sake, you can consult her and ask her about some specifics and there are specifics that I would prefer to see," stated a frustrated student who asked to be anonymous.
Would consulting with staff and other Asian-American students break the tradition of closely guarding the secret of the prom theme? Yes. However, one could argue that such an unconventional choice would relieve the majority of stress and backlash Grandview student leadership had to endure.
"Appropriating someone's culture means you take someone's culture and make it your own and no one is trying to do that, we are trying to honor [East Asian culture]," said Mamo
Despite outbursts and even tweets calling out leadership students by calling them "racist" or "culturally insensitive", the anonymous senior states that despite their "initial thoughts that the prom theme reflected poorly" on their culture, they continue their "fight for equality". The student believes that the theme in itself is not a bad one, but the current "political climate" coupled with the hypersensitivity of our society to racial issues made 2018 a poor timing choice for such a theme.
So what do these disgruntled students suggest?
"Its an example with Jeremy Lin about getting dreadlocks. He consulted his teammates who were African American and basically consulted them on how he should do it, he consulted, asked them about it and what does this sound like? His teammates went with him to the barbershop to make sure it wasn't cultural appropriation," said the student. However, the senior is not supporting a boycott of the 2018 Grand Dynasty prom, but rather warns people of how to and how not to behave.
"I think chopsticks in the hair might be borderline culture appropriation because no woman in China wears that, not that I know of anyway, but wearing the dress would be because many women in China wear it," said the senior.
"I believe that if I can't talk about my own culture and celebrate it as a prom theme, I think that is really scary. I was really excited for this theme," said Na.
The prom committee group of three "put a lot of thought on how we are proceeding forward and making sure we are being respectful and honoring rather than appropriating and stereotyping and marginalizing because that is the last thing we would want to do," said Grandview High School activities director and staff member representative for the prom committee, Alison Beaird
When asked about the timing of a culture based prom theme like the Grand Dynasty, leadership defended their choice.
"I believe that if I can't talk about my own culture and celebrate it as a prom theme, I think that is really scary. I was really excited for this theme," said Na. "Are we going to be so scared that we are suddenly stuck with Disney themes for all time? The way we are doing this, you can have a meaningful learning opportunity– even at prom," added Beaird.
Leadership assures the Grandview student body that this prom theme is still a formal an event as though it was any other theme. The decorations are described as artistic tapestries and resemble a traditional outdoor scene in Eastern Asia. Beside every artifact and art piece, there is said to be a placard defining each item and depicting their significance to the culture. For example, there will be a torii gate on display, with a corresponding sign.
"I think it will be a great learning opportunity as well as being a beautiful dance for kids to participate in and I think there is some concern about students making sure we communicate well around costumes. This isn't a costume party, this is a prom. We never had our kids dress towards a theme. We're not wanting this to be a costume party, but rather show this culture," said Beaird. "It is a formal event… but I don't want students to come in costumes… I know I had some Asian students come to me excited about wearing their own cultural wardrobe, that's beautiful. That's a beautiful thing".
For what it's worth, we agree. No progress was ever made in this world by people evading the problem. Overcoming ignorance is one of the greatest challenges we face today.
That being said, Grandview leadership has been making "daily facts" announcements about East Asian cultures over the PA system to not only educate our students but to widen their understanding.
So where does the problem truly originate? Is it a poor prom theme? Should there have been more communication between the prom committee (Which once again– is not one and the same with Grandview leadership), or does it maybe stem from a more fundamental aspect of our lives?
As far as social studies courses go at Grandview, we are offered a single semester course on World Religions. An hour and a half every other day for one semester, and only a handful of students who take the course. Perhaps this prom-tastrophe was a wakeup call that we, as a student body, may not be fully aware of how to properly learn and discuss cultures that aren't our own. Even the purest intentions like the Grand Dynasty prom theme can be misconstrued as cultural appropriation or disrespect without proper communication. If anything, this prom theme has become a gateway to new ways of showcasing different ways of life.
"We have been super careful, we had multiple meetings and conversations about this, and definitely understand… where the student body comes from. I think once you do see all the effort we put in the dance, and care in the selection, I hope the student body will understand and celebrate with us," said Na.
The biggest problem with the prom actually has almost nothing to do with the actual theme. We as a generation have become so accustomed to lashing out at others over social media that we don't stop to contemplate potential repercussions.
"I would love to have deeper conversations on how we respond to controversy online. I think the hurtful thing for student leadership was that there was this immediate conclusion of wrongdoing and even that concept, there was never… meanness of intent and we always want to celebrate; and seek to come to the source instead of immediately labeling something as racist or cultural appropriation… It's easy enough to get online and speak your piece but [we are] encouraging students to come and talk," said Beaird.
The idea that the Wolves were so ready to turn on one another and insult each other online is truly disheartening., especially since Grandview is running so many anti-bullying campaigns, including the infamous "No Place for Hate". The truth is the Grand Dynasty theme for the 2018 prom is meant to celebrate Grandview's 20th year since establishment and highlight East Asian culture. Misconceptions and bottled up anger led to very harmful things being said about Grandview's leadership team, our peers and friends.
"I also had a student worried about Instagram and Twitter, about posting a stereotypical phrase. That is not appropriate… we don't want that, and to avoid that," said Beaird.
After the damage that was already done, the hope remains that Grandview students will come to their senses and stop turning against one another, their peers. We are much more powerful as a united force against true injustices. We're all in this together, High School Musical style.
Sure, it is easier to stay ignorant and jump to conclusions before fully understanding the circumstances, but as Aristotle once said: "Anybody can become angry– that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way– that is not within everybody's power, and is not easy".
One Response to "A Modest Promposal"
Lain Iwakura on April 18th, 2018 9:38 am
This idea that cultures should be exclusive to those who come from the places where those cultures originated never made much sense to me. How I see it is that nobody should ever force a culture on anybody, but nobody should be disallowed from trying to partake in their idea of what a culture is either. Ways of life are in competition with one another, and the one that brings the most overall happiness will eventually be the one that everyone starts to take part in anyway, so I don't see any point in arbitrarily restricting people from trying to understand how different cultures work, even if that understanding is on such a superficial level as an idea for a dance theme. All it does is slow down natural selection. People shouldn't be so protective of their heritage, because if it's actually a better alternative to the way current culture is, then current culture will change to reflect this realization and be made better for it. If not, who cares? That culture is still allowed to mean something to you personally. Unless it's perpetuating legitimately harmful stereotypes, "cultural appropriation" isn't an issue at all.
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"I LIKE IKE!"…But the GOP Doesn't Seem To…
Posted on November 1, 2014 by insightanalytical
~~By InsightAnalytical
As yet another disgusting election season nears its end, I find that Dwight D. Eisenhower has been on my mind lately.
Eisenhower was the first President I knew. I was born in 1951 and he became President in 1953.
I remember like it was yesterday standing at the corner of Pierrepont and Lincoln Avenues in front of my grade school (Pierrepont Elementary) as I debated with a long-forgotten classmate about Kennedy vs. Nixon. I was in 6th grade and Eisenhower would be out of office by January 1961.
He passed away in 1969.
Since I was so young when Eisenhower was President, I don't remember much of what went on…but I do remember the Interstate Highway system being built. Reading about his time in office is fascinating as I try to recall how my childhood fit into the times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
I can't recall exactly when the name "Eisenhower" was purged from the GOP's history. I recall David Eisenhower and wife Julie showing up at some conventions, and perhaps they still do, but the Eisenhower name hasn't been uttered in years as far as I can tell.
The plain truth is that Eisenhower was not nuts. The current GOP IS nuts. And Eisenhower is just not crazy enough for them to give him much thought.
There are plenty of sites which have some of Eisenhower's best quotations.
I've selected a few that make me feel nostalgic for Ike. Maybe I'm just wandering back to my childhood, but I don't think that's the main reason I've been thinking about Eisenhower.
I think I'm just trying to remember what a more sane GOP might sound like…
So, here are some of my favorite quotations from Ike:
"Unless we progress, we regress."– State of the Union Address January 9, 1959
"Only Americans can hurt America."
"There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home."
"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
"If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power."
"Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America."
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
And, I offer this excerpt from Eisenhower's Farewell Address, January 17, 1961: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower#Farewell_address_.281961.29
Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved. So is the very structure of our society.In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Eisenhower knew that American needs "an alert and knowledgeable citizenry" and that "The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."
So, as we come to this Election Day, with the process marred by Citizens United and Koch brother money, voter suppression, extreme hostility to President Barack Obama, most likely fueled by racism, attacks on women's rights, and the general ignorance of the public, what would Eisenhower be thinking today??
How would he be viewing the "future of this republic"?
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PALIN LAUNCHES "SarahPAC"!! (Updated 1X–It's Not Just the Alfalfa Club for Palin This Weekend)
Posted on January 28, 2009 by insightanalytical
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R-UNQUALIFIED) has launched a political action committee…dubbed SarahPAC!
Here's the link: http://www.sarahpac.com/
From the site:
Sarah Palin's Official PAC
Dedicated to building America's future, supporting fresh ideas and candidates who share our vision for reform and innovation.
SarahPAC believes America's best days are ahead. Our country, founded on conservative principles and the fight for freedom, must confront the challenges of the 21st century with integrity, innovation, and determination.
SarahPAC believes energy independence is a cornerstone of the economic security and progress that every American family wants and deserves.
SarahPAC believes the Republican Party is at the threshold of an historic renaissance that will build a better future for all. Health care, education, and reform of government are among our key goals. Join us today!
YOU GO, GIRL!!! It will be interesting to see who receives help from SarahPAC in the future…
I don't agree with everything in her political viewpoint…BUT, I give her high marks for GUTS in standing up to the shitty media, shitty Democrats, and shitty Republicans, not to mention shitty so-called "feminists" who have worked to demean her accomplishments as a sitting governor who has worked her way up the ladder.
Could she represent a better wing of the Republican Party? Anybody is better than the slugs in D.C. right now…Republican AND Democrat!!
P.S.–Memo to Hillary Clinton: When you echo words like "clenched fist" exactly as Obama says them, you are disappointing. You apparently very willingly got kicked upstairs as other people make big announcements about upcoming Obama foreign policy "events."
Damned shame. Oh, and remember "always fighting for us?" ……Not so much…
Repeating from prior post on the stimulus package vote:
Hat tip to Tennessee Guerilla Women….Obama Axes Birth Contol Funds to Please Republicans
So the F*cking SOB has begun demonstating his love and respect for women by trading our birth control for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And won't it especially hurt POOR women?? And when do we stop paying for VIAGRA????
If I hear one complaint against upfront Sarah Palin, who has NEVER overturned a law that secures the rights of women and gays, I will put another HEX on NARAL, NOW, Ms. Magazine, and Planned Parenthood.
UPDATE 1 6:30 PM MT, January 29, 2009
Looks like Palin will be real busy in D.C. and it won't be just the Alfalfa Club dinner this weekend…From CNN:
Palin is slated to attend a dinner Friday night at the residence of Fred and Marlene Malek. Fred Malek is a businessman who served Republican presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush. High-profile guests from both political parties are expected to attend the function.
The governor's office also says Palin will attend a luncheon at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Saturday before heading over the to Alfafa Dinner.
There will be other "non-partisan" events as well. The visit to the Center for Strategic and International Studies is VERY interesting, isn't it?
Gossip columnist Cindy Adams over at the New York Post opines:
ASK not what Sarah Palin can do for your country, ask only what you can do for Sarah Palin. And the answer is, pay attention. Trust me, Alaska's governor is moving faster than those glaciers.
Adams goes on to say that it's really significant that Palin is attending since she "may only leave the frozen tundra two days a month."
She adds:
Next month she addresses a Washington gathering of prominent conservatives. She's going ahead with a book. Her Facebook page has 410,000 friends. She wants to influence policy knowing the nation must turn to Alaska as its energy resource. She's planning to be president.
Well, I'd say this is "developing"….
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The Past Week: January 18-24, 2009 (Condi Rice Getting Booked; Pat Paulsen, We Need You!; VOA and wwiTV.com; Questions)
Well, we're already seeing the arrogance of Obama and Pelosi and some signs of life from the New York governor as Caroline Kennedy fades from the scene of diversion…
As you've probably heard, Condi Rice has signed on with the William Morris Agency…here is her page at the WMA site:
Condoleezza Rice
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Copyright © 2009 William Morris Agency. All rights reserved.
OK, she JUST signed on, so there's nothing there now as I write this…but she already is listed in the roster of people speaking on "Domestic and Global Issues."
She's sharing the roster with the likes of Al Franken, Arianna Huffington, Larry King, Diane Dimond, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Winnie Mandela, Ed Koch, Joe Scarborough, James Cramer, Rita Crosby, Gen. Claudia Kennedy and George Lakoff. Oh, and Prince Edward of Essex. And there are many more in the club…
Condi is also listed on the "Women's Issues" roster (and so is Jennifer Lopez!). My old chum Peggy Noonan is with a whole crew of people to ignore over on the "Mass Communications" roster.
According to Reuters, Condi won't be going on shows as a policy analyst, but is going to concentrate on "philanthropic efforts involving classical music and college educations for disadvantaged students, as well as initiatives to help U.S. children become global citizens." And, she reportedly is negoatiating a book deal, which will possibly include a memoir of the Bush years.
Wonder if she'll include the August memo prior to 911, you know, the one about planes, buildings, etc. etc.
I see the pilot of the jet that ditched into the Hudson has finally been released to the public by investigators. One wonders about the delay…
I was watching the show "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" on PBS last night and really was caught up in the segments on Lenny Bruce and the censorship… and the Smothers Brothers and the censorship…and George Carlin and the censorship. In the middle of all this, the name of Pat Paulsen comes up. Remember Pat Paulsen and his run for President??
Well…his son carries on….Check out the website "Pat Paulsen for President"…
Looks like Pat's son, Monty Paulsen, is gearing up for a 2012 run for the White House. Here he hits the campaign trail to find the pulse of American voters. (video follows)
According to Tommy Smothers (Tommy Smothers Says Paulsen Saved the Show):
It's debatable who actually urged Paulsen to run for commander in chief of the free world starting in 1968 through 1996, Smothers said.
"It could have come from a whole bunch of people," he said. "But his '68 run was one of the best satirical things ever done in politics."
[Trivia from IMBD: In 1968 Paulsen first ran for President of the United States under the Straight Talking American Government (STAG) Party, first as a "gag" candidate, then apparently for real. Some critics claim that he stole votes from Hubert H. Humphrey and caused Richard Nixon to be elected (in the televised election returns of that year, he was referred to as a "minor party candidate"). Until his death, he ran as a perennial write-in candidate. His last campaign slogan was "Send Pat Paulsen to the White House! He has to sleep somewhere!"…His last running mate in 1996 was Tiny Tim.]
In the article, Smothers opines that the McCain-Obama race could have used Paulsen added to the mix….I agree!!
Paulsen delivered a series of "Editorials" as V.P. while on the Smothers Brothers Show and the texts are preserved on the web. Here is an excerpt that was shown on the PBS special. It's on the subject of the draft:
Are Our Draft Laws Unfair?
A good many people feel our present draft laws are unjust. These people are called soldiers…Now the crux of the criticism is based on the premise that an ineptitude without gross regress tends to efficiate and gorge masical…and frankly, we find this a bit cloudy.
Let's take this step by step…When we talk about the draft, we are talking about a law duly enacted by Congress, in which men should be drafted first…women second…and Congressmen last. And what are the arguments against the draft? We hear that it is unfair, immoral…discourages young men from studying, ruins their careers, and their lives…picky…picky…picky.
Paulsen was awarded a Comedy Legends Award posthumously in September 2008 (he died of cancer in 1997). Will Durst remembers:
"I remember Pat when he first announced he was running for president on 'The Smothers Brothers Show' in 1968. He did these double-talk speeches that were so hysterical because he had that look of a '60s-era politician," Durst said. "It was hysterical. That was satire."
One of his choice quotes:
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
Pat Paulsen
Tired of the media? Well, you can get your propaganda directly from the new and improved Voice of America site…you can listen to what's being piped into Afghanistan, for example, and many other places in many languages.
The Confluence had a great piece up yesterday on the subject of the status of women in Afghanistan, which never seems to improve. Do check out Saturday: A little thing for the girls.
If you want to see television from Afghanistan, check out World Wide Internet TeleVision from the Netherlands at wwiTV.com. This site has the most incredible collection of foreign and U.S. TV that can be viewed via the web that I have ever seen. I love the CCTV from China. Check out the English feed. Today I learned that China is hoping to boost its economy by promoting breakfast–Chinese-style breakfast, not American fast food offerings. One man said that the state-run restaurant breakfasts were very good and one woman said that for only 3 yuan…well, it's a bargain! Sure looked great to me…lots of food and who can beat that price?? (But first I'd check for melamine…)
I leave you with two questions:
Why am I suddenly getting emails again from the JRE Grassroots group? In case you don't remember, this was a thing put together by John Edwards. Well, according to the emails, they want to figure out what to do so they are contacting people on their email list for suggestions. My suggestion is that they ask John Edwards if HE has any idea on the subject…
And, who would be looking at this little blog at about midnight MT from Andrews Air Force Base (the base the Presidents all fly from)?
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland landed on https://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/obama-a-lo… 23:45:02 — 4 minutes ago
Maybe they'll come back for a visit again?
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Dalata Announces COO Appointment and Board Committee Changes
Wednesday, December 08, 2021.
Dalata Hotel Group plc ("Dalata" or the "Group" or the "Company"), the largest hotel operator in Ireland with a growing presence in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce the appointment of Des McCann as Chief Operating Officer effective 1 January 2022. He will work closely with Stephen McNally until he retires from his executive role on 28 February 2022.
Mr McCann joined the Group in 2011. He has extensive senior hotel operations experience, previously being General Manager of The Clyde Court Hotel, The Ballsbridge Hotel and Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport. He was appointed Group General Manager of Clayton Hotels in Ireland in November 2018. He is the current Chairman of the Failte Ireland Steering Committee on Sustainability & Innovation and a member of the National Council of the Irish Hotels Federation.
Due to a change in personal circumstances, Conal O Neill has decided not to take up the role of Chief Operating Officer on 1 January 2022, as previously announced. Conal will continue in his current position as Group General Manager.
Dermot Crowley, Dalata Hotel Group CEO, commented: "I am delighted to have someone of the calibre of Des to step into the COO role. Des has been instrumental in growing the reputation of Clayton Hotels on the island of Ireland over the last three years and has skilfully led the Clayton team through very challenging times since the start of the Pandemic in early 2020. I look forward to continuing to work alongside both Des and Conal in the years ahead."
Board Committee Changes
Following the recent appointment of Cathríona Hallahan and Gervaise Slowey to the Board, the Company also announces a number of changes to its committee structures and individual non-executive directors' responsibilities which will also take effect from 1 January 2022.
Cathríona Hallahan will join the Audit & Risk Committee and the ESG Committee. Gervaise Slowey will join the Remuneration Committee and the ESG Committee and take over as non-executive director with responsibility for workforce engagement.
Shane Casserly will replace Stephen McNally on the ESG Committee
Board Committees with effect from 1 January 2022:
Audit and Risk Remuneration Nomination ESG
Chair Robert Dix Margaret Sweeney John Hennessy Elizabeth McMeikan
Members Margaret Sweeney
Elizabeth McMeikan
Cathríona Hallahan John Hennessy
Gervaise Slowe Margaret Sweeney
Robert Dix Robert Dix
Cathríona Hallahan
Gervaise Slowey
Shane Casserly
John Hennessy, Group Chair, commented: "I am delighted to announce these changes to our Board committees. Our newly appointed non-executive directors will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the roles they will take up on 1 January 2022, and I am looking forward to working with them in the years ahead. I am also looking forward to the contribution Shane Casserly will make as a member of the ESG committee. Shane will bring to this committee significant knowledge of ESG matters and a keen interest in embedding sustainability in the business. Shane will replace Stephen McNally on the ESG committee. Stephen, whose retirement from his executive role in early 2022 has already been announced, will retire from the Board on 31 December 2021. I would again like to acknowledge Stephen's immense contribution, as a director and as an executive, to the success of Dalata over many years, and to wish him well in his retirement."
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Altan set for arts centre debut!
Renowned trad group perform this Saturday (19th)
Traditional music group Altan have played at venues across the globe, from Europe to the US and even Japan. This Saturday evening (19th), however, they are are back on home soil and will take to the stage at the Roscommon Arts Centre from 8 pm.
Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh founded the group with her late husband, Belfast flute player Frankie Kennedy, in the early 1980s, and the Gweedore native is looking forward to Altan's Roscommon performance this Saturday.
Speaking to the Roscommon People this week, Mairéad said: "We've never played at the Roscommon Arts Centre before but we have played the Boyle Arts Festival a few times. I've also played many sessions in Boyle and other venues in Roscommon.
"We are out of the country performing most of the time so it's nice to get the chance to come back and perform in Ireland. We want to play in Ireland, it's where our music is from and we don't see why we wouldn't have the audience here that we have elsewhere in the world.
"We are very much looking forward to Saturday's performance. There is a great musical tradition in Roscommon and the surrounding areas and of course we all know local musicians such as John Wynne. I would have known Josie McDermott and of course Matt Molloy too," she said.
Altan have been touring consistently since the band's formation and boast a number of award-winning recordings, from the most sensitive and touching ancient ballads to energetic reels and jigs.
The group's current line-up of Mark Kelly (guitar), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Daithí Sproule (guitar) Martin Tourish (fiddle, whistles), and Mairead remain at the forefront of traditional Irish music worldwide. Mairead says the group always strives to share their culture to new, expanding audiences through their live performances and albums such as their latest offering, 'The Gap of Dreams'.
Altan's much-anticipated performance in Roscommon Arts Centre takes place this Saturday (19th) at 8 pm, and tickets are available on 090-6625824 or roscommonartscentre.ie.


I'm seeing the color distortion (as mentioned by Daemon) when opening, but it doesn't last too long.
This is a great temporary fix.
Topic: get a puppy linux release.
maybe try doing this on your own.
Topic: Wild 2 team Ctf and castle wars in HIX!
Woah, that thing is wierd.
One day I asked Saturos where I could find the BZFlag program so I could try it on my Black DS.
He told me that it was a fake video that he made, and he played it on his DS.
I hope to see this on a server, someday..
and if it is, you'll probably find me there!
Topic: Where are YOU from???


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Q: de-referencing pointer using with &-> I have simple the nested structure:
struct abc {
        int i;
};

struct milan {
        struct abc obj;
};

int main()
{
    struct milan *ptr;
    ptr = malloc(sizeof(struct milan));
    ptr->obj.i = 10;
    printf("%d\n", ptr->obj);
}

It prints 10, but how the de-reference a pointer taking place here, is ptr->obj the same as &->obj == *obj ?

A: The expression ptr->obj is the same as ( *ptr ).obj.
From the C Standard (6.5.2.3 Structure and union members)

4 A postfix expression followed by the -> operator and an identifier
designates a member of a structure or union object. The value is that
of the named member of the object to which the first expression
points, and is an lvalue.96) If the first expression is a pointer to a
qualified type, the result has the so-qualified version of the type of
the designated member

and

3 A postfix expression followed by the . operator and an identifier
designates a member of a structure or union object. The value is that
of the named member,95) and is an lvalue if the first expression is an
lvalue. If the first expression has qualified type, the result has the
so-qualified version of the type of the designated member.

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Dr.Yasir Hamad and Dr.David K. Warren at Washington University, St. Louis, MO have reported an interesting case of Black Hairy Tongue caused by Minocycline that has appeared in NEJM.
Black hairy tongue refers to a condition of the tongue where the filiform papillae elongate with black or brown discolouration, giving a black and hairy appearance. The appearance may be alarming, but it is a harmless condition. The usual predisposing factors include smoking, xerostomia (dry mouth), soft diet, poor oral hygiene irritating mouthwashes and certain medications particularly tetracyclines. Management is by improving oral hygiene, especially scraping or brushing the tongue and stopping the offending agent.
In the instant case, a 55-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital after sustaining a severe crush injury to both legs in a motor vehicle accident. A polymicrobial wound infection developed, and she received treatment with intravenous meropenem and oral minocycline. Black discolouration of her tongue was observed within 1 week after treatment was started, and the patient reported nausea and a bad taste in her mouth. Black hairy tongue, resulting from treatment with minocycline, was suspected.
The black hairy tongue is usually reversible and has no long-term sequelae as long as the precipitating agent is discontinued and the patient practices good oral hygiene. In this patient, minocycline was discontinued, and an alternate antimicrobial regimen was started. She was advised to practice good oral hygiene. Within 4 weeks after the minocycline was stopped, her tongue returned to its normal colour.


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Digital Transformation Needs to Happen Now
In 2000, DVD-by-mail upstart Netflix approached brick-and-mortar video rental giant Blockbuster with an offer to be acquired for $50 million. John Antioco, then the CEO of Blockbuster, declined, saying that Netflix was a "very small niche business." While Blockbuster has been defunct since January 2014, Netflix is today valued at around $70 billion, making it the world's 10th-largest internet company by revenue. It also has more than 51 million subscribers in the United States and more than 100 million subscribers worldwide.
But it wasn't Netflix's DVD-by-mail business model that ultimately sank Blockbuster; it was the former's commitment to digital transformation and the latter's resistance to it. Although Blockbuster, which had been in business since 1985, tried to introduce its own DVD-by-mail service in 2004, it was too little too late. Netflix started offering that service in 1997 and kept looking ahead from there, culminating in a 2007 shift from its original business model to an online streaming service (and now a content producer as well). Netflix embraced digital transformation and succeeded while Blockbuster fought it and failed.
Digital transformation and digital disruption go hand in hand. Although Netflix might seem to have built an empire overnight, Daniel Newman, principal analyst at Futurum Research and CEO at Broadsuite Media Group, points out that the company "was around for more than a decade before it really ate Blockbuster's lunch."
Newman adds that although "the most disruptive tech will sneak up on you," there is "a difference between seeing it and ignoring it and having it truly disrupt without ever seeing it coming." All companies need to embrace technology changes to remain competitive—or risk going the way of Blockbuster.
"Digital disruption is not an idea; it is a reality. It is the new form of 'the only constant is change,' with this change being digital and more accelerated than in the past," says Christelle Aponte, director of enterprise services at technology consulting firm ForeFront.
Dale Renner, CEO at RedPoint Global, a data management and integrated marketing technology company, agrees, saying that "organizations cannot protect against digital disruption but rather must embrace it. They need to figure out what it means to their business model and either make the necessary changes or suffer the consequences of competitors doing it first."
Digital disruption is often consumer-driven, notes Vala Afshar, chief digital evangelist at Salesforce.com. He defines digital disruption as "the change that occurs when new digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services." This disruption, he adds, "typically marks a change in consumer needs, and business leaders need to be attuned to these emerging needs in order to keep existing customers happy and uncover opportunities for acquiring new customers."
BEYOND TECHNOLOGY
Although it is driven by disruptive technology, digital transformation goes deeper than mere technology alone. According to Aponte, digital transformation is often mistakenly thought of as a technical implementation in which a new system or suite of tools changes how businesses perform, when really it is a companywide process that involves both technology and people.
Newman agrees. "Digital transformation is best explained when it's broken down as digital equals technology and transformation equals people," he says. "Digital transformation is the investment in people and technology to drive a business that is prepared to grow, adapt, scale, and change into the foreseeable future."
Experts say that data—and, by extension, the business intelligence gained from it—is the key differentiator in today's business environment. According to Wilson Raj, global director of customer intelligence at SAS, the core of digital transformation is "the performance of all data that's available to the business," and "the winners and losers of digital transformation are ultimately determined at the data level."
Sprinklr Announces Intuition
The set of artificial intelligence capabilities aims to help companies better manage their digital interactions.


The Southern Belles are Adrian Ciucci (guitar/vocals), Tommy Booker (keys/vocals), Aaron Zarrow (drums/vocals) and Andrew Carper (bass). Playing a high-octane mix of funky southern psychedelic Rock & Roll, the Belles perform hundreds of shows and festivals each year. Their ability to instinctively communicate with one another was apparent right from the start, but as they've continued to play together this cultured ability has grown exponentially. The Southern Belles road-tested sound has earned them a devout following, with fans traveling far and wide to catch the show. With their new album in process, to be released in Spring of 2015, the Southern Belles are picking up steam and gaining national notoriety for their original compositions and song craft. Their songs are both fun and moving, with lyrical stories evoking familiar emotions and complex musical journeys. Wherever the Southern Belles are, they are sure to bring the party with them.
If you've spent any time in Birmingham, Alabama, you've seen a Dirty Lungs sticker slapped on something. Though the city's musical landscape has changed dramatically since the band formed in 2006, the Dirty Lungs are still standing--and they're just as gritty and focused as ever.
Several tours and member changes have contributed to the constant evolution of their sound. The Birmingham-staple garage-surf outfit has continuously reinvented itself and now moves forward as a four piece. They've shared the stage with bands such as British Sea Power, Jacuzzi Boys, The Clientele, and many others. This summer they prepare to release their Communicating Vessels debut.
Their new record is not, by any means, the archetypical Nirvana-esque rehashing of an old Kinks record that seems to egress from every garage in America these days. The influences beneath Dirty Lungs are indeed abounding, and Mitchell's vocals are the force that unites them all.
To compare Dirty Lungs to any particular album would be unfair--their latest release is an extension of their own sound reinforced by a focused exploration into new musical realms. Produced and Engineered by Michael Shackelford (studiophonic) with mixing by Lynn Bridges, they assured the band's music would leave listeners anxiously anticipating the future of this long-standing Birmingham band.
In February of 2017 Step Sisters entered the studio with Jeremy Fergeson of Battle Tapes in Nashville to record their first full length record. With the freedom that Jeremy provided as a knowledgeable engineer and co-poducer, Step Sisters recorded the majority of the 12 song album "Berseker" in just 4 days. The recording exemplifies the album's title bringing unarmored, unhinged emotion and music that attacks with reckless abandon."Caterpillar" and "Waste My Head" are crushingly heavy, laden with thick guitars and fast pulsing bass while "Be Strange" and "Whistler" show a focused intensity that highlight their range in songwriting ability. Mixed and mastered by Fergeson, "Berserker" will be released on December 7th, 2017.
Step Sisters formed in the summer of 2014 after longtime friends Nate Smith (Drums) and Adam Swafford (Guitar, Vocals) went looking for additional members for their new project, The Volts. Matt Johanson (bass) and Clint Wilson (Vocals / Guitar), were asked to rehearse a Volt's set. The foursome's musical connection was immediate with this lineup and within three months the newly formed Volts were performing around Nashville. When the musical fingerprint of the band started to emerge they group toured under The Polish Falcons before finally becoming Step Sisters.


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Q: square root a matrix If $A$ is a positive semi-definite matrix and $B$ is a matrix such that $ A = B B $ then $B$ is called the square root of the matrix $A$. The approach to determine this is to write $A$ in the form $A = P^{-1} D P$ with $D$ a diagonal matrix and then you take the square root of the diagonal elements (write it as $D^{1/2}$) and identify $B$ as $P^{-1} D^{1/2} P$.
But what about the following example? Take $A$ as something really simple
$$ A = \left( \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right). $$
This method would give $B$ in a straight forward manner. But, does the method give all solutions? For example what about the matrix $B$ given as
$$ B = \left( \begin{matrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right). $$
This satisfies
$$ B B = \left( \begin{matrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right) \left( \begin{matrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right) = \left( \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right) $$
and so qualifies as the square root of $A$.
As a newbie to the field, is it known that there may be other solutions not given by looking at the method alluded to in the link?

A: Yes, there are other solutions. The set of all square roots of $I_2$ is given by $\{I_2\}\cup\{P\operatorname{diag}(1,-1)P^{-1}:P \text{ is invertible}\}$. This is an infinite set. E.g. every $B$ in the form of $\pmatrix{1&t\\ 0&-1}$ or $\pmatrix{\cos t&\sin t\\ \sin t&-\cos t}$ are square roots of $I_2$.
However, each positive semidefinite matrix $A$ possesses exactly one positive semidefinite square root $B$. In your case where $A=I_2$, its only positive semidefinite square root is itself.

A: To complement user1551's answer, let me observe the special role of the identity matrix, which you want to extract the square root of.
The map $Mat_{2\times 2}(\mathbb C)\to Mat_{2\times 2}(\mathbb C):A\mapsto A^2$ can be "spelled out" as a polynomial map $\mathbb C^4\to\mathbb C^4$
$$
(a,b,c,d)\mapsto(a^2+bc,b(a+d),c(a+d),bc+d^2)
$$
and remarkably the Jacobian (=det of Jacobian matrix) is
$$
4(a+d)^2(ad-bc)=4\,({\rm tr}\,A)^2\,\det A.
$$
Thus any matrix $B$ which is the square of a traceless matrix (i.e. any scalar matrix $\lambda I$) is a singular value of the map. This includes the identity, and you indeed cannot expect to invert, not even locally in a neighborhood of $I$, this map. Other singular values are degenerate matrices $B$ (i.e. $\det B=0$).
For the other matrices you instead expect a discrete set of preimages. More details can be obtained in compact matrix spaces (e.g. orthogonal matrices...) where the number of preimages (=square roots) is constant (except of course for singular values, like the identity).


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Justia Dockets & Filings Fifth Circuit Texas Western District Salinas v. Hamilton Filing 4
Salinas v. Hamilton
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS that the District Court DISMISS without Prejudice 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Rodolfo Salinas. Signed by Judge Andrew W. Austin. (klw)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION RODOLFO SALINAS, Petitioner, -vs- Case No. A-14-CA-1137-LY GREG HAMILTON, Respondent. __________________________________________ REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO: THE HONORABLE LEE YEAKEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE The Magistrate Court submits this Report and Recommendation to the District Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Rule 1(e) of Appendix C of the Local Court Rules of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Local Rules for the Assignment of Duties to United States Magistrates Judges, as amended. Before the Court is Petitioner's application for habeas corpus relief. Petitioner has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned finds that Petitioner's application for writ of habeas corpus should be dismissed. BACKGROUND According to Petitioner, he is incarcerated in the Travis County Correctional Complex. He is being held on several criminal charges that were brought against him in Travis County, Texas. Those charges are currently pending. Petitioner files the current petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, requesting he be released from Travis County custody due to bad medical care. ANALYSIS It is well-established a state pre-trial detainee may challenge the power and authority of the State to bring him to trial and the constitutionality or lawfulness of his present confinement by petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Dickerson v. Louisiana, 816 F.2d 220, 224 (5th Cir. 1987) ("Pre-trial petitions such as [Petitioner]'s are properly brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, which applies to persons in custody regardless of whether final judgment has been rendered and regardless of the present status of the case pending against him."). A writ of habeas corpus is the appropriate legal vehicle to challenge the fact of a petitioner's confinement. However, a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the appropriate legal vehicle to challenge the conditions of confinement. Cook v. Tex. Dep't of Criminal Justice Transitional Planning Dep't, 37 F.3d 166, 168 (5th Cir.1994) Petitioner's claims, challenging his medical care, are not properly raised in a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court should not construe Petitioner's petition as a civil rights complaint, because Petitioner already has pending two civil rights cases filed in Cause Nos. A-14-CV-1034-LY and A-14-CV-1073-LY. RECOMMENDATION It is therefore recommended that Petitioner's Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus be dismissed without prejudice. Petitioner's claims will be addressed in his pending civil rights cases. OBJECTIONS Within 14 days after receipt of the magistrate judge's report, any party may serve and file written objections to the findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(C). Failure to file written objections to the proposed findings and recommendations contained -2- within this report within 14 days after service shall bar an aggrieved party from de novo review by the district court of the proposed findings and recommendations and from appellate review of factual findings accepted or adopted by the district court except on grounds of plain error or manifest injustice. Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Assoc., 79 F.3d 1415 (5th Cir. 1996)(en banc); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 148 (1985); Rodriguez v. Bowen, 857 F.2d 275, 276-277 (5th Cir. 1988). To the extent that a party has not been served by the Clerk with this Report and Recommendation electronically, pursuant to the CM/ECF procedures of this District, the Clerk is ORDERED to mail such party a copy of this Report and Recommendation by certified mail, return receipt requested. SIGNED this 5th day of January, 2015. _____________________________________ ANDREW W. AUSTIN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE -3-


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package unused.terrain.JavaRenderer;

public class Transformation extends Matrix
{
	public Transformation()
	{
		super(3, 3);
	}

	public Transformation(Matrix m)
	{
		super(m);
	}

	public Transformation rotate(Vector3D axis, double angle)
	{
		double sin = Math.sin(angle);
		double cos = Math.cos(angle);
		double nCos = 1 - cos;
		axis.normalize();
		double[][] t = new double[][] {
				{ axis.X * axis.X * nCos + cos, axis.X * axis.Y * nCos - axis.Z * sin, axis.X * axis.Z * nCos + axis.Y * sin },
				{ axis.Y * axis.X * nCos + axis.Z * sin, axis.Y * axis.Y * nCos + cos, axis.Y * axis.Z * nCos - axis.X * sin },
				{ axis.Z * axis.X * nCos - axis.Y * sin, axis.Z * axis.Y * nCos + axis.X * sin, axis.Z * axis.Z * nCos + cos } };
		return (Transformation) this.set(t);
	}

	public Transformation translate(double x, double y, double z)
	{
		return this;
	}

	public Transformation scale(double x, double y, double z)
	{
		return this;
	}

	public static Transformation fromMatrix(Matrix m)
	{
		return new Transformation(m);
	}
}