ROME - Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the few opera singers to win crossover fame as a popular superstar, died Thursday. He was 71.
His manager, Terri Robson, told the AP in an e-mailed statement that Pavarotti died at his home in Modena, Italy, at 5 a.m. local time. Pavarotti had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent further treatment in August.
"The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness," the statement said.
Speaking from inside Pavarotti's home, which was guarded by police, Pavarotti's assistant Edwin Tinoco told Sky TG 24 television that Pavarotti's final days had been calm and spent at home.
For serious fans, the unforced beauty and thrilling urgency of Pavarotti's voice made him the ideal interpreter of the Italian lyric repertory, especially in the 1960s and '70s when he first achieved stardom. For millions more, his charismatic performances of standards like "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot" came to represent what opera is all about.
In fact, "Nessun Dorma" was Pavarotti's last performance, sung at at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in February 2006. His last full-scale concert was at Taipei in December 2005, and his farewell to opera was in Puccini's "Tosca" at New York's Metropolitan in March 2004.
It was the second monumental loss in the opera world in recent months. American soprano Beverly Sills, whose widespread popularity mirrored Pavarotti's, died July 2 at her home in New York. She was 78 and suffered from cancer.
Instantly recognizable from his charcoal black beard and tuxedo-busting girth, Pavarotti radiated an intangible magic that helped him win hearts in a way Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras - his partners in the "Three Tenors" concerts - never quite could.
"I always admired the God-given glory of his voice - that unmistakable special timbre from the bottom up to the very top of the tenor range," Domingo said in a statement from Los Angeles.
"I also loved his wonderful sense of humor and on several occasions of our concerts with Jose Carreras - the so-called Three Tenors concerts - we had trouble remembering that we were giving a concert before a paying audience, because we had so much fun between ourselves," he said.
Pavarotti, who seemed equally at ease singing with soprano Joan Sutherland as with the Spice Girls, scoffed at accusations that he was sacrificing his art in favor of commercialism.
"The word commercial is exactly what we want," he said, after appearing in the widely publicized "Three Tenors" concerts. "We've reached 1.5 billion people with opera. If you want to use the word commercial, or something more derogatory, we don't care. Use whatever you want."
In the annals of that rare and coddled breed, the operatic tenor, it may well be said the 20th century began with Enrico Caruso and ended with Pavarotti. Other tenors - Domingo included - may have drawn more praise from critics for their artistic range and insights, but none could equal the combination of natural talent and personal charm that so endeared Pavarotti to audiences.
"Pavarotti is the biggest superstar of all," the late New York Times music critic Harold Schonberg once said. "He's correspondingly more spoiled than anybody else. They think they can get away with anything. Thanks to the glory of his voice, he probably can."
In his heyday, he was known as the "King of the High C's" for the ease with which he tossed off difficult top notes. In fact it was his ability to hit nine glorious high C's in quick succession that first turned him into an international superstar singing Tonio's aria "Ah! Mes amis," in Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment" at the Met in 1972.
In the 1990s, Pavarotti's teaming with Domingo and Carreras became a music business phenomenon and spawned copycats such as the Three Irish Tenors.
Pavarotti starred in a film called "Yes, Giorgio" (though its failure scuttled his hopes for a Hollywood career) and appeared in a filmed version of "Rigoletto." He wrote an autobiography, "I, Luciano Pavarotti," and made more than 90 recordings.
From Beijing to Buenos Aires, people immediately recognized his incandescent smile and lumbering bulk, clutching a white handkerchief as he sang arias and Neapolitan folk songs, pop numbers and Christmas carols for hundreds of thousands in outdoor concerts.
His name seemed to show up as much in gossip columns as serious music reviews, particularly after he split with Adua Veroni, his wife of 35 years and mother of their three daughters, and then took up with his 26-year-old secretary in 1996.
In late 2003, he married Nicoletta Mantovani in a lavish, star-studded ceremony. Pavarotti said their daughter Alice, nearly a year old at the time of the wedding, was the main reason he and Mantovani finally wed after years together.
In the latter part of his career, some music critics cited what they saw as an increasing tendency toward the vulgar and the commercial.
He came under fire for canceling performances or pandering to the lowest common denominator in his choice of programs, or for the Three Tenors tours and their millions of dollars in fees.
He was criticized for lip-synching at a concert in Modena, Italy, his hometown. An artist accused him of copying her works from a how-to-draw book and selling the paintings.
The son of a baker who was an amateur singer, Pavarotti was born Oct. 12, 1935, in Modena. He had a meager upbringing, though he said it was rich with happiness.
"Our family had very little, but I couldn't imagine one could have any more," Pavarotti said.
As a boy, Pavarotti showed more interest in soccer than his studies, but he also was fond of listening to his father's recordings of tenor greats like Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Jussi Bjoerling and Giuseppe Di Stefano, his favorite.
Among his close childhood friends was Mirella Freni, who would eventually become a soprano and an opera great herself. The two studied singing together and years later ended up making records and concerts together, according to Elvio Giudici, an Italian opera critic.
In his teens, Pavarotti joined his father, also a tenor, in the church choir and local opera chorus. He was influenced by the American movie actor-singer Mario Lanza.
"In my teens I used to go to Mario Lanza movies and then come home and imitate him in the mirror," Pavarotti said.
Singing was still nothing more than a passion while Pavarotti trained to become a teacher and began working in a school.
But at 20, he traveled with his chorus to an international music competition in Wales. The Modena group won first place, and Pavarotti began to dedicate himself to singing.
With the encouragement of his then fiancee, Adua Veroni, he started lessons, selling insurance to pay for them. He studied with Arrigo Pola and later Ettore Campogalliani.
In 1961, Pavarotti won a local voice competition and with it a debut as Rodolfo in Puccini's "La Boheme."
He followed with a series of successes in small opera houses throughout Europe before his 1963 debut at Covent Garden in London, where he stood in for Di Stefano as Rodolfo.
Having impressed conductor Richard Bonynge, Pavarotti was given a role opposite Bonynge's wife, soprano Joan Sutherland, in a Miami production of "Lucia di Lamermoor." They subsequently signed him for a 14-week tour of Australia.
It was the recognition Pavarotti needed to launch his career. He also credited Sutherland with teaching him how to breathe correctly.
In the following years, Pavarotti made a series of major debuts, appearing at La Scala in Milan in 1965, San Francisco in 1967 and New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 1968. Other early venues included Vienna, Paris and Chicago.
Throughout his career, Pavarotti struggled with a much-publicized weight problem. His love of food caused him to balloon to a reported high of 396 pounds in 1978.
"Maybe this time I'll really do it and keep it up," he said during one of his constant attempts at dieting.
Pavarotti, who had been trained as a lyric tenor, began taking on heavier dramatic tenor roles, such as Manrico in Verdi's "Trovatore" and the title role in "Otello."
Pavarotti often drew comparisons with Domingo, his most notable contemporary. Aficionados judged Domingo the more complete and consistent musician, but he never captured the public imagination like Pavarotti.
Though there appeared to be professional jealousy between the great singers, Pavarotti claimed he preferred to judge himself only against his earlier performances.
In the mid-1970s, Pavarotti became a true media star. He appeared in television commercials and began appearing in hugely lucrative mega-concerts outdoors and in stadiums around the world. Soon came joint concerts with pop stars. A concert in New York's Central Park in 1993 drew 500,000 fans.
Pavarotti's recording of "Volare" went platinum in 1988.
In 1990, he appeared with Domingo and Carreras in a concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome for the end of soccer's World Cup. The concert was a huge success, and the record known as "The Three Tenors" was a best-seller and was nominated for two Grammy awards. The video sold over 750,000 copies.
The three-tenor extravaganza became a mini-industry. With a follow-up album recorded at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in 1994, the three have outsold every other performer of classical music. A 1996 tour earned each tenor an estimated $10 million.
Pavarotti liked to mingle with pop stars in his series of charity concerts, "Pavarotti & Friends," held annually in Modena. He performed with artists as varied as Ricky Martin, James Brown and the Spice Girls.
The performances raised some eyebrows but he always shrugged off the criticism.
Some say the "word pop is a derogatory word to say 'not important' - I do not accept that," Pavarotti said in a 2004 interview with the AP. "If the word classic is the word to say 'boring,' I do not accept. There is good and bad music."
It was not just his annual extravaganza that saw Pavarotti involved in humanitarian work.
During the 1992-95 Bosnia war, he collected humanitarian aid along with U2 lead singer Bono, and after the war he financed and established the Pavarotti Music Center in the southern city of Mostar to offer Bosnia's artists the opportunity to develop their skills.
Pavarotti was also dogged by accusations of tax evasion, and in 2000 he agreed to pay nearly roughly $12 million to the Italian state after he had unsuccessfully claimed that the tax haven of Monte Carlo rather than Italy was his official residence.
He had been accused in 1996 of filing false tax returns for 1989-91.
Pavarotti always denied wrongdoing, saying he paid taxes wherever he performed. But, upon agreeing to the settlement, he said: "I cannot live being thought not a good person."
Pavarotti was preparing to leave New York in July 2006 to resume a farewell tour when doctors discovered a malignant pancreatic mass, his manager Robson said at the time. He underwent surgery in a New York hospital, and all his remaining 2006 concerts were canceled.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous forms of the disease, though doctors said the surgery offered improved hopes for survival.
"I was a fortunate and happy man," Pavarotti told Italian daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published about a month after the surgery. "After that, this blow arrived."
"And now I am paying the penalty for this fortune and happiness," he told the newspaper.
Fans were still waiting for a public appearance a year after his surgery. In the summer, Pavarotti taught a group of selected students and worked on a recording of sacred songs, a work expected to be released in early 2008, according to his manager. He mostly divided his time between his home town, Modena, and his villa in the Adriatic seaside resort of Pesaro.
Just this week, the Italian government honored him with an award for "excellence in Italian culture," and La Scala and Modena's theater announced a joint Luciano Pavarotti award.
In his final statement, Pavarotti said the awards gave him "the opportunity to continue to celebrate the magic of a life dedicated to the arts and it fills me with pride and joy to have been able to promote my magnificent country abroad."
Faced with speculation that the tenor was near death, Mantovani, his second wife, told Italian newspaper La Stampa in July 2007: "He's fighting like a lion and he has never lost his heart."
Pavarotti had three daughters with his first wife, Lorenza, Cristina and Giuliana; and one, Alice, with his second wife.
At his side when he died were his wife, Nicoletta; his four daughters; his sister, Gabriela; his nephews and close relatives and friends, Robson said.


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HS FOOTBALL: 81st Dream Game closes one chapter and starts a new one
by Joby Fawcett | Jul 30, 2015 | 0 comments
Delaware Valley quarterback Brett Cohen led the City to a 41-6 win over the County at the 81st Scranton Lions Club Dream Game.
Photo by Jason Farmer
It's always bitter-sweet.
Each summer, while my chums are vacationing at various beach destinations, I look forward to the Scranton Lions Club Dream Game. Or sure, there are always critics out there just begging for change for the sake of change, and critics who want to "improve" everything by moving the game to the fall or earlier more like early June, but this game is still something that is fun for me as a fan and a sportswriter. And obviously it remains a staple for this area, because in its 81st season, the all-star classic drew 7,298 fans to John Henzes/Veterans Memorial Stadium.
That is awesome.
In truth, I even have found myself looking for ways to keep the stars who unfortunately could not play because of college commitments, while maintaining the tradition of this classic. Each year, though, I leave the game very happy for the graduated players, many of whom will never play a competitive game of football, again, and a bit sad, as it does signal a transition for relationships I have built with many of the players.
Look, I have been at this a long time. I covered my first Dream Game in August of 1999. Interestingly, that game had a similar outcome only it was the County with the win, 41-8. Seniors in that game are all probably in their mid-30s now and have families of their own. My first daughter hadn't even been born yet. And there were players in that game who I still hear from every now and then.
Fast forward to the present day. So much has changed. With social media engulfing and essentially moving us closer to Terminator with the machines ruling the world, the bonds I have forged with many of today's players are just different. Every time Corey Souryavong, my pal Bobby Rinaldi and A.J. Cantarella see me, they yell out my name, carrying on what is becoming a time-honored tradition by Old Forge players. Getting high-fives from the players, and really just having the ability to chat with them on a less professional level does make the Dream Game a bit more meaningful to me as a reporter.
Old Forge tight end A.J. Cantarella.
Kevin Sompel had been one of the more talented players I covered in the last two years. He had a brash bravado and he had an overflow of confidence that would make Johnny Manziel a bit envious. Whenever I needed something from Kevin during the season, I simply reached out to him on Twitter and he got back to me. When he saw me covering a Scranton Prep football game, even on the opening kickoff, he would make his way to just say hi, and of course remind me that the Cavaliers were going to shock the world. I knew that this was — like many of the players — his final game. As I fumbled and bumbled my way trying to take stats and film highlights on Tout, I missed capturing each and every one of his great catches on film. That didn't change the fact that I treasured my one final time to see him play.
Kevin Sompel after his big game in the Dream Game.
Sal Marchese, whose father, Sal, and I were adversaries a very long time ago, introduced himself to me one day at a Dunmore practice. Last season, as I visited the Bucks during my annual summer Tour Around the Camps, I asked if I could interview him for my video. He agreed, and did a great job. Two days later, after my recap and story appeared in The Times-Tribune, which by the way is still the best coverage of District 2 and high school athletics despite what some may claim, Sal couldn't have been more surprised. Before I reached my destination that day on the tour, Sal had sent me a message thanking me. In a day when I mostly get criticized, that meant a lot to me and is just one example of the maturity of these players. Some 18 weeks later, I found myself angered and hurt when he was limited in his contribution because of an ankle injury suffered during Dunmore's run to the state final. When I heard that he would see only limited time in the Dream Game because of his college commitment and attending classes at Bloomsburg University, I couldn't have been more disappointed for him. Then, he was able to make practices, and scored the first touchdown of the game behind several of his Dunmore teammates who were blocking up front. When you cover a team through to the state final, you really learn about the players and you get to know them. The eight Dunmore players — including the Drewes twins, Danny and Timmy, who I have known since they were 6 years old and doing the limbo at a family reunion — I really became connected to through all of this time.
Sal Marchese had to get one more picture after the Dream Game.
Those are just a couple of examples. I could go on and on at how great each and every one of the seniors who were in this game have been to me during their varsity careers. It's pretty neat standing on the sideline and having guys just talk with you. That is what makes this job so rewarding. And so sad at times. This was not a goodbye, but even I know that these young players will go on to their daily lives and let's face it, that won't include too many more visits. Or chances to hang out at practices.
I hope and wish every year that they all stay in touch. I also know that is very unrealistic. But through Twitter and Facebook, there are ways to stay in touch.
Even though, the Dream Game is a swan song of sorts, it is also the dawn of a new day. Very soon, I will take that same grueling Tour Around the Camps.There will be new seniors who I will get to know and hopefully they, like just about all 73 players in last night's game, are following me on Twitter and Facebook. The 2015 season is fast approaching and my life goes from being quite mundane to very exciting.
Boy I look a lot younger in this photo!
So, without boring you all to death with any more trips down memory lane, I wish the graduated players who poured their hearts and souls out on a steamy July evening the very best of luck. And more importantly, I thank you all for the memories.
Now to the action. …
Recapping the game, it was a dandy early on, as is often the case in these games. Everybody is a solid player if you are chosen for the Dream Game. The City's punishing offensive and defensive lines eventually overwhelmed the County, 41-6. Here are some highlights:
Sal Marchese scores the City's first touchdown. Teammate Kyle Oprisko paved the way. Photo by Jason Farmer
Dunmore's Joe Waters hauled in a 23-yard pass from Susquehanna's Austin White as the City drive to the County 26-yard line before an interception by Lakeland's Jared Bomba ended it. Western Wayne's Andrew Sledzinski had three tackles for the County.
Western Wayne's Kyle Haines grabbed a pass and took it 14 yards giving fans a flash of just how fast he is and the type of skills that Shippensburg University is getting. But the City defense tightened up and Brody Dial made a strong tackle to help stymie the drive.
Highlighted by Kevin Sompel's 21 yard catch and run and his 35-yard diving catch, the City cracked the scoreboard when Sal Marchese ran in from 4 yards. City 6, County 0.
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Mid Valley's Corey Tomasetti, who is a linebacker playing tailback, powered his way through the City defense for some hard fought yards in between the tackles. Then, Lackawanna Trail's Vic Mallory hit Haines on a pump and go route and Haines did the rest sprinting in for the tying touchdown. City 6, County 6.
Western Wayne's Kyle Haines scores the County's only touchdown.
It didn't take long for the City to strike back. Delaware Valley quarterback Brett Cohen hit Scranton Prep tight end Justin Belardi on a 7-yard pass and again on a 35-yard reception where the big guy showed some speed. Delaware Valley's Lex Rosario cashed it in on a 2-yard touchdown. Susquehanna's Steve Jesse drilled the first of his five straight extra points. City 13, County 6.
On the final possession of the half, Lackawanna Trail's Jordan Hannon had a tipped pass, A.J. Cantarella had a sack and Bomba had a pass defensed to highlight a strong finish for the County.
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The City defense took over the game. Susquehanna's Christian Miller and Scranton's Jordan O'Hearn were relentless in their pursuit. Dunmore's Justin Rogan was all over the field and Scranton's Charlie Pabst and Scott Gorton had some big hits. They set the tone for the final 24 minutes as the heat began to take its toll.
Honedale quarterback Josh LoBasso hit Abington Heights' Jake Henzes on a deep post for 32 yards, but Henzes lost the ball. Scranton's Victor Burns recovered and the City never looked back.
Again, White found Sompel on a second-and-14 from the County 41 for a 13-yard completion. And on a second-and-19 from the 34, Sompel made an over-the-shoulder catch worthy of a SportsCenter Top 10. Two plays later, Rosario was in the end zone again. City 20, County 6.
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Things began to further unravel for the County when West Scranton's Kyle Kroptavich had an interception on the first play of the quarter. On offense, Kroptavich hauled in a key pass and Pabst broke into the secondary on a powerful 14-yard run that set up Belardi's 5-yard touchdown reception from Cohen. City 27, County 6.
On the County's next possession, Miller got a brutal sack on Mid Valley's Tyler Shay after he avoided a hard-charging O'Hearn. Two plays later, a snap sailed over Shay's head and Belardi grabbed it and scored his second touchdown. City 34, County 6.
The City's defense did not allow a first down in the second half. North Pocono's Pat Monahan had a 14-yard run and a 9-yard run, and Marchese bolted for 24 yards. As the clock ticked away, Monahan scored a touchdown behind several of the all-star players from Dunmore. City 41, County 6.
It was a good game despite the lopsided score. The City now holds a 40-37-4 lead in the series.
Congratulations to the City and I hope that all of the players stay in touch.
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The teachers in Class 1 are Mrs Virsiliene (Mon, Tue, Wed) and Miss Breeze (Thu, Fr). Our TA is Mrs LePoidevin.
We have a very busy term ahead. In the Spring Term our topic is SPACE. We will be reading fiction and non-fiction books about the Space, The Solar System and aliens. For more detailed overview please look at Spring Y1 document on your child's class page.
In Year 1 we develop phonics, reading, writing and maths skills. We use the new national curriculum as the foundation of our planning. The children will participate in a mixture of whole class teaching, small group focus tasks with the teacher/teaching assistant.
As the children have been in year 1 for a term now, we will start focusing on whole class teaching and learning and there will not be that many opportunities for continuous provision.
The children will continue to take the class mascot, 'Gaila the Giraffe', home for showing fantastic behaviour and our school's Christian values. Gaila will come with the book, so your child will be able to stick pictures/write about their adventures in it. They will then be able to share the events with the rest of the class.
PE will be on Tuesday and Thursday.
All children are expected to change for Physical Education (PE).
Please ensure the children have full PE kit in school and it is labelled. We will have some of our PE sessions outdoors, so please make sure they have jogging bottoms and a hooded top in school too. We will continue to send kits home at the end of each half term.
Children will get a new set of spellings every Friday. They will be taught these spellings in school before they take them home to practise.
Please listen to your child read every night. It would be useful if you could write in their diary what page they have read to or if they have finished the book. That way we will know whether or not your child needs a new book to take home.
Some children will have Year 1 common exception words written in their reading diaries every so often so please help your child to practise reading them.


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Q: Como passar uma tag HTML dentro de um JavaScript Estou tentando realizar uma atividade matemática no Moodle utilizando o Ardora como criador das atividades. Ele faz a parte do javascript, css e html por mim, então as atividades de idiomas sao "simples". Meu problema estão nas atividades com matemática, pois preciso passar fórmulas através dos parâmetros e fazer as devidas comparações (pergunta e resposta) para ver se o aluno acertou ou não.
Eu tenho os arquivos, já localizei onde tenho que alterar, mas não estou conseguindo (ou sabendo) o que e como alterar.
Vou dar um exemplo de como deve ser a atividade
Perguntas:          Respostas:
Cachorro            Kitty
Gato                Chovinista
Porco               Max
De um lado, tenho a coluna com as perguntas e do outro, as repostas, nas quais os alunos devem arrastar para os devidos campos e fazer as associações. Por exemplo, Max deve ir com Cachorro, Kitty com Gato e Chovinista com Porco.
Tenho que fazer a mesma coisa, mas puxando fórmulas matemáticas, exemplo:
1 + 2 =                   5
1 / 2 =                  0,5
5 * 1 =                   3
Nesse tipo de exemplo, como nao usei fórmulas, fica fácil fazer. Agora quando tenho que usar as expressões matemáticas, tenho que conseguir colocar isso na tela no formato das fórmulas (tentei jogar um js que formata o tex em html), e nada.
Queria fazer algo assim:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
srqt(8)
\frac(8)\(1)

Podem me ajudar? Se precisarem de mais detalhes eu passo. Se não ficou claro a explicação ou o problema, tento melhorar a escrita.

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California Boycotts Iowa for Refusing to Spend Taxpayer Money on Transgender Surgery
The state is the latest addition to a 2016 law, Assembly Bill 1887
By: Pippa Monroe |@NeonNettle
The ban on travel is meant to stop public colleges and universities from participating in events in states on the no-travel list.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) declared a complete ban on state-funded travel to Iowa due to a law prohibiting Medicaid from allowing taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries, The Sacramento Bee reported.
The state is the latest addition to a 2016 law, Assembly Bill 1887, which bans state-sponsored travel to states that have passed laws perceived as noninclusive or discriminatory based on sexual orientation.
Other states include:
Below is from the website of the California Office of the Attorney General:
In AB 1887, the California Legislature determined that "California must take action to avoid supporting or financing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people." (Gov. Code, § 11139.8, subd. (a)(5).) To that end, AB 1887 prohibits a state agency, department, board, or commission from requiring any state employees, officers, or members to travel to a state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that (1) has the effect of voiding or repealing existing state or local protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; (2) authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; or (3) creates an exemption to anti-discrimination laws in order to permit discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. (Gov. Code, § 11139.8, subds. (b)(1), (2).) In addition, the law prohibits California from approving a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to such a state.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in March 2019 that gender transition surgeries must be covered under Medicaid, since the state's Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination or refusal of service to people based on gender identity. So, the Iowa Legislature passed, and Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed, a bill that specifically excluded gender transition surgeries from Medicaid coverage.
Under new guidelines, expected to be introduced in all schools across England and Wales in October, #transgender students will be allowed to use the changing rooms and bathrooms of "their choice."
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— Neon Nettle (@NeonNettle) September 16, 2019
In March, The Supreme Court in Iowa ruled that American taxpayers must cover the costs for transgender patients to have gender reassignment surgery
According to Becerra' s statement:
"The Iowa Legislature has reversed course on what was settled law under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, repealing protections for those seeking gender-affirming healthcare."
"California has taken an unambiguous stand against discrimination and government actions that would enable it."
The Iowa ban will go into effect on Oct. 4.
The ban is enforced on a discretionary basis, specifically when it t comes to college athletics programs, which continue to compete in banned states.
In some scenarios, College athletics may fall under one of the documented exceptions to this law, which include instances involving contractual obligations incurred before Jan. 1, 2017, tax collection, law enforcement matters, and litigation.
In March, The Supreme Court in Iowa ruled that American taxpayers must cover the costs for transgender patients to have gender reassignment surgery.
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court's ruling that the state cannot deny two transgender women taxpayer-funded Medicaid coverage for their sex-change surgeries.
Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources and is usually reserved for elderly citizens, low-income families, and people with specific disabilities who desperately need healthcare but are unable to pay for it.
[RELATED] Taxpayers Must Pay for Convicted Pedophile's Gender Reassignment Surgery: Court
tags: Transgender | Gender
Biden Grabs Student By Arm Over Gender Question: 'Don't Play Games With Me, Kid'
Former Vice President was approached by a field staffer for Turning Point USA 10th August 2019 @ 4.00pm
School Punishes Sixth-Grader for Saying Transgender Classmate 'is a Boy'
Schoolboy disciplined for saying that trans-curious boy is not a girl 10th August 2019 @ 9.00pm
Christian Teacher Fired for Referring to 'Gender Fluid' Girl as 'She'
Respected teacher committed the 'politically-incorrect' sin of not using preferred pronoun 10th December 2018 @ 4.00pm
Saying 'He' or 'She' to Be Illegal Under Australia's New Transgender Laws
Failing to use transgender-friendly terms will be against the law as new bill due to pass 10th December 2018 @ 5.00pm
Mother Arrested in Police Raid at Home for Calling Transgender 'Man' on Twitter
Mom of 3 arrested in front of children, devices seized, thrown in jail cell 10th February 2019 @ 12.00pm
10th August 2019 @ 4.00PM
10th February 2019 @ 12.00PM


Review Context: Played a couple of puzzle platform games from time to time. Usually play the genre when I want to unwind and test my mind. I have played all the Captain Toad levels in Super Mario 3D World.
What first started as a minigame in Super Mario 3D World got good praise (from myself included) for being a highlight of the game. At E3 2014, Nintendo announced that it would become a full game. Some were wondering how the game would be in long spurts, as the game was fine in small spurts in Super Mario 3D World. As the game came close to release day it was announced that it would be budget priced, which had many people think twice about picking this game up. Will this treasure be worth looking for, or should it stayed buried?
It comes as no surprise the game is using the Super Mario 3D World engine. Like all Nintendo games on Wii U, you get a colorful, yet detailed environment. When you zoom in on the levels you can see little details like cracks on the walls and grassy textures. When you leave the water Captain Toad's clothes stay wet for a while. Captain Toad displays a lot of his personality. If you are in a snow level, he will try to warm himself with his arms. My favorite is when he's in a haunted mansion and he starts to shake in fear when he comes across a Boo. With the game running at a smooth 60 frames a second, it helps with boss character's fluid movements to time your attacks.
This game only supports the Wii U Gamepad for things other than Off-TV play. There are moments where you have to look at the gamepad for aiming and moving platforms; for aiming you use the gamepad's gyro sensor or the second analog stick. For moving platforms, you will either tap on the platform to move it, or there are times when you have to turn the wheel by making circular movements on the gamepad. Then on rare occasions, you will have to blow into the gamepad's mic for moving platforms, which will feel weird, as you have to move the controller to your mouth while keeping an eye on the screen.
Captain Toad is able to walk, run, and swim, but he can't jump, thanks to his heavy backpack. Nice logical reasoning Nintendo! The only time the controls get a little tricky is when you obtain the double cherry in which you get multiple Toads. That's when you have to be careful of how you move, since the other Toads are following your movements. You are able to turn Toad's searchlight on or off. I see that as a novelty since the lighting in the game has me turn the light off, but when you're in a haunted mansion that light is a godsend. Another key feature of the game is with the level designs you will be using the right analog stick to rotate the level, as you will find hidden items and paths to take.
This single player game is mixed with platforming and puzzle elements. It would be nice to have local co-op, but it's not a loss in the end. When you boot the game up, you are treated with Captain Toad looking for treasure. Once you find it, you discover that it's guarded by a big bird that is protecting the star of the treasure. Not only does she steal the star, Toadette gets caught in the mix, but that's not the entire story… If you stick around after the real credits, you'll see how Captain Toad appears in Super Mario 3D World.
You'll have to guide Captain Toad (later Toadette) through over forty levels. The levels start off easy to get you to understand the game, then the levels go from easy to creatively hard. It should be noted, the difficulty is only bad if you decide to search for the hidden gems. If you just want to speed run the game, then the puzzles are easy to figure out. If you collect a gem but die, you will still have that gem. I'm sure this will lower the "rage" factor for some people.
As an extra bonus, if the game detects save data from Super Mario 3D World, you get extra levels based on that game. Due to the lack of jumping, you have to think twice about where to go. The layouts are designed nicely to where you will be rotating the level a lot to find hidden items. You have power ups to help you; from turnips to defeat enemies with, the double cherry to create multiple Toads, to the old fashion pickaxe that acts as a hammer from Donkey Kong. Each level also has three hidden gems if you are looking for a challenge. There is also a hidden goal for each level, however the goal isn't explained until after you beat the level. It would make sense to know what the goal is the first time, so you can achieve it then instead of later. The game has received a small patch update to support amiibos. If you use a Toad amiibo, each level will have an 8-bit Toad for you to find.
Another thing about Nintendo games is the sound quality. While most of the music is recycled from Super Mario 3D World, there are some original pieces in here. I find myself humming the theme music. When you have me humming the theme, you have done your job on making a good soundtrack. Captain Toad and Toadette have gargled voices that sound cute without being annoying. Even the enemies have cute sounds that make you feel bad for defeating them, especially the goombas sleeping on an inflatable swimming ring. Only in Mario and Kirby games do I always feel bad for the enemies.


경사면에 쌓인 암괴들(Talus, 애추崖錐)이 만드는 자연현상으로, 암괴 틈에 저장된 찬공기가 여름철에 외부의 더운 공기와 만나 물방울과 얼음을 만들고, 겨울에는 따뜻한 공기가 흘러나와 오히려 얼음이 얼지 않는 희귀한 자연현상을 보인다.
Eoreumgol is a natural phenomenon formed by the talus accumulated on the slanted side. When cold air stored in between the talus meets warm air from outside in summer, water droplets and ice form, whereas, in winter, warm air flows in talus, and ice is not formed.


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Tag / Racism
March 25, 2016 by robdwaller
#BrusselsAttacks Are Not an Excuse for Arresting an Idiot
Features, News
Brussels, Free Expression, Free-Speech, Matthew Doyle, Racism, Religion, Terrorism
As many of you will be aware earlier this week a group of crazed jihadists brought death and destruction to the streets of Brussels. They killed over 30, injured hundreds and damaged important infrastructure.
After incidents of this nature emotions often run high and some people react in stupid ways. One example is Matthew Doyle from South Croydon who supposedly confronted a Muslim women and asked her to explain the attacks. He allegedly posted to Twitter…
I confronted a Muslim women yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said "Nothing to do with me". A mealy mouthed reply.
As a result, according to the Daily Mail, he has been arrested, charged and held in custody…
A talent agency boss alleged to have posted a controversial tweet about confronting a Muslim woman over the Brussels terror attacks has been charged with inciting racial hatred.
The tweet, said to have been posted by Matthew Doyle, 46, from south Croydon, sparked social media outrage and countless parodies after it went viral in the wake of Tuesday's atrocities in Belgium.
Doyle, who attended private Wellington College, was arrested on Wednesday, and police today said he had been charged with with publishing or distributing written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting, likely or intended to stir up racial hatred, under the Public Order Act.
A spokesman said he was being held in custody, and was due to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates Court tomorrow morning.
There is little doubt that My Doyle potentially posted something stupid, some may even find it deeply offensive — it's certainly something I wouldn't do. However it is an outrage that this man has been arrested and charged.
It seems that there is no actual evidence that he did what he said he did in his Tweet, which explains why he has only be charged with making "racist comments". Quite how someone can be charged with "racist comments" when the target of his idiocy was a global religion is beyond me though. Remember there over 1 billion practicing Muslims worldwide and the country with the largest Muslim population is Indonesia. It is a non-racially defined religion just like Christianity.
But enough quibbling, the true outrage is that we have a law that can be used to lock people up for "publishing or distributing written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting, likely or intended to stir up racial hatred". The important point here, and I've stated this before, is none of these things are objective, they are all subjective and open to interpretation.
What someone finds threatening, abusive or insulting is entirely down to them. When a drunk man in a pub recently called me a "boring ginger bastard" it didn't particularly bother me, I was more concerned that he was harassing my friend's wife. I certainly wouldn't want to see him locked up for a drunken remark. I just wanted him to F the F Off…
This sort of law places untold power in the hands of the prosecutor, AKA the state, as it could be applied to almost any scenario. For example, imagine I shouted at someone in the street, "F*** off you McDonalds eating pleb!". Is that not insulting or abusive? Yes it is. Should I be locked up for it? In a free country, no. Under this law though I probably should be, because associating someone with McDonalds may be very distressing…
It seems a little pointless to me to claim that the 'Free World' is fighting the scourge of Barbaric, Anti-Freedom, Salafist Jihadism when the 'Free World' criminalises certain forms of Free Expression. Even if that Free Expression is completely idiotic. In a free society you allow society to deal with the idiotic, not the state.
As one Twitter user proved, social ridicule is often the best ointment for the idiotic…
Confronted a self-service machine in Tesco, Asked it to explain Brussels. It said "Please place items in bagging area". Mealy mouthed reply.
Update 2016/03/26: It would seem the CPS have seen sense and forced the police to drop the charges. The fact that the police have the idea that they can arrest people for this sort of thing is very worrying though.
February 15, 2016 by Nico Metten
Some Thoughts on Racism
Libertarian Ideas
Culture, Ethnic Groups, Immigration, Libertarian Movement, Racism
It seems that calling someone a racist these days is one of the fastest ways to discredit that person's opinions. That is why, for a lot of people, "playing the race card" is nothing but an ad hominem attack. It is the attempt to beat someone in a debate without actually having arguments. And indeed, there are people who use this strategy. Often it is used by political groups that explicitly label themselves as anti-racist or anti-fascist. These groups usually themselves follow a very much totalitarian ideology that is only on the surface different from fascism. They really have more in common with fascism than not. The hope seems to be that labeling oneself anti-fascist somehow will distract people from their totalitarian agenda and make them good people. Well, they are not good people, but their distraction strategy, at least in the past, seems to have worked better than one would have hoped. But is it fair to say that everyone labeling another person as racist is just playing dirty tricks or are there maybe some people who really deserve the label?
How unpopular the label racist is became clear to me when years ago I stumbled upon a propaganda video of the Ku Klux Klan. In the video a KKK member complained that the Klan was viciously slandered in the media as a racist organization. According to him, the Klan loves all races that god has created. But they should not live in America next to the white man.
This is hilarious I thought. The poster-child organization for white supremacy racism in the US rejects the label racist. This seems nonsensical. But in order to understand why this is indeed nonsense we need to have a closer look at what racism is all about.
What is racism?
Different people have different opinions on this. The so called left for example often uses the word to label any kind of attack on an ethnic minority group that they think is underprivileged. This idea of racism is not very coherent. It is hypocritical and really just a form of totalitarian special interest politics.
For a more systematic theory of racism we first need to clarify the meaning of the word at the heart of it, which is race. On the face of it, it seems to refer to distinct genetic differences in a group of people that result in distinctive physical characteristics. This is how a biologist would define the word. However, these days, the word 'race' in racism usually means something broader. It refers to differences in ethnic groups. It therefore has a lot to do with culture and not so much genetics.
This broader interpretation makes a lot of sense. The opposition to biological races and the opposition to culture really appears to be politically the same thing. Is white supremacism really different in principle from anti-semitism? I would doubt that people ever really were opposed to genetics. What people have always objected to is culture. Those savages were praying to the wrong god, had strange traditions, spoke strangely sounding languages and were eating the wrong food. The different looks of people were only used as a possible explanation and identification. And as we know today, non of the things people objected to really have a lot to do with genetics. They are cultural. If this is true then objecting to another person's culture really is politically the same things as objecting to someone's race.
Until this point, I am willing to go along with racism. I do believe that there are different cultures in the world. I do not believe that all of these cultures are equally good. I am not referring to trivial things like food. I am a libertarian. I believe that the best way for everyone to live anywhere on this planet is to live in liberty. A lot, in fact most if not all, political cultures that we find at the moment disagree with me on this. One could argue that makes me an extreme racist, as I am in conflict with all ethnic groups, including my own. Alternatively, one could argue that I am a consequent anti racist, as I am equally opposed to all of them.
More seriously though, simply acknowledging differences between cultures is not really a racist ideology. Maybe there are some extreme egalitarians who really believe, or want to believe, that there are absolutely no differences between peoples. But even when I talk to people on the so called left they seem to be very aware of such differences. After all, a lot of them are practicing their very own form of 'non-racist' racism, by constantly blaming the evils of white, male culture for everything.
However, traditional racism, as a political ideology, does more than just acknowledge differences. I would argue that at the heart of political racism is and has always been the thesis that certain cultures cannot live in the same society together as equals. If they do live together, there needs to be a clear domination of one over the other. This can take the form of one overwhelmingly outnumbering the others, a legal division into first and second class citizens or can even go as far as an outright master/slave relationship, as we have seen in US history. The other alternative is to physically separate cultures from each other, at best geographically if possible. Abraham Lincoln, who famously freed the slaves in the US with very questionable means, continued till his death to work on a plan to deport all blacks back to Africa. That is exactly what racism is all about. The idea that societies can only work if they are culturally homogenous.
Racism has earned its reputation
It is no accident that this ideology has such a bad reputation. It has earned it throughout history. Wherever we see racist societies emerge, they come with a great deal of violence. It can go as far as an outright genocide like the Holocaust in Germany. This was another classic attempt to remove one ethnic group from a society. Of course not every racist society has ended in such an excess of violence. But violence is very much baked in the cake when it comes to racism. Given that racism cannot give everyone the same rights, there are groups of people that need to be suppressed. And suppression simply does not come peacefully. The preferred front line for racist violence in our time is the border of the nation state. Thousands of people die every year by trying to break the brutally enforced national segregation. Despite that you can still hear the racists scream that the state is not using enough force to keep the unwanted ethnic groups out.
Oh, but I hear the racists object. It is not racism that is causing the violence, it is multiculturalism. After all, good fences make good neighbours. This is of course nonsense. Good neighbours make good neighbours. You only need a good fence if you are living next to a socially incompetent asshole. The violence that racists predict from multiculturalism is a self fulfilling prophecy. If it wasn't for racists disturbing the peace, there would be no problem with multiculturalism. So it is the racists that are the problem. And by racists I mean all of them. The Imam that preaches that western culture is evil and Muslims should fight it just as much as the members of the English Defence League.
Social incompetence seems to really be a problem of racists. Britain First is another one of those organizations that pretends to be only concerned citizens instead instead of racists. In this video you can see them systematically harassing and antagonizing people. Around 12.45min in the video they cause a confrontation with random people in the street. It almost ends in a fight. The spin that the Britain firsters have on the incident is that they are being threatened in their own country. But really what is going on is just a simple tit for tat strategy which is social skills 101. They antagonize people, so they get a hostile reaction. Their idea of a sociably acceptable behaviour seems to be that they have the right, as Englishmen in England, to not show any tolerance and don't make any compromises when it comes to the lifestyle of the people around them. In return for this intolerance they expect a complete willingness to compromise and be tolerant from the other side. Of course that is causing trouble.
Political strategies of racists
Given my explanations, I think it is very fair to say that calling organizations like Britain First or the KKK racist organizations is not an ad hominem attack. However, that these organizations are uncomfortable with the label 'racist' shows that even hard core racists have realised that they cannot win political battles with it. That is why they are trying to make the word meaningless. The idea is to reverse the ad hominem attack. Anyone who labels anyone else as racist automatically disqualifies as an honest person who is seriously interested in a debate. That is because assumingly everyone knows that there could not possibly be such a thing as a racist movement in our times. Only some totalitarian left-wingers would call another person racist.
Of course this strategy can only work, if they manage to organize racist political ideas under a new, more acceptable label. The most popular label seems to be nationalism. Since most people still accept the idea of nation states, and also the rather strange underlying assumption that there is such a thing as a clearly identifiable nation, nationalism cannot be as easily discredited as racism. It seems perfectly acceptable to physically separate people according to nations. Every state on the planet has laws in place attempting to do just that. This reality seems to give the nationalist agenda a lot of legitimacy. The problem for the racists however is that, at least in the west, the central planning of migration increasingly does not serve to separate cultures from each other. It is just a more or less arbitrary bureaucratic machinery, which distributes visas to all kinds of people from all kinds of cultures. So it is not doing what the racists want it to do.
There are different attempts to deal with this. The most common one is to fight for the concept of the nation. Given visas to members of the wrong culture is simply a mistake. It is betraying the country and therefore treason. Another attempt however seems to be, to change the label again. Unfortunately, more and more of these people think that maybe libertarianism is a good alternative label. There are a number of reasons for that. Libertarianism is not in any form associated with the old racism. It is also anti-establishment. The establishment is perceived to be left wing. Therefore, although libertarianism really is neither left nor right, it can easily been portrayed as right wing. Libertarianism is all about individual, interpersonal liberty. And as it turns out, in order to have liberty, individuals need to have certain private property rights, that allow them to be left alone. To be left alone is nothing else but to be able to exclude people from your life. And here comes the wrong twist in this idea that suddenly makes libertarianism seem attractive to racists. Since individuals can exclude people, groups can do the same. In fact, so the claim of people like Hans Hermann Hoppe, not only can they, but they will. Naturally, so the argument, if you have private property, you will end up in some kind of voluntary segregationist society, in which every culture is living in their very own little harmonic and homogenous communities. And these communities will be big, even as big as a nation.
In principle, I don't mind people preaching the virtues of private property. But there is a problem when you do that in order to support a false theory. The theory that private property will lead to some kind of culturally homogenous society seems false. Although it seems true on an individual micro level that birds of a feather flock together, all the evidence that we have suggests that this is not what is happening beyond the micro level. Whenever we see people being free to move where they want on the basis of private property they seem to mix up fairly quickly. There are huge economic benefits from doing that. That is why segregationist societies always had to be protected with the full power of the state. There goes the illusion that you can somehow have a harmonious racist paradise without the violence of suppression. And that is the problem with these racist allies of libertarianism. If you have a wrong theory about reality, you can either change the theory or try to change reality. The latter however is not very practical. And that is where the state comes in. The state pretends to be some higher being that can change reality according to an ideology. So the question is, will racists go along with liberty or try to use the state to make reality fit their wrong theories? I think the current migration 'crisis' has given us a good hint of what the answer is. Racists are very unreliable allies in the fight for liberty.
November 22, 2013 by Simon Gibbs
Tolerance… or else!
Legislation, Seen elsewhere
Censorship, Homophobia, Opponents, Racism, Totalitarianism
Tolerance… or else! – Jim Carver
August 28, 2013 by Simon Gibbs
By the content of their character
Discrimination, Racism
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
– Martin Luther King
This dream is today accessible to anyone with the good sense to practice it. With the good sense to know and understand the people around them by what goes in inside their heads, for it is that which really defines us. As animals, rational or otherwise, we are mostly similar. The pigmentation of our body's final barrier against the elements makes very little difference to the direction of our lives, for as long as we have the autonomy to set that direction. That barrier, impervious to water, should not obstruct the exchanges of words neccessary to establish "rational, or otherwise"; and it is that basic distinction that is primary for me in all decisions and judgements of people.
However, just as we should not be blind to the radiant glow of coffee coloured complexions on a summer evening, or to the richness of art and cuisines of other cultures, we should not be blinded to any aspect of the people we choose to deal with. Superficial differences will continue to drive our guesses about whether people are worth talking to, and at this precise moment in history those predispositions remain somewhat justified, for as long as you are happy to generalise. In future people will be less happy to generalise, and their generalisations will be less accurate and people will quickly learn that they are missing out and will make different guesses. This is less to do with skin pigmentation, or genetic stock, as it is to do with large numbers of people coming together and learning from each other, and about each other too. Accepting those generalisations for what they are – efficient approximations – is one thing, but as we learn about each other there will be some kinds of people we learn not to like, and we will learn to identify those people by their words and symbols, and learn what those things mean about the ideas that form the content of their characters. We should be free to reject and ostracise those people as long as we obey the obligation we owe to ourselves not to create new generalisatons that replace the old ones. Those people may be adherents of unseemly religious views, Guardian readers or Labour voters intent on stealing from you, or social authoritarians intent on crushing your lifestyle choices, it doesn't matter. The freedom to ostracise bastards is equally necessary as the freedom not to be put down by them.
Today, the BBC has recreated Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech. In which he dreams that his children will "not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character". One has to ask if the BBC realises that this criteria, once the dream of one set of minorities, is just as likely to cause the ostracisation of other minorities, and that it should.
May 17, 2013 by Simon Gibbs
If you do not want to see the BNP vindicated…
Libertarian Ideas, Seen elsewhere
Free-Speech, Gang Rape, Racism
If you do not want to see the BNP vindicated… – Natalie Solent
Burka Ban Bites
Institutions, News
Burka, Racism, Smears, Ukip
So UKIP are furious that they got called racist and two of their members were therefore not selected as the permanent foster parents for ethnic minority children. UKIP have been bundled together with the BNP quite unfairly for ages, not least by Baroness Warsi whom many would suppose to be well informed on the issues facing ethnic minorities, so for one moment I was ready to leap to their defence. Then I remembered the Burka Ban, the one objectively observable fact about UKIP that does suggest a whiff of racism is that they wanted to discourage Burkhas.
As Julie Borowski reminds us in her latest video, the public want to vote for social liberals. She's talking about Americans but I believe it to be true here also. Social liberty is in fashion just as economic liberty is moving beyond the pale, and the answer for confused right of centre political parties is to discard personal taste as a matter of politics and move to a consisently libertarian position politically. If you really feel abortion or whatever is a major issue, join a campaigning church group. Surrender your outmoded social views and fight the neccessary political battle for economic liberty. In a way UKIP are paying the price for ideological inconsistency, not necessarily in actuality, but in terms of confused PR messages and branding. In the main, that works for me. Silly ideas should be punished, its the one thing we can choose to change.
The problem is that the original policy was technically well formed. If I recall correctly, becuase it merely clarified the right of property owners to ban burkas on their land – a right they should properly possess. The war must be faught for property rights of that kind, that put racist idiots in charge of their own fate and put difficult subtleties such as security issues under local, rather than centralised control. You just can't seem racist while doing it, and the public are so poorly educated about such principles that some blue water is required between UKIP and the BNP before they should have tackled that one.
The smear has worked, but UKIP can fight on by clearly articulating the ideas they have adopted in their constitution.
So I said above that discrimination based on ideology is something I'm okay with. I am okay with that, but as Graham Stuart MP (via ConservativeHome) points out the council has abused it's power in this case. I don't blame the workers involved for being ignorant about what membership of UKIP really implies but political institutions should not indulge in discrimination, that is an attack on political freedom. Another reason that democratic institutions should not be involved in such a broad range of activities.
Rotherham #ukip child removal case appalling abuse of power. Why is it unmentioned on BBC News online? #biasedbbc
— Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) November 24, 2012
The BBC eventually covered the story, but most impressive is Michael Gove who also did well to show that this is not good for the children.


Gag on the 5930 to 5960 $400+ jump as well. Unfortunately, I don't know if we'll ever see an equivalent 8 core "5850" price break.
This is, however, about what I expected.
Would 16 + 8 pci-e lanes really effect performance of 2 hi end cards like 290x or 780ti ?
4790K has only 16 lanes available, yet 4xSLI works fine for extreme gamers, so np. The graphics cards don't use all ports at those speeds for communication with the processor.
In fact, you have to have pretty special HW to use PCI 3.0 above 8x, even a big Adaptec raid controller maxes at 3.0 8x, as does dual 10 Gbps cards and TB2 cards still.
Now bring on the reviews.
Now to wait for the equivalent 1 socket Xeon E5-1650 v3 for 2011-3 sockets to get 5930 - OC_Multiplier + ECC.
Intel unlocking Xeon's? HAHA keep dreaming!
You'll be surprised what Intel will offer, once those licensed Power8s start hitting the market, made by Samsung, Fujitsu, etc., and the Chinese. The costs of the server SKUs are going to go down dramatically, once the Power8s are coming at commodity low margin prices, just like the ARM SOC/CPU, and server chips, commodity style pricing. That's 8 wide SMT, on those Power8 monsters, that are up for ARM style licensing, by anyone, including Nvidia, who is already working on integrating its GPUs with IBM's in house Power8s, on a uber fast mezzanine module, with CAPI derived NVlink connection fabric, Nvidia is already offering clusters for the various automotive, and aviation design bureaus, how easy it would be for Nvidia to license the Power8 CPU reference design, and make a complete enthusiasts' monster home gaming server.
whats it like living in a fantasy world?
Tell that to Google, they already have a Chinese made motherboard, and are testing the power8 out for their server mega farms. The Power8 is a Xeon eater, and with loads of companies licensing the reference designs from OpenPower, expect the server chip market, to obtain the same, economy of scale, pricing as is demonstrated in the ARM ecosystem market. With Companies like Apple, Nvidia, AMD(If Rory Read, 23 years at IBM, is smart), and others, able to license and have fabbed for themselves a Microarchitecture that outperforms Xeon! I'd think you are one of those that like to Compare ARM Holdings' market CAP, and R&D budget, with Intel's market CAP and R&D budget, and fails to even include the market CAPs of the entire ARM based industry(Samsung, Apple, Nvidia, AMD, etc. in the thousands) of Fortune 100, and smaller companies that have market CAPs, and R&D budgets in the ARM based industry(do the math). Now take the Power8 and spread the R&D across an entire participating industry of large, and equally valued to Intel, companies, including loads of smaller companies that can License the Power8, and the Power8's reference designs do not need any tweaking. How is Intel, and x86 doing in the mobile market with that contra revenue, think Intel has the unlimited funds to do that in the server CPU/SOC market, when the non made for IBM's internal use Licensed Power8's hit the market beginning in 2015! Apple could make one hell of a Mac Pro, based around a 12 core, 8 treads per core, Power8(Power8 in not PowerPC), and Apple is not afraid to switch ISAs, no not at all, Afraid!
I'm just Dreaming Of Commodity Priced Server SKUs, that's how competitive markets are supposed to work, when the Monolithic Monopolies meet their fate.
The Xeon I want for my needs has the same corecount with the same instruction sets(at least), same baseclock/turbo as the 5930 and I'll only give up OC via multiplier but gain ECC, which is fine, cause I don't do OC on a non-gaming computer.
Yep thats it, no new desktop for me, I refuse to buy a new CPU until I can get 8 cores at around 500 USD, refuse to have less cores than the new consoles at that price point!
hell with 8 core CPU's i want my 16 core intel CPU.. Ocracles SPRAC T5 CPUs that got 16 cores.
If the number of cores is how you measure performance, just get the A10-7800 with its advertised '12 compute coes' for $150 and pat yourself on the back for being so clever as to recognize the great dollar per core value.
Intel Core i7 5820K 6C/12HT $389...Hope Micro Center offers it at $299 , got my hammer ready to bust the piggy bank!
the most annoying thing about motherboards and CPUs these days is that you can buy three or 4 GPU cards and plug them in to a motherboard to increase your quality of graphics but in regard to the CPU's we are still stuck in the 80,s for domestic one CPU per board. Wish some smart company would invents motherboard a standard socket to allow multiple CPU cards to be inserted into the board ( like GPU's).
There are motherboards on the market that allows for 4+ CPU. But those are usually for servers or monstrous workbench machines.
For a gamer and casual pc user; you will still be limiting yourself to 1-4 core usage out of them due to the type of software/engine being used. Check out Puget Systems.
However, I think you are referring to the simplicity of a type of plug-and-play upgrade/downgrade. Because CPU is the core component of a motherboard and everything is designed around it. What you seek won't be convenient and reliable, at present time.
What you would want, is a soldered multi-function CPU where additional slots can be used for more CPU. I believe this is what may happen in the future, as right now no one is buying it. This is another reason why some projects are focusing on using the GPU as additional CPU as it's easy to upgrade and more of them are much more powerful then the current CPU.
But like usual, we won't see it available due to lack of men power designing them and lack of public interest. And don't forget, lack of profit if it becomes too convenient or a norm.
Or Just wait for the GPU makers to include CPUs on their discrete GPUs, AMD could very well Take their gaming APUs, that are in the consoles, and beef up the GPU core count and totally cut the motherboard CPU out of the gaming equation. Hell discrete GPUs are 99% of the way to being complete systems, they have memory controllers, they have Memory, the GPU is just a vector processor, just Add some CPU cores, on the GPU's die, connected to the fat GPU bus, and GDDR5 memory, maybe even add a large on die stacked RAM chip so the gaming engine, and gaming OS, most commonly used code, is cached on the on die stacked RAM, and there is not a motherboard bound CPU that will beat that combination, for low latency and processing speed! Move it all to the PCI card, and fill 2 or 3 slots with complete gaming systems, with a large backplane wide BUS, connected across the top of the cards, so the gaming systems can communicate over the wide backplane BUS, and the motherboard bus at the same time. There you have it a gaming/computing cluster, able to run games across the CPU cores on each discrete gaming card. With 8 CPU cores per GPU, 3 cards would have 24 CPU cores, for one hell of a lot less cost than a multi-socket motherboard and server SKU. Nvidia could do the same with the Denver cores, and its GPUs, but Nvidia already has a better way, some Power8's and its GPUs on a mezzanine module, Nvidia would be foolish not to license a Power8 reference design, and start creating some gaming servers for the home, lots of trust fund kids out there with money to burn. There would be Intel, stuck on the motherboard and out of the gaming Loop, except for some support role use(or not there at all if Nvidia licenses Power8)! Maybe the Intel running a VM, and some general purpose OSs, while the PCI gaming systems run a, streamlined for gaming, Cluster Steam OS, and multiprocessing gaming engine.


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7 minute break: We'll take a 7 minute break at half-time. This is NOT enough time to leave the building and return! Please bring water and any snacks with you!! (Beverages and snacks ARE allowed in the studio.) There are no snack / beverage machines in the studio. None. Not even one.
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Happy Summer Solstice, our longest day, filled with over 15 hours of sunlight! Full Moon Blessings to you, as well! It is extremely unusual for these two events to coincide, and the rarefied energies they are emitting together are palpable.
On a personal level, this is a potent moment in which to consciously invite INTI's light and warmth into your Life to energize your physical body, and replenish your "light body.' It is the perfect time for Vision Quests to receive higher guidance, or to simply spend some time with NATURE alone. The pure rays at sunrise are particularly powerful these days. This is a time to restore balance, and to give gratitude for your life's path with joy.
During such occasions, offrendas of tobacco, cornmeal, and despachos, as well as the "feeding" of apachetas, are always wonderful ways to honor Pachamama, the elements, the season, and Spirit.
While seeking a Quechua proverb regarding Inti's wisdom and blessing, we came across this stanza that is part of an Inca poem. Recite it out loud, or to yourSelf, throughout today and the next few days. Feel your connection to Inti, and to the Ancient Ones who lived these words.
free of sickness, free of pain.
May you work (and play!) consciously with the energies of the Summer Solstice Sun and the "Strawberry" Full Moon, and may this cosmic duo of masculine and feminine energies bring you balance and peace.
*In the Southern Hemisphere, on "Heart Island," it is Winter Solstice – their shortest day of the year and a time to "master darkness." In Peru, they are observing Inti Raymi, Celebration of the Sun.
A wonderful prayer and teaching. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for visiting, Robin, and for your comment as well!


It doesn't take a particularly long amount of time in Japan to come across incorrect and sometimes humorous applications of English that have come to be known as "Engrish", such as the infamous "Black Man Super Bikini." Many of these are simply the result of a lack of English ability (or consulting someone with it) or using the aesthetic of the English language to appear stylish, but a new product from Japan seems to have a pretty clear idea of how it wants to market itself in English. Behold: Wash Balls.
Still a little confused about what the product is for? Perhaps this clever slogan will clue you in! They've even been nice enough to insert a not too mysterious logo in the spelling.
This isn't a language mix-up, by the way. The product is a release from L Company in Japan, is marketed as an overlooked necessity for men fashion, fitness, and skin care trends evolve around them--washing their "delicate zones".
Apparently for men who either need a loud and in your face reminder that their scrotum needs to be washed, or simply just the first in luxury testicular care, Wash Balls claims to prevent pimples, unpleasant scents, and swampiness. The "special" amino acid-based formula uses a yogurt solution and yuzu fruit extract to provide moisture and protect from rough skin.
L Company sells it on their website for 1,900 yen a bottle.
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Australia finds itself at a Pacific crossroads
Australia should foster more sustainable relationships in the Pacific.
Signposts in Tuvalu (Photo: Michael Coghlan/Flickr)
Published 21 Nov 2018 12:00 0 Comments
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the establishment of the multibillion-dollar infrastructure development bank for the Pacific, the overriding sentiment was that this pivot to the South Pacific was designed to curb the rising Chinese presence in the region.
But is this renewed attention to Australia's Pacific neighbours part of a long-term strategy, one of the aspirations in the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper, or is it a knee-jerk response? If the motive is indeed to counter and diminish a Chinese presence, what happens if that threat is lessened? Would there be a return to an earlier chapter of reduced attention to the Pacific Islands?
China's meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative with Pacific Island leaders (within the margins of the APEC Summit last week) made evident that Australia's position as a principal partner to the islands of the South Pacific has been threatened by China's aspirations to be a dominant player in the region – a development which will not serve Australia's strategic interests. It leaves Australia's long-term relationship with its Pacific island neighbours at a crossroads.
The relationship needs to be fully reconfigured towards genuine partnerships and less towards convenient arrangements focused on Australia's interests.
In practical terms, Australia interacts with the Pacific islands within three broad criteria; in a donor-recipient dynamic, as a security buffer, and as a regional partner.
As a donor, Australia still remains the largest bilateral donor to the Pacific islands. In providing aid though, the motive may vary between benevolence, exerting influence, and exporting the Australian "way of life." Economic Diplomacy is hardly ever an altruistic undertaking and is instead the embodiment of "who pays the bills, dictates the conversation." There is a strategic interest in providing aid, but the challenge is keeping the recipients happy and not creating an environment of simmering resentments.
The objective of exerting a type of soft power by exporting the Australian way of life also elicits resentment from a people with a long history and a vibrant culture. Attempts at influencing cultural changes through aid have very seldom worked.
An additional scenario to consider is the element of chequebook diplomacy. China or any other competing nation with an interest in the region could simply up its bid or fill any vacuums that are created if, and when, the aid package decreases.
For Australia then, a donor-recipient relationship with the Pacific islands may not be the most feasible option for a sustainable relationship going forward.
With respect to security concerns, the intentions behind the recent agreement with Papua New Guinea to build a naval base on Manus Island can be viewed as an activity to bolster Australia's security interests, and not necessarily those of the Pacific Islands. The intended participation of the United States also reinforces that the security measures are directed at China. For many in the Pacific islands, their security issues are climate related, so it is very likely that they would prefer a strategy addressing the security implications of climate change – much like they sought at the UN's Security Council in 2011 and again in 2018 – over a naval base. With their primary focus not being addressed, they will not be as committed to a Pacific defensive shield, even though this may also be to their benefit.
Australia has more regular contact with the Pacific Islands as a regional partner in agencies such as the Pacific Island Forum and the Pacific Community. These institutions are designed to bring greater coherence to the priorities of its members. But there still remains the question of the nature of these relationships and whose interests they serve. Australia as one of the main financiers of these organisations may have a bulk share in determining the priorities, but at what cost?
In recent years, the Pacific Island Development Forum – branding itself as "A Distinctive Pacific" – and the Pacific SIDS grouping at the UN in New York were established, as alternatives to the Pacific Island Forum. The various forums excluded Australia. Developments such as these signal to the international community that there is a divergence occurring between Australia and the Pacific Islands on regional and global priorities, and offer an opportunity for countries seeking to increase their influence in the region: Opportunities to which Australia has now found itself reacting.
The current pivot to the Pacific islands may have been as a consequence of China, but the gap that exists in the relationship between Australia and its Pacific neighbours remains. It may be that the relationship needs to be fully reconfigured towards genuine partnerships and less towards convenient donor-recipient arrangements, or reactionary measures on issues more focused on Australian interests.
Ultimately "the long-term partner" approach has a greater potential towards creating a Pacific security agreement, and the best option in countering any non-regional entity from being able to exert their influence in the region.
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Treatment wakes up dormant tumour cells which can allow cancer to come back after chemotherapy before slamming on an irreversible 'stop' button.
A medication more commonly used to treat fungal toenail infections may help in fighting off persistent bowel cancers, which kills 16,000 people in the UK each year, a study found.
Bowel cancer is the UK's fourth most common cancer but its second biggest killer and scientists hope that antifungal medication, itraconazole, could help prevent it coming back after treatment.
Researchers from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute found that the drug was able to kill off tumours in mice, but also wiped out "dormant" cells which can allow a tumour to recur later.
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stems from all sorts of situations.
that it projects at the time."
"The artwork that Peter Gray has submitted for the consideration of Birds in Art jurors in recent years has been consistently strong and beautifully executed. His distinct perspective and artistic skill are among the reasons why Peter's Birds in Art submissions have met with success. Peter's work has been included in Woodson Art Museum Birds in Art exhibitions from 2005 through 2011 and also in 2013."
"Year-after-year, Peter's paintings are always at the very top of my 'favorites' list when I am reviewing the SAA exhibition. He is truly a MASTER artist… and I have been in a unique position as former President of the Society of Animal Artists (2008 – 2013) to see the very best of the genre produced by the finest nature artists working today. His work is always exquisitely rendered, masterful in composition, and portrays a lovely use of light. His work is also extraordinarily well-informed, and it is readily apparent to the viewer that Peter Gray is intimately familiar with his subject matter and their appropriate habitat. When he portrays a watery environment for his animal subjects, you'd swear you could touch the painting and feel wet! And I still recall fondly his painting of a little Bat-Eared Fox in the 51st Annual Exhibition. The little fox was resting on a sandy surface and appeared to be almost asleep… until you caught the glint in the eye. It was alert and full of life. Peter's attention to important little details is remarkable – which elevates the work to an even higher level. Peter Gray should be recognized internationally as one of the foremost animal artists of the 21st century."
"Dad's passion for wildlife makes it hard to make a separation between him and the natural world. He grew up in a raw and wild environment. It's part of his upbringing and it forms part of who he is. His expression through art is merely him fulfilling his part in the relationship. It is how he pays homage to this part of himself. There's nothing pretentious about my Dad or his work and he is not forcing ideas or concepts. His art is his communication and his expression. He's never really one for big titles or descriptions. His work just doesn't need that. If I were to sum up my Dad's work in one word - it would be "honest". There's no hidden agenda, there's just him and his love. His work has evolved from and is fed by where he's been at different points in his life. And so his art has served as his journal or his biography. My Dad's work has always been a barometer for where we are, both as a family and a society, in our relationships to one another and our precious environment. I've seen things like natural, wild environments disappear from his work or details becoming almost illusionary. If you stand up close to one of his pieces, you notice how economical he is, how simple it seems and yet how fragile each stroke has been. It is only when standing back that you have a formation of substance and reality. In many ways, this has been his comment on wildlife. From a far, we may see the illusion of all being in order, but it is only when you get up close, do you understand how fragile and delicate these things really are. In that, lies our responsibility. How close do we want to look and how are we prepared to act?"
Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum – USA.
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Art and The Animal SAA. – New Jersey, USA.
Bennington Center for the Arts – Vermont, USA.
Stephan Welz and Company, Lawyers Against Abuse (LvA) – Johannesburg, South Africa.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum – Arizona, USA.
Booth Museum of Western Art – Georgia, USA.
Heritage Center State Historical Society of North Dakota – USA.
Steamboat Art Museum – Colorado, USA.
Michelson Museum of Art – Texas, USA.
Wildlife Fine Art Exhibition, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
The Art Museum at The University of Kentucky – Kentucky, USA.
Kenosha Public Museum – Wisconsin, USA.
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum – Iowa, USA.
The Art of Conservation, AFC – Vancouver, Canada.
Solo Exhibition, The Cape Gallery – Cape Town, SA.
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College – Michigan, USA.
Appleton Museum of Art – Florida, USA.
Dunnegan Gallery Of Art – Mossouri, USA.
The Cape Gallery Wildlife Exhibition – Cape Town, SA.
San Diego Natural History Museum – California, USA.
The Wildlife Experience – Colorado, USA.
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum Of Natural History – Oklahoma, USA.
Art & the Animal, Society of Animal Artists. The Neville Public Museum – Wisconsin, USA.
Cultural Arts Council Of Estes Park Fine Art Gallery – Colorado, USA.
San Angelo Museum Of Fine Arts – Texas, USA.
Art International – Nassau, Bahamas.
Paws & Reflect Canine Show 2007- USA.
Commission for Simon Combes Conservation Award, AFC WNAG – Canada.
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Art & The Animal SAA – New Jersey, USA.
West Valley Art Museum – Arizona, USA.
Spartanburg County Museum of Art – South Carolina, USA.
The Zanesville Art Center – Ohio, USA.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute – Arizona, USA.
"Best Nest," purchased by Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum – Wisconsin, USA.
Simon Gerson Prize for sculpture – SA.
Commissioned by AFC to sculpt the Simon Combes Award for Conservation – Canada.
Society of Animal Artists – USA.
AFC Worldwide Nature Artists – Canada.
National Geographic Society Washington Exhibition – USA.
Cullman Hurt Community Wildlife Project – Tanzania.
Feline Arts Touring Show – USA. Paws and Reflect Canine Show – USA.
Arts and Science Museum, Arizona – USA.
Walt Disney Animal Kingdom Gallery – USA.
Christies of London Wildlife Art Auction – United Kingdom.
The Society of Animal Artists in New York has a panel of jurors that chooses only selected artists to be its members. World renowned artists such as Simon Coombs, David Shepherd, and Ray Harris Ching are included in its membership. The organisation regularly curates exhibitions in the United States and promotes its artists worldwide.
Birds in Art is organised annually by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. It is the museum's flagship exhibition and seeks to present the best contemporary artistic interpretations of birds and related subject matter. Globally, approximately only 100 works are selected by a jury review. Since 2005, Peter Gray's work has been selected for the tour annually.


It's one week before SXSW starts and one week and one day before the premiere of our film Loves Her Gun.
I'm nervous and I'm excited and hopeful and fearful.
What if no one likes the film?
What if during the film, the audience collectively rises in a wave of anger, throws vegetables or dead animals they had been hiding in their purses and pockets at the screen and tackle me into the theater seats to ensure my broken arms never write again?
This movie is my density.
I've never experienced anything like this.
Will you still love me even if my dangling broken limbs are covered in tomato juice?
Over the next week, I'll probably be posting a significant amount about the film since it will be taking up a good chunk of my life.
It's a tough industry and every share and retweet about our film makes a huge difference. Everyone's support has been amazing and we feel so lucky.
I hope you don't mind going on this adventure with me.
And if you'll be at SXSW Film this year, please let me know! I'd love to meet you!
This was me five minutes before going on KOOP's "Lights Camera Austin" yesterday to talk about the film. I was scared shitless here too! I think the archive will be up soon. You can listen here!
Good luck with the film! I am very excited for you!
Loved the film and it was great to meet you!


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SCOTUS Reprimands Anti-LGBTQ Groups for Misgendering Trans Student Gavin Grimm
By Mark Joseph Stern
Feb 24, 20177:08 PM
Gavin Grimm and Katie Couric.
Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for National Geographic
In March, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board, a case about transgender bathroom access. Gavin Grimm, the plaintiff—who has legally and medically transitioned from female to male—argues that under Title IX, his high school must let him use the men's bathroom. The case has drawn a great deal of interest from both liberal and conservative advocacy groups, many of which have filed amicus briefs in support of either Grimm or his school. Three of these briefs caught my eye this week—one filed by Liberty Counsel, and two filed by the National Organization for Marriage together with the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. These briefs, which argue against Grimm's right to use the men's bathroom, identify him this way in their front-page captions (emphasis mine):
G. G., BY HER NEXT FRIEND AND MOTHER, DEIRDRE GRIMM
But the Supreme Court, as well as all lower courts, identify him this way:
G. G., BY HIS NEXT FRIEND AND MOTHER, DEIRDRE GRIMM
That slightly odd formulation reflects the formal way that federal courts style a juvenile litigant's name. (Grimm is 17.) It also obviously necessitates a gendered pronoun use. Did these anti-LGBTQ groups misgender Grimm by mistake? I posed the question to Liberty Counsel on Wednesday, and the organization confirmed that it used a female pronoun because "Gavin Grimm is a biological girl who now says she subjectively 'identifies' as a 'boy.' "
These groups may passionately believe that Grimm is a girl—but unfortunately for them, they aren't entitled to change his gender in the caption of their amicus briefs. The court has very specific rules governing these briefs, and Rule 34 of the Rules of the Supreme Court requires that each brief "shall bear on its cover … the caption of the case as appropriate in this Court."
On Thursday, I asked the Supreme Court's press office whether the clerk of the court considered the altered pronoun in the briefs' captions to be "appropriate." And on Friday, a spokeswoman for the court informed me that the clerk, Scott S. Harris, had sent out letters reprimanding the groups that misgendered Grimm and demanding that they comply with the rules moving forward. You can read the letters here and here.
Obviously, this single rebuke will not persuade these organizations to respect Grimm's gender identity. But it does, I think, effectively disqualify these amicus briefs from serious consideration. By misgendering Grimm, these briefs clearly reflect the kind of animus that moved the school board to bar Grimm from the correct bathroom in the first place. The briefs reject the very validity of Grimm's identity in a manner that is both offensive and petty. Indeed, these organizations are so eager to deny Grimm this basic dignity that they intentionally flouted the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is difficult to imagine a justice citing anything these groups' briefs say—even those who vote against Grimm. Liberty Counsel, NOM, and the CCJ have given the game away, revealing that while they claim to care about bathroom predators, they are really attempting to repudiate trans people's identity.
And to think—they might've convinced a few justices to cite their bigoted illogic if they had only put aside their animus for a moment and followed the rules of the court.