Would you like to see "Cheers" co-stars Ted Danson and Shelley Long reunite?
With news breaking that the entire original cast of The Sandlot will be reuniting for a TV series, and with Amazon's edge-of-your-seat series Hanna bringing Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos of AMC's The Killing back together, March has been a pretty good month for TV reunions. It's hard to complain when we've been given such good things, but while the universe is listening, we've got a few more requests!
Here are 11 sets of co-stars we would love to see reunited!
Not for nothing, but in 2 years it will be the 20th anniversary of the release of the beloved musical Moulin Rouge! And fans have surely waited long enough to see Satine and Christian… I mean Nicole and Ewan, back together again.
I will never stop singing the praises of this short-lived but supremely excellent dramedy, Terriers. And it's no mystery why the show was so wonderful. The chemistry and camaraderie between the series stars, Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James is topnotch and utterly watchable. With the two of them still at their peak, this is the perfect time to reunite them on screen. If we can't have more Terriers, Hollywood powers-that-be, at least give us this.
Question! What would be more perfect than Shelley Long appearing on Danson's current hit sitcom The Good Place, finally reuniting Sam and Diane once and for all? Answer? Literally nothing.
Rumor has it that Dylan has gone on record to say that he will never appear on his brother Cole's show Riverdale, but fans still can't help but hope! Having Dylan appear as a long-lost evil twin of Jughead's would be right up this show's dark and twisty alley.
Mr. Sheffield and Fran Fine are quite possibly the most adorable sitcom couple ever. At least from the 1990s! Both Drescher and Shaughnessy have aged really well and seeing them, and their signature accents, together again would bring some much-needed joy back into our lives.
It's hard to believe these two ladies have not shared screen time since 2006's The Devil Wears Prada. With Hathaway now bonafide Hollywood royalty, it's time that she and Streep get back together for another go-round, this time maybe in a drama?
When you think of Scrubs the biggest takeaway you probably think of is the amazing on-screen friendship between J.D. and Turk. I know I can't be the only one who would love to see these two stars reunited once more. Perhaps another small screen venture? We're not greedy!
These two besties didn't get that much screen time back on the Creek, but their rock solid off-screen friendship is still going strong today and we would love nothing more than to see them front and center, acting opposite each other once again.
While Friends was about a group of friends, no one can really deny that Joey and Chandler's love for each other was the very heart of the show. While it would be unbelievable to see the entire cast reunited, we've got a special place in our heart for these two.
While this one may be a stretch, would it be too much to ask to see Iron Man and Pepper Potts step out of their Marvel roles and into something like… maybe a heartfelt romantic comedy? Fans would be all over it.


The Secretary for Transport and Housing and Chairman of the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board (HKMPB), Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, will depart on Sunday night (February 26) to visit London, the United Kingdom (UK) and Hamburg, Germany. He will lead a delegation comprising members of the HKMPB and representatives of the maritime industry to promote Hong Kong as an international maritime centre.
In London, Professor Cheung and the delegation will have meetings with various maritime-related organisations, including the International Group of Protection & Indemnity Clubs, the London Maritime Arbitrators Association, the International Chamber of Shipping, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, and the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners. They will also meet with local shipbrokers and representatives of the industry to exchange views on the development of the global maritime industry and explore the possibility for them to develop their business in Hong Kong.
Professor Cheung and the delegation will attend a seminar and networking lunch co-organised by the HKMPB, the Cass Business School and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). Professor Cheung will deliver a speech on forging closer collaboration between Hong Kong and London in maritime services. During the stay in London, he will also meet with the Minister of State at the Department for Transport of the UK, Mr John Hayes, and have lunch with leaders of Maritime UK and Maritime London.
On March 2, Professor Cheung and the delegation will be in Hamburg where they will attend a seminar co-organised by the HKMPB and the HKTDC. Professor Cheung will introduce Hong Kong's maritime services in his opening address at the seminar. In addition, Professor Cheung will meet with the Senator for Economy, Transport and Innovation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Mr Frank Horch.
Before concluding his visit, Professor Cheung will attend a luncheon seminar organised by the Hong Kong Aircraft Leasing and Aviation Finance Association in London on March 3. He will meet with representatives from international aircraft leasing companies and financial institutions to promote a plan to attract offshore aircraft leasing activities to Hong Kong and the dedicated tax regime proposed for this purpose.
Professor Cheung will return to Hong Kong in the afternoon on March 4. During his absence, the Under Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr Yau Shing-mu, will be the Acting Secretary for Transport and Housing.


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2016 Election: California Senate Race
Joshua J. Berry — Mon 07 November 2016 in Politics
The central question for many in the California Senate race this year is, what's the difference between two Democrats? While there's a lot to like on both sides of the race, there are some differences, and I'll try to explore those in hopes of reaching a decision.
Most of these differences came out in the single debate, so that is where I'll focus, bringing in additional context where appropriate. I won't touch on every debate question, just the ones where I think substantive policy questions have been raised.
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Overall Impressions
Crime and Policing [Harris]
Immigration [Toss-Up]
Marijuana [Harris]
Terrorism and National Security [Harris]
Water [Toss-Up]
Abortions [Harris]
For-Profit Schools [Harris]
Cyber-Security [Sanchez]
Verdict: Harris
On their websites [Harris] [Sanchez], both candidates take very similar stances on issues like immigration reform, climate change, and the economy. But while Loretta Sanchez focuses primarily on what she's accomplished in Congress so far, Kamala Harris takes that a bit further—not only does she discuss what she's done as Attorney General, she also talks specifically about what she would do once elected.
This distinction was apparent in the debate as well. Overall, Sanchez spent most of her time focusing on the work she's already done, especially in her home community of Santa Ana. Harris, meanwhile, spent a little less time on her past work and more time laying out her proposed policies.
This is about what I would expect; Sanchez has a seat in Congress, and between the two candidates, she has more directly relevant experience. Harris has plenty of experience as Attorney General, but that experience is perhaps less relevant to a US Senate seat.
In the debate, one theme that came up consistently from both sides was how the other side needs to "show up", or "actually do things". But neither Sanchez nor Harris could really make these attacks stick. Harris accused Sanchez of consistently failing to show up in Congress, but the reality is more complicated. Similarly, Sanchez repeatedly accused Harris of "just talking", but in general I found Harris' policy positions to be more coherent and specific, and therefore more likely to succeed.
The question posed during the debate was: should we quickly release law-enforcement video?
Harris says she recognizes the "crisis of confidence in law enforcement", and that she recognizes the racial disparities present in the justice system. She supports the use of body cameras and increased training on "use of force, implicit bias, and procedural justice".
Sanchez also recognizes that the "trust factor has gone down", and said that she wanted to build trust back up in our communities, but offered no specific policy changes to do so.[1] Instead, she gave an example where she did this by inviting cops into her predominately black church in Santa Ana to "break bread".
Later in the debate, the candidates were asked if they supported Proposition 57, which offers more opportunities for parole for non-violent offenders. Harris said yes, and drew a clear distinction between violent and non-violent crime, referring to the state's high recidivism rate[2] as evidence that being tough on crime doesn't work. Sanchez said no, falsely claiming that Prop. 57 would release felons convicted of various gun offenses.
Additionally, during what was ostensibly the "cyber-security" portion of the debate, Sanchez claimed that gun-related crimes and sexual assault has been increasing. PolitiFact checked a related claim, and found that nationwide, violent crime has actually been decreasing over the past 25 years (although they did not break out sexual assault into a separate category, and they did find a recent uptick in murder rates).
To me, this is a pretty clear win for Kamala Harris—not only does she have her facts straight, she has a clear position, and the background as Attorney General to execute on it. Sanchez, by contrast, seems to have fear-mongering and anecdotes.
Both candidates support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Sanchez spent her time sharing stories of actions she's taken to help specific people, but once again struggled to connect that back to a general policy position.
Harris seems to have a slightly more nuanced command of the issues faced by immigrants. For example, she mentioned that immigrants are at high risk for fraud, since they are less likely to go to law enforcement when they are the victim, for fear of being deported. Harris also wants to see a path forward for unaccompanied minors (e.g. refugees fleeing violence in Central America).
On immigration, both candidates have very similar policy positions.
Marijuana is another topic on which both candidates are in broad agreement. Both agree that it should be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2, but neither candidate went so far as to say it should be legalized.
Again, Harris has done her homework—drug addiction and abuse disproportionately affects minorities, and Harris believes we should treat addiction as a public health issue, not a crime. She believe the war on drugs has been a failure.
Sanchez did not go quite that far, but she left me with the impression that she believes marijuana should be taxed and regulated, not illegal. She gave one example in which she worked with the Santa Ana city council to regulate medical dispensaries, and another in which she pressured the President not to interfere in California's implementation of medical marijuana. But I didn't hear much about what she would do going forward.
I'd give a slight win to Harris here, who took a strong stance against the war on drugs, and tied it in nicely with her criminal-justice reform position.
Again, both candidates are similar in their stated policy approaches, but Harris shows she has done her homework, covering not just terrorism but also criminal organizations, and even climate change and cyber-security (more on that later).
Sanchez goofed hard on terrorism, however; prior to the debate, she made a categorical statement about Muslims as follows:
We know that there is a small group, and we don't know how big that is—it can be anywhere between 5 and 20%, from the people that I speak to—that Islam is their religion and who have a desire for a caliphate and to institute that in any way possible, and in particular go after what they consider Western norms—our way of life. … They are willing to use, and they do use, terrorism, and it is in the name of a very wrong way of looking at Islam.
While she doesn't directly equate terrorism with Islam, she does paint the Islamic community with a very broad brush, and she repeated this mistake in the debate, saying, "We need our Muslim-American community with us, to help us, to get some of this that's coming in from ISIS."
Terrorism is not the Muslim-American community's problem, it is everyone's problem. Asking the Muslim-American community to police itself in this way reeks of prejudice. It has unpleasant similarities to the rationale for placing Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II.
And, when Harris called Sanchez out on her "5 and 20%" comment, Sanchez didn't apologize—far from it, in fact; she dug in further, claiming that she was purposefully misrepresented. Frankly, I don't buy it; I believe both her original comment and her response during the debate are evidence of implicit bias, if not prejudice, against Muslims.
Harris, by contrast, recognized the need to avoid inflammatory rhetoric that plays into ISIS propaganda.
On terrorism and national security, Sanchez crashed and burned. Harris wins.
I would be remiss if I didn't touch on the drought; but here the candidates seemed to have pretty similar views. Both candidates touched on recycling, conservation, and desalination. Harris additionally touched on capturing storm water, and improving water storage generally. She also emphasized that water is a national issue, making the foreboding prediction that wars will be fought over water.
Sanchez talked more about what she's done in the past within her Congressional district. She mentioned that SoCal and the Central Valley have taken the brunt of the drought, and her district has the largest water recycling plant in the world.
Overall the candidates seem to have substantially similar views, although (as seen throughout the debate) Harris seems to have more clear and coherent policy positions.
In the debate, both candidates were asked a short question about the Hyde Amendment; Harris specifically stated that she was in favor of repealing it. Sanchez did not answer the question directly, but made a general statement in favor of giving women choice in their lives.
I'm giving a slight win to Harris, since she made a very specific statement in favor of repealing the amendment. It's not clear to me why Sanchez wasn't willing to make a similarly strong statement, even as she made a generally pro-choice statement, but that's often a sign of limited/no support. It may also be a sign that Sanchez just hasn't done her homework.
In 2013 Harris, in her capacity as Attorney General, sued Corinthian Colleges, Inc. for false advertising related to its job-placement rates. That lawsuit, among others, ultimately led to the bankruptcy of Corinthian, and closure of all of the colleges it operated, including Everest, Heald, and WyoTech.
When asked about what the federal government should do to protect students, Sanchez struck a balance between condemning the behavior of Corinthian while defending for-profit schools more generally. She recognized that for some students, for-profit colleges fill a gap in the education system by providing night classes, or classes not offered by public institutions.
Sanchez also accused Harris of going after the entire industry. Harris, for her part, agreed and argued that this is a good thing, because she saw that some schools were taking advantage of students.
Both candidates accused the other of taking money from for-profit colleges, Harris from Trump University while it was being investigated by the AG's office, and Sanchez more generally, including from Corinthian Colleges.[3]
Both candidates, it should be noted, also advocated for free college tuition. (Harris specifically stated that she wanted free tuition for families with incomes less than $140,000.)
Overall, I felt Harris' prosecution of Corinthian was appropriate, and conducting an industry-wide review is equally appropriate, to suss out any other misbehavior that may not be immediately apparent. While I understand and agree that for-profit colleges have a place in our education system, I also believe a for-profit organization's interests are not aligned with the students' interests, so strict oversight is important to ensure students receive a quality education. I'm giving this one to Harris.
I've saved what is perhaps my favorite topic for last — cyber-security. This is another area in which the candidates differ sharply. During the debate, one of the panelists asked, "How would you strike a balance between the privacy rights of Americans and the need to protect individuals and corporate transactions and records online?"
Before we dive in, I should note that I have a problem with the question as framed. I believe that "privacy vs. security" (or "privacy vs. protection") is a false choice; there is no need to sacrifice one to get the other. To the contrary, I believe sacrificing one will likely lead to the loss of the other, because the two of them are actually the same thing—online, privacy is security.[4]
To the question at hand: during the debate, Sanchez made some very strong, eloquently-stated points. In her own words:
The time when we are most scared, is the time when we need to protect our liberties. When the PATRIOT Act was voted [on] right after 9/11, I said no. And Snowden showed us a few years later what we had given up.
She goes on to say that Apple has the right to refuse to create software to unlock the iPhone. As someone who both understands the underlying technology, and values individual freedom and privacy, I wholeheartedly agree with Sanchez's position.
Harris, by contrast, stuck to some rather vague policy positions, emphasizing the need to prevent attacks, and to build resilience into our systems so we can bounce back immediately after.
However, outside of the debate, Harris has mentioned that she supports a "middle ground" when it comes to the Apple encryption question. Unfortunately, as I've discussed previously, there is no middle ground. You will very rarely hear me make such an absolute statement, but in this case I have strong reason to believe it's true. To quote my earlier article:
… enabling "special law enforcement access" to encrypted communications would most likely enable "special terrorist access", or "special identity-thief access", or "special nation-state access" to the same.
I cannot support a "compromise" that would make it easier for terrorists, identity thieves, Russians, or whomever to gain access to protected information, whether that information is individual information or national secrets. This is a strong win for Sanchez.
Overall, Kamala Harris seems to have a much better general command of the issues raised in the debate, and more clear and coherent policy positions compared to Loretta Sanchez. Issues like crime, policing, education, and drug abuse affect us all, and Harris clearly has the background, experience and attitude necessary to address them head on.
Sanchez, by contrast, was straight-up wrong on several important issues related to crime and terrorism, and while she clearly has a lot of experience working within her district to get things done, I don't feel she was able to translate it into comprehensive, coherent positions that apply across the state.
Cyber-security is a major issue, to be sure—Harris's lack of knowledge in this area is a significant drawback. And while it weighs against her, I don't believe it's sufficient to tip the scales when compared to her experience in other areas. That's why I'm voting for Kamala Harris.
[1] Nor does Sanchez's website speak to the issue of trust in law enforcement, or police practices in general. Indeed, I couldn't find any reference online to Sanchez's opinions on police practices or bias in the justice system.
[2] Harris did not cite any statistics on recidivism during the debate. However, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation publishes an annual Outcome Evaluation Report which follows up with felons for up to three years after their release. The report was last released in January 2014, and it shows that after three years, a staggering 61% of felons released from prison in FY 2008-09 have been convicted and returned to prison for a different offense.
[3] Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to research either of the candidates' campaign finance contributions, so I can't say for sure whether Sanchez actually received this funding or not.
To expand on this a bit, I believe that privacy comes from having robust security in place. By "security", I mean users should be able to make clear, informed decisions about their information, and those decisions should be enforced by robust security technologies like encryption and digital signatures. This enforcement, in turn, gives users a greater sense of confidence and control.
There is also the issue of collective security (sometimes mistaken for national security by political insiders). I don't believe the potential gain to collective security (in the ability to prosecute child molesters, for example) outweighs the loss to individual security, which faces far more prevalent threats online from repressive governments, identity thieves, and other purveyors of mischief and mayhem. But that is a discussion for another day.
Copyright 2018 Joshua J. Berry. All rights reserved, except where noted otherwise.

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p.s. According to Chinese news report,Dianping has trouble with some restaurants whom have some negative comments from some registers.


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Home Artists - A to K Artists - C Clash, The
The Clash formed in London in 1976. After a riotous tour supporting The Sex Pistols, their manager Bernie Rhodes obtained them a deal with major label big boys, CBS.
The band subsequently unleashed the two-minute classic White Riot – a chant-along stomp that smashed into the Top 40 and announced the arrival of a band whose impact was second only to the Pistols.
In contrast to Mr Rotten and Co, The Clash manipulated the energy of punk as a vehicle for political protest and musical experimentation.
Their debut LP, The Clash, (released in 1977) was a blinding statement of intent. I'm So Bored With The USA and Career Opportunities rallied against inertia while a cover of Police And Thieves was the first of many sporadic forays into dub reggae.
The album went Top 20, lauded by many critics as the definitive punk set, while a further two classic singles (not on the album), Clash City Rockers and White Man In Hammersmith Palais made the Top 40 – the latter addressing the issue of racism, a subject never far from the band's agenda.
CBS (and no doubt the band themselves) were keen to break in America, subsequently enlisting the production services of Blue Öyster Cult guru Sandy Perlman for their follow-up set, Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978).
The album's less frenetic approach met with criticism and despite the best efforts of the label, the record failed to crack the US Top 100.
It had, however, made #2 in Britain and spawned the band's first Top 20 hit in Tommy Gun.
The Clash then set out to tour the States, while British fans lapped up their The Cost Of Living EP and it's incredible cover version of Sonny Curtis' I Fought The Law.
Finally, in late 1979, The Clash delivered their marathon masterwork, London Calling. Overseen by seasoned producer Guy Stevens, the double album showed The Clash at an assured creative peak.
The songwriting partnership of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones now embraced other influences apart from punk and reggae, including rockabilly (Brand New Cadillac), pop (Lost In The Supermarket), and R&B (I'm Not Down), though Paul Simonon provided the dark anthem Guns of Brixton.
Spanish Bombs was a genuinely stirring political hymn, while the loping bassline, slicing guitar, and throat-shredding vocals of the title track gave The Clash their biggest hit single to date. The LP was also a UK Top 10 hit and finally cracked the US, where it hit the Top 30.
The cover knowingly referenced that of Elvis Presley's first album, though Pennie Smith's iconic photo of Simonon on the point of smashing his bass guitar was pure punk.
The Bankrobber and The Call-Up singles followed before the band issued the sprawling, album Sandinista in December 1980.
The triple album (it would have made a brilliant single album) was of a highly experimental nature and earned a critical pasting with the bulk of the tracks failing to withstand repeated listening. Its relatively poor sales forced a back to basics re-think for Combat Rock (1982).
Although this album was a healthy seller, it sounded laboured – Ironically it became the band's biggest selling album in America, where the Rock The Casbah single made the Top 10.
Drummer Topper Headon was already long gone by this point and was replaced by the returning Terry Chimes (who dubbed himself Tory Crimes) who had left after the 1977 debut.
Combat Rock was to be their last hurrah. A communiqué from the band on 10 September 1983 read, "Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon have decided that Mick Jones should leave the group."
Strummer soon blamed the sacking on manager Bernie Rhodes and unsuccessfully begged Jones to return.
The band hired some kid off the street (we could look it up, but his name isn't really important) because he looked and sounded a bit like Jones.
Needless to say, the band stumbled on for only one further album, Cut The Crap, in 1985 (it was absolute dog shit) before finally calling it a day the following month.
While Jones enjoyed mid-80's success with Big Audio Dynamite, Joe Strummer embarked on a low-key solo career before working with his pal Shane McGowan in The Pogues.
Clash fever gripped the UK once more in 1991 when Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (a Top 20 hit in 1983) hit the charts again after being used in an advert for Levi jeans.
A "Best Of " double album, The Story Of The Clash Vol 1, flew off the shelves and rumours were rife of a Clash reunion. The rumours were unceremoniously quashed by Joe Strummer.
Joe Strummer died in London on 22 December 2002. He was just 50.
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in·tox·i·cant | \ in-ˈtäk-si-kənt \
Definition of intoxicant
: something that intoxicates especially : an alcoholic drink
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Examples of intoxicant in a Sentence
The use of intoxicants and stimulants is prohibited. He was driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Recent Examples on the Web Charges of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon while under the influence of an intoxicant; disorderly conduct while armed; and bail jumping are being forwarded to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, police said. — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Police arrest man accused of pointing a shotgun at protesters outside his home," 17 Sep. 2020 There were no other details about intoxicants, and toxicology results can take weeks. — Aaron Morrison And Tim Sullivan, Houston Chronicle, "Thousands ignore Minneapolis curfew as U.S. protests spread," 30 May 2020 There were no other details about intoxicants, and toxicology results can take weeks. — Aaron Morrison, Anchorage Daily News, "Protesters and vandals ignore Minneapolis curfew as anger stoked by police killing spreads," 30 May 2020 Officers also saw open intoxicants in the driver's car, police said. — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Two officers suffer minor injuries in squad crash near South 22nd Street and West Greenfield Avenue," 11 June 2019 He has been charged with one count each of second-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving. — oregonlive, "Portland man charged with killing woman in Barbur Boulevard hit-and-run," 19 Mar. 2020 He is accused of first-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxicants and third-degree assault. — oregonlive.com, "Suspect in Salem crash that killed 3 teens said he'd had 8 beers, records show," 4 June 2019 Cam, 30, was arrested and jailed on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and manslaughter. — oregonlive, "Pedestrian dies after being hit by intoxicated driver in SW Portland, police say," 17 Mar. 2020 Farley smelled of intoxicants, wasn't wearing his seat belt and was slurring his words when stopped by police, according to the report. — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, "Lake Angelus police chief gets probation in drunken driving arrest," 7 Jan. 2020
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1863, in the meaning defined above
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formal : something (such as an acoholic drink) that causes people to become excited or confused and less able to control what they say or do : an intoxicating substance
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— called also inebriant
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A growing number of students in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are enrolled in private primary or secondary schools. The World Development Report 2018 (on which I was a co-author) highlighted…
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Airborne Athletics is a private company which designs, construct, provide and wholesale training equipment normally of basketball and volleyball. The company was found by two brothers in 1995 and started with creating volleyball machines. Then after they look towards constructing a basketball machine with same general technology known as Dr. Dish. These training machines helps the player to improve their shooting, defense, rebounding and perimeter shooting. Thus letting young athletes to train faster and with high intensity.
One of Airborne athletics basketball training machine is the ic3 basketball shot trainer. This trainer comes with great features and benefits that lets you to enjoy this beautiful game. This basketball shot trainer has the capability to fit and assemble very easily on any basketball hoop system. The main purpose of this shot trainer is to make your shooting quickly by catching and returning the missed and made shots. A proper arc is patented to let you easily target and shoot that respective place. The ic3 basketball trainer is very compatible and easy to store. The installation done is very easy to understand. Thus, letting you to shoot hundreds and thousands basketball shots by Dr. Dish basketball trainer.
In modern time, everyone wants to do their work as quickly as possible without wasting any time. Same goes for basketball hoop system, on which you have to chase the ball after every shot, either into yard, driveway or in mom's garden. For that, a special type of technology is invented by airborne athletics and its name is ic3 basketball shot trainer. This is basically a rebounding machine that catches your misses and shot, thus preventing the hassle of going over all of the yard or in court just to get your rebounds. This trainer has the ability to enhance your shooting reps up to 300%, which means sixteen shots per minute. The trainer makes your ninety minutes shooting workout into just thirty minutes. Thus giving you an ultimate basketball experience in your home or in a yard.
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The weight of the trainer is 35 pounds.
The length and width of the trainer is 22 inches each.
The height of the trainer is 59 inches.
Have the capability to fit very easy on basketball hoops.
Can catch and return your missed or made shots.
Proper arc is used to improve your basketball shots.
Easy to assemble and install, gives maximum compatibility.
The ramp can be adjusted within 180 degrees to catch the ball.
Compatible with backboards having a size of 72 inches.
The steel frame can withstand different climatic conditions.
Accessible from kids aged 7 or up.
Two sturdy wheel are included.
Comes with thirty days money back guarantee.
In my opinion, the ic3 basketball shot trainer is one of high quality basketball training equipment that let you to improve your shooting in a very compatible way. This trainer might not be really budget friendly for many people but it's very affordable when you compare this with electric basketball rebounding machine. When I purchased this equipment, it came in a very compact and good packaging. The trainer was very easy to set up after reading the steps and guidelines written on the box. I used wrenches to assemble this system and took assistance from my father at the time of adjusting it on the rim. Since, it was heavy so I was avoiding any difficulties.
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Shooting reps are increased which will make you to perform high intensity quick shots.
Consistency and muscle memory is increased due to quick shooting.
Ninety minutes of shooting is done within thirty minutes.
Sixteen shots per minutes with repetition of 300% enhances your shooting technique.
Easy to workout at home or court reducing the need of chasing rebounds.
The ic3 shot trainer is not really budget friendly for most of the people.
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Tackling Tough Conversations
About Heartworm Treatment Costs
Christopher Rehm, DVM
President, AHS; Owner, Rehm Animal Clinics of Mobile and Baldwin Counties Mobile, Alabama
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Q. Breaking the news to an owner that a dog has heartworms and needs treatment isn't easy, and explaining the costs can compound the difficulty. How do you justify the cost of treatment to a client who has trouble paying for it?
A. No question, heartworm treatment is expensive. In my southern Alabama practice, I work with many clients and rescue groups with limited resources, so I understand how difficult it can be to discuss these costs with clients. My approach is to explain that I'm recommending what's best for the pet's long-term health. Beyond eliminating heartworm infection, the disease caused by damage to the cardiopulmonary system can be long-term. The treatment protocol we use can make a difference in minimizing disease over time.
Q. Please explain the American Heartworm Society (AHS) heartworm treatment protocol and its rationale.
A. The AHS treatment protocol—which I recommend—includes the following:
A pretreatment phase consisting of two months of a macrocyclic lactone preventive, four weeks of doxycycline therapy and applying an EPA-approved repellant. The objectives are to reduce new heartworm infections, eliminate existing susceptible larvae, render the dog unable to serve as a source of infection and to reduce Wolbachia numbers in all heartworm stages. Eliminating Wolbachia bacteria weakens the adult female worms and reduces their biomass. This an important factor when worms die later as a result of adulticide therapy.
Administration of prednisone to reduce the inflammatory impact of thromboemboli and mechanical beating of foot-long worms against the pulmonary artery.
Three injections of melarsomine on days 60, 90 and 91 to eliminate adult heartworms.
Q. Are there ways to scale back the protocol? For example, could I give two injections of melarsomine instead of the three injections recommended by the AHS?
A. Many veterinarians ask this question. The melarsomine product label outlines two different treatment programs—a two-injection protocol for Stage 1 and Stage 2 heartworm infections and a three-injection protocol for Stage 3 infection. The AHS protocol includes three injections of melarsomine, regardless of disease stage and symptomology. Why? Because two injections have been shown to kill approximately 90% of adult worms, while three injections have been demonstrated to kill 98% of worms. That is a significant difference.
The AHS protocol is also designed to decrease the respiratory complications and mortality associated with heartworm treatment. Research shows that respiratory complications are 66% less with the AHS protocol than with the two-injection melarsomine protocol with no pretreatment. Once again, the numbers support the protocol.
While the AHS treatment protocol takes time and can be expensive, I have found it to be superior at decreasing complications, increasing patient survival and eliminating infection. Circumstances sometimes necessitate consideration of treatment alternatives, but I believe it is my responsibility to present "best medicine" recommendations to all of my clients.


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October Pieces Of My Mind #1
By aardvarchaeology on October 15, 2015.
Satanic Men At Work in Umeå. (Actually, there's condensation on the other side of the sign, and the sun is boiling it off.)
Me: "subject". Autocorrect: "Sibbertoft".
Hey everyone who names your daughters "Chatarina"! I just want you to know that you're stamping your kid with this big label that says "From A Home With No Language Skills". It's like naming her brother "Piliph".
Huh? There's an online service named Plurk. I have no idea what it does but it sounds extremely funny in Swedish. Plurk plurk!
Whenever I see a schnauzer dog I wish I could give its face a buzz cut.
Android. The bottom left button used to call up the options menu. Never used that. Then it did nothing. Now it calls up the task manager and is finally useful!
"Foxey Lady" is really oddly recorded and mixed. The instruments are fuzzy and centred. The vocals are super loud, super crisp and placed way out left and right. Sounds like two different recording sessions decades apart.
"The girl from Ipanema goes walking / And when she's walking each one who sees her says / GNYAAAAARGLAAAAGH!"
Childhood buddy, last seen about 1985, resurfaces as columnist in Umeå entertainment paper.
Teaching helps make up for the fact that my kids are growing up strong & independent and don't need me much anymore.
I took a look at the hit boardgame The Voyages of Marco Polo and felt instant revulsion. I think I've had enough of German-style cube-pusher games. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, their solution to the problem of unhappiness is based on the exchange of little coloured wooden cubes according to complicated rules, when arguably it isn't the little cubes that are unhappy.
It struck me the other day that many of the more radical differences in ladies' attire compared to men's attire are intended not just to accommodate breasts, but to display them. And I am the last to complain.
When Swedish archaeologists who made an international impression on the discipline are discussed, among the first names mentioned you'll find Oscar Montelius and Mats P Malmer. Both wrote mainly in Swedish and German, and so aren't very accessible to today's monolingual Anglophones. But now I've received a pretty sweet editorial commission: to put the finishing touches on a Greatest Hits volume of Malmer's work, translated into English with commentary by the likewise legendary Stig Welinder!
When it came out that I own a small grater used exclusively for nutmeg, everyone realised that I can't be straight. This impression was sealed decisively today when I bought a bar of lavender soap in a health food store of my own accord.
I wish you could get rid of academic job application referees on the grounds "That guy and I have a complete disdain for each other's work and academic priorities".
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Archaeology Programmes At Swedish Universities Evaluated
The Swedish Higher Education Authority (Universitetskanslersämbetet) has evaluated our basic university programmes in a long series of subjects. The results for archaeology were published yesterday, based on the status 2012. There were 21 BA (3 yrs), Mag.Phil. (4 yrs) and MA (5 yrs) programmes at…
Jes Wienberg Shot Down My Habilitation
Habilitation, docentur, is a symbolic upgrade to your PhD found in Scandinavia and other countries with a strong element of German academic traditions. You can think of it as a boy-scout badge. It confers no salary, but it opens certain doors including that of supervising doctoral candidates.…
October Pieces Of My Mind
From Current Archaeology #284: "The 'Great Hall' was entirely excavated in 2012, and represents one of the largest structures of its type". Cf. "Dr. Rundkvist belongs to one of the handsomest archaeologists in his generation." The reason that there are no Neanderthal sites in Sweden is apparently…
Andrén and Baudou on Malmer
Mats P. Malmer in 1989, holding a miniature replica of a Bronze Age sword. Photograph by Dr Rune Edberg, published with kind permission. Yesterday, 18 October, was Swedish archaeology professor Mats P. Malmer's 86th birthday. Sadly he passed away on 3 October. I wrote a brief appreciation when I…
"It struck me the other day that many of the more radical differences in ladies' attire compared to men's attire are intended not just to accommodate breasts, but to display them. And I am the last to complain"
Of course, at least in many places. There was a time when there was a similar wardrobe functionality for men. Need I say codpiece? Cue mid-1970s Ian Anderson with Jethro Tull, Bruegel and Bosch, and the airport scene in This is Spinal Tap. Oh, yes, Zappa and band on the cover of Zoot Allures and about any live photo of Robert Plant in the 1970s.
By Phillip Helbig (not verified) on 15 Oct 2015 #permalink
Hey everyone who names your daughters "Chatarina"! I just want you to know that you're stamping your kid with this big label that says "From A Home With No Language Skills".
There has been quite a bit of this in the US for decades. It's a reliable indicator of the family's socioeconomic status: urban ghetto or trailer trash. Freakanomics has a chapter on the subject. They mention a few egregious cases of naming: a teenage girl named Temptress who was apparently living up to her name; a boy named Amcher, after the place he was born (Albany Medical Center Hospital Emergency Room), and so on.
At least in the US, there are fads and fashions in naming children (girls more so than boys). Names become popular among middle and upper class families, and spread down the socioeconomic ladder. Britney Spears (again, a variant spelling, derived from Brittany) was part of a wave of girls with her name, not the cause of it. In addition, some names evolve from being boys' names to being girls' names. Hilary and Tracy are two examples of the latter.
I understand that many European countries, unlike the US, have varying degrees of restriction on what names can be given to children. So it makes sense that Sweden would be lagging the US here--it would be much more common for a name already popular in the English-speaking world to be adopted into Swedish than the other way around.
By Eric Lund (not verified) on 15 Oct 2015 #permalink
I once read about a Swedish fellow who had his name-change application turned down by the authorities. He wanted the surname Ljussfär, "Light sphere", because it would have been an important step in his personal development.
By aardvarchaeology on 15 Oct 2015 #permalink
A new-fangled prince in the Swedish royal family was named "Niklas" which is the same name (local spelling rules aside) as the final Czar. Bad vibes. Maybe they should rename him Hindenburg? At least airships are cool.
Dancing tampon song on children's television to teach kids about periods http://www.thelocal.se/20151014/dancing-tampon-rap-to-teach-kids-about-…
I would like to have the same name as that Babylonian king who was named "luminous/radiating" (see the Old Testament). The Romans translated it as "Lucifer" in latin, and thought it referred to a quite different character.
By Birger Johansson (not verified) on 16 Oct 2015 #permalink
Didn't Tim Burton make a film about this?
"Trio stole corpse to sell as bride, say Chinese media" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/16/trio-stole-corpse-to-sell-… "Body taken from tomb for ritual 'ghost wedding' in which single people who have died are joined for a marriage in the afterlife". Meh. The Roman emperor Helogabal had actual gods marry each other.
Woman convicted of witchcraft to get retrial 300 years on http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/16/woman-convicted-witchcraft…
Sweden used to have a lot of witch trials. The current secular society in part emerged as a reaction to the very strong grip of the church on everyday life. Also, along with poverty, it contributed to a million Swedes seeking a new life in America.
Weremosquitos http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2015/10/11 I think I can handle that kind of supernatural monsters.
Umeå has a heavy metal band named Moloken. They ought to make a version of The Girl From Ipanema where they growl the text whle playing very loud.
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Department of WTF: "The Real Cause of Mass Shootings in USA: Zombies, Witches, Vampires" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2015/10/15/the-real-cause-of-ma…
-American TV is much more powerful than Swedish TV, because we see the same programs but our brains fail to get brainwashed...maybe we are not sophisticated enough for mass hypnosis?
Happy birthday, DNA : -2600 People Form A Chain To Celebrate The Anniversary Of DNA
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/10/15/thats-some-parade/
Scandy national relationships: Adult kindergarten fight! http://satwcomic.com/adult-kindergarteners
I would like to have the same name as that Babylonian king who was named "luminous/radiating" (see the Old Testament). The Romans translated it as "Lucifer" in latin, and thought it referred to a quite different character.
I remind you that "divine" and "devil" come from the same root. They apply, respectively, to the obviously real god my people worship, and the obviously false god those people over there worship.
The current secular society in part emerged as a reaction to the very strong grip of the church on everyday life.
I suspect the same thing happened in New England, which is much less religious than any other part of the US. Massachusetts was originally a theocracy. There was also this unpleasant business about alleged witches in 1692 in Salem Village (present-day Danvers, but present-day Salem takes all the publicity). Several provisions of the US constitution were written with an eye to preventing recurrences of that.
They ought to make a version of The Girl From Ipanema where they growl the text whle playing very loud.
That might be interesting to listen to once. The reputation of that song is such that there is a TV Tropes page named after it: The Elevator from Ipanema.
You realise Astrud Gilberto sang every note of that song flat. That takes some doing.
Yay, we're getting some missiles! About time, too. HK has never had any air defence.
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/10/16/pla_air_defense_shield_in_hk.php
By John Massey (not verified) on 16 Oct 2015 #permalink
Yet another Swedish contribution to the world: The virus from Hell! (Ljungan is a Swedish river)
Scientists solve structure of virus linked to diabetes, infant death, and neurological conditionshttp://phys.org/news/2015-10-scientists-virus-linked-diabetes-infant.ht…
By birgerjohansson (not verified) on 16 Oct 2015 #permalink
There is a town called Hell in Norway. It became famous 21 years ago when the Southern Baptist Church of Alabama won the Ig Nobel Prize in Mathematics for their county-by-county estimate of how many Alabamans were going to Hell. Accepting the award was the honorary consul for Norway in Boston, who said (i'm paraphrasing, as my Google-fu isn't finding the transcript of his acceptance speech), "We are pleased to learn that so many residents of the great state of Alabama are going to Hell. There is a place in Hell for all of you." Supposedly, it's a nice place to visit, except in winter, when Hell freezes over.
Ah Hell, a classic. It means "flat rock outcrop". And at their railway station is a prominent sign, "Hell Gods-Expedition", where gods means rolling freight.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Hell,_Gods_Expediti…
Back in my home village Norrfors, there is a riverside hell with hällristningar (rock carvings).
"We are Raif: UK campaign for human rights in Saudi Arabia launched" http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2015/10/16/raif-2/
Attack of the Low Budget! Run for your lives!
"The Fantastic Four (1994 unreleased) Roger Corman" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fx3g5_the-fantastic-four-1994-unrel…
I'm designing an underground cycle track 1.2 km long. The people I am designing it for have evidently never ridden bicycles and don't realize this concept it totally unattractive because it will involve a trip time of about 3 minutes - and there is no continuing cycle track connecting to either end. They are also unaware that the thing will instantly get clogged with kiddies on their trainer wheels accompanied by Mum and Dad on foot, turning the whole thing into an instant underground shemozzle.
At 2.00 am, the speed girls on their roller blades will be down there, no worries, but then they will be kvetching at me to provide a much longer track.
It's on days like this that you need to speak Yiddish.
Lots of fire escapes?
Maybe the people you work for think they can retrofit the track with a teleportation device that will whisk the cyclists back to the starting point?
I borked the link to the virus from hell (or a Swedish river valley)
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-scientists-virus-linked-diabetes-infant.ht…
# - One every 36m, with no two more than 48m part.
Meschugga.
"There is a town called Hell in Norway."
That's nothing compared to the town of---drum roll, please...Fucking in Austria, with the sign "Welcome to Fucking Austria". Speakers of German will appreciate an auxiliary sign advising motorists to slow down: Bitte nicht so schnell!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp
The web page above mentions the Mayor of Fucking. Now, that's a title to aspire to! (Or perhaps to perspire to?)
Philip @20: I've heard of that town. Among other things, they are known for an eponymous beer, Fucking Hell. (Hell is German for light-colored.)
John, if they install a really powerful fan, the cyclists can experience that Tour De France feeling.
If the wind is strong enough, they can strap wings to their backs and ride upside down on the ceiling, like Men in Black. And when they reach the end, they make a half loop and come down cycling in the opposite direction.
More dumbassery in the American political debates, but it would be no challenge mocking the crap.
Does "fucking" mean "bump" (in the road)? It would be consistent with the original plattdeutsch/Dutch usage.
Seeing creationists act like insufferable comic book fanboys http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/10/18/how-to-interpret-the-…
Complaint # 10: "Ark looks like a bathtub with happy animals sticking out of it"
(but as others have mentioned "ark" simply means"box/crate")
BTW, an accurate Jewish Ark should have adverts for vacations in the Catskills.
And I think the muslim Ark should look sinister, like something assembled in Mordor. The Proper Christian Ark should of course ban pooping for all animals and humans*.
*except on the appropriate deck. This is why to this day, one deck is named the "poop deck".
"Does "fucking" mean "bump" (in the road)? It would be consistent with the original plattdeutsch/Dutch usage."
It appears to derive from the name of the founder, one Focko.
Austria is a long way away from plattdüütsche areas.
There also used to be a Dutch airplane manufacturer named Fokker. They went bankrupt 20-ish years ago following the F-100 project. The F-100 was a DC-9 clone that became notorious for its mechanical unreliability--jaded travelers would sometimes joke that their flight was delayed because the Fokker was Fokked up again. I don't know which (if any) European airlines had that model. On this side of the pond, American Airlines and US Airways had it in their fleets, though I believe the model has been retired in the US.
Those who understand Dutch will appreciate the unlikely story of a Dutchman with bad English explaining his line of work to an Englishman:
Englishman: And what do you do?
Dutchman: I fuck horses.
Englishman: Pardon?!
Dutchman: Ja, paarden! Spreekt u ook Nederlands?
Explanation: Dutch "fokken" means "to breed", e.g. horses. "I breed" is thus "ik fok". Dutch "paarden" means "horses".
BTW Swedish racists have stareted torching buildings planned for receiving refugees.
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In naval swedish, fock is a sail (or part thereof?) I believe the root may be "to beat" which is appropriate for a wind-affected component. In English, another meaning was derived. Maybe related to how the dutch word meaning was derived.
Teenage Me was an asshole http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3899
Ljussfär, "Light sphere".
He should have gone for Supernova. Or maybe Gurb (as in GRB)
Stampede At Hajj In Saudi Arabia Reportedly Killed At Least 2,177 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hajj-stampede-death-toll_5625d226e4…
FUCK!!!!! This is as many dead as in hurricane Katrina. And two-thirds of 9/11.
I think the WWII bombing of Coventry killed just about as many, but it took all of Luftwaffe.
"BTW Swedish racists have stareted torching buildings planned for receiving refugees."
Perhaps not necessarily racists. Sure, many of them are racists as well, but the sentiment here is anti-refugee. One can be anti-refugee without being racist; often, refugees are from the same race. A couple of days in Germany at an anti-refugee demonstration the statement "unfortunately the concentration camps are closed" (too strong even for most of those at the demonstration) was actually uttered by a Turkish writer (his publishers terminated their contracts. He was very definitely anti-refugee, but not a conventional racist: most German neonazis don't like Turks.
The city of Tübingen in Germany actually has a mayor from the Green Party. He recently stated that the situation cannot continue, in contrast to his party and Merkl (who don't usually agree on policies). Definitely anti-refugee in some sense, but certainly not a racist in any sense (and not violent nor inciting to violence).
Even among the people one disagrees with, there are different types, and it is not helpful to paint everything in good/bad. Not because there is necessarily something in-between (though there might be), but because there can be different kinds of bad.
I prefer the terms Sw. främlingsfientlig, Eng. xenophobic.
These words, with essentially the same meaning, apply to fear of foreigners. It is usually interpreted to mean irrational fear of foreigners based on lack of knowledge. For example, one wouldn't call those active in the Resistance in France in WWII xenophobic, though their actions were directed against foreigners in France.
Of course---and that is part of the problem---anyone can go to a demonstration, and people go for different reasons. I don't think the majority are xenophobic in the conventional sense. At least there is a significant minority who are not. Traditionally, the least xenophobic party in Germany is the Green Party, so one can be quite sure that in this case xenophobia was not the reason for his statement (which some interpret as such) that Germany cannot continue to take in 300,000 refugees a month for an arbitrary length of time and at the same time maintain a functioning society.
One can agree or disagree, but this is not xenophobia as it is usually understood.
Etymologically, xenophobia is just the fear, without any action. Of course, words are not always used in an etymologically pure sense.
John: I'm not sure if you've seen this story: China golf: Communist Party bans club membership (from Auntie Beeb)
The new rule on golf states that members are banned from "obtaining, holding or using membership cards for gyms, clubs, golf clubs, or various other types of consumer cards, or entering private clubs".
Extravagant dining and drinking is also banned, as is abuse of power. (It says something that they felt the need to state the last explicitly.)
BBC gives the breaking-news-water-is-wet explanation that "such clubs are often seen by the Chinese public as places where officials have cut shady deals." Talking business deals is something that often happens on private golf courses, at least in the US, and I'm sure also in other countries where golf is popular.
It's part of Xi's anti-corruption drive. He sees official corruption as being a potential Mandate of Heaven issue, so he wants to reduce it as much as he can.
#36: Banning being a member of a gym is a bit over the top. It would also extend to tennis clubs.
Golf I can understand - it is as if the game was invented for the purpose of people with ill-gotten gains to do shady deals with each other. It is also very much the fashionable game for the nouveau riche (which by definition means via corruption in China and much of the rest of E/SE Asia) - it is a game of conspicuous and ostentatious consumption, requiring use of a huge piece of manicured countryside and a whacking great bag full of shiny sticks, plus other costly accessories.
It's somewhat more difficult to engage in discrete discussion of shady deals when the guy is standing at the other end of a tennis court and you are both hating each other's guts. In the past, tennis was seen as a rich people's sport, but the Williams sisters have pretty much shot holes through that notion.
There is a reason tennis has been viewed as a rich man's sport: the space that you would have to devote to the court could otherwise be a more general purpose leisure space, or it could be devoted to a decently productive vegetable garden. So urban poor and middle class can't afford the land, full stop, and rural poor have to devote that land to agriculture. Also don't forget maintenance costs, especially if you use a grass surface as at Wimbledon. Clay is probably cheaper, but not by much if you want to maintain a playing-grade surface. You could use concrete, but that gets painful when you fall on it.
In the US and Australia, land is plentiful, so that's not such a big issue. You can build tennis courts in public parks, and the equipment is not so expensive, so people like the Williams sisters can try the sport. But in Europe, and even more so in south and east Asia, it is an issue. There, chances are tennis courts are owned either by clubs or by very wealthy private individuals. And the shady dealing doesn't have to happen on the tennis court; it can happen in the locker room before or after the match.
So for people of Xi's generation, tennis playing still has optics issues. I know from experience that attempted solutions to this kind of optics problem often don't make sense. Projection may be involved: if the bean counters would be tempted to spend their travel budget on hookers and blow, they'll assume that everyone else who might want to travel would be, too, and they will insist that would-be travelers prove that they aren't. (That's an actual issue for some of my colleagues who are on US Government contracts.) It may also depend on what facilities are available as perks of the job: if there is an on-site gym (which some US government facilities and many US universities have), they may prefer that you use that gym rather than some private gym frequented by the people you are ostensibly regulating.
Good points. This also explains why Golf (even more than tennis) is seen as a rich-man's sport (yes, man; few women play) in many areas, but also why it is more common among the less rich in Sweden, where land is relatively plentiful and hence cheap, compared to places where it is more expensive. This might explain the lack of popularity of baseball (which doesn't have an elite connotation in the States at all) in Europe to some extent. (It doesn't need that much more room than football, but one can play an approximation of football on a smaller pitch, or even indoors, essentially anywhere, which is not the case with baseball.)
Who was Sweden's school sword killer? http://www.thelocal.se/20151023/who-was-swedens-far-right-school-killer…
Swedish police shared details on Friday about a 21-year-old Hitler admirer with far-right sympathies who killed a teacher and teenager at an immigrant-heavy Trollhättan school.
BTW, thanks to Murderous Asshole, the Swedish police now urges people to not use fake swords for their Halloween outfits, as that might trigger panic.
In the US, it would have been an assault rifle.
[Golf] is more common among the less rich in Sweden, where land is relatively plentiful and hence cheap
There is also the side benefit, for those of us who live in snow country, that in winter golf courses can be repurposed as cross-country ski areas. I learned to cross-country ski on a golf course. As with the summertime game played on the course, it is considered polite to replace your divots.
Northern Europe and eastern North America also have reasonably wet climates, so there isn't anywhere near as much an issue with water usage as in California or Australia or China, where water is a much more severely constrained resource. Which is yet another reason why golf is seen as conspicuous consumption in many places.
Nevertheless, there are enough golf addicts out there that one finds golf courses in the oddest of places. Some years ago I passed through Bangkok on a trip--this was the old Don Muang airport; they hadn't started building the present BKK (Suvarnabhumi). I was astounded to see a nine-hole golf course between the runways. Thailand doesn't exactly have a squeaky-clean reputation when it comes to corruption, but it isn't nearly as bad as some of the surrounding countries, including China.
#38 - In France, tennis is the second most popularly played sport, after football (soccer).
#39 - "Few women play" - You must be kidding.
It's hilarious - there are already newspaper headlines like "The ancient Minoans were Caucasian."
There are going to be a lot of very confused people when someone finally explains it all to them in words simple enough for them to understand.
I just wanted to add some unambigously good news:
New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems http://phys.org/news/2015-10-general-purpose-optimization-algorithm-ord…
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In reply to by birger johansson (not verified)
It has been blindingly obvious (to me at least) for quite a while now that the ancient Minoans were genetically most likely to be closest to modern mountain Sardinians. Hell, they even left us walls full of paintings of themselves to show us what they looked like. (I have seen a lot of doubters about athletic young women doing bull jumping - I even saw one guy who was promoting the theory that these were young males in drag, although why anyone would bother is totally beyond both me and Occam's razor - but in the modern era I have seen many young women performing amazing athletic feats that would be harder and more dangerous than jumping over the horns of a charging bull, and I don't know why anyone should assume that young women were any less athletic, courageous or stupid during the Bronze Age than they are now).
I had thought that it was now generally known that modern mountain Sardinians are genetically unlike any other modern Europeans, and that they are the closest proxy we have today to the farming people that migrated into Europe from Anatolia during the Bronze Age. And now, DNA sequencing has shown that the ancient Minoans were indeed genetically closest to modern mountain Sardinians.
One piece of the jigsaw that people seem to miss is that those Middle Eastern people were unlike the people living in the Middle East today, without any excuse for making that assumption. So I thought it somewhat inept of the researchers to look for genetic similarities between the ancient Minoans and modern Egyptians, Turks, Syrians, etc. Of course they were not genetically close to those people - the people living in Anatolia during the Bronze Age were not either.
I'm not sure how this genetic finding confirms that Minoan culture was home-grown, although influenced by a very active trade between Crete, Egypt, etc. during the Bronze Age. I would have thought archaeologists could have concluded that a long time ago, just by comparison of cultural artefacts, plus the fact that they had their own still-undeciphered script.
What the genetic testing does *not* mean, is that ancient Minoans were genetically similar to modern Europeans (who some people apparently still give the quaint label of 'Caucasians'), because, with the exception of mountain Sardinians, they weren't.
The reason for that is that, subsequently, the then-European population was largely replaced by invading herders from the Steppe - whether assisted by bloodshed on a large scale or by the interesting new possibility that the invaders brought Yersinia pestis with them, or a combination of the two, and the only people to escape this large scale population replacement were the people living in the mountains of Sardinia.
That's no doubt over-simplifying it, but I can't think of a simpler way to explain why the "Ancient Minoans were Europeans" meme is so nonsensical.
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Minoan/BullJumping.jpg
http://cdn.kizaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bull-leaping-2.jpg
Minor correction, Martin - it's any comment with more than one URL in it that will await your moderation.
PLeeease release me, let me gooooo,
And I will not spam you any more...
To live a lie would be a sin,
So release me, and chuck it in the bin.
I found an unexpected side benefit of quantum computing technology emerging on the specialist market (see New Scientist)
-ultra-sensitive gravity dtetectors that will be able to pick out sewage pipes and similar objects remotely. What is good for the construction industry is good for archaeologists.
A big cavity? A big object denser than the suroundings? No need to dig a humungous trench to find it.
Ancient Minoans were cool. Too bad they, too, kept slaves (as revealed from Linear B).
And too bad the sardinians were invaded by the Chartagians/ Phoenicians before their iron age culture could mature to a level where they could form polities able to fend off colonizers.
Re : Golf. It involves so many joints and limbs being coordinated perfectly that a hole-in-one is a bigger miracle than the one about bumblebees being able to fly (we know the answer to that, BTW. It involves vortices).
The Phoenicians and Carthaginians only did what the Romans would have done sooner or later anyway. And the Romans wouldn't have given up if initially repelled - that was the thing about the Romans: they never gave up.
And please don't insult bumblebees by comparing them to golfers. Bumblebees are useful. Golfers are a plague.
Though not a golfer myself, I agree with Eric that the skiing bit is good about golf courses. And though our local golf course replaced a big bog, valuable biohab, many Swedish ones are on land that would otherwise be used for intensive spruce wood farming. That is neither nice to look at nor very useful to ecology.
But spruce is essential for making flamenco guitars! It is used to make the front face of the guitar. Other woods are unsuitable.
Golf courses consume huge amounts of fresh water (perhaps not a concern in Sweden, but very many places have limitations on fresh water supply) and huge amounts of inorganic fertilizers, which wash into the waterways, resulting in algal growth, which has very adverse ecological effects.
Golf courses also occupy huge areas of land. Maybe that is also not a problem in Sweden, but in Hong Kong large areas of land needed for housing for working class people are reserved as playgrounds for super-rich people. And as noted, they are an aide to cronyism so that the rich can make themselves even more rich at the expense of the poor.
A tennis hard court consumes nothing much at all - no water or fertilizer. Almost everyone can afford to rent a public court for an hour or two, and they will get some real exercise while doing it. And you could fit 50 tennis courts into one small part of a golf course. They can also be made as multi-courts, so the net can be taken down to play basketball or whatever.
I have seen snow precisely twice in my life and have no desire to see it again, so I am unable to comment on the value of skiing.
Golf courses also occupy huge areas of land. Maybe that is also not a problem in Sweden, but in Hong Kong large areas of land needed for housing for working class people are reserved as playgrounds for super-rich people
This happens in parts of the US as well. It's not unusual for a mountain resort to have a golf course or two to attract people in the summer, when skiing is not available. Of course, in mountainous terrain, land suitable for building is at a premium. So, for instance, the Aspen-Snowmass area in Colorado has several golf courses, while the workforce has to live in Carbondale (about 40 km away) because almost nobody who isn't filthy rich can afford housing in Aspen (even worse, almost all of the housing in that area is holiday homes--very few people live in Aspen year-round).
On an earlier thread John and I discussed the idiotic but all-too-common (in English-speaking countries) practice of maintaining well-manicured lawns as house gardens. Golf courses take this idiocy up to eleven. All so that a few people can spoil a good walk. Martin and I live in places where land and water are plentiful enough that this isn't a completely dumb idea. In the US the most likely alternative would be yet another shopping center with an oversized car park (as if we didn't have too much of that already), and I'm not sure that's ecologically better than a golf course. Car parks are another major source of water pollution due to runoff, they enhance flooding risk (at least a golf course will absorb rain; most kinds of asphalt don't), and in snow country they have to be plowed and either salt or sand applied.
Human Subjects http://xkcd.com/1594/
Play-by-play http://xkcd.com/1593/
Golf courses are extreme monocultures. I wish a mole invasion on every one of them.
Birger, if you haven't seen it, you would enjoy the hilarious film "Caddyshack", in which the clearly cognitively challenged groundsman Bill Murray wages war on the gophers which are damaging the golf course in plague proportions.
It's an all time classic.
Not before time.
The irony is that, with the demographic transition, it was probably unnecessary anyway.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-29/china-communist-party-says-to-all…
Swedish-language article about belief in conspiracy theories
"SD-väljare tror att vi får besök av utomjordingar" http://www.dn.se/nyheter/vetenskap/m-valjare-tror-pa-chemtrails-sd-anha…
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Mark Tylor is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) for both the  Port Adelaide Football Club and Glenelg Football Club. He played in the 1994 Port Adelaide premiership team and led the club's goal-kicking on three occasions, as well as winning the Ken Farmer Medal in two of those years.

Tylor broke his hand late in the 1992 season, leaving him stranded on 97 goals for the season (his highest season tally) and missing out on the 1992 SANFL Grand Final. Despite missing the last few games of the season, Tylor won the Ken Farmer Medal. Tylor won the Ken Farmer Medal again in 1993, kicking 90 goals.

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In its fourth year, Chillin and Grillin in the Glades continues to be a fantastically run contest in Wise, Virginia.� Organizer Greg Cross does such a good job in making sure the teams lack for nothing.
New to Wise this year was an SCA Steak Cookoff on Friday night.� This was great fun for the teams and spectators, as there was significant trash talking amongst the competitors.� All in good fun.� Steaks were shared afterwards.� In a shocking development, the steak contest was won by first time cook Jerry Stephenson of Redneck Scientific, while Look Darnell of Old Virginia Smoke got his first ever steak call with second place.
This year, the weather had some rain showers, but nothing that the teams couldn�t overcome.� The window for awards was tight, but they were able to get them in before the showers started.� Wolfs Revenge ended up as champion on the day, winning GC, with Redneck Scientific earning RGC honors.
The Town of Wise is already looking forward to next year.� If you haven�t cooked this contest, be sure to consider it for your calendar.


I know that you were very deeply involved in the recording of the voice tracks for BS3.
Did you do other sound work before?
what is the best part of this side of game development and conversely the hardest.
My involvement was the preparation of the actor scripts, the organisation of the actor schedule and assisting the voice director during the sessions.
I did a similar role on both In Cold Blood and El Dorado.
The best part is always the actual recording, particularly when you get to meet actors of real quality. When the sessions are going well, it's always great fun. There was one point when we were recording some interactions between George and Nico where everyone cracked up for a solid ten minutes because the lines out of context could be taken the wrong way. And were.
The hardest is worrying what the actors will make of the scripts.
Many people actually felt that there was too much dialogue in BS1 so we actually cut it back for BS2. In dialogue terms BS3 is actually about 80% of the size of BS2.
We actually made a conscious decision to concentrate our dialogue a little more and aimed for a maximum of 6000 lines. We actually broke this budget and ended up with 6650 lines. The decision wasn't based on trying to give more time to climbing, etc. but that we wanted our dialogue exchanges to be more dynamic.