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Coattail Congressmen?
BARNES, PETER
WASHINGTON-U.S.A. Coattail Congressmen? By Peter Barnes The initial euphoria on Capitol Hill over President Johnson's endorsement of a four-year term for congressmen has now...
...Or would a four-year term amendment-like the 23 rd Amendment allowing District of Columbia residents to vote for Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors (but not for the officials who could provide better schools for Washington's Negroes), and the 24th Amendment, abolishing poll taxes in Federal (but not state and local) elections-be little more than a waste of legislative time and effort...
...There would, it is true, be more time to work on bills with a fouryear term, but the powers-that-be who actually shape legislation in the House have plenty of time as things are...
...Since we do not have a parliamentary system, wherein new elections are called if the chief executive is defeated on a major issue, a four-year President-cum-House would be immune to electoral pressures for an unseemly, if not undemocratic time period...
...Whatever the motive, Johnson recited several arguments in favor of the proposal...
...One is that, faced with a mid-term election clouded over by the Vietnam war, the President suddenly became very appreciative of the advantages of a four-year mandate...
...But Hamilton and Madison wanted a three-year term, not a four-year term, and would have been appalled at an amendment seeking to alter the sacred independence of the three branches...
...But political feasibility aside, would a four-year term really break the pre-Johnsonian "deadlock" of democracy...
...A strong President backed by a four-year coat-tail majority in the House is hardly the kind of system likely to make Representative Gerald R. Ford (R.-Mich...
...The members of the "congressional Establishment" who are berated for holding up progress find it just as easy to get re-elected in Presidential election years as at mid-term...
...But all the arguments, stated and unstated by Johnson, avoid the real issue involved in the proposal for a co-terminous President and House of Representatives...
...The aim of the liberal reformists is to make life easier not for the campaign-weary congressman, but for the man who inhabits the White House...
...that jet-age transportation and modern postal service keep congressmen in constant touch with their districts, without the stimulus of an election...
...There are more plausible explanations...
...Perhaps, after all, what matters is that a constitutional amendment such as Johnson now supports is virtually a political impossibility...
...The road to a better Congress lies in new laws and changes of internal rules and ethics...
...Peter Barnes covers Washington for the Lowell, Massachusetts Sun...
...As Burns unambiguously put it, the purpose of choosing congressmen only in Presidential election years would be to allow each "Presidential party" to "convert its congressional party into a party wing exerting a proper, but not controlling or crippling hold on party policy...
...It is hard to escape the conclusion that a four-year term amendment would be the third next-tomeaningless constitutional alteration in a row...
...and Professor James MacGregor Burns have been urging for years...
...Quite to the contrary, Johnson's first two years in office have shown every sign of making Burns' Deadlock of Democracy more of an anachronism than the snuff boxes on the Speaker's podium, as Burns himself, in a speech last week in New York presenting his new book, Presidential Government, implicitly conceded...
...To Senator Clark the "congressional party" is the "congressional Establishment...
...Nor is it the panacea espoused by many long-term liberal congressmen, who feel that frequent consultations with the electorate, though bothersome to candidates, are a sine qua non of democracy...
...Endorsement of the Clark-Burns idea by Johnson, who up until 1960 was the embodiment of congressional autonomy, not only comes as a surprise but raises the question, Why...
...Senate liberals, who have been notoriously unsuccessful in abolishing the filibuster, will have an even harder time winning two-thirds approval for the Johnson amendment-especially since the plan, as it now stands, would allow House members to challenge senators in non-Presidential election years without risking their House seats...
...Their loud huzzahs at this unexpected recommendation all but drowned out the catch-line in Johnson's speech: "concurrent with the term of a President...
...One-third of the Senate would face election at mid-term, but other than that, popular dissatisfactions-which do crop up even in these days of the muchheeded public opinion poll-could be expressed only in the press, in unread letters to congressmen, or in street demonstrations...
...Quadrennial House elections concurrent with the balloting for President are of course exactly what liberal reformists like Senator Joseph S. Clark (D.-Pa...
...Hamilton and Madison wanted lengthy terms for the congressman so that he could attain "a certain degree of knowledge of the subjects on which he is to legislate...
...The "congressional party" is essentially an obstructionist conglomeration of local interests and feudal baronies concerned mainly with perpetuating the rule and power of individual members of Congress...
...that state governments have steadily lengthened the terms of their legislators and executive office-holders...
...The congressmen had been braced for a State of the Union address ringing with calls for guns, margerine if not butter, and a good deal of belt-tightening-but nothing so instantaneously pleasing as the pipe-dream of not having to face the voters and big campaign contributors every 24 months...
...Of all Presidents, Johnson is the one who least needs the benefit of a co-terminous House of Representatives...
...By Peter Barnes The initial euphoria on Capitol Hill over President Johnson's endorsement of a four-year term for congressmen has now been replaced, fortunately, by a more sober recognition of the proposal's full implications...
...Did he want to insure that he would not outshine future Presidents (he specifically made it clear that he does not want the necessary constitutional amendment to take force until after his second term expires in 1972) who lack his unsurpassed talents for dealing with congressional egos, or who do not have the good fortune to run against a Barry Goldwater...
...who has been protesting "rubber-stamp" for months-and his conservative colleagues leap in the air with joy...
...Would it, in other words, have accelerated the enactment of the income tax, child labor legislation, unemployment compensation, Medicare, Federal aid to education, or today, home rule for the District of Columbia...
...In fact, scarcely 100 of the 435 representatives have to give serious consideration to getting returned...
...For this, all that is needed is the will, and a majority vote...
...So was it, then, Johnson's sense of modesty, or generosity toward those who succeed him, that prompted this gesture...
...It would "attract more men of the highest quality to political life" and "strengthen the work of Congress" (both, in fact, are debatable points...
...He might have added that there is a growing trend towards professionalism in almost every line of work...
...The Johnsonian magic, however, may not be possessed by his successors...
...There is, to be sure, much validity in the liberal-reformist assertion that congressional minorities have all too often frustrated the majority will, which is best embodied by the President, the only American official whose election is truly a national plebiscite...
...If congressmen are beset by too many administrative chores, they can vote themselves a staff increase, or create an Ombudsman to handle voters' complaints...
...In the Johnsonian landslide of 1964, there were only 85 new faces in the House, and many replaced congressmen who retired...
...To Burns the "Presidential party" is the "good" wing of each of the two major parties, with coherent national policies developed in the national party platform...
...This serious problem can be remedied more effectively by simple statute than by constitutional amendment, and Johnson himself has indicated the way by reviving President Kennedy's proposals for tax incentives for the "little guy" to make political contributions...
...Yet this does not mean that the answer lies in amending Article 1 Section 2 of the Constitution...
...Similarly, the problem of facing those big campaign contributors, and willy-nilly becoming indebted to the vested interests, will not be solved by reducing the frequency of House elections...
...Help from Johnson would be invaluable here...
...Full and effective disclosure laws, accompanied by realistic limits on campaign expenditures, are a necessary corollary not requiring ratification by threequarters of the states...
...There is no need to clutter up the Constitution...
...But his quadrennial elections amendment, while it might reduce headaches for future Presidents and thin-plurality congressmen, would hardly improve the Constitution...
...It would relieve members of Congress of the tedium of having to "divert enormous energies to an almost continual process of campaigning" and leave them "more time to learn and more time to master the technical tasks of legislation...
...House liberals were able to establish a 21-day rule last year, breaking the power of the House Rules Committee, only by a 224-201 vote, well below the two-thirds needed for a constitutional amendment...
...and assorted other arguments used in advocating four-year terms...
...Proponents of the change have gone scurrying back to Madison and Hamilton, somewhat in the fashion of Communists seeking sanction for revisions in Marx...
...Another is that he needed a non-Great Society bone to throw out to congressmen (and especially to his loyal freshman Democrats) to break the general gloom of the State of the Union message and the hard year ahead-and what better flattery than to tell them that were it not for Article 1 Section 2 of the Constitution, all congressmen could be as statesman-like as senators, which is what most of them aspire to be anyway...
...Perhaps, also, the proposal was intended to give liberals some bargaining power when the unsinkable Senator Dirksen's anti-reapportionment amendment rolls around again...


It was the best decision to come Here! We had such an Amazing Time in Villa oasis. The Main Reason are The People there. We Love you all, everybody ahead: Marie Noelle and minta! Thank you to made us the best honeymoon we could ever Imagine. The Service, Support and breakfast Were Great! We come again!
The Villa with own pool was Perfect for us two. There was nothing missed.
This was our first stay in private villas and we enjoyed it very much. We were treated like royalties! Breakfast was served every morning in the villa and the private pool was the strawberry on the cake! Marie Noël and Puja our room maids were discreet and very professional. So was Anil the manager, who took very good care of us.
The location is a prime one as it is only minutes by car to the nearest city of Grand Baie .The hotel provided us with a free shuttle to the private beach house. We also did two excursions on the island and we just loved it!
This was our 6th trip to Mauritius and comparing to previous holidays the best! Villa is very private, perfectly located between Pereybere and Grand Baie – car recommended. We stayed in 1 bedroom villa for 17 days.
Pros: The villa is comfy and good size for 2 people, Kitchen well equipped, all rooms are spacious, bed very comfy. Garden is well maintained.
There is safety box, an alarm and security on site.
and perfect stay. We will be back soon.
Its a nice villa with private garden and pool. Special thanks to Wendina who arrange a surprise birthday for me! Nazima served us breakfast every morning and did cleaning. All the staffs are nice and very helpful even the security. The pool cannot be heated but Wendina said at Athena villa the pool can be heated.


l-Phenylalanine, l- -aspartyl-2-methyl ester compound with 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide (1:1) [106372-55-8].
» Aspartame Acesulfame contains not less than 63.0 percent and not more than 66.0 percent of aspartame, calculated on the dried basis. It contains not less than 34.0 percent and not more than 37.0 percent of acesulfame, calculated as the acid form on the dried basis.
Packaging and storage— Preserve in well-closed containers, and store in a cool, dry place.
USP Aspartame Acesulfame RS .
USP Aspartame Related Compound A RS .
USP Acesulfame Potassium RS .
Identification, Infrared Absorption 197K — Do not dry specimens.
Transmittance— The transmittance of a 1 in 100 solution of Aspartame Acesulfame in distilled water, determined in a 1-cm cell at 430 nm with a suitable spectrophotometer, is not less than 0.95.
Specific rotation 781S : between +14.5 and +16.5 , determined at 20 within 30 minutes after preparation of the Test solution. Divide the calculated specific rotation by 0.646 to correct for the aspartame content in Aspartame Acesulfame.
15 N Formic acid— To a 1-L volumetric flask, add approximately 300 mL of water, then weigh 719 g of 96% formic acid into this flask, and mix. Cool the solution to 20 . Dilute with water to volume, and mix.
Test solution: 62 mg per mL, in 15 N Formic acid.
Residue on ignition 281 : not more than 1.1%.
Potassium stock solution— Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of about 190 mg of potassium chloride, previously dried at 105 for 2 hours, in water. Transfer to a 1000-mL volumetric flask, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Transfer 100.0 mL of this solution to a second 1000-mL volumetric flask, dilute with water to volume, and mix. This solution contains 10 µg of potassium per mL.
Reference solutions— To three identical 100-mL volumetric flasks transfer 10.0, 15.0, and 20.0 mL, respectively, of Potassium stock solution. To each flask add 2.0 mL of sodium chloride solution (1 in 5) and 1.0 mL of hydrochloric acid, dilute with water to volume, and mix. The Reference solutions contain, respectively, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 µg of potassium per mL.
Test solution— Transfer about 1.5 g of Aspartame Acesulfame, accurately weighed, to a 500-mL volumetric flask, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Transfer 10 mL of this solution to a 100-mL volumetric flask, add 2.0 mL of sodium chloride solution (1 in 5) and 1.0 mL of hydrochloric acid, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Filter the solution.
in which W is the quantity, in mg, of Aspartame Acesulfame taken to prepare the Test solution: not more than 0.5% is found.
Standard solution— Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of USP Aspartame Related Compound A RS in Diluent, and quantitatively dilute with Diluent to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 25 µg per mL.
Chromatographic system (see Chromatography 621 )— The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 210-nm detector and 4.6-mm × 25-cm column containing packing L1. The flow rate is about 1.5 mL per minute. The column temperature is maintained at 40 . Chromatograph the Standard solution, and record the peak responses as directed for Procedure: the tailing factor is not more than 2.0; and the relative standard deviation for replicate injections is not more than 4.0%.
in which C is the concentration, in µg per mL, of USP Aspartame Related Compound A RS in the Standard solution; W is the weight, in mg, of Aspartame Acesulfame, taken to prepare the Test solution; and rU and rS are the peak responses of aspartame related compound A obtained from the Test solution and the Standard solution, respectively: not more than 0.5% is found.
Diluent, Mobile phase, Test solution, and Chromatographic system— Proceed as directed for Related compounds.
Acesulfame solution— Transfer about 20 mg of USP Acesulfame Potassium RS to a 10-mL volumetric flask, dilute with Diluent to volume, and mix.
Diluted test solution— Pipet 1.5 mL of the Test solution into a 100-mL volumetric flask, dilute with Diluent to volume, and mix.
Procedure— Inject equal volumes (about 20 µL) of the Acesulfame solution, the Diluted test solution, and the Test solution into the chromatograph, record the chromatograms, and measure the peak responses. [note—Continue the elution of the Test solution for twice the retention time of the aspartame peak.] The sum of the responses of all the peaks in the chromatogram of the Test solution, excluding the aspartame related compound A, acesulfame, and aspartame peak responses, is not greater than the aspartame peak response obtained from the Diluted test solution (1.0%).
in which N is the normality of the titrant; and W is the weight, in g, of Aspartame Acesulfame taken.


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EXAMPLE_YAML=${EXAMPLE_YAML:-/workspace/examples/hpc-cluster-high-io.yaml}
PROJECT=${PROJECT:-hpc-toolkit-dev}
DEPLOYMENT_NAME=${DEPLOYMENT_NAME:-missing-deployment-name}
NETWORK=${NETWORK:-missing-network-name}
MAX_NODES=${MAX_NODES:-2}
TEST_NAME=${TEST_NAME:unnamed_test}
ALWAYS_RECOMPILE=${ALWAYS_RECOMPILE:-yes}
GHPC_DEV_BUCKET=${GHPC_DEV_BUCKET:-daily-tests-tf-state}

echo "Creating blueprint from ${EXAMPLE_YAML} in project ${PROJECT} for test ${TEST_NAME}"

## Add GCS Backend to example
echo "Adding GCS Backend to the yaml (bucket: ${GHPC_DEV_BUCKET})"
if ! grep -Fxq terraform_backend_defaults: "${EXAMPLE_YAML}"; then
	cat <<EOT >>"${EXAMPLE_YAML}"

terraform_backend_defaults:
  type: gcs
  configuration:
    bucket: ${GHPC_DEV_BUCKET}
EOT
fi

## Build ghpc
cd "$ROOT_DIR" ||
	{
		echo "*** ERROR: failed to access root directory ${ROOT_DIR} when creating blueprint"
		exit 1
	}

if [[ $ALWAYS_RECOMPILE != "no" || ! -f ghpc ]]; then
	make
else
	echo "Skipping recompilation due to pre-existing ghpc binary and ALWAYS_RECOMPILE == 'no'"
fi

## Customize config yaml
sed -i "s/network_name: .*/network_name: ${NETWORK}/" "${EXAMPLE_YAML}" ||
	{
		echo "could not set network_name, may be using pre-existing-vpc"
	}
sed -i "s/max_node_count: .*/max_node_count: ${MAX_NODES}/" "${EXAMPLE_YAML}" ||
	{
		echo "could not set max_node_count"
	}

VARS="project_id=${PROJECT_ID},deployment_name=${DEPLOYMENT_NAME}"

## Create blueprint and create artifact
./ghpc create "${EXAMPLE_YAML}" \
	--vars "${VARS}" ||
	{
		echo "could not write blueprint"
		exit 1
	}
tar -czf "${DEPLOYMENT_NAME}.tgz" "${DEPLOYMENT_NAME}" ||
	{
		echo "could not tarball blueprint"
		exit 1
	}

echo "Copying ${DEPLOYMENT_NAME}.tgz to gs://${GHPC_DEV_BUCKET}/${TEST_NAME}/"
gsutil cp "${DEPLOYMENT_NAME}.tgz" "gs://${GHPC_DEV_BUCKET}/${TEST_NAME}/"

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At the beginning of the school year, our class took up the challenge of writing essays about our hopes and expectations for 6th Class. Many people thought it was important to achieve goals - both personal and academic goals.
Next year we will make a big jump to secondary school and we need to be prepared for the level of work expected of us.
Everybody would like to raise a lot of money for our selected charities by having many fundraising events.
We are also looking forward to taking more responsibility during the course of the year.
Our final hope for 6th Class is to have a happy, fun and memorable last year in primary school and we all hope to keep in contact with each other after we leave Our Lady of Mercy.


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Q: Avira virus/malware warning when opening/asking a question Similar as in https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100817/avast-reporting-virus-when-browsing-to-so-question Avira starts to complain about a virus warning every time I open a question in the tex.stackexchange but also when I tried to ask this question here on meta.
I can't see the tool bar at the top now where it allows me to insert hyperlinks, figures etc. thus here the link to the report

A: After reporting this false-positive to Avira, there was an update to the virus definition file. With version 7.11.29.70 there should be no alerts anymore.
If not, you could add http://stackoverflow.com cdn.sstatic.net to your URL exclusion list (see image below). I got only the german version running on my PC but you should find the setting at the same position (EDIT: mind the changed URL).

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Good old fashioned gluten free blackberry cobbler made with lemon ginger biscuit dough.
Mix blackberries with all ingredients except biscuit dough. Set aside.
Put blackberries mixture into a small baking pan or cast iron pan.
Roll out biscuit dough or pat down. Cut biscuits. Place on top.
Brush with milk. Sprinkle with raw sugar.
Bake until golden brown about 25-35 minutes.


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Marks & Spencer Group tops inaugural Global Go...
Marks & Spencer Group tops inaugural Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table23rd October 2018
Marks & Spencer Group tops inaugural Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table, amidst results showing the average combined score achieved is less than 50%
MARKS & SPENCER GROUP PLC has topped the inaugural Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table. The new index ranks Britain's largest publicly listed organisations' compliance and conformance with the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) (2015) and good practice in human rights. The index is compiled from analysis undertaken of the statements the organisations have filed pursuant to the MSA requirements.
The Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table Top 10 companies (October 2018) are:
1 MARKS & SPENCER GROUP PLC
2 TESCO PLC
3 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC
4 WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC
5 BT GROUP PLC
6 UNILEVER PLC
7 RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC
8 DIAGEO PLC
9 ANGLO AMERICAN PLC
10 J SAINSBURY PLC
The average combined score of the 100 was 46.8%, indicating that there is still more work ahead. Those in places 1-10 averaged a combined score of 76.1%, outperforming the whole by 29.3%. Almost all (97) organisations of the FTSE 100 assessed in the study, have filed reports detailing their actions and intent to be compliant with the MSA Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC) Section 54.
The Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table and the stand-alone Global Governance Real Estate 100 (RE 100) League Table (London's largest commercial landlords by square foot) are facilitated by Sustain Worldwide, and funded through the Global Governance Research Fund (GGRF). Early contributors to the GGRF notably include BRE and Marshalls.
The League Tables, with analysis undertaken by Development International, are publicly available along with the study's full report. Summary 'Scorecards' and the underpinning data sets of the individual organisations analysed are also available.
Dr Shamir Ghumra, BREEAM Director at BRE, which has developed the Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard (ELS) BES 6002 that supports companies to understand the profile of their social/ethical governance, including their human rights challenges, said: "The Index provokes the largest UK organisations by market capitalisation, to continuously improve their governance performance.
"Modern slavery and human rights abuses are iniquitous and all too rife in the UK and globally. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates it's a $150 billion industry with human beings targeted by criminals for financial gain. However unwittingly, through their global supply chains, businesses are complicit. The Global Governance FTSE100 and RE100 League Tables shine a light on the issue, to bring about its earliest eradication."
Modern Slavery is an 'umbrella' term for labour exploitation, forced labour, child labour and human trafficking. In 2017, 5,145 potential victims were referred to Britain's National Referral Mechanism, a 35 per cent increase on the previous year. The UK Government has estimated that there are between 10,000-13,000 people held in modern slavery in Britain today. The Global Slavery Index has estimated there are 45.8 million people across 167 countries in modern day slavery.
The FTSE 100's combined market capitalisation is £1.9 trillion (September 2018), employing 6.8 million people worldwide. They own circa 30,000 subsidiaries worldwide, and more than 70% of revenues are derived from international markets. While most of the companies on the Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table are largely compliant with the 'Modern Slavery' disclosure requirements of the law, only 25 companies are 100% compliant.
Another matter is the spirit of the MSA statements, proxied through the application of industry good practice in anti-slavery supply chain measures. The average good practice score of the cohort was only 25.5%. Only two companies, Marks and Spencer Group Plc and Tesco Plc, achieved a score above 70% in the 24 good practice indicators analysed. These include adherence to principles such as 'employer pays', and having established 'whistle-blowing' channels.
Over time, as evidenced in the published League Tables and Scorecards, it is expected organisations' percentage scores will improve as their understanding, maturity and ability to manage the challenges are met, and subsequently reported. The Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table, and Global Governance RE 100 League Table are published biannually, in October and April.
For press information or additional comment, please contact BRE's press office on pressoffice@bregroup.com or +44 (0)1923 664455.
BRE is a world leading building science centre. Our clients use our sustainability, safety and security services, the BRE Academy and our Innovation Centres, to deliver on their social, environmental and economic goals. We are committed to developing knowledge on every aspect of the built environment and we set the standards for the way buildings, homes and communities are made to keep people safe, protect the environment, make buildings affordable and to create places where people want to live, work and play. www.bregroup.com
Our standards include the Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard (ELS) BES 6002 that supports companies to understand the profile of their social/ethical governance, including their human rights challenges. The ELS provides a framework for verifying ethical labour sourcing, and a route for companies working across all sectors and geographies to verify their systems and processes, including the reporting requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, Section 54 Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC). www.elsonline.co.uk
Sustain Worldwide is a strategic communications business that works with purpose-driven clients and partners to deliver stakeholder engagement through Press/PR, social media and aligned events. It has a particular interest, knowledge and expertise in responsible and ethical sourcing in global supply chains and their inter-relationship with human rights and modern slavery. The Global Governance FTSE 100 and Real Estate 100 League Tables are facilitated by Sustain Worldwide, and funded through the Global Governance Research Fund. www.SustainWorldwide.com
Development International e.V. (DI) is a not-for-profit organization specialized in areas where law, business and development intersect. DI's point of departure is to bring independent scientific scrutiny, clarity, and accuracy to bear on issues with an empirical deficit, thus enabling constructive discussions. It also develops and implements evidence-based intervention strategies and solutions to achieve sustainable development outcomes, and it builds capacity to transfer knowledge and competencies to other stakeholders along the process. www.DevelopmentInternational.com
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Could the absence of a toss impact on fielding levels in cricket's elite?
A roar goes up from Headingley's North East stand as a foreign fielder tries to stop a four, fails and collides with the advertising boards in the process.
The 'three factions of cricket' are frequently spoken about at international level, but is the fielding faction becoming more prominent on the county circuit with the changes to the toss (or lack thereof)?
Today saw Yorkshire open their Specsavers County Championship account with Day One of their home match against Hampshire.
Whilst the morning saw a delayed start due to ice on the outfield it then didn't get much better for the hosts as they found themselves 55-3 just 15 minutes before the lunch break.
The bowlers were getting some swing in the cool Leeds air and Adam Lyth, although striking the first ball of the season over mid-wicket for four, had racked up just 18 runs in 90 minutes and not only because wickets were falling at the other end and he had to try and stay put.
So, in this battle we have the bowlers and the batsmen who have both contributed plentifully. The symbiotic nature of their relationship not unacknowledged, the fact of the matter is there is a third faction to the structure of a cricket match: fielding.
The Hampshire fielders were putting on something of a masterclass in fielding – if the ball came their way, whether they were able to affect the fall of a wicket or not, they offered something to their side's chance of victory.
In three, four maybe even five instances a Hampshire fielder – and it wasn't any one in particular so I shan't name names – threw himself towards the ball and prevented a boundary, on some occasions any run at all.
It's the first game of the season and therefore nigh-on impossible to comment whether this top-drawer fielding demonstration is something Hampshire have always done well, have worked on for general team development or whether it's a direct response to the toss situation.
It could be that teams are looking to start tightly with their fielding because when they are the away team, their option is to bowl first or enforce a toss. If they can get off to the best possible start, the game and the whole season could turn.
It's been witnessed numerous times on the international circuit that fielding is critical to the course of a game, admittedly the afternoon session of day one saw Yorkshire dominate with the bat but the morning session was very much Hampshire's and preventing boundaries was a huge factor in that first session dominance which left Yorkshire on 80-3 from 30 overs.


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Blizzard released yesterday a new patch for their latest game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Besides usually updates that are addressing some bugs that may have occurred to players in their gaming sessions, the latest one makes an important card change that will have an impact on Hunter's strategies.
Anyone who has played this free-to-play collectible card game beyond the introductory games has undoubtedly met an Hunter opponent who has used Unleash the Hounds to great effect. The card summons a 1/1 Hound with Charge for each minion the opponent has on board and used in combination with cards like Starving Buzzard, Timber Wolf, Hunter's Mark or Scavenging Hyena it produces devastating results.
Blizzard announced in their statement that they have acknowledged the power of a combo like this and saw that "Hunter decks have become increasingly more dominant" because of it. They also understood that players "may feel punished too much for playing minions" when they are playing against a Hunter and decided to increase the mana cost of Unleash the Hounds from to 3.
The combo remains one of the most powerful in the entire game, but instead of playing it on five turn (Starving Buzzard + Unleash The Hounds + Timber Wolf) now you will have to wait a little more. Hopefully, that should smooth out balance issues in ranked games and bring back the enjoyment of playing against a Hunter.
Breaking News will now properly be shown when Hearthstone is undergoing maintenance.
Games in Friendly Play now have a turn timer.
[iPad] Deck Rename and Deck Delete is now easier to find.
Returning an opponent's minion to their hand will no longer occasionally leave behind a facedown card on the game board.
Resolved issues that prevented the Fireside Friends card back from being properly unlocked under certain conditions.
[iPad] Resolved an issue that was causing a client crash when choosing between two options of certain Druid cards.
[iPad] Resolved an issue where new chat notification bubbles would appear behind the keyboard when in the chat window interface.
[iPad] Adjusted the location of where enlarged versions of cards appear so that they are easier to see when selected.
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Q: How to efficiently update more than one entity at a time on django-nonrel/app engine On django-nonrel on app engine, trying to use the "update" method on a QuerySet returns a NotImplementedError.  What is the most efficient way to do something like the following without using update?
goals = Goal.objects.filter(is_active=True).filter(deadline__lte=datetime.now())
goals.update(is_active=False, is_failed=True)

I could obviously loop through the goals, modifying and saving them one by one, but that seems extremely inefficient when there could potentially be a large number that needs changing.  Any better way?

A: Batch puts are currently unsupported by django-norel - see http://www.allbuttonspressed.com/projects/djangoappengine#supported-and-unsupported-features
They are supported by the GAE SDK, however, like so:
from google.appengine.ext import db
...
db.put(list_of_entities)

Keep in mind the restrictions in place for a datastore call, notably the 1 megabyte cap on data transfer.


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The unemployment rate among people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) is the highest among all disability groups in the US. Research and personal accounts support the positive effects of work. Employment enhances quality of life, increases one's self-esteem, provides access to goods and services, and has a positive effect on overall physical health. Unfortunately, individuals with SMI have interrupted developmental experiences due to the common onset of illness during adolescence and young adulthood and often never fully, if at all, realize the goal of embarking on careers. Limited access to quality employment services, specifically the evidence based model of Supported Employment (SE) contributes significantly to the very low employment rate among people with SMI. Access may be further impeded by mental health service providers who lack the adequate skills and resources needed to support individuals in their employment goals.
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Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Becker, D. R. (2008). An update on randomized controlled trials of evidence-based supported employment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 31(4), 280-290. doi: 10.2975/31.4.2008.280
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, 2018). Unites States department of Labor. Labor Force statistics from the current population survey. Data on the employment status of people with a disability. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t06.htm
Burke-Miller, J. K., Cook, J. A., Grey, D. D., Razzano, L. A., Blyler, C. R., Leff, H. S., et al. (2006). Demographic characteristics and employment among people with severe mental illness in a multisite study. Community Mental Health Journal, 42(2), 143-159.
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Campbell, K., Bond, G. R., & Drake, R. E. (2011). Who benefits from supported employment: A meta-analytic study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37, 370-380.
Cook, J. A. (2006). Employment barriers for persons with psychiatric disabilities: Update of a report for the President's Commission. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1391-1405.
Drake, R. E., McHugo, G. J., Becker, D. R., Anthony, W. A., & Clark, R. E. (1996). The New Hampshire study of supported employment for people with severe mental illness. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64(2), 391-399.
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Your LinkedIn profile is not only an instrument for your recruiting activities, it also gives you the chance to establish a personal brand as a credible & trustworthy recruiter, that candidates like to work with.
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Lai Mohammed recants, denies announcing N5m hate speech fine
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja
DESPITE video evidence to the contrary, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied announcing an increment in the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m.
Mohammed, who on August 5, 2020, announced the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission to increase the fine for hate speech, stated on oath that he did not do so.
The minister said this in a counter-affidavit in response to an originating motion filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos by human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong.
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Effiong is challenging the imposition of N5m fine on Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos, and the threat by the National Broadcasting Commission to punish other broadcast stations in the country over alleged hate speech.
In an affidavit deposed to by a Litigation Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Sunday Ojobo, the minister stated that he never announced the fine.
The affidavit further read, "Paragraph 19 is denied. The 2nd defendant (Mohammed) did not announce an increment in any fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5,000,000 or any other because there is a governmental body or institution mandated to regulate and enforce the Nigerian Broadcasting Code."
The minister stated that the constitution allowed human rights to be suspended for the sake of national interest.
Mohammed further stated that the NBC Act gave the commission the power to sanction stations that contravene its code.
The minister also argued that Effiong was not directly affected by the NBC sanctions and therefore lacked the legal right to challenge the NBC's Code.
In its response to the suit, the NBC insisted that it had the right to sanction errant stations.
In an affidavit deposed to by a litigation clerk, Kabir Fabode, from Adeola Adewara and Co, the commission stated that the applicant was not a broadcaster and therefore lacked the right to challenge its actions.
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The SKS Hightrek Mudguard set is for MTB riders who want to protect their bike...and themselves. Made from shock resistant plastic blades and steel quick release brackets the Hightrek guards will last for years. The mounting brackets have been designed to stay fixed in place at all time and offer quick release for when you don?t need them.
These SKS mudguards weigh just 300g. The Snap-fit seat tube clip will fit 28-35mm diameter posts - and means you can remove the rear guard in literally seconds.
For SKS Hightrek mudguard installation advice, click here.
Ive been using these mudguards for quite a few months now and they have done exactly what they need to. They are light strong and flexible. They were relatively easy to fit to a hardtail MTB. Great value.


Mature sorghum has a flowery seed head that turns a nutty brown while the stems are still green. In the evening, the seed heads catch the slanting light, making the whole field glow red.
When we moved here, five years ago, you seldom saw sorghum in the area—now it is everywhere, replacing corn and soy—gaining attention because it is non-GMO. The Japanese are buying a lot of it, which makes our local grain dealers happy. We use sorghum (also called milo) instead of corn in our grain mix for cows, pigs and chickens.
The centerpiece of the festival is an 1800s mill. Two mules, harnessed to a pole, slowly turn the mill, pressing the sweet juice from the cane. The juice is then pumped into a stainless steel pan where it is boiled over a wood fire for an hour and a half until it becomes a thick, dark, sweet syrup. Early Oklahoma pioneers favored the thick "sorghum molasses" over maple syrup.
Sorghum is a member of the grass family (the proof being you can extract a sweet juice from the stalks), with native species thriving in Australia, Africa, Asia, Central America and even certain islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The large seed heads make it easy to harvest. One species is grown for grain (it is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world), while others serve as fodder plants. Sorghum thrives in hot dry climates, and generally gets high marks as a crop or pasture grass, although one species, Johnson grass, is classified as an invasive species.
Nowhere is sorghum more valued than in Africa, where its many forms provide fodder for animals (especially cows), as well as grain for porridge, bread, syrup, and beverages. Like all grains, sorghum contains anti-nutrients, including cyanide and nitrates, so it needs a fermentative soaking to render it edible.
What's sad is the strong prejudice against sorghum by scientists and educated people in Africa. The author of an authoritative book on fermented foods in the Sudan (more on this in an upcoming blog) relates that in one instance, a research professor, on hearing about a book that praised the use of sorghum, "felt very indignant and the next morning expressed his strong opposition to the idea of eating sorghum. . . as an unacceptable invitation 'to go back' after all 'the progress the Sudanese have made'—presumably as wheat eaters." Wheat may confer prestige to the newly educated, but it is a totally inappropriate grain for cultivation in the arid Sudan.
You can find recipes for alcoholic sorghum beer on the Internet but these are not like the beers that African women make in their villages. True village-made sorghum beer has a low alcohol content but a high lactic acid content—very high; in fact, these beverages smell vaguely of barf and represent a definite acquired taste.
Unfortunately, the continent has been Coca-Colonized, with most Africans today preferring American-style soft drinks—considered modern and hip—to the old-fashioned beer their grandparents drank. Advertising for soft drinks is shameless, as seen in this photo my husband took in Zimbabwe a few years ago.
It is in the Sudan that fermented sorghum foods come into their own—the Sudanese make about thirty different fermented foods and drinks from sorghum, including at least twelve types of sorghum bread. Typically the hulled grains are soaked in water for one day, then wet milled using a quern (stone mill) several times over three or four days. Spices such as cumin and cardamom may be added at this point. The milled grain is cooked to make a thin porridge, then allowed to ferment again, for up to six days. At this point the gruel is strained, with the residue given to animals. The remaining batter is baked into thin sheets on a hot plate—often greased with animal brain! The bread, called abreh, is similar to injera bread from Ethopia.
Embedded in this article is a video showing the preparation of abreh. Note the use of a credit card for spreading the batter! And listen to the children having a great time in the background.
Although sorghum contains no gluten, this thin bread seems to hold together very well—probably a result of the long fermentation process. The taste will be very sour. Here's what I have come up with for modern kitchens.
Use a grain mill to grind the grain into flour. Mix with the water, adding more if necessary—the mixture should be soupy—along with the whey, vinegar or lemon juice. Cover and allow to ferment at room temperature for 24 hours.
Bring an additional 2 cups water to a boil. Stir in the fermented sorghum along with the cardamom and cumin. Bring to a simmer and cook gently, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
Consume like oatmeal with sorghum syrup and butter.
Thousands of books and blogs promote fermented foods these days, but the vanguard for fermented foods—from sauerkraut to kombucha to sourdough bread—was the Weston A. Price Foundation. The Foundation served these foods at its earliest conferences (started in 2000) and has consistently updated its membership on the science that validates these traditional staples. If you have benefitted from fermented foods, consider becoming a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation and supporting the work of this pioneering educational foundation. Visit www.westonaprice.org and click on Join Now.


Frisian skûtsjes are a class of boat specific to the province, originally cargo vessels and now generally used as either pleasure or racing boats. Across the summer, they come together within the various open waters of Friesland for a series of races, with boats split into classes based on their length. For a full history of this Frisian water sport staple, we put together a handy guide.
The culmination of all of this is the SKS Championship, which runs from the end of July through to the first few weeks of August and is now in its 11th edition. This, is bookended by a series of events (including last weekend's event in Langweer), and upcoming events include the 'Sprint Series' on the 11th May in De Fluessen, and the Waterpoortrace on the 15th June on the Snitser Mar (near Sneek). Next up for the sailors is 'Lemmer Ahoy 2019', which will start on May 30th. The full calendar is available here.
The opening event of the season, in Langweer, was this weekend won by the skûtsjes Jonge Jasper (skipper: Froukje Osinga), Grutte Pier (skipper: Henk Regts) and Lytse Lies (skipper: Tony Brundel), as reported by Omrop Fryslân. This sets up an exciting competition for this year, with each skûtsje placing first three times across the day, leaving them with equal points.
With each of the races across the season being held near one of the various interesting cities in Friesland, there's more reason than ever to discover a new place, and see some white-knuckle boat racing on your doorstep this summer.


Palazzo Strozzi is planning to impart a fresh boost to its focus on contemporary art in the autumn of 2016 with a major exhibition devoted to one of the world's most influential contemporary artists, Ai Weiwei.
37 works, between drawings and etchings, dating back to the first 30 years of the 20th century.
The exhibition Splendida Minima (Beautiful Miniatures) displays small sculptures in hard stone, which belonged to the Medici family.
A journey through history, a pathway exploring the highly-developed civic sentiment that made this mediaeval city one of the most representative in Europe.
Hans Op de Beeck is a prominent figure on the international art scene.
Regarded as the father of Russian Conceptualism, Ilya Kabakov has worked together with his wife Emilia since 1988.
The exhibition, entitled Jan Fabre. Spiritual Guards, promoted by the Comune di Firenze, will pan out between the Forte Belvedere, Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria.


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Q: When I first created the flutter project,its work...but It worked normally when I first created the flutter project and debug the project as soon as I created it.
But after creating the second project, syntx errors continue to occur.
I hate the red line
Most error messages are like this
Undefined class 'Key'.
Try changing the name to the name of an existing class, or creating a class with the name 'Key'.
Undefined class 'Widget'.
Try changing the name to the name of an existing class, or creating a class with the name 'Widget'.
The method 'setState' isn't defined for the type '_MyHomePageState'.
Try correcting the name to the name of an existing method, or defining a method named 'setState'.
I just created a project and debug the file..

A: Do flutter clean then flutter pub get.If it doesn't work please delete and reinstall flutter sdk


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Analysis: Here's a look back at how the Pac-12 fared during bowl season
Chris Petersen heads on to the field following Washington's win over Boise State. No. 19 Boise State played Washington in the Las Vegas Bowl December 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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Jon Wilner's Pac-12 Hotline is brought to The Seattle Times through a partnership with the Bay Area News Group. Wilner has been covering college athletics for decades and is a voter in the basketball and football AP polls, as well as the Heisman trophy. He shares his expert analysis and opinions on the conference for the Pac-12 Hotline.
With the Pac-12's bowl season now over, Jon Wilner looks back at the best and worst of the conference's bowl games.
Overall grade: B
The Pac-12 went 4-3 for its first winning postseason since 2015. The mark compares favorably to peer conferences in the current cycle:
ACC: 4-6 (one remaining)
Big 12: 1-5
Big Ten: 4-5
SEC: 7-2 (one remaining)
Include the ACC's awful regular season and the Big 12's terrible postseason in a final Power Five judgment, and a reasonable case could be made that the Pac-12 was the third-best conference in 2019, behind the SEC and Big Ten.
While Oregon's narrow victory in the Rose Bowl was deeply impactful, let's not forget that Wisconsin was either the second- or third-best team in the Big Ten — and by a considerable margin.
No case can be made that the best team in the Pac-12 was as good as the best in the country (Ohio State, Louisiana State and Clemson).
That needs to change.
We considered a higher grade for the Pac-12's overall postseason effort but opted against because of the blowout defeats in the No. 2 and 3 games (Alamo and Holiday).
Best win: Oregon over Wisconsin
The Ducks received a helping hand from the officials with that pass interference call, but the scoreboard is all that matters for the Pac-12.
The conference hadn't won a New Year's Six game since USC beat Penn State in January 2017.
It was desperate for a big-stage victory, and the Ducks delivered. Hence, the B grade.
Best game: The Rose Bowl
It was sloppy, sure, and Oregon's offense consisted of little more than a few Justin Herbert runs. But the back-and-forth nature, the close finish and the Granddaddy stakes produced the most entertaining of the conference's seven games.
Then again, the bar was low.
The only other game decided by single digits was Arizona State's hard-to-watch victory over Florida State in the Sun Bowl.
Best one-two combo: Oregon and Washington
Their victories over No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 18 Boise State, respectively, stand as the Pac-12's only nonconference triumphs of the season over teams in the current AP Top 25.
There are nine defeats to ranked teams: No. 4 Oklahoma (UCLA), No. 9 Auburn (Oregon), No. 14 Notre Dame (Stanford and USC), No. 19 Iowa (USC), No. 23 Cincinnati (UCLA), No. 24 Air Force (Washington State and Colorado) and No. 25 Oklahoma State (Oregon State).
Best key to success: Not screwing up
The Pac-12 was plus-11 in turnover margin in its four victories, and the narrow nature of two victories indicate just how close the conference was to a clunker of a postseason: ASU was plus-four in turnovers and won by six, while Oregon was plus-three and won by one.
Best career finale: Justin Herbert
The Oregon quarterback passed on the NFL last winter for what amounted to a career-defining, legacy-shaping, two-minute drill, and he delivered … with his legs.
The 30-yard, game-winning touchdown run with seven minutes remaining was the play of the postseason for the Pac-12.
Best sendoff: Chris Petersen
Petersen's current former team (Washington) beat his former former team (Boise State) with a performance that was crisp and complete (38-7) … exactly the kind of victory both of his former teams used to produce on a regular basis.
The Huskies were efficient on third down and in the red zone, physical on both sides of scrimmage, emotionally invested — their best all-around game of the season.
Best warning flare for 2020: California
The Bears thumped Illinois in the Redbox Bowl (35-20) and ended the season with a 7-0 record in games quarterback Chase Garbers started and finished.
With 18 returning starters, including Garbers, they have the look of a serious North contender next fall.
Best bad matchup: Washington State
It was a challenging assignment for WSU's defense on paper, on film and on the field.
The Cougars, accustomed to facing the Air Raid in practice and versions of the spread offense in games, were matched against Air Force's triple option in the Cheez-It Bowl.
The Falcons gained 371 yards on the ground — 75 more than their season average — and possessed the ball for 43 minutes in a 31-21 victory.
And their defense held the Air Raid to just three touchdowns and 90 yards below its average.
Best good matchup: Arizona State
The Sun Devils were without their top playmakers, tailback Eno Benjamin and receiver Brandon Aiyuk, and would have faced a daunting task in a high-scoring Sun Bowl.
Fortunately for Herm Edwards and Co., the opponent, Florida State, was incompetent on offense (six turnovers, 2-for-16 on third down).
Not unnoticed: ASU is tied for fourth in the country in turnovers forced (28), and Oregon is tied for eighth (27).
They have been the most opportunistic defenses in the conference from beginning to end.
Best no-show: Utah
The Utes were overpowered by five-loss Texas in the Alamo in much the same fashion that they laid waste to their competition in the South: a bludgeoning at the line of scrimmage. (The Longhorns averaged 6.2 yards a rush.)
What for so long appeared to be a breakthrough season for Utah ended with blowout defeats in the only games most fans will remember.
Best bad trend: Pac-12 runners-up
Utah extended an ignominious streak: The loser of the Pac-12 championship game is now 0-9 in bowl games.
Most of the defeats have been lopsided:
2011: UCLA to Illinois in the Fight Hunger (20-14)
2012: UCLA to Baylor in the Holiday (49-26)
2013: ASU to Texas Tech in the Holiday (37-23)
2014: Arizona to Boise State in the Fiesta (38-30)
2015: USC to Wisconsin in the Holiday (23-21)
2016: Colorado to Oklahoma State in the Alamo (38-8)
2017: Stanford to Texas Christian in the Alamo (39-37)
2018: Utah to Northwestern in the Holiday (31-20)
2019: Utah to Texas in the Alamo (38-10)
Good thing the conference's bowl partners are contractually obligated to invite the runner-up, or else we might start seeing the games take a hard pass.
Best collapse: USC
The Trojans had the ball, the momentum and a slim deficit (four points) when Kedon Slovis left with an injured arm in the third quarter.
Then the offense stalled, the defensive wilted, and the final score of the Holiday Bowl (49-24) marked USC's worst postseason defeat in 60 years.
Best harshest criticism by a former player: Reggie Bush
"It's very difficult for us to watch this USC team get dominated the way they did today," Bush said on the FOX set. "We can pull up all the stats that we want. At the end of the day, USC was outcoached."
Bush forgot about the beginning of the day and the middle of the day, but we'll cut him a break. These are tough times for USC's former Heisman winners.
Next up for the Trojans, on Sept. 5: Alabama.
Jon Wilner: jwilner@bayareanewsgroup.com; on Twitter: @wilnerhotline. Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.


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Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
December 1998 , Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 585–596 | Cite as
Neural mediation of memory for time: Role of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex
Raymond P. Kesner
Within the context of the neurobiology of attribute model, memory for the temporal attribute is composed of at least three features—memory for duration, memory for succession, or temporal order, and memory for past and future time perspective within a dual-based (data and knowledge) memory system. Research aimed at testing the assumption that the hippocampus and interconnected neural circuits mediate the temporal attribute within the data-based memory system and the prefrontal cortex and interconnected neural circuits mediate the temporal attribute within the knowledge-based memory system in animals and humans is reviewed. The research indicates that (1) memory for the duration feature of the temporal attribute is mediated by the hippocampus, but not prefrontal cortex, in both animals and humans, (2) memory for the temporal order feature of the temporal attribute based on new information is subserved by both the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex, but that based on prior knowledge or the ability to use prior knowledge is supported only by prefrontal cortex, and not the hippocampus, in both animals and humans, and (3) memory for the past (time perspective) feature of the temporal attribute is mediated by the hippocampus, whereas memory for the future (time perspective) feature of the temporal attribute is supported by the prefrontal cortex in both animals and humans. There is a clear parallel between animals and humans in terms of hippocampal and prefrontal cortex mediation of the temporal attribute, supporting the assumption of evolutionary continuity. There is support for a greater involvement of the hippocampus in comparison with the prefrontal cortex in mediating temporal attribute information within the data-based memory system. Conversely, there is support for a greater involvement of the prefrontal cortex in comparison with the hippocampus in mediating temporal attribute information within the knowledge-based memory system. Future research needs to concentrate on the development of new paradigms to measure memory for different temporal features and to uncover the critical neural circuits that subserve these temporal features.
Prefrontal Cortex Memory System Temporal Order Medial Prefrontal Cortex Temporal Distance
This research was supported by NIH Grant 2RO1NS20771-13.
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Danny Tyree, 9/23/2015 [Archive]
Are You Kicking Yourself For Ignoring Footgolf?
Tyrades!By Danny Tyree
If a sport can make my bookworm wife raise her eyebrows and keep an open mind, it must really have potential.
According to the Sept. 21 "Time" magazine, she's not alone; the country is being swept by a new hybrid sport called footgolf, which is essentially the same as traditional golf, but with regulation No. 5 soccer balls instead of golf balls, 21-inch-diameter cups (as opposed to 4.25-inch-diameter golf holes) and the player's feet in place of golf clubs.
(Limited space prevents me from exploring the other hybrid sports waiting on the sidelines to rejuvenate the athletic world: sports such as Knee Boxing, Cranium Bowling, Lip Lacrosse and Backside Badminton. All of these would presumably be sponsored by Knuckle Sandwiches and Elbow Macaroni.)
Footgolf arrives not a moment too soon. According to the National Golf Foundation, golf has lost five million players over the past decade. (Older players keep progressing from "tee time" to "eterni-tee time.") 643 courses closed in the United States between 2006 and 2014.
Yes, many millennials think of traditional golf as prohibitively expensive, complicated and boring. They just don't "get" golf, as evidenced by exchanges such as "What's your handicap?" "This course's Wi-Fi sucks, that's what."
Municipalities and other golf course owners have been desperate to find other revenue streams; some have been public relations nightmares. ("YOU ask why there's suddenly a 10-story condo on the fairway. WE ask why can't people accept that brick is the new water hazard?")
Families are making fun memories on the growing number of footgolf courses. College students are bringing dates. Even I am excited, although I'm probably better suited to a sport employing Indiana Jones-size boulders and the broad side of a barn.
The golf industry is embracing footgolf, but many individual duffers are less welcoming. They see the golf course as being designed for the sober, solemn dignity of traditional golf. You know, the sort of dignity that comes from playing with clients or upper management. ("I have to confess, boss;I've been blinking too loudly. Let's just forget your last four strokes.")
To be fair, soft-hearted golfers are probably just worried about the fate of caddies if footgolf expands. Caddies will simply have to learn to adapt. ("I think this hole calls for a size 8 Odor Eater.")
Luckily, there seems to be ample room for footgolf and traditional golf to co-exist. According to the World Golf Foundation, 36 percent of footgolfers are now more interested in going on to play traditional golf. Of course the golf industry must proceed very delicately in capitalizing on this statistic, or we'll wind up with cringe-producing slogans such as"Footgolf: Tiger Wood's Favorite Gateway Drug."
No, really, it takes great finesse to induce a footgolfer to decide "I'm having a great time as it is, but I'm thinking about upgrading to a sport that takes more time, brings more aggravation, costs a lot more and stirs memories of ancestors who cooked with sheep stomachs.If only someone would guarantee that playing golf will also double my capital gains tax and require quarterly colonoscopies, we could seal the deal right now!"
If you've already discovered the joys of footgolf, play on. If you haven't, check for the course nearest you.
If you're still holding out, perhaps you would prefer the hybrid aquatic game Armpit Marco Polo. ("Marco!" "Ffftttt!" "Marco!" "Ffftttt!")
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Irene Garonna, Timo Mennle and Stefan Leins have all won 2017 Mercator Awards for their PhD theses – on shifting seasons, markets without money, and financial analysts.
Why do we need financial analysts?
Stefan Leins, an ethnologist at the UZH Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, spent two years with financial analysts trying to understand their forecasts as a cultural practice. In his PhD thesis he shows how analysts position themselves as experts by reducing complex and often contradictory issues to market signals which they then package into coherent narratives. These narratives are used to present investors what's happening on the markets as something that can be explained and predicted. As Leins shows, the success of analysts isn't based on their ability to predict the future, but on their capacity for winning over other people with plausible-sounding stories.
In January 2018, Stefan Leins's thesis will be published as a book (Stories of Capitalism: Inside the Role of Financial Analysts) by University of Chicago Press.
Every year the Mercator Foundation Switzerland grants CHF 5,000 awards for innovative work by doctoral and postdoctoral scholars at UZH. The awards are open to work of the highest scholarly quality that is socially relevant, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary.


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HOW TRUMPISM CORRUPTED THE EKKLESIA
If you for one moment think that the turbulence that characterized the 1-term presidency of Donald Trump was nothing unusual, you are sorely mistaken. You'd be gravely wrong if you dismissed the tumultuous events of the last 4 years as politics as usual. The daily mayhem and persistent upheaval that marked the outgoing administration wasn't your garden variety rumble in the jungle that American politics is known for. This wasn't leftist liberals jousting with right-wing conservatives and it isn't the laissez-faire capitalists duking it out with the social justice progressives. It was a fierce battle for the soul of the Church.
From the moment the soon to be ex-President descend the escalator in his eponymous Tower of Babel to announce his candidacy for the presidency of the United States of America, a massive spiritual earthquake tore through the Body of Christ causing a momentous destabilization of the spiritual tectonic plates, marking the beginning of a consequential seismic shift within the assembly of the believers. A bewildering transformation and a disorienting discombobulation came upon the Church.
This cataclysmic event dislodged the foundation of the castles of wantonness, uprooted thrones of carnality, and shattered altars raised to idolatry. The brood of vipers, who have hitherto found a warm and comfortable safe haven deep within the Ekklesia, became exposed. Pagan priests and idolatrous priestesses who have found home within the Church became unmasked; men and women who through deceit and guile burrowed themselves into the hierarchy of the faithful had the veil yanked off their faces.
For a very long time these servants of Satan sat on high thrones within crystal cathedrals and they exercise dominion over souls in search of hope and life. They fed the Church on lies and the body of Christ grew fat on a steady dose of their unhealthy corrupting diet. They polluted the airwaves with false prophesies and poisoned the barren soil of lost souls with sensuous messages ineffectual in saving sinners. Their calling card is their adeptness at building pies in the sky and adroitness at peddling false hope. "Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they keep deceiving; the venom of asps is under their lips."
These minions of Lucifer have, for decades, had their tentacles sunk deep into the heart of the Church infusing their pernicious contagion into the bloodstream of the Household of Faith rendering it weak, fatally wounded and left to struggle in the throes of death. Their deadly venom is deceit, and the overflow of their soul are enticing words that hold captive the hearer and lead many into perdition. They are wont to gush out toxic falsehoods like drunken sailors kicked out stumbling from a drinking tavern after closing time.
By their deeds and utterances, these impostors immersed the Almighty God into the toxic sewer of American partisan politics turning the Name of the LORD into a putrid stench, at the mention of which the sinful world gags, turns and runs away holding their noses in disgust. The LORD of Hosts is made into an unrecognizable political hack; the Elohim is reduced to a card carrying rightwing conservative QAnon partisan deity who hates leftist liberals, despises socialists, and detests Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists.
None of these episodes was completely unpredictable. It should shock no one, this turn of event. This was the logical outcome of a wayward Church and it is the inevitable consequence of a compromised Corpus Christi. When the Ekklesia decided to deviate from its true purpose and turn away from its true calling, this was the certain repercussion. Called to be salt of the earth, the Body Christ became worms that cause suppurating ulcers to fester. Predestined to shine as light, the Church transformed into a black hole full of pitch darkness and where living light dies.
There cannot be harmony between Christ and Belial. Believers in Christ have nothing in common with unbelievers. Unequal yoking of believers with unbelievers was never going to bring about a great rebirth. In any partnership between wickedness and righteousness, evil was going to always have the upper hand. Light is bound to be snuffed out whenever it fellowships with darkness.
When an entire segment of the Christian Church decided to confer god-like status on a sad pathetic morally broken narcissist, unalloyed idolatry was going to be the attendant fallout. Believing they can establish righteousness by edict, a religious movement powered by high-octane hypocrisy decided to form an unholy alliance with a godless soul. In a blatant display of spiritual infidelity, certain of the faith joined themselves together with a foul-mouthed braggart in an unholy matrimony. Convinced – albeit falsely – they are doing the will of the Father, they threw a mantle of holiness around the shoulders of a man full of perfidy and a darkened soul, and they crowned an unabashed blowhard king Cyrus the anointed one of God.
The day the white evangelical movement decided to hitch its wagon onto the Trump train, a poisonous arrow, Trumpism, was aimed and shot straight into the heart of the Body of the Christ; it was a day that marked the acceleration of the fragmentation of the Ekklesia. Unwittingly, they let Trumpism, a metastatic malignant cancer, to spread within the hallowed grounds of the Church. When Trumpism metastasizes, wherever it lands dies a painfully excruciating death.
Ever since, pretentious piety and crony capitalism has become the order of the day. Cruelty and mendacity are exuberantly celebrated from the pulpit. The Household of faith is filled with gushing glorification of arrogance and violence. Out the window goes any condemnation of racism, white supremacy, nepotism, and greed. In this new era, loving our neighbors as we would love our own selves became a sing song of suckers and weak minded fools. The prayer "Thy will be done" changed to "Thy will be done by the strong man in whom we trust."
In a display of severe cognitive dissonance, the white evangelical movement became consumed with establishing a Christian Caliphate here on earth through a violent Christian Jihad led by an angry, hate spewing, murderous mob. With self-righteous indignation, the purveyor of rancor formed the spiritual wing of the violent insurrection against the US Constitution and they constituted the prayer battalion in the coup d'etat against the government of the United States. With such a huge hole in our Gospel, it is no wonder that the witnessing of our faith rings so hollow.
The first salvo in battle for the soul of the Christian Church was fired the moment American evangelicals planted the flag of Trumpism in the heart of the Body of Christ. The Ekklesia is at war with itself. Men and women who have compromised their faith are systematically destroying the Church from within. Having no depth of true knowledge, they offer up fluff which they pass for sound doctrine. Profoundly lacking in real substance, they resort to exoticism, esotericism, mysticism, and conspiracy theories.
The Church is thus lame and wounded; it is haunted by division, weakened by ignorance, enamored with spectacular showmanship, and captivated by spellbinding sensationalism. Countless charlatans boast of being oracles of God, unsavory characters profess to utter prophetic declarations fresh from the throne of Yahweh, and a great horde of undiscerning souls with itchy ears lap it all up falling for the lies that gush out from Hades.
The Book of Jude spoke of these enemies from within:
"But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves. Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed."
As a consequence of widespread deceit and wishy washy diluted gospel, the assembly of the believers is packed with men and women looking for easy answers to the world's complex problems. A raging epidemic of failure of imagination sweeps across the Body of Christ. There is a widespread suspension of critical thinking, avoidance of searching curiosity, and celebration of blissful ignorance.
The result of this seismic upheaval is a sweeping cynicism inimical to the spiritual well-being of the faithful of God. A paroxysm of unbelief sweeps through the nations. Worldwide, there is a massive desertion of the Church as congregations bleed members in alarmingly huge numbers. Disillusioned Christians, young and old, are left dumbfounded as they watch those who claim to be Christians unabashedly promote a cruel self-absorbed pathological liar lacking compassion and incapable of feeling other people's pain.
For all the damage and destruction done to the Church by the embrace of Trumpism by the evangelical movement, there is some upside to make one glad. This was the moment in which the world's fake Pastors, aka "Fraudstors" became unmasked. Without the fallout of their unholy fraternization with pure evil, it is conceivable that the conglomerate of false prophets would never have been exposed for what they really are. So, it is a thing of joy that the nakedness of these impostors and snake oil salesmen, who go to and fro deceiving and misleading captive souls, have been laid bare for the world to see.
When the history of this time is written, it would be remembered as the era of the unraveling of the Christian Church. Future generation will point to this generation as the ones that sold out the faith for a seat in the corridors of earthly power and those who gave up on the good fight of faith for a morsel of worldly goods. History, we know, is never kind to such a kind.