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Jay Maxson
New York Daily News Makes Big Push For Kaepernick's Return, NFL Network Marathon
June 21st, 2020 10:00 AM
New York Daily News sports writers on Saturday blitzed the NFL with renewed calls to sign Colin Kaepernick. Bob Raissman urged the NFL Network to run a marathon marketing the lightning rod former pro quarterback. Mike Lupica wrote the New York Giants should do the right thing and give him a chance to be their quarterback.
Media desperation for a Kaepernick signing has been ongoing for the past four years. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gave the media new hope when he recently vowed, on ESPN, to encourage some team to hire the quarterback whom the league blackballed (Raissman's word) after he kneeled during the national anthem in 2016 to protest racism and injustice.
Raissman accuses Goodell (see file photo above) of playing politics and demands he offer a direct apology to Kaepernick. Until that happens, or until a team signs him, "all this other stuff is phony lip service, a desperate attempt by the commissioner to leave the perception he is marching arm-in-arm with the protesters." Kaepernick deserves much better than he's getting from the NFL, Raissman adds:
"Goodell, and the NFL's suddenly silent owners, need to do more. Throughout the four years this controversy has brewed, the league has only fortified Kaepernick's image as a rebel with a cause. The NFL, along with its own network, ignored how productive he was during most of his six seasons with the 49ers. The line coming out of the league's propaganda arm, the NFL Network, parroted by analysts and Tape Heads alike, was Kaepernick's skills had diminished. It was as if it was impossible for a quarterback, now 32, to regain the magic touch."
Raissman claims the "diminished skills" talk was pushed by NFL Network "Gasbags" who merely disagreed with Kaepernick's protest method.
Opposition to Kaepernick took the focus off the memories of just how good the ex-49ers QB was and still could be, gushes fanboy Raissman. To help re-educate the NFL and football fans, the league needs to air a Kaepernick Marathon on the NFL Network, per Raissman:
"This type of analysis could actually whet the appetite of fans who have forgotten the skills he brought to the field and the upside he could bring to a current team. While his football future is still up in the air, instead of just paying lip service, the NFL should actually do something for Kaepernick."
Raissman envisions a marathon that would rehabilitate Kaepernick's badly tarnished off-the-field public image. Raissman doesn't use this language; he positions it as "forgotten accomplishments on the field," and theorizes that by replaying some of his best games, people will forget and forgive his history of bad behavior and fall in love with the guy.
Raissman's Daily News colleague Lupica wrote that it would only be the right thing if the New York Giants give Kaepernick a chance. After all, the Giants sport a horrible 12-36 record since Kap last played in the NFL:
"Now justice for Colin Kaepernick would be the opportunity to get back to work, in the America where people have taken to the streets, and in the millions, in the name of social justice ... ."
If the Giants don't take the bait, then the Kaepernick Marathon could help his cause by featuring a panel of analysts discussing his football future and "his significance as a social activist. Look, it's not like NFLN is pushing out 100% quality content as football waits to see if training camps even open. There's plenty of time to air the Kaepernick Marathon."
Goodell should encourage the marathon, Raissman, the would-be marketer for outrageous social justice warriors, says in a final pitch.
MRC Sports


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On the morning appointed for Admiral and Mrs Croft's seeing Kellynch Hall, Anne found it most natural to take her almost daily walk to Lady Russell's, and keep out of the way till all was over; when she found it most natural to be sorry that she had missed the opportunity of seeing them.
This meeting of the two parties proved highly satisfactory, and decided the whole business at once. Each lady was previously well disposed for an agreement, and saw nothing, therefore, but good manners in the other; and with regard to the gentlemen, there was such an hearty good humour, such an open, trusting liberality on the Admiral's side, as could not but influence Sir Walter, who had besides been flattered into his very best and most polished behaviour by Mr Shepherd's assurances of his being known, by report, to the Admiral, as a model of good breeding.
The house and grounds, and furniture, were approved, the Crofts were approved, terms, time, every thing, and every body, was right; and Mr Shepherd's clerks were set to work, without there having been a single preliminary difference to modify of all that
"This indenture sheweth."
Sir Walter, without hesitation, declared the Admiral to be the best-looking sailor he had ever met with, and went so far as to say, that if his own man might have had the arranging of his hair, he should not be ashamed of being seen with him any where; and the Admiral, with sympathetic cordiality, observed to his wife as they drove back through the park, "I thought we should soon come to a deal, my dear, in spite of what they told us at Taunton. The Baronet will never set the Thames on fire, but there seems to be no harm in him." -- reciprocal compliments, which would have been esteemed about equal.
The Crofts were to have possession at Michaelmas; and as Sir Walter proposed removing to Bath in the course of the preceding month, there was no time to be lost in making every dependent arrangement.
Lady Russell, convinced that Anne would not be allowed to be of any use, or any importance, in the choice of the house which they were going to secure, was very unwilling to have her hurried away so soon, and wanted to make it possible for her to stay behind till she might convey her to Bath herself after Christmas; but having engagements of her own which must take her from Kellynch for several weeks, she was unable to give the full invitation she wished, and Anne though dreading the possible heats of September in all the white glare of Bath, and grieving to forego all the influence so sweet and so sad of the autumnal months in the country, did not think that, everything considered, she wished to remain. It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering to go with the others.
Something occurred, however, to give her a different duty. Mary, often a little unwell, and always thinking a great deal of her own complaints, and always in the habit of claiming Anne when anything was the matter, was indisposed; and foreseeing that she should not have a day's health all the autumn, entreated, or rather required her, for it was hardly entreaty, to come to Uppercross Cottage, and bear her company as long as she should want her, instead of going to Bath.
"I cannot possibly do without Anne," was Mary's reasoning; and Elizabeth's reply was, "Then I am sure Anne had better stay, for nobody will want her in Bath."
To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all; and Anne, glad to be thought of some use, glad to have anything marked out as a duty, and certainly not sorry to have the scene of it in the country, and her own dear country, readily agreed to stay.
This invitation of Mary's removed all Lady Russell's difficulties, and it was consequently soon settled that Anne should not go to Bath till Lady Russell took her, and that all the intervening time should be divided between Uppercross Cottage and Kellynch Lodge.
So far all was perfectly right; but Lady Russell was almost startled by the wrong of one part of the Kellynch Hall plan, when it burst on her, which was, Mrs Clay's being engaged to go to Bath with Sir Walter and Elizabeth, as a most important and valuable assistant to the latter in all the business before her. Lady Russell was extremely sorry that such a measure should have been resorted to at all, wondered, grieved, and feared; and the affront it contained to Anne, in Mrs Clay's being of so much use, while Anne could be of none, was a very sore aggravation.
Anne herself was become hardened to such affronts; but she felt the imprudence of the arrangement quite as keenly as Lady Russell. With a great deal of quiet observation, and a knowledge, which she often wished less, of her father's character, she was sensible that results the most serious to his family from the intimacy were more than possible. She did not imagine that her father had at present an idea of the kind. Mrs Clay had freckles, and a projecting tooth, and a clumsy wrist, which he was continually making severe remarks upon, in her absence; but she was young, and certainly altogether well-looking, and possessed, in an acute mind and assiduous pleasing manners, infinitely more dangerous attractions than any merely personal might have been. Anne was so impressed by the degree of their danger, that she could not excuse herself from trying to make it perceptible to her sister. She had little hope of success; but Elizabeth, who in the event of such a reverse would be so much more to be pitied than herself, should never, she thought, have reason to reproach her for giving no warning.
She spoke, and seemed only to offend. Elizabeth could not conceive how such an absurd suspicion should occur to her, and indignantly answered for each party's perfectly knowing their situation.
"Mrs Clay," said she, warmly, "never forgets who she is; and as I am rather better acquainted with her sentiments than you can be, I can assure you, that upon the subject of marriage they are particularly nice, and that she reprobates all inequality of condition and rank more strongly than most people. And as to my father, I really should not have thought that he, who has kept himself single so long for our sakes, need be suspected now. If Mrs Clay were a very beautiful woman, I grant you, it might be wrong to have her so much with me; not that anything in the world, I am sure, would induce my father to make a degrading match, but he might be rendered unhappy. But poor Mrs Clay who, with all her merits, can never have been reckoned tolerably pretty, I really think poor Mrs Clay may be staying here in perfect safety. One would imagine you had never heard my father speak of her personal misfortunes, though I know you must fifty times. That tooth of her's and those freckles. Freckles do not disgust me so very much as they do him. I have known a face not materially disfigured by a few, but he abominates them. You must have heard him notice Mrs Clay's freckles."
"There is hardly any personal defect," replied Anne, "which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to."
"I think very differently," answered Elizabeth, shortly; "an agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones. However, at any rate, as I have a great deal more at stake on this point than anybody else can have, I think it rather unnecessary in you to be advising me."
Anne had done; glad that it was over, and not absolutely hopeless of doing good. Elizabeth, though resenting the suspicion, might yet be made observant by it.
The last office of the four carriage-horses was to draw Sir Walter, Miss Elliot, and Mrs Clay to Bath. The party drove off in very good spirits; Sir Walter prepared with condescending bows for all the afflicted tenantry and cottagers who might have had a hint to show themselves, and Anne walked up at the same time, in a sort of desolate tranquillity, to the Lodge, where she was to spend the first week.
Her friend was not in better spirits than herself. Lady Russell felt this break-up of the family exceedingly. Their respectability was as dear to her as her own, and a daily intercourse had become precious by habit. It was painful to look upon their deserted grounds, and still worse to anticipate the new hands they were to fall into; and to escape the solitariness and the melancholy of so altered a village, and be out of the way when Admiral and Mrs Croft first arrived, she had determined to make her own absence from home begin when she must give up Anne. Accordingly their removal was made together, and Anne was set down at Uppercross Cottage, in the first stage of Lady Russell's journey.
Uppercross was a moderate-sized village, which a few years back had been completely in the old English style, containing only two houses superior in appearance to those of the yeomen and labourers; the mansion of the squire, with its high walls, great gates, and old trees, substantial and unmodernized, and the compact, tight parsonage, enclosed in its own neat garden, with a vine and a pear-tree trained round its casements; but upon the marriage of the young 'squire, it had received the improvement of a farm-house elevated into a cottage, for his residence, and Uppercross Cottage, with its veranda, French windows, and other prettiness, was quite as likely to catch the traveller's eye as the more consistent and considerable aspect and premises of the Great House, about a quarter of a mile farther on.
Here Anne had often been staying. She knew the ways of Uppercross as well as those of Kellynch. The two families were so continually meeting, so much in the habit of running in and out of each other's house at all hours, that it was rather a surprise to her to find Mary alone; but being alone, her being unwell and out of spirits was almost a matter of course. Though better endowed than the elder sister, Mary had not Anne's understanding nor temper. While well, and happy, and properly attended to, she had great good humour and excellent spirits; but any indisposition sunk her completely. She had no resources for solitude; and inheriting a considerable share of the Elliot self-importance, was very prone to add to every other distress that of fancying herself neglected and ill-used. In person, she was inferior to both sisters, and had, even in her bloom, only reached the dignity of being "a fine girl." She was now lying on the faded sofa of the pretty little drawing-room, the once elegant furniture of which had been gradually growing shabby, under the influence of four summers and two children; and, on Anne's appearing, greeted her with --
"So, you are come at last! I began to think I should never see you. I am so ill I can hardly speak. I have not seen a creature the whole morning!"
"I am sorry to find you unwell," replied Anne. "You sent me such a good account of yourself on Thursday!"
"Yes, I made the best of it; I always do: but I was very far from well at the time; and I do not think I ever was so ill in my life as I have been all this morning: very unfit to be left alone, I am sure. Suppose I were to be seized of a sudden in some dreadful way, and not able to ring the bell! So, Lady Russell would not get out. I do not think she has been in this house three times this summer."
Anne said what was proper, and enquired after her husband. "Oh! Charles is out shooting. I have not seen him since seven o'clock. He would go, though I told him how ill I was. He said he should not stay out long; but he has never come back, and now it is almost one. I assure you, I have not seen a soul this whole long morning."
"You have had your little boys with you?"
"Yes, as long as I could bear their noise; but they are so unmanageable that they do me more harm than good. Little Charles does not mind a word I say, and Walter is growing quite as bad."
"Well, you will soon be better now," replied Anne, cheerfully. "You know I always cure you when I come. How are your neighbours at the Great House?"
"I can give you no account of them. I have not seen one of them to-day, except Mr Musgrove, who just stopped and spoke through the window, but without getting off his horse; and though I told him how ill I was, not one of them have been near me. It did not happen to suit the Miss Musgroves, I suppose, and they never put themselves out of their way."
"You will see them yet, perhaps, before the morning is gone. It is early."
"I never want them, I assure you. They talk and laugh a great deal too much for me. Oh! Anne, I am so very unwell! It was quite unkind of you not to come on Thursday."
"My dear Mary, recollect what a comfortable account you sent me of yourself! You wrote in the cheerfullest manner, and said you were perfectly well, and in no hurry for me; and that being the case, you must be aware that my wish would be to remain with Lady Russell to the last: and besides what I felt on her account, I have really been so busy, have had so much to do, that I could not very conveniently have left Kellynch sooner."
"Dear me! what can you possibly have to do?"
"A great many things, I assure you. More than I can recollect in a moment; but I can tell you some. I have been making a duplicate of the catalogue of my father's books and pictures. I have been several times in the garden with Mackenzie, trying to understand, and make him understand, which of Elizabeth's plants are for Lady Russell. I have had all my own little concerns to arrange, books and music to divide, and all my trunks to repack, from not having understood in time what was intended as to the waggons: and one thing I have had to do, Mary, of a more trying nature: going to almost every house in the parish, as a sort of take-leave. I was told that they wished it. But all these things took up a great deal of time."
"Oh! well!" and after a moment's pause, "but you have never asked me one word about our dinner at the Pooles yesterday."
"Did you go then? I have made no enquiries, because I concluded you must have been obliged to give up the party."
"Oh yes! I went. I was very well yesterday; nothing at all the matter with me till this morning. It would have been strange if I had not gone."
"I am very glad you were well enough, and I hope you had a pleasant party."
"Nothing remarkable. One always knows beforehand what the dinner will be, and who will be there; and it is so very uncomfortable not having a carriage of one's own. Mr and Mrs Musgrove took me, and we were so crowded! They are both so very large, and take up so much room; and Mr Musgrove always sits forward. So, there was I, crowded into the back seat with Henrietta and Louise; and I think it very likely that my illness to-day may be owing to it."
A little further perseverance in patience and forced cheerfulness on Anne's side produced nearly a cure on Mary's. She could soon sit upright on the sofa, and began to hope she might be able to leave it by dinner-time. Then, forgetting to think of it, she was at the other end of the room, beautifying a nosegay; then, she ate her cold meat; and then she was well enough to propose a little walk.
"Where shall we go?" said she, when they were ready. "I suppose you will not like to call at the Great House before they have been to see you?"
"I have not the smallest objection on that account," replied Anne. I should never think of standing on such ceremony with people I know so well as Mrs and the Miss Musgroves."
"Oh! but they ought to call upon you as soon as possible. They ought to feel what is due to you as my sister. However, we may as well go and sit with them a little while, and when we have that over, we can enjoy our walk."
Anne had always thought such a style of intercourse highly imprudent; but she had ceased to endeavour to check it, from believing that, though there were on each side continual subjects of offence, neither family could now do without it. To the Great House accordingly they went, to sit the full half hour in the old-fashioned square parlour, with a small carpet and shining floor, to which the present daughters of the house were gradually giving the proper air of confusion by a grand piano-forte and a harp, flower-stands and little tables placed in every direction. Oh! could the originals of the portraits against the wainscot, could the gentlemen in brown velvet and the ladies in blue satin have seen what was going on, have been conscious of such an overthrow of all order and neatness! The portraits themselves seemed to be staring in astonishment.
The Musgroves, like their houses, were in a state of alteration, perhaps of improvement. The father and mother were in the old English style, and the young people in the new. Mr and Mrs Musgrove were a very good sort of people; friendly and hospitable, not much educated, and not at all elegant. Their children had more modern minds and manners. There was a numerous family; but the only two grown up, excepting Charles, were Henrietta and Louisa, young ladies of nineteen and twenty, who had brought from school at Exeter all the usual stock of accomplishments, and were now like thousands of other young ladies, living to be fashionable, happy, and merry. Their dress had every advantage, their faces were rather pretty, their spirits extremely good, their manner unembarrassed and pleasant; they were of consequence at home, and favourites abroad. Anne always contemplated them as some of the happiest creatures of her acquaintance; but still, saved as we all are, by some comfortable feeling of superiority from wishing for the possibility of exchange, she would not have given up her own more elegant and cultivated mind for all their enjoyments; and envied them nothing but that seemingly perfect good understanding and agreement together, that good-humoured mutual affection, of which she had known so little herself with either of her sisters.
They were received with great cordiality. Nothing seemed amiss on the side of the Great House family, which was generally, as Anne very well knew, the least to blame. The half hour was chatted away pleasantly enough; and she was not at all surprised at the end of it, to have their walking party joined by both the Miss Musgroves, at Mary's particular invitation.

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St. John Baptist de la Salle – May 15
John Baptist was born in Rheims, France in 1651 into a family of magistrates. He was the eldest of ten children. While still a boy, he felt a profound nausea at a social gathering regarding everything that surrounded him. He spoke to a cousin, who recognized something special in the boy and began to read the lives of the saints to him.
At age eleven he received the tonsure, and in 1667 he was solemnly installed as a canon of the See of Rheims. In 1670 he was sent to Paris to study theology at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice. While residing there he attended lectures in theology at the Sorbonne. There, he came under the spiritual direction of the well-known Msgr. Louis Tronson and made rapid progress in virtue
In July 1671 his mother died. A year later, his father also died. This obliged him to leave Paris and return home. At age 21 and as head of the family, he had the responsibility of educating his brothers and sisters.
At that time, a wealthy lady in Rouen had founded a free school for orphan boys. The model was brought to Rheims by a lay teacher, Arien Niguel, who was hosted by John Baptist de la Salle in his house. This contact opened his eyes to the need for the Catholic education of poor boys, and he undertook the task of preparing teachers for these schools. Later, St. John de la Salle wrote in a memoir:
"If I had ever thought that what I did out of pure charity for the poor school teachers would make it incumbent upon me to live with them, I would have given it up at once. I used to consider their condition lower than that of the servants, which would have made the idea of living with them something insupportable."
This implicit admittance was, however, the beginning of the mission of St. John Baptist: the organization of free primary Catholic schools for poor boys, and the foundation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, commonly called the Christian Brothers. By assuming this initiative, he indirectly put not only his relatives but almost all his city against him, since at the time the notion of providing education for the lower classes was novel and not accepted.
St. John Baptist teaching
When he wrote the rules for this Institute, he wanted its members to live without money, confiding in Divine Providence. His companions murmured, saying that this was very easy for him, a canon with a good income, but not for the others. He left his position and distributed his goods to the poor. Then his disciples complained that it was a crime to not distribute the goods among them instead of the poor.
Soon after the institute and the schools were organized, persecutions started against the lay teachers. Just seeing them in their habit was motive for their opponents to boo them in the streets and throw mud in their faces.
He defended frequent Communion for the lay teachers and boys, which raised the ire of the Jansenists and caused him to be abandoned by many of his disciples.
Fr. John Baptist's later years were spent at the College of Saint Yon in Rouen, where the novitiate functioned. In 1716 he resigned from the active direction and government of the Institute. The priest in charge of the noviate took advantage of the situation to mistreat him.
Two days before he died, the Archbishop of Rouen, due to the frequent polemics St. John Baptist raised, deprived him of his priestly powers, as if he were an unworthy priest. The Saint smiled and said: "I hope to be liberated shortly from Egypt, and enter into the Promised Land of the elect."
He achieved his aim on April 7, 1719, a Good Friday, at the age of 67.
This selection is very beautiful because it shows the sufferings that St. John Baptist de la Salle had to endure. However, on the other hand, it is one-sided, because it does not show how he accomplished his mission. It shows some of the turns the river made, but it does not show how the river reached the ocean.
Let me try to rectify this picture. In the time of St. John Baptist de la Salle, the ecclesiastical structure of France was disorganized as a consequence of the religious wars between the Protestants and Catholics. The good influence of the Counter-Reformation was also coming to an end. In the French clergy, customs had become very slack and apostolic zeal had waned. For these reasons the clergy was very interested in working with persons who could offer advantages, that is, with the nobles, magistrates and wealthy. It scorned the apostolate with poor and simple boys.
His mission was to provide
a Catholic education for poor boys
It was a completely wrong orientation, but it is understandable. Society still had a strong hierarchical structure, and the great advantages could only come from the top. So, the careless and slovenly clergy sought out the rich and scorned the poor. As a result, a great number of children grew up without any religious instruction. These new generations were thus destined to be completely pagan.
In a certain way this situation was the opposite of the one we have in our days, and in a certain way it was similar. It was similar because today we also have a careless and slovenly clergy who lack apostolic zeal. They also are sycophants of the famous of our day, eager to take advantage of them.
But it happens that the great ones of our day are no longer nobles, magistrates, or intellectuals. The ones with power are the leftists who are promoted by the demagogic media. These organs only advance those who are socialist and anti-hierarchical, those who are revolutionaries. So, the slovenly clergy seeks its advantages from political leaders, heads of workers' movements, or the leaders of the so-called discriminated-against minorities. This is the difference, an almost completely opposite situation.
But at that time, when the Revolution still had not destroyed social hierarchy, the winds of the fashion dictated a scorn for the little people and the poor, and so the worldly clergy and society followed this current.
St. John Baptist de la Salle took a different course. He set aside his own social standing, his ecclesiastical privileges as a canon, and his promising career, and went to help those whom the Revolution scorned. He sought out the boys who had been abandoned, and formed an institute of lay brothers who specialized in teaching these children.
We have to imagine how the teaching of a saint like St. John Baptist de la Salle would have been – his seriousness in explaining the Catholic principles for the boys, the profound impression he made on their souls, the blessings that his words spread among them. Those classes would have been a true marvel of Catholic spirit, exerting an enormous influence over those boys who, in many ways, would constitute the future of France.
He did not limit himself to teaching, but also founded an institute of priests and laymen completely dedicated to teaching youth. Therefore, it did not remain the work of a single man, but shortly he had congregated hundreds of teachers with the same aim. It was a new kind of vocation in the Church – persons who leave the world with the sole aim of teaching boys to become good Catholics. This congregation spread everywhere, and became an important force in the Church and society.
Therefore, he was called to realize this mission, a very elevated work. He faced many obstacles along the way, but he ended by achieving his aim. This straight line, limpid and clear, represents the accomplishment of his vocation. He succeeded before God, but he also succeeded before men, because he left a great work behind him.
The altar of St. John Baptist de la Salle
at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
Along the way, the course of the river made countless turns in face of the obstacles, which changed its direction before reaching the ocean. So, he had to face all the difficulties the selection mentions. He was rejected by his family, his closest friends and many of his disciples; he was mocked by the inhabitants of his city and persecuted by representatives of the very Church to which he had dedicated his life.
We see that Our Lady permitted him to suffer all those things in order to water, with the merit of his suffering and blood, the seed that he planted.
Accepting those sufferings, he became a model for the works of any apostolate. Every apostolate has to have suffering and relies on the blood of the souls of those who are called to make it. At times, it even calls for real blood, asking the apostle to shed it.
The most difficult obstacle to overcome was the appearance of absurdity of the work St. John Baptist de Salles was called to do. Very often a person called to do a great work has to face great waves of opposition that make his vocation appear senseless. This appearance of incoherence is one of the most painful dilacerations a person can suffer, because it seems to stand in the way of the mission to which the Holy Ghost had called him.
Even if we do not have the vocation of teaching children, we should admire the life of St. John Baptist de la Salle. It offers us the opportunity to contemplate the many different vocations the Holy Ghost placed in the Catholic Church and how rich she is. She is a treasure in which we can find all precious things, each one with its own beauty, value and splendor. We should glorify Our Lord Jesus Christ for that.
Let us pray to St. John Baptist de la Salle to help us increase our admiration for all the vocations encompassed by Holy Mother Church.
The texts of both the biographical data and the comments come from personal notes taken by Atila S. Guimarães from 1964 to 1995. Given the fact that the source is a personal notebook, it is possible that at times the biographic notes transcribed here will not rigorously follow the original text read by Prof. Plinio. The commentaries have also been adapted and translated for TIA's site.


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import com.diamondboot.core.DiamondBootContext;
import com.diamondboot.core.LocalFileDiamondBootContext;
import com.diamondboot.core.event.DiamondBootEvent;
import com.diamondboot.core.event.MinecraftServerEvent;
import com.diamondboot.core.utility.Events;
import com.diamondboot.serverproxy.instance.LocalMinecraftInstanceManager;
import com.diamondboot.serverproxy.instance.MinecraftInstanceManager;
import com.diamondboot.serverproxy.version.MinecraftVersionManager;
import com.diamondboot.serverproxy.version.RemoteJsonMinecraftVersionManager;
import com.google.common.eventbus.AsyncEventBus;
import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
import com.google.common.eventbus.Subscribe;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

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public class Launcher {

    protected static ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
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Patricio Enterprises, Inc. awarded JE-OPETS MA IDIQs in Business and Logistics/Medical Business Area Domains - Patricio Enterprises, Inc.
STAFFORD, Virginia –– Patricio Enterprises, Inc. (PE) is pleased to announce its award of two multiple award (MA) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts under the Joint Enterprise Omnibus Program, Engineering and Technical Support (JE-OPETS) contract vehicle. PE will support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) in the Business and Analytics, Engineering and Technology, and Information Technology (BEI) business area and in the Logistics and Medical (LM) business area as a prime awardee. Additionally, PE will support the JPEO-CBRND in the Acquisition business area as a major subcontractor to our small business partner of more than 13 years, Kalman & Company, Inc. JE-OPETS is a follow-on to the current Omnibus Program, Engineering, and Technical Support (OPETS) MA IDIQ contracts, in which PE currently supports with more than 200 personnel.
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We had a lovely day out today. Landed at Hintlesham Hall near Ipswich and had a very jolly lunch. Quite an advanced approach and landing, definitely worth doing it with an instructor before you try it on your own. Remember to re do the weight and balance after that lunch!


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Each September, students and others are called to attend "diversity training" seminars and sessions. Critics of such programs often refer peers and colleagues to Alan Charles Kors, "Thought Reform 101." This fall, a defender of such training sessions circulated a critique of Kors's article and agreed to post his criticism on FIRE's website.
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Q: How to nasm 32bit code on 64bit machine? I got the following error when I try nasm with gcc (both with -m32 and without it). Does anybody know how to fix the problem? Thanks.
~$ cat tiny.asm
BITS 32
GLOBAL main
SECTION .text
main:
mov eax, 42
ret
~$ nasm -f elf tiny.asm
~$ gcc -Wall -s tiny.o
/usr/bin/ld: i386 architecture of input file `tiny.o' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

$ gcc -m32 -Wall -s tiny.o
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/libgcc_s.so when searching for -lgcc_s
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
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We are delighted to introduce our new bespoke multi-media app, bringing the history of Dewar's to life in a new way. Delivered via iPads®, the app uses the latest technology to recognise visual 'trigger points' throughout our museum, accessing additional information, imagery, sound and video when held over them. This allows you to discover more about items that interest you, building your own in-depth experience. You will also able to view items that, due to their fragility, are not currently on display.
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We count it an awesome privilege and responsibility to reach and teach these little ones for Him!
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Aaron Diaz's art is hypnotizing, and the stories awesome (also in the overwhelming sense). It is the best kind of hodge-podge with stone-age anti-intellectualism satire, trans-humanism drama, weird daydreams, unresolved mysteries and more.
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대구시교육청, 2023학년도 추첨배정고 합격자 배정고교 발표 President Yoon Suk Yeol visits the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich EU Commission President announced 'Green Deal Industry Plan' Korean government established a foundation for obtaining order of high-tech infrastructure "packages" with the UAE 'KF-21' successfully completed first supersonic flight Ministry of Foreign Affairs had conversation with U.S and Japan regarding North Korean nuclear weapon. Major Industrial Policy Agenda of the EU Commission for the First Half of 2023 Prime Minister Han Duck-soo spoke with Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal. President Yoon Suk Yeolhad conversation with future scientists 2022 International Conference on World Heritage Interpretation held in Seoul
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, named after the patron saint of Paris, was founded by French Canadians around 1735, making it the oldest permanent European settlement in Missouri. Much of Ste. Geneviève's charm is due to the exceptional preservation of the original colonial settlement Still maintaining houses built by the French in the 18th century, Ste. Genevieve attracts tourists through many early French settlers' homes. Beauvais-Amoureux Historic House, for example, was built in 1792 with a steeply-pointed roof, reminiscent of early French Canadian architecture. Other historic buildings are the Bolduc & LeMeilleur Houses built with vertical log structures, representing the colonial Americans' living conditions. Having visited the historic housing sites at Ste. Geneviève's National Registered Historic District, I found myself fully immersed in each room. The plentiful French early Empire furniture in every living quarter caught my attention instantly. At the Felix Vallé Historical House Site, a fully operating fresh garden was still cultivated in the original brick and frame outbuildings. Sainte Genevieve Catholic Parish also depicts French influence on the previously French, Louisiana Purchase territory. Catholic church in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, is the first organized European church west of the Mississippi River. The interior is filled with original stained glass windows and paintings from the French colonial era. Last but not least, the Louis Bolduc House Museum is a prime example of traditional French Colonial architecture. In 1792, Louis Bolduc, a successful merchant built a one-story house at the new village site. Still owned by the Bolduc family descendants until the 1940s, the Louis Bolduc House now turned into a museum for colonial French artifacts and furnished pieces. If you visit the States, make sure to explore the French influence on towns like Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. - Alex Lee, senior (12th grade) at Thomas Jefferson School in St. Louis, Missouri.-
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#include "webrtc/common_video/h264/sps_parser.h"

#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"

#include "webrtc/base/arraysize.h"
#include "webrtc/base/bitbuffer.h"
#include "webrtc/base/buffer.h"
#include "webrtc/common_video/h264/h264_common.h"

namespace webrtc {

// Example SPS can be generated with ffmpeg. Here's an example set of commands,
// runnable on OS X:
// 1) Generate a video, from the camera:
// ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "0" -video_size 640x360 camera.mov
//
// 2) Scale the video to the desired size:
// ffmpeg -i camera.mov -vf scale=640x360 scaled.mov
//
// 3) Get just the H.264 bitstream in AnnexB:
// ffmpeg -i scaled.mov -vcodec copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -an out.h264
//
// 4) Open out.h264 and find the SPS, generally everything between the first
// two start codes (0 0 0 1 or 0 0 1). The first byte should be 0x67,
// which should be stripped out before being passed to the parser.

static const size_t kSpsBufferMaxSize = 256;

// Generates a fake SPS with basically everything empty but the width/height.
// Pass in a buffer of at least kSpsBufferMaxSize.
// The fake SPS that this generates also always has at least one emulation byte
// at offset 2, since the first two bytes are always 0, and has a 0x3 as the
// level_idc, to make sure the parser doesn't eat all 0x3 bytes.
void GenerateFakeSps(uint16_t width, uint16_t height, rtc::Buffer* out_buffer) {
  uint8_t rbsp[kSpsBufferMaxSize] = {0};
  rtc::BitBufferWriter writer(rbsp, kSpsBufferMaxSize);
  // Profile byte.
  writer.WriteUInt8(0);
  // Constraint sets and reserved zero bits.
  writer.WriteUInt8(0);
  // level_idc.
  writer.WriteUInt8(0x3u);
  // seq_paramter_set_id.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);
  // Profile is not special, so we skip all the chroma format settings.

  // Now some bit magic.
  // log2_max_frame_num_minus4: ue(v). 0 is fine.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);
  // pic_order_cnt_type: ue(v). 0 is the type we want.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);
  // log2_max_pic_order_cnt_lsb_minus4: ue(v). 0 is fine.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);
  // max_num_ref_frames: ue(v). 0 is fine.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);
  // gaps_in_frame_num_value_allowed_flag: u(1).
  writer.WriteBits(0, 1);
  // Next are width/height. First, calculate the mbs/map_units versions.
  uint16_t width_in_mbs_minus1 = (width + 15) / 16 - 1;

  // For the height, we're going to define frame_mbs_only_flag, so we need to
  // divide by 2. See the parser for the full calculation.
  uint16_t height_in_map_units_minus1 = ((height + 15) / 16 - 1) / 2;
  // Write each as ue(v).
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(width_in_mbs_minus1);
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(height_in_map_units_minus1);
  // frame_mbs_only_flag: u(1). Needs to be false.
  writer.WriteBits(0, 1);
  // mb_adaptive_frame_field_flag: u(1).
  writer.WriteBits(0, 1);
  // direct_8x8_inferene_flag: u(1).
  writer.WriteBits(0, 1);
  // frame_cropping_flag: u(1). 1, so we can supply crop.
  writer.WriteBits(1, 1);
  // Now we write the left/right/top/bottom crop. For simplicity, we'll put all
  // the crop at the left/top.
  // We picked a 4:2:0 format, so the crops are 1/2 the pixel crop values.
  // Left/right.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(((16 - (width % 16)) % 16) / 2);
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);
  // Top/bottom.
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(((16 - (height % 16)) % 16) / 2);
  writer.WriteExponentialGolomb(0);

  // vui_parameters_present_flag: u(1)
  writer.WriteBits(0, 1);

  // Get the number of bytes written (including the last partial byte).
  size_t byte_count, bit_offset;
  writer.GetCurrentOffset(&byte_count, &bit_offset);
  if (bit_offset > 0) {
    byte_count++;
  }

  H264::WriteRbsp(rbsp, byte_count, out_buffer);
}

class H264SpsParserTest : public ::testing::Test {
 public:
  H264SpsParserTest() {}
  virtual ~H264SpsParserTest() {}

  rtc::Optional<SpsParser::SpsState> sps_;
};

TEST_F(H264SpsParserTest, TestSampleSPSHdLandscape) {
  // SPS for a 1280x720 camera capture from ffmpeg on osx. Contains
  // emulation bytes but no cropping.
  const uint8_t buffer[] = {0x7A, 0x00, 0x1F, 0xBC, 0xD9, 0x40, 0x50, 0x05,
                            0xBA, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0xC0, 0x00,
                            0x00, 0x2A, 0xE0, 0xF1, 0x83, 0x19, 0x60};
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      static_cast<bool>(sps_ = SpsParser::ParseSps(buffer, arraysize(buffer))));
  EXPECT_EQ(1280u, sps_->width);
  EXPECT_EQ(720u, sps_->height);
}

TEST_F(H264SpsParserTest, TestSampleSPSVgaLandscape) {
  // SPS for a 640x360 camera capture from ffmpeg on osx. Contains emulation
  // bytes and cropping (360 isn't divisible by 16).
  const uint8_t buffer[] = {0x7A, 0x00, 0x1E, 0xBC, 0xD9, 0x40, 0xA0, 0x2F,
                            0xF8, 0x98, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x01, 0x80,
                            0x00, 0x00, 0x56, 0x83, 0xC5, 0x8B, 0x65, 0x80};
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      static_cast<bool>(sps_ = SpsParser::ParseSps(buffer, arraysize(buffer))));
  EXPECT_EQ(640u, sps_->width);
  EXPECT_EQ(360u, sps_->height);
}

TEST_F(H264SpsParserTest, TestSampleSPSWeirdResolution) {
  // SPS for a 200x400 camera capture from ffmpeg on osx. Horizontal and
  // veritcal crop (neither dimension is divisible by 16).
  const uint8_t buffer[] = {0x7A, 0x00, 0x0D, 0xBC, 0xD9, 0x43, 0x43, 0x3E,
                            0x5E, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x60, 0x00,
                            0x00, 0x15, 0xA0, 0xF1, 0x42, 0x99, 0x60};
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      static_cast<bool>(sps_ = SpsParser::ParseSps(buffer, arraysize(buffer))));
  EXPECT_EQ(200u, sps_->width);
  EXPECT_EQ(400u, sps_->height);
}

TEST_F(H264SpsParserTest, TestSyntheticSPSQvgaLandscape) {
  rtc::Buffer buffer;
  GenerateFakeSps(320u, 180u, &buffer);
  EXPECT_TRUE(static_cast<bool>(
      sps_ = SpsParser::ParseSps(buffer.data(), buffer.size())));
  EXPECT_EQ(320u, sps_->width);
  EXPECT_EQ(180u, sps_->height);
}

TEST_F(H264SpsParserTest, TestSyntheticSPSWeirdResolution) {
  rtc::Buffer buffer;
  GenerateFakeSps(156u, 122u, &buffer);
  EXPECT_TRUE(static_cast<bool>(
      sps_ = SpsParser::ParseSps(buffer.data(), buffer.size())));
  EXPECT_EQ(156u, sps_->width);
  EXPECT_EQ(122u, sps_->height);
}

}  // namespace webrtc


We have a couple of words with Wil Stahl, Director at Pandemic Studios about their upcoming, E3 sensation, tactical military title.
Q: Between Conflict Desert Storm and Ghost Recon, the Xbox has a pretty strong fan base for tactical military games. What do you think will set Full Spectrum Warrior apart from them?
A: Just about everything really :) Other than the subject matter, FSW is a completely different kind of gaming experience.
Q: Full Spectrum Warrior seems it would be perfect for Xbox Live. Will it be playable online? If so, what kind of game types can we expect?
A: We are supporting a cooperative mode where two players can play together through the single-player campaign. If you like playing a game as a team, you'll really like the cooperative play. It absolutely requires that you cooperate with your teammate to succeed. We are also supporting downloadable content, although the extent is still being worked out. We're also talking with Microsoft about getting some other cool Live support in the game.
Q: Did the programmers have to get military advice to create this game?
A: The programmers didn't but I sure did. During the early design phase of the Army version of FSW, we worked extensively with Army captains and sergeants to insure that the game accurately reflected their experience in a war-zone.
Q: Is it true that this game is being used as a tactical command simulator for the U.S. Army?
A: Yes and no. The retail version of FSW is based on the same technology as the Army version; however, they are different games. The Army version (the one the Army is using as a training aid) is very much a simulation – part game, part tool. The retail version is a true game. Although on the surface the games look very similar, there are many subtle differences between the two.
Q: If so, how much of a difference is there between what the simulator is, and what the console game will be?
A: From my perspective, the differences are great. In the retail version, we were able to make some abstractions and tweak certain systems to make the experience more "FUN" as opposed to more "realistic" (as was the case with the Army version). This doesn't mean that the retail version is less realistic, only that it is more fun (if that makes any sense).
Q: Is this game based only on one conflict, such as the Iraqi war, or are their different theaters of operations?
A: Full Spectrum Warrior takes place in a fictitious country and focuses on the experiences of Army soldiers during the course of a single day. We wanted the retail version of FSW to be as authentic as possible. Because we are simulating light infantry, we couldn't have the squad bouncing around the globe fighting terrorists – that's just not something light infantry does. FSW will give players a window into how an Army squad operates as part of a larger coalition of forces at war.
Q: Just how realistic is this game anyway? Will there be a learning curve for basic gamers, or is this game aimed at the veteran gamer types?
A: The game is the most realistic representation of Army doctrine I know of. Players will have to use the same tactics an Army squad actually uses in the field to capture terrain. These include things like suppressing, flanking and ambushing. There may be a slight learning curve for some players – even veteran gamers. This does not mean, however, that the game is not accessible to casual gamers at all; in fact, I would say the game is much more accessible than most other squad-based games on the market today. The game includes an extensive series of training missions that will get anyone quickly up to speed on Army tactics and how to apply them within the game.
Q: How much time went into creating this game?
A: If you include the development of the Army version, the FSW team is entering its fourth year on this project. Needless to say, we are eager to get it finished and into the hands of everyone.
Q: Why was the game made to be a command and control type of game as opposed to a true first person shooter?
A: When the Army approached us to make the game they had only a few requirements really. One of those was that any skill the player learned in the game had to have the greatest chance of being carried over into the real world. This made sense from their perspective because then they would be getting the most bang for the buck. Right away it occurred to us that firing a gun in a video game has absolutely no real-world equivalent. If anyone thinks they can fire a real AK-47 because they've fired one in a game they are in for a real surprise :) Commanding soldiers; ascertaining good cover from bad; managing fields of fire; these are all thing real squad leaders do that we felt we could simulate very accurately. But it required us to really rethink what a squad-base gaming experience could be on a console.
Q: Do you think that this will put off the average gamer that it's not an actual FPS game like Ghost Recon?
A: I really hope not. My biggest concern is that people won't even give FSW a chance simply because they have a pre-conceived notion of what it is without actually playing it. FSW is not Ghost Recon with the shooting taken out, nor is it WarCraft from down on the ground. It is its own kind of game. FPS games are my favorite kinds of games. The same is true for many members of my team, and we think we have created a game that will appeal to them as well as all other kinds of gamers.
Q: How accurate are the missions. Are they real life conflict zones with current event threats, or are they fictitious enemies?
A: We've created a fictitious city in which the game is taking place. There are many reasons why we decided to do this. One of the more important reasons was that we didn't want to seem like we were "cashing in" on current events. We also wanted to be respectful to all the soldiers currently fighting in real world locations – many of them are our friends.
Q: What did you do to ensure the authenticity of the weapons?
A: All of our weapons are modeled after specifications provided to us by the Army.
Q: Speaking of which, and for the benefit of the gamers, what kind of weapons and equipment will the gamer get to use?
A: Your light infantry squad will be composed of two teams of four soldiers. Each team will have a team leader, an automatic rifleman, a grenadier and a rifleman. The team leader is usually the highest-ranking member of the team. The automatic rifleman is trained to use the M249 SAW – which is the high-casualty producing weapon. The grenadier carries the M4 with the 203 grenade-launcher mounted underneath. Both the rifleman and the team leader carry the standard M4 assault rifle. Each team is usually equipped with both fragmentation and white phosphorous grenades. The team leader will carry a radio and a GPS (Global Positioning System).
Q: How would you describe this game: A simulation, or action game?
A: Given those two choices I'd have to say action game. We call it a "tactical action" game; it plays like a strategy game but feels like an action game.
Q: Would you agree with the statement that this game could actually raise the bar for military games in the future?
Q: Here's the chance to brag about Full Spectrum Warrior. What does this game have that other military games don't?
A: If I had to go with one thing it would be authenticity.
Q: Why the Xbox? Did you find the Xbox a good console to create such an expansive game on?
A: The Army chose the platform.
Q: What kind of squad commands will be have at our disposal. Or relabeled as: How deep is the squad command in this game.
A: There are several basic orders you can give, most relating to movement and firing priorities. The depth comes in how the player combines the basic orders to create more complex attack and defense plans using both teams at the same time.
Q: How much interaction do we get with our squad.
A: You interact with the squad as their leader. Most interaction is at the team level but you do have the ability to order individual soldiers to cover different sectors.
Q: Do we get to change out members? Do they stick with us though out the game?
A: You do not change out the members of your team. The same eight soldiers travel with you throughout the game. A squad leader is often in charge of the same group of men for months. All the soldiers under your command will reflect the bond that is created under such circumstances.
Q: What will happen if you loose a soldier? Is there impact throughout the squad?
A: Yes. These soldiers have all been together, fighting with each other for many months. When one of them goes down, getting him out alive becomes one of your primary objectives, just as in real war. The Army leaves no man behind and we've tried to reflect that motto in the game.
Q: Where's the AI level at? What kind of AI on both sides will we see?
A: The AI is coming together nicely. The soldiers can form up and seek cover. They share targets amongst their fellow teammates and move intelligently, always trying to stay out of the lines of fire of other friendly units. The enemy AI is every bit as capable as the soldiers, but they are less organized in general.
Q: What defines the AI for your squad?
A: The AI was created to reflect trained soldiers.
Q: Is this game going to have staying power? Are we going to see sequels?
A: I hope so. It's been a long and challenging road making this game. We're doing many things that have never been done before which is both incredibly exciting and incredible terrifying at the same time. Everyone associated with the game – the team, Pandemic Studios and THQ – knew we were taking risks in trying to stay true to the original vision and in not trying to make the game more conventional. But we all believe in the game. A sequel would be a great reward for all the hard work and effort that's gone into making FSW.
On behalf of the staff of XboxAddict.com and all it's members, we would like to thank you for taking the time to answer these questions about Full Spectrum Warrior. Your game was considered a hit among the offerings at last years E3, and it has sparked a great interest among our fellow XboxAddicts.


This project involves heuristic research as creative practice in the design of a set of divination cards. Here the potential of water as a medium for referencing the ethos of each of the Tarot's Major Arcana1 is explored. The research involves an experimental process of generating water patterns for the purposes of eliciting twenty-two specific images. Images are captured with a digital camera. While attention is given to vibrational imagery and micro photography, the research is not limited to these techniques. The chosen creative research process provokes tacit knowledge2. The images are used in the creation of a divinatory text.1 Tarot is a divination system consisting of seventy-eight cards, twenty-two of these are the trump cards known as the Major Arcana. It is the `essence' of the meaning of each of these cards that this work seeks to elicit.2 Tacit knowledge may be broadly defined as knowledge the researcher possesses but is not conscious of. Tacit (silent) knowledge is a pre-logical phase of knowing, comprising of a range of conceptual and sensory information that is bought to bear in an attempt to understand something.


When Can Members of a Community Association Install Satellite Dishes or Antennas? - Davison, Eastman, Muñoz, Lederman & Paone, P.A.
Satellite dishes and antennas can be a point of contention in community associations. Viewed by some as an unwanted deviation from the uniform appearance of the community, satellite dishes and antennas may offer cost-savings or enhanced programming options deemed essential to sports fanatics. Those who purchase a unit in a community buy subject to the Master Deed and other governing documents and thus give up certain rights in order to maintain the community's established standards for landscaping and style. Nevertheless, satellites and antennas are one community issue where federal law also plays a role.
Under what circumstances can members of a community association install a satellite dish or antenna? The short answer is when the satellite or antenna is installed on the homeowner's own property, but exactly where and how this equipment can be mounted may depend on the type of community (homeowners association versus condominium association or cooperative) and the additional restrictions put in place.
Federal law provides that a resident of a community association has the right to install a satellite dish on property the resident owns or rents or that is assigned for the person's exclusive use (limited common elements such as patios). Communities can prohibit installation of satellite dishes and antennas in or on common elements or common property.
Section 207 of the Telecommunications Act required the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") to adopt rules for the installation of satellite dishes in community associations. The official name of the FCC's rule is the Over-the-Air-Reception Device ("OTARD") Rule.
A person's right to install a dish in certain areas of the community can be regulated, within reason, as defined by the FCC. Association rules that impair a person's ability to install, maintain, or use a satellite dish are prohibited. A restriction impairs if it: (1) unreasonably delays or prevents use; (2) unreasonably increases the cost; or (3) precludes a person from receiving an acceptable quality signal from a satellite dish.
Q: What types of antennas are covered under the OTARD rules?
A "dish" antenna one meter (39.37 inches) or less in diameter (or any size dish if located in Alaska), designed to receive direct broadcast satellite service, including direct-to-home satellite service, or to receive or transmit fixed wireless signals via satellite.
An antenna that is one meter or less in diameter and is designed to receive video programming services via broadband radio service (wireless cable), or to receive or transmit fixed wireless signals other than via satellite.
An antenna that is designed to receive local television broadcast signals.
Antennas used for AM/FM radio, amateur ("ham") radio, CB radio, Digital Audio Radio Services ("DARS") or antennas used as part of a hub to relay signals among multiple locations are not covered by these rules. However, there is legislation pending which, if enacted, may invalidate many community association rules and architectural standards governing the installation and use of amateur radio towers and antennas.
Q: Are homeowners associations required to permit satellite dish installations?
A: Yes, if the owner owns or has the exclusive use of the whole house or lot, including the walls and the roof, the FCC requires an association to permit satellite dishes. The owner is able to put a satellite dish on his/her roof, exterior walls, or backyard. This is true even if the association maintains the roof or other exterior areas of the home or lot.
Q: Can a satellite dish be installed in/on common elements in a condominium association?
A: The OTARD Rule does not require an association to permit the installation of a satellite dish on a common element, such as a walkway, hallway, community garden, common element exterior wall or roof. Board approval is required to install a satellite dish in common areas. Drilling through a common element exterior wall is generally not permitted because the exterior wall is typically a condominium common element.
Q: Can a board can require a resident to provide a "notice" of his/her intent to install a dish?
A: No. A requirement to pay a fee to the association for a permit to install a satellite dish is prohibited.
Q: Is the association allowed to make satellite dish rules or installation guidelines?
A: Yes, clearly defined, legitimate safety rules are permitted, such as fire code compliance or and installation rules that describe the proper method to secure a satellite dish. A board may also adopt installation guidelines that include permissible installation locations, screening and maintenance requirements, height restrictions, and indemnification requirements that limit the association's potential liability for damage to or from a satellite dish installation, but these types of guidelines and requirements must be adopted and put in place before a resident installs a satellite dish.
Q: What if a resident cannot receive signals because the association's trees are in the way? Does the OTARD Rule require the association to maintain those trees?
A: No. The Rule does not place any affirmative obligation on associations to assist homeowners in receiving signals. The FCC only preempts restrictions on access to adequate signal reception.


Nigeria: Eye witnesses say that a suicide bomber has blew himself up at the market place, in the northern part of Maiduguri. The blast killed 20 people and injured many, of which an official announcement is yet to come.
Before this incident took place, the town was attacked by the extremists of the Boko Haram Movement in the morning, early hours. After the attack, a few hours later a person had blew himself up at the Gomberu cattle market, eye witnesses say.
One of the witnesses said that he had counted more than 20 dead bodies laying in the market after the blast. more than 30 persons were killed in the attacks, in this week alone. Conditions worsened gradually in the area, with the extremists killing people in blasts.
President Muhammadu Buhari announced in that he would be moving the military head quarters of the war to Maiduguri from Abuja, the central capital of Nigeria. Maiduguri, is the birth place of Boko Haram, also the biggest city of northern Nigeria, The Times of India reports.


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Brooks Automation Sells Manufacturing Unit
Erin Kutz
Xconomy Boston —
Brooks Automation (NASDAQ: BRKS), a Chelmsford, MA-based maker of automation technology for the semiconductor market, said today that it has sold its Portland, OR-based contract manufacturing unit to Canadian firm Celestica, for $80 million in cash. The company said the transaction will enable it to better focus on developing technology for controlled temperature and pressure environments. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to complete this quarter. Brooks also announced it completed the $3.3 million acquisition of RTS Life Sciences, a U.K.-based developer of automation technology for life sciences applications.
How Healthy Are Your Market Access Programs?
A Guide to Performing Check-ups on Pharmaceutical Distribution & Patient Access Programs
Archbow Consulting
How Big Is the US Market for Medical Devices & Technologies?
Knowing the volume of procedures and growth trends by site of care can allow you to understand the market demand for your product


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A cloudy forecast for storage?
Agencies weigh the cost savings and risks of emerging "cloud" storage services?
By Alan Joch
SaaS is waiting to be noticed
GSA looking for software as a service for USA.gov
Next up for strategic sourcing: IT services
The savvy executive
Here are some questions executives should ask when deciding whether storage as a service makes sense for their organizations.
What's the total cost of using cloud storage, including fees for data at rest and in transit, in addition to any infrastructure upgrades needed for connecting to storage service providers?0
How does the total cost of ownership for maintaining in-house storage investments compare with the total cost of ownership for cloud storage?
What data, if any, am I comfortable storing off-site and making available at less than optimum access speeds?
What are all the applications that might use the data being stored off-site, and what are the ramifications of these application interdependencies when data isn't stored in-house?
What's the uptime record of the service providers I'm considering? How quickly are they able to recover when outages occur?
What redundancies do vendors have in place to guard against data center, power and cooling, and communications breakdowns?
How sophisticated is the service provider's security infrastructure, including its use of access controls, intrusion prevention/detection systems, and physical access monitoring?
Will my data stay within the boundaries of my country or does the storage cloud stretch to international locations?
Can the service provider encrypt my data when it's stored in off-site databases and when it's being transferred across the network?
What provisions will there be in our service-level agreement for getting our data back if we change service providers, or if the one we're using folds?
What procedures and technologies does the service provider use to guarantee hard drives are wiped clean when we request data to be deleted?
— Alan Joch
Control storage costs
Service-level agreements for cloud storage should spell out specific performance goals for uptime, data access rates and recovery times. However, to control costs, agencies don't need the same performance guarantees for all service areas, said Vance Checketts, chief operating officer of Mozy, an online backup service acquired by storage vendor EMC last fall.
"You might not have 'five nines' [99.999 percent uptime] for the overall service, but as you peel back the layers, there may be particular components where you really want that higher standard," he explained.
Although Mozy still provides only backup services, Checketts said a cloud storage service is in the works, possibly as part of a combined offering with software-as-a-service providers.
"For example, if a backup session doesn't complete immediately, that's probably not a big deal as long as it [eventually] is successful within the interval of choice specified the contract," he said. "More significant is the restore process, where if something catastrophic occurs, you'll need a very high availability."
As more organizations explore software as a service (SaaS) and other third-party information technology services as alternatives to the traditional build-your-own approach, there is another spin on the model for IT executives to consider: cloud storage, or storage as a service.
A surprising variety of providers, from online retailer Amazon.com and search-engine behemoth Google to more traditional IT companies such as EMC and Nirvanix, offers services designed to reduce the costs and management headaches that come with enterprise storage.
The strategy is starting to take hold in the public sector, though a cautious approach is advisable given concerns about data security, performance and availability.
The District of Columbia uses off-site storage as part of its fledgling cloud computing initiatives around Google Apps, a suite of business software, and Intuit's QuickBase online development platform.
"I see a compelling economic reason why we would move some of our services to the cloud model, storage included," said Vivek Kundra, the district's chief technology officer. "We're finding it extremely useful because of the velocity with which we can apply solutions to problems, rather than spending millions of dollars and years to craft some magic bullet that may end up failing."
Different flavors
Cloud storage comes in three primary varieties. In addition to bundling storage and applications in the same physical location, as the District of Columbia's service providers do, some vendors offer discrete storage options.
Amazon, Google and Nirvanix are rolling out services that let government agencies upload data to the cloud, which means it's available through a secure Web connection to any authorized staff member. The servers and applications that ultimately use the data can run in an agency's IT infrastructure or at another vendor's SaaS facility.
Virginia is using a third option. It contracted with systems integrator Northrop Grumman to create what Aneesh Chopra, Virginia's secretary of technology, calls a proprietary cloud. Virginia taps into the computing and storage resources available from two data centers that for now are dedicated to the commonwealth. Virginia's goal with cloud storage is to eliminate low-level IT concerns.
"Our individual government agencies shouldn't spend any of their time stressing about the IT infrastructure," Chopra said. "They need to focus on what they can do with an application to make their operations more efficient."
Data considerations
The storage services vary in their configuration, but they share one characteristic.
"Cloud storage isn't a new technology per se — we're not seeing 'cloud storage' products," said Stanley Zaffos, research vice president with Gartner. "Rather, it's a style of deploying and managing storage."
To decide if such services are right for their agencies, IT managers first need to consider the relative importance and age of their data, Zaffos said. For example, some information might never be appropriate for the cloud, including data that's highly sensitive or used frequently in core applications.
Likewise, scientific research or economic forecasts that could affect markets if they are released prematurely are classes of data that you don't want to take a chance with storing at a third-party service provider, said Bruce Clark, program manager with systems integrator EDS.
Similarly, data that agencies need ready access to for everyday operations requires the access speeds that are possible when information and applications are physically close.
"When you have storage located close to the server in a computer room, you have very in expensive bandwidth available, and lots of it," Zaffos said. "It doesn't cost much to run a piece of fiber between a storage system and a server that is in the same computer room."
After the resources are geographically separated, "bandwidth becomes much more precious," he added.
However, less frequently accessed information, such as archival and backup files, isn't as sensitive to slower performance and could be a prime candidate for third-party storage services.
"If I were storing an entire enterprise content management system with terabytes of data that needed to be accessed every day, it wouldn't make economic sense," Kundra said. "But for a lot of lightweight applications where we access the information infrequently, it makes economic sense to put it in a cloud."
Potential benefits
Cost considerations are one of off-site storage's biggest attractions, industry sources say. "With rising storage capacity comes greater power and cooling demands," Clark said. "And storage requires an infrastructure to support it."
Storage service providers said their fees are far below what it costs organizations to manage their own storage resources. For example, Nirvanix and CDW's managed services division quote list prices of about $4 per gigabyte per year. Jonathan Buckley, Nirvanix's chief marketing officer, said industry research suggests organizations spend about $15 per gigabyte per year for storing information not used every day.
Agencies also have more predictable storage costs with online services because of pre-negotiated service contracts, the vendors said.
"If you are an entity whose data is predicted to grow at an unknown rate or you have seasonal data needs, how do you determine how much storage [hardware and software] to buy?" asked Clint Harder, product development manager for CDW's hosting business. "There's a lot of guessing about storage capacity planning."
Another potential benefit is that staffing strains subside when organizations aren't forced to hire new talent to manage increasingly sophisticated storage products.
"You can get yourself into a mess if you are not maintaining your storage system in terms of best practices, proper configuration, and proper firmware and patch levels," Harder said.
Finally, the ease with which agencies can use online storage might enable them to become more diligent about backups, or even allow some to perform consistent backups for the first time.
"If I'm a small or medium-sized [agency], and I've got data that I'm not backing up, I can just send a copy into the cloud," Zaffos said. "I've got a far higher level of safety than I might have otherwise have had."


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Issue Date: November 01, 2014
Published Online: November 10, 2014
Innovations and Updates to the American Journal of Occupational Therapy
Frederick P. Somers
Frederick P. Somers is Executive Director, American Occupational Therapy Association, 4720 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814; fsomers@aota.org. For more information on the journal, contact Caroline Polk, AJOT Managing Editor, cpolk@aota.org
Editorial | November 01, 2014
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, November/December 2014, Vol. 68, 618-619. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.686004
Frederick P. Somers; Innovations and Updates to the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Am J Occup Ther 2014;68(6):618–619. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.686004
As 2014 draws to a close, it is an opportune time to reflect on the tremendous strides AJOT has made under the tenure of Sharon Gutman, whose 6 yr of service as Editor-in-Chief ended this past July, and to look forward to the exciting directions in which the journal is headed under its new Editor-in-Chief, Lorie Gage Richards.
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Over the past 6 yr, AJOT's 5-yr impact factor—the measure of a journal's impact on research computed by Journal Citation Reports (JCR)—has grown from 0.971 in 2007 to 1.831 in 2013. The journal's 2-yr impact factor has more than doubled, from 0.673 in 2007 to 1.552 in 2013. This growth reflects the increased quantity and quality of research as well as an insistence on a high level of rigor in any article to be accepted for publication (see Gutman, 2014, in this issue). AJOT is currently the top occupational therapy journal in JCR and ranks in the top 20 of the 66 rehabilitation journals listed in JCR.
One element in the growth of AJOT's impact factor is the journal's 2010 transition to an online platform. This move included the implementation of the BenchPress online manuscript submission process. In tandem, the changes expanded the journal's audience of researchers, including potential authors. The result has been growth in readership worldwide as well as a higher number and quality of Level I and II research papers submitted. Our reciprocal access agreements with the British Journal of Occupational Therapy and the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, which would not be possible without an online platform, also have expanded our online readership.
Other changes that are possible only with the advent of an online platform include use of the CrossCheck system to verify that submitted papers are free of plagiarism and the new FundRef system, which will help track the source of research funding and cite it consistently from article to article. In addition, instructors who want to use AJOT articles in their course packets and authors who want to reprint portions of articles can easily obtain permission by clicking on the Tools tab and selecting "Get Permissions." And, of course, readers can set Alerts to keep them informed about research on specific topics. In short, online publishing has enabled many handy tools and features to streamline the work of our readers. One wonders how we ever managed before 2010!
The current publishing environment presents many challenges to academic journals like AJOT. The growth of the Internet disrupted existing publishing business models and hit academic publishers particularly hard. Ad revenue in all sectors has dramatically decreased as advertisers have moved their advertising online (where it is far cheaper), and the expenses of paper, printing, and postage continue to increase. Academic and other libraries face ongoing budget constraints, limiting their acquisitions. In response, many journals are charging more for print or are even online only, having done away with paper for all but a handful of readers. Fortunately for academic publishers, most readers typically turn first to the online version of their journals.
Because virtually all research now begins with the use of online search engines, AJOT has implemented changes that are not necessarily obvious to readers, such as semantic tagging of articles and an improved search engine for the site. We began assigning digital object identifiers (DOIs) to our articles when the journal moved online in 2010, and all articles back to 1980 are now forever retrievable if a reader has the DOI at hand. We are exploring the possibility of adding content that predates 1980 to the AJOT site.
Of course, the use of the Internet means that AJOT—like all journals—faces competition from multiple information sources. To stand out from the crowd, it is ever more vital that AJOT remain the premier occupational therapy journal. Maintaining and increasing the journal's impact factor is part of that effort and is a core function of the Editor-in-Chief. In addition, initiatives such as moving to continuous publishing, slated for implementation in January 2015, will help attract high-quality research by reducing the time from submission to publication. The goal is for articles to be published approximately 3 mo after acceptance.
In addition, AJOT has joined an important initiative among leading rehabilitation journals in adopting the EQUATOR Network Reporting Guidelines (Chan, Heinemann, & Roberts, 2014). These guidelines serve to increase the transparency of clinical research reporting and will further boost the quality of research published in the journal. In addition, researchers publishing intervention effectiveness studies in AJOT are asked to adhere to specific reporting standards that are based on those commonly used in the clinical research community (see Gutman, 2010).
Building on our electronic platform, exciting projects are in the works for AJOT. First up is the move to continuous publishing, mentioned earlier. In addition, the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) has launched an online initiative to better integrate AJOT with other AOTA Press publications, such as practice guidelines, textbooks, and reference works.
Under the leadership of Lorie Richards, AJOT will continue to expand its reach by publishing articles intended for multidisciplinary audiences while soliciting and publishing the highest quality research. Another tool that will expand the journal's reach is "pay-per-view," scheduled for implementation in late 2015, which will allow nonsubscribers to purchase individual articles for download. Finally, innovations such as advance open access (whereby articles become available without a subscription on a fee basis) and online-only publishing are under consideration.
As the occupational therapy profession nears its centennial, AJOT continues to play a key role in making the profession "powerful, widely recognized, science-driven, and evidence-based," as stated in AOTA's (2007) Centennial Vision. Although the accomplishments and ongoing projects described here are in support of that vision, they do not end with 2017. Appropriate use of technology and staying alert to important developments in the field are fundamental to our work. The goal is for AJOT to be ever more vital to researchers and clinicians in supporting their work and to lead the way as a forum for the latest and highest quality occupational therapy research.
American Occupational Therapy Association. (2007). AOTA's Centennial Vision and executive summary. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 613–614. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.61.6.613 [Article]
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Chan, L., Heinemann, A. W., & Roberts, J. (2014). Elevating the quality of disability and rehabilitation research: Mandatory use of the reporting guidelines. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68, 127–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.682004 [Article] [PubMed]
Chan, L., Heinemann, A. W., & Roberts, J. (2014). Elevating the quality of disability and rehabilitation research: Mandatory use of the reporting guidelines. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68, 127–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.682004 [Article] [PubMed]×
Gutman, S. A. (2010). From the Desk of the Editor—Reporting standards for intervention effectiveness studies. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64, 523–527. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2010.09644 [Article] [PubMed]
Gutman, S. A. (2010). From the Desk of the Editor—Reporting standards for intervention effectiveness studies. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64, 523–527. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2010.09644 [Article] [PubMed]×
Gutman, S. A. (2014). From the Desk of the Editor—State of the journal, 2014. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68, 620–627. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.013607 [Article]
Gutman, S. A. (2014). From the Desk of the Editor—State of the journal, 2014. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68, 620–627. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.013607 [Article] ×
Steady Progress in 2015
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, November 2015, Vol. 69, 6906040010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2015.696007
State of the Journal, 2010
A Changing Publishing Landscape


Will the maps in the next update have SP support?
Re: SP support in 2.25?
Duh. of course they will..
A search for "singleplayer" would have brougth you to at least 3 threads stating the same.
True, I should have reread your post.
But nobody else than Winterhilf can tell you if the maps will have SP support by the time of their release.
Atm all is hard at work just to release them ASAP.
I just wish winterHilf will make AI independent of the devs' Release schedule like I once suggested - It doesn't require new contents afterall, DL-able bot-supported maps work fine with Conquest and don't prevent SPers playing online, and it will certaily aid community feedback which will refocus BTs less on testing AI, and on testing general gameplay and fixes..
We didn't obtain a dedicated SP dev until just before the 2.2 release.
There is like 200 threads that come up.
With more and more changes in 2.25, i fear that the SP development will get a lot more difficult. I just hope that Winterhilf obtained some decent help from the guys he know at BF2SP.
I'd begin to see parting SP and MP devs as a solution as djinn stated. I used to think that's bad for the mod integrity and attractiveness as a whole. But seeing PR doing that (but the difference is that, PR got a huge MPers and saw no need doing SP), hey it worked too.
But sequentially updating new maps one-by-one after release also doesn't hurt.


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Q: How to model multiple inheritance objects in Java i've got the following Problem in a little soccer manager game i'm writing.
I've got the classes Person, Player, Coach, Manager.
Person is the base Class of the other ones. The Problem is that a Player can also be a Coach and/or a Manager. By adding more Roles (e.g. groundkeeper) i'll get more and more complex - so, how can you implement this efficiently? Isn't there a Pattern for that?

A: Don't model the role as a type of person.  The Person should have a collection of Roles
public enum Role {
  PLAYER,
  COACH,
  REF
}

public class Player {
  private final String name;
  private Collection<Role> roles = new ArrayList<Role>();

  public Player(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  public void addRole(Role role) {
    this.roles.add(role);
  }
 }

A: I'd have a Role interface whose implementation classes wrapped a Person as a data member.  (AbstractRole makes sense here.)
Prefer composition over inheritance, especially in this case.

A: This would be only a proposal.
When I read your question I'm getting an idea that your player may be 'promoted' or 'downgraded' during the game. For instance, a retired player may become a 'coach'.
The second thing (which you've already noticed) is the fact that a single person may be both a coach and a manager.
That's why I would create a collection of Role-s in the Person class.
A Role may could be an abstract class and it may have the following subclasses:

*

*Player

*Coach

*Manager

*etc.

A: You can have an enum type for this
enum Role {
   Player, Coach, Manager, GroundsKeeper
}

class Person {
   final Set<Role> roles = EnumSet.noneOf(Role.class);
}

This way a person can have any number of roles.