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thehuntinhog December 14, 2020, 5:26am #21
Well I've stated that I think parity is a good thing. I'm not worried about competing with BAMA or TAM. I'm more worried about their being 2 classes and we aren't in the right one. I'd rather there be one class, the SEC, where any team could potentially win a NC. I also think parity prevents Sanky from picking a favorite for the refs to help. I understand the pull Saban has but that's because he's on top with no parity. The more parity the less power he has. Sanky can fight off an SEC team each year to protect BAMA but he can't fight them all. Parity helps that cause. TAM winning after LSU means Sanky doesn't have to just support BAMA. It changes the dynamic. He just wants the SEC to win it every year but right now he believes that's only one team. When he sees multiple teams fighting for it then he'll have to change his tune. When he does I think recruits will change theirs as well.
ClayHenry December 14, 2020, 5:29am #22
Good arguments by both. I just don't want Notre Dame to win. I guess I am tired of someone else in West winning. I actually wanted LSU to win last year, but now I regret it. Mark me down as befuddled.
stillgreghog December 14, 2020, 5:53pm #23
I actually wanted LSU to win last year, but now I regret it. Mark me down as befuddled.
I realized recently that I am no long all about the "SEC." It happened first in basketball, but now in football. I really dislike a lot of SEC teams and I will no longer root for a SEC team against a non-SEC team automatically.
hogstetrician December 14, 2020, 7:24pm #24
I agree completely. I have had this conversation with my brother and dad. They want the SEC to win every game against any outside conference. For me, LSU (all sports), Ole Miss (all sports), Auburn (all sports), and Kentucky (basketball)…… in that order… are teams that I want to lose, no mater the competition.
When they play each other, I sometimes can't even watch, but it's always LSU > Ole Miss > Auburn as to which team I want to lose.
As I've said to my family many times…… "I always wanted Texas to lose every game, why is it odd that I now feel that way about LSU?"
thehuntinhog December 15, 2020, 7:15pm #25
stillgreghog:
I really dislike a lot of SEC teams and I will no longer root for a SEC team against a non-SEC team automatically.
Interestingly I have come to this same feeling. I think I'm just tired of certain SEC teams getting all the love, not matter who they play, for really no real reason, other than to maybe support the cause, SEC is the best. Right now BAMA is the best and the rest are benefiting against the rest of the nation for no real reason. The SEC did everything they could to stand behind the mighty AU, who cheated their way into a victory over us, cheated their way to another victory, and then ultimately fired their coach, because it's own PTB knows they SUCK! That's why I'm starting to really dislike the SEC. The foucha pose penalty when i had to watch Gators crawl over over the ground after getting a sack and not getting flagged didn't really help change my mind either. But karma got them too, or the shoe. Just a bunch of stupid nonsense and I really like the way Coastal Carolina plays in its 4th year. Done with the rant.
hogstetrician:
For me, LSU (all sports), Ole Miss (all sports), Auburn (all sports), and Kentucky (basketball)…… in that order… are teams that I want to lose, no mater the competition.
Auburn was at the top for me recently, but that changed yesterday. Now the order is LSU, BAMA, TAM, OM for football. KY, KY, KY, AU for basketball. I'd include LSU but they just won't ever be good enough to warrant my support for losing.
LDhog:
The inconsistency of calls in the SEC is just plain pitiful
oh, i think they're consistent. i can predict every call.
ramblinrazorwreck December 15, 2020, 7:37pm #28
I have really never been a Conference Homer (despite being a 2 Conference Alumni), except for a few comments I used to make when the ACC was getting bashed about being dreadfully weak in Football. Clemson's resurgence and the ACC winning the Bowl Challenge Cup in 2016-17 has mostly driven the urge to respond to those types of comments out of me.
I am more of an SEC guy than ACC guy, though I just don't pull for anyone based on Conference affiliation.
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Airway was a musical ensemble based within the Los Angeles Free Music Society.

Airway was initially a solo project of Le Forte Four member Joe Potts. The first release was the Airway 7", which featured subliminal messages to coincide with an art exhibition in Tokyo. In August 1978 Airway made their live debut at the Lace Gallery. This lineup featured Potts and Chip Chapman on electronics, Vetza on vocals, Rick Potts on mandolin, Dennis Duck on saxophone, Juan Gomez on bass, and Tom Recchion on drums. They attempted to create subliminal messages beneath a wall of noise by using tape delay. Recordings from the performance were released as Live At LACE by the Los Angeles Free Music Society. "Live at LACE" was reissued by Harbinger Sound in 2006.

Throughout 1978 the group performed more concerts with differing lineups, but always with Joe Potts' subliminal message experiments. The project disbanded in 1979. Airway reformed in 1998 for a performance at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, which featured 18 musicians. Recordings from the performance were released as Beyond the Pink Live by the Cortical Foundation.

Their sound influenced the Japanese noise band Hijokaidan.

Discography
 Live at LACE (1978, reissued on CD in 2006 and on LP in 2009)
 Live at Beyond The Pink (2001)

See also
 Los Angeles Free Music Society

References

Musical groups from Los Angeles

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MUSIC THEORY - ultimate guide (68 episodes)
I know for certain that there are many talented musicians among you, even though the theoretical side of music has always put you off. Some others might have a classical education, but dropped music theory as soon as you knew enough to decipher sheet music.
But you've all surely been in a situation where you've thought to yourself: "It would come in really handy to know a bit more of music theory."
The goal of this new article series is to refresh some basic harmony concepts to anybody who wishes to discover, or rediscover, a way to easily improve his or her compositions or improvisations.
Octaves, intervals and scales
First of all, it's important to remember that, in so-called "Western music," all the sounds that an instrument can play are divided into octaves, which repeat from lows to highs. An octave is in turn divided into 12 notes. The combination of these 12 notes is called the "chromatic scale."
But then, if there are twelve notes why is it called an "octave," which implies the existence of eight elements, considering that the prefix "oct-" means eight. Well, that's where the concept of the diatonic scale and tonal system comes in. However, before addressing that, we should first define the value and name of each note interval that makes up the chromatic scale.
The name of the intervals allude to the major and minor modes, which we'll see in a moment. Starting from the "C" note (although you could pick any other note), you have:
C-Db: ½ tone (also referred to as "a half-step" or "semitone"), minor second
C-D: 1 tone, major second
C-Eb: 1 tone and a half, minor third
C-E: 2 tones, major third
C-F: 2 tones and a half, perfect fourth
C-F#: 3 tones, augmented fourth, also called tritone
C-G: 3 tones and a half, perfect fifth
C-G#: 4 tones, augmented fifth
C-A: 4 tones and a half, major sixth
C-A#: 5 tones, augmented sixth
C-B: 5 tones and a half, major seventh
C-C: 6 tones, octave
Good, now that we've clarified the notion of interval, let's go back to the tonal system we talked about earlier. What is that all about, you ask? To put it simple, the tonal system takes the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale and arranges them to make the eight most significant ones stand out (although it's actually seven notes, because the note from where it starts, called tonic, is doubled). These eight notes constitute a "diatonic scale." But there are also scales with a different amounts of notes, which we'll see later on.
As I told you before, the tonal system allows you to organize the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale to create diatonic scales. They can be arranged according to two main modes: major and minor. There are (lots of) other modes, but they all stem from these two basic modes. We will look into these other modes in an upcoming article. The notes that make up a scale differ depending on whether the latter is major or minor. The "color" of a song is also affected by this. Put in extremely simplified terms, the major and minor modes could be defined as the "happy" and "sad" modes, respectively.
Here you have two examples that will give you and idea of the differences in mood that you can get depending on whether you use a major or minor mode. The notes are melodically very similar, but the feeling they convey is quite different.
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In the next article we'll see how you can create a major or minor scale.
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275a – "World Enough and Time"
"World Enough and Time" is the eleventh and penultimate episode of the tenth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay, and was broadcast on 24 June 2017 on BBC One. The episode received overwhelmingly positive reviews from television critics.
In the episode, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi), Bill (Pearl Mackie), Nardole (Matt Lucas), and Missy (Michelle Gomez) answer a distress call from a gigantic ship trying to escape a black hole. It is the first episode of a two-part story which concludes in the following episode, "The Doctor Falls". "World Enough and Time" is the first multi-Master episode in the show's televised history, as it features both Missy, the character's latest incarnation, and an earlier version (John Simm) last seen in the 2009–2010 serial The End of Time. It also serves as an origin story for the Cybermen, and features the return of the original Mondasian Cybermen, last seen on-screen in the 1966 serial The Tenth Planet, which was the Cybermen's debut.
In the cold open, the Doctor emerges from the TARDIS onto a snowscape and collapses, beginning to regenerate.
Earlier, the Doctor proposed to test Missy's atonement by having her, alongside Bill and Nardole, answer a distress call. They arrive via the TARDIS on a giant colony ship reversing away from a black hole. They are held at gunpoint by the solitary crew member, Jorj, who demands to know which of them is human, fearing creatures that are arriving by the lift. Bill admits to being human and Jorj shoots her out of fear. Humanoid figures, wearing cloth masks and hospital gowns, take Bill's body away claiming they can restore her. Right before the lifts depart, the Doctor telepathically tells Bill to wait for him.
The Doctor, Missy, and Nardole learn from Jorj that, two days previously, some of the human bridge crew had gone down to the lower level of the ship to start the engine reversal, but they never returned. Jorj claims the ship only had 50 people two days ago, but Nardole shows there are actually thousands of life forms below. They are the descendants of the crew: due to time dilation from the black hole, time moves faster at the ship's lower levels (further from the black hole) than the bridge (close to the black hole) 400 miles away, and a year has already passed for Bill. The Doctor incapacitates Jorj and, along with Missy and Nardole, departs below in a lift.
Another of the patients waiting to be "upgraded", on display at a Doctor Who exhibition.
Bill awakens in a hospital, where she finds that she has been fitted with a mechanical device that serves as her replacement heart. Razor, one of the hospital's employees, shows her around and explains that some of the patients are waiting to be "upgraded" for "Operation Exodus", to escape the polluted air of the ship's lower levels due to contamination from the fuel. Years later, they see footage from the bridge of the Doctor coming down the lift. However, Razor then tricks Bill into becoming the next "upgrade" subject.
Upon arriving, the Doctor and Nardole explore the hospital while Missy tries to determine the origin of the colony ship. She finds the vessel is from a "twin" of Earth, Mondas. Razor approaches her and insists she has been here before, and that the Doctor will never forgive her for what has happened to Bill. When she denies it, "Razor" removes his disguise, revealing himself to be the Master (as played by John Simm), Missy's earlier incarnation. The Doctor and Nardole find an operating theatre where a "Mondasian" Cyberman, from when the Doctor first encountered them, emerges from a closet. The Cyberman identifies itself as formerly being Bill Potts. The Master and Missy then explain they are all witnessing the genesis of the Cybermen. The Cyberman tells the Doctor "I waited for you", revealing that Bill is the Cyberman; underneath its face cover, Bill sheds a tear.
This episode featured the return of the original Mondasian Cybermen, not seen since 1966 in The Tenth Planet. They are shown here at a Doctor Who exhibition.
Bill is converted into a Cyberman matching the original design from the 1966 serial The Tenth Planet.
The Doctor performs Venusian aikido on Jorj, a specialty of the Third Doctor that he first demonstrated in The Green Death (originally called "Venusian karate" in Inferno).
The Master says that he loves disguises, a fondness which dates back to his debut appearance in Terror of the Autons when he posed as a telephone engineer. He also mentions being "someone's former Prime Minister"; the Master was elected Prime Minister during "The Sound of Drums" / "Last of the Time Lords", under the alias Harold Saxon.
The episode's title comes from the Andrew Marvell poem "To His Coy Mistress": "Had we but world enough and time, / This coyness, lady, were no crime."
The read-through for this episode took place on 21 February 2017, and the main shooting was from 24 February through 28 March.
On 6 April 2017, the BBC confirmed that Simm would be returning as the Master in the tenth series, appearing alongside his successor in the role, Michelle Gomez, for the first story in the programme's history with more than one incarnation of the Master at the same time.
The episode was watched by 3.37 million viewers overnight, one of the lowest ratings for the series. However, compared to other programmes that aired on the same night, Doctor Who fared relatively well with a share of 22%. The episode received 5.00 million views overall, and it received an Appreciation Index of 85, the joint highest score of Twelfth Doctor episodes along with "Dark Water" from the eighth series.
"World Enough and Time" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from television critics, with many of them hailing it the best episode of the tenth series, but also criticizing the network for spoiling the cliffhanger early on. The episode currently holds an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, the website's consensus reading, "'World Enough and Time' sets up the conclusion of Doctor Who's tenth season with a cliffhanger episode that deftly blends many of the show's most important ingredients."
Bradley Russell from SFX Magazine gave the episode a rating of 4 stars out of 5. Stating that the episode was about "playing with expectation", he stated that the episode was the regular mix of science-fiction scares and horror, but that everything felt very slightly out of place. He did, however, compliment the ending of the episode and how it gave more ample motivation to watch the finale episode. He stated that the opening scene of the regeneration was a "cheap tactic" with no answers given, but the idea of Missy filling the Doctor's shoes was far more interesting. He also stated that some scenes were "bordering on unwatchable for young children" and "too slow and filled with exposition".
Scott Collura of IGN gave the episode a 9.0, admiring the character development of Missy through the episode, as she is finally depicted as "out and about as the Mistress", and how Steven Moffat does a good job of deconstructing the name and meaning of the show. He went on to praise "World Enough and Time" as a great buildup for the season finale, noting that "like the Master and Missy themselves, this episode is sort of a two-faced monster – but a good one that seems to be bringing the tenth season to a strong finish". He stated that the episode was full of great science-fiction concepts, high stakes for all of the main and supporting characters, and how the episode was full of "humor, scares, and more".
Ross Ruediger of New York Magazine was also extremely positive about the episode, praising Steven Moffat's writing and the script's cleverness, but also indicating that it was easy to see through the disguise of John Simm since the appearance of the Master had been spoiled early on: "Who'd have guessed Simm was returning after all these years? Imagine how much more powerful that reveal could've been!" He stated that the episode aimed to grab the viewer's attention even before the credits, with the regeneration scene, stating that it was a far better "regeneration" than the one that had previously appeared in "The Lie of the Land". He also complimented Rachel Talalay's direction of the episode, after having a track record with Peter Capaldi's series finales.
Giving the episode a perfect score, Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times called it "macabre and riveting", stating that the conversion of Bill Potts into the Mondasian Cyberman and the revelation at the end of the episode "packed more punch" than Jackie Tyler's Cyber-conversion in the second series or Oswin Oswald being revealed as a Dalek in the "Asylum of the Daleks". Mulkern ended his review with praise towards the cliffhanger ending: "The close of World Enough and Time is sublime. Steven Moffat's script deftly cuts between two scenes of revelation, expertly shot by director Rachel Talalay."
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When you start entering sweepstakes, you probably want to enter every giveaway you can. After all, the more you enter, the better your chances of winning, right? But slow down, there are some good reasons to be choosy about which contests and sweepstakes you enter.
Everyone's time to enter is limited, and there are more giveaways out there than even the most dedicated sweeper can get to. You want to make sure that you spend your precious time on the giveaways that have a real chance of a worthwhile prize.
Here are five types of sweepstakes that you should avoid because they only waste your time. Time which could be better spent on giveaways that will have the best payoff for you.
You're Not Eligible to Win
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When a prize is really alluring, it's tempting to try to enter a giveaway even if you're not eligible to win. So a sweep is only open to business owners, or diabetics, or people under 13, and you don't qualify... well, maybe the sponsors won't notice, right? And isn't a possible disqualification worth it for the chance to win?
But you are wasting your time if you enter sweepstakes you can't win. Sponsors do due diligence to make sure that their winners followed the rules, and it's crushing to be notified that you've won a fantastic prize, only to have it pulled away when the sponsors realize you are ineligible.
Plus, it's bad karma. Imagine how frustrating it would be for you to lose a prize because people who weren't eligible to win entered. If you wouldn't want it done to you, why would you try to do it to someone else, especially when there are so many good sweepstakes to enter?
Furthermore, it's not just your time you're wasting. When sponsors have to spend too much time and effort weeding out ineligible entries, it may discourage them from offering more giveaways, which leads to fewer prizes for yourself and others to win.
Giving Away Vacations That You Can't Take
If you're about to enter to win a trip, take a moment to stop and check the rules to see if the sponsor has specified when the vacation has to take place.
Sometimes, the rules will say that the winner will have to travel shortly after the prize is awarded. Other times, the trip has to be taken over major holidays or other dates that might just not be convenient for you.
If you need a lot of lead time to take time off of work or you can't imagine being away from your family on Thanksgiving, avoid sweepstakes that would require you to travel on those dates.
There are other good reasons why you might not be able to take a trip as well. For example, a long biking tour in Ireland or a hike through the mountains of Peru would not be a good prize for someone who is not physically fit.
If the sweepstakes is giving away other prizes as well as the trip you can't take, consider whether it's worth entering anyway and declining the prize if you win the trip.
Where the Taxes Would Be Too High to Be Worth It
High-value prizes are extremely exciting to win, but remember that if you live in the United States, you're going to be paying sweepstakes taxes on your prizes. Sometimes, those taxes make the prize unaffordable.
Remember that the rule of thumb is that you'll be paying about 1/3 of the prize value in taxes (your individual tax situation will determine how much you'll pay. Speak with a tax consultant for a more exact number).
So if you win, say, a $30,000 vacation, you can expect to pay somewhere around $10,000 when you declare your taxes. Can you afford that? Is it worth it to you? Think it over before you enter.
Of course, there are ways of handling taxes, too. For more information, see How to Dispute an ARV on Your Taxes and How to Afford Taxes on Car Prizes.
Giving Away Prizes You Can't Use
Sure, a win is a win, but entering sweepstakes that offer prizes that you don't want or need will result in a lot of junk around the house and a lot of wasted time on your part.
Sometimes you can sell the prizes, but that's an investment of time and effort which could be spent trying to win prizes you do want. It's better to skip the sweepstakes that aren't offering prizes that you want.
Of course, there are sweepstakes that are giving away multiple prizes, and not all of the prizes are ones that you can use. If you are a potential winner of a prize you don't want, you can try to decline the prize, or you can consider giving it to a friend or donating it to charity.
Where Your Expenses Would Be Too High
Even when the prizes are free, sometimes they come with related expenses that can add up.
For example, if you win a cruise that includes your stateroom on board and free meals, you may still be responsible for paying for airfare to port, shore excursions, tips and gratuities, and other expenses out of pocket.
Trips also have hidden expenses like housesitting or pet care while you're gone, meals while you are away, and lost wages for taking time off of work.
It's a good idea to read the prize descriptions carefully to decide whether there are related expenses that could add up to more than you're comfortable paying for your prize
If you do win a prize that you can't use or don't want, you can sometimes turn it down when the sponsor contacts you. This gives the sponsor the opportunity to award the prize to someone who will be genuinely thrilled.
Sometimes you'll win a grand prize when you were really hoping to win one of the many smaller prizes, or your situation changes between the time you enter and the time you receive the prize, and you end up with a prize you can't use. There's nothing wrong with that.
However, taking a few seconds to read the rules and determine whether a sweep is worthwhile to enter saves your time and the sponsors'.
Picking and choosing where to spend your time when you enter sweepstakes is considerate to yourself, to other entrants, and to the sweepstakes' sponsors. It leaves you with less "junk" that you don't want, and more prizes you love.
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Where To Buy a Refurbished JURA Impressa A9 Review of Nespresso Creatista Plus by Breville – Should You Buy It?
Why Is Nespresso Pixie More Expensive Than Inissia? Which One Is Worth The Money?
When it comes to Nespresso machines and it's wide range of models, the two models people are torn between are the Pixie and Inissia due to similarities in function but big price difference. So you know for sure you want one of these Nespresso machines, but how do you choose the right one?
What Is The Difference Between Nespresso Pixie and Inissia?
Both Nespresso makers are compact in size: Pixie is (W x D x H) 4.4 x 12.8 x 9.3 in and Inissia is 4.7 x 12.6 x 9 inches.
Both have quick start up time of 25 seconds.
Both have 24 oz water tank capacity.
The pump pressure on both machines is 19 bars.
Both have reprogrammable Espresso and Lungo buttons.
So far, both the Pixie and Inissia are identical. So, what could possibly make you want pay more for the Pixie?
The Nespresso Pixie is built with such premium design and quality that is reflected in its price.
It has a metal exterior, unlike the Inissia which is built of plastic. It has aluminum side plates and a sleek steel handle.
The Pixie is equipped with LED lighting in the used capsule drawer. This lighting isn't only decorative, although it makes the machine look gorgeous sitting on your countertop especially in the dark, it also serves as indicator for low water level. The light flashes in red when the water tank is almost empty, otherwise, it lights up in blue/gray.
Pixie more energy efficient with A-40% Energy consumption class.
Click here to learn more about Nespresso Pixie, read the customer reviews and buy it.
Is It Worth It To Pay More For the Nespresso Pixie?
This is ultimately up to you. It's important to note that whether you choose Nesprsso Pixie or Inissia, you will be getting the same coffee quality, and that's the best part. However, you should decide if it's up to you to get a better design and more premium build quality, as that's exactly what you'll be paying for.
Can Nespresso Inissia Make Cappuccino, Latte and Other Specialty Coffee Drinks?
Yes, of course! Inissia can make any specialty drink you want. But to do that, you'll have to get a milk frother with it. This can be an Aeroccino, which is usually available as a bundle with the machine, or any other milk frother of your choosing. This is important since the inissia itself does not have a built-in milk frother.
What Coffee Pods Does Inissia Use?
Inissia, like Pixie, is a Nespresso OriginalLine machine. This means that it uses OriginalLine capsules by Nespresso. You can also use Nespresso capsules from third party brands as well as refillable capsules.
Does Nespresso Inissia Make Coffee?
If by coffee you mean drip coffee, then the answer is now. Inissia as well as Pixie are espresso machines, so they're designed to extract coffee with high pressure to produce espresso. The closest thing you can make to a cup of coffee is Americano, which is a shot or two of Espresso diluted with hot water. If you want to make coffee using Nespresso, then consider the VertuoLine model which makes espresso and coffee.
Nespresso Inissia vs. Essenza, Which To Pick?
Essenza Mini is an even more compact espresso machine by Nespresso. Although it makes the same drinks as Inissia, the design differences might make you consider one over the other. You can read our full comparison here.
Nespresso Inissia Breville vs DeLonghi, Is There a Difference?
When picking an Inissia, or even some other models from Nespresso, you'll notice that some are labeled with brand name DeLonghi, while others are under Breville's name. Is there any actual difference between them? No, there isn't. Nespresso has partnered with these companies for manufacturing. The only difference you might come across is different colors, but the machines are exactly the same.


Everyone out there is howling for good films in Kannada but this quality is turning bad day by day. Film Game is one such example. It is difficult to understand the intension of it's production.
The hero Surya (Shivaram) hates all women because he was convinced by his father that his mother desolated them for a rich guy. So the only job for this man with his four chums is to harass and ogle at girls around. They happen to see Amrutha (Meena) in a debate talking against men. Surya who thinks all women in this world are evil, decides to teach her a lesson and plans to trap her. All five of them decide to act as blinds, get her sympathy, lover her and finally ditch her. At one point of time, she comes to know about their plan but still continues to act as if she does not know anything. The game between these two is the main thread of the plot. But the entry of his mother (Bhavya) changes his attitude but was too late to tell Amrutha that he loves her.
First half is tolerable with some comic relief but the second part is overloaded with melodrama and emotional overdose. Shivaram looks much better compared to his earlier films. But he should have opted for suitable role. Ghazar Khan and Bhavya plays Shivaram's parents' role but looks as young as the hero! Director overlooked at various simple stuff. Here are a few samples - blood flows upwards in to the bottle hung to a stand straight from our hero's arm while he is donating blood for his mother! Heroine comes on to the stage for a debate competition but was looking more like a beauty contest! A character of heroin's brother peeps in. No one knows why that role was created! It is Meena, Bhavya and Kashi who adds some life to the film. Music by Babji-Sandeep, cinematography by Sundarnath Suvarna, Krishna Kumar and Sitaram deserves a mention.


Another long-haul flight, another blog post. After I've exhausted the in-flight movies, this month's issues of Scientific American and the New Yorker, listened to one and a half episodes of In Our Time, and even done some work, I've had to fall back to the option of last resort – writing a post for this weblog.
There's something about long distance travel that engenders it to writing diaries or journals. For me, it's a combination of being forced to spend lots of time thinking about nothing in particular, and soaking up large amounts of varied information from articles, podcasts and observations in general about people and airports.
Airports – now who couldn't be moved to write a few hundred words about them? They're an experience that everyone has to suffer once in a while, a shared environment that exists independent of location. Personally, I've often thought of airports as being extremely slow teleportation devices, in that you move between two near-identical buildings without any experience of the space in between them. Even the styling of airports resembles teleporters, from the retro '2001' space-age look (60s US airports) to the high-tech space-age look (00s Chinese airports). Unfortunately the analogy falls apart when you spend 90 minutes waiting in immigration at JFK, but otherwise it's a nice though.
US immigration – surely one of the worst flying experiences ever. No doubt in theory the fingerprinting and photo process shouldn't take thatlong, but the geniuses in charge of the process forgot two things. One, that the immigration desks would be chronically underfunded and understaffed; and two, that there is a high proportion of fuckwits (and I use the term after some consideration) that pass through airports and slow the entire process down for everyone. Clearly the challenge of filling out a couple of forms and correctly stating your nationality was just too much for a good 75% of people – although the incredibly poorly designed forms didn't help matters. I found myself wondering whatever had happened to the US free market – why can't someone set up a few fast-track immigration lanes that you could pay $5 to use? I certainly would've stumped up the money to save myself an hour.
I also felt sorry for the US citizens who had to go through immigration. When entering the UK, EU citizens just have to flash their passports and get waved through. I have no idea what happens to US citizens, except that it seems to take about ten times longer. So much for American ingenuity.
One of the In Our Time podcasts I listened to was about galaxies. Normally, In Our Time's treatment of science is not quite as good as the arts or humanities – I put this down to Melyvn Bragg's slight disdain for the field, and the sad fact that many scientists just aren't good communicators. However, this one was pretty good, mainly because there was a charming American scientist on the panel.
One of the interesting facts in the program was to do with the Milky Way's spiral arms. What with all the 'photos' of the Milky Way showing the magnificent spirals (obviously they aren't photos, since we're in the Milky Way), you would think that all of the stars are packed into those arms. But apparently, they're not. The stars in our galaxy are actually formed into a disc, so they're also present 'in between' the arms. The arms themselves are regions of star formation, and because the new stars shine so brightly and light up the gas around them, that's why the arms outshine the rest of the galaxy.
What's even more interesting is that the spiral arms do not travel at the same speed of rotation of stars within the galaxy – it's a bit like the way in which waves in the ocean aren't composed of water that's moving sideways, they're composed of water moving up and down. The arms are also waves – they're compression waves that roll around the Milky Way, collapsing the clouds of gas that lie in between the stars so that they form new stars. Where do the clouds of gas come from? From the ashes of exploded stars – which are themselves the engine of the compression waves.
*The Earth takes about 250 million years to travel around the galaxy.
The first time I heard this wasn't from the podcast, it was from Will Wright at GDC this year. Because of a common connection, we happened to be at the same dinner one night and he, as ever, was talking about Spore. I was supposed to be talking about Perplex City and ARGs, which I did with a few folks, but I neglected my duties with Will and instead spent my time learning about spiral arms and swapping ideas about the chirality of amino acids (I think Will was pleased to find someone at the conference who also knew about astrobiology). I remember being absolutely fascinated by the notion of the spiral arms being a natural phenomenon writ impossibly large, like the carbon cycle or tectonics, but on the scale of hundreds of thousands of light years. Something that everyone recognises as being beautiful – the spiral arms of our galaxy – is made even more beautiful by knowing how it works.
I was impressed (although admittedly slightly dubious) by Will's intention to actually show players in Spore how this worked in an interactive fashion. It's not as if anyone needs to know the mechanism of star formation in our galaxy, but it's one of those wonderful, perfect facts that just makes startling sense.


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Squash queen Nicol David 'thrilled' life story to be biopic
Kuala Lumpur – Nicol David, the most successful women's squash player of all time, said she is "thrilled and overwhelmed" that her life story will be immortalised in an upcoming biopic.
The eight-time world champion spent an unprecedented nine years as world number one between 2006 and 2015.
"I always dreamt of one day telling my story, to be able to inspire everyone to work hard for what they want to achieve," she wrote on Facebook earlier this week.
The 37-year-old retired from the sport two years ago after a glittering career spanning two decades.
The film, "I am Nicol David", will be produced by Malaysia's Ace Pictures. It will be in English and producers are going to search for an actress in Malaysia to play David.
The production is in its early stages with the screenplay currently in development.
David has also won five British Open titles, two Commonwealth Games gold medals, five Asian Games gold medals and three World Games gold medals.
Her reign atop the world rankings came to an end in September 2015, but she continued to break records, achieving the longest unbroken run inside the world's top five at 143 months. — AFP
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1 Commenton Our New Building
Overlooking San Francisco's UN Plaza and with sweeping views of City Hall and downtown, the new LightHouse for the Blind building is a singular architectural landmark – unprecedented in the world of blindness and social service organizations. Complete with short-term residential facilities, extensive training and community spaces, and state-of-the-art technological advancements, the New LightHouse is worth a visit. Below are several pieces that tell the story of our new building and its design.
Architectural Record: "LightTouch: An agency employs subtle design strategies to better serve its visually impaired clientele."
Every element of the design—from circulation to lighting to mechanical equipment and the tactile and acoustic properties of surface materials—was shaped to the advantage of users whose visual challenges and compensating skills span an enormous range. The perceptions that LightHouse CEO Bryan Bashin most wanted to upend were those of new clients and their supporters. "Bryan wanted a space that was uplifting, not a woe-is-me experience," said Mark Cavagnero, whose San Francisco–based firm was selected by a design committee as the architect for the $13 million project. Even so, the environment couldn't be so "soft and gentle," says Cavagnero, that clients would be unprepared for the hard corners of the real world. The LightHouse also had an extremely unusual resource in Chris Downey, a successful Bay Area architect who became blind during an operation to remove a brain tumor in 2008. Downey, who immediately decided to continue in his chosen career, joined the LightHouse board in 2009 and is now its president.
Slack profiles great places to work: "Designing for everyone: How the new LightHouse for the Blind models building for inclusivity"
The cement floor is intentionally bare so that the sound of footsteps falling and canes tapping informs you that the space is full of life. If your hand were to graze against the furniture in the lobby, the material would be soft to the touch, as would the smooth wooden handrail to guide you up and down the staircase.
Arup group: "Design by ear: The New LightHouse for the Blind" –Our acoustical designers on how they made the building sonically beautiful:
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Tours are hosted by our Information Concierge Esmeralda Soto by appointment. Email esoto@lighthouse-sf.org to schedule an individual or group appointment.
In 2016, the LightHouse completed the move from its old location at 214 Van Ness Ave., where it was situated for more than two decades, to a new, state-of-the-art headquarters at 1155 Market Street in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
A rare example worldwide of physical space designed by and for blind individuals, with the leadership of world-renowned architect Mark Cavagnero and blind architect Chris Downey, the New LightHouse is not only a blindness center fit for the 21st Century, but has dozens of subtle but meaningful features which may not be obvious to those unfamiliar with universal design. Held together by an elegant three-story staircase which serves as the top-floor office's centerpiece, the New LightHouse also includes short-term residential facilities, a large teaching kitchen, a HAM radio room, technology centers, studios and computer labs, among many other technological and practical meeting spaces for blind education, community building and skills training.
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LightHouse for the Blind Announces the Purchase of 1155 Market Street in San Francisco
01/07/2016 LightHouse Staff
Dear LightHouse Supporters,
As we begin the New Year I am delighted to announce publicly details of a major new initiative the LightHouse has been working on for several years.
On December 9th the LightHouse took perhaps the biggest leap in our 114-year history. Those of you who have been close to our operations in recent times know that the new programs, services and expanded community we've been building has come at a price – we've been bulging at the seams for years. Our caring staff, new technologies and opportunities to hold larger events have been thwarted because we've just plain been out of space.
Back in 2007 the LightHouse Board began its journey to explore expansion opportunities at our existing San Francisco headquarters, a converted 1906 garage. Five years later, in 2012, our Board of Directors authorized the search and acquisition of a new expanded home for the LightHouse and the dozens of new programs we have been wanting to launch but couldn't. In 2014 we found such a building, just three blocks from our current location. Our Board and staff have spent the last year engaging architects, accessible technology vendors and others to design a master plan for nothing less than a 21st Century Center of Excellence.
December 9th was a high point of that journey. In a thrilling final few days we concluded the purchase of 1155 Market St., henceforth to be known as 'the LightHouse Building.' That week we also received our final construction permit from the City. We're now deep into a thorough remodel of the new space.
And what a space it will be! Our renovated 11-story building stands on Market Street smack in the heart of the SOMA high-tech corridor. Our next door neighbors are firms like Twitter, Uber, Spotify, Square, ZenDesk and a hundred more. And the mid-Market neighborhood is seeing the biggest renaissance of hotels, apartments, retail and culture ever. Inside our building some 500 city employees work, including the ground-floor offices of the Mayor's Office on Disability. We couldn't have better neighbors, and inside our three floors we'll be able to build a blindness center like no other. Among the highlights:
We'll triple the size of our old space, including quintupling the number of classrooms, doubling our braille, tactile graphics production, low-vision clinic capacity, and adding dedicated rooms for counseling, crafts, fitness, teleconferences and science education.
For the first time, up to 29 LightHouse students will be able to lengthen and intensify their training by staying overnight in our new student dorm rooms. There will be spaces for informal education and just plain fun, too, such as living rooms, student lounges and a second student kitchen.
Our new multipurpose rooms will enable us to host three large simultaneous events or one large gathering of nearly 150 people.
Our teaching kitchen will offer 12 students the chance to learn and cook together on a variety of stoves and equipment and allow us, for the first time, to teach the entire range of nonvisual cooking techniques.
Advanced audio and video technology will allow the LightHouse to host webcasts, author podcasts, and connect blindness organizations, professionals and our community worldwide.
We'll double the size of our blindness products store, Adaptations, as well as adding a second dedicated demonstration space for dozens of the latest high-value technologies ready to be explored.
We're creating an all-new Volunteer Center, including a half-dozen private reading/computing rooms where blind community members can meet volunteers to do everything from online shopping to tax form assistance.
The New LightHouse will be an organization of partnerships. We'll host conferences, collaborate with our tech community, engage teaching professionals, conduct user experience studies and focus groups. And we'll do it in a modern office that is warm, welcoming, colorful and playful. The casual visitor may not notice the dozens of subtle accessibility details built into the new space, from integrated tactile cues for cane users to low-vision considerations to make our operations usable for those in every part of the blind and low-vision community. With all these capabilities, we expect we'll be serving blind people from a far wider area than we can do now, including new national and international offerings. We're proudest about two qualities of our future headquarters. The first is simply where it is. Fifteen steps out of our front door you'll find an entrance to BART, Muni and adjacent stops for nearly every major transit agency in the Bay Area. Rain or shine it'll be so much easier for our students to come and go, making, for example, the trip from downtown Oakland just a 15-minute BART ride.
And most importantly, even with a new 40,000 square-foot headquarters we're already looking towards the future. 73 percent of the LightHouse Building is now under long-term rental contract by the City of San Francisco. In the years and decades to come, the LightHouse will use this rental as an income source, but will also have the option to expand into any of the eight floors the City now uses. That means that the LightHouse will never have to move again, but instead be able to integrate new services, programs and partnerships right alongside our bustling headquarters, giving us enviable program flexibility deep into the future. All this will cost a lot of money. Luckily in its 114 years the LightHouse has been graced with more than 60,000 individual donors and many individuals have remembered us in their wills. You may have heard of the recent large bequest we've received from the estate of Donald Sirkin, which has eased the difficulty in purchasing the building. And the bequest will be very helpful in maintaining a strong endowment that will allow us to offer innovative and diverse programs in the LightHouse Building forever.
That bequest and our innovative plans have helped build excitement among all of our supporters. I'm pleased to report that the quiet phase of our four-year $5 million capital campaign has already resulted in $2 million in contributions from individuals, companies, volunteers and partners. Training rooms, innovation spaces and whole floors are now in the process of being named for these donors, and future visitors will see a constellation of signs remembering people and companies who love our organization and the work our staff does. So, the inevitable question: when will we move in? We can't wait. Our construction schedule has us starting to occupy the space at the end of March, as renovations are complete. Look for a Grand Opening celebration a few months later, likely in June. If you've supported us in the past, you will be on the invitation list and we'll love showing you what we have built.
I couldn't conclude this account of our new opportunity without thanking the vision and hard work of our predecessors, who believed in blind people enough to dedicate their lives to finding the resources and love to give us the stability we needed to be audacious. Our current Board of Directors, our donors and our caring staff have worked especially hard to help endure the uncertainties of a future move and the extra work it will entail. I thank them profusely.
Bryan Bashin, CEO
If you would like to join the Capital Campaign by making a pledge toward the LightHouse Center of Excellence we'd love to talk with you. We offer considerable naming opportunities, multi-year tax benefits and the sense of building something compassionate and enduring for the next century. Please contact our Development Director, Jennifer Sachs, at 415.694.7333 or email her at jsachs@LightHouse-sf.org. Or donate by clicking on the button below.
For press inquiries, please contact press@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Federal officials have announced $643,300 for six projects aimed at opioid prevention, treatment and recovery.
Tennessee's largest health insurer will stop covering OxyContin prescriptions as part of an effort to combat opioid addiction.
Overdose victims may need extra naloxone, the agency warns.
Requirements aimed at curbing Tennessee's opioid epidemic are among more than 150 new laws taking effect.
The vote represents the most ambitious congressional effort yet to combat the current epidemic.
The Sackler name is front and center in a lawsuit accusing the family and the company they own and run, Purdue Pharma, of helping to fuel the deadly opioid crisis.
CPD's Narcotics Unit investigation found the two suspects were both the opioid suppliers and present at the scene of the overdose.
One study found that physicians who accepted just one meal sponsored by a drug company were much more likely to prescribe a name-brand drug to patients later.
The database will track Schedule II-V narcotic prescriptions for two years, giving doctors another tool when treating patients.
First Lady Melania Trump, Attorney General Sessions, and DHS Secretary Nielsen are among the speakers at the White House Summit on the Opioid Crisis.
First lady Melania Trump has visited a memorial dedicated to victims of the opioid crisis.
An Ohio-based drug distributor facing lawsuits linked to the opioid crisis is donating more than 80,000 doses of an overdose antidote for use by emergency responders in several states.
Two of Tennessee's largest insurers say they've made significant reductions in the number of opioid drugs prescribed.
Ethan Shaw began taking pills at age 20 and gradually moved to heroin.
Doctors gathered at the Hamilton County Health Department Monday to discuss an issue plaguing our country and state, opioids.
Those jarring figures were released this week by the congressional committee investigating the epidemic that has ravaged the Rust Belt.
The new TN Together initiative addresses the issue of opioid addiction through legislation.
Cough medications that contain opioids like codeine should never be given by kids, and the medicines will now need to be labeled to make that clear, the Food and Drug Administration says.
The judge said he believes everyone from drugmakers to doctors to individuals bear some responsibility for the crisis and haven't done enough to stop it.
The TBI says 46-year-old Carol Dianne Smith and 27-year-old Steven James Adkins are each charged with two counts of Sale/ Delivery of a Schedule II Controlled Substance.
Fentanyl mixed with a variety of other drugs has been found by TBI agents.
An analysis has found that substance abuse annually costs Tennessee more than $2 billion, with most of it attributed to lost income from people who've fallen out of the labor market.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is targeting opioid abuse in Appalachia by establishing a new field office in Kentucky to oversee a region ravaged by overdose deaths.
Cities, counties and states nationwide are taking legal action in the battle against opioids and Hamilton County could be next in line to sue.
Seven people have pleaded guilty to smuggling oxycodone pills from Nevada to Tennessee through the U.S. mail.
More than 1,600 Tennesseans died from drug overdoses last year. EMS workers here in Hamilton County face the battle up close.
The sheriff's office for Tennessee's third-largest county has begun carrying the opioid antidote naloxone, joining other emergency agencies.
Experts say the nation's deepening opioid epidemic is hitting Georgia harder than most states.
So far this year, 565 babies in Tennessee have been born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, better known as NAS. Close to 40 of those babies were born at Erlanger Hospitals.
Bradford Health Services will be offering a free health seminar that will focus on the opioid epidemic in the Tennessee Valley.
Melania Trump has invited experts and people affected by addiction to opioids to the White House for a listening session and discussion about the epidemic.
Federal data shows the number of senior citizens in Tennessee who are hospitalized due to painkillers has more than tripled over the last decade.
About one out of every 12 U.S. doctors gets money, lunch or something else of value from companies that make opioid drugs, researchers report.
That's the stunning number in a new survey released Monday from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which calculated that a whopping 91.8 million Americans used drugs like OxyContin or Vicodin in 2015.
White House spokesperson Kellyanne Conway along with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price toured CADAS to learn more about the opioid epidemic gripping the nation.
Police are hunting for whoever is responsible for sending a wave of drug overdoses crashing through Georgia.


In just her third game, Washington Spirit rookie forward Mallory Pugh scored the first goal of her NWSL career. Pugh and the Spirit earned a 2-0 win over the Houston Dash Saturday at Maureen Hendricks Field at the Maryland SoccerPlex in front of 3,096 fans.
The 19-year-old Pugh, who recently left UCLA to join the NWSL, scored in the 69th minute to seal the win for the Spirit, their second victory of the season.
Pugh's goal was the product of good team passing by the Spirit. Spirit midfielder Havana Solaun found midfielder Kristie Mewis in the middle of the penalty area and Mewis quickly passed to Pugh, wide open on the left wing. Pugh then sent a right-footed shot through the legs of Dash goalkeeper Lydia Williams to make it 2-0.
Pugh made her NWSL debut on May 20 before earning her first NWSL start last week.
Spirit forward Cheyna Williams scored her first goal of the season, from an assist by Solaun, to put the Spirit up 1-0 in the just the third minute. She scored three goals for Washington last season.
Spirit goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé made eight saves in the game to earn her first clean sheet of the season. She leads the NWSL with 39 saves.
Match ends, Washington Spirit 2, Houston Dash 0.
Second Half ends, Washington Spirit 2, Houston Dash 0.
Offside, Houston Dash. Sarah Hagen tries a through ball, but Rachel Daly is caught offside.
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Cameron Castleberry.
Attempt blocked. Kealia Ohai (Houston Dash) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Sarah Hagen with a headed pass.
Offside, Washington Spirit. Mallory Pugh tries a through ball, but Francisca Ordega is caught offside.
Substitution, Washington Spirit. Cameron Castleberry replaces Kristie Mewis.
Offside, Washington Spirit. Kristie Mewis tries a through ball, but Mallory Pugh is caught offside.
Kealia Ohai (Houston Dash) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Janine Beckie (Houston Dash) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Camille Levin.
Camille Levin (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Havana Solaun (Washington Spirit).
Substitution, Washington Spirit. Line Sigvardsen Jensen replaces Cheyna Williams.
Attempt missed. Amber Brooks (Houston Dash) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andressa with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Francisca Ordega.
Substitution, Houston Dash. Sarah Hagen replaces Denise O'Sullivan.
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Whitney Church.
Cari Roccaro (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Janine Beckie (Houston Dash) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kealia Ohai.
Attempt blocked. Havana Solaun (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristie Mewis with a cross.
Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Amber Brooks.
Attempt missed. Amber Brooks (Houston Dash) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andressa with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Shelina Zadorsky.
Attempt saved. Janine Beckie (Houston Dash) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Andressa (Houston Dash) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Camille Levin.
Goal! Washington Spirit 2, Houston Dash 0. Mallory Pugh (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kristie Mewis.
Attempt saved. Morgan Brian (Houston Dash) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
Offside, Houston Dash. Morgan Brian tries a through ball, but Poliana is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Kealia Ohai (Houston Dash) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andressa.
Substitution, Houston Dash. Poliana replaces Nichelle Prince.
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Alyssa Kleiner.
Attempt blocked. Denise O'Sullivan (Houston Dash) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Camille Levin with a cross.
Substitution, Washington Spirit. Francisca Ordega replaces Arielle Ship.
Amber Brooks (Houston Dash) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Amber Brooks (Houston Dash).
Mallory Pugh (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Cheyna Williams (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristie Mewis.
Attempt missed. Cheyna Williams (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Meggie Dougherty Howard.
Offside, Houston Dash. Janine Beckie tries a through ball, but Rachel Daly is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Andressa (Houston Dash) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Arielle Ship (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cheyna Williams following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Kristie Mewis (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Hand ball by Camille Levin (Houston Dash).
Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Cari Roccaro.
Offside, Washington Spirit. Arielle Ship tries a through ball, but Mallory Pugh is caught offside.
Andressa (Houston Dash) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Cheyna Williams (Washington Spirit).
Attempt missed. Janine Beckie (Houston Dash) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Nichelle Prince.
Second Half begins Washington Spirit 1, Houston Dash 0.
First Half ends, Washington Spirit 1, Houston Dash 0.
Morgan Brian (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arielle Ship (Washington Spirit).
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Stephanie Labbé.
Attempt saved. Kealia Ohai (Houston Dash) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nichelle Prince with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Meggie Dougherty Howard (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Havana Solaun following a set piece situation.
Andressa (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Janine Beckie (Houston Dash) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Brian.
Attempt saved. Janine Beckie (Houston Dash) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Offside, Houston Dash. Nichelle Prince tries a through ball, but Amber Brooks is caught offside.
Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Arielle Ship.
Offside, Houston Dash. Janine Beckie tries a through ball, but Kealia Ohai is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Arielle Ship (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mallory Pugh.
Andressa (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Rachel Daly (Houston Dash) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andressa with a cross.
Attempt saved. Mallory Pugh (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Meggie Dougherty Howard.
Attempt missed. Nichelle Prince (Houston Dash) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Andressa.
Foul by Kealia Ohai (Houston Dash).
Attempt blocked. Kristie Mewis (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mallory Pugh.
Offside, Houston Dash. Janine Beckie tries a through ball, but Nichelle Prince is caught offside.
Offside, Houston Dash. Denise O'Sullivan tries a through ball, but Nichelle Prince is caught offside.
Foul by Rachel Daly (Houston Dash).
Arielle Ship (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denise O'Sullivan (Houston Dash).
Cheyna Williams (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Hand ball by Denise O'Sullivan (Houston Dash).
Hand ball by Meggie Dougherty Howard (Washington Spirit).
Attempt missed. Mallory Pugh (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kristie Mewis with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Arielle Ship (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cheyna Williams with a cross.
Goal! Washington Spirit 1, Houston Dash 0. Cheyna Williams (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Havana Solaun with a through ball.
Offside, Houston Dash. Andressa tries a through ball, but Camille Levin is caught offside.


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Q: Placing number tiles in Settlers of Catan for iOS I'm coding Settlers of Catan for iOS and currently have my data tiles in a matix.  Now, I'm trying to attach the numbers to each tile.  But I'm stuck as to the correct way to do this algorithmically.  There are specific rules for putting down the number tiles on the board.  These are:
1)  They must go in the pre-defined sequence shown in the image.
2)  You must start in a corner of the board.
3)  You must work your way around the board counter-clockwise, spiraling toward the center.
4)  You must skip the desert tile.

Since there are only 6 places on the board where you can actually start putting tiles down, I realize that it wouldn't be difficult to hand-code the 6 solutions into my data grid.  But there is a variation of the game in which the board gets larger, so I figured it would be worth exploring an algorithm.
Any thoughts how this can be achieved?

A: What you want to do will involve the geometric relationships between tiles (entries in your matrix)
You need a way of storing and querying that information.
There are several methods people have developed for assigning coordinates to hexagons:

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*http://playtechs.blogspot.com/2007/04/hex-grids.html

*http://jemgine.omnisu.com/?page_id=412

*http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/Articles/GridToHex.html
One way to do what you want, off the top of my head, would be for each hex to have 6 'pointers' to its neighbors. These pointers could really be indices in your array, of course.
You could detect a 'corner' hex by noting that it will have 3 'null' neighbors. Then you can traverse counter-clockwise from there, remembering which you've already visited.

Update (in response to comment)
Let's suppose that for a given hex, we store the 6 neighbors as I described.
For this discussion, we'll name those neighbors A-F.
We assign these counter-clockwise, because that's convenient for us.
Graphically:
          A
        _____
   B   /     \   F
      /       \
     (         )
      \       /
   C   \_____/   E

          D

For a 'corner' hex, we might have:
          A
        _____
   B   /     \   NULL
      /       \
     (         )
      \       /
   C   \_____/   NULL

          NULL

So if we are looking at this hex, and we list our adjacency information (wrapping around), we have:
A, B, C, NULL, NULL, NULL, A, B, C, ...
A soon as we find 3 NULLs in a row, we know that the next spot should "point" in our starting direction. In this case we should start off in the direction of 'A'.
Another example:
          NULL
        _____
 NULL  /     \   NULL
      /       \
     (         )
      \       /
   C   \_____/   E

          D

Just as before, we make a list, starting from the top.
NULL, NULL, C, D, E, NULL, NULL, NULL, C
As soon as we find 3 NULLs, the next one is our starting direction - 'C' in this case.
Spiraling onward in the same direction from there should be fairly straightforward (well not literally - har har).
PS: thanks to http://ascii.co.uk/art/hexagon for quick ascii art (:

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Q: Global sections of a proper variety over an arbitrary field While doing some research, I stumbled upon the following fact that I'd taken for granted.
Theorem: Let $ X $ be a proper variety over a field $ k $ (variety = geometrically integral, separated, finite type). Then $ \Gamma(X, \mathcal{O}_X) $ is a finite field extension of $ k $.
The line of proof I have in mind is as follows: Let $ s \in \Gamma(X, \mathcal{O}_X) $ be a global section. It corresponds to a morphism $ s : X \rightarrow \mathbb{A}^1_k $. This morphism factors as $$ X \xrightarrow{(id_X, s)} X \times_k \mathbb{A}^1_k \xrightarrow{p_2} \mathbb{A}^1_k $$ where $ (id_X, s) $ is a section of the first projection $ p_1 : X \times_k \mathbb{A}^1_k \rightarrow X $. In the composition, the first morphism is a closed immersion (being a section of the separated morphism $ p_1 $) and the second is a closed map by properness. So $ s $ is a closed map.
The image of $ s $ is proper, closed and irreducible, hence is a single closed point in $ \mathbb{A}^1_k $, say given by an irreducible polynomial $ h(T) \in k[T] $. This shows that $ h(s) = 0 $ in $ \Gamma(X, \mathcal{O}_X) $ and hence the global sections form a field.
If $ k $ was assumed algebraically closed, then $ h $ must be of the form $ T - a $ for some $ a \in k $. In this case, we recover the result that $ \Gamma(X, \mathcal{O}_X) = k $. However if $ k $ is arbitrary, I don't see how to get finite dimensionality of $ \Gamma(X, \mathcal{O}_X) $ although $ s $ itself lies in a finite extension.
Question: How to complete the proof? Does one rely on Grothendieck's (hard) result that for a coherent sheaf on a proper variety, all cohomology groups are finite dimensional? Or is there a proof not using this result? Most references either just cite this fact or deal with the algebraically closed case only.

A: This is a community wiki post recording the discussion from the comments so that this question might be marked as answered, once this post is accepted or upvoted.

If you assume $X$ is geometrically integral, then $\Gamma(X,\mathcal{O}_X)=k$. For an arbitrary connected and proper scheme $X$ of finite type over $k$, you can extend scalars to an algebraic closure, say $k\subset\overline{k}$. In this case the scheme $X_\overline{k}$ is proper and of finite type over $\overline{k}$ so $\Gamma(X_\overline{k},\mathcal{O}_{X_\overline{k}})$ is a finite dimensional $\overline{k}$-vector space of dimension the number of connected components. But $\Gamma(X,\mathcal{O}_X)\otimes_k\overline{k}=\Gamma(X_\overline{k},\mathcal{O}_{X_\overline{k}})$. – Eoin


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Published on November 25, 2013 at 9:33am
Here's all the feminist news on our radar this morning.
• Three school staffers and a volunteer coach were indicted in helping cover up the rape case in Steubenville. [NBC]
• Last night was the American Music Awards—some people are talking about the performances and some people are talking about Katy Perry's racist "geisha" dress. [Rolling Stone, Colorlines]
• Indian Country Today reports the Wampanoag version of the first Thanksgiving tale. [Indian Country Today]
• Workers strike at WalMarts in at least eight cities leading up to a big protest on Black Friday. [Think Progress]
• The United States and UK struck a secret deal to allow the NSA to "unmask" Britons' personal data. [Guardian]
• Female comedians shouldn't have to take flack for being "as dirty as the guys." [Autostraddle]
• The architect of the new World Cup stadium in Qatar responds to commentary that it looks like a giant vagina. "It's really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this. What are they saying? Everything with a hole in it is a vagina?" architect Zaha Hadid told TIME. To be fair, it does look like a vagina, but no one blinks an eye at all the phallic architecture in the world. [Jezebel, TIME]
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I like the stadium
Wyatt replied on Mon, 11/25/2013 - 9:55am
A vulva is a beautiful thing. Why are we so embarrassed by genitals? I only wish she had owned that shit and she had thought to add a little clitoris like "viewing dome" at the top.
We should send her one of
Anon replied on Mon, 11/25/2013 - 12:43pm
We should send her one of these vulva posters... http://www.womenyoushouldknow.net/true-beauty-a-vulva-positive-mission/
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Blood: The Last Vampire represents something of a departure for Production I.G., and for anime as a medium, not in terms of plot or characters, but in terms of production. Traditional animation techniques were replaced completely by digital animation, whilst the character designs lost the standard "clean and simple" line structure that has been a mainstay of the animation field for many years. In addtion to these, the movie was also a departure in terms of audio, in particular because of it's dub, and also because of it's target audience (more on these points in a bit though).
Plotwise this is actually a rather enjoyable romp in the realms of fantasy action. Being an original concept, rather than a remake/re-envisioning/adaptation/copy, the writers had the advantage of being able to tailor the plot any way they wanted to, and with director Kitakubo Hiroyuki having artistic license with the material, it's only natural that Blood has an experimental feel to it at times. The story moves along from start to finish at a fair clip and, whilst there is very little in the way of background detail, what information is imparted to the viewer is done so in the same direct manner I mentioned earlier.
There isn't really any beating about the bush here, which is refreshing to see, however the movie does have some problems here and there with it's plot, the main one being that it simply peters out instead of reaching a proper conclusion. This can give the movie an unfinsihed feel, and can make the viewing experience unsatisfying for some people (although I don't see it as a problem - explanation later on).
As I've mentioned already, Blood was made using techniques that were a clear departure from standard anime practices, but what does that actually mean anyway?
In the simplest terms, Bood is a visual feast. The use of digital animation over tradition cel based methods means that the movie can run at a higher speed than normal. The result of this is that the animation is far more fluid than it would normally be. Likewise the "rough and ready" design of the characters, in particular the adoption of rough lines over smooth with character features and clothing, adds a far more natural element to the overall product. These two factors, when coupled with the movie's low-level of lighting and muted colour palette, produce some startling on-screen effects, in particular a kind of natural "motion blur" (ask me if you want an explanation).
The movements of the characters and the Chiroptera are extremely natrualistic, far more so than one would expect. The use of rough lines also manages to convey a depth of emotion from the characters that is just not possible to achieve with clean, simple lines. Terada Katsuya, the chief character designer, explained in an interview that the use of rough lines in the movie was to reflect the fact that there are no clean and simple lines in real life. The movie uses this fact to provide characters that have some of the most expressive features I've seen in anime.
The other area of departure was in the movie's audio department. Blood, unlike other anime before, was made to have an English dub with Japanese subtitles (making it the first anime to do so). Production I.G. had made their target audience the Western anime markets and they had to make the movie appeal to Western fans. Ironically, the dub is also one of the reasons why the movie became a hit in Japan. Most Japanese fans found it a novel experience to watch an anime that was clearly Japanese, but in English with subtitles.
Aside from the dub, the sound effects were truly astounding. The various crashes and bangs, the sickly, fleshy noises, the whines and screeches, and more besides, are all lovingly realised. The atmosphere is positively littered with noise of one sort or another, with no scene being truly silent (even though it may initially sound that way). This lends a depth to the overall atmosphere of the movie, and highlights the fact that whilst Saya may be fighting otherworldly creatures, the rest of the world is proceeding as normal.
Musically the movie is actually pretty good. What music there is, is often atmospheric, but muted to a degree so that it doesn't impact too much on the scene. This is a pretty effective way of heightening the tension, and whilst it's nothing new in terms of visual media, it's nice to see the technique used to good effect here.
Blood: The Last Vampire may be a visual and aural triumph, however this has come at a cost. The characters are individuals to a tee, however they are also one dimensional. The movie is very short, so there is little room for character development in any way. The viewer is given some hints about Saya, but these are nowhere near enough to satisfy the diehard character junkie. Everyone else though, will simply ignore this in favour of watching some great action.
I, personally, think that Blood: The Last Vampire is one of the unsung heroes of modern anime. Not only does it have some of the best action available in the medium, it also pioneered several techniques that have become standard practice in the industry. The movie has received phenomenal success both in Japan and abroad, garnering numerous awards and accolades along the way.
That doesn't mean that you'll enjoy it though.
Because of the problems it has with it's characterisations, and the story that doesn't really go anywhere, it would be easy to say that this movie is nothing more than a glorified advert for the manga and light novels. This is a justifiable perspective, however I think that rather than focusing so much on those issues, one should simply watch this as if you were watching Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, any Schwartzenegger movie, Rambo, etc. This is actually the best way to fully appreciate the movie in fact, as it isn't meant to be a cerebral effort, but an entertaining one.
If you haven't watched Blood: The Last Vampire, then you may be missing out. This is an iconic anime that pushed the boundaries of the medium, as well as reminding Western studios and critics that anime was coming of age. I found this to be a most enjoyable fantasy action romp that didn't require any deep thought or introspection. In the same direct manner of the movie, it did exactly what it set out to do.
It entertained me. Nothing more, nothing less.
It felt like I walked into the theater 15 minutes late, then part way in I forgot I had to be somewhere and had to leave 15 minutes early.
The animation and art design is quite nice, but the lack of character development and very minuscule plot left me feeling so bewildered and confused - I still don't understand why this was apparently so popular at the time it came out.
This is a great anime for vampire lovers. The ending as is to be expected is pretty open-ended, although Blood+ can give you an additional fill if you want.
Over all this OVA excells. The story is so well-written, it might not have that much in the way of character development due to how short it is, but the way they present the vampires is very believable, the director himself stating how he wanted to present vampires as in-between evolution, something few anime do, or overdue as is the case of Trinity Blood, where there is evolution, but it is accompanied with near magical powers. Blood has none of this. The transformations are gruesome, and the end result a bat-like creature not unlike the one found in Batman. This is why the story and animation are great, they pull out all the stops to present this version of chiropterans (vampires) as something that might indeed exist.
The main character is silent, so in terms of sound there isn\'t much to say about her, but the screams of the chiropterans can be to some bone chilling, and the dialogue wastes no time ensnaring you in the story, with pretty well cast voice actors, and an ocassional scene thrown in to leave you confused and wanting more, you\'ll know when and if you have seen it, particularly towards the end.
One of the most impressive animated films in 2000, garnering a Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival, Blood: The Last Vampire is a beautiful dark anime that is lauded for its extravagant production values. But, of course, when the animation studio has the caliber of Production I.G.
In the beginning, we are introduced to Saya on a deserted train. She sits very still, unmoving. Then all of a sudden, the train stops and the lights go out. What follows next is a one-minute action sequence that is guaranteed to take your breath away and give you an idea just how bloody marvelous this film is when it comes to top-notch animation quality. And as though recognizing that this is, in fact, the film's main draw, the makers do not scrimp and we all get treated to fabulous shots that are pure animation genius.
Story-wise, the film falls a bit short. We don't get to find out what Saya's real nature is or why she does what she does. Admittedly, the film does not explain a lot of things about itself. Much is merely suggested and audiences are often left to speculate and figure things out for themselves.
Because of that, the entire film feels like an hour-long teaser trailer. A beautiful, 2D-3D film quality, mind-blowing trailer, that is. And in a way, it is only just a trailer, as more of Saya's story is expounded on in a later spin-off series, Blood+, another Production I.G. masterpiece.
All in all, Blood: The Last Vampire makes for an entertaining visual dessert. All sweets and sugars but very little body. I kind of like it because of that.
Saya from BtLV and Saya from Blood+, the same person?