I don't think Mario found his way to the weight room too much.
Height does matter on the outside. That's the advantage receivers have over corners. So even if a corner is right on the receiver, guys like Nicks, Fitzgerald, etc can outreach and out muscle the corner for the ball. Jernigan isn't going to do that. There is a rare breed of undersized receivers that can work on the outside - guys like Desean Jackson who are ridiculously fast and can get open by just running by their corner. Jernigan is not that type of athlete. He's more quick than fast. He was drafted to replace Steve Smith in the slot before Cruz broke out. That's the position he played in college. I hope he can make an impact on special teams as a returner, but he struck me as a guy that was afraid of contact last year, so I don't even know how well that will work out. Unless Cruz gets injured *knock on wood* I don't see how he makes a difference. Hopefully I am wrong.
Idk...I think it gets overblown. There are plenty of receivers who play on the outside that are not the biggest or tallest. Antonio Brown is 5'10 186 also and has no problem playing out wide. When Jernigan came out he was compared to players like D-Jax, Percy Harvin and Steve Smith (Car). Corners are not the biggest guys either although I agree it's an advantage to be a bigger physical receiver...but quickness has a lot to do with beating jams and Jerrel definitely has that as well as speed. Guys in the slot get pressed on occasion also.
Jernigan is competing for the #3 role, it's different than playing out-wide in two receiver sets where the top #1 or #2 corners are always on you. Nicks and Cruz are always going to command the stronger defenders while the number three will likely get the third maybe fourth corner. Cruz can play out or in the slot...Steve Smith could play same when he was here too. Jernigan should as well and in three receiver sets the Giants can use all kinds of formations because they can all line up anywhere.
I just don't think it's a stretch is all and I may be a little biased to the guy because people who read the pre-draft forums last year know I was high on Jernigan. I actually thought he'd end up in New England and blow up with Brady and the Pats. Watching him at Troy I knew he was versatile enough to play in any style offense and be a weapon if teams utilized his skill set.
I think what's going to happen is that instead of changing up the offense to facilitate Jernigan, they are going to plug Rueben Randle into Manningham's role and stick to the gameplan. Randle is a big, physical target and once he hits his stride he can run by defenders as well. I think he can fill that role perfectly and can make defenses pay for cheating with Cruz and Nicks. Once he's comfortable, we will have our three receivers and Jernigan will become an afterthought. Just my personal opinion.
"I'm seeing some flashes of brilliance and some good things," Manning said. "Now it's continuing to learn. Very familiar with the offense. Consistency, understanding all the ins and outs of it. That just comes with more repetition, more practice, preseason games. All those things will be very helpful."
Either Jernigan or Randle and I wouldn't be disappointed. I like em both but I feel Jernigan just gets a bad rap and I am indeed a fan of his so that comes with the territory. The guy is capable of a lot and I feel it's my duty to inform , remind and defend.
Brilliance? I hope so. But I think Eli, and the Giants as a whole, have become a bit liberal with their praise this offseason.
I'm skeptical of any extremely tall, or extremely short receiver tearing it up in training camp. Sinorice Moss was an Albany MVP every year during his stay here. And Ramses Barden has drawn rave reviews in training camp since his rookie season. Brandon London was another tall receiver that gave us false hope in the offseason. But once the real bullets start flying and corners get their hands on these guys, they seem to disappear.
Hakeem Nicks delivered an encouraging update regarding his injury status today at Giants camp, revealing that a return to the team in mid-August is very possible.
"That sounds about right," Nicks said.
Lets just hope we dont rush him.
He has proven to be somewhat fragile.
I dont think anything ticks me off more than hearing "The Giants weren't the best team in the league last year" Then they point to the record of teams like the Packers and the 9ers. The whole point of the regular season is to set your team up for the postseason. The best team is the team that wins the Super Bowl. Period.
You know what.....show them Acgotts curse list and see what they say.
As far as I am concerned, the doubters will always be doubters. We heard the same crap the last time we beat the Pats.
Just take comfort in the fact that we have the Lombardi Trophy and 31 other fan bases done and that is all that matter.
I guess the 2000 Giants squad beats the 2007 and 2011 ones then.
Yea I know it kind of annoys me too until I realize that those teams get the coveted title of being paper champions while we get to bask in the glorious light of the lombardi trophy.
Seriously. Keep celebrating regular season wins. The Giants will keep winning when it matters.


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Q: How to create Live USB from a running Ubuntu installation I installed Ubuntu and did some customisations (actually, it's on a VM running inside VirtualBox, however this might not be relevant).
Now I wonder, whether it would be possible to create a Live USB drive with all the customisations that I put in place. What I care about is that when someone actually uses the Live USB to install Ubuntu, he would then get all the changes that I made.
Changes involve:

*

*Downloading some Git repos from the web,

*Installing a few packages,

*Changing their configuration, e.g. configuring a Tomcat web server.

I came accross UCK (Ubuntu Customisation Kit). It seems it could help me do what I want however it's not ideal. It allows to customise the installation from a console. Unfortunately, there is no way to test things like a webserver installation. Also - in case I screwed something up - I have to redo all the work all over again.
Questions:

*

*Is there a way to create a Live USB from a running Ubuntu installation?

*Is there a way to avoid redoing all the work every time I run Ubuntu Customisation Kit?

Thank you so much.

A: im sorry, but i am sure that is NOT possible, except if you are currently trying ubuntu.

A: Yes it is possible.
Using a software called: http://www.remastersys.com/
It takes whatever packages you have but at the same time you can choose to include your settings and personal data too.
You may take a look at the following for different solutions:
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/10-scripts-to-create-your-own-linux-distribution-665247
Warning: Main developers of Remastersys and Ubuntu Builder both recently announced they are abandoning their project and sadly an attempt of a fork was not persistent. You could try them though.
I am in a need of a same solution!

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Q: Newton Fractal generation I wanted to write my own newton fractal generator.. It's using OpenCL... but that's not the problem.. my problem is that atm. only veerryy few pixels are converging.
So to explain what I've done so far:

*

*I've selected a function I wanted to use: f(z)=z^4-1 (for testing purposes)

*I've calculated the roots of this function: 1+0î, -1+0î, 0+1î, 0-1î

*I've written a OpenCL Host and Kernel:

*

*the kernel uses a struct with 4 doubles: re (real), im (imaginary), r (as abs), phi (as argument, polar angle or how you call it)

*computes from resolution, zoom and global_work_id the "type" of the pixel and the intensity - where type is the root the newton method is converging to / whether it's diverging

Here's what I get rendered:

Here is the whole kernel:
#pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_fp64 : enable
#define pi 3.14159265359

struct complex {
    double im;
    double re;
    double r;
    double phi;
};

struct complex createComplexFromPolar(double _r, double _phi){
    struct complex t;
    t.r = _r;
    t.phi = _phi;

    t.re = cos(t.phi)*t.r;
    t.im = sin(t.phi)*t.r;

    return t;
}

struct complex createComplexFromKarthes(double real, double imag){
    struct complex t;
    t.re = real;
    t.im = imag;

    t.phi = atan(imag / real);
    t.r = sqrt(t.re*t.re + t.im*t.im);

    return t;
}

struct complex recreateComplexFromKarthes(struct complex t){
    return t = createComplexFromKarthes(t.re, t.im);
}

struct complex recreateComplexFromPolar(struct complex t){
    return t = createComplexFromPolar(t.r, t.phi);
}

struct complex addComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c){
    struct complex t;
    t.re = c.re + z.re;
    t.im = c.im + z.im;
    return recreateComplexFromKarthes(t);
}

struct complex subComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c){
    struct complex t;
    t.re = z.re - c.re;
    t.im = z.im - c.im;
    return recreateComplexFromKarthes(t);
}

struct complex addComplexScalar(const struct complex z, const double n){
    struct complex t;
    t.re = z.re + n;
    return recreateComplexFromKarthes(t);
}

struct complex subComplexScalar(const struct complex z, const double n){
    struct complex t;
    t.re = z.re - n;
    return recreateComplexFromKarthes(t);
}

struct complex multComplexScalar(const struct complex z, const double n) {
    struct complex t;
    t.re = z.re * n;
    t.im = z.im * n;
    return recreateComplexFromKarthes(t);
}

struct complex multComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c) {
    return createComplexFromPolar(z.r*c.r, z.phi + c.phi);
}

struct complex powComplex(const struct complex z, int i){
    struct complex t = z;
    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++){
        t = multComplex(t, z);
    }
    return t;
}

struct complex divComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c) {
    return createComplexFromPolar(z.r / c.r, z.phi - c.phi);
}

bool compComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c, float comp){
    struct complex t = subComplex(z, c);
    if (fabs(t.re) <= comp && fabs(t.im) <= comp)
        return true;
    return false;
}

__kernel void newtonFraktal(__global const int* res, __global const int* zoom, __global int* offset, __global const double* param, __global int* result, __global int* resType){
    const int x = get_global_id(0) + offset[0];
    const int y = get_global_id(1) + offset[1];

    const int xRes = res[0];
    const int yRes = res[1];

    const double a = (x - (xRes / 2)) == 0 ? 0 : (double)(zoom[0] / (x - (double)(xRes / 2)));
    const double b = (y - (yRes / 2)) == 0 ? 0 : (double)(zoom[1] / (y - (double)(yRes / 2)));

    struct complex z = createComplexFromKarthes(a, b);
    struct complex zo = z;

    struct complex c = createComplexFromKarthes(param[0], param[1]);

    struct complex x1 = createComplexFromKarthes(1,0);
    struct complex x2 = createComplexFromKarthes(-1, 0);
    struct complex x3 = createComplexFromKarthes(0, 1);
    struct complex x4 = createComplexFromKarthes(0, -1);

    resType[x + xRes * y] = 3;

    int i = 0;
    while (i < 30000 && fabs(z.r) < 10000){
        z = subComplex(z, divComplex(subComplexScalar(powComplex(z, 4), 1), multComplexScalar(powComplex(z, 3), 4)));

        i++;
        if (compComplex(z, x1, 0.05)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 0;
            break;
        } else if (compComplex(z, x2, 0.05)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 1;
            break;
        } else if (compComplex(z, x3, 0.05)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 2;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (fabs(z.r) >= 10000){
        resType[x + xRes * y] = 4;
    }
    result[x + xRes * y] = i;
}

And here is the coloration of the image:
const int xRes = core->getXRes();
const int yRes = core->getYRes();
for (int y = 0; y < fraktal->getHeight(); y++){
    for (int x = 0; x < fraktal->getWidth(); x++){
        int conDiv = genCL->result[x + y * xRes];
        int type = genCL->typeRes[x + y * xRes];
        if (type == 0){
            //converging to x1
            fraktal->setPixel(x, y, 1*conDiv, 1*conDiv, 0, 1);
        } else if (type == 1){
            //converging to x2
            fraktal->setPixel(x, y, 0, 0, 1*conDiv, 1);
        } else if (type == 2){
            //converging to x3
            fraktal->setPixel(x, y, 0, 1*conDiv, 0, 1);
        } else if (type == 3){
            //diverging and interrupted by loop end
            fraktal->setPixel(x, y, 1*conDiv, 0, 0, 1);
        } else {
            //diverging and interrupted by z.r > 10000
            fraktal->setPixel(x, y, 1, 1, 1, 0.1*conDiv);
        }
    }
}

I had some mistakes in the complex number computations but I check everything today again and again.. I think they should be okay now.. but what else could be the reason that there are just this few start values converging? Did I do something wrong with newton's method?
Thanks for all your help!!

A: Well somewhat it really helped to run the code as normal C code.. as this makes Debugging easier: so the issue were some coding issues which I have been able to solve now.. for example my pow function was corrupted and when I added or subtracted I forgot to set the imaginary part to the temp complex number .. so here's my final OpenCL kernel:
#pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_fp64 : enable
#define pi 3.14159265359

struct complex {
    double im;
    double re;
    double r;
    double phi;
};

struct complex createComplexFromPolar(double _r, double _phi){
    struct complex t;
    t.r = _r;
    t.phi = _phi;

    t.re = _r*cos(_phi);
    t.im = _r*sin(_phi);

    return t;
}

struct complex createComplexFromKarthes(double real, double imag){
    struct complex t;
    t.re = real;
    t.im = imag;

    t.phi = atan2(imag, real);
    t.r = sqrt(t.re*t.re + t.im*t.im);

    return t;
}

struct complex recreateComplexFromKarthes(struct complex t){
    return createComplexFromKarthes(t.re, t.im);
}

struct complex recreateComplexFromPolar(struct complex t){
    return createComplexFromPolar(t.r, t.phi);
}

struct complex addComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c){
    return createComplexFromKarthes(c.re + z.re, c.im + z.im);
}

struct complex subComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c){
    return createComplexFromKarthes(z.re - c.re, z.im - c.im);
}

struct complex addComplexScalar(const struct complex z, const double n){
    return createComplexFromKarthes(z.re + n,z.im);
}

struct complex subComplexScalar(const struct complex z, const double n){
    return createComplexFromKarthes(z.re - n, z.im);
}

struct complex multComplexScalar(const struct complex z, const double n){
    return createComplexFromKarthes(z.re * n,z.im * n);
}

struct complex multComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c) {
    return createComplexFromKarthes(z.re*c.re-z.im*c.im, z.re*c.im+z.im*c.re);
    //return createComplexFromPolar(z.r*c.r, z.phi + c.phi);
}

struct complex powComplex(const struct complex z, int i){
    struct complex t = z;
    for (int j = 0; j < i-1; j++){
        t = multComplex(t, z);
    }
    return t;
}

struct complex divComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c) {
        return createComplexFromPolar(z.r / c.r, z.phi-c.phi);
}

bool compComplex(const struct complex z, const struct complex c, float comp){
    if (fabs(z.re - c.re) <= comp && fabs(z.im - c.im) <= comp)
        return true;
    return false;
}

__kernel void newtonFraktal(__global const int* res, __global const int* zoom, __global int* offset, __global const double* param, __global int* result, __global int* resType){
    const int x = get_global_id(0) + offset[0];
    const int y = get_global_id(1) + offset[1];

    const int xRes = res[0];
    const int yRes = res[1];

    const double a = (x - (xRes / 2)) == 0 ? 0 : (double)((x - (double)(xRes / 2)) / zoom[0]);
    const double b = (y - (yRes / 2)) == 0 ? 0 : (double)((y - (double)(yRes / 2)) / zoom[1]);

    struct complex z = createComplexFromKarthes(a, b);

    //struct complex c = createComplexFromKarthes(param[0], param[1]);

    struct complex x1 = createComplexFromKarthes(0.7071068, 0.7071068);
    struct complex x2 = createComplexFromKarthes(0.7071068, -0.7071068);
    struct complex x3 = createComplexFromKarthes(-0.7071068, 0.7071068);
    struct complex x4 = createComplexFromKarthes(-0.7071068, -0.7071068);

    struct complex f, d;

    resType[x + xRes * y] = 11;

    int i = 0;
    while (i < 6000 && fabs(z.r) < 10000){
        f = addComplexScalar(powComplex(z, 4), 1);
        d = multComplexScalar(powComplex(z, 3), 3);

        z = subComplex(z, divComplex(f, d));

        i++;
        if (compComplex(z, x1, 0.0000001)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 0;
            break;
        } else if (compComplex(z, x2, 0.0000001)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 1;
            break;
        } else if (compComplex(z, x3, 0.0000001)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 2;
            break;
        } else if (compComplex(z, x4, 0.0000001)){
            resType[x + xRes * y] = 3;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (fabs(z.r) >= 1000){
        resType[x + xRes * y] = 10;
    }
    result[x + xRes * y] = i;
}

hope it might help someone someday.. :)


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Presidential Candidate Proposes Teacher Raise: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is calling to increase the average teacher's salary by $13,500. The move is a response to the teacher wage gap, the difference in what teachers earn in comparison to other professionals with the same level of education. The plan would be paid for by the federal government and would cost $315 billion over 10 years. If implemented, it would be the first time the federal government involved itself in teacher salaries, which have typically been decided by states and local governments. The cost would be paid for by strengthening the estate tax and closing current loopholes that allow some earners to avoid paying taxes.
DeVos, Congress Spar Over Budget: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before congress this week to discuss proposed cuts to the department's budget. The plan would cut the department's funding by 12 percent. Programs facing funding cuts included after school programs, a program focused on school safety and student mental health, and investments in teacher quality. The most controversial cut, however, was the proposed elimination of funding to the Special Olympics.
Kentucky District Turns Over Names of Protestors: After a wave of teacher-led sick outs across the state, the Education Commissioner in Kentucky demanded the names of participants. The state's largest district, Jefferson County, refused the request until this week. They turned over the list of names as teachers threatened another sick-out. That sick out did not happen, although a small number of teachers still protested at the capital. With names in hand, the education commissioner says he will allow districts to decide how to handle the absences, but that he will step in if they are unwilling to do so.
What Happens to the Mental Health of School-Shooting Survivors?


THE modern business world is definitely changing. Where once business chiefs led from the front to enforce their point of view, today's best organisations involve a more consultative style of leadership.
This evolution has meant a different emphasis on the types of skills needed at each level of a business.
The ability to build and leverage relationships is now paramount - and that has sent many of the world's top companies and executives clambering for effective training on human interaction.
It's a need that Mr Allan Pease understands well. Known internationally as "Mr Body Language", the best-selling author and motivational speaker has plenty of advice and tips for workers of all corporate levels hoping to advance their relationship skills.
He shows how people can open themselves up to communication, extending the impression that they are friendly, trustworthy and warm.
At the same time, Mr Pease highlights innocent habits - such as crossing arms - that can have the opposite effect on a potential business relationship.
"Human relations and corporate cultures are all about people," he says.
"If you get people to love you and like you, they're going to 'buy' what you're going to say and push you forward and push your cause.
"If they don't like you, they're going to prevent you from moving ahead."
That all sounds reasonable, but what does it have to do with body language?
Mr Pease, author of The Definitive Guide To Body Language and Why Men Don't Listen And Women Can't Read Maps, explains further: "Body language is the study of people's emotions. Whatever emotion you are likely to be feeling is going to be reflected, usually in a gesture, a posture, an expression or a movement.
"The art is to read that person's body signals, which show you how he is feeling - and then match them up with what he is saying. That allows you to piece together what's going on in his mind."
At the same time, an awareness of one's own body language can open up new opportunities and ensure relationships are given every chance they need to bloom.
"To be effective in a corporate environment, you need to put yourself across as non-threatening."
That is particularly true when meeting people for the first time.
"What that means is when you talk, you talk in an open position," Mr Pease advises. "You have your palms visible. When your palms are not visible, people tend not to trust you."
Other rules for open communication include standing or sitting with your body pointed towards the speaker, and maintaining eye contact and concentration throughout the conversation.
Open communicators should avoid crossing their arms, legs or ankles, and keep their hands from covering their mouth.
"By keeping themselves open, people feel good about each other, and you have a positive environment," says Mr Pease.
In addition, open communication demands that people appreciate and respect each other. "People must feel relevant," he adds.
"If you make a person feel comfortable, he will be open to hearing what you have to say and more likely to help you."
The ideas can even apply to office furniture, which can sometimes inadvertently block meaningful attempts at open communication.
"We know that when there's a physical barrier between people, the communication drops dramatically. People talk in shorter sentences, they give out less eye contact, are more likely to feel hostile and are less likely to cooperate," explains Mr Pease.
He advises companies to use round tables for meetings, or place square desks against walls or windows to ensure communication cannot be blocked.
"When people sit in the same chairs in a round configuration, people are more likely to cooperate and feel positive about being there.
"So you have to remove all barriers - anything that prevents people from feeling as though you're not accessible."
It sounds complicated, but Mr Pease assures his audiences that it is not.
Indeed, his special plenary session at this year's HR Summit in Singapore, entitled How To Be A People Magnet, will be based on tried and researched methods of communication, with plenty of audience participation and humour.
"You'll see and hear things that you've probably never thought about," he says.
"I'm going to teach you how to look at people in a way that perhaps you've never considered before.
"So when you walk away, you're going to be able to read people like a book and see what they are thinking about you and how you've presented your ideas."
Most importantly, he will demonstrate what it takes to be a real "people person" - the type of person who automatically attracts others to be around him and share their thoughts and ideas.
In today's relationship-based business environment, these are the people who will shine the brightest.
Mr Allan Pease will host a plenary session at this year's HR Summit at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 6 and 7. CATS Recruit and ST701.com are the official media partners of HR Summit 2009, the biggest HR event of the year. For details, including a video interview with Mr Pease, visit www.hrsummit.com.sg or call 6423-4631.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fact that investors are siphoning money out of stocks is not helping gold, with the safe-haven asset suffering as people wary of a global trade war flock to the U.S. dollar.
U.S. fund investors pulled $1 billion from commodity funds, including those invested in the precious metal, the largest withdrawals since July 2017, Investment Company Institute (ICI) data showed on Wednesday.
Worries over trade are mounting, helping to push investors away from stocks but also toward the U.S. dollar, which has rallied 5 percent in the past three months against the currencies of major U.S. trading partners. That hurts demand for bullion, which is priced in dollars.
Data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper research unit last week showed precious metals commodities funds posted nine consecutive weeks of withdrawals, with $2 billion pouring out in June alone, the most since December 2016.
Indeed, trade is unlikely to fade in importance to investors. Washington on Tuesday issued a list of thousands of Chinese imports that the Trump administration wants to target with new tariffs. In response, China accused the United States of bullying and warned it would hit back.
William Rhind, chief executive officer at fund manager GraniteShares Inc, said a trade war could eventually generate inflation that will benefit gold.
"At the moment, the positive inflationary pressures caused by trade tariffs are being beaten back by dollar strength," said Rhind.
Some $10.6 billion rolled out of U.S.-based stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the most recent week, ICI said, bringing three-week withdrawals to $33.7 billion. The data covers the six days through July 3; the United States observed the Independence Day holiday on July 4.
A subset of equity funds specifically focused on international shares managed to pull in $762 million, their first week of positive sales in the past four, the trade group said.
Bond funds attracted $4.6 billion in the latest week, according to the data. U.S.-based debt funds have not seen withdrawals since February.


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I want/need a few, but after being burnt by SMR, I'll wait until a) we know actual performance numbers in situ, b) price and c) reliability.
C is my biggest concern; backing up 14TB of data is no joke. Losing it is a worse one.
I've fallen back to Enterprise-grade 4TB drives, as they seem to be the most reliable currently. I've been burnt by too many 6TB-and-up drives (the best joke ever was buying WD drives labelled 6TB (5.45TB formatted) that were actually 5TB (4.54TB) with the wrong sticker on... was not impressed.
What's the pricing like on these compared with similarly sized SSDs? Obviously it will be a fair bit lower, but just curious to see how the gap is steadily closing. With drives getting this big, having simply that much more speed must begin to be quite handy for backups and whatnot.
What's the pricing like on these compared with similarly sized SSDs? Obviously it will be a fair bit lower, but just curious to see how the gap is steadily closing.
And that is the ultra low end of it... when it comes to enterprise ssd pricing the sky is the limit.
That's the thing though, those are much smaller, more commercial drives. I mean the whopping 12-16TB ones that are also shipping out. I would think that whilst pricing is still much higher than the above HDD, it can't be that long until the price is low enough that the speed increases (along with smaller footprint and power usage etc.) start to make sense. I mean if you're backing up 1PB of data, that could make a sizeable difference for example.
That's the thing though, those are much smaller, more commercial drives. I mean the whopping 12-16TB ones that are also shipping out.
4 of the 4TB Samsung ones would still be cheaper than a single big one as unfortunately the big ones are still ludicrously expensive (but still fly off the shelves due to companies being desperate for them).
I don't think SSD will ever catch up to platters in price vs capacity, but there might come a time that platters simply stop being made and then the question becomes moot of course.


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Q: Difference between logical implication and conjunction If we are asked to convert the following two phrases into a mathematical expression, what will be the difference between using a logical implication and a conjunction expression?
If we have $$P(x) = \text{x is an accountant} \\ \text{and} \\ Q(x) = \text{x owns a car}$$
and for the phrase "All accountants own cars", which one should be correct? And what is the difference?
$$
\forall x, (P(x) \implies Q(x)) \ \text{and} \ \forall x, (P(x) \wedge Q(x))
$$
Similarly, for the phrase "All car owners are accountants":
$$
\forall x,(Q(x) \implies P(x)) \ \text{and} \ \forall x,(Q(x) \wedge P(x))
$$
Thanks everyone!

A: $\forall x(P(x)\to Q(x))$ means all accountants own cars; $\forall x(P(x)\land Q(x))$ means everyone is an accountant with a car; $\forall x(Q(x)\to P(x))$ means whoever owns a car is an accountant; $\forall x(Q(x)\land P(x))$ means everyone is a car-owning accountant.

A: The problem becomes easier to attack if you realize that as far as boolean truth tables are concerned, the following two statements are logically equivalent:
$A \Rightarrow B$
(not $A$) or ($B$).


Combat Arms is a 3D tactical lobby-based MMO shooter with a huge variety of customizable weapons. It's one of the first free-to-play tactical shooters in the West and still remains quite popular.
Pros: +Excellent variety of weapons (250+). +Plenty of game modes and maps. +Good "free rotation" system.
Cons: -Hackers still an issue. -Weapons aren't permanent. -Prone to crashing on newer systems.
Combat Arms is one of the first free-to-play tactical MMOFPS games to launch in the West. Since the game's original launch, Nexon has supported Combat Arms with countless updates introducing new maps, weapons, and game modes. Despite its age, Combat Arms remains one of the most popular and most polished free-to-play tactical shooters.
Weapon Variety – the game boasts over 250 weapons, many of which can be customized.
Tons of Maps and Modes – 70+ maps and 12+ game modes to choose from.
Character Customization – hundreds of cosmetic items to customize your character to stand out.
Competitive Ladder – ranking system that keeps track of stats. Rank up from Trainee to General of the Army.
One for All, All for One – participate in the clan system with clan matches.
Combat Arms is a 3D tactical first person shooter developed and published by Nexon. The game was originally developed by Doobic Studios, but Nexon merged with them and gained full control over the game and license. Combat Arms originally launched in Korea in November, 2008 and launched in the US on July 11, 2008. When Combat Arms launched in the US, it was one of the first free-to-play Korean shooters and despite its age, it's still one of the most successful FPS games. I've personally been playing Combat Arms on and off since 2009 and it's still quite fun.
Gameplay in Combat Arms is similar to other Korean lobby-based tactical shooters like Sudden Attack and CrossFire. Like Counter-Strike, a single well-aimed headshot or a short burst of bullets is enough to kill an enemy. Like other tactical shooters, players have to keep recoil in mind. Simply spraying and hoping for a kill won't cut it. Short bursts are the way to go. Players earn GP, the in-game currency, simply by playing matches, which can be spent in the Gun Emporium to rent new weapons. Players can also complete daily missions to earn various rewards ranging from GP to free weapons and more. The daily missions provide players small goals each day and keep players coming back.
Where Combat Arms really stands out is its huge variety of game modes and maps. With over 12 game modes and 70 maps, Combat Arms has an incredible amount of variety. The game features the traditional teamplay modes, called Fireteam, with different objectives such as Team Deathmatch and the Counter-Strike style plant-the-bomb-defuse-the-bomb Fire Team mode. The game also has a chaotic free-for-all mode called Hunted. I found myself sticking to Fireteam matches and the occasional Hunted, as I found them to be the most fun. Combat Arms was one of the first, if not first, FPS games to introduce a Zombie mode, where one player randomly turns into a zombie and must infect everyone else. Since its release, practically every Korean-developed MMO shooter has introduced a similar mode. MicroVolts, Soldier Front, and Sudden Attack being some examples that also have zombie modes now. The huge variety of maps keeps things interesting too.
With 250+ weapons, Combat Arms has more weapons than any other free-to-play shooter. Unfortunately, with so many options, it's impossible to create perfect balance. I personally prefer more choices than perfect balance anyway. Many weapons can also be customized in the game's Gun Emporium. Not every gun can be customized, but the ones that can have three parts that can be enhanced – barrels, triggers, and piston engines. Players can acquire customization parts without spending any cash, but rented weapons cannot be customized – only owned weapons have that option. Players can equip up to 3 primary weapons at once, but only after purchasing additional backpack space (can be rented for GP).
One aspect of Combat Arms that I really like is the game's "free rotation." Every week or so, a handful of weapons (4 primary and 1 secondary) become available to everyone entirely for free. Sort of like the champion rotation in League of Legends, this gives players the chance to test out these weapons before having to rent them with their hard-earned GP. In terms of cosmetics, Combat Arms has a lot of customization options. Players can purchase masks, sunglasses, vests, and even hats. A lot of the more interesting cosmetic items requires real cash though. Aside from NX and free rotation weapons, gear has rank requirements. Permanent weapons can also be upgraded and crafted into new weapons at the "Forge," but this is limited to players who actually have permanent weapons.
Like Alliance of Valiant Arms and many other free-to-play FPS games, weapons can only be rented, not purchased permanently. At least with GP. Those willing to spend NX, Nexon's premium cash shop currency, can purchase permanent weapons. Oddly, weapons can only be rented for 1 day at a time with GP. Having to re-buy expired weapons on a daily basis feels a bit silly. Rented weapons can't even be customized, which means only paying players can ever experience the game's weapon customization system. The whole free rotation weapons help keep things fresh though. Every week players can try out a whole bunch of new weapons entirely for free, which sort of makes up for the lack of permanent weapons. Players unwilling to pay are basically limited to the free rotation weapons and maybe one or two rented weapons at a time and a backpack.
Like Alliance of Valiant Arms, Combat Arms has a rank and stat system. Simply by playing the game, players earn experience points towards their next rank. Almost every weapon in the game requires a certain minimum rank to equip, so players will be limited to the starting and free rotation weapons early on. Certain channels also require a minimum rank to join. The beginner channels are level restricted so only newer players can access them with other channels only available to players of a certain rank. Combat Arms also keeps track of player stats like kills and deaths, but it's nowhere near as in-depth as the stat system in Alliance of Valiant Arms.
Despite it's age and frustrating lack of permanent weapons for free players, Combat Arms remains one of the most popular free-to-play shooters. The huge variety of weapons, game modes, and maps keeps things fresh and fun. Anyone looking for an FPS game to try should definitely give Combat Arms a shot.
Those running Combat Arms on newer operating systems like Windows 7 and 8 require significantly better system specifications than the recommended requirements, as Windows 7 and 8 are much more demanding than Windows XP.
Combat Arms was developed by South Korean game developer Doobic Studios and published by Nexon. The game was built using the Lightech Jupiter engine. Doobic was acquired by Nexon before Combat Arms was released and after the game's success, Doobic seperated to form their own new Studio called Doobic Game Studios. Combat Arms is owned and operated by Nexon. Development for Combat Arms began in 2007 and the game's closed beta lasted from May 30, 2008 till June 6, 2008. The game's success in Korea and North America led to the game being licensed in South America and Russia. Combat Arms launched on Valve's steam service in July 9, 2012.


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Annapurna TV Hires Amazon's Patrick Chu, Ups Ali Krug To SVPs Development
By Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva
Annapurna is solidifying its TV division's senior executive team under APTV President Sue Naegle. The company has brought in former Amazon executive Patrick Chu as SVP development and has promoted Ali Krug to SVP development from her previous VP role. Chu and Krug will work alongside Susan Goldberg, the division's SVP of Television.
In his new position Chu will be responsible for developing and producing new television projects for Annapurna TV, with a focus on dramas. He reports to Naegle.
Chu served as a drama, production and development executive at Amazon, where he oversaw the TV adaptations of Hanna and The Hunt. Prior to Amazon, Chu served as VP of Production & Acquisitions at FilmNation, where he produced Kill Switch and executive produced Miss Sloane. He was also responsible for bringing projects into the company such as Life Itself and Arrival. Chu started his career as an assistant at WMEr and also served as an executive at Ivan Reitman's The Montecito Picture Company.
Krug has been with Annapurna TV since its 2016 launch. In her new role, she will continue to oversee projects in active development at APTV and will also focus on developing and producing new projects. Krug is an executive producer on Mixtape for Netflix and is overseeing multiple projects, including The Changeling at FX. Krug previously served as an executive at Naegle's banner, Naegle Inc, prior to joining Annapurna.
"We are building an expanding an extraordinary team as we great up for an ambitious TV slate and are so lucky to be joined by Patrick Chu," Naegle said. "He has been building a career marked by excellent taste and integrity and his passion for telling compelling stories in television is a welcomed addition to our existing group. I also couldn't be more pleased to announce Ali Krug's promotion to SVP and recognize Susan Goldberg for her continued leadership. Ali and Susan are both passionate, talented, and true delights who inspire our team every day."
Prior to joining Annapurna as SVP of Television, Goldberg served as the VP of Production at HBO, where she worked on shows including Girls, Looking, Outcast, The Leftovers and Westworld. Goldberg joined HBO from AMC, where she had worked on Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Killing and The Walking Dead. Since joining Annapurna, Goldberg has helped build Annapurna's TV studio and has taken on a hybrid role between creative and production.
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Former CIA Director John Brennan offered a stern warning Monday, saying that — memo or no memo — President Trump would spark a constitutional crisis if he tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
Brennan expressed his disappointment in Paul Ryan and House Republicans, and warned that their actions could make them complicit in obstruction of justice.
Brennan has made appearances on MSNBC and CNN as one of many anti-Trump government officials. Last week, he signed a deal with MSNBC and NBC to exclusively to appear as a contributor, and his Monday appearance on "Morning Joe" was his first time on that show in his new position.
Brennan's comments on the program received a quick rebuttal by President Trump in a Monday morning tweet.
The "Morning Joe" team acknowledged the tweet on-air and urged the president not to watch the show.


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It might be a cliché, but "Living the Dream", the title of Uriah Heep's 26th studio album, is a testimony to the mainstay of British progressive metal giants, who've topped radio playlists with a catalogue of live and recordings from thousands of concerts performed all across the globe for more than four decades. After 14 years, the mighty Heep returns to Canada in support of this upcoming record scheduled for release in September.
Opening at the London Music Hall recently, Uriah Heep is playing medium-sized, intimate venues in Canada, including Toronto, Ottawa and parts of Quebec. But the dates continue to snowball, as they roll across the country and into the U.S.
Prior to the performance, Mick Box, the band's lead guitarist and only original member in Uriah Heep, took the time to answer a few questions.
Canada is particularly significant to Uriah Heep at this point as its lead vocalist for more than a decade has been Bernie Shaw, born and bred in Vancouver, and formerly the front man for Praying Mantis, Grand Prix, and Stratus. Box happened to be sitting in an audience of the London Marquee Club for one of Shaw's performances, and asked him to audition as Heep's lead singer, Steff Fontaine was leaving. Bearing a slight resemblance to David Lee Roth, Shaw has remained a dedicated frontman for more than a decade. Shaw really wanted to start this tour in Canada, noted Box.
Many record companies are reluctant to fund older artists and continue to strive for that next new sound or trend. Knowing this, Heep decided to crowdfund this album, which allowed fans to play along to online recording sessions and receive behind-the-scenes videos, and swag signed by the band in exchange for dollars. This helped fund the advance for "Living the Dream," and they were signed to Frontiers Records in Italy, once again.
Box said the new songs have not received a final mix yet, so it's too early to know what his personal favourites will be. The writing process usually begins with him writing a few riffs on guitar or a chord sequence that excites him, and Phil Lanzon responds similarly. "We get together and mould these into songs," he said.
Much like Deep Purple's keyboard player, Jon Lord, the rousing keyboards, previously composed by original member, Ken Hensley, still remain a part of Heep's signature sound. In fact, in the British press, Uriah Heep was often coined as, "the poor man's Deep Purple." Hensley left Heep after a decade because of personality conflicts. Uriah Heep was in a different and incongruent space, especially after the tragic deaths of both former bassist, Gary Thain and lead singer, David Byron due to drugs and alcohol.
The history of Heep is lengthy as it is profound, marked by magical highlights and dark demons, but it has survived a flurry of members and even management changes. Squashing any rumours, Box said Uriah Heep never really broke up. "The closest we came was when I disbanded the band after the "Conquest" album (1980), but this was only for two days, before I rebuilt it again," kudos to Box's perseverance.
Uriah Heep took everyone back to the time of paisley, incense and platform shoes, opening with "Gypsy" from its 1970 debut album, "Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble" that put them on the charts. Opening strains of the Hammond organ by keyboardist, Phil Lanzon immediately had the crowd cheering in recognition of this folkloric song that tells of a daunting, messy love affair with a gypsy woman and the sacrifices made in an inter-racial/minority relationship.
Similarly, "Sunrise," another of the band's hit ballads from "The Magician's Birthday" CD, is another song about a lost, tortured soul searching for love. While this may sound sappy, Heep's lyrics and melodies communicate a sense of inner strength and transformation, a part of life that's significant and universal to all of us.
While Bernie Shaw, the lead vocalist, doesn't have the purity and operatic-sounding vibrato that Byron had, he does add grittiness to his songs that heavy metal fans crave. He manages to re-arrange passages to suit his style, and hopefully less likely to damage his vocal chords during a grueling international tour, like this one.
The vocals are both dynamic and demanding on "The Magician's Birthday," the title track of one of the band's highest selling records that's amusing and child-like. The band's penchant for fantasy and whimsical themes is also evident on "The Demons and Wizards" CD, which was also a favourite to many listeners on this side of the globe. The song is capriciously mystical and could've been a film score for Marvel Comics.
Uriah Heep does its best and timeless compositions when it's focused on storytelling, as they are excellent in crafting corresponding melodies that are underscored by driving rhythms that rock listeners' core. "Lady in Black" is a folk song reminiscent of a minstrel strumming in an Irish pub, but it's the kind of song that illustrates that Uriah Heep is much more than a medal band. After another dozen or more gems that had everyone singing along, "Easy Livin'," was the encore hit that brought the house down, and the audience still clamored for more. So many hits, so little time.
Despite the fact, the band is promoting a new album with a few new offerings performed. A couple of songs released on more recent records include "Between Two Worlds" and "Outlaw." "What Kind of God" and "Tears of the World" are later offerings that are personal, meaningful favourites.
Uriah Heep's music was often underrated, so it is at least gratifying to see such a stalwart and talented band of musicians still on the road, spinning musical tales of different worlds in a new age.


Last Wednesday I was happy to attend the WRWA Management Conference at the Tundra Lodge in Green Bay. It was a beautiful 40 degree Wisconsin January day where half the snow melted in Wisconsin, much to the delight of half the state and the dismay of the other half. It was a great day to talk to friends across the state.
WRWA is starting to amp up their planning for the 25th Annual Technical Conference that is just two short months away, and I'm excited to see what will inevitably be a great conference. If you can't get a room downtown, definitely check out the new sister hotel to the conference, the Tundra Lodge. It seems like it will be a really nice alternative, and I heard there will be buses going between the conference center and Coaches Corner, or err the KI Center. The Sportsman's Raffle has already upped the ante by announcing there will be TWO grand prizes this year - one to celebrate the last 25 years and one to look forward to the next 25. I've already got it planned out - I think I will win both grand prizes, and take the Trip of a Lifetime and the KYMCO UXV 500. What would you choose? Check out the prizes and the details here.
While at the Management Conference, we had the Expo Planning Committee meeting. It was our first meeting since the 2012 Expo in August and we had a good discussion about what we can do to improve and keep the Expo fresh. We really think that this Expo adds unique opportunity for water and wastewater professionals in the state. We've got some new ideas kicking around for 2013, and if you have any ideas please let me know in the comment section below. I'd love to have a bunch of ideas to bring to the committee meeting next time.


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2016 Chicago Sun-Times All-Area basketball team
By Michael O'Brien
SHARE 2016 Chicago Sun-Times All-Area basketball team
JORDAN BAUM
Senior G, 6-4, Deerfield
University of Chicago recruit, Central Suburban League North Player of the Year. Key member of group that overachieved to a 28-3 season. First three-time conference champion in Warriors' history. Averaged 15 points, six rebounds, six assists.
BARRET BENSON
Senior C, 6-10, Hinsdale South
Northwestern recruit. One of the state's dominant big men. Averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks, shot 59 percent. Hornets' all-time leader in scoring, rebounding and blocks. Three-time all-conference player. All-Tournament selection at York Holiday Tournament.
MICAH BRADFORD
Senior G, 6-0, Bradley-Bourbonnais
Valparaiso recruit. Two-time All-Area selection. One of the area's most consistent scoring threats. Averaged 19 points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals. Two-time MVP at Kankakee Holiday Tournament. Boilermakers' all-time leading scorer with more than 1,400 points.
RAEKWON DRAKE
Sophomore F, 6-5, Orr
One of the area's truly electric players. Averaged 19 points, seven rebounds. Second team All-City. Led Spartans to 20-4 record and White-West conference title. Scored 23 points and 11 rebounds in sectional final victory.
NOJEL EASTERN
Junior G, 6-5, Evanston
Elite talent, able to take over games for long stretches. Averaged 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks. Has more than a dozen Division I offers. Two-time Central Suburban League All-Conference player. All-Tournament at prestigious King of Bluegrass in Kentucky.
LORENZO EDWARDS
Senior C, 6-7, Lake Forest
Uncommitted. Strong, tough, athletic big man. Averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks. Shot 56 percent and posted double-doubles of points and rebounds in 26 games. Helped Scouts to 28-3record last season and 18-10 this season.
DEVIN GAGE
Senior G, 6-2, Curie
DePaul recruit. First Team All-City. Won prestigious AC Williamson MVP award at Pontiac Holiday Tournament. Averaged 15 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals. Four-year varsity player during most successful stretch in school history.
MARCUS GARRETT
Junior G, 6-0, Hillcrest
Long, active, dynamic player was a dominant force in South suburbs. Averaged 19 points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals. Led team to South Suburban Blue conference title and 23-6 record. Scored 35 in regional win over Thornridge.
Senior F, 6-3, Bogan
Buffalo recruit. Athletic, high-flying player that has starred for one of the state's top teams over the past three seasons. First Team All-City. All-Tournament selection at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament. Averaged 19 points, five rebounds.
Senior G, 5-11, Morgan Park
Memphis recruit. Sun-Times Player of the Year. First Team All-City. Proviso West Holiday Tournament MVP. Four year varsity player, advanced to state tournament in Peoria every year of his career so far. Averaged 28 points, seven assists, five steals.
ZACH NORVELL
Senior G, 6-5, Simeon
Gonzaga recruit. First Team All-City. Three-year varsity player for the top-ranked team in the state. Took over as star player this season and averaged 18 points, eight rebounds, four assists. Helped lead Wolverines to Red-South and city title.
JUSTIN PIERCE
Senior F, 6-6, Glenbard West
William & Mary recruit. One of the season's breakout stars. Averaged 25 points, 11 rebounds, two assists, shot 50 percent to lead Hilltoppers to their first conference championship in 43 years. Schools' all-time leading scorer with more than 1,400 points.
KENDRIC PRYOR
Senior G, 6-1, Homewood-Flossmoor
Signed with Wisconsin for football. The wide receiver made a quick transition to basketball and became one of the dominant players in the south suburbs averaging 13 points and four rebounds to lead the Vikings to a 22-6 record and the Southwest Suburban Blue title.
NICK RAKOCEVIC
Senior C, 6-11, St. Joseph
The top uncommitted player in the state, averaged 20 points, 15 rebounds, four blocks, three assists and two steals. Was All-Tournament at Proviso West and MVP at the St. Charles East Thanksgiving Tournament. Posted a double-double in every game.
Senior G, 6-6, Kenwood
Uncommitted. First Team All-City. Four-year starter for the Broncos, helped lead them to 22-4 record, Red-Central championship and first-ever appearance in city title game. Averaged 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists.
Junior F, 6-6, Stevenson
One of the state's most athletic players. He was All-Tournament at Lyons, Hinsdale Central and Wheaton South. North Suburban All-Conference selection, averaged 17 points, eight rebounds, two assists and shot 52 percent.
Senior G, 5-9, Fenwick
Uncommitted. Won Lawless Award given to Catholic League MVP. All-Tournament at Proviso West. Led Friars to 28-2 season, school's best in more than 20 years. Averaged 19 points, five assists, four rebounds, three steals, shot 43 percent from three-point range.
SAM TAYLOR III
Senior G, 5-11, Thornton
Uncommitted. Standout quarterback for football team made ultra-rare jump from bench player to breakout star. Led Wildcats to Southwest Suburban Blue title, 19-game winning streak. Averaged 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists.
GEORGE WILLBORN
Senior G, 6-3, De La Salle
Uncommitted. Strong combo guard was a dynamic scorer and leader. All-Conference Catholic League selection, MVP at St. Patrick and All-Tournament at York. Second Team All-City Averaged 20 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals.
ANTONIO WILLIAMS
Senior G, 6-0, Proviso East
Uncommitted. Terrific athlete burst onto the scene out of nowhere. Led Pirates to 18-9. All-Conference selection in West Suburban, Second Team All-Tournament at Proviso West. Averaged 24 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals.
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"IF WE CONTINUE THIS WAY, IRAN WILL BE THE NEW VENEZUELA WITHIN A YEAR." SHIRIN EBADI ON HOPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
Emily Hart
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This article was originally published on the website of the Hay Festival - here.
"We are here to unite and announce our rejection of the separation of countries - and of hearts," said Shirin Ebadi – encouraging us not to fear walls, but to fight them, knowing that they result in islamophobia, homophobia, and ultimately the fear of others.
"Think about the Berlin Wall. It was destroyed in less than 24 hours. This is the fate of any wall they create to separate people."
Ebadi drew parallels between Iran, Europe and Mexico: across the world, families are being forcefully separated by borders, women are subject to violence and fear: more than a third of women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, often from a male partner. "The people of the world have so much in common – it is us who need to find a solution for our problems."
She also drew a forceful parallel between Iran and Venezuela: "We don't have power at the political level or at the personal one, and the government is highly corrupt: this means there is great poverty. If this continues for another year, Iran will reach a situation very similar to Venezuela."
Hope is to be found amongst Iran's young people: she said that the country's youth are fighting the government to make sure that deterioration does not happen: they want meaningful democracy, the right to make choices about their lifestyles, beliefs, and government.
The Iranian regime, meanwhile, are determinedly censoring and suppressing dissent: more than fifty poets and writers are in prison, and those who speak for democracy are accused of being pro-USA. The authorities are always looking for an enemy: "The discovery of an enemy justifies an attack on the people." Fortunately, she said, social media allows some information to spread.
Ebadi spoke of her upbringing in Iran and the importance of education, stressing that it is particularly key for girls in tackling the patriarchal values of society - a society which does not truly believe in equality: "We must give them a good education so that they are not contaminated by that culture." Women, too, need to unite, create safety together, and denounce those who commit crimes against them.
She spoke particularly of how her father taught her that all religions are fundamentally the same: though she gains energy from her faith as a Muslim, she doesn't believe in religious divisions, or intermediaries between people and God. "A true religion is inside our hearts; there is nothing between us and God." The worst governments are those who have religious ideology at their base: Ebadi referred to her own native Iran, speaking of heterodoxy, propaganda, and control by fear.
She had a particular message of hope for the young people in the audience: "Don't fear failure: when I look at my own life, I see the moments of victory, and they all come directly after a moment of failure. Failure is like taking a step backwards from an obstacle so that you can jump much higher over it. There is nothing to fear. You may even end up in jail, but the important thing is that you continue with your work, with your path. Every failure is preparation for victory."


My Spanish language skills honed by years of playing small town 20 questions, wherein the questions were always the same. Order and phrasing varied regionally and individually, accustoming me to the nuances of what's going on around me. Even when people are speaking Portuguese l can understand about half of what they say – and certainly get the gist. But here l'm continually at a loss, this being my first time in India and indeed out of the Western hemisphere.
I'm here thanks to my dad, his company Wantok Adventures, and the Zanskar river. He has been running trips (and inviting me to go) on this amazing high Himalayan river for the last 10 years, and l finally took advantage of the opportunity. My mom was the trip leader on this particular expedition, and wanted me along for moral support (she is a rafter, adventurer and lover of the outdoors but not really a guide) so l let my arm be twisted – leaving a treehouse project half finished – and flew to India. The official trip lasted two and a half weeks, with about a week of that on the river – time to see a lot. We traveled through Kashmir and Ladakh, visiting the house boats of Srinagar, and various temples and monasteries, and rafted a beautiful river in an amazing canyon. But flying halfway around the world (and to the Himalaya no less) for just 3 weeks just didn't seem right, so l brought my bike. With no plans other than to explore the world's tallest mountains.
I ended up in Leh, tourist town and jumping off point for most people traveling in Ladakh, with most of a rather unusual bicycle in a very dilapidated box (the TSA ripped my box open and didn't tape it back together, so it arrived in India a pile of parts, fortunately not missing anything too important/hard to replace). l settled into a guest house and set about battling the language barrier. It took me two days of learning my way around/searching to find the axle nut l was missing, and finding an ally in all things bicycle related: Sonam Norboo of Himalayan Bikers, who has the best maintained and outfitted rental bikes in town, and is also a really nice guy. I spent a fair amount of time in (mostly in front of) his small shop helping rebuild hydraulic disk brakes/suspension forks and hanging out drinking tea. Always a pleasant respite from the travails of getting unusual gear made in a country where you don't speak the language.
This time around l'm traveling with a different bike (which deserves and will get it's own post), and necessarily, a different cargo system, which l had elected to create in India. Having brought various unobtainables and raw materials with me, namely, rubber splicing tape, hose clamps and a worn out (rafting) drybag ( which my mom donated) to repurpose into a frame bag and seat bag. The (self fusing) splicing tape went around my carbon(!) fork to protect it, from what are in essence giant water bottle cages – bent out of wire l scavenged from a chain link fence and secured with the aforementioned hose clamps. All of which l did easily and quickly – myself – once l found wire to repurpose, but making the bags was a whole other can of worms.
Designing the frame bag took most of an evening and all the cardboard (for making patterns) l could find, but then l spent the next two days trying to find a tailor who would sew it for me, or who was even willing to try to understand what it was l wanted (and how straightforward making it was). The pattern was traced on the material, with fold and cut lines marked; l had my bike with me, and a cardboard replica for demonstration purposes, but my mime skills must be atrocious; that or these folks were so unused to thinking outside the box/creative problem solving that they just didn't know how to go about trying; because l never found anyone even willing to try cutting out the shape l had outlined on the fabric.
In the end, despairing of ever getting my bag made, l returned to the one tailor in town who spoke some English and staged a sit-in of sorts. I picked up the shears and cut out my pattern, sat down at a treadle sewing machine, said l'm renting time on this machine and started sewing. Which shamed him enough that he stopped me, and took over sewing – though still l had to point out and verify every seam. It took about a half hour, but we got it done, and he charged me about 8 dollars, and must have felt bad for over charging , because then he bought me lunch. To stiffen and attach my new frame bag l bought the shortest length of (amazingly flimsy) PVC conduit l could find from a very confused electrician; borrowed my friend Sonam's cooking stove and melted the pipe flat and bent it to the required angle. A few bolts and a couple of shoe laces later and my frame bag was complete.
Armed with my newfound 'process' l made my saddle harness the next day with the assistance of a cobbler (the material was too thick for a sewing machine). Just sat down next to him (with everything already cut out and laid out) pointed to the first seam and said "sew". I sat on the side of the road next to the shoemaker, bare foot and top hatted, while he sewed my strange contraption and the 2 year old daughter of the lady next to us (selling jewelry and such) ripped pages out of a book of henna designs and pressed them into my hands as if she could magically transfer the designs without the aid of henna or skill; and three young monks, saffron clad but wearing Western t-shirts examined my arrestingly unusual bicycle. Quite the picturesque scene, so much so that all the passing tourists took advantage of it. And while l have only the picture in my head, there are perhaps hundreds of digital copies floating around the world, maybe one day one will cross your path. In any case l had bested the language barrier (unfortunately without learning a single word of Ladakhi or Hindi) and luggage accounted for l had only a few odds and ends to take care of before l could actually start riding.
Goat in an adventure again! In the Himalayas nonetheless!!! I've been waiting for this moment five years, give or take.
The best of the best for you, my friend and source of inspiration. Keep those wheels turning!!
Oooohhhh funnnnnyyyyy!!! I like those bags!


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Clinton and Russell was a well-known architectural firm founded in 1894 in New York City, United States. The firm was responsible for several New York City buildings, including some in Lower Manhattan.

Biography

Charles W. Clinton (1838–1910) was born and raised in New York and received his formal architectural training in the office of Richard Upjohn.  He left Upjohn in 1858 to begin a private practice, and from then through 1894 he conducted his own significant career, the highpoint of which was probably the 1880 Seventh Regiment Armory.

William Hamilton Russell (1856–1907) was born in New York City as well. He attended the Columbia School of Mines before he joined his great uncle, James Renwick, in his architecture firm in 1878. At Columbia, Russell had been a member of St. Anthony Hall, the secret fraternal college society, and within a year of his joining his great uncle's firm, in 1879, Renwick completed the first St. A's Chapter House, at 25 East 28th Street, likely with Russell involved in the design work.

In New York City's ambitious building boom , Clinton and Russell were responsible for designing the world's largest apartment building, the world's largest office building, and a cluster of early downtown skyscrapers along Broadway and Wall Street for banks and insurance companies.  Many of the firm's important commissions related to real estate investments of the Astor family.  The landmark Astor Hotel that served as an anchor for the development of Times Square, the Astor Apartments, the Graham Court Apartments, and The Apthorp were among their projects for William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor.  Stylistically, much of their work conformed to a conservative Italian Neo-Renaissance style.

After the deaths of the principals, the firm continued in business, and in 1926 it was renamed Clinton Russell Wells Holton & George (and variations of that name).  For a time the English-born Colonel James Hollis Wells (1864-1926) headed the organization; the Lillian Sefton Dodge Estate on Long Island is his design.  The firm remained in existence until 1940.

Employees
One of the firm's earliest employees was Abraham H. Albertson, who started there as a draftsman and went on to be a prolific architect in Seattle.

Notable works

 Fahys Building, 52-54 Maiden Lane, 1894-96 (razed)
 Sampson Building, 63-65 Wall Street, 1898 (razed)
 Hudson Building, 32-34 Broadway, 1896–98
 Exchange Court Building, 52-56 Broadway, 1896-98 (altered, now the Exchange Apartments)
 Woodbridge Building, William and Platt Streets, NYC, 1898 (razed in 1970)
 Curzon House, facade redesign of #4 East 62nd Street, NYC, 1898
 the Franklin Building, 9-15 Murray Street, 1898
 the Chesebrough Building, 13-19 State Street, Battery Park, NYC, 1899 (razed)
 Graham Court Apartments, 1899-1901
 Medbery Hall, Dorm Building for Hobart College, 1900
 Broad Exchange Building, #25 Broad Street, New York City, 1900
 Coxe Hall, Administrative and Classroom Building for Hobart College, 1901
 American Exchange National Bank Building 128 Broadway, 1901 (razed)
 the 18-story Atlantic Building, aka the Mutual Insurance Building, Wall and William Streets, 1901
 Astor Apartments, 1901-1905
 Wall Street Exchange Building, 43-49 Exchange Place, 1903
 1 Wall Street Court, 1904
 Hotel Astor, New York City, 1904, expanded 1909-1910 (razed 1967)
 71st Infantry Regiment Armory, Park Avenue and 34th Street, NYC, 1905 (razed 1976)
 The Langham Apartments, one of the towering apartment buildings lining Central Park West between West 73rd and West 74th Streets, 1905-1907
 U.S. Express Company Building, 2 Rector Street, 1905–07
 The Apthorp Apartments, briefly the largest apartment building in the world, NYC, 1906-1908
 Consolidated Stock Exchange Building, 61-69 Broad Street, 1907 (razed)
 Lawyers' Title Insurance & Trust Company, 160 Broadway, NYC, 1908
 the 31-story Whitehall Building Annex, 1908-1910
 the Hudson Terminal in lower Manhattan, the world's largest office building by floor area when built in 1908, razed in 1972 for the World Trade Center
 Whyte's Restaurant, Fulton Street, designed as a "half-timbered English village inn", 1910
 redesign of Clarence True's 103-104 Riverside Drive, 1910-1911
 Otis Elevator Building, 260 Eleventh Avenue, 1911-1912
 East River Savings Bank Building, NW corner of Broadway and Reade Streets, 1911
 portions of the Elks National Home, Bedford, Virginia, 1916
 The Lenox Hotel (later The Lenox Apartments; now, The Lenox Condominiums), 1917. 250 S. 13th Street (at Spruce Street) Philadelphia, PA
 Mecca Masonic Temple (1923) in collaboration with the architect Harry P. Knowles, now known as New York City Center
 Lillian Sefton Dodge Estate, Mill Neck, Nassau County, New York, 1923
 The Level Club, New York City, 1927
 Herald Square Building, 1350 Broadway, New York City, 1928-1930
 Cities Service Building/American International Building, 70 Pine Street, New York City, 1930-1932
 7 East 67th Street facade.

References

Companies based in Manhattan
Defunct architecture firms based in New York City