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AFCA Division II Poll: Oct. 3, 2016
By Matthew Postins October 4, 2016 AFCA Division II Poll
WACO, TEX.– The AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 poll looks a little different this week after nine teams in last week's top 25 were beaten, including three of the top 10. Northwest Missouri State still has the No. 1 spot, followed by Grand Valley State (Mich.), but that is where the similarity ends from last week.
Then-No. 3 West Georgia was beaten by North Alabama, dropping the Wolves to No. 12 and raising the Lions to No. 11. Ashland (Ohio) had the biggest drop, falling from No. 5 to No. 17 after its loss to Tiffin (Ohio), 35-32, while California (Pa.) had the biggest jump, going from No. 24 to No. 15 after its 52-26 win over then-No. 9 Slippery Rock (Pa.). Four new teams enter the poll this week, including Southwest Baptist (Mo.). The Bearcats, who are off to their best start in program history at 5-0, enter the AFCA Top 25 for the first time in school history with a No. 20 ranking.
There will be another shake-up in the poll next week with six top 25 matchups in store. The biggest game is a top 10 battle as No. 7 Midwestern State (Texas) travels to No. 4 Texas A&M-Commerce with first place in the Lone Star Conference on the line.
2016 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll — Oct. 3, 2016
TEAM PTS. PREV
1. NW Missouri State (30) (5-0) 750 1
2. Grand Valley State (5-0) 717 2
3. Shepherd (4-0) 684 3
4. Texas A&M-Commerce (4-0) 655 4
5. Henderson State (5-0) 623 5
6. Indiana (PA) (4-0) 574 6
7. Midwestern State (4-0) 564 8
8. Tuskegee (5-0) 528 9
9. Sioux Falls (5-0) 474 10
10. Azusa Pacific (5-0) 436 11
11. North Alabama (3-1) 421 12
12. West Georgia (4-1) 387 14
13. Colorado Mesa (5-0) 380 7
14. Ferris State (4-1) 352 15
15. California (PA) (4-0) 315 17
16. Harding (5-0) 312 19
17. Ashland (4-1) 305 18
18. Emporia State (4-1) 208 20
19. Slippery Rock (4-1) 185 21
20. Southwest Baptist (5-0) 148 25
21. LIU-Post (5-0) 134 NR
22. Assumption (4-1) 94 13
23. Florida Tech (4-1) 90 NR
24. UNC-Pembroke (4-1) 81 NR
25t. Bemidji State (4-1) 73 16
25t. Valdosta State (3-1) 73 16
Posted in 2016 College Football Updates

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What a difference a year makes - since the last update in August 2013, we now can see three more early-warning radars - in Yeniseysk (Voronezh-DM), near Barnaul (Voronezh-DM), and near Orsk (Voronezh-M).
The Yeniseysk radar covers very much the same sector that was supposed to be covered by the old Daryal radar that was built nearby in the 1980s. The radars in Barnaul and Orsk look almost directly South.
Here is an updated Google Earth file that shows locations of the new (and old) radars and the sectors they cover.
BTW: could you integrate (sometimes in a future update) the (still active) Sary Shagan Radar Don-2NP and Neman-PM?
And what about the Krim Station (Hen House or Dnestr-M) at Sevastopol. Is it active again under Russian Control?
I don't think the Sevastopol radar is recoverable. I doubt it will be brought back to service.
Another Voronezh... Like it's the only name there. Could it be some version of Voronezh-DM?
For example: whether the "SM" abbreviation as the "Samolyot-M" index is deciphered?
And whether it is going to be deployed in Chekhov on the Dunay-3U site?
That's an intriguing possibility. I doubt it's "Samolyot-M", though.
But I won't be surprised to such... Let us wait and see.
However I trust in it a little (especially as in that article there are many other inaccuracies...).
Nice to see the arrays at Barnaul and Eniseisk nearing completion. With the Orsk array in the pipeline, it seems they sure want their southern flank covered. Correct me if I'm wrong, there are also plans for Voronezh arrays at Olenogorsk and Pechora?
Minister Shoigu: the Orsk radar for the first time aired in January, 2015.
That was pretty quick. They are getting really good in building these things.


In an effort to increase visibility with advertisers, WeatherBug said it plans to launch a print and online trade campaign today. The campaign is priced at more than $250,000, and will run through the summer in publications including Advertising Age, AdWeek, and MediaPost's publications.
The first of a number of print and online ads to be released over the summer features a cup of coffee with a hurricane satellite image floating on top like swirling cream. The site attracts some 18 million unique visitors and 700 million page views per month, according to a company statement.
WeatherBug is one of many non-browser applications competing for the 106 million consumers who, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, connect to the Internet regularly without the help of Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Michael Rosen, senior vice president of media sales and marketing at WeatherBug, said plans for the campaign began about four months ago when he came over from Bloomberg, where he served a similar role as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
The centerpiece of WeatherBug's new offering is its BrandWrap creative unit, which allows advertisers to completely integrate their brand with WeatherBug's tools and information.
Sponsor Select is another format being promoted, which encourages users to select from a list of sponsors listed by personal interests such as finance or health and beauty. The type of ads that users are served is an option they've never had, explained Rosen.
But, for this premium complete-buyout, advertisers can certainly expect to pay a premium, said Rosen, who described the deals as "six-figure programs." "This is a one-of-a-kind service, not to mention the advanced targeting we offer advertisers because our site requires registration, which includes user's ZIP codes." WeatherBug also asks people for their name, income, and occupation, among other personal information, and 80 percent of their campaigns are targeted by demographic, Rosen said.
Baskin-Robbins, the Campbell Soup Company, AstraZeneca's anti-ulcer drug Nexium, Blockbuster Inc., and Marriott are some of the advertisers already signed on, Rosen said.
The campaign was developed by Huey Partners, a spinoff of the recently dissolved Huey Paprocki, which has handled projects for Mizuno USA, Hitachi Power Tools, and COX Media. Huey Partners--formed by Huey Paprocki, co-founder Ron Huey, Michelle Montgomery, and Scot Crooker--signed WeatherBug as their first account.


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April 17, 2018 | Keywords | agriculture, energy, trade | Subject(s) | Food and Agriculture Law Source | World Trade Organization April 17, 2018 No Comments / 173 views
Ambassador Ford replaces Kenya's Ambassador Stephen Ndung'u Karau. He thanked his predecessor for investing enormous energy and wisdom in guiding members in the agriculture negotiations in the run up to last year's Buenos Aires Ministerial Conference.
In his remarks to members, Ambassador Ford said the main goal is to put the negotiations on a firmer footing and ensure that substantive progress is made towards reaching results that accommodate the interests of all members. He noted that despite the lack of an agreement on a future work program for the farm trade talks at last December's Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, there was clear convergence of views on the need to advance negotiations on all three pillars of agriculture, namely domestic support, market access and export competition.
"I'm confident we've all agreed that it cannot be business as usual," the new chair said.
"We need to be creative and innovative and not repeat past mistakes," he continued. "We need to have frank and constructive discussions going forward bearing in mind the interests of all members. It is clear that compromises have to be made if we are to make progress in these negotiations."
"It is my sincere hope that by working collectively and intensively together in the period ahead, we will be able to address each other's concerns and eventually reach an agreement that would contribute to the establishment of a fairer and more market-oriented agriculture trading system and enhance the food security of all countries."
Ambassador Ford said the results of his initial consultations with delegations over the coming weeks will determine when meetings of the negotiating group would be scheduled, although he said he would convene at least one informal meeting before the summer break to report on his consultations and give members the opportunity to also report on their activities aimed at facilitating progress in the negotiations.
Ambassador Ford stressed that he was firmly committed to the principles of inclusiveness and transparency and will always listen and respect the views of all delegations – big and small.
"It is a new beginning," he declared. "My challenge to you is to let us again demonstrate that we can agree in Geneva on rules that contribute to increasing trade and enhancing the welfare of our countries."
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March 2001 to Doha Ministerial Conference: Apiradi Tantraporn (Thailand)
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Q: How can I generate text image same as the JLabel label? I would like to generate text image same as the JLabel label without displaying JLabel.
I tried same Font, same drawing method.
But generated image is not same as JLabel.

My sourcecode is below.
* 'super.paintComponent(g)' has been commented out for clarity that it is the same way. Output image is same.
* Below drawing by 'View.paint' method, but I'm tried 'SwingUtilities2.drawString' too. Two results are the same.
    /* Label */
    JLabel label = new JLabel(text) {
        @Override
        public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
            //super.paintComponent(g);
            View v = BasicHTML.createHTMLView(this, getText());
            v.paint(g, new Rectangle(0, 0, getWidth(), getFontMetrics(
                            getFont()).getAscent()));
        }
    };
    label.setFont(new Font("Consolas", Font.PLAIN, 13));

    /* Image */
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    BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(fm.stringWidth(text),
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    Graphics2D g2d = image.createGraphics();
    g2d.setFont(label.getFont());

    // Clear background.
    g2d.setPaint(label.getBackground());
    g2d.fillRect(0, 0, image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());

    // Draw string.
    g2d.setClip(new Rectangle(0, 0, image.getWidth(), image.getHeight()));
    View v = BasicHTML.createHTMLView(label, text);
    v.paint(g2d, new Rectangle(0, 0, image.getWidth(),
            g2d.getFontMetrics().getAscent()));

    // ... output image to file ...

Result image is following.
[JLabel]

[Generated image]

Generated image is slightly thin-faced, as compared to JLabel's capture.
How can I generate text image same as the JLabel label?

Thank you for your consideration.

A: *

*Why do you use BasicHTML.createView if you want to have the same as JLabel?

*You could use the JLabel directly (if you only want the text and not the background, set opaque to false and the border to null)

*or you can use g2d.drawString()

A: I'm not sure, but you might need to create a compatible buffered image (compatible to the display)
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
GraphicsDevice gs = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
GraphicsConfiguration gc = gs.getDefaultConfiguration();

// Create an image that does not support transparency
BufferedImage bimage = gc.createCompatibleImage(100, 100, Transparency.OPAQUE);

This will at least get you on a close with the graphics been used to render to the screen
You might also like to pay around with the rendering quality as well
Kleopatra did a post on a similar question awhile ago, you might to try and hunt it down

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Q: uid is not working in action defined in xml In ODOO application I want to use domain in action to filter records assigned to currently logged user, but 'uid' is not working
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name        =   "My Works"
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ITER NEWSLINE 109
Significant progress in critical areas
During the ITER Council meeting last week, the schedules for the vacuum vessel and the superconducting coils (particularly toroidal field coils) were discussed; these are among the most critical for the achievement of First Plasma. The importance of these activities is not new and has been the focus of ITER Organization activities for years. Recent developments indicate that we are making significant progress in these critical areas.
In the area of the vacuum vessel, there are two noteworthy developments. The first was the preliminary approval of the vacuum vessel design at the end of phase 1 by the Approved Notified Body (ANB) in France in October. This is a critical milestone for the project and clearly shows that we are on the right track! Since this approval is for the Baseline Design, we still have a lot to do to get approval for the Modified Reference Design, however this is a very big step along the way.
The second was the signing of the Vacuum Vessel Procurement Arrangement with the European Domestic Agency on 19 November. This Procurement Arrangement covers seven of the nine vacuum vessel sectors—the largest and final part of the vacuum vessel procurement. Procurement Arrangements have already been signed with Korea for two sectors and port structures; Russia for upper ports; and India for in-wall shielding. From a schedule standpoint, the vacuum vessel is one of the most critical components for ITER, and these developments have high importance. The vacuum vessel is at the centre of the machine and interfaces with many key systems; it is also a major safety component for ITER.
In the area of toroidal field coils, strand continues to be produced at three Domestic Agencies. I was able to see this first hand during a recent visit to Russia where tonnes of strands are being produced, and cabling and jacketing preparation is in full swing. This is also the case in Japan and Korea. Other Domestic Agencies are not far behind and moving forward rapidly. For toroidal field coils and structures, contracts have been placed in both Japan and Europe and the ITER Organization is working together with the Domestic Agencies and manufacturers to make manufacturing-driven adjustments which are important for cost minimization. This will be done for other systems in the future.
In addition to the toroidal field systems, other magnet systems are also close to the critical path and continue to move forward rapidly. Final design reviews were held this week on magnet supports, on correction coils, and on magnet feeder/correction coil conductors. These systems will all be provided by China, and Procurement Arrangements will follow soon. Final preparations are being made for the Central Solenoid Conductor Procurement Arrangement which is expected to be signed in December with Japan. This is a large procurement, and will be the tenth conductor Procurement Arrangement.
These activities and others clearly show widespread progress in these critical areas. Much more has been done than mentioned here and progress is accelerating. Momentum is increasing every day both at the ITER Organization and at the Domestic Agencies!
Launching the launcher
Controlling plasmas and preventing them from losing their energy is one of the most difficult tasks in fusion physics. "Instabilities," here, are the enemy. They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes: ELMs (Edge Localized Modes) can jut out like small solar flares, or magnetic surfaces can be torn apart and create "islands" where plasma current is lost and energy content degraded.
Tools and techniques have been developed to fight instabilities and reduce their impact on the performance of the plasma. ELMs, for instance, can be controlled by shooting frozen deuterium pellets into the plasma or by altering the magnetic field at the edge; the development of "islands" can be countered by using microwave beams at high frequency that drive current and energy into them.
In the ITER Tokamak, this task is assigned to the "electron cyclotron upper launchers." There are four of them in the machine and each is equipped with two rows of four beam lines and a set of "steering mirrors." They aim and shoot, in real time, as islands develop.
The electron cyclotron upper launcher, whose design work was performed by the European Domestic Agency and European associations through voluntary Task Agreements, is presently in the preliminary design review phase. Several details and potential modifications have to be addressed before the Procurement Arrangement can be drafted.
In this perspective, representatives from the various European associations involved in the launcher's design met last week at ITER. For three days, they presented a review of their design and calculations to ITER and to a review panel that included external experts. The preliminary design review was an opportunity to confront perspectives and address such issues as additional tests or analysis procedure, documentation, etc.
During the process, "chits" are issued that suggest actions and sometimes require them. At the outcome of last week's meeting, no category 1 (urgent) chit linked to technical problem was issued—a sure sign that the design process of the electron cyclotron upper launcher is progressing in the best possible manner.
A long-awaited review
The long awaited conceptual design review of the ITER cryostat was held last week at Cadarache, on Friday 20 November. This design review is an important step forward toward accomplishing the Procurement Arrangement next year.
The conceptual design of the cryostat was reviewed by an international review panel comprising members from CERN (Switzerland), IGCAR (India) and the ITER Organization. It was a long and busy day, and the design review was successfully completed with very few category-1 chits according to the Chairman of the design review panel.
"The Cryostat & Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System Section has had a hectic time preparing for this milestone," commented review participants Bharat Doshi and Ioki Kimihiro, "and the Section is looking forward to the resolution of the chits and preparation for the next phase of the review process—the preliminary design review."
Fusion film scoops TV prize
What were the best European environmental TV documentaries, TV dramas, and web-based films last year? The answer came at the Environment in Television and New Media Awards Evening held in London on 23 November.
A short list was drawn up from hundreds of applicants from all over Europe and the winners were announced in true Oscar "ripping open the envelope" style. There were three categories: TV General Programming, TV Documentary & Drama, and New Media.
The EFDA* produced film "Fusion 2100" won the best New Media prize! Warmest congratulations to everybody who contributed to making this exceptional film with a special mention for Isabella Milch, MPP Garching, and Örs Bendekfi from EFDA. Watch the movie here:
Lord David Puttnam, Oscar-winning film producer, politician, and advocate for environmentally-responsible energy, gave the keynote address underlining the role of the media in explaining the truth about climate charge. Two other fusion films were shortlisted for the prizes: "ITER Bien Sûr," produced by Télévision Locale Provence, and "From Here to Eternity," by ITER Communication, edited by Myriam Jacobs. Watch the shortlisted movies here:
ITER Bien Sûr
At the end of the ceremony, there was a vote on what should be done right now to confront environmental damage. "A crash program of carbon-friendly energy provision" was overwhelmingly elected.
A good night for fusion.
* EFDA = European Fusion Development Agreement
A successful collaboration enters its second year
The 4th Steering Committee of the CERN/ITER Collaboration Agreement was held on 19 November at CERN. It marked the end of a second year of successful collaboration between the ITER Organization and CERN on superconducting magnets and associated technologies, and the establishment of CERN as the ITER reference laboratory for superconducting strand testing for the oncoming five years.
The implementation agreement for 2009 encompassed a wide range of topics ranging from expertise in stainless steel and welding, high voltage engineering, high temperature superconductor (HTS) current lead design, and testing and consultancy in cryogenics and vacuum.
The main role of CERN as the ITER reference laboratory will be to carry out yearly benchmarking of the acceptance test facilities at the six Domestic Agencies involved in superconducting strand production; to help in the training of the personnel involved in these tests around the world; and to carry out third-party inspection and expertise in case of problems during production.
Mining for info
At its "AREVA Campus" in Aix, the French nuclear conglomerate hosts training sessions and seminars. Last week, the annual meeting of AREVA's Mining Projects Division included a visit to ITER.
Before visiting the platform, the party of 47 AREVA employees—some from Nigeria, Namibia, Kazakhstan and Canada—was given a presentation of the ITER Project by David Campbell, the Assistant Deputy Director-General for Fusion Science & Technology.
Most participants reacted like Carla Ramage-Robert, from AREVA's Human Resource Division: "We didn't know much about ITER and fusion, but now we measure just how revolutionary this project is. We are used to rather large projects ... but this is something else!"
Breaking the wall of fusion
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In Human Resources, "values" are paramount
The National Order of Merit was established in 1963 by General de Gaulle to reward citizens who have distinguished themselves through service to the Nation.
Second in prestige only to the Legion of Honour, the "Blue Ribbon," as the decoration is called, was recently awarded to Françoise Cazenave-Pendariès, the Head of the Human Resources Division at ITER.
The decoration—awarded upon recommendation from the French Minister of Higher Education and Research—recognizes Françoise's "exemplary career in public research institutions" and her "dedication to public service" through the various positions she has held in the field of human resources.
Françoise began her career in the mid-1980s, at a time when the expression "human resources" did not exist. "The term in use at the time was 'personnel,' which is slightly derogatory in French, and that bothered me," says Françoise. "I'm glad we're not using it any more."
In human resources, Françoise believes human "values" are paramount. "I've always felt a passion for 'the Other'... I've always tried to understand people's behaviour and convictions," she says. "I'm convinced that there will always be something to do to make a better place for man in his economic environment." And for women too: Françoise has been involved for many years in promoting gender parity—an issue that, she says, "ITER will have to address at some point."
The daughter of a CEA engineer, Françoise spent most of her youth in French Polynesia. At age 20, she joined CEA and worked for two years in Contracts and Procurement while pursuing a Master's Degree in human sciences and occupational psychology. Once obtained, the degree opened the door to a position in the CEA's "personnel" department—a trade and a "home" that were to be hers for the following years.
Still "in its infancy," the ITER Project offers Françoise a different challenge from the positions that she held as Head of Human Resources at the CEA/DAM Île de France Research Center and at the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) between 2002 and 2007.
"In my previous jobs, the structures had been established for a long time. The challenge was to fit initiatives into them—like promoting gender parity in science, implementing the European Charter for researcher, establishing a policy for handicapped personnel or creating a Human Resources Department from scratch at INRIA. Here at ITER, there's room, and need, for invention and innovative tools "that take into account the best practices to serve an international project."
The Korean experience
During operation, the ITER Tokamak will generate considerable quantities of heat. If ITER were a power plant, this heat would be used to produce steam that would be supplied to a turbine generator to produce electricity.
In ITER—which is a scientific experiment—the heat produced during pulses will be transferred through two successive "closed" cooling water loops and then, finally, through a third "open" loop in which the heat will be evaporated to the ambient atmosphere by way of cooling towers.
Water in the first closed loop—the tokamak cooling water system (TCWS)—will be activated by the neutron and radiation flux from the plasma, as well as by tritium permeating through the plasma-facing components. The TCWS piping is a primary confinement barrier designed to minimize any potential release of radioactive water into the Tokamak Building.
In designing ITER's piping network, several parameters have to be taken into consideration. "We need to have a precise knowledge of all the forces acting on the piping system during operation," explains Warren Curd, ITER's Cooling Water System Section Leader. "And, we need to ensure that the pipe stresses are well below the allowable stress levels during all modes of operation. The way to do this is to perform what we call a 'piping stress analysis.'"
In October of this year, Warren and colleagues from the cooling water team in Cadarache, plus members of the US ITER team, travelled to Korea to meet with some of the world's specialists in the field of piping stress analysis at the Korean Power Engineering Company (KOPEC).
KOPEC has significant experience in piping design of nuclear power plants in Korea, and the piping stress analysis methodology they use has direct applicability to ITER. KOPEC is a potential contractor to ITER and discussions were opened in this perspective.
Being in Korea, the mission delegation also visited K-STAR, the superconducting tokamak that the National Fusion Research Institute operates in Daejon. The KSTAR cooling water system is different from ITER's, but the lessons learned and the knowledge gained from operating the Korean tokamak will direct benefit ITER via a collaboration agreement between the two projects.
On the last day of their visit to Korea, the mission delegation was offered an extensive walk-down of the Shin-Gori nuclear power plant which is in the last stages of construction. "It was a rare opportunity to see first hand the complex configuration and construction of a nuclear power plant," says Warren. "Most everything we viewed, whether it be the cooling water systems or equipment maintenance spaces, methods of radwaste handling, electrical layout, or controls and control room layout has direct applicability to the ITER design, fabrication and construction."
One bridge too many
Work on the ITER Itinerary, which began in February 2008, is now coming to an end. Last September in Jouques, the construction of a brand new bridge over the EDF canal was completed. That left the old bridge, of course, which had to be dismantled. The operation required the coordinated action of two heavy cranes. The five concrete beams of the 40-year-old bridge—each 66 metres long and weighing 150 tonnes—were reinforced and stabilized, and then one-by-one delicately detached from their support, lifted, and placed on a trailer. The operation started Friday 20 November and was over by the following Monday.
Work is ongoing in Lambesc, where a bridge is being reconstructed, and in Berre Harbour at the other end of the ITER Itinerary, where an unloading platform will be delivered in the early months of 2010. All Itinerary works will be complete early 2010. The first test convoys are scheduled to travel along the ITER Itinerary in 2011.
A challenging multicultural environment
"Training, context, language, culture, general environment and welcoming activities are part of all the parameters and challenges to be taken care of carefully on a daily basis in an international organization," explained Françoise Cazenave-Pendariès, Head of the Human Resources at ITER on 25 November, during a visit organized by Agence Iter France.
For this occasion, human resources managers from local companies (CEA, ST Microelectronics, Avenir Télécom, Eurocopter, Gemalto) listened to a general overview of managing human resources in a multicultural environment.
Francoise was accompanied by Sophie Gourod, Responsible Officer for recruitment and training programs at ITER, who also gave tips on organizing recruitment in an international organization by describing the policies used to recruit the 422 ITER directly-employed staff of the ITER Organization to date.


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Blacknut becomes leader instead of Drizzlestar, Rabbitpaw admires Blacknut.
He looked up to the tom for a short amount of time before he died.
Has his Warrior assessment and passes, excited for his Warrior ceremony.
Dapplesnap and Rabbitleap get into a arguement, them separating for a few days.
They apologize and rekindle their relationship.
Rabbitleap is ecstatic when he discovers Dapplesnap is pregnant with his kittens, though Dapplesnap doesn't feel the same.
Dapplesnap gives birth and Rabbitleap has a incredibly loving bond with his kittens, becoming very protective of them.
Dapplesnap is renamed into Dapplewing.
Rabbitleap tries to act affectionate to Dapplewing but Dapplewing acts coldly and appears to not like it, them growing distant.
SkyClan Camp is destroyed, forcing them to move to underground tunnels.
However, Dapplewing is killed during the destruction.
Rabbitleap mourns for his mate's death but doesn't tell his kits what happened.
Rabbitleap meets Braveheart, a former RiverClanner who now inhabits SkyClan. It is revealed that he is Softstep's mate. Rabbitleap acts coldly to the tom and jokes about him, often snickering an insult.
He takes a disliking to their daughter, Duckkit.
Rabbitleap admits to Thrushkit and Crownkit that Dapplewing won't be back for a while but doesn't let them know that she is deceased.
Rabbitleap grows close to Peppershade once again.
Owlstar confronts Rabbitleap about his Father; Jackalcry. She tells him that he was a battle-hungry and aggressive cat.
He ends his prejudice again flings and half-clan cats in an effort to no longer act like his Father.
Leopardlight informs Rabbitleap that Kenny is temporarily leaving to find his kits.
Later that night, Kenny leaves. He shares one last moment with Rabbitleap before leaving.
The drought ends and SkyClan moves into what us left of their territory.
Braveheart, Crownkit, and Duckkit travel to the RiverClan border to find Sparrowkit. Rabbitleap is furious with the tom for doing little to keep Crownkit in camp.
Rabbitleap's kits are Apprenticed, he is ecstatic.
SkyClan temporarily moves to The Peak, soon claiming the ThunderClan Abandoned Twoleg Place their new camp.
Rabbitleap enters a small depressive state, being saddened by all of his memories in his old camp.
He begins to stop grooming himself, his fur becoming matted and dirt-stained.
Kenny mysteriously leaves after the disappearance of Patchkit.
Rabbitleap is knocked back to his somewhat depressive state.
Patchkit returns and Rabbitleap becomes a father-like figure to her.
Leopardlight tells Rabbitleap that Dapplewing told her that she wanted Rabbitleap to move on.
Rabbitleap is saddened by this, growing even more distant from everyone.
Eventually, he finds her in a very messy and sad state however she only has Greykit. She sadly explains to Rabbitleap that the father of the kits is Sparkbite and she gave the three other kits to him after the Gathering. It was a political fling and they now have an alliance with ThunderClan. Rabbitleap respects her choice and is glad they have an alliance. He brings Noondapple home.
"She's certainly the perfect mother-figure to her kits. "
Rabbitleap has known Apricotmask since they were Apprentices, being friends since then. Recently, they have been chating more after growing a tiny bit distant when they were toward the end of being Apprentices.
He has known Leopardlight for a while, even before her leg was crushed by a tree. Although, they never were too close until recently. They bonded over their sadness of cats leaving in their life, leaving them both extremely sad. Rabbitleap doesn't fully understand her sadness though, for she has a huge family and a loving mate, this to him something to distract her from any sadness. Leopardlight yelled at him for sulking so much and being envious of her hence no longer being friends.
Honeypaw is Noonstar's daughter and is just someone Rabbitleap enjoys to be around because of how sweet she is.
"Boulderbreeze is curious yet caring and I like that."
Boulderbreeze seems to care for Rabbitleap when they talk to each other and he feels that it something he hasn't experienced in a while. He really enjoys her company.
Noonstar only recently became a friend of Rabbitleap. At first, he didn't like her that much because she wouldn't accept that Owlstar had disappeared and that she needed to step up as SkyClan's new leader. However since she's come back from her nine lives ceremony, he realized he was very rude and pressuring and now sees the molly as a kind cat who cares for others.
"A bit of an attitude."
Rabbitleap's only interaction with Creekstorm as of recent is when he was at Skywatcher Oak with Weevilpaw, Noonstar, and Honeypaw. Creekstorm appeared and began to talk to Noonstar about her choosing a Deputy, Creekstorm's tone growing more hostile as their conversation continued. Rabbitleap did not like his arrogance and this causing him to distrust the tom.
"I don't know them, seem alright though."
Rabbitleap says nothing and blinks.
"How do they catch fish?"
Rabbitleap looks genuinely confused and shrugs.
"Very... aggressive, however I'm glad that we have an alliance with ThunderClan."
Rabbitleap has seen this violent tom at Gatherings, also remembering when he pranked SkyClan by pretending to be Blacknut from the dead. Rabbitleap finds Nightrunner a bit annoying and dramatic, although creative at how he pretended to be Blacknut.
Rabbitleap and Dapplewing have been inseparable since they were Apprentices, them both growing feelings for each other quite quickly then confessing. Although they did argue a little, they had a litter of kits that Rabbitleap felt a deep need to protect. Dapplewing was killed when twolegs invaded SkyClan's camp, destroying it in the process. Rabbitleap is forever sad about her death and has grown a absolute disgust and hatred for them..
Crownpaw is Rabbitleap's only son from his litter with Dapplewing. She disappeared and he misses her greatly.
Thrushwing is one of Rabbitleap's daughters with his litter with Dapplewing. She disappeared and he misses her greatly.
Bugpaw is Rabbitleap's other daughter. She disappeared and he misses her greatly.
Rabbitleap bonded with Kenny over Dapplewing's death, Kenny being her brother. They quickly became best friends and constantly chatted. However, Kenny temporarily left SkyClan to find his kits. Rabbitleap is overjoyed that he returned with his daughter, though saddened when he mysteriously left.
Rabbitleap is probably the cat that knows Rabbitleap the most. They were originally best friends as Apprentices, Rabbitleap growing a crush on the molly after cuddling with her. However, he began to grow distant with her when he began to talk with Dapplewing more, developing a crush on her instead. They argued and separated for a while but recently, they have rekindled their relationship and apologized to each other. They were close and best friends again during the time SkyClan was in the tunnels. However, she disappeared much like Kenny.
Really likes feathers, especially thrush.
As an Apprentice, he formerly had a crush on Apricotmask and Peppershade.


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How Mengzi came up with something better than the Golden Rule
Eric Schwitzgebel
Family Training, unknown artist, Ming (1368-1644) or Qing (1644-1911) dynasty. Courtesy the Met Museum, New York
is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. He blogs at The Splintered Mind and is the author of Perplexities of Consciousness (2011) and A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures (2019).
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Edited by Nigel Warburton
There's something I don't like about the 'Golden Rule', the admonition to do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Consider this passage from the ancient Chinese philosopher Mengzi (Mencius):
That which people are capable of without learning is their genuine capability. That which they know without pondering is their genuine knowledge. Among babes in arms there are none that do not know to love their parents. When they grow older, there are none that do not know to revere their elder brothers. Treating one's parents as parents is benevolence. Revering one's elders is righteousness. There is nothing else to do but extend these to the world.
One thing I like about the passage is that it assumes love and reverence for one's family as a given, rather than as a special achievement. It portrays moral development simply as a matter of extending that natural love and reverence more widely.
In another passage, Mengzi notes the kindness that the vicious tyrant King Xuan exhibits in saving a frightened ox from slaughter, and he urges the king to extend similar kindness to the people of his kingdom. Such extension, Mengzi says, is a matter of 'weighing' things correctly – a matter of treating similar things similarly, and not overvaluing what merely happens to be nearby. If you have pity for an innocent ox being led to slaughter, you ought to have similar pity for the innocent people dying in your streets and on your battlefields, despite their invisibility beyond your beautiful palace walls.
Mengzian extension starts from the assumption that you are already concerned about nearby others, and takes the challenge to be extending that concern beyond a narrow circle. The Golden Rule works differently – and so too the common advice to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes. In contrast with Mengzian extension, Golden Rule/others' shoes advice assumes self-interest as the starting point, and implicitly treats overcoming egoistic selfishness as the main cognitive and moral challenge.
Maybe we can model Golden Rule/others' shoes thinking like this:
If I were in the situation of person x, I would want to be treated according to principle p.
Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Thus, I will treat person x according to principle p.
And maybe we can model Mengzian extension like this:
I care about person y and want to treat that person according to principle p.
Person x, though perhaps more distant, is relevantly similar.
There will be other more careful and detailed formulations, but this sketch captures the central difference between these two approaches to moral cognition. Mengzian extension models general moral concern on the natural concern we already have for people close to us, while the Golden Rule models general moral concern on concern for oneself.
I like Mengzian extension better for three reasons. First, Mengzian extension is more psychologically plausible as a model of moral development. People do, naturally, have concern and compassion for others around them. Explicit exhortations aren't needed to produce this natural concern and compassion, and these natural reactions are likely to be the main seed from which mature moral cognition grows. Our moral reactions to vivid, nearby cases become the bases for more general principles and policies. If you need to reason or analogise your way into concern even for close family members, you're already in deep moral trouble.
Second, Mengzian extension is less ambitious – in a good way. The Golden Rule imagines a leap from self-interest to generalised good treatment of others. This might be excellent and helpful advice, perhaps especially for people who are already concerned about others and thinking about how to implement that concern. But Mengzian extension has the advantage of starting the cognitive project much nearer the target, requiring less of a leap. Self-to-other is a huge moral and ontological divide. Family-to-neighbour, neighbour-to-fellow citizen – that's much less of a divide.
Third, you can turn Mengzian extension back on yourself, if you are one of those people who has trouble standing up for your own interests – if you're the type of person who is excessively hard on yourself or who tends to defer a bit too much to others. You would want to stand up for your loved ones and help them flourish. Apply Mengzian extension, and offer the same kindness to yourself. If you'd want your father to be able to take a vacation, realise that you probably deserve a vacation too. If you wouldn't want your sister to be insulted by her spouse in public, realise that you too shouldn't have to suffer that indignity.
Although Mengzi and the 18th-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau both endorse mottoes standardly translated as 'human nature is good' and have views that are similar in important ways, this is one difference between them. In both Emile (1762) and Discourse on Inequality (1755), Rousseau emphasises self-concern as the root of moral development, making pity and compassion for others secondary and derivative. He endorses the foundational importance of the Golden Rule, concluding that 'love of men derived from love of self is the principle of human justice'.
This difference between Mengzi and Rousseau is not a general difference between East and West. Confucius, for example, endorses something like the Golden Rule in the Analects: 'Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.' Mozi and Xunzi, also writing in China in the period, imagine people acting mostly or entirely selfishly until society artificially imposes its regulations, and so they see the enforcement of rules rather than Mengzian extension as the foundation of moral development. Moral extension is thus specifically Mengzian rather than generally Chinese.
Care about me not because you can imagine what you would selfishly want if you were me. Care about me because you see how I am not really so different from others you already love.
This is an edited extract from 'A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures' © 2019 by Eric Schwitzgebel, published by MIT Press.
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Chinese aerial platform manufacturer LGMG opened its first European facility on Friday 28 September at a ceremony in Rotterdam attended by dealers and customers.
The 1500 m2 warehouse and office at Spijkenisse, Rotterdam, will hold a stock of between 80 and 100 scissor lifts as well as €200,000 worth of parts and will service LGMG's dealers and customers in Europe.
Yu Mengsheng, Chgairman of LGMG Group (left) with Wilbert Lek, Director International Trade & Investment at Rotterdam Partners.
The facility is part of LGMG's aggressive global expansion plan. It aims to open a US facility in the first half of next year, and will expanding its product range to include articulated and telescopic booms to add to its scissors, with the first articulated models launched in Europe during Bauma next year.
LGMG Group is already active throughout the world via its two joint venture companies: SDLG with Volvo CE for earthmoving equipment, and a more recent joint venture with Sandvik for mining machines.
Among those attending the opening ceremony were representatives from Netherlands dealer Hocap and German manufacturer PB Lifttechnik, for which LGMG does some manufacturing. Spanish rental company Servei was also in Rotterdam for the opening. Other visitors were from potential dealers.
Kevin Liu (left) and Ares Song of LGMG at the opening of the Rotterdam facility.
Ares Song, international sales manager at LGMG, said the company intended to sell through dealers in Europe and protect the profits of dealers. In the event that a large rental company wanted to deal direct with the manufacturer, Mr Song said that LGMG would work in cooperation with local dealers to fulfil orders.
The European operation will be managed by Kevin Liu, Director of LGMG Europe, working alongside 10 other staff, with more local service and administration staff to be recruited.
A fuller report will appear in the next issue of Access International.


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Best place to see the sun set near Omaha is from Iowa.
The obvious is – the vertical canvas is gigantic and most often, you can see so much of it because there is little to get in the way of it.
I have witnessed some incredible sunrises and sets over the years. The cushy gig is to work on a project that needs this shot. Scouting for a sunrise / sunset? Really? Yes.
When the sun is up, as equal in spectacular are the clouds. In the old days, we referred to them as ad agency clouds. Of course the client (and DPs) want them for the shoot day after you go ahead and shoot them on a scout. Apologies if you don't get the same thing.
If you don't have a savvy Gaffer, learn how to read a compass or get an app that indicates the true path of the sun. Little-known fact to the untrained eye: the sun does move north and south throughout the year, affecting the path of it being more to the north or south. Yes, it still rises in the east and sets in the west. Shocking I had to say that but I have had this discussion with more than one city dweller.
Allow extra time to be at your chosen location and be ready. Some of the best sunrise and sunset light is just before and just after it happens.
Take it all in. You will be standing at a moment in time that will not be repeated. Relish it.