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LONDON (REUTERS) - A goal in each half from Jonjo Shelvey and Ayoze Perez gave Newcastle United a precious 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Saturday (April 7), a third win in a row that moves the Magpies another step closer to survival in the Premier League.
Shelvey opened the scoring when he received the ball just outside the area at the end of a sweeping move up the left flank, taking a touch to elude Leicester defender Harry Maguire before rifling home the ball in the 18th minute.
Winger Riyad Mahrez thought he had won a penalty when he went down in the box shortly before halftime but referee Stuart Attwell waved away the appeals of the Leicester players.
A defensive mix-up between Maguire and Wes Morgan allowed Spanish playmaker Perez to nip in and lob the ball over Kasper Schmeichel to make it 2-0, and though Jamie Vardy pulled back a late goal for Leicester, Newcastle held on to win.
The victory puts Newcastle in 10th place on 38 points, 10 points off the drop zone, while Leicester are eighth on 43.


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MongoAR is simple library that allows you to use active record pattern on the [MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org) databases and their tables. It also provides simple yet powerful query builder for simple building of search criteria for `MongoCollection::find()` and `MongoCollection::findOne()` methods.

## Requirements

MongoAR requires to run correctly:

- `PHP`, version `5.4` or above
- `mongo` pecl library, version `0.9` or above

## Instalation

### Composer

Simply add a dependency on `tatarko/mongoar` to your project's `composer.json` file if you use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) to manage the dependencies of your project. Here is a minimal example of a `composer.json` file that just defines a dependency on MongoAR:

```json
{
	"require": {
		"tatarko/mongoar": "0.*"
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}
```

### Straight implementation

In case you don't use `Composer` as your dependency manager you are still able to use `MongoAR`. There are only two easy steps  to get `MongoAR` work.

1.  Download [MongoAR.zip](https://github.com/tatarko/MongoAR/archive/master.zip) and put extracted archive into your project's folder.
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```php
require_once 'path/to/source/__autoloader.php';
```

## Documentation

Please, see [Wiki](https://github.com/tatarko/MongoAR/wiki) for online documentation.

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Ellen and Chase's wedding at the Tybee Island Wedding Chapel could not have been any more elegant. This venue in Savannah, Georgia was landscaped and decorated beautifully for their event.
The gorgeous outdoor garden area and front balcony was a great space to capture these two before the wedding.
The chapel was furnished with three grand antique chandeliers and rustic hardwood floors that gave it a unique look.
The grand ballroom really made an impression that evening. The gorgeous decorations by Carlson's Premier Events and Joann's Florist made the event so elegant and memorable. Ellen and Chase's personalities were definitely the highlight of the day, which portrayed beautifully in every picture of them.
We loved being able to capture this couples wedding and wish them the best!
Janna and Ross have to be two of the most fun-loving and energetic free spirits we've met so far. They could not have asked for a more perfect day to tie the knot.
They had a beautiful outdoor ceremony on the river front lawn of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel witnessed by some of their closest friends and family. This historic Coastal Georgia hotel has been the backdrop to, dare I say, thousands of amazing weddings; but I do believe it hasn't seen many receptions that could hold a candle to the party these two hosted for their guests!
The old oaks were lit up throughout the evening with the glow of love and laughter as couples danced late into the night.
Congratulations to Kathryn and Jordan! We were so honored to be a part of their wedding day celebration. This couple's southern wedding was certainly sweet and intimate, including their closest friends and family.
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In the Long Run All High-Risk Merchant Accounts Are…
The high-risk end of the credit card processing spectrum has one huge advantage over the more pedestrian parts of the payment industry scale: it's great fun to work with businesses which, for one reason or another, have been placed there. In the several years which I've spent working with high-risk merchants, I've rarely had a case in which the latest applicant hasn't presented me with a new challenge. To be honest, nowadays if a merchant looks "normal", I immediately become suspicious and my paranoia usually turns out to be well-founded.
But a successful conclusion of the application process (or an unsuccessful one, for that matter), doesn't put an end to the fun. No, it is precisely when a merchant account is set-up and my new client starts using it when I am on highest alert. Trust me, this is no time for celebration — surprises at the beginning of a relationship with a new merchant can take many different shapes and, along with the fun they bring along, they can quickly undo all the hard work we've done over the previous weeks or, often, months. For example, a merchant would start taking payments for things he never told us he would sell, or his average ticket would be several times as high as the one stated in the application paperwork (which could indicate selling things that are different from the ones he told us about), or his volume would explode far and above beyond the one he was approved for, or his volume would turn out to be much smaller than what he asked (and was approved) for. The list goes on and someday I would probably go through it in some detail, but you get the picture. However, surviving the initial crisis, while it may or may not make you stronger, doesn't guarantee a loving relationship in the long run, or even the medium one, if it comes to that. If you are not careful, you may easily lose your merchant in a few months' time, even if all works swimmingly. Let me explain.
What Does a Merchant Want?
From a high-risk payment processor's perspective almost every qualified merchant account applicant requires a unique solution to be built for him. For example, two businesses may look identical on paper, but if they are incorporated in two different countries, we may need two different acquiring banks, which, in turn, would lead to different contract terms. Alternatively, two businesses may be incorporated in the same country and operating in the same line of business, but if their volumes or processing histories are markedly different, they may get different terms even if we use the same acquiring bank or we may once again need to utilize the services of different acquiring banks, which will again produce different terms. And these are two examples of pairs of businesses with much in common!
In contrast, a merchant's requirements never vary, irrespective of the applicant's location, line of business, volume, or anything else. A merchant always wants the lowest possible discount rate, low reserve (or none at all, if he can get it), fast payouts (next-day funding is everyone's favorite) and high credit-line ceilings. Different merchants may prioritize these items differently, but you can always count on them being on everyone's list. On the one hand, the knowledge of a merchant's priorities makes a processor's job easier and anyway, there isn't much about it that we can get wrong. The thing that is easy to forget, however, is that a merchant never stops looking for better terms, never. And processors forget that basic fact at their own peril.
In the high-risk world, the long run is much shorter than elsewhere — actually, I'm not sure if such a concept even exists. But if it does, it is the six-month period immediately following the initial merchant account set-up that leads up to it. Why six months and not, say, three or nine? Well, the thing is that high-risk underwriters like to see six months' worth of processing statements when evaluating new applicants; otherwise, they are unlikely to even consider the application. That being the case, merchants with short or no processing histories find themselves at a huge disadvantage and their primary concern is simply getting a merchant account, never mind the terms. Of course, well-funded start-ups with solid business plans and a team of experienced executives will get the merchant account they need, and on terms typically reserved for far more experienced merchants, but these are special cases. For the vast majority of the start-ups in the high-risk world getting that first merchant account is an uphill struggle, which many of them lose. And the few that do make it through the process usually end up getting less-than-rosy terms.
Now, from a processor's perspective, it makes perfect sense that a high-risk start-up should get a high discount rate and funding delayed by a week — after all, the merchant is yet to prove that it can manage the inherent risks and not get flooded by chargebacks within three months of operation in an industry in which an extremely high ratio of start-ups founder for that very reason. Yet, however reasonable the processor's rationale may be, the odd start-up which will survive that initial stage will not forget the high discount rate for an instant and will pounce on the first opportunity to lower it. If the processor is smart, it will review the merchant's performance and offer better terms at around the six-month mark. Otherwise, the merchant itself will find them elsewhere. See, at that time, armed with its six-month history, the merchant will be seen much less like a potential liability and more like an opportunity by prospective processors — the game will have changed completely. To make matters worse for the first processor — the one which took all the risk — the merchant now feels cheated that his current discount rate is a couple of percentage points or more higher than what he is now being offered. The upshot, more often than not, is that the merchant signs up with another processor. Of course, the original processor may have forestalled the defection if it had made a better proposal a month earlier and explained why it could now offer better terms.
In the long run, all high-risk merchant accounts are terminated, and not always by the processor. But it is in everyone's interest that the relationship is made to last for as long as possible. For a processor, the loss of a successful newly-acquired merchant which took weeks of painstaking work to approve and set-up is, understandably, painful. But sticking to its first processor holds certain advantages for the merchant, too. See, the longer the merchant's processing history with a given processor, the bigger the leeway that processor is likely to allow, should the merchant's road get bumpy, as high-risk roads tend to get from time to time. Of course, that is rarely a consideration for a merchant who feels cheated.
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Taking Community College Courses While In High School: Why and How
Did you know that high school students in Los Angeles can take community college courses for FREE? But why would a high school student want to do that? you might ask. Here are some reasons:
1. You're interested in a class or subject that isn't offered at your high school or doesn't fit your schedule. For some students, this might be a "fun" elective, like psychology. For other students, it might mean an advanced math class, especially if you've already maxed out the math classes at your high school.
2. You like a challenge. The classes offered at your high school simply might not be rigorous enough for you.
3. You want to satisfy general education credits faster because you plan to go to community college and hope to transfer to a University of California or California State University school. (If this is the case, make sure you work with your high school to ensure you're also satisfying high school graduation requirements, because they may differ or conflict.)
4. You want to boost the competitiveness of your college application.
I want to emphasize that you shouldn't take community college courses just because you "feel like it." But if you can handle the advanced level workload (it is college, after all), the class fits in your schedule, and your high school approves, then go for it! Here's how.
2021-2022 Choices Notification Letters are now available!
The 2020-2021 Notification Letters are now available! You can check online to view the letter, and you should also receive a hard copy of the letter via snail mail.
If you applied to one or more magnet programs, the letter will state whether your child has been admitted to a magnet program or been wait-listed.
If your child has been accepted, you will need to choose to accept or decline - follow the instructions in the letter. You should receive a confirmation email noting your choice, but if you don't, you can call the school or Student Integration Services to make sure they received your notification.
If your child has been wait-listed, there will be instructions on how to proceed (usually you don't need to do anything). If you need more information, I recommend contacting the school's magnet coordinator. They can't tell you if/when your child will get off the wait list, but they should be able to tell you how many students were offered spots off the wait list last year and your child's spot on on this year's wait list. That will give you some idea as to your child's chances of coming off the wait list. But keep in mind that with the pandemic last year, things might have been aberrant in that some students who might have accepted a spot at a magnet school turned it down to stay closer to home or a known school.
If you haven't heard anything from Student Integration Services, you can call them at (213) 241-4177.
I hope you got the outcome you are hoping for - good luck!
The 2020 edition of the LAUSD Magnets Handbook is now available at Amazon!
I've updated the LAUSD Magnets Handbook: A Guide to Getting Your Child into an LAUSD Magnet School, and it's now available at Amazon for just $2.99!
It's priced that low because I want everyone to be able to afford it. But I think it's worth a lot more than that, since it's filled with the information that I spent years gathering, distilled into an easy-to-understand format that you'll never get from LAUSD itself.
Learn how priority points actually work and how to maximize your child's chances of getting into your first-choice school, with real-life examples. I also discuss factors to consider when choosing a school, including non-magnet options.
Read this book before you submit the 2021-2022 Choices application!
Choices Application Window is Now Open (But You May Want to Wait)
The 2021-2022 Choices application is now available at apply.lausd.net. The deadline to apply is November 13, 2020.
But wait! If you haven't read my book, LAUSD Magnets Handbook: A Guide to Getting Your Child into an LAUSD Magnet School, you may want to do so first. It's a very short book that's packed full of information you need to apply wisely and maximize your child's chances of getting into the magnet school of your choice (whether that's this year, or in the future and you're just after wait list points).
I just updated the book for the 2021-2022 Choices application, and am waiting for Amazon to tell me the version available for purchase is live. So keep an eye out here (or on Facebook) and I'll let you know when to hit the buy button. The book is just $2.99, because I wanted to make it affordable for everyone - even though this is information you won't find anywhere else in such a comprehensive, understandable way.
2021-2022 Choices Application Will Be Available October 1, 2020
If you're wanting to get your child into an LAUSD magnet school for next school year, you need to know that the Choices application will become available on October 1, 2020.
Right now, we're three weeks into the 2020-2021 school year, and LAUSD is doing their best to operate as normally as possible while accommodating distance learning. Magnet schools are fully operational, and new students were welcomed and are attending their new magnet schools just like students who were already at those schools.
The big however in all of this is that it can be harder to get information. We're physically removed from schools, teachers, and staff. And while school offices are open, they're also extra busy answering parent phone calls and emails. Drop-ins are not as welcome due to social distancing. You're probably also more focused on day-to-day survival and not thinking about next school year as much as you might under normal circumstances.
If you're craving more information, sign up for email newsletters from and check in with sources relevant to you. For example, the reason I know that the Choices application will be available on October 1st is the GATE Parent Newsletter that was sent via email by LAUSD. I think I was automatically signed up for this newsletter because of my child's status, but anyone can visit the parent page on the GATE website and read the newsletter.
I mostly monitor LAUSD via social media, particularly Twitter:
LAUSD Magnets
LAUSD Gate Programs
Austin Beutner (LAUSD Superintendent)
Tony Thurmond (California Superintendent of Public Instruction)
CA Department of Education
Kyle Stokes (LAist education reporter)
Howard Blume (LA Times education reporter)
Sonali Kohli (LA Times education reporter)
UTLA (United Teachers Los Angeles)
Schools often have their own website and/or school or parent newsletter. And each local district in LAUSD usually has its own social media presence that's worth following for updates. It's a good idea to sign up for updates from schools that you're targeting. They may share important information about relevant dates, and it's one way to get a feel for the school before your child attends.
(If you prefer Facebook, LAUSD Twitter accounts often have a corresponding Facebook page. You can also follow this site on Facebook, where I post reminders about upcoming deadlines and useful tips.)
The eChoices website probably won't be updated until October 1, 2020 (although hopefully they will update it after the late application deadline of September 18).
Get Your Child Into a Magnet School NOW
Did you know that you can get your child into a magnet school right now? Yes, even though the school year just started, your child could still attend a magnet school.
There's a catch, of course. Popular magnet schools are at full enrollment, so there won't be a spot for your child.
But you might be surprised. Even popular schools like centers for enriched studies can have openings, particularly in upper grades.
How can your child get in to a magnet school right now?
If you have a dream school for your child, it can't hurt to call the magnet coordinator and ask if they have any openings. Most likely they won't, but there are schools that clear their wait lists over the summer and start the school year with a few open slots.
For a more general search, try using LAUSD's Potential Seat Openings tool. You can sort the list by grade level, which helps narrow down the field quickly.
To file the late application, click the Apply button at the top right of this page.
For the 2021-2022 school year, the Choices application will hopefully be available in October. Although the pandemic has thrown everyone in the district for a loop, magnet schools continue to operate as normal, albeit with distance learning.
Yesterday, LAUSD sent out the 2019-2020 Notification Letters. You might receive an email about the letter, but you will still need to log in at apply.lausd.net to view the letter. You should also receive a hard copy of the letter via snail mail.
If your child has been accepted, you will need to choose to accept or decline - follow the instructions on the website. You should receive a confirmation email noting your choice.
If your child has been wait-listed, there will be instructions on how to proceed (usually you don't need to do anything).
If you haven't heard anything from Student Integration Services by the end of the week, you can call them at (213) 241-4177.
I hope you get the outcome you are hoping for - good luck!
Sign up for our FREE newsletter and get important updates!
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How Ranieri is trying to change Watford's playing style
By Adam Leventhal and Mark Carey Nov 4, 2021 19
The Claudio Ranieri era at Watford is only three games old and it's been a mixed bag: the good (Everton), the bad (Southampton) and the ugly (Liverpool). But scratch the surface and the devil is in the detail when trying to assess the actual changes he is trying to implement.
The Athletic looks at the data behind the Italian's attempts to turn Watford into a direct, high pressing, risk-averse and creative operation.
First, the overall context. Tap that barometer and Watford are where you'd probably expect them to be: in a relegation scrap. That said, 16th with 10 points from 10 games isn't to be sniffed at.
Their low expected goals (xG) for and high xG against put them in the drop zone though, 10.3 (xG) is 18th-best and 18.7 (xGA) is third-worst in the league, with only Norwich and Newcastle worse off. In reality, Watford have conceded fewer goals (18) than Norwich (25), Newcastle (23) and Aston Villa (19), but actually sit 10th for goals scored (12).
The graph above doesn't look pretty but, in summary, it could be worse and there are foundations to build on…
The hierarchy appointed Ranieri to bring organisation and experienced leadership and it appears behind the scenes there is confidence that he is moving the squad in the right direction. One source familiar with his training methods explained that he has struck the right balance between having quiet words with more inexperienced players to help guide them, while also impressing on the whole squad that if they don't perform, he's not afraid to make changes. In essence: it's my way or the highway.


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That Browns win was a hell of a lot more fun than I expected from that game. From crazy start to gutty finish, the Browns showed more heart and inspiration than I've seen from them in years.
I realize that Hoyer is no sort of long term answer, but they may as well cut Weeden tomorrow. After seeing a guy making his second start lead the team to a comeback win on the road, Browns fans will burn the stadium down if they see Weeden back under centre.
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I agree with everything you said about Hoyer. No, he's not a quarterback of the future, but he's at least competent and skilled enough to be the quarterback of the present given the other options available. He plays reasonably smart--much smarter than Weeden--which more than makes up for the differential in throwing capabilities. And it's not like Hoyer has a noodle arm, anyway. I know you're only half-serious when you say cut Weeden, but the only compelling reason not to do so, apart from whatever salary cap problems that would present (if any), is that this team needs to carry three quarterbacks at any given time. The team's total inability to run the football means whoever is playing quarterback is going to be under siege all day. Opposing defenses will tighten up and pin their ears back to get after the passer.
Also, any talk of trading Josh Gordon should end completely. If the complaint about Richardson was that he was not explosive, you certainly can't say that about Gordon. Even if they could get a first rounder--and they won't, because of the drug issues--it's not worth parting with him because there's simply no guarantee you're going to find a super-talented guy to replace him. One in the hand really is worth two in the bush. He might be a headcase, but we're just going to have to roll with him and hope he grows up.
I have to say, though, I was more relaxed listening to the game today than I have been in years. I mean, by the end, I wanted them to win, but... it just wasn't that big a deal to me throughout the game. And hey, stuff like this is fun, even if you can't do it every week or expect to win very often if you depend on it:
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So my daughter is laying here under me and just out the blue she says... I can't believe you lost to the Browns Daddy! Smh
I can't believe they lost to the Browns either. Oh well, so much for my survivor pool.
Lost in the craziness of the game was the fact that Leslie Frasier pulled a Jim Schwartz yesterday in challenging a call that he couldn't.
From the USA Today:
When Browns punt returner Travis Benjamin muffed the punt, Vikings linebacker Larry Dean scooped the ball up and headed to the end zone. The officials correctly ruled the Vikings could not advance a muffed punt and awarded Minnesota the ball at the Cleveland 26.
Frasier threw the red flag to challenge. But NFL rules stipulate changes of possession can only be reviewed from the booth. Leavy then issued a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.
But a rule change this offseason — the so-called "Jim Schwartz rule" which was written after the Lions coach challenged a touchdown last season —says the Vikings should have been charged a timeout and not penalized the yardage.
So the ref made a mistake, but the rule only changed this season. Frasier should have known that he couldn't make the challenge.
One more thing - the camera kept focussing on the Vikings' fans dressed in viking garb. One guy had a huge white power symbol tattooed on his gut. I froze the picture, and yep, there it was.
ScottDCP
Did it look like PaperMate?
Patrick Sullivan
I think Frazier may actually be the first HC fired this year. That team is snakebitten.
wxwax
I'm not surprised the officials made a mistake.
In my opinion football --both the NFL and NCAA -- is the most over-officiated game in the world. Too many rules, too many flags.
Agreed. To make matters worse, new rules are often reactions based on some combination of fear of legal liability, public relations catastrophes, or absurd situations that no one ever thought to make a rule to deal with for good reason. And after they make said rule, they're likely to tweak it or change enforcement of it just as soon as everyone's gotten around to learning the first version of the rule. Ugh.


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Hundreds Rally in Nashville To Support Women's Rights
January 14, 2015 — About 500 to 600 people rallied in Nashville on Tuesday in support of access to women's health services and against proposed abortion restrictions as the Tennessee Legislature convened for its 2015 session, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
The Women's March on Nashville featured speakers and a march to the state Capitol. Both were peaceful, with no arrests, according to the News Sentinel (Locker, Knoxville News Sentinel, 1/13).
Tennessee legislators have already proposed multiple bills that would restrict abortion, including a mandatory counseling bill (SB 13) and a bill (HB 2) that would require a physician to perform an ultrasound before an abortion, the Tennessean reports (Wadhwani, Tennessean , 1/13). HB 2 would also require that providers show the ultrasound image to the woman (Knoxville News Sentinel, 1/13).
An increased focus on abortion measures is expected in the Tennessee Legislature this session after voters approved a ballot initiative (Amendment 1) that specifies that there is no right to abortion in the state constitution ( Women's Health Policy Report , 12/16/14).
The ballot effort was seen as a response from abortion-rights opponents to the 2000 state Supreme Court ruling, which found that "a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy is a vital part of the right to privacy" under Tennessee's state constitution and that any abortion restrictions should be subject to a "strict scrutiny" legal standard ( Women's Health Policy Report , 1/13).


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Brian Maw and I decided to part ways this weekend. It's too bad. I loved playing with the Maw/Preston/Hunter trio. But Brian wanted to put a different band together–a more…
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Goodbye to the Maw Band
By Richard Hunter - April 12, 2013
RIP MPH
Brian Maw and I decided to part ways this weekend. It's too bad. I loved playing with the Maw/Preston/Hunter trio. But Brian wanted to put a different band together–a more conventional rock band, as opposed to the decidedly unconventional trio–and the fact that I had to travel 2250 miles every time the band had a gig made the whole thing very difficult for everyone. So it's over. The EP project I announced last week is going forward, but there won't be harmonica on it. Brian wants a record that represents the new sound of the band, and the band's new sound lacks harmonica.
Like I said: too bad. But as Donald O'Connor said just after being fired in "Singin' in the Rain," "Thanks! Now I can start starving and write my symphony." I have other projects in the works, and I'm looking forward to working on them.
Good luck to Brian, and goodbye to the Maw Band.
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Quickie: "The Unplugged, " a short story by Vinay about a (hypothetical?) future movement towards individual self-sufficiency in terms of environmental footprint. Interesting. Possible? Well, that depends on whether you're speaking technologically or sociologically.
Arrived in Chicago last night. On the way to the house, we stopped by the newly constructed Whole Foods that was along the way. This thing is a marvel of modern commercialism and a food lover's heaven. $150 bottles of wine stood behind a glass case with little rubber tubes sipping into them, dispensing $8 tasting samples. Heaps of hot garlic shrimp, bright red beef mixed into patties with expensive cheddar, four restaurants! inside the supermarket!!! shelves of spa products and - oh, you could buy everything. And all I could think was "expensive! expensive! expensive!" and "how is so much abundance possible in one place?" and then "when the store closes in a few hours, I bet they throw all these heaps of perfectly good food out."
Ignoring that depressing note: All four of us (mom, dad, brother, myself) have been wanting to try heirloom tomatoes for... well, years. So faced with them in the market for the first time, we gave in and got four small, twisted heirloom tomatoes this morning and one tiny tub of mozzarella (total: $14 - ow) and sliced them up with a sprinkle of salt, nothing else. Holy cow. It was exploding tomato flavor - four varieties, four tomato tastes - tart and beefy, light, fruity, richly acidic, crisp... and then the cheese was just sweet and white and soft in between, and then the tomato exploded in your mouth again. Ohh.
And so I'm finally sitting - fed and hydrated - in a room of my own (!) in a big house with a nice new kitchen and a fully-stocked fridge (!!) and a mattress that's mine (!!!) and free laundry (!!!!) and relatively stable internet (!!!!!) and I feel incredibly out-of-place because after a summer of doing things like walking 12 miles to save $2 on train fare so I can buy spaghetti, suddenly I'm living in a really expensive, super-nice place that's supposedly the house where I grew up but doesn't feel like it.
The house I grew up in had a non-working dishwasher we used as a drying rack, an oven that kept on sputtering out, a rusted-through Chevrolet. Not a Lexus and a flatscreen TV and the ridiculous beds that have a remote control to adjust the firmness. In some sense, we've become a "normal" family for our area; Glenview is ridiculous, and median household income is nearly twice the national average ($80,730 vs $42,148 - both numbers in 2000). Four blocks away in Northbrook, it's $95,665. (Northbrook is the 85th richest town in the United States with a population of at least 10k.) My classmates in middle school had huge homes and chandeliers and two-story Christmas trees. We had garage-sale furniture and a house we could only afford because it was purchased and inhabited by nearly our entire extended family to begin with.
So I considered myself a lower-middle-class kid growing up in an upper-middle-class town. But slowly, when I went away for school, my family's apparently migrated to the upper-middle-class as well. My parents and brother think this is normal because they've been living here for the past 7 years as the house evolved, but I come back and find a swimming pool where I used to ride my bike and feel very, very strange - and guilty for having it and even enjoying it, a little.
But this is good. I have a bed and internet now. So if that holds constant for today and tomorrow, and I don't have to worry about food, then maybe I can actually get... stuff... done, instead of "Oh, yeah, food. Do I have enough pocket change for bananas? Can I walk to the supermarket and buy bananas?" and then there goes the afternoon, walking back and forth with a bunch of bananas at the grocery store. Now I can do things other than figuring out where I'm eating and sleeping. Novel concept, that.


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The world as we know it has changed over the past few months. Social distancing measures, reduced public transport use and more time spent at home has found many of us looking for alternative ways to recreate and get around.
Our regular tracking of cycling activity around Fremantle shows that there's been a massive surge during COVID-19 restrictions. MetroCount's bike counter at Leighton Beach saw 230 average daily riders between June 2019 and February 2020 increase to a daily average of 740 between April and May this year. Daily rider counts at South Beach have similarly seen large increases from mid-March.
In 2018 we asked you to share your experiences riding in and around the City of Fremantle area to inform the Bike Plan Review. This information contributed to the development of the Bike Plan 2019-2024 which establishes the long term bike network and sets cycling priorities. Now, with the recent increase in numbers, we'd like to know more about your recent experiences and how we can support you to keep riding.
Having a clear picture will help us with recovery planning, long-term improvements and applications for funding in conjunction with the priorities of the Bike Plan. Whether you are new or not-so-new to cycling, if you ride in the City of Fremantle we'd like to hear from you.
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David Titterington at the organ of the Royal Festival Hall – Sally Beamish's Chaconne & Carl Nielsen's Commotio – with Buxtehude, Brahms and Franck
Toccata in D minor, BuxWV155
Sally Beamish
Chaconne [world premiere]
Commotio, FS155/Op.58
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, WoO9
Grande pièce symphonique in F sharp minor, Op.17
David Titterington (Royal Festival Hall organ)
Reviewed by: Peter Reed
Reviewed: 8 February, 2016
Venue: Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall
Fantasy dominated the first half of David Titterington's Royal Festival Hall recital, combining it in the case of the new Sally Beamish work with a compelling psychological narrative that made its mark with subtle directness. Before that, the Buxtehude Toccata neatly prepared the ground for the extravagances of Carl Nielsen's Commotio. Titterington set out the former's stall with terrific panache – the organo pleno introduction yielding to a parade of quieter, stylish registrations, flattering the instrument's range as much as Titterington's refined ear, and he played the whole with incisive, rhythmic punch.
Beamish's Chaconne started out as an arrangement for strings of a song by Robert Burns, 'The Slave's Lament', expanded in this subsequent organ work into a substantial group of variations. In her note Sally Beamish wrote of displacement and longing, and those aspects flicker throughout this ten-minute piece. As well as her skill in writing for the organ, Beamish kept in touch with folk roots, only once launching into something larger and more artily self-conscious, before retreating back to its tone of spare eloquence. Titterington skillfully gave the sounding of the keening pipe-tunes a spontaneous, almost human quality, and the illusion of distance added immeasurably to the music's muted impressionism. Atmospheric and scored with great originality, Chaconne and Titterington's playing of it were hugely impressive.
Nielsen's Commotio (1931, his final major work) – the title refers to surge and flow rather than the (incorrect) English connotation – is Baroque pastiche writ large. I've only heard it live in a big church acoustic, where its welter of counterpoint and roaring fortissimos easily becomes amorphous and overloads the listener. Titterington's clear layout of its various sections and his well-chosen registrations went a long way to keeping this massive work in good shape. Even so, I still find it hectoring rather than thrilling, its fugues anonymous and its rush of ideas unconvincing, but to judge from the audience response, I'm in a minority of one. However, you couldn't fault Titterington's stamina and conviction in bringing this lava-flow of energy to a thrilling conclusion.
In his early-twenties, Brahms thought of devoting himself to the organ, and his A-minor Prelude and Fugue honours the spirit of J. S. Bach, although there are already rhythmic and phrasing idiosyncrasies that would acquire greater significance in his later music. Titterington, again, was spot-on in his choice of stops, recreating the chaste, north-German Baroque sound – full but not overwhelming – Brahms would have been familiar with, and he played it with notable clarity and understanding.
It's a far cry from César Franck's ambitions in his blockbusting Grand Pièce Symphonique, written only four years later to show off the ever-developing splendours of the Cavaillé-Coll style of organ-building. It's a sound that suits the RFH instrument well, and Titterington has a natural affinity for the spiritual anxiety that simmers away in Franck's music. Surprisingly, since he had achieved it so well in the rest of his programme, there was less sense of distance, of foreground and background, but the Gallic flavour of the string and reed stops came over strongly enough, as did the music's mighty passages of lofty rhetoric. Pursuing his French sympathies, Titterington played Jehan Alain's reflective Chorale dorienne (JA67) as his encore.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk


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20,000 Nerve Endings
The foreskin is the most sensitive part of the penis. It contains:
10,000 nerve endings, or
20,000 nerve endings (the most frequently cited statistic), or
20,000 to 70,000 (the most recently cited statistic).
This statement about foreskin sensitivity is somewhat recent. It is one of the most popular statements made to justify the campaign against routine infant circumcision – and one of the most difficult to verify!
Who came up with the original number?
The number was published in a popular mothering magazine in an article written by pediatrician Dr. Paul Fleiss ("The Case Against Circumcision" by Paul M. Fleiss, MD, published in Mothering: The Magazine of Natural Family Living, Winter 1997, pp. 36-45). Dr. Fleiss has been campaigning against routine neonatal (newborn and infant) circumcisions for years. He is also a strong advocate of breastfeeding and a medical advisor to La Leche League, the international organization promoting it. In that article, Dr. Fleiss made the statement about the 20,000 nerve endings as one of his many reasons to leave the foreskin intact. Although he did not do the research that came up with the number, he did cite earlier research that had been done, including research that had been done as early as the 1930s. Where he got the exact number of 20,000 is unknown, since no study has actually counted the number. There have been a number of studies about the nerves in a foreskin, but most are from 50, 80 and even 200 years ago.
According to one legendary study, the number is from a multiplication of the number of nerve endings on one square centimeter (212 endings, to be exact; 2 of which are Meissner corpuscles, the ending attributed to sensitivity in the skin to touch) that was taken from a cadaver. No one knows the age of the cadaver, the cause of death or where on the foreskin the sample came from. In fact, no one can find the original study, including this experienced journalist and two research librarians. It is simply nowhere to be found on the Internet, at least, despite hours and hours (and hours!) of research. Only one rebuttal (seen here: Sloppy scholarship and the anti-circumcision crusade.) could be found.
Other studies, including the one cited by Fleiss (H.C. Bazett, et. Al., "Depth, Distributioin and Probably Identification in the Prepuce of Sensory End-Organs Concerned in Sensations of Temperature and Touch; Thermometric Conductivity," Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry 27 (1932), pp. 489-517) show a plethora of nerves in the foreskins but never an exact counting of them. Nor can an agreement – scientifically, that is – on the size of the foreskin on which the numbers are based. Some researchers claim that an average foreskin measures 12 to 16 square inches; others say it is half that.
There are still other studies, but again, not a single one actually gives an average count. And again, there is some skepticism that the number is a pure exaggeration and not even based on scientific studies, especially the last number in the statement that has recently been quoted: 20,000 to 70,000 nerve endings on an average foreskin.
One, major problem with the number, is that the foreskin, like all skin, contains at least 7 different types of nerve endings, not just the ones that stimulate the foreskin and produce sexual stimulation, and eventually, produce orgasm and ejaculation. And Dr. Fleiss (like a number of other circumcision researchers, including Dr. Bollinger, who cited the 117 infant mortalities in the U.S. due to routine circumcision) is an active, anti-circumcision physician which can make him vulnerable to bias.
Can sensitivity to touch on the foreskin or on the glans be measured?
A major goal of those who quote the 10,000, 20,000 or 70,000 number is to use it as evidence that the foreskin is highly sensitive, in particular, sensitive to touch (as say, to temperature). Fortunately, there are other ways to measure touch, especially the kind of touch that tells the brain sex is coming, and thus, to make an argument not to remove the foreskin. So for now, forget the number of nerve endings and look instead at studies that have measured the sensitivity – of both the foreskin and of the glans – then compared that measured sensitivity to other parts of the body that also have nerve endings that are sensitive to touch. Fortunately, the source of these studies is more easily verifiable since they have all been published in major medical journals, and therefore, easily found on the Internet. What is interesting to note, though, is that the results vary from one study to another, and in fact, tend to refute the results of each other!
Two studies often quoted were each done in the past decade or so. What is interesting is that as mentioned previously, one study refutes the other. Thus, one study found that the foreskin was the most sensitive location on the penis, and that when removed by circumcision, the glans that lies underneath a foreskin showed less sensitivity in general. The other study looked at the Meissner's corpuscles in eight parts of the body where Meissner corpuscles are concentrated, and therefore, more sensitive to touch than other body parts. What the team of researchers found is that the least sensitive part (to touch) of all 8 body parts studied – happened to be both the foreskin and the glans. In contrast, the most sensitive body part was located on the fingertips.
One more issue to consider
One more fact to consider is the body's ability to substitute. For example, people whose sight is diminished or even blinded may experience an increase in their sense of touch or sound. Likewise, people who grow deaf may, in turn, grow more visually discriminating. Men circumcised as adults have been surveyed. Many report being more sexually sensitive after their circumcision. Perhaps losing a foreskin's touch nerve endings helps them gain more sensitivity elsewhere, and in particular, on their glans. And note that other men lament their circumcision as adults, reporting less sensitive. Even worse, some men detest it. So much depends on the individual circumstance to draw a conclusion here, despite the best intentions of both anti-circs and pro-circs.
To sum things up
First, it might be prudent to be skeptical about the exact number – average, or mean – cells on a foreskin. Maybe the number of nerve endings is accurate. But maybe, the number isn't. What is certain is that more research is needed, research that can be replicated, and perhaps, research done on larger groups and over longer periods, since nerve cells, as we have learned previously, tend to decrease with age.
Secondly, even results of studies showing sensitivity to the foreskin and to the glans make it difficult, if not impossible, to draw a firm conclusion.
Finally, given the uncertainty of some of the data, the polarity of feelings about what data does exist, the polarity of feelings about being circumcised, it is difficult to look at the number often stated as truly factual, or to use it as evidence to use in a decision about circumcision.
The Circumcision Decision
Postponing Circumcision
Size of Foreskin
Male vs. Female Circumcision
Pain During Circumcision
117 Deaths from Circumcision?
Taylor's Ridge
Smegma
Memory of Circumcision
Circumcision and Balanitis
Circumcision and Phimosis
Health Decoder – To Circumcise or Not to Circumcise
60 Minutes Australia – Fore and Against (Circumcision Story)
Circumcision The Whole Story
Adult Circumcision
Circumcision: Risks and Benefits
The Ethics of Male Circumcision
Babies Contract Herpes from Ritual Circumcisions
Circumcision and HIV
Attempts to regulate ritual circumcisers in New York
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- (NSArray *)getLocalFilesWithExtension: (NSString *)fileExtension {
    /* MAS: fileExtension could be 'jpeg' 'caf' 'text' etc., and selectedDirectory is likely user-specific
     *    Both need validating before use!
     */
    NSError *error = nil;
    // MAS: this gets the filenames from the sandboxed "~/Directory" --
    NSFileManager *theFM = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; // MAS: intialize for directory/file management
    NSURL *documentsDirectory = [[theFM URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject];

    NSArray *directoryContents = [theFM contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory.path  error:&error];

    if ( error ) {
        D8E(@"Directory error %@", [error localizedDescription]);
    }
    if ( directoryContents.count == 0 ) {
        D8E(@"Directory empty: %d  (%@)", (int) [directoryContents count], [error localizedDescription]);
    }
    else {
        D8D(@"Directory not empty: %@", directoryContents.firstObject);
    }

    NSIndexSet *localFileNameIndexes = [directoryContents indexesOfObjectsPassingTest:^BOOL(NSString *fileName, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
        return [[fileName pathExtension] isEqualToString:fileExtension];
    }];

    if ( localFileNameIndexes.count > 0 ) {
        NSArray *localFileNames = [directoryContents objectsAtIndexes:localFileNameIndexes]; // MAS's code
        return localFileNames;
    }
    else {
        D8D(@"no files found");
        return nil;
    }
}
#pragma mark - UIPickerViewDataSource

- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView {
    return 1; // MAS: just the filenames
}

- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component {
    return pickerDataArray.count;  // MAS: as manu as are in the directory
}

#pragma mark - UIPickerViewDelegate

// The data to return for the row and component (column) that's being passed in
- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
    return [pickerDataArray  objectAtIndex:row];
}

- (void)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView didSelectRow:(NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component {

    selectedRow = row;
    selectedFilename = [pickerDataArray objectAtIndex: row];
    if (![self uploadSelectedFile:selectedFilename]) {
        D8D(@"Upload failed");
    }
}

- (bool)uploadSelectedFile:(NSString*)localFilename {
    // MAS: upload and verify
    return NO;
}

- (IBAction)uploadFile:(id)sender {

    NSFileManager *theFM = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    NSURL *documentsDirectory = [[theFM URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject];
    NSString *filePath =  [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",documentsDirectory.path,selectedFilename];
    D8D("Filepath: %@", filePath);

    if ( [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath] )
    {
        NSData *data = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsAtPath:filePath]; //NSData is required to get base64 encoding string of file
        NSString *base64EncodedFile = [data base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0];
        [D8iOS uploadFilewithFileName:selectedFilename andDataString:base64EncodedFile withView:self.view];
    }
    else {

        D8D(@"File to be uploaded does not exit");
        UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"File does not exist on device" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss" otherButtonTitles: nil];
        [alert show];

    }
}

@end


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Solidarity and Provocation in Syria
Recent Turkish attacks have attempted to create conflict between the SDF and Regime forces in North and East Syria. The Turkish state has been unable to advance against the alliance of these forces, but hopes that conflict between them would create opportunities to do so. This is not a new strategy for Turkey – as the Rojava Revolution has always built links between different parts of society, Tukey has always worked to drive them apart.
The Ottoman Empire and the French and British Mandates controlled their territories through divide and rule strategies, pitting different ethnic and religious groups against one another and stoking hatreds between them. The Turkish and Syrian States have continued this policy, making it a pillar of their systems. In Turkey this has led to a series of genocides, forced assimilation, and widespread racism.
The inter-ethnic solidarity of the SDF and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is not just ideologically repulsive to the Turkish State. By showing that peaceful coexistence is possible, it presents a threat to the very foundation of the State. When Erdogan talks of threats along the border, it isn't arms or insurgents that he thinks will cross it – it is solidarity and democracy. As SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said in a recent interview, "One of the objectives of the Turkish military attack was to shatter the existing unity of the region. But it's the opposite that took place." The attack was stopped outside Tel Tamr, a Syriac town, by the combined might of Syriac, Kurdish, Arab, and Armenian forces, with fighters from Turkey, Europe, and all four parts of Kurdistan.
Although the PYD's early successes in uniting Kurdish, Syriac, and Arab communities (many of those Arab communities forcibly settled on Kurdish lands by the Assad regime to create tensions in the region) were vital to the success of the Revolution, it is Manbij that stands as the shining example of what can be acheived. Manbij is a majority-Arab city West of the Euphrates, held by ISIS for years but now a key part of the Autonomous Administration. It was the first area outside of Rojava to be liberated by the SDF, and showed that the system of the Revolution could work outside of Kurdish areas. It proved that the SDF was not an invading, imperialist force, but could work with local people and self-defense forces to liberate their lands and then hand over control to them. This model was used again in Raqqa and Deir ez Zour, with the Manbij Military Council now joining in the same role.
Manbij locals embrace SDF fighters after the liberation of the city.
South of Rojava, towards Deir ez Zour, the SDF works with a coalition of local Arab tribes to defend and administer the area. Turkey and their proxies have tried to destroy this unlikely alliance, but it has emerged stronger. SDF commander Polat Can says "The Turkish invasion was a big test for us. Our conclusion is unambiguous: Kurds and Arabs resisted together against a Turkish invasion. There was not a single Arab uprising against the SDF. Hundreds of young Arabs came to fight against the Turks. Even the Arab communities of Ras al Ayn and Tall Abyad [cities captured by Turkey] didn't rally to the Turks. They [left their houses] and came to the territories held by the SDF."
Expanding this spirit of cooperation to include the Assad Regime has been more challenging. But the Autonomous Administration has always coexisted alongside Regime-held areas. When the people of Rojava rose up in 2012, the Regime's hold on the region was already weak. Quickly overwhelmed, the SAA (Regime Forces) retreated to the city centres in Qamişlo and Hassakah. Despite occasional conflict, the SDF has allowed the Regime to control small areas of these cities. In Aleppo, the Kurdish neighbourhood of Şex Maqsoud declared autonomy early in the war. After a heroic resistance against Turkish-backed Jihadist gangs during the war, they have retained that autonomy as an enclave in Regime territory. In Qamişlo, the seed of the current cooperation was planted. The border crossing to Turkish-occupied Northern Kurdistan was an obvious route for any Turkish invasion. So the Regime has been left in control of it, creating a diplomatic deterrent.
A Regime post in Qamişlo
For Assad, the choice is clear, if unpleasant. The Autonomous Administration is a barrier to the return of his power to the region – and to a return of the economic plunder of North and East Syria that fueled the national economy for decades. But a Turkish victory would see those areas and resources lost forever, annexed into Erdogan's expanding empire. The Autonomous Administration are at least willing to compromise. As Polat Can says, "Rojava cannot go back to the pre-2010 situation. The SDF will not disappear. We will not allow Kurds to be deprived from their rights [and] we will not allow the destruction of the relations between Kurds, Arabs, and Christians. Apart from that, we can negotiate anything they want."
It is clear to everyone involved that a war between the Regime and the Autonomous Administration would benefit nobody but the Turkish State and it's proxies. Eventually, an agreement has to be reached. But in the face of Turkish sabotage and provocations, and what Polat Can describes as the "chauvinistic mentality" of the Regime, progress is slow.
The Autonomous Administration and Responses to Crisis
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Q: Phonegap iOS: how to remove status bar when hotspot overlay is active? My Phonegap app (running on iOS 8.1, iPhone 5) has a typical black status bar at the top of the page. Usually this works perfectly.
When I run the app with the device's personal hotspot on, the blue personal hotspot message appears, as intended. It does not overlay the app, as intended. However, the original status bar is now positioned after the personal hotspot message, and is an empty black bar with nothing in it. It seems like the original status bar was removed, but its container was not.
Is there a way to get rid of this empty black bar when the hotspot is on?
To clarify. There is still a status bar at the original place when the hotspot is on. It just appears blue and part of the hotspot message.
My HTML looks exactly like the code snippet under the heading 'Basic Template' on this page. It's just a typical HTML file.
I'm using the Phonegap StatusBar plugin, and added just this one line of code in the Phonegap config.xml file:
<preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="true" />

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Sniper Strike: Special Ops is a Shooting, Action, Tactical, Strategy, and Multiplayer video game developed by Eight Pixels Square for Windows. The player has to complete all the missions and rescue humanity from the aliens who want to ruin the world. The gameplay is about 3-minutes in which the player has to snip all the targets in the playfield.
The game has several customizable tools to modify the load-outs, guns, and characters throughout the game. More than 100 missions are there for the player to complete where each missions has many enemies and challenges. The game has several locations where the hostages are under the aliens, and the player's team needs to take charge against the aliens and gain freedom for the hostages.
The game has advanced weapons, such as 14 snipers, 15 pistols, eight shotguns, nine rifles, and much more. Enemies come in the form of a wave or attack the characters from a hidden place, so the player must get ready for all these conditions. Major features of the game are Different Weapons, Multiplayer Mode, Customization, Several Locations, and More Than 100 Missions.
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#11 Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
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The game comes up with two teams, such as allies and axis. The player can play up to six different maps that include the North African Campaign, Gold Rush, Siwa Oasis, Europe Campaign, and Fuel Dump. Four different modes are available for the player, such as Campaign Mode, Objective Mode, Stopwatch Mode, and Last Man Standing Mode.
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This game has a variety of weapons and collectibles that will help the player to regenerate the health bar during the game. Different characters with several classes, such as Engineer, Soldier, Field Ops, Medic, and Covert Ops, are there for the player. Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory game has core features, such as Different Characters, Several Classes, Four Modes, First-person Perspective, Six Maps, and Advanced Weapons.
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The game comes up with four game modes, such as Single-player Campaign, Multiplayer Campaign, Territory Control, and Countdown with different gameplay. The player needs to reload the weapon again and again in the playfield and checks whether the magazine is fully or partially-filled by determining the weight of the magazine. The player will get Honor and kill points after every mission that will enhance the player's performance.
Several classes are there for the player, such as Commander, Squad Leader, Engineer, Anti-tank soldier, and much more, where a player can adopt any role. The game has several tanks, APCs, planes, and military vehicles where a player can recreate each tank or vehicle with customization tools. Through the game, each team has reinforcements, and each game lasts for a minimum of 30 minutes or a maximum of many hours depending on the number of reinforcements.
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Q: Proving a statement about ellipses and Dandelin spheres. I have the Dandelin sphere construction. That is, I am given a vertical cylinder with radius $r$ and two spheres of radius $r$ are put inside of it. A plane (horizontal or otherwise, just not vertical) goes through the cylinder and the two spheres are placed such that they are just tangent to the plane at points $F_1$ and $F_2$.
So, define a point $P$ to be any point in the intersection between the plane and the (hollow) cylinder. We have that $|F_1 - F_2| = 2c$ and $P - F_1| + |P - F_2| = 2a$. I want to show that $r = \sqrt{a^2 - c^2}$.
I've been trying to work something out using the pythagorean theorem, but I can't get something started.

A: I'd never heard of Dandelin spheres, so I learned something finding this answer. In the figure below (apologies for the image quality, and all the extra labels, etc.), I'll show one thing (with a proof blithely adapted (i.e., stolen) from Wikipedia). The key fact I'll use (leaving the proof to you) is that if $PQ$ and $PR$ are segments tangent to a sphere $S$ at points $Q$ and $R$, then their lengths are equal.
Main claim: $|E_1E_2| = 2a$, so the spheres are separated by distance $2a$ between their centers.
Proof: The segments $PF_1$ and $PF_2$ are both tangent to the upper sphere, so their lengths are the same number $u$. Similarly for $PF_2$ and $PE_2$, with equal lengths $v$. Thus the distance $|E_1E_2|$ is $u + v = 2a$.

It then follows that the midpoint $Q$ of $F_1F_2$ is at distance $a$ from the center $A$ of the lower sphere. Since the length of $F_1F_2$ is $2c$, the distance from $Q$ to $F_2$ is $c$. Now $AF_2Q$ is a right triangle, with legs $r$ and $c$ and hypotenuse $a$, so $r^2 + c^2 = a^2$, hence $r = \sqrt{a^2 - c^2}$.


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