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Opinion | The Grammys' 'Big 4' Category nominations are nonsensical
By Paul Beer, Staff Columnist
Grammy nominations are a highly contentious subject, as people love to debate who was treated unfairly or who deserved specific nominations.
The Grammys has had their fair share of slip-ups in the past few years, including snubbing The Weeknd from every category for his monumental "After Hours" in 2021, continuing to nominate problematic artists like Chris Brown and Dr. Luke as well as moving artists like Nicki Minaj from one genre to another without clear explanation.
It's clear that the Grammys are not perfect, but one would expect to still see high-quality music selected by their esteemed "academy" of artists and critics. However, this year's selection of nominees in the Big 4 Categories are downright nonsensical.
Record of the Year rewards almost everything that has to do with the creation of a song — vocal performance, songwriting, production and mixing. A song nominated in this category should display greatness in creating a song as a whole unit.
Adele, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are hitting career strides, riding on the success they have already achieved throughout the past decade. Adele offers a new glimpse into her personal life with the deeply moving "Easy on Me." Beyoncé takes a new direction, and a very successful one, in displaying the Black roots of 70s disco mixed with modern electronic dance and hip-hop. Kendrick Lamar gives the best iteration of "The Heart" yet in "Part 5," offering a stunning American timepiece. Finally, newcomer Steve Lacy landed on the best way to combine chart-topping success with a record that offers emotional depth, trendy production and meaningful lyrics.
Meanwhile, it seems Harry Styles and Lizzo are here simply because they are chart-toppers. Compared to Beyoncé's "Break My Soul," which incorporates some great disco trends while also modernizing them, Lizzo's "About Damn Time" feels more focused on radio play in comparison. "As It Was" focuses on a clear sample, similar to "Break My Soul," but where Beyoncé reimagines it as the beat to the song, Styles just relegates the melody to the chorus with no further direction.
ABBA and Mary J. Blige represent "legacy picks," artists with established careers that just so happened to also put out a halfway-decent track this year. It's not unfair to assume that without the career that ABBA and Blige had already established, they would not have received these nominations.
Brandi Carlile's nomination represents the notion of a "Grammys sweetheart," someone who gets a disproportionate number of nominations compared to their critical acclaim. In recent years, this title was given to H.E.R., receiving eight nominations in 2022.
Doja Cat's nomination is another odd case, because the album that "Woman" is from, "Planet Her," was nominated for Album of the Year at last year's Grammys. Fairness is always brought into question when an artist simply re-releases an album or song in the hopes of garnering more attention or more nominations.
Song of the Year is more specific than Record of the Year — it's a songwriter's award.
Sadly, more than half of the nominations in this category are pure repeats from Record of the Year. These repeats by Beyoncé, Lamar, Lacy, Adele, Styles and Lizzo don't need to be recognized twice, and repeating so many nominations diminishes the distinction between Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Other songs from these artists could serve as better replacements in this category, particularly swapping Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" for "Cuff It" or "Virgo's Groove." For artists like Adele and Steve Lacy, where the emotional songwriting is so crucial to the appeal of the song, their nominations should've been placed in this category only, leaving more space for other artists to shine across the board.
On a positive note, Taylor Swift and Bonnie Raitt are exciting picks for this category. Swift gave us her magnum opus, the 10 Minute Version of "All Too Well," on the re-recorded version of "Red," which has some of the best pop storytelling in recent memory.
Leading the most questionable nominations this year are DJ Khaled and Gayle. One of the greatest sins the Grammy could ever commit would be to hand DJ Khaled the world's most prestigious songwriters' award. Not only are the verses along this eight-minute track lazy and unrelated to the "message" of the song, Khaled's credit as the lead artist — when he's a glorified arranger — diminishes all legitimacy of the nomination.
Separately, Gayle being nominated for the TikTok-trending song "ABCDEFU" is an egregious failure for Grammys legitimacy. "Let me spell it out, A B C D E F YOU" she screams, the most cliché punchline in modern songwriting.
Despite some great albums with critical acclaim making this list, none, with the possible exception of Beyoncé, put out their best work this year.
This slate of nominations is just plain boring. Long gone are the days when juggernaut albums like "DAMN." and "Melodrama" went head-to-head — only to lose to Bruno Mars' "24K Magic"… scoff. Instead of repeating the same names in "The Big 4" categories or wasting slots on artists far past their peak — like Coldplay — the Grammys should consider great talents nominated for smaller categories.
The Grammys got a few of these nominations correct: Adele's "30," Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti," Lamar's "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" and Beyoncé's "Renaissance".
The rest of these albums do not read as Album of the Year material, both in their critical acclaim and status as repeats across the other categories: Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres," Styles' "Harry's House," Lizzo's "Special," ABBA's "Voyage," Carlile's "In These Silent Days" and Blige's "Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)."
Despite the word "new" being in the title of this award, the newness of the artist is purely subjective. Sadly, though, many great artists are missing from this list.
There are some near-household names like Latto on this list, pitted against more underground acts like Muni Long and Samara Joy. Consider that the past four winners are commercial success stories, such as Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa. If the Grammys intends to follow its typical trend, then Latto almost certainly wins this award. Where's the fun in that?
Plenty of commercially successful artists are missing from this list, and adding them would have given the award more excitement. A few great picks would have been Joji, Mitski, Tate McRae, Rina Sawayama and MUNA.
Paul Beer writes about political affairs and reads too many album reviews. Write back to him (or send music recommendations) at [email protected]
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Paul Beer is a senior studying English Writing and Communication Science & Disorders. He likes to write creative nonfiction and political analysis.


Attention, Sleepyhead! Too much sleep may harm your health.
Spanish researchers found that older people who sleep more than nine hours a day, have a higher risk of developing dementia.
Dementia is a disease of the nervous system which is characterized by a deterioration of mental capacity and impaired concentration. Dementia is a disease that can occur during old age.
The study involved 3, 300 adults who were subjected to periodic surveys over three years. The results showed that those who sleep ten or more hours per day, including during the day, run the risk of advanced dementia and the risk is increased twofold.
Conclusions have been made taken into account other factors such as age, education, bad habits, smoking and consumption of alcohol.
Threatened with dementia are smokers. Smoking increases the average age of the possibility of developing dementia by 75%. However reading, writing and card games can slow the progress of dementia.


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Q: select() not responding? The objective of my program is to use select to manage multiple sockets. However, I thought of trying it with one socket first. Now, the problem that I am facing is that initially client sends data to server, and server receives it and displays it, but then when client again sends some data, the server code remains still at select command.
here are some snippets that will give you an idea of how I am initializing the socket.
if((master_socket = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
    {
      exit(1);
    }

    if((bind(master_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&req, sizeof(req))) < 0)
    {
      exit(1);
    }

    listen(master_socket, 5);
    FD_SET(master_socket,&listening);

    /* wait for connection, then receive and print text */
    len = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
    while(1)
     {
            FD_ZERO(&listening);  //Flush out everything in socket
        FD_SET(master_socket,&listening); // Add master
        if(f_client>0)           // Add client if any
        {
            FD_SET(f_client,&listening);
        }
        printf("Checking for new connection \n");
           //Timeout is null, so waiting indefinitely
        rc = select(FD_SETSIZE, &listening, NULL, NULL, NULL);

     if (FD_ISSET(master_socket, &listening))
        {
          printf("Master side invoked\n");
          if((f_client = accept(master_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&req, &len)) < 0)
          {
             exit(1);
              }
            }

    else if (FD_ISSET(f_client,&listening))
    {
         if ((valread = read( f_client , buf, 1024)) == 0)
         {
            close(f_client);
            f_client=0;
         }
         else
         {
            fputs(buf, stdout);
         }

    }

}
Basically in above program, it connects to the server, maintains a file descriptor for client f_client and add it. And in every round, it clears the socket, add master socket, and client socket if any, and then checks. Problem here is, first time it works, but second time when client sends some data. it gets hang to rc = select(FD_SETSIZE, &listening, NULL, NULL, NULL);
I am not to understand what is wrong here. Can anyone help?

A:      if ((valread = read( f_client , buf, 1024)) == 0)
     {
        close(f_client);
        f_client=0;
     }
     else
     {
        fputs(buf, stdout);
     }

This code is broken. The fputs function can only be used with a C-style string. You just have arbitrary data with no particular structure. Since you ignore valread, you also have no idea how many bytes you read. (Think about it, how could fputs possibly know how many bytes to output? That information is only in valread, and you don't pass it that information.)
You've already received the data, this broken code just threw it away. If you log valread, you'll see that you actually already read it in your last call to read before the call to select that hung.
instead of fputs, you could use something like this:
for (int i = 0; i < valread; ++i)
   putchar(buf[i]);

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Video: The Seakeeper Gyro-Stabilizer
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrR3Ub5Q2tw
New England Boating's Tom Richardson stopped by the MacDougalls' Cape Cod Marine Service booth at the 2011 New England Boat Show to talk with Director of Customer Services Tim Shields about the remarkable Seakeeper anti-roll gyro-stabilizer system. MacDougalls' was recently certified as an official dealer and installer of the Seakeeper gyros, which are designed to reduce boat roll.
As Shields explains in the accompanying video, the Seakeeper system is typically installed on larger yachts, although smaller vessels can also benefit from the gyro-stabilizer, which is available in 2 sizes. Prices run from $70,000 to $120,000, with the average install of the smaller unit typically running $20,000 to $30,000.
So, how does it work? Naturally, there's a lot of complicated physics involved. The Seakeeper website explains the product's ability to counter roll thusly:
"The gyroscope has 3 axes: a spin axis, an input axis and an output axis. The first is the axis in which the flywheel spins. In the Seakeeper gyro, the spin axis is vertical. The input axis is the axis via which inputs are applied. In the Seakeeper's case, the principal input axis is the longitudinal axis of the boat, since that is the axis around which the boat rolls. The principal output axis is the transverse (athwartship) axis around which the gyro rotates, or precesses, in reaction to an input.
"The roll of the boat inputs information to the rapidly spinning gyro, causing it to generate rotation around its output axis. The spin axis rotates to align itself with the input axis. This output rotation is called precession. In the Seakeeper's case, the gyro is rotating fore and aft around the output, or gimbal, axis.
"Two hydraulic cylinders coupled to the gyro's gimbal axis act as a brake, which controls the gyro precession rate and counteracts the boat roll."
Got that? Yeah, me too. The important thing is that it works (watch the video). Shields—a reliable friend and experienced boater—tested the product himself in Florida, and said the results are nothing short of extraordinary.
Seakeeper gyro-stabilizers are ideal for anyone who has the money and spends time anchored, drifting or cruising in rough water, and have been shown to reduce seasickness for some people. Seakeeper recommends that the gyro unit, which weighs around 1,000 pounds, be located in a soundproofed space aft of amidships. The space must contain a mounting position that has "sufficient structural coupling to transmit the gyro's righting torque safely to the hull structure". However, the gyro does not have to be located on the centerline of the boat to be effective.
For more information on Seakeeper, contact:
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I wanted to die today because of Jillian Michaels.
Every muscle of my body is in pain. I didn't even know I have some muscles that are hurting me now.
Who is Jillian Michaels, you wonder?
She is my new online personal workout trainer, and she is totally crazy! She really pushes you to the edge.
But, I have to admit, I feel much better with "little" exercise every day.
Now all I have to do is stick to Jillian Michaels!
My husband is a birthday boy (man) today!
So, we have cheesecake in our fridge, bunch of chocolates and PRINGLES (I just love them)!
And guess what? I didn't eat anything.. I just watched him enjoy his candies..
And, I was thinking about something.. I will be in a great dilemma after I finish my project "365 days without sweets".
Are you wondering with what kind of dilemma will I be struggling then?
My dilemma – WHAT CANDY WILL I TRY FIRST AFTER I FINISH WITH THIS?
Kinder bueno? Milka chocolate? Pringles? Some delicious cake? Muffins? Mars? Ice cream?
Luckily, I have 356 more days to decide!
I survived PMS without any candies!
I am only on my day 11, and I am already thinking about some other "365 days projects" I would like to do after this.. Not only food projects, another stuff, too..
I can't help it, I just love those kind of things. I think that when I want to do something different with my life, or change something about me, then I have to give myself a project and then that change will be easier for me to do, if you understand what I mean.
For example, I always wanted to ear more healthier and to cook all kind of food and now it seems to me that I always cook same meals every week. So, my favorite project to be for now is "eat different meal for lunch every day for one year". But when I told that awesome idea to my husband, he begged me not to do that, so I will still think about that..
I just wanted to say, if you'd ever like to have a good mail day sometime..send me an email with your address and I would be happy to send something your way!
razmišljam da si ga nabavim..
youre not THAAAT round like the guy on the photo!!
But yet again, theres nothing like a good workout.. Strong mind in the strong body!


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International diplomacy without branding is worth nothing
Let me disclaim my background for introduction. For I am quite sure that my views on the future of EU is going to be quite apart from prevailing EU mainstream political jargon. So my introduction should be understood as apology of an untamed freshman in international diplomacy (though I am almost 60) but as well as expression of my personal conviction that politics and especially international politics should not be dealt by narrow diplomacy.
As a branding and marketing developer, but as well as philosopher, PR consultant and student of complexity, evolutionary theory and contemporary science I had a privilege to lead a group of experts that developed I feel Slovenia brand back in 2007/2008. The brand is still valid and is in fact flourishing not only as a guide for our tourism development but slowly also in other fields of Slovenian economy, culture, sports and I hope also in foreign policy. At least that was an intention and the brand was thus very extensively elaborated.
Since one can find many posts on this page explaining brands and branding from all possible perspectives, let me outline the most important one for this purpose only.
Brand is an engine that powers/runs business model of a product or service that is attached to. It can be attached to a product like phone, to a service like restaurant, to a public hospital, to a community like a City or to a State or to a single person. In each case particular brand is different, but all of them run on same principles. Main capitals and identities should be identified and key performance indicators that add a value to each of identity traits and to each capital.
In the case of Slovenia we have developed following identity formula:
This formula is a condensed representation of most important Slovenian identity traits meaning that those traits are most common and most widely represented among Slovenians, among Slovenian communities and other civil structures like commercial entities, non governmental entities and governmental institutions.
Some of the elements of Slovenia's brand identity are similar to characteristics of other nations and countries, while others are unique to Slovenia. What makes Slovenia special is a combination of the above elements. This combination of elements creates innumerable harmonised stories and builds a Slovenian experience. A part of the Slovenian story can already be experienced, while the other part represents our common desires regarding the development of Slovenia.
In Slovenia green is more than just a colour; it is "Slovenian green," expressing the balance between the calm of nature and the tenacity of Slovenians. It speaks of unspoilt nature and our focus on maintaining it that way. It symbolises a balance of lifestyle that joins the pleasant excitement with which we pursue personal desires with the common vision to move forward with nature. Slovenian green also describes our focus on the elemental, on what we feel under our hands. And finally, Slovenian green talks about the balance of all senses with which we experience Slovenia. We never remember Slovenia only through images. A memory of Slovenia combines the smell of a forest, a babbling brook, a surprising taste of water, and the softness of wood. We feel Slovenia.
Slovenians are tenacious about the things we enjoy doing. We focus all our energy on those activities and achieve what could not be achieved by individuals who perform their work routinely and without élan. We are active, always in motion, and always focused on things that are dear to us. This activity is often manifested as diligence and orientation towards productivity – we would like to return to the activities that are dear to us or achieve a set goal as soon as possible. Slovenians do not hide our desire for recognition and like to receive praise for our work. However, in our desire to receive praise we will not forget our principles. In addition to family and health, responsibility is one of our main values. Responsibility manifests itself in our attitude towards others, the environment, and us. We are attached to our local environment despite being individualists. We travel but we do not move away. We are like a fire: hot close to the flame, yet cold a short distance from it. Slovenians feel enthusiasm towards everything we enjoy. And we are the best in what excites us, in what we feel close to.
I hope that a reader understood a point why I devoted larger portion of this text for I Feel Slovenia story that unites brand formula elements in homogenous representation of what drives Slovenia and Slovenians in all respects. And there are quite some points.
Each brand has identity that differentiates this brand from all other brands. Identities change over time, but if changes happen too fast, then such brand looses its value, disintegrates or even dies. This means that each brand should preserve its identity for the reason of keeping internal value(s) as high as possible. Only brands with strong internal value(s) can exchange values with other brands. Slovenia can exchange values with Croatia and other countries exactly because it is different. No brand is better than another, but at the same time no brand is similar to another. Thinking that better cooperation between brands / countries come from higher level of similarity is utterly wrong. Internal values have to be homogenized for the sake of better external relations with dis-similar identities.
Borders are necessary conditions for any brand. Borders taken literary and metaphorically. Brands have to safeguard its borders. Wise brands though allow extrinsic elements to enter, but only to the amount that can be integrated. Excessive flow (border crossing) of identity elements that contradict internal brand story necessarily destroys a brand that allows such crossings.
As separated, brands respect other brands and other identities. They have to respect other brands should they exchange values with them. Brands have to exchange values with other brands like cells in the body exchange values but stays separate at the same time. Brand has to respect identity of another brand in proportion to remoteness of that brand. More the brand is remote, higher respect it deserves and lower intake of that brand's identity traits come in play.
Brands do form higher-level brands. Individuals enter companies as brands. Company brand tries to manage larger number of individual identities, of personal brands. Cities and regions as brands do co-form national brand. And national brands, like brands of EU countries, could in principle unite under EU brand. But here we enter the domain of physics. Larger bodies do stick together if they are homogenous. Any body that is heterogeneous has to put a lot of effort to introduce forces that keep that body together. In the case of EU as business model for member states it would mean that EU should have employed well thought out and heavily supported internal (and external) branding mechanism in order to keep member states united under one flag.
I know that above presented conclusions from branding theory and practice contradict present EU policymaking mainstream. I know such conclusions support Slovenia in protecting borders from extensive inflow of immigrants and at the same time Donald Trump's actions in protecting USA identity. I know that intellectuals aborted from reality and from branding theory condemn even a hint of someone supporting such statements. But as intellectual and as branding expert I simply have to explain and make this unpleasant truth rational
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Q: Do any of the creatures Xenophilius believes in actually exist? The books give an impression that Xenophilius Lovegood is a weirdo with crazy beliefs and ideas (he has an ornamental horn in his house he absolutely believes belongs to a Crumple-Horned Snorkack, which in reality turned out to be an Erumpent horn(or may be he was referring to an erumpent but just with a different name? )) but he believed in the Deathly Hallows and they turned out to be real.
Did any other creatures (including plants, fruits, vegetables, bacteria, fungi, virus or any other magical and non magical things that can be considered "living") that Xenophilius or Luna believe to exist, actually exist in Harry Potter?
For example:

Moon Frogs
  Blibbering Humdingers
  Crumple-Horned Snorkacks
  Heliopaths
  Umgubular Slashkilters
  Nargles
  Aquavirius Maggots
  Wrackspurts
  Gulping Plimpies
  Dabberblimps

A: Yes (at least some of them).
I've done a thorough trawl through the books, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in search of all the plants and animals which Lovegood believes in. I've tried my best to make the answer exhaustive. Some of the plants and animals are only mentioned in passing so it's not possible to be definitive on whether or not they exist. I've included entries which are mentioned by Luna Lovegood too since she often touts the beliefs of her father. I've also included creatures and objects referenced in The Quibbler.
My conclusion: not everything Lovegood believes in is nonsense, although some of it is. At least six things mentioned by Xenophilius Lovegood definitely exist.
The question seems to be looking for things which Lovegood believes is real but nobody else does. Naturally, these examples are much harder to find. I've evaluated in each instance whether it's likely that the creature or plant is real, and whether its existence is taken seriously by the public at large.
Things which actually exist and which are also believed to exist by others.

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*Goblins
Lovegood mentions goblins in The Quibbler.

"Cornelius 'Goblin-Crusher' Fudge, that's what his friends call him. If you could hear him talking when he thinks no-one's listening, oh, he's always talking about the goblins he's had done in."
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10, Luna Lovegood).

We see plenty of goblins elsewhere in the series. They are a widely believed in throughout the wizarding world.

*Kumquats
Also from The Quibbler:

According to the magazine, if you turned the runes on their heads they revealed a spell to make your enemy's ears turn into kumquats.
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10, Luna Lovegood).

Kumquats are normal fruits found in the Muggle world, so presumably were widely believed in by wizards.

*Garden gnomes
Xenophilius believes in these.

"[Luna] lingered in that charming little garden to say hello to the gnomes, such a glorious infestation. Few wizards realise just how much we can learn from the wise little gnomes - or, to give them their correct name, the Gernumbli gardensi."
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 8, The Wedding).

We see the Weasleys' garden gnomes on several occasions so they're definitely real. They also appear in a Gilderoy Lockhart book, so were presumably widely accepted by the public.

"Now, let's see what Lockhart's got to say on the subject."
  [...]
  Harry looked at the cover of Mrs Weasley's book. Written across it in fancy gold letters were the words: Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests.
(Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3, The Burrow).

Although his beliefs in the magical properties of gnome saliva may not be scientifically verified.

[Luna] held up her finger and said, "Daddy, look - one of the gnomes actually bit me!"
  "How wonderful! Gnome saliva is enormously beneficial!" said Mr Lovegood, seizing Luna's outstretched finger and examining the bleeding puncture marks. "Luna, my love, if you should feel any burgeoning talent today - perhaps an unexpected urge to sing opera or to declaim in Mermish - do not repress it! You have been gifted by the Gernumblies!
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 8, The Wedding).

*Mistletoe
Lovegood has a sign outside his house which references mistletoe.

Pick Your Own Mistletoe.
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20, Xenophilius Lovegood).

Harry observes this himself.

Two aged crab-trees, bent with the wind, stripped of leaves but still heavy with berry-sized red fruits and bushy crowns of white-beaded mistletoe, stood sentinel on either side of the front door.
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20, Xenophilius Lovegood).

Mistletoe is a pretty standard thing, accepted by everyone. Cho Chang expressed no scepticism in it, especially when Harry was standing underneath it.

*Freshwater Plimpies
Xenophilius says that Luna is fishing for plimpies in a nearby stream.

"Where's Luna?" asked Hermione. "Let's see what she thinks."
  Xenophilius gulped. He seemed to be steeling himself. Finally he said, in a shaky voice difficult to hear over the noise of the printing press, "Luna is down at the stream, fishing for Freshwater Plimpies. She...she will like to see you."
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20, Xenophilius Lovegood).

The plimpy is a real animal, cited in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Plimpy
  M.O.M. Classification: XXX
  The Plimpy is a spherical, mottled fish  distinguished by its two long legs ending in webbed feet. It inhabits deep lakes where it will prowl the bottom in search of food, preferring water snails. The Plimpy is not particularly dangerous, though it will nibble the feet and clothing of swimmers. It is considered a pest by merpeople, who deal with it by tying its rubbery legs in a knot; the Plimpy then drifts away, unable to steer, and cannot return until it has untied itself, which may take hours.
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them).

It's not totally clear whether the plimpies Lovegood refers to are the same ones which feature in Fantastic Beasts. Those plimpies are said to live in "deep lakes", which doesn't quite fit with the stream-dwelling plimpies Lovegood describes. It's certainly not inconceivable that there may be different varieties of plimpy which suit different locales, however. We should also factor into the equation the fact that Lovegood was bluffing at this point about where Luna was. So he may not even believe in Freshwater Plimpies. However, lies are more effective when based on reality so I suspect that Lovegood may have been referencing real creatures here.
Presumably the wizarding world would accept the legitimacy of the creatures found within Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as the book is widely respected.

Newt's masterpiece has been an approved textbook at Hogwarts  School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ever since its publication and must take a substantial amount of credit for our students' consistently high results in Care of Magical Creatures examinations – yet it is not a book to be confined to the classroom. No wizarding household is complete without a copy of Fantastic Beasts, well thumbed by the generations who have riffled its pages in search of the best way to rid the lawn of Horklumps, interpret the mournful cries of the Augurey, or cure their pet Puffskein of drinking out of the toilet.
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them).

*Billywigs
Lovegood speaks of a Billywig as being a constituent part of his model of Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem.

He indicated the objects like ear-trumpets.
  "These are the Wrackspurt siphons - to remove all sources of distraction from the thinker's immediate area. Here," he pointed out the tiny wings, "a Billywig propeller, to produce an elevated frame of mind."
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20, Xenophilius Lovegood).

Similarly, this creature has been verified to be real by Newt Scamander and features in Fantastic Beasts:

Billywig
  M.O.M. Classification: XXX
  The Billywig is an insect native to Australia. It is around half an inch long and a vivid sapphire blue, although its speed is such that it is rarely noticed by Muggles and often not by wizards until they have been stung. The Billywig's
  wings are attached to the top of its head and are rotated very fast so that it spins as it flies. At the bottom of the body is a long thin sting. Those who have been stung by a Billywig suffer giddiness followed by levitation. Generations of young Australian witches and wizards have attempted to catch Billywigs and provoke them into stinging in order to enjoy these side effects, though too many stings may
  cause the victim to hover uncontrollably for days on end, and where there is a severe allergic reaction, permanent floating may ensue. Dried Billywig stings are used in several potions and are believed to be a component in the popular sweet Fizzing Whizbees.
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them).

Borderline cases.

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*Dirigible Plums
The Dirigible Plum exists and, again, features on Lovegood's replication of Ravenclaw's diadem.

"Finally," he pointed to the orange radish, "the Dirigible Plum, so as to enhance the ability to accept the extraordinary."
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20, Xenophilius Lovegood).

Clearly the plums are not figments of Lovegood's imagination. There is something real which Lovegood refers to as a Dirigible Plum and which he grows in his garden. Luna also wears them as earrings. Whether the rest of the wizarding community is aware of the Dirigible Plums or refers to them as such is unclear, as the Lovegoods are the only ones who ever refer to them.

*Gurdyroots
Again, something definitely exists in the real world which is referred to by Luna and Xenophilius as a Gurdyroot.

[Luna] thrust what appeared to be a green onion, a large spotted toadstool and a considerable amount of what looked like cat litter into Ron's hands, finally pulling out a rather grubby scroll of parchment that she handed to Harry.
  [...]
  "What's this, by the way?" [Ron] added, holding the onionlike object up to eye-level.
  "Oh, it's a Gurdyroot," she said, stuffing the cat litter and the toadstool back into her bag.
(Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20, Lord Voldemort's Request).

Xenophilius Lovegood also serves the trio an infusion of Gurdyroots.
Again, the Gurdyroot is real. It's not entirely clear whether others believe in it too. It's possible that the Gurdyroot was sold as an amulet to ward off the Monster of Slytherin. Although it's not named, one of the items Neville buys seems to match the description.

Meanwhile, hidden from the teachers, a roaring trade in talismans, amulets and other protective devices was sweeping the school. Neville Longbottom bought a large, evil-smelling green onion, a pointed purple crystal and a rotting newt-tail before the other Gryffindor boys pointed out that he was in no danger...
(Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11, The Dueling Club).

If it was a Gurdyroot which Neville bought then that may go some way towards legitimising the Gurdyroot as 'real', not just for the Lovegoods but for everybody else.
Things which actually existed, but which others didn't believe in.
There are no clearcut examples, although Gurdyroots and Dirigible Plums may count.
Things which didn't exist, which the Lovegoods didn't believe in but which others did.
None! If the Lovegoods don't believe in it it doesn't exist! Dabberblimps are video game canon so are included in this category.
Things which didn't exist, which were believed in by the Lovegoods but not by others.

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*Crumple-Horned Snorkacks
The humble Crumple-Horned Snorkack does not exist, despite the insistence of Xenophilius. Nobody else seems to have even considered that they may exist.

*Blibbering Humdingers
These are mentioned by Luna and confirmed as non-existent by Hermione.

"You can laugh," Luna said, her voice rising, apparently under the impression that Parvati and Lavender were laughing at what she had said rather than what she was wearing, "but people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!"
  "Well, they were right, weren't they?" said Hermione impatiently. "There weren't any such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack."
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13, Detention with Dolores).

This is the only reference to this creature in the books. I think we can depend on Hermione to speak the truth here. She's abnormally well-informed on such topics and can be presumed to speak for her fellow-wizards and -witches when she says that Humdingers do not exist.

*Heliopaths
Heliopaths are described by Luna.

Nearly everyone looked stunned at this news; everyone except Luna Lovegood, who piped up, "Well, that makes sense. After all, Cornelius Fudge has got his own private army.
  "What?" said Harry, completely thrown by this unexpected piece of information.
  "Yes, he's got an army of Heliopaths," said Luna solemnly.
  "No, he hasn't," snapped Hermione.
  "Yes, he has," said Luna.
  "What are Heliopaths?" asked Neville, looking blank.
  "They're spirits of fire," said Luna, her protuberant eyes widening so that she looked madder than ever, "great tall flaming creatures that gallop across the ground burning everything in front of -"
  "They don't exist, Neville," said Hermione tartly.
  "Oh, yes, they do!" said Luna angrily.
  "I'm sorry, but where's the proof of that?" snapped Hermione.
  "There are plenty of eyewitness accounts. Just because you're so narrow-minded you need to have everything shoved under your nose before you -"
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 16, In the Hog's Head).

Make what you will from that exchange. Personally, I am in little doubt that the reader is meant to believe Hermione, although it's interesting that Luna seemingly has eyewitnesses who can testify to the existence of the Heliopaths. It's more than likely that they did not exist, and that the wider public didn't believe in them (especially as they are apparently Cornelius Fudge's private servants, a favourite point of intrigue for The Quibbler). The description of Heliopaths is not altogether dissimilar to the effects of Fiendfyre, although presumably Luna is not getting confused between the two.

*Wrackspurts
The Wrackspurt is another creature which seems likely to be a part of the Lovegoods' imagination. When Harry is lost in thought about being the Chosen One...

"You all right, Harry? You look funny," said Neville.
  Harry started.
  "Sorry - I -"
  "Wrackspurt got you?" asked Luna sympathetically, peering at Harry through her enormous coloured spectacles.
  "I - what?"
  "A Wrackspurt...they're invisible, they float in through your ears and make your brain go fuzzy," she said. "I thought I felt one zooming around in here."
  She flapped her hands at thin air, as though beating off large invisible moths. Harry and Neville caught each other's eye and hastily began to talk of Quidditch.
(Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 7, The Slug Club).

Harry and Neville certainly seem to find the concept of the Wrackspurt ridiculous, as did Victor Krum.

"That's her," he said, pointing at Luna, who was still dancing alone, waving her arms around her head like someone attempting to beat off midges.
  "Vy is she doing that?" asked Krum.
  "Probably trying to get rid of a Wrackspurt," said Harry, who recognised the symptoms.
  Krum did not seem to know whether or not Harry was making fun of him.
(Deathly Hallows, Chapter 8, The Wedding).

I think that this is enough to conclude that Wrackspurts are fictitious. Nobody else has heard of them and they can be confused for a simple dazed expression. The fact that they are supposed to be invisible doesn't add to their credibility.
Things we can't be sure of, or about which there is insufficient information.

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*Moon Frogs
There is only one mention of moon frogs in the books, in The Quibbler:

...an interview with a wizard who claimed to have flown to the moon on a Cleandweep Six and brought back a bag of moon frogs to prove it...
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10, Luna Lovegood).

Perhaps the claim of reaching the moon on a broom isn't as ludicrous as it sounds but it is still pretty unlikely. We have no source of frogs living on the moon outside of The Quibbler so have no real way of verifying the claim. We know that Harry finds the claim unlikely but that doesn't really confirm whether they existed or not (Harry is ignorant about an awful lot). We also don't know whether the wizarding community believed in moon frogs or not. People might think that moon frogs are real but find the idea of flying to the moon ridiculous. I think this one is open to interpretation.

*Umgubular Slashkilters
Again, the Umgubular Slashkiltor is only mentioned once, by Luna.

"Well, my dad is very supportive of any anti-Ministry action!" said Luna Lovegood proudly from just behind Harry; evidently she had been eavesdropping on his conversation while Justin Finch-Fletchley attempted to disentangle himself from the robes that had flown up over his head. "He's always saying he'd believe anything of Fudge; I mean, the number of goblins Fudge has had assassinated! And of course he uses the Department of Mysteries to develop terrible poisons, which he secretly feeds to anybody who disagrees with him. And then there's his Umgubular Slashkilter -"
  "Don't ask," Harry muttered to Cho as she opened her mouth, looking puzzled. She giggled.
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 18, Dumbledore's Army).

The Lexicon thinks that the Slashkilter may be a creature, and I'm inclined to agree with them. However, it could also be an object or a weapon; it isn't altogether clear from the context.
From Cho's reaction we could easily surmise that the Slashkilter is not widely known about or believed in in the magical community. We don't really have enough information to make an informed call on the Slashkilter.

*Gulping Plimpies
Luna mentions these when describing the Gurdyroot in the quote above.

"Oh, it's a Gurdyroot," she said, stuffing the cat litter and the toadstool back in her bag. "You can keep it if you like, I've got a few of them. They're really excellent for warding off Gulping Plimpies."
(Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20, Lord Voldemort's Request).

Now we know that Plimpies exist, based on the Fantastic Beasts entry cited above. However, it does specifically say there that Plimpies are an underwater creature. Luna seems to be carrying around the Gurdyroot when walking around overground in order to protect herself from these Gulping Plimpies. This makes me strongly suspect that they are a fictitious animal and that Luna is acting on superstition, not evidence. On this basis, it's likely that nobody else took the Gulping Plimpy seriously. They are only mentioned once, and very briefly, so I'm not sure we can be definitive.

*Aquavirius Maggots
Again, these are only mentioned once.

The place was quite empty, except for a few desks and, in the very middle of the room, an enormous glass tank of deep green liquid, big enough for all of them to swim in; a number of pearly-white objects were drifting around lazily in it.
  "What're those things?" whispered Ron.
  "Dunno," said Harry.
  "Are they fish?" breathed Ginny.
  "Aquavirius Maggots!" said Luna excitedly. "Dad said the Ministry were breeding -"
  "No," said Hermione. She sounded odd. She moved forward to look through the side of the tank. "They're brains."
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 34, The Department of Mysteries).

The maggots are a good candidate for a fictitious creature. Nobody else mentions them and Luna doesn't even seem to be able to identify them. The items in the tank are confirmed to be brains, after all, so the fact that Luna jumps to conclusions so rapidly is probably suggestive. They also fit well into Xenophilius's world of government conspiracy theories. Still, we have no firm statement saying they're fictional.

*Nargles
These are only mentioned in one chapter, by Luna again.

"Mistletoe," said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it. "Good thinking," said Luna very seriously. "It's often infected with Nargles."
  Harry was saved the necessity of asking what Nargles were by the arrival of Angelina, Katie and Alicia.
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 21, The Eye of the Snake).

It's clear that Harry has never heard of Nargles and doesn't believe in them. Cho seemed to be similarly confused.

"Mistletoe," said Cho quietly, pointing at the ceiling over his head.
  "Yeah," said Harry. His mouth was very dry. "It's probably full of Nargles, though."
  "What are Nargles?"
  "No idea," said Harry. She had moved closer. His brain seemed to have been Stunned. "You'd have to ask Loony. Luna, I mean."
  Cho made a funny noise halfway between a sob and a laugh.
(Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 21, The Eye of the Snake).

Clearly she's never heard of them either. I think this is another case where the creature probably isn't real but it isn't possible to completely rule it out.
All in all, there are eight things which the Lovegoods believe in which are real  and which are widely accepted (even if in two cases we can't be definitive that anybody else does), four things which they believe in which don't exist and five things about which we can't be sure. It's  a mixed bag but it does at least show that not everything Xenophilius Lovegood believed in was absurd.


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iRacing.com today announced plans to add Volusia Speedway Park to its catalog of nearly 100 laser-scanned digital race tracks. Together with Eldora and Williams Grove speedways, the Florida half-mile will be included in the popular online motorsports service's introduction of its new dirt racing feature later this year.
Known as "The World's Fastest Half-Mile," Volusia Speedway Park is located in Barberville, FL. Since opening in 1968 the track has hosted a variety of national racing series. The track made the switch from pavement to dirt in the 1990s and hasn't looked back since. Race fans around the world know it as host to the season kickoff DIRTcar Nationals each February. The DIRTcar Nationals features the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series, World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series, Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds, Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions and DIRTcar Racing UMP Modified and Late Model divisions during the 12-night blockbuster event before the track shifts gears to a weekly program for Florida racers.
"We're excited to join the other great race tracks on iRacing.com," says Volusia Speedway President Tom Deery. "Volusia Speedway Park is famous for some of the fastest dirt track racing to be found, and I'm sure iRacers everywhere will enjoy the challenge of racing here."
"Volusia Speedway Park will be a great addition to our lineup," says Steve Myers, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer for iRacing.com. "The fact that great racers like Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet, Shane Clanton, Brandon Sheppard and others keep coming back to race every year tells you all you need to know about Volusia Speedway Park's place in American racing."
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When spring and summer comes, it is the right time to enjoy many fresh drinks to lighten up your days and to cool down your body from the heat outside. If you are fond of lighter alcoholic beverages, you may already have some recipes under your sleeves. In today Mojito vs Caipirinha article, we are going to give you information regarding these two similarly fresh drinks, you may want to try next time. If one/both of them took your interest, go check our article below.
Mojito is probably one of the most well-known cocktails that have been invented this far. The drink is also have the non-alcohol variant that can be enjoyed by people from all ages. It is said that the drink is the bartenders love to hate because of how much time needed to make it and how hard it is to clean the mess but is ordered in a quantities far too large by drinkers. It probably will remains popular for a few next decades simply for the fact that it is indeed a very good drink.
Your first mojito may be made by a bartender in a bar or similar establishment but you can make it yourself at home if you want for the ingredients are not that complicated. We are taking a recipe from bbcgoodfood, if you want to try making it yourself. First, prepare all the needed ingredients like juice from 1 lime, 1 tsp granulated sugar, a small handful mint leaves, 60 ml white rum, and soda water to taste.
To make the beverage, muddle the lime juice, sugar, and mint leaves in a small jug or container to crush the mints and extract its flavor. Pour the mixture in a tall glass and add a handful of ice then pour the rum while stirring it. The last is add the soda and garnish it with mint then serve.
Just like any other great cocktails out there, Mojito history is not that clear. The most popular information is it was originated from a restaurant-bar called "La Bodeguita del medio" in Havana, Cuba. The drink is believed to be created by African slaves that was working in the Cuban sugarcane fields, which is created simply from a sugarcane alcohol. However, another story take back at 1500s when Sir Francis Drake landed in Havana and his crew were suffering from dysentery and scurvy.
The local South American Indians at that time use aguardiente de cana, mint leaves and juices from sugar cane as well as lime juice to make a tonic to relieve the crews. Not long after a drink named "El Draque" with very similar ingredients are popular in Cuba. At this point, the African slave may not the one who invented the drink but they are the one who named it like we know today. The Mojito probably derived from "mojadito" that means "a little wet" and the Cuban lime-based seasoning "mojo".
Not only made with rum, Mojito can be made with endless liquor variants to suit your taste. If you go to Havana, some hotels there also add Angostura bitters to tone down the drink sweetness and icing sugar is often used to replace cane sugar. Some people even use sugar syrup to decrease the sweetness. In present day, people sometimes use lemon instead of lime and there is a Rose Mojito that used rose-flavored spirit.
For those who never heard the word before, many people probably think that the beverage is a Mojito. Caipirinha shares so much similarities with the popular cocktail if you look it from the way they served the drink. The drink is serve with lime and ice but in a shorter glass like rock glass rather than typical Mojito that is served in tall glass. These two are similarly refreshing from the outside even before it touch your mouth. Read also: Tequila Sunset vs Sunrise here.
Similar like Mojito, you may get your first Caipirinha in a restaurant but you can make it easily at home for fast refreshment or serve it to your party guests. First, prepare the ingredients you will need to make the cocktail; half lime cut into wedges, ice, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 oz. Cachaca, which is a hard liquor from sugar cane, and a lime for garnish. To make it, muddle the sugar and lime in a double old fashioned glass then fill it with ice and add the Cachaca. Stir briefly and garnish with lime then serve.
The Caipirinha is originated from Brazil and the history of its creation is derived from the distinct liquor Cachaca. Since it is made also from sugar cane, many people are mistaking it for rum. However, both of them are very different. Rum is made from molasses, which is a dark-brown and have a consistency like syrup by-product created in the process of refining sugar. At the other hand, Cachaca is is made from fresh-pressed sugarcane called "grape".
The actual invention of Caipirinha is still unknown but a story tells that the drink was invented by a farmer in the region of Piracicaba during the 19th century as a local drink for their high standard events and parties since it reflects the strong sugar cane culture in the region.
Now, let's compare Mojito with Caipirinha. Both of them are very similar to each other but also very different. We know that Mojito is made with rum and combined with mint leaves while Caipirinha is made with Cachaca and without mint leaves. Rum and Cachaca are alike but different and the similarity is only the fact that they are made from sugar cane. Another difference is if typically Mojito is serve in a tall glass, as the opposite Caipirinha is serve in an old fashioned glass or rock glass.
All in all, the decision is all yours to make. In our opinion, both of them are equally tasty depend on your personal preference. It is great if you try them one by one and see which suit your taste buds better. However, we love Mojito better for the fresh mint leaves flavor in the drink.


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#include "tracker.h"
#include <vector>

class PassFinder {
public:
	typedef struct
	{
		double AOS, LOS, TCA;
	} Pass;

	PassFinder (void);
	~PassFinder (void);

	Pass findFirst (SpaceObjectTracker* tracker, double begin_unix, double end_unix, double interval) const;
	std:: vector<Pass> findAll (SpaceObjectTracker* tracker, double begin_unix, double end_unix, double interval) const;

private:

};

#endif // !PASS_H_

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SPECIAL ON BIRD FLU
What is avian influenza?
Avian influenza (Bird flu) is an infectious disease of birds, caused by an Influenza Type A virus. Pigs sometimes also carry the virus. In birds, the infection can cause symptoms ranging from mild illness to death. Waterfowl (e.g. wild ducks) are the natural hosts of the virus and they are usually more resistant to infection. However, in other birds, particularly domestic poultry such as chickens and turkeys, fatal epidemics of the disease can spread quickly.
l How does it spread?
The virus is present in the secretions and droppings of infected birds. They excrete large amounts of the virus in their droppings, which can contaminate food, soil and drinking water.
The virus can spread by mechanical means (e.g. on contaminated bodies, equipment, vehicles, cages, food and clothing) and can survive in the environment for some time.
Susceptible birds become infected when they inhale contaminated airborne particles or ingest the virus (e.g. by eating food contaminated with an infected birds droppings).
One gram of contaminated manure can contain enough virus to infect a million birds.
l Can it infect people?
Although avian influenza does not normally affect humans, some have become infected and some have died as a result. The main route of infection is considered to be through direct contact with infected poultry or through contact with surfaces contaminated by their faeces (e.g. surfaces used to slaughter poultry or prepare them for cooking).
Scientists have been monitoring avian influenza subtype H5N1 since 1997, when it caused the death of six people in Hong Kong. Since then, H5N1 has killed people in several countries.
Thefirst suspected cases of person-to-person transmission occurred in February 2004. So far, the ability of avian influenza to spread from person to person seems limited.
However, there is great concern that the virus could mutate or combine with a human influenza virus to form a new pandemic flu virus that spreads rapidly from person to person.
Since humans would have no immunity against this new virus, it could quickly spread around the world with devastating effects.
l Symptoms
In humans, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza responsible for the recent outbreaks has caused effects ranging from typical flu-like symptoms (e.g. fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches) to eye infections, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress, and in others, life-threatening complications and death.
l How can we control it?
Quarantining farms and destroying infected birds helps prevent spread to other farms and birds.
Since the virus can live for a long time in the environment, stringent hygiene is necessary to prevent transmission via equipment and surfaces contaminated with body fluids from infected birds.
Rapid culling of infected birds can help avert an epidemic, but workers must protect themselves with protective clothing and dispose of carcasses carefully.
When outbreaks of avian influenza occur, you should avoid contact with infected birds and avoid settings where the disease is likely to spread, such as bird markets and poultry yards.
l Protecting yourself
Good hygiene is one way that you can help protect yourself and your family from a wide range of infections. If a flu pandemic occurs, good hygiene will be essential.
If an outbreak of avian influenza or pandemic flu occurs, local health authorities and the World
HealthOrganisation will issue specific infection control advice. This advice should be strictly followed.
Thorough and frequent hand washing is an important method of preventing infections. Washing your hands with soap and water removes germs from your skin and helps reduce the risk of disease.
Always wash your hands after using the toilet, before handling food and especially after handling birds, poultry and eggs.
To reduce the risk of germs spreading through respiratory secretions, cover your mouth and nose with a paper tissue when coughing or sneezing. Put used tissues in the bin and wash your hands after contact with respiratory secretions.
Food and kitchen hygiene
Cooking destroys germs, but you need to cook your food thoroughly (especially poultry). Avoid cross-contamination by;
* keeping raw food away from cooked and ready to eat food
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* cleaning and disinfecting surfaces used to prepare food (especially poultry) immediately before and after use.
Surfaces that you often touch (e.g. taps and toilet flushes) are hotspots for germs, so disinfect them frequently. If a surface is contaminated with body fluids (e.g. nasal secretions, faeces), disinfect it immediately to stop germs spreading.
l Dettol and avian influenza
In laboratory tests,Dettol Liquid inactivates more than 99.9% of the H5N1 virus. Dettol Liquid and many other Dettol products have also been shown to inactivate H1N1, a closely related strain.
We believe that using Dettol products to wash hands and disinfect surfaces should help to reduce the transmission of avian flu via surface contact.
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First-time homebuyers are pretty much screwed in 2023
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Data from the US Census Bureau shows not a single home sold in November was under $200,000.
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Starter homes are typically more affordable houses that are purchased by new home buyers.
However, these entry-level homes are disappearing from the market as builders focus on more lucrative projects.
Their absence has made it difficult for many first-time buyers to afford homeownership.
First-time homebuyers just can't catch a break.
The massive government stimulus issued during the early stages of the pandemic combined with rock-bottom mortgage rates led to one of the most dramatic home-buying frenzies in US history. The buying boom pushed the nation's home prices to historic highs and deepened its ongoing housing shortage and equality gap.
While Americans of all backgrounds are grappling with housing affordability, first-time home buyers — largely millennial and Gen Z buyers — have started giving up hope on ever owning a home.
A crux in the housing crisis is the fact that homebuilders have not constructed enough affordable houses for them to purchase. Meanwhile, there are fewer existing homes available for sale. According to data from the US Census Bureau, in November 2022, not a single newly-built home sold in the US was under $200,000. The stark indicator only illustrates that starter homes are vanishing from the US real-estate market.
Starter homes are typically smaller, more affordable houses that are purchased by first-time buyers or those on a tight budget. These "entry-level" homes, as agents typically refer to them as, allowed buyers to build equity over time and then eventually trade-up to a nicer or newer home. But as builders focus on more profitable projects and existing homeowners refrain from listing their properties for sale, first-time buyers are finding that it is much more difficult to achieve homeownership.
New home inventory continues to climb
As home builders attempt to make up for years of underbuilding — a situation that was exacerbated during the pandemic as high demand, labor shortages, and supply chain constraints led to even lower levels of housing supply — much of their focus has been on constructing newer and more expensive homes, which now make up a higher share of available housing inventory.
According to data from title Insurance company First American, from 2000 until the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, on average, new homes made up 11% of total housing inventory. Today, that share has climbed to 29% as existing homeowners stay put and homebuilders increase their production of new home inventory.
"We want to make sure that those who want to become homeowners have a way to do so," Odeta Kushi, the deputy chief economist at title insurance company First American, told Insider, "Having more starter homes available or homes priced at a lower price is really important for potential first-time home buyers."
Data from real estate brokerage Redfin shows that the US median home price in November was $393,682. With higher home prices, mortgage rates and property taxes, as well as a possible recession looming in 2023 — that could trigger mass job losses — the odds are stacked against many would-be first-time buyers.
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30 Points: An Obsession
January 7, 2013 Editorial2012 season, 30 PointsKevin
My last look back at 2012 brings out what started as a fear and became a full blown obsession as the season progressed. Here's how it came about and what cured it.
"Match day again and we are feeling whole
The drums are pounding, our voices full
We sing our love of team
"And in a flash, Jorge scores
I see that very first goal
Something in JELD-WEN is calling me"
These are part of some poached lyrics to a bluegrass tune I wrote during the silly season leading up to the preseason tournament. While I thought to submit it here and there, I also thought I might better wait until Jorge does score his first goal. So I waited. And waited. And I waited, and then Perlaza was traded without scoring a single goal in 2012.
Well, thanks Jorge, there goes my song. Actually that came as a big shock to me. Yes, I was one of "THOSE" guys. But this is professional soccer; trades come with the territory. After a few weeks, I moved on. (Although I confess, I'm happy to see Jorge is scoring goals with Millionarios.)
But now I'm way ahead of my story. I go back, back to the home opener. What a glorious night. After a very satisfying and successful preseason tournament, in which we whupped all comers, there we were, in the North End, rain pouring down, chills and thrills of anticipation, until BOOM! we pored our hearts out in the National Anthem again. And then the match. We won! Boyd scored! Glory and bliss for all! What a great season we were certain to have.
Real Salt Lake. After the match, at home I watched the recording of the live version I had only hours before witnessed at Jelly, with replays, and commentary, and reverse (perverse?) angles. The gut punch didn't hurt any less the second time.
What I took away this time, though, was something I didn't see at the stadium – the smile on Jason Kreis' face. As he walked away, it looked like he was laughing. And why wouldn't he laugh? He went from a loss, to a point, to three points! In a matter of minutes. It still burns.
Chivas USA. What just happened? We were winning. At home. That's as it should be. TA singing our hearts out, stadium rocking, beautiful weather. Two rookie coaches, John Spencer and Robin Fraser, former teammates at Colorado, going head to head. It couldn't get any better. But oh, it could get way worse!
At half time, one coach made an adjustment that immediately almost produced a goal. 120 seconds later it did produce a goal. Wait a minute. Where's our team? Why aren't we making tactical adjustments? Where's that second half fire that Spencer was famous for producing last season?
In between, there were some away games. We got a point out of one of them. The first one. Dallas away. We scored a goal. They scored a goal. ONE goal. Sure, it was March, but it was Dallas away. And we got a point. Four points out of six. This season is looking good, I thought.
Then we lost a game. Well, it was an away game. And yeah, we played poorly. But it was New England. Surely we could have expected 1 point. Maybe the boys had a big head from the away result – against Dallas. Maybe they were tired from the rigors of away travel in MLS. And we don't really play well on the road.
We came out of March with 4 points. They came from the first two games. Two more games into April and we still have 4 points. Next we face the best team in the league, the only undefeated team in MLS.
Whoa! Now what just happened? We beat the best team in the league; we beat Sporting Kansas City! Sure, it's 3 more points. But we beat the best. We beat Sporting Kansas City. Who are we?
And where are we now: 7 points from seven games. If you like draws, maybe that's pretty good.
We finish April with those same 7 points. Ouch! (Troy) And obviously, by omission, I'm over that non-brace by Boyd. We would have been up 2-nil at that point. What would that have done to the bottom-dwelling league champions? But, I'm over that.
We get ready for May, hope in our hearts, courage on our sleeves, and knowledge. The season is only one-third over. We still have two-thirds to play and see the success we began the season knowing we deserved. So May, and we're at 7 points from eight games. I'm starting to wonder if maybe draws ARE pretty good.
An unwanted and certainly unwelcome feeling is creeping into my subconscious.
We end May with 6 more points. That's 6 points from four games. Or, 6 points from a possible twelve. We're feeling pretty good. Nut, um, now we have 13 points. I mean, we have 13 points! That creeping feeling has identified itself.
We finish June with 16 points. We got 3 more points from three more games. Maybe there's something to be said for the consistency of draws. Or maybe some people do like draws. I don't. Maybe one or two here and there, but NOT as a replacement for wins. That said, 3 points from three games is an an average over three games. But oh were we not average!
Another painful loss in LA, a chance to avenge a wrongful loss – wasted. A wretched 3-nil loss in Colorado. What could that portend? What words for that game?
That feeling I was so loathe admit to at the end of May, is here. Strong. It's fear. Fear about points. But it's early, I tell myself. And I didn't want to admit to it at the end of May because of one game in June. There's that one game in June that we've been looking forward to all year. That one game in June from which we got all our points. 3 points from one game. No average game at all. One game where our lads brought their game.
What a game! A game where the points don't even really matter, only the delicious, orgasmic, satisfying result. Was it good for you too? Most of the time that's a rhetorical question. Here, we don't even have to ask. There were other delicacies in the tryst. Lots of good physical play. Before and after play. We scored twice! Kris Boyd created some amazing photo opportunities. Someone we don't like got a red card. Oh NO! And someone else we don't like got a red card. Oh WELL!
Usually, one NO is enough. Sometimes not.
As painful as 2012 was to endure as a supporter, as much as it hurts now, bringing this up again, there's something else that is gnawing at me. I'm going over my schedule and my notes, and the points. I don't see it. What is bothering me so?
Oh. Oh yeah.
Even though I'm only 5'7," from where I sat behind the goal in late May, I could tell that, even directly in line with the one PK of that game, standing on top of the crossbar, I wouldn't have had to flinch.
Oh yeah. That.
Back to the story.
We started July with 16 points. Before Independence Day we had 19! There was hope for the season after all.
July we ended with 19 points. Six games and we pulled out 3 points. Now we're at 19 points in twenty- one games. Draws are starting to look positively appealing.
"MY GOD, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO MAKE 30 POINTS!"
Aaagh! It's out! All through July I had been repressing it. Now it's been voiced. Granted, out loud only a few times, and certainly not in front of sane persons. But what had been a creeping, concealed fear a few months ago has turned into all-consuming, uncontrollable MONSTER!
The agony is on. The obsession has me in its jaws. 30 points. Will we make 30 points? Surely, we will. I resisted the temptation to look at our standing last year at this time. What good would that do?
August. Dallas. But it's at home. 19 points. 19 points. … A result! 1 point!! One graciously gained point. Gracias Capitán! Golazo!
20 points. Toronto away. We scored 2 goals! We never score two goals away. Uh, we gave away 2 goals. We gave away 2 points. But we got 1 point!
21 points. New York Red Bulls away. We scored 2 goals! We scored 2 goals. Away. Again! We gave away three goals. We gave away 3 points.
21 points. Vancouver – at home! We win!
24 points! Two wins away from breaking free! Two wins.
Colorado. The team that has mugged us away and robbed us at home. How can we possibly beat them? But we do! Maybe ginger ball is not imaginary after all. That's two wins in a row.
So where are we? It's September. We have 27 points. Nothing to brag about for a season. But most of us have pretty much given up on the season. But for me, release is imminent! One win and we're there. One win.
So, 27 points in – nope! I'm not gonna do the math. We had two wins in a row. I like wins. I don't want to think about draws.
September. 27 points. Colorado away. It's okay. We showed them at home, we'll show them away. After school, behind Safeway. Bring it!
Another mugging.
One thing that hasn't escaped me in this all-consuming obsession with points is our record against our Cascadian rivals. Two wins and a dr–… (cough cough) put us in the driver's seat to win the Cascadia Cup!! Really? With such a shitty season, we can still win the Cascadia Cup?
And look who's up next? And not only that, a win, at home, clinches the Cup! How glorious would that be! Here at home. Beat our biggest rival from up north, here at our own stadium, and win the Cup! Right here in front of our own fans! Those Emerald City Idiots would have to present the Cascadia Cup right here, in front of the whole Timbers Army. Come on, boys, now's the time!
28 points. We can still actually win the Cascadia Cup. And there is another way to get to 30 points. But I'm not going to talk about that.
San Jose away. Who DOESN'T hate San Jose?
Two more away goals! Another goal against San Jose for the hometown boy.
Damn! I hate talking about this. Two goals up, two goals given, 2 points lost. One point gained.
29 points. Rio Tinto. The last time there put a different slant on a chant from last year, "Free John Spencer!" But I didn't chant that, nor did I hear anyone else chanting that. Maybe it was Gavin. As much as anyone didn't want to acknowledge it, even while recognizing the inevitability of it, it rang true.
29 points. Four more matches to go. One more point! Surely we couldn't go four matches without a point. I take a quick look back at the results. March 24, March 31, April 7, April 14. Four losses – in a row. Holy shit! But that's an anomaly. I scan some more. Lots of L's and some D's. Not very many W's. There it is again! July. Four losses in a row. No, wait. I miscounted. Five losses in a row.
Not only was it possible, we'd already done it twice this season. 30 points! Four games. Oh, mama, help me!
29 points. D.C. United. We haven't lost at home in two months. We've only lost at home three times this year. Oh, do I love home. 1 point. Please, Timbers boys, take me out of my agony.
We win! No, I win! We draw! (We draw and you're happy?) 30 points! 30 points. We made 30 points!
There aren't words sufficient to express my relief!
So, where are we now? 30 points. Three more games. Possible 39 points to end the season. Three less than last year. Respectable. But who's counting on that?
We STILL have a chance to win the Cascadia Cup? Are you kidding me? Up north. In their stadium. Clink, clink. And the Emerald City Imbeciles present the Cup to us in THEIR home? Even better. Come on, boys!
What do we have now? Yeah, sure we can STILL win the Cup. Do I want to now? Chance to win it at home. Chance to win it where it smells like fish. Cal FC. I'm not feeling very good about this season. So if we win the Cup, IF we win the Cup – meaning we have to win on the road – IF we win that Cup, am I going to feel good about the season? Do I feel I DON'T want to win the Cup? Well, kind of, in the sense we had a chance to take it, show we were men on the pitch; instead we let it slide way, twice. Do we deserve the Cup? Do you ever NOT deserve something you win? After two weeks of agonizing, I realize I'm not with Cory Cordero: no way can you root for the other team. No way do I NOT want to win the Cup. I just realize that winning the Cup isn't going to make me feel good. Cal FC still sticks out as the highlight of the season. Low light. Wish I could block it out.
30 points. (Other than me, who really cares about points? And even that's wearing off now.) Vancouver. Away. No road wins to date. Chance to win the Cascadia Cup with a win. No chance with a draw or worse. Well, more than, anything, like always, I want the boys to play well, and win the game, which would win the Cup, which still wouldn't assuage the pain from Cal FC.
Come on boys!
Wow! Again, Capitán, GOLAZO! We won! We won! We scored a golazo on a listless Whitecraps team and won! We won on the road! We won our first road game! And we win the Cup!! Ah, look at Abe. Look at the imbeciles in their aviators. They sure look happy! Ha Ha! (assholes) Sure would like to know that exchange between them and Abe. Ah look at Abe! He looks great! And there goes Gavin. Wonder what he he's doing? What exchange with Abe there?
Wow! Look at the boys. Jack, Dike, Sal's in there, Kosuke looks pretty happy, Brunner! Wow, it's great. And Abe, above all. Hey MP. TV coverage can provide some great angles.
Wow. We did it. We won on the road. We won the Cascadia Cup. And we have more than 30 points. It feels great.
Now that the season's been over for a while, that 30 points obsession really doesn't feel so bad. We made it and we broke it. We ended up with 34 points. Not so bad. Not very good. Winning the Cascadia Cup really did help take the pain of the season. I didn't expect there to be such a catharsis from the Cup. Cal FC still hurts. But it feels a whole lot better knowing the Cascadia Cup is resting proudly in the Fanladen.
One more game? I don't have any notes about it. It was a home game, I must have been there. San Jose. Oh yeah. All I can say is, you didn't break the record in our house, Wondo. And you still haven't scored a goal here in the run of play. And that was a shitty call, anyway.
34 points.
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John Lawes says:
Y'know, it probably says something about the trainwreck that was last season that I honestly had no idea until I read your post HOW many points we ended up with at the end.
And, yes, the Cup was a nice kiss after the many many kicks of 2012.
But, overall, I think the really frustrating thing about last season for me wasn't the points earned (or not) or the won-lost totals, or the Cup, or even the failure to advance past the end of the season.
It was that we made no – no – progress in our play on the pitch from 2011, and, in fact, slid back in a number of critical areas; set plays and defending.
If there's anything that has given me a spark of hope for better days ahead it has been watching the moves the club has made this offseason. Acquiring players not because they were there, or available, but because they filled a weak spot or addressed a need. This wasn't perfect, and we still have a glaring problem at outside back and real question marks all across the pitch (will we have a midfield capable of providing service and controlling the run of play? Will we have forwards who can actually consistently put a bulge in the onionbag?), but it sure looks better than 2012, where we started with the same damn problems we identified in 2011 and did absolutely nothing about.
So…onward, Rose City! "Timbers in (more than) 30!" the motto in 2013…
chilepoblano says:
I agree 100%. They didn't build a club around a marque striker in 2011, did poorly, canned him, and signed another marque striker again. Same results. Huh?
During preseason Last year I was seeing goals and productivity from a lot of guys, KAH, Dike, Perlaza, Songo. I really didn't understand the Boyd. Now that he's officially gone, we can truly put that behind us. And, LOOK what we have now…! Valeri and W Johnson are probably the two most important acquisitions of the off season. Very excited Trencito is on the pitch, and R Johnson is a Timber.
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Biografie
Laurence Chauvy studeerde letteren aan de Universiteit van Genève en ging vervolgens aan de slag als journaliste. Ze werd kunstcritica bij het Journal de Genève en bracht zowel gedichten als romans uit.

Ze woont in Genève.

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Does serving in war have potential to cause "moral injury" to our soul? As our nation grapples with the escalating suicides of over 22 military men and women each day, this is a question both troubled veterans and a growing group of PTSD counselors are seeking to understand. I had never heard of "moral injury" as one of the potential causes of veteran's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder until recently.
Rather than grief over what happened to them, they live with grief over what they did to other human beings. At the core, it addresses the enormous pain men and women in the military feel when their fundamental understanding of right and wrong is violated. They live, often for years, with grief, numbness, guilt and shame over their actions.
Emerging as a relatively new term, it's as old an experience as war itself. Soldiers from every war speak of this. Memories abound. A World War II 17-year-old submarine sailor lives his entire life recalling the day they destroyed an enemy carrier and weren't allowed to pick up the screaming survivors drifting at sea; a Vietnam veteran continues having visual images of entire villages destroyed, knowing civilian casualties were inevitable; a Marine in Afghanistan continues to lament a split-second decision to kill an armed 13-year-old child during a firefight; or a platoon leader in Iraq suffers survivor guilt after a roadside blast kills comrades under his protection .
"Moral injuries," explains former Army psychiatrist Elspeth Ritcher in a three-part Huffinton-Post series by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Wood, "are caused by a tortured conscience. You may not have done anything wrong by the law of war, but by your own humanity you feel that it's wrong." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wood/.
But a couple of years ago, when a deer jumped in front of his car and her body parts exploded violently before him, his PTSD came roaring back. "I finally understood where my terror came from. It was a combination of shame and fear of being found out." Now actively seeking healing and wholeness, he finds the writing of Dr. Edward Tick, a psycho-therapist who wrote about moral injury in War and the Soul especially insightful. He also finds deep meaning in helping other veterans in their journey to wellness.
Read One Veteran's Story from Larry Shook here.
According to Woods, the Pentagon has quietly funded a $2 million clinical trial to explore ways to adapt PTSD therapies for Marines suffering from moral injury. William P. Nash, a retired Navy psychiatrist and a pioneer in stress control and moral injury believes many returning veterans bear this pain. "I would bet anything that if we had the wherewithal to do this kind of research we'd find that moral injury underlies veteran homelessness, criminal behavior, suicide." He sees it akin to grief and sorrow, with lasting impact on individuals and their families that affects intimacy, trust in life, and sense of purpose. But he also believes that, in time, with awareness and intentional treatment that nurtures a positive identity infused with compassion and forgiveness, healing is possible.
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For each of you who love a veteran, plus clergy and counselors who hear their stories, I hope knowing more of this potential source of inner anguish will add insight to help in their healing. I'd really encourage you to read Doug Wood's series in the Huffington-Post mentioned above and Larry Shook's One Veteran's Story for far more in-depth understanding. They deserve our best.


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 Kristallweizen, helder en lichtblond gekleurd, gefilterd
 Dunkelweizen, troebel en donkerblond gekleurd, ongefilterd
 Weizenbock, extra sterk (rond de 8 procent), blond of donker, meestal ongefilterd

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In Weizenbier, dat volgens het Reinheitsgebot wordt gebrouwen, worden geen kruiden toegevoegd. In Belgisch witbier wordt gebruikgemaakt van kruiden, met name koriander en schillen van citrusvruchten, waardoor het bier een frisse citrusachtige smaak krijgt.

Weizenbier wordt gebrouwen van tarwemout (en gerstemout). Belgisch witbier wordt van ongemoute tarwe gebrouwen (en gerstemout).

Wel of geen citroen?
Wie een glas witbier op een terras bestelt krijgt het vaak geserveerd met een schijfje citroen. Deze gewoonte zou ontstaan zijn toen Hoegaarden witbier zo populair was dat het bier te weinig tijd had om te rijpen. Met het schijfje citroen kon men de zure smaak dan toevoegen. Bierkenners ergeren zich daaraan blijkt uit onderzoek van Biernet.nl.

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Using MeaningCloud APIs we are able to include interesting features for Social TV like analyzing the sentiment around an entity (a program, actor or sportsperson). Besides, entity recognition and topic extraction allow us to produce trending topics for a program that correlate well with whatever happens on-screen. They work as an effective form to organize the conversation in real-time when combined with the online facets provided by SenseiDB. Other functionalities like language recognition and text classification help us to clean the noisy streams of comments.
SenseiDB is the second pillar of our system. A semi-structured distributed database that helps us to ingest streams and made them available for search in real-time with low query and indexing times. It includes a large number of facet types that enable us to use navigation using a range of semantic information. With the help of histogram and range facets it could even be overused for simple analytics tasks. It is well rounded with a simple and elegant query language, BQL, which help us to boost the development of visualizations on top.
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