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In its best form, science is fun, purpose-driven, exciting, and takes courage as well as a strong work ethic. However, scientific research can also be monotonous, frustrating, exhausting and terrifying (as you must communicate your research to others, and thus allow your work to be open to criticism). No research is wasted effort so long as it is a fair test of an important and interesting question!
Great research (and a strong research team) also requires diversity of backgrounds and interests. Past knowledge and expertise are far less important than a desire to learn and a drive to understand and contribute to the field. Indeed, seemingly irrelevant skills, life experiences, and knowledge are often the exact factor that motivate or underlie new discoveries and conceptual developments in science. If you are reading this and wondering if you too might have something meaningful to contribute, the answer is yes.
I am always recruiting excellent graduate students through the Integrative Biology program here at UC Berkeley*. If interested in joining the lab, please look at the program information here. Then, please send me an email that describes your interests and experience, as well as why you think the lab and University would be a good fit for you.
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Excitement building ahead of GSU vs. Troy game
By Dal Cannady | November 9, 2018 at 7:07 PM EST - Updated November 9 at 7:09 PM
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) - The Georgia Southern Eagles hit the gridiron Saturday for a chance to play for the top of the Sunbelt Conference. One year ago, they were sitting at the bottom and still looking for a win.
You find the spirit all the way to the message on the side of the buses around campus: Beat Troy! Students and other fans are excited for success and the comeback that's come back so quick. Even Gus' grin seems to be bigger these days as the Eagles' success on the field has people excited again about football after two sub-par seasons. The bounce back from only two wins last year to the verge of winning the Sunbelt Conference has people feeling blue - True Blue that is.
WTOC: "What's it like going to games this year?"
Ariana Roca and Alexus Raynes, GSU Freshmen: "Great! It's been fun. The school spirit is there. I love it. They treat you like family. Sitting behind the opposing team and knocking them off track is fun."
Coach Chad Lunsford has appealed to fans, especially students, to bring their energy on game day to help the team. Students say that excitement hangs around all week and keeps them hanging around, too.
"You hear more friends talking about, 'are you going to the game?' Last year, we were more likely to go to Savannah on a Saturday, so that's cool," said GSU Sophomore, Marshall Shelby.
Very few expected this kind of turnaround so quick. While they're grateful, they don't want to see it end. They just want a W for this week and keep to rolling to finish the season.
Bureau Chief
Dal Cannady has been WTOC's bureau chief since 1996. But he's been a reporter in southeast Georgia since 1990. Before coming to the Southeast News Leader, Dal served as anchor/news director for the CNN/Headline News affiliate in Statesboro.

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Becoming a mom is a dream every woman has… When the dream comes true and pregnancy sets in, it comes in with a whole lot of emotions, questions & doubts in the woman's mind.
Considering this beautiful phase of a woman's life and the special care it needs, ReLiva launched its Antenatal-Postnatal super-specialty clinic – FabMoms – an exclusive center dedicated to cater to the women's special needs around motherhood.
Being a certified Child-birth Educator, I get to meet a whole lot of expecting mothers as they come in for consultation. While the ultimate objective for each expecting mother is the same – attain best health for them-self and her baby, the doubts and concerns remain innumerable. My chief job therefore is to understand their anxiety, concerns and analyse their current condition so we can extend the best possible support and help them overcome their problems and discomforts owing to pregnancy or new motherhood.
An expecting mom read about FabMoms in a newspaper and inquired for Antenatal Services. On providing the details, I was scheduled to see Indu, a dentist by profession. After the detailed first consultation, evaluating various parameters of her health and pregnancy reports, we decided to start the sessions from the next day.
Sometimes it takes only a single meeting to strike a bond. That is what seems to have had happened – my first session with Dr. Indu had created a special connect between us. Though not a regular exerciser, she was a happy & self-motivated mother to-be.
She was attentive, committed and performed all the exercise forms given to her with an amazing spirit. She had real zeal & enthusiasm to perform all forms of pelvic floor strengthening, core strengthening, upper & lower body progressive strengthening exercises. I would enjoy taking her sessions for she was a perfect example that pregnancy is not a disease and does not need to be treated like one. It is simply a physiological change of state & you should do everything that your body & baby allows you to.
Dr. Indu completed the basic ANC module & continued with the subsequent pregnancy fitness sessions as advised by me along with her profession – managing all of it beautifully alongwith her advancing pregnancy.
As her EDD (delivery date) approached, after a regular check-up, her gynaecologist suggested to resume the ANC exercises UNDER SUPERVISION as the baby had taken an ideal position to appear in the real world. The mother to-be was informed to keep ready for labor within the next 3-5 days. She was suggested that she was surely to benefit if she would do bearing-down exercises under close supervision at this stage.
So I again got a call from her that she wants to take 2 – 3 sessions of Pregnancy Exercises under my supervision.
To share such beautiful journeys makes me remember & experience the wonderful relationship I had with this 'would-be mother' & how an ANC program can be so helpful for the expecting mothers; helping them not only have a beautiful pregnancy & an easy labor and delivery but also a faster recovery thereafter.


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"I was terrified!" Def Leppard's Joe Elliott recalls AC/DC's "unbelievably exciting" Highway To Hell tour
By Classic Rock
When Def Leppard supported AC/DC in 1979 the young Sheffield band got a masterclass in how to take on the world
(Image credit: Michael Putland/Getty Image)
In the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott shares his still-vivid memories of observing AC/DC's power and passion at close hand when the (then) Sheffield teens supported Malcolm Young's band on the UK leg of the Aussie rockers' Highway To Hell tour in 1979. "It was just unbelievably exciting," Elliott recalls.
"They looked after us. We had good lights and sound, and we went down really well with their audience. There wasn't much socialising, but the overall vibe of the two bands together was pretty damn good. It wasn't that AC/DC weren't friendly, we just never saw much of them. But the one guy who was really personable was Bon Scott. I remember we happened to be in the same hotel as them one night, we had four straws in one pint, and Bon threw a tenner down and said: 'Here you are, lads! Go buy yourselves a round.' Sadly I never had the chance to pay him back."
"We watched them like hawks every night," Elliott admits. "We wanted to learn, and one of the big lessons was the value of repetition, which is a key ingredient to longterm success. Most artists don't want to repeat themselves, but if you want to stay in the game you don't change your set every night. AC/DC never changed their sound, their look or their work ethic."
"The Glasgow Apollo shows were the most memorable for me. The first night, I went up to the balcony when AC/DC went on. They started off with Live Wire, and that balcony… My god, I thought it was going to come down with all these people jumping around going bonkers. It was like a fucking trampoline! For a few minutes I was terrified. So I just fucking legged it. I watched the rest of the show from the side of the stage."
"Bon was an amazing frontman," Elliott adds admiringly. "Every night, he wore a sleeveless denim jacket, no shirt, and he was in good shape for a guy who drank so much. But it was the expression in his face that I remember most. He looked like he didn't give a shit. I don't mean he didn't give a shit about being in tune or in time, he just had this facial expression that said he was living in the moment."
For more from Joe Elliott, and much, much more on AC/DC's final world tour with Bon Scott, order the new issue of Classic Rock, which is on-sale now (opens in new tab).
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Sri Lanka's Oshada Fernando, centre, celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket during day two of the second Test at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Picture: Michael Sheehan/AP
'Biggest upset in Test match history' looms
23rd Feb 2019 12:40 PM
SRI Lanka's cricketers have been told to enjoy themselves as they seek to make history after a dramatic second day of the second Test against South Africa at St George's Park.
Needing 197 runs to become the first Asian team to win a Test series in South Africa, Sri Lanka were 2-60 at the close, needing 137 more runs to complete a 2-0 series triumph.
"Everybody knows what is expected of them," bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake said.
"The leadership has said, 'just go out and enjoy yourselves'. Everybody is aware of history being made but that should be at the back of the mind.
"Everybody has the freedom to bat how they want to do at the right time."
Eighteen wickets fell and 282 runs were scored during an extraordinary day's play, leaving both teams with a chance of victory.
South Africa seemed set to take control when Sri Lanka collapsed in a flurry of strokes to be bowled out for 154 before lunch, giving the hosts a first-innings lead of 68 runs.
But Sri Lanka's bowlers hit back, bowling out the hosts for a paltry 128 - by 40 runs their lowest total in a home Test against the islanders.
Suranga Lakmal, Sri Lanka's most experienced bowler, took 4-39, and part-time off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva finished with Test-best of 3-36.
The tourists were pumped as they rolled through the Saffers. Picture: Getty Images
With only 10 wickets in 24 previous Tests, De Silva had match figures of 5-51.
He was forced into a frontline role when left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya suffered a badly dislocated left thumb, an injury that required surgery and prevented him from batting or taking the field on Friday.
Lakmal said a key for Sri Lanka's bowlers was that they bowled consistently in the right areas.
"The accuracy and intensity has been good," he said.
"We are quite confident that we are going to win, but it's not going to be easy. The bowling of South Africa is of a world-class level."
South Africa batting coach Dale Benkenstein insisted the Test was still on a knife's edge.
"It hasn't been our best series," he said.
"We didn't know a lot about a lot of their players. We may have been a little bit complacent.
"But the game is still on the line. A good start (for South Africa) tomorrow morning and it could very hard to get those runs."
Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne put on 32 for the first wicket at the start of their chase but were dismissed in the space of six balls.
Thirimanne was caught behind off Kagiso Rabada after making 10, to be followed in the next over by Karunaratne for 19, caught behind off Duanne Olivier's first ball of the innings.
Oshada Fernando and Kusal Mendis saw out the day, with Fernando striking two boundaries in the last over, which was bowled by left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj.
In a frenetic start to the day, Sri Lanka scored 94 runs but lost six wickets in 17.4 overs.
Thirimanne and nightwatchman Kasun Rajitha were dismissed in the first four overs of the morning after Sri Lanka resumed on 3-60.
They were followed by a succession of batsmen who played extravagant shots before perishing.
Kusal Perera, the star of Sri Lanka's surprise one-wicket win in the first Test in Durban, thrashed two fours and an audacious six over extra cover in one over from Rabada before being caught behind in the fast bowler's next over for 20 off 15 balls.
De Silva struck four fours in making 19 off 24 balls and Niroshan Dickwella hit six fours and a six before he was last man out for 42 off 36 deliveries.
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VERO BEACH, Fla., - March 15, 2016 - Piper Aircraft will exhibit its new flagship, the M600, at the annual SUN 'n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, held in Lakeland, Fla. April 5-10. Piper's static display will be in the manufacturers' display area, along the walkway to the announcers stand in the northernmost exhibit area just south of the runway, MD-18.
"Piper Aircraft is excited to be part of Florida's SUN 'n FUN event and display the M600 aircraft for the first time." said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott. The M600, with its increased capabilities, will appeal to a broader customer base and will take Piper and the M-Class product line to a new level."
Also on display from the M-Class product line will be the M500 single-engine turboprop with the new Hartzell, 5-blade composite propeller as well as the piston powered pressurized M350. Additionally, Piper will be showcasing its Twin Class offering, the Seneca V and a Trainer Class airplane, the Archer TX.
The Piper M600, a significant product advancement, features a new, clean sheet design wing and a sophisticated Garmin G3000 touchscreen-controlled glass flight deck. The M600 seats six and is powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A 600shp engine. The aircraft has a maximum cruise speed of 274 ktas/507 km/h, a max range of 1,441 nm / 2,668 km, and a standard useful load of 2,320 lbs. / 1,052 kg.The G3000 avionics suite is the next generation of Garmin architecture, offering the most comprehensive, intuitive, and technologically advanced package on today's market. The M600 will be listed at a competitive price of $2.85 million.
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Secret Invasion #3
Event\Storyline: Secret Invasion	Writer: Brian Michael Bendis	Artist: Lenil Francis Yu Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: June 4, 2008 Cover Price: $3.99 Critic Reviews: 10 User Reviews: 5
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It's Avenger versus Avenger. Hero versus hero! Norman Osborn versus Captain Marvel! The Initiative versus an army of Super-Skrulls! Only one man can stop the madness. Enter: Nick Fury!
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The Weekly Crisis - Kirk Warren Jun 4, 2008
Personally, I didn't care for it all that much and found the action rather stilted and all the danger and excitement felt manufactured. Nothing felt all that real. However, this entire event just isn't gelling with me and I can recognize that this has all the trappings of a great comic and should be at least treated as such. It was definitely better than the first two issues, in my opinion, and I think most will see this as a Must Read. However, if you share my opinion on Secret Invasion, this is probably a Check It at best. Read Full Review
Weekly Comic Book Review - Possibly related posts (automatically generated) Jun 4, 2008
After dropping the ball with last issue, it's nice to see this book back with its legs. We get minimal time with the Savage Land and more time with Earth's other heroes. Plus, the reemergence of Nick Fury is grand. But what's with the Rob Liefeld "bigger than me" gun? Read Full Review
IGN - Eric Sunde Jun 4, 2008
The creative team is really clicking on all cylinders, with Brian Michael Bendis continuing to "open up" his storytelling style with this series. If I didn't know who was writing the series, I don't know that I would have guessed him, considering his trademark dialogue heavy storytelling with 12 panel pages isn't present here. Leinil Yu's art continues to shine with Mark Morales on inks. It's easy to get lost in a book with a huge cast and big action, and it's a credit to the art team that they are able to handle the big action pages just as well as the small character moments. Despite my misgivings about the pacing, I'm still enjoying what is presented to me and looking forward to what is coming. I just wonder if there is a better way to present the individual issues, whether it is a bigger page count, or more frequent publication, instead of spreading it over 8 months. Read Full Review
IGN - Jesse Schedeen Jun 4, 2008
With a series of memorable character moments and some truly epic artwork, Secret Invasion #3 helps put Marvel's event back on the right track. That said, I'm still not happy with the overall story flow, and most of Bendis' Avengers tie-ins continue to run circles around the core series. Hopefully a last-minute introduction we've all been waiting for is a sign Secret Invasion will continue to pick up steam. Read Full Review
IGN - Dan Phillips Jun 4, 2008
All in all, Secret Invasion #3 offers an entertaining read that nevertheless failed to impress me as anything other than this summer's big event comic. For now, I'll continue to look forward to reading Bendis Avengers titles before this one. Read Full Review
Comics Bulletin - Wallace/McCoy/Hill Jun 5, 2008
Shawn Hill: Since I still read those titles too (and Thunderbolts, and I just picked up the Captain Marvel/Ms. Marvel Skrullvasion special with the Dodson wraparound cover) it's a less a problem for me. I'm looking at Secret Invasion as an adjunct to the regular titles I read, not a self-contained event full of big dumb (offensive, stupid) moments like Civil War was. That's the last thing I want at this point. So far, Marvel's got me hooked for what I think is shaping up to be one of Bendis' most entertaining stories in years. I have been disappointed that Mighty's now interchangeable with New, and that both are almost solo issue spotlights at this point, but, well, that's always been what Bendis does best. One-on-one conversations are his forte, so when he sets up stories that depend on those (as this issue does with Spider-Woman/Iron Man) he's done himself a big favour. Read Full Review
Comic Book Bin - Herv St-Louis Jun 14, 2008
I actually like the work by Yu this issue. Some of the annoying aspects of his past work are not as present. The lines in his work make more sense and the layout of his pages, and hence, the progresses of the actions are better and less disruptive. Hes learning storytelling and how to refine his raw artwork as we read. Once he masters these, hell be a great artist. Read Full Review
Comic Book Revolution - Rokk Krinn Jun 5, 2008
Secret Invasion #3 is an enjoyable mindless diversion with plenty of action and good enough artwork that will provide the reader with some nice cotton candy for the brain for about 10 to 15 minutes. Bendis delivers an accessible issue that is easy to read and should have mass appeal and be a strong seller. If you dig fluff entertainment along the lines of cheesy sci-fi television shows then you will certainly dig Secret Invasions #3. Read Full Review
Comic Book Resources - Timothy Callahan Jun 4, 2008
"Secret Invasion" continues to be a better-than-average event, but it's starting to show some weaknesses. But if Bendis can hold it together for the next five issues and tell an actual story in this one series, this still has a chance to be one of the best crossovers in Marvel history. It's still a heck of a lot of fun. Read Full Review
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson Jun 7, 2008
This issue worked for me as a middle chapter, sort of that point in the summer blockbuster where the special effects slow down for a few minutes and they throw in the obligatory love interest and/or guest appearance by Rob Schneider. It's that part of the story where your brain starts to look at the plot holes and think, "Waitaminnut!" but then Will Smith says something funky, or we get a nipple shot of a model/actress/future feature dancer at Scores. For what it is, it's interesting, but there's still too much bait and switch going on for my tastes. The art, by Leinil Yu, is at least more attractive than his work on New Avengers has been (something I attribute to inker Mark Morales) and I'm still irritated by the revelation that Spider-Woman, one of the best things Bendis ever inexplicably decided to revive, is a Skrull spy. It's interesting to finally see somebody catch Tony "I Have To Be The Marvel Universe Batman" Stark flat-footed, but the issue overall is a cotton candy, Read Full Review
Ryan Dec 13, 2018
Bendis has me since the cover
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Once transnational companies take over concessions of land or sea for their business, they are usually expected to provide certain socio-economic mechanisms aimed at cushioning the affected people and communities. This popular expectation or phenomenon is captured as corporate social responsibility (CSR). Yet despite the plethora of books, journal articles, blogs, newsletters, and even corporations' own CSR offices, the concept remains underdeveloped, particularly within the context of Africa. This study specifically delves into this issue by assessing the CSR of two foreign gold mining companies in Ghana, Newmont and Kinross. Although these two companies have received awards in recognition of their CSR agendas, there is little scholarly literature that details the scope, nature and outcome of their programs. And since there is no identifiably rigorous institutional framework for CSR in Ghana, the rationale for companies' programs and initiatives is undefined. The overarching objective of this study is to assess the diverse meanings CSR has for its different stakeholders, that is, companies, government and communities. Employing critical discourse analysis as the analytical framework, I argue that CSR is a discourse that "responsibilizes" corporations by making them accountable for their own actions and alienated from tangible external oversight although it is contested in specific sites on the ground. To advance this stance, I supplement existing literature with qualitative data collected through fieldwork in Ghana involving over 40 mining stakeholders including community leaders, youth leaders, community-based organizations, government ministry officials, and company officers. I also draw upon two focus group discussions held with women to ascertain the gender-specific ramifications of mining and CSR. My findings suggest that the current state of CSR is not suited to incorporating the needs and concerns of affected communities in an effective manner, much less pursuing a developmental agenda. I, therefore, offer suggestions on ways forward to help "re-responsibilize" mining corporations in a manner that could make them truly accountable to all stakeholders. These suggestions are based on self-identified recommendations from research participants.


Jesus says something in Mark4:8-9 that I need 2 make a regular question in my life!He has told the Parable if the Sower and the Soils!The last soil is the GOOD soil,the soil that is obviously the one that I need to be.Jesus says,"And the other seed fell into good soil & produced grain,growing up & increasing & yielding thirty fold & sixtyfold & a hundredfold. & he said,he who has ears,let him hear."LET HIM HEAR!It is important to Jesus for me 2 understand the significance of what he is saying in this parable!Because,among other things,it is Jesus' giving me a way to tell if I am "spiritually healthy",or if I am "declining".Jesus wants me to know the condition of my heart/life with him,so I can make corrections in my life before I "get to far gone".N Mark4:8-9 Jesus is giving me signs to look for n my life that indicate a healthy relationship w him!If When the soil of my life is healthy & vibrant,there will be good things growing out of my life...things that r "nutritious"/edifying in the ways that the Lord describes as good!If there r other things growing out of my life or my life is "drying up",I am becoming one of the other soils that Jesus is warning me about!N these 2 verses though,Jesus is giving me a way to get an accurate read on the condition of my heart/life as it relates to this parable,so I can make the adjustments needed b4 I get "too far into the weeds",or shrivel up!I need to regularly ask myself questions about what growth there is n my heart/life & out from my heart/life?!What is growing n my heart/mind/spirit(the soil of my life) as a result of where&how I invest my time/heart/mind?What is growing out from my life?What kind of fruit is growing from my life?Is there any fruit growing out from my life?(Matthew7:17-20,"Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.").If I am sincere about my life being spiritually healthy,then I will regularly check what is "growing out of my life"!The same way we need to have regular physical check ups so we r not surprised by declines of 1 kind or another,we need to do the same for our spiritual life!I need to b more aware of the condition of my heart/mind/spirit/life for Christ!What r the thoughts growing n my mind?What r the things growing attached to my heart?What do I see around me & n peoples lives around me as a result of my life n theirs?Where do I see trends n my life that may not be growing the right things n my life&heart?And many other questions that God's Word or the Holy Spirit May b giving me!These r all for my good! Whether I admit it or not,I am always asking myself questions about my life...about how I am doing relative to something!I just need to make the questions "relative" to those things that r "relative" to a good soil n my heart/life!Dear Lord,even though I am asking myself personal questions a lot...,please bring the questions to my mind/heart/spirit that I need to b asking...& give me the wisdom & discernment & discipline & strength,enabling the right corrections n my life...so that I have Your fruit growing n and from my life.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace BackEnd.Data
{
    public class Attendee : ConferenceDTO.Attendee
    {
        public virtual ICollection<SessionAttendee> SessionsAttendees { get; set; }
    }
}

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VoA News: France says it will pull hundreds of troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, following a similar announcement by the United States earlier this week.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that the withdrawal comes at a time when the security situation in Afghanistan has improved and the threat of terrorism has diminished with the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
The French president spoke during the European Union summit in Brussels. Sarkozy did not specify the number of French forces that will be leaving Afghanistan.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama announced 10,000 American troops will be coming home by the end of the year -- with a total of 33,000 U.S. forces pulling out of Afghanistan by September of 2012, against the recommendations of General Petraeus.
France has 4,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan. The last international combat troops are set to leave the country in 2014.
Germany and Britain have also announced, since Obama announced retreat, they will begin withdrawing, but have not put a number on it yet.


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Q: How to reduce size of regression object fit inside function that explodes in size when saved to .rds I'm using rstanarm to fit stan_glm models inside a function. Running into a problem where the size of the saved stanfit object explodes in size when saved to .rds, but only when the model is fit inside a function. The issue seems to be that the stanfit object is storing a copy of the local environment, which is then getting saved to disk with write_rds? Manually removing large objects inside the function more or less solves the problem, but that's a pretty clunky solution, so wondering if anyone has advice for a more elegant way to resolve this issue? Toy reprex below (warning this will write some .rds files to disk, I remove them at the end of the example but heads up)
library(readr)
library(rstanarm)
#> Loading required package: Rcpp
#> rstanarm (Version 2.19.3, packaged: 2020-02-11 05:16:41 UTC)
#> - Do not expect the default priors to remain the same in future rstanarm versions.
#> Thus, R scripts should specify priors explicitly, even if they are just the defaults.
#> - For execution on a local, multicore CPU with excess RAM we recommend calling
#> options(mc.cores = parallel::detectCores())
#> - bayesplot theme set to bayesplot::theme_default()
#>    * Does _not_ affect other ggplot2 plots
#>    * See ?bayesplot_theme_set for details on theme setting
library(gapminder)

# create a largeish object
test <- matrix(data = rnorm(10000), nrow = 10000/2, ncol = 10000/2)

# fit model in the global environment

a = stan_glm(lifeExp ~ gdpPercap, data = gapminder, refresh =0)

print(object.size(a), unit = "Mb")
#> 1.4 Mb

# fit model inside function , passing but not using largeish object
memfoo <- function(gap, testy, clean = FALSE){

  d <- testy

  if (clean){
    rm(d,testy)
  }

  a <- stan_glm(lifeExp ~ gdpPercap, data = gap, refresh = 0)

}

b <- memfoo(gapminder, test)

# fit model again, but removing large obects from the environment before running
d <- memfoo(gapminder, test, clean = TRUE)

print(object.size(a), unit = "Mb")
#> 1.4 Mb

print(object.size(b), unit = "Mb")
#> 1.4 Mb

print(object.size(d), unit = "Mb")
#> 1.4 Mb

# all same size in memory

# write to .rds

write_rds(a,"a.rds")

write_rds(b,"b.rds")

write_rds(d,"d.rds")

# rstan object run in function with largeish object in environment is 45 times bigger than same regression
# fit outside function!
file.size("a.rds")
#> [1] 9026456

file.size("b.rds")
#> [1] 410011317

file.size("d.rds")
#> [1] 10011197

file.size("b.rds") / file.size("a.rds")
#> [1] 45.42329

file.remove(c("a.rds", "b.rds", "d.rds"))
#> [1] TRUE TRUE TRUE

Created on 2020-03-11 by the reprex package (v0.3.0)

A: Turns out same solution as one posted here, specifying a new environment for the regression inside the function does it.
library(tidyverse)
library(rstanarm)
#> Loading required package: Rcpp
#> rstanarm (Version 2.19.3, packaged: 2020-02-11 05:16:41 UTC)
#> - Do not expect the default priors to remain the same in future rstanarm versions.
#> Thus, R scripts should specify priors explicitly, even if they are just the defaults.
#> - For execution on a local, multicore CPU with excess RAM we recommend calling
#> options(mc.cores = parallel::detectCores())
#> - bayesplot theme set to bayesplot::theme_default()
#>    * Does _not_ affect other ggplot2 plots
#>    * See ?bayesplot_theme_set for details on theme setting
library(gapminder)
library(butcher)

# create a largeish object
test <- matrix(data = rnorm(10000), nrow = 10000/2, ncol = 10000/2)

# fit model in the global environment

a = stan_glm(lifeExp ~ gdpPercap, data = gapminder, refresh =0)

# fit model inside function , passing but not using largeish object
memfoo <- function(gap, testy, clean = FALSE){

  d <- testy

  if (clean){

  env <- new.env(parent = .GlobalEnv)

  env$gap <- gap

  a <- with(env,{stan_glm(lifeExp ~ gdpPercap, data = gap, refresh = 0)})

  } else {

    a <- stan_glm(lifeExp ~ gdpPercap, data = gap, refresh = 0)
  }
}

b <- memfoo(gapminder, test)

d <- memfoo(gapminder, test, clean = TRUE)

butcher::weigh(a)
#> # A tibble: 50 x 2
#>    object              size
#>    <chr>              <dbl>
#>  1 stanfit           3.87
#>  2 residuals         0.123
#>  3 data.country      0.017
#>  4 fitted.values     0.0143
#>  5 linear.predictors 0.0143
#>  6 y                 0.0143
#>  7 model.lifeExp     0.0137
#>  8 model.gdpPercap   0.0137
#>  9 data.lifeExp      0.0137
#> 10 data.gdpPercap    0.0137
#> # … with 40 more rows

butcher::weigh(b)
#> # A tibble: 50 x 2
#>    object                size
#>    <chr>                <dbl>
#>  1 terms             204.
#>  2 formula           204.
#>  3 stanfit             3.87
#>  4 residuals           0.123
#>  5 data.country        0.017
#>  6 fitted.values       0.0143
#>  7 linear.predictors   0.0143
#>  8 y                   0.0143
#>  9 model.lifeExp       0.0137
#> 10 model.gdpPercap     0.0137
#> # … with 40 more rows

butcher::weigh(d)
#> # A tibble: 50 x 2
#>    object              size
#>    <chr>              <dbl>
#>  1 stanfit           3.87
#>  2 residuals         0.123
#>  3 terms             0.0700
#>  4 formula           0.0677
#>  5 data.country      0.017
#>  6 fitted.values     0.0143
#>  7 linear.predictors 0.0143
#>  8 y                 0.0143
#>  9 model.lifeExp     0.0137
#> 10 model.gdpPercap   0.0137
#> # … with 40 more rows

write_rds(a, path = "a.rds")

write_rds(b, path = "b.rds")

write_rds(d, path = "d.rds")

file.size("a.rds")
#> [1] 9110178

file.size("b.rds")
#> [1] 410171588

file.size("d.rds")
#> [1] 9167588

file.size("d.rds") / file.size("a.rds")
#> [1] 1.006302

file.remove(c("a.rds", "b.rds", "d.rds"))
#> [1] TRUE TRUE TRUE

Created on 2020-03-12 by the reprex package (v0.3.0)

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Ellen A. Hurst
Art Historian | Writer | Editor
Narrate
Gravestone from the Taifa Kingdom, Almería, Spain, 1044
January 14, 2020 January 14, 2020 ~ ellenahurst
Gravestone, 1044, Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, image from Museum With No Frontiers
The girl visited the grave on the hill nearly every day. It was late in the summer and the grasses and shrubs—the whole earth it seemed—were tawny under the bright, golden sun. The dry wind tugged at her veil, allowing tendrils of dark hair to escape and lash at her face. She always came alone. Sometimes she brought her small cloth bag, clutched tightly in her hands, but on this day her hands were empty, so she ran her fingertips along the plants at the edge of the path, pulling off leaves here and there and letting them fall to the ground as she walked.
A twig snapped in a nearby stand of trees, and she turned back nervously, ever worried about being followed. No one could know that she was visiting the grave of Djabir, son of Mohammed al-Khashab. Always on alert, her movements were graceful and meditative but also taut. She seemed catlike in her attentiveness to her surroundings and her readiness to run away if she encountered another person.
At the grave, though, her demeanor changed and she let herself relax. She was rooted, committed to being there. She payed homage to this man she had loved—and been loved by—in secret. Some days she did weep, though silently, for she knew that she should refrain from histrionics lest the sound alert people to her presence at the young man's grave. On this day she sat quietly near the gravestone, a silent companion, neither weeping nor talking. She reached forward and touched the delicate carving of the stone, tracing her fingers around the elegant horseshoe arch that resembled the forms she had seen in the impressive mosques nearby.
"He witnessed that there is no God other than God," the gravestone said, "and that Mohammed is God's Prophet, and that Paradise and Hell, the Resurrection and the Hour of Judgement, all truly exist."
She thought about Djabir who had been small but strong, proud but warm. She remembered his big smile and tried to picture what his paradise might be like. Across the way, the rugged mountains were flecked with spots of bright color—the orange-rust of the exposed earth on the bare hillside, the delicate purples and pinks and whites of the wildflowers, and a warm, shimmering gold reflected by the sunlight in the shallow stream below. Could Djabir find himself in a paradise more lovely than this, she wondered?
His faith believed in a paradise after death, but she believed no such thing. Her rabbi certainly never spoke of an eternal paradise that waited to welcome her after death. She did, however, believe the soul was immortal. In fact, believe is too weak a word. She knew it just as certainly as she knew the sun would set that evening. As certainly as she knew the weather would soon cool with the arrival of autumn. And it was so with Djabir's soul. She knew he was in the air around her. He was in the hot summer sun that pricked her skin. In the bees that hovered over the wildflowers in the meadow. In the breeze that whipped her hair across her face.
Across the meadow, she suddenly heard the low murmur of voices mingling with the whispering of leaves in a nearby copse of trees. Men. Two, maybe three. And so she ran down into the ravine, seeming to disappear just like the cat she was coming to think of herself as. She clambered over the hot, sun-bathed rocks and back toward her family's small home. Back to her dhimmi neighborhood—a neighborhood for the so-called protected people. Protected of course was a euphemism. More than anything she was taxed. Subject.
But Djabir had seen her as an equal, and it felt good to have him and his memory as her secret. It gave her power over those many who controlled her daily life. Her comings and goings. Which is why, even these many months after Djabir's death, she continued to visit his grave. She could still picture the spark in his eyes. How he had been able to see the essence of who she was. It had made her feel free.
Thinking of this, she knew his gravestone proclaimed the truth. She knew that both paradise and hell did indeed truly exist. Hell was the world created by many bad men on Earth. It was all too easy to find. But Paradise . . . Paradise was in the hillside she visited and in the late-summer sunshine and in the fragrant wildflowers. It was in the memories of Djabir that she carried with her always.
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Yup. Still waiting. The Endgame went well, I think. And now it's just waiting for the yes or no. I have almost everything in place. The emails, the contact information, even a 6,000 word retrospective of everything that led me to where I am right now.
The waiting is seriously killing me though. Minor panic attacks have been hitting me since Thursday. I'm just tired of keeping the secret. I'm tired of only being able to talk to a select few about this and only in private settings. I want to explode with the news…but I want it to be true first.
So I'm stuck. I'm struggling to have patience and faith that God will handle it. It's probably among the hardest thing I've ever done…but it's also the only thing I can do.
I've done my absolute best.
And now it's up to God to provide the miracle.
Yay! I managed to find my cast photo for Stormhaven! Super excited about this. I've needed it for reference in my rewrite of the Stormhaven novella. And I'm enjoying that, despite being in a slow part. I don't know if I'll work on it today…I'm so tired. I've been exhausted since Thursday.
But I'm happy with this story…and it's going to be my current project until I finish it. I just have to stay ahead of the OC Inklings and have 3,000 words edited every week. Eep. That's huge. But I have plenty of room to maneuver.
I've been in Diablo 3 most of the time. I tried the Witch Doctor and ended up hating it…but the Barbarian is far more fun, aside from the high level runs with my Wizard or Crusader. And I've been doing a lot of Hearthstone, but sadly, my original iPad Mini doesn't run it well. I'm getting constant low memory errors. It's annoying, but workable at the moment. *Sigh* I do enjoy the game though. It's great to play on break at work.
As some of you might know, the Season 4 finale of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered yesterday. And holy crap. This was so freaking awesome. I don't want to spoil anything for people who haven't seen it (and have any interest). But it is simply EPIC. DHX really shows off progress with art and effects…considering the combat at the end is mind-blowing.
It's a great ending to probably the best season ever. Seriously. I freaking love this show.
Tali's dedication this last Saturday went well, where we made a public declaration to raise her to follow Christ. And it turned into an impromptu Mother's Day lunch too. That was good. My grandparents were there, my mother and of course us and the kids. It was a good time.
Other than that, I'm just waiting.
Special PMV this week…it's the finale to Season 4.
Things have happened. I know you're tired of the Cryptic Thing. And some of you already know what's going on with it. But the time is coming very soon where I can finally praise God from the virtual rooftops for the ten miracles he's performed.
I'm almost through the Third Gate. I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel…and it's no train.
In fact, today's entry is going to be a little short because I'm going to start working on my announcement post for the Cryptic Thing.
I've already written part of something required for it. Something different than anyone else has ever done. But I can't be like everyone else can I? I decided there are a lot of people who helped me make it to the Third Gate and they deserve recognition. And they shall have it.
Right now, I have so much on my mind, it's hard to think about anything else. But my silence must remain for a little while longer.
The OC Inklings are going strong with three new members. I'm so excited. If you're interested, know that you don't have to be from Orange County to join the Inklings. The OC part is just where we're based for the most part. All you need to do is apply. That's about all there is for an application process. Just hit the "join group" button. We do that so we don't get a billion spam bots.
I'm still playing with Stormhaven, but that's on the back burner since Thursday. Maybe I'll get some time tonight to work on it. Need to do that, since that's what I'm going to be submitting to the Inklings. Eep.
I got my Wizard finally up to 70 in Diablo 3 last night. Now she can really use all the paragon points and the cool gear I had waiting for her. I was playing a 4-man game with three other wizards…it was bloody insane. Effects were flying EVERYWHERE. I couldn't even see my character half the time. Heh.
I ask your prayers for a dear friend of mine, JJ. Health issues have forced her to step back from the OC Inklings for a time. She needs your prayers too, so please, pray for her. But praise for two friends of mine who finally got to take home their baby again after being in the Infant ICU for way too long. She had some sort of sickness…but she's okay now.
Finally, please pray for me. Pray that the final piece falls into place and I can finally unveil what lies behind the curtain. I can't wait to tell you all.
Okay, let's do this PMV.
Good news everyone! I am happy to announce that "Beyond the Waterfall" is complete. The only problem? The story is almost 8,000 words…which it's goal was 3,000 and the max is 4,250.
What?! It wasn't done yet!!! Don't look at me like that!
I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. I don't think I can trim it down by over 3,500 words. I'd have to cut the entire story in half. But I don't know if I can do an entirely new story. I write the story that comes to me, not necessarily any particular length.
I will say that the Scrivener project was a success. And I'm considering using it full time. I still have a few concerns here and there about it, but I think they're more personal preferences than actual issues.
I can't really think of anything else super important right now. I'm not sure what my next writing project will be. I should go back and try and finish Stormhaven. I might take a day or two to convert it over to Scrivener. Since it could eventually become a series, it would probably be a good idea.
Caitlyn is doing well. We've had a lot of fun the last few days since I got an extra day off from work. I took her for a short hike down a trail in Foothill Ranch. Only 15-20 minutes down. But she enjoyed it. Trying to get her out and doing things more.
Maybe it's just my brain being weird, but I think that's it for now.


CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2012 has got the rumour mill in overdrive, but what can we expect to see in the showroom at Las Vegas this year?
The Consumer Electronics Show hasn't yet failed to provide at least a few huge announcements and with Nokia planning on being the company of 2012 surely we can expect to see some huge product launches.
Taking on the likes of Microsoft Surface the EXOdesk is a 40inch touchscreen display that doubles as the surface for a desk, this is then connected to a desktop or PC and becomes a fully interactive workspace.
EXOPC has already made one prototype and hopes to produce two models, one with its own CPU and GPU to give it premium performance handling lots of tasks while the basic model would just have a GPU and then connect to a desktop PC or laptop.
How likely? Well there's been no official confirmation, but with a product as impressive as this it would be a crying shame not to have tech journalists getting their grubby hands all over it.
Emerging through the mist of confusion comes an update to the story thanks to Industry expert Michael Pachter who believes that in fact we won't see a new Xbox until 2014. His reasoning behind this is that the 360 is still selling incredibly well and so believes that if we do see a new product at CES it'll almost certainly be a new model to be added to the current 360 range.
This of course directly contradicts several 'insider' blogs which have started posting what they claim to be legitimate information that says the next generation of the Xbox will get it's debut at CES 2012.
According to the source the focus will be very much on creating a seamless experience between all Windows devices, which means integration with Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 as standard. It'll also be smaller, cheaper to produce and more powerful than the Xbox 360.
There has also been talk of the next-generation Xbox coming bundled with Kinect 2, the next stage in the Kinect series of products. Reported by Eurogamer this rather scant piece of information suggests that the next Kinect will be able to detect emotions and also read a persons lips, as rumours go it's far-fetched stuff, but worth adding to the mix.
With Nintendo out to showcase the Nintendo Wii U in a big way this could mean that it's the Xbox that has to prove itself rather than Nintendo having to catch up with Microsoft and Sony.
How likely? While it would be great to see a new generation of Xbox the 360 is indeed still very successfull and so a lighter, and cheaper 360 certainly fits the bill. To be really sure though we'll just have to wait until CES to find out.
Nokia to launch Windows 8 tablet?
Yes, you heard right, there has been a rumour that while Nokia plans to showcase its new smartphone portfolio at MWC, Las Vegas is where Nokia really plans on stealing the show.
Top of the rumour mill are reports that Nokia will be unveiling not only their first tablet but also one of the first Windows 8 products. No word on specs yet but what we do know is that even if this doesn't happen we'll almost certainly see a American Nokia Windows Phone 7 handset after it was confirmed the Nokia Lumia range wouldn't be heading stateside.
How likely? Considering this is mere hearsay it's very likely that this is just fans voicing what they'd like to see rather than going on leaked information, that said, it certainly sounds like a show stealer.
Again, very much a rumour and with no confirmation but there has been talk that Intel is working with HTC to produce their first handset.
The rumour first came into life after it was reported that Intel employees were seen walking around a tech conference with Intel smartphone prototypes made by HTC. This could be the smartphone that Intel let slip about earlier in the year when they leaked that they could be putting Windows Phone 8 on smartphones, however this is just speculation.
How likely? With the leak of the HTC Edge running Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor this is fairly unlikely, the only way this could appear is if HTC is targeting the US market through Intel.
Nintendo is to follow an underwhelming E3 Wii U unveiling with another showcase of the next-gen console and yet again it is set to disappoint.
"Nintendo of America, working with the 2012 International CES management, will offer demos of the upcoming Wii U console to members of the media who did not see the system at the 2011 E3 Expo," an official statement from Nintendo read.
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This New Moon conjunct the Sun in Libra supports the Heart's mad love for creating practical, life-giving results through engagement in all physical matter.
The central card in the spread is Trump XV, which shows two particularly pointed images of fertility, and pairs them with the wisdom of bearing practical fruit that delights the self and moves the community and the world forward. Although this card is named "Devil," bear in mind that many ancient gods, historical characters, figures from the Old and New Testament, and Masonic concepts made their way into Tarot decks starting in fifteenth century northern Italy, before some slant on all of it was devised by Aleister Crowley and published in 1969 (DuQuette, Lon Milo. Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. San Francisco, CA: Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, 2003). The word says "Devil" which is traditionally a separate entity from the Supreme; an entity which embodies all the basic human drives and longings and categorizes them as that which should be avoided.
Looking at the meaning of the card through the images, we see a three-eyed Himalayan goat smiling wisely from the center of the card. This takes the virtues of Capricorn to the next level. The Capricorn spirit tenaciously pursues practical tasks in order to make them bear fruit. That could be a lot of responsibility and not much fun, until we examine the life of the mountain goat, which is Capricorn's symbol. This goat loves its carefree life wandering the Earth's summits, chomping the Earth's vegetation and either fertilizing other goats or being fertilized. No burdensome responsibilities there, just genuine enjoyment. In this way, the Heart also wants to strike a balance between the freedom to follow the creative impulse and bearing practical fruit.
Another prominent image of the central card is a phallus with its tip in the heavens and developing male and female figures in the testes. One could try to say this image is a tree with globular roots, but, come on. The card states loud and clear that the sowing and reaping of seeds is an ecstatic experience at the outset and that the results would be heavenly (tip in the heavens), and pro-social (creation of more human members of society). In light of the original question for this reading, when was the last time the Heart was trusted to create life out of what gives it ecstasy? Perhaps great fear or judgments about the authority of ecstasy as a primary guide intercepted the feeling until the Heart became silent. This New Moon offers support to sow new seeds. What would those seeds be?
This interpretation of the central card is further supported by the cards in the spread to the left and the right. The 6 of Cups brings forth the Sun in Scorpio. The Sun's golden, creative energies sit well in the deep emotional sea of Scorpio, and the experience is not only physically pleasurable, pointing once again to comparisons with sexual ecstasy, but also profound, like the depths of the ocean. As a picture of the wisdom of the Heart's feelings (Cups), it validates the leadership that the Heart has to offer.
To the right of the central card, the 10 of Wands represents the end of all that represses the Heart's wise, creative impulses. In this image, Saturnian value for observing limitations oppresses Sagittarian love of travel, culture, social customs, philosophy and inspired participation in the arts. The situation here is unbearable and unfortunate. Fortunately, a 10 card means a natural segue to any other Ace in the deck, as the 10's are the highest number in the minor arcana and, having run their course for their suit, they are reaching to return to the Supreme by transitioning to an Ace of another suit. As a component of this spread, this card signifies the dawning of realization about the value of the ecstasy discussed in the central card, and the timeliness of effort to connect to a guide or a support (like the New Moon) to remember how unlimited potential feels (Ace = unlimited).
May the Moon be welcomed with gratitude as a faithful friend in the creative caves of the Heart. May all other desirable guides and Holy Guardian Angels also be welcomed with gratitude. May the Heart be reminded of how ecstasy feels, and become a channel for its flow into the world. May that flow of ecstasy keep the Heart aligned with the Divine and humanity. May life be a sweet journey of smiles and loving connections. May it be so for you, dear reader. May it be so for me. May it be so for all those who we support, out of our sense of responsibility and commitment to their well-being.


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Eagles training camp preview: Cornerback
By Jimmy Kempski
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Jalen Mills during OTAs at the NovaCare Complex.
Leading up to training camp, we'll take a look at every player on the Philadelphia Eagles' roster, and how they fit with the team. In case you've missed any of them, you can catch up here.
TRAINING CAMP PREVIEWS:
Offense: QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG/C
Defense: DE | DT | LB
Today we'll take a look at the cornerbacks.
CB Jalen Mills Rasul Douglas D.J. Killings
CB Ronald Darby De'Vante Bausby Randall Goforth
*Nickel Sidney Jones Avonte Maddox (R) Chandon Sullivan (R)
*To note, "nickel" should not be confused with "slot." I have no idea who will play the slot, and it's entirely possible that Jim Schwartz may simply try to implement a matchup strategy based on opposing personnel.
Jalen Mills
Mills still has his critics, but the reality is that he's a very important piece in the Eagles' defense. If the season started today, Mills would likely start on the outside and move into the slot in nickel. And you know what? He'd play like he thinks he's Darrelle Revis in his prime.
The Eagles have outside corners in numbers, but they completely lack experienced players in the slot. The improvement Mills showed from his rookie season to Year 2 in the NFL was significant, and the expectation here is that he will continue to get better.
At some point, moving Mills to safety might make some sense, but the Jim Schwartz favorite will be a starting corner once again in 2018.
Ronald Darby
Darby is a very interesting player to watch this offseason. The Eagles didn't trade for Darby until August 11 last year, a day after their first preseason game. As such, he missed most of training camp. He then promptly suffered what looked like a gruesome injury in the first game of the season against the Redskins, which kept him sidelined until Week 10 against the Cowboys.
Once healthy, Darby had an up and down season. He had a couple rough games, notably against the Giants Week 15, and he made some humongous plays, like the interception against the Raiders Week 16 that helped seal a win.
It's reasonable to expect bigger things from Darby in 2018 with a season under his belt in Schwartz's scheme, as well as a full training camp with the team, and a fully healthy knee.
At the same time, a trade of Darby would also make some sense, given the Eagles' robust depth at cornerback, along with the fact that Darby is entering the final year of his rookie contract and should be able to cash in next offseason.
Sidney Jones
After a year in which he sat out the first 15 games while recovering from a ruptured Achilles, Jones got an opportunity to play against the Cowboys in a meaningless Week 17 game, and showed some promise. In 2018, Jones will enter training camp with a chance to win a starting job.
By now, you all know the story. Jones ruptured his Achilles during his pro day leading up to the 2017 NFL Draft, which caused him to slip into the second round when he would have otherwise likely been the first or second cornerback to come off the board, perhaps within the first 10 picks.
Jones had a nice spring, though the team exercised caution by keeping him on the sidelines from time to time. If Jones can truly recover fully from his injury, he has a very high ceiling and could be an inexpensive starting corner for at least the next two years. Step one is making it through camp while showing that he belongs.
Rasul Douglas
Douglas had a solid rookie season in 2017. He played 420 (40.7 percent) of the team's snaps and never looked like the moment was too big for him. He had 25 tackles, 2 INT, and an impressive 11 pass breakups. On this Eagles roster, Douglas is probably fourth in the pecking order behind Mills, Darby, and Jones, which speaks to their impressive depth.
While the team has a number of slot corner candidates, Douglas is not among them, as he is more of a classic big, outside corner. It will be interesting to see if Schwartz uses Douglas in a matchup role against bigger receivers, perhaps like Mike Evans of the Buccaneers, who the Eagles will see Week 2.
De'Vante Bausby
Bausby made a lot of plays during the spring, picking off passes and breaking them up. He was on the practice squad a year ago, and Schwartz had very nice praise for him back in May.
"He's a competitive player," said Schwartz. "He did a really good job for us on the scout teams last year. He was ready to play for us last year if need be. He did a great job not just on the practice field but in the meeting room, being up on the game plan. We were fortunate that we didn't have so many injuries there that he needed to go. But he was ready, and he had the confidence of the coaching staff. He sort of spread his wings a little bit, working in some different positions. He's a very, very competitive player. He's got good size, but his competitiveness stands out. You guys will see that.
"You didn't see him in training camp last year. You guys will see that in training camp this year. I'm excited about him. We're all excited about the contributions he made to our team last year, and what he can do this year. Again, his contributions were behind the scenes last year. But we have a lot of guys that have an impact on Sunday that might not be playing. He worked the offense hard last year. I think those guys have respect for him, and I know our coaches have respect for him."
Bausby will have a real opportunity to make the 53-man roster this year.
Avonte Maddox
At 5'9, 184, Maddox projects to slot corner in the NFL. Despite his smaller size, Maddox is feisty and confident, which no doubt appeals to Schwartz.
In the NFC East, there are a number of small, shifty, talented slot receivers in the Giants' Sterling Shepard, the Redskins' Jamison Crowder, and the Cowboys' Cole Beasley (if you think he's still good, that is). As such, grabbing a slot corner in the fourth round to match up with shifty slot receivers makes sense.
Maddox has the athleticism to stick with those receivers.
Schwartz has shown the willingness to play rookie corners in the past, so I wouldn't rule out some kind of immediate role for Maddox, even with such a deep group at corner.
D.J. Killings
During the 2017 season, according to ESPN's Field Yates, the Eagles gave a pay raise to Killings, who was on the team's practice squad. As Yates noted, whenever teams do that, that's typically indicative of a team trying to sign a player to their 53-man roster.
If that was indeed the case, it is interesting that Killings chose to stick with the Eagles, albeit with a pay raise, but still only on the practice squad. He is probably best suited in the slot, and is perhaps a player that we shouldn't be sleeping on.
Randall Goforth
Goforth is a player with some corner/safety versatility who tore his ACL as an undrafted rookie free agent last training camp. He stuck on the roster all season on injured reserve, and will get another crack at training camp in 2018.
Chandon Sullivan (R)
Sullivan was good enough to get an invite to play in the Senior Bowl this offseason after four years as a starter at Georgia State. He was also a Combine invite, where he ran a 4.6 40, so his ability to stick with faster receivers at the next level will be in question.
Interestingly, Sullivan reportedly received the second-highest signing bonus among the Eagles' UDFAs this offseason.
Eagles are spending a little guaranteed money on UDFAs:
RB Josh Adams $55k
CB Chandon Sullivan $51k
OT Toby Weathersby $40k
S Jeremy Reaves $30k
DE Joe Ostman $20k
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) April 29, 2018
In spring practices, Sullivan mostly played the slot, which makes sense considering his lack of long speed.
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Q: Determining the reducibility of $x^4+2x-2$ in $\mathbb{F}_9[x]$ I am trying to solve Problem 6.10.10 from Berkeley Problems in Mathematics.
Here is the problem statement:

Let $M$ be one of the following fields: $\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{C}, \mathbb{Q}$, and $\mathbb{F}_9$ (the field with nine elements). Let $I \subset M[x]$ be the ideal generated by $x^4+2x-2$. For which choices of $M$ is the ring $M[x]/I$ a field?

My questions:

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*I have solved the case for $M = \mathbb{R}, \mathbb{C}$ and $\mathbb{Q}$, could you check my solution?

*Could you provide some hints or references for me to solve the case when $M = \mathbb{F}_9$?

Here is my partial solution:
Because $M$ is a field, $M[x]$ is a principal ideal domain, so it suffices to determine for which $M$ the polynomial $p(x):= x^4+2x-2$ is irreducible. For $\mathbb{Q}$, by Eisenstein's criterion we see that $p(x)$ is irreducible in $\mathbb{Z}[x]$ and therefore irreducible in $\mathbb{Q}[x]$. By the fundamental theorem of algebra, all polynomials of degree greater than 2 are reducible in $\mathbb{R}[x]$ and all polynomials of degree greater than 1 are reducible in $\mathbb{C}[x]$, so $p(x)$ is reducible in both polynomial rings.
Now, for $M = \mathbb{F}_9$, I am not familiar with finite fields and after a bit of research I found that we can construct it as $\mathbb{F}_9 = \mathbb{Z}_3[y]/(y^2+1)$. The elements of this field are $0, 1, 2, y, 2y, y+1, y+2, 2y+1, 2y+2$. I verified that none of these elements are roots of $p(x)$, so $p(x)$ does not have a linear factor. How do I proceed from here? Do I write $p(x) = (a_1x^2+b_1x+c_1)(a_2x^2+b_2x+c_2)$ and try to solve it/arrive at a contradiction? Or is there a more straightforward way to do this? In general, how do we determine the reducibility of a polynomial in $\mathbb{F}_n[x]$ where $n$ is not a prime?
Update: I made a computational mistake. We do actually have $p(2) \equiv 0 \bmod 3$ so $p(x)$ has a linear factor and hence is reducible. But I am still interested in the general case regarding how to determine the reducibility of a polynomial over a finite field that doesn't have a linear factor.

A: Let $f(x)=x^4+2x-2$.

Since $\mathbb{F}_9$ has characteristic $3$, and $f(-1)\equiv 0\;(\text{mod}\;3)$, it follows that $(x+1){\,\mid\,}f$ in $\mathbb{F}_9[x]$, hence $f$ is reducible in $\mathbb{F}_9[x]$.

That was easy, but as we show below, every monic polynomial $f(x)$ of degree $4$ with integer coefficients is reducible in $\mathbb{F}_9[x]$.

More generally, let $p$ be prime, let $q=p^m$ where $m > 1$, and let $f(x)$ be a non-constant monic polynomial with integer coefficients of degree $n$ where $m{\,\mid\,}n$.

Claim:$\;f$ is reducible in $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$.

Proof:

Assuming the given hypothesis, suppose$\;f$ is irreducible in $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$.

Our goal is to derive a contradiction.

Let $K$ be an algebraic closure of $\mathbb{F}_p$, and let $\theta\in K$ be a root of $f$.

Since $f$ is irreducible when regarded as an element of $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$,$\;f$ must also be irreducible when regarded as an element of $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$.

Thus we get both $[\mathbb{F}_q(\theta):\mathbb{F}_q]=n$ and $[\mathbb{F}_p(\theta):\mathbb{F}_p]=n$.

From $[\mathbb{F}_p(\theta):\mathbb{F}_p]=n$, we get $\mathbb{F}_p(\theta)\cong \mathbb{F}_r$, where $r=p^n$.

But then since $m{\,\mid\,}n$, it follows that $\mathbb{F}_q$ is a subfield of $\mathbb{F}_r$, so $\mathbb{F}_p(\theta)=\mathbb{F}_q(\theta)$, hence
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