Both the old and new crop wheat market has firmed over the past week, both on the futures screen and physically on the farm.
Feed wheat for spot collection is currently valued at £176.00/T ex-farm whilst movement into the New Year is offered at £180.00/T ex-farm. For those of you who missed previous opportunities at this level – it may well be worth some consideration, please speak with the office to discuss your requirements.
As for feed barley, £170.00/T ex-farm is offered for November collection. Spot demand appears to have waned over the past couple of weeks – a small but second cut of silage over the past couple of weeks appears to have calmed things down on the buying side. Regardless, there remains a historically small premium between wheat and barley. Customers who are looking to sell wheat and buy in barley against it for feed rations are actually having to pay a small difference to cover the haulage costs – usually we are the ones paying them the difference.
Although the amount of cereals used within feed has increased, feed rations appear to be changing due to the current condition of the market. According to the latest figures from AHDB, the amount of cereals used to produce UK animal feed in August increased to an all time high, presumably due to issues with forage production this year.
However, we have seen a slight change in rations compared to the year previous. Wheat usage has slightly increased, whilst maize corn has seen a substantial increase in use, a 35% increase on the year previous. As for barley, usage has decreased by 8%. Most significantly, oat usage has increased this August to 6,000 tonnes – a staggering 87% increase on the year previous.
The future of barley values is therefore uncertain and the above is a reminder of how adaptable some feed rations can be – particularly if there is a decent enough price incentive to try an alternative.
As for new crop wheat, harvest 2019 collection is offered at £160.00/T ex-farm. Further forward, November collection should achieve £4.00/T more than this at £164.00/T ex-farm.
OSR has suffered a volatile week with spot ex-farm values fluctuating anywhere between £318.00/T – £325.00/T ex-farm. The higher value attracted a fair bit of market attention and with this-mornings indicated value around the £320.00/T ex-farm mark, it currently looks like a good trade.
Threats of a Russian export ban / tariffs / restrictions etc continue to circulate the market but there has been no formal confirmation of this. Regardless, the trade appears nervous and the ongoing rumours are keeping current values buoyant.
The dry weather over in Australia has continued to make headline news over the past week as the situation intensifies for drought hit crops. As winter wheat crops enter a key growing period for yield determination, speculation is rife regarding the outlook for production prospects this season. Following the driest September on record (33% down on average), the Australian government have further revised down its forecast of domestic wheat production to 19.1 million tonnes, an 11-year low.
According to AHDB, "the east of the region which has been worst hit by the weather is forecast to receive some rain this week but at this late stage in the season, any relief could be of limited benefit". Furthermore, average temperatures for September were also marginally higher and have likely "exacerbated the stress on the already drought hit crop" and reduced pasture growth. As a result, wheat exports could further tighten – both due to poor pasture for cattle and an overall reduction in output.
Closer to home, the Scottish government have confirmed "reduced prospects" for this season following the adverse weather hit year. Scotland's most widely grown crop, spring barley, is provisionally estimated at 1.33 million tonnes, a 7% decline on 2017. "Crops sown prior to the arrival of "the beast from the east" were the most severely impacted, with yields down at least 10% on average for most. As for winter wheat, total production is estimates at 807,000 tonnes, a 9%decline on the year previous. This is however attributed to "difficult autumn planting conditions" rather than the poor spring weather.


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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stay after class one day and talk to your philosophy professor for hours and hours? I am sure it would be either fascinating or the dullest talk you have ever had. That's what this movie is like, except it's a great talk and not one to bore you out of your mind. This is a well written and acting piece with engaging dialogue. Let's REEL-y break this down.
*I am working on catchphrases for these reviews. Did that one work? No? Ok, scratch that one.
Director James Ponsoldt, who also directed my favorite movie of 2013, The Spectacular Now, brings another intimate story following an author and a reporter doing a piece on him for The Rolling Stone magazine. This film is dialogue heavy and it is all focused on the relationship between Jason Segal's character, David Foster Wallace, and Jesse Eisenberg's character, David Lipsky. Every piece of dialogue that comes out of Segal's mouth is very intriguing and there is meaning to it and it wasn't filler and pointless. What Ponsoldt does is create this quiet environment and have us really focus on these characters and study Wallace as a person. I have never heard of Wallace until this movie. Apparently, he was a well-known author and I didn't know because I am dumb and I don't know words. This character is also very depressing to watch. He is extremely smart; but there is something that is bothering him and I just wanted to go help him. It's first and foremost and relationship movie and it captures that friendship perfectly.
I don't have much to say, but I kind of wished there was more development with Eisenberg. There were a few things we learned about him, buy I wanted more. He is the main character. If Ponsoldt would have focused a tad more on Eisenberg, it would have taken this to another level.
Jason freaking Segal. This is his breakout role. Listen, Eisenberg is terrific in the film and brings a lot to the movie, but Segal steps out of his comedic box and tries a more reserved role and he kills it. We have seen Eisenberg in dramas, such as The Social Network, but this was Segal's movie. The supporting cast was good, but it's mainly focused on these two powerhouse actors. I don't know if I am exaggerating but I think Segal and Eisenberg takes up 90 percent of the runtime alone.
Like I stated up above, I wanted more to Eisenberg. I loved his performance and he had the emotional depth, but I wanted more character, as we only knew a small amount of him.
It's a beautiful movie which reflects on the beautiful friendship forming. It's the type of cinematography that makes you feel warm. This maybe weird, but I really enjoyed the shots of the sun with the characters. To me, it showed us how enlightening and profound Wallace actually was. But then again, I have said some dumb things in my reviews before.
This is an engaging, dialogue driven movie that will captivate you and make think about your life, as many questions are presented about your own. It deals with depression, loneliness, fame, being loved and a lot more. Everyone can relate to this to where it should very well.
People that aren't into movies where it's all talk may think it's boring and uninteresting.
Overall: This is, simply, a humble movie about two guys questioning life and themselves and James Ponsoldt knocks it out of the park again. This is a great and competitive year for films and my top ten list is tight, but I think The End of the Tour will be on there.


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Q: How can I export Query Store data? I have Query Store (QS) running on a SQL 2017 instance.  Currently at RTM, with RTM CU13 currently in test, to be applied on prod in next month's patch window.
While most queries and reports return results quickly with little to no impact, anything thing I try to look at around waits is problematic. CPU usage climbs from 20 to 80 percent and stays there for minutes until I kill it.  This is 24/7 production system so if I really want to look at QS waits I am going to need to do it someplace else.
The database is 150GB with 1000MB of space for QS.  I have a sandbox with 10GB of space so if I could get the QS data out, I could play with it there.
I looked around and I am not finding how to do this.  The best I found was is this sql.sasquatch 2016 post with a 2016 answer by Erin Stellato

At present, there is no option to export and/or import Query Store data, but there is a Connect item to vote for: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/2620017/export-query-store-tables-separately-from-the-database-tables

Note: The link goes to a redirect "Microsoft Connect Has Been Retired" Looks like the actual link should be to https://feedback.azure.com/forums/908035-sql-server/suggestions/32901670-export-query-store-tables-separately-from-the-data
Looking at Microsoft, I find that most everything you might use to access the data is a View, Stored Procedure or Report. I am not seeing a way to just extract all the QS stuff out of database.
Examples of direct queries, use the views Example by Kendra Little I have toyed with the idea of just doing a Select * from the views and exporting the results to my sandbox.  But as I have not found anyone talking about it, I am not sure it is good idea.
Related

*

*Best Practice with the Query Store

*How Query Store Collects Data

*Query Store Catalog Views

*Query Store Stored Procedures

*Monitoring performance by using the Query Store
Additionally  I would like to be able to keep the Query Store results from pre-CU13 to use as a baseline to compare post CU13.
Edit after first answer and edits to same
Recent edits to the answer by jadarnel27 adds good info, but I don't care about the user interface, I want to be able to query the data without altering the database or impacting performance. As a secondary goal I would like to be able to archive the QS data, so I can review previous performance (i.e. before and upgrade, but after the old QS data would have purged off)

A: As a supplement to the great answer by Josh Darnell I read through all the descriptions of the data views that are being exported into tables.  The following code adds the primary keys, clustered indexes and foreign keys as described in the Microsoft documents.  It should help with queries against the data.
----------------------------------------------------------------
--Add primary key,  clustered indexes and foreign keys
-----------------------------------------------------------

Use Admin
ALTER TABLE query_context_settings ADD CONSTRAINT PK_context_settings_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (context_settings_id);
ALTER TABLE query_store_plan ADD CONSTRAINT PK_plan_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (plan_id);
ALTER TABLE query_store_query ADD CONSTRAINT PK_query_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (query_id);
ALTER TABLE query_store_query_text ADD CONSTRAINT PK_query_text_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (query_text_id);
-- query_store_runtime_stats -- Has foreign keys but the "primary key - 'runtime_stats_id'" is not unique in run time. Only add for historical data
ALTER TABLE query_store_runtime_stats ADD CONSTRAINT PK_runtime_stats_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (runtime_stats_id);
ALTER TABLE query_store_runtime_stats_interval ADD CONSTRAINT PK_runtime_stats_interval_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (runtime_stats_interval_id);
-- query_store_wait_stats the "primary key - 'wait_stats_id'" is not unique in run time. Only add for historical data
ALTER TABLE query_store_wait_stats ADD CONSTRAINT PK_wait_stats_id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (wait_stats_id);

--Create Foreign Keys

ALTER TABLE query_store_plan ADD CONSTRAINT FK_query_id FOREIGN KEY (query_id)
    REFERENCES query_store_query (query_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

ALTER TABLE query_store_query ADD CONSTRAINT FK_query_text_id FOREIGN KEY (query_text_id)
    REFERENCES query_store_query_text (query_text_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

 ALTER TABLE query_store_query ADD CONSTRAINT FK_context_settings_id FOREIGN KEY (context_settings_id)
    REFERENCES query_context_settings (context_settings_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

 ALTER TABLE query_store_runtime_stats ADD CONSTRAINT FK_plan_id FOREIGN KEY (plan_id)
    REFERENCES query_store_plan (plan_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

 ALTER TABLE query_store_runtime_stats ADD CONSTRAINT FK_runtime_stats_interval_id FOREIGN KEY (runtime_stats_interval_id)
    REFERENCES query_store_runtime_stats_interval (runtime_stats_interval_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

 ALTER TABLE query_store_wait_stats ADD CONSTRAINT FK_2_plan_id FOREIGN KEY (plan_id)
    REFERENCES query_store_plan (plan_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

 ALTER TABLE query_store_wait_stats ADD CONSTRAINT FK_2_runtime_stats_interval_id FOREIGN KEY (runtime_stats_interval_id)
    REFERENCES query_store_runtime_stats_interval (runtime_stats_interval_id)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE
;
GO

--Additional Indexes
--Improve linking plans to queries
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX NC_QueryID_with_PlanID ON query_store_plan (query_id ASC) INCLUDE (plan_id)
GO

--To get summary info easier, add query_id column to tables with only the plan_id
--Add the column
ALTER TABLE query_store_runtime_stats
ADD query_id bigint
Go

--Update it
update query_store_runtime_stats
Set query_store_runtime_stats.query_id = query_store_plan.query_id
from   query_store_plan
Inner Join query_store_runtime_stats ON  query_store_runtime_stats.Plan_id = query_store_plan.Plan_id

--Add an index
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX NC_QueryID_with_PlanID ON query_store_runtime_stats (query_id ASC) INCLUDE (plan_id)
GO

--Do the Same to query_store_wait_stats
--Add the column
ALTER TABLE query_store_wait_stats
ADD query_id bigint
Go

--Update it
update query_store_wait_stats
Set query_store_wait_stats.query_id = query_store_plan.query_id
from   query_store_plan
Inner Join query_store_wait_stats ON  query_store_wait_stats.Plan_id = query_store_plan.Plan_id

--Add an index
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX NC_QueryID_with_PlanID ON query_store_wait_stats (query_id ASC) INCLUDE (plan_id)
GO

Note that both query_store_runtime_stats & query_store_wait_stats do not have primary keys described in the microsoft documents. As this is exported data, I value clustered indexes over multiple statistics in most current interval.

It is unique only for the past runtime statistics intervals. For the currently active interval, there may be multiple rows

The interval is a configuration setting interval_length_minutes listed as the 'Statistics Collection Interval' in the Properties GUI of the Query Store Page, for the database.
Using EXEC sp_query_store_flush_db; before SELECT * INTO Does Not compile the multiple rows in the current runtime statistics interval, to single entries, thus preventing primary keys and clustered indexes on query_store_runtime_stats & query_store_wait_stats in Heavily OLTP databases.   In this case before adding the primary keys,  clustered indexes and foreign keys (above) delete the most current run time interval with the code below.
In my case I have 30 minute intervals, so if I want all the data up to 6AM, I extract a couple of minutes after 6AM then delete the 6AM+ with the below.
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-- Not in the current run time interval
------------------------
-- Because runtime_stats_id is only unique in past time, I think I want to exclude current run time from the data in admin
-- Current solution delete after import to keep the import as simple as possible.

Use Admin
Declare @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id bigint
Declare @Max_start_time datetimeoffset(7)
--Declare @Max_end_time datetimeoffset(7) -- No added value at this time.

Select @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id =  MAX (query_store_runtime_stats_interval.runtime_stats_interval_id) from dbo.query_store_runtime_stats_interval
Select @Max_start_time = query_store_runtime_stats_interval.start_time from dbo.query_store_runtime_stats_interval where query_store_runtime_stats_interval.runtime_stats_interval_id = @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id
--Select @Max_end_time = query_store_runtime_stats_interval.end_time from dbo.query_store_runtime_stats_interval where query_store_runtime_stats_interval.runtime_stats_interval_id = @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id

Print @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id
Print @Max_start_time
--Print @Max_end_time

Delete from dbo.query_store_runtime_stats where runtime_stats_interval_id = @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id

Delete from dbo.query_store_runtime_stats_interval where runtime_stats_interval_id = @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id

Delete from dbo.query_store_plan  where initial_compile_start_time > @Max_start_time

--This should be ok, but there was not a query that met the exclude criteria in inital test data.
Delete from dbo.query_store_query where initial_compile_start_time > @Max_start_time

Delete from dbo.query_store_wait_stats where runtime_stats_interval_id = @Max_runtime_stats_interval_id

--dbo.query_store_query_text -- No time fields, we are excluding new quiries not sure if we need to also exclude their text, more work for little added value
--dbo.query_context_settings -- Does not need to be filtered

A: First of all, you might be able to get acceptable performance with queries directly against the query store catalog views by updating stats, adding query hints with plan guides, or changing the database compatibility level / CE.  See the answers from Forrest and Marian here:
Never ending Query Store search

If you're on SP1 or greater, the simplest approach would be to use DBCC CLONEDATABASE - which includes statistics, query store data, and schema objects - but none of the actual data from the tables.

Otherwise, for exporting, one approach would be a simple SELECT...INTO from the query store views to the "sandbox" database.  These are the relevant views.
The basic approach would be like this:
SELECT * INTO Sandbox.dbo.query_store_runtime_stats FROM sys.query_store_runtime_stats;
SELECT * INTO Sandbox.dbo.query_store_runtime_stats_interval FROM sys.query_store_runtime_stats_interval;
SELECT * INTO Sandbox.dbo.query_store_plan FROM sys.query_store_plan;
SELECT * INTO Sandbox.dbo.query_store_query FROM sys.query_store_query;
SELECT * INTO Sandbox.dbo.query_store_query_text FROM sys.query_store_query_text;
SELECT * INTO Sandbox.dbo.query_store_wait_stats FROM sys.query_store_wait_stats;

The nice thing about this approach is that:

*

*you'll only get the data you need (1000 MB)

*you can add indexes to support your reporting queries, because these are actual tables

*they won't have the unusual memory scanning behavior that leads to poor performance against the actual views (again because they are actual tables)

*

*Note: the SELECT...INTO queries shouldn't drive up CPU like the built-in query store reporting queries, because they won't have the problematic joins that cause repeated access to the in-memory TVFs

*you can keep different versions of the data (for different CU levels, etc) by changing the table names, or adding a column to the tables that indicates the data and / or version of SQL Server that was used for that import

The "con" of this approach is that you can't use the query store user interface.  A workaround for that would be to use profiler or extended events to capture the queries being executed by the user interface for the specific reports you need.  You could even do this capture in a non-prod environment, as the queries should be the same.

Warning: this is potentially a really bad idea.  There's a reason you can't normally write to these tables.  Special thanks to Forrest for mentioning the possibility to me.
If you really want to be able to use the user interface, you can actually load the base Query Store tables with data while connecting via the DAC.  Here's what worked for me.
Reminder: you have to be using a DAC connection to do this, otherwise you'll get errors related to the sys.plan_persist_* tables not existing
USE [master];
GO
CREATE DATABASE [Sandbox];
GO

USE [YourSourceDatabaseWithTheQueryStoreInfo];
GO

BEGIN TRANSACTION;

INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_runtime_stats SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_runtime_stats;
INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_runtime_stats_interval SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_runtime_stats_interval;
INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_plan SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_plan;
INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_query SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_query;
INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_query_text SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_query_text;
INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_wait_stats SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_wait_stats;
INSERT INTO Sandbox.sys.plan_persist_context_settings SELECT * FROM sys.plan_persist_context_settings

COMMIT TRANSACTION;
GO

USE [master];
GO
ALTER DATABASE [Sandbox] SET QUERY_STORE = ON (OPERATION_MODE = READ_ONLY);

Note: if you're on SQL Server 2016, you'll need to remove the line about wait stats - that catalog view wasn't added until SQL Server 2017
After doing that, I was able to use the Query Store UI in SSMS to view info on the queries from the source database.  Neat!
It's important to load the data into the Sandbox database with Query Store off, and then turn Query Store on in read only mode.  Otherwise QS ended up in an error state, and this was written to the SQL Server error log:

Error: 12434, Severity: 20, State: 56.
  The Query Store in database Sandbox is invalid, possibly due to schema or catalog inconsistency.

I also noticed that this doesn't work if there are in-memory OLTP (Hekaton) tables in the source database.  No matter what I do, Query Store ends up in the "Error" state with this message in the error log:

Error: 5571, Severity: 16, State: 2.
  Internal FILESTREAM error: failed to access the garbage collection table.

You may be able to work around that by adding a memory-optimized filegroup to the Sandbox database, I haven't tried that yet.

A: I wonder if there is a way to use the clone database option and some classic jiggery pokery to keep the data for analysis in the QS GUI.

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*Clear down QS in restored DB in test environment

*Run baseline testing

*Clone DB to BaselineDB

*Restore main test DB again, clearing down QS

*Run updates and test routine

*Clone DB to PostUpdatesDB

*In cloned DBs, rename query store tables

*Create views of original QS table names and union the renamed QS tables across the cloned DBs. Or use synonyms.

Not sure if that would work, just food for thought

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Aaron with his sleeping bag
Published: 15:15 Thursday 12 October 2017
A member of staff from the Bishopbriggs branch of the Yorkshire Building Society is joining over 2,000 people across the UK by taking up the Sleep Out challenge in support of End Youth Homelessness (EYH).
Customer consultant Aaron Gallagher is raising money by taking part in the Sleep Out event organised by EYH member charity, The Rock Trust, in Edinburgh on Friday, November 3.
Aaron, whose challenge is part of a two year partnership between the society and EYH, said: "There are 150,000 young people at risk of homelessness this winter. That is why I am swapping my bed for a sleeping bag and raising money for our charity partnership with End Youth Homelessness.
"We're in the business of helping people buy their own homes and having a safe place to go at the end of the day is something we can take for granted.
"At the Sleep Out I will only have to spend one night sleeping outside in the cold, but this is a stark reality that thousands of homeless young people face on a regular basis, making the work that End Youth Homelessness does to support them crucial."
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Rabbi Trail: Israel began developing its own tank, the Merkava, almost 50 years ago. They are continuing to manufacture and improve the fourth generation of that design. It is especially equipped to preserve the lives of the crew while bringing maximum damage to the enemy in the terrain in which Israel is defending itself. It can fire missiles as well as shells meaning it can destroy threats it can't see (missiles can turn corners and strike with precision while shells cannot turn corners and lose accuracy over distance). I can't get over it has a 1500 horsepower engine (about twice the HP of an Indy car. How do they know it has 1500 HP? I don't think they have that many horses in all of Israel. End RT.
Announcement: One week from tomorrow Jacquelyne will be arriving in Knoxville for a two week vacation. (Yippee!). Special request: Does anyone have an extra car to lend her while she is visiting (she is staying local)? She has a current driver's license and I have it on good authority she is a careful driver. Thank you if you can help us with this. Blessings.
Question of the day: Did you read the 3 chapters assigned for today? Daniel 9 alone would be adequate for teaching the rest of the year. It's all about the comings of Yeshua (both first and second).
Rabbi Trail: Concerning non-believing rabbis… There is a note in a previous RR that "non-believing rabbis" is an unfair term we commonly use to mean those rabbis who have not yet received Yeshua as their personal Lord and Savior. A better title might be "not yet believing in Yeshua" rabbis.
Some non-believing rabbis have come to faith (drop the "non") in Yeshua by reading Daniel 9. In verse 26 we learn that the Messiah will be cut off (after 62 weeks, but more on that later). This "cut off" has to take place before the Beit HaMikdash (Hebrew name for the Temple) is destroyed by another prince who will come. Again, Daniel hears a prophetic word that the Messiah will be cut off before the Temple is destroyed. That should be enough evidence in itself to change hearts, but for the scales (blinders) preventing clear sight of this prophetic word.
Folks (includes friends and family), I am going to write something about this for many days in short pieces (in small installments) until I've got it all said, like I did with the Shema. After I read Daniel 9, 10, and 12 today I felt like I had been drinking from a firehose. It's not fair just to move on because we have to. Time is on my side (not original).
Also not original is writings from my first Messianic rabbi, David Chansky, who has studied these things from every perspective and shared his accumulated knowledge with me. I'm still a good student of his. So I'll be sharing his insights as well. "Buckle up" it's going to be a wild ride.
I'm so thankful for the chance to review these biblical prophesies and to share them with you. Daniel is told to shut these things up until the end of time.
Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Be blessed. We start tomorrow.


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Fifty Shades of Black: Splinter Cell Blacklist Hands-On Preview
With a little over a month before the release of Splinter Cell Blacklist, Sneaky Bastards goes hands-on and speaks with Game Director Patrick Redding about his systemic approach to stealth.
Splinter Cell Blacklist Game Director, Patrick Redding
As we load into Splinter Cell Blacklist's Abandoned Mill level, the first thing we toy with is the light and shadow system. Conviction's black and white filter has been replaced with a light on the back of Sam Fisher's Ops Suit; for all intents and purposes, the system is binary to ensure his visibility threshold is clear, but Game Director Patrick Redding tells us there's a little bit of wiggle room. It's a light and shadow system designed to be tested against singleplayer and co-operative AI, so how does it factor into the return of Blacklist's adversarial Spies vs Mercs multiplayer mode?
"That's an example of where obviously the singleplayer and co-op versions of that have to be the leader in terms of how the system is going to work, because we're designing for an AI that's present in two of the three modes," Redding explains.
"Then, in Spies vs Mercs, you have to approximate some things. In the Classic Spies vs Mercs mode, there's actually a different lighting setup. It's much more high-contrast and much, much darker with serious, pitch black shadows. With that in mind, they could do small modifications to the lighting rig of the Spy character, so that you really disappear into the dark. That was an interesting balancing act between a mechanical feature that was built into the avatar's design, and then a level design implementation of how the lighting was going to work."
Spies that remain still within a dark area literally fade into nothingness
Our prior hands-on time with Spies vs Mercs highlighted just how simple and effective this shadow blend actually is. Spies that remain still within a dark area literally fade into nothingness – though they can still be revealed by the flashlights of inquisitive Mercs. But flashlights are an important progression tool in the singleplayer and co-op level design, too.
"It does two things," says Redding. "It makes the AI smart, whilst also revealing their location."
An unconscious body left hidden in the shadows by Fisher won't be found by a guard unless he's progressed to a search phase, or has his flashlight turned on. For extra safety, bodies can be dumped in certain containers around the level that essentially sets them as forever hidden.
And what's going to push the AI into search mode? A whole range of factors that players must stay apprised of. If an enemy is in a radio conversation with another AI, knocking out that enemy mid-sentence will cause the AI on the other end of the radio to become suspicious. Furthermore, enemies will start to notice if their colleagues are disappearing one-by-one. Breaking multiple lights, especially within the AI's vision, can also be a cause for alarm.
Sound is also a key factor. Fisher essentially has six movement speeds: two when crouched, two when standing, and then a free-running-like Active Sprint mode for both crouched and standing. According to Redding, any movement is going to generate a small noise event. The severity of that event will change depending upon the selected difficulty level. In realistic or perfectionist mode, anything above the crouched, slow walk will create noise. As Fisher increases speed, the radius of detection widens. Of course, if he sprints, enemies will hear him no matter what.
Blacklist's game-wide, economy-fueled customisation system allows players to purchase stealth-related Ops Suit attachments that muffle the amount of sound generated when moving. However, they'll be sacrificing armour and ammunition capacity. According to Redding, different materials will make different noises, and ambient sound is a very minor factor, but Blacklist isn't requiring players to keep an eye on a sound meter at all times.
What we've tried to do is keep all these things as systemic as possible
One of the new factors Fisher will have to deal with when encountering enemy dogs is their smell radius. Dogs essentially act as roaming security systems; they will bark when players get too close, alerting nearby enemy AI to the disturbance.
"We also have the classic laser grids and security cameras, and the drones," adds Redding. "What we've tried to do is keep all these things as systemic as possible. So, by having a new AI type, which is the Drone Operator, we can add drones into the environment so that, in some situations, you arrive and they're already deployed and on a patrol path. So now you're dealing with what's effectively an unpredictable, mobile camera – that's also armed with an explosive."
The Drone Operator also jams Fisher's vision modes until he's taken out. Players will always have two vision modes available, after unlocking the second mode. Night vision is equipped by default, whilst the additional mode can be continually upgraded with new features like sonar vision or colourised thermal vision.
The addition of new AI archetypes like the Drone Operator highlights how Blacklist has shifted the in-game threats slightly away from static security systems and more toward human enemies.
"By and large, when you're dealing with a human AI, there's an increased level of tension," explains Redding. "Security systems create a very binary model of detection. They can be stressful, but often they feel like more of a nuisance."
Maintaining that tension has been a key design pillar for Blacklist, much of it concerning the amount of resources available to Fisher at any given time.
"I've always said that a lot of ways stealth games are ultimately survival horror games in reverse," says Redding. "You take one piece of it and reverse it. You're the monster. But you still have to worry about scarcity. There's the low level – how much ammo do you have on your person? How much health do you have before you need to run and hide in the corner? We have regenerating health, so it's not quite the same as when we had medkits hanging on walls periodically.
Stealth games are ultimately survival horror games in reverse… you're the monster
"A big part was to say, up front, we would be putting constraints on how much stuff you could carry. And, yes, by upgrading your Ops Suit, you could choose to be more armoured up, and have more ammo, or you could choose to be stealthy and carry less stuff. That obviously affects that tension as well."
Redding toys with increasing tension even further with the introduction of a forced stealth section at the end of the Abandoned Mill level.
"Our forced stealth section is literally a room," says Redding. "You need to get to a truck, plant a tracker, and then get out of the room, not only without being detected, but without touching anybody at all. So you can't use any of your non-lethals, you can't subdue people using hand-to-hand knockouts. The most you can do is maybe try to distract them by using noises. But the second they suspect anything more suspicious than a mouse, then it's all over. That's the most rigid and strict version of that we implemented. There are a couple places in the game where we have slight variations on that. But we really tried to keep that to a minimum.
"I think that forced fail on detection is a thing that people by and large do not like, even if they're hardcore stealth fans. So it's okay to have small, bite-sized chunks of that as a way of giving you a little punch in the ribs. But you never want it to last more than a few minutes."
It's possible to complete the entire singleplayer game as Fisher without killing anybody
It's what we're told next that is the most exciting news to us: it's possible to complete the entire singleplayer game as Fisher without killing anybody. Blacklist does introduce a small number of situations in which players will have no choice but to deal with enemy AI, but the developers aggressively avoid creating forced detection systems. According to Redding, 99% of the game can be played without touching anybody. That is the Splinter Cell Blacklist we want to play.
Splinter Cell Blacklist will be available August 22. The game will be playable at the Ubisoft booth at PAX Aus in Melbourne. Get your paws on it, then stop by the Sneaky Bastards Stealth Gaming Panel on Friday at 3PM.
Daniel Hindes
Further Investigation
Redding's Recommendation – The Splinter Cell: Blacklist Interview
Splinter Cell: Blacklist has been unveiled. In our conversation with Patrick Redding, Game Director, we uncover exclusive details on the game's overhauled AI and stealth gameplay.
Trade Secrets: Patrick Redding
Trade Secrets: The Stealth Interview Series concludes by way of a chat with Patrick Redding, Game Director on the next Splinter Cell title currently in development at Ubisoft Toronto.
Witches Be Crazy: Dishonored – The Brigmore Witches Preview
We go hands-on with two hours of Dishonored's final DLC campaign, The Brigmore Witches.
The Darkest Project: Tangiers Stealth Preview
We speak to Alex Harvey, one half of Andalusian and developer of dark avant-garde stealth game, Tangiers.
Sneaky Bastards PAX Aus Stealth Gaming Panel
The complete audio recording of our Stealth Gaming panel hosted at PAX Aus is now available!
Lay Down Thy Hammer: Thief Hands-On Preview
Sneaky Bastards made its way to E3 for hands-on time with Eidos Montreal's Thief and a conversation with Producer Stephane Roy.
Video: Splinter Cell Blacklist Co-op Trailer
Ubisoft has revealed the first footage of Splinter Cell Blacklist's co-operative mode in action.
Splinter Cell Blacklist – Spies vs Mercs Multiplayer Deconstructed
Our exhaustive analysis of new video footage of Splinter Cell Blacklist's Spies vs Mercs multiplayer mode is here.
Video: Splinter Cell Blacklist – Spies vs Mercs Reveal Trailer
The first footage of Splinter Cell's signature multiplayer mode returning in Blacklist is here!
Video: Splinter Cell Blacklist – Spies vs Mercs Teaser
Ubisoft has released a teaser video for Splinter Cell Blacklist's Spies vs Mercenaries multiplayer mode.
Witches Be Crazy: Dishonored – The Brigmore Witches
Splinter Cell Blacklist – Spies vs Mercs Multiplayer
Video: Splinter Cell Blacklist – Spies vs Mercs
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Q: Warning message when opening RStudio or the R console recently I installed Microsoft R Open 3.3.1 on my MacBook Pro (El Capitan 10.11.6). When I open RStudio or I use the R console I get this warning message:
Warning message:
In doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler) :
  unable to load shared object '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules//R_X11.so':
  dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules//R_X11.so, 6): Symbol not found: _CGBitmapContextCreate
  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules//R_X11.so
  Expected in: flat namespace
 in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules//R_X11.so

Do you know a way to prevent the printing of the message (or solve the issue)?
Thanks!

A: For a CRAN R installation, I see that R_X11.so references the following libraries:
kevin@MBP:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules
$ otool -L R_X11.so
R_X11.so:
        R_X11.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libSM.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.1.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libICE.6.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.5)
        /opt/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXext.6.dylib (compatibility version 11.0.0, current version 11.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXrender.1.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.9.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1197.1.1)
        /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.5)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXt.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXmu.6.dylib (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.0.0)
        /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/lib/libR.dylib (compatibility version 3.3.0, current version 3.3.1)
        /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 855.17.0)

That library does not reference the symbol you suggest:
kevin@MBP:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules
$ nm R_X11.so | grep CGBitmap

However, for an MRO installation, I see the following libraries + symbols:
kevin@MBP:/Volumes/Samsung 850 EVO/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules
$ otool -L R_X11.so
R_X11.so:
        R_X11.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libSM.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.1.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libICE.6.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXext.6.dylib (compatibility version 11.0.0, current version 11.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXrender.1.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libexpat.1.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.2.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXt.7.dylib (compatibility version 8.0.0, current version 8.0.0)
        /opt/X11/lib/libXmu.6.dylib (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.0.0)
        /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3.1-MRO/Resources/lib/libR.dylib (compatibility version 3.3.0, current version 3.3.1)
        /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 1255.1.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1225.1.1)

with referenced symbols:
kevin@MBP:/Volumes/Samsung 850 EVO/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/modules
$ nm R_X11.so | grep CGBitmap
                 U _CGBitmapContextCreate

These symbols are normally provided by the CoreGraphics.framework:
kevin@MBP:/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A
$ nm CoreGraphics | grep CGBitmapContext
0000000000046321 T _CGBitmapContextCreate
< ... other symbols ... >

However, the MRO-generated R_X11.so does not link to that, and so lookup of those symbols fails.
tl;dr: Microsoft is shipping you broken software that does not contain links to the libraries providing the symbols it needs. Use the CRAN-provided binaries of R instead.

A: I had the issue also. The issue had been solved after installing XQuartz and then re-logining the system.
Note: the use of X11 (including tcltk) requires XQuartz to be installed since it is no longer part of OS X. Always re-install XQuartz when upgrading your OS X to a new major version.

A: I had a similar problem where it couldn't find the R_X11.so file.
So I went into the terminal in RStudio and ran
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6 -y

Then the problem went away. I found this useful.


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L'Ingénu est un film français réalisé par Norbert Carbonnaux, d'après le roman éponyme de Voltaire, sorti en 1972.

Synopsis

Ingénu, un indien élevé par des huguenots, débarque en France du Canada.

Fiche technique
 Titre : L'Ingénu
 Réalisation : Norbert Carbonnaux
 Assistants réalisateurs : Michel Lang et René Richon
 Scénario : Norbert Carbonnaux, d'après le conte de Voltaire
 Photographie : Didier Tarot
 Photographe Hervé Donnezan
 Musique : Georges Delerue
 Décors : Jacques Flamand
 Montage : Monique Kirsanoff
 Production : Filmel, Cosefa films
 Lieux de tournage : Canet-en-Roussillon, Cerbère, Céret (dont Château d'Aubiry), Collioure, Le Barcarès, Port-Vendres, Saint-Cyprien
 Pays :
 Tourné en mono et en Eastmancolor
 Durée : 75 minutes
 Date de sortie : 3 mars 1972

Distribution
 Renaud Verley : l'ingénu
 Corinne Marchand : Élisabeth
 Jean Lefebvre : l'abbé de Kerkabon
 Monique Tarbès : Appoline
 Hubert Deschamps : Le bailly
 Jean Carmet : le pêcheur
 Jess Hahn : le capitaine
 Gérard Lartigau : Didier
 Pierre-Jean Vaillard : le professeur Nanard
 Paul Mercey : le maire
 Marianne Eggerickx :  de Saint-Yves

Historique
La première version du scénario situait l'histoire en Bretagne. En effet, Norbert Carbonnaux souhaitait dénoncer le bétonnage des côtes et la spéculation immobilière, mais il profita de subventions allouées par le sénateur des Pyrénées-Orientales Gaston Pams pour l'inciter à tourner dans ce département. Convenant que cette région servait également son propos, tout le film fut alors tourné dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales.

Commentaire
Norbert Carbonnaux a adapté au cinéma un autre conte philosophique de Voltaire, Candide, en le transposant au  : Candide ou l'Optimisme au XXe siècle.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste de films tournés dans les Pyrénées-Orientales

Liens externes

Film français sorti en 1972
Adaptation d'un conte au cinéma
Film tiré d'une œuvre de Voltaire
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Watch: Miles Kane New Video For 'First Of My Kind'
Miles Kane has revealed the video to his brand new single, 'First Of My Kind' - the first track to emerge from his new EP.
Set to release on Record Store Day (April 21st), 'First Of My Kind' contains a total of four tracks. Mixing a Skream production with a Tom Jones cover.
The clip was directed by Tom Gallon and was shot entirely in one day, seeing him explore Britain throughout the morning, before heading to France at night.
'First of My Kind' tracklisting:
1. First of My Kind
2. Night Runner
3. Looking Out My Window
4. Colour of the Trap (Acoustic)
'First Of My Kind' EP will be released on April 21st.
Miles Kane has confirmed the following tour dates:
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21 Glasgow Barrowlands
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23 Inverness Ironworks
25 Leeds Academy
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Taking place Aug. 2-5 at Chicago's Grant Park this year's Lollapalooza festival has announced its forthcoming line-up, featuring Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, The Black Keys, Justice, and Avicii as its headliners.
Also on the list are At the Drive-In, Sigur Rós, Florence and the Machine, The Shins, The Afghan Whigs, The Gaslight Anthem, M83, The Weeknd, tUnE-yArDs, Bear In Heaven, Chairlift, SBTRKT, The Walkmen, Neon Indian, Metric, Sharon Van Etten, First Aid Kit, The War on Drugs, Passion Pit, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino, Miike Snow, Washed Out, Of Monsters and Men, Tame Impala, Bowerbirds, Alabama Shakes, J. Cole, Dr. Dog, Dawes, and many others.
Coachella Announces Set Times For First Weekend
Coachella has revealed its list of set times for April 13-15. You can view the whole itinerary of performances below.
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Not the most glamorous picture, but here I am in PA where I've pulled over to send in this report of the trek.
The pile and jumble behind me is my precious pottery that I've picked to show at Leslie's gallery.
In some way it's like a diamond in the rough. A pile and jumble of towels, blankets, plastic totes, buble wrap, and cardboard boxes carefully transporting and cleverly disguising what I presume to be the best the past two mos. of work. We'll unpack them at the gallery tomorrow and rearrange them so that they can shine.
Kutztown, PA & Tess & David's house is tonight's destination. I'd better get going.


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Annual conference previews and listings from big conferences not exclusively devoted to sound (the American Studies Association, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Modern Language Association, and the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. . .and more!).


The Ukraine crisis has been a huge wake up call for the EU and NATO. Each organisation knows that it must work with the other. And for the first time in over a decade they are making a visibly concerted effort to cooperate.
It would be unacceptable if they did not. Both are headquartered in Brussels, deal with Europe's security and defence, and share 22 member states. Europe's security demands that they should cooperate. Yet for years they have barely managed to communicate, let alone work together.
So we warmly welcome and acknowledge last July's Joint Declaration, last December's Common Set of Proposals for Cooperation, and the increasingly successful efforts by the EU's and NATO's hard working staffs to implement these proposals.
But this is not enough, as is clear from the report by the European Leadership Network (ELN): "EU-NATO Relations: Inching forward" EU member states and NATO Allies need not just to want the EU and NATO to work together but to invest the political energy to make this happen.
The ELN report shows that this is not as hard as is often imagined. Political differences between a small minority of Allies and member states and respect for the organisations' different mandates, decision making autonomy and institutional integrity, need not hold all progress hostage. Ultimately, the greater obstacles are lack of attention in European capitals, lack of resources and practical arrangements for collaboration in the two organisations, lack of knowledge in each organisation about the other, and a long-standing lack of cultural affinity made worse by years of diplomatic trench warfare.
These obstacles can now be overcome. And overcoming them would unlock greater efficiencies, greater effectiveness separately and jointly, powerful synergies, and genuine and much needed collaboration for the sake of Europe's security and well-being.
Resource. Set more staff from the European Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU agencies to work on security and defence issues, security clear more staff, train personnel to work with confidential and classified information and provide secure communications equipment. NATO, with better security but many fewer total staff, needs money from NATO Allies for extra people to implement the Joint Declaration and the Common Set of Proposals.
Educate. Mutual familiarity is crucial for long-term collaboration. Establish sustainable and sustained mutual education between and about the two institutions. Member states' delegations in both institutions should host workshops for NATO and EU staff and for their own personnel. Staff exchange between the two institutions should be incentivised, particularly in the seven areas of the Joint Declaration. Frequent, regular visits of international staff and national delegations to each other's institutions should become central.
Explain. Create a compelling narrative on EU-NATO cooperation that promotes a better understanding of the value added by their cooperation, dispels concerns among domestic audiences and partner countries, and supports greater transparency and sustainability of activities. Aligning the EU and NATO message would foster coherence on the seven areas of cooperation and greater will to act against common threats.
Be ambitious. If Europe's security is to be protected as it needs to be, EU member states and NATO Allies will have to shift in thought, word and deed from mere cooperation – working together on goals that happen to overlap - to active collaboration – working together towards shared goals. The international staffs need clear guidance that the goal is collaboration for real world effect, not simply cooperation for political effect or to avoid duplication or optimise resources. Member states should be clearer that the process continues far beyond 2017 and that the shared goal in working together is better security for Europe.
This statement is published in the name only of those who have signed, and not on behalf of all of the members of the European Leadership Network.


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Baradaran Argues for the Return of Postal Banking to Combat Inequality
by Samantha Ickes on July 5, 2016 2.83K views
The average American would need to borrow money if faced with a shortfall of $400 due to unexpected expenses, said Mehrsa Baradaran, author of How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy.
During the 10:45 a.m. July 5 morning lecture in the Amphitheater, Baradaran discussed the issues of America's current banking system and the inequality low-income individuals and families face when it comes to finding a bank. She offered a solution to this inequality: postal banking.
Baradaran said many low-income individuals do not have multiple banking options to choose from and are forced to pay high percentages to receive their money. For example, those who use paycheck cashers rather than a banking system pay up to 10 percent of their income to get their money. This, in part, is due to the fact that five or six banks control 80 percent of the country's assets.
"I want to make the case that this is not just a market problem but a problem for our democracy," Baradaran said. "Our banking system has never been completely egalitarian or accessible to everyone."
Since the establishment of banks by the Founding Fathers, Baradaran said the banking system has been "entangled with the federal government." She argued that banks could not function without the government.
"Trust is the currency of banking, and the government provides them this trust. It's not a subsidy," Baradaran said. "Saying federal support of banking is a subsidy is like saying the wheels of your car are a bonus feature. Banks don't run without government support."
Mehrsa Baradaran, author of How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy, delivers her lecture on banking inequality in America July 5, 2016 in the Amphitheater. In her book, Baradaran proposed a solution: postal banking, which will allow branches of the U.S. Postal Service to facilitate basic bank services such as check cashing, savings accounts and small loans. Photo by Eslah Attar
However, Baradaran believes inequality is introduced into the system because of fees such as overdrafting charges that can make owning a bank account a risk. For example, she said $35 may be charged for an overdrawn account. That $35 will keep accumulating day by day, putting the account holder further into debt.
"You're paying money you don't have because you don't have money," Baradaran said. "A lot of the poor decide, you know what, it's not worth it to me to have a bank account. I'd rather pay a check casher 10 percent of my check just so I can avoid those random, punitive charges."
Baradaran also mentioned payday lenders or cash advance loans, an option often left as a last resort for individuals who need money for an unexpected emergency.
Though the stereotype may be that the only people using payday lenders are ignorant, criminals, or working on the black market, Baradaran painted a picture of a single mother in her mid-40s whose car broke down. The woman needs $500 to fix her car so she can go to work to pay the rent and buy food for her kids. That woman has no option but to go to a payday lender who charges an extremely high interest rate.
"They're people who manage their money better than I do, who know where their money is, how much interest is going where, but they can't just make ends meet," Baradaran said.
Postal banking, however, would provide an alternative option for individuals without charging outrageous fees and interest rates, Baradaran said. As the banking system focuses on profit, Baradaran believes postal banking could be self-sustaining and focus on the needs of the people rather than accumulating profit.
Post offices are accessible in every region of the country and have been self-sustaining since before the creation of the Constitution, making them, in Baradaran's eyes, the foundation of America's democracy.
"Usury used to be based on moral principles, religious principles, i.e. it is wrong, morally wrong, to charge a desperate borrower 400 percent APR, and essentially now we talk about usury on purely economic terms, i.e. any interest rate is appropriate so long as there is a willing buyer," Baradaran said.
The idea of postal banking in the United States was first proposed in 1871 by President Ulysses S. Grant's postmaster, John Creswell. However, the nation's bankers opposed the idea.
Over the course of 40 years, compromise and various bills were discussed to come up with a system that would both suit the needs of the people and the demands of the banking system. In 1910, postal banking was to be the poor man's bank, which would only be allowed to charge 2 percent interest.
By 1913, the system was declared a success. By 1930, postal banks received double the number of bank deposits from previous years with a peak of $3.4 billion in deposits during 1947.
However, Baradaran said, postal banking saw a swift decline during the 1950s as the nation approached the "golden era of community banking" with a bank on every corner. Soon the post offices were left without the ability to do banking.
Little did the government know that decades later, limited banking options would again be a pressing issue of inequality, Baradaran said.
"The postal banking system died a quiet death," Baradaran said. "There was very little public discussion when the postal banking system died. At the time until today, the public and press fail to notice the centrality of postal banking."
Today, Baradaran said Wal-Mart fills a portion of the gap left by the fall of postal banking. Individuals are able to cash their checks at a Wal-Mart for two or three dollars. Because individuals are already in the store to shop, it makes it a convenient location for them to cash their check, send a money order or even transfer money overseas for a low cost.
"We're either going to have a Wal-Mart or a post office," Baradaran said. "I prefer it be the post office. I trust the post more than Wal-Mart."
Baradaran, however, remains hopeful the postal banking system will make a return. After an audience member asked if Baradaran works alone in her efforts to promote postal banking, Baradaran said she has teamed up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts and Sen. Sherrod Brown from Ohio. She also said presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has taken up the idea of postal banking, which is also included in the democratic platform for the upcoming election.
Baradaran remains adamant in informing government leaders and citizens about postal banking as a way to help bring low-income individuals into the banking system.
"If we've got people who are struggling instead of throwing them a lifesaver with a low-cost loan, we're giving them an anchor that sinks them further into debt," she said. "That's not the country I think we want to be living in."
Mehrsa Baradaran, author of How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy, delivers her lecture on banking inequality in America July 5, 2016 in the Amphitheater. In her book, Baradaran proposed a solution: postal banking, which will allow branches of the U.S. Postal Service to facilitate basic bank services such as check cashing, savings accounts and small loans. Photos by Eslah Attar
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Enough is enough. I'm all about holding people accountable for their actions. So yes, police officers should be held accountable for what they do. But am I the only one asking who hired these brutal officers scattered throughout the country? Only a sick mind can hire a sick mind. I want to know the names of the people who hired them. We are so busy putting out the officers' names, yet we are not checking the line to see who is behind them. Who…hired…them? Why are they hiring violent and crazy people? And if the ones hiring are making honest mistakes, then why are they making a second mistake and keeping these men on the force? Why are they not firing them instantly. We want to talk about the officers as though they exist in a bubble, as though Casper the friendly ghost hired them.
When we learn the name of the men hiring these officers, we need to put them on trial alongside the officer. I want to find out if they are just making innocent hiring mistakes or the primary cause of the death of these young men and women losing their lives for minor incidents because they are intentionally hiring crazy people to carry guns. Sadly, it seems like hiring mentally and emotionally unstable police officers is a pattern, which leads me to the next questions. Who is hiring the men who are hiring the police officers?
I hope officers soon are held accountable for what they are doing. Meanwhile, give me some names. I want to know who hired each and ever officer who has stability issues and flies off the handle the minute they feel a little fear, or when they see that they have the opportunity for a clean kill with impunity.
Then, give me the names of who is hiring these police chiefs who have no sense of discernment. All their names need to circulate the internet far and wide so they too can be put under a microscope for being an accessory to these brutal and unnecessary murders by their employees, the police officers that work the streets.
All written, my questions should trigger one possibly undeniable truth, that this is all very intentional. The pattern of behavior is in too many police stations in too many cities. The only proof I accept that will show it isn't intentional is for the city and government to hold the hiring squads accountable and let them see we are not idiots and realize the issue didn't start with the police officers hired.