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Everything You Need to Know About BLACK WIDOW Villain Taskmaster
Maurice Mitchell 1/14/2020 02:32:00 PM Black-Widow, Black-Widow-2020, Maurice-Mitchell, Movies
Yesterday the new trailer for Marvel's Black Widow dropped and it's amazing. It marks the epic return of Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow and an insane amount of action.
The new trailer properly introduces the fresh Marvel Cinematic Universe villain: Taskmaster, a trained mercenary. It shows our first good view of the main villain of the film known as Taskmaster.
The big fight is short. More of a tease. But it's clear he's a formidable opponent. A lot of the footage in the new trailer was first shown at Disney's biennial fan convention, D23.
But who is he? Let's find out.
Who Is Taskmaster?
He first appeared in The Avengers #195 (1980) and was created by David Michelinie, George Pérez, and Alex Horne. In the comics his real name is Anthony "Tony" Masters and is a master assassin.
Taskmaster is a long-standing villain who has "photographic reflexes". In the comics he was born with a condition that allows him to emulate any movement he sees at least once. He became a star quarterback on his high school football team from watching one game. He was able to do a championship dive but almost drowned because he'd never watched anyone swim.
Later he injected himself with a Nazi prototype super-soldier serum that unlocks his memory functions. That means once he sees someone move he can mimic their movements perfectly. One scene in the teaser shows him fighting Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (David Harbour) and they have similar movements and styles.
He's going to be one of the toughest villains she's ever fought because he can match her moves exactly. How do you fight someone that's the master of unarmed combat and yours too? No word if he'll do that leg wrap around the neck trick. Not sure I want to see that.
Besides being an expert at hand-to-hand combat he's also a master at weaponry. In the comics he is typically shown with a sword and a shield. Because of his photographic memory he can use it with the same skill as Captain America.
In the trailer you see him with a metal disk that has a glowing red mark that resembles the "T" in Taskmaster comic book shield. We don't know what it does or how it works but in the comics he stole it. The shield was designed and based off of Captain America's classic weapon. In the comics it's not made out of Vibranium or Adamantium but is indestructible. The alloy, known as Osmium is strong enough to defend against attacks from Iron Man and Cap. In the trailer we see it seemingly absorb gunfire. Whatever it's made of or how it works he's a formidable opponent.
It has been stated that Taskmaster's shield is constructed from an Osmium Alloy and nearly indestructible. The Alloy is strong enough to withstand attacks from Iron Man, and strikes from Cap's shield itself.
Another trailer shows him using a bow and arrow. The skills might have been emulated from Hawkeye if he watched him fight. But he might just be a master of all weapons and doesn't need Clint's skills.
In the comics, Taskmaster wears a cape, hood and a mask that looks like a skull. That plays in the comics but is impractical for a movie. The mask he wears in Black Widow does look a little like a skull. Typical for Marvel they honor the comic book-look but update it for the movie.
One thing we don't know is who Taskmaster is in the movie. While he's obviously important to the movie they haven't revealed who was cast to play him. This implies that it's either a secret or it'll turn out that another character in the movie is really the villain known as Taskmaster.
SPOILER WARNING
The rumor is that Natasha's love interest Rick Mason (O-T Fagbenle) is secretly the Taskmaster. But they could make an even bigger twist and have it turn out Taskmaster is a woman.
SPOILER ENDS
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of villains. We'll see where Taskmaster fits in the world.
Maurice Mitchell has been a passionate science-fiction fan of movies, television, books, and comics since age five. He and his twin brother Nigel created the site "The Geek Twins" to share that passion. Maurice has written and created infographics for sites like The Geek Twins and About.com. His work has been featured on sites like Business Insider, io9 Slashfilm and more.
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Ligneové (de Ligne) je knížecí rod z Belgie. Jeho počátky jsou v 11. století, kdy rodina místního panstva přijala název své oblasti Ligne. Od roku 1020 jim patřilo panství Belœil. Páni z Ligne byli stoupenci hainautských hrabat a účastnili se různých křížových výprav. Gautier de Ligne a Flastre de Ligne bojovali v roce 1214 proti francouzskému králi v bitvě u Bouvines, a poté se museli vykoupit ze zajetí. V 12. století byli Ligneové povýšeni na barony. Povýšení do řad vysoké šlechty následovalo v 16. století - stali se hrabaty z Fauquembergu a knížaty z Épinoy. Poté, co vymřela hrabata z Arenberku po meči, založil Jan z Ligne v roce 1547 sňatkem s Markétou Markovou-Arenbergovou takzvaný Třetí rod Arenberků (druhý rod vznikl z rodu Marků, když původní Arenbergové vymřeli).

V roce 1543 byl Jacob de Ligne, vyslanec Karla V. u papeže, povýšen na říšského hraběte. Prostřednictvím jeho manželky Marie přešly do majetku Ligneů majetky pánů z Wassenaeru, Valkenburgu a Vorburgu. Lamoral I. de Ligne (1563–1624) z hlavní linie byl jmenován knížetem (princem) z Ligne a říšským knížetem. S titulem však nebylo spojeno žádné říšské panství. Rodina Ligneů zůstala během osmdesátileté války katolická a byla loajální vůči Habsburkům. V roce 1634 zdědila po rodu Melun-Epinoy panství Antoing, které - stejně jako Beloeil - zůstalo majetkem rodu Ligneů až do dnešního dne. Claude Lamoral I. byl místokrálem na Sicílii a milánským guvernérem, než duševně onemocněl. Claude Lamoral II. byl císařský polní maršál. Nejznámějším členem rodiny byl důstojník a diplomat Charles Joseph de Ligne. V roce 1786 byl tento princ, který se přátelil s císařem, díky vlastnictví hrabství Fagnolles přijat do Dolnoporýnského a vestfálského kolegia říšských hrabat (a tedy do říšských stavů) a v roce 1803 obdržel jako náhradu za vyvlastnění kláštera Edelstetten dokonce i virilní hlas, který však zase ztratil roku 1804 prodejem knížeti Esterházymu.

Po belgické revoluci v roce 1830 dostal Eugène de Ligne nabídku královské koruny, ale odmítl. Kníže z Ligne má v Belgii právo v královském sídle vstupovat do Modrého salonu, s čímž je spojeno privilegium pronominálního oslovování členů královské rodiny. Kromě titulu Prince de Ligne (kníže z Ligne) je hlava rodu také držitelem titulů knížete z Amblise a Épinoy a španělského granda.

Lidé

 Jan Ligne (1525–1568), císařský hrabě z Arenbergu ∞ Markéta Marková-Arenbergová
 Lamoral I. de Ligne (1563–1624), říšský kníže a 1. kníže z Ligne, diplomat ∞ Marie de Melun
 Ernestina (1594-1668)
 Albert Henri (1615–1641), 2. kníže z Ligne ∞ Claire-Marie z Nassau-Siegenu
 Claude Lamoral I. (1618–1679), 3. kníže z Ligne ∞ Claire-Marie z Nassau-Siegenu
 Henri Louis Ernest (1644–1702), 4. kníže z Ligne
 Antoine Joseph Ghislain (1682–1750), 5. kníže z Ligne
 Claude Lamoral II. (1685–1766), 6. kníže z Ligne ∞ Elisabeth Alexandrine Salmová
 Charles Joseph (1735–1814), 7. kníže z Ligne, důstojník a diplomat v rakouských službách ∞ Françoise Marie Xavière z Liechtensteinu
 Eugène (1804-1880), 8. kníže z Ligne ∞ Mélanie de Conflans
 Louis (1854-1918), 9. kníže z Ligne ∞ Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld- Doudeauville
 Ernest (1857-1937), 10. kníže z Ligne ∞ Diane de Cossé-Brissac
 Eugène II. (1893–1960), 11. kníže z Ligne ∞ Philippine de Noailles
 Baudouin (1918–1985), 12. kníže z Ligne ∞ Monique de Bousies
 Antoine (1925-2005), 13. kníže z Ligne ∞ Alix Lucemburská-Bourbonská-Parmská
 Michel (* 1951), 14. kníže z Ligne ∞ Eleonora d'Orléans e Bragança

Literatura
 Eduard Vehse: Geschichte der kleinen deutschen Höfe. Teil 6. Hamburg 1857, S. 273–290.
 Constantin von Wurzbach: De Ligne, Genealogie. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 3. Theil. Verlag der typogr.-literar.-artist. Anstalt (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Wien 1858, S. 219

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Belgické šlechtické rody

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McMahon said he enjoyed tinkering with the keys but didn't like the discipline associated with the lessons and stopped. Then, when he was nine, a friend's dad taught him a few chords on the piano. It was the first time he began writing songs and getting into the piano.
When McMahon got the word he would be performing at Coachella this year, he called a friend involved in the art community in New York for some help. The biggest obstacle was trying to create visual elements for a daytime set.
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On the first night last weekend, McMahon said he found himself hanging out with a group of friends which included Ben Thatcher, the drummer from Royal Blood.
"I was like 'I'm such a fan' and I had a freak-out moment," he said.
When he started writing this record, McMahon said he knew he could not sing about being a dad. The challenge was how to do that with an edge and make it relevant to younger listeners.
He admits the first version of the video didn't initially have her it in and instead featured McMahon at a control station.
But that video didn't connect with him, he said.


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California: Beside the Sea
What comes to mind when you think of California? Surfing! So we strapped Toby to a surfboard and pushed him out to sea... Actually, it's pretty difficult to engage in watersports when holidaying with a toddler. Sometimes it feels like it's pretty difficult to do anything when holidaying with a toddler! But one thing they do tend to enjoy is getting lovely and wet and sandy. So a beach is a good place to be. Toby was delighted to discover an apparently endless sandbox, and amused us by running in circles, rolling around and even acquiring a sand goatee! His favourite game was for Graham to bury a small ball in the sand so that he could dig it up again. One of the most relaxing afternoons we had was at Goleta Beach Park, just north of Santa Barbara, where we were staying. The air was cool but the sand was pleasantly warm, and the sky was partly cloudy, helping to mitigate the panicked impulse to slather on as much sunscreen as possible every five minutes. S

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Home Destinations Maryland Baltimore's Star-Spangled Banner
Baltimore's Star-Spangled Banner
Written by Carol Martino
Birth of our nation's symbol
As the War of 1812 brewed on the Chesapeake Bay, Mary Young Pickersgill worked relentlessly cutting and stitching 400 yards of red, white, and blue bunting into the "broad stripes and bright stars" that flew over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. Yet, most Americans know little, if anything, about the woman who sewed the monumental flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem. And few are familiar with The Flag House, Mary's 18th century home which is dedicated to her story, along with the adjacent Star-Spangled Banner 1812 Museum.
Mary was a "true daughter of the Revolution," according to Pat Pilling, Flag House historian. She was born in 1776, shortly before the Declaration of Independence was signed, and grew up in the turmoil of mixed patriot and loyalist sentiments. Her father, William Young, served in the Pennsylvania militia, and her mother, Rebecca, was a prominent flag maker who made the first flag under General George Washington, according to family accounts.
When British soldiers marched into Philadelphia in 1777, the Youngs and their five children were forced to flee their home. "They packed their household goods in an oxcart with baby Mary perched on top. There wasn't a lot of room, so William hid a chest with silverware and the family Bible in the backyard. When he returned for it, the chest had been broken open. The silverware was gone, but he found the Bible, rain soaked and torn, on the ground," Pilling said.
Little Mary was too young to realize the dangers she faced as British soldiers pursued her family. But 36 years later, when the British threatened the country's independence again, she played a crucial role – although she didn't know it at the time.
Her father soon died of camp fever, and Rebecca and the children moved back to Philadelphia to live with her brother, Colonel Benjamin Flower. "The colonel was a commissary general under George Washington during the Revolution. Through his connections, Rebecca got government jobs making flags, blankets and other army supplies. Determined to provide for her family, she also ran a boarding house for military personnel. So Mary grew up in a household teeming with patriotism," Pilling expressed.
Eventually, Rebecca moved to Baltimore where she advertised as a flag maker. "It was quite unusual for a woman to advertise in those days, but Rebecca was a true entrepreneur," Pilling emphasized.
It was there that 19-year-old Mary married John Pickersgill, a London merchant who had settled in Baltimore. They had four daughters, but only the youngest, Caroline, survived. Within 10 years, Mary, too, became a widow. With her mother's determination and talent, she also turned her hands to the "mystery" of sewing flags. "Flag making required skills beyond those of an average seamstress. It was important to use the right fabric, stitches, and seams so the flag would fly right," Pilling explained.
Mary's desk still sits in the Flag House.
In 1807, Rebecca, Mary, and Caroline moved to a corner row house near Baltimore's bustling port and opened a flag making shop. "There was a big demand for flags which identified cargo ships coming into the port. They also served as important communicating tools on sea and shore," said Pilling.
Meanwhile, war raged between Great Britain, who ruled the sea, and France. Although America remained neutral, the powerful British Navy challenged seamen's rights and free trade and impressed American sailors to fight the French.
Problems escalated as the British campaigned in the Chesapeake Bay near Fort McHenry, which guarded the entrance to Baltimore's harbor. On June 18, 1812, America declared war on England. Baltimore citizens felt threatened and prepared the fort for attack.
In the summer of 1813, Major George Armistead, fort commander, asked Mary to make a garrison flag to inspire his men and build morale. "He wanted a flag so large that the British would see it from a great distance," Pilling said. Armistead requested a 30x42 ft. flag with 15 stripes and stars, the official design at the time. Each stripe and star was to be two feet wide. The commander also asked Mary to make a 17x25 ft. storm flag.
The Flag House, a short stroll from the city's Inner Harbor, focuses on Mary's life as she measured, cut, and stitched her way into American history. Several of her personal items still grace the home, including the mahogany desk where she carried out business with military officials and local ship owners. "She probably escorted them into the parlor to discuss colors and materials over tea," according to curator Eric Voboril.
Flag House garden
The larger flag, now known as the Star-Spangled Banner, was Mary's greatest commission. She must have felt a sense of urgency to complete it as the militia practiced drills throughout the city. The stripes were made from high-quality English wool bunting, a gauze-like material that's strong, durable, and waves gracefully in the wind. Since bunting was only available in 18-inch widths, Mary sewed a six-inch piece onto each stripe. She wove the stars from cotton. "She probably cut the material in the upper front bedroom which is well lit by five huge windows. But the flag was too large to assemble at home, so she got permission to spread it out on the floor of a nearby brewery," Voboril said.
There by candlelight, Mary often worked until midnight with the help of her mother, daughter, several nieces, and a free African American girl named Grace Wisher. "She was very meticulous in placing each star evenly on the blue field," Voboril noted.
Within six weeks, both flags were completed and delivered to the fort. Receipts show that Mary was paid $405.90 for the large flag and $168.54 for the storm flag. A year later, at daybreak on September 13, 1814, the British opened fire on Fort McHenry with a 25-hour bombardment.
During the assault, Francis Scott Key, a young lawyer, was being detained on a truce ship a few miles from the fort. He had just negotiated the release of his good friend, Dr. William Beanes, who had been taken prisoner by the British.
As the battle raged through the night, lightning flashed and rain pounded the earth. So it was the stars and stripes of Mary's storm flag that actually flew over the fort the night Francis helplessly paced the deck and witnessed the "rockets red glare" and "bombs bursting in air."
The fort returned fire, then there was a long silence as the British withdrew. Francis didn't know who claimed victory until "dawn's early light" when the storm flag was lowered and the Star-Spangled Banner was hoisted as musicians played "Yankee Doodle." With a sigh of relief, Key pulled an envelope from his pocket and began to write, "O say can you see…" to express his pride for such a valiant defense.
Mary died at home in 1857 never knowing how treasured the massive flag would become. Francis Scott Key died in 1843 unaware that his poem would someday be our national anthem.
It's ironic that the flag, made from English wool, and the anthem, set to an old English tune, became our nation's symbols and reaffirmed our independence from the world's most powerful country. (At left, it's being restored at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.)
Nearly two centuries later, we honor our glorious heritage and celebrate our freedom when we place our hands over hearts, face the flag and feel Francis Scott Key's pride as we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
This feature first appeared in The Daily Journal, Kankakee, IL
To read more about the Star-Spangled Banner, see "Baltimore's Fort McHenry" and "Frederick's favored son" in Maryland's destinations.
For more information on The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum, Baltimore, MD, call 410-837-1793, or visit www.flaghouse.org
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Medieval Jewish Tombstone in Yeghegis, Armenia
by James Blake Wiener
Nearly 40 tombstones from the 13th and 14th century CE survive in the Jewish cemetery, and another 30 are located nearby. The oldest tombstone dates to 1266 CE and the latest to 1337 CE. Some tombs have inscriptions in Hebrew or Aramaic. The inscriptions contain age-old Jewish funerary language, biblical verses full of traditional meaning, and expressions originating in Talmudic literature. Some of the names of the deceased were current among the Jews of Iran, pointing to a possible origin of the medieval Jewish population of Yeghegis, Armenia.
James Blake Wiener
James is a writer and former Professor of History. He holds an MA in World History with a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of Ancient History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
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When I first began using collage something clicked, it seem ridiculous that I had not worked in this way before.
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Although all my illustration is created in collage, it is good to make some more abstract pieces as you can always learn something in the process.


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Туарма — река в России, протекает по Вешкаймскому району Ульяновской области. Левый приток реки Барыш.

География
Река Туарма образуется у деревни Верхняя Туарма слиянием рек Чёрная и Белая. В месте слияния на реке образован большой пруд. Течёт на восток по открытой местности. У села Каргино сливается со своим левым притоком, рекой Белый Ключ (иногда Белый Ключ рассматривается как верхнее течение Туармы). Устье реки находится у села Нижняя Туарма в 166 км от устья Барыша. Длина реки составляет 9 км, площадь водосборного бассейна — 300 км².

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Верхневолжскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Сура от Сурского гидроузла и до устья реки Алатырь, речной подбассейн реки — Сура. Речной бассейн реки — (Верхняя) Волга до Куйбышевского водохранилища (без бассейна Оки).

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 08010500312110000037149.

Примечания

Притоки Барыша
Реки Ульяновской области


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The multiple windowing display of the Mission Software provides sensor contact and target management, map display and many other helpful features which significantly reduce the workload of the system operator and providing enhanced situational awareness. The workstation is separated from the electronic units of the sensors and communication suite. Due to the network and modular environment the system can be easily expanded by additional operator workstations, sensors or communication equipment. This enables also data exchange with the cockpit system (electronic flight deck).
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Satcom system for voice and data.


Good Music, Brighter Children by Sharlene Habermeyer Blog Tour: Excerpt + Giveaway!
Good Music Brighter Children is written for parents, educators or anyone who wants to build a bigger, better brain using music. Scientific studies indicate that children introduced to classical music at a young age read earlier and perform better on achievement tests. Adults can also revive tired brain cells using music. This book gives you a step-by-step program that any parent or individual can follow. You'll discover how introducing your children to good music can accelerate language development, improve math and science skills, enhance physical coordination, strengthen memory and reading retention, and benefit children with learning disabilities. Discover how to choose an instrument and music teacher for your child; how to get your kids to practice and how character traits such as confidence, responsibility, creativity and teamwork are taught when learning a musical instrument. Learn how to introduce your child to the music community and how to appreciate all kinds of music. Last, if you want to advocate for music in your schools, this book gives the ammunition and data to do so. Also includes a 35-page Resource Section on the best music, books, and DVDs for kids.
Sharlene Habermeyer, MA has spent over twenty-five years researching the effects of music in the brain development of children. She is passionate about how people of all ages learn and how music is a catalyst for learning. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Art from Utah State University and a Masters degree in Education from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.
In 1999, she started the Palos Verdes Regional Orchestra (now the Palos Verdes Regional Symphony Orchestra). It currently boasts over one-hundred members.
Sharlene's initial inspiration for Good Music Brighter Children came from the extensive work she did with her severely learning disabled son, and finding that music was his strongest catalyst for learning she began passionately researching the effects music had on the developing and mature brain.
A college instructor, a popular speaker, and a consultant, she is the mother of five boys and lives with her husband in Torrance, California. She has spoken at parent conferences around the United States including the Parents as Teachers Conference (PAT) and the Crucial Years Conference in Missouri. In August 2014, she will be speaking at BYU Education Week.
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Wink follows me like a shadow, so I started calling her shadow-wink, which sounds like shadow-ink, which sounds cool. Add the name of my book, and voila: Rose Shadow Ink. So she gets to be the mascot.
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The Priest Retreat Centre was built as a retirement facility for aged priests in Sarawak. Instead of an isolated retirement facility which would be cut off from the community, we proposed an integrated retreat centre which would provide accommodation for the retired priests, while at the same time also include facilities for the church community. A small chapel which could accommodated around 50 people was also included in the development. By combining the retirement and activity functions together – we ensure that the priests are not isolated and will be able to interact with the people who use the facilities.
To ensure that the retirement units will still have sufficient privacy from visitors, all the units are designed as suites – with a small living area facing the public faces, and a separate bedroom at the back which face away from the common areas. This way the residents have the option to use either the more public spaces which provide interaction with visitors, or to retreat to the more private sleeping area.
Location: Jalan Stutong Kuching Sarawak.


Many of Taleb's concerns also take on a strangely moral tone in contexts where moral questions are tertiary. If the Fed actually did need to bail out the banks to stop 25% unemployment from happening, I would do that every day of the week and twice on Sunday, questions of the morality of transferring resources to financial institutions be damned. And moral hazard, despite its name, is a question of prudence, not morality per se, so it is not a point in Taleb's favor. Emphasizing these transfers without talking about the moral hazard issue is penny-wise and pound-foolish.
This also holds true for Taleb's many discussions of nutrition. Look, I'm not someone in a position to dole out advice for being healthy. But the paleo diet is just the naturalistic fallacy with a bit of evolutionary biology thrown in. Note obviously again that I am one whose priors favor evolutionary explanations. I've essentially read Taleb's arguments against fructose and Pinker's commentary on the naturalistic fallacy side-by-side, and Pinker makes Taleb look silly – although I never heard Pinker directly comment on paleo crap and it would be funny if he followed it. Hearing Taleb endorse it though has always confused the hell out of me. It feels like the same type of errors, e.g. model blindness, the narrative fallacy, that is at the heart of his argument in The Black Swan.
via I distance myself a bit from Taleb « Increasing Marginal Utility.
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L'Església del castell de Sant Martí de Puigbò és una església romànica del municipi de Gombrèn (Ripollès) inclosa en l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
Damunt d'un turó sobre el marge esquerres de la riera de Puigbò, es troben les restes de d'una fortificació, amb una torres encara aixecada en la seva meitat, restes dels murs de les dependències i l'absis romànic de l'antiga parròquia de Puigbò. Les restes arquitectòniques enfonsades, han set cobertes per herba, formant uns prats amb suau pendent on existeix una roureda.

Història
L'absis de l'església correspon als segles X o XI, i deuria ésser originalment la capella del castell allí existent que degué donar origen al veïnat de Puigbò. Primer es deia St. Martí de Puigmal però al S.XIII es substituí aquest topònim pel de Puigbò. Pot ésser que a principis del S.XVIII degut a l'abandó en què es deuria trobar la fortalesa i estructures de l'església, es decidí de construir-ne una de nova a prop, coincidint amb el desenvolupament agrícola de la zona. Això degué portar l'abandó total de la primitiva església fins a la seva ruïna total.

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Patrimoni monumental de Gombrèn
Esglésies de Gombrèn
Esglésies romàniques del Ripollès


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Q: human-in-the-loop Can someone help me understand with the short phase "human-in-the-loop"?
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I think the human-in-the-loop design pattern for how we manage a large set of ML pipelines at O'Reilly makes possible some of our use of AI applications that wouldn't be manageable otherwise.

A: Human in the loop (HITL) is a term for human interaction in technology such as ML(machine learning) and flight simulators.

A: Usual meaning of "human-in-the-loop":
A feedback loop is a system used for making decisions.  For example:

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*The driver of a car adjusts the steering wheel.

*The steering wheel changes the angle of the front wheels.

*The combination of how fast the car is going, the angle of the front wheels, and the tires' grip on the road changes the direction the car is going.

*Also, other forces on the car (like wind, the camber of the road, and engine torque) affect the direction the car is going.

*The driver notices how much the direction of the car has changed.

*Repeat until the journey is over.

This repeating process is a "loop".  If the driver is a human, there is a "human in the loop".  If the driver is a completely automatic robot, then there is not a "human in the loop".
"Human in the Loop" as the name of a "Design Pattern":
The example in the original post is slightly different.  It is using the phrase "human-in-the-loop" as the name of a "design pattern".  A design pattern is a medium- or high-level software engineering concept.  "It describes [a recurring] problem, [a general] solution, when to apply the solution, and its consequences. It also gives implementation hints and examples."
This particular design pattern has been discussed elsewhere:  Have a computer make the decisions it can make confidently, and ask a human to help with decisions that the computer is not sure about.

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I have noticed a type of fallacious reasoning that conflates truth and success. For example, a company might assume their predictive models are correct because these models make the company more money. However, turns out this was a conflation of success and truth; those models were incorrect. A few years later, the models will collapse or make incorrect predictions and it will be revealed that they were based on shoddy or untrue principles all along. The fact the system predicts the outcome does not imply the system is based on the true principles underlying the system.
There are other cases this fallacy in history. Genghis Khan, for example, sent letters (e.g. to the Shah of Bukhara) arguing that his lightning-fast conquests were proof that his Mongol forces were blessed or guided by God. The Muslims made the same argument after they conquered an area almost the size of the Roman Empire in two centuries. Countless groups argue that their success, growth, or size is proof of their validity or even religious truth.
Another example is in science. Ptolemy's model of astronomy explained the motion of the heavens by assuming each planet moved on a sphere called an epicycle (see full explanation). It also placed the Earth at the center of the solar system. Its predictive success was unsurpassed until Copernicus, and it is still used by planetarium projectors to model the solar system. However, we now know it is a woefully inaccurate description of the universe. In retrospect, it seems clearly fallacious to conclude the Ptolemaic model is true because it was successful.
Do you agree that arguments of this form are fallacious? Does this fallacy have a name?
The fallacy of false cause (non causa pro causa) mislocates the cause of one phenomenon in another that is only seemingly related.
The most powerful intuition motivating [scientific] realism is an old idea, commonly referred to in recent discussions as the "miracle argument" or "no miracles argument", after Putnam's (1975a: 73) claim that realism "is the only philosophy that doesn't make the success of science a miracle". The argument begins with the widely accepted premise that our best theories are extraordinarily successful: they facilitate empirical predictions, retrodictions, and explanations of the subject matters of scientific investigation, often marked by astounding accuracy and intricate causal manipulations of the relevant phenomena. What explains this success? One explanation, favored by realists, is that our best theories are true (or approximately true, or correctly describe a mind-independent world of entities, laws, etc.). Indeed, if these theories were far from the truth, so the argument goes, the fact that they are so successful would be miraculous. And given the choice between a straightforward explanation of success and a miraculous explanation, clearly one should prefer the non-miraculous explanation, viz. that our best theories are approximately true (etc.).
Obviously, there are objections which are raised to the so-called "miracle argument" (see the linked article). It should also be noted that while 'P could be plausibly argued for in a scientific domain, in other domains (such as a business) it may not apply as well. Nevertheless, I think it is clear that the falsity of 'P (the weaker form of P) is not so obvious that it would rise to the level of an informal fallacy.
This is the fallacy of questionable cause, one of the best known, and most common informal fallacies. It is closely related to affirming the consequent which is a formal fallacy where a statement of the form "If X then Y" is misinterpreted as implying "If Y then X." You often hear this warned against with the statement "correlation does not imply causation," meaning that just because two things occur together, it does not imply that one causes the other. As with all informal fallacies, it takes its strength from its similarities to a stronger argument. With properly designed and controlled experiments, it is indeed sometimes possible to infer a cause from an effect.
Questionable Cause: Concluding that one thing caused another, simply because they are regularly associated.
My initial intuition is that the religious case is different --but is it really? This is still a "questionable" cause in the religious case. We can't definitively call it false --it might be true --but we can judge that the evidence falls short of the claim. (It's not fallacious, however, to say that the evidence is "consistent with" the claim.) It's important to note, however, that the weakness of the argument does not, in itself, provide evidence AGAINST the claim. Even if Khan is wrong (about his victories proving his religion), that does not prove his religion is wrong as well.
It's worth noting that the Bible does address this specific dilemma directly. The Old Testament reports several instances where the adherents of different religions are challenged to perform the same miracle under the same circumstances. This is essentially a controlled experiment where the variable being tested is what religion is being invoked. (Also of interest: Jesus's statement that "Good fruit comes from good trees; bad fruit from bad trees" --but that's a whole other discussion).
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Name for the logical fallacy of asking for unreasonable amount of sources?


In this issue you will find a link to download a new Vocabulary Activities that can be used with students between the ages of 5 - 8 years. Their are twenty scenarios that require students to identify absurd or impossible situations to do with transport. Each scenario comes complete with several questions to explore the scenarios in more detail. The activities are a great way to stimulate speaking and listening skills in younger children.
Please click on the link to the free language activities page to download the new Absurdities Activities.
Enjoy the new activities and I shall be in touch again soon.


A new market study, titled "Global Dermal Fillers Market Analysis & Forecast 2017 To 2023", has been featured on WiseGuyReports.
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Watch Natti Natasha's new video, Me Gusta
Natti Natasha is a Dominican singer songwriter who first came onto the music scene in 2012 with the release of her debut album, All About Me. Since then she has released multiple singles such as 'Sin Pinjama' featuring Becky G and 'Otra Cosa' featuring Daddy Yankee. Natasha just released the music video for her song 'Me Gusta', watch it below:
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It is the first Oz story where the majority of the action takes place outside of the Land of Oz. Only the end takes place in Oz itself. This reflects a subtle change in theme: in the first story, Oz is the dangerous land through which Dorothy must win her way back to Kansas; in the third, Oz is the end and aim of the story. Dorothy's desire to return home is not as desperate as in the first story, and it is her uncle's need for her rather than hers for him that makes her return.


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It's often said that there's never been a movie quite like Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad. But in paying tribute to this French New Wave landmark on the occasion of its release in Criterion DVD and Blu-ray editions, some critics have noted that its unique style has been so influential on other films that it now might seem . . . strangely familiar.
Related: At Paste, Sean Gandert takes a closer look at Resnais' documentary shorts legacy, specifically two works featured on Criterion's Last Year at Marienbad editions: Toute la mémoire du monde and Le chant du styrène.
Update (15 JUL 09): Critic John Powers appeared on NPR's Fresh Air to review Last Year at Marienbad. Click here to listen.


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. . .of basins admirably adapted for the requirements of a great naval station. The whole expanse of this noble harbour is commanded from the upper part of the town. The roadstead first catches the eye; it stretches east and west, penetrates inland to a depth of four miles and three-quarters, with a mean breadth of 1,000 yards; and forms the channel of communication between Sevastopol and the interior of the peninsula. The northern shore is girt by a line of cliffs; the southern shore, broken up by numerous natural basins. To the east, at the very foot of the hill on which the town stands, lies South Bay, nearly two miles in length, and completely sheltered by high limestone cliffs. Beyond lies the dockyard, and the dock, which is of great extent; and to the west may be seen Artillery Bay.
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The 20 Best Places to Work in Lake Charles, LA As Rated by the Women Who Work There (January 2021)
Our list of the most female-friendly employers in Lake Charles, LA is based on ratings and reviews from the women who work there.
The 20 best places to work in Lake Charles, LA
1. inVentiv Health
inVentiv Health is a pharmaceuticals company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for female representation in leadership (3.8 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (3.9 stars).
2. HEB
HEB is a retail company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for support for diversity (4.7 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (4.1 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for HEB:
"I absolutely love HEB. Every aspect, however, I want a more general labor job."
T-Mobile is a telecommunications company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (4.0 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (4.0 stars).
"I learned a great deal about different technologies and improved my ability to read and assist clients."
4. Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is an electrical/electronic manufacturing company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 10000+ people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (3.8 stars) and maternity and adoptive leave (3.4 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Schneider Electric:
"Great place to work and grow"
5. Maurices
Maurices is a retail company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for female representation in leadership (4.7 stars) and management opportunities (4.7 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Maurices:
"Maurices is an excellent company to work for, it's proven in its long employment history for many of their employees. They genuinely listen to their employees, seeks out feedback,…"
6. Aflac
Aflac is an insurance company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for flexible work hours (4.4 stars) and management opportunities (4.2 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Aflac:
"From the time I started here I knew I was right at home! If you're a woman that wan't to get into business and marketing this is the place to be. This is definitely a place where …"
7. American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society is a non-profit organization management company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (4.3 stars) and the people you work with (3.8 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for American Cancer Society:
"ACS Hope Lodge is extremely gender equal. I am very satisfied with our manager/leader, who is a female. She has the best leadership style of anyone I've ever worked for. Compassio…"
8. UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group is a hospital & health care company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for ability to telecommute (3.9 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (3.8 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for UnitedHealth Group:
"Most of the areas that I work in and with are women-dominant, including our leadership."
9. FedEx Office
FedEx Office is a printing company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (3.9 stars) and management opportunities (3.8 stars).
10. PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a food & beverages company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (3.5 stars) and paid time off (3.6 stars).
11. Texas Roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse is a restaurants company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for support for diversity (5.0 stars) and management opportunities (4.1 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Texas Roadhouse:
"Texas Roadhouse is an amazing company. They always reward their staff for being great employees. Fun and fat environment. "
12. Acosta Sales & Marketing
Acosta Sales & Marketing is a consumer goods company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for support for diversity (5.0 stars) and paid time off (3.7 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Acosta Sales & Marketing:
"Loved the working remotely"
13. Regions Bank
Regions Bank is a banking company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (4.2 stars) and maternity and adoptive leave (3.7 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Regions Bank:
"It's not exactly a "professional" environment, rather just a workplace that wants you to show some respect towards upper management. Anyone in my position is treated as dispensabl…"
14. Aeropostale
Aeropostale is a retail company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for management opportunities (4.3 stars) and female representation in leadership (4.3 stars).
15. Kohl's
Kohl's is a retail company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for female representation in leadership (4.2 stars) and management opportunities (4.0 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Kohl's:
"Overall a good place to work, good part time hours that are very flexible with your schedule. Few full time opportunities, but the ones that are there are largely female dominated…"
16. Best Buy
Best Buy is a retail company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 10000+ people. The company has its best ratings for support for diversity (3.7 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (3.5 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Best Buy:
"Mother's Rooms on every other floor to pump?! Amazing. "
17. Waste Management
Waste Management is an environmental services company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (3.7 stars) and maternity and adoptive leave (3.3 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Waste Management:
"great place to work. Great opportunities for growth."
18. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is an automotive company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for management opportunities (3.9 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (3.9 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car:
"I have been at ERAC for 3 years. They have done nothing but help me move up as fast as possible. To be completely honest, females tend to make more money because pay is merit base…"
19. American Greetings
American Greetings is a consumer goods company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for the people you work with (3.7 stars) and sense of belonging (4.0 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for American Greetings:
"I am newer to American Greetings (~1 year) and have found that it is truly an amazing job that gives me full opportunity to grow and further my career within the company. Being a …"
20. Manpower
Manpower is a staffing and recruiting company with locations in the Lake Charles, LA area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for female representation in leadership (3.5 stars) and equal opportunities for women and men (3.6 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Manpower:
"Pay is better than most temp services I think, and the free online training is amazing - I learned or improved on 10 + different computer programs whenever I was between assignmen…"
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"Beneath the outside [of our society]," writes historian Robert Wistrich, are "ancient myths, darkish hatreds, and irrational fantasies [that] proceed to nourish antisemitism." however the better query has to do with why we're so liable to think them. hence, Steven okay. Baum has a solution. during this e-book, Baum conscientiously courses the reader in the course of the social brain and explains how the formation of social ideals can be utilized as a story to figure out truth. He bargains a brand new standpoint relating to how antisemitic legends and people ideals shape the root of our ongoing social narrative. Baum asks the reader to think about a social unconscious-the cauldron of cultural fantasies that contains superstitions, magical considering, and racial stories. This witches' brew concocts a Social Voice that may be loud or quiet, benign or adverse, fleeting or everlasting. most significantly, this voice is undeniably antisemitic and racist. As is frequently the case within the courtroom of public opinion, those that personal the narrative, win. In Antisemitism Explained, Baum reminds us to imagine seriously approximately our personal social narrative and to be cautious approximately what we elect to believe.
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Rescued By God in the Midst of Hitler's Hell
Anita shared, "I was overwhelmed by the size of the audience. But once the music started, I became completely oblivious to my environment. And I danced and I danced and it was just wonderful. And when the music stopped, I couldn't believe my ears."
Six-year-old Anita Dittman's first ballet recital was better than she could have imagined – especially for a Jewish girl in 1933 Germany.
"I had an overwhelming applause," she said, "and I thought, 'This can't happen. All these are Aryans.'"
It had only been a few months since Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor, and already his nationalist, anti-Semitic propaganda was taking hold. A newspaper review the next day said it all.
She remembered, "They said, 'The dance was superbly performed by Anita Dittman. Far above her age, but the German people no longer want to be entertained by a Jew.' It was just like my whole world was falling apart."
Hitler becomes the leading spokesman for the Nazis. Their slogan, 'Germany Awake.'
Anita was born to a Jewish mother and German father. And even though she was raised an Atheist, that hardly mattered to the Nazi regime. "You had to register either Jew or Aryan," she described. "And I said to my mother, 'Where do I go? I'm a little of both.' And she said, 'You're going to be under the undesirables.'"
Persecution soon followed, especially in school.
Anita said, "The little Aryan boys. They would throw dog manure and horse manure at me, and girls would come and beat me up and call me 'Jew brat.'" All the while, Anita had to declare allegiance to Hitler.
She shared, "We had to sing the German anthem and Heil Hitler. And I vowed I will never let that word Heil Hitler come over my lips."
Fearing repercussions from the Nazis, Anita's father divorced her mother and abandoned the family. Soon after, the Gestapo came to their home and took Anita, her mother, and older sister to the ghettos. It was there, Anita met a working class German family, who didn't prescribe to Hitler's hatred of the Jewish people.
She said, "They said one day, 'Would you like to come to church with us?' I said, 'Yeah, I've never been in a church.'"
"It had beautiful, big stained-glass window, and they depicted Christ's birth, life, death and resurrection. And I kept looking at him. And I was so overwhelmed. Something happened to me. Christ came into my life, into my heart and my soul. I had a peace inside of me that I had not known before and I felt a security. No matter how things got bad in school and everything it doesn't matter. And ballet was no longer important. I had traded it into something much better."
To Anita's mother and sister, it was nothing more than a fantasy. But Anita knew Jesus was real, and the next day, she told her friends what had happened. She explained, "I started to cry and I said, 'What can I do to make them believe me?' And they said, 'You do nothing. Turn it over to the Lord, He is going to do the doing. You just love your mom, love your sister, and when they see your happiness, even in the midst of all the horrible things that are happening, the Lord Jesus will do his thing.'"
Three years later, in 1937, Anita began attending school at a Lutheran church that was still open to Jewish children. One day, the minister visited their home.
"He brought each one of us a Bible," she shared. "And he said, 'We would be very happy to have you in our church.' And my mother said, 'Aren't you taking chances? You could get locked up.' But he said, 'How can I possibly not be interested in helping God's people?'"
Anita's mother started attending church and eventually gave her life to Christ. Meanwhile, the pastor tried to secure visas so that the three of them could flee the country. But only her sister's arrived, and she escaped to England. The next day, September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. With the borders now closed and heavily guarded, Anita and her mother were trapped.
"Next, the Nazis launch a systematic campaign of harassment, persecution, and even murder. They burned all the synagogues," she described. "They demolished all storefronts of Jewish businesses. They dragged old men by their beards out of their homes and put them into police wagons and shipped them off who-knows-where."
At fifteen, Anita was banned from school and forced into heavy labor alongside her mother. For years, they lived in constant fear as the Gestapo took away their family and friends one by one. Then, on January 7th, 1944, they came for her mother.
She said, "I didn't know at first where they had taken her, and then I found out that it was Camp Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia, a very bad camp."
Seven months later, Anita was sent to the Barthold concentration camp where, for hours a day, she dug ditches deep enough to trap Russian tanks and eventually developed blood poisoning due to untreated blisters on her right foot.
"I couldn't dare to let them know I was limping," she said, "because they had the attitude, 'If you think you're not going to be fit to work, we're going to shoot you on the spot or else club you to death.' And I said, 'Lord, keep me strong.'"
There, Anita met others who also loved Jesus.
"When we were digging ditches," she shared, "we weren't allowed to speak to each other but when the guards weren't looking, those of us that loved the Lord, we couldn't help and talk about it. We'd sit and rehearse verses, especially Romans 8:28, 'That all things work together for good.' And we asked the Lord that if he wants us to live, would he please help us to escape. And I tell you, leave it up to the Lord, he devised a fantastic plan."
In January 1945, Hitler's forces went into full retreat as the Soviet Union closed in on Germany. Anita and four other girls were put on a wagon for transfer to another camp. Using cigarettes and some change Anita had kept hidden, they bribed their driver, a Polish P.O.W., to take them to the nearest train station. A train, surrounded by German soldiers, was about to leave. In a daring move, Anita approached one of the men, claiming the girls were local villagers fleeing the Russians.
Anita remembered, "I said, 'Could we ride with you? We're separated from our family because of the war. Is there room?' And he said, 'We will make room.'"
They got off at Bautzen, Germany, where Anita sought medical treatment for her now badly infected leg. She was still recovering in the hospital when Russian soldiers overtook the city, on April 21, 1945. A few days later, the war in Germany ended.
Once released from the hospital, Anita spent the next five weeks hitchhiking through war-torn Czechoslovakia. Then, on the morning of June 7th, she reached the camp where her mother had been held, and finally reunited with her mother.
"First," she said, "we didn't say anything, we were just so stunned. Then finally we hugged each other and praised the Lord and I cried – another one of God's miracles. It was so amazing what God did!"
One year later, Anita and her mother immigrated to United States and made a new life in Minnesota. Now as a great-grandmother, she shares her story of how she survived the holocaust – a miracle she credits to Jesus, who she met when she was just seven years old.
"He said 'Let the little children come unto me," she shared, "because theirs is the kingdom of heaven, and lest ye become like little children you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.' It takes that kind of a faith. I have an awesome God. I am not awesome, He is."
Anita shared, "I was overwhelmed by the size of the audience. But once the music started, I became completely oblivious to my environment.
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Dre checking in! As a refresher, in terms of predictions, I both tend to just accept they are an exercise in futility that become meaningless very quickly. That said, it's a lot of fun to speculate, and we're all sports fans here! So here's how I feel about Southwest Division.
Honestly, this one is tough. I really like where this over/under is placed. The Rockets are pretty much a shoe-in to win the Division, and with CP3, Harden, and Capela, they've got an amazing core. That said, replacing Trevor Ariza with Melo is a downgrade. Of course, James Ennis was a great pickup. The real problem with predicting the Rockets is that they are top heavy and have some very varied ingredients beyond that. I say 57 wins is perfect barring a major trade or some weird roster shakeup, like Ennis getting the nod over Melo.
When we recorded a podcast on the topic earlier, the over was so easy for this team. The Spurs were a 47 win team last year. Even losing Kyle Anderson, they looked in great shape to beat this. By turning Kawhi into DeRozan and Poeltl, they easily added some wins. And by shedding Parker and Ginobili, they had a solid addition by subtraction. Then the Spurs lost Dejounte Murray in the preseason. I still think the Spurs take the over, especially as I don't think they will ever try to tank. I'd say 45 wins is a nice estimate, but as you know, I always think such things seem silly in the future.
I mean, this feels like an easy over, right? This squad hit 48 wins last season. Yes, losing Cousins and Rondo hurt. That said, both of those players only played around 1700 minutes last season. Also, the Pelicans picked up Elfrid Payton, who has looked good everywhere but Phoenix, and has finally cut his hair. Tack on an aging Julius Randle, and this squad has an MVP calibur player and a solid squad around him. If the right player has a breakout year, they could be a contender. I won't hold my breath though.
My general take on predictions is that they are hard. Shocking, I know. The biggest problem is that there are many possibilities and choices for teams to make, and we never know which they'll take. The Mavericks did amazingly this offseason nabbing DeAndre Jordan and drafting Luka Doncic. Also, they were admittedly tanking last season, so 24 wins might be a bit deflated from how good this team actually was. They still have some major money and time sunk into Harrison Barnes and Wesley Matthews too. Basically, I think the Mavericks have the ingredients to be a fringe playoff squad, the question is who they play and if they want that. Regardless, they should be fun to watch.
I'm having a Pavlovian response here. I want to say the under, but we've been burned by this squad so many times in the past, I'm having a visceral reaction to it. The Memphis Grizzlies have been an older squad on the verge of decline for years, and yet they hung on ... until last season. We give them full credit for picking up Kyle Anderson, but they also let Tyreke Evans, who had a great season last year, out the door. They also still have a ton of cap invested in Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, who both demand major minutes but with declining production. I'll stick with the under, and as that also means they won't be a playoff squad, it should be a super safe bet if they decide to invest in military artillary after the All-Star break.


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15 Places Around The World That'll Make You Put Your Hands On Your Hips And Say, "Ha! Look At That!"
The world is one big oddity.
by Norberto Briceño
1. Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, is a circle that's two feet in length, with a total area of 452 square inches. According to Guinness World Records, it's the smallest park in the world. Over time, people have left a variety of objects at the park, including planted flowers, a miniature Ferris wheel, a swimming pool for butterflies, and plastic army men during the Occupy Portland protests.
2. According to the 2000 census, Rudy and Elsie Eiler were the only two residents of Monowi, Nebraska. But in 2004, Rudy died, leaving Elsie as the sole resident of Monowi. She's the current mayor of the town, and has granted herself a liquor license.
3. The Market Theater Gum Wall is a "part interactive art exhibit, part public health hazard" in Seattle that dates back to 1993. Patrons of the theater would stick their gum on the brick wall while waiting in line to see an improv theater group. The wall was 8 feet high and 50 feet wide, and had about 150 pieces of gum per brick, some that had been around for decades. The wall was scrubbed for the first time in 2015, after sugar on the gum began eroding the bricks.
4. In Iceland, near a geothermal station in Krafla, there's a bathroom with no walls. The "Krafla Toilet" is connected to a thermal spring, which means there's always hot water running through the shower. The toilet has since been removed, but the shower and the sink are still functioning.
5. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is a building that resides right on the border of Canada and the US (Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, to be exact). It has two entrances, one for Americans and one for Canadians, and there is a thick black line that indicates where the border exists.
6. In 1902, the UK drew up border lines for Egypt and Sudan that were different from those previously established in 1899. Because of this, two lands were in dispute: Bir Tawil and the Hala'ib Triangle. Both Egypt and Sudan claimed the Hala'ib Triangle because of its desirable natural resources. Bir Tawil, on the other hand, had nothing. So neither country claimed it. Bir Tawil is a land without a country.
7. Underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, a coal mine fire broke out in 1962. At first it wasn't a big deal, until, in 1981, sinkholes started opening up in people's backyards, full of hot steam and lethal levels of carbon monoxide. The government got involved in the mid-'80s and relocated Centralia's residents. The borough that once touted a population of 2,449 in 1940 dwindled down to 7 in 2013. The fire is expected to burn for another 250 years.
8. Spreuerhofstraße in Germany is considered the narrowest street in the world. It ranges from 31 to 50 centimeters. It was built in 1727, and it's not recommended for those who feel claustrophobic.
9. The "Mystery Coke Machine" in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle, spits out "mystery" cans of soda for 75 cents. It's been there for over three decades, but no one knows who owns it or who stocks it. According to a city spokesperson, "there are no permits on file for the machine." The mystery Coke machine also has a Facebook page.
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10. The world-famous USPS Remote Encoding Facility is located in Salt Lake City. What is this place exactly? Well, it's where all the mail with terribly handwritten addresses goes. So, if YOU have terrible handwriting, your mail is sent here so someone can figure out what you were trying to write. This is the only facility of its kind in the United States, where people work day and night to decipher your shitty handwriting.
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11. In 1910, the city of New York took over and demolished several properties in Greenwich Village in order to widen 7th Avenue and make room for a subway expansion. In 1922, the descendants of the Hess estate noticed a surveying error that granted them a very tiny 27 ½" x 27 ½" x 25 ½" triangle. So, they erected a small mosaic on that tiny property.
The mosaic reads, "PROPERTY OF THE HESS ESTATE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES."
Despite the city urging them to donate the tiny land, they refused. It's still there today.
12. "The world's largest freestanding chest of drawers" is located in High Point, North Carolina. The drawer stands at three and a half stories high and includes two giant socks. This giant replica of a 19th-century dresser was constructed in honor of High Point's two major industries: furniture and hosiery.
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13. This "toad tunnel" in Davis, California, cost $14,000 to build and allows frogs to cross a road without injury. The tunnel also comes with a miniature town full of small buildings. And although its called the Davis Toad Tunnel, the tunnel actually serves frogs.
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14. The German town of Staufen is a beautiful European getaway spot with one caveat: It's literally cracking. The ground has been swelling since 2007 due to a botched drilling job. Experts have no idea how to stop the swelling, which continues to crack many of the buildings.
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15. The Paperclip Cottage Cafe in Kipling, Saskatchewan, Canada, has an interesting story. In 2005, Kyle McDonald had a red paperclip, which he traded for a pen. He then traded the pen for a doorknob. These trades continued and got bigger and better: an espresso maker, a camping stove, tickets to the Canadian Rockies, and so on. After a year of making his first trade, he eventually got a two-story house. He traded the house to a restaurant owner, who converted it into a cafe that celebrates McDonald's trade journey.
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When it comes to sports, every fan has that one player that made them fall in love with the game. For many Packer fans, that player was Jordy Nelson. Nelson spent 10 years in Green Bay before the heartbreaking news of his release in March of 2018. Rodgers favorite target would not be returning for the Packers 100th season, and for some fans, it was an emotional reality to stomach.
Despite the stats, records, and many accomplishments for Nelson over his Packer career, there are countless reasons why Jordy Nelson returning to the Packers through Free Agency would be the right move. Not just for the team, but for the fans.
With the recent news of Nelson being released by the Raiders, cheeseheads were quick to get their hopes up about a reunion between Nelson and the Packers. These emotions had little to do with the stats, or even his recent game play, but because a team with Jordy Nelson on it feels more complete. There was an emptiness over this last season that was difficult to deal with. Watching the team run out onto the field with no #87 to be seen was a tough pill to swallow for a lot of us.
I know it's a long shot, but bringing Nelson back for one final season in Green Bay would offer a perfect ending to his career, and a great chance for the fans to give him a proper sendoff. Although analysts say that it is statistically the wrong move to bring him back and it shouldn't even be considered, many would say otherwise.
Nelson is well-respected among the Green and Gold. His locker room presence and veteran status could have a positive impact on the teams mentality. The Superbowl champion could be a great mentor to the young receiver crew, teaching them the routes and how Rodgers wants them run. It is also safe to say that Rodgers would be much happier having #87 back with him. His first Superbowl touchdown recipient and the second half of the most successful Quarterback-Receiver duo in Packer history would be a great tool for Rodgers to once again have in his corner. Although he's no longer a young man, the spark between the two wouldn't take long to reignite.
Nelson is a fan favorite. He made many fall in love with the game of football just by simply being himself. He was a hard-worker who showed up to the field, did his job, and went home to the farm. He was successful, yet humble. The Kansas State walk-on wasn't a star out of the gate, but over time he developed his game into something extraordinary. He persevered after tearing his ACL and came back to win the "Comeback Player of the Year" award at the NFL Honors after the 2016-2017 season. Not only was he Rodgers favorite target, but a security blanket. Their connection on and off the field was something special, something rare.
Over the years, Nelson has won over the hearts of many Packer fans and developed his own fan base. Anytime Nelson made a play, a big catch, a touchdown, or even the simplest of things, it was a bigger deal than if any other player were to do the same. The sideline catches were a work of art, and the deep threat was unstoppable. And every time Rodgers and Nelson connected, you better believe that this group of Jordy-lovers were jumping out of their seats to celebrate.
When Nelson got hurt, these fans put their heads on the table in disbelief. They were trying to figure out how they would get through a Jordy-less season. The following season, when he made his return post-injury, these fans were emotional watching Nelson get his first touchdown against the Jaguars in his return. Nelson made Packer games all the more special just by stepping out onto the field. The Jordy-lovers don't care what the stats say, what his age is, or if he has "lost a step" all they care about is that he comes home for one last season.
The Jordy-lovers are begging for one more year. Nelson was released after the season in which Rodgers was out due to a broken collarbone. They didn't get the satisfaction of one last Rodgers-Nelson filled year. The return of Nelson could be huge, not just for the team, but for the fans. Countless fans would love to see him come back to finish his career where he started, and where they believe he has always belonged. It is time for Jordy to come home.
Whether this actually happens is not within the fans control. Jordy is visiting with the Seahawks on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Other teams who have peaked interest include the Patriots, Titans, Chiefs and Raiders.
No matter where he goes, whether it's with the Packers or not, he will be supported by his loyal fans.
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Not only its antimicrobial (i.e., bacteriostatic) effect was proved, but also the change in a balance of conditionally pathogenic and normal microflora towards the improvement of biocenosis of the mucous membrane, that points to an enhancement of its resistance.
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Skybox or Skynet? ∞
Marcus Wohlsen, reporting for Wired:
In a statement, Google has said that, in the short term, it plans to use Skybox's satellites to keep Google Maps up to date. And, in the future, the company says, it could use them to help spread internet access to remote areas, something that will help improve the reach of its existing services. But imagine all the other things Google could do turns its artificial intelligence expertise onto a constant stream of images beamed down from above.
One Skybox insider told Samuels that satellite images alone could be used to estimate any country's major economic indicators. Take, for example, this Skybox case study of Saudi oil reserves measured from space. Now consider the insights that could come from marrying that visual data with Google's Knowledge Graph, leveraging all the company's algorithmic might. Google could learn all kinds of new things about the world.
But it could also learn all kinds of new things about you. Skybox can take photos from 500 miles up with a sub-one-meter resolution of the ground below. That isn't likely to sit well with privacy activists who already don't trust Google. What does the right to be forgotten mean when Google can always see you anyway?
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Marquard von Randegg († 28. Dezember 1406) war 1398 Bischof von Minden und von 1398 bis 1406 Bischof von Konstanz.

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Marquard von Randegg (auch Randeck) stammte aus dem schwäbischen Geschlecht der Herren von Randeck. Stammsitz war Burg Randeck; sie liegt heute auf der Gemarkung Ochsenwang, einem Ortsteil der Gemeinde Bissingen an der Teck im Landkreis Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg. Sein Vater war Eberhard von Randeck, dessen Bruder Marquard war Bischof von Augsburg und Patriarch von Aquileja.

Marquards Geburtsdatum ist unbekannt, er wird erstmals 1382 als Lizentiat und Lektor an der Universität Wien erwähnt. 1392 wurde er zum Rektor gewählt und Kanoniker zu St. Stephan. Er war Domherr in Augsburg und Eichstätt. 1395 ernannte ihn Papst Bonifatius IX. zu seinem Referendar und verlieh ihm das Amt des päpstlichen Kollektors im Erzbistum Salzburg.

Am 20. März 1398 wurde er Bischof von Minden, jedoch schon kurze Zeit später, am 25. Oktober 1398, Bischof von Konstanz. Es gelang Marquard, das seit 1378 andauernde Schisma in der Diözese zu beenden und eine moderne Gerichtsordnung einzuführen.

Am 22. Dezember 1402 bestätigte er als Bischof von Konstanz im Verein mit dem Domkapitel die Umwandlung der weltlichen Parochial- in eine Klosterkirche des Paulinerklosters Bonndorf und vermehrte die Stiftung, indem er auf seine Anteile an den Einkünften der Bonndorfer Pfarrei verzichtete.

Am 8. Februar 1403 gab er sein Einverständnis zur Stiftung eines Kartäuserklosters in Basel und gab der Kartause den Namen St. Margarethental.

Literatur

 Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb (= Alb Mitte-Nord, Bd. 4), Biberach 1991, S. 81–84

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Marquard 01
Marquard Von Randeck
Römisch-katholischer Bischof (14. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Bischof (15. Jahrhundert)
Geboren im 14. Jahrhundert
Gestorben 1406
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