Western Province skipper Deon Fourie will attend a disciplinary hearing today, after being cited for dangerous play during his team's weekend Currie Cup match against the Sharks.
Fourie is alleged to have contravened Law 10.4 (m) by making contact with the face of Sharks opposite number Keegan Daniel in the 12th minute of the match. The two went to ground in an off-the-ball scuffle, with Daniel forced to leave the field shortly afterwards due to a bloody face; the former Sharks skipper was quick to tweet in Fourie's defence after the game, claiming that Fourie had not gouged his eye.
The citing commissioner clearly felt differently – or at least believes that there's something in the video footage that warrants a further look.
Fourie's hearing takes place at midday in Cape Town, which means we can probably expect a verdict sometime around the end of October.
doos, I really don't like him! doos.
At first I thought there was nothing in it, but after watching the replay I actually thought the shove in the face was deliberate – wouldn't call it eye gouging though..
I find he generally runs on the very thin line between what is legal and what is not, he learns early in the game what he can get away with. Not too different to how most NZ loose forwards play. He could get the wrong ref and cost his team. The type of player who you admire in your team and hate in an opposing side. Not much love for him here in Sharkland.
not a fan of this little worm at all, always looking to stir crap no matter which team he plays against….kind of like Cooper against McCaw, except Fourie is like that with everyone.
Someone should flatten him and Aplon, do the same thing.
Will probably be found guilty. If 'contact with the face' is the charge.
@McLovin (Comment 8) : you seen pictures of Keegan today?
Don't see him getting away with that.
@robdylan (Comment 9) : Not looking good for Fourie.
@McLovin (Comment 10) : judgement "reserved"…. what does that mean?
A very intelligent rugby player.
Agh tsssk. Thats just pink eye.
Subtle like Bismarck, or subtle like Burger?
@robdylan (Comment 13) : Not a clue.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 15) : Probably cut himself shaving.
@robdylan (Comment 9) : Can you confirm that that injury is from the Fourie incident though?
As much as I'd like Fourie and his dirty play to be booted for a good few months, we cant just say the injury was caused by Fourie unless we know.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 22) : well, no I guess not 100%. But I know that Keegan didn't have that injury when he took the field.
I also know that the only time he left the field for blood was immediately after the tussle with Fourie. Also, from the looks of that injury, it probably bled a bit, hence putting 1 + 1 + 1 together.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 17) : Between Burger and Bismarck, who's been banned for eye gouging?


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review: pumpkin
here, quick review: the trailer was better than the movie, the story ran a little too long, and it had a nice soundtrack.
pumpkin is about insensitive sorority girl carolyn mcduffy (christina ricci) who is forced to be buddy with special (mentally and physically challenged) boy pumpkin romanoff (hank harris) as part of a sorority charity and ends up falling in love with him after discovering something about herself and her life.
the tone of the movie was inconsistent. i wasn't sure whether they were making fun of handicapped people or were they glorifying handicapped people. some parts of the movie were inappropriately funny, while others were touchingly poignant. the movie spoofs the collegiate greek system, using it as a platform to deliver its messages, which can be one of many things, like special people are people too, or that love transcends all barriers (oh, that old message again). the trailer definitely led me to believe that this would be a more irreverant comedy bordering on tasteless, but the energy of the film was somewhat subdued. there are moments where you groan, but there are also just as many near-serious moments (e.g. how pumpkin's mother, despite the fact that she means well, ends up crippling her own child).
is it just me or does christina ricci have a kewpie doll head? she gives a nice performance as a girl unable to understand her initial feelings towards pumpkin. it's weird that she seems to be the only blonde in her sorority of brunettes (while the neighboring tri sigma sorority is nothing but blondes). eliza remarked maybe this was a way of making carolyn stand out more.
the movie seemed to have ran a little too long. without giving anything away, i thought the movie should've just ended after the dance formal, instead of going on. i would've been very happy with the movie at that point, but in the extended ending, more loose ends are tied and a bigger happy ending payoff is in store for the audience, which i think is quite unnecessary, especially a cynical indie audience weened on a diet of indie films that don't usually end in happy and satisfying conclusions.
if you're going to see the movie because you've seen the trailer and thought it was funny, you might be disappointed when you actually see the film. see it only if you think the premise is worth seeing, a tale of two opposites coming together in love, a sorority girl and her mentally challenged care. with a touch of ha ha, and a touch of seriousness.
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a movie and a veggie dinner
today was a hot day. mother may i hot. i wanted to go running but it was just too hot and humid, and i didn't want to see myself collapsed somewhere on the mean streets of belmont from an apparent heat stroke. so instead i hung out around the house, tried not to move too much in order to stay cool, kept myself properly hydrated, cooked some old buffalo wings (old, like there was a layer of ice fuzz on the wings, having been in the freezer for so long) in the toaster oven for lunch. later in the afternoon i made it to the house in cambridge like i usually do, inspecting last night's work, waiting for the crew to show up. i went across the street to the star market to buy some light bulbs (60W), all the ones in the house burnt out (how this happened, i'm not sure). when zuka and his crew showed up, zuka went around explaining to me what they were going to do for tonight (some more sanding, crown molding in the master bedroom, put a lock on the closet door). after i got the report, i left the house, headed down to the kendall cinema to meet eliza jones to see pumpkin.
how we ended up watching pumpkin is a long time in the making. back in june, when we went and saw cherish, we also saw a trailer for pumpkin. it looked so hilarious and over the top, we knew we had to go see it. now over a month later, it's finally happening, and not a moment too soon, since today was the last night pumpkin would be playing at the kendall cinema. after we purchased our tickets ($9/each), i got myself a small popcorn and a small strawberry slush ($6.25), while eliza bought a large cookie. eliza showed me the hand-colored piggy t-shirt she'd been making. surprisingly, the movie started with no trailers (but that's my favorite part of the movie going experience!). right away i noticed that the seating might not have been optimal, as i could see eliza trying to position her long legs in the most comfortable position. note to self: find seats next time where the seats in front of us are empty so eliza can stretch. that got me thinking that maybe there should be different theatre seatings, like a first class and coach, and that you'd get more leg room in first class.
after the movie, still early (9pm, early for unemployed people), we went to get some dinner. i'm not much of an idea man when it comes to where to go (i have my handful of usual restaurants that i go to, all scattered across the greater boston area), so eliza suggested grasshopper (1 north beacon street), a vegetarian restaurant located in allston-brighton. we got a little lost trying to find the place and i involuntarily cringed in my seat when eliza pulled the car to a stop and asked for directions. but thanks to sprint pcs assisted mobile information service, eliza was able to call the restaurant and get some directions.
the restaurant was quite crowded when we got there, and people were clapping as soon as we entered, which we found out had nothing to do with us and had everything to do with somebody else's birthday celebration. as soon as we sat down, the first thing i noticed were the recessed lights in the ceiling (i've got home remodeling fever). vegetarian restaurants scare me. it's irrational, but somewhere in the back of my mind i think vegetarians can sniff out meat eaters. i have a vision of being outed in the restaurant and being thrown into the streets, vegans inside shouting "you don't belong here!" and throwing frozen tofu cubes at me. fortunately this didn't happen, but i still kept a watchful eye on everyone in the restaurant, in case they tried something. eliza and i both got the vegetarian miso soup. it tasted sort of like miso but maybe a little off, missing that fish paste. eliza ordered some sort of soba noodle dish, i had a plate of crispy hair noodle (i think that's what it's called, looked like pan fried noodles, there were also glutens in my dish). we ate long enough so that we were the only two people left in the restaurant, 15 minutes before they closed. we doggybagged what was left of our meals, paid the bill (20%+ tip), and left.
after dinner eliza was generous enough to take me back home, so i wouldn't have to ride the bus with all the shady characters that live in belmont. after getting dropped off, i watched from my doorstep as her car disappeared into the night.

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News Local Australia importing Cypriot vines to fight climate change
Australia importing Cypriot vines to fight climate change
Australia will plant Xynisteri and Maratheftiko vines to test them as a measure against climate change-induced droughts, WineTitles Media reported.
Cypriot grapes are considered to be drought-tolerant and will be used in trials that replicate those being undertaken in commercial Cypriot vineyards to determine their suitability for Australian conditions.
Xynisteri and Maratheftiko were recently released from Australian quarantine and are being propagated at the University of Adelaide in South Australia.
"We are seeing increasing temperatures and increasing frequency of heat waves in southern Australia and this is affecting vine harvest and putting more and more pressure on water resources," University of Adelaide PhD student Alexander Copper told WineTitles.
Copper has established trials under irrigated and drought conditions in Cyprus and the material from quarantine will be used to repeat these experiments in Australia to further determine their drought tolerance.
"These varieties are very drought tolerant in Cyprus, often grown without any irrigation, and it is hoped they will be able to grow in Australian conditions with minimal to no irrigation," he told WineTitles.
Australia's popular grape varities such as Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir among others are all varieties that traditionally have been grown in parts of France with high rainfall and without irrigation. However in Australia, they need irrigation.
"We do have some more drought tolerant varieties from Spain, Italy and Portugal, but I believe the Cypriot varieties will be more drought tolerant than these. They have been cultivated for thousands of years in Cyprus, tolerating very hot, dry summers, surviving on winter rainfall alone, very similar to our climate here in South Australia," Copper said.
Consumer response in Australia to the Cypriot vines has been positive, says Cassandra Collins who supervises Copper's project.
"Considering the similar climates of Australia and Cyprus, these Cypriot grape varieties have potential as environmentally sustainable wines which will require less resources and help in the future adaptation of the wine industry to a changing climate," she said.
Xynisteri (white grape) and Maratheftiko (red grape) are both indigenous to Cyprus.
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Protest is how we talk to ourselves as a nation, but violence isn't protest
Created: Thursday, 14 January 2021 08:22 Written by Rob Viehman Parent Category: Editorials	Hits: 274
By Gene Policinski
Assembling to protest is our right under the First Amendment—it's how we talk to each other as a nation.
Sometimes politely. But often not. Occasionally at the top of our lungs. Frequently with brutally frank messages. And often in ways that spark counterprotests.
Just as the nation's founders intended—and it is still a good thing that we do.
Public opinion and costs support putting an end to the death penalty
By David Dozier
A study in California revealed that the cost of capital punishment in the state has been over $4 billion since it was reinstated in 1978. Since California has executed 13 prisoners during that time, the cost per execution is more than $307 million. Other financial facts about the death penalty show capital cases in some states costing millions more than life imprisonment.
So, more people are asking: Is it worth it?
You can help KC's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum honor its great American legacy
By Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver II
On a mild Chicago afternoon on Oct. 20, 1924, the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team took the field against the Hilldale Daisies in the final game of the first Negro World Series. Tied at four games apiece, both sides pitched shutouts for seven innings, until Kansas City exploded for five runs in the eighth. One newspaper called the game "one of the best ever played in Chicago by any two teams." Prize money for the winners amounted to just under $308 per person.
A time for setting legislative priorities
By Phill Brooks
The start of Missouri's legislature during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic raises questions about how lawmakers will adjust to the realities of this rampant virus.
Newspapers create a powerful, lasting and permanent image
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Fruit often ends up rotting in the crisper drawer. Well, that's the wrong place to put it. Out of sight, out of mind. The kids all know where the junk-food shelf is. Make the fruit that easy to get to. Put a big huge bowl of fruit on the counter. - Tyler Florence
By Reed Anfinson
There is a reason L.L. Bean sends a catalog in the mail with a planned persistence. They recognize that if they stop sending magazines and just rely on emails or their website, you'll soon forget they are around.
What does it mean to be a Missourian?
Holiday season shines light on needs and isolation of elderly
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In this case, the NLRB extended that approach to picketing, and the D.C. Circuit has affirmed its approach. The DC Circuit cautioned that the employer might have been able to block the picketing if it could prove that the "likelihood" that the otherwise protected activities would disturb patients or disrupt patient care.
And do so without the likelihood of disturbing patients or disrupting patient care.
Source: Capital Medical Center v. NLRB, (D.C. 8/10/18).
Rat balloon soon to be deflated by NLRB?
Bloomberg BNA reports that the NLRB General Counsel is looking to litigate one of organized labors' favorite forms of protest: A giant inflatable rat. The effectiveness of the baloon is certainly questionnable, but it is equally undeniable that the presence of one draws attention. Often inflated in the back of a pickup truck, parked lawfully at a meter, or simply on the side of a street where a vehicle might otherwise park, these rats typically stand about twice as tall as a human: Usually under any local ordinance's height limits.
The rats often draw much more attention than protesters might simply standing and handing out information to passersby, and that's the point: Labor law generally distinguishes between handbilling and picketing. Handbilling is typically seen as pure speech, and as such, protected by the First Amendment, and subject to limited governmental constraints. Picketing is more easily constrained; picketing is subject to strict rules under the National Labor Relations Act for example.
In the NLRB's 2011 Sheet Metal Workers Local 15, the Board held these rats were more like handbilling than picketing, and as such constitute symbolic speech within the First Amendment. Now, according to Bloomberg BNA, the NLRB General Counsel is looking to re-litigate that holding, contending that they should, instead, be subject to the picketing rules, and/or are at most a form of commercial speech. Commercial speech is generally afforded less protection under the First Amendment, though, in a perhaps curious twist, recent rulings by the Supreme Court seem to be suggesting the Court will afford put it on a higher constitutional footing.
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When companies work at the same site or even just near each other, a union — unhappy with one of them — may come to feel that actions at that location — such as that particular employer's wage or benefit levels — are depressing "area standards." Unions (like everyone) have a right to protest actions that affect their community, even if for example none of their members work for that employer. That is often the case because that particular employer is often a non-union company that the union is trying to organize.
The Board require unions who give such warnings to explicitly state that they will work to minimize the impact on neutrals.
A union's broadly worded and unqualified notice, sent to a neutral employer, that the union intends to picket a worksite the neutral shares with the primary employer is inherently coercive. Without any details, such a notice is ambiguous about whether the threatened picketing will lawfully target only the primary employer or will unlaw- fully enmesh the neutral employer. The neutral would understandably question why the union is sending a strike notice to an employer with no role in the dispute, and this question would reasonably lead it to at least sus- pect, if not believe, that its business would be targeted by the picketing and that it would be prudent to cease doing business with the primary employer to avoid losses. It would be unrealistic to expect neutral employers, many with little experience in arcane common-situs picketing law, to assume the union would avoid enmeshing them in the picketing. Thus, an unqualified picketing threat communicated to a neutral at a common situs is an am- biguous threat, and such an ambiguous threat enables a union to achieve the proscribed objective of coercing the neutral employer to cease doing business with the prima- ry employer—the very object a union seeks to achieve when it makes a blatantly unlawful threat to picket or unlawfully pickets a neutral. Accordingly, as our dis- senting colleague refuses to acknowledge, it is reasona- ble to conclude that when a union sends to a neutral an unqualified and therefore ambiguous notice of its intent to picket a common situs, it does so with an object to coerce the neutral to cease doing business with the pri- mary employer. A union may still lawfully inform a neutral of its intent to picket as long as it qualifies the notice by clearly indicating that its picketing will comply with legal limitations on such picketing.
Legal commentators are debating whether it has heightened the protections afforded commercial speech under the First Amendment. Historically commercial speech has of course enjoyed less protection than political speech.
It may have rendered unconstitutional laws in states that require attorney bar membership.
It may mean that statutes, like Title VII, which require one party to pay the other's attorney fees are unconstitutional.
It may have rendered the NLRB's longstanding rules that require, within limitations, that employers sometimes allow workers to wear political or pro-union buttons in the workplace.
Will the Supreme Court's recent blockbuster in Janus apply to private employers?
Employers have begun arguing that the Supreme Court's recent blockbuster decision in Janus should be extended to private employers. In Janus, the Supreme Court ruled government workers cannot be required to pay "fair share" fees, much less union dues. The decision will have a huge impact on labor in America. Effectively, Janus converted government workforces into right-to-work workplaces. The decision is anticipated to strip organized labor of billions of dollars in revenues, much that had previously, in no small part, been used towards political contributions. The Supreme Court reasoned that requiring workers to pay even "fair share" fees, much less dues, was ultimately requiring them to support the unions' political activities; workers should be free, as part of the constitution speech rights, to decide whether or not to support the unions' political activities.
Janus was decided under the First Amendment, which only applies to government action. Private workers do not have First Amendment rights in their workplaces, at least as against their employers.
However, one employer is arguing that Janus should be extended to cover private workers nonetheless because, the employer argues, when the NLRB and courts attempt to enforce union requirements for dues and service fee collection, then the NLRB and courts are themselves the government actors. In other words, while the First Amendment does not limit a private employer's ability to curtail worker speech, it limits the NLRB and courts' ability to curtail worker speech. The employer already has a pending appeal before the Ninth Circuit, where it has just asked the Ninth Circuit to consider this new argument based on the Supreme Court's Janus ruling (Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. NLRB v. Purple Communications, Inc., Case Nos. 17-70948, 17-71062, and 17-71276).
The issue is no doubt going to be heavily litigated, but it appears the employer has the better side of this particular argument. If — as we now know from Janus — the Constitution's speech rights in the First Amendment protect workers against compelled union contributions, they arguably constrain not only governmental employers, but all other governmental actors, including the NLRB and courts, from stripping employees, even private employees, of those same rights.
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New York, New York , Oct. 31 /CSRwire/ - The Companies Vs. Climate Change Conference will welcome Alaska, JetBlue and United Airlines for a panel on December 2 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
www.solveclimatechange.com This is the first-ever conference focused on bringing together companies from around the world to discuss climate change and how they can work together to address it.
The two airlines will discuss sustainability efforts and operational efficiencies within the airline industry. This comes on the heels of the ground-breaking agreement by the International Civil Aviation Organization (IACO) to cap carbon-dioxide emissions at 2020, by 2035, bringing together 64 countries representing 80 percent of global air traffic.
The presentation by Sara Lindenfeld, sustainability analyst at JetBlue, will include an overview of the airline's sustainability platform and its efforts to address climate change. The panel will also include a conversation between Jacqueline Drumheller, Sustainability Manager at Alaska Airlines, Aaron Stash, Manager - Environmental Strategy and Sustainability at United Airlines and Ms. Lindenfeld, to discuss industry best practices and the future regulatory environment.
"I am eagerly anticipating having a lively discussion and comparison of airline environmental strategies with two of Alaska Airlines' peers," said Drumheller of Alaska Airlines.
The conversation plenary will open the third day of the conference which will bring together leading sustainability experts and corporate leaders to connect around climate change solutions.
For more on JetBlue's work to reduce emissions, visit jetblue.com/green.
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Kanpai is a Taiwanese snack bar that's introducing Cabbagetown to a taste of Taipei that goes above and beyond bubble tea.
At dinner hour on a weekday every table in the wood-clad dining room is occupied. It's a casual setting that attracts families early on while the younger set take advantage of the late night kitchen and unique bar program.
Tap cocktails like batch-made Negronis and Manhattans are the main draw, while you'll also find Vineland wines ($1.50/oz, Izumi sake ($9-$11), craft beers ($7/16oz), and eventually cold brewed coffee all on draught as well.
Dustin Keating of Montauk has designed a list of hand-crafted libations too. There's Chang Kai's Caesar ($10) made with a choice of booze (gin, vodka, sake, or tequila) and seasoned with sambal, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce and a togarashi schimimi rim.
The menu amounts to a collection of small plates primarily priced between $4 and $8 that are influenced by Japanese, Korean, Dutch, and even Hakka cuisines. Taiwanese antipasto ($5) is one example, comparable to banchan (only not free). The trio of pickles will change seasonally, but today it's tangy cucumbers, daikon and kimchi.
Shrimp Po Po ($6), a cold salad featuring prawns paired with tart pomelo supremes and avocado in a "spicy" tamarind dressing, lacks any detectable of spiciness, but it is indeed refreshing.
The most substantial thing you can order is the Taiwanese fried chicken, a.k.a, TFC. The crispy skinned poultry is deliciously moist and can be had by the bucket ($19) or as a three piece order ($8). It comes topped with chili peppers, cilantro, and scallions alongside a little pot of sweet chili-spiked sauce.
On the side, Taipei tater slaw ($5) is made with waxy spuds, cooked to al dente then julienned and dressed in Szechuan peppercorn dressing. It's a simple but delightful dish. Flavour-wise this dish exceeds the sum of its parts, and as I eat I find myself asking aloud, "why is this so good?" in between bites.
The kitchen at Kanpai is open from lunch until at least midnight (later still on weekends). Gluten-sensitive eaters should add this one to the list, as the menu lists a multitude of dishes that can accommodate such a diet.


Kyle Wheeler is a Geomembrane Technical Specialist with XR Geomembranes.
When specifying a geomembrane, engineers have two high-level options: reinforced or unreinforced geomembranes. Both types of geomembranes have unique properties that make them the best solutions for certain applications and projects. In order to assist you with the specification process, we've broken down some of the key components for both geomembranes below.
In a previous blog post, I discussed the benefits of using EPS geofoam for highway construction. Geofoam has many benefits in the transportation market and has found itself in many well-placed areas. In this blog I'll review what geofoam is and how to install it.
Dr. Robert Koerner, professor emeritus of civil engineering at Drexel University, is a highly respected professional in both the geosynthetic and engineering communities. Earlier this month, he presented a webinar, "Wave (or Wrinkle)," covering unreinforced geomembranes, such as HDPE, and how geomembrane waves or wrinkles can be somewhat prevented and/or fixed.
The IWEA Annual Specialty Conference was held in October 2016 at the Forum Event Center in Fishers, IN. Annually, the IWEA (Indiana Water Environment Association) brings together the State of Indiana's brightest engineers, operators and owners who are faced with the challenges of Indiana's aging Infrastructure. Members share these challenges and offer affordable solutions for the greater good of Indiana's aging pipes and infrastructures.
Throughout the day, presentations were given by individuals who successfully and financially solved Indiana's Infrastructure problems.Two presentations are recapped below.


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AMD Cuts Down Safety Net
Without a flash division, it must compete with Intel on CPUs.
Chris Kraeuter
Apr 14, 2005 7:26 AM EDT
On first blush, investors warmed to
Advanced Micro Devices'
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plan to sell its flash memory unit in an initial offering.
But will they feel the same way in the morning?
The company will be letting go of a third of its revenue base in return for ending its exposure to violent fluctuations in supply and prices that characterize this commodity memory. Without flash memory, AMD will now be solely a maker of computer microprocessors.
AMD says this was the plan all along with
, the flash unit that it owns along with
: "We are executing on a strategy which we embarked on two years ago to make Spansion financially independent," said AMD CFO Bob Rivet during a conference call late Wednesday.
Still, the company didn't float the IPO idea until its flash business caused it to miss Wall Street earnings targets for two straight quarters. AMD's stock has fallen 23% this year.
Now, AMD is left with one front on which to battle
, the world's largest computer chipmaker and AMD's primary rival. Intel gets its chips in four of every five computers sold around the world, but AMD has been fighting back the last few years.
AMD has bolstered its technology and manufacturing capabilities, expanding its production, working harder to be more reliable, and becoming more of an innovator instead of a copier.
The main beneficiaries of these improvements have been AMD's microprocessors. AMD now participates in the server market and designed a chip exclusively for mobile computers. AMD also created a new design for placing more than one processing core on a single piece of silicon.
The net of these improvements has been that AMD's computer chip unit has generated operating profits for AMD during each of the previous seven quarters.
Still, the computing market is maturing -- and that will be glaringly obvious without another product line to shoulder some of the burden.
To offset a maturing computer market, look for AMD to try and expand into new markets with its computer chips.
The company provided a clue about this strategy in a press release late Wednesday that got plowed under by announcements about its
worse-than-expected financial results and the IPO.
AMD combined its chip businesses into a "microprocessor solutions sector." The company said in its release that realigning its chip divisions this way will allow it to reach "a wider range of customers and markets around the world." AMD specifically cited markets such as consumer electronics and embedded applications, which would include automotive electronics, networking and telecom equipment.
The financial impact of getting rid of Spansion is unclear, but AMD said it will work toward a debt-to-capital figure of 20% and gross margins above 60%. AMD's current debt-to-capital is around 31%, and its margins in the first quarter were 34.1%.
Expect AMD to retain a stake in Spansion for the immediate term and possibly longer. Terms of the IPO have not yet been set, but AMD and Fujitsu will have board representatives after the company goes public. Rivet said that AMD will maintain a minority interest in Spansion.
AMD showed strong results from its flash memory moves for over a year, but then Intel bit back and took a chunk out of AMD. Now AMD has run away. Intel has also made strong moves lately in its primary computer chip business, but AMD can't run away from this market -- it's all the company has left.
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A: You can pickle in this jar, but it does have a solid plastic lid. This doesn't create the seal the way a mason jar does, but you can store in it.
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Briefing on Practice of Good Values by Mrs. Noraisyah binti Khairuddin, EKSA auditor from the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) of the Prime Minister's Department was held on 3 November 2016 at the Main Meeting Room. Amongst other auditors were Mrs. Noraznita binti Shapien and Mr. Zulkifli bin Hassan. EKSA audits were also carried out in all zones by the auditors.


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National Resources Defense Council Members Profit from Fossil Fuel Investments. Does Leo Know?
By Jerry Rogers 2014-10-31T11:25:19
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio made headlines when lecturing the United Nations on climate change demanding restrictions on carbon emissions. To say he is an environmental hypocrite would be an understatement. The multimillionaire with an estimated worth of $220 million has a fleet of private jets, a small flotilla of yachts, and, of course, four spectacular homes. DiCaprio's carbon footprint is as big as his ego. In just the past year, he's made some twenty trips around the globe, from skiing in the French Alps to visiting Brazil for the World Cup. And I'm sure he didn't drive a Prius or a Volt on his way to all those planes and yachts. Where would all the supermodels sit?
As an environmental activist, DiCaprio has called for the divestment in fossil fuels. He recently narrated a propaganda film called Carbon, where he said, "We cannot sit idly by and watch the fossil fuel industry make billions at our collective expense." Leo also sits as a board member for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC is left-wing, radical environmental organization that routinely advocates for the most draconian measures aimed at its myopic idea of "environmental protection." Like DiCaprio, the NRDC advocates that institutions and individuals rid themselves of any investments in evil fossil fuel or carbon producing industries.
A closer look at some of the NRDC's own leadership reveals a stunning level of "do as I say, not as I do" hypocrisy. Several of the organizations' board members are profiting handsomely from the very things they claim are destroying the earth.
Frances Beinecke, the president of the NRDC, is married to Paul Elston, the founder of Long Lake Energy Corporation. In the 1980s, Long Lake Energy Corporation used dammed rivers and fossil fuels to generate energy—and they made millions of dollars on power plant projects that utilized fossil fuels and hydropower. Ms. Beinecke has criticized hydropower saying it can "cause serious harm to fish and wildlife" despite the fact that her husband profited from it.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Daniel Tischman, who serves as Vice Chairman at AECOM. AECOM's core business is—you guessed it—oil and gas. In 2013, it was announced that AECOM won a $15 million contract from Ghana National Gas Company. In May 2014, AECOM announced that it would open Shell's first liquefied natural gas fueling lanes for heavy-duty commercial trucks. In July 2014, AECOM acquired URS, known for their strength in the oil/gas/fracking sectors.
NRDC Board Member Adam Albright is a private investor who founded the ARIA Foundation. The foundation holds major investments in oil and gas enterprises such as Canadian Natural Resources, Noble Corp., and Transocean Ltd. The ARIA Foundation has previously held stock in Chevron, Halliburton, and Texaco.
Sarah Cogan is a lawyer with Simpson Thacher & Bartlet and has worked for the NRDC for years and is now a board member. Cogan's clients include ClearBridge American Energy MLP Fund which has hundreds of millions invested in pipeline and fracking companies such as Kinder Morgan, Energy Transfer Partners, and Regency Energy Partners. Energy Transfer Partners bought Sunoco in 2012 for $5.3 billion. Regency Transfer Partners has major operations in the Marcellus Shale basin, the center of the fracking boom in the United States.
Mr. DiCaprio has taken an absolutists life or death moral approach to climate change. His own extremist approach raises the question of whether or not Leo is aware that his fellow NRDC leaders are getting rich off of supporting the very same companies he claims are putting "poison" in the environment. Given Mr. DiCaprio's own carbon footprint, he may not even care.
https://pjmedia.com/blog/national-resources-defense-council-members-profit-from-fossil-fuel-investments-does-leo-know/


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80s Song of the Day: Thriller by Michael Jackson
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Thriller by Michael Jackson was released as a single in the United States on January 23, 1984, with a live version of Things I Do For You by The Jacksons as the B side. It was the final single released from Jackson's album of the same name.
Thriller was Jackson's seventh and final Top 10 single from the Thriller album, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a Top 10 hit in several other countries around the world.
The horror-themed music video for Thriller was directed by John Landis and clocked in at over 13 minutes long. It first aired on MTV on December 2, 1983.
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At a time of sluggish sales and rock-bottom consumer confidence, car dealers hope this week's Columbus International Auto Show will spur buyer interest. The show, which runs Thursday through Sunday, will feature some high-profile redesigned models, such as the 2010 editions of the Ford Taurus, Chevrolet Camaro and Buick LaCrosse.
The slowdown in the economy has led to a smaller auto show -- four days compared with nine last year.
A year ago, with gasoline prices soaring, show organizers were focusing on vehicles using alternative fuels. Since then, gas prices have plunged, as has the demand for new cars.
This year, organizers are trying to communicate a simpler message: It's OK to buy because of the high quality of new models and the attractiveness of pricing promotions.
"Just because you've heard all this negativity doesn't mean cars aren't being purchased," said Nikki Bragg auto show manager for the Columbus Automobile Dealers Association.
The biggest news, perhaps, might be the lack of a dominant trend with new models, said Kim Korth, president of IRN Inc., an automotive research firm in Grand Rapids, Mich.
"There is not a specific technology trend or vehicle trend that is clearly going to be successful over the next year or two, until some of the instability in the marketplace improves," she said.
One trend that has receded is the focus on fuel economy, she said, with gas prices dropping below $2 a gallon.
Doug Krieger, owner of Krieger Ford on the Northwest Side, said the difficulties in the market mean car dealers are hoping for a sales boost from the show. He called the redesigned Taurus a focal point for his brand.
"It doesn't look like any Taurus in the past. It looks like a $50,000 car," he said, about the model that retails for about $24,000.
Chevrolet dealers are excited about the re- designed Camaro, which looks like a modern version of the late-1960s model.
"I think it's going to drive a lot of traffic to Chevrolet dealers, and we could certainly use the traffic right now," said Chuck Greene, manager of Byers Downtown Chevrolet.
More than 60 local dealers will participate in the show, with more than 350 vehicles on display.
Although fuel efficiency is a less-prominent feature this year, dealers said they are seeing an improvement in efficiency in models that are not necessarily known for being "green." One example is the Ford F-150 pickup, which was redesigned last year.
"In the longer term, are we going to move toward more fuel-efficient standards?" Korth asked. "The answer is, yes."
But she thinks the transition to greater fuel efficiency will be gradual.
"The idea that we're all going to be in smaller cars is not going to happen."
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by Yasmina Madden | Oct 13, 2020 | Flash Fiction | 1
In the attorney's painfully bland office, all beiges and sailboat paintings, I am sitting here signing the papers that will finally dissolve us, papers that will end a year of rage and tantrums, like the time I plunged a knife into the hideous recliner chair his father gave us as a wedding gift, gutting those cushions like my soon-to-be-ex used to gut a deer, or the time he dug up three Evergreen trees in the middle of the night, yelling that I could take his house but not his Evergreens, or the time I threw a vase at his head and he laughed like a maniac as it shattered against the wall behind him; but what I think of as I sign the endless cascade of thick, expensive paper is how he once sliced up all the black olives from a jar and carefully placed them on the cheap delivery pizza that arrived without them, built a small set of stairs to our bed so our limpy dog, Cricket, could get in more easily, wrote and illustrated a story about Lulu and Bond (nicknames for our junk, completely disgusting, I know, but this was in the beginning when we were demented with lust), let my brother sleep on our couch for more than five months without complaint, got a perm just to make me laugh, carried me upstairs and downstairs when I broke my ankle instead of just letting me use my crutches like a normal person, wrote a song that made me sound better than I ever was, put up a tree swing in our backyard because I told him I'd always wanted one as a kid, made our bed every single day because he knew it was the household task I hated most, agreed that dogs were superior to children every time I said it even though he came from a family of seven and would have had kids in a heartbeat if I'd wanted them, gave me his undershirts to sleep in because I loved their smell, that soft worn out cotton, held me when I cried for every single day for months after my mother died, and how he had the decency to match every one of my petty tantrums during this year of divorce.
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Yasmina Din Madden is a Vietnamese American writer who lives in Iowa. She has published fiction and nonfiction in The Idaho Review, Necessary Fiction, Carve, PANK, Word Riot, Hobart, and other journals. Her stories have been finalists for The Iowa Review Award in Fiction and The Masters Review Anthology: 10 Best Stories by Emerging Authors. Her flash fiction has been shortlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions and Pulp Lit's Hummingbird Flash Prize. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Drake University.
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Hugo Kitano appeared most recently on Show 279, recorded in November 2013, at age 18. Hugo, also, appeared on Show 242, recorded in October 2011.
Stanford Piano Trio is a special ensemble for this live taping event. Along with Youjin Lee, who will also perform solo on this show, the trio features 26-year-old cellist Anna Wittstruck and 18-year-old pianist Hugo Kitano. Anna Wittsrtuck first appeared on From the Top in 2000 on Show 34, taped in Charlotte, North Carolina. Currently, she is a PhD student in musicology at Stanford, as well as the Assistant Conductor of the Orchestral Studies Program. Hugo Kitano appeared on From the Top in 2011 on Show 242, taped in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has just entered his freshman year at Stanford.


It's Kara from Mine for the Making back again for another week of wall decor ideas! I have been pinning all the things for living room wall decor inspiration, and I am really in love with a lot of the trends right now. Especially wall hangings. So today I thought I'd share some of my favorite DIY Yarn and Macrame Wall Hangings. So many fun options and ways to make these cool wall hangings. I pinned all of these in hopes to actually try to make one for my living room. Now the problem is deciding which one!


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Summer Ball Tracker
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Shane Bieber (Photo by Mike DeZarn)
CLEVELAND, Ohio – In his second Major League start, former UC Santa Barbara star pitcher Shane Bieber picked up his first career victory after helping the Cleveland Indians to a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.
Bieber became just the fourth pitcher in Indians history to strike out six or more batters in each of his first two career MLB appearances after he struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings. He scattered 10 hits while allowing just one earned run and one walk on 89 pitches while working out of trouble multiple times. With runners in scoring position, Bieber was virtually unhittable as the Twins went just 1-for-9 with six strikeouts.
"I just tried to go out there and do my thing," Bieber said. "I tried to be me as a pitcher. I tried to give my team a chance to win and ate up as many innings as I could."
In his MLB debut on May 31, also against the Twins, Bieber was handed a no-decision after tossing 5 2/3 innings and allowing four runs with six strikeouts in an eventual 9-8 win for Cleveland.
"I think he has tremendous composure," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "That's part of the reason he won today. It's nice to see anybody execute their best pitches when the game is on the line. Sometimes nobody on, nobody out, it's easy to let it go. But when you have to make a pitch, and you're able to make your best pitch, that bodes well for us."
Bieber is rated as the No. 3 overall prospect in the Indians organization and is No. 97 on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 list. In 12 starts between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus this season, the 23-year-old right-hander is 6-1 with a 1.29 ERA and 72 strikeouts against just six walks in 76.2 innings.


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Q: Conjectures for a CDF and its generalized inverse I have a pair of conjectures for the cumulative distribution function $F(x)$ for a random variable $X$ and its generalized inverse $F^{-}(u) \stackrel{\Delta}{=} \inf\{x: F(x) \ge u\}$.

*

*$F^{-}(F(X)) \sim X$.

*$\forall 0 < u < 1, P(F(X) \le u) = P(X \le F^{-}(u))$.

These conjectures are meant to be the counterpart of each other, with the first focuses on $F^{-}$ and the second focuses on $F$. The idea is that if $F^{-}(F(x)) \ne x$, then $x$ must be in a "flat"1 area of $F$, which suggests $P(X=x) = 0$. Additionally, if $\{F(X) \le u\} \ne \{X \le F^{-}(u)\}$, then $F^{-}$ must be a discontinuity point at $u$, which once again correspond to a "flat" area in $F$, and the same argument follows.
1 By "flat", I mean $\{x: \exists y < x, F(y) = F(x)\}$.
While the conjectures intuitively make sense, I fail to prove them rigorously. For the first proposition, I managed to prove that $F^{-}(F(x)) = F(x)$ as long as $F^{-}$ is continuous at $F(x)$, but I cannot explain why $P(\text{$F^{-}$ is discontinuous at $F(X)$} ) = 0$. For the second proposition, here is my attempt
\begin{equation}\begin{aligned}
\forall 0 < u < 1, \{u_n\} \downarrow u, P(F(X) \le u) &= \lim_{n \to \infty} P(F(X) < u_n) \\
&= \lim_{n \to \infty} P(X < F^{-}(u_n)) \\
&= P(X < \lim_{n \to \infty} F^{-}(u_n)) \\
&= P(X < F^{-}(u+)) \\
&= \text{???} \\
&= P(X \le F^{-}(u))
\end{aligned}\end{equation}
How do I prove them, or is there a counter-example? In the second case, which additional conditions on $F$ do I need, e.g. continuity and/or strict monotonicity?

EDIT: Some people pointed me to Questions about definition of Quantile function. However, it doesn't seem to dis/prove my conjectures. For example, my first conjecture is $F^{-}(F(X)) \sim X$, and the answer to that question proves $F^{-}(U) \sim X$, but $F(X) \sim U$ if and only if $F$ is continuous. What if it's not? In addition, it says nothing about my second conjecture. This is why this question is not a duplicate to that one and should be reopened.

A: Some generalities:
The posting the OP refers to, in particular this solution shows that if
$$Q(q)=\inf\{x\in\mathbb{R}: F(x)\geq q\},\qquad 0<q<1$$
Then

*

*$F(Q(q))\geq q$

*$F(x)\geq q$ iff $Q(q)\leq x$.

In particular, if $(\Omega,\mathscr{F},\mathbb{P})=((0,1),\mathscr{B}((0,1)),\lambda)$, where $\lambda$ is Lebesgue's measure restricted to $(0,1)$, then $Q:((0,1),\mathscr{B}((0,1))\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a random variable whose cumulative distribution function is $F$:
$$\lambda\big(q\in(0,1):Q(u)\leq x \big)=\lambda\big(q\in(0,1):F(x)\geq q\big)=F(x)$$
Equivalently, if $\theta$ is a random variable with $0-1$ uniform distribution, then $Q(\theta)$ is a random variable with cumulative distribution $F$.
Notice that if $q=0$, $Q(q)=-\infty$, and that unless $F(x)=1$ for some $x\in\mathbb{R}$, $Q(1)=\infty$. Thus, $Q$ can be defined on $[0,1]$ as a real-extended value function.
Solution to the OP:
Observation: For any $b\in\mathbb{R}$, $I_b:=F^{-1}((-\infty,b])$ is an interval. It could be of the form $(-\infty,\beta)$ if $\beta$ is a point of discontinuity of $F$, $F(y)>b$ for all $y>\beta$, and $F(x)=b$ for all $x$ in an interval $[a,\beta)$; it is of the form $(-\infty,\beta]$ if $F(\beta)=b$ and $F(x)>F(\beta)$ for all $x>\beta$.  In particular, if $b=F(y)$ for some $y\in\mathbb{R}$, then $F(\beta-)=F(y)=b$ if $I_b=(-\infty,\beta)$, or $F(\beta)=F(y)=b$ of $I_b=(-\infty,\beta]$.
Now, by (2) and the observation above,
$$P[Q(F(X))\leq y]=P[F(y)\geq F(X)]=F(y)=P[X\leq y]$$
which is what the OP suggests in his first statement.
Another application of (2) shows that
$$P[F(X)< q]=P[Q(q)>X]=F(Q(q)-)\leq q\leq F(Q(q)), \quad 0<q<1$$
which is almost like the second statement made by the OP.
Equality holds when $Q(q)$ is a point of continuity of $F$. I leave to the OP the task of finding an example where inequality may hold (notice that such an example my be obtained by considering a distribution $F$ that is constant in intervals of the form $[x_n,x_{n+1})$ and jumps at each $x_n$.)

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Diane Severin Nguyen Discusses IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS
In this recording, Diane Severin Nguyen discusses her film IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS. Set in Warsaw, Poland, the film loosely follows the character of an orphaned Vietnamese child who grows up to be absorbed into a South Korean pop-inspired dance group. Widely popular within a Polish youth subculture, K-pop is used by the artist as a vernacular material to trace a relationship between Eastern Europe and Asia with roots in Cold War allegiances.
This dichotomy of the East and the West is further complicated by the significant Vietnamese diaspora currently living in Poland, composed of Northerners who migrated before the fall of the Iron Curtain, and Southerners who came in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. While such inherited divisions may be invisible to the majority culture in which they are situated, Nguyen traces how these layered inner conflicts are reckoned within the process of finding shared symbols and naming oneself from within another's regime.
For the project, Nguyen assembled a crew of teenaged Polish dancers who perform original choreography set to music and lyrics co-written by the artist. By arranging these trained bodies, who are invited to "lose themselves to the new image," as Nguyen's lyrics suggest, the artist looks at both the exaltation and erasure of personal traumas at play in the process of representation, identity building, and the formation of a shared nation space.
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How Much Fighting in a Relationship Is Too Much?
vivuxeadmin October 18, 2019
In "Tell Me Why," she tells the story of a boyfriend with a mean streak. "You took a swing, I took it hard/And down here from the ground I see who you are," she sings. In "Blank Space," she addresses a revolving door of unhealthy relationships. "Boys only want love if it's torture," she counsels her listeners. And in "Mine," a song that's about an apparently good relationship, she discusses the fights she and her boyfriend would have: "And I remember that fight, 2:30 a.m… I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street."
Swift's predilection for conflict is not especially unusual. Her songs represent the normalcy with which conflict, sometimes involving yelling, angrily pointing, or throwing things, is depicted in American culture. But unfortunately, frequent occurrences of fighting — with some significant exceptions — are generally detrimental to not only the strength of a relationship but also the physical and mental health of the individuals involved, including children who might witness or be aware of the conflict.
The fundamental difference between constructive and destructive conflict is relatively simple: In constructive conflict, the fight ultimately needs to be a means to an end. In other words, the arguing couple should reach some sort of resolution to make it all worth it. And for most couples, the fights shouldn't be too heated, because yelling, throwing things, and other intense manifestations of anger are harder to recover from.
A 2019 study found that couples tend to fight about four things: children, money, intimacy, and in-laws—all relatively significant factors in a couple's life together. More than the subject matter of the conflict, though, the nature of it predicts future relationship happiness or misery and potential dissolution. "Happy couples tend to take a solution-oriented approach to conflict, and this is clear even in the topics that they choose to discuss," says Amy Rauer, the study's author and an associate professor of child and family studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the study's press release.
Fighting with the intent to resolve the conflict, rather than to "win" or get your own way, is a crucial aspect of healthy fighting and, thus, a healthy relationship. A 2000 study from John Gottman, the pioneering relationships psychologist, discovered that fighting in a high-energy "attack-defend" mode, characterized by rage, belligerence, and contempt, predicted divorce early on in the relationship. Withdrawing tactics, meanwhile, are better—for a while. Couples whose arguments included behaviors like stonewalling, disgust, and sadness were more likely to divorce later on.
According to Terri Orbuch, professor of sociology at Oakland University in Michigan and author of the book Five Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage From Good to Great, some conflict in a relationship is normal. It's how couples manage it that makes the difference.
"Sometimes conflict can help people resolve their relationship problems, and when it does, it can improve the well-being of both people in the relationship and even others in their lives," Baker says. "Yet if conflict is chronic, isn't resolving relationship problems, and is severe (e.g., verbal or physical aggression), it can have profound negative consequences for both people and others."
Conflict is a way for a couple to work through issues and come out the other side a little better, stronger, and clearer than before. It's a lesson that Taylor Swift, apparently, has finally learned: Pre-Lover, she threw cellphones at boyfriends and viewed relationships as Red. Now, as she sings in "Daylight," love's golden.
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It's not merely the roads in and around Silicon Valley where advanced transportation systems are being developed and vetted. The sky above the Bay Area is a prime proving ground for the latest aviation technology.
The newest aircraft to join that field may soon be the Vahana, a yet-to-be-built aircraft from A³, the regional office of Airbus Group in San Jose, California. Engineers are working on a personal-transportation craft capable of vertical takeoffs and landings, making runways and roads obsolete. Also unneeded: pilots. If Airbus succeeds, the Vahana would use autonomous and unmanned technology to deliver people or packages to their destinations, potentially making the eight-rotor craft the first certified passenger aircraft without a pilot.
Without referencing a certain Hanna-Barbera cartoon that made the idea of a flying vehicle for everyday commuting a novel future proposition, that appears to be the precise use case for the Airbus venture.
Early renderings of the craft were released last month; Lyasoff says the company has completed the vehicle design and intends to build a full-size prototype by the end of 2017, with a demonstrator to follow in 2020. Airbus established its Silicon Valley venture in May 2015.
The aircraft contains forward and rear wings each outfitted with four rotors that tilt into horizontal or vertical configurations for specific phases of flight. Vahana has not yet revealed which companies it is working with to build the prototype but says it will "share a deep dive on our system design and analysis" in a forthcoming update.
Sketches and design underpinnings of the aircraft appear to be based on the HyperCommuter concept that gained traction with NASA engineers two years ago.
The same technologies driving rapid changes in the auto industry—lightweight materials, more energy-dense battery options, autonomous technology, and obstacle detection—make the Vahana more affordable and potentially more plausible. But if there's a theoretical downside to this futuristic concept, it's that it continues the pattern of single-occupant commuting that clogs U.S. roads today. More than three-quarters of Americans drive to work alone in cars, so the skies of tomorrow could become as crowded as the highways of today.


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Was Jesus wrong about the end of the world? If so, then it is unlikely that he was God incarnate, and on OT precedent, it is unlikely that God would resurrect Him since he would have been a false prophet?
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1) The audio link below contains William Lane Craig's response to this issue:
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2) Is Jesus recorded as a failed apocalypticist? Ehrman Project - Friday, July 15, 2011 "Dr. Ehrman strongly advocates that the New Testament portrays Jesus and most of his followers as apocalyptic prophets. It seems they were sure of the end coming very soon - at least during their lifetime. So...either the New Testament writers wrongly recorded these things or Jesus was wrong, right?"
In Professor Ehrman's book, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium, he adopts the view of Albert Schweitzer that Jesus is best understood as a Jewish apocalypticist who mistakenly thought that God was getting ready to end the world immediately. "Jesus thought that the history of the world would come to a screeching halt, that God would intervene in the affairs of this planet, overthrow the forces of evil in a cosmic act of judgment, and establish his utopian kingdom here on earth. And this was to happen within Jesus' own generation" (p.3).
The basis for this view of Jesus is found in the gospel writers. Five particularly important verses are all found in Matthew. "When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes" (Matthew 10:23). "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom" (Matthew 16:28). "I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation" (Matthew 23:36). "I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away" (Matthew 24:34-35). "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven" (Matthew 26:64).
Famous twentieth-century philosopher and atheist Bertrand Russell speaks for many critics then and now when he writes, "He [Jesus] certainly thought that His second coming would occur in clouds of glory before the death of all the people who were living at that time. There are a great many texts that prove that. ... In that respect, clearly he was not so wise as some other people have been, and he was certainly not superlatively wise" ( Why I Am Not a Christian). Before one accepts Russell's and Ehrman's conclusion, however, one should make sure that he or she is understanding these texts in their contexts and in the context of the time in which they were written. Jesus was not the first prophet to have pointed powerfully to the end of all things, and his apostles would do likewise in their writings after he was dead (and, according to their belief, raised from the dead and ascended to God the Father's right hand). Jesus definitely taught that "God would intervene in the affairs of this planet" as Professor Ehrman observes. But that "this was to happen within Jesus' own generation" is less clear, especially depending on what one understands by the "this."
Let's take each of the five Matthew passages in turn and then we should be in a position better to understand the corroborative testimony of both Old Testament prophets and New Testament apostles that "the end is near."
1. Concerning Matthew 10:23 above, I agree with a great many commentators who have seen that verse as referring to the judgment of the Son of Man meted out to the Jewish nation through the agency of the Roman empire in A.D. 70, when the temple was destroyed at the climax of the suppression of the Jewish revolt.
2. Concerning Matthew 16:28 above, I agree with the many commentators who have seen that verse as being explained by the Transfiguration of Jesus that immediately follows in the very next verses. Having told his disciples that the Son of Man would come in his Father's glory (16:27), he now gives them a foretaste of that coming in his glorious kingdom through his shining like the sun and his clothes becoming as white as the light (17:2).
3. Concerning Matthew 23:36 above, the stress on judgment points in the same direction as in Matthew 10:23--this reference is to the defeat of the Jewish rebellion by the Romans and the destruction of the temple in August, A.D. 70. One generation is often seen in Scripture as 40 years, particularly since the faithless generation that came out of Egypt in the Exodus died out over a 40-year period while God punished them for their unbelief and disobedience and prepared their children to enter the Promised Land (see Numbers 14:30-35). If, as many scholars believe, Jesus uttered these words in A.D. 30 just before his death, then A.D. 70 fits the picture of a "generation" perfectly.
4. Concerning Matthew 24:34 above, the reader will now predict correctly that the generation that will not pass away "until all these things have happened" is the generation to which Jesus was speaking. Within 40 years they would have seen the distress of Matthew 24:4-28. As D. A. Carson writes, "all that v. 34 demands is that the distress of vv. 4-28, including Jerusalem's fall, happen within it. Therefore, v. 34 sets a terminus a quo for the Parousia: it cannot happen till the events in vv. 4-28 take place, all within a generation of A.D. 30. But there is no terminus ad quem to this distress other than the Parousia itself, and 'only the Father' knows when it will happen" (Commentary on Matthew).
5. Concerning Matthew 26:64 above, there is no difficulty with this verse referring to an indefinite time in the future if one has not predetermined that Jesus believes he will be immediately vindicated and sent back to earth to restore all things. The Old Testament prophets also frequently said "the day of the Lord is near" without specifying exactly when it would come (Isaiah 13:6; Ezekiel 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Obadiah 15; and Zephaniah 1:7, 14). Their point was that the certainty of God's judgment in justice is always hanging over the heads of those who ignore his calls to repentance. Every generation of Christ's disciples thinks it will be the last before his return. One generation will be correct!
The kingdom of God is near according to Jesus (Matthew 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 24:32-33; Mark 1:15; 13:28-29; Luke 10:9, 11; 21:8, 20, 28, 30-31). The Lord is near according to Paul (Philippians 4:5) and James (James 5:8). The end of all things is near according to Peter (I Peter 4:7). John records that Jesus is coming soon (Revelation 1:1, 3; 2:16; 3:11; 22:6, 7, 12, 20). These apostles join Jesus in declaring the consummation of human history as imminent. Like the prophets before them and Tim McGraw after them, the apostles and Jesus want to exhort the disciples to "live like they were dying." Just as a diagnosis of cancer can helpfully focus the mind to make the most of the breaths one has left, so the announcement that the end of all things is at hand can move a person and a whole society to make their remaining moments count for eternity.
So the three most important verses in Matthew's gospel for explaining Jesus' view of the end of human history and the great judgment of God are not among the five we have looked at but rather are 24:14, 36, and 25:40.
First, "This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come" (Matthew 24:14). Jesus' followers need to be about spreading the good news of his in-breaking kingdom to all the peoples of the earth, since our patient God does not desire the death of anyone but rather that people might repent and live (II Peter 3:9; Ezekiel 18:23; Lamentations 3:33).
Second , "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matthew 24:36). Jesus' followers need to be "keeping watch" (24:42) and "ready" (24:44) precisely because they do NOT know the day or the hour of their Lord's return. His Father and theirs did not want them to know exactly when he would come again, so that they would stay on alert and live their lives in the light of eternity.
Third , "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (Matthew 25:40). Rather than speculating about the exact time of the end, Christ's followers should be showing kindness to their absent Lord through their treatment of their present brothers and sisters. It is that love that will give evidence of their true faith in Him on that last day.
Jesus was not wrong about when he would return. He predicted a taste of judgment for the people of God within a generation of his death, a judgment that took place through the Romans in the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple. He also predicted his visible return in glory to judge all cultures and individuals, but far from insisting that his return could be tied to one generation later, he intimated that people would be thinking, "my master is staying away a long time" (Matthew 24:48). He told a story about his return in which "the bridegroom was a long time in coming" (25:5), and another in which, the master of three servants only returned "after a long time" (25:19). He said his words would never pass away (Matthew 24:35), and they are as relevant and true today, two millennia after his death (and resurrection), as they were when he spoke them.
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Board index All Years of Reported Shark Attack Related Incidents 2002 Reported Shark Bites
03/19/2002 John Sadler (Florida)
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Post by sharkbait » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:52 pm
Shark Bites Spring Breaker In Daytona
Second Person Bit In 5 Days
POSTED: 4:14 pm EST March 19, 2002
UPDATED: 8:52 am EST March 20, 2002
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A shark tore into the foot of a person spending spring break in Daytona Beach, Fla., Tuesday while he tried to swim to shore, according to Local 6 News.
College student John Sadler said that he was bitten on the foot in front of the lifeguard stand in only 3 feet of water.
"I was in the water looking at my buddy in the waves and the next thing you know he just came up and grabbed my foot," Sadler said. "There's about six different little bites on my foot, six different holes. I'll probably need stitches on one of them."
It is the second shark bite in the area in the last five days.
Lifeguards said that the latest bite is most likely related to the change in Florida's weather. As water temperature increases, sharks often come closer to shore to feed on bait fish and sometimes mistakenly bite humans.
Sadler was visiting Daytona Beach on spring break from Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fla.
Watch Local 6 News for the latest on this story.
http://www.local6.com/news/1312065/detail.html
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But there are few that wouldn't be impressed by this villa. Its spectacular views don't even fade with the sunset, when village lights, a green glow from the squid fishing boats, fireworks from the beach resorts, or perhaps a distant tropical storm light up the sky.
Hilltop View 4 is a true party pad. The kitchen is well set up for events, and there's a second staff kitchen big enough for a team of chefs. Of course the central music system and mood lighting adds to the perfect party atmosphere, as do the three bars and pool deck. Lavish bedrooms offer solitude and tranquillity when needed and we felt that, with so many levels and living spaces, at no point would guests feel on top of each other, even if the villa was full.
We enjoyed delicious breakfasts prepared by the resident housekeeper, but if you would like a private chef to prepare other meals at the villa, this can easily be arranged for a reasonable fee plus provisions charged at cost (plus 15% service). Khun Pee, the villa manager, will gladly help you arrange a chef and can take care of many other concierge services too, be it an in-house massage or a boat trip to one of Samui's outlying islands.
We enjoyed taking advantage of the villa's spectacular views from its many and varied relaxation areas. Having a surround-sound cinema room complete with automated reclining chairs was a main event too.
The villa is set over several levels and quite a few stairs could pose a problem for the very young or the elderly. However, a lift does offer access to all floors, and while the villa has not been specifically adapted for wheelchairs, only the dining room, which is down a few steps, would not be easily accessible.
based on 1 user reviews. When we arrived at Hilltop View 4, we were as impressed as any child would be at having our own cinema with individual seat controls, and a pool that twinkles with different coloured lights at night. We also felt a curious childhood urge to play hide and seek! There's such an abundance of perfect hiding spots amongst the many rooms, levels and alcoves here. And as our feet dangled from the huge chairs in the exceptionally high-ceilinged living room, we knew exactly what Alice must have felt like after she sipped the 'drink me' potion in Wonderland!


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You play as strider the youngest yet most able strider chosen by his elders to stop the grand master Meio from taking over the world. I first played Strider on the Megadrive in around 1992 and loved it and still rate it as one of the best of it's kind as an all action platformer,so I thought i'd give the Master System version a go.
When I first played the game I thought it was very basic compared to the 16-bit version,roughly the same game only much worse gameplay at times it can be very unresponsive and frustrating.I feel that this game shouldn't have been released at all,you can't cram a brilliant 16-bit game on to an 8-bit console,maybe the Master System was best off sticking to Disney's and other cutesy platformers.
The character sprites aren't too bad however the background most of the time is just plain black, just 'nothingness'.
The music isn't up too much and I'm sure it's the same tune on every level. The sound effects are very weak also just to match the BGM.
This is the biggest letdown to the game,the controls are extremely unresponsive and I do mean extreme. Possibly the most unresponsive controls I've ever come across in any game,just try the first level boss,you can press jump 10 times and he still doesn't jump.
Personally I played it quite a bit until I managed to complete it. However I wouldn't recommend anyone else trying this,you may end up bald or grey.How or why I went back to this game after even 5 minutes of play is beyond me,maybe I need to see a shrink.
This game is horribly frustrating it can be really difficult at times.It also boasts major slowdown and very,very,very unresponsive controls mixed with below average sound and graphics guarantee you will only tolerate this game for 5 minutes before throwing it at the wall.


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I Just Want to Dress Like Meredith Blake From 'The Parent Trap'
"Being young and beautiful is not a crime, you know."
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Let's get one thing straight: Meredith Blake is a terrible person. I'm referring, of course, to the villainous, gold-digging blonde bombshell played by Elaine Hendrix in the 1998 cinematic classic The Parent Trap — which, coincidentally, hit theaters exactly 19 years ago today. (Yes, that means that if you were Hallie and Annie's age when you first saw the film, you are now officially older than Meredith "How old are you?" "Twenty-six!" Blake.)
Sure, the movie's evil stepmother-to-be might've made Cruella de Vil look like Mother Teresa, but that does not change the fact that Meredith Blake was — and still is — a summer style icon beyond compare. Don't believe me? Let's take a moment to reflect on her wardrobe from the film — or, as Hallie and Annie might say, "Relax… sail through time… back to yesteryear…"
Both Annie-as-Hallie and the audience first meet Meredith poolside at Parker Knoll, the family's Napa vineyard estate (remember — this was a Nancy Meyers production, meaning all primary characters were legally obligated to own multimillion-dollar real estate). There, she's just spent the past two months wooing the twins' father, Nick (Dennis Quaid). She gets her own sexy saxophone entrance music, of course — and in her two-toned sun hat, chunky gold jewelry, and red lip, she basically looks like she's stepped straight out of an old Slim Aarons photo.
Also, this boatneck dress still haunts my dreams. The keyhole cutout! The cutaway skirt!
Things quickly sour between Annie-as-Hallie and Meredith — and the next time we see the two of them together, Mer's wearing a perfectly tailored navy pinstripe top-and-skirt set and has traded her gold jewelry for Tahitian pearls. It's a frankly flawless look, even when its wearer is spouting off cartoonishly wicked one-liners like "First change I make is to send that two-faced little brat off to boarding school in Timbuktu!"
For a trip home to San Francisco to introduce Nick to her parents and moodily drink martinis in the hotel bar, Meredith wears this strappy-backed matching set that wouldn't look out of place on a modern-day Alexander Wang runway. Nice try, J.T. — Meredith Blake was bringing sexy back in 1998.
She pairs it with a pretty gray duster coat and a black lady bag I look forward to seeing in a future Mansur Gavriel collection.
I find it profoundly unsettling that despite The Parent Trap's 128-minute running time, this Helmut Lang-esque blazer literally only gets 30 seconds of screen time. What gives, Nancy Meyers?!
Finally, let's talk about her hiking outfit: an impeccably-coordinated crop top, legging, and hoodie combo in classic black and white. Gigi, Kendall, step aside: Meredith Blake was doing athleisure back when you were still in diapers. (And listen, you'd be scowling too if someone filled your Prada backpack with rocks.)
So while Meredith might've been the most convincing big-screen baddie of the late '90s — and rightfully wound up stranded and waterlogged in the California woods because of it — that doesn't change the fact that she was a really, really good dresser. And if you can't see past her manipulative ways to acknowledge that, well:
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A chat with Tsai Chin
By G. Allen Johnson on March 17, 2007 at 8:53 PM
James Bond's good luck charm is spending the weekend in San Francisco, and it's been quite a week for Tsai Chin.
On Tuesday, the new James Bond film "Casino Royale" was released on DVD, and you can see Chin perched to Bond's right, like a guardian angel, during the climactic card
Tsai Chin (fourth from right) sits next to James Bond (Daniel Craig) during the climactic card game in "Casino Royale."
game that takes up some 30-40 minutes. It's an affectionate inside reference for Bond fans, who might remember Chin in bed with Sean Connery at the beginning of 1967's "You Only Live Twice," before her Chinese double-agent character traps 007 in an assassination attempt. ("I was in bed with Sean Connery for three days," she smiles.)
Chin in her first Bond go-round, "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
This weekend, she is helping to present three of her films at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. On Friday, it was David Kaplan's "Year of the Fish," a New York-filmed "rotoscope animated" Cinderella-like fantasy (in which the actors' images are rendered to look like animation by computer, as in Richard Linklater's "A Scanner Darkly"). On Saturday, it was Disney teenage superstar Brenda Song's first starring feature-length role, "Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior," which packed them in at the AMC 1000 Van Ness. Sunday night at the Castro, she is a featured guest at the world premiere of Arthur Dong's documentary about Asian struggles in the American film industry, "Hollywood Chinese."
"There was a time (in 2005 and '06) I went to six countries and nine cities within the space of 14 months for work," said Chin, 72, who is best known for her roles in "The Joy Luck Club" and most recently "Memoirs of a Geisha." "And I ain't no spring chicken anymore!"
She filmed her Bond scenes in Prague (the cast, including new Bond Daniel Craig, spent several days taking poker lessons) and her "Wendy Wu" scenes in New Zealand. "Geisha" took her to Japan and London.
Chin was born and raised in Shanghai and moved to London, appearing as a very young woman opposite Ingrid Bergman in "Inn of the Sixth Happiness" and going on to great success swinging in London in the wild 1960s (she introduced the British to Suzy Wong on the London stage, and appeared on film in such diverse projects as Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" and the "Fu Manchu" series in which she played Christopher Lee's evil daughter). After the success of "Joy Luck Club" she moved to Los Angeles, appeared as the judge hearing Richard Gere's case in "Red Corner," landed a part for Sydney Pollack in "The Interpreter" and has a recurring role as Sandra Oh's mother on "Grey's Anatomy."
Chin during her "Joy Luck Club" days.
"She's such an inspiration for me," said Song, who turns 19 later this month and is in the midst of filming episodes of the Disney Channel hit "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," which is in its final season. "She's like a flaming, old-Hollywood diva. At first I was intimidated — she really was like, 'I don't like this lipstick color. You: come here.' And I was like, 'OK!' Later, she sat down and gave me advice (on her life and burgeoning career). She became like my grandma."
Chin spends her non-acting time studying classical Chinese poetry and literature, and might collaborate with a college professor on a book. She is also working with playwright David Henry Hwang on a one-woman stage show based on her memoir, "Daughter of Shanghai."
"That's what's making me excited right now," Chin said. "It's like a goal. It will be produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival. It will be a really great challenge, and it's something I'd like to do because I have not been onstage for awhile — except I did 'The Vagina Monologues' recently for charity.
"Acting is getting harder because of the logistics. All I know is I just go on, do one thing at a time, and try to do things I either enjoy, or get challenged, or make money. (laughs) Because I have to live as well!"
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Q: Writing a foo package with unit testing in Python I have been coding in Python for a few years now. I now want to write a "proper" package foo that will have the following "features":

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*Can be installed by setuputils

*will contain sub packages bar, baz and foobar

*Each of the sub packages will contain classes (as opposed to free functions)

*The whole package can be unittested, as I develop it (i.e. using TDD)

So, in essence, what I'm asking is:
How can I use TDD to build a fully tested package containing sub packages?
Assuming the packages have the following classes:
foo/
   FooClass1:
        method1()
        method2()

   FooClass2
        method1()
        method2()

   /bar
   BarClass1
        method1()
        method2()

   BarClass2
        method1()
        method2()

   /baz
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Can anyone provide guidlines (pref with sample code), on how to go about developing such a fully unit tested package?
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The 2013 golf season started late in Wisconsin, and has still yet to hit it's stride. Although we've had several days in the 70's and 80's, we have had much more of the 30's and 40's like we had the past two weekends, which I have spent on some of my absolute favorite courses in the Wisconsin Dells area: Wild Rock, Castle at the Bay and Trapper's Turn.
Yesterday's weather was just barely more bearable than the 30 degrees and rainy day we had last Friday at Castle at the Bay. My friends were disappointed in me when I decided to join the non-playing group in the clubhouse at the turn – after lunch and some drinks, though, I ended up being happy with my decision to join my friend, Steve, for the back nine. The rain halted for the most part, but cart mittens and hand warmers were still necessary.
In the midst of all these awful days for golf, we've also gotten some amazing weather. The Saturday after Castle at the Bay, for example, was in the mid-70's with nothing but sunshine at Wild Rock. While the weather for yesterday's round at Trapper's Turn was abhorrent, too, the day before got in to the mid-60's and was comfortable enough for short sleeves.
What can we expect the rest of the way? Well, my 36 holes at Lawsonia on Tuesday are slated for 80's and sunshine, even though today is sunny and in the mid-to-upper 40's.
The 2013 Wisconsin golf season has been about as inconsistent as my golf game. After struggling to a 51 on the front at Wild Rock on Friday, for example, I went one-under from ten through 15, only to finish with double/triple/single bogey to card a back nine 41.
With both, there are certainly signs of progress and hopes for good consistency – it's looking to be a crap shoot on what to expect in the meantime, though.


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Q: Smooth Scroll and Bootstrap Table Navs I have this code and it works great; it smooth scrolls to the hash/id and subracts the height of the header.
$(document).ready(function($) {
        $('a[href^="#"]').bind('click.smoothscroll', function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();

            var hash = this.hash;

            jQuery('html, body').animate({
                scrollTop: jQuery(hash).offset().top - 45
            }, 1500, function(){});
        });
    });

However I also have a bootstrap table on the same page with nav-links/tabs.

              all-units

              Small

              Medium

              Large

              Vehicle

My problem is this: When I click on one of the nav tabs, it is obviously an href tied to a hash/id, so when I click on it it jacks the scroll and keeps subtracting the height of the header (-45) as well as making a user unable to scroll if they click a tab link.
Is there a way I can still have the nav-tabs functional and the smooth scroll to id functional , without the smooth scroll occuring when a user clicks a nav tab?
Should I change the tabs to pills or buttons that filter the data like the tabs or will this cause the same issue?
Any help is welcome

A: Add a .not selector to filter out the nav-links:
$('a[href^="#"]').not('.nav-link').bind('click.smoothscroll', function(e) {