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Retirement party held for Churchill PE teacher Deb Wagner
Jan 08, 2020 01:42PM ● By Heather Lawrence
Deb Wagner will retire in January after teaching PE at Churchill Jr. High for 42 years. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)
By Heather Lawrence | [email protected]
It's the end of an era for Churchill Jr. High's PE department. Beloved teacher Deb Wagner is retiring in January. A retirement party for Wagner was held on Jan. 3 at 6:30 at the school. Wagner has taught PE and science classes at Churchill for 42 years.
"Wagner embodies everything I feel like teachers and education should be. She is the prime example not just in the way she teaches, but in the way she confronts life. From the fact that she's so healthy, to that she's so driven to make sure students understand — it's so powerful," said Trent Hendricks, Churchill's principal.
Hendricks said he admires that Wagner is still pushing her students and herself to be the very best. "She's so positive. She works hard to make sure the kids understand what healthiness is, and understand athletics," Hendricks said.
Wagner is retiring in part to practice what she preaches. "I love to cross-country ski, and I can't wait to do it in the sunshine instead of having to wait until I get home from work. I have horses to ride, and I just like to be outside," Wagner said.
Wagner has loved getting to know her kids. "These kids like to play. My challenge is getting everyone to play honestly and fairly. They're all great kids, they're all enthusiastic. So we're always working on being kind and playing fairly. We get that energy and channel it," Wagner said.
When Wagner started at Churchill, she lived in Salt Lake City. But 20 years ago she moved to Park City. Since then, she's commuted. She's made an impact on generations of students.
"When I got my class schedule, my mom [Kate Page] looked at it and was so excited. She said, 'You have Mrs. Wagner! She was my teacher!'" said Churchill student Victoria.
Page remembered Wagner well. "We called her Wags, and loved to hear her talk about running and the races she was training for. She was a great example of fitness. Victoria has loved her class. I am thrilled that my daughter and I got to have the same teacher, and wish Wags a happy, well-deserved retirement. She is a legend!" Page said.
"I just found out last week that Victoria is Kate's daughter, and that I taught her mom. It really dates me! But if this weren't such a good school, I wouldn't have stayed. The administration here is so encouraging," Wagner said.
Victoria and her friend Cora took a break from playing capture the flag in PE to talk about Wagner. "I really like coming to class. I definitely feel like I've learned how to stay healthier from her. No matter what we're doing, she makes it fun," Victoria said.
Cora liked learning more about Wagner when she wrote a story about her for the school newspaper. "I like that she's taught here for so long, and she's still having a fun time. I feel awesome when I come to class. She's so nice. I like using the fitness room, and I've learned a lot," Cora said.
Wagner made a name for herself by starting active traditions at the school. "She started the Halloween Hustle, which is a 5K in the neighborhood around the school. People walk or run. It really promotes healthiness, and the whole community comes out," Hendricks said.
"I'm always trying to communicate to the kids that it's great to be young and healthy. And I want to continue having a healthy lifestyle. Taking good care of our health is the most important thing we can do. And if you lead by example, that's the best way to lead," Wagner said.
Hendricks hopes Wagner's story will inspire more people to consider teaching as a career. "I want people to see what 42 years in this industry can look like. [Wagner has] stayed connected to her 'why' and that drives her. Working in education gives you a sense of purpose, it keeps you from being selfish," Hendricks said.
"It's cyclical. You care about education more, you care about your students more, and you care about yourself more. I guarantee Wagner's model of pushing her students and modeling it herself will impact generations to come," Hendricks said.
Wagner thought she might just slip out quietly, but now she admits she's looking forward to the open house on Jan. 3. "Now that I've gotten used to it, I'm ready. I'm looking forward to connecting with people," Wagner said.
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Home/Blog/Captivity Industry/Exclusive: Is SeaWorld's Orca Kasatka Losing Her Battle with Chronic Illness?
In August 2016, SeaWorld released information that Kasatka, the matriarchal orca at SeaWorld San Diego had been suffering from a bacterial respiratory infection. The park announced that the whale's chronic health problems were finally taking their toll. Kasatka, they said, was "having a more difficult time fending off the illness," due to a weakened immune system. Photographs received by the Dolphin Project just yesterday, appear to show the orca could be losing her battle for life.
When Kasatka lifted her head out of the water her lower jaw looked completely disfigured. She appeared extremely lethargic and did not swim around the pool as she normally would. When a trainer asked her to do a behavior for the crowd she did a pathetic attempt at a spy-hop. She seemed barely able to get her head out of the water. When the trainers were through, they dismissed the group of orcas and they all left except for Kasatka who moved only a few feet from the wall and stayed logging in the same spot until I left.
Trainers prepare medication for Kasatka Image copyright Elizabeth.
The images of Kasatka appear to show that the orca is suffering from more than a chronic respiratory infection. She could also be battling a fungal infection that has failed to respond to treatment.
Captive orcas are regularly treated for persistent fungal infections. The severity of this fungal infection demonstrates the diminished capacity of Kasatka's own immune system. The constant need for massive amounts of antibiotics to keep orcas healthy in captivity decimates their immune system. Sadly, when I look at this photo, all I see is a diseased whale. Historically, when a necropsy is performed on an animal with this level of fungal infection, the fungal lesions are far worse internally than they are externally. It is also an incredibly painful way to die.
He explained that in premenopausal whales it's used as a form of birth control but in postmenopausal whales, it is indicated as a medication to treat cancer, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, endometrial polyps and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Just last year in 2016, Hargrove testified as an expert witness regarding the types of drugs and their dangerous side-effects when used to treat captive orcas. His expert testimony included the drug Regu-Mate.
Kasatka was captured off the coast of Iceland in 1978. Estimated to be around 39-years-old, she is one of SeaWorld's most successful breeders and has given SeaWorld four orcas — Takara in 1991, Nakai in 2001, Kalia in 2004 and Makani in 2013. Kasatka's attack on trainer Ken Peters in 1999, played a huge role in the decision by federal administrative law judge Ken Welsch to rule that trainers must be protected by physical barriers when working with orcas. As one of only a few wild-caught orcas remaining at SeaWorld, losing her will almost certainly impact the hierarchy of the remaining orcas at SeaWorld San Diego.
Kasatka & Katina are the two most valuable killer whales in the history of SeaWorld. The value of matriarchs Kasatka and Katina is based on the stability they've provided to their social groups in California & Orlando, as well as their fertility, each producing many offspring. When I saw the image of her today, as a physician, it immediately reminded me of end stage AIDS. She is so immuno-compromised, covered in fungus, it's clear that she is near death. I hope she passes quickly. The video sequence of her throttling Ken Peters, as seen in the 'Blackfish' movie, is the most shocking human – orca encounter ever seen, including with wild whales, in my opinion.
I just saw the photo of Kasatka's disease ravaged body. Inevitably Kasatka's death will be portrayed by the SeaWorld corporation as a tragedy. SeaWorld will say they are saddened to lose (yet another!) family member. They will tell the public and the media that they did everything they could to give her a loving home, restaurant quality fish, superior dental care and a whole host of other lies that should be familiar to anyone who is dialed in to the anti-captivity movement.
Kasatka's trainers will be sad, the public will mourn, and the news cycle will move on to the next story and Kasatka will be forgotten.
It is Kasatka's LIFE – not her death- that is the real tragedy.
Kasatka was stolen from her true family in Iceland in 1978. She has spent the last 39 years in prison. Her crime? She was born a killer whale – a species so intelligent, beautiful and intriguing to humans that the owners of Seaworld knew they could put her on display and charge other humans just to watch her swim in a tank.
Kasatka' body has not been ravaged by illness alone – she has been forced to perform via food deprivation for every day of her life for the last 39 years. She has also been forced to bear children that were then removed from her side and relocated to other corporate-owned prisons. Given what we know about the bonds between mother and calves – this is an even greater violation than food deprivation and amounts to extreme emotional abuse.
Kasatka is not an individual – she is a corporate asset worth millions of dollars to a corporation that cares about her only to the extent that she can continue to perform and generate revenue. Her owners don't care how she feels or that she just might have memories of another happier life in the ocean.
Kasatka is one of only 4 remaining wild-captured killer whales still living in US Seaworld parks. With her passing there will only be 3 – Ulysses and Corky in San Diego and Katina in Orlando.
Sadly, the practice of capturing wild killer whales has not ended – the Russians continue to capture whales and the Chinese are building new facilities for whales to perform, breed and be on display.
Morgan, a killer whale who was "rescued" in the Netherlands remains in prison at Loro Parque in the Canary Islands even though she could have been a candidate for release.
While SeaWorld will say that Kasatka's life performing circus tricks for food helped them to provide an educational experience for countless numbers of school children who stream through their turnstiles every year – this is also a lie.
Watching whales perform tricks in captivity is a distraction from the very real dangers facing our planet and our oceans right now.
Did Kasatka's prison term help to educate park goers about ocean acidification, plastic pollution, fish farm effluent or dams that are right now causing salmon populations to crash and thus leading to the death and starvation of a wild pod of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest?
Will her death wake people up enough to address these issues?
At least in death, Kasatka's decades of suffering will finally come to an end. My heart breaks for her, not because she is dying but because she deserved better.
Here at the Dolphin Project, we wish Kasatka freedom. You can help prevent orcas being held in captivity by signing our pledge to never buy a ticket to a dolphin and whale show.
Featured Image: Kasatka. Copyright, Elizabeth.
A quick note about Regu-Mate for clarity: Regu-Mate, made by Merck is the trade name for a synthetic hormone called Altrenogest. It is not used to treat fungal infections and is not indicated as such in the above article. The MSDS sheet for this drug is available at https://merckusa.compassites.com/product/view/8390045. It cautions pregnant women and others of childbearing age to exercise extreme caution when handling this product. Merck states that Regu-Mate is used in the management of prolonged estrus conditions.


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Bar Paly: Leading Hollywood Actress & Model Reveals Her Workout & Beauty Secrets
January 27, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)
Born in Russia and raised in Tel Aviv, Bar Paly is an Israeli actress currently residing in Los Angeles. Bar will next be seen alongside Jon Hamm in Disney's The Million Dollar Arm and opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore in Non-Stop for Universal.
Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17. In 2003, she began her career as an actress appearing in a variety of roles for both film and television. Paly has appeared in TV's How I Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.
In 2013, Paly held roles in both Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray, and Michael Bay's Pain & Gain, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson
This past year she starred opposite Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) and Mark Wahlberg in Paramount Pictures. Along with her recurring roles on MTV's Underemployed and CSI:NY.
In addition to her film and television projects, Bar served as the 2013 face of Oliver Peoples Eyewear's 25th anniversary campaign with Ray Liotta. Bar Paly has also appeared in Maxim Magazine, Aritzia, GQ Mexico, Fashion Spot, Angeleno Magazine, GQ UK, 7 Hollywood Magazine, Bullett Magazine, GQ USA, Max Magazine, Rolling stone, Glow Magazine, C Magazine and Esquire. Bar Paly was selected in 2013 Maxim Hot 100 List, the world's sexiest women.
Bar Paly Appearances in Films and Television
2008 The Ruins Archeologist
2013 A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Maria-Carla
Pain & Gain Sorina Luminita
2014 Non-Stop Iris Marianne
Million Dollar Arm Lisette
2007 CSI:NY Mia Opal Episode: "Heart of Glass"
2008 The Starter Wife Lola Recurring role, 5 episodes
Unhitched Chloe Episode: "Yorkshire Terrier Sucked Into the Internet"
2010 How I Met Your Mother Natalia Episode: "Rabbit or Duck"
2012 Underemployed Tatiana Recurring role, 2 episodes
Game Shop Faux-Nerd Episode: "Faux Nerd Girl"
Bar Paly is leading Hollywood Israeli actress and model. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness.

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Will we ever learn to speak dolphin?
George Dvorsky
PublishedJuly 3, 2012
Dolphins are highly intelligent mammals, with an amazing ability to learn to understand our language. But as we gain more insights into their behaviour, we're also coming to suspect that they might have their very own language — or at the very least a complex system for communicating with one another.
A big question facing marine biologists today is whether we'll ever be able to understand what they're actually saying. Thankfully, science could help us to construct a dolphin Rosetta Stone — but it won't be easy.
Dolphins, like humans, devote a considerable portion of its genome to the development of the nervous system — a strong indication that their cognitive capacities are comparable to our own.
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And like us, they have large brains and the capacity for higher-order thinking. They live in hierarchical arrangements, engage in fission-fusion social arrangements (which means dolphins come and go between pods as they please), cooperate, and exhibit unique personalities.
They can also pass the mirror test (an indication that they have a strong sense of self) and are able to respond to commands issued from a television monitor (surprisingly, not a lot of animals can do this — including some primates).
And as highly social and engaged mammals, they may also have similar communicative needs. We certainly know that they have the capacity to understand language, but what we don't know is how much of their language is their own.
Clicks, burst-pulses, and whistles
Dolphins clearly have the means to communicate, and they do so with various sounds, including whistles, burst-pulses, and clicks. Just exactly what they're saying with all these noises, however, remains a mystery — but after years of study, marine biologists are starting to get a sense.
And scientists believe the clicks are used for echolocation. This allows dolphins to examine their environment through sound, listening to the echoes returning from objects being struck by the clicks. They may also be used for communication, and marine biologists are studying them to understand if this is the case.
Burst-pulse sounds may indicate a dolphin's emotional state, ranging from pleasure to anger — but we haven't studied these types of vocalizations very thoroughly, and we still have a lot to learn about them.
And as for the whistles, people are still debating whether, or how much, of whistle communication is intentional as opposed to unintentional (vocalizing stress, for example). But one thing is becoming increasingly clear: The whistles may actually be the names of dolphins.
Signature whistles
Or at the very least, whistles may a way for dolphins to identify themselves. One person who is seriously considering this possibility is Princeton's Tara Thean who has worked with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program. Thean has spent time with bottlenose dolphins trying to get a better understanding of how they might be using their whistles to call out to each other and communicate.
Thean tells io9 that dolphins may be using their whistles as a means to identify one another. "They are basically stereotyped acoustic signals that identify the caller," she says. "Dolphins acquire these distinctive whistles as early as one year old." Exactly how these "signature whistles" emerge, however, remains a mystery.
Even after meticulous listening for weeks on end, Thean noted that the identification whistles were never random and always consistent. In fact, she listened to identification whistles dating back several years and a number of them remained exactly the same as the ones still used today.
Thean is curious to know how the dolphins acquire their signature whistles, and who in the group is responsible for creating them. To this end, Thean hopes to study whether or not dolphins are modeling their whistles off those individuals that they associate with in the early part of their lives and what relationship those individuals have with the dolphins; it could be the mother, a sibling, or even someone not related — Thean wants to find out.
As for the reasons behind the signature whistles, one possibility is the need for "cohesion calls". Dolphins don't live in stable groups, instead mingling in and out of various pods. "The fluidity of these groups creates a bigger need for dolphins to call and identify each other," Thean says, "Otherwise they'd lose each other while they're moving in and out of these groups." Interestingly, dolphins may also be able to imitate the signature whistles of other dolphins, an indication that they're calling out to one another.
Clicking and hunting
Another good place to study dolphin communication is by observing their remarkably complex hunting practices.
Take spinner dolphins, for example, who work collectively to hunt lanternfish. Groups of about 20 dolphins have been observed approaching concentrations of prey and then pulling into a tight circular formation. At the same time they sequentially swim up and down vertically — doing a kind of "wave," akin to fans at a sporting event.
The dolphins then continue to tighten the circle and form units of 10 pairs. The pairs at one o'clock and seven o'clock will move in, feed for 15 seconds, and retreat back to the circle. Then the pairs at two o'clock and eight o'clock do likewise. This goes on for about five minutes, during which time each dolphin gets two opportunities to feed. In the midst of all this is a cooperative group rise to the surface to breathe, all the while maintaining the circle. Each dolphin takes one breath, and the process starts again. The cooperation and synchronization is uncanny, as any deviation from the process would cause it to collapse.
According to marine biologist Kelly Benoit-Bird, communication has to be involved for this to work. Researchers have noticed that dolphins don't use their whistles during these feeding exercises, which are typically only used during non-foraging times and when they're resurfacing. Instead, the dolphins use their clicking sounds, with the highest click rates taking place just prior to foraging.
It's not immediately clear if these clicks are being used exclusively for echolocation, or for something else. Unlike whistles, which are omni-directional, clicks are highly directional like a laser. Benoit-Bird believes that clicks may be used as a strategy to communicate only within the group and not to other potential lanternfish predators. More work clearly needs to be done.
Another possible way of cracking the dolphin language code is to use math. In a Wired article from last year, Danielle Venton took a look at the work of Laurance Doyle, a member of the SETI institute. Now, while that might sound like a strange place to study dolphins, the basic idea is that if we can crack the dolphin code, we may very well be able to figure out what extraterrestrials might say to us someday as well.
To do so, Doyle uses information theory, which is a branch of math that looks at the structure and relationships of information. By using information theory, for example, it's possible to separate binary code from random 0's and 1's. It's through this kind of analysis that researchers know that dolphin calves babble like human babies, but that adults emit actual information. Doyle's work indicates that there is indeed some linguistic substance to the sounds generated by dolphins, and that they follow basic rules of grammar and syntax.
The next step is somehow decipher this information into something we can understand. Given that we don't have a dolphin Rosetta Stone, this could be a monumental task.
Indeed, looking at the growing body of research, it's not immediately clear that we'll ever know all the complexities of dolphin language and communication. But what is clear is that the ongoing research is unveiling some remarkable insights into the sophistication of dolphin communication and behavior. It's fair to suggest that, even if we never crack the dolphin language code, we're getting some fascinating snapshots into cetacean life.
Sources: Dolphin Institute, Wired. Image via Shutterstock.com/sad. Inset images via Telegraph, Oregon State University.


Lil Barron is the Director of Development and Community Relations for Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah. After working for WCF for 31 years, she decided to retire at 29 and give back to her community and a way to do that was to work for Habitat. She loves her job and all the exciting things she gets to plan to further the mission of helping deserving families achieve their dream of home ownership in Washington County. Lil is the mom of two daughters and has to share Linda's grandchildren. She is very involved in the community from being the Secretary for Red Rock Rotary Club to being a Sunshiner for the St George Chamber of Commerce. She has served on numerous boards and committees and brings those relationships to Habitat. Again, Lil loves her job and the opportunity it affords her to give back to a community that has taken such great care of her over the years!


Using methanol mixed with petrol?
Forum » Flex Fuel Tuning » Using methanol mixed with petrol?
Hello i am working my way through this course and it is awesome. i am learning loads thank you.
It is really hard to get e85 here in the uk so i was thinking can you use methanol and mix this with petrol to the same effect as e85?
I can get methanol cheap here and could mix it my self. I dont want to run pure methanol as the injector size would be huge.
I haven't personally used a mix of gasoline and methanol but it is possible. The issue is that methanol isn't detected by a flex fuel sensor so there's no easy way to accurately track the mixture. The other problem is that methanol is much more corrosive to the fuel system components than ethanol. Lastly as you've worked out, the stoichiometric AFR of methanol means you need much more fuel for a given power level compared to ethanol blends.


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This photo shows, Logan Miller, from left, as Carter, Tye Sheridan as Ben and Joey Morgan as Augie in the film "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse."
'Burnt,' 'Crisis,' add to a pileup of flops at box office
By JAKE COYLE
Monday, November 2, 2015 1:00am
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NEW YORK — Sandra Bullock's political satire "Our Brand Is Crisis" and Bradley Cooper's chef drama "Burnt" added to a pileup of flops at the box office, where new wide releases have gone a startling 0-for-9 in the last two weeks.
After five movies failed to draw moviegoers last week, Hollywood whiffed again over the Halloween weekend as four new movies went largely ignored in favor of trick-or-treating. The "60 Minutes II" scandal drama "Truth," with Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford, expanding nationwide, and the horror comedy "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse" added to a plague of empty theaters.
That enabled the top three films from the last several weeks — "The Martian," ''Goosebumps" and "Bridge of Spies" — to remain atop the ranks, according to studio estimates Sunday. With an estimated $11 million in its fifth weekend, Ridley Scott's 3-D space adventure "The Martian" has hauled in $180.8 million domestically, and led the box office four times — a dominating stretch that has spelled trouble for other releases courting adult moviegoers.
The weekend was never meant to be a big one at theaters with Halloween falling on a Saturday and the latest James Bond film, "Spectre" (and follow-up to the $1.1 billion "Skyfall") awaiting release in the coming week. Sony's "Spectre," which has opened in a few international markets, scored the biggest U.K. debut ever with $63.8 million over the weekend.
But the box office numbers in North America were still especially low, especially for two of Hollywood's top stars.
The Weinstein Co.'s "Burnt," starring Cooper as a former top chef in Paris, took in $5 million despite playing on more than 3,000 screens. "Our Brand Is Crisis," David Gordon Green's true tale of political strategists in Bolivia, managed a scant $3.4 million on 2,202 screens for Warner Bros. Though made for a modest $28 million, the film's opening marks the worst wide-release debut of a movie headlined by Bullock, even falling below the $4.7 million of "Two if by Sea" in 1996.
Sony Pictures Classics "Truth," which recounts CBS' reporting on President George W. Bush's military service, expanded to 1,120 theaters, but couldn't even crack $1 million. It earned just $901,000.
Paramount Pictures' "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse" grossed just $1.8 million on 1,509 screens. Paramount is experimenting with a shortened theatrical window for the film, along with the recently opened "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension."
Thus far, the trial has yielded mixed results. Major theater chains aside from AMC and Cineplex have refused to play the films, which will be made available digitally 17 days after they leave theaters.
The four flops added to five from last week, when "Steve Jobs," ''Jem and the Holograms," ''Rock the Kasbah," ''The Last Witch Hunter" and "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" all failed to crack $11 million.
"Next week, the whole complexion of this will change," says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office data firm Rentrak. "But I think this is a really good lesson learned for Hollywood that if you have too much product — particularly aimed at older audiences — you're going to fragment the audience to the point where a lot of movies are going to become casualties of that crowded marketplace."
The two weeks of debuts have also been populated mainly by poorly reviewed movies with the exception of the acclaimed but much criticized "Steve Jobs." Instead, the October successes are mostly movies roundly considered good, made by veteran directors: Scott's "The Martian" and Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Martian," $11.4 million ($17 million international).
2. "Goosebumps," $10.2 million ($7.1 million international).
3. "Bridge of Spies," $8.1 million ($3.4 million international).
4. "Hotel Transylvania 2," $5.8 million ($33.6 million international).
5. "Burnt," $5 million ($1.2 million international).
6. "The Last Witch Hunter," $4.8 million ($18.6 million international).
7. "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension," $3.5 million ($13.5 million international).
8. "Our Brand Is Crisis," $3.4 million.
9. "Crimson Peak," $3.1 million ($5.3 million international).
10. "Steve Jobs," $2.6 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to Rentrak:
1. "Spectre," $80.4 million.
2. "Hotel Transylvania 2," $33.6 million.
3. "The Last Witch Hunter," $18.6 million.
4. "The Witness," $18.5 million.
5. "The Martian," $17 million.
6. "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension," $13.5 million.
7. "Ant-Man," $11 million.
8. "Goosebumps," $7.1 million.
9. "Pan," $6.3 million.
10. "Les Nouvelles aventures d'Aladin," $5.8 million.
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Q: How to prove a limit exists using the $\epsilon$-$\delta$ definition of a limit I understand how to find a limit.
I understand the concept of the $\epsilon$-$\delta$ definition of a limit.
Can you walk me through what we're doing in this worked example?
It is from my student solutions manual to my textbook. I need help understanding what we're saying here, and why. I understand the math expressions, but I do not understand why we chose the ones we did, and why and how they prove anything. Can you help?

Find the limit $$ \lim\limits_{x \to 1} \ (x+4) ,$$ and prove it exists using the $\epsilon$-$\delta$ definition of limit.

By direct substitution, the limit is $5$. Understood. Now, here's where I start to get confused...
Let $\epsilon > 0$ be given.
Choose $\delta = \epsilon$.
$$ 0 < | x-1 | < \delta = \epsilon .$$
$$ | (x+4) - 5 | < \epsilon $$
$$ | f(x) - L | < \epsilon $$
Proved.
Uh, okay, if you say so... Now, what's going on here line by line and term by term?

A: You want to prove that $\lim\limits_{x\to 1}(x+4) = 5$ using $\epsilon$-$\delta$.
Let $\epsilon\gt 0$. We need to prove that there exists a $\delta\gt 0$ such that

If $0\lt |x-1|\lt \delta$ then $|f(x)-5|\lt \epsilon$.

Now, we want to think a bit: how will the size of $|x-1|$ affect the size of $|f(x)-5|$? Since $f(x)=x+4$,  we  notice  that $|f(x)-5| = |(x+4)-5| = |x-1|$; that is, the size of $|f(x)-5|$ is equal to the size of $|x-1|$. So in order to make sure that $|f(x)-5|\lt \epsilon$, it is enough to require that $|x-1|\lt\epsilon$.
Thus, we can select $\delta=\epsilon$. Then $\delta\gt 0$, and if $0\lt |x-1|\lt\delta$, then it will follow that $|f(x)-5|\lt\epsilon$.
Thus, for all $\epsilon\gt 0$ there exists a $\delta\gt 0$ (namely, $\delta=\epsilon$) with the property that if $0\lt |x-1|\lt \delta$, then $|f(x)-5|\lt \epsilon$. This proves that $\lim\limits_{x\to 1}f(x) = 5$, as desired. $\Box$
That's what you have, only with lots of words thrown in in-between...

A: I'd like to share a worked example of an epsilon - delta proof of limit found at:  http://www.karlscalculus.org/x2_1.html and reproduced here for your convenience.  Karl Hahn explains each step of the proof so even a beginner at proofs like can fully understand it.
Worked Example
Prove the following limit:
$$\lim_{x → 2}\frac{2 (x^2 - 4)}{(x - 2)} =  8 \qquad\qquad\text{eq. 2.1x-1}$$
using the delta-epsilon method.
Clearly we cannot evaluate this function at $x = 2$ because that would make for a zero denominator.
We recall from algebra that $x^2 - 4$ is the difference of squares and can therefore be readily factored.
$$x^2 - 4   =   (x + 2) (x - 2)$$
Let's give the function we are trying to find the limit of a name. Let's call it $f(x)$. So we have:
$$f(x)  = \frac{2 (x^2 - 4)}{(x - 2)} = \frac{2 (x + 2) (x - 2)}{(x - 2)}  \qquad\qquad\text{eq. 2.1x-2}$$
Clearly at all values of $x$ except $x = 2$ we get a cancellation, and this is the same as:
   $$f(x) = 2 (x + 2)     \qquad\qquad\text{eq. 2.1x-3}$$
So the above holds for any value of $x$ except $2$. That means we can evaluate $f(x)$ using this expression and get the right answer provided x is never equal to 2. So if we prove that:
  $$\lim_{x → 2}  \;\;2 (x + 2)   =   8   \qquad\qquad\text{ eq. 2.1x-4}$$
then we have solved the problem. Do you understand why? Remember that all the expressions we have made for $f(x)$ are identical functions for any value of $x$ besides $2$. Taking the limit of $f(x)$ as $x$ goes toward $2$ means never having to evaluate $f(x)$ at $x = 2$. So at all the places we do have to evaluate it, all the forms of $f(x)$ are indeed identical, including $f(x) = 2 (x + 2)$.
Now we get down to the delta-epsilon part of the proof. We have to arrange a scheme by which you can tell me how close $f(x)$ has to be to $8$ (i.e. you give me an $ε$) and based upon that can tell you how close $x$ has to be to $2$ to make it true (i.e. I can give you a $δ$ that makes it true).
Well, let's just set up an equation that shows what happens when we use an x that is within δ of 2.
$$f(2 ± δ)  =  2 ( (2 ± δ) + 2) \qquad\qquad\text{  eq. 2.1x-5}$$
Now remembering that $δ$ is always greater than zero (and more importantly it never is zero), we can see that in the above, we still never have to evaluate $f(x)$ at the forbidden value. So we just multiply out the above expression:
   $$f(2 ± δ)   =   8  ±  2 δ  \qquad\qquad\text{ eq. 2.1x-6}$$
The requirement is that we have to be able to choose $δ$ so that the value above is no farther from the limit (which in this case is $8$) than the $ε$ that you might give me, no matter how small an $ε$ you do give me. So by giving me an $ε$, you are telling me to make it so that:
  $$ |f(2 ± δ)  -  8|   ≤  ε \qquad\qquad\text{eq. 2.1x-7}$$
But we can get an expression for what's inside the absolute value brackets from stuff we have already done. Just take equation 2.1x-6 and subtract $8$ from both sides. If you substitute that in for $2 ± δ$, you get:
   $$|± 2 δ|   ≤   ε   \qquad\qquad\text{eq. 2.1x-8}$$
and since the absolute value brackets make the ± sign moot, we have simply:
  $$ 2 δ   ≤   ε  \qquad\qquad\text{ eq. 2.1x-9}$$
or
   $$δ ≤ \frac{ε}{2} \qquad\qquad\text{eq. 2.1x-10}$$
So, if you hit me with any $ε$, all I have to tell you is to try a $δ$ that is less than or equal to half of your $ε$. In other words we have established a scheme that turns $ε$'s into $δ$'s, and the scheme always gives you a $δ$ that makes the function come within $ε$ of $8$. And that means we're done with the proof.

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Pakistani Tribal Areas Lose A 'Voice For The Voiceless'
December 14, 2011 15:34 GMT
A likeness of Zarteef Khan Afridi, a schoolteacher and social and rights activist who was gunned down in his hometown of Jamrud on December 5.
A close friend of Zarteef Khan Afridi, who was gunned down by masked men in his native Khyber tribal agency on December 5, says that "if you saw a man involved in chalking [messages on] walls, going from house to house, or speaking vehemently in a hujra [male guesthouse] of tribesmen advocating education for girls, human rights, political reforms, and peace instead of war, he would be Zarteef."
Dawn.com noted:
Family sources said the deceased had been receiving threats because he was opposed to Taliban activities in tribal areas and supported women's rights.
Fifty-two-year-old Zarteef Khan at times seemed like the sole voice of the tribesmen so aptly referred to as "the voiceless" for living under old tribal customs and traditions, on the one hand, and colonial-era Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR), on the other.
Literacy -- particularly among women -- is the abysmally low in the tribal region that has been the focus of so much international attention since 9/11 and the subsequent overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
In such circumstances, Zarteef Khan Afridi was the torch bearer for education opportunities for male and female members of his community. He promoted the observance of human rights and tried to persuade people through chalk messages to the community, public meetings, and house-to-house campaigns to set aside seemingly arcane customs and traditions and learn how to go with the modern world.
A schoolteacher since 1983, Zarteef Khan was also a social activist and coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for the tribal areas, which was about to issue an assessment of the risks facing rights advocates like Zarteef Khan, according to tribune.com:
[T]he Commission condoled with Afridi's family and called him a 'tireless human rights defender'.
The news of Afridi's death came hours before the HRCP's press conference in Lahore, to launch the 2011 'Observatory' annual report on the protection of human rights defenders.
He also established the Democratic Commission for Human Development in the mid-1990s to organize evening meetings in hujras after finishing his daytime school duties.
In order to facilitate the enrollment of children -- and even adults -- at schools in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the untiring Zarteef Khan founded the FATA Education and Welfare Society in 1996. It was that platform that he used to launch a vigorous campaign in the Tirah, Jamrud, and Landikotal areas of the Khyber tribal agency, highlighting the importance of modern education over its madrasah-style equivalent. Those were the days when the Taliban was entering the corridors of power in Kabul, and Zarteef Khan was restless to inform his tribesmen of what he saw as a looming danger to the region.
Zarteef Khan was virtually the first among tribesmen to raise his voice for secularism. He opposed vulvar (bride money). In a blatant challenge to traditional local leaders and clergy, Zarteef Shah married his three daughters off without receiving any vulvar.
None of this was without its risks. Local leaders and clergy labeled him a kafir (infidel) for his liberal notions, preaching for modern education, and challenge to the local customs and traditions.
But even then, the schoolteacher stayed put. He continued to pursue his risky calling in an area where nearly half a dozen militant groups hold sway and many tribesmen believe they have little option but to remain silent about events around them.
Zarteef Shah's life was taken while he was on his way to school with plans to return and hold meeting with his tribesmen to discuss political reforms announced recently by the Pakistani government after decades of struggle by tribal people.
His friends, colleagues, and fellow tribesmen mourned his death by visiting his house and issuing statements in Pakistani newspapers. They call December 5, when this strong-willed and selfless man was finally silenced, a black day for the tribal areas. A militant group by the name of Abdullah Azzam Brigade claimed responsibility for his murder.
-- Daud Khattak


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I've debugged this through jQuery and verified that jquery is using .empty().append() to add the html.
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The Neelamjit Dhillon Quartet brings together four of Canada's most dynamic musicians to tell the story of the ship Komagata Maru, using a fresh musical language that combines jazz and Indian classical forms.
In May 1914, the Komagata Maru traveled from Hong Kong to Burrard Inlet, Vancouver with 376 passengers, mostly immigrants from Punjab, British India. Racist immigration laws allowed local officials to deny the ship permission to dock, and so it sat, anchored in the harbour for two months, while members of Vancouver's Indian community and immigration officials fought over the passengers' admissibility to Canada.
In the end, only 20 passengers were allowed to disembark and the rest were forced to return to India, where they were shot, imprisoned or kept under village arrest.
Vancouver-born musician and composer Neelamjit Dhillon's weaves themes of hope, honour, vision and suffering through the album with his alto saxophone. Dhillon, who also plays bansuri and tabla on the CD, studied jazz at Capilano University in North Vancouver, and tabla with Ustad Zakir Hussain in Mumbai. He's currently working on his doctorate in music in Los Angeles.
Dhillon is joined by pianist Chris Gestrin, also from Vancouver, who plays with a lovely presence reminiscent of Keith Jarrett. At times, Gestrin's piano work rolls like waves on the Pacific Ocean, which Komagata Maru crossed to reach Canadian shores.
Quebec City-born Andre Lachance, and Calgarian Dan Gaucher round out the quartet, contributing a solid, sparkling underlay of double bass and drums.
Komagata Maru is one of my favourite releases of the year- smooth, expansive, gorgeous jazz with lots of heart, which tells an amazing and troubling Canadian story.


Charleston is no stranger to making top 10 lists of all kinds – best places to visit in the world, best new restaurant in the country, most friendly/attractive people in the U.S., yada yada.
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But once you are here staying in a Charleston beach house, what're the best things to see and do? How do you choose from the myriad of possibilities? And honestly, the possibilities seem to grow exponentially each year.
Well, USA Today has recently come up with lists that pertain to individual cities — in other words, what's the best to take in and do in each one, as written by a local (in Charleston's case, Clare Sweeney).
They actually have a staggering number of different 10 Best Lists for Charleston alone. I've never seen so many in one place, and they are surprisingly helpful.
I really encourage you to check out the individual lists that interest you, as there's a very helpful description of all ten "winners" in each category.
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Depending on when school districts returned from winter break in Indiana, they have already had 1-2 school cancellations due to inclement weather. Indiana students are required to attend school for 180 instructional days. When school is cancelled, districts have to grapple with the best plan of action to makeup the missed instructional time.
I worked in MSD of Wayne Township on Indy's west side for five years. In Wayne Township, students attend school for 182 instructional days. If one or two days are missed, there is no need to makeup a day because the calendar already has two extra days of instruction.
*Jan. 15 will be used as a makeup day for a single school cancellation occurring on or prior to Dec. 21, 2017. Any additional school cancellation(s) occurring prior to Dec. 21 will use Feb. 19 as a makeup day and then be added to the end of the school year (starting May 24, 2018).
** Feb. 19 will be used as a makeup day for a single school cancellation occurring Jan. 8 – Feb. 2, 2018.
Any school cancellation(s) occurring on or after Feb. 5, 2018 will be added to the end of the school year (starting May 24, 2018).
Elkhart Community Schools has five days built into the 2017-2018 as make-up days, to be used if there is a school cancellation: February 16, May 14, May 25, June 7, and June 8 (these days are currently scheduled as "no school" – if a closing is needed, school will be in session on one or more of these days). The Indiana Department of Education mandates that each school shall conduct at least 180 student instructional days (IC 20-30-2-3). If ECS exceeds five days of school closings, additional days will be added to the end of the school calendar.
Although we have had mild winters since the 2014 winter storm, some school districts in who didn't use MLK Day as a snow makeup day in 2014, now use it as a snow makeup day. Today, students on Indy's south side in Perry Township are attending school as a snow makeup day for the school cancellation that took place on Friday, January 12, 2017.
I know some of you are already rolling your eyes because of the argument, "If students attend school they can learn about MLK instead of lounging around" or "MLK was an education champion, so he won't mind if students attend school." Most schools, have already covered MLK. You know, they handed out some cute pinterest worksheet or storybook…that is at least what came home in my children's backpacks. When I asked my sons what they learned about MLK, they told me not as much as we learned from you and daddy when we went to the MLK National Memorial last year during spring break.
One of my sons said all he remembers from the MLK lesson this year was, "the teacher said we can all attend school together now because of him." I know my sons are in first grade, but I expect more than this but at least this is better than what my son told me after his kindergarten MLK lesson last school year. "Mommy, Martin Luther King was colorbind; he didn't see color." That comment prompted me to have an in person conversation with his teacher. This is where I learned he listened to a song, "A Man name King" which is sung to the tune of the song, "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore." One of the lyrics was, "Martin's eyes were colorblind." Save me the speeches about the school is going to do a better job of teaching my black children about their history and about our struggles in this country. My husband and I had to reteach what was he improperly taught.
No, not every child is sitting at home eating chips and candy watching Netflix. Teens who are part of We Live Indy are hosting a "Take a Stand" rally at Warren Central High School on their day off from school. Many churches and community groups have planned meaningful activities for students to attend and most of these groups champion diversity year-round and MLK Day is one day in bigger series of events for the community.
To address the point that Dr. King would not have minded. He is not here to give a response so there's not much to say about that.
Until schools do a better job teaching diverse history and understand how to properly integrate a culturally responsive curriculum throughout the year, I believe MLK Day should never be used as a snow makeup day even if there will be educational activities about him. This day should be a day of reflection, a checkpoint to evaluate if you are really implementing his beliefs in your life every day.
In case you were wondering what my family is doing today, we are going to our church to hear Dr. King's nephew, Dr. Derek King, speak during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium to offer Hope, Help & Healing.
*This post first ran here at the blog Educator Barnes.
Shawnta S. Barnes is a married mother of identical twin boys. As an Indiana native, she attended school in two Indianapolis school districts; she attended Indianapolis Public Schools for two years and completed her education in Lawrence Township Schools. Her sons entered kindergarten during the 2016-2017 school year and now she is experiencing Indianapolis schools from the parent perspective.
Shawnta is a literacy coach for Indianapolis Public Schools, an adjunct instructor at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis School of Education, and a 2016-2017 Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellow. Previously, she has taught English grades 6-9 and has been an elementary English language learner teacher. She earned her B.A. in English education from Purdue University and her M.S. in language education from IUPUI. Her blog, 'Educator Barnes', can be found here.


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Q: Is it possible to create methods which will be accessible without import in scala? Forgive me for my childish question. I can not remember whether in past I read somewhere of making predef like method/val in scala which can be accessible in the project without any import keyword. Is there any way of doing this ?

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Excellent SOTAwatch2 Jon. Saw it at John BVE's QTH last weekend and moved over myself when I got home. It is much improved on the original version. Many thanks for your efforts!
By comparison, the Database page now unfortunately looks dowdy and I wonder whether you have it on your list to update it. If so, could I appeal for an online edit option to the logs if that is practical? At the moment logs can only be deleted and need to be saved, deleted and re-entered if a mistake has been made in a callsign so leaving a chaser without the prized asterisk.
The old Reflector is currently running in parallel and will presumably be jettisoned at some stage. Having used the search option on it to obtain information relating to means of access and other aspects of activating a summit, I feel that it would be a shame if such information is lost. Is there any way that this can be preserved?
Apologies if this causes a rush to the medicine cabinet for a couple of Ibuprofen!
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Regarding the old Yahoo reflector: We intend to export all of the old messages and make them searchable here on SOTAwatch.


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Cranberry juice proven to be ineffective against UTIs
Written by: Rebecca Gilroy | Published: 11 May 2018
Cranberries contain proanthocyanidins, which prevent certain bacteria, such as E.coli which causes 80% of UTIs, from collecting on the walls of the bladder
New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have declared that drinking cranberry juice has no effect on urinary tract infections (UTIs).
'We recognise that the majority of UTIs will require antibiotic treatment, but we need to be smarter with our use of these medicines,' said Mark Baker, director of the centre of guidelines at NICE.
'Our new guidance will help healthcare professionals to optimise their use of antibiotics. This will help to protect these vital medicines and ensure that no one experiences side effects from a treatment they do not need.'
Some studies have suggested that cranberry juice may be effective – for example, a review in the Archives of Internal Medicine claims there may be benefits, however, people must have consumed a couple of glasses daily for many months or even years.
Cranberries contain proanthocyanidins, which prevent certain bacteria, such as E.coli which causes 80% of UTIs, from collecting on the walls of the bladder.
The NICE guidelines recommend that patients visit their GPs who might prescribe them antibiotics. This may not always be the best treatment as infections can clear up on their own. Additionally, some clinicians are warning GPs to think carefully before prescribing because of antimicrobial resistance.
'Our surveillance shows that more than a third of laboratory confirmed E.coli UTIs display resistance to key antibiotics. We are therefore urging GP practices and hospitals to follow the new guidelines so they can prescribe antibiotics appropriately to their patients,' said Susan Hopkins, deputy director for AMR (Antimicrobial Research Collaborative) and Healthcare Associated Infections at Public Health England.
'This will preserve our antibiotics so they not only save lives today but can continue to save lives tomorrow.'


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Nebraska Football: 5 Bold Predictions for the Cornhuskers in 2020
Brandon Cavanaugh
So far, Scott Frost's tenure hasn't been what Nebraska Cornhuskers fans originally expected. But the pieces are falling into place for the annoyingly efficient offense he commanded at Oregon to fully migrate to the Midwest. This coming season brings even more uncertainty for the Huskers' fortunes, with a daunting schedule and a bevy of question marks.
Today, we view the future with absolute optimism. Here are five predictions so bold that they'd easily give Frost his best record yet in Lincoln and set the Big Red up for success down the road if accurate.
1. A quarterback controversy brews
The foundation of this idea comes from the fact Adrian Martinez hasn't played an injury-free season since his high school days. Having missed three games during his career at Nebraska and played in many more with notable damage, it's easy to see history repeating. He'll have the best shot of avoiding punishment during his college career in his junior campaign, though.
Three years into the Frost era, the Huskers finally have an offensive line comprising players at their natural position. This familiarity should allow Martinez precious extra seconds to make his reads and operate with more confidence. Additionally, two years of learning what Frost needs from him as a runner should factor well into risk management once he leaves the pocket.
If he's sidelined, Luke McCaffrey likely gets the nod to take his place. No. 7 already shined as a running threat during his opportunities to lead the Big Red in 2019. While his passing clearly needed polish, an offseason provided him plenty of time to hone his craft. Improved performances by McCaffrey naturally raise the question of whether Frost continues to run with his guy from the start or invest time and energy in immediately looking to the future.
This only intensifies if Nebraska isn't bowl-eligible heading into its final five-game stretch. Should McCaffrey's progress and confidence eclipse the upperclassman's, it becomes a matter of which player can get them to the Huskers' first postseason since 2016. That's a streak Frost can't afford to extend any further.
2. Dedrick Mills tops 1,000 yards and 15 scores
Martinez isn't the only player who will enjoy having a comfortable offensive line. Despite the patchwork situation upfront that carried over from 2018, Mills managed 745 yards rushing and 10 scores in '19. And 282 of those came against Big Ten West foes Wisconsin and Iowa alone (Nos. 6 and 11 in rushing defense, respectively).
Former Nebraska running back Devine Ozigbo racked up 1,082 yards and 12 touchdowns in Frost's inaugural season as his offense was first being established. The 2018 slate was also arguably less treacherous than what Mills will be facing.
However, he's shown an affinity for punishing all defenders with a passionate running style. He'll no doubt be relied upon for some crucial goal-line trips, only padding his numbers. The time for Mills to carve out his legacy is now.
3. Wan'Dale Robinson easily tops JD Spielman's 2019 output
This isn't dismissing Spielman's contributions to the Huskers' passing attack. One doesn't write off the first player in program history to notch three 800-yard receiving efforts in a row. However, Robinson is part of a wide receiver room that would've offered Spielman a similar opportunity if he'd stuck around.
Matt Lubick helped transform the corps into what he and Frost were far more used to operating with at Oregon. Nebraska now boasts big-bodied pass-catchers in addition to the smaller, fleet-footed Duck skill players with Robinson leading them. The Huskers also have a running back depth chart that can operate well despite injury and doesn't demand No. 1's rushing attempts top double-digits anymore.
This sets up Robinson to have a season far more like Rondale Moore's during his freshman year at Purdue. While the Frankfort, Kentucky, native may not match Moore's 1,200-plus receiving yard mark, he'll have every chance to well surpass Spielman's 898 yards in '19.
4. Dicaprio Bootle and Cam Taylor-Britt Named second-team All-Big Ten
Defensive backs coach Travis Fisher has a secondary with the potential to outshine any other in the Huskers' division. Cornerbacks Bootle and Taylor-Britt are two major reasons why.
The former proved he can stick to receivers like glue and force opposing quarterbacks to second guess rolling the dice against him. This was underscored by breaking up 15 passes during his freshman season (tied for first in the conference).
Taylor-Britt broke out after taking over the cornerback role opposite Lamar Jackson. He'd go on to tie the current New York Jets rookie with three interceptions and bested him on the tackle chart (49 to 40). He also totaled 1.5 sacks and forced four fumbles more than double any other player's efforts in that category.
Athlon Sports currently projects Penn State's Tariq Castro-Fields and Indiana's Tiawan Mullen as preseason second-team All-Big Ten selections in Athlon Sports' preseason magazine, with Minnesota's Coney Durr and Bootle named for third-team honors.
Look for Bootle to get a promotion and his partner in crime to earn the same award.
5. Nebraska goes 3-2 in its final five games
The Huskers find themselves in unfamiliar territory — you have to flip back a few decades into your history books. Nebraska hasn't been in a similar postseason drought since the Bill Jennings era (1957-61). But the Big Red can brave the murderer's row they face later in the season out of necessity if nothing else.
No one expects Frost to claim his first victory over Ryan Day and Ohio State, especially with that tilt taking place in Columbus. Aside from that, they stand a chance to knock off both current rulers of the Big Ten West roost, Wisconsin and rival Iowa, on the road.
A potential trap game exists for Penn State in Lincoln as well. At worst, the Huskers will angle for a gut check following their experience in Columbus. Minnesota takes the Hawkeyes' place in the annual Black Friday contest with Frost & Co. ready to pay P.J. Fleck's crew back for their hospitality and 34-7 pasting last season.
Regardless of whether Nebraska is struggling for a postseason bid coming into this gauntlet or on a tear through the first half of the season, Frost's team has the fortitude to knock off the best of the Big Ten West since his arrival with proper momentum and/or resolve.
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Q: Ошибка в telebot Пытаюсь написать бота с помощью библиотеки Telebot но постоянно одна и таже ошибка
Traceback (most recent call last):
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"C:/Users/User/Desktop/programir/python/bot/tg_1/main.py", line 6, in <module>
@bot.message_handlers(commands="start")
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вот код:
import telebot

bot = telebot.TeleBot('не хочу полить токен')

@bot.message_handlers(commands=["start"])
def start(message):
send_mess = f"<b>Привет {message.from_user.first_name} {message.from_user.last_name}</b>!\nКакое направление тебя интересует?"
bot.send_message(message.chat.id, send_mess, parse_mode='html')

bot.polling(none_stop=True)

A: Попробуйте это: @bot.message_handler(commands=["start"]) (я поменял handlers на handler).


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Sam & Max: Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy review
Written by Evan Dickens — December 21, 2006
Brilliant art direction
Supporting characters voiced very well
Stronger plot than its predecessor
Does a good job setting up the overall story arc of the season with a modest cliffhanger
Still going to be too easy and short for some tastes
Writing feels a bit safe and tame at times
Seriously, who approved that title
3.5 stars: "A solid adventure that is generally enjoyable, though it lacks enough polish or ambition to recommend without caution."
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Our Verdict: It is still Sam & Max, y'know. Situation: Comedy is a very fun way to spend a couple hours for a very reasonable price. It will be up to Episode 3 to really start building more momentum, though.
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"Fame is a distressingly exact mistress."
I suppose it would be rather rhetorical to say that expectations for Sam & Max: Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy are in a pretty different area than the emotions that greeted Episode 1 - Culture Shock. The very existence of that game was a revelation, an early Christmas miracle, a breath of sweet fresh air for long-suffering adventure fans. I, along with many of my peers, was counting down months before that release date.
And that was all well and good in October. When the review copy for Situation: Comedy arrived, my first thought was "Wow, is it really time for another Sam & Max game already?" All that gratitude and glorious disbelief two months ago has now morphed into What have you done for me lately? And now Telltale Games is really going to be held up to the spotlight as we learn whether it's possible to produce such a stream of quality titles that gamers will be interested in another one so quickly.
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The verdict so far is positive: Annoyingly heavy-handed title aside, Situation: Comedy takes the baton and runs with it admirably, avoiding a significant step back--while at the same time falling short of any real steps forward.
"Don't think of it as a bullet wound! Think of it as a transfusion opportunity!"
Since Telltale didn't exactly set out to reinvent the wheel with this game, I suppose I should do the same with this review. Take everything I said about Culture Shock regarding the visuals and cut and paste where appropriate. This is again a beautiful, vibrant game with fantastic art direction and flawless animation. The audio aspects of the second episode actually surpass the first, especially in the area of supporting character voices, which are much stronger than the first episode. There is a new voice actor for Max but the difference is nearly indistinguishable and has no negative impact. The soundtrack is the same happily demented smooth jazz from Jared Emerson-Johnson and one of the game's best features.
But we're all in agreement that the most technically proficient Sam & Max game without razor-sharp writing is a whole lot of empty calories, and unfortunately the writing is one of the few areas that takes a step back. It's a slight step to be sure, and this will not be a universal opinion, but for me there were fewer truly memorable one-liners and cutting jokes this time around. There are more humorously bizarre touches in the areas of dialogue trees and supporting characters, and the nature of the plot as a whole allows for much more delirious absurdity than the first game did. Yet the actual jokes lack the sort of biting shock value that was so prevalent in Sam & Max Hit the Road. Remember the solution to the choking cat puzzle in HtR? This episode accelerates the direction of Culture Shock towards what can only be described as "safer" humor--it's still very funny, very intelligent, but it's often missing a true sharp edge.
The plot features our canine shamus and hyperkinetic rabbity thing being called to the scene of a local TV station that produces quite a dazzling array of terrible, derivative programming. In order to gain access to a live studio audience being held captive, Sam & Max need to prove themselves worthy of their fifteen minutes of fame. It is a more compelling plot than Culture Shock, and builds a promising overall story arc that's punctuated by an ending that teases with more still to come. Over the course of the adventure, Sam & Max will star in no less than five different genres of parody shows, including the climactic confrontation with a certain obnoxious, overbearing female talk show host (a masterful parody, containing some of the game's best writing).
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And then the game ends. Rather quickly, in fact. I clocked my playing time through the game at two hours and twenty minutes, and it's fairly well documented that I am really not good at adventure games. This included quite a bit of time spent just casually meandering through all possible dialogue tree options for no good reason, and while that sort of time is quality playing time due to the consistently funny nature of the dialogue (and many of the TV shows are fun to play through multiple times before they're actually "solved") this is still going to probably be a shorter playing experience for most than its predecessor. There's little difficulty or puzzle challenge to speak of.
Sound familiar? Almost like you read the same review two months ago? Some aspects get just a little better, some get just a little weaker. But don't let the criticisms cloud the fact that this is continuing to be a highly entertaining series, and it's very easy to forget the shortcomings in the midst of playing.
It was probably going to be an insurmountable task for Situation: Comedy to be anything other than a letdown. After all, we waited thirteen years, through numerous emotional peaks and valleys, to get the Sam & Max we dreamed of--and now we get it again two months later. Don't expect the same sparkle you likely felt during Culture Shock. On its own merits, though, Situation: Comedy is a great-looking, great-sounding game that is a fun two-hour diversion. The next episode is only a month away, though, and that will really be the acid test for how well this episodic experiment can maintain interest while still taking steps forward with each episode.
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