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/**
 * @module ol/control/ZoomSlider
 */

import 'elm-pep';
import Control from './Control.js';
import EventType from '../events/EventType.js';
import PointerEventType from '../pointer/EventType.js';
import {CLASS_CONTROL, CLASS_UNSELECTABLE} from '../css.js';
import {clamp} from '../math.js';
import {easeOut} from '../easing.js';
import {listen, unlistenByKey} from '../events.js';
import {stopPropagation} from '../events/Event.js';

/**
 * The enum for available directions.
 *
 * @enum {number}
 */
const Direction = {
  VERTICAL: 0,
  HORIZONTAL: 1,
};

/**
 * @typedef {Object} Options
 * @property {string} [className='ol-zoomslider'] CSS class name.
 * @property {number} [duration=200] Animation duration in milliseconds.
 * @property {function(import("../MapEvent.js").default):void} [render] Function called when the control
 * should be re-rendered. This is called in a `requestAnimationFrame` callback.
 */

/**
 * @classdesc
 * A slider type of control for zooming.
 *
 * Example:
 *
 *     map.addControl(new ZoomSlider());
 *
 * @api
 */
class ZoomSlider extends Control {
  /**
   * @param {Options=} opt_options Zoom slider options.
   */
  constructor(opt_options) {
    const options = opt_options ? opt_options : {};

    super({
      element: document.createElement('div'),
      render: options.render,
    });

    /**
     * @type {!Array.<import("../events.js").EventsKey>}
     * @private
     */
    this.dragListenerKeys_ = [];

    /**
     * Will hold the current resolution of the view.
     *
     * @type {number|undefined}
     * @private
     */
    this.currentResolution_ = undefined;

    /**
     * The direction of the slider. Will be determined from actual display of the
     * container and defaults to Direction.VERTICAL.
     *
     * @type {Direction}
     * @private
     */
    this.direction_ = Direction.VERTICAL;

    /**
     * @type {boolean}
     * @private
     */
    this.dragging_;

    /**
     * @type {number}
     * @private
     */
    this.heightLimit_ = 0;

    /**
     * @type {number}
     * @private
     */
    this.widthLimit_ = 0;

    /**
     * @type {number|undefined}
     * @private
     */
    this.startX_;

    /**
     * @type {number|undefined}
     * @private
     */
    this.startY_;

    /**
     * The calculated thumb size (border box plus margins).  Set when initSlider_
     * is called.
     * @type {import("../size.js").Size}
     * @private
     */
    this.thumbSize_ = null;

    /**
     * Whether the slider is initialized.
     * @type {boolean}
     * @private
     */
    this.sliderInitialized_ = false;

    /**
     * @type {number}
     * @private
     */
    this.duration_ = options.duration !== undefined ? options.duration : 200;

    const className =
      options.className !== undefined ? options.className : 'ol-zoomslider';
    const thumbElement = document.createElement('button');
    thumbElement.setAttribute('type', 'button');
    thumbElement.className = className + '-thumb ' + CLASS_UNSELECTABLE;
    const containerElement = this.element;
    containerElement.className =
      className + ' ' + CLASS_UNSELECTABLE + ' ' + CLASS_CONTROL;
    containerElement.appendChild(thumbElement);

    containerElement.addEventListener(
      PointerEventType.POINTERDOWN,
      this.handleDraggerStart_.bind(this),
      false
    );
    containerElement.addEventListener(
      PointerEventType.POINTERMOVE,
      this.handleDraggerDrag_.bind(this),
      false
    );
    containerElement.addEventListener(
      PointerEventType.POINTERUP,
      this.handleDraggerEnd_.bind(this),
      false
    );

    containerElement.addEventListener(
      EventType.CLICK,
      this.handleContainerClick_.bind(this),
      false
    );
    thumbElement.addEventListener(EventType.CLICK, stopPropagation, false);
  }

  /**
   * Remove the control from its current map and attach it to the new map.
   * Subclasses may set up event handlers to get notified about changes to
   * the map here.
   * @param {import("../PluggableMap.js").default} map Map.
   * @api
   */
  setMap(map) {
    super.setMap(map);
    if (map) {
      map.render();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Initializes the slider element. This will determine and set this controls
   * direction_ and also constrain the dragging of the thumb to always be within
   * the bounds of the container.
   *
   * @private
   */
  initSlider_() {
    const container = this.element;
    const containerSize = {
      width: container.offsetWidth,
      height: container.offsetHeight,
    };

    const thumb = /** @type {HTMLElement} */ (container.firstElementChild);
    const computedStyle = getComputedStyle(thumb);
    const thumbWidth =
      thumb.offsetWidth +
      parseFloat(computedStyle['marginRight']) +
      parseFloat(computedStyle['marginLeft']);
    const thumbHeight =
      thumb.offsetHeight +
      parseFloat(computedStyle['marginTop']) +
      parseFloat(computedStyle['marginBottom']);
    this.thumbSize_ = [thumbWidth, thumbHeight];

    if (containerSize.width > containerSize.height) {
      this.direction_ = Direction.HORIZONTAL;
      this.widthLimit_ = containerSize.width - thumbWidth;
    } else {
      this.direction_ = Direction.VERTICAL;
      this.heightLimit_ = containerSize.height - thumbHeight;
    }
    this.sliderInitialized_ = true;
  }

  /**
   * @param {PointerEvent} event The browser event to handle.
   * @private
   */
  handleContainerClick_(event) {
    const view = this.getMap().getView();

    const relativePosition = this.getRelativePosition_(
      event.offsetX - this.thumbSize_[0] / 2,
      event.offsetY - this.thumbSize_[1] / 2
    );

    const resolution = this.getResolutionForPosition_(relativePosition);
    const zoom = view.getConstrainedZoom(view.getZoomForResolution(resolution));

    view.animateInternal({
      zoom: zoom,
      duration: this.duration_,
      easing: easeOut,
    });
  }

  /**
   * Handle dragger start events.
   * @param {PointerEvent} event The drag event.
   * @private
   */
  handleDraggerStart_(event) {
    if (!this.dragging_ && event.target === this.element.firstElementChild) {
      const element = /** @type {HTMLElement} */ (this.element
        .firstElementChild);
      this.getMap().getView().beginInteraction();
      this.startX_ = event.clientX - parseFloat(element.style.left);
      this.startY_ = event.clientY - parseFloat(element.style.top);
      this.dragging_ = true;

      if (this.dragListenerKeys_.length === 0) {
        const drag = this.handleDraggerDrag_;
        const end = this.handleDraggerEnd_;
        this.dragListenerKeys_.push(
          listen(document, PointerEventType.POINTERMOVE, drag, this),
          listen(document, PointerEventType.POINTERUP, end, this)
        );
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Handle dragger drag events.
   *
   * @param {PointerEvent} event The drag event.
   * @private
   */
  handleDraggerDrag_(event) {
    if (this.dragging_) {
      const deltaX = event.clientX - this.startX_;
      const deltaY = event.clientY - this.startY_;
      const relativePosition = this.getRelativePosition_(deltaX, deltaY);
      this.currentResolution_ = this.getResolutionForPosition_(
        relativePosition
      );
      this.getMap().getView().setResolution(this.currentResolution_);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Handle dragger end events.
   * @param {PointerEvent} event The drag event.
   * @private
   */
  handleDraggerEnd_(event) {
    if (this.dragging_) {
      const view = this.getMap().getView();
      view.endInteraction();

      this.dragging_ = false;
      this.startX_ = undefined;
      this.startY_ = undefined;
      this.dragListenerKeys_.forEach(unlistenByKey);
      this.dragListenerKeys_.length = 0;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Positions the thumb inside its container according to the given resolution.
   *
   * @param {number} res The res.
   * @private
   */
  setThumbPosition_(res) {
    const position = this.getPositionForResolution_(res);
    const thumb = /** @type {HTMLElement} */ (this.element.firstElementChild);

    if (this.direction_ == Direction.HORIZONTAL) {
      thumb.style.left = this.widthLimit_ * position + 'px';
    } else {
      thumb.style.top = this.heightLimit_ * position + 'px';
    }
  }

  /**
   * Calculates the relative position of the thumb given x and y offsets.  The
   * relative position scales from 0 to 1.  The x and y offsets are assumed to be
   * in pixel units within the dragger limits.
   *
   * @param {number} x Pixel position relative to the left of the slider.
   * @param {number} y Pixel position relative to the top of the slider.
   * @return {number} The relative position of the thumb.
   * @private
   */
  getRelativePosition_(x, y) {
    let amount;
    if (this.direction_ === Direction.HORIZONTAL) {
      amount = x / this.widthLimit_;
    } else {
      amount = y / this.heightLimit_;
    }
    return clamp(amount, 0, 1);
  }

  /**
   * Calculates the corresponding resolution of the thumb given its relative
   * position (where 0 is the minimum and 1 is the maximum).
   *
   * @param {number} position The relative position of the thumb.
   * @return {number} The corresponding resolution.
   * @private
   */
  getResolutionForPosition_(position) {
    const fn = this.getMap().getView().getResolutionForValueFunction();
    return fn(1 - position);
  }

  /**
   * Determines the relative position of the slider for the given resolution.  A
   * relative position of 0 corresponds to the minimum view resolution.  A
   * relative position of 1 corresponds to the maximum view resolution.
   *
   * @param {number} res The resolution.
   * @return {number} The relative position value (between 0 and 1).
   * @private
   */
  getPositionForResolution_(res) {
    const fn = this.getMap().getView().getValueForResolutionFunction();
    return clamp(1 - fn(res), 0, 1);
  }

  /**
   * Update the zoomslider element.
   * @param {import("../MapEvent.js").default} mapEvent Map event.
   * @override
   */
  render(mapEvent) {
    if (!mapEvent.frameState) {
      return;
    }
    if (!this.sliderInitialized_) {
      this.initSlider_();
    }
    const res = mapEvent.frameState.viewState.resolution;
    this.currentResolution_ = res;
    this.setThumbPosition_(res);
  }
}

export default ZoomSlider;


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Verizon is merging Yahoo and AOL into Oath this summer
Verizon has confirmed it plans to merge its Yahoo and AOL divisions soimetime later this summer, under the new brand name Oath.
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Two of the oldest online brand names, Yahoo and AOL, are going to merge their operations into one company under their new owner. Verizon, which already owns AOL and will take control of Yahoo's core assets later this year, will combine both divisions once the Yahoo deal is complete. When than happens, the company will have a new name: Oath.
Verizon bought Yahoo to compete in mobile video
The news of Oath was broken by Business Insider earlier today, and later confirmed by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in a Twitter post:
Verizon bought AOL, which includes popular web sites like The Huffington Post, Engadget and TechCrunch, for $4.4 billion in the summer of 2015. In 2016, it announced an agreement to acquire most of Yahoo's assets for $4.8 billion. The Yahoo deal is expected to close sometime in the second quarter of 2017.
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Okolie V Glowacki: How likely is Lawrence Okolie to win the WBO Cruiserweight Belt?
This is a question that only Nigerian-born Cruiserweight fighter Lawrence Okolie and his opponent can answer when they go head-to-head in a WBO Cruiserweight clash on Sunday. Okolie will square up against Poland's Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant WBO Cruiserweight title in a game that could mark the rise of Okolie to the heavyweight category. Okolie who is nicknamed The Sauce hopes to unify the cruiserweight division and move to heavyweight.
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Ahha, that's something i am going to try. Where is it? Expensive? I remember long time ago i went for a Japanese set dinner and it cost me around RM500.00 for 4 persons. Luckily i have a credit card to hutang first. From then onward i started to be price concious or i may end up washing plate for the restaurant to pay back.
Babe I got a Merdeka tag for you!
The menu do not have english?
Saw it was all korean writing?
But the food really look nice, for me I would rather sit on a chair.
NO mather what position on the floor sitting too long will make my leg numb! Hard to enjoy the meal too.
ah..Monica, Tks for the tag. I'm quite bad with all these but will try to find out how to do it. I'm sure u hv a good feast. When u mentioned "men hv to sit with the leg crossed and for women...U know what I'm thinking?? Women will hv to sit with the legs open..
haa..haa..so funny right.. Hv a nice weekend:-) Cheers.
I can't remember the name of the restaurant. It's located bebind Maybank at Sri Hartamas. well, it cost around RM250.00 for 3 persons.
you should try! I was a bit skeptical of kimchi at first but now, I love it!
Re the tag, no problem, take your time ;-) Enjoy your weekend!


NSW's right edge duo of Blake Ferguson and Josh Dugan are unfazed with speculation Darius Boyd is set to line up in the centres alongside Maroons debutant Valentine Holmes in Origin II next Wednesday night at ANZ Stadium.
With Queensland opting to name their squad in alphabetical order rather than a 1-17, the make-up of the backline is still yet to be officially revealed, but the early indication of Boyd shifting into the left centre position to mark up against Dugan has come as a surprise to many.
Not since 2009 has Boyd played a game in the centres in the NRL, and never has the incumbent Australian fullback started in the position at representative level.
"I thought [Will] Chambers did a good job against us a few weeks ago and I've always seen Darius as a winger when Billy [Slater] plays for Queensland," Ferguson said on Wednesday before the Blues' first training session in Sydney.
"I think it will be hard to go from fullback to wing or centre but in saying that he will do his job and only time will tell.
"You have more decisions to make and they're probably the hardest to make because you either go out the back or hit the lead runner and there will be a bit more tackling for him.
"We'll look at some video and try to conjure something up."
After making the transition from fullback to centre himself at representative level back in 2014, Dugan could relate to what Boyd was set to encounter but had no doubt the 29-year-old could adjust to the position.
"I think it's more about the defence side of it," Dugan said.
"Darius is one of those fullbacks that defends in the line a fair bit so I don't think it will be too hard a transition for him.
"He's played on the wing before so playing one more in – there's not a whole lot of difference. It's more just the decision-making.
"It was easier for me in 2014 because I was playing there in club land, but every now and then you do need a breather.
"It's a different sort of fitness getting up and down off the ground and putting your head in certain spots to make those tackles.
"He's a world class player that can play anywhere in the backline so we'll have to do a job on him."
One of the biggest talking points to come out of Queensland's seven changes to the Game One side was the omission of Corey Oates, who along with Dane Gagai were two of the Maroons' best in a dominated outfit.
The Blues peppered Oates with several high kicks, particularly in the first half, and Ferguson was adamant the opposition would not lose out with the inclusion of the Australian winger.
"To be honest I thought Val would have played in the first game, he's solid and composed," Ferguson said.
"That's just how the game went, we didn't try to kick it to the right side, Queensland were going down our left so naturally we kicked to the right."
As documented when the Blues side was announced, it was the first time in 21 years the same NSW line-up was retained and Ferguson said the unchanged Blues were already three days ahead in preparation compared to their counterparts.
"It's always good to have the same guys around you and try to build a combination throughout the series," he said.
"There is more continuity I guess and everyone knows each other so you don't have to muck around and tinker with defence.
"You probably lose three days [at the start of the week] trying to get your inside defence working and figure each other out."


The experimental activity of CHIMERA in recent years has been characterized by a steady progress in the detection technique and data analysis. Since 2008 the detector system benefits of new implementations: a new reaction chamber, a new charged particle identification in silicon detector made by an extended pulse shape method and an efficient system for the identification of exotic beams produced by projectile-like fragmentation (In-flight method). These implementations appear to be promising tools in view of further exclusive experiments in the field of isospin physics. The coupling of CHIMERA with other equipments (such as interferometers and highly segmented arrays, magnetic elements, neutron detectors, etc.) is also envisaged in order to extend the studies of the reaction mechanism in heavy ion physics.


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Sloan's House Museum & Interpretive Centre
Sloan's House is a site of iconic significance in the history of the formation and heritage of the Orange Order. Following the Battle of the Diamond in 1795, the Orange Order was founded at a meeting held in James Sloan's House. This is an opportunity to experience the early days of the Institution with an exhibition telling its story along with a replica parlour scene giving visitors a glimpse into that time.
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Sloan's House Interpretive and Heritage Centre is part of a joint project with Schomberg House, Belfast, who are developing a World Orange Heritage Centre. The Grand Lodge of County Armagh also has an important collection of artefacts and documents relating to the beginnings of the Orange Order.
Sloan's House holds a unique role in Irish history, as the birthplace of the Orange Order. It was here that, on or around 21st September 1795, James Sloan drew up papers which led to the establishment of the Orange Order. Among the many features, Sloan's House boasts a faithful restoration of the room in which the first meeting took place, to its original state in 1795. This replica parlour scene details the way it would have looked when the Orange Order was first formed there. The Parlour tells the story through graphics, audio visual technologies and the display of key artefacts.
Items include the original table and gavel belonging to James Sloan, and weapons used by both sides at the Battle of the Diamond. Sloan House also displays an important collection of documents relating to the beginning of the Orange Order, including some of the first warrants signed. This site also tells the story of the Plantation and the surrounding area of Loughgall, including stories of local families to the area even before the formation of the Orange Order. Included in this visitor attraction is a permanent exhibition space, café and research facilities.
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 4pm [Last Admission 3.30pm] | Evening Visits on Request
Adult: £3 | Child: £2 (under 10's FREE) | Group Prices: Up to 35 people: £35 | Up to 60 people: £60. Pre-booking necessary for groups
The Museum Outreach program for the Museums of Orange Heritage has been developed for the purpose of promoting the interpretive centre, offering:
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Corporate Culture Rules: The Right Culture Fosters Engagement, Loyalty, And Productivity
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If you're the CEO of a company, the realization that much of what you do can be copied by your competitors may be distressing, but veteran sales manager, consultant, and business speaker Jack Daly says not so fast.
"Sure your competition copy what they can, but there are two things they can't: your people and your culture," says Daly, author of Hyper Sales Growth, (www.jackdaly.net).
"I specialize in corporate coaching and sales, the latter of which really counts on the talent and sustained motivation of the sales force. Even your best salesperson needs that extra shot from time to time, and the best way to ensure a driven team is to create a culture that fosters the results you want," he says.
Some companies are outpacing their competition because of their culture, including Southwest Airlines, Zappos, and the Virgin Group, says Daly, who offers these tips for growing a business culture that inspires loyalty, engagement, and the high performance those qualities produce.
Start new hires on a Friday - and with a big welcome. Many managers think new employees should start on Monday - the day when their new co-workers are facing a long to-do list for the week. Consider starting them on Friday, when the office is a bit looser. Also - how about throwing the new hire a welcoming party? Many offices hold going away parties for departing employees, but it makes more sense to put this enthusiasm toward the person with whom you're making a commitment, rather than the person who's no longer working for you.
Recognize accomplishments by putting it in writing - handwriting. Typing emails and instant messaging is clearly much more convenient, which is why an employee who deserves special attention will recognize the extra effort behind a hand-written note. A letter has that personal touch; the receiver knows that the manager or CEO has taken some time and effort to create a special communication just for him or her.
Provide lunch - for free. "One of my clients started with just 10 employees, and each day one would bring in lunch for everyone," says Daly. "As the company grew to several hundred employees, the CEO found that free lunches were so beneficial, the company now hires a caterer to maintain the boost in culture it provides." While many may cringe at the expense, employee appreciation outweighs the cost, Daly's client says, and it keeps people engaged within the office, rather than having employees leave for lunch.
Flatten the privilege structure. It's not a good idea to create anything resembling a class system, including special parking for upper management. "I was the No.1 salesmen at one company, but I always preferred to park with the others," says Daly. "I'd come in at 5 a.m. and noticed that those with reserved parking arrived significantly later than those who parked in unreserved spots." Parking should be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Upper management shouldn't feel too entitled or privileged above other employees.
Jack Daly, (www.jackdaly.net), author of Hyper Sales Growth, is an expert in sales and sales management, inspiring audiences to take action in customer loyalty and personal motivation through explosive keynote and general session presentations. He draws upon more than 20 years of business experience, with several successful stints as the CEO of fast-growing companies.
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On March 7, 1948, the Communist Party of China's Field Army of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Area launched the Linfen Campaign under the command of Xu Xiangqian.
Linfen Campaign (in simplified Chinese 临汾战役) was a series of battles fought between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang during the Liberation War to control the city of Linfen, and resulted in the CPC victory.
The campaign lasted 18 days. The CPC forces totalled 53,000 and killed more than 25,000 soldiers in the Kuomintang armies.
The fall of Linfen meant that the last Kuomintang stronghold in southern Shanxi was finally eliminated. The communist victory of Linfen Campaign resulted in the liniking up of the Lüliang liberated area and Taiyue liberated area, and the entire southern Shanxi region falling into the CPC hands.


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Cyclist crashes on a motorcycle and kills himself
A motorcyclist has killed himself after he crashed his motorcycle while on the road, police said.
The motorcyclists friend, who was travelling alone, suffered a severe head injury and was rushed to hospital.
A statement from the local coroner's office said the man, who had just returned home from the hospital, had been on the motorcycle when it suddenly veered into the path of another vehicle.
"The victim was riding his motorcycle and the vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed," the statement read.
"He lost control of the motorcycle and hit the side of a parked vehicle in the opposite direction."
It added the motorcycle rider was unhurt.
"At the time of the collision, the victim had been riding a motorcycle for several years and was familiar with the road conditions and was wearing a helmet," the coroner's statement said.
"Police have been informed and enquiries are ongoing."
The motorbike was towed to a nearby petrol station where the victim's body was discovered.
"A post mortem examination will be carried out to establish the cause of death," the local police said in a statement.
"No further details have been released at this time."
The coroner's investigation will take place at the coronavirus coronaviruses research centre.


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Opinion: Avery's wrongful conviction goes way beyond 'ordinary negligence'
Avery's (first) conviction didn't happen by mistake.
Opinion: Avery's wrongful conviction goes way beyond 'ordinary negligence' Avery's (first) conviction didn't happen by mistake. Check out this story on htrnews.com: http://htrne.ws/1lIjoZK
Wisconsin Published 2:43 p.m. CT July 5, 2014 | Updated 1:31 p.m. CT July 7, 2014
Michael Griesbach(Photo: Submitted)
In a recent editorial, the Herald Times Reporter contends I was overly critical of the authorities in a book that I wrote about the Steven Avery case published by the American Bar Association. The two decade long Avery saga is a complex and emotionally charged story and its meaning cannot be captured in a few lines in the newspaper or a sound-bite on TV.
None of us who work in the justice system is perfect, far from it, but the HTR's rush to defend the former sheriff and the district attorney who handled the first Avery case is puzzling. Avoiding tarnishing the reputation of others, even of those in authority who we entrust with the awesome responsibility of protecting the public within the confines of the Constitution, is an admirable goal. But that doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye to an abuse of power, especially when it leads to tragic consequences for so many others, as it unquestionably did in this case.
Limited space here prohibits an exhaustive review - and to be sure not all agree - but after reviewing thousands of court documents, police reports, and letters, and after interviewing many of the parties involved, I've reached an unsettling conclusion about Steven Avery's wrongful conviction: it didn't happen by mistake. What caused it stretches well beyond ordinary negligence, and blaming poor police communication and tunnel vision, like the former Wisconsin Attorney General did in her independent review, or implying that Mr. Avery's wrongful conviction was nothing more than an unfortunate mistake, like the HTR did in its recent editorial, does not square with the evidence.
Penny Beerntsen, the victim of the original crime, the one for which Mr. Avery was wrongfully convicted, told a reporter a few weeks ago that, "Not to learn from a case is to invite history to repeat itself."
So what have we learned? Reasonable minds can disagree about the lessons we should take away from the Avery episode, but one thing is clear: while Steven Avery's wrongful conviction in 1985 is one of local law enforcement's darkest hours, his conviction for murder twenty years later is one of its finest. The authorities got it right this time, and Mr. Avery is now where he belongs – "rightfully" behind bars.
Michael Griesbach is Assistant Manitowoc County District Attorney and author of "The Innocent Killer," about the Steven Avery case.
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Seymour graduate Brown learning to deal with mental side of baseball
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Two tunes followed Zack Brown to the mound during the 2017 baseball season.
When the 2013 Seymour High School graduate toed the rubber on the road, he would be greeted by "Chicken Fried" by the Zac Brown Band.
"It's pretty funny. It was a common joke spread around," says Brown, the 22-year-old right-hander selected in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers after three seasons at the University of Kentucky. "I do not want anything to do with it at home."
So what was playing as Brown made his first-inning warm-up tosses at Low Class-A Wisconsin or High Class-A Carolina?
"'Small Town' by John Mellencamp," says Brown. "It has a little meaning to it. That's why I picked it."
Brown, who went a combined 7-5 with a 3.11 earned run average and 107 strikeouts and 36 walks in 110 innings, stayed connected to his hometown with regular texts or phone calls with his head coach at Seymour High — Jeremy Richey.
First acquainted when Brown was attending Seymour baseball camps as a middle schooler, he credits Richey for helping him with the mental side of the game.
"I'm very competitive," says Brown, the son of Bob and Cathy and younger brother of Tyler. "When I play not to the best of my ability, it's hard to let that go. I have to just keep working at it. One big thing with pro ball is a hitter can go out there the next night. A (starting pitcher) starter has to wait four days. You have to let go of what happened the days before and get ready for the next start."
Richey watched most of Brown's appearances (18 at Wisconsin and four at Carolina) on MiLB.TV and noticed a trend.
"In the games that he pitched, he often gave up all the runs in one inning," says Richey. Though their correspondence, the coach tried to help the player work through it.
Richey saw Brown face obstacles while at Seymour at Kentucky.
"His junior year, he threw really well for us," says Richey. "His senior year, he threw to about five different catchers and tried to strike everybody out and do more for himself. He had to battle through that.
"He threw really well as a (UK) sophomore. Then they did not score many runs for him as a junior."
When those occasions arose, Richey would pose questions.
"What are your thoughts when that happens? Are you trying to do too much?," says Richey. "It's about dealing with adversity."
Richey, who enjoys reading motivational books like Old School Grit: Times May Change, But the Rules for Success Never Do (Sports for the Soul) by Darrin Donnelly, also helps his current players through the ups and downs of the sport.
"Kids want to put themselves in position when they are successful all the time," says Richey. "When they are not successful, they don't know how to deal with that.
"(Donnelly says) 'it's not wins and losses; it's wins and lessons.' To me, that's baseball."
In his second professional season, Brown has learned more about what pitches work for him and how to take care of his body to get through the grind of a 140-game season.
"It was pretty good," says Brown of his 2017 campaign. "I got off to a slow start with an (arm) injury. After the all-star break was probably the best string of outings in my career. I finished the season strong."
Brown used a four-seam fastball, sinking fastball, curve ball and circle change-up against Midwest League and Carolina League batters. He added the sinker while at UK.
A Friday night starter in the tough Southeastern Conference as a sophomore and junior, Brown played for then-head coach/pitching coach Gary Henderson, who also stressed the mental game.
"He taught me to slow the game down learn how to pitch to people," says Brown. "The majority of the time, it's your strengths vs. the opponent's weaknesses."
The same has held true in pro ball.
The big difference for Brown is bouncing back quicker.
"It's being consistent with what you do day in and day out," says Brown. "You have to be ready to go every five days. That was a huge change for me (compared to pitching once a week in college)."
In the minors, Brown works with the strength coach to maintain what he has built in the off-season and to keep his flexibility.
"You're getting paid to play so they want you to be healthy and able to go out and perform," says Brown, who will attend a short instructional league session in Arizona and then come back to Seymour where he will work out and help the community's younger players.
Brown's baseball path began with Seymour Youth League and also included travel ball with the Indiana Bats (based in Greensburg), Edgewood Bulldogs and Indiana Redbirds (based in Columbus).
"We went to Batesville in the winter and practiced for the Bats in an old gym on Sunday nights," says Brown. "Travel ball has taken off even more since then. It's crazy."
Zack Brown, a 2013 Seymour High School graduate, is now a pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. (Carolina Mudcats Photo)
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The 2017 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup opens next week with the race to the title as open as it has ever been for the 10 competing teams.
The customary opening ceremonies will usher in the new season on January 19 at 2 p.m. at Ynares Sports Arena followed by AMA Online Education's clash against Province of Batangas at 3 p.m.
Action continues the following week, with guest team Blustar Detergent-Malaysia and contender Racal locking horns at 3 p.m. on January 23 followed by the duel between last season's runners-up Cafe France and Tanduay at 5 p.m.
Jose Rizal University makes its season debut on January 24 against Blustar at 3 p.m., before Cignal-San Beda goes up against AMA at 5 p.m.
A meeting between Victoria Sports-MLQU and Wangs Basketball wrap up the opening week on January 26 at 5 p.m.
Other marquee matchups for the conference include the coaching battle between champion mentors Egay Macaraya and Boyet Fernandez when Cafe France plays Cignal on January 30; top picks Teng and Jom Sollano clashing when AMA takes on Racal on February 2; a rematch of last conference's semifinals tiff between Racal and Tanduay on February 14; and a rematch of last year's NCAA finalists when San Beda-backed Cignal faces a Racal team bannered by Arellano standouts on March 13.
Four teams will be eliminated after the elimination phase, with the top two gaining outright semifinals berth and the middle teams battling in the quarterfinals.
The semifinals and Finals will both be contested in a best-of-3 series.


A trade between Arizona Coyotes and San Jose Sharks has been confirmed.
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Does anybody understand any of Arizona's moves anymore? That team is completely lost.
They've made some good moves ... but i'm a little confused by some of them. I really have no idea who these guys are. I've heard of Kyle Wood and have never heard of Adam Helewka.
yesterday's moves look like they were mostly Tucson-related, as opposed to having immediate NHL impact. the only reason they even popped up at all on CapFriendly was because they were players were signed to NHL contracts.
The NHL teams involved have to agree to these moves though.
From a distance....I though Wood had huge potential....maybe not.


London, 10 April: The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has criticised Ofcom for its ruling against a BBC interview with Lord Lawson.
"For example, for example he [Al Gore] said that there has been a growing, increase which is continuing, in extreme weather events. There hasn't been. All the experts say there hasn't been. The IPCC, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, which is the sort of voice of the consensus, concedes that there has been no increase in extreme weather events. Extreme weather events have always happened. They come and go. And some kinds of extreme weather events, there's a particular time increase, whereas others, like tropical storms, diminish".
Presenters are not experts and cannot be expected to be. For them to provide a detailed examination of competing viewpoints would be a burden on them and a limitation of the freedom of broadcasters and the BBC, and severely inhibit live discussions, as well as investigative journalism.
For readers that are in fact interested in a competing viewpoint on the conclusions of the IPCC report, an example can be found here.


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WEDNESDAY BOYS ROUNDUP: Lehr powers Explorers past Comets
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May 20, 2021 Updated: May 20, 2021 11:44 a.m.
Marquette Catholic's Matt Lehr (right) waits for the Freeburg catcher to return the ball to the pitcher during a game earlier this season in Alton. On Wednesday in Greenville, Lehr had two doubles and a home run in the Explorers' victory over the Comets.
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Matt Lehr lashed out a double and scored the game's first run in the first inning Wednesday in Greenville.
The Marquette Catholic senior was not done.
Lehr's three-hit day brought another double and a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth inning to power the Explorers to a 6-3 victory over the Greenville Comets in a nonconference baseball game. Marquette has won three in a row to improve to 7-15. Greenville is 6-7.
Myles Paniagua chipped in two hits for the Explorers, who produced enough offense to make a winner of starter Nolan Rea. Rea pitched 5 2/3 innings, surrendering three runs on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. Andrew Roth closed for the save.
East Alton-Wood River 7, Chester 1 – Tyler Robinson pitched six strong innings to lead the Oilers to a victory over the Yellowjackets at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. EA-WR halted an eight-game losing streak to improve to 2-15. Chester is 2-10.
Robinson allowed only an unearned run and two hits while walking four and striking out four to get the win. Seth Slayden finished the two-hitter with a perfect seventh for the Oilers, who drew off from a 2-0 lead with five runs in the top of the sixth. Lucas Moore had two hits and drove in three runs, and Kenny Beachum had two hits, including a triple, in EA-WR's eight hit offense.
Staunton 2, Lincoln 1 – Frank Goss led off the eighth inning with a home run to break a 1-1 tie and the Bulldogs finished off the extra-innings victory that beat the Railers in Lincoln. Staunton is 9-4. Lincoln, which had a four-game winning streak snapped, drops to 13-5.
Zach Ury worked around a pair of two-out walks in the bottom of the eighth to finish his 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. He surrendered one hit and the two late walks while striking out five. Cayden Silvester gave one run before leaving his start after 4 2/3 innings. Cody Ury and Zach Ury both had two hits for the Dogs.
Gillespie 6, Roxana 3 – Kamryn Link went the distance to give the Miners a South Central Conference victory over the Shells in Gillespie. The Miners are 12-6 and 3-2 in the SCC. Roxana falls to 10-9 and 3-3 in the league.
Link gave three runs (two earned) on four hits and two walks while striking out eight. Preston Kaylor, Ayden Madeline and Tristen Wargo each had two RBI for the Miners, who did their game-changing damage in the second inning with five runs.
Gavin Huffman was tagged with the loss for Roxana. He allowed five runs on four hits and three walks with nine strikeouts in five innings.
Collinsville 6, Alton 5 – The Kahoks scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to walk off a Southwestern Conference victory over the Redbirds at Fletcher Field in Collinsville. The Kahoks are 7-16 and 3-6 in the SWC. Alton is 9-10 and 5-6 in the league.
The Redbirds erased a 3-0 deficit built on the Kahoks' three-run first inning with five runs in the third inning. Jackson Brooks and Preston Schepers drove in runs for Alton, which was held to four hits and drew seven walks. James Vambaketes took the loss with two innings of relief behind a four-inning start from Owen Macias.
Chris Thilman's second double of the game drove in the winning run for the Kahoks. Ethan Bagwell got the win with four shutout innings in relief.
Edwardsville 8, Belleville West 0 – The Tigers scored two runs in each of the first three innings and posted their third consecutive SWC shutout in a win over the Maroons in Belleville. Edwardsville is 24-3 and 9-0 in the SWC. West is 12-8 and 3-6 in the conference.
Tigers starter Gannon Burns needed just 60 pitches to get through six scoreless innings for the win. He allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four. Cam Grant worked the seventh to preserve the shutout. Grant Huebner had three hits, with Hayden Moore getting two hits for Edwardsville, which extended its winning streak to 18 in a row.
Triad 5, Jersey 1 – Knights starter Conner Bain struck out 11 before reaching the pitch limit with two outs in the sixth inning to get a win over the Panthers in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Ken Schell Field in Jerseyville.
C.J. Brunaugh drove in the Panthers' run and had two of his team's four hits. Sam Lamer went five innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on seven hits, four walks and seven strikeouts to take the loss. Jersey is 8-13 and 1-7 in the Valley.
Bain gave a run on four hits and four walks before giving way to J.D. Hutton, who fanned three of the five Panthers he faced to finish the four-hitter. Triad got two hits each from John Rea, Alex Peetz, Gabe Giacolletto and Frank Derner to win for the 12th time in 13 games. The Knights are 17-6 and 7-1 in the MVC.
Mascoutah 12, Civic Memorial 0 – Brayden Knoebel and David Hedley combined on a one-hit shutout to hurl the Indians to a Valley victory over the Eagles in five innings at Mascoutah. The Indians are 13-5 and 5-2 in the league. CM has lost four in a row to dip to 11-7 and 2-5 in the MVC.
Mascoutah led 4-0 before putting the Eagles away with eight runs in the third inning. Ian Heflin had the lone hit for CM, with Nick Williams giving three runs in one inning to take the loss. Knoebel was the winner, yielding one hit and two walks with four strikeouts in four innings.
Mendon Unity 5, Calhoun 1 – The Warriors scratched out a run in the fourth inning to get within 3-1, but the Mustangs finished off their first victory of the season in Hardin. Unity is 1-15. Calhoun is 1-11. Luke Wickenhauser and Kaden Baalman both had two hits in Calhoun's five-hit day. Colby Clark was tagged with the loss.
Marquette Catholic 2, Belleville West 0 – The Explorers bounced back from their first home defeat to O'Fallon on Tuesday with a 25-21, 25-22 victory over the Maroons one night later at Marquette Family Arena in Alton. Marquette is 8-4. West is 3-6.
Jake Roth put down a two-set season-high 16 kills with five blocks, including three solo. Roth made it a double-double with 16 digs. Justin Atkinson had 20 assists and matched Roth with five blocks, David Thompson made 20 digs with five kills and two aces, with Brody Hendricks and Chad Tesson both making three blocks.
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Greg Shashack is a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. He has been covering sports for The Telegraph in Alton since March 1988.


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Super Smash Bros Ultimate Edition The character Terry Bogard joined the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite games after being released as a DLC character in 2018, and is at the center of a new controversy involving controversial advertisements produced by SNK and one of its authorized partners.The ad-has been searched on social media and gaming forums-the ad is for mobile games and its name is SNK All Star. Although the advertisement was not produced by SNK, the company had to apologize for it due to its indirect participation.
The ad itself contains three female SNK characters of Terry Bogard riding a motorcycle and photographing them to the bottom as they pass by. Of course, this is a problem in itself for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it does not represent the character well. However, the fact that makes the crime more serious is that one of the female characters is often portrayed as a teenager.
Below, you can view the ad yourself:
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7;s new three-strike combination caused a sensation. SNK has kept a distance from the ads created by authorized mobile game developers. #SNK #FGC #fightinggames #videogaming #retrogaming #gaming #terrybogard#videogames pic.twitter.com / P9LKtudOT1
— Supercancel (@SupercancelHGJ) October 29, 2020
According to SNK, it not only does not participate in the creation of advertisements, but also does not understand its existence. However, it has apologized and pointed out that it has also filed a complaint about the advertisement and requested its immediate removal.
SNK said: "We sincerely apologize to fans, and try to make such offensive advertisements public and hope you understand." "We will work hard to do better in the future with our partners."
At the time of publication, Nintendo has not yet commented on the ad and is unlikely to comment.When the role is Super Smash Bros Ultimate Edition, This ad has been removed from games and Nintendo far enough that the company may not comment on this matter. However, if it does, we will make sure to update the story with whatever content is provided.


On May 24, 1995, NBC aired the one-hour special Houdini: Unlocking His Secrets hosted by Robert Urich. The show featured modern magicians performing Houdini's feats, intercut with biographical information. It's a well-done special with excellent performances and some nice Houdini photos and film footage. And despite the title, no secrets are revealed.
The stage performances were filmed at Ceasers Palace Circus Maximus on April 30, 1995 (tickets were given out free). Host Robert Urich narrates from the "Magic and Movie Hall of Fame" at O'Sheas Casino in Las Vegas. Here one gets a good look at items from the Dixie Dooley collection. Behind Urich for much of time is the Houdini packing case that Dixie famously retrieved from the basement of 278 in 1985.
The broadcast kicks off with Charlotte Pendragon leaping chained from a riverboat on Lake Mead. It's a well-staged stunt with some nice tension. This is followed by Lance Burton performing a stage-bound suspended straitjacket escape. Again, a well-staged stunt, and it's great to see Burton in his absolute prime. Also in his prime is Mac King who does a comedic thumb tie with Melinda Saxe. The Pendragons do their well-honed Metamorphosis. David Williamson does a very funny take on Houdini's Needles.
It what should be a show highlight, Brett Daniels does Houdini's Water Torture Cell. However, the escape is robbed of tension by over production, with backlighting and smoke and various curtains sweeping up and down over the cell. For me, the best presentations of the USD -- Houdini, Henning, Steve Baker -- keep it a serious "test," too dangerous to load up with smoke machines. Raw tension is all the stagecraft required. Likewise, Jonathan Pendragon's "Exploding Coffin of Death" grand finale seems a little overwrought, but it's in line with the "extreme" escapes of the 90s. Apparently cut from the broadcast was Max Maven who demonstrated the tricks of fraudulent mediums. A shame this wasn't included in the home video release.
Apart from stating that J. Gordon Whitehead was a "college boxing star" and Houdini's final performance took place in "London, Ontario," the biographical segments are good. There are also a few bits of Houdini film that I don't believe I've seen since.
The film footage is credited as coming from the collection of Manny Weltman "by agreement with Nanette Weltman" (Manny died that year). Another notable name in the credits is Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams, who would go on to make the Houdini Miniseries with Adrian Brody in 2014. Maybe this is where he first discovered the power of selling Houdini?
Houdini: Unlocking His Secrets was released on VHS by Goodtimes Video in 1996. Without commercials, the show comes in at only 30 minutes. It can can still be purchased at Amazon. Unfortunately, the show never made it to DVD.
Below are links to a few other Houdini television specials from the recent past.
I recently launched a new standalone page devoted to Houdini documentaries and appearances on investigative and reality TV. Check it out under "Media" in the top menu bar or click HERE.
Indeed. If you click the link, you can watch the whole thing.


(NaturalNews) Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal the Obama administration is actively marketing the federal food stamp program (SNAP) to illegal immigrants. A Spanish-language flyer obtainer by Judicial Watch says, "You need not divulge information regarding your immigration status in seeking this benefit for your children."
A copy of the document is viewable by clicking here.
"USDA is actively working with the Mexican government to promote food stamps for illegal aliens," said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton.
Although it's far worse now, this has been going on for years. Back in 2006, Judicial Watch wrote in its Corruption Chronicles: "The United States Department of Agriculture is spending taxpayer money to run Spanish-language television ads encouraging illegal immigrants to apply for government-financed food stamps."
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) are reportedly working on a bill that would prevent the Obama administration from marketing food stamp benefits to illegals, reports Breitbart.com.
"Since President Obama came into office, SNAP participation has increased at 10 times the rate of job creation, the annual spending on SNAP has doubled, and one in seven Americans now participates in SNAP," Thune said. "This explosive growth in both the SNAP enrollment and federal cost of the program is alarming and requires lawmakers to take cost-effective legislative control measures."
As the U.S. government's own website admits, the federal food stamp program (SNAP) has increased from just 2.8 million people in 1969 to nearly 47 million people in 2012. Expenditures have now reached nearly $75 billion a year.
As Natural News has previously reported, recipients of federal food stamp money can use it to buy soda pop, birthday cakes and even luxury seafood items. Soda companies are currently raking in $4 billion a year from federal food stamps.
As the grocery receipt on the right shows, people are using food stamps to purchase lobster and porterhouse steaks. Yep, it's true: Food stamp recipients, who include illegal immigrants, are using taxpayer money to load up on lobster and steak.
It also turns out you don't even need to be poor to collect federal food stamps. "A federal audit revealed last year that many who don't qualify for food stamps now receive them under a new 'broad-based' eligibility program that disregards income and asset requirements," reports Tom Fitton at Breitbart.com.
Food stamp recipients can buy all the junk food they want, but they are prohibited from buying vitamins or nutritional items. The big banks like JP Morgan Chase collect billions of dollars a year off the transaction fees supporting the SNAP program.
The truth about the federal food stamp program is that it promotes junk food companies, transaction profits for big banks and of course illegal immigrants. JP Morgan, by the way, donated more than $800,000 to Obama's 2008 election campaign, and after the election, Obama worked to explode the food stamp program, generating countless millions of dollars in transaction revenues for JP Morgan.
This program, administered by the USDA, is really nothing more than a nationwide handout program to bribe voters into voting for big government. While I have nothing against people relying on federal food stamps to help them through a temporary, short-term crisis, what we have today is generations of voters who live on food stamps and other welfare programs. Far from being programs of "compassion" to help those in need, these programs have ballooned into grotesque, unethical systems of lifelong dependency that destroy dignity and train voters to live like helpless victims rather than capable human beings.
But that's the way the democratic party wants it, of course: the more people they can trap in a cycle of poverty living on handouts from big government, the more votes they can win at the ballot box. He who promises the most handouts wins the elections, it seems, and there's no reversing it once the welfare hoards exceed 50% of the popular vote. We are dangerously close to that level right now, and once we cross it, there's no turning back from financial suicide. The voters will simply vote themselves bigger and bigger handouts until financial parasitism guts the entire economy and leads us all into a financial apocalypse.
At that point, we'll be dealing with what I call the food stamp zombie hoards -- tens of millions of people who have no idea how to work for a living, partially lobotomized by junk foods and vaccines, roaming the streets in a desperate search for food because their government benefit cards stopped working. That scenario deserves another article altogether, so I'll save the details for later.
But make no mistake: the Obama administration wants to put millions of illegals on federal food stamps, then it wants to grant them "amnesty" citizenship so that they keep voting more democrats into office. They, in turn, will keep pushing more and more handouts until the country finds itself trapped with an 80% tax rate (like France), a 50% unemployment rate, and a cultural invasion of former Mexican nationals who inherently support socialism, political corruption and the abolishment of individual liberties.
Spread the word: We must STOP the growth of SNAP and return it to sanity. For starters, no non-citizen should receive federal food stamp benefits. But that idea seems alien to today's Washington bureaucrats who are trying as hard as possible to turn America into the next Mexico.


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Chart is from an extraordinarily�lucid�piece by Kling on The Great Tug of War between Capitalism and Socialism/Communism. I thought that tug of war was over, but I guess, in some people's minds, it's�not.
There are two utopias - the womb, and Heaven (if you can get in there before they close the door).�Life is bracketed by utopias, but in between we must toil and strain and sometimes suffer. It's "the way things are", as the mice say.
It's interesting to contemplate�how distrustful and contemptuous�of human nature and of human enterprise the anti-Capitalists are. What's that all about? If human nature is so dark, then what�would make�"policy-makers" any better than business people? I have never seen any evidence that policy-makers are angels.
And, without the money generated by enterprise and commerce, where would the anti-Capitalists hope to get money to�run�things their way? Who would create the wealth that the policy-makers take from�us to do what they want?
Allow me to add some insight into the thinking and influences surrounding FDR's administrations and the turn this country made toward socialism. I will try to make this brief but as Walter Cronkite said of the 22 minutes he had to deliver the nightly news there's always "distortion by compression"
First lets take a look at the 1930's. Depression, 25% unemployment,no rural electrification,Stalin in power and the Soviets economy humming. Thanks to the lying reporter for the NYT Walter J. Duranty failed to inform the American people that Stalin was starving the people of the Ukraine(20 million) to export the grain they raised so he could get hard currency....the west ate up communism. Eleanor Roosevelt thought it was nirvanna.
But if you examine the data we were coming out of the Depression before the advent of the Alphabet Agencies that FDR pushes through Congress that set up the skeleton of gigantic government controlling everything we have today. In other words they weren't need and were make work programs. WWII saved the country financially and gave it cohesion. But prior to that communism in the US in the 1930 was all the rage among the intelligensia.
We now know through the release of the top secret Venona Papers that FDR's administration was highly infiltrated by Soviet agents. Most have heard of Alger Hiss.
Many are familiar with Harry Hopkins, FDR's top advisor (today Chief od Staff). He is referred to in the Venona Papers, which were FBI intercepts,etc, as agent "19"..their you go. The man influencing FDR on a daily basis was an NKVD Soviet agent. Dexter White at Treasury. The list is available now for all to read.
Bottom line is FDR was a willing dupe whose vanity played into the hands of Stalin at the various conferences, Tehran, Yalta ect. FRD believed (ego here) that he could "charm" Stalin into reasonable agreements. In so doing he even went so far as to make jokes about Winston Churchill at dinner parties to ingratiate himself with Stalin..Churchill once simply left the room instead of enduring this treatment.
Well at Yalta, following the advice of Harry Hopkins and Alger Hiss FDR "gave away" the sovereignty of the Baltic states, Estonia ,Latvia ,Lituvania,Poland for nothing. General Geo Marshall also is mentioned in the Venona Papers. These papers are from an operation the FBI ran from the 1920's until the 1950's and much of it is just now being researched by historians..but what I have stated we know right now...FDR's administration was pro Soviet,due to it's massive infiltration at State and other departments of Soviet fellow travellers ... it's all there all you have to do is go read it.
So, it is not unreasonable that even today we have a residual pro Marxist ideology hanging around. How many times have we heard Hillary say how her roll model is Eleanor Roosevelt? She even claims to "talk" with her. Harold Ickes one of Bill and now Hillary's top advisors father was neck deep as an agent of Stalin.
If you are reading the words Venona Papers for the first time you're saying ,"this can't be.FDR saved the country" etc. Just read the history that is now coming to light.
Joeseph McCarthy may have been a bully in conducting his Senate investigations but the names he named are all in the Venona Papers..he was a bully ,but he was right.
The HUAC, House UnAmerican Activities Committee work turned up similar innformation that was all buried by a sympathetic press.
The aforementioned Walter J. Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Soviet Union at the very time when Stalin was killing tens of millions of his own people and enslaving millions more in Siberia and other hell holes. Duranty was aware of this but chose not to report it.
All in all the record on the establishment of socialism in this country and it's continued love by the Left (Democrats) is the story of the infiltration by the NKVD,KGB into FDR's administration and the web it spread throught our society.
What we just defeated was the tippy tippy top of the iceberg.
This is far from over folks. This was round two of a heavyweight fight that will be very tough. The powers that be want to create the North American Union, a borderless north american of Mexico,the USA, and Canada. Accords have already been signed, commissions set up and the groundwork is well under way.
Folks, this is not a benign, "lets just get together" move. This is the nascent stages of a dissolution of the US into a loss of sovereignty.
Mexico: Alianza para la Seguridad y la Prosperidad en Am�rica del Norte, Secretaria de Economia.
North American Trusted Traveler Program.
All three countries have agreed to create a single, integrated program for North American trusted travelers by 2008. Individuals applying for trusted traveler status would be able to apply for the program and pay relevant fees in one transaction. Enrolled participants would have access to all established trusted travel lanes at land crossings, airports and marine programs. A single North American Trusted Traveler Program embodies the intent of the SPP to establish optimum security goals while accelerating legitimate cross-border trade and travel. The U.S. will also be working cooperatively to identify Western Hemisphere travel document standards required under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
The above on the North American Union and the SSP is by my hand. Apologies for the Anon.
SSP has it's own website if you care to look at it. It's all very benign sounding ...it is a three card Monty play for suckers...and the intelligensia once again see us, hoi polloi as the suckers.
Well they just don't understand Maggies Farm very well do they?
Habu, I greatly appreciate your energy & expertise in clarifying some of the fog around this, an issue of the ages.
You may have noticed that within the already established framework for this North American Union, uner the SSP area is the *North American Trusted Travellers Program*.....one has to wonder that if we have such a program we will in essence have no borders. We will not be able to keep those with forged documents(easy to get) from entering and staying. And it will be the US taxpayer who will foot the bill for the non existent Mexican medical model and the glacially moving socialist Canadian model...they'll all come here for treatment and Hillary will make damn sure they get it from our pocket...it's THE perfect bloodless Marxist revolution and it will be over before the average American is even aware of it. From medical treatment it's just a walk across the streeet to an American school where we are already REQUIRED to educate illegals..REQUIRED....each desk costing the US taxpayer somewhere in the neighborhood of $15,000.
Habu, you do know that the Kyoto language, in attempting to explain why the treaty is good even without signatories such as China, India, and Brazil, says that the effect will be to "level the playing field" among the signatories.
Meaning, natch, that the Tranzis can only see to bring USA down, rather than to raise ROW ('rest of world') up.
The "nation-state", you see, is responsible for the world's ills.
Once the One World Borg is in "full" control, there'll be no problems at all (especially for those running the place).


One of the most difficult part of reading Mindstorms in 2014 is pacing yourself through the long sections where it seems like Papert is simply explaining LOGO to an audience that has never owned a computer. There's a natural tendency to skim at these parts. We may not have wound up with the powerful computing future that Papert envisioned, but many of us went to school through the LOGO boom and have taught using Scratch, Turtle Art and MicroWorlds for a decade or more.
This time through, I tired to read those sections more carefully. While the physics Turtle and Geometry Turtle examples were still very familiar, I was struck by the fact that I couldn't think of a huge collection of other software microworlds.
Prompted in large part by my work with FabLearn, and my own late start with electronics, I've been trying to imagine what a true Papertian microworld for EE would look like.
I've seen a number of circuit simulation tools used over the years. I remember using Circuit Construction Kit with students in my first tech+teaching job, but there are plenty of others. However, this reread of Mindstorms has overturned my assumed relationship between simulations and Micoroworlds. In my cursory review of simulation tools, I didn't see anything that offered the richness that Papert asks of "idiosyncratic microworlds." Simulating circuits requires less physical dexterity, eliminates the cost and hassle of procuring parts, and allow fantastic "point-wise" inspection of elaborate systems. But they all fundamentally present an idealized form of the physical world. When used in context with circuit simulators, the world "simple" refers only to the number and function of individual components, not to the underlying principles that govern the simulation.
Redstone is the building material for electrical analogs in Minecraft. I recorded that video in the summer of '12 (aka ds106 SummerCamp!), and you can hear my apprehension in the first 30 seconds. Here's this thing that's kind of like electricity, which means you can build things that are kind of like circuits…. but they're not real!
I couch my discomfort as teacher-fear, of not wanting to push my students down an "incorrect" path. In reality, that discomfort is coming from the friction between my own hastily and poorly constructed microworld of electronics understanding and the structure/function of the redstone. I didn't have a deep and nuanced body of EECS knowledge that I was disappointed to see unrepresented in Minecraft. Instead, I had a half dozen beliefs that I had hung into a loose scaffolding, but individual components were flimsy and couldn't bear my weight.
Does Redstone constitute a learning microworld for electronics? As a brief overview, the Redstone "circuits" offer a purely digital system, where a wires and component can only be powered or unpowered. There's no analog for voltage or amperage, which means that there's no equivalent for capacitors, resistors or transistors. Redstone signals propagate in neat 1/10 second hops. In short, there's a robust system that can produce wonders, but a student who only studies Redstone will fail a 3rd grade multiple choice quiz about electricity.
Papert's microworlds aren't judged by the richness or complexity of the objects that can be produced within. It's lovely that the Geometry turtle can create wonderful art, but the value of the microworld isn't dependent on whether the learner created the AlHambra or a box house. In a sense, the Papertian value of a microworld comes from how it can evolve in response to the learner.
There's certainly a thriving world of Minecraft extensions, many of which extend the redstone system or build up alternative signaling/power system within the same blocky world. But the tools used to create those mods are wholly distinct from the in-world construction tools. Minecraft utterly fails the challenge offered by LOGO, LISP, and Squeak, and offers no path from being creating within the game to creating/modifying the game.
The other criteria for evaluating an microwold is how it exposes learners to "powerful ideas" and if those insights/experiences can transfer to other microworlds or other learning domains. This forces me to realize that I'm not sure what the powerful ideas at the heart of "electronics" are! My list looks similar to the Nell's insights from Castle Turing throughout King Coyote's realm in Stephenson's Diamond Age. Complex systems are often simple systems in aggregate. Careful design makes powerful tools from tedious processes. There's nothing on my list that looks like a learning objective from 6.002.
My stance is that powerful microworlds don't have to teach Ohm's Law, but prepare students to seek out and make use of Ohm-like Laws.


I am enjoying living in Kirkby Stephen in retirement from teaching and practising as an architect in Liverpool.
I am now developing an interest in drawing people rather than buildings!
I have drawings in collections around the world.


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