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Vintage specialty store opens in Monroe, MI
The Monroe News covered a new specialty store called Wonderworld Comics that's opened at a mall in the city, and is dealing with vintage items from nearly 3 decades back:
Wonderworld Comics is a new tenant at the Mall of Monroe, taking the space once occupied by Game Stop.
Owned and operated by Dennis Barger, the store offers a wide variety of vintage comics, games, toys, and Beanie Babies displayed in a retro, 1990s style.
The Carleton resident, who started collecting comics at age 11, has been in the comic book industry for more than 30 years and has owned businesses in the Downriver area.
Last December, he was celebrating his 50th birthday at Phoenix Theatres and was "shocked to see the number of people at the mall."
The activity piqued his curiosity and he contacted mall owners about opening a retro comic store where he would sell old comics, games, toys, movies, and general merchandise.
In addition to selling, Barger also buys comics, games, and toys.
He said 99 percent of comic book stores in the country relegate their vintage offerings to long white boxes located at the back of the store with a $1 sign.
"I've always said this stuff is too gorgeous to shove in a box and I've been playing with the idea of putting those books on a wall so people could see all that gorgeous art, charge slightly more for it and get people to buy it," he said. "We're going to be using a 90s theme. Everything that was hot in the 90s, we'll be doing it."
But why does it sound like he's more interested in selling back issues than in selling trade collections of the same? That's what bugs me about this report, along with the announcement he's going to price it higher. It reeks of greed at this point, IMO. And then, the guy says:
Barger has seen a correlation with sales and comic book movies recently featured at the mall. On the day Wonderworld Comics opened, he sold large volumes of "Sonic the Hedgehog," "Batman," "Spiderman" and "Spawn" comics.
"One thing the comic book industry has been good at is refreshing the brand for the next generation," he said. "Classically, from the late 80s to the early 90s is when most of the characters got a new look. Spider-Man got the black suit, then the black suit became (the character) Venom and at that same time, animated series like 'Batman' were being developed and produced."
Selling big amounts following a movie may not be new, but neither is whitewashing the conduct of the industry, and that's something they haven't been good at from an ideological perspective, if you consider all the ultra-leftist politics now clogging comicdom. Not all those costume changes and other redesigns were popular in the long run either, and certainly not if the writing and art got bad.
One plus about selling nostalgia from 3 decades ago is that there are still decent gems from that era making a distinction between then and now, demonstrating how far quality's fallen in the past decade as compared with the late 20th century. But unwillingness to take a deeper look at how things have changed to fit political correctness, including commercial marketing, is exactly why the dire state of mainstream comicdom won't improve.
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Assistant Librarian Amber Edwards checks out books to Celina and Savannah Roberge while Librarian Denine Rautenstrauch works in the background (right).
With two new shelves of children's books to serve increased patronage, the children's area is a bit more crowded. New Assistant Librarian Amber Edwards shelves a young Adult fiction book in the background.
When voters rejected funding for the Wallowa County Library in November, Enterprise librarian Denine Rautenstrauch knew that her tidy facility would have to serve a larger population. But the increased demand for books and services has exceeded her predictions. The Enterprise Public Library has stepped up to the plate with a second librarian, new books, continued Story Time programs and a stash of the county library's large print books available for lending.
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Prior to June, when the county library closed, the City of Enterprise Public Library served about 65 patrons each day that they were open. Library hours were limited to Monday-Thursday. But visitors nearly doubled to more than 100 patrons per day once the county library shut its doors. Most of the new "customers" were children who had participated in the County's after school programs. "It's really hard to truly serve that many people in a day, and give them the attention and help they need," Rautenstrauch said.
Rautenstrauch appealed to the city for more support. They agreed to add more hours, including Friday and Saturday, keeping the library open six days per week. That spread visitor's numbers out a bit—and also brought in even more patrons.
"I was really thrilled with the city," Rautenstrauch said. "They really listened. When our patron and circulation numbers started going up, they squeezed out money for an 18-hour/week assistant librarian." And so, Enterprise added Amber Edwards to the Library staff. "I love being surrounded by books," Edwards said. "A lot of what I do is helping with interlibrary loans, and helping kids." Edwards volunteered at the library before being hired. She works Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Recently, a $2,600 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services funded more than 100 new children's books and two generous, anonymous donors provided $500 each for new book shelves to house them. The additions gave the library's children's area a new life and new look. In addition to standard library fare, you'll find toys, puzzles, and even a puppet theater on the first floor. The children's collection will continue to grow, Rautenstrauch said. "We have a $400 grant from Soroptimists, and a matching $800 Pilcrow Foundation Children's Book Project grant for rural libraries.
The county library's Children's Story Time programs for pre-schoolers have a new life at the Enterprise Public Library. Building Healthy Families took over the funding that supported StoryTime, and has continued support for the program, which is run by Jill Dougherty. Between 10 and 20 preschoolers and their parents participate every Thursday from 10:30-11:30.
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South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Kathrada Dies
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FILE - Former political prisoner Ahmed Kathrada, center, and wife of former president Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, left, at the South African premier of the film "Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom," in Johannesburg, Nov. 3, 2013. Actor Idris Elba, who stars as Mandela, is at right.
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South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 18 years imprisoned alongside former President Nelson Mandela for their opposition to the racist regime, has died, his charitable foundation said Tuesday.
Neeshan Balton, executive director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, described his death in a Johannesburg hospital as "a great loss to the [ruling African National Congress party], the broader liberation movement and South Africa as a whole."
The 87-year-old dedicated most of his life to fighting for equality in his native South Africa. He died early Tuesday after surgery for a blood clot in his brain.
As a boy of 12, he joined the nation's Young Communist League, which opposed the racist apartheid regime. At 17, he was arrested for his resistance to laws that discriminated against South Africans of Indian origin.
In 1964, he and six others stood in the dock alongside anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu as a judge handed the group a life sentence for their efforts to disrupt white minority rule. Kathrada would spend the next 26 years in prison, 18 of them alongside Mandela, who became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and was widely regarded as the father of the nation.
At Mandela's 2013 funeral, Kathrada tearfully remembered their relationship.
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2013 file photo, anti-apartheid activist and close friend of Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada, speaks during the funeral service for the former South African president in Qunu, South Africa.
"When Walter died, I lost a father," he said during the service in Qunu, Mandela's rural hometown. "And now, I have lost a brother. My life is in a void, and I do not know who to turn to."
Kathrada's death also feels like a family affair in South Africa.
''The struggle denied Ahmed Kathrada the opportunity to have children of his own," Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said in a statement. "He was first imprisoned at the age of 17. But many South Africans looked up to him as a favorite grandparent."
Shortly after his death was announced Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma called for an official funeral and instructed flags to fly at half-staff across the nation for the man he called "Uncle Kathy."
Sello Hatang, head of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said Kathrada was more than just a friend to Mandela, who Hatang referred to by his clan name, Madiba.
"Madiba said he surrounded himself with friends who could tell him when he was going wrong. And he considered Mr. K one of those friends, who could tell him as he was going wrong."
Mandela kept Kathrada close during his presidency, making him a top political advisor. In his later years, Kathrada started a charitable foundation.
FILE - Then-U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, tour Robben Island with Ahmed Kathrada, June 30, 2013, in South Africa.
"Comrade Kathy was a gentle, humane and humble soul," said Kathrada Foundation Chairperson and tourism minister Derek Hanekom. "He was a determined revolutionary who gave his entire life to the liberation struggle in our country," he added.
In later years, he continued to be a voice of moral authority, and he directed some of his ire at Zuma, who has weathered a number of corruption scandals.
Last year in an open letter, he called on Zuma to resign, saying, "Dear Comrade President, don't you think your continued stay as president will only serve to deepen the crisis of confidence in the government of the country?"
Hatang also urged South Africans to celebrate Kathrada's life and to try to live up to his principles.
"In his honor, may we continue to build a world that is more equal, not just in South Africa but globally," he said. "That the vulnerable in our society are then included more and they are taken care of."
Kathrada will be buried Wednesday in Johannesburg in accordance with Muslim rites.


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Dopo che ciò che rimaneva della prima Compagnia Navarrese si era spostato da Durazzo in Morea, verosimilmente nel 1378, parve che la Compagnia si fosse riorganizzata sotto tre capitani: Mahiot di Coquerel, Berardo di Varvassa e Pedro Bordo.

Nel 1381 Mahiot, il capo dei tre, fu innalzato alla posizione di balivo di Acaia dall'imperatore latino Giacomo del Balzo, mentre Pedro e Berardo divennero suoi capitani. Dopo la morte di Giacomo (1383), i suoi successori, Carlo III di Napoli ed il figlio di questi, Ladislao, non riuscivano a mantenere il controllo del principato di Acaia e la Compagnia Navarrese assunse il controllo della regione.
La Compagnia negoziò fra I pretendenti al principato e la Repubblica di Venezia. Mahiot morì nel 1386 e Pedro gli succedette come governatore de facto della Compagnia e della Morea. Il 26 luglio 1387 Pedro, con alle spalle sia il potere secolare che quello ecclesiastico in Grecia, confermò il trattato con Venezia cui fu ceduto il porto di Navarino.

Il 6 settembre di quell'anno Papa Urbano VI dichiarò che, siccome I successori di Giacomo del Balzo avevano rinunciato ai loro diritti a favour della Santa Sede, il principato apparteneva a quest'ultima e ne affidò il governo all'arcivescovo di Patrasso Paolo Foscari, che a sua volta nominò Pedro suo vicario generale. Pedro era in conflitto permanente con il Despotato di Morea, contro il quale egli usò persino i pirati dell'Impero ottomano, e contro il Ducato di Atene di Nerio I Acciaioli. Quest'ultimo fu catturato presso Vostitsa il 10 settembre 1389, mentre cercava di preparare un incontro con Pedro a proposito di Argo e di Nauplia. Per riacquistare la sua libertà, egli dovette fare delle concessioni all'alleato della Compagnia Navarrese, la Repubblica di Venezia.

Nel tardo in 1394 o all'inizio del 1395 il generale turco Evrenos Bey invase il despotato e si unì all'esercito di Pedro a Leontari in Laconia. Insieme i due assediarono e conquistarono il 28 febbraio la città di Akova. Dopo che Evrenos era tornato in Tessaglia, Pedro fu sconfitto e catturato dai greci con suo cognato, il gran connestabile Andronico Asen Zaccaria. A dicembre Venezia pagò  Hyperpyron per il rilascio dei suoi due alleati.

All'inizio dell'anno successivo Pedro si accordò con Ladislao per riottenere il titolo di principe di Acaia in cambio di  ducati, cosa che avvenne senza che Pedro saldasse mai completamente il suo debito.
In quell'anno Pedro cooperò con Venezia per fortificare nuovamente la Mura di Hexamilion ed a sistemare le dispute di confine su Modone e Corone. Dopo la battaglia di Nicopoli, il sultano ottomano Bayezid I volse il suo impegno a ridurre la rimanente presenza di stati cristiani in Grecia e ciò indusse Pedro ed il despota di Morea Teodoro I Paleologo ad allearsi contro il comune nemico.
Il senato veneziano si rifiutò di aiutare I bizantini. Nel 1399 Pedro sconfisse l'esercito turco d'invasione e ricevette da Papa Bonifacio IX il titolo di vicario e gonfaloniere papale (15 febbraio 1400) di Acaia. L'alleanza cristiana tuttavia non durò a lungo e Pedro saccheggiò Modone e Corone nel 1401.
L'anno successivo Pedro morì, lasciando l'Acaia al figlio bambino sotto la reggenza della madre Maria II Zaccaria che la trasferì al nipote Centurione II, il quale pagò subito il residuo debito a Ladislao e ricevette l'investitura di principe di Acaia.

Bibliografia
Setton, Kenneth M., A History of the Crusades: Volume III — The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1975
Setton, Kenneth M. Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380, London, 1975

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Selime İlyasoğlu est une joueuse turque de volley-ball née le . Elle mesure  et joue au poste de réceptionneuse-attaquante. Elle totalise  en équipe de Turquie.

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Équipe nationale
 Ligue européenne
Finaliste : 2011.

Clubs
 Ligue des champions
 Finaliste: 2018.
 Coupe de la CEV
 Finaliste :2012.
 Challenge Cup
 Finaliste : 2014.
 Championnat de Turquie
Vainqueur : 2006, 2007, 2008.
 Coupe de Turquie
 Vainqueur : 2009.
 Finaliste : 2011.
 Supercoupe de Turquie
 Finaliste: 2012.
 Championnat de Roumanie
 Finaliste : 2018.
 Coupe de Roumanie
 Finaliste : 2018.

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Liens internes
 Équipe de Turquie de volley-ball féminin

Liens externes
  Son profil sur le site de la FIVB
  Son profil sur le site de la CEV
  Site officiel de son club

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@property (nonatomic, assign)id<XBPgyerLoginDelegate> delegate;
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE ^ E_WARNING);

require_once dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/lib/autoload.php';

class ControllerException extends DAG_Exception
{
    /**
     * ControllerException constructor.
     *
     * @param string        $message
     * @param \Exception    $exception
     */
    public function __construct($message, $exception) {
        parent::__construct($message, 0, $exception);
    }
}

/**
 * Class Web_Index
 *
 * @brief Controller created to process the request based on the page being requested.
 */
class Web_Index
{
    private $m_controller;
    private $m_requestPage;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->m_requestPage = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : View_Base::WELCOME_PAGE;

        // Strip off the URI Params if any
        $position = strpos($this->m_requestPage, "?");
        if (!is_bool($position)) {
            $data = str_split($this->m_requestPage, $position);
            $this->m_requestPage = $data[0];
        }

        switch($this->m_requestPage) {
            case View_Base::TEST_POST_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_TestPost();
                break;

            case View_Base::WELCOME_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_Welcome();
                break;

            case View_Base::CREATE_ACCOUNT_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_CreateAccount();
                break;

            case View_Base::LOGIN_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_Login();
                break;

            case View_Base::SHOW_RESERVATION_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_ShowReservation();
                break;

            case View_Base::SELECT_FIELD_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_SelectFacility();
                break;

            case View_Base::IMAGE_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_Image();
                break;

            case View_Base::HELP_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_Help();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_HOME_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Home();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_SEASON_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Season();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_DIVISION_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Division();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_FACILITY_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Facility();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_FIELD_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Field();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_LOCATION_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Location();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_TRANSACTION_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Transaction();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_RESERVATIONS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Reservations();
                break;

            case View_Base::ADMIN_SELECT_FIELD_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminPractice_Select();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_UPLOAD_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Upload();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_SEASON_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Season();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_GAME_DATE_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_GameDate();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_FACILITIES_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Facility();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_FIELDS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Field();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_TEAMS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Team();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_DIVISIONS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Division();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_FAMILY_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Family();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_SCHEDULES_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Schedule();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCHEDULE_PREVIEW_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminSchedules_Preview();
                break;

            case View_Base::REFEREE_HOME_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminReferee_Home();
                break;

            case View_Base::REFEREE_TEAM_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminReferee_Team();
                break;

            case View_Base::REFEREE_REFEREES_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminReferee_Referee();
                break;

            case View_Base::REFEREE_PREFERENCES_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminReferee_Preferences();
                break;

            case View_Base::REFEREE_SCHEDULE_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminReferee_Schedule();
                break;

            case View_Base::REFEREE_PREVIEW_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminReferee_Preview();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCORING_ENTER_SCORES_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminScoring_Home();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCORING_VOLUNTEER_POINTS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminScoring_VolunteerPoints();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCORING_GAME_CARDS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminScoring_GameCards();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCORING_SCORE_SHEET_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminScoring_ScoreSheet();
                break;

            case View_Base::SCORING_PLAYER_STATS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_AdminScoring_PlayerStats();
                break;

            case View_Base::GAMES_HOME_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Games_Home();
                break;

            case View_Base::GAMES_FLIGHTS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Games_Flights();
                break;

            case View_Base::GAMES_SCHEDULE_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Games_Schedule();
                break;

            case View_Base::GAMES_STANDINGS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Games_Standings();
                break;

            case View_Base::GAMES_TEAM_STATS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Games_TeamStats();
                break;

            case View_Base::GAMES_GAME_CARDS_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Games_GameCards();
                break;

            case View_Base::API_SWAP:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Api_Swap();
                break;

            case View_Base::API_TOGGLE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Api_Toggle();
                break;

            case View_Base::API_TOGGLE_GAME_TIME:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Api_ToggleGameTime();
                break;

            case View_Base::API_REF_ASSIGNMENT:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Api_RefAssign();
                break;

            case View_Base::API_REF_DELETE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Api_RefDelete();
                break;

            case View_Base::REF_PREFERENCES_PAGE:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Referees_Preferences();
                break;

            default:
                $this->m_controller = new Controller_Fields_Welcome();
                break;
        }
    }

    public function htmlFormatArray($arr) {
        $retStr = "";
        if (is_array($arr)) {
            foreach ($arr as $key=>$val) {
                if (is_array($val)){
                    $retStr .= $key . ' => ' . $this->htmlFormatArray($val) . "\n";
                }
                else {
                    $retStr .= $key . ' => ' . $val . "\n";
                }
            }
        }
        return $retStr;
    }

    public function process() {
        try {
            $this->m_controller->process();
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $postString = $this->htmlFormatArray($_POST);
            $message = $e->getMessage() . " Post data: $postString\n";
            throw new ControllerException($message, $e);
        }
    }
}

$webIndex = new Web_Index();
$webIndex->process();


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Your participation in a focus group centered on depression will help the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Alberta Division gain a greater understanding of the impact depression has on the lives of those living with the disorder. The information and experiences you share will be used to develop resources aimed at supporting Albertans impacted by depression.
You may also have spoken with your doctor about non-prescription treatment options for depression.


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Bleacher Report Writer Says Wolves' Season Is On Karl-Anthony TownsCBS Local sat with Yaron Weitzman recently to talk about where the Wolves go from here, with a new coach and a new president.
A Day In The Life: Behind-The-Scenes Look At Minnesota LynxFor weeks the four-time champion team has been gearing up with practices, exhibition games and adjusting to life without Maya Moore or Lindsey Whalen.
Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley Face Off In Celebrity Crunch ClassicTwo of basketball's biggest names faced off at the University of St. Thomas Sunday in the Kellogg's Celebrity Crunch Classic game. Not on the court, but on the sidelines as coaches.
Car Accident Can't Keep Player From Basketball TournamentIt isn't just the NCAA Final Four in town this weekend. The 3X3U Championship is also here, at the Mall of America.
Historic North Minneapolis Basketball Court Refurbished As Part Of Final Four Legacy ProjectThe NCAA final four is already delivering in North Minneapolis.
Towns Has 33 Points, 23 Boards To Lift Wolves Over MemphisKarl-Anthony Towns had 33 points and 23 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Memphis Grizzlies 112-99 on Saturday night to end a five-game slide.
Gov. Evers Picks Wisconsin To Beat Duke For NCAA TitleWisconsin is 23-10 and faces Oregon in the first round Friday. Duke, a perennial college basketball powerhouse, is 29-5 and boasts freshman phenom Zion Williamson.
Final Four Fever Heats Up In Downtown MinneapolisOn Friday, March 29, you can get to U.S. Bank Stadium for free to check out the teams' open practices. On Sunday, there is also a free basketball parade for kids.
Paul Scores 25 To Lead Rockets Over Wolves 117-102Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have dropped their last three.
NCAA Tournament: Gophers Receive No. 10 Seed, Will Face LouisvilleThe Gophers are back in the NCAA Tournament, and what a matchup it is. They'll face Louisville in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday in the opening round.
Michigan Pounds Minnesota Gophers, 76-49The third-seeded Wolverines (28-5) took control with a big run in the first half and put the game away in the second.
Healthy Rose, Teague Lead Timberwolves Past Clippers 130-120Derrick Rose and Jeff Teague gave a beleaguered backcourt a needed boost and lifted the Minnesota Timberwolves to a victory.
Rose Hits Last-Second, Timberwolves Beat Suns 116-114Derrick Rose hit an 18-footer with 0.6 seconds left to give the Minnesota Timberwolves a 116-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.
Wiggins, Towns Lead Timberwolves Past Lakers, 108-86Andrew Wiggins scored 25 of his 28 points in the first half, helping the Minnesota Timberwolves take charge from the opening tipoff and breeze by the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-86 victory on Sunday.
Randle, Miller Lead Pelicans Past Wolves, 123-114Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 28 points and 17 rebounds scoring 10 of his points during a tight fourth quarter before fouling out with 12.5 seconds left.
7/15: CBS Evening News


Well, yeah, the second one … not so much. Really, though, do we blame the Suns' scouting for this, Coach D'Antoni for not telling Raja Bell or Raja Bell for not listening? Bluntman called me after the game and said he can no longer watch the playoffs. I have nightmares of Timmeh! and he has nightmares of Manu driving left, over and over and over again.
On the other hand, I let TD take that three-pointer every single time. That is, if I let the play develop that far. Why not foul on the perimeter? Up three with a half-minute left in the game, the Suns let the play develop. They let the play develop, right after their best offensive player fouled out of the game. Foul Ginobili on the perimeter – before he gets moving into the lane for a three-point play. Even if he makes two, the Suns are up one and the shot clock is off. Let the Spurs get into a free-throw shooting contest with Steve Nash.
Even worse, that guy finds another way to beat the Suns. That is the dagger in a Suns fan's heart.
I guess Grant Hill's groin is still hurting him because he sure did not play much, and when he did play he sure did not play well.
Oh, and now the world knows the frustration that Doris Meow wreaks upon the Suns' fans. That game was his last two seasons in a microcosm. He played relatively well (not great) had a few great plays and then, at the end, misses a lay-up.
That all being said, "If it bleeds, we can kill it." It was there for the taking, and I hope the Suns learn from this. This was the one the Sp*rs were supposed to win and the Suns took them the distance – just like Rocky did in the first movie.
This is going to take a knockout. When the contender goes in against the heavyweight, the contender needs to win by knockout, and probably will not get the decision. If the champ is still on his feet, he's got a great chance of winning, because, well, he's the champ.
Now, let's whine about the fouls. The refs were horrible adequate. They were okay. I haven't looked at the stats (nor read anything else about the game; I'm just not emotionally ready yet), but I think the Suns got the foul line more often and two Sp*rs actually fouled out.
I figured with Tony Parker out of the game, the Sp*rs would have trouble creating offense, but it actually looked like it was getting easier. Go figure. Ginobili should have the ball in his hands more often, I suppose.
Stoudemire got three stupid fouls – two reaches and his final offensive fouls. Dumb, dumber, dumbest. The game was called tight at the beginning and then the refs let the guys play and made some good calls. He did get a tick-tack foul at the beginning, but, again, the other ones were so dumb he deserved what he got (except for the Thomas flops, both of them, but not the last one).
It really did not change anything, but I especially liked the one where Manu ran into Kurt Thomas (after blowing past Bell) while Thomas was setting a screen and Bell was whistled.
I also saw a phantom call on TD. Amare got to the foul line and TD did the eyes-bugging-out-of-his-head thing and I was ready to vomit in disgust. However, Timmeh was correct in his complaint. Yeah, it was a wash.
The refs were a wash but the scouting department was not. Advantage: Sp*rs.


The Chicago Tribune recently published an article explaining that Metra has some issues collecting ALL fares. I do agree that this is a problem, I was in Wicker Park last week and I hopped on the Blue Line at Damen to transfer to the UP-NW Line at Jefferson Park. I had my ticket prepared for my trip back to zone E but no conductor ever came through to collect it. Sometimes conductors can't collect the fares during big events like, Lollapalooza, 4th of July, New Year's Eve, etc. It's too busy for the conductors to come through the cars. An idea I had was tapping on and off. Just like the London Underground. Someone on the BNSF Line that commutes from Naperville might not always go to Union, they could go to Berwyn for a few times a week or other places depending on their job. Instead of paying for the full F-A Monthly Pass, they could Tap On at Naperville and Tap Off at wherever they need to get off. You could tap your phone of Ventura card right at the door and the conductors would no longer have to go down the full car, you could possibly have conductors at the doors to make share the fares are paid. This is what I saw in Seattle with their Light Rail, no fare gates, just card readers. This is just one idea I have, but I think the Metra Ticketing could change in order to collect ALL the fares.
The Chicago Tribune recently published an article explaining that Metra has some issues collecting ALL fares.
Essentially not news. This is a story that has been running about once a year for about the last 10 years.
Sometimes conductors can't collect the fares during big events like, Lollapalooza, 4th of July, New Year's Eve, etc.
I figured fares weren't collected for St. Patrick's Day when there was an 11 car train packed to the gills at Northbrook and still taking on passengers, and, of course, there weren't any agents on duty in the stations. I guess the alderman who complained that the parade was just for drunks from the suburbs was correct.
Metra has recently proposed a 'One Day Pass' pilot that will last a year and cost $500K. Metra is hoping this pilot could possibly attract new riders.
Daily Herald article that the 1 day pass would only be available on the Ventra app, which, besides, as the article said, being designed to deter sharing, would seem to obviate the problem you noted in the first post about conductors not checking,as it would be activated. Since no discount compared to two tickets, would only be of benefit in case of multiple rides, such as a trip from a BNSF station to a Milw N station.
Any word on the weekend pass flex time? There was a poll that was due to the increase of the weekend pass that it would or can be used Friday after rush hour. Any hope that this will be piloted? I doubt it now but curious.
As conductors are not allowed to force someone off the train, passengers without a fare or ticket are given a form to fill out. This form list's the passenger's name, address, and signature, conductor's name, and amount owed. Probably a few other things as I've never seen one up close. The passenger instructed to mail in the form or bring it to a ticket agent to pay.
How, if at all, can payment be enforced? The conductor gets a carbon copy, so they can at least keep records of repeat offenders.
To answer your question, it is not. After all the wasted time and paper, if they don't get the fare they print out a list, just like bad checks. These offenders continue to write bad checks and continue to refuse to pay fares. Nothing is ever done. Yet we continue to wonder why they continue to lose money. And as stated in another post, you can't refuse a ride for some reason, but try to collect a fare or surcharge, you don't get backed up and even reprimanded. Its confusing, disheartening and quite frankly bad practice and encourages bad behavior. Somehow the suits just don't see it that way.
Reminds me of a Tribune editorial that Metra should squeeze spending by cutting service, which hits me as no more sustainable than the Editorial Board says raising fares is. But, in addition to the prior reports of conductors not collecting shorts, nobody is enforcing fares, that's a better place to look before looking to the taxpayers. Metra isn't some religious organization or street fair asking for "suggested donations."
The ticket office at 103rd Street/Beverly, scheduled to close Monday, is now closed early due to a burglary.
Metra is offering some incentives to get riders back after the recent weather-related problems: free rides on all lines this weekend and 15% off April monthly passes on the Electric District.
I thought ME riders deserved something for their inconvenience. But I think 20% to 25% would be better.


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Q: Not Able to see Mail bodies in Amazon Work Mail A couple of years ago, I wrote a throw away program that was to be used once and deleted.  My client uses it daily, ever since.
Its purpose is to pull down "ticket" mail and read an Ack + number from the body.  There may be several and all are read into a Tstringlist to process.
Yesterday they switched from RackSpace to Amazon Work Mail.  I have the authentication working but my program does not see the mail bodies.  It gets the count correctly and I see the header under the debugger but it does not get copied to the Memo1, either.
I have verified the mail through Amazon's web interface and see the subject and bodies.  They are all there.
The mail has been deleted and restored multiple times (if that could be the issue).  That was never a problem with RackSpace.
RackSpace did not use encryption but Amazon does use TLS.
Here is what worked worked until Amazon --
Can anyone see why I am still able to see a mail count but no bodies?
The Main Process
procedure TForm1.GetGmailBodyTextParts;
var
  MsgIndex, i: integer;
  MsgObject: TIdMessage;
  TheUID: string;
  fatalError: boolean;
  s, sSerialNum, sAck: string;
  msgStatus: string;
  failed: boolean;
  ToDelete: integer;
  Confirmed: array of integer;
  iTotalMsgs: integer;
  ackedSuccess: integer;
  totalInList: integer;
  ackList: TStringList;
  timeStart, timeStop: TDateTime;
  elapsedTime: integer;
  mailPerTime: double;
const
  FILE_EXT = '.TXT';
begin
  ToDelete := 0;
  ackedSuccess := 0;
  fatalError := false;
  Memo1.Clear;
  Memo2.Clear;
  IMAPClient.Disconnect(true);
  IMAPClient.Connect;
  timeStart := GetTime;
  try
    ackList := TStringList.Create;
    ackList.Duplicates := dupIgnore;
    ackList.Sorted := true;
    if (IMAPClient.SelectMailBox(MailBoxName) = true) then
    begin
      iTotalMsgs := IMAPClient.MailBox.TotalMsgs;
      ProgressBar1.Max := iTotalMsgs;
      StatusBar1.Panels[5].Text := IntToStr(iTotalMsgs);
      for MsgIndex := 1 to IMAPClient.MailBox.TotalMsgs do
      begin

        MsgObject := TIdMessage.Create(nil);
        failed := false;
        ToDelete := 0;
        try

          If not(IMAPClient.Retrieve(MsgIndex, MsgObject)) then continue;
          MsgObject.Headers.ConvertToStdValues(Memo1.Lines);

          if mfDeleted in MsgObject.Flags then
          begin
            dec(iTotalMsgs);
            StatusBar1.Panels[5].Text := IntToStr(iTotalMsgs);

            FreeAndNil(MsgObject);
            continue; // flagged for delete
          end;

          StatusBar1.Panels[3].Text := IntToStr(MsgIndex);
          StatusBar1.Refresh;
          application.ProcessMessages;

          SetLength(Confirmed, Succ(ToDelete));
          Confirmed[ToDelete] := MsgIndex;
          Inc(ToDelete);

          if not MsgObject.IsBodyEmpty then
          begin
            ackList.Clear;
            ackList.AddStrings(RemoveDups(MsgObject.Body));

            Memo2.Lines.AddStrings(ackList);
            totalInList := ackList.Count;

            for i := 0 to totalInList - 1 do
            begin
              s := Trim(ackList[i]);
              sSerialNum := Trim(copy(s, 0, pos(#44, s) - 2));
              sAck := Trim(copy(s, pos(#44, s) + 2, maxChar));
              try
                ackedSuccess := 0;
                updRespLog.Parameters.ParamByName('ack').Value := sAck;
                updRespLog.Parameters.ParamByName('serialNo').Value :=
                  sSerialNum;
                ackedSuccess := updRespLog.ExecSQL;
                assert(ackedSuccess > 0, 'Cannot find ' + sSerialNum +
                  ' to Ack - missing ');
                if ackedSuccess > 0 then
                begin
                  delRespActWait.Parameters.ParamByName('serialNo').Value :=
                    sSerialNum;
                  delRespActWait.ExecSQL;
                end;
              except
                on e: exception do
                begin

                  LogResult.LogType := ltMissing;
                  LogResult.Status := 'Missing: ' + sSerialNum;
                  WriteLog(LogResult);
                  Memo2.Lines.add(LogResult.ExcepMsg);

                  ackedSuccess := 1;

                end;
              end; // except

            end; // for i := 0 to ListBox1.Count - 1 do
            LogResult.MethodName := 'Processing Mail, saving copy';
            LogResult.DataStream := 'serialNumbers: ' + ackList.CommaText;
            LogResult.LogType := ltInfo;
            WriteLog(LogResult);
            Memo2.Lines.add('Processed ' + sSerialNum + ' Ack');
            Memo2.Lines.add('Processed ' + IntToStr(i) + ' of ' +
              IntToStr(totalInList));
            MsgObject.Body.SaveToFile(bodyTextDir + '\' + callCenter +
              FormatDateTime('yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss', MsgObject.Date) + FILE_EXT);

          end
          else
          begin

            LogResult.MethodName := 'Processing Mail';
            LogResult.Status := 'mail body empty-nothing to do!!';
            LogResult.DataStream := 'Mail Timestamp: ' +
              DateTimeToStr(MsgObject.Date);
            LogResult.LogType := ltInfo;
            WriteLog(LogResult);
          end;

          if SafeStop then
            exit;
        finally
          IMAPClient.UIDStoreFlags(TheUID, sdAdd, MsgObject.Flags + [mfDeleted]);
          MsgObject.Free;
        end;
        application.ProcessMessages;
        ProgressBar1.StepIt;
      end; // 1 to IMAPClient.MailBox.TotalMsgs
    end;
  finally
    IMAPClient.Disconnect;
    timeStop := GetTime;

    elapsedTime := secondsBetween(timeStart, timeStop);
    mailPerTime := totalInList / elapsedTime;
    Memo2.Lines.add('Total Mail Processed ' + IntToStr(totalInList));
    Memo2.Lines.add('Mail per second ' + floatToStr(mailPerTime));

    ackList.Free;
    btnHotStop.Enabled := false;
    btnDeleteClick(nil);
    StatusBar1.Panels[7].Text := 'Stopped';
    Memo1.Clear;
    if not SafeStop then
      Memo1.Lines.add
        ('All Acks have been Attacked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!')
    else
      Memo1.Lines.add('Taking a breather....')
  end;
end;


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Home Actor Jordan Woods-Robinson
Jordan Woods-Robinson
Bybee , Tennessee , United States
How old is Jordan Woods-Robinson: 36 years Male
🔯 Sun sign: Taurus
🌍 Nationality: Bybee , Tennessee , United States
Genre: Folk
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Jordan Woods-Robinson - Bio, Age, Wiki, Facts and Family
Jordan Woods-Robinson About
Jordan Woods-Robinson was born on April 24, 1985 (age 36) in Bybee, Tennessee, United States. He is a celebrity actor. His genre is Folk. His the best movies are Solace (2015), Scare Zone (2009), The Black Bird (2013), Missionary (2013) and Just Another Day (2010). His successful albums are Anthem, Red Haired Boy (Remastered), Crazy and Back. His popular songs are Six and a Quarter TurnsAnthem · 2016, Vanished in the BlueAnthem · 2016 and Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Bugle Call RagRed Haired Boy (Remastered) · 2015.
Jordan Woods-Robinson Biography
He is most recognized for his portrayal of Eric Raleigh on AMC's The Walking Dead. He is a musician, actor, and composer who is best known for being a member of the Blue Man Group. He also appeared in a few of episodes of the soap series Guiding Light and had a recurrent role on Nashville.
He was raised on a 180-acre animal rescue farm.
Before traveling to New York City to pursue acting, he was a folk and country music artist in East Tennessee. New York University's Tisch School of the Arts awarded him an honors degree in drama.
He co-founded the online recording studio SOSstudio. He put out a debut EP titled Crazy and Back.
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A look at Supreme Court justice nominee Elena Kagan with former Assistant Attorney General Walter Dellinger and Princeton professor Sean Wilentz. Pulitzer Prize winner and Harvard biology professor E.O. Wilson shares his new novel, "Anthill," and reflects on what drew him to writing it. Broadcast journalist and host of "Closing Bell" on CNBC Maria Bartiromo reflects on her career to date and shares her new book, "The 10 Enduring Laws of Success."
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According to CPP, the MBTI® is "the most widely used personality inventory in history." According to the Center for Applications of Psychological Type, approximately 2,000,000 people a year take the MBTI. CPP claims that it "helps you improve work and personal relationships, increase productivity, and identify leadership and interpersonal communication preferences for your clients".
The people at CPP aren't too concerned if the list doesn't seem to match your type. They advise such persons to see the one who administered the test and ask for help in finding a more suitable list by changing a letter or two in your four-letter type. (See the report CPP publishes on its Web site.) Furthermore, no matter what your preferences, your behavior will still sometimes indicate contrasting behavior. Thus, no behavior can ever be used to falsify the type, and any behavior can be used to verify it.
The MBTI is based on Carl Jung's notions of psychological types. The MBTI was first developed by Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1979) and her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. Isabel had a bachelor's degree in political science from Swarthmore College and no academic affiliation. Katharine's father was on the faculty of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Her husband was a research physicist and became Director of the Bureau of Standards in Washington. Isabel's husband, Clarence Myers, was a lawyer. Because Clarence was so different from the rest of the family, Katherine became interested in types. She introduced Isabel to Jung's book, Psychological Types. Both became avid "type watchers." Their goal was a noble one: to help people understand themselves and each other so that they might work in vocations that matched their personality types. This would make people happier and make the world a more creative, productive, and peaceful place in which to live.
Jung also claimed that "there is no such thing as a pure extravert or a pure introvert. Such a man would be in the lunatic asylum. They are only terms to designate a certain penchant, a certain tendency...the tendency to be more influenced by environmental factors, or more influenced by the subjective factor, that's all. There are people who are fairly well balanced and are just as much influenced from within as from without, or just as little" (304). Jung's intuition turns out to be correct here and should be a red flag to those who have created a typology out of his preference categories. A typology should have a bimodal distribution, but the evidence shows that most people fall between the two extremes of introversion and extraversion. Thus, "although one person may score as an E, his or her test results may be very similar to those of another person's, who scores as an I" (Pittenger 1993).
Jung claimed that thinking/feeling is another dichotomy to be used in psychological typing. "Thinking, roughly speaking, tells you what [something] is. Feeling tells you whether it is agreeable or not, to be accepted or rejected" (306). The final dichotomy, according to Jung, is the sensation/intuition dichotomy. "Sensation tells you that there is something....And intuition--now there is a difficulty....There is something funny about intuition" (306). Even so, he defines intuition as "a perception via the unconscious" (307).
Jung claims that it took him a long time to discover that not everybody was a thinking (or intellectual) type like himself. He claims that he discovered there are "four aspects of conscious orientation" (341). He claims he arrived at his typology "through the study of all sorts of human types" (342). These four orientations cover it all, he claims.
Jung's evidence, from his clinical observations, is merely anecdotal. He talks about the extravert and the introvert as types. He also talks about the thinking type, the feeling type, the sensation type, and the intuition type. His evidence for his claims is not based on any controlled studies. He said he "probably would have done them" if he had had the means (315). But as it was, he says, "I had to content myself with the observation of facts" (315).
Jung's typology is more intuition and speculation than science. If it is science, it is bad science because he didn't do controlled studies and relied too heavily upon his own insights and evaluations of what he observed. His terminology is imprecise and equivocal. Finally, there is no meaningful way to falsify his claims about psychological types. Contrary behaviors can be made to fit any type. Jung believed that an extravert could have an introverted unconscious and that an introverted thinker might compensate by an extraverted feeling, further complicating the typology (311). It would also make it impossible to test his claims about types since any behavior could be shoehorned to fit the theory. A similar ambiguity pervades the astrology that Jung loved.
Jung seems to have realized the limitations of his work and may not have approved of the MBTI had he lived to see it developed in his name. "My scheme of typology," he noted, "is only a scheme of orientation. There is such a factor as introversion, there is such a factor as extraversion. The classification of individuals means nothing, nothing at all. It is only the instrumentarium for the practical psychologist to explain for instance, the husband to a wife or vice versa" (305).
However, his typology seems to imply that science is just a point of view and that using intuition is just as valid a way of seeing and understanding the world and ourselves as is careful observation under controlled conditions. Never mind that that is the only way to systematically minimize self-deception or prevent identifying causes where there are none.
This anecdote typifies the dangers of self-validation. To think that you can anticipate and characterize criticisms of your views fairly and accurately is arrogant and unintelligent, even if it is typical of your personality type. Others will see things you don't. It is too easy to create straw men instead of facing up to the strongest challenges that can be made against your position. It is not because of type that one should send out one's views for critical appraisal by others. It is the only way to be open-minded and complete in one's thinking. To suggest that only people of a certain type can be open-minded or concerned with completeness is to encourage sloppy and imprecise thinking.
Today, most of us have abandoned Hippocrates' personality scheme because we do not find it to have any meaningful use. However, it must have been useful to have lasted for so long. How is the utility of such conceptual schemes measured? Perhaps by the same criteria we use today. How does the scheme help one understand oneself and others? Knowing these things can help us achieve our main goals in life and assist us in establishing good relationships with others. For example, a typical medieval choleric might see that his temperament suited him for work as a holy inquisitor. He could find the best path in life suited to him as he tried to achieve his main goal in life: the salvation of his eternal soul. Knowing his own temperament could help him plan his life. He might want to choose a cold and wet wife (a phlegmatic) as a counterbalance to his own hot and dry nature. He would know what obstacles he would have to overcome because of his intrinsic disposition, and he would be guided as to what occupation might suit him best. Knowing the four temperaments could help him understand others, even those unfortunate cold and dry melancholics on his rack or in his thumbscrews. In short, he could easily confirm that the theory "works."
As noted above, the Myers-BriggsTM instrument generates sixteen distinct personality profiles based on which side of the four scales one tends toward. Technically, the instrument is not supposed to be used to spew out personality profiles and pigeonhole people, but the temptation to do so seems irresistible. Providing personality tests and profiles has become a kind of entertainment on the Internet. There is also a pernicious side to these profiles: They can be used to justify discriminatory behavior and to give bad advice to those seeking career counseling. For example, employers may base important decisions regarding hiring, firing, and assignment of personnel based on personality type, even though the evidence shows that the MBTI® is unreliable at identifying one's type. Several studies have shown that when retested, even after intervals as short as five weeks, as many as 50 percent will be classified into a different type. There is scant support for the belief that the MBTI® would justify such job discrimination or would be a reliable aid to someone seeking career guidance (Pittenger 1993).
Here are some excerpts from Myers-BriggsTM profiles. Note how parts of each profile could fit most people.
1. Serious, quiet, earn success by concentration and thoroughness. Practical, orderly, matter-of-fact, logical, realistic and dependable. See to it that everything is well organized. Take responsibility. Make up their own minds as to what should be accomplished and work toward it steadily, regardless of protests or distractions.
2. Usually have original minds and great drive for their own ideas and purposes. In fields that appeal to them, they have a fine power to organize a job and carry it through with or without help. Skeptical, critical, independent, determined, sometimes stubborn. Must learn to yield less important points in order to win the most important.
The first profile is of an ISTJ (introversion, sensation, thinking, judgment), a.k.a. "The Trustee." The second is of INTJ (introversion, intuition, thinking judgment), a.k.a. "The Scientist." The profiles read like something from Omar the astrologer and seem to exemplify the Forer effect.
Psychological tests such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® seem to be little more than sophisticated parlor games. They will be validated by their seemingly good fit with the data, in the same way that astrologers and biorhythmists find predictive patterns fitting their readings and charts, i.e., by confirmation bias and the ambiguity of basic terms and the Byzantine complexity that ultimately allows any kind of behavior to fit any personality type. The big difference, of course, is that psychological testing has the backing of a community of university statisticians to reinforce its notions. It is a cottage industry.
Some think there are only nine basic personality types and follow the enneagram. As Jung said, there could be any number of types, even 360, if we wished. Who is right? Maybe they're both wrong. Perhaps we need only think of two types, those from Mars and those from Venus, as John Gray, Ph.D., claims.
1. For example, to support his notion that "intuitive types very often do not perceive by their eyes or by their ears, they perceive by intuition" (308), Jung tells a story about a patient. She had a nine a.m. appointment and said to Jung: "you must have seen somebody at eight o'clock." She tells him she knows this because "I just had a hunch that there must have been a gentleman with you this morning." She knows it was a gentleman, she says, because "I just had the impression, the atmosphere was just like a gentleman was here." Jung seems uninterested in critically examining her claims. The anecdote seems to support his picture of the intuitive type. He doesn't consider that she may have seen the gentleman leave but failed to mention this to Jung, perhaps to impress him with her power of intuition. Jung notes that the room smelled of tobacco smoke and there was a half-smoked cigar in an ash tray "under her nose." Jung claims she didn't see it. He doesn't even consider that she may have seen it and smelled the stench of the cigar but did not call attention to it.
The reason scientists do controlled studies rather than rely solely on their clinical observations and memories as Jung did is because it is easy to deceive ourselves and fit the data to our hypotheses and theories. Another Jungian anecdote will help exemplify this point. A male "sensation type" and a female "intuitive type" were in a boat on a lake. They were watching birds dive after fish. According to Jung, "they began to bet who would be the first to see the bird [when it emerged from the water]. Now you would think that the one who observes reality very carefully--the sensation type--would of course win out. Not at all. The woman won the bet completely. She was beating him on all points, because by intuition she knew it beforehand" (306-307, emphasis added). One couple, one try. That's it. No more evidence is needed. The truth is that Jung doesn't know any more than I do why the woman was better at the game than the man. Perhaps the man lost on purpose as part of a misguided plan to seduce the woman. Who knows? But Jung is clearly begging the question with this and most of his other "observations of facts," as he calls these stories.
For instance, I speak of a red car and at that moment a red car comes along. I hadn't seen it, it was impossible because it was behind the building until just this moment when the red car appears. Now this seems mere chance. Yet the Rhine experiments [on ESP] proves that these cases are not mere chance. Of course many of these things are occurrences to which we cannot apply such an argument, otherwise we would be superstitious. We can't say, "This car has appeared because some remarks had been made about a red car. It is a miracle that the red car appears." It is not, it is chance, just chance. But these "chances" happen more often than chance allows, and that shows there is something behind it (315, emphasis added).
Again, had Jung an understanding of statistics he would know that what he thinks happens more often than chance allows, in fact happens in accordance with what chance not only allows but also expects.
This is followed by description of the format and administration of MBTI, more so on format and type of questions. The validity and reliability of the test is also discussed on the basis of research and argument of different scholars. It further looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the test as discussed by other scholars and concludes by discussing applications of the Myer-Briggs Test Indicator in the contemporary society.
Psychology, being the study of the mind and mental processes in relation to behavior, is characterized by the prediction of an individual's behavior based on generalizations made from the study of other peoples' behavior. This is on the basis that behavior can be predicted and evaluated on the foundation of research of other studies.
This has given rise to branch of psychology known as psychological testing. Cooper, S.E. & Miller, J.A. (1991) defines psychological testing as, a branch of psychology which uses a series of questions, problems, or physical responses that are designed to measure knowledge, intelligence, ability quality, truth, validity of a psychological phenomenon.
Most psychological tests are based on psychometrics which mainly uses educational and psychological measurements in determining knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and personality.
They involve deliberate and systemized collection of samples of behavior based on observations over time. A score is assigned to an individual's performance on a given task based on pre-designed psychological test.
This study will seek to study the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
MBTI can be defines it as: a personality test designed to identity an individual's personality and preferences based on certain psychometrics, It a test for identifying a person's personality type based on Carl Jung's theory of personality preferences.
test designed to offer assistance to an individual by identifying some significant personal preferences. It therefore offers important insights into different personalities leading to enhanced self knowledge, Rosenak, C.M., Shontz, F.C. (1988).
The test uses assorted psychometric questionnaires which are carefully formulated to measure psychological differences in individuals. Different personalities have varying preferences based on their genome and experiences from their interaction with the environment.
The test was developed by Katharine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers in the 1940s. Their aim was to make use of Jung's theory of human personality in evaluating the personality of man. Jung's theory, as its name suggests, was pioneered by a Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung. It classified individual's personality types into eight types on the basis of three dichotomous variables: Extroversion Vs Introversion (E/I), Sensing Vs Intuiting (S/N), and Thinking Vs Feeling (T/F), Williamson, J. (2003).
It is designed to offer a description of observable traits such as the big five personality traits Extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. The psychological differences among individuals account for the difference in personality. The test proposes that an individual's personality is either programmed by nature at birth. or is developed in the process of his/her interaction with the environment, Tieger, P.D. & Barron-Tieger, B. (2001).The test is designed to measure the preferences of an individual rather than aptitude and is constructed from the four opposing traits.
Every personality trait has an opposite pair. The aspect of extraversion has a direct opposite in introversion, thinking in feeling, and judging in perceiving and sensing a in intuition. These opposing pair of traits forms the foundation of the test. It is therefore based on four bipolar discontinuous scales: Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing/Intuition, Thinking/Feeling and Judging/Perceiving.
Introversion Vs extroversion gives an analysis of how persons direct their energy. It is a principle based on the fact that there are two worlds within an individual's personality; the internal and the external world. The expression of either of the two worlds depends on the individual's preference.
Sensing Vs intuition originated from the broad category of perceiving functions. The two are however not mutually exclusive as their usage is dependent on time and circumstances. These are also the foundation of human knowledge from the empiricist and rationalist's point of view as they are the primary avenues through which information reaches the individual. Individuals acquire information either by sensing it directly from the environment by one or more of the five senses or through intuition, by the use of the mind.
The preferences of individuals who rely on sensing are a presentation of facts while those who rely on intuition are likely to operate on theoretical and abstract models hence are likely to be more logical.
Thinking Vs Feeling is a function based on the basic judgment of an individual. Those who prefer thinking make judgment and decisions on the basis of critical analysis of situations. Conversely, those who prefer to make judgment based on feelings base their judgment on the emotional aspects of a situation and on the basis of personal norms and values.
True to the prediction of the test, persons with different personalities tend to behave and live differently, choose different careers, perform differently in activities for example in academic and professional fields. MBTI categorizes psychological differences into 16 types from four opposing pairs namely: ISTJ, ESTJ, ENTP, INTP, ENTJ, INTJ, ENFP, ESPF, ESTJ, ISTP, ISFJ, ISFP, INFP, INFJ, ESTP, and INTP. These rises from treating of each index as an independent preference capable of being combined with other indices.
The two most widely used versions of MBTI are the European and the North American English versions. In all the two versions, MBTI is administered by the use of MBTI forms. The instrument measures personality preferences on four scales namely: Extraversion(E)/Introversion(I), Sensing(S)/Intuition(N), Feeling(F)/Judging(J) Perceiving. Questions are all in the form of multiple choice questions.
Each question is structured in a way that presents only two options in the form of short statements and word pairs from which one can only choose one of the questions. MBTI therefore uses an Item Based Forced Questionnaire Form. Its structure revolves around the identification of preferences of an individual from a presented choice of two options in every question.
Reliability refer to how consistently can a test measure what it is designed to measure. Total consistency in the psychological tests are unlikely owing to the nature of personality, however there are accepted standards for variations of psychological instruments such as MBTI.
According to Rosenak, C.M., Shontz, F.C. (1988), one of the pioneer researchers into the reliability of MBTI, the reliability of MBTI meets and exceeds all the preset standards of psychological instrument. He asserts that the reliability of MBTI are either as good as or better than other instruments when the scores are treated as continuous scale.
Furthermore the reliability in terms of preferences range between 75-90% on a test retest scale. He further asserts that, the reliability of the test across age, ethnic groups and race also vary between 60-85%. Williamson, J. (2003) gives the analysis of personality traits of the engineering students from various colleges conducted by varied researchers. It shows consistency as the score of ISTJ personality among engineering students was the highest in all studies.
In the University of Tennessee Knoxville the personality scores of engineering faculty members were: ISTJ (22.6%), INTJ (17.8%), INTP (17.8 %), and ENTJ (14.3%) while that of engineering freshmen in the same university in a study conducted between 1990-1994 were: ISTJ (13.4), ESTJ (11.7), ENTP (8.8), INTP (8.8). Further research by Mc Caulley showed on the personality of Engineering students in Eight different colleges were as follows : ISTJ (16.46), ESTJ (12.75), ENTJ (9.43), INTJ (9.43), INTP (8.46),ENTP (7.43) to mention just but a few. The dominance of the ISTJ among engineering students is evident from the above studies supporting the reliability of the test.
How valid is MBTI? Validity refers to the degree to which a given instrument measures what it is intended to measure. Several psychological analysts have questioned the validity of the test. Tieger, P.D.& Barron-Tieger, B. (2001), sees the validity of the test as arising from the applicability of the four preference pairs of dichotomies and the subsequent combinations of the preferences.
The choice of the questions and therefore the different scales are also valid. The often cited argument is that the founders, Myers and Briggs had no scientific training on psychometric testing and therefore were at no position to prescribe a psychological test.
To summarize the strengths of the test, psychologists see it as covering a wide range of personality traits. This is a strong point since it examines an individual as a whole. Its reliability is also its strength. The correlation between the scores of persons with similar personalities is generally high.
Strength is its face validity which is accepted by most researchers test is its internal consistency and construct validity. Its test-retest reliability also far much exceeds those of other tests in the category. Some psychologists have however criticized the test for lacking not only in validity but also in reliability from the above discussion. The use of forced format is another weakness as seen by most researchers. One can have two of the options presented in the test questions yet he/she is only allowed to select one.
Its construct validity is also one of its weaknesses.
MBTI is one of the most important tests used in the process of career selection, Tieger, P.D. & Barron-Tieger, B. (2001).. The 16 Myer-Briggs types have been found to effectively aid an individual's career choice. A study conducted by Williamson, J. (2003) and citing other researchers on the personality type of engineering students showed that the majority of students were of the ISTJ type. These were people, who were introverted, had impeccable intuition, were good thinkers and Judgmental. Summary of your MBTI results It is therefore acknowledged that the MBTI score may affect your career choices, career exploration, career development, Rankings in occupational categories.
MBTI is increasingly being used by companies and other employers in the recruitment of new employees. This is due to the fact that the competitiveness of an organization relies, to a large extent on the personality of its employees. MBTI is without doubt one of the most important psychological tests in use today. Its results may therefore enable man understand his strengths and weaknesses, enhance his productivity, acquire better problem solving skills, thereby improving a better informed life.
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2. Rosenak, C.M., Shontz, F.C. (1988), "Jungian Q-sorts: demonstrating construct validity for psychological type and the MBTI", Journal of Psychological Type, Vol. 15 pp.33-45.
3. Tieger, P.D. & Barron-Tieger, B. (2001). Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secret of Personality Type. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co.
4. Walsh, W.B. & Holland, J.L. (1992) A theory of personality types and work environments. In Person-Environment Psychology: Models and Perspectives (ed. by W.B. Walsh et al.), pp. 35-69. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
5. Williamson, J. (2003) Instruction to the Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Holland Vocational Personality Types of Engineering Students, Journal of Engineering Education:195-203., Vol. 12 pp. 14-16.
 Rosenak, C.M., Shontz, F.C. (1988), defines psychometrics as a branch of psychology that deals with design, administration and interpretation of quantitative psychological tests.
 According to Coffield, F. Ecclestone, K. Hall, E. & Moseley, D (2004), this last trait is not included in the MBTI test.
 Walsh, W.B. & Holland, J.L. (1992) state that it was thus spelt by Myers rather than the conventional extroversion.
Cooper, S.E. & Miller, J.A. (1991) explains that it is from this aspect that it acquired its referred to as the forced format.
 Cooper, S. E. & Miller, J.A. (1991).From the above discussion on construct validity, it is evident that it is a weakness of the test.


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