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Watch: UAE's Etihad Rail passenger train chugs on a track in new video
The UAE recently got a glimpse into how its residents and tourists will commute in a few years from now. During the epic National Day celebrations in Abu Dhabi, the first prototype of the Etihad Rail passenger train rolled in, as the audience — that included Their Highnesses the UAE President, Vice-President and Rulers of the Emirates — waved and cheered.
The rail operator took to Twitter on Monday to highlight the team's pride in being part of the epic show. It shared a video, showing a train moving on a railway track:
"It is a privilege for Etihad Rail to serve the nation, and we were honoured to be showcased in UAE's National Day celebrations. This national showcase provided the perfect opportunity to give the UAE public a glimpse of the future, unveiling our first prototype passenger train," Etihad Rail posted.
The National Day show in Abu Dhabi had an actual train wagon with passengers and engine roll on to the stage.
Etihad Rail's passenger services will connect 11 cities in the UAE. With top speeds of 200kmph, passengers can travel from Abu Dhabi to Dubai in 50 minutes, and from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah in 100. The trains are expected to reduce commute times by up to 40 per cent.
By 2030, the number of passengers is expected to reach more than 36.5 million annually.
The trains will be equipped with modern amenities, including infotainment systems, charging stations, and more, along with food, beverages, and ample legroom. It will also have an advanced air-conditioning system. Seating segments include first, business, and economy classes.
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Mystery Monday: Zira/Ziros
Today we're looking at a pair of names, because given where they are both found, and the similarity in their sound/spelling, we're wondering if they aren't perhaps related.
So we've got two examples, both from 13th C Poland, both recorded in Latin, both masculine nominative; one Zira, one Ziros. Neither of these is in a usual masculine Latin nominative format, which is a strong clue that both names are not native Latin names, and thus we should (or at least, could) look for Slavic roots. Given that neither was Latinized in the expected way (Zirus), this makes us think that the name which is being both of these instances is possibly the same name, one which does not lend itself to Latinization well, so whatever scribe is rendering it must take a stab at Latinizing it himself.
Now, the -os ending smacks very strongly of Greek declensions, which is one possible route into the Slavic name pool; however, Ziros is not itself an immediately identifiable Greek personal name — though it is the name of a lake (and of a newly formed municipality that takes its name from the lake). So that doesn't help us very much.
Stretching out further afar, and quite a bit more tangentially, there is a modern Armenian masculine name Ժիրայր, which has a nickname Ժիրո or Žiro. Could this be related?
We'd love to know your thoughts, especially if you've got more expertise in Slavic names than we (currently) have!
Tagged as Greek, Latin, Polish, Slavic, Zira, Ziros
Mystery Monday: Uliana
Today's name is an especially interesting one because of the complicated context in which it is found. We have recently been working through a collection of notarial documents relating to enslaved pepole in Florence from the early 1360s on. The documents are fascinating for the wealth of data that they provide, not only on Florentine slave-owner names and the names of the people that they enslaved, but also the cultural and geographical origins of the enslaved people, their ages, and their physical characteristics. Reading through the records is sobering business: It is hard not to feel the weight of the unhappy story behind each entry. Most of the enslaved people are women; many of them are still children.
Most of the people were renamed after they were enslaved, with the documents often saying that someone was so named "in lingua latina"; a handful include the name the person was previously known by, "in lingua sua" or "in lingua tartare" (most frequently). Both data sets provide interesting material: On the side of the new names, certain classic Italian names are vastly over represented — probably 1/3 to 1/2 of the enslaved women were renamed some variant of Caterina or Margarita — both popular names in Italy in the 14th century, but not that popular. And on the side of the people's original names, we get intriguing glimpses as to how names in Greek, Slavic, and Turkic languages were rendered into Latin. (For instance, the two Greek women who were named Cali or Chali in their original language may have in fact been named from καλή, the Greek word for 'beautiful').
What's also interesting is that the pool of "Latin" names that were given to the enslaved people is not merely a subset of the names born by Florentines. Today's mystery name is one that was the "new" name of two enslaved women (one of Tartar origin, the other not specified), and which we have not otherwise seen in Italy: Uliana.
Is it a form of Juliana/Iuliana? Is it a variant of Eliana (which itself may be a form of Juliana, or possibly a form of Ellen)? Is it distinct from either of these? We don't know. We hope you might have some thoughts. Please share in the comments!
And if you are interested in knowing more about the enslaved people in 14th-century Florence, we are tweeting the names from the records on the anniversaries, at @FlorentineSlave.
Filed under crowd-sourcing, dictionary entries, monthly topic
Tagged as Ellen, Greek, Italian, Juliana, Katherine, Latin, Margaret, Russian, Slavic, Turkic, Uliana
Mystery Monday: Trebeiza
Today's name is found in early 11th C Austria, in a list of witnesses to a charter, and is of uncertain gender (but, given that it's in a list of witnesses to a charter, is probably masculine). We've found a lot of names from modern-day Austria that have proven to be trickier than expected to identify — it's fascinating to see the strength of the Germanic influence on the naming pool waning the further east and south we go.
This name, however, isn't a complete mystery! Our "throw the name at google, see what comes up" method of researching tricky names led us to Christa Hlawinka's MagPhil diploma Slawische Sprachspuren im Mühlviertel, which discusses this name on pp. 96-97:
Triefhaider: Der Hof Triefhaider liegt in der Rotte Dörfl, Gemeinde Kefermarkt, GB und PB Freistadt.
1115 F 13. JhA ist in einer lateinischen Urkunde […] predium Marchuardi Threbeia erwähnt; 1125 predium Marcwardi Trebeie und Trebeię, 1230 Witigo de Treveie, 1418 Trefay.
Ein slawischer Personenname *Trěbějь zu *trěb- 'bedürftig, geeignet, würdig sein' könnte namengebend gewesen sein. (HOHENSINNER 2003a:164-165). *Trěbějь findet
sich ebenfalls im Verzeichnis der alpenslawischen Personennamen, dazu ist in der Steiermark 1030 die weibliche Form Trebeiza (< *Trěbějica) belegt (KRONSTEINER 1975:76,167). Vgl. sln. treba 'notwendig' und tschech. třeba 'vielleicht'; entsprechendes ursl. *terba könnte von *terbiti 'reinigen, roden' abgeleitet sein im Sinne von 'opfern' (aksl. trěba 'Opfer') (REJZEK 2001:679).
We wouldn't mind at all, though, some help translating this, particularly the Slavic elements and the abbreviations! If you can help, please let us know in the comments!
Tagged as German, Slavic, Trebeiza
Mystery Monday: Warslav
Today's name is a Low German form of a Slavic name — the deuterotheme makes that clear — but what's not entirely clear is the exact root name. (We suspect that our tentative canonical form Warslav is not the one that will end up as the header name). Slavicists, this one's for you! Got any suggestions? Please share in the comments!
Tagged as German, Slavic, Warslav
'Love'-ly Names for Valentine's Day
Today is an good excuse to take a tour through names in the Dictionary that derive from words related to love.
Latin amo "I love" gives us a wealth of names, both masculine and feminine. The participle amandus/amanda 'meant to be loved' becomes Amant and Amanda, and the adjective amatus/amata 'loved, beloved' gives rise to Amat and Amata. On the active side of things, amator 'lover' turns into the name Amadore. From the Old French development of the Latin root, we have Ami and Amy, and then finally there are the compounds: Amadeus 'beloved by God' is wholly Latin, while the lovely Amadilde displays the unusual combination of a Latin prototheme with a Germanic deuterotheme.
Latin carus/cara 'dear, beloved, loved' was popular in Italian developments, including Caro and Cara simpliciter, and the compounds Bellacara, Carabella, Caradonna, and Deocar. The superlative form of the adjective is found in Carissima.
Finally, the Latin goddess name Venus is the root of the name Venerio (and also the word 'venereal', so we wouldn't recommend this option to anyone seeking a name for their baby.)
The root of the romantic Welsh name Angharad is a Proto-Celtic word for 'love'.
The Old Breton word cum can mean both 'gentle' and 'beloved', and appears in the name Iarncum.
In rare cases, the name Dodo can derive from a Hebrew word meaning 'beloved'. A more well-known Hebrew name with this meaning is David.
The Slavic element drag, drog, drah 'precious, beloved' is a popular theme, found in Dragoslav.
Old English is where we must turn for names of deriving from a Germanic element meaning love, specifically, lēof 'dear, loved'. Here on the feminine side we have Loveday as well as, possibly, Lovewell, though the origin of the latter is uncertain, and on the masculine side Lefchild, Lefsy, Lefward, and Lefwin.
Finally, we have two names incorporating Greek φίλος 'dear, loved, loving': Philip and Theophilus.
Tagged as Amadeus, Amadilde, Amadore, Amanda, Amant, Amat, Amata, Ami, Amy, Angharad, Bellacara, Breton, Cara, Carabella, Caradonna, Carissima, Caro, Celtic, David, Dodo, Dragoslav, Greek, Hebrew, Iarncum, Italian, Latin, Lefchild, Lefsy, Lefward, Lefwin, Loveday, Lovewell, Old English, Philip, Slavic, Theophilus, Venerio, Welsh
Nicknames: Slavic diminutives
What is fascinating about diminutive suffixes is how you can trace linguistic contact and language relationships through diminutive forms. We saw that in our previous post, with the similarity between German and Dutch diminutives, and we will see it again when we look at the French diminutives -el and -in. In this post, we look at Slavic diminutives — suffixes used in Poland, the Ukraine, and the Czech Republic — which share a clear relationship with Low German -ke(n). We concentrate on the two most common suffix types: -ko and -ek for men and -ka and -ek(a) for women.
As with the German suffixes, these show up in Latin contexts at least as early as the 13th C. [1,2] But unlike some of the German diminutive forms, which for the most part were rarer than the root names, Slavic diminutives often eclipsed the root name in popularity — for example, in the Czech Republic, diminutive forms of Judith far outstrip the full form.
In what is now modern-day Czech Republic, the suffix -ka was often spelled -ca (especially in Latin contexts where k was often avoided) or with an added sibilant, either before or after the \k\, resulting in -zca, -zka, -kza, etc. Examples of this include Anka (from Anne) and Elsca, Elzca, and Elzka (from Elizabeth). Often, this suffix was added not to the full form of the name, but to a hypocoristic from — as in the forms of Elizabeth just noted. In particular, native Slavic names were often truncated before the diminutive suffix was added, as we see in the names Sdynka, Zdincza, Zdinka (from Zdeslava) and Budka, Budcza (from Budislava). As a result, it can be often difficult to identify what the root name is, which is the case with many of the masculine examples we currently have. Given their linguistic and geographic context, masculine names such as Boczko, Czenko, Daszko, Luczko, Parcko, Raczko, Steczko, and Wyrsko are almost all certainly diminutives, though as of yet we haven't yet confidently identified the root names.
Our data from Poland, at this point, is still relatively limited, but even amongst the handful of diminutive forms that we have, we can see the influence of the Slavic construction in forms such as Ludeko (from Louis), another example of which we find in Lübeck a few years later. What we tend to see more in our limited Polish data is similarity with German suffixes, in particular one which we didn't discuss in our previous post: -el. When we discuss German masculine diminutive suffixes, we'll return to this!
Finally, let's look at Ukraine. As with Poland, our data from the Ukraine is still quite limited, and yet, even amongst that limited data we have a surprisingly large percentage of diminutive forms (making up nearly 7%!) [3]. We see both the -(z)ko and -ek suffixes in this data, as witnessed by Iaczko (from Jacob), Iwanko (from John), and Muszyk (root name not yet identified), on the masculine side, and Marsucha (from Mary) on the feminine side.
One must be leery of drawing any strong conclusions from the limited data that we've gathered so far. Nevertheless, even in this small data set we have ample illustration of the variety of ways in which diminutives could be formed, and evidence of their popularity.
[1] Artsikhovskii, A. V., et al. Novgorodskie gramoty na bereste, Vols I-VII. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1953-78, no. 348.
[2] Moroshkin, Mikhail. Slavianskii imenoslov ili sobranie slavianskikh lichnykh imen. Saint Petersburg: n.p., 1867, p. 124.
[3] Compare that with, say, England or Spain, where diminutives make up 3%, or Sweden, where it is 4%.
Tagged as Anne, Boczko, Budislava, Czech, Czenko, Daszko, diminutives, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Judith, Latin, Louis, Luczko, Mary, Parcko, Polish, Raczko, Slavic, Steczko, Ukrainian, Wyrsko, Zdeslava

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Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza's life has been miraculous, filled with unspeakable horror and extraordinary acts of kindness. Born in 1972, Deo grew up in the rural community of Kigutu in Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world. For 13 years, beginning when Deo was 21, his country and its people experienced the traumas of war and genocide in which hundreds of thousands died. Deo has set out to help heal them and, in the process, to heal himself.
Even as a boy, Deo looked for ways to help his community. "In high school I was the president of a student group that volunteered to build a clinic," he says. "The governor told us that if we made the bricks, he would provide the roofing. All summer we worked hard, waiting for roofing from the government, but it never came. Then one day a thunderstorm reduced our unfired bricks to mud." Deo thinks of this disheartening experience often and even called upon it as inspiration for founding the non- profit he leads today, Village Health Works. He explains, "Many of my fellow students from those days died in the war. But they are the people I remember when I help others today." Deo was luckier than his classmates. When the war broke out during his third year of medical school he was able to flee, seeking asylum in New York. When he arrived, Deo spoke no English and had no job, no home, and no money. His hopes of becoming a doctor were dashed.
Eventually, Deo managed to get hired as a grocery store delivery boy in Manhattan, working 12 hours a day for $15. One fateful day, his deliveries brought him to the steps of St. Thomas Moore church, where he met Sharon McKenna. "Since the day we met, she has never given up on me," he says. "She is an extremely compassionate person who cares deeply about the world. She found a home for me and helped me even when I tried running away due to embarrassment and shame." That home was the Manhattan apartment of Nancy and Charlie Wolf, with whom Deo continues to live 20 years later.


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Gustav to spoil Moore's fun
By Briggs on September 1, 2008 • ( 8 Comments )
Gustav is weakening and steering to the west of the Big Easy.
The Air Force regularly sends in its "hurricane hunter" aircraft, and the last observation of about a hour ago showed central winds "generously described" at 100 knots, and those probably falling. The National Hurricane Center reports that the AF plane didn't even find an eye wall, though radar reports an open (therefore weaker one) over the south.
The forecasters also report "WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SUGGESTS A DRY INTRUSION AND A RESTRICTION OF THE UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE HURRICANE." What that means in English is that the storm will very probably get weaker. (We—I used to be a National Weather Service forecaster—always had to type forecasts in all upper case. This is a throwback to teletypewriter days.)
"ALSO THE CLOUD PATTERN HAS BECOME A BIT MORE RAGGED ON GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE PICTURES. BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE COAST…NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STRENGTH APPEARS LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL." That one doesn't need any translation.
Make no mistake, however. Gustav is still a big storm and those in his path should get out of his way. It will absolutely cause damage and cost a lot of people a lot of money.
But the wide-spread death and destruction so avidly hoped for by the radical left (see two posts ago) Michael Moore, Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler, inter alia now seems unlikely.
What a sad day!
The weather also spoils the media's fun. You could almost feel the anticipation and eagerness in the news rooms yesterday. Reporters irresponsibly echoed New Orleans' mayor's foolish statement calling Gustav the "storm of the century." This kind of idiotic hyperbole, while typical, is easy to spot, so why does the media regularly give it so much play?
I just turned on the news and they showed a reporter, ridiculously overdressed in rain gear that would hold back a flood, giving his best effort. He shouted in the microphone, held his hat as the breeze and drizzle assaulted him. What a trooper.
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Guess they're all trying to look like a young Dan Rather during Hurricane Camille. It's iconic, so the look has to be worshipped, I guess.
As an alternative, they could try to look like Old Dan Rather and present forged documents that nearly anyone with desktop publishing experience could debunk in seconds. It has the advantage of being drier.
JamesG says:
Come on, it was just a bad joke. He didn't mean he wanted anyone to be hurt. He even said "I hope nobody gets hurt". Far indeed from wishing widespread death and destruction. And you rail against the hyperbole of others!
Briggs says:
Moore's "joke" was in poor taste at best. He should have kept it to himself, as should have Don Fowler.
I also suspect that they were not joking and would indeed be glad for a truly destructive storm (though I admit I might be wrong about this).
The guy deserves a punch in the nose for some ungentlemanly behavior.
Well, his alter-ego gets roundly pimp-slapped by Patton, George Washington and Bill O'Reilly in "An American Carol", coming to theaters near you.
It's as close as we're going to get until the right wing develops a secret Ninja Pie brigade.
Talking of the secret Ninja pie brigade, it's a global problem. Although this article"cornered by the green lynch mob" is from 2005 it's very funny.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article757025.ece
Briggs:
tried to send a comment three times which didn't appear. Reluctant to try a fourth in case they all appear together. Am I in the sin bin?
Talking of secret Ninja pie brigade,this article,although old now is very funny.
Shows it's a global problem. The link didn't work but google "cornered by the green lynch mob"and it's the first item.
TCO says:
I think the whole jumping up and down on him for a remark is silly. Although opportunistic. I make black humor all the time. Hate PC speech codes or stifling of good fun. Let's not use the namby pampby tactics of our opponents. It justifies them and makes us ball-less like them.
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Markos Zachariadis is Associate Professor of Information Systems Management & Innovation at Warwick Business School and a FinTech Research Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Digital Innovation (CDI), University of Cambridge. Markos' research sits at the cross section of economics of digital innovation, financial technology studies, and network economics, and has studied extensively the economic impact of ICT adoption on bank performance, the diffusion of payment networks, and the role of data & standards in payment infrastructures (SWIFT) and financial markets (LEI) among other things. His research has been published in top academic journals such as MIS Quarterly, Research Policy, and Business History and has been awarded the NET Institute Award (NYU Stern Business School) for his study on the economics of payment networks, and the SWIFT Institute Award for his research on Open APIs and Digital Transformation in Banking. He is also co-author of "The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT): Cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community" (London: Routledge 2014).
Dr. Zachariadis is a board advisor, mentor, and international keynote speaker and has been invited to present his research insights to various international conferences and organizations (SIBOS, Bank of England, Microsoft, Innovate Finance Global Summit, SWIFT, IBM, Financial Times Leadership Series, EY, Bank of Cyprus, Z/Yen, APIdays, etc.). He was also the organizer of an international conference at Warwick Business School on PayTech innovation funded by Gates Foundation, MasterCard and Capco. As a recognised expert, Markos often shares his work and perspectives with media outlets such as The Times, World Finance, Financial Times' Banker Magazine, Bloomberg, Fortune Magazine, BBC, CNN, The Telegraph, Sky News, USA Today, ITV News, The Conversation, among many other.
Prior to joining Warwick Business School, Dr. Zachariadis was a Researcher at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, a Visiting Scholar at London Business School and a Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. He studied economics at the University of Patras, Department of Economics in Greece and holds an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics, Department of Management. Before turning to academia, Markos worked for multinational companies in the technology and financial services sector such as Hewlett Packard Inc. and UBS Investment Bank in Greece, Spain and the UK.
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Claudia's Vision
In her 10 starts, Claudia's Vision never finished better than fifth. While it seemed that the New York-bred daughter of Court Vision just wasn't meant to be on the racetrack, her disposition and build caught the attention of a young hunter/jumper professional.
In late 2017, Taylor Dowd was searching for a horse. Dowd had signed up for a Trainer Certification Program (TCP) Clinic with George Morris in November 2018, and while the clinic was almost a year away, she needed to find a suitable mount. She found herself on the Facebook page of TAA-accredited After The Races looking at the off-track Thoroughbreds.
"I stumbled upon her profile/album posted on the ATR Facebook page in early January. I thought she was super cute and had a kind eye, nice little trot on the short video of her at liberty," Dowd said. "She was put together nicely for a hunter/jumper prospect and had my ideal OTTB 'too slow to race' back story. She had potential to be my George Morris (clinic) mount."
In January 2018, Claudia's Vision, with her new barn name of "Maci," came home with Dowd. Dowd's instincts about her new horse were reaffirmed when the filly didn't bat an eye when stepping off the trailer at her new home and then climbed up a giant snow-covered hill to reach the barn.
"We arrived home late and it was dark. Our driveway is steep and with the snow, I wasn't able to make it to the top where the barn is located," Dowd said about the journey home with Claudia's Vision.
"We parked at the bottom and, in the dark, made the uphill trek, roughly 300 yards. She didn't take one single hesitant step. She walked into her stall, took a drink, and started munching hay like she had been there her whole life. I love her for that."
Since then, Dowd has been slowly bringing her young horse along and said she's been a "gem" to work with.
"We have had an incredible year together," Dowd said. "She has traveled to some local barns and small shows to school around and has always been willing to please. She hacks out on the trails and in the fields alone. She jumped around our hunt course like it's no big deal.
"We have ridden in clinics with Melanie Smith Taylor, Ronny Riemer, and we did successfully hit our goal to ride together in front of George Morris this November, also accrediting me toward the USHJA Trainer Certification Program. She truly showed a glimpse, in the last couple months, of just how athletic she is going to be. With some more time and training, she is going to be one fancy gal."
The pair looks forward to competing in the baby green hunter division in 2019, and most importantly, just enjoying their time together.
"She is such a fun horse to ride and work with, and just generally be around," Dowd said. "She is affectionate, but independent. She is confident, but respectful and attentive. And she is always willing and honest. I adore her."


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Vicente Wanchope Kelly (Limón, 19 de julio de 1946) es un exfutbolista costarricense, que jugó la mayor parte de su carrera como delantero con Herediano.

Carrera como futbolista
Wanchope inició sus ligas menores en la Escuela Rafael Yglesias de Limón y como juvenil en el Club Sport Juan Gobán, donde dio el salto al fútbol profesional.

Debutó a nivel mayor en 1964 en la ASODELI, donde es el goleador histórico del club con 54 goles.

Fue traspasado al Herediano en 1969, en una transferencia que causó controversia debido a una cifra exorbitante altamente involucrada. En Herediano es el quinto goleador histórico con 73 anotaciones.

Finalizó su carrera en Barrio México. Wanchope totalizó 133 goles en la Primera División, estando dentro de los máximos 10 artilleros históricos durante más de cuatro décadas, hasta que a finales del año 2019 lo superaron Álvaro Saborío y Jonathan McDonald.

Carrera internacional
Llamado La Gacela Negra, debutó en la Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica en 1969 y jugó 29 encuentros, anotando 5 goles. Representó a Costa Rica en el NORCECA 1969, donde resultó campeón y el NORCECA 1971 donde obtuvo el tercer lugar.

Luego estuvo presente en los Panamericanos 1975 en México, donde tuvo una destacada actuación anotando 4 goles de los 7 en total logrados por su Selección, pintando la cara a los favoritos Brasil (anotó al portero Carlos Roberto Gallo) y Argentina y finalmente conquistando el cuarto lugar de la competición.

Finalizó su carrera en la Selección en el Preolímpico de Concacaf de 1976 jugado en el año 1975.

Vida personal
Wanchope estuvo casado y quedó viudo de Patricia Watson (hermana de Carlos Watson) y fue el primer futbolista famoso de la familia Wanchope nacido en Costa Rica, seguido por sus tres hijos Javier, Paulo y Carlos. Luego de su retiro deportivo, trabajó en el ICE en Colima.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Ficha técnica de Vicente Wanchope

Futbolistas de Costa Rica
Futbolistas de la selección de fútbol de Costa Rica en los años 1960
Futbolistas de la selección de fútbol de Costa Rica en los años 1970
Futbolistas de Costa Rica en el Campeonato de Naciones de la Concacaf 1969
Futbolistas de Costa Rica en el Campeonato de Naciones de la Concacaf 1971
Futbolistas del Club Sport Herediano en los años 1960
Futbolistas del Club Sport Herediano en los años 1970

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Lots of Questions Still Hang over Trump's Tax Plan
JOSH BOAK Tuesday, 15 August 2017 12:59 PM
President Donald Trump wants to close a frustrating 2017 with the first overhaul of the tax code in more than three decades.
Yet after seven months of work, Trump's plan remains little more than a rough sketch. Despite the haziness of the blueprint, administration officials have held to their pledges that lowering tax rates would spur the creation of millions of jobs and faster economic growth.
The White House maintains that the House and Senate will begin considering a detailed tax overhaul after the August recess with final passage scheduled for November. But after the Republican drive to repeal the 2010 health care law collapsed this summer, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that the president had "excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process."
The president told reporters last week, "I'm very disappointed in Mitch."
Here are the open questions about taxes that will be decided in the coming months:
TAX CUTS OR TAX REFORM?
They're not the same thing, though Trump seems to use the terms interchangeably.
Tax cuts mean that people simply pay less money to the government. Reform is more complex and more difficult to achieve. It generally involves simplifying the tax code by erasing breaks. With tax reform, the government can, in theory, collect taxes from a broader base of incomes and that enables lower rates.
Tax reform is difficult because the deductions and tax breaks generally have vocal and well-financed supporters who will fight to preserve those benefits.
"From a political standpoint, the perceived losers are more vocal and louder than the perceived winners," said Mark Mazur, director of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and a former Treasury Department official in the Obama administration.
This is why the administration might ultimately decide to cut taxes in hopes of boosting the economy, rather than wading through an overhaul.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS?
Trump has said he wants tax relief for the middle class.
He has supported doubling the "standard deduction." This essentially means that a greater amount of income would be treated as tax-free and that would help the middle class.
But many elements of the outline the White House submitted in April, like eliminating the estate tax, favor the wealthiest 1 percent of earners. This group would see their after-tax incomes shoot up on average 17.8 percent under the plan, while the middle fifth of taxpayers would get a boost of only 3.3 percent, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center.
Some people who perceive of themselves as middle class could be surprised by tax hikes. This is because the White House wants to shrink the number of personal tax brackets to three from seven, but it hasn't set the income levels for the new brackets.
Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, said the income levels will be set by the House Ways and Means Committee, which will draft and hold hearings on the bill.
SO WILL THE DEFICIT RISE?
Trump and congressional leaders have kept quiet about just how much a tax overhaul could increase the budget deficit. Outside analysts have estimated that the known changes could cause the debt to climb by several trillions of dollars over the next decade. A joint White House and congressional statement released in July says their priority is keeping the deficit at its current projections.
Congress could use accounting gimmicks in the budget process to create space for large tax cuts before the new fiscal year starts in October. However, the gimmicks aren't a long-term solution to a revenue shortfall.
Lawmakers could change how the deficit gets calculated in future years by treating tax breaks that are set to expire this year as permanent. This could add $450 billion to the baseline over 10 years, said Marc Goldwein, senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
The budget instructions could also allow lawmakers to make both permanent and temporary changes to the tax code.
"This is one way that they get some of their priorities" without having to eliminate popular tax breaks, said Kyle Pomerleau, director of federal projects at the right-leaning Tax Foundation.
WILL THE PLAN MOSTLY BENEFIT THE RICH?
One way White House aides say that growth will be improved is by reducing taxes for smaller firms in which a company's profits double as the owner's personal income. These are commonly known as "pass-through" businesses — and they're linked with rising income inequality.
Trump's April guidelines would have this income taxed at a rate as low as 15 percent, the same as its intended rate for all corporate income. The top corporate tax rate is now 35 percent, relatively high compared with similar nations. The administration has also said it would create rules to keep the wealthy from exploiting the lower pass-through rate as a way to reduce their tax rates.
Pass-throughs play a key role in widening income inequality. Research by economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez found that the top 1 percent of earners accounted for more than 20 percent of total U.S. income in 2013, up from 10 percent in 1980. Of that increase in share of income, 41 percent was due to wealthier people earning money via pass-through firms.
But so far, Trump aides say they have yet to finalize a plan that would support small businesses instead of the rich.
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President Donald Trump wants to close a frustrating 2017 with the first overhaul of the tax code in more than three decades.Yet after seven months of work, Trump's plan remains little more than a rough sketch.
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Q: How to make an object of a class pass itself to another class? (JAVA) I am trying to make a 2d Java platform game, and I have trouble with creating the collision that takes the player to the next level. Here's an example of how I draw a map, and what the symbols means:
30
5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1
2 -2 1 1 10

EXPLANATION:
The first line in the map is the width.
The second line in the map is the height.
MATRIX of 1's, 0's, and a single 2 placed somewhere on the map
with width * columns and height * rows
BLANK LINE
Number of moving blocks
X Y ID LEFTBOUND RIGHTBOUND

Now the left- and right bounds are coordinates on the grid,
but we're multiplying these by the block size so that we
have an actual pixel value

Also with the X and Y, the actual location would not be X and Y,
it would be X * BlockSize, Y * BlockSize.

I have set up my game like a map of blocks (rectangles) and so far my code looks like this:
TileBlock-clas:
package TileMap;

import GameState.GameState;
import Resources.Images;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.Serial;

public class TileBlock extends Rectangle {
    @Serial
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public static final int blockSize = 64;
    private final int id;

    public TileBlock(int x, int y, int id){
        setBounds(x, y, blockSize, blockSize);
        this.id = id;
    }

    public void draw(Graphics g) {

        g.setColor(Color.BLACK);

        // 2 on the map is a flag post
        if( id == 2 ) {
            g.drawImage(Images.flag[0], (int) (x - GameState.xOffset),
                    (int) (y - GameState.yOffset), width, height, null);
        }

        // 1 on the map is a block
        if( id == 1){
            g.drawImage(Images.tileBlocks[0], (int) (x - GameState.xOffset),
                    (int) (y - GameState.yOffset), width, height, null);
        }
    }

    public int getID() { return id; }
    public void update() { }
}

TileMap-class:
package TileMap;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class TileMap {

    private final String path;

    private static TileBlock[][] tileBlocks;                   // Multi-dimensional array
    private static ArrayList<MovingBlock> movingBlocks;        // Re-sizable array

    public TileMap(String loadPath) {
        path = loadPath;
        loadTileMap();
    }

    public void draw(Graphics g) {
        for (TileBlock[] tileBlock : tileBlocks) {
            for (int j = 0; j < tileBlocks[0].length; j++) { tileBlock[j].draw(g); }
        }

        if (movingBlocks != null && !movingBlocks.isEmpty()){
            for (MovingBlock mb : movingBlocks) { mb.draw(g); }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Takes the file path and loads the tile map
     */
    public void loadTileMap() {

        InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(path);
        assert inputStream != null;
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));

        try {
            int width = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());        // First line of the tile map is the width
            int height = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());       // Second line of the tile map is the height

            tileBlocks = new TileBlock[height][width];

            String line;
            for (int y = 0; y < height; y++){
                line = br.readLine();                       // Third line is the first row of tile map (string of 1's)
                String[] tokens = line.split("\\s+"); // Split string at spaces

                for (int x = 0; x < width; x++){
                    tileBlocks[y][x] = new TileBlock(
                            x * TileBlock.blockSize, y * TileBlock.blockSize, Integer.parseInt(tokens[x]));
                }
            }

            // Read the data we need from the map
            line = br.readLine();                             // The first blank line in the map
            line = br.readLine();                             // Then the nr of moving blocks (see mapExplanation)
            if (line != null && !line.isEmpty()) {
                int length = Integer.parseInt(line);              // Length of array-list (how many moving blocks we have)
                movingBlocks = new ArrayList<>();                 // Initialize our array list

                for (int i = 0; i < length; i++){
                    line = br.readLine();                         // The entire next line (see mapExplanation)
                    String[] tokens = line.split("\\s+");   // Split at spaces

                    movingBlocks.add(new MovingBlock(Integer.parseInt(tokens[0]) * TileBlock.blockSize,
                            Integer.parseInt(tokens[1]) * TileBlock.blockSize,
                            Integer.parseInt(tokens[2]),                        // ID
                            Integer.parseInt(tokens[3]) * TileBlock.blockSize,
                            Integer.parseInt(tokens[4]) * TileBlock.blockSize));
                }
            }
        } catch (NumberFormatException | IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
    }

    public static TileBlock[][] getTileBlocks() { return tileBlocks; }
    public static ArrayList<MovingBlock> getMovingBlocks() { return movingBlocks; }
}

And I have a collision class like this:
package Physics;

import Entities.Enemy;
import Entities.Player;
import TileMap.GoalPost;
import TileMap.MovingBlock;
import TileMap.TileBlock;
import java.awt.*;

public class Collision {
    public static boolean enemyBlocked(Point p, TileBlock tb) { return tb.contains(p); }
    public static boolean playerBlocked(Point p, TileBlock tb) { return tb.contains(p); }
    public static boolean playerMovingBlock(Point p, MovingBlock tb) { return tb.contains(p); }
    public static boolean playerReachedGoal(Point p, GoalPost goalPost) { return goalPost.contains(p); }

    public static boolean PECollision() {
        int playerX = Player.getPosition().x;
        int playerY = Player.getPosition().y;
        int playerW = Player.getWidth();
        int playerH = Player.getHeight();

        int enemyX = Enemy.getPosition().x;
        int enemyY = Enemy.getPosition().y;
        int enemyW = Enemy.getWidth();
        int enemyH = Enemy.getHeight();

        return (playerX < enemyX + enemyW && playerX + playerW > enemyX && playerY < enemyY + enemyH &&
                playerY + playerH > enemyY);
    }
}

I tried to make an instance of the goalpost in both the TileMap-class, and the Tile-Block class, by checking if the id = 2, like I did when drawing the map, but it did not work. So I tried to create a GoalPost-class like so:
package TileMap;

import GameState.GameState;
import Resources.Images;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.Serial;

public class GoalPost extends Rectangle {

    @Serial
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private final int leftBound, rightBound;
    public static int id;

    // Constructor
    public GoalPost(int x, int y, int id, int leftBound, int rightBound) {
        setBounds(x, y, TileBlock.blockSize, TileBlock.blockSize);
        GoalPost.id = id;
        this.rightBound = rightBound;
        this.leftBound = leftBound;
    }

    public void update() {
    }

    public void draw(Graphics g) {
        if (id == 2) {
            g.drawImage(Images.flag[0], (int) (x - GameState.xOffset),
                    (int) (y - GameState.yOffset), width, height, null);
        }
    }

    public static GoalPost getGoalPost() {
        return this;
    }
}

But I get this error: 'TileMap.GoalPost.this' cannot be referenced from a static context I don't understand this error, because if I make it non-static, I get an error saying I have to make it static. Does anyone know how I can get around this? All help is appreciated.

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Free Poetry For is an ongoing series of tiny chapbooks that are printed in a limited edition. When the chapbooks are printed, they are disseminated throughout public space (cafes, airports, buses and bus shelters, trains, waiting rooms, etc. etc. etc.) The purpose of the series is to heighten the awareness of poetry by putting it (poetry) in odd and unusual places and spaces, where poetry isn't traditionally understood to belong.
1. Print page one (cover) first.
2. Print remaining pages double-sided.
3. Fold text pages vertically.
4. Use a paper cutter and cut in half (at 5.5 inches).
5. Keep one for yourself, and give the rest away.


Blurb: Psychic, Tennyson Grimm, was kicked out of his house and disowned by his religious parents when he came out to them as gay and psychic. The last thing Tennyson's father said before the teenager boarded a Greyhound bus to Boston was that his son was dead to him. Flash forward thirteen years later, Tennyson couldn't have been more surprised when he woke to find the newly dead spirit of his father sitting on the end of his bed. David Grimm had one request of his estranged son. Go to Kansas and reunite with his mother.
Cold Case Detective, Ronan O'Mara, was all for this family reunion. Still recovering from injuries suffered during his last criminal investigation, he figures they'll fly to Kansas, bury Tennyson's father, and the hatchet with Kaye Grimm, then come back to Boston in time to plan their upcoming wedding.
When the Union Chapel Sheriff comes to Tennyson and Ronan with a years old cold case he'd like them to look into, the Boston-based duo can't turn down taking a peek at the case file. Tennyson is easily able to figure out whodunit, but the sheriff is leery to believe in his gift, bringing old prejudices back to life, and leaving Ronan to hunt for physical evidence the killer left behind.
Will Ronan be able to solve the cold case and help Tennyson resolve the decade old feud with his mother? Or will the tornado, with its sights set on the tiny town of Union Chapel, Kansas, make the other questions moot?
Review: Having to rehash old hurts done to him by his family leaves Ten on edge but he has to go to bury his father after his ghost visits him. Having to deal with his mothers bigoted ways takes a toll on Ten but with his friends and Ronan their to shelter him they teach his om that maybe she should change her ways. While this part is interesting I loved the mystery better.
While there Ten and Ronan are asked to look into a case. The details of the mystery are intense as the story progresses and we are given a glimpses of who the suspect is throughout. I loved how well the team works together to bring the suspect to light as they find clues that point in the right direction for the sheriff.
All in all it was a great read with an edge of your seat feel to it.
Blurb: Cold Case Detective, Ronan O'Mara, is looking forward to starting a new life in his new home, but when a strange house warming gift appears on his doorstep, he has no idea that it marks the start of a series of events that will put his life, and the lives of everyone close to him in danger. When murders similar to those committed by dead serial killer, Rod Jacobson, start occurring around Boston, Ronan is certain he has a copycat killer on his hands.
Psychic, Tennyson Grimm, is approached by friends for help dealing with issues surrounding their son. He quickly realizes there is more going on with the boy than teenaged angst. Though he doesn't want to believe it, his psychic abilities and a series of strange paranormal occurrences point to a link between the troubled teen and the murder victims that are turning up all over Boston.
Review: A copy cat killer hits close to home in this addition. Ronan knows he shot the killer but now someone is copying the killers MO. This story has it all mystery, suspense, drama and edge of your seat scenes.
I liked how close Ronan and Tennyson's group have gotten. It shows in this story as the events unfold. I don't want to give anything away but I will say it was devastating at the end.
Well written and captivating read.
Detective Ronan O'Mara has been tasked by his boss with the chore of finding a more "sedate" cold case to investigate this time around. The handsome cop is only too happy to oblige. He chooses the twenty-year-old case of a family patriarch who was murdered on Christmas night, 1997. The only possible suspects are either his wife or his daughter, who were both with him at the time of his death. Ronan figures this one will be a piece of cake. All he has to do is get his favorite medium to talk to the deceased man's spirit.
When Tennyson reveals the truth about what happened in Maine, he's forced to take a hard look at who he thought he was, and what his gift really means. Ronan does his best to help his lover cope with his new normal while he uses good old-fashioned police work to figure out a family who put the 'dis' in dysfunction.
Will Tennyson be able to find the key to unlock his gift, or will the spirits stay dead silent?
Review: Tennyson gets exactly what he asks for when on vacation he can't stand the voices and asks to be left alone. Silence rains down for the first time ever and Tennyson is scared of being cast out. I loved how Tennyson was struggling to living without his gift and relying on instinct and facts.
Each of the characters reconnected with them themselves and each other in this addition. I liked how even though Ronan had no clue how to help Tennyson he was there for him. Their relationship seemed to grow stronger between them as a result.
Interesting addition to the series.
Blurb: When the spirit of a young male prostitute comes to psychic Tennyson Grimm asking him to find the john who brutally murdered him, Tennyson can't say no. Only able to communicate through the use of images, rather than words, getting any information out of the young man is frustrating and slow going.
Review: Tennyson and Ronan seem to not know what they want in their relationship. At the start these two are not speaking to each other. When a teenage ghost comes to Tennyson wanting him to catch his killer he knows he's going to need Ronan's help.
The case is heartbreaking. I felt so sad for the untimely death of the young man and the manner in which he died. I was glad Tennyson and Ronan took the case to give the spirit peace.
While I like the series and realize that it needs both Tennyson and Ronan I have to admit I get somewhat bored reading about the same MC's over and over again. These two seem to run hot and cold at times and needed to talk to one another about what they actually want in a relationship.
Blurb: Carson Craig, the West Side Psychic, has just had a vision. This shouldn't be a strange occurrence since he makes his living offering people glimpses of "the other side." The problem is that Carson is a fraud. He's never even seen a glimmer of what the future holds, but now this vision of a green-eyed man, his chest bleeding from a gunshot wound, brings the charlatan-seer to his knees.
Human Resources Manager, Truman Wesley, has just fired an employee. Although unpleasant, it's a normal part of his job. What makes this incident unusual is that the firing occurs three weeks before Christmas and the enraged employee vows to get his revenge. Truman is badly shaken after the incident but tries to put it out of his mind so he can enjoy his favorite time of year with his family and friends.
All Carson wants to do when he sets out to find the handsome man in his vision is save the man's life. It seems that fate and the hearts of these two men have other plans. As Christmas draws near, Carson finds himself falling in love and struggling to find a way to tell Truman the truth about what brought them together.
When Truman discovers the truth about his lover all on his own and walks away from their relationship, will Carson be able to save him before these frightening visions become a reality?
Review: Carson was a fraud until his gift manifested. In doing so he sets out to save a man from death he sees in the vision. When he meets Truman sparks fly between the two. Fascinating story with suspense and drama.
I liked that Carson wanted to save Truman. Even though Carson was a little stunned that the gift manifested in him so late. Truman seemed laid back and happy except for the whole "I'm going to kill you" threat from the ex employee he fired.
All in all it was an entertaining read.
Please be aware this book deals with the topic of child abuse, specifically, sexual abuse.
Review: Ronan, a cop, is demoted to the cold case squad. I did not know quite what he did to be transferred. It claimed he was an alcoholic yet that did not feel quite right to me. The case itself was very well written and flowed smoothly with all the suspense and mystery you could want. However, I figured out the who done it early on.
The psychic, Tennyson is the real deal. He helps anyway he can with missing people. I loved his character and was intrigued by him. The reality t.v. show aspect of the book I did not like. I mean what detective would want a t.v. show following their every move as they investigated a disappearance. It seemed forced to me.
All in all this story was entertaining with an odd cast of characters that seemed to be introduced all at once at the beginning. They case was well written and had my attention from the start.
Good read with plenty of drama for all.