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Deepak Bhatt, MD: THEMIS and THEMIS-PCI
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Deepak Bhatt, MD, executive director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital, offers perspective on the THEMIS and THEMIS-PCI trials.
Deepak Bhatt, MD
The subject of the THEMIS and THEMIS-PCI studies, ticagrelor (brilinta) was one of the most discussed items at the European Society of Cardiology 2019 Congress.
Results of THEMIS show the reversible P2Y12 receptor antagonist could benefit stable CAD patients with diabetes mellitus in ischemic events, but it may also result in major bleeding event risk, as well.
Deepak Bhatt, MD, executive director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, played an integral role in both THEMIS and THEMIS PCI. Bhatt recently offered his perspectives on both trials in an exchange with MD Magazine®.
*Editor's note: In the interest of disclosure, it should be noted that research funding from AstraZeneca was provided to Brigham and Women's Hospital for Bhatt's role as co-Chair and co-PI of THEMIS and THEMIS-PCI.
MD Mag: Can you take us through the background and findings of your study?
Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is known to improve outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), prior myocardial infarction (MI), or recent coronary stenting. What was unknown is whether patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease — a group generally believed to be at high ischemic risk – would benefit from initiation of long-term DAPT with low-dose aspirin plus ticagrelor versus low-dose aspirin (plus placebo). This is what THEMIS was designed to test, with THEMIS-PCI designed prospectively to examine those patients specifically who had a history of previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
MD Mag: What is the clinical takeaway from these studies?
Bhatt: In the overall THEMIS trial — the largest trial in diabetes to date – there was a statistically significant 10% reduction in the primary efficacy endpoint which was the rate of cardiovascular death, MI, or stroke. There were consistent and significant reductions in MI, including ST-elevation MI (STEMI), ischemic stroke, and amputations or acute limb ischemia. This benefit was amplified in THEMIS-PCI, with a significant 15% reduction in the primary efficacy endpoint. There was a significant increase in major bleeding in THEMIS, including a small, but statistically significant 0.2% excess in intracranial bleeding with DAPT, that largely consisted of traumatic subdural hematomas, mostly from falls. In THEMIS-PCI, there was no signal of excess intracranial bleeds (31 versus 33 events), and while other major bleeding was still significantly increased, the excess bleeding was not as large as in the THEMIS patients without a history of PCI. Thus, in carefully selected patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease who have a history of previous coronary stenting and have presumably tolerated DAPT in the past without bleeding complications, the combination of ticagrelor plus low-dose aspirin should be considered. These trial results provide a new option to high-risk patients with diabetes and extend the populations in which DAPT is already known to be beneficial, namely ACS, prior MI, and recent coronary stenting.
MD Mag: What areas would you like to see future research explore?
Bhatt: We are assessing how generalizable the results of THEMIS and THEMIS-PCI may be, and our initial results suggest that there are many patients such as those in THEMIS-PCI who may benefit from this strategy of more intense anti-thrombotic therapy than just aspirin alone. The key is making sure patients are not at elevated risk of bleeding, in which case this strategy of more intense and prolonged anti-thrombotic therapy can backfire. However, in patients at low bleeding risk, this approach can provide a substantial reduction in ischemic events involving the heart, brain, and peripheral circulation as well. Patients with prior PCI would have of course been exposed to a period of DAPT previously at the time of stenting, so such patients appear to be the best candidates for the strategy we studied. Contemporary data show that patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease but without a history of MI are at the same level of ischemic risk as patients with a history of prior MI but without diabetes — thus, there is a large unmet clinical need in these patients.


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The St. Regis Cairo
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International, today announced the highly-anticipated opening of The St. Regis Cairo. Rising tall on the banks of the River Nile, The St. Regis Cairo is an illustrious icon weaving a powerful story of luxury in the region.
Now Open286 RoomsCairo Governorate, EgyptSt. Regis 6 January
Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh, the first Hyatt hotel in the Cambodian capital and the second Hyatt hotel operating in Cambodia. The 247-room property is the largest hotel from a global brand in the city and is located in the heart of the cultural and business district of Doun Penh, which is a 30-minute drive from the airport and within walking distance to the Royal Palace, National Museum and the riverside.
Now Open247 RoomsPhnom Penh, CambodiaHyatt Regency 6 January
voco Strasbourg Centre - the Garden
IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, announces the opening of voco® Strasbourg Centre - The Garden, marking the brand's second opening in France, following the opening of voco® Paris Montparnasse in September last year.
Now Open120 RoomsStrasbourg, Francevoco hotels 6 January
Grand Universe Lucca Autograph Collection
Autograph Collection Hotels, part of Marriott International, today announced the highly anticipated opening of former 16th Century Palazzo, Grand Universe Lucca, Autograph Collection. The 55-guestroom boutique hotel, complete with nine unique suites, joins the brand's diverse and dynamic growing portfolio around the world, championing values of vision, design and craft.
Now Open55 RoomsLucca, ItalyAutograph Collection Hotels 6 January
Residence Inn by Marriott La Quinta
The 108-suite Residence Inn by Marriott hotel in La Quinta, California opened its doors in December. Located at 79-675 Highway 111, the all-suite property will operate as a Marriott franchise, owned by LQ Hospitality Group, LLC and managed by Sunridge Hotel Group of Mesa, Arizona.
Now Open108 RoomsLa Quinta, California, United StatesResidence Inn 5 January
Cambria Hotel Detroit - Shelby Township
Cambria Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), continues its rapid expansion across the country with the opening of the Cambria Hotel Detroit-Shelby Township.
Now Open98 RoomsMichigan, Michigan, United StatesCambria Hotels 5 January
Tru by Hilton Spokane Valley
Hilton's innovative hotel brand, Tru by Hilton, today announced the opening of its latest hotel and the brand's first location in Washington state, Tru by Hilton Spokane Valley. The 92-room hotel, located at 13509 E.
Now Open92 RoomsSpokane Valley, Washington, United StatesTru by Hilton 4 January
Shangri-La Putian
Shangri-La Group today soft opens the first phase of Shangri-La Putian, which features 125 guest rooms, a Chinese restaurant, a banquet hall and conference facilities. As the Group's third hotel in Fujian Province, following Fuzhou and Xiamen, the hotel draws aesthetic inspiration from local elements and encapsulates the city's rich history and culture, all while delivering Shangri-La's distinctive Asian hospitality on the banks of the Shouxi River.
Now Open125 RoomsPutian, Fujian, ChinaShangri-La 4 January
Home2 Suites by Hilton Richmond
Today, Hotel Equities (HE) announced the opening of the Home2 Suites by Hilton-Richmond, located at 5950 National Road East in Richmond. The 100-room all-suite Hilton hotel is owned and developed by The Witness Group (TWG).
Now Open100 RoomsRichmond, Indiana, United StatesHome2 Suites 2 January
Campanile Rungis Orly
Despite the pandemic crisis, Louvre Hotels Group is taking up residence at the heart of the famed French gastronomy hub and largest fresh produce market in the world, Rungis International Market.
Now Open84 RoomsChevilly-Larue, FranceCampanile29 Dec 2020

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Melinda Leigh's books are known for their suspense, but her in-depth characters and the family dynamics of her stories also keep readers coming back for more.
Since scoring a Best First Novel nomination in the ITW Thriller Awards for her 2011 debut, She Can Run, Leigh has gone on to publish 18 novels and a string of novellas co-authored with fellow Wall Street Journal bestseller Kendra Elliot. Leigh is currently juggling several ongoing series, including one centered on prosecutor-turned-defense attorney Morgan Dane and her partner, private investigator Lance Kruger. If you love continuing character series where you can really get to know the people in the story, Leigh's latest Morgan Dane thriller, SECRETS NEVER DIE, is for you.
The Big Thrill recently caught up with Leigh for an inside look at her latest page turner, which finds Dane once again on the trail of a killer.
Please tell us what your new book, SECRETS NEVER DIE, is about.
SECRETS NEVER DIE is the fifth book in the Morgan Dane series. A retired sheriff's deputy is murdered in his home. When his teenage stepson, Evan, disappears from the crime scene, he becomes the prime suspect. The boy's desperate mother begs PI Lance Kruger for help. Kruger and defense attorney Morgan Dane set out to find the teen and prove his innocence, but the evidence against the boy is damning. Their investigation uncovers a string of shocking secrets that make them fear the worst—that Evan could be the real killer's next target.
You've written fiction in a variety of lengths. Do you prefer novellas or book length?
I enjoy the variety of writing in different lengths. Novels give me the opportunity to explore greater depth of story, character, and subplots. I don't plot my whole book before I start. I often start with outlining just a few major points. Every time I've tried to be disciplined and outline my book, I've changed my mind and tossed the outline by the midpoint. I enjoy discovering the story as I write. Because of my process, I often find the novella more challenging. Writing shorter works forces me to plot and to keep the story tight and focused. It's a great exercise that has improved my overall writing.
You have a fantastic backlist, many of which are series installments. What are the advantages or disadvantages of single title vs. series for you?
The Morgan Dane series was my first continuing character series, and I've enjoyed it more than I anticipated. The slower, more organic progression of the romantic relationship doesn't intrude on the mystery plot. I'm not forced to resolve every conflict in one book. Morgan and Lance's relationship feels natural and solid.
I like to experiment with new techniques. It helps keep my writing fresh. Most of my early books were loosely connected. Secondary characters from one book would become primary characters in another. But I found myself wanting to explore more complex characters and to take my time in developing them.
You are a rare breed: a former banker who writes suspense/romantic fiction. Was there any transfer of talents and requirements from one career to the other?
My experience in business was extremely useful in getting my work published. As a banker, I cold-called on prospective clients. Rejection was part of the job. So, when I began querying my first book, She Can Run, I didn't take rejections personally. Publishing is a business. Rejections meant the book still needed work to be marketable.
I knew nothing about writing when I started my first book. I remember getting comments back from a contest submission about POV. I had to google POV to see what the term meant. I had to revise She Can Run five times before an agent offered representation. Apparently, writing was a skill I needed to learn the hard way.
I've also written romantic suspense for years. My grit-teeth section always comes in the middle ("muddle") of the book, because I know that part of the story can sag.
Can you give writers any advice on getting and keeping the action going?
I mentioned earlier that I don't plot my books before I start. I begin with outlining just a few plot points. However, one of these points is a middle plot twist that turns the investigation in a new direction and drives the plot toward the climax. I believe this story upheaval is the key to eliminating the sagging middle.
Can you tell us a bit about your lead character, Morgan Dane? Does she have any traits you have borrowed from yourself or people you know, or is she purely fiction?
I'm not quite sure how to answer this. All of the above? I draw from my own life experience and from those of people I know. I love to meet new people. I also read memoirs. I'm a nerd. I love history, but I want more than the facts. I want to know how events affected people's lives, and I want to know how those events made them feel. Memoirs are wonderful for transforming events into consequences and emotions.
My most heartwarming—and heartbreaking—reader email was from a woman who, like Morgan, had lost her husband in Iraq. She identified with Morgan's struggle to recover from her loss and was inspired by her determination to move on with her life. The fact that my fictional character affected her so strongly meant more to me that I can express.
With "real life" always impinging, how do you discipline yourself to find time to write—and, in this media-mad age, to promote? Any advice for writers struggling with this balance?
I find it's easier to focus if I break down the process into a weekly page/word count. Contemplating a 400-page book can seem overwhelming. Forty pages a week feels much less intimidating. I also make lists of tasks, no matter how small. Crossing things off a list makes me ridiculously happy. But there are those weeks when I'm stumped by my plot or stuck on a scene, and I find myself procrasti-shopping online. Then I'm shocked by the number of Amazon boxes on my doorstep the following week.
Melinda Leigh is a Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author. Her books have sold over 5 million copies, and she has garnered numerous publishing awards, including nominations for an International Thriller Award and two RITAs. A martial artist and animal lover, Melinda lives in Florida with her family and a small herd of rescue pets.
To learn more about Melinda and her work, please visit her website.
Published since 1982, Karen Harper is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary suspense and historical novels about real British women. She is the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel, Dark Angel.Her current suspense novels are The South Shores Series, and her most recent historical releases are The It Girls and The Royal Nanny.
Visit Karen at: www.karenharperauthor.com and follow her on Facebook.


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NBA 2K esports tournament features NBA players
The Coronavirus pandemic is critically impacting all areas of regular sports entertainment. As social distancing is now more important than ever, the NBA decided that something had to be done. Fans knew that some brainstorming need to be done in order for the NBA to keep close relations with its community. After all, players competing amongst themselves will create some unique feelings and excitement. It's a chance for the NBA to have a medium that reflects the reality of the field as much as possible.
16 Player Tournament on NBA 2K
A lot of fans would love to see their favorite players in a new light and this 2K esports tournament might be an opportunity to create a new kind of bond between players and supporters. The tournament will be on the NBA 2K20 game and will feature some of the best athletes in basketball, like the double Finals MVP Kevin Durant or Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell. Fans will be able to spectate this tournament on ESPN starting this Friday.
Some details are still in discussion. In some ways, it's also a trial. If this 2K esports tournament is a success, there might be a way to implement this new form of content permanently. This would be ideal in an NBA off-season. With the NBA superstars promoting this event, it will definitely be something to look forward to. Fox Sports did something similar that saw a huge success regarding NASCAR and the NFL.
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As grim as the recession may be, it is not just the ghost of Giftsmas present, but the ghost of Giftsmas future that holds before us the darkest days: the death of the bright, shiny consumerist era.
Erik Richardson offers readers a little Scrooge-inspired satire in time for the holidays.
With the recession, people in the streets are talking a lot about how they are returning to a simpler life, less focused on material goods.
OE: So tell us, Mr. Scrooge, is there really any cause for hope that we will come through this period with our planned-obsolescence lifestyles intact?
ES: I beseech you, my fellow Americans, do not rush to trade in your Escalades for compacts, nor give up your Wall Street dreams of a big, juicy, roasted bonus trimmed with taxpayers' money.
OE: But as the "Black Friday" sales have begun to launch a month ahead of their traditional day after Thanksgiving, even former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan has revealed that 40 years of economic theory – based on the idea that the market is best directed by personal interest – was flawed.
ES: Bah, humbug! Greensleeves just needs a couple of weeks in the Bahamas and he'll be fine.
OE: Well, he is hardly alone. Surely at some point we have to allow that if enough people want a simpler, more earth-friendly, post-consumer society, the market should be able to provide that product as it has others.
ES: Oh, don't talk to me about vague idealism; that's the kind of imaginative fiction that slows down the great clockwork capitalist machine in the first place, whether it's 19th century England or 21st century America.
OE: Fair enough. We but we're not just talking theoretically; we have brought along some examples of a changing level of demand for a post-consumer society. Let's look at each of these in turn, and see what you think.
OE: We talked with Kristen, whose husband runs a related small business specializing in architectural renovation and restoration. She is a good example of the recession accenting a trend that was already in place; in this case a family that launched its own business.
KO: Actually, we cut back way before everyone else, when Patrick started his business. Suddenly we only had one income — that wasn't really sufficient. We had always eschewed overconsumption but we were forced to really consume only the essentials. The one area we didn't really cut back on was food. We believe in eating well and eating quality foods, but pretty much everything else was sacrificed. The interesting thing is that we didn't really mind at all, and we've made adjustments in order to keep a simpler lifestyle even in periods when the economy isn't slowed down.
We now get movies and cds from the library, kids clothes from consignment shops and garage sales. I don't buy anything for myself unless it is on sale. I'm sure this will continue even as our incomes grow.
As for others around us, I'd say that even though a lot of people talk about making similar changes in their lifestyles, the majority of them just keep on with "business as usual." Plenty of people around here are still driving SUVs. On the other hand, I hear the restaurants are suffering because people aren't eating out as much.
OE: It sounds to me, Mr. Scrooge, like there is a shift from meaningless "things" to more meaningful shared experiences with people.
ES: Buying less and checking books out from the library? Well, that kind of talk sounds crazy. In fact, even though there has been a lot more talk about a simpler lifestyle and growing your own food and so on, the primary effect of all that talk is really counterproductive as it undermines the economy further and deepens the recession.
OE: What a surprising view. It seems like maybe if we didn't constantly bombard people to make them think they "need" the newest car or the biggest house, then there would still be plenty of things to go around, and we might have time to find happiness in the things we have already.
ES: That's falderall. If our years of experience have told us anything it's that people don't care about happiness. People care about excitement! Junk like happiness and a sense of peace are boring, boring, boring. Did you ever think about why nobody sits around reading a book or watching a movie about people who are happy and contented? I can tell you! It's because it would be boring.
OE: There seems to be a theme to your thinking. Perhaps we can come back to it later. Let's turn to our second case.
TW: I think one good thing that will come out of the current threat of economic collapse is that it is providing the required crisis to push "green" concerns up the ladder a rung or two.
Part of what we are learning from the current recession is how inaccurate our view of the economy was for a long time — in terms of how it works, the role of high consumer spending, and the detrimental function of various financial markets and institutions. There is a fundamental reordering of an economy that relied on consumerism for 70% of its resources and only saved one or two percent for a decade or more.
Of course the situation is complicated by the common perception —fed by the media coverage, though with some economics underpinning it — that cutting back too much on our spending prolongs the recession by decreasing sales, therefore jobs, therefore even more spending, therefore even more jobs, etc. In response to this, I would have to say: Don't believe the hype. Not all spending is equal in terms of how it helps the economy, and the current meltdown has shown us a little more clearly how many "hidden" costs have been hidden from us.
Currently our life of illusory convenience comes with a cost as well,  both for your personal income, for the economy as a whole … and it lacks a certain integrity. We have to realize that the difference is not between costs and no costs, but between costs we can see (and understand) and costs we can't see. Trading off for more costs we can see is particularly important in its effect on our ability to make decisions that are in line with our real preferences and values.
The gardening example is a strong core case — everyone needs to understand what really goes into producing a product, and food happens to be the best mechanism for this lesson. That may mean less time flipping through cable channels, or playing Wii. But it certainly won't eliminate entertainment, and may substitute an understanding of how things work that will provide small margins of purchasing power.
OE: How about that, Ebenezer? It sounds like the people you accused of being Soviet-style communists are turning the tables by pointing out that it is exactly the kind of over-centralized economy reminiscent of the Soviets that they are working against — the very economy that caused the empire to implode.
ES: Humbug! The reason that system didn't work is that not enough people were given access to opportunities to indulge their natural desire for a constant stream of shiny, new toys, fancier and fancier houses, and the right to earn a quarter-million dollar bonus at the end of the year. Life in the Soviet Union was mostly boring.
OE: But your theory doesn't really explain why, in the successful American capitalist society that has provided more of those opportunities to more people, you can have the rise of movements to support co-op community gardens and books like Get Satisfied: How Twenty People Like You Found the Satisfaction of Enough.
ES: That's easy enough to explain. They're just "sour grapes" types, like the fox in the fable — because they lack financial opportunities, they're trying to convince themselves and others that having money is not the way to happiness. Why, if there's any lesson you should have learned from Dickens' novel about me, it's that saving money and doing without is the source of all unhappiness. I wasn't happy until I started throwing my money around, Bob Cratchit wasn't happy until he got a fancy meal and a big, fat raise. That's universal truth: true happiness comes from spending money. To people like your architect and your restoration consultant, I say: If you are not willing to funnel your tax money to shore up the businesses of overpaid, over-manipulative financiers and genetically-altered-food-producing agribusiness conglomerates, then you don't deserve a big, beautiful SUV or a house with three times as many rooms as there are people living in it; and if you aren't willing to live inside a credit-driven Ponzi scheme, then I can think of no more fitting fate than for you to have to go dig in the garden and cook your own food while hanging around and chatting with a bunch of other happy, contented people. Sounds perfectly boring to me.
1 There would have been three "spirits," but the group was recently downsized due to the recession.


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Are you all ready for the Lovebird Bird Walk on Valentine's Day!
Pets are the only lovebirds of the avian types that I know of in Idaho. Native to the arid Namib Desert in western Africa, the Peach-faced Lovebird is a popular domestic bird in the United States. Due to the arid desert climate of Arizona there is a booming population of feral Peach-faced Lovebirds in the Phoenix metro area. I'm not sure if they escaped or if someone intentionally released them, but they are thriving in the climate that so closely matches their native climate.
While I grew up here in the Treasure Valley, I did live and work for SunCor in AZ for four years. Because of the heat my kids hardly used their swing set, so I turned it into a bird feeder paradise. We had half a dozen Peach-faced Lovebirds visit our feeders regularly. They are really beautiful and we enjoyed their loud and distinctive chirps.
I find it humorous to see that they sell in local pet stores for $80 a piece while I had them for the few cents worth of birdseed and I didn't have to clean out their cage, nor the long-term committment.
Pine Siskins have dropped by!


Japan can be a wonderful place to travel in. The people are friendly and tolerant of photography and it is one of the safest countries in the world. Many Japanese speak English very well and most speak at least some English. Still, it's a good idea to know at least some Japanese words.
Japan has an ancient and distinctive culture that is intact, offering many ancient places and remarkable experiences. At the same time, the countryside is very varied with memorable landscapes and wonderful wildlife.
Some people go to Japan and expect to stay in Western-style hotel rooms and eat Western-style food. Those people are really missing out. Sometimes it's necessary to stay in hotels and they can be very good but it's the traditional Japanese ryokans that offer the best experiences. It can be a cross between staying in an historic dwelling and a family home.
Japanese food is very varied. I didn't find all of the cheaper options sensational but Japanese meals can be exquisite. If you don't try a variety of options you'll never know what you missed out on.
Many ryokans and hotels include onsen or thermal baths and in some places there are private onsen available from the street. In many cases these use natural thermal water. They can be either private or communal and in the latter case will be segregated by gender. Some places I went to had thermal baths that were open to the outside elements and in a couple of occasions I was able to relax in one of these and watch the snow slowly descend in the -10°C night (14°F). I worked out that the key here was to warm up first in an indoor pool.
The trains in Japan are incredibly efficient and the bullet trains are a delight. If you're going to be traveling widely in Japan it can be a good idea to get a Japan Rail Pass, which you have to purchase before you leave. There is also a complete set of rail timetables available on the web, which can be very useful.
You don't want to be struggling with too many large and heavy bags on the train, though. There's not much storage space and it's not necessary. The Japanese have a wonderful system called Takuhaibin services whereby for a modest charge you can send your heavy luggage on from one ryokan or hotel to the next.
Trains and walking are generally the best ways to get around. Buses are often available and taxis can be fairly cheap, though not necessarily to and from the airport which can be a long way. Rental cars can be an option in country areas, but not, for example, in Tokyo. It probably helps if you're used to driving on the left hand side of the road and navigation can be a problem so an English-language GPS is probably essential.
I took along a GPS with a Japan map. In a town such as Kyoto I'd first make sure I had saved the location of my ryokan or hotel. Then after walking around for many hours I could turn to the GPS and ask it "How do I get back to where I'm staying?".
Weather can be quite varied according to what end of the country you are in and the season. I found a site which lists historical weather in Japan for many towns by month from 1946. This meant I could know before I left what the likelihood of rain or snow was in a particular place and time of year, as well as what the worst and the best the weather could be. This helps in knowing what clothes to bring.
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Interesting, competent, useful and superbly illustrated. A most enjoyable read.
The first photo looks like a woodcut -wonderful!
That's at the Zen temple where I was able to stay when I first arrived in Japan, in Kyoto. It's pretty much a view from outside my room. I was starting to prepare some monochrome conversions for my next post, my last post in Japan, and I decided it belonged better in this post.
The effect simulates an ambrotype, a photographic process from the 1850s that replaced the daguerrotype and just seems particularly appropriate for this image, which has no clues to modernity. I think it works much better than the colour image (https://murrayfoote.com/2012/01/28/27th-to-29th-january-kyoto-shunko-in-and-myoshin-ji/).


DeZURIK/APCO/HILTON will highlight Valve Solutions for Water & Wastewater applications at the WEFTEC 2017 Exhibition, October 2-3 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. DeZURIK will be in booth 1635.
DeZURIK valves meet the challenge of corrosive and abrasive waste slurries, digester gas control systems, and efficient handling of clean water. They are designed and manufactured for durability, long service life and maintenance ease. With seat and both materials that withstand a variety of slurries, chemicals and sludge. Our high-quality of products and team of experts make us a global leader in manufacturing valves for water treatment, sewage treatment and water distribution.


Following up on a collaboration which spanned multiple series, leading up to Mike Mignola's return to both writing and drawing his beloved demon, artist Duncan Fegredo returns to tell a story about a young Hellboy's first brush with hell.
In this beautifully drawn fifty-six-page graphic novel, a young Hellboy runs away from the B.P.R.D., only to stumble upon a weird and fantastical circus and the few demons from hell who inhabit it.
"This one owes a lot to Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (pretty much my favorite circus story of all time), but even more to Pinocchio—especially all the spooky, disturbing bits Disney left out. And the work Duncan is doing here is just flat-out amazing," said Mike Mignola.
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus arrives in a beautiful hardcover format similar to the previously released Hellboy: House of the Living Dead (created in collaboration with legendary artist Richard Corben in 2011). This new tale arrives on shelves on October 23, carrying a retail price of $14.99.


On July 15th the 5th 8P conference will take place in Odessa. Main focus of the conference is traffic arbitrage, SEO, PPC, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile apps promotion.
Participants are such top companies as Microsoft, SimilarWeb, Depositphotos, K50, Alytics, SimilarWeb, OWOX, Ostrovok, iProspect. There also will be participants from METRO Cash&Carry, Provectus, Ciklum, Tavria V, Zootovary, On Clinic and others.
The conference will be essential for founders and CEO of e-commerce. It also will be interesting for startups, SEO- and PPC-specialists. Here you can watch 40 seconds video and see how it was during former 8P conferences.
Vyacheslav Volokha (Citrus.UA) and others.
There are going to be lectures in a brand new format. Services and agencies will present their lectures together with client's representatives. Such format will allow you to get the most detailed cases. In one day of the conference participants will see 40 presentations. There also will be a second part to it – 2 round tables.
At the moment you can purchase 8P tickets starting from 1600 UAH. Don't forget to use a promo code eLogic for 10% discount.
Become a part of a unique conference! Spend your day in Odessa with the most progressive decision-makers. Learn from the best, enjoy good food — and in 40 ft from Black sea to boot!
Organizer of the event — internet-marketing agency Netpeak.
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In many modern editors, tabs are used to represent different files. While you can certainly do this in Vim, you might want to consider their original purpose.
Vim uses tabs to switch between collections of windows, allowing you to effectively have multiple workspaces. Tabs are often used to work on a slightly different problem or set of files within the same Vim session. Personally, I don't get a lot of use out of tab pages, but if you find yourself often switching context within the project or between projects, then tabs might be exactly what you're looking for.
Another reason to use tabs would be Vim's diff functionality, which works per tab. You can read more about the vimdiff in Chapter 5, Build, Test, and Execute.


The Oromo people had legitimate political and historical grievances. Sadly, they were unable to organize a political party that could articulated their grievances and formulate a clear vision with a winning strategy. The OLF was led by individuals who were busy fabricating false narratives and marrying it with a self-defeating, if not embarrassing, juvenile politics. The OPDO was under the clutches of TPLF.
The worsening grievance under TPLF, the absence of an effective Oromo political organization, and the growing youth population created the perfect storm for an Oromo demagogue.
Jawar Mohammed emerged and filled the gap. He was unscrupulous, articulate, and a tactician of Meles Zenawi's caliber. He mesmerized the Oromo youth, enraging it with brilliant demagogy one minute and calming it down to wait for further instruction the next moment.
Qerro became the institutional voice and face of the Oromo grievance and demand for change. The Qerro energy led to the emergence of Fanno in Amhara tribal homeland. Though nervous about Fanno, Jawar leveraged it to weaken TPLF. TPLF was watching its undoing in a slow motion. It was outwitted and outmaneuvered by Jawar at every turn.
To say that Jawar single-handedly reduced TPLF into a sitting duck ripe for the picking may be an overstatement to some degree, but it would not be a hyperbole.
Lemma Megersa went to the Amhara tribal land and declared እትዮጵያዊነት ሱስ ነው. This perturbed the Qerro and Fanno sentiment of rebellion, and pulled the rug from under the theology of tribal hymns. We said Hallelujah!
We said God is Almighty and the Almighty is Mighty Great! Our souls danced with ecstasy and our spirits soared even higher!
With two Oromos (Abiy and Lemma) at the helm of the Ethiopian and Oromo political landscapes, Jawar's rhetorical empire was stripped of its magical wand. Ethiopia's political contour coalesced toward a nationalist agenda, weakening his political base.
But the Abiy government and the Qerro government as Jawar envisioned it could not live in harmony, much less share a throne. The one led by Abiy is inherently a nationalist government. The other led by Jawar is tribalist anchored in Finfine politics. For those who wonder what Finfine politics is, it is a whitewashed version of the "greater Oromia" politics of OLF.
What Jawar failed to understand was that the Qerro movement before and after TPLF's reign of terror was fundamentally different. His brilliant demagogy that brought TPLF to its knees is utterly useless in today's Ethiopian politics. EPRDF under the clutches of TPLF lacked legitimacy and strategy. EPRDF under Abiy is a sophisticated political machinery and a strike of genius.
Those of you who know me know that I don't have it in me to brag. But I think the alluring murmur in my head proved to be a loud siren that kept getting louder.
The Appointment of Takele Umma was a genius move to desensitize and de-energize and ultimately deflate the Finfine Politics.
As I wondered in a July blog, "Does the brouhaha class believe the Prime Minister appointed Takele Umma as a Mayor of Addis Ababa because he is an Oromo fundamentalist or because he is a part of the OPDO drivers of change who is behind team Abiy and Lemma?" The answer is clear in the picture shown below.
Another genius move is the appointment of Bertukan Mideksa. She is genuinely Ethiopian, proudly Oromo and unapologetically nationalist. This is driving Jawar and TPLF off the wall.
Indeed, the tribal camp has taken refuge in the hinterland of "ጤና ነሳኝ".
Jawar's current temper tantrum is nothing more than a flipping and flapping of a fish that has been washed out out of the ocean and left on a scorching sand. It is an Omen for the end of Finfine politics.
Unbeknownst to many of us, our Thanksgiving has been going on for some time. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Interesting about the machinations of politics in Ethiopia. What is missing is the great powers who pill the strings from abroad. The have all the players lined up for the next round of drama.
You are a political genious to put together, every line with hot button and trending steadly showing the raise and downfall of jawar and and saround him with their finfine politics. Exactly where the trend crosses between jawar and dr abiy cannot tell but surly Dr Abiy trending to reach the peak. Where as jawar is reaching to the buttom and crashing point. Everything he is doing now is to change or slowdown the fast pace raising trend of acceptance dr abiy and as you put it, jawar and his crew of finfine are done and soon will see dissappear from the face of our politics. It's no wonder Dawud Ybssa trying to play the game of his gun obsession where deep inside he knew a country cannot have to forces and try to use it as a bargaining coin but a dangerious one.
Even the finfine theorists are on their sort of last meal because the history of addis, formerly called "Berera" is challenging their falsehood.
I'm really entertaining by the unfolding truth in ethiopia and due time panishing perpetrators and those who stood in defiance.
You are putting your idea as Jawar loss every thing and sliding down to the the bottom. But the reality on the ground is not what you have mentioned on the above articles. Our hero Jawar has been doing what he want to do at any junction point closed every battle with honorably. How could you compare Dr Abiy with Jawar? They are both a coins of different face if you are eager to divide us using this as opportunity (what you have mentioned in the article) please such disagreement is political game. Don't be folly the only thing you have to do is just refrain your self from narrating on what you have no idea about the issue. And just stop gambling with Jawar, he is distant from where you are by all angel!!!!!


Need for Speed has been the best selling racing franchise for every year since 2002, making a lot of money to its publisher Electronic Arts (EA). However, during its earnings call, CEO Andrew Wilson confirmed that the 13 year streak will be finally broken.
According to Wilson, the purpose of the delay is to "ensure we're delivering a high-quality experience for Need for Speed players next year," translating into Ghost Games' development on the Need For Speed franchise isn't going as smoothly as it could.
It makes sense, as a the series has seen a huge and turbulent overhaul over the last few years. After suffering for years of schizophrenic development between several studios, the huge critical success of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Need for Speed: Most Wanted led EA to put the franchise's artistic fate totally in Burnout developer Criterion Games' hands. However, nothing further ever emerged from the pairing as many of Criterion's employees left the company soon afterwards, including Vice President Alex Ward.
Since then, EA established Ghost Games to handle Need For Speed: Rivals back in 2013. The new studio promised to restore credibility to the series by exclusively using the Frostbite Engine 3 and making it much more consistent. In the end, Need For Speed: Rivals failed to impress critics and fans the way Criterion's entries had.
If Ghost Games wants to outperform Criterion's excellence, it's probably going to take more than a single studio's yearly development cycle to do so. And this is likely why we are seeing this delay.
During its earnings call, Wilson also suggested that the remains of Criterion Games has an unannounced game that could be revealed at E3 this year.


Several years ago, a bicycle repair guy asked the Husband and me, "Do you do everything together?"
"Almost," one of us, and possibly both, said.
"Both your bikes had a broken spoke in the rear wheel at the same spot," said the bicycle repair guy, shaking his head in what seemed like disbelief that that was possible.
The husband and I have been pretty much with each other 24/7 for the past 13 years.
Last Thursday, I shared with you, dear readers, the beginning of my 30 years as a writer and editor. That was the upside of 30 years ago. The downside was the death of the Daddy, two weeks after I started my new job.
The last time I saw him was the weekend before I started work. The parents were both happy—the Daddy, in particular—that I finally got a job. One, especially, that I was excited about.
On the last evening of my visit, I was rummaging through my old bedroom closet for some stuff. I don't know how long the Daddy had stood at the bedroom door watching me before I realized he was there.
"Do you want something?" I asked.
He smiled. "No," he said.
I returned to my quest. He stood there for a few more seconds, then left. It was such a odd thing for him to do.
On Saturday, the Husband, the Mama, and I took the plunge and adopted Missy Molly by Golly. She's about one-and-a-half years old, more or less. A mix of tortoiseshell and tabby, says the Husband. He told me why, but it went right through the ears. She definitely has a coat of many colors. That's good luck, according to the Mama. For the cat or for us, I don't know.
Molly had lived in a foster home most of her life, so she already knows all the tricks about using the litter box. Yaay! She also has her shots and is spayed, defleaed, microchipped, and whatever else cats need to have done to them today. The foster mother told us that Molly is quite independent. That she prefers to hang around people than with cats and dogs, and that she can do well without other four-legged companions. All reasons for her to come home with us.
Thirty years ago, I began my first day at work in the publishing industry. It was actually my second day of employment, but the first day was a holiday. I still think that was (and is) definitely a great way to start a new job—and a new career.
I had not planned to enter the publishing world. Back then, my goal was to get at least five years of teaching under my belt so I could eventually become a high school counselor or a curriculum developer in a school district. So, what happened? Simple. By the time I earned my teaching credential in social science, there were few teaching jobs. I was in another bout of unemployment when I saw the newspaper ad for an assistant editor position at a small educational publishing house. I figured it was a long chance, but heck, what did I have to lose.
After eight-and-a-half years, I finally opened some boxes marked KITCHEN that belong to the Husband and me. There was stuff I forgot we had. When we moved in with the Mama, most of our belongings stayed in storage. Last month, we consolidated two lockers into one and I decided to bring home some of the KITCHEN boxes. Until late yesterday afternoon, they'd been sitting in the garage. They would probably still be there if we didn't move boxes around to try to find a mouse carcass. Shudder.
We did not find any mouse remains, but we did discover that something ate through the cat carrier—which we had bought to eventually take Mr. L. Gatto Cat to the veterinarian (and it's a good thing we didn't)—to get at the bag of cat litter that we'd stored in the carrier. Was the mouse disappointed when he finally reached the sand?
"Do mice hibernate?" the Husband asked.
It's not that I don't have something in mind to write about. I do. Lots. But, work words must be written first. So, for today, I give you photos of a pink sky on the last evening of 2011. Until Monday, dear readers.
A loved one gets too old to cut her (or his) toenails. That same elderly loved one who can still drag a nine-foot ladder across the backyard and prune a lemon tree, when no one is looking.
In my case, that is the Mama.
I could take the Mama down to a nail salon. But, the idea of a stranger touching one's toesies is creepy. And, you never know if the stranger-who-clips-toenails-for-money really changes her gloves after each customer. That protection is more for the stranger-who-clips-toenails-for-money than for the customers. Forget about trying to convince me otherwise. Then, there is the matter of the strong smell of chemicals. I've walked passed open doors of nail salons and been hit with a big wham of oppressive odors. The stranger-who-clips-toenails-for-money also wears a face mask, which makes me wonder why customers don't wear them either. Heaven knows what breathing in the toxins for even one minute does to your health.


How to Increse Hard Disk size of VirtualBox Virtual Machine .VDI file to Free Space on root Partition or Howto move /usr large partition to separate new partition?
I just wondered how to increase hard disk size of Virtualbox Virtual Machine image .VDI, because for some stupid reason I've created my initial hard disk size for Linux partition to be the default 10 Gigabytes.
in /var/lib/mysql for the database import. So what can I do in that case is to simply free up disk space or Merge ROOT partition with another partition.
Since merging the partition is not a trivial job and would require me to have installable CD with the Linux distro (in my case that's Debian Linux) or have a bootable USB flash drive, I preferred second approach to problem e.g. to free up disk space on ROOT partition by creating a second partition and move the /usr folder to reside there.
Before that it is of course necessery to have extended the .VDI file using VirtualBox, so more space than the default 10GB preconfigured are available, this is easily done on Windows OS as, VBox is provided with GUI clickable option to do it, but for who knows what reason that is not the case with Linux, so Linux users only option to increase VDI file is to manually run command part of the virtualbox package, that is not a hard task really but it requires some typing and basic knowledge on how to run commands in terminal.
Above command does resize the 10GB default created partition for Linux, where I have installed Linux which was 99% full of data, because of the many packages I installed to 20GB size, to make it bigger just use the respective size, be it 30000 (for 30GB) or 100000 (for 100GB) etc.
Even though in this example VBoxManage virtual partition resize command was done for GNU / Linux Operating System, it can be done for any other Operating as well to resize the size of the Virtual .VDI file (Virtual Machine) partition, be it Windows 7 / 8 / 10 or the rest of Free Operating systems FreeBSD / OpenBSD / BSD that are installed in a VM etc.
Notice that gparted has to be ran as a root superuser.
Run GParted and create new EXT3 filesystem that is 10GB (the size of the new created partition).
/dev/sda3, anyways just look closely in EXT3 and in your case if the partiition is named differently create according to proper partition /dev/ naming.
Once we have the partition created with EXT3 filesystem, we're ready to move /usr temporary to other folder, I use usually /root for the move but you can create anywhere a new folder for that and move to there.
Note that during the move operations, your Desktop icons will become without (with broken) pictures and the default Debian background picture is to disappear, that's because the GUI environment will soon realize /usr/ libraries that're periodically reloaded in memory are missing and will be unable to reload them as it does in a cycle.
HOW TO CHECK LINUX UUID FOR A PARTITION??
Before adding anything to /etc/fstab you need to check the UUID of /dev/sda3 (or whatever the partition is called), without proper UUID, the system might fail to boot.
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Oct 6 05:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Oct 6 05:16 ..
Open the file with your favourite text editor (gedit / nano / pico / vim / joe) etc.
So it looks like so but, the better practice is to use UUID line given.
Well that's all folks now /usr directory will contain all your heavy root partition (disk filling) libraries and files, so you can happily use /var/lib/mysql or /var/lib/postgresql /var/www to store your web application files and import your databases.
Big thanks to Ubuntu Forums article – How do I increase the hard disk size of the Virtual Machine article for inspiring this post.
Coptic Patriarch Preaching on Hope – We Christians should never loose hope! God is with us!
Whoever believes in Christ he has an everlasting life, as Christ promised us. Faith, Hope and Love are the three essential things we should always keep in heart. I myself being a Christian often forget about importance of Hope. It is one of the spiritual weapons we Christians should hold firmly in our life. I've been in situation, where all around is failing and I'm miserable and powerless, in those moments I should remember more often the Holy Scripture advices that Hope should always be with us. Below preach is the words of Pope Shenouda the Coptic Oriental Church patriach, I believe we can only learn and astonish on his graceful words.
Christ has born! Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday to all my readers!
The meaning of Merry Christmas comes from Christ Mass , the word has changed to (Christmas) through the years.
The origins of the word comes from the western world and especially has a tight relatin with Latin language and the Roman Catholic Church.
In Eastern Orthodox Churches, we say Chestit Rojdestvo Hristovo , which translated to English is Happy Christ's Birth by this tring to put more accent on the real significance of the feast, which is Christ's birth.
It's a pity nowdays many people forgot the real meaning of Merry Christmas but just celebrate without really realizing the deep spiritual meaning this two beautiful words contain.
Our Bulgarian Orthodox Church will mark the Christ's birth with a Holy Liturgy early in Sunday's morning tomorrow 25th of December.
A lot of Best of Health, Good Fortune, Loving Kindness, Hope, Faith, Love and Personal and Professional Success!
May God bring in our hearts the Angels joy which saluted our Saviour Jesus Christ's birth 2011 years ago.
Afterwards even after closing up the opened ssh session or console (tty) / terminal (pts) on which the ping process is background nohup prevents the ping to be sent kill SIGNAL so the process continues running in the background.
It took me like 1 hour of search on the Internet and looking through forum threads and sites to properly install all the hardware. In hope to help someone out there looking to install the hardware Window drivers on ATI RAdeon HD 2600 XT, I've made a small archive of all the drivers necessery to make the Video card , Sound Card and Ethernet be properly installed and operating.
Installation of the drivers on Windows is pretty straight forward download the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT archive extract and install each one of the files contained in the archive. A few restarts will also be necessery after some of the installed drivers to make the drivers work.
ATI Catalyst (included in the archive) will install the Video drivers for the Radeon XT 2600, whether AD1988AB_Audio_V6585_XpVistaWin7 and 11-11_xp32-64_hdmiaudio will install the Audio drivers. Attansic_L1_Lan_V1737907_V10560011159 contained in the archive needs to be extracted and installed to make the Attensic L1 Gigabit ethernet to show up as installed hardware in Windows device manager.


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by The Fish Site
6 November 2008, at 12:00am
AUSTRALIA - Restrictions introduced in September for the control of Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) will be eased from today says the Tasmanian Government.
The restrictions on the movement of abalone in all areas of the State, other than a Restricted Area in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and a small buffer area around it, are now lifted.
Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Rod Andrewartha, said that four restrictions will continue to apply:
The ban on all abalone fishing in the Restricted Area (comprising blocks 14A, 14B, 14C, and 14D, all in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel) continues:
Any abalone taken commercially from block 14E or 15 may only be taken to processors in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel area.
The long-standing restrictions on importing abalone into Tasmania remain in force;
The ban on using abalone guts as bait continues.
During the emergency disease response, various measures were put in place.
"Some were imposed when the disease was first discovered at a processing facility near Hobart in early September. Further restrictions were imposed a week later when there was a positive result to DNA-testing for the virus from one abalone sample taken from block 14B near Southport," Dr Andrewartha said.
The emergency response has involved an extensive surveillance program, including diver observation of the health of abalone over a wide area and the laboratory testing of more than 1600 samples from the wild.
"There has been no evidence of active disease in Tasmania's wild abalone population and only the one positive DNA test. This is a good outcome.
"As a consequence, it is now appropriate to lift the emergency restrictions from most areas of the State.
"It is important to stress that the presence of the AVG virus cannot be ruled out. The results so far indicate that if disease is present it is at a very low level, below the level our surveillance can detect," Dr Andrewartha said.
Even though most of the emergency restrictions have now been lifted, DPIW will continue to work with the abalone sector on biosecurity in the industry to help reduce the risk of AVG and other diseases.
DPIW's Animal Health Laboratory at Mt Pleasant in Launceston is working on an inoculation trial to determine the true status of the single DNA-positive abalone. The ban on abalone fishing in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel blocks will stay at least until the inoculation trial is completed.
"At this stage, we cannot be certain where the AVG found in the processor came from.
"All we can say at this stage is that there is no evidence of widespread disease or virus in the Tasmanian abalone population, and no evidence that the disease at the processing facility came from Victoria," he said.
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The Worst Kisses In 'Bachelor' History Segment Had Twitter Freaking Out & We Get It
By Laura Rizzo
Ready or not, here comes Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of The Bachelor. Fans started out with a lukewarm reaction to this Bachelor vet taking over, but the pre-show on Dec. 11 was what everyone needed to get a little fire in their bellies for Arie. The Bachelor: Countdown To Arie showcased a little about the former contestant, what he's been up to, and introduced the ladies who will be vying for his heart. One part of the special that had people talking (and a little nauseated) was the worst kisses in Bachelor history segment. To say the least, it was hard to watch.
All I keep thinking is if the bad kisses were hard for me to watch, what would it be like to watch yourself be a bad kisser on national television? It makes my palms sweat just thinking about it. Obviously, the internet couldn't let this awkward segment go by without blowing it up on Twitter. Understandably, people had a lot to say about the worst kisses in Bachelor history.
Rewatching all of the clips made it so much better (or worse depending on your perspective). Here were the top 10 worst kisses in Bachelor history.
10. Chris Soules and Ashley I.
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9. JoJo and Wells Adams
8. Jake and Michelle
7. Emily and Doug
6. Josh and Amanda
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5. Rachel and Fred
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4. Bachelor Pad 2
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3. Carly and Evan — Hilarious
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2. Jason and Shannon
1. Ben and Jamie
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Some were slobbery, others had too much tongue, and a few should just never be aired on television ever again.
Although Arie might not be in the spotlight now, back when he was on Season 8 of The Bachelorette (aka Emily Maynard's season) he was the "it" contestant.
Fondly referred to as the "kissing bandit," it was shocking when Emily dumped Arie for Jef Holm. Emily and Jef broke up two months after the show aired — I guess the joke was on them. Womp, womp. Arie was so popular, fans thought for sure he was going to be the next Bachelor, but Sean Lowe was chosen instead.
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Arie speaks Dutch (which is fun to listen to), races cars, and is currently living as a realtor in Arizona.
When Arie was first announced as The Bachelor in September, people were skeptical about his motives. He explained to Good Morning America,
I'll be 36 in a few weeks, so for me it's time. All my friends around me have kids and are grown up, so for me, I feel like I'm the last one of my friends to take that step. And my little brother got married, and he's 24.
Arie told Michael Strahan that becoming The Bachelor happened so fast, it was almost surreal. He said,
The timing of this really fit for me... I was a little skeptical just because we had been in talks for a few years about doing it, and so I just went in with an open mind and open heart, and yeah, it's just kinda hitting me right now that I'm here.
He even kept the news from his family — they literally found out when the rest of America did. HOW ARE YOU SO SNEAKY, ARIE? He dished,
I kind of kept things under wraps just because I didn't know how this would turn out. It's been such a quick turn of events, and ya know, my family doesn't know. So, now they know... they know along with you guys.
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It seems that Arie is personally at the right stage in his life to find love. Honestly, the Arie pre-show got me pumped for the season. All the contestants seem like they have strong personalities, which mixes for amazing drama. Arie's season premieres on Jan. 1, 2018 — you won't want to miss a minute of it.
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How to Keep Employees from Becoming Competitors
May 19, 2015 by Susan Solovic, THE Small Business Expert
Many of you submit questions through my website. I do my best to respond in a timely manner with information to help you succeed in your business. Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions regarding employees who leave to become a competitor so I thought I'd take this opportunity to discuss ways to protect your small business.
Eric from Wisconsin wrote that he had successfully grown his marketing business over several years and had reached the pivotal moment where he felt he needed an employee to help him manage his current workload so he could add more clients. Eric's fear about adding staff wasn't focused as much on the financial risk as it was the risk of training someone on the unique strategies he used for his clients, then watching the employee take that knowledge and start his own firm or go to work for a competitor.
Yes, that can happen and it is a risk every business owner takes. Whether it is intellectual property, a customer list or even something as simple as excellent hands on training, an employee may leave and attempt to take valuable information with him/her. My father groomed a young man in the funeral business, taking him in as an apprentice and teaching him the business for over 20 years. We learned from a family friend that he was in the process of building a new funeral home and was copying files at my family's business at at night. My parents and I confronted him and found out that it was true. We asked him to leave immediately. He cried and said he was sorry, but the damage was done. Fortunately, the my family business continued to prosper while the former employee, buried in debt, struggled to build his business.
There are two important things to acknowledge. First, you can't build a successful, sustainable business without a team. I call it the MYTOP theory — Multiply Yourself Through Other People.
Secondly: There are unethical people in this world and one of them may end up working for you at some time. It is the risk of building a business. There are, however, a few things you can do to protect your business.
Make your company a place where people want to work. Create an environment that is empowering and fun. Give your staff the opportunity to profit as the business profits. Allow them to feel part of the success and they are more likely to remain loyal. When your staff feels a real part of the business, there is less incentive to leave.
Ask employees to sign non-compete/non-disclosure agreements as a condition of their employee. Non-compete documents must be reasonable in time and scope, and you cannot bar an individual from making a living except to the extent that it is necessary to protect your business. The extent to which non-competes are allowable varies per jurisdiction so it is a good idea to consult with your business attorney.
Some people believe non-competes don't provide much value, but in my opinion it minimizes the risk of an employee from jumping ship to go to work for a competitor or to start his own business. At least when the employee signs the document, they are aware that there may be serious consequences for actions they take that could cost you business. If my father had asked his employee to sign a non-compete, the employee would not have been able to launch a competing business in the same area. An important lesson learned.
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The Other Is the Mirror of the Self is a collective exhibition featuring MCAD international students who, after removing themselves from the comfort of their native countries, cultures, and languages, happen to live and work in Minneapolis. As evidenced in their work, on a daily basis they must navigate cultural identities and deal with issues of miscommunication.


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"Van Lingle Mungo" is a song composed and performed by jazz pianist Dave Frishberg. Frishberg wrote both the lyrics and the music. The song, released in 1969, was distributed by Red Day Division of Doramus, Inc. under CTI Records. It was originally released as a single, but was later incorporated into Oklahoma Toad, Frishberg's 1970 LP.

Development

Frishberg developed the melody first, but couldn't settle on lyrics, rejecting several sets of lyrics he drafted. Frishberg browsed through a copy of a baseball encyclopedia, which lists the names of players in Major League Baseball. In the encyclopedia, he found the name of Van Lingle Mungo, a name he found unusual. He later found himself humming Mungo's name to the melody.

From there, Frishberg found more names in the encyclopedia that he found interesting. He proceeded to write song lyrics for the melody that included only the names of major league players and the words "and" and "big", attempting to order the names in a rhyming fashion. The song is performed in bossa nova style.

The players mentioned in most versions of the song, in addition to Mungo, are:

John Antonelli
Eddie Basinski
Augie Bergamo
Frenchy Bordagaray
Lou Boudreau
Harry Brecheen
Roy Campanella
Phil Cavarretta
Frankie Crosetti
Bobby Estalella
Ferris Fain
Augie Galan
Danny Gardella
Johnny Gee
Frankie Gustine
Stan Hack
Sig Jakucki
Eddie Joost
Whitey Kurowski
Max Lanier
Thornton Lee
Ernie Lombardi
 "Heeney" Hank Majeski
Pinky May
Barney McCosky
George McQuinn
Johnny Mize
Hugh Mulcahy
Claude Passeau
Art Passarella
Johnny Pesky
Howard Pollet
Johnny Sain
Hal Trosky
Johnny Vander Meer
Eddie Waitkus
Early Wynn

The list of names is a mixture of well-known players and more obscure ones, all of whom played in the majors during the 1940s (and many of whom also played in parts of the 30s and/or 50s).  Boudreau, Campanella, Lombardi, Mize, and Wynn are all in the Hall Of Fame, and several others also had very long and successful careers.  Among the more obscure players are Bergamo (who played in only two seasons, the fewest of any of the players mentioned), and Gee (who appeared in parts of six seasons, but played in only 44 games, the fewest of any of the players mentioned.)

In the original recording there is one name, Art Passarella, who was an umpire rather than a player. In later recordings, the name of Roy Campanella is substituted in for Passarella.  In the later Retromania: At The Jazz Bakery album, Frishberg changed it back to Passarella. On an early recording that coincided with the release of the Oklahoma Toad album, Frishberg replaces the mellifluous Lou Boudreau and Claude Passeau with Virgil Trucks and Johnny Kucks. With the death of John Antonelli (usually listed as "Johnny") on February 28, 2020, Eddie Basinski became the last surviving player mentioned in the song. Basinski died on January 8, 2022.

Reception
Jazz critic and author Ira Gitler considers "Van Lingle Mungo" as "one of the best jazz works of the 70s and certainly the best ever done combining jazz and baseball." The song has been entered in the National Baseball Library, a section of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. "Van Lingle Mungo" was included in Baseball's Greatest Hits, a 1990 compilation of baseball-themed songs.

Mungo and his wife reported that they both enjoyed the song.

References

External links

1969 songs
Baseball songs and chants
American jazz songs
Songs about baseball players
Cultural depictions of baseball players
Cultural depictions of American men
Bossa nova songs

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Q: Oracle APEX framework is too slow responding to pages requests Edited: Any page takes long time to open, starting from the sign in page along with app builder, any custom app, object browser, sql commands, etc... .
I am using APEX 20.1, ords-20.2.0.178.1804, DB 18c XE , windows 7 64bits, Google chrome Version 84.0.4147.125 (Official Build) (64-bit) and opera Version:70.0.3728.106.
The problem occurred too when I used 12c release 1 enterprise edition with apex 18.2 and ords 18.4.
Here is a video to show you what I mean and the details follow,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fz31jimCuA
When I am using it, Task Manager shows that I have about 700 Free memory space.
Here is a system summary
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name A-PC
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Latitude E6410
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 560  @ 2.67GHz, 2667 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A17, 12/05/2017
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale Egypt
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name a-PC\a
Time Zone Egypt Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.80 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.87 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.60 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.29 GB
Page File Space 3.80 GB
Page File D:\pagefile.sys

The database has one pluggable database(the default one).
Automatic Memory Management is enabled with MEMORY_TARGET set to 1100, SGA_TARGET and PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET set to 0.
The only thing I can notice in Task Manager> Performance Tab> Resource Monitor window is that there are number of hard faults/sec associated with processes oracle.exe, searchindexer.exe and one chrome.exe process. But the maximum number I've seen was 13 and rarely displayed. The majority were 1,2,3, etc... . And they're not always seen. I do not think it could cause this bad performance.
What could be the cause? How do I investigate it?

A: One big issue that I can see is the amount of RAM in your system being 4GB. With Memory_target=1100  + OS + Chrome + Database no wonder you have performance issues.
Basically you need more memory to run all those components..
I invite you to use https://apex.oracle.com in that environment you have the right resources to ensure consistent and proper response time.

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books How Smart Women Got the Chance: The Ivies' Late Admission of Women
The integration of women students into the elite all-male Ivy League student bodies was a relatively recent (largely late1960s) phenomenon, the product less of a broader consciousness among university trustees and more due to the fact that these universities were losing a share of high-achieving college men to other elite schools that were already co-educational.
March 23, 2017 Linda Greenhouse New York Review of Books
Students graduating from Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 1962, photo credit: Patricia Hollander Gross/Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University // New York Review of Books
"Keep the Damned Women Out": The Struggle for Coeducation
By Nancy Weiss Malkiel
Princeton University Press, 672 pages
Hardback: $35.00; Ebook: $24.95
In encounters with undergraduates at Yale, where I teach, it occasionally comes up in conversation that until 1969, when 284 women were admitted to the class of 1973, Yale College was for men only. The response I get, from young women and men alike, is one of incredulity. We had no idea, they tell me.
And indeed, why would they? Yale, along with the other Ivy League universities, admits roughly equal numbers of men and women today. At these schools, women run the student newspapers, play varsity sports, compete on equal footing for the most prestigious postgraduate fellowships. Women are serving or have served as presidents of more than half the Ivies. Besides, 1969 is long ago on the time horizon of a college undergraduate. I graduated from the college then known as Radcliffe in 1968. Anyone who might have referred then to an episode of Radcliffe or Harvard history from an equivalently long time before—that is to say, from 1920—would have seemed a faint voice from an irrelevant antiquity.
Nancy Weiss Malkiel's "Keep the Damned Women Out", a painstakingly detailed account of how coeducation came to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, is an invaluable antidote to the amnesia that has come to envelop the subject. More than that, it is an important work of cultural history. It seems a truism to observe that so profound a change could not have occurred in a vacuum, and Malkiel takes full account of the social and political revolutions that were convulsing the country in the 1960s. But she digs deeper to show how, as the decade neared its end, the leaders of Yale and Princeton realized that the mission these institutions had long assigned themselves of producing the nation's leaders would soon be unsustainable in the absence of coeducation.
An emeritus professor of history at Princeton, where she served as dean of the college for twenty-four years, Malkiel writes with an insider's knowledge of her own institution and from a historian's meticulous reconstruction of what happened at the others, using official archives, oral histories, and her own interviews of the participants. Her account dovetails with Jerome Karabel's important 2005 book, The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
But while Karabel's "hidden history" dwells on the contortions these schools went through in order to maintain themselves as preserves for white Anglo-Saxon Protestants before that goal became untenable, Malkiel's story of coeducation played out largely in the public eye. And no wonder: it was socially acceptable to have a public conversation about excluding women long after the inventive strategies these universities used to keep Jews out could no longer be discussed openly. (For an enlightening account of that subject, see Dan A. Oren's 1985 book, Joining the Club: A History of Jews and Yale.) Up until the year before the first cohort of female undergraduates arrived at Yale, the freshman handbook included this passage, as it had for years: "Treat Yale as you would a good woman; take advantage of her many gifts, nourish yourself with the fruit of her wisdom, curse her if you will, but congratulate yourself in your possession of her."
It would be uplifting to be able to recount that an epiphany had struck Presidents Kingman Brewster of Yale and Robert Goheen of Princeton in the late 1960s, revealing to them that the leadership class they were dedicated to producing—replicating, really—might actually include women. But as Malkiel shows, these universities and their leaders were responding not to women's interests, but to their own. Yale and Princeton were beginning to lose the applicants they most wanted, young men of the greatest academic and nonacademic talents, who in growing numbers were turning down offers of admission in order to attend such coeducational colleges as the University of Chicago, which began admitting women shortly after its founding in 1892. In the spring of 1968, 132 men whom Princeton had admitted to the class of 1972 said "no thanks" and went to Harvard. In early 1967, Brewster, then in the midst of courting Vassar College to relocate to New Haven, told more than one thousand Yale alumni that "our concern is not so much what Yale can do for women but what can women do for Yale." At about the same time, Goheen explained to a Princeton alumnus that without coeducation, Princeton would "inevitably become a second-rate institution."
In a somewhat different category, Harvard plays a vital onstage and offstage part in Malkiel's account. Harvard had long assumed responsibility for educating the female students admitted by and housed at Radcliffe College, founded in 1879 as the Harvard Annex. Classroom instruction had been coeducational since the late 1940s. The arrangement between the separately endowed institutions was an awkward one, with the ratio of male to female students fixed at 4:1. Numerous Harvard opportunities including, bizarrely, access to the undergraduate library, were kept off-limits to Radcliffe women. But with all its odd features, the arrangement did offer Harvard men the experience of coeducation and made Harvard a magnet for growing numbers of the applicants Yale and Princeton wanted.
Harvard began to award degrees to Radcliffe graduates in 1963 and finally merged with Radcliffe in 1999, with Radcliffe becoming an institute for advanced study and retaining a few of the college's prized assets, most notably the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. That denouement is outside the period Malkiel's book deals with, and she mentions it, and the delicate negotiations that preceded it, only in passing. But she finds much of interest in the excruciating minuet that the two institutions engaged in during the more than thirty years that led to that moment.
Both President Nathan Pusey of Harvard and President Mary Ingraham "Polly" Bunting of Radcliffe would have happily agreed on a merger by the late 1960s, with Bunting persuaded that it was the only path to full equality for female undergraduates. But Radcliffe's board and alumnae leadership were afraid that Harvard would simply swallow Radcliffe and its proud legacy without a trace. One board member recounted: "We went around the table giving our impressions of how we felt about it and I, somehow, pulled myself up and thought to myself: 'Who am I to be sitting here at the demise of Radcliffe College?'" So Pusey's and Bunting's successors were left to approach the goal obliquely. Every intermediate step was complicated, even merging the two schools' admissions offices; it turned out that the highest-paid employee in the Radcliffe office had the same salary as the lowest-paid person on the Harvard side.
One way or another, men and women would keep going to classes together at Harvard, as they had for decades, even without being able to study side by side in the library until 1967. The heart of Malkiel's story takes place at Yale and Princeton. (She also touches on the rocky arrival of coeducation at Dartmouth. The book's title comes from a letter sent by a Dartmouth alumnus to the board of trustees while coeducation was being debated: "For God's sake, for Dartmouth's sake and for everyone's sake, keep the damned women out.") Unlike Harvard and Radcliffe, Princeton and Yale didn't have thirty years to ponder the question. Both Presidents Goheen and Brewster regarded the matter as urgent, with the time for finding a pathway to coeducation to be measured in months, not years.
In the fall of 1967, Goheen and his provost (and eventual successor), William G. Bowen, set up a faculty committee to study the question. Part of the committee's mission was to interview Princeton faculty members who had experience with coeducation. As Malkiel describes the questions they considered, what comes through is ignorance laced with panic:
What difference did having men and women in the classroom make in terms of class participation? Was there any validity to the "oft-repeated assertion that bright girls 'play dumb'" in classes with men? Did coeducation increase the level of men's participation so that they would avoid appearing dumb in front of the women? Was "a greater variety of approaches and viewpoints" voiced in coeducational classes? How did the presence of students of both sexes affect student preparation, instructor preparation, and the quality of teaching? Were men reluctant to enroll in, or attracted to, classes with substantial numbers of women? And what of women's inclinations with respect to classes with substantial numbers of men? Were women more demanding than men of time in office hours?
In other words, was life as we know it about to change, and for the worse? Some important members of the Princeton administration thought so. Arthur J. Horton, the university's director of development and a 1942 graduate, did everything he could to stem the tide, writing to the head of the faculty committee: "I'm not against females, not against the idea of higher education for them, not against their role in the country. I just don't see why we feel we should necessarily concern ourselves with educating a few of them" at what he called "the very real risk of spoiling the esprit" that made Princeton Princeton.
Other obstacles came in the form of alumni and current students—young men who, after all, had made the explicit and increasingly countercultural choice to attend a single-sex college. Samuel A. Alito Jr., a member of the class of 1972, would later join an organization called Concerned Alumni of Princeton and would use this affiliation as a conservative credential when he applied for a job in the Reagan Justice Department in 1985. Malkiel doesn't mention this, but she does discuss the organization at some length, describing its viewpoint as:
Everything about the "new" Princeton was troubling: not only coeducation and the admission of significant members of black students but also the increasing emphasis on drawing students from more modest socioeconomic backgrounds and from public schools, the downplaying of the admission of alumni sons, campus protests over the Vietnam War, the retreat from ROTC, and a philosophical imbalance that tilted toward leftists and "liberal-radical[s]" among the faculty.
Challenged during his 2006 Supreme Court confirmation hearing by Democratic senators who read aloud inflammatory passages from the organization's magazine, Alito testified that he didn't remember having joined.
Princeton invited female high school seniors to apply for admission to the class of 1973. But as applications poured in by the hundreds during the spring of 1969, when admissions decisions would have to be made, the outcome of the board's deliberations on coeducation remained so uncertain that the admissions office prepared two sets of letters: one, to thank applicants for their interest but tell them that the admission of women had not yet been authorized, and the other, accepting or rejecting applicants in the usual manner. Finally, in mid-April, the board voted overwhelmingly to go ahead with coeducation, encouraged by the knowledge that Yale had already decided to do the same thing. (Malkiel also looks across the Atlantic at the admission of women to formerly all-male colleges at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The process there went more smoothly because of institutional differences that spared individual colleges from having to deal with boards and alumni on the question.)
In later chapters, Malkiel makes it clear that a seat in the classroom was just the beginning for these young pioneers who had ventured into an alien landscape. Yale had two tenured women on its faculty. Princeton had given tenure to its first woman a year earlier (informing her of the successful tenure vote with a letter that began "Dear Sir"). A female student who asked the head of Yale's history department about offering a course in women's history was told, "That would be like teaching the history of dogs." A Princeton English professor responded to a female student who wanted to write a paper on women writers: "I'm interested in auto mechanics, but I don't try to bring that into the curriculum."
But these women were tough, and proved themselves soon enough. In Princeton's first coeducational class of 1973, women were 18 percent of the class but 32 percent of those elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and the captain of the women's tennis team was deemed "Princeton's Best Athlete" on the cover of the alumni magazine.
If that were the end of the story, we could all breathe a sigh of relief and turn the page. But there is much more to say. The admission of women to the Ivy League had serious consequences for the single-sex colleges that had previously attracted many of the brightest women. Malkiel looks closely at the impact on Smith and Wellesley, which have survived as women's colleges, and on Vassar, which might once have struck a deal with Yale and in the end turned to coeducation as a survival strategy. It's also clear all these years later that there is still a good deal to learn about creating a classroom and campus environment in which young women can thrive. The questions the Princeton faculty committee confronted in 1968 have yet to be fully answered.
In a sobering epilogue, Malkiel observes that "coeducation has not resolved longstanding complexities in the relations between men and women." Sexual harassment and assault on campus are rather recent arrivals to the news columns, but they are not new phenomena. The roots of this behavior are deep. Early in the coeducation experience at Dartmouth,
Men sitting on the roof of Massachusetts Hall shouted numbers from one to ten as women students walked by—with the numbers meant as ratings of the women's attractiveness. The same happened in the dining hall, where men held up signs bearing numerical ratings "as if you had just completed a dive." One woman reflected, "No matter how cool you were, no matter how self-possessed you were as a woman and mind you a lot of us were 18 at the time it was devastating."
Fast forward two generations, and we have Harvard's discovery last fall that members of its men's cross-country and soccer teams had for years been issuing crude and sexualized rankings of many women. The university canceled the soccer season and put the cross-country team on probation. Similar behavior came to light at other universities. Harvard has also wrestled with the problem of sexual assault on the premises of the private all-male clubs that exist without official university recognition while continuing to have an outsized part in undergraduate social life.
Incidents like these provide a footnote, at once poignant and maddening, to a comment a Yale undergraduate made to the Yale Daily News in 1968, explaining why he favored coeducation. At an all-male college, this young man said,
You get entangled in a weekend-to-weekend existence, and you become a product of it. You lose sight of the simple fact that girls are people, just like you and me. Instead they become things to play with on allotted days. Things.
That was an accurate description of the problem, surely, but it also expressed a naive belief in coeducation as the cure. All too often on all too many campuses, it appears, women are still seen as they were back then: as things.
With some 6,900 accredited postsecondary educational institutions in the country, one might question Malkiel's focus—and Karabel's before her—on a tiny handful of elite institutions. Surely the contemporaneous integration of women into the flagship state universities in North Carolina and Virginia has symbolic as well as practical significance, to speak nothing of the arrival of women as cadets and midshipmen at the service academies a few years later. True enough. But Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are not only leaders in American higher education; they have the power to set priorities and define the purposes of education. Even if their motivation was largely self-interested—a bow to the inevitable, a reflection of a changing world rather than a desire to effect change—their admission of women told the world that at least as a formal matter, women belonged. The recent sexual assault scandals—along with the continuing severe underrepresentation of women among university teachers—show us how much work still needs to be done.
Coeducation, Malkiel observes, "accompanied, but did not cause, more profound social transformations in these colleges and universities." Referring to increased diversity along racial and ethnic lines, she adds: "Elite education became less aristocratic and more democratic/meritocratic—again, in parallel with, but not as a result of, coeducation." Keeping their doors closed to women was simply unsustainable for institutions at risk of becoming anachronisms.
As I finished reading "Keep the Damned Women Out", I thought back to my own graduation from Radcliffe in 1968. Our small commencement ceremony—there were only three hundred women in the class—was held in the Radcliffe yard, a few blocks from the thousands gathered in Harvard Yard for the university commencement. Our graduation speaker was Walter E. Washington, the mayor of Washington, D.C., great-grandson of a slave and the father of a classmate who was one of the handful of African-American students.
The Harvard men's graduation speaker was the Shah of Iran. In pomp and ceremony, we were far outshone. Some of us, the white armbands on our robes signifying opposition to the war in Vietnam, even felt a little cheated. The Harvard ceremony up the street was unfolding on a world stage. Ours seemed by contrast small bore, domestic if you will. But it now occurs to me to ask of these two long-ago events: Which represented the past, and which the future?
Author Nancy Weiss Malkiel is professor emeritus of history at Princeton University, where she was the longest-serving dean of the college, overseeing the university's undergraduate academic program for 24 years. Her books include Whitney M. Young, Jr., and the Struggle for Civil Rights and Farewell to the Party of Lincoln: Black Politics in the Age of FDR (both Princeton).
[Reviewer Linda Greenhouse is Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. She writes an opinion column on the Supreme Court and law for The New York Times. Her new book, Just a Journalist, will be published in fall 2017.]
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Los Angeles Rams Unveil Pick 'Em Mobile App, Could be Predictive Gaming Precursor
Posted on: August 10, 2019, 03:00h.
Last updated on: August 10, 2019, 11:22h.
The Los Angles Rams, one of two National Football League franchises in the second-largest US city, said Friday the team launched a free mobile game called "Rams Pick 'Em" that tests fans' knowledge of players and football situations over the course of a live game.
LA Rams Coach Sean McVay. Fans will be able to win prizes in the team's new pick contest. (Image: ESPN)
Rams Pick 'Em will debut for the team's preseason game today against the Oakland Raiders and will continue throughout the season. The Rams lost to the New England Patriots in last season's Super Bowl.
Players compete to win exclusive prizes for each game, including two tickets and pregame field passes to an upcoming Rams home game, as well as autographed merchandise," said the team in a statement.
Translation: Rams Pick 'Em participants, no matter proficient they are at the game, will not be eligible for cash prizes. However, there is speculation that Rams Pick 'Em could set the stage for the team to eventually offer some form of live predictive gaming with real money on the line.
Trending In That Direction
As Casino.org reported on Tuesday, the Washington Redskins, in conjunction with NBC Sports Washington Plus, became the first NFL franchise to roll out a predictive gaming product with real money involved.
"Predict the Game" debuted for the Redskins' Aug. 8 preseason clash against the Cleveland Browns, allowing participants to win up to $1,000 per quarter by answering questions directly related to the game. The feature will be available to fans for the Redskins' three remaining exhibition games, but is not expected to be around for the regular season.
Although cash prizes aren't involved, Rams Pick 'Em uses a methodology similar to Predict the Game by challenging fans with game-related questions and "micro outcomes." Examples would be "What team throws a touchdown pass first?" or "Which of the following player notches a sack first?"
The NFL and its owners are not as opposed to sports wagering as they may have been five or 10 years ago. But the league has signaled it will approach the growing sports betting market with caution. That said, there are benefits for the league and its owners in embracing sports wagering.
Data confirm that bettors with action on games are more likely to watch those games on television than fans who are not financially invested in a particular outcome. Television viewing rights paid to the NFL by networks such as CBS, ESPN, and Fox are a major driver of revenue. Last year, the league generated between $16 billion and $17 billion in revenue, of which $8.78 billion was distributed to the 32 franchises, with the bulk of those sums coming from TV rights.
Owner's Got Experience
The Rams being one of the first NFL teams to test a predictive gaming product, even though it doesn't yet involve real money, isn't surprising. Owner Stan Kroenke also controls Arsenal of the English Premier League (EPL), a league where fans have widely embraced in-game betting.
According to some reports, Kroenke and the Glazer family, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the EPL's Manchester United, have been helping fellow NFL owners understand the complexities of in-game and predictive betting.
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