WEST HAM have received an offer from Schalke to sign striker Lucas Perez, according to BBC reporter David Ornstein.
Perez has endured a turbulent season for the Hammers, making just three Premier League starts.
The Spaniard is often utilised as a substitute under manager Manuel Pellegrini, coming on at half-time in the club's last two fixtures.
However, despite brief appearances the former Arsenal striker has still managed to bag five goals in all competitions, proving he is still capable of finding the net.
He managed to score in West Ham's recent shock defeat to AFC Wimbledon, but it couldn't prevent the club from eventually losing 4-2 and crashing out of the FA Cup.
Despite putting it past Wimbledon goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, Perez's role in the match that Pellegrini branded as a "disaster" isn't likely to boost his chances of further game time.
He spent last season on loan from Arsenal at Deportivo, and after nine goals in 37 appearances for the club, West Ham decided to buy the 30-year-old permanently from the Gunners in the summer.
The Irons paid a reported £4 million for his signature in August and the striker signed a three-year deal at the time running through until 2021.
However, Pellegrini has still preferred to utilise Marko Arnautovic and Michail Antonio in attack this season, which has subsequently cast Perez's future in doubt.
The Spanish boss still also has the option of Javier Hernandez if he needs some added experience up top, with the Mexican starting 12 games in all competitions.
And with the recent return of Andy Carroll as well, Perez's future looks even more uncertain as he continues to struggle to get game time at the London Stadium.
It remains unknown how much Schalke have bid for the striker, but Ornstein reports the Hammers would get a loan fee to begin with before a possible permanent transfer.
The club are currently 12th in the Bundesliga and struggling for goals in the league, having netted just 24 times during the current campaign.
Their tally of 24 goals this season is worst than 11 of the 17 other Bundesliga sides, including 15th-place Augsburg who are currently involved in a relegation battle.
Schalke's top scorer this season is Daniel Caligiuri who still only has just four goals to his name.
Fellow team-mates Nabil Bentaleb and Steven Skrzybski have three goals each, but the German outfit are desperately crying out for a reliable striker.
They are now looking towards Perez as their potential saviour and to help boost them up the league as they look to prepare for next season.
The transfer window is set to close at 11pm on Thursday, with West Ham's next fixture not coming until February 4 against Liverpool.


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Self-Diagnosed Gender Dysphoria – A New Pandemic
by Frank Schubert
in Breaking News, Foreground, Science
A blockbuster new book by a distinguished author has documented an epidemic of young teenage girls suddenly declaring themselves to be "transgender." These teens previously exhibited no signs of gender confusion.
Abigail Shrier, the author of the book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, builds on rigorous independent peer-reviewed and published scientific research by Lisa Littman, MD MPH of Brown University that dubbed the phenomenon "rapid onset gender dysphoria." Dr. Littman and Ms. Shrier found that this situation often follows intense social media immersion and that quite often these girls are part of a friend group where other group members (sometimes all of them) also suddenly claim to be transgender.
These girls are not transgender at all. Like millions before them, they are lonely, confused and vulnerable girls who are struggling to find their place in the world. Shrier interviewed thousands of people for her book, including countless teenage girls claiming to be transgender. She described the situation thusly: "These are the same girls that would have been anorexic. They would have been bulimic. They are high anxiety, very precocious girls but they don't really fit in. They come to high school and they don't have friends. They don't have a clique for them. They are so smart and they're so lonely because they're on the Internet all the time and they're with mom all the time and they don't fit in at school. This is a way to understand the pain that they are really feeling – they're in pain – but they decide that their problem is they're supposed to be a boy, and the fix is testosterone."
By declaring themselves to be transgender, these girls gain immediate social status, become admired on social media and gain the approval of their teachers and other adults who have become "trans friendly" in today's PC culture.
As if this new pandemic of transgenderism wasn't enough to be concerned about, independent medical experts have confirmed a shocking revelation from Ms. Shrier made in an interview on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Shrier reported that teenage girls are actually able to go into Planned Parenthood and—on the basis of their own self-diagnosis—sign an informed consent document and walk out that day with a regimen of testosterone to begin their gender "transition." "Nobody questions it," Shrier told Rogan. "We now have informed consent. Which means you walk into Planned Parenthood, you sign a waiver, you decide you have gender dysphoria, you walk out that day with testosterone." Rogan was shocked to hear this. "Planned Parenthood is doing this?" he asked. "Yeah, one of the biggest distributors," Shrier replied.
With no independent medical examination, no prior therapy, no mental health evaluation, no physical exam and perhaps not even a required medical history, teenage girls are able to leave Planned Parenthood and other clinics with testosterone, a powerful hormone that has the potential to cause life-altering damage to their bodies.
It's not just gaining immediate access to testosterone treatment that these confused young teens get by self-diagnosing as transgender. Believe it or not, Shrier reports that some physicians will actually surgically remove a girl's breasts based on nothing more than her self-diagnosis that she believes herself to be a boy.
I can't think of any other serious medical condition whereby a patient can diagnose herself and then begin invasive treatment that has the potential to cause permanent bodily and psychological harm. Clearly, what is happening has little to do with medical science and everything to do with LGBT politics.
The practice of self-diagnosis of gender dysphoria must be banned. Nobody should be able to undergo invasive medical treatment including receiving powerful hormones or other prescription medication – let alone debilitating surgery that will scar her for life – without a proper diagnosis from a qualified physician.
Thankfully, the International Organization for the Family (publisher of iFamNews.com) is joining with the National Organization for Marriage in a petition effort calling on President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress to ban the self-diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
To read the petition to President Trump and leaders of Congress, click here. Please add your name to the petition and share it with all your friends and family. The health and future of thousands of vulnerable girls who are being swept up in this new pandemic of transgenderism depends on it.
Tags: Abigail ShrierBrown UniversityepidemicLisa Littmanrapid onset gender dysphoria
Frank Schubert
Frank Schubert is a communications consultant for the International Organization for the Family (IOF) and has twice been named America's top public affairs professional. Schubert serves a similar role for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). He has worked extensively on family-related issues including supporting marriage, the sanctity of human life and religious liberty, among other issues. Schubert is one of the country's top experts in managing ballot initiative campaigns and has won over 50 such campaigns in over one-dozen states, compiling an 80% winning record. He managed the successful Proposition 8 campaign in California as well as subsequent winning campaigns on marriage in Maine and North Carolina. His views on issues have been widely reported by the national and international media and he has been interviewed by news organizations hundreds of times. He is the founder of Inspiration Strategies, a public affairs firm.

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Isaac Bachman, Israel's ambassador to Sweden.Screenshot from Sydsvenskan.se.
Sveriges Radio, Swedish public radio, has apologized for a presenter's question to the country's Israeli ambassador about whether Jews are responsible for anti-Semitism.
The reporter asked Amb. Isaac Bachman live on air: "Are Jews themselves responsible for the progression of anti-Semitism?" The ambassador responded that he rejects the question, to which the reporter responded: "Why," the French news agency AFP reported.
The question came in the wake of a shooting attack on a synagogue in neighboring Denmark, which left a Jewish volunteer security guard dead.
The station issued an apology and removed the program from its on-line archive.
"We offer our fullest apologies for this question. It was misleading and put blame on individuals and on a vilified group," read a statement on Sveriges Radio's website.
"The Jewish community has suffered a horrible act of terror and has all our sympathy," the statement also said.
Sweden officially recognized the state of Palestine in October, days after new Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced that the government would make the recognition. In response, Israel briefly recalled its ambassador. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week inaugurated an embassy for the State of Palestine in Sweden.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the attack on the Copenhagen synagogue, Muslims in Norway have announced that they will form a "peace ring" around a synagogue in Oslo this coming weekend as part of an anti-violence demonstration, The Local Norway reported Tuesday citing a report by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK.


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Q: How to I check if an index of a string is within multiple ranges? I would like to create a function that counts the number of characters in a string that are within multiple ranges. Let's say the valid characters are:

*

*between 'a' and 'f'

*between '1' and '3'

*comma ','
If the function were called NumInRange(s), this is what I would expect from the code. The characters a, 1, d, ,, and b are within range so return 5:
>>> NumInRange("a14d8,b")
5

My code is shown below:
def NumInRange(s):
    for i in range(len(s)):
        count=0
        if (ord('a')<=ord(s[i])<=ord('e') or 1<=int(s[i])<=3 or ord(s[i])==ord(',')):
            count=count+1
    return count

When I tried my code with only integer it works fine but when I tried it with characters the error message pops up
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'a'

A: *

*No need to convert to int or ord, compare the strings directly.

*You instantiated count with 0 inside the loop, so even if the code worked you'd always get 0 or 1.

def NumInRange(s):
    count = 0
    for c in s:
        if 'a' <= c <= 'e' or '1' <= c <= '3' or c == ',':
            count += 1
    return count

Thanks to the fact that booleans subclass int, this can become a nice one-liner using a generator expression:
def NumInRange(s):
    return sum('a' <= c <= 'e' or '1' <= c <= '3' or c == ',' for c in s)

Also note that since c can only be a single character (given that s is a string) you can simply do (at the "cost" of "hardcoding" the ranges)
def NumInRange(s):
    return sum(c in 'abcde123,' for c in s)

Another, completely different approach is a regex:
import re

def NumInRange(s):
    return len(re.findall('[a-e1-3,]', s))

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        $this->__initializer__ && $this->__initializer__->__invoke($this, '__load', array());
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        $this->__initializer__ = $initializer;
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     * {@inheritDoc}
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If you are not in the right relationship, it doesn't matter how hard you work at it, you're never going to be truly happy.
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Why Garamond Won't Save The Government $467 Million A Year
A 14-year-old's plan to save the U.S. government almost half a billion a year is too good to be true. Font nerdery ahoy!
By John Brownlee 5 minute Read
Last week, media outlets from CNN to the Economic Times reported on a story that pretty much everyone could feel good about: a 14-year-old font nerd in Pittsburgh crunched some numbers and figured out how to save the U.S. government nearly half a billion dollars a year, just by printing all of its documents exclusively in the light-stroked typeface Garamond. One problem: There's very little reason to believe that Garamond would save the government any money at all.
First, let's look at how Mirchandani arrived at his conclusions. For his middle-school science project, Mirchandani measured four different fonts–Times New Roman, Garamond, Comic Sans, and Century Gothic–and discovered that Garamond's thin, light strokes resulted in a font that required 24% less ink. Given that printer ink is twice as expensive as Chanel No. 5, it stands to reason that if government officials switched to a less wasteful font, they could save a lot of money: as much as $467 million per year if both federal and state agencies got on board, according to his paper published in the Journal of Emerging Investigators. Except that it isn't that simple.
At The Same Size, Garamond Doesn't Actually Use Less Ink Than The Other Fonts
Mirchandani is only 14, so he can be excused for not understanding this weirdo oddity of the way fonts are measured, but the biggest issue with his argument is that he measured Garamond at the wrong size! Therefore, the ink cost savings of switching to Garamond is largely imaginary. Type expert Thomas Phinney has a great post explaining why, but we'll do our best to present it in more layman-friendly terms here.
The cost savings of switching to Garamond is largely imaginary.
Fonts are traditionally measured in a system called points, with one point corresponding to 1/72nd of an inch. This is true in both physical and digital printing. Rationally, then, it seems obvious that a 12-point font should be 1/6th of an inch tall, when printed. But the reality is much different. There is no guarantee that when you print out a font at 12-points that the letters will be 12-points tall. Only the line which the letters will be printed on will be 12-points tall.
These fonts are nominally all the same size. Why is Garamond the least legible? Because it's smaller.
Imagine that you have a metal block for a 12-point letter "l." When you dip this block in ink for printing, the raised "l" will end up rubbing off on a piece of paper, but depending on how that "l" was designed, it is unlikely that it will actually be 1/6th of an inch tall. The 12-point measurement instead refers to the size of the type body–the flat metal part of the type that never touches ink.
What makes a 12-point font a 12-point font, then, has nothing do with ink. It's invisible on the page. This means that, depending on how a typeface is designed, some fonts at 12 points will be physically smaller (and therefore less readable than others at the same size. You could, in theory, have a 12-point font with letters that were almost invisible to the naked eye, but that wouldn't make it a more efficient font when it comes to ink savings or readability.
This is the major trap Mirchandani fell into. Garamond's letters are significantly smaller at the same font size than those of Times New Roman, Comic Sans, and Century Gothic. As Phinney notes, in fact, Garamond is about 15% smaller than the average of the fonts that our plucky 14-year-old compared it to, which translates into a 28% savings in surface area–pretty close to Mirchandani's alleged 24% savings in ink.
What this all means is that if you printed any of the other fonts to match Garamond's actual size, you'd get almost the same savings in ink cost, at the same expense of readability. Garamond doesn't really use less ink than Times New Roman, Comic Sans, or Century Gothic: it's just the equivalent of a 10-point font rendered on a 12-point line. And sure enough, if you look at Mirchandani's sample text, Garamond looks like it has been rendered at a much smaller point size than the other fonts; it's obviously harder to read.
If you printed any of the other fonts to match Garamond's actual size, you'd get almost the same savings in ink cost.
Not All Printer Ink Is As Expensive As Chanel (Especially For The Government)
But let's say Mirchandani is right, and that Garamond does use less ink than other fonts. Would it really end up costing the government less money? At first blush, the answer seems obvious. We're all annoyed by how expensive printer ink is. In fact, at a cost of $4,285 per liter, it's almost double the cost of even the most expensive perfumes on Earth. If the government could use less of this valuable resource, it should save massive amounts of money.
Right? Well, no. And there are a few reasons.
For one, while printer ink is undeniably a racket, it's largely a consumer racket. The government doesn't pay for ink the same way we do. Rather, like many offices, it strikes deals with outside companies that charge per page printed, regardless of how much ink or toner is used. This means that a U.S. government printer used to print out a color photo costs exactly the same amount as a blank sheet of paper with a single letter typed on it.
The government doesn't pay for ink the same way we do.
Second, inkjet printer ink may be how most consumers print at home, but the government supplements inkjets with laser printers, which use toner. Toner costs about half as much as printer ink per page, but Mirchandani's study assumes they cost the same.
In addition, the bulk of the U.S. government's printing is done on the printing press–printing out W-2 forms, pamphlets, and the like–not office laser jets or ink jets. Press printers have a vastly different economy than inkjet printers: they aren't charging based upon the number of gallons of ink used, but based upon the complexity of a given page's layout, and definitely not at a price of $4,285 per inky liter.
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In short? Just cutting down on the ink that a font uses can't substantially reduce the government's printing budget. The whole study assumes the government prints all of its documents like someone's grandma printing out birthday cards on a cheap HP inkjet. In reality, though, the government mostly pays per page, either through service contracts or on printing presses.
Using less ink might cost the government slightly less money, but it's not going to come from switching to Garamond. Garamond's letters are smaller at the same height as other fonts, making it less legible at the same size when printed out. And even if the government did switch to a font that maintained legibility at the same size as Times New Roman while using less ink, the government would likely not save much money by switching to it.
John Brownlee is a design writer who lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. You can email him at john.brownlee+fastco@gmail.com.
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AP News Guide: Chicago police releasing videos more quickly
By DON BABWINJuly 18, 2018
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2017, file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Johnson said he ordered video released one day after the shooting of Harith Augustus to show that Augustus was armed, and to prevent a repeat of violent clashes Saturday night between baton-wielding police and demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks. While releasing the short clip of video hasn't satisfied community activists, protests since have been peaceful. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)
CHICAGO (AP) — When a white Chicago police officer fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, it took more than a year for video of the shooting to be released under court order.
When a black man armed with a gun was fatally shot by a white officer on Saturday, it took a day.
The stark contrast shows a city that once engaged in a months-long legal battle to keep the McDonald video under wraps, now is moving more quickly following reforms forced on the police department.
But transparency only partly explains the change of heart.
Release of the video in 2015 showing McDonald being shot 16 times sparked massive and sometimes violent protests, prompting the ouster of the police chief and a federal investigation of the Chicago Police Department.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said he ordered video released one day after the shooting of Harith Augustus to show that Augustus was armed, and to prevent a repeat of violent clashes Saturday night between baton-wielding police and demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks. While releasing the short clip of video hasn't satisfied community activists, protests since have been peaceful.
"The narrative out there was there was no gun," Johnson said. "I have an obligation to make sure the city is safe and calm."
Here is an explanation of how Chicago got from the uproar over the McDonald video three years ago to the situation now.
BODY CAMERAS FOR ALL
In 2015, months before the McDonald video was released to the public, the city had launched a body camera pilot program. Among the reforms introduced after the McDonald video release was an acceleration of that program. By late last year all 7,000 patrol officers had been equipped with body cameras as part of a larger effort to restore public trust in the police force.
Under the police department's general orders, officers are required to turn their cameras on at the beginning of pretty much every incident they might be involved with, including traffic stops, calls for service, pursuits, arrests, interrogations, use of force incidents and seizures of evidence.
The orders make it clear that there may be times when officers can't turn on their cameras but that they must activate them "as soon as practical."
Officers can be disciplined for not using the cameras, and nearly two dozen have been sanctioned after a department review found they had purposely misused dash cam microphones or simply failed to turn them on. Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said officers also have been disciplined for not activating their body cameras.
GETTING THE EVIDENCE OUT
Under a policy enacted after the McDonald unrest, the city must release a video of a fatal police shooting within 60 days, and this year the Civilian Office of Police Accountabilty (COPA) has done just that. At least two videos have been released this year, once in January after an officer opened fire on an armed man running down a flight of stairs, and last month after an off-duty officer exchanged gunfire with suspects in an attempted carjacking.
Johnson has also shown a willingness to release video that paints his officers in a less-than-flattering light. After officers fired at a fleeing stolen car in July 2016 — an apparent violation of department policy — and killed Paul O'Neal, Johnson ordered the video released within a week.
PROBLEMS REMAIN
There remain a number of issues with the body cameras and their operation. In the O'Neal shooting, for example, the body camera worn by the officer who shot him was not working.
Police said it was unclear if the officer was turning the camera off when he thought he was turning it on or if his body camera was deactivated when the stolen car slammed into his squad car with enough force to activate the air bags.
The most recent shooting revealed another issue. Because of the way the cameras work, not all of a body cam video has sound. While the cameras are working all the time, they are not storing the information. Only when an officer double presses what is called an "event button" does the camera store the previous 30 seconds, but only video is being stored and not the sound. But from the instant the button is double pressed, both the video and the audio are being stored.
Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Axon, the company that manufactures the body cameras Chicago police officers wear, said that sound from the 30 seconds before the officer presses the button is not stored to protect the privacy of the officer.
Because the officers involved in the shooting did not double tap the buttons of their cameras until after the shooting, the previous 30 seconds of video, which Johnson released to the public, does not include audio.
While some critics of the department say the audio of the conversation between Augustus and the officers at the scene is crucial to understanding why he wheeled and ran, Tuttle said if officers were worried about someone hearing their private conversations they might wait longer to double-press the buttons, meaning that both the sound and the video itself would be lost.
The department said it doesn't know of other officers at the scene double-tapped their cameras early enough to capture the conversation Augustus was having with officers before the shooting. The department said those videos have been turned over to COPA, which has not yet released them.


Lagos-based real estate management company, Rydal Mews Limited has introduced a new initiative that will offer customers opportunity to own quality and affordable houses in the heart of Lekki with pre-payment plans spread across five years.
Known as Promise-To-Own, the scheme unfolded during its 7th Anniversary celebration in Lagos is engineered to make homeownership accessible to Nigerians while preserving the ultra-modern standard of living.
Rydal Mews intends to eliminate worries associated with buying a new house, especially with the rising cost of rents in a cosmopolitan city like Lagos. This offers customers maximum satisfaction via structured payments to achieve long-term return on investments.
The Chief Executive Officer, Rydal Mews, Modupe Anjous said, the company is focused on providing top marketing and sales, facility management, advisory services and property management while developing more properties that fit into future smart-cities. "Rydal Mews will help transform the landscapes of urban communities and place Nigeria at the forefront of development in Africa," she said.
The Promise-To-Own initiative starts with the Prime Water View Gardens II in Lekki Phase 1, which has a fully serviced environment with proximity to commercial offices and other communal social amenities. It offers double benefits of moving into a three-bedroom apartment after the first payment and also subsequent installments spread over two to five years based on structured agreements.
In a keynote speaker at the event, Prof. Mustapha Akinkunmi, who was also a former Lagos Commissioner for Finance, described the initiative as a disruptive innovation in the property space.
The event also had in attendance, top business executives, celebrities and investors from different sectors of the economy like the Chairman of Rydal Mews, Mr. Tola Atekoja, Mrs. Adeola Azeez, Mr. Segun Oniru, Mr. Bankole Animashaun, Mrs. Tope Edun, Mr. Dele Farotimi, Kelechi Amadi and Yomi Black to mention a few.


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Northern Ireland's economy is still rocky but it's set to grow by 2%
Northern Ireland's economy is set to grow but still faces major challenges
By Margaret Canning
June 04 2015 08:36 PM
Northern Ireland's economy will grow by nearly 2% in 2015 but there remains challenges to overcome, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) has announced.
DETI's economic commentary, which is issued twice a year, yesterday said Northern Ireland's private sector was growing and consumer activity was "strong".
But it added that, because growth was volatile and the strength of the pound was causing problems for exporters, there were difficulties around the corner.
On top of that, cuts are looming in the public sector, which was described as already "stagnant".
The DETI forecast growth of 1.9% in 2015 but said that analysis of performance over recent quarters showed a mixed picture.
Growth in the 12 months up to the third quarter of 2014 was driven by growth during just one three-month period. For the remaining three-quarters, growth was flat in two of them and negative in the other.
Activity was recorded as currently being 1.7% above the low reached during 2012, but was still 10% below its 2007 high point.


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Lewis Hamilton could be ready to overwhelm the world of Formula 1, motor racing and world sports – by sensationally stopping.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is reportedly and immediately ready to meet for crisis talks with newly appointed FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
"No, I do not think he will (retire)," said Sulayem, who has replaced Jean Todt when asked about the rumors.
However, he admits that Hamilton is not currently responding to messages.
"I sent him messages," revealed the Emirates and the former rally driver. "I think he is not ready now to function 100 percent, and you do not blame him for that."
In fact, seven-time world champion Hamilton not only maintains total radio silence for now, he has even 'stopped following' the official Formula 1 Instagram account.
His brother Nicholas explained on Twitch that the Mercedes driver is simply taking "a little break" from social media.
"He's ok," Nicholas said. "What is he doing right now? He sees the kids skiing."
Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes the 36-year-old driver will actually stop after calling Hamilton's father Anthony.
"I immediately felt that he would not answer a question about his son's future," the 91-year-old told Swiss newspaper Blick. "So we were just talking about business.
"I do not know, but I do not think he will return. His disappointment is too great. And you can understand that.
"Lewis could only lose in 2022. Who knows how the new cars will move the field," Ecclestone said.
"With George Russell he would get an ambitious teammate, although I'm not as convinced of him as many others. And then we must not forget that Hamilton in Verstappen has finally found an opponent equal to him.
"Now would be the time with his seven world titles as Michael Schumacher to carry out his dream of becoming a fashion entrepreneur," said Ecclestone.
F1 legend Alain Prost also believes rumors of Hamilton's potential retirement may be real.
"It's hard to be in his shoes," the Frenchman told Le Journal du Dimanche. "He has reasons to stop and many reasons to continue.
"He's got a mental blow, but it would be really sad if he is not there this season," Prost added.
Even Hamilton's boss insists the rumors must be taken seriously.
"I very much hope we will see him again. He is the most important part of our sport," said Toto Wolff.
"It would be an accusation for the whole of Formula 1 if the best driver decided to stop because of outrageous decisions."
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Music at Decatur First: True Confession: Opera Isn't My Thing. I'm Sorry.
True Confession: Opera Isn't My Thing. I'm Sorry.
Not long after I started working at DFUMC, one of my choir members was at once surprised and horrified when he made an astonishing discovery about me: I don't like opera all that much. I hope you don't think less of me, and I fully understand if you want to stop reading now.
"I'm not a fan of opera."
"Because they sing instead of talking. Can't they just talk and then sing the arias? The arias and choruses were nice."
"Nobody likes the recit, John. They tolerate it until the good parts happen."
"When I'm an opera director, I'm going to make them speak those parts."
"Aren't you going to be an Air Force band director?"
No, it's not because of Jimmy Chitwood's fantastic haircut. It's because the Hoosiers are a team. A big part of the movie is the coach teaching them exactly what it means to work as a team. And heck, his insistence on the importance of the team is the very reason we even get to see Jimmy Chitwood's excellent hair anyway! (By the way, Hoosiers is currently available on Hulu if you have a hankering to watch it). For a team to work, each member of said team has to be committed to the whole. If anyone tries to be the star, things break down quickly (and Argentina wins the gold medal in Athens).
Making a great choir doesn't require great individual voices. It requires people who strive to be one with each other above all else. As evidence, I would offer two brief stories (understanding this is likely the second time you've been tempted to quit reading).
First, a choir that should have been great. I was at ACDA (a large gathering of choral dorks). I was looking forward to a concert session that featured a choir made up entirely of vocal performance majors (read: budding opera stars). I thought that all those superdy-duper singers would have to make an excellent choir. They didn't. Their vibrato destroyed their intonation. Their individual musical choices kept them from being together. I seriously thought they were going to fall apart. These are all people who would likely make their living as singers.
Second, a choir that shouldn't have been great. I was an assistant director, and as such heard auditions in this group. Over two years I heard every voice. The singers were mostly in the group as a hobby. Some made their living as church musicians, but most worked in other fields. As I listened to audition after audition, I was shocked that our choir could possibly sound as good as it did. To be clear, this choir remains to this day one of the best I have ever heard, and it was made up of amateurs. but they were amateurs committed to something greater than themselves.
Opera can be beautiful. No doubt. But it's a soloist, or it's a few soloists. Even when they sing together, they aren't really singing together. A choir, though, that's different! Fifty singers. One voice.
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." There is no better illustration of that truth than when a choir sings.
Hear-hear! It's not all about that voice; it's all about that blend.
I really enjoy singing in a 40-50 member chorus. I enjoy listening and matching the tone and pitch of those around me.
But I have a secret; I do not like Broadway Musicals. That's musical theater, right? Yeah, not so much.


Shinzo Abe's quest to transform Japan into a 'normal' sovereign state is a risky and dubious proposition, warns Samir Tata. What he should be focusing on is becoming a better neighbor – i.e., on resolving Tokyo's ongoing territorial disputes and improving its relations with Indonesia and North Korea.
Japan, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is on a quest for a new normal. The ultimate objective is to restore Japan to the status of a normal sovereign state that has "the inherent right of individual and collective self defense" as recognized in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter of 1945. Japan remains the only country to have voluntarily renounced this right pursuant to Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution of 1946, drafted under the guidance of the United States.
Abe's ambition is to amend the Japanese Constitution to effectively repeal Article 9 so that Japan can once again be considered a normal state. Unfortunately the path to achieving this goal risks rekindling aggressive Japanese nationalism by juxtaposing assertive territorial claims to three sets of disputed islands and an ambitious program of military modernization and expansion. It is time then for Tokyo to push the reset button and execute a course correction. A reconfigured Japanese strategy to regain its status as a normal state must incorporate two key elements: (1) resolving territorial disputes, and (2) crafting a "good neighbor" policy that starts with North Korea and Indonesia.
Currently, Japan's quest for normalcy risks being wrecked by three sets of disputed islands: the Kuril Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (occupied by Russia since 1945), the Takeshima/Dokdo Islands in the Sea of Japan (unoccupied but administered by South Korea since 1954), and the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands (unoccupied but administered by Japan since 1971). As a result of these disputes, Japan has been unable to fully normalize relations with Russia, South Korea and China.
Japan and Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty formally ending the Second World War because of the dispute over the Kuril Islands. And while a resolution of the dispute has been on the table since 1956, Japan still refuses bring this matter to a close. It's time for a change. Indeed, Tokyo can capitalize on the success of signing this treaty by negotiating an oil and gas pipeline deal (bringing Russian oil and gas resources to Japan) that only enhances Japan's energy security. Moreover, as the Bering Sea becomes navigable year round due to global warming, Japan will be in a favorable position to secure transit rights through Russian waters, significantly reducing shipping time to northwest Europe and northeast America.
Similarly, the dispute over Takeshima/Dokdo Islands in the Sea of Japan remains a major obstacle to closer cooperation between South Korea and Japan. Yet, the chances of Japan ever regaining the islands are nil. Continuing to press its claims has no upside for Tokyo. If anything, it helps to maintain frosty relations between Seoul and Tokyo, encourages further South Korea – China cooperation against Japan and weakens the US effort to counterbalance China. Accordingly, it is in Japan's interest to unilaterally renounce its claims to Takeshima/Dokdo Islands (which are also claimed by North Korea). Tokyo could couple this renunciation with a reaffirmation of its repentance for its actions during the period Korea was under Japanese rule. Such a move would dramatically transform South Korean-Japanese relations.
Perhaps the single biggest threat to peace in East Asia today is the increasingly strident dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands, a group of 5 barren rocks in the East China Sea. Washington's position on the dispute is that it is neutral with respect to the question of sovereignty but recognizes that the islands are under Japanese administration. Accordingly, the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands are covered under the US-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty (1960). In the event of an armed Chinese takeover of the disputed islands, the US would be obligated to take action pursuant to Article V of the treaty, but the nature of its response would be determined independently by the US "in accordance with its constitutional provisions and processes", and could range from a verbal statement deploring the Chinese action to a military intervention. It is highly unlikely that the US would allow itself to be sucked into war by virtue of this dispute.
The risk Japan faces by escalating its rhetorical assertions of sovereignty over Senkaku/Daioyu is that China responds by initiating a series of intrusions (such as the November 2013 declaration of an Air Defense Identification Zone) that effectively undermine Tokyo's claims to sole administrative jurisdiction. The end result of this "salami slicing" tactic could be a physical takeover of the islands by the Chinese. Under the present escalatory dynamic, it is Chinese forbearance and strategic patience that determines when and not if the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands revert to Chinese sovereignty. It is clearly in Japan's interest to step off the current escalatory ladder.
Indeed, Japan has a unique opportunity to create a new dynamic by selling part of the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands to Taiwan (which has asserted its own claims to the islands). In 2013, Japan and Taiwan signed an agreement sharing fishing rights in the waters surrounding the disputed islands. Japan, which purchased three of the five islands from a private Japanese owner in 2012 for about $ 25 million, could now turn around and sell the three islands to Taiwan for the same price, while retaining the present arrangement with respect to fishing. Again, Tokyo could couple this deal with a reaffirmation of its apology to China and Taiwan for the actions of the Japanese Empire against the Chinese people. Since Japan, China, Taiwan and the US agree on the "One China" policy, these three islands will eventually revert to Chinese sovereignty and administration upon Taiwan's reunification with China. Tokyo will have demonstrated that it has the wisdom to exchange barren rocks for a mutually beneficial peace.
By resolving its territorial disputes with Russia, South Korea and China, Tokyo will have laid the foundation for a mutually beneficial "good neighbor" policy. Japan can leverage its success by normalizing its relationship with North Korea, and establishing a new anchor relationship with Indonesia.
North Korea is the only member state of the United Nations with which Japan has no diplomatic relations. By contrast, Japan normalized its relations with South Korea in 1965. It is high time, therefore, for Tokyo to do the same with the North. Then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (Shinzo Abe was then Deputy Cabinet Secretary) took the first step towards rapprochement when he visited Pyongyang on September 17, 2002. At that time, Koizumi apologized for Imperial Japan's rule over Korea, with Kim Jong-Il apologizing for the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korean intelligence services in the 1970s.
Unfortunately, further progress on normalization foundered on Japan's displeasure over what it considered unsatisfactory explanations of the deaths of eight of the abductees. Japan should separate and compartmentalize this issue so that it does not become an obstacle to establishing diplomatic relations with North Korea. Additionally, Japan should unilaterally make a significant down payment on a reparations package to be negotiated with North Korea. As part of this reparations package, Tokyo should propose the establishment of a North Korean special economic zone within which Japanese companies could have assembly and manufacturing facilities, thereby providing North Koreans with badly needed employment opportunities. It will be essential to delink the intermittent six-party talks regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons program from any bilateral Japan-North Korea discussions with respect to the establishment of diplomatic relations or reparations. Both reparations and diplomatic relations are quintessentially bilateral issues that have no intrinsic relationship to the multilateral discussions on the North Korean nuclear program. Reparations arise from Imperial Japan's occupation and annexation of Korea.
From both a strategic and economic perspective, it is also vital for Japan to have friendly and mutually beneficial relations with Indonesia. As an island nation with virtually no resources, Japan needs to have secure sea lines of communication (SLOCs) to sustain its trade. The SLOCs linking the western Pacific Ocean to the eastern Indian Ocean have four critical chokepoints – Malacca, Lambok, Sunda and Makassar straits – that pass through Indonesia. Safe passage through these waterways is vitally important to Japan as virtually all of its trade with Australia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe flows through at least one of these chokepoints. From Tokyo's perspective, strengthening relations with Jakarta is a necessity and not a choice.
Japan also needs to reduce its reliance on China as a low cost manufacturing base for products that are then exported (primarily to Europe and the United States). Indonesia, an emerging democracy with the largest population in Southeast Asia, can serve as an alternative low cost manufacturing base that will help Japan reduce its economic dependency on China. While Japan already has an important presence in Indonesia, Tokyo's objective should be to diversify and expand its manufacturing activities in the country so that it becomes the single largest foreign investor and manufacturer in Indonesia. Japan's economic and maritime security will be enhanced if it can build an anchor relationship with Indonesia.
Germany successfully carved a path to a new normal and so can Japan. Resolving territorial disputes over barren rocks, reaffirming the remorse and repentance for the excesses of Imperial Japan, and forging mutually beneficial political and economic relationships with its neighbors will do more to restore Japan's role in Asia than assertive nationalism. With a prudent and pragmatic course correction to avoid a setback, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's slogan "Japan is back" can be transformed from rhetoric to reality.


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Man Transportable Robotic Systems testing underway at Tobyhanna
By Mr. Justin Eimers (CECOM)July 23, 2014
1 / 1 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Electronics Mechanic James Serafin, left, and Nicholas Prehotsky, electronics worker, conduct testing of a Man Transportable Robotic System at Tobyhanna Army Depot. (Photo Credit: Mr. Chris Sauers (CECOM)) VIEW ORIGINAL
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- Engineers are conducting testing on robotic unmanned ground vehicles in an effort that could bring future robotics work here.
The Program Manager for Unmanned Ground Vehicles selected Tobyhanna to conduct a proof of concept for potential upgrades to the Army's medium-class robotics fleet.
Responding to urgent warfighter needs in recent conflicts left the Army with a mixed fleet of systems and high sustainment costs. But under the Man Transportable Robotic System's second increment (MTRS Inc II), the Army will move to one Unmanned Ground Vehicle with one configuration.
Electronics technicians in the Communications Systems Directorate are removing all proprietary components in prototype vehicles and replacing them with government-designed components. This allows the Army to compete purchases of replacement parts in the future. Additional changes include replacing the heavy control units with much lighter ruggedized computers running government-designed software.
Chase Gardner, electronics engineer in the Production Engineering Directorate, said success with this effort could lead not only to additional MTRS systems, but other robot overhaul programs as well.
"If we perform well with this project run, it could lead to the production of about 1,200 MTRS kits," said Gardner, adding that further success could lead to obtaining more Army ground robotic systems overhaul workload. This is the second robotics project performed by Tobyhanna, following the iRobot unmanned ground vehicle mission.
Man Transportable Robotic Systems represent common, remotely-operated, tracked vehicle platforms designed to perform buried mine detection, engineer route clearance, special operations, and explosive ordnance disposal missions. Each unit weighs roughly 120 pounds and has a range of 800 meters, providing safety and security for warfighters operating the systems in combat zones.
To prepare for MTRS testing, electronics worker Nicholas Prehotsky and James Serafin, an electronics mechanic, received systems operations training from robotics team personnel at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., Prehotsky has conducted testing on several MTRS systems and recognizes the robot's many capabilities.
"The MTRS robots come equipped with a long list of benefits to Soldiers," said Prehotsky. With four video cameras, a 200 pound towing capacity, and ease of use, these robots present a "highly-innovative solution for warfighters to stay out of harm's way."
During developmental testing, Prehotsky and Serafin control the MTRS from a remote control unit and measure the maximum distance the system can operate before going out of range. Serafin said the process is simple but crucial to the mission--especially for bomb and chemical disposal activities.
"Without an accurate measurement of the system's range, there could be adverse effects once the system is deployed to theater," said Serafin. "Although this is the first phase of the program, we're taking every step to overcome challenges and prepare for any additional robotics programs that may come to Tobyhanna."
Tobyhanna Army Depot is a recognized leader in providing world-class logistics support for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems across the Department of Defense. Tobyhanna's Corporate Philosophy, dedicated work force and electronics expertise ensure the depot is the Joint C4ISR provider of choice for all branches of the Armed Forces and industry partners.
Tobyhanna's unparalleled capabilities include full-spectrum support for sustainment, overhaul and repair, fabrication and manufacturing, engineering design and development, systems integration, technology insertion, modification, and global field support to warfighters.
About 3,300 personnel are employed at Tobyhanna, which is located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. Tobyhanna Army Depot is part of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. Headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., the command's mission is to research, develop, acquire, field and sustain communications, command, control computer, intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors capabilities for the Armed Forces.
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A project that assisted villagers to grow climate change-resilient crops has closed after a six-month implementation program.
A ceremony to mark the closing of the Civil Society Support Programme (C.S.S.P.) at Ulutogia was held on Saturday. The project involved 35 families and focused on the cultivation of three main crops umala (sweet potatoes), manioka (cassava) and ufi (yam), which are considered resilient to cyclones and other natural disasters.
The project ran for six months and its conception was based on feedback from the Ulutogia villagers. The $50,000 funding support came from the C.S.S.P. with the village contributing $20,000 of their own.
A villager, Tualemoso Faafetai, 48, said that each family had four fences, which measured 200 meters in length and were built around their houses.


Actually, what I ate for 5 days…..
1 Soya yoghurt pot (Alpro) with blueberries and mixed seeds.
Is this typical of what you eat most days?
This has been a fairly typical week for me diet-wise, although I am quite broke as it's the end of Jan so I am eating out less (I would normally go to Itsu or Wagamama's at least once through the week with my colleagues) so I am doing more prepared salads myself at work.


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Thawan Duchanee, né le  à Chiang Rai et mort le , est un artiste peintre thaïlandais.

Il est aussi connu sa création architecturale à 10 km du centre ville de Chiang Rai, le Baan Dam Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์บ้านดำ / Black House Museum / le musée de la maison noire) ou plus simplement Baan Dam.

Biographie
Thawan Duchanee est né en 1939. Il a étudié à l'académie des arts de Poh Chang puis, en 1957, à l'université de Silpakorn en Thaïlande et ensuite à l'académie royale des beaux-arts d'Amsterdam. Il a exposé ses œuvres en Thaïlande, à Amsterdam, à Tokyo, à Londres et à Kuala Lumpur. Il est le premier peintre thaïlandais à bénéficier d'une renommée internationale.

Œuvre
Il peint sur le thème du bouddhisme et de la psychologie. Ses œuvres subissent les influences de la  tradition surréaliste du début du .

Expositions
1964 : Bangkok Gallery, Bangkok Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie
1967 : Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, musée d'Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
1968 : Gallery 20, Bangkok, Thaïlande
1970 : Buddhiste Association Hall, université de Chiang Mai, Thaïlande
1971 : Goethe-Institute, Bangkok
1972 : Downtown Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaï (États-Unis)
1973 : British Council, Bangkok
1974 : Thammasat University, Bangkok
1976 : British Council, Bangkok
1977 : National Museum, Jerusalem Israel Gallery, Debel Einkarem, Israël. Larael Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Wanderaussteliang à Berne et Zurich, Suisse
1978 : , Friesenhagen, Allemagne
2004 : Trinity,  - , Queen's Gallery, Bangkok
2006-2007 : université Stanford, États-Unis
2013 : Thawan Duchanee, 7 + 1 inspiration by the Greatest Artist, Siam Paragon

Prix et distinctions
Artiste national de Thaïlande (2001) ;
Prix de la culture asiatique de Fukuoka (2001).

Notes et références

Sources
  Site officiel du prix de la culture asiatique de Fukuoka
 Rama IX Art Museum)
 thawanduchanee.com

Peintre thaïlandais
Plasticien thaïlandais contemporain
Naissance en septembre 1939
Décès en septembre 2014
Décès à 74 ans
Naissance à Chiang Rai
Artiste national de Thaïlande

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Short Story: The UAlbany Softball team defeated UMass Lowell back-to-back on Friday in the first two games of the final three-game series of the season. The winner of tomorrow's game will win the regular season title.
Junior pitcher Celeste Verdolivo led the UAlbany Great Danes to a 1-0 victory over UMass Lowell in the first game of the series, pitching a shut out with five strikeouts. Verdolivo has a record of 13-2 so far this season.
The first game was a tight race as neither team let up any points for the first six innings. The Great Danes saved all of the action for the final inning as McKenzie Bump doubled to center field and set the wheels in motion for UAlbany to take the lead. Katie Falotico then hit a single bunt while Bump remained on second base. Kelly Spear hit a clutch RBI-double to center field that brought McKenzie Bump around to score the one run that UAlbany needed to win the game. The final score was 1-0.
Freshman pitcher Maranda Jimenez led UAlbany to its second win of the day. She faced 25 batters and struckout seven of them. This was Jimenez's ninth win of the season.
The second game remained scoreless until UMass Lowell's Courtney Cashman hit an RBI-double in the fourth inning. UMass Lowell kept the one-run advantage until the sixth inning when UAlbany scored four runs.
Katie Falotico was hit by a pitch and advanced to first base before Alexis Phillips entered the game to pinch run for her. Kelly Spear then reached on a fielder's choice while Phillips advanced to second. Shaye Swiatek entered the game to pinch run for Spear. Chelsea Heinge then hit a two RBI-double to center field that brought Swiatek and Phillips around to score. Alexa Corben then entered the game to pinch run for Henige. Sarah Petzold hit a two RBI homer that gave the Great Danes a three-run advantage.
Although UMass Lowell scored again in the seventh inning, it was not enough to overtake the Great Danes. UAlbany won 4-2 in the second game.
The third game of the series will be the deciding factor on which team wins the regular season title.
"Today was two really well played games by both teams. Celeste and Maranda pitched great today and kept us in both games. Kelly Spear got a huge clutch hit to win the first game in the bottom of the seventh and Chelsea got a huge clutch hit to put us ahead in the second game. It felt like everybody on the team did something to help us win today so I'm very proud of that effort."
Next: UAlbany will play the third and final game of the series against UMass Lowell Saturday, May 5th at noon on Albany Field. The softball team will be honoring the senior class of 2018 before the game.


Today, March 12th, 2019, Rusty went to the Rainbow Bridge.
Rusty was a wonderful companion. We adopted him in May, 2009 as a companion for our beagle, Bailey. Bailey was very skittish and we thought another dog would help her. As soon as Joe saw Rusty's picture, which is attached, he knew he was the one. Rusty was the perfect fit. Calm, loyal and obedient. When we adopted Rusty, he was estimated to be 3 or 4. He was an old soul. All he wanted was food (what beagle doesn't??) and a walk. He asked for nothing more, but LOVED the lure course. He was definitely Man's best friend. He preferred people to dogs. At the dog park he greeted all of the grown-ups and would walk around with them instead of the dogs. He had the true beagle bay which gave many people chuckles when they were lucky enough to hear it.
In February, 2017, he had a SIX POUND tumor and his spleen removed. It was a rare cancer and the vet said we could expect another 6 months from him and if we were lucky, a full year, if we went ahead with the surgery. We did, of course, and were blessed with another 2 years with him.
I want to thank Midwest BREW for all that you do. You work tirelessly for the beagles. Thank you.
I want to give a special thank you to his foster mom, Mary Jane, for rescuing him. I hope she is reading this. Thank you so much for what you did. Rusty was a fantastic dog. We couldn't have asked for a better companion. He was such a good boy and will forever be missed. Thank you.
Run free Rusty Roo! I hope there is a lure course up in heaven for you. Please say hi to Carmella, Bun Bun and Chase. Until we meet again, my friend. We love you!!


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Q: Profession: "to work as" vs. "to be"
I work as a Dr.
I am a Dr.

I am wondering if the two mean the same thing as well as whether the former is ambiguous.
Please fell free to ask me any question so as to specify the question.
Any comment or feedback would be highly appreciated

A: Because "Dr." is a very special case, let's change your example to "cook". (I'll explain the special case with doctors later.)

I work as a chef (=cook).

This phrase focuses on what the speaker does for a living. He may or may not have special training. You may assume that he was also trained as a chef if the dish served is excellent, but have no hint that this is the case, grammar-wise or liguistically.

I am a chef.

This may have different meanings, but mostly refers to how this person sees himself. It may mean that he was trained or that he works as a chef, but it may also mean that he cooks with passion. He may earn his living by cooking or not, this is unrelated.
Two examples that should clarify the difference:

I am a mother.
  -> Obviously that is "who I am" not "how I earn my living".
I was trained as a chef, I worked as a cashier at the grocery store, as a mailman and as a bartender, but I am actually an artist.
  -> all three varieties mashed in one example ^_^

So, in short: "working as" and "being" is very difficult to compare, because they focus on different aspects of life.
That said, choosing one version over the other in a professional context tells a lot about the speakers attitude and passion towards his job. I would always

*

*expect an artist, actor or medical doctor to say "I am",

*hope for a teacher, nurse or police officer to say so

*and be surprised if the girl at McDonald's or the pizza boy did.

Now about the "doctor" example:
Colloquially, for most people a "doctor" is someone who studied medicine and treats patients. For these doctors - let's call them by the precise term medical doctor or M.D., there are legal restrictions as to what training is mandatory before they may call temselves "doctor" and treat patients. So the distinction I explained in the main part of this post doesn't exist and the terms could be used interchangeably. I would strongly hope that the person I entrust with my health would use the "I am", though.
Also, note that most medical doctors do not work as "doctors" but as "general practitioners" or are specialized and therefore call themselves "pediatrician", "ophthalmologist", "gynecologist", "gastroenterologist",...
And, finally, note that there are many more that hold a doctorate degree, but may know less about medicine than you or me, but a lot more about chemistry, biology, astrophysics, psychology, the law or other fields of academic studies. They are doctors, too.


Father Donald F. Lund, CSV, died Saturday, February 17 at 5:30 a.m. He was 86. He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on April 1, 1920, the son of Archie and Anne Lund. Fr. Lund was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Wallace. His sister Jeanne Walter survives him.
Fr. Lund graduated from St. Patrick High School in Eau Claire and attended Eau Claire State Teachers College. He earned a B.A. in History from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, lA. He pursued graduate studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.
He pronounced his first vows as a Viatorian on August 15, 1941. He studied at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, CO, and was ordained a priest on June 8, 1946 in Chicago.
Fr. Lund served as Teacher and Parochial Assistant at St. Patrick High School in Kankakee, IL. He taught at St. Philip High School in Chicago, Spalding Institute in Peoria, IL, and Alleman High School, Rock Island, IL. He was Pastor at Our Lady of Wisdom in Reno, NV, and St. Anne Church in St. Anne, IL. He was Associate Pastor at St. Joseph Church in Springfield, IL, St. Viator Church in Chicago, and Maternity B. V .M., in Bourbonnais, IL. Fr. Lund served as the Chairman of the Community wide self-study in 1966-67. In 1996, he retired in residence status at Maternity B.V.M. In 2002, he moved to the Viatorian Province Center in Arlington Heights, where he lived until 2004. He then moved to Merkle-Knipprath Nursing Home in Clifton, IL, where he resided until his death.
Visitation was Thursday, February 22 at Maternity B.V.M. Church in Bourbonnais, from 4:30 -7:00 p.m. A wake service immediately followed. The funeral Mass was at Maternity B.V.M. Church on Friday, February 23 at 11:00 a.m. Interment was at Maternity B.V.M. cemetery.
Please remember our brother Fr. Don in your Masses and prayers.


Let Susan Barlow introduce you to the gentle movements and mindful breathing techniques of the popular practice of Tai Chi. Join us and find out more about this popular and healthful form of movement. You will use the techniques learned in class to calm your mind, move gently and strengthen muscles and bones at home. Wear loose clothing, no prior experience required.


Entitled "The Last Straw Act," the State of California has passed a bill to execute anyone caught using plastic straws. This law spans all types of disposable plastic: Fans of single-use plastic bags and plastic silverware shall not be spared.
Citing environmental disaster in our oceans, marine life, coral reefs, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Democrats in control of California's state legislature have decided that enough is enough.
Then the Democrat dropped his mic and left our interview.
Then the Republican dropped her mic and left our interview as well.
And when I did pull my head out of the sand (I was looking for a pretty seashell in the beach) unfortunately it got caught in a ring of plastic used for a 6-pack of Budweiser.
Then I too dropped the mic.
But unfortunately the base of the mic was made of plastic. And that's plastic littering. And now I am on death row, walking down that long hall, toward the gallows. I just ate my last meal: A Corn on the Cob Microwavable TV dinner, made extra juicy and plump by synthesized fossil fuel fertilizers, the kind I loved as a kid. I suppose I have an emotional connection. How come it always tastes so good?
The final door opened. I passed through. Before me I face a man with a plastic bag over his head, cut with eye holes, holding a plastic bag for my head, without eye holes. Goodbye, my friends. I shall miss you all.


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Penn State vs. Indiana: Kyle Carter injury to cost him rest of season
By Matt Brigidi Nov 14, 2012, 3:06pm EST
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Penn State tight end Kyle Carter will miss the remainder of the season due to an injured right hand, according to head coach Bill O'Brien.
Carter had originally been listed as out for the team's game against Indiana on Saturday, but O'Brien later confirmed that he would also be unavailable for the team's regular-season finale against Wisconsin on Nov. 24.
The hand injury is the most recent development in an unfortunate stretch for Carter. He was forced to miss the team's game against Purdue on Nov. 3 due to an ankle injury and sustained the hand injury in the team's most recent game against Nebraska. In total, he will miss three of the team's final four games.
The redshirt freshman is second on the team in receptions with 36 in addition to compiling 453 receiving yards, which is also second most on the team. Carter has also caught two touchdowns this season.
Indiana vs. Penn State 2012: Nittany Lions lose Michael Mauti, but come away with win
McGloin wins Big Ten offensive player of the week
Kyle Carter injury to cost him rest of season
O'Brien not focused on past officiating


Well, though I was not looking for a job and was very happy with my current job at MCNC as Director of IT & Data Center Services, I got an offer too good to refuse. A former colleague who has been doing some consulting work with The University of North Carolina at Greensboro called me and encouraged me to apply for a position there. I did, and in short order, I interviewed, they offered, and I accepted a position as Associate Vice Chancellor for Administrative Systems. This is a great opportunity professionally, back to what I was doing at UNC-Chapel Hill, and will also reinstate me in the North Carolina retirement system, one of the best in the country. Though the commute will be longer than I have today, it's worth it for me and my family. I start there on the first of May.
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