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Years Since the Nintendo 64's American Release
Dan Starkey
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As a child of the 90s, the Nintendo 64 was the console I remember. It had some of my all-time favorites, ranging from great-but-weird titles like Blast Corps and Pokemon Snap, to works of absolute genius like Paper Mario and Majora's Mask.
But now it's 18 years old today. If my console was a person, it'd be able to vote now. That's just… weird. Especially when I think of the fact that my laptop's barely been around for four years and it's on its last legs.
What about you? What were your favorite games on the aging console? Do you feel old now? Well, I sure as hell do.
You're reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to dancstarkey@gmail.com or find him on Twitter @dcstarkey.


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Policy Title: Facility Access and Security
Policy Administrator: Vice President for Administration/CFO & Vice President for Student Affairs
Authority: 20 USC 1092 (Clery Act)
Index Cross-References: Lodging and Camping on Campus Policy
Policy File Number: ADM-0181
FACILITY ACCESS AND SECURITY
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Crime Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 USC 1092) ("Clery Act"), the University is required to establish policies and procedures to ensure that facilities are secured and in good condition to limit access when facilities are not being utilized.
This policy provides guidelines and procedures for ensuring that campus facilities and grounds are safe and secure and available to campus community members and guests as needed.
Who the policy is applies to:
This policy applies to all members of the campus community as well as the general public that utilize campus facilities and grounds.
Why the policy is necessary:
This policy is in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Crime Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 USC 1092) ("Clery Act") and provides guidance for ensuring that campus facilities and grounds are safe, secure, and used for their intended purpose. The policy is also intended to protect individuals and property and provide a safe environment for educational purposes.
Custodial Services and Community Service Specialists are responsible for the unlocking of buildings on a daily basis for scheduled classes and other approved activities. After buildings are locked, only employees with offices, security personnel and personnel with maintenance responsibilities have access to buildings. Facilities Services maintains University buildings and grounds with concern for security and safety. Campus facilities and grounds are inspected on a regular basis to ensure that broken windows, locks and repairs are made in an expeditious manner.
The residential community is patrolled cooperatively by the University Police Department and Residential Life personnel, which includes Residential Life Advisors and Coordinators.
It is the practice of the University that all buildings be opened prior to the beginning of the business day and locked nightly after the conclusion of the last scheduled event. Space Management provides a daily schedule to Facilities Services; buildings are locked based on that schedule.
Access to University Housing Buildings is limited to Residents, their guests and selected staff. The University's Residential Hall policy requires that exterior doors be locked at all times, including holidays and semester breaks. All residents are issued a key fob for personal access to exterior doors, interior areas and restroom facilities. All guests must be accompanied by residents or staff.
Approved by President Robert S. Nelsen

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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
From a letter to the New York Times:
Regarding the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama on Friday (The New York Times on the Web, Oct. 9):
I applaud this stunning decision as a much-needed boost to the image of the United States on the world stage and as a vote of confidence in President Obama's diplomatic efforts.
But conservatives in this country are going to see it as an effort by the Nobel Committee to unduly influence President Obama's policy review on Afghanistan. Meanwhile, progressives will find succor in what Rahm Emanuel jokingly referred to as an "Oslo beats Copenhagen" moment.
Nonetheless, congratulations, Mr. President! This award could not have come at a better time for you and America.
The GCP event was set for an 8 hour period beginning about an hour before the announcement, which was around 5 am ET (09:00 GMT), to cover a little anticipation and a substantial time for the news to spread especially in the US. The result shows Chisquare 28983.463 on 28000 for a probability of 0.222, and Z = 0.766, a modest positive deviation.
It is important to keep in mind that we have only a tiny statistical effect, so that it is always hard to distinguish signal from noise. This means that every "success" might be largely driven by chance, and every "null" might include a real signal overwhelmed by noise. In the long run, a real effect can be identified only by patiently accumulating replications of similar analyses.
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As promised/threatened, I have a couple of announcements to make…!
The first is that during the next week (starting Mon 8th March) I am going to serialize the opening scene of my new book, Crawlers. The official launch date isn't until April. But right here, for free, every day for (as I'm currently planning-!) five days straight, you can get a special, early taste of what the book is like.
As an online-only bonus my words will be accompanied by some extraordinary images graciously provided for the purpose by digital artist Malcolm Harrison. Here's an extra piece he sent me to give you an idea of what he can do.


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WB Montreal Teases Batman Court of Owls Game
Chris Capel Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Batman: Arkham Origins (Wii U)
Batman: Arkham Origins,Batman: Arkham Origins (Wii U)
The Game Awards are this Thursday, and all websites are trying to guess what major game reveals we can expect at the show. It was rumored that the Batman Arkham series creators Rocksteady were going to be there, and would be showing off a Superman game called Superman: World's Finest. Rocksteady's co-founder Sefton Hill shot down that rumor himself, and now the developer of Batman Arkham Origins are under the spotlight, as it seems to be teasing a game based on the Batman Court of Owls comic book story.
WB Montreal Creative Director Patrick Redding, who previously worked on the last two Splinter Cell titles Blacklist and Conviction, as well as Far Cry 2, has been teasing the studio's next game for a while. He always refers to it as "REDACTED," and other members of the studio have begun doing the same. WB Montreal's assistant producer "Double V" posted a tweet praising the game's development team, accompanied by a picture of a woman wearing a shirt with an owl logo.
[Redacted], best. DevTeam. EVAR. pic.twitter.com/fUV8WCkDnI
— valvez (@valvez) November 16, 2018
This symbol represents the Court of Owls, the secret organization that was introduced by writer Scott Snyder in his run on the New 52 Batman comics in 2011, beginning with Batman issue 2. Its members are all names in Gotham City's wealthy elite, and all wear owl masks to hide their identities in meetings. Their will is enforced by the Talons, a group of highly trained and basically undead assassins, who can be frozen in stasis and electrified into life when needed.
The Court of Owls are arguably the most significant addition to Batman's rogues gallery in the past decade. They have made numerous important appearances in various comic book storylines since then, such as the recent DC Rebirth Nightwing series last year, and a spin-off series based on one of their assassins, simply called Talon. They were the antagonists of animated movie Batman vs. Robin, which was based on their first story, and appeared in live-action for the first time in Season 3 of Batman prequel series Gotham. They have only made one appearance in video games so far, as one of the Talons featured in October's LEGO DC Super Villains.
After the confirmation that not only was Rocksteady not going to be at the Game Awards this year, speculation has naturally turned to the "other" Arkham series developer WB Montreal. After the above tweet went out and a potential Batman Court of Owls game was teased, it was naturally suggested that it may be WB Montreal, not Rocksteady, may be the ones revealing a game at the Game Awards. On Twitter, Patrick Redding admitted that "a few of us from Team [REDACTED]" would be at the event, but then confirmed that they would not be showing anything to public just yet.
… We're not doing the glamorous part of the job just yet. We're headed down to meet with our WB partners and showcase the team's hard work and share our excitement. I know how anxious the fans are to hear something… Please be patient! (2/2)
— Patrick Redding – BlackLivesMatter (@Holesinteeth) December 2, 2018
WB Montreal seems to have a game ready for showing however, even if it's just for Warner Bros. executives right now. It should also be noted, that if you think that the Court of Owls symbol is just a Batman fan showing off their cool shirt, Redding also tweeted a picture of an owl several days later, further adding fuel to the rumor fire.
At the same time as all this, we also have the connected rumor that the Batman Court of Owls game, or at least a game made by WB Montreal, may already have a release date, or at least a temporary one. If this rumor is to be believed, WB Montreal's next game will release as soon as next year. This rumor comes from eagle-eyed (or owl-eyed) user est1992 on ResetEra, who spotted that 3D animator Ricardo Alex-Vincent at WB Montreal posted on his LinkedIn page something called "Project 2019." The posting for this project has since been removed.
Ever since Batman: Arkham Origins shipped in 2013, the only game Warner Bros Montreal has made was the Batgirl: A Matter of Family expansion for Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015. The studio hasn't released a new game this generation, and was rumored to have had at least two games in production, Suicide Squad and a Batman game starring his son Damien Wayne. These games were teased at the end of both Origins and Knight, but as of yet nothing has come of them.
Tags: Action-Adventure, Batman Arkham, Batman Arkham Origins, Batman Court of Owls, batman: arkham knight, PC, Warner Bros. Games Montreal, Warner Bros. Interactive, WB Montreal


Hello everyone – it's Andy Gesner and the staff from HIP Video Promo with a special thanks to all of you who have been a part of what we do over the last three years. It's so great when your friends are the people you work with! November 2003 marks the beginning of our fourth year together and we appreciate all the support you shower on the artists we champion. It's how we are able to keep fighting the good fight.
We are starting off our fourth year with a very fun (and funny) video from Cleveland garage rockers Cobra Verde. "Riot Industry" is as entertaining a mini-movie as you are likely to see this year, with guest stars galore, lots of sonically bruising hooks and a "stick in your head" chorus/sing-along that is instantly hummable.
It's always a treat to watch a vid like this, where the performers (and the director) aren't afraid to cut loose and have fun and don't take themselves too seriously. "Riot Industry" wraps an energetic performance vid in a kitschy, quirky, demented pastiche of channel surfing the cable system from Bizzarro-World.
Mike Watt (of Minutemen, Firehouse, and, most recently The STOOGES) settles in for a healthy bowl of high fiber breakfast cereal and switches on the telly…and away we go! We're treated to an Egyptian belly dancer, full-contact bowling, angling with George Wendt (NORM! From Cheers), and finally Mike's own appearance on the reality show for reality show junkies,Idle American. Rudy Ray Moore even puts in an appearance as Dolomite in this satirical send up of the entertainment industry in post-millenial America.
Musically, the song owes a lot to mid-70s glam rockers like David Bowie and T-Rex, but it's gritty rather than lush; echoes of icons Iggy Pop and Joey Ramone resound throughout. John Petkovic's lyrics are literate, a bit raunchy and lustily delivered. Reminiscent of underground heroes like the New York Dolls and Gun Club, Cobra Verde captures the glory days of rock (The Replacements, Velvets, Television), while managing to make it sound new and refreshing. The sendup is an anthem that has an arena-rock feel crammed into a small nightclub setting. Start to finish, "Riot Industry" is riotously good fun.
To celebrate this star studded clip, any programmer that adds the "Riot Industry" video in November enters a drawing to win the complete Muscle Tone records catalogue, including copies of the MC5 DVD documentary(Wayne Kramer of MC5 runs the label). The grand prize will also include a "Riot Industry" poster autographed by George Wendt and Mike Watt (George and Mike are big fans of the band)! Each programmer that adds the video will also receive a Cobra Verde prize package including t-shirts, stickers and copies of their new CD Easy Listening. The drawing takes place December 22nd. For more info contact Andy Gesner at 732-613-1779 or e-mail HIPVideo@aol.com.


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La controversia sull'invito di papa Benedetto XVI alla Sapienza fa riferimento alle proteste emerse il 20 novembre 2007 contro l'invito che il rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" fece al papa Benedetto XVI affinché inaugurasse l'anno accademico, il 17 gennaio. A seguito delle proteste espresse da numerosi docenti e studenti, la Santa Sede decise di declinare l'invito.

Antefatti
Il 15 febbraio 1990 l'allora cardinale Ratzinger aveva già tenuto un discorso all'Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" . Le sue parole avevano sollevato forti polemiche nel mondo scientifico, in particolar modo per una citazione del filosofo della scienza Paul Feyerabend che dava un positivo giudizio dell'operato della Chiesa cattolica relativamente al processo a Galileo Galilei. Alcuni dissero anche che Ratzinger avrebbe interpretato male, e quindi usato a sproposito, il pensiero di Feyerabend, spiegando che l'affermazione citata sarebbe stata tratta da un discorso per assurdo del filosofo, che quindi sarebbe stato contro il processo a Galilei.

Ma i dubbi sulla correttezza dell'interpretazione di Ratzinger sono fugati dallo stesso Feyerabend, che nel 1990 commentò personalmente il discorso del cardinale in un'intervista al settimanale Il Sabato, affermando che

Sul processo a Galileo, dopo che papa Giovanni Paolo II ebbe auspicato un "riconoscimento leale dei torti, da qualunque parte essi vengano", il 3 luglio 1991 venne aperta una commissione di studio, i cui risultati furono ricordati sempre da Giovanni Paolo II in un discorso ai partecipanti alla sessione plenaria della Pontificia accademia delle scienze, rimarcando due punti:

È controverso se Ratzinger fosse d'accordo con le citazioni riportate o meno. In un articolo su Il Giornale, il vaticanista Andrea Tornielli affermò che la presunta cattiva interpretazione fu causata da un'incompleta citazione delle parole di Ratzinger di Wikipedia. Secondo Tornielli, le parole conclusive mancanti su Wikipedia mostrano come Ratzinger «ritiene "assurdo" appropriarsene [della citazione di Feyerabend] per sostenere che la Chiesa con Galileo avrebbe avuto ragione».

Uno dei sottoscrittori della lettera, il fisico teorico Giorgio Parisi, aveva risposto in precedenza a critiche simili, riportando anche la parte dell'intervento non presente precedentemente su Wikipedia. Parisi evidenzia come il futuro Papa «non si distanzia dall'affermazione di Feyerabend [...] Conclude dicendo di non voler usare questo testo per una "frettolosa apologetica", ma non ne nega la validità»; conseguentemente Parisi conclude affermando che: «la citazione di Feyerabend, fatta senza far riferimento alle posizioni teoriche di Feyerabend, stravolge completamente il pensiero di questo filosofo della scienza. Al contrario di quello che sembra da questa citazione isolata, Feyerabend ha sempre esaltato la creatività e l'audacia intellettuale di Galileo; tuttavia si esprime per paradossi e tutta la sua visione è una critica della "ragione", quindi, nel dire che la Chiesa era da parte della ragione, non sta dando torto a Galileo ma alla Chiesa».

Secondo un articolo de L'Osservatore Romano, la prova che i docenti avrebbero sbagliato a causa di Wikipedia sarebbe la coincidenza tra la data ed il luogo da loro riportata e quella riportata al tempo da Wikipedia, entrambi errati.

La controversia
Il 14 novembre 2007, a seguito della notizia del probabile invito del papa alla cerimonia di inaugurazione dell'anno accademico, fu redatta una lettera di protesta dal docente Marcello Cini, pubblicata dal quotidiano comunista Il manifesto. A questa lettera seguì, il 23 novembre, una lettera ad uso interno indirizzata al rettore e firmata da 67 docenti (su circa ) dell'Università, sottoscritta successivamente da altri 700 tra professori e scienziati, italiani e non; tale lettera divenne di pubblico dominio nel mese di gennaio, a ridosso della cerimonia.

Nella prima lettera Cini, con aspri toni, faceva riferimento alla Lectio magistralis tenuta a Ratisbona, accusando il Pontefice di appoggiare la teoria del "Disegno intelligente", e criticava in particolar modo la scelta del rettore di non aver discusso l'invito con il senato accademico. Nella seconda lettera i docenti condividevano l'intervento del Cini e aggiungevano inoltre un riferimento ad una citazione di Feyerabend su Galilei fatta alla Sapienza il febbraio 1990 dall'allora cardinale Ratzinger.

Con l'avvicinarsi dell'evento, si verificò una lunga serie di manifestazioni da parte di numerosi studenti dell'Ateneo contrari all'invito al Pontefice, al sindaco di Roma Walter Veltroni ed al ministro dell'Università Fabio Mussi, culminata con l'occupazione della sede del senato accademico e del rettorato.

Il 15 gennaio 2008, come conseguenza dei fatti di seguito riportati, la Santa Sede declinò l'invito del rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" a papa Benedetto XVI perché inaugurasse l'anno accademico, il 17 gennaio. Il discorso inaugurale del papa fu comunque letto dal prorettore.

Diversi esponenti del mondo politico e istituzionale italiano espressero solidarietà al Papa e condanna per i 67 docenti e gli studenti contestatori, accusati di intolleranza. Il mondo culturale espresse posizioni più variegate sull'interpretazione dei fatti e dei contenuti delle lettere in questione; vi fu un pubblico appello di solidarietà ai 67 docenti promosso dalla rivista Historia Magistra, come pure pubblici appelli di solidarietà al Papa promossi dal quotidiano on line L'Occidentale e dall'associazione culturale EURESIS.

Ulteriori ricadute della controversia
Un ulteriore sviluppo della polemica riguardò il fisico Luciano Maiani, che l'8 gennaio aveva ottenuto dal Consiglio dei ministri la ratifica della nomina alla direzione del CNR. Dal momento che Maiani risultava fra i firmatari della lettera dei 67, la Commissione Cultura del Senato nella seduta del 16 gennaio bloccò temporaneamente la nomina. In tale occasione il senatore Franco Asciutti giudicò che l'adesione di Maiani ad un appello «contrario alla presenza del Pontefice in occasione dell'inaugurazione dell'anno accademico» fosse «incompatibile con un atteggiamento equilibrato e laico». La nomina fu sbloccata solo circa un mese più tardi (29 gennaio da parte del Senato, 1º febbraio da parte del Governo), quando il clamore mediatico si era ormai placato.

Reazioni in difesa di Benedetto XVI
Il mondo cattolico, alla notizia dell'annullamento della visita, reagì con indignazione parlando di «libertà di espressione negata». Il giorno successivo, studenti cattolici della Sapienza espressero la loro solidarietà al Papa partecipando all'udienza del mercoledì. Il cardinale Ruini, all'epoca vicario di Roma, organizzò invece una manifestazione la domenica successiva all'Angelus a Piazza San Pietro che doveva avere un ruolo di «riconciliazione fra la città di Roma e il Papa», alla quale parteciparono rappresentanti di tutte le associazioni cattoliche oltre ad esponenti della politica.

Durante la cerimonia d'inaugurazione, studenti di Comunione e Liberazione vi parteciparono con la bocca imbavagliata, esponendo cartelli sulla presunta «mancanza di libertà all'interno del mondo universitario italiano».

Il giornalista Giuliano Ferrara propose a tutti gli intellettuali che si erano laureati alla Sapienza di restituire provocatoriamente la loro laurea, ma l'appello non ebbe seguito.

Nel suo saggio del 2008 Considerazioni introduttive sugli attuali dibattiti fra laicismo, scienza, filosofia e religione, il filosofo marxista-comunitarista Costanzo Preve ha fermamente difeso il pensiero di Benedetto XVI nei confronti delle critiche mossegli contro dal mondo laico, considerando quanto avvenuto alla Sapienza un episodio paradigmatico di tale scontro. Preve riassume la sua posizione in maniera netta e dura nei confronti dei laici (che per lo più nel testo chiama "laicisti"):

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Exploring the reliability and validity of the Huntington's Disease quality of life battery for carers (HDQoL-C) within a Polish population
Aubeeluck, Aimee; Stupple, Edward; Bartoszek, A; Kocka, K; Ślusarska, B; Stupple, Edward J. N.; University of Derby (MDPI, 2019-06-30)
Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder that causes motor disorders, neuropsychiatric symptoms and a progressing deterioration of cognitive functions. Complex issues resulting from the hereditary nature of HD, the complexity of symptoms and the concealed onset of the disease have a great impact on the quality of life of family carers. The caregivers are called the "forgotten people" in HD, especially with relation to genetic counseling. This study aims to explore the reliability and validity of the Huntington's Disease Quality of Life Battery for carers (HDQoL-C) within a Polish population. A total of 90 carers recruited from the Enroll-HD study in Polish research centers of the European Huntington's Disease Network completed a polish translation of the HDQoL-C. Data were subjected to Principle Components Analysis (PCA) and reliability measures. The Polish version of the shortened versions of the HDQoL-C is similarly valid compared to the original English version and suitable for use within this population. The HDQoL-C has previously demonstrated a wide range of benefits for practitioners in capturing and understanding carer experience and these benefits can now be extended to Polish speaking populations.
Measuring actions for nature—development and validation of a pro-nature conservation behaviour scale
Barbett, Lea; Stupple, Edward; Sweet, Michael; Schofield, Malcolm; Richardson, Miles; University of Derby (MDPI, 2020-06-15)
Scientists have classed the ongoing decline in biodiversity—caused by humans—as a mass extinction. To mitigate the consequences of this extinction, immediate action is of the utmost importance. However, effective ways of promoting pro-nature conservation behaviours to preserve and enhance biodiversity require better understanding and measurement. Thus, a reliable and valid measurement tool is needed. While there are measurement tools for general pro-environmental behaviours, as of yet, no measure of behaviours that specifically promote biodiversity exists. Here, we present such a tool: the Pro-Nature Conservation Behaviour Scale (ProCoBS), a psychometrically validated questionnaire scale measuring active behaviours that specifically support the conservation of biodiversity. An item pool developed through consultation with wildlife and biodiversity experts was subjected to psychometric scale development analyses. Data from 300 participants were used to develop the 18-item ProCoBS long form, as well as an 8-item short form. A latent variable model with four factors (Individual Engagement, Social Engagement, Planting, and Wildlife) was identified. In a second study, a subset of 250 of the original participants answered the questionnaire again, in addition to related psychological constructs. The data were used to assess test–retest reliability and construct validity. Results showed that the scale and its short form were reliable (full scale: α = 0.893, short form: α = 0.825) and valid. In a third study, a representative sample of 1298 adults in the UK completed the short form. Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated a good fit for all factors, indicating that the ProCoBS is a psychometrically robust measure. The ProCoBS provides the definitive, much needed tool for measuring conservation behaviours. This will enhance research and impact practical work in the conservation domain for a sustainable future. A cross-cultural examination of the scale is still needed. View Full-Text
A systematic review of self-report measures of negative self-referential emotions developed for non-clinical child and adolescent samples
Ashra, Hajra; Barnes, Christopher; Stupple, Edward; Maratos, Frances A.; University of Derby (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-02-05)
The crisis in child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing has prompted the development of school and community-based interventions to tackle negative emotions towards the self. Providing an evidence-base for such interventions is therefore a priority for policy makers and practitioners. This paper presents the first systematic review of self-referential and self-report measures of negative emotions for use with non-clinical child/adolescent populations, and evaluation of their psychometric properties. A systematic search of electronic databases and grey literature was conducted. Peer reviewed articles that introduced a new measure or included psychometric evaluation of a negative self-referential emotion for children and/or adolescents were identified. Study characteristics were extracted, and psychometric properties rated using internationally recognised quality criteria. Initially, 98 measures designed for evaluating children and adolescents' negative self-referential emotions were found. Measures were primarily excluded if they were intended for clinical diagnosis or did not focus on self-referential emotions. The remaining eight measures (Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire; Self-Consciousness Scale-Children; Shame and Guilt Scale for Adolescents; Test of Self-Conscious Affect- Adolescents; The Child-Adolescent Perfectionism Scale [CAPS]; Child and Adolescent Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale Revised; Children Automatic Thoughts Scale [CATS]; Negative Affect Self-Statement Questionnaire) were organised into domains consisting of self-conscious emotions, self-oriented perfectionism and negative self-cognitions. Psychometric quality ratings identified the CAPS (Flett et al. in J Psychoeduc Assess 34:634–652, 2016) and the CATS (Schniering and Rapee in Behav Res Ther 40:1091–1109, 2002) as having the strongest psychometric qualities. However, all reviewed measures lacked full evaluation of essential psychometric properties. Our review revealed a paucity of self-referential emotional measures suitable for assessing adverse negative self-referential emotions in general child and adolescent populations. Measures suitable for use in non-clinical samples were identified, but these require further evaluation and/or new scale developments are needed. The psychometric findings and methodological issues identified will guide researchers and practitioners to make evidence-based decisions in order to select optimal measures.


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The one thing that's worth a goddamn
By ELi Abela
Since Netflix and the whole binge TV paradigm essentially killed the pay-per-view industry, I feel the quality of films and TV programs have become quite diluted.
Everything is free for all.
Anyone with some sort of decent budget can make a film about anything these days and honestly most of what Netflix spews out is really a bunch of crap, unless you have time to kill.
But once in a while, they get it right, and serve up something really worth your time.
I found this to be true about one of their latest releases, HillBilly Elegy.
It's not so much the excellent performance from Academy Award nominees like Glenn Close and Amy Adams, and even the young actors,
as it is the heartfelt triumphant story of a boy, whose unfortunate family tidings, became both his curse and his blessing.
I lost sleep over the movie, and I found myself in a fetal position, bawling what tears I could muster.
Since I suffer from Sjogren's that literally dried up my lacrimal glands, I was surprised to have produced two rolling tears.
It was that heart-wrenching for me.
Then came the self-inquiry: why is this movie so stirring to my heart and soul?
It didn't take me long to make the association: JD Vance reminded my subsconscious of my Dad.
Many people who know my Dad, recognize him as a pillar of strength and brilliance, having been a Fulbright scholar in Harvard and Yale (he didn't get his JD because he was a first time father and missed his young wife waiting for him in Manila).
He was a professor in UP and spent most of his career as partner in and the HOTD (Head of the Tax Department) of the prestigious firm, SGV and Co.
He worked hard and worked smart, and provided his family an extremely comfortable life.
Being part of the 2nd batch of younger kids, I was born straight into the chapter of life where luxury and comfort were the norm for my family.
But few would ever know that my Dad had such humble beginnings and a very difficult young life.
When my Mom's older brother accompanied her to see Dad's house, he saw a rickety bungalow and stopped her to ask: "Are you sure about this?"
To which, she replied "Of course! He's going to Harvard."
My Mom, ever the sharp thinker and stickler for quality, used her well-honed instincts, especially in the search for a husband.
Back in the 50s, this was every woman's FIRST priority.
My Dad never showed it growing up, but he suffered greatly as a child, having lost his beloved Mother as a casualty of rampant Japanese bombings.
I was under the impression that he might have even witnessed it happen in front of his own eyes.
His Father, whom I never met, was extremely stern, especially when it came to academics. This might be the reason he was also strict with his kids and always had high expectations for us.
While I grew up in a large household with a multitude of cars, my dad spent his childhood riding carabaos in a "bukid" and taking tricycles to school, which cost only a few centavos per ride.
While I have closets full of clothes, when my dad was younger, he owned only three pairs of pants, which my Mom said, were all patched up: "nakasulsi"
While I had several styles of handbags and wallets over the years, my Dad, even as the Head of the Tax Department, owned a Seiko Wallet that he so ardently preserved by stapling the tears that came with overuse.
As I walked the path of self-healing from my own personal traumatic experiences, I've learned how to release stuck energy and look at hurtful past events with more enlightened eyes.
The people who break you are themselves, broken too. The family you were born into may sometimes seem like a hard pill to swallow, but as Glenn Close's character said, "Family is the only thing that means a goddamn."
I was never close to my Dad growing up. In fact, I spent most of my adult life trying to nurture a healthy distance from him. I wasn't there when he took his last breath.
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Why Doesn't Caillou Have Hair? 4 Theories
So, Why Doesn't Caillou Have Hair?
If you have children or were a child in the early 2000s, you are almost certainly familiar with the PBS character Caillou. The four-year-old has provoked controversy on the internet for one particular follicular reason: why doesn't Caillou have hair?
People from all around the world wonder if he has a medical ailment, or even if he is human. And, like the intense argument over whether pineapple should be on pizza, the controversy over his hair continues to garner attention.
Originally written as a nine-month-old child, Caillou is based on the books by Christine L'Heureux and Hélène Desputeau of the same name. But why doesn't he have hair?
The main theory is that he became unrecognizable to preschool readers when he grew older and they gave him hair, so the publisher and show producers decided to keep him bald.
To start, Caillou is an inquisitive, adventurous four-year-old child who explores the world around him. As a preschooler, he matches the franchise's target demographic. Created by developmental psychologists, Caillou was created with toddlers in mind.
However, when toddlers were asked what they thought about Caillou, they didn't notice that he was bald until the adults brought it out to them. Even then, the children weren't alarmed.
They were more attracted to his facial characteristics and the vivid, vibrant colors he wore. Chouette Publishing explained, "Caillou's baldness may make him different, but we hope it helps children understand that being different isn't just okay, it's normal."
Despite the official statement by the publisher, websites and forums continue to disagree on why Caillou doesn't have hair. Read on to learn about a handful of theories regarding the four-year-old.
1. Caillou Has Cancer
The exact explanation for Caillou's bald head on the screen has been a source of contention for decades. One unproven but persistent claim is that he has cancer and that treatment has caused him to lose all of his hair.
Because cancer is never acknowledged on the show, this idea has little weight. Caillou is seen doing a variety of day-to-day activities. However, he is never shown receiving therapy.
Bad Behavior
One of the major complaints from adult viewers of Caillou is how he gets away with horrible behavior. Theorists suggest that since he has cancer, his parents remain positive and can't bear to punish him when he is whiny, bratty, and aggressive.
In one banned episode, he violently pinches his newborn sister until she shrieks in pain; in the book, he gets more aggressive and bites her. To solve the issue, Daddy tells Caillou about how much fun it is to be a big brother.
The creators say that the show's focus is to strengthen the bond between parents and children. They stress that Caillou's parents appear impossibly positive because a young child of Caillou's age still sees their parents as role models to be emulated.
Young children usually idealize their surroundings. We see his parents through his eyes.
Caillou Has an Active Imagination
In every episode, Caillou uses his active imagination to learn about the world around him. In this trope, he knows he has cancer and won't ever grow up, so he imagines himself as the firefighter or policeman he wishes he could grow up into.
Of course, someone could argue that all kids have active imaginations and like to play make-believe. While some adult viewers are frustrated by the lack of educational material in the show, the writers stress that Caillou is targeted at preschoolers.
The cognitive experiences that the main character has are supposed to mimic real-life preschoolers while giving adults insight into their children.
2. Caillou Has a Genetic Defect
Congenital Atrichia
When it comes to explaining why Caillou is bald, not all theories point to cancer. Some speculate that he was born with a congenital atrichia-like condition. Those who experience CA are born with hair, but the follicles enter the resting phase of the hair cycle early in childhood and stay there.
While congenital atrichia runs in families, some embryos born to parents who do not have the disorder can develop a gene abnormality on their own.
Caillou's parents each have a full head of hair. His younger sister had red hair as a newborn. If this argument holds any water as to why Caillou doesn't have hair, CA originated spontaneously as an embryo.
3. Caillou Is Not Human
Caillou, a four-year-old child, stands 5'11" tall, according to internet detectives. "Each day I grow some more," he sings at the start of every show, yet he's already taller than the average man in Canada.
By comparison, his father stands at roughly 12 feet tall; these are hardly human proportions. If he is the son of giants, Caillou doesn't have hair because giants' hair grows differently and baldness is common among their offspring.
4. Caillou Has Passed
Rosie Narrates
Caillou's actions are narrated by an older female voice after the first season. Although some theorists believe the narrator is Grandma, others believe the narrator is Rosie, Caillou's sister, telling her children about her departed brother.
She speaks affectionately of him in the past tense. In her memories, he was never more than four years old. The world's hues, as she describes them, never approach the edges of our TV screen.
The bustle of the family in front of us is surrounded by a white haze, implying that these are memories rather than present events.
If she was just two years old, her recollection of her brother might be so hazy that she doesn't remember him having any hair. She continued to grow with her parents after he passed away, so she remembers more details about them, but less so about her brother.
Caillou's lack of hair might be due to a variety of factors, such as sickness, heredity, or a hazy recollection of his now-aged sister. But the real reason falls on the author and creators of the show.
In short, they wanted to age him from 2 to 4 years old, but it didn't test well with toddlers, their key demographic. The preschoolers recognized Caillou more easily as the bald character, so they left him that way. Case closed!
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Michael Franklin Hammac was born in Monroe, Mich. on Sept. 8, 1958. He was the son of the late Franklin Hammac and Ruth (England) Hammac.
He attended Monroe High School and later attended trade school.
For many years, Michael worked as a mechanic and welder for various employers.
Michael had attended the Monroe Missionary Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Michael always had a great sense of humor and, in fact, was well known for it. He was always the life of the party and was a natural prankster.
Michael had a passion for automobiles. He loved to work on and wrench on them in his spare time, and he especially loved classic cars.
Michael Franklin Hammac, age 53, of Monroe passed away at 1:41 a.m., Sun., Nov. 13, 2011, in the emergency department of Mercy Memorial Hospital.
His passing was preceded by his father, Franklin.
To cherish his memory, Michael leaves five children: Danielle (Jeremy) Shropshire of Monroe, Chris (Carla) Hammac of Monroe, Ben (Amy) Hammac of Point Place, Ohio, Rusty Goins of Monroe, and Terron Hammac of Alabama; his mother, Ruth Hammac of Monroe; three sisters, Gail Poppe, Jessie Kelly, and Geraldine Karas; one brother, Jason Hammac; nine grandchildren: Alicia, Jaide, Carson, Noah, Dillon, Benji, Masen, Bryce, and Sadie; many nieces and nephews, whom he had a special bond with; his former spouse, Sheila (Pete) Abalos, and his beloved dog, AJ.
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Q: Using git merge, how can I merge a bugfix into multiple long-term branches? Recently at work, we've switched from using SVN to using git. We have to maintain multiple versions of our software, and we had them setup as branches before. So after using git svn clone, we ended up with 4 branches: master, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2.
Note: We use master as our development branch. 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 all branch from master and are used as production branches.
A few days have gone by and quite a few changes have gone into master. A bug was just found in 5.2 and we want to fix it. We've tried the the solution from Merging one change to multiple branches in Git with partial luck. We can always merge back into master easily, but whenever we merge back into 5.2 we get a bunch of conflicts. Everything we've seen that shows this process (creating a new branch for bugfix and merging it back into development and production) shows that it should be as simple as:
(master)$ git checkout -b bugfix
# fixed bug and committed

(bugfix)$ git checkout master
(master)$ git merge bugfix
# successful merge

(master)$ git checkout 5.2
(5.2)$ git merge bugfix
# successful merge

However for us when we get to that final line git merge bugfix we get tons and tons of conflicts. Conflicts for files that we haven't even touched in the bugfix. What are we doing wrong?
Note: We have also tried doing this process by starting the bugfix branch from 5.2. Then merging the bugfix into 5.2 is easy but merging the bugfix into master generates the conflicts.
Other places that show the process:

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*http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/#hotfix-branches

*https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/gitflow-workflow (scroll to "End-user discovers a bug")

A: git merge is of all changes since a common base. If you want to record a merge of just one change to multiple histories, you have to make it the only change to some ancestral content in all the histories, like so:
git checkout -b bugfix `git merge-base 5.0 5.1 5.2 master`
# so now bugfix is an ancestor of all of the above

# fix the bug here, then:
git commit -m 'bug fixed'

git checkout 5.0; git merge bugfix     # bugfix has just the one change
git checkout 5.1; git merge bugfix
git checkout 5.2; git merge bugfix
git checkout master; git merge bugfix

It might be better to go all the way back and branch bugfix off the commit that introduced the bug in the first place, but that's not always going to make for a clean merge if it's been around long enough.

A: We moved a very large project from SVN to git a few years ago. This is the question I kept coming up with.
First of all (this bit isn't an answer to your question, it's an answer to the question "why are you asking the question?"), read this:
  http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
and accept for the moment that it's likely to be right, which means abandoning some of your SVN mindset. That was the hardest bit to me.
Now you've done that, I'll answer the question.
The best route is to:

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*Ensure you can always merge any older branch into any newer branch without it affecting the newer branch

*Perform any bug-fix you need to fix on the oldest branch that you want it fixed on. Then merge that sequentially into the new branches, fixing the merge conflicts as you go.
Doing the second of these makes the first always work (if you think about it).
This technique is extensible for lots of branches of different ages, provided that the changesets in any given branch always includes all the changesets from all older branches.
However, the second bullet point above assumes an ideal world where:

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*you know exactly which is the oldest branch you need to perform the bug-fix in at the time you do the bug-fix (i.e. no one ever comes to you and says "hey, we need that bug fix backported, it's causing problems for customer X too).

*the bug fix is always the same for each branch (e.g. you do a band-aid least-entropy fix for the older branches).
You can work around the first of these issues by using git cherry-pick to pick the commit into the older branch. But then (this is the important bit) merge the fix up to the newer branches (even though it's already there). You can do this with judicious and extremely careful use of:
git checkout newer
git merge older   # check it's all merged up
git checkout older
git cherry-pick xxxxx
... fix up cherry pick, check it works ...
git checkout newer
git merge -s ours older

Note that that marks a merge but effectively ignores everything that has changed in your older branch so it's very important to check it merged up right before your change.
The second case can be handled similarly. Apply the real fix to newer. Check older is merged into newer, then apply your bandaid to older, then use git merge -s ours older.

A: Our issue stemmed from git svn clone. Although it did give us a git repo and it seemed to give us the correct branches, those branches didn't actually stem from master as we expected. It was rather confusing because when we looked at the log, we could see that the logs prior to the branch creation had the same hashes on both branches. In fact the only thing that tipped us off that this was happening was looking at the Revision Graph from TortoiseGit. I don't have screenshots but this is basically what the graph looked like:
    5.2          master
 origin/5.2   origin/master
      `-.       .-'
         `-. .-'
        a3f2d6205

So we could see that both branches stemmed from the root commit a3f2d6205. We needed to make it so that 5.2 stemmed off of master. So here are the steps that we took that managed to get us there.
(master)$ git reset --hard 0b73ab0
(master)$ git branch 5.2.new
(master)$ git merge --no-ff --log origin/master
(master)$ git push origin master
(master)$ git checkout 5.2.new
(5.2.new)$ git merge -Xtheirs --log origin/5.2
(5.2.new)$ git push -u origin 5.2.new
(5.2.new)$ git push origin --delete 5.2

# hopped on the "central" git repo
(master)$ git branch -m 5.2.new 5.2

# run these commands for all of the developers repos
(master)$ git pull
(master)$ git remote prune origin

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*(master)$ git reset --hard 0b73ab0 - 0b73ab0 is the commit where 5.2 was branched.

*(master)$ git branch 5.2.new - create a new branch that stems from this point

*(master)$ git merge --no-ff --log origin/master - We need to catch master back up to where it was, but for whatever reason, if it does a fast-forward merge, it messes up the stemming so mark it --no-ff to ensure that doesn't happen.

*(master)$ git push origin master - Push our new master to the server

*(master)$ git checkout 5.2.new - Checkout 5.2.new

*(5.2.new)$ git merge -Xtheirs --log origin/5.2 - We need to catch 5.2 back up to where it's supposed to be. Use -Xtheirs so we don't have to deal with conflicts.

*(5.2.new)$ git push -u origin 5.2.new - Push this branch to the "central" git repo.

*(5.2.new)$ git push origin --delete 5.2 - Delete the dumb 5.2 branch.

Hop onto the "central" git repo.

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*(master)$ git branch -m 5.2.new 5.2 - Rename the 5.2.new branch to be 5.2.

To ensure everyone is up to date:

*

*(master)$ git pull - Pull the latest info

*(master)$ git remote prune origin - Removes any stale branches

Finally after all is said and done, the Revision Graph should look something like:
             5.2
         origin/5.2
          .-'
       .-'
    master
origin/master
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  a3f2d6205

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Fictionalizing a real event: the Wreck of the USS Huron
July 21, 2012 By Eric Douglas
My fourth novel Wreck of the Huron is now available. It's been nearly three years since I published my last novel (Guardian's Keep) and it feels good to be back to telling stories again. But this story came with its own set of challenges. The incident that serves as the catalyst for the book is a real event.
The USS Huron is a real shipwreck located just a few hundred yards off shore in Nags Head, North Carolina. Most of Wreck of the Huron is set in the present day, but there are several scenes that are set in 1877 on board the ship on the day it sank. To tell that story and to make it as realistic as possible, I used quotes and the names and accounts from the men who survived the wreck. Those accounts were recorded in the PROCEEDINGS OF COURT OF INQUIRY ON THE LOSS OF THE HURON held by the NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington DC, Wednesday, December 5, 1877. The wreck happened in the early morning hours on November 24, 1877.
Here is an excerpt for the account of the accident just as the ship ran aground, as retold in Wreck of the Huron:
With each wave that passed, the jarring of the hull against the bottom was lessened — only because the ship was run further aground and was lifted less and less.
"Stop the engines!" Ryan ordered from the bridge. "Palmer, find out if we still have steam in the boilers. I want to see if we can back her out of here before the hull gets holed."
Master French pulled back on the throttle, signaling the engineer to stop the engines. Palmer left his station to yell down the hatch to the engine room below.
"Can you back her, engineer?" Palmer asked.
"We've got full steam on all the engines. Yes, we can," Chief Engineer Loomis replied.
"Make it happen, Mr. Loomis," Palmer ordered.
"Mr. French, save the ship's log. We've probably foundered on Nags Head. Mr. Palmer, please sound the distress whistle. We're going to need some help," Ryan said, taking charge of the bridge. "Get all hands on deck and batten down the hatches. Get those sails lowered."
Within moments, French reported back to the bridge that the captain's office where the ship's log was stored was filled with water, being on the starboard side.
"Very well," Ryan acknowledged. "Lieutenant Simons, order the fore mast cut away, please. Maybe we can right this ship without the added weight."
"I will make it happen immediately," Simons said, leaving across the angled deck to organize the men. The Huron was over on her side, at about 40 degrees.
To be perfectly clear, aside from my own fertile imagination, the "mystery" around the sinking of the ship portrayed in this story is total fiction. These men died in service to their country and there has never been any suspicion of wrongdoing connected with the wreck. It was a tragic loss of life.
It is wrapped up in the local history of the Outer Banks of North Carolina that this wreck and one elsewhere a few months later persuaded Congress to fund the US Lifesaving Service year-round. At the time of the wreck the rescue boats and other equipment were locked up tight for the winter. That group eventually became the US Coast Guard.
The other historical setting for the story is the situation in Cuba at the time of the wreck. Cuba was in the midst of the first Cuban Revolution against Spain. They had been fighting for nine years at that point, finally calling a truce in 1878. This revolution helped bring about an end to slavery on the island eight years later. Cuba did not gain independence for Spain until the end of the Spanish American War in 1898.
In some ways writing a story like this with that sort of historical backdrop is difficult. While some authors have been known to take liberties with historical events, move things around and change dates and locations, I wanted to keep this story as close to the truth as I could. Obviously, I had to manufacture characters and scenarios. That's the fun part of writing fiction. But I wanted it to be as true to what really happened as possible.
If you're interested, you can read the first two chapters of Wreck of the Huron on my website. Unfortunately, neither of those chapters includes any of the historical references I've been talking about. To get to that part of the book, you'll just have to get a copy for yourself.
If you do, I hope you find the mixture of real history and imagination as much fun to read as I enjoyed writing it..
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Q: Fullcalendar: duplicate entry on dropping (external) I was using while adding events to Fullcalendar by external drag and drop, item doesn't get id to modify the dropped element (title, id and date) and get the callback in the drop function of the fullcalendar
var url = "json-save-urlaub.php?event="+date.format()+"&allDay="+date.hasTime();
                    $.post(
                        url,
                        function(data){ //callback function retrieving the response sent by the controller/action
                            //event is the object that will actually be rendered to the calendar
                            var event = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
                            //actually rendering the new event to the calendar

                            $('#calendar').fullCalendar('renderEvent', event, true);

                            //$('#calendar').fullCalendar('refetchEvents');
                            $('#calendar').fullCalendar('unselect');
                        }
                    );

However now I have two entries when I drop the element on the fullcalendar since the callback gives me a new event object and the one dropped I can't remove since it has no id and I can't remove it manually neither can I use it for the URL call.
The line $(this).remove(); has no effect. Neither has $("#calendar").fullCalendar( 'removeEvents', copiedEventObject._id); when copying the dropped element first. How can I just have one element when dropping it?

A: according to the FullCalendar docs for renderEvent

"Normally, the event will disappear once the calendar refetches its event sources (example: when prev/next is clicked). However, specifying stick as true will cause the event to be permanently fixed to the calendar."

When you create your object, you need to set within the object data to not stick. ie. stick: false , or just remove your stick: true
    $('#external-events .fc-event').each(function() {

        // store data so the calendar knows to render an event upon drop
        $(this).data('event', {
            title: $.trim($(this).text()), // use the element's text as the event title
            stick: false // (see docs on the renderEvent method)
        });

        // make the event draggable using jQuery UI
        $(this).draggable({
            zIndex: 999,
            revert: true,      // will cause the event to go back to its
            revertDuration: 0  //  original position after the drag
        });

    });