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Colin Trevorrow Teases 'Jurassic World 2' and the New Trilogy of 'Jurassic Park' Movies
Every single human being with access to a movie theater saw Jurassic World this summer, making it the highest grossing film of all time not directed by James Cameron (aka, the third highest grossing film of all time). Jurassic World 2 was inevitable. But how about a trilogy? Because director Colin Trevorrow says that he always had a three-movie arc in mind. Now, $1.6 billion later, he's able to start talking about it like a real thing that will actually happen and not some crazy plan.
Trevorrow was a guest on an episode of Jurassic Cast, a podcast about, well, you know, and he got surprisingly chatty about the upcoming sequels. He even made it clear that the next entry in the franchise won't be called Jurassic World 2, but calling it that for the moment is just much easier than calling it something else. Our money is still on Jurassic War.
Anyway, Trevorrow says that Jurassic World 2 and its next sequel will be all about exploring concepts that were only hinted at in the first Jurassic Park. This most recent movie was about packaging and merchandising extinct animals, so sequels will have to be about what happens when they break from that mold and have to coexist with humanity:
We looked at it as a trilogy from the very beginning. We designed the whole thing that way. And, honestly, the whole trilogy is articulated in Jurassic Park. Jurassic World is all based on Ian Malcom's quote: 'you stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you knew what you had, you'd packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox and now you want to sell it.' That, to me, is Jurassic World. That's why I had all the product placement, that's what it was. So with Jurassic World 2 it's: "dinosaurs and man separated by 65 million years of evolution have been thrown back into the mix together – how can we know what to expect?'. That's not the exact quote, but you get the idea.
And that's why its exciting the movie did well. I had a beginning, a middle and an end and it was designed this way. So now we get to play that out.
Trevorrow also promised that the sequel will fully break the franchise mold – there won't be anyone running from dinosaurs on a tropical island. He also confirmed that Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard's characters will return, but says that their experiences in the first movie will leave them changed:
We made [Jurassic World] with the fans very much in mind. And I'm not going to forget that, but we've seen a lot of 'dinosaurs chasing people around on an island' movies. And I think you guys and the general audience are going to be down to explore where else we can go. Owen is going to be in it, Claire is in it and neither are going to be in the same place we left them in the first movie. And even though Claire is the one who evolves the most over the trilogy, it's her story that mirrors this changing world. Owen has shit to deal with. They've both opened Pandora's Box in Jurassic World and both of them are responsible for different elements of it. And I think the way these characters are connected to these circumstances of what's happening, it's different than previous films. It's not 'let's manufacture a way to get them somewhere', they're embedded into it now in a way that us storytellers are able to keep them involved without it feeling contrived.
Of course, Trevorrow's involvement in any future movies will be a little more limited. He's already signed on to direct Star Wars: Episode 9, so he's going to be just a little busy for the next few years. However, he'll remain onboard Jurassic World 2 as a writer and producer, so he'll surely get some say on who gets hired to see his trilogy through to completion. So yeah, everything's coming up Trevorrow.
Jurassic World 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) is already set for a June 22, 2018 release date.
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TV PILOT Screenplay – Digital Natives by Adam Preston – TV Screenplay Festival. Submit Today.
Watch the August 2016 Winning TV PILOT screenplay.
When it all goes wrong for Phil Burrows he moves to London's trendy Shoreditch district to reinvent himself as an on-the-pulse hipster in the place where it's all happening. Not so hip or on-the-pulse is the fact that this involves moving in with his gran, Alice, who has lived there since year dot. To his horror Phil finds that a strange, vain, deluded twentysomething vlogger has wormed his way into her affections and now occupies the spare room. But horror turns to hope – could the technologically savvy Sam Fazackalee hold the secrets to his success?
What is your TV Pilot screenplay about?
Why should this screenplay be made into a TV show?
Too many to count but I am very proud of a screenplay called The Second Coming which now has an Oscar nominated director attached.
There's this huge gulf between my parents generation with their total bafflement with new technology and people in their 20's who don't even think of themselves as living in an age of technological development – for them it is just life. Then stuck in the middle is the generation (now in their 30s) who saw all this stuff come in. They have one foot in and one foot out of it. These disparities struck me as offering that essential 'comic gap' where world views collide to create laughs. I wanted to write a comedy that enabled me to have fun with that disparity of experience and understanding.
It's hard to justify spending time writing stuff on spec but I felt very inspired and just made the time.
I'm fiercely passionate about directing too.
The same organization selected my screenplay Misprints for a reading and the intelligent feedback I got from that was very valuable. Whatever you are writing you need feedback but with comedy it is absolutely essential. The LA TV Festival feedback on Digital Natives was right on the money – offering some great ideas and a wonderful boost of encouragement. The draft I did following the feedback was a substantial improvement.


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On Wednesday, April 16, 2008
By which amendment were the 'Socialist' and 'Secular' words included in the Preamble to the Constitution of India ?
(A) 42nd Amendment
(B) 44th Amendment
(C) 46th Amendment
(D) 48th Amendment
Which among the following natural fibre is obtained from the flower of a plant ?
(A) Silk
(B) Wool
(C) Jute
(D) Cotton
The Khyber pass, a strategic mountain pass between Central Asia and South Asia, connects the Pakistan to which country ?
(A) Iran
(B) China
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Tajikistan
What name is given to the scientific study of human populations ?
(A) Caligraphy
(B) Lithography
(C) Demography
(D) Topography
In humans, where do Red blood cells (RBC) originate ?
(A) Heart
(B) Bone Marrow
(C) Pancreas
(D) Thyroid
The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is located in which city ?
(A) Jabalpur
(B) Allahabad
(C) New Delhi
(D) Navi Mumbai
By what name is the Urdu poet Raghupati Sahay, recipient of Jnanpith Award 1969 for anthology of poems 'Gul-e-Nagma', better known ?
(A) Kaifi Azmi
(B) Firaq Gorakhpuri
(C) Sahir Ludhianvi
(D) Jigar Muradabadi
In which north eastern Indian state is the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve located ?
(B) Manipur
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Nagaland
On 29 August 1988, which Indian lady became the first woman in the world to swim across the Straits of Gibraltar ?
(A) Aarti Pradhan
(B) Nisha Millet
(C) Meghna Narayan
(D) Bula Choudhury
Which African country was formerly known as 'French Somaliland' ?
(A) Benin
(B) Somalia
(C) Malawi
(D) Djibouti

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Els Afusellaments en el cementiri de San José de Granada es refereixen a les execucions dutes a terme durant la Guerra Civil espanyola i la dictadura de Francisco Franco, dins de la repressió política del règim franquista i aplegaren 3.969 persones entre 1936 i 1956.

Història
Les saques de presos van començar el 20 de juliol de 1936, després del triomf a Granada del cop d'estat que va donar lloc a la Guerra Civil espanyola, quan fins a 80 dels detinguts de la presó provincial van ser enviats al cementiri en camions cada dia per les tropes franquistes i eren executats. El comandant José Valdés Guzmán, qui després del cop s'hi havia autoanomenat Governador civil de Granada, va ser un dels principals responsables de la repressió durant els primers mesos de la guerra.

L'historiador Hugh Thomas va donar la xifra de 582 afusellats en les tàpies del cementiri durant el mes d'agost de 1936.

Entre els afusellats més coneguts es troben la major part de la corporació municipal de 1936, professors universitaris, advocats o sindicalistes. Durant els primers mesos de la contesa van ser afusellats, entre altres, l'alcalde socialista Manuel Fernández Montesinos i el seu antecessor en el càrrec, Luis Fajardo Fernández, i alguns catedràtics de la Universitat de Granada com Joaquín García Labella (Dret polític), Rafael García Duarte (Pediatria) o José Palanco Romero (Història).

Balanç de víctimes
Un dels primers historiadors que va investigar a fons sobre els afusellaments va ser l'irlandès Ian Gibson, que en les seves primeres obres va donar una xifra de 2.137 afusellats en el cementiri entre el 26 de juliol de 1936 i l'1 d'abril de 1939. S'ha calculat que els afusellats en les tàpies del cementiri van ser 3.969 persones en el període comprès entre 1936 i 1956, data en la qual es té constància de l'últim afusellat, Ricardo Beneito Sopena. La documentació relativa a tots els afusellats es va presentar el 26 de maig de 2010 davant la Junta d'Andalusia per l'Associació per a la Recuperació de la Memòria Històrica, perquè es dignifiqués el lloc i anés declarat Lloc Històric. Amb anterioritat a l'informe de maig de 2010, el nombre d'afusellats s'avaluava en 2.400.

Segons les dades recollides en diligències militars, consells de guerra, arxius locals, l'Auditoria Militar de Granada i registres civils, 594 dels cossos no estan identificats perquè consten com a "persones desconegudes" només referenciades pel sexe i l'edat, segons les dades recollides per l'historiador Rafael Gil Bracero. De fet, en els registres del cementiri s'empren expressions com a "detonació d'arma de foc" o "ordre del tribunal militar". La majoria dels afusellats (més de 2.500) el van ser en el període propi de la guerra civil, entre 1936 i 1939.

En la informació lliurada, es fa constar, a més de les dades dels executats, la descripció històrica de com es van produir les detencions, com van ser els afusellaments, què va passar amb els familiars dels represaliados, el terror a Granada durant la Guerra Civil, els llocs d'enterrament a la província i les fosses d'Alfacar i Víznar.

Cultura popular
En la sèrie de Televisió Lorca, muerte de un poeta (1988) es recreen diversos afusellaments enfront de les tàpies del cementiri.

Vegeu també
 Afusellaments a Saragossa
 Cop d'estat de juliol de 1936 a Granada
 Matances de Paracuellos
 Repressió franquista
 Víctimes de la Guerra Civil espanyola

Referències

Morts pel bàndol franquista durant la GCE
Granada

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16-year-old transgender student Stefani Rose Muollo-Gray had a pretty rough ride at her school when she tried to use the girls bathroom. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised but I kind of imagined the bathroom policing was for countries like the USA, so I'm a bit shocked it is so close to home. She started a petition which has drawn attention to the issue.
While it's hard to put it alongside the horrific events in Orlando, this is probably a worse kind of violence, one that society sometimes condones and supports. Policing where you pee these days seems to be the new way to ensure we stick with binary genders based on the most important part of being a human – how you excrete kidney waste. Sorry to get all anatomical but, frankly, that is what is being questioned.
I think the issue is with teacher education actually. Heck, you get one year to become a teacher at a high school – what portion is spent looking at the complexity of diversity, gender, sexuality, culture, functioning? Not much. but Principals could do more to support LGBTQI+ young people. The violence of silence is what bothers me. To not even recognise that a school they will have Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Fa'afafine, Takataapui students and teachers in them.
But Principals could do more to support LGBTQI+ young people. The violence of silence is what bothers me – to not even recognise that a school will have Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Fa'afafine, Takataapui students and teachers in them.
Events like the school ball can be places where schools become more aggressive by asking for proof of gayness. Or for young transgender people trying to attend a school that fits their gender identity having to go through psychological interrogations to prove they are who they are. A serious lack of uniform options for High School students enforces gender norms – it is like wearing a straight jacket (great pun). Schools make life unnecessarily hard for people on the rainbow spectrum. School leaders need to take the lead.
I hope Stefani reaches the 7500 signatures she needs and I hope it starts some hard conversations among other schools about how to genuinely make schools a safe place for everyone.
I have blogged about school balls before. I thought I was over it. But it just keeps popping up like a painful blister from wearing high heels (apparently – I don't wear heels – I get altitude sickness – and I never passed my femininity licence).
A school has decided it can veto the style of dress worn. The main issue is the amount of skin being shown. Now on the face of it, that does sound a little OTT. However, it is a Catholic school. Why should that make a difference? Well, it is about what values the school is upholding. This is a religious school, with a particular set of ideologies and beliefs about modesty and the body. So I am not shocked that they have taken this stance. I'm more shocked that people attending the school would be. I think some people forget that Christianity is a religion.
Schools already have a sense of ownership around policing bodies, uniforms do that well and this is a school event.It kind of fits with representing the school image, like sports teams. What I do take issue with is not being able to take shoes off if they are hurting. Those wearing high heels have to suffer in order to maintain the forced gender code of femininity even if it results in excruciating pain and discomfort. I can see that being a fun night on the dance floor. My tip – just don't wear heels or take two pairs of shoes, one for show and one for go! Another solution is to have uniform ball dresses, now there's an idea – along with uniform ball jewellery. Let's go all the way and have set hair styles and makeup. For guys lets say they must keep their tie and jacket on all night, gotta have some gender equality somewhere.
So as all schools head into ball season lets get a bit of a reality check. It is an old tradition we haven't quite integrated into the 21st-century ideas of diversity and difference. It is the 'Straightrix' – like The Matrix that codes all forms of gender and sexuality norms. If you know that you can choose to take the blue pill for the night (no I am not encouraging drug use – see the movie!) go for it and have a fun night.
Hair. It has to be one of the most defining features of human beings. We are virtually hairless as a species. But the hair on our heads definitely seems to be one of the most significant ways we identify each other. Schools seem to have incorporated hair into the realm of uniform. I'm not sure about all schools, but most that have a school uniform probably have some rules about hair styles and colours. Two examples have come to the media in New Zealand over the last week both involving young men.
Hair length definitely seems to be a bit of a gender definer. I don't think it's too controversial to say that boys generally have short hair and girls have long hair or at least that is the most common expression of difference related to hair, especially before facial hair appears thanks to testosterone. But that is pretty limiting right? Hair is a wonderful medium to express your individuality, cultural or religious identity or your affinity to music.


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By chappy81
Oh the life of a Warriors fan. W's fans have had plenty of down time over the years to reflect on bad decisions since we've seen so many of them. Strangely I've found this whole Mark Jackson fiasco entertaining, but mostly because of the reaction it got. It seemed like a lot of people around the bay area wanted heads to roll in the front office for it. I watched about 90% of their games this season, and more than a handful of times they looked unprepared and unmotivated. Especially against some of the weaker teams in the league. I'm not saying that I'm an expert, but for a guy that's supposed be such a good motivator, you shouldn't be losing that many of those types of games especially not 10 of them over a year in a conference as good as the West. If they won 5 of those 10 that I thought they should've won, they would've been ahead of the Rockets and Blazers in the standings. The lack of preparation showed on the offensive end as well with isolation plays taking up way too many possessions. Another thing that really bugged me was the hockey substitution pattern he had, especially when their bench was proven to be terrible. Why would you put in 5 not very good players at once? Can't you mix and match some starters with the bench? Anyways, the only thing I was really concerned about when I heard the MJ news was, I hope they get someone that Curry likes enough to stay here when his contract is up in 3 years.
I've heard a lot of outrage from national media, local media, and fans, but in all honesty I think it stems back to the previous ownership group that didn't get anything right on just about every level. I'm not the biggest fan of Lacob as a person and how visible of an owner he is, but he sure has helped them come a long way from when he first bought the team in 2010. I might be one of the few out there that truly trusts this ownership group. After someone gets fired you have to look back at the series of smart moves which gave Mark Jackson the tools to actually be a successful coach. After all, your team is only as good as your players, and without the pieces you don't go from 27 to 48 to 51 wins. The way a lot of media seems to spin it, is that MJ was the only reason they made the improvement.
The first move they made that really got me excited about the new regime wasn't a player signing, it was hiring The Logo, Jerry West as an adviser to the team. After years of watching the clueless Larry Riley sign bad contracts and trade players away and see them excel elsewhere, we finally had someone we could lean on and trust to make the right moves. He was instrumental in the selection of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green during the 2011 draft who look like damn good players at the moment.
They then promoted Bob Myers to the GM position. I wasn't overly excited about that one, but the former agent has pulled off some great moves in his time here. The two players that were on that 2011 team that are still here when he was hired are David Lee and Stephen Curry. He pulled off the Bogut for Monta trade, which obviously worked out better for the W's than it did for the Bucks. That trade also freed up the team to be Curry and Klay's team and helped them grow into the players they are today. He made the cap sucking corpses of Andris Biendris, Richard Jefferson, and Brandon Rush turn into the swiss army knife Andre Iguodala. He found the valuable assets in Jarret Jack and Carl Landry for the 12-13 season. Oh and he hired Mark Jackson to coach this team. Sure, they've had some mis-steps like using the amnesty on Charlie Bell instead of Andris Biendris, but at least that move was to make room to give Deandre Jordan and Tyson Chandler offer sheets.
So why am I not bent out of shape that they let Jackson go? Because there's starting to be a track record with this ownership group and making SMART decisions. Honestly if you told me three years ago when they took over that they'd be in back to back playoffs and have one of the best starting fives in the league, I would've probably thought you were on crack. It has happened though, and contrary to public opinion it seems like this ownership group has a plan, and is being tactical in the way they are making moves. I've never been able to say that or thought I'd be able to say that. They stuck out with Keith Smart, and did well with Jackson, but weren't satisfied, so we'll see if they find THE guy this time around.
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On a scale from Melky to King Felix, I'd say this ranks pretty close to Felix as far as commercials go. I know there wasn't a ton of "acting" involved, but they didn't look stiff like a lot of athletes look on camera, and it gave me a little laugh.
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Not sure why, but I can't seem to get into Team USA hoops this time around. I was into the construction of the roster, but when they started playing the games I lost interest. The whole are they as good as the 1992 Dream Team is nuts, so much so I won't even give it any more words besides saying that's a joke. I came across this top 10 plays of the summer league today, and figured why not post it for those hoops junkies out there. Plus, to my surprise Jeremy Tyler came in at #6, and for those of you that don't know he's been a mancrush of mine since the Warriors drafted him last year.
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I'm not sure why, but I love to watch good NBA montages like the Warriors "Live Forever" one I posted awhile back. Maybe it's because baseball ones aren't that exciting, and football is too brutal of a sport to make a artistic montage. Anyways, it always makes it better when it's paired with a quality song to boot. I guess this was made way back in July when the lockout was still going on, but honestly, I'm not sure what this really has to do with the lockout. It also reminded me that I never had the "cool" shoes growing up…
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Adios Mississippi Missile
I haven't written about the Warriors all year, because like the old saying goes, if you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all. When Mark Jackson and the W's front office promised the playoffs at the beginning of the year, I thought whoa, easy on the promises, do they know what franchise this is?!? I actually wanted them to stand pat this year and see what they have instead of making a hasty trade for Dwight when he said wasn't going to stay in the Bay Area. Fortunately they didn't gut the team for him, because I feel like they have a solid core of young players (4th youngest team in the league). Unsurprisingly, they haven't looked like a playoff team especially going 5-10 in games that were decided by 3 points or less. Regardless of what they have or haven't done this year it's culminated in the biggest trade of the seemingly not so interesting trading deadline this year. Shortly after hearing about the Warriors trading Monta, Udoh, and Kwame for Bogut and Jackson I was admittedly mad. I chewed on it for a little while, digested it, slept on it, now I'm ready to poo out my real thoughts on the trade.
Monta Ellis – I think the only reason I was mad is because Monta was the only one on the team that makes those exciting hold your breathe types of plays on the team. Unless you count every time Curry makes a cut on his seemingly always broken ankles. Every year Ellis has been in the NBA he's gotten better, and added something to his game. He will be greatly missed in Warriorland, and I want to thank him for all the highlight reels and game winners he made for us. I've always felt he should get more calls from the refs than he does, but he's so quick maybe the refs can't see the contact. He also should've been an All-Star at some point, but now that he's in the East maybe that will finally happen. The most exciting part about him leaving this year is going to be seeing what rookie Klay Thompson can do. He's already looked great in the limited minutes he's been on the floor, but being Monta's backup doesn't really get you that many minutes. Now with a full time run, we'll get to see what kind of shooting guard we drafted, and if he is indeed the all around player we think he can be.
An Actual Bold Move for Basketball Reasons – I think the part that riled me up a lot yesterday was that we put Udoh in the trade, and got back Stephen Jackson instead of someone useful like say Ersan Ilyasova. Udoh was finally healthy and showing the promise that made the Warriors pick him in the draft two years ago, but if that was the breaking point for the deal then I'm okay with it, because it's a bold shake up. For first time in a long time, it's clear the Warriors have a direction. They're usually stuck in suck mode, but not sucky enough to get a good draft pick or make the playoffs. I'm actually for them sucking the rest of this season, because in this lockout shortened back to back game fest, I didn't see them coming out of it well. If that meant trading away our biggest trade chip for a true center that the Warriors haven't had on their roster since before I was born, so be it. This might be one of the first times I've been impressed with the new owners. They made a move that wasn't fan popular (trading away the most popular player doesn't usually get a good reaction from fans), isn't a PR move, it's not payroll/cap driven, and it definitely wasn't ticket sales driven, because who will really want to watch this team the rest of the way especially if they shut Curry down like they should. They delayed being any good the rest of this year to possibly be a lot better in the future with a much more traditional lineup. I can't commend them enough after years of head-scratching trades whether it works out well or not. This trade hasn't been positive yet, but you can tell they're putting together some kind of plan, which is a first time since Mullin was our GM that it seemed like we have a plan. Plus, the value for Ellis wasn't as high as Bay Area fans thought. Yes, he's a great player, but sometimes he was a black hole, couldn't guard bigger SG's like Kobe, and being undersized isn't overly attractive to every team.
Warriors New Frontline – I can confidently say David Lee has been more important than Monta this season, and probably more consistent on a nightly basis. Putting him next to a hopefully healthy Bogut gives them the frontline that can compete with the large frontcourts that every other team has in the west. It will also make Lee that much better not having to do all the scoring down low, and will also prevent him from having to guard centers half the time when Biendris is in his usual foul trouble. Then there's the fact that we actually have a true center opposed to guys like Foyle, Dampier, and Biendris. Come to think of it, I can't remember being excited about their center since Manute Bol was on the team. Bogut also gives them that defensive anchor that Mark Jackson really needs to have to make this a strong defensive team. I have to admit I did keep Bogut one year in my fantasy basketball league, so I fully understand his upside, especially being in his prime at 27 years of age, and they will have control over him for three years compared to Monta's two years (Monta had said he'd probably exercise his players option after next year to become a free agent). Bogut just needs to stop having the freak accidents to make this trade worthwhile for the Warriors. I'm not sure we can truly evaluate the trade until we see him play next year, so the jury is still out. I was pretty happy to see how mad some of the Bucks fans are about losing Bogut in the trade.
They might be bad enough to keep their draft pick – This trade also gives the Warriors some hope of keeping their draft pick this year. If you didn't know, the Warriors traded their first rounder in this years draft for Marcus Williams to NJ back in 2009, who played a whopping nine games for them. That pick was then traded to Utah in the Deron Williams deal. The only way they keep the draft pick is if they lose their way to the worst seven in the league, since the pick is top seven protected. If they do suck their way into keeping their pick, then it would roll over to the next years draft, where it's only top 5 protected. Even if they are the 7th worst team, there's no guarantee they'll get the 7th pick because it seems like every year at least one team leap frogs them into the lottery, and pushes them back a pick. They're already better than a lot of the Eastern Confrences bottom feeders, so one can only hope. Despite last nights trade inspired performance from the Dubstitutes, they only beat Sacramento team that is just plain bad this year. I'm sure with one of the toughest schedules left in the league (something like 11 or 12 back to backs left) they will have a prolonged losing streak giving them a shot at keeping their draft pick, and at the same time get a good look at their young players. My hope now is they just let Curry rest so he doesn't keep re-injuring those ankles, and lose their way to keep their draft pick.
Stephen Jackson is back – I have a hard time seeing where Jackson fits into the Warriors roster at the moment, but Dorrell Wright has been a disappointment this year. He was a cancer towards the end of his Warriors days, but maybe after getting out of Milwaukee with a coach he couldn't stand will get his head right. Plus, he did give us Warriors fans a lot of good memories in a franchise that produces few. I thought they might try to flip him right away for something more constructive to the future of the team, but it sounds like it takes 48 hours for the trade and physicals to go through, so that will be after the trade deadline passes, unless he reports early, which I don't see happening. I've read they'll either trade him after the season or buy him out when the season is over. If that doesn't happen at least Jack will eat up some salary cap so they don't make a ridiculous offer to some free agent this off-season. I also wouldn't mind holding onto Jack next year when he's in a contract year with something to prove, so he can get paid. I'm just glad Rowell isn't around to negotiate a new contract with him or we'd probably end up with Jack until 2020 at $10M per year hoping for We Believe 2.0.
13 Comments	| tags: Andrew Bogut, basketball, draft pick, Epke Udoh, golden state warriors, milwaukee bucks, Monta Ellis, NBA, stephen jackson, trade	| posted in Sports
Minnesota Matters
All I can say is I watched TGIF as a kid quite a bit, and I'm hoping they make a version of Step by Step or Full House in the near future for some other teams…
9 Comments	| tags: basketball, Family Matters, minnesota timberwolves, NBA	| posted in Sports
Clipper Darrell Rejected!
I went to a handful of games at Staples Center to watch the Clippers play when I was living down there, and watched quite a few more on TV. Out of all the games I saw, I didn't see one where "Clipper Darrell" wasn't in attendance. He's like Jack for the Lakers or Spike for the Knicks, except he doesn't sit in floor seats like Billy Crystal. It's sad that the first time the Clippers are actually relevant, they decide to turn their back on their biggest die-hard fan especially using him for personal gain first. I actually do remember those pictures on their website a couple years ago, and thinking that I wouldn't really want to sit next to him, but still… Maybe they weren't impressed by his Lebron come to LA campaign, but for better or worse, he showed there are true Clippers fans in LA. I know it's about as believable as saying there's true A's fans out there, but it's the truth. I think the video shows us all how much a franchise can value it's fans, if you hadn't already notice from the lockout this year. I think I'm happy not living down there anymore, so I'm not giving Sterling my money twice a year…
10 Comments	| tags: basketball, Clipper Darrell, interview, la clippers, NBA	| posted in Sports
Kid Calling Out Lebron
Couldn't have said it better myself kid. One point he failed to mention is that the dunk contest rules have now changed, so instead of having to think up six dunks for two rounds, they now only have to think up three dunks in a one round winner take all format voted on by fans. With only one round, I have to think one wouldn't have to expend as much energy and is another reason I don't understand why Blake Griffin isn't going to try and defend his title. Blake said he was exhausted after last years all-star break, but with less to do to defend his title you have to wonder why he wouldn't give it a go.
12 Comments	| tags: basketball, dunk contest, kid, lebron, NBA, solomon	| posted in Sports
Lin on Me
Naturally any song that can combine Jeremy Lin and Sprewell will get my attention, and this wasn't the exception to the rule. I know I've posted a couple times already about the Asian persuasion, but couldn't resist putting up one more on him, and I'll stop it now for awhile! Oh and SNL opened their show with a pun on the Lin puns too if you missed it here's the link.
9 Comments	| tags: basketball, jeremy lin, Lin on me, NBA, new york knicks, song	| posted in Music, Sports
Bobcats Season Summed Up In One Play
When I first saw this play, I actually didn't even think it was a turnover, but after rewinding it he obviously threw it to the wrong team. The second thing that jumped out was Corey Maggette passed the ball!?! I guess there's a first time for everything! I don't think I've seen a pass that bad in a pick up game let alone in an NBA game. To say the Bobcats have had a disappointing season so far is an understatement. This play couldn't be a more perfect way summing up their season. As of today, they have 3 total wins, and New Orleans at 6 wins on the season may just have an insurmountable lead on them for the right to the highest percentage of ping pong balls. Granted they've had a ton of injuries, but this is a disaster in Charlotte.
18 Comments	| tags: basketball, charlotte bobcats, corey maggette, NBA	| posted in Sports
Jeremy Lin Valentine Day's Cards
I know I know, two posts in a row on Lin, but how can I resist the Asian sensation… Over the past decade I've slowly thought that Valentines Day is a kids holiday more so than a Hallmark Holiday, because honestly that's the only time I can think of when I actually liked it. When I was 5-8 years old, I remember worrying about what cards to give to what girl. Fastforward to the double digit years, and it all felt like more of a hassle than anything. Anyways, the Lin phenomenon continues tonight as the Knicks take on the Raptors with the return of Amare. I honestly don't see Lin slowing down, and even if he does a little, it doesn't matter if they keep winning. Today Funny or Die came up with some Valentine's Day cards dedicated to the Linja himself for people to give to a loved one, since his name is so easy to make into other words I couldn't resist posting them…
10 Comments	| tags: basketball, cards, jeremy lin, NBA, new york knicks, Valentine's Day	| posted in Sports
Yellow Mamba
If you haven't heard of Jeremy Lin by now, you're probably not a basketball fan. The Harvard grad, turned D-leaguer, turned Warriors back-up PG, turned Knicks starting PG has been the talk of the league over the week. Back in early 2010, Jeremy Lin burst onto the scene in the Summer League scorching John Wall over and over. To say Mceezy and I were excited when he joined the Warriors that 2010 summer was an understatement not that we expected him to do much, but just the fact that he made the team was impressive. I'm surprised it took me this long to write about him since I did try buy his jersey for my girlfriend who's last name happens to be Lin, and her parents are also from Taiwan, but never did because I didn't think he'd make it. He sure showed me!
I always had my doubts about him, but he is proving to everyone that he does belong in the league. I think the biggest thing is people don't expect an Asian kid from a Ivy league school to succeed in somewhat of a racial profiling, but he sure is. It's rare that Asian's are the big news in the sports world, and for a week I didn't have to go to Weird Asian News to get my fix. It feels like when Tiger broke into the "white" golfing world. Lin is breaking into the "black" basketball world. Would he get any press if he wasn't Asian? I doubt it.
Whether he has lasting power or not remains to be seen, but you have to believe he's going to keep the starting job for awhile based on how bad Douglas and Shumpert have been in the same starting role. It's not that he's just starting it's that he's lighting up his opponents. Even though he played the Nets, Jazz, and Wizards, he did face two solid point guards in Wall and Williams, and still put up impressive numbers. Sure, the devils advocate would say he let Wall and Deron go off, but D'antoni never cared about defense anyways, and in the end the Knicks are 3-0 when he plays over 25 minutes.
When I watched him play twice this week he reminded me of someone like Jose Calderon or Andre Miller. Most of Lin's moves are fairly predictable, but he takes advantage of what you give him. If it's an open lane, he'll drive and won't shy away from the contact. If someone is open, he makes the pass in a not so flashy way, basically making the "smart basketball play". It's strange because you shouldn't be overly scared to face him, but at the same time you can't sleep on him either or he'll make you pay. He still needs to work on his jumper, but it's amazing he's hitting over 50% of his shots from the field. Should be fun to see the Yellow Mamba take on the Black Mamba tonight to see if he can keep it up!
15 Comments	| tags: basketball, harvard grad, ivy league school, jeremy lin, NBA, new york knicks	| posted in Sports
All-Star Promo Videos Are Disappointing This Year…
I'm usually excited during January to watch all the creative videos that teams' PR departments/players come out with to get the fringe All-Star players some more votes for the mid season All-Star game, but this year has been pretty disappointing. Maybe with the lockout and shortened season most players are just focused on games or getting back in shape since they have a game seemingly every night, but c'mon guys, you gotta give us something better than DeAndre Jordan singing for votes. Last season there were two great All-Star promos with Kevin Love's Numbers Fragrance and Rudy Gay's Most Interesting Man in the NBA promo, but this season I haven't seen any coming close to touching those two campaigns. Step up your game Houston, Kyle Lowry should be getting more votes than Rubio for christ sake! Or how about you Portland, why not get something going for the most underrated PF in the game, LaMarcus Aldridge! All that being said, I did find a professionally done video for Amar'e that came out a few days ago, but when I watched it, just like the Bargnani one I wrote about a little while back, I wasn't even sure if the video left me thinking I should vote for him or go to Foot Locker. Andrea is now hurt so he definitely doesn't deserve a spot if he ever even did, and Amar'e is playing like he's allergic to the ball.
14 Comments	| tags: All-Star videos, basketball, NBA	| posted in Sports
Golden State Warriors "Live Forever"
Even if your not a Warriors fan, I bet you'll find this video above pretty cool. It even gave me a few goosebumps along the way. If you didn't like that one, maybe you'll like the Kings version. A few days ago I wanted to write a state of the Warriors address, but in the end you can sum up this years team in two words, "very disappointing". Also, if I put myself through evaluating all the players on the team, I might piss myself off too much, so here's an abbreviated rant on what baffles me the most about this team. I never thought they'd be a playoff team this year with the second youngest roster in the NBA, which is why I didn't put them on my list for our Western Conference predictions, but I thought they'd be better than they have been. They've had a few good wins here and there, but the bad so far has heavily outweighed the good. It's becoming more and more apparent that Curry and Ellis aren't that great of a pairing in the back-court together as neither seem to be all that consistent, and while one is doing damage the other seems to be standing around watching too much. Should we bring one of them in off the bench? Try it, why not for a game or two, because it's not working as currently constructed.
The more glaring hole in the roster for the past four seasons though is their big men. David Lee can't be their only inside presence on offense and defense, and every game it becomes more apparent. Kwame actually did look good for the seven games he played, which says a lot about our other options at center, but once he went down we were stuck with nothing at center. Why the owners decided to use the amnesty on Charlie Bell and his expiring contract instead of using it on the ever eroding "I don't draw contact because I'm scared to shoot free throws" Biedrins will baffle me for years to come, but with Larry Riley as your GM, it's about all you can expect. Seriously what was the point of bringing in Jerry West as an advisor if you were going to still let Riley make the final decisions with the personnel? The new owners promised change, yet stuck with a used car salesman in Riley who couldn't sell Monta a moped. Ok Riley, I'll give you Brandon Rush for Amundsen as a solid trade, but other than that, he's made one mistake after another giving up assets for poo poo platters, and he IS the reason we might not have a first round draft pick if we are outside the top 7 picks in one of the deepest drafts in recent memory. Don't be surprised if there's a fire Larry Riley post highlighting his years of crapping on the Warriors roster before this season is over. I can't stand anything about this guy anymore, his choices, his face, his voice. We went from "We Believe" under Chris Mullin as GM to "We're picking between 7th and 10th in the draft every year, but are just good enough to never be in the top 3". Well played Riley, well played.
Oh, there is a bright side to the big void in the middle. My new mancrush, 20-year-old Jeremy Tyler, has played some more minutes over the last few games, and looked pretty solid when he has been in the games. He's made some mistakes, but definitely more controlled than let's say Anthony Randolph's type of mistakes. At least he showed he can hit a jumper and finish strong with a dunk which is more than Biedrins has done for at least three years. Also, the other rookie, Klay Thompson, after a rough start has looked like what everyone thought he'd be a versatile player that can defend and hit shots from all ranges. Same as Tyler, he makes mistakes, but let these kids grow since we aren't going anywhere. It's not much of a consolation considering the owner and coach promised the playoffs over the off-season, but both might have been foolish to make those predictions. Oh, and I do like how Mark Jackson has gotten them to play better defense, but maybe he needs to run some offensive practices too because they turn the ball over way too much. Yes, defense wins you games, but empty possessions where you don't even get a shot up loses you as many games as not playing good defense.
14 Comments	| tags: basketball, fire Larry Riley, golden state warriors, NBA	| posted in Sports
RFP Of The Day: Chris Mills
It's been a while since the last RFP of the Day post. Shoot, it's been a while since my last post at all. But, as Chappy often says, life got in the way. Today he reminded me of an old story that brought back more than just that one memory. Former NBA player Chris Mills will always be a random remembered player as far as I'm concerned, but he's probably forgotten by many. My first regular season Warriors game was Opening Night in 2000. Golden State was a good 6 years removed from being at all relevant, and I had just moved to San Francisco after 15 years of being a Sacramento Kings fan. But here I was, at the beginning of my career as a Warriors fan. The big theme of the year was a picture of two sets of eyes belonging to Antawn Jamison and Larry Hughes with the caption: "Think we're on to something…" Well, who knows what that something was, but I was pretty excited to be in the O-rena that night. The Warriors were playing the Phoenix Suns, led by Oakland product Jason Kidd. He f*cked around and got a triple double. Danny Fortson made his Warriors debut to the tune of 18 points and 18 rebounds. Unfortunately, he suffered a season ending injury just 6 games into the season. What few people realize is that he was on his way to establishing himself as one of the game's better big men. Not only did he notch a double double in all six games, he was averaging 16+ pts and 16+ rebounds per game. Anyway, the game naturally went down to the wire. Chris Mills had scored 16 points off the bench, and he proved to be the hero when he hit a buzzer-beating game winning three to lift the Warriors to a 96-94 win over the Suns. That's the main thing I'll always remember him for.
The more memorable story is the one Chappy brought up today. I can't remember the year, but it the Warriors were hosting the Portland Trailblazers. If memory serves me correctly, it was a tie game when Rasheed Wallace hit a 19 foot jumper at the horn to give the Blazers the win. The Blazers of course celebrated like they won the NBA Championship, and I guess some of the fans didn't appreciate it. On their way into the tunnel, many of the Blazers began exchanging words with the fans. All of a sudden, guys like Wallace and Zach Randolph were charging into the stands to fight some people. Looking at the roster of the Blazers at that time, I'm willing to bet Bonzi Wells and Ruben Patterson were in there too. Unlike a few years later when World Peace wreaked havoc on the Palace at Auburn Hills, Wallace and Randolph and company were restrained before they got too deep into the stands where they were trying to get. But you know who else took exception to the Blazers antics? Chris Mills. Rumor has it Mills went to the locker, grabbed a gun, and stormed outside to greet the Blazers team bus. Supposedly, there he stood, waving the gun around and barking at the players on the bus to get off and meet him. The bus had to sit and wait until Mills was calmed down enough to leave the scene. I'm not sure what ever happened with that, but I think Mills got away with it.
6 Comments	| tags: basketball, chris mills, golden state warriors, rfp of the day	| posted in Random Forgotten Player, Sports


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Q: Hibernate queries much slower with flushMode=AUTO until clear() is called I have a long running (but rather simple) application that uses Hibernate (via JPA).  It was experiencing rather dramatic slowdown as it ran.  I've been able to narrow down to requiring an occasional entityManager.clear() call.  When Hibernate's entity manager is tracking 100,000 entities, it is ~100x slower than when it is tracking only a few (see results below).  My question is: why does Hiberate slow down so much when it is tracking a lot of entities?  And are there any other ways around it?

!!! Update: I've been able to narrow this down to Hibernate's auto-flushing code. !!!
Specifically to org.hibernate.event.internal.AbstractFlushingEventListener's flushEntities() method (at least in Hibernate 4.1.1.Final).  In it there is a loop that iterates over ALL entities in the persistence context, performing some extensive checks around flushing each of them (even though all the entities are already flushed in my example!).
So partially answering the second part of my question, the performance problem can be addressed by setting the flush mode to FlushModeType.COMMIT on the query (see updated results below).  e.g.
Place place = em.createQuery("from Place where name = :name", Place.class)
    .setParameter("name", name)
    .setFlushMode(FlushModeType.COMMIT)  // <-- yay!
    .getSingleResult();

... but this seems like a rather ugly solution--passing the responsibility for knowing if things are flushed to the query methods instead of keeping it in the updating methods.  It also pretty much means that I either have to set flush mode to COMMIT on all query methods, or, more likely, set it on the EntityManager.
This makes me wonder: is this expected behavior?  Am I doing something wrong with flushing or how I define entities?  Or is this a limitation of (or possibly bug in) Hibernate?

The sample code that I used to isolate the problem follows:
The Test Entity
@Entity @Table(name="place") @Immutable
public class Place {
    private Long _id;
    private String _name;

    @Id @GeneratedValue
    public Long getId() { return _id; }
    public void setId(Long id) { _id = id; }

    @Basic(optional=false) @Column(name="name", length=700,
        updatable=false, nullable=false, unique=true,
        columnDefinition="varchar(700) character set 'ascii' not null")
    public String getName() { return _name; }
    public void setName(String name) { _name = name; }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) { /* ... */ }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() { return getName().hashCode(); }
}

The Benchmark Code
The test code I have generates 100000 random place names and inserts them.  Then queries out 5000 of those randomly by name.  There is an index on the name column.
Place place = em.createQuery(
    "select p from Place p where p.name = :name", Place.class)
    .setParameter("name", name)
    .getSingleResult();

For comparison, and to make sure that it wasn't something in the database, I ran the following JDBC based query (under em.unwrap(Session.class).doWork(...)) over a separate randomly selected 5000 place names:
PreparedStatement ps = c.prepareStatement(
    "select id, name from place where name = ?");
ps.setString(1, name);
ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();
while (rs.next()) {
    Place place = new Place();
    place.setId(rs.getLong(1));
    place.setName(rs.getString(2));
}
rs.close();
ps.close();

(Note, I do create and close a PreparedStatement for each of the 5000 queries for the benchmark).
The Results
All results below are averaged over 5000 queries.  The JVM was given -Xmx1G
Seconds/Query    Approach
0.000160s        JDBC
0.000286s        Hibernate calling clear() after import and every 100 queries
0.000653s        Hibernate calling clear() once after the import
0.012533s        Hibernate w/o calling clear() at all
0.000292s        Hibernate w/o calling clear(), and with flush-mode COMMIT

Other observations: the during the Hibernate queries (w/o any clear calls), the java process pegged a core at near 100% utilization.  The JVM never exceeded 500MB heap.  There was a lot of GC activity during the queries too, but CPU utilization was clearly dominated by the Hibernate code.

A:
But mainly I'm curious why Hibernate seems to exhibit O(n) or even O(n^2) lookups for the queries--seems like it should be able to use a hashtable or binary-tree under the hood to keep the queries fast. Notice the 2-orders-of-magnitude difference when its tracking 100000 entities vs 100 entities.

The O(n²) complexity results from the way a query must be handled. Since Hibernate internally deferred updates and inserts as long as it can (to use the chance to group similar updates/insertions together, especially if you set multiple properties of an object).
So before you can savely query objects in the database Hibernate has to detect all object changes and flush all changes. The problem here is that hibernate has also some notification and interception going on. So It iterates over every entity object managed by the persistence context. Even if the object is in itself is not mutable it might hold mutable objects or even reference collections.
Also the interception mechanism grands you access to any object being considered for being dirty to allow your own code to implement additional dirtyness checks or perform additional calculations like calculate sums, average values, log additional information and so on.
But lets look at the code for a minute:
The flush call to prepare the query results in:
DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(..)

-> AbstractFlushingEventListener.flushEverythingToExecution(event)
    -> AbstractFlushingEventListener.prepareEntityFlushes(..)
The implementation uses:
for ( Map.Entry me : IdentityMap.concurrentEntries( persistenceContext.getEntityEntries() ) ) {
        EntityEntry entry = (EntityEntry) me.getValue();
        Status status = entry.getStatus();
        if ( status == Status.MANAGED || status == Status.SAVING || status == Status.READ_ONLY ) {
            cascadeOnFlush( session, entry.getPersister(), me.getKey(), anything );
        }
    }

As you can see a map of all entities in the persistence context is retrieved and iterated.
That means for every invocation of a query you iterate over all former results to check for dirty objects. And even more cascadeOnFlush creates a new Object and does even more things. Here is the code of cascadeOnFlush:
private void cascadeOnFlush(EventSource session, EntityPersister persister, Object object, Object anything)
throws HibernateException {
    session.getPersistenceContext().incrementCascadeLevel();
    try {
        new Cascade( getCascadingAction(), Cascade.BEFORE_FLUSH, session )
        .cascade( persister, object, anything );
    }
    finally {
        session.getPersistenceContext().decrementCascadeLevel();
    }
}

So this is the explanation. Hibernate just checks every object managed by the persistence context every time you issue a query.
So for everyone reading this here is the complexity calculation:
1. Query: 0 entities
2. Query: 1 entity
3. Query: 2 entities
..
100. Query: 100 entities
.
..
100k + 1 Query: 100k entries
So we have O(0+1+2...+n) = O(n(n+1)/2) = O(n²).
This explains your observation. In order to maintain a small cpu and memory footprint hibernate managed persistence context should be kept as small as possible. Letting Hibernate manage more than lets say 100 or 1000 entities slows down Hibernate considerably. Here one should consider to change the flush mode, use a second session for query and one for change (if this is possible at all) or use StatelessSession.
So your observation is correct it is O(n²) going on.

A: Perhaps you are familiar that EntityManager keeps track of persistent objects (i.e the ones created by calling em.createQuery(...).getSingleResult()). They accumulate in so called persistent context or session (the Hibernate term) and allows very neat features. For example you can modify the object by calling the mutator method setName(...) and the EntityManager will synchronize this state change in memory with database (will issue an UPDATE statement) whenever it is appropriate. This happens without requiring you to call explicit save() or update() methods. All you need is to work with the object as if it is normal Java object and EntityManager will take care of persistence.
Why this is slow(er)?
For one, it ensures that there is just one, single instance per primary key in memory. This means that if you load one and same row twice, there will be just one object created in the heap (both results will be ==). This makes a lot of sense - imagine if you have 2 copies of same row, EntityManager can't guarantee that it reliably synchronized the Java object as you can make changes in both objects independently. Perhaps there are a lot of other low-level operations that eventually slow down Entitymanager if there are a lot of objects that has to be tracked. The clear() methods actually removes there objects the persistent context and makes the task easier (less objects to track = faster operation).
How can you get around it?
If your EntityManager implementation is Hibernate, you can use StatelessSession which is designed to workaround these performance penalties. I think you can get it through:
StatelessSession session = ((Session) entityManager.getDelegate()).getSessionFactory().openStatelessSession();
(NB! code not tested, taken from another question)

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My dog ate my charity's accounts?
A recent report made by the Charity Commission suggests that not all charities are submitting their accounts, with thousands in default. When the commissioners looked into this further they found that 32 percent of accounts submitted were of 'unacceptable quality'.
To try and combat this, the Commission launched a campaign in January 2016 targeting charities in default, including naming and shaming those who haven't filed accounts on their website. They have also warned charities that it is a criminal offence if annual documents are not submitted and if they remain un-submitted for 2 or more years they face a statutory inquiry by the commission.
Once the reports are submitted to the Charity Commission, they are posted online, helping charities to demonstrate transparency and efficiency to donors and fundraisers and prospective supporters. If a charity displays 'documents overdue' it can often put off potential and existing supporters.
It is often the case that charities are unsure of who is held accountable for filing the reports. The charity trustees are ultimately responsible, but it can often be incorrectly assumed that other staff members, auditors or independent examiners should be completing reports.
A sample of genuine excuses as to why accounts hadn't been filed were posted to add a touch of humour to the serious report.
I cannot file my accounts because . . .
The commission also received one set of incomplete accounts with bite marks!
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The new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb, has pledged a 'relentless focus on improving life chances'. But a new UNICEF Report Card comparing child well-being outcomes across rich countries shows the UK could do better for its most disadvantaged children. The Report Card's authors, John Hudson and Stefan Kühner, explore the UK's record and ask whether the government's ongoing welfare reforms risk undermining the one area the UK performs comparatively well: protecting children's incomes.
UNICEF's long-running Report Card series provides a regular assessment of how rich countries fare in promoting child well-being. The latest Report Card, Fairness for Children, assesses 'child well-being gaps', which measure the distance between the most disadvantaged children and the 'average' child in each country. While much of the debate about inequality today focuses on the top 1 per cent, these measures capture the extent to which the most disadvantaged children fall behind the levels of well-being their peers can expect. This focus on so-called 'bottom-end inequality' therefore captures the extent to which each country allows their most vulnerable children to fall behind.
The Report Card examines four domains of child well-being – income, education, health, and life satisfaction – and the UK's performance can be summed up as 'could do better'. Overall, the UK is ranked 14th (from best) out of 35 countries (Figure 1). It ranks mid-table in three of the four child well-being domains: 25th out of 37 countries on educational achievement gaps; 19th out of 35 countries on health gaps; 20th out of 35 countries on life satisfaction gaps. The UK, in common with many other countries, has made little progress in reducing gaps in these child well-being domains since the 2000s.
The UK does rather better in terms of protecting the incomes of the most disadvantaged children, ranking 7th out of 41 countries. But while the gap has narrowed significantly since 2008, this is because the incomes of children at the middle of the income distribution have fallen rather than as a result of a dramatic improvement in the incomes of children at the bottom of the distribution. Hardly, in other words, a good news story.
That said, there is a good news story here: the incomes of the UK's poorest children did not dramatically fall following the recession. Clear contrasts can be drawn here with many other countries hit hard by the economic crisis, particularly those in Southern Europe. This reflects the comparatively strong role social security benefits have played in protecting the incomes of many families with children in the UK. Indeed, across Europe no other country's social security system does more in reducing the gap between the incomes of the poorest children and the average child (Figure 2).
However, social security protections for working age people have been the major focal point of the UK's austerity agenda. Ongoing cuts to social security provision are likely to affect the well-being of the poorest children in the UK in future years, and risk widening inequalities in child well-being still further. Indeed, the Resolution Foundation and the Child Poverty Action Group have warned that low income working families face losing relatively large amounts of income because of recent changes to Universal Credit that are about to take effect.
Moreover, the UK's social security system has to work harder than those of most neighbours because underlying levels of inequality are comparatively high. While the government's 'National Living Wage' is a step in the right direction here, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggest it will have little impact on poverty or inequality. In fact, after modelling the cumulative impact of recent changes to tax, benefit and labour market policies, the IFS is projecting a rise in relative child poverty from 17 per cent in 2014-15 to 25.7 per cent in 2020-21 and a rise in absolute child poverty from 16.7 to 18.3 per cent over the same period.
The analysis presented in the UNICEF Report Card suggests the government may struggle to improve child well-being outcomes without addressing rising income differentials. Countries that protect the incomes of the poorest children most strongly tend to have higher levels of overall child well-being. More generally, countries with more equal income distributions also tend to be those that do better in minimising adverse child well-being outcomes.
Newly released data from the latest (2014) wave of the Health Behaviours in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey included in the Report Card shows that, across rich countries, children living in less affluent households are more likely to be unsatisfied with their lives than their peers. This confirms patterns found in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 HBSC data. It is hard to imagine a more powerful argument for addressing social inequalities among children than the fact that across all rich countries, and on every occasion this century they have been asked, children from economically disadvantaged households are consistently more likely to have told HBSC researchers that they are unsatisfied with their lives.
Child well-being gaps are a concern in their own right, but a further reason for policy makers to prioritise reducing them is that smaller gaps tend to benefit all children. Fairness for Children shows that countries with more equal child well-being outcomes tend to also have: fewer children living in poverty; fewer children lacking basic educational skills in reading, maths and science; fewer children reporting ill-health on daily basis; and, fewer children reporting very low levels life satisfaction.
UNICEF 's report cards suggest the UK has made progress in addressing overall levels of child well-being since being ranked bottom of the table in the early 2000s. Stephen Crabb used his first speech as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to pledge 'a relentless focus on improving life chances' by mobilising 'all parts of government to tackle poverty' and creating 'a welfare system that does protect the most vulnerable'. If the government is serious about this agenda then it must to do more to close child well-being gaps and give the UK's most vulnerable children a fairer start in life.
Please note: The authors of the UNICEF Report Card 'Fairness for Children' write here in a personal capacity.
John Hudson is Professor of Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy & Social Work at the University of York. He specialises in comparative cross-national analysis of welfare states. Recent work has focused on culture, public attitudes and the welfare state. He is co-author of The Short Guide to Social Policy.
Stefan Kühner is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy & Social Work at the University of York. His research centres on the policies and politics of welfare state reform in comparative and historical perspective. He is co-editor of the forthcoming book series Research in Comparative Global Social Policy.


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Investigators say a woman admitted to shooting her husband after the divorcing couple got into a fight over their taxes.
Lisa Shannon, 55, is due in court Tuesday morning.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Shannon shot her husband in the back multiple times on Monday at her home on Hunting Trail in unincorporated Lake Worth.
Investigators said the husband came to the home to finalize their tax paperwork when they had a fight. Lisa Shannon, according to the report, asked her husband to leave. She told deputies he refused, she became enraged and "snapped," and shot him multiple times. Shannon said she then called 911.


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Just when you thought that things couldn't get any stranger on the Japanese Technology front, the mad scientists at Kouziro decided it would be a good idea to create the mother of all tablets, the FT103. Coming in at an insane 21.5inches, this mega tablet won't be finding its way onto laps and into commuter's journeys anytime soon. Well, Kouziro doesn't even intend it to be a portable solution, having no battery, including a kickstand for desktop use and well, being 21.5inches. Specs wise, the "table-t" sports a 1GHz processor, 8GB of storage, HDMI input, 2 full USB ports and ethernet.
The FT103 is coming out in Japan in late July and will retail for ¥34,800. This is a strange one, wonder where this would slot into your life.


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SuperSweep has released an 11-disc collection of music and gameplay footage of Tecmo's early arcade works, including Rygar, Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Bowl, and others. Some of the music hasn't been released before, and full composer credits have been included as well. Seven discs feature music, while others are dedicated to a composer round-table interview, extreme gameplay videos, and data files from Tecmo's archives.
In this unboxing video, we take a look at the disc housing, booklet, and bonus disc for those who purchase via SuperSweep's online store. Fans outside of Japan can buy it on CD Japan without the bonus disc. Check it out below.


I see I am not the first with this issue but I would love it if it were a short bolt or just broken off at the head. oh no, not that easy. instead, I broke one of the longest ones that goes to the ps pump. It broke at the place the threads start so mine is probably 4" in the engine. thoughts on how to approach a break like that? I don't see how to get a bit in that far without causing other issues. I am not opposed to the helicoil fix if I can get that deep (seems doubtful) and if I do something like this, I would not know when to stop drilling very accurately...concerning. This is the stupidest design and lack of thought of metal compatibility [automotive engineer being slapped int he background]. any help is appreciated.
You should only need to drill about 1/4 to 1/2 inch into the bolt and use an extractor to unscrew it. It's called an easy out...looks like a reverse drill bit but its tapered. A little heat on the broken bolt with a propane torch will help.
Use a good steel drill bit small enough to drill into the bolt without cutting into the threads.
Watched some videos and seems the timing belt cover being removed might help but also opens the issue of resealing against the oil pan. I am in a small one stall garage so no toom to pull engine. I am already in deeper than i hoped. Any thoughts on leave cover on or pull it? Bolts for water pump you recommend? I want new after that.
The 3.8 bolt set is different than the 5.0. You should be able to find suitable grade 8 bolts at a hardware store. Advance auto sells a water pump stud bolt kit but leaves o e bol out that we need o our 5.0s...not sure about 3.8.
There's really nothing you can do about the studs corroding. Use a good sealant like Permatex " right stuff " gasket maker. It comes in a handy dandy little aerosol type can. That stuff will seal anything including the strip of the oil pan below the cover. With the cover off it does make it easier. If there is a portion sticking out heat it up with a propane torch and try using a pair of vise grips. ( that's what I had to do to mine...and a bunch of others ). Heat it and then spray some PB Blaster or WD40.
whenever you have steel bolts to attach aluminum to steel and liquid flowing through it there is electrolysis develops causing the steel bolts to corrode, use anti size on the threads and the shank where it comes in contact with the aluminum, if the bolt enters a water jacker the use a thread sealant.


LOCAL! Right behind the Pond in Anaheim.
The Phoenix Club is one of the largest venues in Orange County, encompasses 6.2 acres of banquet halls, festival grounds, patio gardens and two restaurants. Inspired by German heritage and tradition to create a European charm has made it one of the most popular places in the region.
Exit Ball Road off the 57 freeway and head east. Right on Phoenix Club Drive. Right on Sanderson Ave.


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CES 2013: Sony Shows Off New VAIO T15 Touch-Screen Ultrabook
Sony announces a new touch-friendly ultrabook, and two new options in existing models.
By Brian Westover
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Sony's announcements at CES are modest, but not to be ignored. Sony's VAIO ultrabooks are gaining touch screens and a slick new look, and a new member is joining the family, the Sony VAIO T15 ultrabook.
The newest addition to the Sony VAIO lineup is the Sony VAIO T15, a 15-inch, touch-enabled ultrabook. Like other members of the VAIO ultrabook line, the VAIO T15 features lightweight aluminum and magnesium construction, and boasts the latest third-generation Intel Core processors. Additionally, the display offers more than 10-finger capacitive touch support—the 15-inch display also offers 1,920-by-1,080 resolution, making it perfect for enjoying videos and graphics in full 1080p HD. The Sony VAIO T15 will be available this spring, starting at $950 through Sony and other retailers.
Existing VAIO products are also getting a few new features. The Sony VAIO T14 ultrabook, a 14-inch ultrabook launch late last year, is now available with an optional touch screen, providing capacitive touch and 10-finger tracking in a slim and light ultrabook. Like the VAIO T15 mentioned above and the VAIO T13 ( at Amazon Canada) we tested last October, the VAIO T14 features aluminum and magnesium construction. The touch-enabled version of the VAIO T14 will be available this spring for $800.
If you're looking for something beyond the standard clamshell design, Sony is also updating it's 11-inch hybrid ultrabook, the VAIO Duo 11. With the same 1080p resolution, support for both touch and stylus, and sliding convertible design that shifts from ultrabook to tablet, the VAIO Duo 11 will also be available this spring in metallic silver, as opposed to the dark gray and black seen on the original model.
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Brian Westover is an Analyst for the Hardware Team, reviewing laptops, desktops, and storage devices. As a child, Brian was frequently asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" His answer alternated between Superman and Batman. This was cute when he was five, but worrisome at seventeen. Naturally, he is now a journalist, writing about technology and gadgets. Brian has been writing professionally since 2007, and his work has appeared in business newsletters, websites, textbooks, and magazines. He earned his degree in Communications from Brigham Young University - Idaho. When not writing or fighting villainy, Brian enjoys sampling the culinary delights of New York, perusing obscure trivia, and spending time with his wife.
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Ingrid and I fell in love with Portuguese cuisine after a glorious 2-week vacation on Portugal a couple of years ago.
My good friend, Gary, had been to Portugal and raved about it as a fantastic tourist destination, triggering us to book time in Lisbon and and surrounding areas, and it turned out to be one of our best, most memorable travels abroad.
Gary recommended Mimo Portuguese Restaurant, and it was a good excuse to catch up with my good friend.
We've dined at Mimo before, but in the last (year?), the proprietors have redecorated the establishment. It was a nice environment before, feeling a cut above your day-to-day restaurant.
The first time we dined at Mimo's, I thought it was bit on the expensive side. Not so this time. Perhaps Mimo has kept their pricing unchanged for some time and other restaurants have raised their prices, bringing Mimo's prices more in line to other restaurants? I don't know.
I ordered the Frango Churasco half chicken, grilled and served with a gently spicey piri piri sauce, a very generous helping of sliced fried potatoes, and a lovely, fresh lettuce, tomato and onion salad with vinaigrette, very reasonably priced at $18.95. The grilled chicken was delicious, moist and with the gentlest hint of 'heat' from the piri piri sauce. Highly recommended.
Gary had the pork with clams, also with a "low heat" level of spiciness piri piri sauce ($19.95.) It was a hearty, meaty dish, and also highly recommended.
For dessert, I felt like a traditional orange pudding, on the menu, but not available. Instead, I had the Passion Fruit pudding, $7.50, and really not worth it. The pudding had a rubbery texture as if it was old.
All in all, Mimo Portuguese Restaurant continues to be a favourite fine dining experience. The cuisine is 'authentic' as far as a non-Portuguese diner can tell, and the general atmosphere is slightly upscale, comfortable and inviting.
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