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Toxic Pollution Verdict in Ivory Coast
Four years ago, Trafigura illegally dumped toxic wastesin various locations around the city of Abjidjan in Cote d' Ivoire. (See prior post.) More than 100,000 people were sickened and 15 died from exposure to the wastes.
Today, a Dutch court found Trafigura criminally liable for offenses associated with this incident. This guilty verdict is the first time anyone has been held criminally accountable for one of the most egregious environmental crimes in recent memory. The prosecutor had requested fines in excess of 2 million euros but the court ultimately imposed a fine of 1 million euros. Trafigura continues to deny that it did anything wrong in connection with the incident.
In July 2006, the tanker Probo Koala, which had been hired by Trafigura arrived in Amsterdam with a load of purported cleaning slops for treatment and disposal. Amsterdam Port Services, a waste processing company, agreed to process and dispose of the waste for about $15,000. But as workers unloaded the waste, they found problems: there was much more waste than the contract specified (around 400 tons) and it was far more toxic than expected and its fumes were making workers sick. Luut, Planting, a spokesman for Amsterdam Port Services described the waste as "pitch black and had a heavy stench. . . . .No one had ever seen similar waste."
The company stopped unloading the sludge, ordered analyses and then informed the Amsterdam city authorities of the presence of hazardous waste. After confirming that the waste, composed of caustic soda and petroleum residues, was vastly more toxic than expected, Amsterdam Port Services raised its price for processing the waste to $300,000. Balking at the increased price, Trafigura decided to have the ship take back the waste. So, the hundreds of tons of waste were pumped back into the Probo Koala, a Greek-owned vessel flying a Panamanian flag, and leased by the London branch of a Swiss trading corporation. For reasons that have never been fully explained, the Dutch officials let the ship leave port with its toxic cargo. The ship stopped in Estonia and Lagos Nigeria, but could not find anyone to agree to take the waste. The Probo Koala eventually wound up in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, one of Africa's largest seaports. Here, the waste was delivered to a local dumping company, Compagnie Tommy, which proceeded to illegally dumped the waste at 18 sites around the city rather than process it. Contemporaneous descriptions of the situation were stark:
"In 30 years of doing this kind of work I have never seen anything like this," said Jean-Loup Quéru, an engineer with a French cleanup company brought in by the Ivorian government to remove the waste. "This kind of industrial waste, dumped in this urban setting, in the middle of the city, never."
Amid an international firestorm of criticism, Trafigura was forced to pay $200 million to the Ivory Coast government to fund a clean-up of the contaminated sites. A lawsuit brought by Leigh Day on behalf of nearly 30,000 victims of the toxic waste dumping was settled in September 2009 when the High Court of England and Wales approved a $45 million settlement.
The Dutch case focused on the company's criminal activities associated with concealing the true nature of the hazardous waste in Amsterdam. The court found Trafigura guilty of violating European waste export laws aimed at preventing, "the export of waste to the third world and harming the environment." Trafigura was also found guilty of concealing the "harmful nature" of the waste on board the Probo Koala ship that arrived at the port of Amsterdam in July 2006, but was redirected to the Ivory Coast.
The court sentenced the captain of the Probo Koala ship, 46-year-old Sergiy Chertov, to a five-year suspended jail term, and fined 43-year-old Trafigura employee Naeem Ahmed, who coordinated the operation in the port of Amsterdam, 25,000 euros. The court did not consider the clearly criminal actions that occurred in Cote d'Ivoire, for which no one has ever been held accountable.
by Rebecca Bratspies at 4:03 PM
Labels: environmental law, Ivory Coast, Netherlands, RMB
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Едуард-Антуан Тувнель (; 11 листопада 1818, Верден, Франція — 18 жовтня 1866, Париж, Франція) — французький політичний діяч, син генерала Людовіка Тувнеля (1787—1843), що відзначився в битві під Ватерлоо, який був у немилості під час реставрації, з 1830 року знову на службі.

Після закінчення курсу юридичних наук Тувнель подорожував Сходом; з 1840 перебував на дипломатичній службі. У 1849—1850 роках був французьким посланцем в Афінах; 1850 року заохочував грецький уряд чинити опір вимогам Великої Британії, пред'явленим щодо справи Пасифіко. У 1850—1851 роках Тувенль був посланцем у Мюнхені.

У 1851 році після перевороту 2 грудня призваний до Парижа до міністерства закордонних справ, де він вів переважно займався східними справами; сприяв з'єднанню дунайських князівств Молдови та Валахії. У 1856 призначений сенатором.

У 24 січня 1860 призначений міністром закордонних справ. Він сприяв об'єднанню Італії, за що домігся винагороди у вигляді приєднання Ніцци та Савойї до Франції. При ньому укладено торговельний договір з Англією на засадах вільної торгівлі, а також договори з Бельгією та Росією. 15 жовтня 1862 вийшов у відставку.

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Here's a quick way to remember the difference: think of UVA as Ageing and UVB as Burning.
UVA makes up 95% of the UV light emitted from the sun, and penetrates the skin deeper than UVB. Long exposure to UVA breaks down the collagen in your skin, speeding up the aging process.
UVA rays are weaker than UVB rays, but stay the same strength throughout the year, regardless of season or distance to the sun, so year-round protection is very important.
UVB rays affect the top layer of skin and are the cause of your sun tan - or burn if you're not careful. The strength of UVB rays depends on the season: they are stronger the closer you are to the sun.
Both UVA and UVB rays are dangerous as they contribute to, or even cause, the formation of skin cancer cells.
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A. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the week long celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose "an enemy of the Roman people" to represent the "Lord of Misrule." Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. At the festival's conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman.
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Over the last decade, Thai food has grown in popularity. Hands down, the most popular dish is pad thai. To truly experience Thai cuisine, you should step away from the basic pad thai and try some of the broths and noodle dishes that make this cuisine so delectable. This cuisine focuses on a lot of herbs and offers a range of sweet, sour, spicy and bitter tastes. It focuses on fresh herbs, so this cuisine always has a vivid flavor.
If characterizing Indian food was hard, Chinese food is impossible to pin down. China has one of the most diverse mixes of cultures and cuisines in the world. The main eight styles of cooking are: Fujian, Cantonese, Anhui, Zhejiang, Szechuan, Shandong and Hunan. In Chinese traditional medicine and culture, the opposites of yin and yang must always be kept in balance. This same balance extends to food. When cooking, the Chinese try to balance different colors, tastes, textures and smells. This focus has paid off and made Chinese cuisine one of the world's finest.
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There is some debate if there is actually a Mediterranean cuisine. This term mostly developed in the 1970s when there was a Mediterranean diet. In general, it consists of fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood and olive oil. Depending on who you ask, it could include different Greek, Italian, Arabic, European or North African dishes.
Say Oui, Oui to French cuisine! Five-star chefs are often trained in French cooking. It uses cheese, chocolate and baguettes for delicious meals. Of course, a French meal would never be complete without some wine! Despite their focus on cheese, bread and chocolates, the French amazingly remain thin. Perhaps eating more of this cuisine could be a weight loss plan?
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Although Italian cuisine varies from region to region, each meal will generally be set up in a similar way. It will begin with the antipasto or appetizer menu. Next, diners enjoy the primo course which consists of pasta or rice. The second course is a meat. To top it off, the last course is the dolce or dessert course.
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With a $1 billion price tag, the project would be the largest private investment in the city's history.
"[Camden residents] have waited far too long and had far too many false starts and empty promises," said Gov. Chris Christie, who took a break from the campaign trail to attend the announcement Thursday at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden.
Ambitions for the project, flatly dubbed "The Camden Waterfront," are high. Developers envision a Camden so flourishing and attractive that it would connect and compete with Philadelphia in a way the city never has before.
According to Liberty CEO Bill Hankowsky, Camden's progress on public safety and attracting business has started to make that vision — and investment in it — possible.
"There's a momentum and a sense that this is a place that maybe is on the rise and not necessarily a place that's on the decline or simply, you know, dormant," Hankowsky said.
But there was also hope among attendees that the project could spur growth and investment in the neighborhood and throughout Camden itself, a promise other projects had failed to fulfill.
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Liberty is not applying for state tax breaks through the state's Grow NJ program for this project, but Hankowsky suggested it could be a selling point for any companies that may want to locate there.
Liberty could break ground as early as next fall and open The Camden Waterfront to occupants by late 2018.


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Teenagers who play video games for more than four hours a day suffer from symptoms of depression, but frequent use of social media and instant messaging may mitigate symptoms of game addiction in these teens, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests.
The findings, scheduled for publication in the March 2017 issue of the journal Computers in Human Behavior, suggest that while heavy gaming, particularly in boys, can be viewed as a warning signal for parents, not everyone who plays many hours a day is at risk for developing problems related to gaming. Some of the downsides of gaming, the researchers say, may be balanced out in those who are socially engaged either online or in real life with friends. In fact, the researchers say, boys with high-quality friendships appear immune from the depression associated with heavy use of video games.
Researchers say the findings could inform organizations such as the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association that have proposed making Internet Gaming Disorder a condition that would be on par with disorders relating to substance abuse and pathological gambling.
Colder Carras and her colleagues analyzed 2009-2012 data from the annual Monitor Internet and Youth study, a school-based survey of nearly 10,000 teenagers across the Netherlands. Researchers asked the teens about how often they play video games, use social media and instant messaging, and about their friendships. The survey also had the teens answer questions about addictive behaviors, including whether they feel like they can stop gaming if they want to and whether they get irritable if they're not playing. While only Dutch teens participated in the survey, Colder Carras and her colleagues believe that the responses would likely be similar in teens in other developed nations such as the United States.
In doing their statistical analysis, the researchers focused on many subsets of respondents, notably heavy gamers who also reported frequent online social interactions and those who did not. They found that symptoms of video game addiction depend not only on video game play but also on concurrent levels of online communication and that those who were socially active online reported fewer symptoms of game addiction. All of the subsets of heavy gamers had more depressive symptoms, but boys who were not very social online showed more loneliness and anxiety, regardless of the quality of their friendships. Girls who gamed extensively but were also very active in online social settings had less loneliness and social anxiety but also lower self-esteem.
Internet Gaming Disorder was proposed for further study in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), known as the bible of the American Psychiatric Association. Questions remain about how to best distinguish engaged gamers – who have fewer symptoms of addiction and depression problems – from problematic gamers, or those who have a loss of control over gaming associated with problems that lead to significant harm or distress.
To be sure, Colder Carras says, most of the adolescents who reported playing video games for four or more hours a day did report depressive symptoms, possibly reflecting problems that need treatment. But it shouldn't be assumed that all those adolescents have a gaming-related disorder that needs treating. Parents and clinicians need to look at the underlying reasons for why the teens play so many video games.
A key, she says, is looking for the reasons why the teen spends so many hours behind a console or computer. Is it because the teen is too depressed to cope with the real world and uses gaming as an attempt to stave off loneliness? Or are games a way to socialize and bond with others, either in person or through interactive online games?
Colder Carras says that while older teens can usually recognize when their use of the internet is problematic, younger ones may need help to put everything into perspective and be given tools on how to handle potential gaming-related issues that may arise.


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Committee Sends Modified Campaign Finance Bill To The Senate
by Christine Stuart March 31, 2015, 11:02 am January 21, 2021, 6:42 pm
In an attempt to reach a compromise with their colleagues in the House, the Senate Democratic caucus modified a campaign finance bill Monday.
The bill, which seeks to correct some problems created by the 2013 campaign finance package, will now cap the amount of money a state party can spend on a publicly-financed House or Senate candidate at $250,000. The amount a party can spend on a gubernatorial or constitutional candidate would still be unlimited, under the bill, leaving some members on the General Administration and Elections Committee scratching their head at the impact of the legislation.
State Rep. David Alexander, D-Enfield, said $250,000 for a state Senate or House race is "too high" and more than a candidate would need to get their message out.
"I think this is out of control," Alexander said.
It's more money than the Democratic Party gave to Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr. in the 2014 election. Democrats gave Kennedy about $207,000 because some in the party feared that, because of his name recognition and family ties, he would be the target of outside spending. But that scenario never happened.
Changes to the campaign finance laws were last made in 2013, a year after an outside group funded by a Greenwich millionaire spent money in an attempt to defeat Sen. Steve Cassano, D-Manchester, who now chairs the Government Administration and Elections Committee.
Cassano survived the last-minute ad blitz and won his election that year, but it got the Senate Democratic caucus thinking about what happens if an outside group is able to come in and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat a candidate just days before the election. Their answer was to allow state parties to donate money to these clean election candidates to counter any outside spending.
House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, submitted written testimony asking the committee to consider limiting the amount a party can give a clean election candidate to 25 percent of their clean election grant.
"Allowing these committees to spend an infinite amount of money on behalf of candidates is both irresponsible and further eviscerates our model Citizens' Election Program," Sharkey wrote in his testimony to the committee.
Republican lawmakers proposed capping it at $250,000 for gubernatorial candidates, $75,000 for constitutional candidates, $10,000 for Senate candidates, and $3,500 for House candidates.
Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury, said he's "confused and perplexed" as to why the limits on how much a party can donate to a clean election candidate were eliminated in 2013. Republican leaders were also unhappy with the $250,000 cap, which they believe is too high.
"The $250,000 cap is so absurdly high that it will do very little to curb the problematic spending we've witnessed and warned of," Senate Republican leader Len Fasano and House Republican leader Themis Klarides said in a statement Tuesday.
During debate on the bill Monday, McLachlan said he continues to hear about Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United and how it's changed campaign finance, but little of that money has found its way to Connecticut. There was one donation for $1.17 million from an Ohio-based group that was made to the Republican Governors Association PAC in support of Foley. But that was the only so-called "dark" contribution where there's no information about the donors to that organization.
"We're blaming all these problems on one expenditure that couldn't be identified," McLachlan said.
He said most of the money spent on the governor's race in 2014 was from the Democratic and Republican Governors Association. Those donations were mostly made, according to McLachlan, by local people with "local links."
McLachlan's amendment to return the campaign laws to the way they were before 2013 was defeated along party lines even though several Democratic lawmakers voiced their support for it.
The bill now goes to the Senate.


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This year, BPSC has conducted its 30th Bihar Judicial Services Preliminary exam on 27th, 28th November across the state.
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Lauren Craig and Jacob Frieko, both of Hagerstown, Md., are engaged to be married.
Miss Craig is the daughter of Barry and Leigh Ann Craig of Hollidaysburg.
She is a 2012 graduate of Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School and a 2016 graduate of Clarion Uni-versity of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in business management with a minor in economics.
She is a loan documentation specialist at Middle-town Valley Bank, Hagers-town.
Mr. Frieko is the son of James and Jackie Frieko of Duncansville.
He is a 2012 graduate of Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School and a 2016 graduate of Penn State Altoona with a bachelor's degree in electro-mechanical engineering technology.
He is a manufacturing engineer technician at Fives Landis Corp., Hagerstown.
A Sept. 8 wedding is be-ing planned at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Hollidaysburg.


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Kroger's Pick 'n Save and Metro Market banners are expanding their home delivery grocery service to locations across Wisconsin starting Thursday.
The delivery service will be expanded to stores in Kenosha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton, De Pere, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point and Wausau, according to a statement from Kroger's Milwaukee-based Roundy's division.
Delivery service will now reach more than 80 percent of Pick 'n Save and Metro Market customers, the statement said.
Pick 'n Save is the grocery market share leader in Wisconsin.
Roundy's, the owner of Pick 'n Save and Metro Market, partnered with Instacart this year to start home delivery in Milwaukee and Madison.
The first delivery is free. Subsequent deliveries cost $11.95 each.
Grocery companies have expanded rapidly into home delivery across Wisconsin and the U.S., as retailers seek to offer time-starved consumers more options to purchase food.
For the Kroger program, the prices of individual items are the same as inside the physical stores.
"As part of Restock Kroger, we continue to invest in redefining our customers' grocery shopping experience by bringing online and offline seamlessly together," Roundy's spokesman James Hyland said in the statement.
Pick 'n Save and Metro Market combined have 106 stores across Wisconsin.


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Unfortunately many of the books are out of print and written well before electronic was available.


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Alkhazragi, Omar (2)
Ng, Tien Khee (2)Ooi, Boon S. (2)GUO, Jenhwa (1)Guo, Yujian (1)View MoreDepartmentComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division (2)Electrical Engineering Program (2)CEMSE, KAUST, 127355 Thuwal, Jeddah Saudi Arabia (1)CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 127355 Thuwal, Jeddah Saudi Arabia 23955-6900 (1)Electrical Engineering (1)JournalIEEE Access (1)Journal of Lightwave Technology (1)KAUST Acknowledged Support UnitKAUST-KFUPM Special Initiative (1)Photonics Laboratory, KAUST (1)KAUST Grant NumberBAS/1/1614-01-01 (2)
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Subjectautonomous underwater vehicles (1)Dual wavelength lasers (1)InGaN/GaN visible lasers (1)ocean mixing (1)optical injection locking (1)View MoreTypeArticle (2)Year (Issue Date)2019 (2)Item Availability
Tunable Dual-Wavelength Self-injection Locked InGaN/GaN Green Laser Diode
Shamim, Md. Hosne Mobarok; Alkhazragi, Omar; Ng, Tien Khee; Ooi, Boon S.; Khan, Mohammed Zahed Mustafa (IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-10-01) [Article]
We implemented a tunable dual-longitudinal-mode spacing InGaN/GaN green (521–528 nm) laser diode by employing a self-injection locking scheme that is based on an external cavity configuration and utilizing either a high-or partial-reflecting mirror. A tunable longitudinal-mode spacing of 0.20 – 5.96 nm was accomplished, corresponding to a calculated frequency difference of 0.22–6.51 THz, as a result. The influence of operating current and temperature on the system performance was also investigated with a measured maximum side-mode-suppression ratio of 30.4 dB and minimum dual-mode peak optical power ratio of 0.03 dB. To shed light on the operation of the dual-wavelength device arising from the tunable longitudinal-mode spacing mechanism, the underlying physics is qualitatively described. To the best of our knowledge, this tunable longitudinal-mode-spacing dual-wavelength device is novel, and has potential applications as an alternative means in millimeter wave and THz generation, thus possibly addressing the terahertz technology gap. The dual-wavelength operation is also attractive for high-resolution imaging and broadband wireless communication.
Impact of Turbulent-Flow-Induced Scintillation on Deep-Ocean Wireless Optical Communication
Weng, Yang; Guo, Yujian; Alkhazragi, Omar; Ng, Tien Khee; GUO, Jenhwa; Ooi, Boon S. (Journal of Lightwave Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019) [Article]
The use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is highly desirable for collecting data from seafloor sensor platforms within a close range. With the recent innovations in underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) for deep-sea exploration, UWOC could be used in conjunction with AUVs for high-speed data uploads near the surface. In addition to absorption and scattering effects, UWOC undergoes scintillation induced by temperature- and salinity-related turbulence. However, studies on scintillation have been limited to emulating channels with uniform temperature and salinity gradients, rather than incorporating the effects of turbulent motion. Such turbulent flow results in an ocean mixing process that degrades optical communication. This study presents a turbulent model for investigating the impact of vehicle-motion-induced turbulence via the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate. This scintillation-related parameter offers a representation of the change in the refractive index (RI) due to the turbulent flow and ocean mixing. Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to validate the impact of turbulent flow on optical scintillation. In experimental measurements, the scintillation index (SI) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are similar with (SI = 0.4824, SNR = 5.56) and without (SI = 0.4823, SNR = 5.87) water mixing under uniform temperature channels. By introducing a temperature gradient of 4 °C, SI (SNR) with and without turbulent flow changed to 0.5417 (5.06) and 0.8790 (3.40), respectively. The experimental results show a similar trend with the simulation results. Thus, turbulent flow was shown to significantly impact underwater optical communications.


The Fulbright Arctic Chair is one of the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs programs; these awards are among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholarship Program.
U.S. citizens who have a scholarly focus on polar and High North issues, a Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal degree (including a master's degree, depending on the field) as appropriate, and a significant publication and teaching record are eligible to apply for an Arctic Chair grant. The Arctic Chair for US scholars is a three-four month grant to do research and lecture any institution of higher education or research in Norway. One award is given to a U.S. scholar each year. Although Fulbright Arctic Chair funding will be offered for a maximum of four months, the grantee may stay beyond the four month grant period.
In collaboration with his/her hosts, the US Arctic Chair is expected to engage with faculty inside and outside the host institution, give public lectures, lead seminars, supervise Master's and Ph.D. candidates with their research and writing, and provide mentorship.
Maintenance grant of NOK 200.000 for 3-4 months. This amount will cover maintenance and housing for the grantee in Norway. There is no additional financial support for dependents but family members may accompany grantee to the site.
Allowance of NOK 25.000,- for round-trip international travel, including excess baggage allowance, shipping costs, etc. for grantee only.
Awards are published in CIES' annual awards catalogue. You can find everything you need to know about how to apply for a Fulbright scholarship on CIES' website: www.cies.org.
Application deadline is in September for the following academic year.
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A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity
The Civilized Reader
The Standard Bearers
Tradition: A Guide for Better Living
James Kalb
Last month I suggested that the most effective argument for taking human nature, natural law, and natural human goods seriously is that doing so leads to a better way of life.
It's not hard to see why it should. People do not in fact invent their own ways of life. They're too social, and the world is too complicated. So the disintegration of inherited culture, with its acceptance of natural human goods, in an industrialized, commercialized, networked, and bureaucratized society means people live by careerism, consumerism, pop culture, and propaganda, supplemented by the advice of therapeutic professionals.
That doesn't sound inspirational, but in America we're big on advertising and PR, so a better face gets put on it. That's why we're always hearing about "dreams"—the American dream, the dreams of immigrants, the dreams of young people. That's the way we talk about ideals of life, at least the ideals that make it into public discussion.
In general, the dreams seem to relate to career success and material prosperity, which are understood as the basis for all other good things. In public, at any rate, people today don't dream of knowledge, virtue, sanctity, heroism, peace of mind, a good marriage, happy family life, having children, an honest way of living, happiness in general, or the beatific vision. They dream of this career or that, the idea apparently being that the right career will bring with it a generally satisfying way of life.
Poverty, boring drudgery, and the dole usually don't make people happy, so there's something to be said for a nice career. Even so, the view that prosperity and a favored line of work is the one needful thing from which all else follows seems naive. Surveys confirm the old saw that money doesn't bring happiness, and while there are a few people with special talents or inclinations that make some particular line of work specially suitable, how many are there for whom it really makes sense to dream of being a lawyer or sales representative?
The basic vision of life seems to lack something, an element of depth or spirit that the "dream" language can't cover up, and people with aspirations think they can do better, so they look to see if something minimal can solve the problem. They often start by dressing up career with coolness and connoisseurship, and learn about arugula or craft beers or whatever. That usually isn't enough, so many of them try to refurbish the spiritual world in which they've landed to make it seem less sterile, for example by emphasizing "relationships" or ideals of some sort.
That doesn't really work either. The relationships tend to be free-form and subject to constant renegotiation—how could they be otherwise?—so they're not much to build a life on. And the ideals usually take the form of progressive social views, which tell us that problems caused by current trends can be cured by more of the same, or a free-form spirituality that doesn't tell us much at all, except that our feelings are very, very special.
A basic problem with the current approach is that it doesn't take into account the difficulties and complexities of life. It's designed for people like its high-end proponents, those who are clever, successful, and well-connected enough to promote their views effectively in a competitive and hierarchical public culture, and are too busy or distracted to reflect much on life. So it's for people with money, good health, and a future to look forward to (or so they believe): hipsters, yuppies, upscale professionals, students at high-end universities, and so on.
It's also for people who think they are winners. Hence the contempt for bitter clingers and other unfashionable losers noticeable among today's progressives. That's a problem for an outlook on life that wants to be usable, because life has many losses, we cling to what's best in it, and we eventually lose most of the things and people we care about. And we all die, so we all, from the world's point of view, end up losing everything.
Also, the tendency of modern life—especially since the 60s, with their apotheosis of mass market "youth culture" and their abolition of tradition and the transcendent as legitimate authorities—has made a great many people losers in more comprehensive ways. Everyday experience, and even statistics, show that more and more people have lost their families, their religion, a stable livelihood, and a settled place in society. Such tendencies have their defenders, since fewer ties and loyalties make people freer and more autonomous—how, for example, can women be equal if they have family ties? And they have the implicit support of people who run things, since the changes make labor markets more flexible and otherwise reduce resistance to change—that is, to ordinary people doing what they're told.
From a more personal and practical standpoint, though, the changes have made people worse off, especially those who weren't notably successful to start with. Charles Murray has documented the radical decline of social participation in institutions as basic as marriage among lower-class whites in his book Coming Apart. More crudely and concretely, statisticians have noticed a rise in death rates among white people that becomes downright catastrophic among the less successful and educated. (White Americans are not, of course, worse off than black or Mexican Americans. But they are the largest group, and as the group that constituted close to 90 percent of the country on the eve of the 60s, their situation shows the effects of recent trends most clearly.)
Something better is evidently needed. But how as a practical matter can Americans reverse these trends and get out of the situation they've fallen into? The question has political and economic components, but politics and economics should serve the good life, so the real question is how people can best carry on their lives. What's life about, what's our goal, and how should we go about attaining it? To say that such questions have answers is to say that we have a nature that corresponds to principles—natural law—that help us realize our good.
To take that view seriously is to emphasize goals that appeal to pretty much all of us simply because we are human: health, knowledge, friendship, family life, aesthetic experience, responsible participation in society, peace of mind, and a sense that our life makes sense, and we are at home in a world that can be sensibly understood as a home.
Such things don't come up in public discussion today except as occasional asides, and when they do they're mostly lumped into "work-life balance." The idea seems to be that career comes first, because that's the fundamental and serious part of life, but it's also good to make space for leisure-time activities like having children. That approach is, of course, irrational. We work to live, not live to work, so we need to be able to discuss, with each other and in public, what the "life" part of the work-life balance should look like. That's especially true since basic human goals can't be picked out separately like items from a menu. Life is a structure, not an agglomeration of separate pieces, so more than anything we need patterns of life that connect and forward basic human goods throughout life's changes.
To put it another way, we need to take into account human nature, which means that we need to recognize natural human goods and the natural law principles of conduct that promote them systematically. But how do we do that when life is so complicated, subtle, and difficult? Much needs to be said, but to start we need a tradition of how to live that has developed to deal with life and its goods as a whole. That can only be one that has grown out of the lives of many people over generations and become a lasting and comprehensive culture. Without that process of development a way of life won't reflect more than a little of what has to get sorted out in the mix.
A tradition is not all we need, of course. Traditions all differ, none of them are perfect, and they all need correction by other realities. But life is complicated, and experience is the only way to accumulate some kinds of knowledge, so they're indispensable. Attention spans are finite, though, so a discussion of what else is needed will have to await another time.
Editor's note: This column first appeared April 12, 2016 on Catholic World Report and is reprinted with permission. The image above titled "Saying Grace" was painted by Norman Rockwell.
Tagged as Charles Murray, family dysfunction, human nature, Natural Law, tradition
By James Kalb
James Kalb is a lawyer, independent scholar, and Catholic convert who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of The Tyranny of Liberalism: Understanding and Overcoming Administered Freedom, Inquisitorial Tolerance, and Equality by Command (ISI Books, 2008), and, most recently, Against Inclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and What to Do About It (Angelico Press, 2013).
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LOL Ioana, Dante I feel your paint, but at least you will have a nice model in the end right :). Best of luck on this. I take it you have put the tanith on the back burner for the moment while you work on this?
i just started paint less than a year and i have ots of trouble of geting a smooth surface on metal mini too. however i avoid resin mini coz i think washing the paint off metal mini is much easier, resin is a bit too brittle when brushed upon.
Right, it may take some real cleaning, but you'll have something you can be proud of in the e end.
Alex - Not entirely, vie primed the finished trooper and been working on the sculpting for another 2, I just wanted a side project so I don't lose interest and something which I can get back into the swing of painting on after a few months off.
Vegel - true, metal miniatures are a bit easier to strip, plastics are probably even easier though (using something like Simple Green) since the paint will be easier to get out of all the details.
Ron - Cheers mate. Here's hoping! It would just be nice if it wasn't such a chore to clean models like this up. In fairness, it's clearly an older casting, since GW are normally better than most for the quality of their castings. I don't think the newer metal mix they use pits quite as much as the older models do (typically the ones with lead in them).
One advantage metals do have is that you can twist the parts slightly to improve poses. I feel your pain with the cleaning and painting woes, though.


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Q: React passing props cannot read property of undefined I'm trying to pass props candidate_information from my parent component to my child component. So far I'm able to pass it although I'm running into an issue with "cannot read property 'id' of undefined'. Property id does exist and candidate_information is defined. Although when I console.log(this.props.candidate_information) in my child render, it logs undefined first and then the given data with property id while this.props.candidate_inforation.id is undefined. Why is that and how can I fix this issue? Ultimately I want to be abled to use this.props.candidate_information.id in my child's ternary statement.
PARENT CODE
class Stage1Page extends Component {
    handleChange = (candidate) => {
    this.setState({
        showProfile: true,
        spotlightCandidate: candidate,
    });
    this.retrieveCandidateInfo(candidate);
};
// retrieves candidate info
retrieveCandidateInfo = (candidate) => {
    const access_token = JSON.parse(localStorage['appState']).user
        .access_token;

    // Hard code token for the time being
    const config = {
        headers: {
            Authorization: 'Bearer ' + access_token,
        },
    };

    axios
        .get(
            'https://reactreactexample.com/api/v1/candidate/' +
                candidate.id,
            config
        )

        .then((response) => {
            // handle success
            console.log(response.data);
            this.setState({ candidate_information: response.data });
        })
        .catch((error) => {
            if (error.response) {
                // The request was made and the server responded with a status code
                // that falls out of the range of 2xx
                alert('error');
                console.log(error.response.data);
                console.log(error.response.status);
                console.log(error.response.headers);
            } else if (error.request) {
                // The request was made but no response was received
                // `error.request` is an instance of XMLHttpRequest in the browser and an instance of
                // http.ClientRequest in node.js
                console.log(error.request);
            } else {
                // Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error
                console.log('Error', error.message);
            }
            console.log(error.config);
        });
};

    render() {

    return (

            <CreateCandidate
                onClose={this.showCreate}
                show={this.state.show}
            />
            <CandidateProfile
                onClose={this.showCandidateProfile}
                show={this.state.showProfile}
                spotlightCandidate={this.state.spotlightCandidate}
                candidate_information={this.state.candidate_information}
            />
            <SearchBar handleSearch={this.searchUpdate} />

                    <DataTable
                        theme='solarized'
                        customStyles={customStyles}
                        noHeader={true}
                        fixedHeader={true}
                        columns={columns}
                        data={dataTable}
                        onRowClicked={this.handleChange}
                        pagination={true}
                        responsive={true}
                    />

     )}

CHILD CODE
render() {
    if (!this.props.show) {
        return null;
    }

    console.log(this.props.candidate_information.id);

    return (

                    {this.props.candidate_information === undefined ? (

SUCCESS

                    ) : (

FAIL

                    )}

)}

A: It's because the first time your component renders candidate_information isn't set because the async query has not returned:
   .then((response) => {
        // handle success
        console.log(response.data);
        this.setState({ candidate_information: response.data });
    })

2 Solutions:
First, don't render your child until the candidate_information is set. To do this, check to see if the parent has passed it. If it is undefined, your HTTP request must not have returned yet so it's not time to show the component.
render() {
if (this.props.candidate_information === undefined || !this.props.show) {
    return null;
}

Second, you can do this in the parent (set show to false if the request has not returned your candidate information yet):
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Mantel Piece began with a speculative curiosity that arose from the limitations of the wall space given for display: a blocked-up fireplace with a residual mantel piece and mirror. In order to produce a presentation surface somewhere on this wall, the mantel was extruded horizontally three feet into the gallery.
Four motorized models were attached to the presentation surface, playing with the typology of mechanized objects—clocks, metronomes, barometers—which are commonly found on a mantel. Each model had a specific front/back and uses the mirror to provide a view to the rear of the models. Drawings, placed horizontally under the models, had to be anamorphically stretched for the inevitable distortion caused by viewing drawings laid flat on the five feet-three inch height of the mantel. A red neon bulb produces a dotted line in the top surface of the piece, marking the joint between the front and the back of the models, while the red glow from the bulb substitutes for the absent fire below.


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But if it becomes law, the bill would steer billions in state-controlled transportation funds toward projects that support those broad visions -- and away from those that don't.
"There isn't going to be a prohibition on development that doesn't follow it, but there will be carrots," said Rusty Selix, executive director of California Association of Councils of Governments.
Valley leaders are preparing to reconvene their Blueprint steering committee later this month as the process enters its final stage, in which visions from the eight Valley counties are supposed to be melded into a unified plan.
Fresno County's plan, approved in May, calls for doubling the number of homes on each acre of future development and concentrating "nodes" of heavy development along highways and transit routes, with open space in between.
The Senate bill isn't as specific as that. But it calls for the state Air Resource Board to set targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, and for regional transportation planning agencies to come up with strategies for meeting those targets. Denser development and shorter commutes are likely to play a big part in that.
The timing couldn't be better, local leaders say.
"The beauty for us in the Valley is that we're right in the middle of our Blueprint planning," said Barbara Steck, deputy director of the Council of Fresno County Governments, which oversees the county's Blueprint process.
The Senate bill's fate remains uncertain. The governor has threatened not to sign any bills until the Legislature approves a new state budget, now more than two months overdue.
Regardless, the Blueprint process moves forward this fall.
A team at the University of California at Davis has spent the summer melding the eight county visions.
Early next year the unified vision will undergo review by citizens and policymakers in each county. The final product is supposed to guide the region's development through the middle of this century.
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Brady Poppinga caught one of those games early in the streak
January 21, 2017 Super BowlDavante Adamsadmin
That next week at Philadelphia, on Monday Night Football, Rodgers was deadly accurate. He threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams in the tightest of windows, with a defender draped all over him in the back of the end zone. Adams, who was momentarily blinded by the stadium lights, told reporters afterward that he couldn't see the ball until the last millisecond, and then it just landed in his lap.
Rodgers was 30-for-39 that night, and the Packers had their confidence boost. Somewhere on the West Coast, Brady Poppinga caught one of those games early in the streak and decided he couldn't bet against the Packers the rest of the way.
Poppinga, an analyst/reporter for Fox Deportes, played with Rodgers for six seasons. He's seen Rodgers in this kind of zone only one other time, in the 2010 season — the season Green Bay won Super Bowl XLV. In some ways, the teams are similar. Both dealt with a number of injuries, and both had to eke their way into the playoffs.
"A couple of passes he had early on at Dallas, right on top of the fingertips, millimeters from getting knocked down, threading the needle, reminded me of the Steelers [game in Super Bowl XLV]," Poppinga said. "His passes are precise, they're on time, and they're almost indefensible.
The task of making a full recovery from a complicated injury was arduous, but it kept Bell's mind off the suspension, which he had heard would be coming. But outside Bommarito's facility, the media was blasting Bell, who's set to become a free agent in 2017 (and will likely get the franchise tag). Would his past deter the Steelers from making a deal? What would be his market elsewhere, after two suspensions in as many years?
Jordan Crawford last appeared in the NBA with the Warriors in 2014
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Crawford made headlines back in the States in January 2016 by racking up 72 points and 16 rebounds in a game.
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Crawford said American stars are treated "like royalty" in China and that some teams offer perks unlikely to granted in the NBA. For example, he asked if younger brother Jalen, a rapper who performs under the name Willie Mac Jr., could perform at halftime of a Tianjin game. The team obliged.
"That was dope," Crawford said. "It was cool. They liked it."
Food, however, was another matter entirely.
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"They just kind of throw you into the fire and expect you to eat live fish and go play!" Crawford said with a laugh. "You're in the hotel, and basically they have like five or six plates of octopus — stuff you're not going to eat. You can go a day or two without eating, and they expect you to play the game?"
Look for a new starter at defensive end. This is the one position the Saints will almost certainly look outside the building for. Cameron Jordan is entrenched on the left side, but the Saints badly need a more dynamic edge rusher on the right, where last season's top two starters, Paul Kruger and Darryl Tapp, are both free agents. The good news is this year's draft class is expected to be well-stocked with edge rushers. But the Saints might not wait that long. They have to at least explore the idea of making a big splash in free agency with expensive stars such as Jason Pierre-Paul or Chandler Jones. Or maybe they'll look at guys like Jabaal Sheard and Mario Addison in the next tier down. — Mike Triplett
It's been said before, but it's blatantly obvious how much the Bucs lacked in their receiving corps by the end of the season. Mike Evans can't be the only real threat. I expect Tampa to draft, at the very least, one new receiver, possibly two — especially if Vincent Jackson doesn't return. The Bucs need some speed and a player who can stretch the field. A player with a big catch radius opposite Evans would bode well for their passing game too, helping Jameis Winston take things to the next level. — Jenna Laine
It's possible Capers and McCarthy will decide not to shadow Bryant and just let Gunter and Randall play sides
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Gunter is the latest undrafted free-agent cornerback find by general manager Ted Thompson and his scouting department to be developed by coach Mike McCarthy, Capers and Whitt. Tramon Williams entered the league the same way (although he didn't start his career in Green Bay) and so did Shields, who like Gunter played in college at Miami, which Thompson's top personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith attended and still likes to scout.
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"I think you have to give Joe Whitt a ton of credit for the work that he's done in his room with these young players," McCarthy said. "His starting line has been at the free-agent level, and obviously results speak for themselves. And with that, our personnel department has done a great job with identifying guys that have 'it.'"
Then, last year, McCarthy was gifted one of the most exciting comebacks in football history when Rodgers completed two Hail Mary passes on one drive against the Cardinals to make the score 20-19 with no time remaining, pending the extra point. McCarthy had just shocked an entire stadium of fans and an opposing defense which had all but won the game. The Cardinals had no timeouts to try to catch their breath.
If you believe in momentum, the Packers had it in spades. They were also seven-point underdogs before the game, meaning that they were also comfortable underdogs over a longer stretch of play.
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Every 2015 NFL training camp fight ranked from best to the Jets
January 13, 2017 Stanley CupCam Newton, Dez Bryantadmin
Training camp always has its fair share of scuffles, but Geno Smith's broken jaw and high-profile players like Cam Newton and Dez Bryant getting in scraps with teammates has cast fights on the practice field into the spotlight and the NFL wants players to chill out a bit.
In a memo sent to all 32 NFL teams on Friday, the league's executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, warned players that fights aren't a good idea.
"As professionals, no matter how emotional the game becomes, there is nothing that should resort to fighting," Vincent wrote. "Coaches are encouraged to emphasize to players, coaches, and other club personnel who are on the sidelines, that fighting will not be tolerated."
By the end of last year, he started figuring out the other shit.
I saw Floyd starting to use his hips to get past offensive lineman — an underrated skill that's vital to most pass rushers — and his hands a lot better as the 2014 season progressed. Instead of hanging on to blocks, he started escaping off them and making plays after pushing the blocker or blockers into the backfield. The most telling thing I saw from Floyd as the season went on was that he started to celebrate after he made plays.
I know some of you lame jackasses have something against celebrating, but I can't understand that mentality. We, as players, put so much into being able to go out and make plays for our teammates, coaches and fans every week. That shit is hard! There have literally been thousands of "good" college players who never got a shot in the NFL or got there and simply couldn't make plays against that level of competition.
Detroit plucked Quinn from the Patriots to bring a combination of successful philosophies from New England
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Revamping the Lions was always going to be a long process for GM Bob Quinn, who was hired on Jan. 11, 2016 — one year ago today.
Detroit plucked Quinn from the Patriots to bring a combination of successful philosophies from New England, and some of his own ideas, to a Lions franchise with no Super Bowl appearances and one playoff win since the AFL-NFL merger.
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As the Lions continue their search for a title or even an elusive playoff win, Quinn has made progress. He has overhauled the front office. He has changed the organization's free-agency and draft strategies. He decided — twice — to retain head coach Jim Caldwell.
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Suggs was adamant about returning in 2017 when asked last month if he ever considered retiring.
"If you haven't caught on, I don't like those types of questions," Suggs said. "I know I'm not 26, but I'm not 40, either. I just like to play football."
There's not much incentive for the Ravens to part ways with Suggs. He is signed through the 2018 season and scheduled to make $4 million next season. It's unlikely Baltimore will cut Suggs, because he would only give the Ravens $1 million in cap savings, while counting $5.9 million in dead money (or $2.95 million in dead money if cut after June 1).
What has continually impressed the Ravens is Suggs' determination to play through pain. He appeared in 15 games this season despite battling a torn biceps and an elbow injury.
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MMBM: Odell Beckham is injury prone because of his haircut
January 9, 2017 Super BowlJoe Vitale Game Jersey, Paul Pierce Limited Jerseyadmin
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Finally, the Bengals mounted a 17-point comeback to beat the Seahawks at home in overtime. A clutch, fearless, dime-throwing Andy Dalton looks like a new man, ready to lead the Bengals deep into the playoffs.
Manning, obviously still hurting over losing the Heisman 18 years ago (jokingly) said after the game, "Took him 18 years (laughs). Probably offsets the two TDs I threw on him last year. Call it a wash." Pretty good, Peyton.
As for the third player from that 1998 Draft class … this may have happened on Thursday, but the 187th overall pick that year, 40-year-old quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, helped lead his Colts to victory over the Texans. Not a bad little weekend for a trio of Ironmen.
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Can Packers keep running the table vs. 'Playoff Eli' and the Giants' D?
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The Giants return to the playoffs for the first time in five years, and it seems only appropriate their road goes through Green Bay. Two of their past three playoff appearances have included victories at Lambeau Field on their way to Super Bowl triumphs.
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Aside from quarterback Eli Manning, there aren't many players left from those teams (two from 2007 and six from 2011). This is a much different group of Giants, led by a stingy defense that allowed the second-fewest points in the league this season.
The Giants are going to rely on that defense and hope Playoff Eli returns — after a bumpy regular season — for an extended postseason run. "Having a guy like Eli is exactly what you want," wide receiver Victor Cruz said. "And exactly what you look for in a team that wants to make a deep run."
"It just doesn't happen," one NFL personnel executive said of going 3-for-3 on top-of-the-line free agents. "It's rare. The odds are strongly against it."
They hit the trifecta and more. Linebackers Keenan Robinson and Kelvin Sheppard have also proved solid under-the-radar signings. Sheppard starts at middle linebacker and provides veteran leadership, and Robinson has remained healthy — his shoulder was a question heading into the year — and is an asset in pass coverage as the nickel linebacker.
All five moves can be considered successes, which shouldn't be understated. Free agency is almost always a crapshoot.
The Giants came out of this one all right, and only one team gave up fewer points this season as a result.
"We had a lot of players and a lot of talent on the defensive side of the ball. You have to give the personnel department, Jerry [Reese], a ton of credit for that," coach Ben McAdoo said. "What we did, we hit the lottery in character and integrity. The guys fit together well and they enjoy seeing each other be successful. That's a big reason why we're playing great defense with them."
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And as far as chance is concerned, the Blue Jackets' streak seems pretty chancy
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Reifman, who teaches statistics at Texas Tech, has maintained a blog dedicated to sports streakiness called The Hot Hand since 2002. His book, also called The Hot Hand, examines the statistical and psychological aspects behind some of the most famous streaks in sports history. The book tries to "bridge the gap," in his words, between the idea that streaks are based purely on ability and the idea that streaks are purely based on chance.
And as far as chance is concerned, the Blue Jackets' streak seems pretty chancy.
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And now he's gone. It's the first day of a new year, and he is officially not in the organization (albeit still on the payroll). The DH spot is open in your projected lineups and you can fill it with any prospect or platoon masher or breakout waiver target you want. The roster has its 25th spot back, and now you can include an extra infielder or a third catcher instead of sinking a spot on a dedicated DH. The world is your oyster, as long as you're OK with canned tuna instead of actual oysters. Still better than BBQ gristle, which is what we were eating before.
Bill O'Brien is building 'Patriots South' in Houston. And it's kind of working
January 2, 2017 NBA All-Star GameBill Belichick, Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargersadmin
Several of Bill Belichick proteges have attempted to emulate his authoritative style elsewhere and failed. But Bill O'Brien is taking it a step further: He's not merely trying to mimic Belichick; he's trying to recreate the Patriots all together.
O'Brien will face off against Belichick for the first time Sunday night when New England visits Houston, but he's not the only ex-Patriot who's manning the Texans' sideline. In total, five of the Texans' coaches have direct ties to Belichick.
"We ran some passes from under center, which we hadn't done in a while," Rodgers said. "All of that kind of starts with the run game."
The Packers are starting to pick up momentum after a rough middle of their season. They have won two straight after losing four of their previous five games, and now they are back in control of the NFC North. If the players can continue to execute and McCarthy can keep them on the right track, the Packers are one of the most dangerous playoff-bound teams.
The Dolphins are not technically out of the race for the postseason, but with four games to play, it's not looking likely. They would need to win every game and benefit from a whole lot of unexpected losses from other teams in the final four weeks of the season.
Their remaining schedule isn't the toughest, at least. The Giants are not considered top competition, and neither are the San Diego Chargers or Indianapolis Colts. But if winning out is the goal, Miami will certainly have its hands full with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Week 17. The Patriots dominated the Dolphins when they played in Week 8, winning 36-7.
But the Dolphins gave their support to Ryan Tannehill this offseason and he'll be playing his hardest to try and play spoiler for the Giants and give Miami something to be excited about at the end of the season.


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Q: How can I use the new bs4() theme in bookdown? How can I use the bs4 theme in bookdown, such as the one used for the R4DS book
In the _output.yaml I see the following code, but it doesn't work with my project.
bookdown::bs4_book:
  theme:
    primary: "#637238"
  repo: https://github.com/hadley/r4ds
  includes:
    in_header: [ga_script.html]

and I get this error when I attempt to build the book
Error: 'bs4_book' is not an exported object from 'namespace:bookdown'
Execution halted

A: I got it to work by doing the following:
Run the following
remotes::install_github("rstudio/bslib")
install.packages("downlit")
remotes::install_github("rstudio/bookdown")

Change the _output.yaml to the following:
bookdown::bs4_book:
  theme:
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Could just be a 3D render, but it should not be very different from the final model.
It's big and bulky, I like it better than the previous artwork.
That would be the initial sculpt, it might change a little after it's gone through rendering and print but it should be close. I'm sure they will use it for the painted sale example on the site like they did with Gor Half-Horn.
It's been said, I think in a Facebook group, that someone had asked Andy or a FW designer at one of the events and it's a prototype. The final model may differ a bit.
It looks like a 3D print, it has some of the common signs of a 3D print.
Anyways, cant wait for the future compendium, because this is going in the right direction!
Any news from the twitch stream today? Andy Hoare was supposed to go over the new SG reveals..was kinda hoping for another Cawdor artwork at the very least..if not a render of the models.
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Not really. He talked about the Cawdor in a general way. Then he showed of the 3 new bounty hunter models and the sump kroc model. It was mostly about Adeptus Titanicus and Blood Bowl.
Bummer, hopefully we won't have to wait until july for a reveal...there is a UK games expo this weekend but it seems unlikely they will do model reveals there.
the official 40k fb account did state : "The Warhammer Community team will be there, and even running a preview seminar with a few early sneak-peeks..."
so a Cawdor preview might be possible....maybe..
Not sure how to add photos from my phone but here's some pics of the van saar upgrades. Perhaps someone more technically minded could post the photos.
Post them to https://imgur.com/ and link either the images or the album here. I'm afraid your Facebook link is broken.
Suspect, Facebook post is not set to share to public, judging from the message.
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didnt take them long to get those out! they've certainly sped up their production!
Sorry folks for my nub'ness with the photos, hope they workout and display correctly.
Just the way most of the kits are I wonder if they'll offer alternate legs or bodies at some point? For extra variation in pose.
Hmm, I doubt it tbh. I think if they were going to do that they would have done it already and had two differtent sprues of 5 gangers each in a standard box. I'd like to be wrong though.
I doubt it, too, but I also don't see the proposed female ganger variants being all resin? It would also be off if they'd make bodies for a few gangs, but nothing for the others.