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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #29
SDCC haul? Yes please!
Now, this is about a third of the non-exclusive haul. The second third will be up next week while the third... third got to stay in California in my parents' attic.
DST - Marvel Select: Gambit
In general I've stayed clear of the Marvel Select figures. The few I have are for very specific reasons beyond the actual figures. However, from the moment I saw this phenomenal Jean St. Jean sculpt I was hooked. This is "my" Gambit, i.e. the signature version from my youth and introduction to the X-Men so that significantly helped. The color palette doesn't quite match up - the cowl portion on the chest should be blue, which i think would look much better, but based on the actual art it looks like one of those "did the Joker wear Black or Purple" arguments over shadowing. Regardless, unlike a lot of the previous non-giant figures JsJ brings a realistic sense of proportion to Gambit's body but the real star here is the face. Heads and faces can real deal breakers or makers and somehow, someway Jean just captures everything (sans smirk) that this character was for me. If only the paint was better, the lines just aren't great on the cowl. On top of that he comes with the same flimsy base as the recent Cyclops figures, but more importantly a ton of accessories! Four alternate hands (all for the right hand, two are identical), three card/energy options and his staff. Sadly, he doesn't have an alternate hand for the left side that can hold the staff any better since that hand is open a little too wide for it. An awesome, awesome figure and probably the start of me collecting Marvel Select more regularly.
Hasbro - Star Wars Comics Two-Packs: Darth Nihl & Delilah Blue
I'm not really into the Legacy comic but I can't help being obsessed with the red armor Imperial Jedis or Adam Hughes' astounding covers. Thus, a result is a big addiction to these figures. This set delivers a signature Sith and rather major but perhaps my least desired character. These are great figures considering all that the Star Wars line is. I'm very pleased that Entertainment Earth picked up these sets rather than let the Comic Pack line die, but based on the rest of the series it was obviously on its last legs.
Hasbro - Star Wars Comics Two-Packs: Jarael & Rohlan Dyre
I got this set mainly because it was cheap, I didn't have to pay shipping and "fake Boba Fett" looks pretty darn cool, and when it comes to the comic packs, that's all that matters. I read the issue included with the set and still don't know a damn thing about these characters, and fortunately I don't care to. All that matters is that they are pretty good figures of pretty interesting designs. If only they had balljointed ankles...
Kaiyodo - Sci-Fi Revoltech: Aliens Warrior
Found this for only $30, so despite being let down by the Revoltech figure from the first Alien film I couldn't pass it up. It looks much better in photos and package because it is cast in translucent brown plastic which unlike the first Alien looks pretty bad with this guy under his metallic blue paint highlights. Still though, its not a bad toy - it even solves a big problem on that first Alien by adding articulation at the spinal "prong" allowing for better head poseability. He comes with a nice base and a closed egg, plus alternate hands and forearms which are sans "fins."
Mattel - Avatar: Netiri
The hardest figure to get once the toys hit discount and I decided to buy in is now mine! Just a reminder of how mediocre those toys are. They just don't stand too well, but with some balance work or the base you can get it to work. She has some dots on her which are glow-in-the-dark a la the film, yet they are so little they don't really hold any sustainable glow power.
Mattel - Batman Legacy: Joker
Most wanted Joker variant, least exciting execution. Almost each piece is a subtle but noticeably different shade of purple. Also, thanks to crappy neck joints this guy is forced to always be looking down rather than straight out. I am a little pleased by the inclusion of the cards and mallet. The cards will be donated to my Heath Ledger Joker while the Super Powers mallet fits better in feel with this figure.
Mattel - Batman Legacy Two-Packs: Arkham City Batman & Two-Face
Why are these so big...? I don't really have a big problem with the varied common scales, but what does piss me off is when they set a scale and the vary subsets minimally - such as Movie Masters being 6", DCUC being 6.25" and videogames being 6.75". It just... seems cheap to me. At any rate these figures rock in terms of sculpt and disappoint in terms of articulation. Two-Face gets swivel joints rather than balljoints and nothing on Batman has the range of even DCUC figures.
Mattel - Batman Two-Packs: Batman Begins Batman & Jim Gordon
So... the Arkham City set gets two 100% new sculpts and this one gets one straight re-release and one partial reuse? Great. Thanks. All that matters is that we have a figure of Gary Oldman (aka my favorite actor of all time) as Jim Gordon. Just as amazing - he comes with a gun!!! Despite many of the Movie Masters figures being characters who need fire arms, it take Gordon to actually get one. And... it's oversized? Man, these two-packs are so bizarre. From the neck-down its a pretty good Oldman-Gordon figure, from the neck up... well I appreciate what they tried. The old Trendmasters Lost in Space figures look more like him than this.
Mattel - DCUC: Indigo Lantern Atom
Yep, its a good figure. I still haven't opened my DCD Lantern Deputy figures so I can't do a direct comparison, but come on... it's DCUC. You know what to expect. And frankly you know if you're gettin' this or not regardless of my opinions.
Mattel - DCUC: Star Sapphire Wonder Woman
While I don't agree with this series on a conceptual level I'm not too disappointed with having two different sets of these characters - one can be a Deputy display and one will get organized into the rest of their Corps. Wonder Woman turned out better than I expected and is better than the Carol Ferris figure. Plus I really like the more comic-accurate violet lantern she comes with.
Mattel - Green Lantern: Sinestro
Potentially the last of the Movie Masters figures I'll buy after seeing that horrendous Parallax BAF. This is a toy of the best thing about that terrible movie - Mark Strong as Sinestro, my favorite comic villain. And keep in mind that best does not equal great, or even good, just better than the rest. Sadly the figure doesn't match up, suffering the same pointless articulation as every other figure. Never have I seen so much do so little. Plus, he also is the first to come with something other than the exact same piece of Parallax. Oh, and a green base just like Tomar Re.
Mattel - Green Lantern Classics: Kyle Rayner
Being the only major character in the Green Lantern Classics lines he's been impossible to find, but now $30 later he is mine! And at last, Arkillo can stand! The gauntlet/sword construct is really cool but I have no real use for it as I display in teams, not in battles. It's really annoying that he lacks all the double-joints shown on the prototype, too. Still, a pretty solid figure of a necessary character.
Shocker Toys - Indie Comics Spotlight: The Tick
Shocker Toys, Shocker Toys... what I'd give to have been at their SDCC panel this year. It's really frustrating that they're so rough with the business side of stuff because their figures are really good (well, all I have is Maxx and both Ticks so far). The articulation on this guy is really inventive, simple and works really well. The paint on the face isn't the best and he could use some pegholes on his feet, but he still stands just fine. The alternate hands are the same sculpts just with a hole drilled through so he can hold the stop sign. I wish the left hand was down in a flat, salute-y pose to allow for much more posing variation but what are going to do. For all intents and purposes this is the definitive Tick figure! Now, if only they could get the rest of their stuff out...
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16 Responses to Rustin's Spoils of the Week #29
Zach says:
will the batman 2 packs be getting reviewed?
Cloud says:
Green Lantern wasn't a terrible movie at all. The pacing was slow but that doesn't make it bad. Ironman2 on the other hand....... just horrible.
KennyKillek says:
Really? I didn't like Iron Man 2 much either but Green Lantern was just terrible. It was a mess. The pacing WAS slow but it also had the problems of trying to introduce too many concepts and in the process it didn't really drive home any. Try asking anyone who didn't read the comics which member of the Lantern Corps they thought was supposed to be evil. Most of them have no idea. Also, they really ruined the entire dynamic between Hal Jordan and Parallax. They're supposed to be two sides of the same coin, but they really screwed that up. I just think the movie made a mockery of the comic book and is a bad movie on top of that.
Friginator says:
Do you read the current comic series? Because the movie followed that take on the mythos pretty well. Part of the problem is that the fanbase seems so divided on what Green Lantern should be like. I agree it was a mediocre mess, but I get the impression that much like the Daredevil movie, people will look back on it years from now and think "It's not great, but it wasn't as bad as it seemed at the time."
Rustin Parr says:
The modern comics have Hal and Sinestro first teaming up to find/stop Atrocitus, who killed Abin Sur. I didn't see any of that in the film. Instead the Guardians made the Yellow/Fear Power Ring... Oh, Spoiler alert.
"Instead"? Those aren't parallels.
The comics have Sinestro training Hal Jordan and fighting Atrocitus, who was involved in Abin Sur's death and is corrupting people on earth.
The movie has Sinestro training Hal Jordan who fights Parallax, who was involved in Abin Sur's death and is corrupting people on earth.
You don't see similarities there?
yo go re says:
"Iron Man 2" was horrible? Teach us, stranger, the secret of posting from an alternate dimension where hot is cold and hamburgers eat people!
I second this motion! On what earth is Iron Man 2 not one of the most fun and exciting superhero films to date?
PrfktTear says:
I third this motion. While I didn't think Iron Man 2 was quite as good as the first, I thought it was a pretty worthy successor. Plus I think Mickey Rourke's Whiplash was a better on-screen as a villain, better than Jeff Bridges!
ItsTheRocketeer says:
Oh good, I'm not the only one who overpaid for Kyle. I dropped $27 for mine. I was loathe to admit it here for fear of ridicule.
Thunderknight says:
I aw Kyle at Wal-Mart for $9.00 last week when they were doing toy resets. Geez...I should have picked him up!
I picked up Nite-Lik for nine bucks... I never really planned to get him, but for that price it was an impulse buy.
Kinda pisses me off that they all sell for $15-$20 now regularly.
I've been contemplating picking up that Begins Batman & Jim Gordon 2-pack. The likeness of Christian Bale is spot on, and although they really failed to capture Oldman's likeness, I'm actually okay with that. Still, not sure how badly I want it though. Oldman is obviously the prize, but not being in scale with DCUC kinda hurts if you ask me.
That Gambit looks superb! I've always loved that character, even though I don't collect X-Men that is still very tempting!
Zach - probably, time/enthusiasm willing. I gotta swing through 20ish SDCC exclusives first
Tear - Gambit is worth the $20. Only problem i've noticed is that the ankle joints aren't the tightest so he will fall, but some decent posing help alleviates. The sculpt and accesories are just too cool.
I've watched the footage from Shocker's panel, and it's just sad. I know other people enjoy that kind of pathos, but I would have just felt depressed.
But I agree that the Tick figure is great, even if it's the only product they've put out this year. If they would only stop being douchebags to people and release their toys, they would be a great company. I don't see what's holding them back. People are insinuating that they're out of money, which would be terrible news for all of those people still waiting on the 2010 SDCC exclusives.
Is there anyway you could review the arkham city set?


It's my idea of heaven, waking up on Boxing Day as early as possible, setting off on a mission and finding those little treasures I have had my eye on for the last few months at half the price!!
Although we have seen many sales starting early on the run up to Christmas, Boxing Day seems to be the official day when the serious bargains hit the rails.
Prices are slashed on clothing, shoes, beauty, perfume and many more goodies, some 50% off or more!!
Planning and preparation are key. With a sensible pair of shoes and a determined attitude, you can bag yourself some amazing bargains.
So girls check out my essential guide and top tips to shopping the sales this Season and be armed and ready to go!
Late risers risk missing out on the best bargains so make sure you get there early to be the first through the doors.
Don't despair if you're not in town on the opening day of a particular sale. Most sales last into the middle of January and you'll find there are additional price cuts in the final few days.
Stay focused and have a plan of attack. Large department stores can be daunting, but there are fantastic bargains to be found, provided you are disciplined. Allow yourself at least an hour, and run your fingers along the racks - it's the fastest way of picking out the odd bit of cashmere from the rows of polyester. Gather up anything that catches your eye as you go along and edit your choices later. If you walk away to think about it, I guarantee it will be gone on your return.
If you think you will just be able to run in and grab what you're after, think again. All the clothes are kind of mushed in together pretty tight and it takes a lot of rummaging and a pair of sharp eyes to find what you're looking for. So put aside a few hours when you have nothing else to do and the experience will be a lot more enjoyable.
Shopping in crowds is hideous at best, especially sales shopping. So avoid the crowds if possible and go at a quieter time. Also the shop might be a lot better organised and tidier right after opening.
It's hard to go shopping for a bargain and come out on top if you have very rigid ideas of what you're looking for. It's better to go with an open mind and a list of a few things you need – as long as you actually need them, otherwise it's not a bargain no matter how much money you're saving.
Sales clothing tends to be a sea of rails with a pile it high philosophy, not much thought is given into displaying the clothes nicely, and it can be challenging to tell what anything looks like. So you have to be prepared to brave stuffy changing rooms in order to see what's good and what isn't. If you are not 100% sure I would encourage trying on the item at home and decide then.
It's great to go shopping with a friend but when it comes to the sales, I would recommend you do it alone and perhaps meet up for coffee at the halfway point!


October is full of tricks and treats, but our tricks are a lot less spooky. Meal prepping is sometimes seen as a daunting task that can take hours on end. Is it really worth it to prepare meals ahead of time? Let's break it down.
Consider this: When your day is busy, your inbox is full, and your energy is drained, is finding a healthy meal at the top of your priority list? Probably not. Preparing meals ahead of time can take the guesswork out of eating and makes healthy eating easier, especially for those long, busy days. Making your own food is the best way to know exactly what you're eating and is a great method to decrease food spending.
1. Embrace your slow cooker for multiple meals. Slow cookers are a great way to make larger quantities of food with less work involved. You can make a large batch of shredded chicken, hearty soups, or vegetarian chili. Let your slow cooker do the work so you can spend less time preparing and more time relaxing or enjoying your favorite activities.
2. Try one sheet meals to cut back on time and effort. A sheet pan can be used to roast the same protein with different spices, a variety of vegetables, or a mixture of protein and vegetables at the same time. This makes clean up a piece of cake and helps you cook several meals at once.
3. Mix it up with different spices. Try using one lean protein such as chicken and preparing it with different flavors. For example, half of your chicken can be prepared with paprika, chili powder, and cumin, while the other half can be prepared with Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Both types of chicken can be served over brown rice with vegetables, but having multiple flavor profiles will help you feel more satisfied and your meals seem less redundant.
4. Try the 2-3 rule each week. The 2-3 rule means that for the same meal (i.e. lunch) you'll switch what you're eating every other day. You will eat one prepared dish on 2 days per week, and a different prepared dish on the other 3 days that week. You can start by simply changing the lean protein, such as doing fish for two meals and chicken for the other three.
5. Make a list and stick to it. This may seem like a no brainer, but it's easy to stray from your shopping list, especially if you're shopping while you're hungry. Shopping in bulk or online from retailers like Thrive Market can further decrease spending and free up time that is usually spent shopping.
6. Try raw foods that don't require any cooking time. Snacking on sliced cucumber and carrots with hummus is a great snack option and requires minimal prep time. Preparing mason jar salads filled with different vegetables can take minutes to prepare and provide healthy meals for multiple days.
7. Aim for variety when it comes to nourishment in snacks and meals. Try making a simple trail mix with almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, goji berries, and dark chocolate. This incorporates healthy fats, lean protein, and extra into one snack and the different flavors complement each other.
8. Invest in the right containers to help organize your meals and snacks. Having the right containers can make it easier for you to portion out your meals and snacks and keep track of how many meals you've made for the week ahead. Opting for glass containers is an eco-friendly option and can be heated up in an oven or microwave. (We recommend toaster or conventional ovens for reheating when possible).
9. Buy foods that are in season and go to your local farmers market. As we mentioned in our last blog post, buying foods that are local and in season can increase nutritional value and decrease cost. We also suggest planning your meals based on what you find at the farmers market. Finding a new produce item can provide inspiration for a meal you've never tried before.
10. Give yourself a break and try not to conquer the kitchen in one day. It's okay if you only have enough time to prepare a few snacks for the coming week. Doing as much as you can and choosing meals that take less time to prepare will prove to be beneficial in the long run. Think of this as an investment in yourself and your health. You are worth it.
Let us know if you meal prep by posting a photo on Instagram and tagging @moreholisticnutrition!


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Patrol Fitness: Cover Your Bases with These 30-Minute Workouts
Eric Velazquez, CSCS
January 13, 2020 • 8 min read
Keep your tactical bod on point with these goal-centric, time-friendly workouts!
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If sitting is the new smoking, there are few populations more at risk than the modern patrol officer.
Twelve hours in a vehicle, most of them spent in an awkward right twist to access the built-in computer, can definitely take its toll on an officer's posture, strength, and flexibility—not to mention their overall health! But unlike the rest of us, an officer must also be able to go from a sit to a sprint in an instant, drawn into a foot pursuit he or she is duty-bound to win. Not to mention, it's likely to end up in a fight they can't afford to lose.
The key to weathering these spontaneous, dynamic bursts of athleticism requires careful thought and preparation, which cops are generally prepared to invest. But it also requires something law enforcement officers (LEOs) have little to spare: time.
Sure, the majority of agencies in the country work on a "three 12s" schedule, meaning three consecutive days of 12-hour shifts, followed by four days off. But anyone who does that type of shift work knows it often comes down to the choice between a good sweat or an extra hour of precious sleep. And on those days off, gym time competes with errands, kids' games, honey-do lists, and general recovery. In other words, life.
LEOs—especially those with years of lifting experience—have been taught to expect workouts to last—or exceed—90 minutes. But the truth is you can become significantly stronger, faster, and more functional in far less time per session.
Whether you carry 20-30 pounds of life-saving gear around all day, or you're just someone in search of more time-efficient training protocols, these goal-specific 30-minute workouts have you covered. Use them either as a standalone weekly routine or as a supplement to your existing routine.
As always, be wary of training so much as to stall your gains, make you more susceptible to injury, or adversely impact your performance on the job. Maintain your recovery by following your workouts with 3-5 minutes of static stretching and deep-tissue work on a foam roller.
Strength Training for Patrol Officers
There may be no more important physical trait for LEOs than being pound-for-pound stronger than those they contact on the street. Physical skills and combative training are absolutely essential, but the stronger person will always have an advantage in a physical confrontation. Strength is vital in every task an officer will be called upon to perform, from breaking up a bar fight to pulling a victim to safety.
While there are many ways to increase strength, if we paint with a broad brush, the best approach involves lifting heavy weight for a few picture-perfect reps. Powerlifters often train at or near-maximum loads, but take up to 5 minutes of rest between sets and exercises. Officers don't have time for that!
Here, we'll utilize the CrossFit-inspired "every minute on the minute" (EMOM) approach, but dialed back for a strength focus. Don't make this a WOD! Keep in mind that strength building is primarily a central nervous system (CNS) adaptation, and moving big weight quickly and more often can beget rapid increases in weight used.
Implementing shorter rest times can also act as a form of conditioning, helping to keep your body composition in check to avoid an unsightly overflow out of the bottom of your ballistic vest. Here's to looking better in that uniform!
10 sets, 3-5 reps (Perform each set at the top of the minute.)
+ 2 more exercises
Strength Workout Notes
Perform a general dynamic warm-up before your deadlifts. It should include 3-5 minutes of activities such as leg swings, bodyweight Romanian deadlifts with a PVC pipe, lunges, inchworms, and movement-focused mobility work.
For each exercise here, select a weight you can handle for 8-10 reps, but only complete 3-5 each set, focusing on perfect form and maximum speed on each rep. At every minute mark, you'll complete your 3-5 reps, then rest until the next minute mark before doing the next set.
After your deadlifts, perform some dynamic upper-body moves such as arm swings and band pull-aparts to redirect blood flow into your pecs, delts, and lats.
Perform 1-2 unweighted sets of pull-ups and dips before adding weight, and unless you're a beast, limit your extra weight to 20-30 pounds. If you can't complete 3-5 reps for all 10 sets, drop or eliminate weight until you are able to do so.
Speed Training for Patrol Officers
Consider a nightmare scenario in which an officer must pursue a potentially armed suspect as he or she approaches, say, a schoolyard full of children. Law and policy will dictate the amount of force an officer can use to stop the threat, but a better bet may be a good old-fashioned, open-field tackle from behind after closing the distance.
If running your Baker-to-Vegas leg every year is your only relationship with running, well, you're still probably in a better position to run down a felon than most. But when was the last time you redlined your motor on a sprint? No matter if you're in your 20s, 30s, or 40s—and regardless of whether you wear a badge or have a beat—sprints should be part of your routine.
Sprints have many benefits, including muscle preservation (or even growth), elevated testosterone, and increased metabolism for greater fat burning. Plus, you won't have to explain to your sergeant why you were outrun by Tyrone Biggums.
You'll start the workout with ice skaters (also known sometimes as speed skaters) to strengthen your ankles and knees against change-of-direction injuries, and jumping rope to prime your CNS to spend as little time as possible in contact with the ground. The weighted sprints (with an extra 20-30 pounds) replicate the task of running in duty gear while also prepping you for greater performance on your flat-ground, unweighted sprints.
8 sets, 20 sec (Tabata-style )
Speed Workout Notes
Perform a general dynamic warm-up ahead of your first set of ice skaters. It should include 3-5 minutes of activities such as jogging, jumping jacks, butt kicks, leg swings, and movement-focused mobility work for your ankles and shoulders.
For each 20-second segment of your ice skaters, hop quickly from side to side, covering as much ground as possible while spending as little time in contact with the ground as possible.
With the jump rope, vary your cadence and landing spots and move from two- to one-foot jumps for the 3 minutes.
Each sprint should be a maximum effort. Run as fast as you can with good form. Rest 80-100 seconds between sprints, which is optimal for the recovery of your explosive energy stores.
Functional Conditioning for Patrol Officers
Those assigned to your department's motor pool are responsible for keeping your black-and-whites running at top speed. When you summon those 350 ponies with a press of the gas pedal, they should respond with enthusiasm! But when it comes to your body, you're the only one responsible for maintaining what's under the hood.
General conditioning is valuable because it trains your body to be able to move well in a functional capacity under load and for uncomfortable periods of time. It's not often a LEO is called upon to curl a heavy barbell (OK, never), but it's not uncommon to have to carry, push, or pull objects or people.
The workout below, which can be modified to suit your gym's equipment, is a solid example of a circuit that works your body in ways that transcend the cookie-cutter "start" and "finish" protocols so often employed at gyms today.
4-5 rounds, resting as little as possible between movements and 60-90 sec. between rounds
Box Jump (Multiple Response)
5 sets, 5 reps (Build up to 36 inches, but don't bother going higher.)
Functional Conditioning Workout Notes
Warm up prior to the circuit with dynamic movements, similar to the previous workouts.
Perform listed exercises as a circuit, moving as quickly as possible between exercises.
For the farmer's walk, use a hex bar if available, with 75-100 percent of your body weight. Dumbbells or kettlebells are also an option.
For the sled push, load enough weight to make the initial push challenging, while still allowing you to last 15 yards.
Some athletes may be able to use a heavier sledge, but 30 seconds should yield approximately 20-25 strikes.
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Eric Velazquez, CSCS, is a veteran of several of the fitness industry's most respected magazine titles. Most recently, he served as editor-in-chief of Muscle & Performance magazine.
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Role of transport in realising the sustainable development goals, and consequent implications for EU policy-making (own-initiative opinion)
Adopted on 11/07/2018 - Bureau decision date: 15/02/2018
TEN/661-EESC-2018
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EESC opinion: Role of transport in realising the sustainable development goals, and consequent implications for EU policy-making (own-initiative opinion)
Transport is a vital enabler of several SDGs. It contributes strongly to the SDGs regarding economic development, industry and SMEs, as well as trade and investment. Consequently, it also helps achieve the SDGs that aim to promote employment and well-being, and to reduce inequalities and exclusion. Meanwhile, transport presents many challenges with respect to the SDGs, such as the need to reduce climate and environmental impacts, to improve transport systems and traffic safety, and to manage concerns related to jobs and decent work.
The EESC calls on the Commission to prepare a new, integrated policy framework for the next generation of transport policy. Moreover, it calls on the Commission to assess the SDG indicators from the transport point of view and to enhance the development of indicators that are relevant, give a realistic and informative picture of developments, and are in line with the integrated approach.
EU policy-making has to provide favourable conditions for transport to meet the mobility needs of people and businesses. This requires, in accordance with the SDGs, significant investments in proper infrastructure, innovation and well-functioning transport systems, including public transport. At the same time, digitalisation and robotisation require proper management of the opportunities and challenges. As transport is a matter for the whole of society, it is vital to involve civil society in the preparation and implementation of transport policy.
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Q: What is $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty} \sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k} (-1)^{k}\frac{1}{k+2}$ Calculate
$\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty} \sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k} (-1)^{k}\frac{1}{k+2}$

A: Since $\frac{1}{k+2}=\int_{0}^{1}x^{k+1}\,dx$, we have:
$$\sum_{k=0}^{n}\binom{n}{k}(-1)^k\frac{1}{k+2} = \int_{0}^{1}x(1-x)^n\,dx=\frac{\Gamma(2)\Gamma(n+1)}{\Gamma(n+3)}=\frac{1}{(n+1)(n+2)} $$
and the limit is just zero. In order to avoid the Beta function, the identity:
$$ \int_{0}^{1} x(1-x)^n \,dx = \int_{0}^{1} x^n(1-x)\,dx = \frac{1}{n+1}-\frac{1}{n+2} $$
is enough.

A: Consider functions $f_n$:
$$f_n(x)=x^{-3-n}(x-1)^n$$
then:
$$f_n(x)=x^{-3-n}\sum_{k=0}^{n}{n \choose k}x^{n-k}(-1)^{k}=\sum_{k=0}^{n}{n \choose k}x^{-k-3}(-1)^{k}$$
Now note that:
$$\left(\frac{x^{-(k+2)}}{k+2}\right)'=-x^{-k-3}$$
So if you find antiderivative $F_n$ of $f_n$ ($F_n'=f_n$) you get:
$$F_{n}(x)=-\sum_{k=0}^{n}{n \choose k}(-1)^k\frac{x^{-k-2}}{k+2}$$
So:
$$F_{n}(1)=-\sum_{k=0}^{n}{n \choose k}(-1)^k\frac{1}{k+2}$$

A: $$\binom nk\frac1{k+2}=\frac{k+1}{(n+1)(n+2)}\binom{n+2}{k+2}$$
$$=\frac{k+2-1}{(n+1)(n+2)}\binom{n+2}{k+2}$$
$$=(k+2)\frac1{(n+1)(n+2)}\frac{(n+2)\cdot(n+1)!}{(k+2)\cdot(k+1)![n+1-(k+1)]!}-\frac1
{(n+1)(n+2)}\binom{n+2}{k+2}$$
$$=\frac1{(n+1)}\binom{n+1}{k+1}-\frac1{(n+1)(n+2)}\binom{n+2}{k+2}$$
$$\implies\sum_{k=0}^n\binom nk\frac1{k+2}(-1)^k$$
$$=-\frac1{n+1}\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n+1}{k+1}(-1)^{k+1}-\frac1{(n+1)(n+2)}\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n+2}{k+2}(-1)^{k+2}$$
$$=-\frac1{n+1}\left[(1-1)^{n+1}-\binom{n+1}0(-1)^0\right]-\frac1{(n+1)(n+2)}\left[(1-1)^{n+2}-\binom{n+2}0(-1)^0-\binom{n+2}1(-1)^1\right]$$
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Apparently, There Are Some States That "Don't Count"
By Daniel Larison • May 14, 2008, 10:42 AM
Yglesias pokes fun at the importance of West Virginia:
What's even more interesting is that no Democrat has won the White House without carrying Minnesota since 1912 (it went for Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose party) so given that Obama won Minnesota and Clinton won West Virginia, McCain is guaranteed to win the general election unless the eventual nominee can somehow completely replicate the social and political conditions prevailing in pre-WWI America. The outlook, in short, is very grim.
Very droll. To put this in a slightly different light, even Michael Dukakis won West Virginia, or, to put it more starkly, even Jimmy Carter in 1980 won West Virginia. Someone might object that Kerry came very close to winning without carrying the state, which is true, and someone could argue that Gore still won the popular vote and didn't carry it, which is also true, but it remains the case that had Bush not carried West Virginia in 2000 he would not have become President after Bush v. Gore, because there would have been no great recount drama, the results in Florida would have been irrelevant to the final decision, and Florida could not have swung the outcome to Bush anyway. In 2004, it mattered considerably less, because West Virginia tends to back incumbent Presidents regardless of party. So the inability of the Democratic nominee to carry West Virginia when no incumbent President was running gave us eight years of George Bush–think on that for a moment and then tell us that it doesn't matter whether the Democrat can win there.
In any case, the larger point in talking about competing in West Virginia (and Kentucky) is that weakness there seems to reflect significant weakness that carries over in other states that the Democratic candidate does need to win, such as Ohio or Missouri or Pennsylvania.
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General Mobius says:
Everything about this is either glib or false. For someone who is generally pretty thoughtful, you exhibit very little knowledge of or instinct for electoral politics. I'm unsure why that is.
Of course West Virginia matters. Every state matters. But in the grand scheme of things it's equally good for Obama to win Colorado, Nevada, and/or New Mexico. I know this is tough for conservatives to get sometimes, but things change. West Virginia is historically part of the Democratic coalition. It in no way follows that it must always be for Democrats to win any election. (Shockingly, if Gore had won any one of New Hampshire, Nevada, or Ohio, he also would have won in 2000. Your cherry-picking game is cute but not very informative.)
Also, it's amazing someone with "significant weakness" in Pennsylvania could be polling so well there right now. You really just don't understand any of this, do you?
conradg says:
Using WV as a signpost assumes that WV hasn't changed in relation to the rest of the country over the years. Fact is, either WV has changed, or the country has and WV has stayed the same. Demographic shifts have rendered WV an anomoly, not a bellwhether. Nevada has as many electoral votes. It does seem rather obvious from recent pre-Obama trends that WV is becoming much more conservative and republican over the years. The facts you state – that even Carter and Dukakis won WV 20 and 28 years ago, but Kerry and Gore could not 4 and 8 years ago, suggest a trend line that would exist whether or not Obama is the candidate. Likewise, there are plenty of other states that used to be carried regularly even by weak GOP candidates which are now starting to trend Democratic. What a surprise – the world just doesn't stay the same. Who'd have thought?
I guess this is a general paleocon bias. Paleocons seem to like to see the world as basically staying the same. If an historically Democratic-leaning state like WV starts trending GOP, it must be some weakness in Obama, rather than actual changes in the country. The fact that Obama is clearly a stronger candidate than either Carter in 1980 or Dukakis in 1988, and yet still losing WV, suggests that there's something different going on in the country now as opposed to then. What makes Obama a stronger candidate overall may actually hurt him in WV. This suggests big changes in the overall electorate, and even state-by-state.
Daniel Larison says:
Oh, things change–thanks for the tip! There's actually very little about this post that's glib. If you want glib, go read Yglesias. There's even less that's false. Obama isn't running terribly well in Pennsylvania–he's polling in the high forties in a state that has been trending heavily Democratic in the last four years (and where Casey won by almost 20 points just two years ago), and which Democrats should not have to compete very hard to get. In many polls, he is behind in Ohio and Missouri, and in some he is behind in Nevada, Virginia, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Early polling has hinted that he will have some difficulty in New Jersey–New Jersey, for goodness' sake! But, of course, I understand nothing, and it doesn't matter that Obama is running behind Kerry in states that Bill Clinton easily carried twice.
Obviously, I cannot account for change, even though I am always talking about how different states have been trending Democratic in recent years and why that makes Obama's anemic polling in those states particularly noteworthy. For the record, I have never called WV a "bellwether," and no one would claim that it is.
This is one of the most absurd things I've read all year: "Paleocons seem to like to see the world as basically staying the same." I don't know of anyone who makes more arguments about the way the world has changed, usually for the worse, than paleocons. Eight years ago a Democrat couldn't carry WV and lost the election because he failed to win a state that Democrats had won in every post-war election in which the Republicans weren't running an incumbent President. Things haven't changed *that* much in eight or twelve years. Just as Ohio will, at some point, no longer be integral to the GOP electoral map, and it will cease to be true that Republicans have never won without Ohio, it will also be true at some point that a Democrat will have won without West Virginia. I don't think we're at that point, and Obama's lousy poll numbers up and down the Ohio Valley suggest that I am right.
A "bellwether" is a castrated ram. Must be my beloved California!


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Vietnamese technician held for allegedly raping 13-yo girl during X-ray scan
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The Quynh Nhai District General Hospital in the northern Vietnamese province of Son La. Photo: Vu Tuan / Tuoi Tre
An X-ray technician at a hospital in the northern Vietnamese province of Son La has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old female patient.
Police in Quynh Nhai District, Son La Province confirmed on Thursday they had apprehended Mua A. C., who works at the diagnostic department of the district's general hospital, to assist the investigation into the purported sexual assault.
La Thi Yeu, director of the infirmary, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that the victim's family first arrived at the hospital and accused C. of raping the young girl.
Yeu then reported the case to police officers, who launched a probe into the incident.
Police have worked with C. and her uncle and legal guardian Lo Van L., as well as collecting statements from the suspect.
The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, when the girl, accompanied by her grandmother, came to the hospital to seek treatment for her chest pain, the uncle recalled, adding that a doctor then asked her to undergo a chest X-ray scan.
C., who was the technician, assisted the patient with the scan procedure, which required her to take off her shirt.
After the scan was done, C. went on to ask her to come inside the processing room for "further diagnosis."
He locked the door and told the girl to take off her pants.
The victim's statement showed that C. had given her a pill, which caused a burning sensation inside her mouth.
She was unable to recall what happened next.
The victim's grandmother said she had been waiting for her grandchild for quite a while, before seeing the 13-year-old walk out of the room crying.
The family then took her to the Son La Center for Reproductive Health for a health check.
"She is still frightened and was unable to eat anything for over a day after the incident happened," a family member said.
According to the uncle, the victim had told police that "everything was done" when she regained consciousness, apparently implying that she had been sexually abused.
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I lantanosuchidi (Lanthanosuchidae) sono una famiglia di rettili estinti, appartenenti agli anapsidi. Vissero esclusivamente nel Permiano superiore (circa 260 milioni di anni fa). I loro resti sono stati rinvenuti solo in Russia.

Descrizione

Questi animali possedevano uno strano cranio estremamente appiattito, largo e corto. La superficie dorsale del cranio era percorsa da un notevole numero di rilievi e di fossette. Il corpo era piuttosto allungato e anch'esso appiattito, e poteva superare il metro di lunghezza. L'aspetto di questi animali richiamava notevolmente quello dei numerosi anfibi del periodo (temnospondili) che abitavano i fiumi e i laghi di gran parte del mondo.

Classificazione

Le affinità dei lantanosuchidi non sono chiare e per lungo tempo gli studiosi hanno dato vita a dibattiti. C'è chi li ha avvicinati ai seymouriamorfi (un gruppo di rettiliomorfi basali) a causa dei numerosi rilievi e delle fossette presenti sul cranio; altri studiosi ritengono che i lantanosuchidi potessero essere imparentati con i diadectomorfi, un altro gruppo di animali dalle caratteristiche intermedie tra gli anfibi e i rettili. Un'ulteriore ipotesi, attualmente la più accreditata, li considera veri e propri rettili arcaici, ascritti al gruppo degli anapsidi; se fosse così, i lantanosuchidi rappresentano uno dei rami più specializzati di questo gruppo. Si suppongono strette parentele con Acleistorhinus, attualmente considerato l'anapside più antico.

Paleobiologia
È difficile ipotizzare lo stile di vita di questi animali; in passato si riteneva che fossero creature semiacquatiche, poiché generalmente un cranio largo e piatto corrisponde a questo stile di vita. Recenti studi, tuttavia, hanno smentito questa teoria, e i lantanosuchidi potrebbero essere stati altrettanto probabilmente animali compiutamente terrestri.

Bibliografia
 I. A. Efremov. 1940. Kurze Übersicht über die Formen der Perm- und der Trias-Tetrapoden-Fauna der UdSSR. Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B 1940:372-383
 Ivakhnenko, M.F. (1980). "Lanthanosuchids from the Permian of the East European Platform". Paleontologica Journal 1980: 80-90.
M. F. Ivakhnenko. 2008. Podklass Parareptilia. In M. F. Ivakhnenko and E. N. Kurotchkin (eds.), Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow 49-85

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White House Introduces the Newest Obama — An Adorable Pooch Named Sunny [VIDEO]
In a very official statement, the White House has welcomed the newest member of the first family: Sunny.
Sunny is a (hypoallergenic) Portugese water dog, just like her new brother Bo. Unlike Bo, however, she is all black (Bo has white socks on his front paws and a splash of white on his chest). The family says it picked her name because it matches her "cheerful personality."
Sunny, who was born in Michigan in June 2012 (translation: this puppy is probably already trained), is said to be extremely playful and lovable.
According to the official White House blog, first lady Michelle Obama had told reporters in October that "Bo doesn't have enough dog interaction." That problem appears to be no more and from the video below it appears as though Bo is indeed happy.
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Jones will score fewer touchdowns in 2020. That's about the safest fantasy prediction one can make. We've only seen 39 seasons of 19-plus touchdowns from scrimmage all time. Only seven players have ever posted two such seasons. Green Bay spent a second-round pick on AJ Dillon, whose biggest asset is that he's 247 pounds. That says goal-line back. Even without Dillon, Jones saw 13 carries or fewer in 11 of 16 games in 2019.
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One of the earliest Hollywood movie star mansions, Pickfair was named by the media and not by its residents. The early days of creating celebrity news and gossip was a little rough. They hadn't managed to smooth out the rough edges and everyone needed a headline. And so, the media christened the mansion "Pickfair" out of cuteness and a desire to make this new breed of larger than life movie stars cause folks at home in Nebraska to "ooh" and "ahh."
The marriage of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks began with a regal ceremony and then an extended "storybook honeymoon." After all that pomp and circumstance, they settled into their new home, which the media christened "Pickfair."
In case you folks at home are a little slow, and no, I don't mean you in particular. I think you are just fine and quite intelligent. This note is for people like Uncle Nester who is looking over your shoulder while eating dried plums and making that "ughuth ughuth" sound that really annoys you. Anyway, in case you folks at home are a little slow, Pickfair is derived from taking the first four letters of Pickford and the first four letters of Fairbanks, the last names of our happy couple, and putting them together to form a new word.
In 1911, Pickfair existed merely as stables, but that all would change as it morphed into an awe-inspiring American Colonial style manor with green gables and lush flora and some sort of duck pond. It was, at the time, considered the second most famous residence in the United States of America, topped only by something presumtiously called The White House. However, Pickfair wasn't really all that large, comparable in size to a large one family house in the American suburbs. However, it was the mystical allure of Pickfair that made it so famous.
Stories of the activities at Pickfair were once a devotion of the press. Everyone who was anyone in the movie business attended parties there and it welcomed foreign dignitaries with open arms. There were dinner parties, movie screenings, and according to at least one report, "the enjoyment of peanut brittle as a snack." (I am completely uncertain as to why that has been documented for the ages.) Then there was the pool, around which were hosted many an elaborate cocktail party, but beyond that, there were additions to the swimming pool to allow for "canoe races" and part of the swimming complex was bordered by sandy beaches.
After Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford divorced in 1936, Mary continued to live in Pickfair with her new spouse, Charles "Buddy" Rogers until her death in 1979. It was all downhill from there for Pickfair. In 1988, Pia Zadora and husband Meshulam Riklis purchased Pickfair. Two years later, contractors reported that Pickfair was ravaged by termites and Pia Zadora announced plans to raze Pickfair so Riklis could build her a palace on the same grounds.
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Exploring the future of new media formats at Media Evolution's The Conference
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We're at an exciting crossroads right now; the physical media formats of the past are being swept aside by direct replacements on the Web, in apps or in the cloud and it feels like suddenly anything's possible.
Many newspapers are better thought of as websites that also offer their content via apps and on paper, music consumption is gradually moving to the cloud via the likes of Spotify and Rdio, and streaming movies from services such as Netflix is fast becoming a far better option that renting a physical DVD.
This doesn't mean the idea of a 'format' is dead, though. We're experiencing one the most exciting periods of innovation in media history, as startups and big business alike experiment with new methods of presenting sound, images and text.
Interactive musical experiences like Bjork's Biophilia 'app album' and the products created by the likes of RJDJ have the potential to transform the way we think of music, while Flipboard has become the poster child for a new, more social way to experience news and other online content. They're just the tip of the iceberg, too.
Next week at Media Evolution's The Conference in Malmö, Sweden I'll be talking about this new media landscape in a session entitled 'A sneak peek of future media formats'. Joining me will be Jonas Lennermo of digital design studio Ustwo, which creates innovative user experiences, and Chirdeep Singh Chhabra of Swiss startup Sobees, whose Newsmix app is one of the new breed of social news products.
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822: How Very Good Security Makes Data Unhackable
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Very Good Security (VGS) is a data security company that lets companies operate on sensitive data without the cost or liability of securing the data themselves. What makes VGS different from other data security software is the fact it's built on the premise that malicious parties can't hack what isn't there.
The proposition VGS has for the future of data security and privacy is Zero Data. Meaning you have the option to just not deal with data at all. You can run your business and operate with that data while leaving the custody of that data in the hands of VGS. The idea is like a bank, we give our money to a bank, we don't try to secure it in our own homes, because we trust banks to be secure and know our money is insured and available to us when we need it.
How does it work? VGS collects and stores sensitive data in its own highly-secure vaults. When customers require access to that data, VGS identifies the sensitive data in transit and—in real time—swaps it out with aliased or surrogate values that retain the same format and functionality of the original data. Once customers have fully integrated VGS, they've removed their system from any direct exposure to sensitive information. This eliminates most customer liability while drastically reducing risk exposure and compliance responsibility.
By shifting secure data flows to VGS, customers can also manage how third parties interact with sensitive data without worrying about data breaches. This means customer dataflows inherit VGS' security posture and that customers can use VGS as a central control surface to manage and evidence the security of their data that makes compliances like PCI, EI3PA, SOC 2, and HIPAA fast and easy.
Last year, VGS raised $8.5 million via a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. This funding has allowed VGS to scale operations and grow the number of customers it supports. I invited Mahmoud Abdelkader, Co-Founder & CEO at Very Good Security who shares his startup journey and the road ahead for VGS.
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The first glimpse of 1495 Capri offers a striking impression of easy beachside elegance. Stretched across the westside of a roundabout, about a quarter mile north of Sunset, the residence presides over other homes in the area, drawing attention with its double columned entryway, graceful white gate that opens to a spacious driveway, three-car garage, and wide, welcoming porch. Designed and built in Cape Cod-influenced style by celebrity homebuilder Ray Nosrati of Huntington Estate Homes, the home brings to mind the graceful, storied mansions of East Coast beach communities.
Wide stone steps lead up to the front door, which opens to a dramatic, two-story entryway, anchored by a curved stairway that leads to the second floor. Catching the sun, an opulent crystal chandelier emits dazzling rainbow reflections, offering a light show that competes for attention with the view to the home's lushly landscaped backyard.
With high ceilings and generous proportions, the spacious open-plan first floor is made for entertaining. Old World details like crown molding, picture rails, coffered ceilings and carved baseboards add to the feeling of grandeur. A formal sitting room with a fireplace and a large dining room run along one side of the house. While still accessible to the kitchen, yet tucked into the far corner of the house, the dining room can be closed off for catered dinners, keeping a hired chef's nimble acrobatics out of sight.
Nearby, carved out beneath a staircase, a temperature-controlled wine cellar with room for a thousand bottles ensures that formal entertaining is punctuated by the perfect vintage.
The capacious kitchen, with two islands covered in waterfalls of polished Carrara marble, forms the centerpiece of the back of the house. Pulling the great room—which opens to the backyard's pool and hot tub— into its embrace, this is where everyone gathers; whether raiding the refrigerator for after-school snacks, piling onto the couch for an evening of binge-watching TV shows, or catching up over a glass of wine. Given Southern California's idyllic weather, it's not often that the doors opening the space to the outside are closed. However, should the weather turn chilly, there's a cozy fireplace by which to warm. There are also breathtaking views to the coast. On a clear day, it's not unusual to stop in the midst of preparing dinner and look up to catch the setting sun, gasping out its last rays of vivid color over the water.
Whether working full-time from home or just needing to catch up with matters of life and family on the weekend, an office suite located on the opposite side of the main floor guarantees plenty of privacy. Strategically placed behind a bookcase, it's situated near the back staircase and the elevator, which services all three of the floors of the home. It's the perfect vantage spot from which to watch for the postman or special deliveries from the studio, as it overlooks the front of the house. There's also a guest suite here, offering visitors their own retreat away from the family, and the anonymity to come and go without disturbing the rest of the household.
A gym located down a short flight of stairs to the lower level of the home makes workouts convenient. There's also a wet bar and a cozy den with space for a pool or ping pong table down here, the ideal setting for weekly poker games or as a place for the kids to gather away from the grown ups upstairs. Cleverly concealed behind a bookcase in the den, a second secret room opens to reveal a state-of-the-art Old Hollywood style screening room. Nearby, a second guest suite welcomes live-in help.
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Studies have shown that it can do everything from reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, to fight cancer. And Greek olive oil might just be the healthiest.
The ancient Greeks had it right. Homer, the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, referred to olive oil as "liquid gold." Hippocrates, the physician known as the father of Western medicine, called it "the great healer" and prescribed it for 60 medical conditions. Dioscorides, another doctor, was one of the first to recognize that the healthiest olive oils were the fresh oils extracted from certain varieties of unripe olives – a fact recently confirmed by scientists, whose studies have also added to the long list of olive oil's health benefits.
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The next version of Android will be called Android M and it's scheduled for release later this year. Thanks to clever developers, however, Android M has already been rooted.
Google released a developer preview for Android M a few days ago. That preview is available for Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 smartphones as well as the Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus Player TV box.
It took only days for developers to tinker with Android M enough to root it.
Want to root your Android M device? It's not easy. You'll need some intermediate-level technical knowledge and you'll need to run some commands. If you're good at following instruction guides online, however, then you shouldn't have much trouble.
Both guides use the same basic rooting process. I recommend using the second guide, created by ericgaebel, because he posts links to all of the download files you need.
Ericgaebel has even created his own executable Windows files, which means you can download those to your PC and run them instead of manually typing in commands.
Some people, however, have had more success typing in their own root commands, so I'll leave that up to you to decide.
Rooting Android M involves downloading an SDK, enabling USB debugging on your device, and then running a series of commands to place files on your Android device and run those files until you root.
The full list of steps can be found on the guides above.
One of the first things you should do after rooting Android M is to install a backup app like Titanium Backup. Since you're running a developer's preview edition of Android, you never know when something could go wrong.
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Other popular things to do with rooted Android M include installing apps that are not officially authorized for the device.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Pat Schmatz in person at a dinner hosted by our publisher, Candlewick Press. As soon as I held the galley of Lizard Radio, I knew I was on to something special. the cover is gorgeous, and the world Pat built inside is filled with world play and questions about how we define ourselves as people in the most basic way. Today, Pat talks to us about what it means to be a girl – or if there is yet another way we can see ourselves.
Everyone knows what a girl is, right? Well…maybe. And maybe not.
But for some, it's still not a fit. Even with freedom to stretch and dream, choose any career and marry whomever they wish, these young people still cannot manage to wedge themselves into the world's understanding of "girl." And for some, they can't fit "boy" either.
These young people have to make their own map. They have to figure out their own values, often with no mentor and no role models. They have to carve their own way to adulthood, hopefully without compromising their integrity and sense of self. Kivali, the main character in Lizard Radio, is that kind of girl. The very kind of girl who is not a girl – and yet is. And yet is not. And is. To hold that course is not easy. It requires not just strength but also a willingness to never quite fit and to question, and question, and question some more – and then to find one's own answers.
How did you first becoming interested in writing about the topic/character in your book?
Like Kivali, I am fluent in both male and female but not entirely at home in either place. Although I share many of her traits and experiences, I was not as strong, as brave or as fierce as she is. Kivali is my imaginings of my best self.
For years, I didn't think I could write a character who was neither a girl nor a boy. I thought there was no room for an out genderqueer character in literature for young people. I moved ahead with Kivali and Lizard Radio a number of years ago, thinking it would probably never be published. I cannot possibly describe the freedom that came with writing Kivali and letting her be exactly who she is. It cleared up headspace for me to put more focus on the plot, the setting, and the other characters, without worrying about getting my main character's gender markers right. In the years since I started the book, the world has changed enough to welcome a character like Kivali. I'm still marveling over that.
What is the best advice you ever received about writing?
The best advice I ever received was "Do your work." It's simple, and it's complex. "Work" encompasses so many things – reading, writing, rewriting, failing, experimenting, feeling, starting over, research, internal exploration, frustration, fear, risk – that is all work. As long as I show up for my work, day after day, the stories will come, and they will be true.
Strong girls are amazing people, whether they identify as girls, boys or something outside the binary. It's not easy to be born female, grow up in this world and hold your own course – no matter what your gender identity.


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What Archbishop Sentamu calls a "childish dream" is in reality a biblical vision
"Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?" sings Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. "Why can't Anglicans teach their bishops how to speak or read or write?" is a dirge of desperation you're tempted to sing each time you read an episcopal edict in the press—irrelevant or entertaining at best, idiotic or irritating to the point of triggering head-banging at worst.
To frame our jeremiad more theologically: "Why can't Anglicans teach their bishops how to read the Bible?" Clinical psychologist Prof Jordan Peterson is neither a churchgoer nor a confessing Christian. Yet Peterson expounds the Bible with eloquence and rigour, demonstrating the depth of its ancient wisdom and the breadth of its relevance for today's culture, politics, morality and life.
Millions of non-Christians, many of them young Western men, are hungrily devouring Peterson's YouTube lectures on the Bible. There is indeed a famine, not of bread or water, but of hearing the words of the Lord, as the prophet Amos declared. But try getting 50 young white men to listen to the diocesan bishop teach Genesis or even the sexy Song of Songs and if it's successful, I'll change my surname to Sentamu or, even better, Sent-to-moo.
"There's little space or time for theology, and especially not academic theology … certainly not on the bench of bishops, and increasingly not amongst the deans," said Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark, last week in his eulogy for scholar-priest David Edwards.
There's little time for theology, especially not academic theology … certainly not on the bench of bishops.
You don't see much of the Word translated into words when our prelates deliver their pronouncements. This has been starkly evident in the case of Brexit. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Bishop Nick Baines of Leeds and almost every bishop in the House of Bishops (except Mark Rylands) voted to remain in the European Union (EU). Not a single bishop made a biblical case defending the globalist vision of the EU or critiquing the nationalist model of Brexit.
John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, has yet again splattered his ink on Brexit in the Yorkshire Post. He pleads for democracy, compromise and neighbourliness, but pitifully culminates a page of pious platitudes with a note of surly contempt for the majority of Anglicans and 17.4 million people who voted Leave.
"The idea of a 'pure' or 'maximal' Brexit, which would somehow make a clean sweep and give us a completely blank page to write on, was a childish dream, and no serious politician should have entertained it," Sentamu patronisingly pontificates.
"But quite why he should feel the need to insult the intelligence and maturity of those who have qualms about the constitutional position, or who might prefer a 'hard' or 'real' or 'pure' Brexit for other reasons, is a mystery," asks veteran commentator Adrian Hilton on his Archbishop Cranmer blog.
"And for those who don't attend church, Dr Sentamu is informing potentially 17.4 million people that their desire for the United Kingdom to become a sovereign, democratic, self-governing nation is 'childish'," adds Hilton.
Sentamu entreats that our "first concern must be maintaining respect for democratic law-making institutions, which are under heavier pressure today than for more than a century". Pray, can he not see how transferring legislative and judicial powers to the EU has sabotaged democracy and reduced Britain to a colonial vassal state?
The Archbishop predicts that a "permanent loss of confidence in governmental institutions always results in civil unrest and violence". But it is not a second referendum, but the mission creep of a supra-governmental institution with imperialist ambitions that stealthily at first, but now with increasing impunity, tramples on national freedoms, that will result in violent resistance.
What on earth gave Sentamu the idea that Brexiteers voted for a "compromise"? We voted for Britain to take back her sovereignty. Of course, we never had any "childish dream" that we would have a "completely blank page to write on" because we knew we could simply draw on centuries of common law and democratic traditions and our relationships with 53 countries of Britain's Commonwealth and our special relationship with the US. England is the mother of parliaments, doesn't Sentamu know this?
The Bible is concerned with the independence of nations, despite the obvious economic advantages of an Egyptian or Babylonian peace that would unify humanity.
But back to the Bible. Sentamu and Welby both claim to be evangelical Christians who believe in the divine inspiration and authority of the Bible, as well as its relevance to the modern world. The Bible chronicles a conflict between "two antithetical visions of world order: an order of free and independent nations, each pursuing the political good in accordance with its own traditions and understanding; and an order of peoples united under a single regime of law, promulgated and maintained by a single supranational authority," notes Yoram Hazony in The Virtue of Nationalism.
Hazony, who combines a rare skill as a biblical scholar and political theorist, shows how the imperial powers of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome, continually attempted to establish empires that would impose a universal political order "to create a unified international realm in which men could live together in peace and prosperity". Imperial intentions were noble, not nefarious!
But the Bible, he points out, is concerned with the independence of nations, despite the obvious economic advantages of an Egyptian or Babylonian peace that would unify humanity. The biblical prophets aspire to the vision of a free and independent Israel living in harmony and justice with other free nations and not to a global empire—which as I wrote in a previous column is the hubristic vision of the Tower of Babel—mocked and toppled by God.
Nationalism is not a bad word. It is a biblical word. Nationalism is a blessing and globalism is a curse, in biblical theology. Globalism is imperialism redivivus, re-heated in a microwave made in Strasbourg.
So why do Sentamu, Welby and the House of Bishops prefer "Babel" to "Israel"? Is it because they are marinated in the globalist ideology so chic among our elite? Is it because they are so isolated from ordinary Britons in small towns who love our green and pleasant land and its traditions more than they love the postmodern glass and steel Towers of Babel in Brussels?
Or, is it, because they no longer view the Bible as "a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path?"
Sentamu tells us that he went through Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal document "with a fine-tooth comb". Perhaps, his proclamations would have some prophetic power if he spent more time going through the Holy Scriptures with a fine-tooth comb. He might also join those who are demanding to see the full Brexit legal advice and go through the small print with a fine-tooth comb.
Never for a moment did I expect Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, to attack Theresa May's deal with a flame-thrower. What Sentamu hails as the beatitude of "compromise", King excoriates as "incompetence of a high order".
Why do Sentamu, Welby and the House of Bishops prefer "Babel" to "Israel"?
What Sentamu sees as the "art of the possible", King lambasts as beggaring "belief that a government could be hell-bent on a deal that hands over £39 billion, while giving the EU both the right to impose laws on the U.K. indefinitely and a veto on ending this state of fiefdom".
While Sentamu says a second referendum will unleash the four horsemen of the apocalypse, King notes with prophetic perception: "Vassal states do not go gently into that good night. They rage"—violently as we are seeing in France where Emmanuel Macron has exalted the "green" good of the globe above the good of his people.
Professor Higgins from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion loved the English tongue. Our archbishops and bishops love the Newspeak of Babel. Perhaps Higgins would adapt his diatribe to the episcopal "prisoners of the gutter, condemned by every syllable they utter" and call for them to "taken out and hung, for the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue". Garn!
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