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Jackson Yueill named to best XI in Concacaf Olympic qualifying
Center Line Soccer | April 1, 2021
Related Topics: Jackson Yueill, CONCACAF, Justen Glad, MLS Best XI, Derek Cornelius, San Jose Earthquakes, United States men's national under-23 soccer team, Canada
It may come as scant consolation, but San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Jackson Yueill did have a good Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the United States U-23 squad, and he's been recognized for his play.
Concacaf named Yueill, the U.S. captain in the tournament, to its Best XI from the competition.
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Yes, me dying from the stress it's giving me!
@mr_mojo_risin.87 Haha true. Maybe she just wanted to experience everything before facing death.
Why the hell are they deliberately darkening the scenes ??
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AskCodeMan.com - Ask Codeman Building Code Q & A AskCodeMan • View Question/Answer - Permanently frozen ground ???
building code. My question is; what does it mean "Footings shall not bear on frozen soil unless such frozen condition is of a permanent character".
Does that statement void the exclusion and would the footers still need to be 36" deep?
I'm also considering looking at using the deck block system (http://www.deckplans.com/how-it-works) and curious if this type of deck structure would be acceptable according to the building code. If not; what would be the issues? Your concerns?
Re: Permanently frozen ground ???
Does PA use the IRC (International Residential Code), a code based on the IRC, or one similar to the IRC?
- 3. Decks not supported by a dwelling need not be provided with footings that extend below the frost line.
If the exception applies to your code, that will solve your problem.
My question is; what does it mean "Footings shall not bear on frozen soil unless such frozen condition is of a permanent character".
No, that section is addressing structures constructed in the permafrost regions where the soil is ALWAYS frozen, thus there is no need to address soil movements from when the soil thaws out - it NEVER thaws out. Think northern parts of Canada, the Arctic, and the Antarctic, possibly parts of Iceland - but not to worry, that does not apply to PA.
First, *IF* your code has the exception from footing depth and frost protection as stated above in the IRC, and ONLY *IF* you code has that exception, and PROVIDED that your deck was not attached to or supported by the house in any way, shape or form, then you may be able to use those pieces.
Note that I said "may" "be able to use those" as many areas of the country have uplift tie-down requirements and those pieces are not going to meet uplift resistance requirements - whether or not the deck is attached to the house.
The exception from footing depth and frost protection is only an exemption from those two things, not any other requirements.
Most area have requirement to anchor the structure down as you do not want it blowing around and becoming air-borne projectiles and debris.
Additionally, those pieces offer no resistance to sliding (such as high winds pushing against the deck and sliding it across the soil) as they are not buried in the soil to resist such forces.
If you construct any vertical surfaces on the deck, such as backs to benches, those can catch high winds and create additional forces on the deck in addition to uplift, such as the sliding I mentioned above and overturning (where the wind is trying to lift the deck and overturn it by applying force against back of the bench.
Those pieces are sold in the Big Box stores, but that does not mean the code allows them to be installed. Those are one of many items which are allowed to be manufactured, sold, bought, just not allowed to be installed ... "not installed" in most uses they are installed for. Those pieces are allowed to be installed provided all the right conditions apply: 1) deck is not attached to the house (you meet that); 2) does not require uplift resisting straps (you may, or may not, meet that - you would need to contact your local AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction - i.e., your local building department.
End result is you MIGHT be allowed to use those, but I would doubt it as they provide no uplift resistance. I grew up 40 miles south of Buffalo, NY and there are high winds in the winter blizzards there, thus the requirement for uplift resistence is likely. I am in Florida now and have been the last 50 years and we have those "high wind events" (those things called "hurricanes") and definitely need to tie structures down with proper uplift resisting straps.
Thanks for your excellent reply!
Another question or two or three . . . if you don't mind?
beams, joists, footers & spans would also meet code requirements and a deck-block structure can be tied down.
Would all 3 structures shown below be acceptable ways of constructing a deck?
Since we're 'stickin' to the code'; what would be the prefered option/method?
the same column/footer as shown in top & bottom image below?
Which one would be the prefered method, assuming beam size & spans are acceptable?
Suggestions for supporting the front end would also be welcomed if the above are not up to snuff.
Yes. That is the way it is done.
You do not want to use the 'Xed' out method as you want to tie the perimeter beams together for rigidity and for keeping the structure together. You will want to use proper straps and tie-down anchors to secure everything in place.
Yep, I did not realize this forum software did not allow pdf files to be uploaded until after I had it set up and running, I wish pdf files could be uploaded.
to the ground to accomodate a foundation attachment.
For house attached deck, why would the footings need to be at the depth of the footings for the house? Isn't frost depth (36" for PA) enough?
Assembling beams & digging footers 36" deep or deeper would be minuses.
Would the settling issues be enough not to consider the free floating w/12" deep footers?
Assembling beams would be minuses. Digging footers to 12" deep would not be bad.
Leveling for deck block structure would be to add 4x4 posts into each row of blocks and strike a line. Cut as needed. A little tedious but not bad.
Shims could be added as needed as settlement occured.
Costs for the 3 structures would be within $50-$100 of each other. $5 for a deck-block.
Would you still cross out the deck-block structure?
If you were up here in PA which structure (for a ground level deck) would you like to see a homeowner utilize?
Attaching the ledger to the poured concrete or solid filled masonry (not hollow masonry) foundation wall would work as long as the flashing was let into the wall above and brought down and over the ledger to keep as much water off the ledger as possible. That would replace where the drawing states "to resist corrosion and decay, this area should be caulked" as caulking is not going to seal that area well at all.
The other thing to consider when installing a deck down there is the step height up to the interior spaces. You would want a finished deck height to interior floor height of no greater than 7-3/4 inches, and I would design around 7 inches or 7-1/2 inches to allow for errors which would still meet the maximum of 7-3/4 inches riser height. Thus you could measure down, allowing for the deck flooring to be: 7 inches; 14 inches; 21 inches; etc.; down, keeping in mind that the stair would need to be as wide as the door (as wide as a double French door or a sliding glass door including fixed panels) and that four or more risers requires a handrail.
Also keep in mind that you may be carrying food from the house to the deck and that stair could contribute to a fall.
Regarding the other question about the depth of the deck footings, I presumed the house footings are 12 inches below frost depth, which is also where the deck footings would need to be.
If the house footings are more than 12 inches below frost depth, the deck footings would only need to be at 12 inches below frost depth.
The settling issue with the free floating deck on those block could be corrected with shims, however, by the time you realized there was a settling problem, the wood would have taken the new bowed shape. You would be creating a future maintenance issue which would not be addressed in the timely manner needed, and as your drawing shows, unless the deck was high enough, how would you even be able to crawl in and access those blocks for shimming? Not as you drew that drawing.
Yes, I would still cross out the deck-block structure.
Which would be best to utilize? Either of the two which are not crossed out.
As usual, very nice response!
AHJ was at the house today. He insists that all footers (whether deck is attached to house or not) need to be below frost depth.
Exception 3, (and the other 2 as well), he feels are voided by the "permanently frozen ground" sentence. I think he's wrong but no use fighting.
That's why I was asking for some clarification on the sentence in the first place.
He definately didn't like the deck-blocks. So I'll be going with the attached method.
The inspector said the deck footers will only need to be 12" dia @ 36" deep. I don't feel comfortable with his recommendation.
I feel they should be sized a little larger. Would you look at my design and provide some feedback on the questions below?
Seems like a very thourough document.
Should the beams be (2x)2x8's or (3x)2x8's based on pier spacing? I have the latter.
Should the footers be 12" dia. like the inspector suggested? Or larger like in my design?
Can the 2 footers for the step area (upper left of deck) be smaller than 12" dia.?
Can the steps (only one step up to deck) rest on the ground as suggested by inspector or should I go to 36" deep as well for footers?
Step stringers then to bolted to posts extending up from footer. Is this overkill or correct?
Well that should get me started.
I haven't missed or forgotten about your post, I just need to make sure I have the time to go over everything and reply with the correct information, hopefully tonight.
Also, I do not do engineering so I will not be "designing" your deck, only pointing out what I see not quite right. If I were an engineer I would still not be able to design it your deck as I would need to be licensed in your state, and if licensed in your state, the engineer would not design it for free anyway - that is how the structural engineers make their living.
Looking forward to spending some time and going over your information and the code and pointing out things I see which are not quite right, if any.
Hopefully I designed it correctly (Graduated from PennState with Mechanical Engineering degree back in '83).
Hope I didn't burn out too many brain cells sinse then.
Just want to make sure the structure (beams, footers, joists) are adequate to meet code.
Didn't feel totally comfortable with some of the inspector's recommendations.
I'll will be incorporating all of your previous suggestions as well.
One change I made was to shorten the span on the front beam (previously 9'-0") now 8'-10".
Yep, the AHJ does have the final say and it is easier to work with them then to fight them - unless the fight was over something well worth it.
Q. Should the footers be 12" dia. like the inspector suggested? Or larger like in my design?
- The footings can be larger, yes.
- Your beam span is shown as 8 feet 6 inches and your joist span is shown as 10 feet.
- The http://www.awc.org/Publications/DCA/DCA6/DCA6.pdf is a very good document and it shows, on page 9, Table 4. Footing Sizes, shows that your beam span of 8 feet 6 inches exceeds (first column in table) the Beam Span of 8 feet, thus I would recommend going down to the 10 foot Beam Span row, which shows a 19 inch diameter footing 7 inches thick. I've never liked footings less than 12 inches thick minimum myself, but then I am a General Contractor who liked to over build when possible.
- Note 1 in Table 4 states that you can reduce the diameter by 2 inches and use that for the sides of a square footing, thus I would recommend using an 18 inch by 18 inch footing (I know, 2 inches less is only 17 inches, but I like 18 inches better).
Q. Should the beams be (2x)2x8's or (3x)2x8's based on pier spacing? I have the latter.
- You did not state, or I missed it, the species of wood you are using, so I will address both groups in Table 3. Deck Beam Spans on page 5.
- SYP (Southern Yellow Pine): 2-2x8 with 10 foot joist spans = beam spans of 7 feet 1 inch, and you are showing 7 feet 6 inches - NOT GOOD.
- SYP (Southern Yellow Pine): 3-2x8 with 10 foot joist spans = beam spans of 8 feet 11 inch, and you are showing 7 feet 6 inches - GOOD.
- SPF (Spruce Pine Fir): 2-2x8 with 10 foot joist spans = beam spans of 5 feet 4 inch, and you are showing 7 feet 6 inches - NOT GOOD.
- SPF (Spruce Pine Fir): 3-2x8 with 10 foot joist spans = beam spans of 7 feet 7 inch, and you are showing 7 feet 6 inches - GOOD (BARELY GOOD).
Q. Can the 2 footers for the step area (upper left of deck) be smaller than 12" dia.?
- No, the footings would need to be at least 12 inches square, based on the Wood Deck Construction Guide those footings should be a minimum of 15 inches diameter, or, less 2 inches for 13 inches square. Again, I would always go 12 inches thick minimum for footings.
- Keep in mind that those two footings are within 5 feet of the house wall and the Wood Deck Construction Guide states, in all cap letters "DECK FOOTINGS CLOSER THAN 5'-0" TO AN EXISTING EXTERIOR HOUSE WALL MUST BEAR AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE FOOTING OF THE EXISTING HOUSE FOUNDATION."
Q. Can the steps (only one step up to deck) rest on the ground as suggested by inspector or should I go to 36" deep as well for footers?
- The stairs are required to have footings, which should be to the depth required for all footings, and, if within 5 feet of the house wall, see all cap comment I quoted at the question above from the Wood Deck Construction Guide.
Q. Step stringers then to bolted to posts extending up from footer. Is this overkill or correct?
- Go to page 19 in the Wood Deck Construction Guide. Stair footings are addressed there, along with attaching stringers to posts on the footings.
I will be using SYP.
Is the statement ""DECK FOOTINGS CLOSER THAN 5'-0" TO AN EXISTING EXTERIOR HOUSE WALL MUST BEAR AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE FOOTING OF THE EXISTING HOUSE FOUNDATION" a code requirement or a best practice at this time? What methods are used to create a footer hole 9' deep?
Could you provided some help with Table 5 "Fastener spacing" to determine fastener spacing for anchoring the ledger board to solid concrete?
Would I use the 1/2" DIA. bolt & 10' or less joist to arrive at 34" OC spacing?
jeffk wrote: Is the statement ""DECK FOOTINGS CLOSER THAN 5'-0" TO AN EXISTING EXTERIOR HOUSE WALL MUST BEAR AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE FOOTING OF THE EXISTING HOUSE FOUNDATION" a code requirement or a best practice at this time?
The document you referenced states "Based on the 2006 International Residential Code" and attempts to clarify and simply the code requirements, assimilating the various code sections into an easier to use construction document.
- R403.1.7.2 Footing setback from descending slope surfaces. Footings on or adjacent to slope surfaces shall be founded in material with an embedment and setback from the slope surface sufficient to provide vertical and lateral support for the footing without detrimental settlement. Except as provided for in Section R403.1.7.4 and Figure R403.1.7.1, the following setback is deemed adequate to meet the criteria. Where the slope is steeper than one unit vertical in one unit horizontal (100-percent slope), the required setback shall be measured from an imaginary plane 45 degrees (0.79 rad) to the horizontal, projected upward from the toe of the slope.
Your slope is greater than 100-percent (greater than 1/1), your slope is "vertical" at the wall of the basement. Thus you would, by the above code section, need to take the depth of your basement wall and its footing, let us use 6-1/2 feet down for the wall and another 1-1/2 feet down for the footing for a total of 8 feet down. Those footings would need to be outside the 45-degree angle above the bottom of the footing, i.e., 5 feet away from the wall at feet up from the basement wall footing bottom, which would mean the deck footings, in your particular instance at a depth of 3 feet to the top of the footing and 1 foot for the footing depth, could be 4 feet from the basement wall and be at that 45-degree angle up from the bottom of the basement footing.
That document is taking other instances into consideration and adopting the position of staying 5 feet from the basement as a good general statement to use to stay clear of, and not intrude into, the code required clear area.
Being as you are constructing your deck to that document, I would not recommend deviating from that document, if you do, then you set yourself up for NOT being able to use that document to support your construction during inspections and discussions with the AHJ ... 'I used this document to construct my deck to and it is based on the 2006 IRC ... well ... except for a few changes I made where I deviated from the document as the code allowed me to.' ... with that statement you will be dead in the water and have no substantial documentation to support what you did and why.
The row you are looking at in Table 5 is for "bolts", meaning "through bolts", which are the strongest connection. The row you should be looking at in Table 5 is for "lag screws" as there is not a separate table for concrete or masonry anchor spacing. Thus Table 5 shows that your up to 10'-0" joist span off the ledger would 18 inches center-to-center spacing for the ledger anchors, staggered as shown in Figure 19. Again, because you are using this document as your construction guide you should adhere to the document.


FIRST: A PDF of the Writ of Mundamus that has been filed to the Supreme Court to investigate the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
SECOND: The first steps to impeachment are already starting to go forward.
FOURTH: Trump's tantrum over Ivanka's clothing line being dropped by various retailers. Kellanne Conway tried to push her merch, and there were so many reports to the Government Ethics website that it crashed.
AAAND Trump's bigoted immigration ban was struck down again.
If leftists are paid to protest, then George Soros owes me all the way back to 2003.
Why isn't anyone talking about the radicalization of whites in America?
Taken last night. Going back out soon.
Protest @ the DFW airport.
We received word that a federal judge issued a stay against Trump's unconstitutional ban on people arriving from predominantly Muslim countries. When the protest started, there were fifty people detained here. Now there are nine. I spoke with a lawyer who said that he tried to get in to see them earlier. Either they will be released tomorrow, or there will be an emergency hearing to release them tomorrow. More to come.
Well this is interesting. Why would someone be killed over a non-existent dossier? Nah must be fake news about previous fake news.
The death of Erovinkin has prompted speculation it is linked to Mr Steele's explosive dossier, which was made public earlier this month. Mr Trump has dismissed the dossier as "fake news" and no evidence has emerged to support its lurid claims.
This is just since the 19th of January.
ps. This was posted 2 days ago, so we're missing the whole blocking of refugees, building a wall, immigration executive orders and deportation thang from the last 48 hours.
But…let's just wait and see, right?


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Don Imus Dies At 79
By Andrew Limbong
Published December 28, 2019 at 8:21 AM EST
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Longtime radio show host Don Imus died yesterday. He was 79 years old. According to a statement from his family, he'd been in the hospital since Christmas Eve, though no cause of death was given. Imus was equal parts influential and controversial.
As NPR's Andrew Limbong reports, he drew an audience with his caustic and offensive humor.
ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: On his long-running show "Imus In The Morning," Don Imus could jump from an interview with a senator to doing an absurdist character, like his Dr. Billy Sol Hargis, an evangelist who thinks he's the other son of God. Here he is doing the bit on NPR in 1981.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
DON IMUS: (As Dr. Billy Sol Hargis) Shall we all sing together? I don't care if it rains or freezes as long as I've got my plastic Jesus.
LIMBONG: He was known for his jokes, jokes that were often racist, homophobic and sexist. In 2007, he infamously made fun of the Rutgers women's basketball team, using racist and misogynistic language.
IMUS: That's some nappy-headed h*** there. I'm going to tell you that now.
LIMBONG: The comment drew national criticism. Imus was fired by CBS, but he made his way back onto radio later that year. Brian Rosenwald is the author of the book "Talk Radio's America." He says Imus's audience wanted that kind of humor.
BRIAN ROSENWALD: They were the people who want to laugh at those jokes and were tuning in in part to hear those jokes because they felt like they had become marginalized, that the rules of the game had changed on race and gender and other issues.
LIMBONG: But Imus wasn't a strict partisan. He insulted the left, right, even his peers. Here he is taking a dig at Rush Limbaugh's politics at the 1996 Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner.
IMUS: I'm sick of him. The radio show, the television show, the stupid books and now men's ties - bold, vibrant, colorful and all designed to look great with a brown shirt.
LIMBONG: Imus continued doing his show until 2018, and his influence can be felt on radio and cable news today. Andrew Limbong, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Corrected: December 28, 2019 at 12:00 AM EST
In this story, we incorrectly say Don Imus spoke at the 1996 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. He did speak at the 1996 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner.
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Andrew Limbong is a reporter and producer for NPR's Arts Desk, where he reports, produces, and mixes arts and culture pieces of all kinds. Previously, he was a producer and director for Tell Me More. He originally started at NPR in 2011 as an intern for All Things Considered.
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Lifting the lid on Twitter's big taboo
I recently read with alarm in the Wall Street Journal about the truly distressing plight of increasing numbers of marketing executives:
Melanie Notkin, founder of SavvyAuntie.com Inc. says: "I can't ignore them," Ms. Notkin says of her more than 19,800 Twitter followers. As a small-business owner, Ms. Notkin says she doesn't take long vacations. But even on a weekend at the beach, she warns those around her of her need to check her phone.
"We need to appear active," Douglas Quint, co-founder of Big Gay Ice Cream, says. "We want to appear in people's Twitter feeds once or twice a day."
On the eve of her trip to the Southwest, Eva Chen, beauty director at Teen Vogue, sent a tweet: "Huzzah! I'm officially on vacation!" Over the next five days, while driving through Arizona, she tweeted more than 120 times, checked-in more than a dozen times on Foursquare and posted more than 30 photos to Instagram.
In the case of the prolific Ms Chen, she may as well on be on vacation at all . . . . . . 120 tweets in 5 days; in addition to the Instagram posts and Foursquare check-ins. It sounds rather like a day in the office to me!
The need to 'carry the brand' throughout their waking moments has forced these executives to – literally – become slaves to Twitter. According to the WSJ: "the most compelling social-media handles, whether a brand, a small business or a person inside a larger organization, usually are the work of one individual, with a unique personality and voice . . ."
I'm all in favour of living the brand, but encapsulating into the identity of a single person has its downside. Quite apart from the risk to brand equity (and followers) should a 'power Tweeter' leave the organization, I wonder how genuinely authentic such communications can really be. Most people do not see the World the optic of a single brand, experiences are made up of a variety of insights, prejudices, tastes, opinions and loyalties; some of them rational many of them completely irrational.
In fact, that's what makes Twitter so engaging – people share literally what's on their mind, what excites, stimulates, amuses, annoys and means something to them. Twitter enables me to catch up on the state of the European bond market (http://t.co/LsrIeekH) and check out the Onion's latest take on Jennifer Aniston's new beau (http://t.co/gyxBOD53) in many cases retweeted from the same person! Twitter becomes far less compelling if we see a corporate agenda crudely concealed behind the feed; worst of all it becomes predictable.
Returning to Twitter's modern slaves, I would encourage them to – literally – get out more, experience life, feelings, emotions, doubt, uncertainty . . . and express them online through a personal account. They are sure to find life outside the brand liberating . . . . or at least their friends and family might appreciate it.
WSJ again:
'For most heavy tweeters, it isn't a burden, or even a work obligation, to stay "on brand" and connected. It's a choice. "I don't find it to be an intrusion of my vacation," says Aliza Licht, senior vice president of global communications for Donna Karan Co., who has amassed more than 413,600 followers on her @DKNY Twitter handle.
More revealingly she adds that she also checks work email while on vacation. "It's not comfortable for me, my personality, to be away," she says. Her husband and young children are "accepting" of her social-media connectivity, she says. Sometimes her husband suggests tweets.'
"Accepting" of her tweeting . . . sometimes her husband even suggests tweets . . . . ?!" Hmm I'm not sure I'm convinced. When I had the temerity to pick up the BlackBerry during a recent vacation to share an amusing story about a head of state suggesting that hitting a rugby referee with a rock could be justified 'under certain circumstances' (http://t.co/zhm3HOLd), my wife's reaction could hardly be described as 'brand compliant' (unless the brand in question included surgery without anesthetic in its portfolio). Her perspective is that vacations are there for a purpose and that purpose does not include work (which she associated with my picking up the BlackBerry).
I believe that she is right – but in more ways than she realizes. For brands and brand ambassadors to be credible they need to reflect multiple experiences, opinions, points of view, insights . . . . most of all they need to include some element of spontaneity and surprise. A brand ambassador who never removes the corporate avatar from his or her online musings is missing out and . . . . ultimately, doing the brand in question a disservice.
So power tweeters of the world, use this summer's vacations to remove the chains of brand compliance and express yourselves! United, we can put an end to this modern form of slavery!
Let me know what you think!
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Cycling: Tour contender Fuglsang in the wars after crash
Cycling - Tour de France - The 194.5-km Stage 1 from Brussels to Brussels - July 6, 2019 - Astana Pro Team rider Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark bleeds as he rides after a crash. Jeff Pachoud/Pool via REUTERS -
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By Martyn Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Tour de France GC contender Jakob Fuglsang said he will carry on in the despite a heavy crash in Saturday's opening stage that left him bloodied and bruised.
The Danish rider, tipped as one of defending champion Geraint Thomas's main rivals for the yellow jersey, went down with around 17km remaining and finished the stage with blood streaming from a wound above his eye.
It looked bad for the Astana rider but he was helped back into the peloton by his team mates, finishing in the pack before disappearing into a medical truck for treatment.
He emerged with four stitches inserted in the cut and was hobbling after bruising his knee, shoulder and elbow.
The good news was that X-rays showed no fractures.
"A rider crashed in front of me at the moment we were going to the front of the peloton to stay out of trouble, it was impossible to avoid him and so I crashed," Fuglsang said.
"It's not the way you want to start the Tour. I'm happy that there were no fractures, so I'm able to continue the race. We'll see how it goes tomorrow."
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)


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Transparental is the ninth solo album by Dutch guitarist Jan Akkerman, released in 1980. It appeared under the name "Jan Akkerman and Kaz Lux".

Track listing
"Inspiration" - 6:20
"Apocalypso" - 6:35
"Concentrate Don't Hesitate" - 6:35
"Transparental" - 1:10
"I Don't Take It Much Longer" - 3:55
"Marsha" - 5:20
"You're Not the Type" - 6:05
"The Party Is Over" - 4:40

Personnel
Kaz Lux - vocals, guitar
Jan Akkerman - guitars, guitar synthesizer
Cees van der Laarse - bass guitar
Pierre van der Linden - drums
Manuel Lopez - drums on tracks 6 and 8
Rick van der Linden - keyboards
Eddy Conard - percussion
Grace van der Laarse - Percussion

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The Way We Live Now: 3-12-00: On Language; Iron Triangle
By William Safire
March 12, 2000, Section 6, Page 34Buy Reprints
On the eve of his victory in the South Carolina primary, recalling his stunning defeat in New Hampshire, George W. Bush said: ''People may not think I'm tough enough, but I am. This is a process of steeling me to become president.''
Newsweek, reporting on the ''hardening'' of the candidate during the rough tactics of that Southern campaign, commented, ''Consider him steeled.''
The verb, in its sense of ''to make hard or strong as steel,'' is used in Shakespeare's poem ''Venus and Adonis,'' as Venus says: ''Give me my heart. . . . O give it me, lest thy hard heart do steel it,/And being steeled, soft sighs can never grave it.'' Governor Bush, in subsequent interviews, repeated the verb; he evidently felt that being steeled is an admirable development in a candidate.
Senator John McCain is also partial to a metallic metaphor. ''I've taken on the iron triangle: special interests, campaign finance and lobbying,'' he said in mid-February. A few weeks earlier, his definition was formulated slightly differently: ''The establishment obviously is in a state of extreme distress, if not panic, because they know I have taken on the iron triangle of money, lobbyists and legislation.''
The origin is military. On United States Army maps during the Korean conflict of 1950-53, an area about 30 miles north of the 38th parallel with its apex at Pyongyang and its corners at Chorwon and Kumhwa was marked ''the Iron Triangle.'' This was the center anchor of the North Korean defense line and the hub of a communication and supply network. During the Vietnam War, an area of 125 square miles northwest of Saigon was called by the same name. Then the phrase was transferred to Europe and used for nations rather than small areas: in 1977, an editorial in The New York Times called East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia ''the U.S.S.R.'s iron triangle.''
Meanwhile, the military phrase was being used as a synonym for what Dwight Eisenhower, in his 1961 farewell, called ''the military-industrial complex'' -- that is, the military services, defense contractors and members of Congress busy at the pork barrel. In the 70's, the term spread beyond the military to include the cozy relationship among federal agencies, Congressional committees and lobbyists.
Ronald Reagan, as he was leaving office, substituted the media for the military in his triangulation. ''A triangle of institutions -- parts of Congress, the media and special-interest groups -- is transforming and placing out of focus our constitutional balance,'' Reagan warned. Modestly, he did not claim credit for the phrase: ''Some have used the term iron triangle to describe what I'm talking about.''
McCain left the media out of his iron triangle, substituting ''money,'' so that his three corners are now ''money, lobbyists and legislation.''
How did his opponent deal with the three-sided ferrous metaphor? George W. Bush's department of figure-of-speech ripostes did fairly well. Another sense of triangle is ''an iron rod bent in a triangle with one angle open, used as a percussion instrument or bell when struck with another iron rod.''
After being asked frequently about McCain's symbol, he was readied with a colorful reply. ''If a man says, for example,'' said Bush, undoubtedly alluding to the man as McCain, ''that there's an iron triangle in Washington, D.C., of lobbyists and special interests, and he's ringing it like a dinner bell to raise money for his campaign, I think that I have a right to point out that he says one thing and does another.''
Although Bush's triangle had only two sides, his word-image nicely brought to mind a picture of an iron triangle used sometimes on Texas ranches to call cowhands to dinner.
What is it about iron that attracts phrase makers? John C. Calhoun, vice president under Andrew Jackson, was nicknamed ''the cast-iron man'' by the English economist Harriet Martineau because he ''looks as if he had never been born, and could never be extinguished.'' Lou Gehrig, the ''iron horse'' (originally referring to the railroads), was followed by Cal Ripken, the ''iron man,'' who broke Gehrig's endurance record of 2,130 consecutive games in 1995.
But there is a cruel connotation to the word-image. Blood and iron, in German Blut und Eisen, meant ''military force as distinguished from diplomacy'' and was associated in the 1870's with Prince Bismarck, ''the iron chancellor.'' Autocratic rule was governance with an iron hand. Churchill famously called the Soviet separation of the tyrannized East and the free West the iron curtain, after a fireproof curtain used in French and English theaters as early as the 18th century. (The Viscountess Snowden, after a visit to Russia soon after World War I, wrote, ''We were behind the 'iron curtain' at last!'') In the United States, the undemonstrative first lady Rosalynn Carter was derogated (unfairly, in retrospect) as ''the steel magnolia.'' The iron rice bowl was Mao Zedong's guarantee to China's workers of a job for life under the Communist system, with cradle-to-grave benefits. President Bill Clinton, celebrating what he believed was the emergence of capitalism in China, said in 1998 that ''restructuring state enterprises is critical to building a modern economy, but it is also disrupting settled patterns of life and work, cracking the iron rice bowl.''
Thus, McCain's iron triangle has a built-in pejorative connotation. Even the triangle has dark memories, as its evocation in necromancy and in the military usages above indicates. There's also the Bermuda Triangle, where boats disappear mysteriously, as well as the golden triangle, the area of Southeast Asia -- Myanmar, Laos and Thailand -- where opium is cultivated. (On the other hand, people in rejuvenated downtown Pittsburgh, and Texans in the Beaumont-Orange-Port Arthur area, are happy to call their neighborhoods the golden triangle.)


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It is anticipated that it will take up to three weeks to remove the gearbox, strip it down and rebuild it before refitting it to Viking. During this period Viking will operate at reduced speed, consequently journey time on our Liverpool service is temporarily being timetabled as three hours.
Chief Executive Mark Woodward said: "We are aware of similar issues on other vessels of this type. However, during last winter's overhaul, this gearbox was thoroughly inspected internally and found to be in a good condition, so this latest failure is disappointing.
Sailings to Heysham, Dublin and Belfast will be unaffected by these repairs.
Mr Woodward added: "We have cancelled the 07.30 and 11.15 sailings to and from Liverpool on Thursday, 19th June to allow for the gearbox to be removed. This is the first date on which a gearbox specialist is available to assist with its removal. Until it is removed we cannot begin the repair. It is better that we get the repair completed during this relatively quiet period between TT and the start of the school holidays. We will offer alternative arrangements for passengers via Heysham.


This wreath was spurred by a Styrofoam heart form that I got at a yard sale in the summer for 50 cents! They had a couple for sale...I'm kicking myself now that I only grabbed one!
Supplies needed are a heart form, ribbon, a wooden dowel, and (not pictured) hot glue, felt, and craft paint. I got the dowel for less than a dollar at AC Moore. Score!
And for the tip of the arrow I snipped some black felt out in a triangle and glued it on.
To secure the arrow to the heart I just hot glued it to either side of the heart form on the back.
Voila! Super easy and super cheap for me too. The craft paint and felt I had on hand, so really I spent about $5 dollars for this wreath. Score.
Oh well. Valentines Day you are welcome at my house even if you clash with all my decor!!
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Great wreath. It doesn't clash, it pops!
What a cute heart, love that you added the arrow, so simpel but yet so diffent from the usual round wraths! It's so cool thank you for sharing Rebecca!
So cute and sweet, very simple and chic!!
Wow- I heart this wreath!!!:) It is so unique and cute- I've never seen anything like it!
hi rebecca- it's my first time linking up with you- somehow i was jumping around through blogs and found yours. yay!
you have awesome craft projects and im so ready for something other than winter crafts!
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DENVER (AP) — A man convicted in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old-child is sentenced to life in prison.
Angel Montoya was sentenced Tuesday to a life sentence without parole in the death of Neveah Gallegos in 2007. Last week, Montoya was found guilty of first-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse.
Montoya's lawyer maintains Montoya is innocent and intends to appeal. Neveah's mother, Miriam Gallegos, pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death and is serving a 12-year-sentence in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Prosecutors say Montoya killed the child while Gallegos was at work and that the couple conspired to cover the crime by disposing of the body in a ravine in September 2007. The couple had told authorities the girl was missing.


We will try and stay next to a couple who's blog we have followed for a year or so. We accidentally ran into them in Yellowstone last year (Mrs. Landmarks recognized them). They are staying in a high-end RV park. We will attempt to make reservations next to their site for a couple of days. Also, rumors have it that the infamous MaliMish is in town too! Fingers crossed we meet them too.


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It is a Community Centre in the true sense of the word "Run by the Community, for the Community" and we believe that everyone has something to give.
Supported by a small team of paid workers, local people of all ages, abilities, from all walks of life play an active role within the Centre. Their ages range from 11 – 90. Their involvement promotes personal development, self-esteem, and self-confidence.
The Centre is a 'one stop shop'. There's something for everyone and all ages here – recreational courses and activities, educational courses, support and advice sessions. You're guaranteed a warm welcome!
Provide services and resources that will support the area and individuals.
Develop a community spirit & responsibility by encouraging local people to participate in the management & day to day running of the Centre and some of the services we offer.
Identify the needs of the area and devise ways in which we can respond accordingly.
We work in partnership with various organisations to achieve our aims (please visit website below).
Our diverse programme of activities includes:- adult dance classes, children's activities, computers, creative crafts, employment advice, family first aid, numerous foreign languages, pilates and yoga. Something for everyone in fact! We've lots of volunteering opportunities too.
Check out the What's On page on our website for a full list of our programme of activities.!


After taking a look to what shaders are, the required syntaxes and the keywords, it's time to put our newly-acquired knowledge to practice.
This works by using a cube brush with just one face textured with this shader, all other faces should be nodraw and non-solid ("common/nodraw" should fit).
This is a lens flare shader, but can be used on skyboxes to decorate it with sprites. Clampmap makes the texture scale like lens flare do, larger at distance, smaller when closer, but since skybox distance is fixed, the sprites scale stays fixed as well. blendfunc blend makes the black pixels of the texture's alpha channel invisible. The size of the sprite can be changed by changing the brush's size.
Rgbgen identity can be removed.
An interesting variant to deformVertexes autoSprite is deformVertexes autoSprite2: while an "autosprite" looks the same from all angles, an "autosprite2" turns around its longer axis only. Autosprite2 does not require the brush face to be perfectly squared: it may be used for example for enegery columns or similar effects.
This creates a texture that ignores lightmaps, but doesn't render as a black surface in game. Blendfunc gl_one gl_zero makes the texture brightness equal to 1 in game, while the lightmap of that face equal to zero, thus, ignored or invisible in game.
If the brush is a lamp or some 3D lightsource, add surfaceparm trans to make light not be blocked by the brush.
It's possible to make glass or water surfaces that are both translucent and lightmapped, instead of just translucent and full bright.
surfaceparm trans make the texture invisible to lightrays, as a result it doesn't cast shadows.
tcgen lightmap this was copied from external lightmaps trick.
blendfunc gl_dst_color gl_src_color this is the how the lightmap is blended with the texture.
alphaGen const 0.5 this is a constant translucency factor.
Note: (taken from hydronex water shader). The lightmap stage should be last, after the transparency stage.
Some more specific details still missing.
This pick ups a screenshot, photo or texture and renders in game as a environment map, more or less like the reflection created by highly specular surfaces, or wet surfaces.
The distortion that occurs in game is vertex basead, a highly tesselated surface could render with less distortion.
rgbgen identitylighting changing this changes the overall brightness of the environment map.
This effect is cheap because it's not a realtime reflection, it's a reflection basead on a pre-taken screenshot or a simple texture.
Q3 animmap is limited to 8 frames, any other frame beyond that is ignored by the engine. The textures doesn't need to be numbered like the above example.
animmap x this controls the animation's frame rate. How many sequences are played per second.


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A body language expert has weighed in on the demeanor of Christopher Watts as he spoke to reporters to plead for the safe return of his wife and kids — just hours before he was arrested in their deaths.
Watts made a chilling television appearance to beg the public for the safe return of his wife, 34-year-old Shanann Watts, and his two daughters, 4-year-old Bella Watts and 3-year-old Celeste Watts, before he was taken into police custody on Wednesday night.
"My heart is racing a mile a minute," Watts told reporters just hours before he was arrested. "It's not something I could ever, ever fathom would happen in my lifetime, and I have no inclination of where she is."
"My kids are my life. Those smiles light up my life," he added.
Body language expert Traci Brown spoke with KDVR about Watts' demeanor and said she was able to observe signs of deception right away.
"He rolled his lips back over his teeth a lot. You see his lips disappear?" she told the station, referencing footage of Watts' recent interview. "That's a telltale for someone who knows more than they're saying." He clearly knew then and he was trying to hold back and the whole thing unraveled on him."
Shanann Watts was reported missing on Wednesday afternoon and was found dead on Thursday on land owned by Anadarko Petroleum, where her husband had been employed until he was terminated by the company amid the investigation into his family's disappearance. She was 15 weeks pregnant with a baby boy at the time of her death.
The bodies of the couple's two young children were reportedly found Thursday inside of "mostly full" oil and gas tanks that were also owned by Anadarko Petroleum, according to KMGH.
Watts was arrested on Wednesday night but has not been formally charged with any crimes in relation to the case. However, law enforcement sources allegedly told the station that he confessed to killing his wife and daughters and showed them where he hid their bodies.
Weld County prosecutors have until Monday to file formal charges against Watts. He is being held without bond until his next court appearance.


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Washington, DC - Eight Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate:
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
John Peter Cronan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice William H. Pauley III, retired.
William Scott Hardy, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Nora Barry Fischer, retired.
John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, vice James H. Payne, retired.
John Charles Hinderaker, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Raner Christercunean Collins, retired.
David Cleveland Joseph, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Dee D. Drell, retired.
Iris Lan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Katherine B. Forrest, resigned.
Matthew Thomas Schelp, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, vice Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., retiring.
Charles Williams, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Phyllis L. Bayer, resigned.
WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:
Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Kathryn D. Sullivan, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 16, 2019.


Ardbeg has made quite a big deal over blasting a small amount of whisky into space. From a scientific point of view, it's an interesting experiment aimed at discovering the effect of gravity on the maturation process of whisky. From a practical perspective, though, Ardbeg's space program is extremely small, limited to a few vials of their whisky, so little that no consumers will ever get to try this space-traveled spirit.
This fact hasn't stopped Ardbeg from releasing a number of spaced-themed whiskies to celebrate their journey into space. In 2012, a year after Ardbeg launched their whisky into space, they launched Ardbeg Galileo 1999 Whisky. Now, with the return of their cosmic traveled whisky to terra firma, Ardbeg has brought back one of their most popular space themed whiskies: Ardbeg Supernova.
This time around, Ardbeg Supernova is getting a release as Committee Release (Ardbeg's loyalty program) SN2014. The 2014 Ardbeg Supernova is different from previous Supernova Releases (a committee release in 2009 and wide release in 2010) in that it has a greater amount of sherry-finished whisky and, from our tastings, a significant increase in younger malt in the blend.
Ardbeg Supernova Single Malt Whisky [Committee Release SN2014] (55% ABV / 110 Proof, $180) – as you'd expect from a whisky whose peat rating is at 100ppm, the nose from the 2014 Supernova is solid peat, but the peat here is more vegetal, barnyard peat than peat smoke. Even at this peat level, Ardbeg Supernova smells a lot less like a campfire than your everyday Laphroaig. Underneath the peat are the clear aromas from the sherry cask including a solid nuttiness, dark fruit, and vanilla. There's something about the way that the sweet aromas mix with vegetal and smoke that's reminiscent of mezcal. Supernova's high proof is also apparent in the nose which does a nice job of amping up the aromas without giving a lot of alcohol burn.
The entry for Supernova is a lot lighter and thinner than we'd expected. Instead of a peat bomb (which we ultimately get in the midpalate), the entry is a muted mix of honey, dark fruit, dark chocolate, and light peat. The thin and unremarkable entry is a disconnect from what we expect from Ardbeg Supernova.
It isn't until the midpalate that we get the real strength of Supernova. It is here that the peat bomb finally goes off and we get the strongest amount of smoke supported by black pepper and ginger spice. In many ways the midpalate feels like a bomb – a blast of spice and smoke without any real sense of continuity or integration. After the bomb goes off, Ardbeg Supernova gets dry and puckery which drives the finish that is long with the smoke from the midpalate hovering on the palate for quite some time.
The 2014 Ardbeg Supernova is nothing short of disappointing. Ardbeg has established the Supernova line as one of their showcase series, and they've priced it accordingly at $180 a bottle, but the 2014 release pales in comparison to the 2009 and 2010 releases. Part of the problem with this Ardbeg Supernova is the sheer amount of young malt in the blend.
The 2014 Ardbeg Supernova is nothing short of disappointing. Ardbeg has established the Supernova line as one of their showcase series, and they've priced it accordingly at $180 a bottle, but the 2014 release pales in comparison to the 2009 and 2010 releases.


The Greatest gift that God has given to fallen mankind is provision for their recovery by means of his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus' death as our Ransomer makes possible everlasting life on a paradise earth. At Luke 22:19, we are commanded to memorialize his death.
This day of remembrance is coming near. Shall we be able to meet you?
On the 13th of Nisan lots of people were busy making final arrangements for the Passover, also Jesus and his disciples. Early in the afternoon, Jesus had send Peter and John to prepare the Passover for them in an upper room in Jerusalem. (Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:8) A little before sundown, Jesus and the other ten apostles met them there for their last Passover celebration.
Jesus knew that one of these men—Judas Iscariot—had already arranged to betray him to the religious leaders. Understandably, he became very distressed. "One of you will betray me," he revealed. The apostles were highly grieved at this. (Matthew 26:21, 22) After celebrating the Passover, Jesus told Judas: "What you are doing get done more quickly."(John 13:27).
Once Judas had left, Jesus introduced a meal to commemorate his impending death. He took a loaf of the unleavened bread, expressed thanks in prayer, broke it, and instructed the 11 to partake. "This means my body," he sayd, "which is to be given in your behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me." He then took a cup of red wine. After saying a blessing, he passed the cup to them, telling them to drink out of it. Jesus added: "This means my 'blood of the covenant,' which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins." (Luke 22:19, 20; Matthew 26:26-28).
Later in the evening Jesus said a fervent prayer in their behalf. (John, chapter 17) After singing songs of praise, they left the upper room and followed Jesus out into the cool late-night air.
Jesus was arrested and bound, led away to Annas, the former high priest. Then he was taken to Caiaphas, the high priest, to be tried. In the early hours of the morning, the Sanhedrin falsely charged Jesus with blasphemy.
It would have been the greatest tragedy in history if Jesus' death had brought a permanent end to his life. Happily, that was not the case. On Nisan 16, 33 C.E., his disciples were amazed to find that he had been raised from the dead. In time, more than 500 people were able to verify that Jesus was again alive. And 40 days after his resurrection, a group of faithful followers saw him ascend to heaven. (Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8).
41 And he himself drew away from them about a stone"s throw, and bent his knees and began to pray, 42 saying: "Father, if you wish, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, let, not my will, but yours take place." 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
enter into temptation." 47 While he was yet speaking, look! a crowd, and the [man] called Judas, one of the twelve, was going before them; and he approached Jesus to kiss him.
48 But Jesus said to him: "Judas, do you betray the Son of man with a kiss?" 49 When those about him saw what was going to happen, they said: "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" 50 A certain one of them even did strike the slave of the high priest and took off his right ear. 51 But in reply Jesus said: "LET it go as far as this." And he touched the ear and healed him. 52 Jesus then said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and older men that had come there for him: "Did YOU come out with swords and clubs as against a robber?


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Cuomo: The NYPD and NYC mayor did not do their job Monday night
Marisa Fernandez
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York Police Department Tuesday, calling their lack of protection for people and personal property "a disgrace."
The big picture: New York City is on its seventh day of protests for George Floyd's death and overall law enforcement killings, with massive crowds day and night. The city was one of the worst affected in the U.S. for looting, including Macy's flagship store and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Cuomo called out the NYPD for not deploying enough of its officers to handle the crowds. The department has about 36,000 officers, the largest in the country.
What he's saying:
"The NYPD and the mayor did not do their job last night. I believe that."
"Use the police. Protect property and people. Look at the videos. It was a disgrace. I don't think they used enough police to address the situation because it's inarguable, but that it was not addressed last night."
"That's what I think hasn't worked and that has to be fixed and it has to be fixed today. Stop the looting. I do believe that the NYPD well-deployed would not need the National Guard."
The other side: NYPD commissioner Dermott Shea stressed during Mayor de Blasio's press conference Tuesday he believes he does not need to activate the National Guard.
He also said he believes the chaos and looting were only in parts of the city, and not widespread.
The mayor extended the curfew to Sunday beginning at 8pm.
Protesters were "overwhelmingly peaceful," de Blasio tweeted Monday night. But some people who had "nothing to do with the cause" stole and damaged property, he added.
Go deeper: The latest on George Floyd protests nationwide
Rebecca Falconer
Sep 6, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Portland marks 100 days of protests
A protester holds a Black Lives Matter sign during a march to the Police Union building in Portland, Oregon, on Friday. Photo: Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images
Protesters in Portland, Oregon, are marking 100 days of demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism with a series of events this holiday weekend amid a backdrop of unrest.
The big picture: Demonstrators are holding vigils and speeches, while supporters of President Trump plan another caravan rally, AP notes. Police declared an unlawful assembly and arrested 27 people over Friday night, but there were peaceful scenes Saturday as protesters held sit-ins, played music and "stenciled the names of 39 Black people" killed by police or racially motivated violence, the Oregonian reports. The protests began over the May death of George Floyd.


I have put a White Paper, The Importance of Logic in the Informatics Curriculum, up on our WWW site at http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/WhitePapers/LogicInInformaticsCurriculum.pdf . This makes the case for studying some formal language with an unambiguous semantics in general, and logic in particular, in *any* informatics curriculum. It works off some key observations which some of you have made, and a key intervention by Tobias Nipkow at TU München, who pointed me to a paper by Joe Halpern et al on the "Unreasonable Effectiveness" of logic in informatics, published in the Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, following the relatively well-known line of work with this phrase in the title by Gene Wigner and Richard Hamming, about math in the natural sciences.
I wrote this paper yesterday and today so I could tell all our students to read it. A paper summarising the discussion and affidavits that have appeared in this thread so far, in White Paper format, will follow, contributors willing (obviously I shall ask beforehand. Contributions to the List appear in the publicly-accessible archive, of course. Some contributors have mailed me privately due to company requirements).
In reply to: Dewi Daniels: "Re: [SystemSafety] Logic"
Reply: Michael J. Pont: "Re: [SystemSafety] Logic"


Is this Cyberpunk? I guess it might be: ubiquitous technology that doesn't work. This giant TV screen on the side of Moscone has been running a halfassed implementation of "Mismunch" since about a month after it went up. Why do they even leave it powered up? Maybe nobody remembers how to turn it off.
When it first went up, they played this panoramic movie on it that was timed so that as the sign crawled its way around the building, it looked like the video was a stationary window into a room full of giants. Stock-photo-model-businessman giants. It was kind of cool.
Ever since then: ten years of Munching Squares.
A new life awaits you in the Moscone Colonies! Press any key to continue.
For some reason youtube thinks I'm having a heart attack. I have no idea what that has to do with munching squares but it's pretty funny.
A ten-year long installation art piece commentary on the futility of modern life?
I bet it has Linux on it. All large led screens have Linux on them.
The page you linked implies it's owned by the SF Arts Commission, so nobody else has the authority to turn it off. The Arts Commission is ... not the most effective of local government agencies, so I'm not surprised nobody's fixed the broken video robot. That would cost money, after all.
Circulate a petition to run something else? I recommend nodejsdb because they have a nice color scheme and I still believe that SQL can get rescued with e.g. Perl's data flow analysis for preventing security flaws (yes, I trust a robot written by people from the Paper Era to protect me from security flaws.) Actually I have no idea what the situation is with quoting strings to protect them from being used somewhere someone doesn't want them to be run in node.js.
Replacing the SF Arts Commission with nodejsdb is exactly the sort of performance art a major city's art commission should be going for.


Day 729. I quit with all of you today.
Day 1101: Thank you for the support! It's has help keep me from the tin numerous times. I hope the surgery went well Rob and that you have a speedy and painless recovery.


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Ever since I was young, I've loved the quintessential "boy and his dragon story." My favorite is Jane Yolen's Dragon's Blood. It was one of the very first fantasy books I ever read, and it left a lasting impression on me. But there was also Anne McCaffrey's The White Dragon, Christopher Paolini's Eragon, and the How to Train Your Dragon film series. I love this archetype of story, and I've always wanted to do one, but I held off until I could find a new direction in which to approach it. Eventually, it drifted away from "a boy and his dragon" towards "a girl and her spaceship."
Why didn't Spensa just go home to get food, instead of just having to hunt?
Well, there's a couple of reasons. Number one, she's kind of independent and strong-headed, and doesn't want to admit that she can't do it. And number two, she needed that time to work on M-Bot. If she were going down and coming back up, she wouldn't have the time. But she would set snares for rats, which she could check in the off-time, which meant that it saved her a lot of time eating only rats.
I had a lot of fun writing Spensa. She's a character I've been working on for many, many years. This very imaginative and passionate woman who wants to be a fighter pilot. And it was actually very tough to get right, it took me years to get right. And that first chapter is my fourth version of the first chapter. I should be-- I'll probably post the other versions on my website once the book's out. But it is one of the hardest books to start that I've ever written. Just getting that tone down and getting it right and making her feel right was very, very difficult.
Why are Spensa's eyes purple?
Because the artist drew it that way. Since Spensa's eyes, I don't imagine actually being purple, but it looked really cool on the cover, so there we go. Maybe they're canonically purple now. Maybe I'll write that in.


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