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Thoughts on the Goalkeeping Situation with Cech's Imminent Arrival
At this point in time, Arsenal has three first team goalkeepers. The first choice goalie is currently in Chile, fighting with his countrymen for South America's coveted international price, the Copa America. He conceded a goal in his first game which also ended in a loss but he kept a clean sheet in a game you'd have put your smart money for him to concede in, the World Cup semifinalists and favorites to win the tournament, Brazil. With four points in the bag, David Ospina and co. would be hoping to win Peru to seal a place in the last eight.
Arsenal's second choice goalie, Wojciech Szczesny, started his holiday earlier than expected, as he watched from the bench as Lukasz Fabianski kept in Poland's recent matches. Fabianski left Arsenal in search of first team football and found it in Swansea, and he can be proud of the consistent performances he put for the Swans all season long.
The third choice goalie, Emiliano Martinez, enjoyed a good loan spell at Rotherham, and he'd be hoping to go out on loan again to continue his football education.
Arsene Wenger was asked by the pressers if he was interested in signing want-away goalie, Petr Cech, but his response was that he has 'three world class' goalies. Tomas Rosicky has been doing some ambassadorial duties and when he put up a picture of him and Cech on Instagram with the caption 'Welcome come to Arsenal', it seemed that he's probably aware that the background stuff is almost over and the move is imminent. Even that ex-Gunner that looks like Akon, Lauren Etame-Mayer tweeted about Cech's arrival using his official Twitter account.
So it's only a matter of time before the Cech deal becomes official. The question is, what's going to happen with the current crop at the club. Cech, 33, is a vastly experienced goalie that has won several individual and team awards in his 10 years at Chelsea, and with his talismanic services available at Arsenal's disposal, I'd expect him to be Arsene Wenger's first choice in the Premier League and Champions League.
Martinez would drop to fourth choice and I'm pretty certain that he'd request for a loan move, which I believe will be granted to him. What then happens for Szczesny and Ospina? The Colombian had to wait patiently for six months before usurping Szczesny in January and he played 20 games between January and May, keeping 10 clean sheets, as well as getting the highest win percentage and save percentage for all the goalies in the league. Some say that it was his small amount of games that contributed to those stats but they didn't really matter to me because from an Arsenal perspective, Ospina offered a calm head to Szczesny's brashness, and the defense coped better this season with Ospina behind them than Szczesny.
Somebody else would bring up a point that Szczesny played behind of a makeshift defense, while Ospina played behind our regular back four, which in fairness, can be a very valid point, but nobody played in a more tattered defense like David de Gea and he was still selected as the best goalkeeper in the League last season. Szczesny had seen the likes of Vito Mannone, Manuel Almunia and Fabianski flushed away for him and starting the season ahead of Ospina made him even more cocky, because he clearly felt that he was the undisputed No. 1 at the club, till Southampton happened.
With Cech arriving, either Szczesny or Ospina might be sacrificed on the altar and from all indications, it's looking like we might miss hearing those iconic 'Ooooooooooooooooospina' chants as its been reported that Fenerbahce are interested in his services. Szczesny is young and he has a lot of potential but Wenger would probably want him to understudy Cech for the next three to four seasons, before making the No. 1 his for keeps. Off the field, Szczesny is a homegrown talent and is an Arsenal fan, and I'm sure he'd do okay in the cup games he'd probably be featuring in.
It would feel sad to let Ospina go when he has fought quite hard to gain his place but football is a very cruel sport and if you spend up to £11-14m to bring in a goalie of Petr Cech's quality, you'd have to play him consistently.
Sayonara
Posted on June 21, 2015, in Arsenal, Football, Premier League, Transfer Gossip and tagged Arsenal, David Ospina, Football, Petr Cech, Premier League, Transfer Gossip, Wojciech Szczesny. Bookmark the permalink.	11 Comments.
Ekunie santi | June 21, 2015 at 10:20
Ospina will leave. It hurts
enigma106 | June 21, 2015 at 10:23
It actually does mate.
I kinda liked the chap
AmosCP | June 21, 2015 at 11:24
As far as Szczesny stays. All i need is competition between the sticks.
So you'd prefer Szczesny to stay instead of Ospina?
DownUnderGunner | June 21, 2015 at 11:26
Szczesny staying would be a nonsensical move considering he is the #2 goalkeeper at present and as far as I'm concerned, Martinez is a far better understudy than Szczesny and with natural progression, he will be lightyears better than the clown Szczesny – he's more accomplished now! You only have to look at the way Szczesny collects the ball hit at him on the ground to realise that Zsczesny is no more than a pretend goalkeeper – he doesn't even know the basics. As for Cech, he has not been anywhere near the 'keeper he was before his skull was fractured. He is not an EPL 'keeper any longer and he should not be joining our club. What happens if Cech fails? We fall back on the player that has failed time and time again, Szczesny.
Hi Down Under Gunner,
I think Cech is still a fantastic goalkeeper. Despite losing his place to Courtois, he still played very well in the games he featured.
As for Szczesny, I believe he can improve with age.
Hiya enigma 106,
I've been hearing that about Szczesny for a few years now but surely, at 25 years of age and more than 180 games under his belt, one would think that he'd have shown some type of improvement?
He is basically the same now as he was when he first played for our club and there has to come a time that when you put a line through a player and say that he's better off somewhere else.
With him in the squad as a back up to Cech or whoever, we have not improved that position at all, in fact, with a 33 year old who has been protected by a defence at Chelsea who don't, as a rule, play a high line (nowhere near as high as we play), Cech has looked OK but put him in our side with the way we play and expose him to many, many more one v one's with oncoming players and I fear the worst. Add to that a back up in Szczesny who has reached his peak level and will not get any better, then we have gone backwards.
I wouldn't mind if in Cech came in as a back up to Ospina, because that is what will end up happening ie. Cech becoming second choice by the end of the season behind whoever, and if that does happen, we are back to where we started from at the beginning of last season, a goalkeeper who is as unreliable and inconsistent as you could possibly get in Szczesny and no Ospina who has more knowledge and ability in goalkeeping in his little finger than what Szczesny has in his whole body.
Szczesny is the most over-rated goalkeeper in the EPL and if he was playing for any other team, Arsenal supporters would be laughing their socks off and rubbing their hands with glee when it came time to play against him.
He's just not up to it enigma 106 and Cech has seen better days and if we want to win the league, we need a top class goalkeeper who is at his peak.
I agree with your assessment of Szczesny.
He hasn't showed as much improvement as we would have liked but he has time on his side
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Parliamentary administrators have to cope with a complex and ever-changing procedural framework, as well as with conflicting demands from the policy side. Nevertheless, their role in inter-parliamentary cooperation is rather under-researched. This article focuses on the actors of Administrative Parliamentary Networks and introduces two entirely new entities: European Programmes; and networks of Parliamentary Budget Offices, which seem to have escaped scholar's attention. Administrative duties and roles are discussed in the context of inter-parliamentary cooperation and a new role is attributed to parliamentary administrators, that of the researcher. Existing findings from previous studies are put under a new light and analysed with the support of empirical data.


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Separated Realities, By Mariu Suarez
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At the opening ceremony of The Art of This Century Museum on 57th St. in Manhattan, Peggy Guggenheim, the founder, was wearing one earring by Yves Tanguy, the surrealist, and another by Alexander Calder, the abstractionist. She explained to her guests that this showed her neutrality in the conflict between the often hostile schools of Abstractionism and Surrealism. That was in 1941, yet soon after, Peggy's gallery and museum became a center for abstract expressionism, under the newly coined term Modernism.
Since then, neither the Guggenheim, nor any other major player in the American art establishment, has bothered to show any neutrality. In fact, in 1941, Surrealism was declared dead and has been described as such in all art history books since that time. Therefore, the hundreds of artists working in this style who are originally from, or live in, the United States, have received no attention from critics, galleries or museums. This has left them outside the reach of three generations of Americans who, by and large, are unaware of the work done by surrealists during the second half of the century.
Michael S. Bell, a specialist in American Art, researched the surrealist phenomena while he was Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. His research led him to the conclusion that:
"It remains a dire need, if truth be still an honorable cause, to set forth an option upon the records of time by which considerate humanity might judge for itself the merits and the players in one of our century's most vilified and degraded forms of expression."
Surrealism as we know it today is closely related to some forms of abstract art. In fact, they shared similar origins, but they diverged on their interpretation of what those origins meant to the aesthetic of art.
At the end of the First War World, Tristan Tzara, leader of the Dada movement, wanted to attack society through scandal. He believed that a society that creates the monstrosity of war does not deserve art, so he decided to give it anti-art–not beauty but ugliness. With phrases like Dada destroys everything! Tzara wanted to offend the new industrial commercial world–the bourgeoisie. However, his intended victims were not insulted at all. Instead they thought that this rebellious new expression opposed, not them but the "old art" and the "old patrons" of feudalism and church dominion. In fact, the bourgeoisie embraced this "rebellious" new art so thoroughly that anti-art became Art, the anti-academy the Academy, the anti-conventionalism the Convention, and the rebellion through chaotic images, the status quo.
One group of artists, however, did not embrace this new art that threw away all which centuries of artists had learned and passed on about the craft of art. The Surrealist movement gained momentum after the Dada movement. It was lead by Andre Breton, a French doctor who had fought in the trenches during the First World War. The artists in the movement researched and studied the works of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Some of the artists in the group expressed themselves in the abstract tradition, while others, expressed themselves in the symbolic tradition.
Two Distinct Groups Emerge
Michael S. Bell, through his research, realized that these two forms of expression formed two distinct trends of surrealism with marked differences. One could be qualified as Automatism, the other, as Veristic Surrealism. "Automatism" explains Mr. Bell, "is a form of abstraction. It has been the only type of surrealism accepted by critical reviewers after the war."
Basically, two different interpretations of the works of Freud and Jung divided the two groups. For the purpose of personal analysis, Jung had talked about not judging the images of the subconscious, but simply accepting them as they came into consciousness so they could be analyzed. This was termed Automatism.
The Automatists
When psychology talked about Automatism, these artists interpreted it as referring to a suppression of consciousness in favor of the subconscious. This group, being more focused on feeling and less analytical, understood Automatism to be the automatic way in which the images of the subconscious reach the conscience. They believed these images should not be burdened with "meaning."
Faithful to this interpretation, the Automatists saw the academic discipline of art as intolerant of the free expression of feeling, and felt form, which had dominated the history of art, was a culprit in that intolerance. They believed abstractionism was the only way to bring to life the images of the subconscious. Coming from the Dada tradition, these artists also linked scandal, insult and irreverence toward the elite's with freedom. They continued to believe that lack of form was a way to rebel against them.
The Veristic Surrealists
This group, on the other hand, interpreted Automatism to mean allowing the images of the subconscious to surface undisturbed so that their meaning could then be deciphered through analysis. They wanted to faithfully represent these images as a link between the abstract spiritual realities, and the real forms of the material world. To them, the object stood as a metaphor for an inner reality. Through metaphor the concrete world could be understood, not by looking at the objects, but by looking into them.
Veristic Surrealists, saw academic discipline and form as the means to represent the images of the subconscious with veracity; as a way to freeze images that, if unrecorded, would easily dissolve once again into the unknown. They hoped to find a way to follow the images of the subconscious until the conscience could understand their meaning. The language of the subconscious is the image, and the consciousness had to learn to decode that language so it could translate it into its own language of words.
Later, Veristic Surrealism branched out into three other groups (see Research on Surrealism In America).
Two Masters, Two Opposing Approaches to Art
Every profession has its own history in which the accumulation of knowledge is the basis to push the frontiers into the unknown. Dali and Picasso are two masters who stand at the vanguard of two opposite approaches to art in the Twentieth Century: To use that accumulated knowledge and build upon it, or to discard it.
Dali embraced all the science of painting as a way to study the psyche through subconscious images. He called this process the Paranoiac Critical Method. As any paranoiac, the artist should allow these images to reach the conscience, and then do what the paranoiac cannot do: Freeze them on canvas to give consciousness the opportunity to comprehend their meaning. Later on, he expanded the process into the Oniric-Critical Method, in which the artist pays attention to his dreams, freezing them through art, and analyzing them as well. As Freud said, "A dream that is not interpreted is like a letter that is not opened."
Picasso took the opposite approach to art. He inherited the gusto for ugliness, scandal and chaos of the Dada movement and the automatic surrealists. Picasso rejected the craft to become "primitive," deciding that the ingenuity of childhood is the basis of art. To him this meant that the less the artist is preoccupied with his craft the better his art. To Dali, however, the "ingenuity of childhood" meant keeping an open mind and maintaining the curiosity and excitement of the child throughout one's life, not painting as a child.
The Struggle of Surrealism
For the automatists the approach to the mystery of Nature is to never become conscious of the mystery, for the surrealists it is to learn from it. The Picasso camp, won the "faith" of society. The Dali camp would have to secure a dialog with the public to be able to show the individual the "surrealist way of life" or the "path of individuation" as Jung called it.
The Veristic Surrealist quest is none other than the one described by Breton as, "The cause of freedom and the transformation of man's consciousness." In the works of surrealists we find the legacy of Bosch, Brueguel, William Blake, the Symbolic painters of the Nineteenth Century, the perennial questioning of philosophy, the search of psychology, and the spirit of mysticism. It is work based on the desire to permit the forces that created the world to illuminate our vision, allowing us to consciously develop our human potential.
The Veristic surrealists of today recognize the difficulties that their movement has faced during the second half of the Twentieth Century as it attempted to become a major cultural force, like modernism had. The United States, a country in which the business community never had to share its power with the aristocracy, wholeheartedly embraced abstraction and modernism. They shared the belief of abstract artists that the chaos of action painting and automatism were expressions of freedom, and that form, subjugation and inhibition walked hand in hand.
The American art establishment looked at the image of form with mistrust until the advent of Pop Art, which glorified the imperialism of commerce, advertisement and marketing. Later, Photorealism which glorified modern life, was accepted. With these two movements Realism entered the cultural picture again (see Art Through the Ages). Therefore, the only historical artistic expression still in want of recognition as a cultural force in the Twentieth Century, is Veristic Surrealism.
The Future of Surrealism
Because it was ignored and rejected by the new academy of modernism, Veristic Surrealism in its evolution has become a new art. A new art that in the words of Donald Kuspit, "Must first show that it has democratic appeal–appeal to those generally unschooled in art or not professionally interested in it. Then it must suffer a period of aristocratic rejection by those schooled in an accepted and thereby 'traditional' form of art–those with a vested interest in a known art and concerned with protecting it at all costs."
Contemporary Veristic Surrealists have worked for the past fifty years in silent seclusion. A renaissance of this art form will provide the world with new eternal aesthetic pleasures and reawaken the use of meaningful expression in art, so that it can once again have a dialogue with the public.
It would take fifty years for artists born after the Second World War to discover how right this method is for helping us all understand the architecture of the psyche. Those who have understood the method, who have faithfully followed the images of the subconscious and, with patience, painted and analyzed them, have a lot to teach us about the make up and interaction of the three planes of the Spiritual, the psychological, and the physical.
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This was a tweet I saw a long while ago, from a parody account someone is doing in the(ir) voice of Jesus. (The author tweets deep stuff and silly stuff, alike.) I really wanted to schedule this post for election season, but the international climate is just too thick right now for me to wait that long.
Easier tweeted than done, huh?
For sure. But nevertheless, that's exactly what the true Jesus of Nazareth teaches us to do–even in the shadow of North Korea's threats. However real or empty you think Kim Jong-un's threats are, he has still positioned himself and an entire country as enemies of U.S. citizens and its allies. How do we love someone like that?
International politics can get ridiculous really quickly, especially when one country is threatening to destroy other countries. It's in these kinds of times when the teachings of Christ don't seem to apply. Right? I mean, Jesus never had to face long-range missles. He never dealt with regimes eyeballing other regimes for nuclear dominance.
I don't think it matters what year we hear Jesus say "love your enemies." It doesn't matter if it's 31 A.D. or 2013, His teaching to love our enemies is controversial and difficult to adapt. But it still stands.
There's a great line from the kids' movie The Lorax where the main character, who's chopping down trees left and right in the name of loads of cash, says something that stuck out to me.
It's natural for us to hate our enemies. It's natural to have the sentiment that we should "just nuke them before they nuke us," as I heard someone state the other day. What is unnatural is to see our enemies as human, people with little children in their families, hopes, dreams, aspirations. Jesus wants us to humanize our enemies by loving them, instead of demonizing them with hatred.
Following Jesus isn't natural. He teaches things that seem to go against everything our selfish natures wants. Yet Christ still tells us to love our enemies, pray for them, and to seek their good. Tough stuff to swallow, but it nourishes more than hatred does.
Have you prayed for Kim Jong-un and North Korea today?
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Beruwala is a coastal city in Sri Lanka. It is a fairly dense town close to the water with a population of 34250 people. The water temperature around Beruwala is nearly steady throughout the year. The temperature ranges from 26.4°C (79.6°F) in July up to 29.9°C (85.8°F) in the month of May, as shown in the interactive table below. The average water temperature throughout the year is 28°C (83°F) and the best time for water activities is late spring, since Beruwala is located in the northern hemisphere.
What is the current water temperature near Beruwala?
Are there surf spots located close to Beruwala?
There are not many surf spots close to Beruwala. The next good one is Bennys, which is about 24.8km (16miles) away from Beruwala. Click here for directions and to check out more information on Bennys and its water temperature. Other surfspots near Beruwala are Hikkaduwa, which is roughly 25.8km (16miles) away, and Main Point, located 26.3km (16.4miles) from Beruwala.
Are there gorgeous beaches close to Beruwala?
There are several other nice beaches in proximity to Beruwala. The closest one is Beruwala, which is only 0.7km (0.4miles) away from Beruwala. Another beautiful beach near Beruwala is Beruwala, which is roughly 0.7km (0.4miles) away.
What kind of wetsuit is recommended for Beruwala?
The average sea temperature around Beruwala is extremely warm, around 28°C (83°F), with very little changes throughout the year. The temperatures in June, July, and August are very similar to sea temperatures in December and January. That is why a wetsuit is usually not needed for swimming, surfing, snorkelling, or diving around Beruwala. Nevertheless, you might want to bring a 1-2mm wetsuit top or a rashguard for very chilly conditions and for UV protection, especially when spending multiple hours in the sun each day. The sun radiation around Beruwala can be very intense.
How is the diving and fishing close to Beruwala?
Scuba diving and fishing conditions are very similar during the year. The waters are mostly tropical, reaching temperatures between 25 and 30°C (77-86°F). The following fish like to roam around in waters of this temperature range: Bonefish, Permit, Red Drum, and Tarpon.
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Oscars 2018: Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Nominated for Best Original Score
He soundtracked Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, photo by Andrew Benge/Redferns
Jonny Greenwood has been nominated for Best Original Score at this year's Oscars. The Radiohead guitarist scored Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps. It's Greenwood's first Oscar nomination. (In 2008, his There Will Be Blood score was deemed ineligible for an Oscar.) See all of the 2018 Best Original Score nominees below. Earlier this year, Greenwood was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his work on Phantom Thread, but lost to Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water).
2018 Academy Award for Best Original Score:
Carter Burwell: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre Desplat: The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread
John Williams: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Hans Zimmer: Dunkirk


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The Bayou Classic is the annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, first held under that name in 1974 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, although the series itself actually began in 1932. A trophy is awarded to the winning school.
Grambling State Tigers
Southern, 20–0
Latest meeting
Southern, 30–28
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Meetings total
Southern, 36–33 (after 2 wins vacated[1] and 1 loss by forfeit[2]:6); Grambling State, 33–37 (including 1 win by forfeit)
Largest victory
Southern, 64–6 (1935)
Longest win streak
Overall Series-Grambling State, 9 (1970–1978, including 1 win by forfeit) Bayou Classic-Southern, 8 (1993–2000)
Current win streak
Southern, 2 (since 2018)
[Interactive fullscreen map]
Locations of Grambling State and Southern University
2 Other activities
4 Series history
5 Game results[2]:223–24[22]
5.1 Pre-Bayou Classic results
5.2 Bayou Classic results
Since 1990 the game has been held the final Saturday in November (i.e., the Saturday after Thanksgiving) at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, organizers moved the 2005 event from the Superdome to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, where many of New Orleans' evacuees were living. This was the only time that the Bayou Classic was held outside of Louisiana. The 2006 Bayou Classic returned to the Superdome.
It is the best known annual game and rivalry in historically black college or university (HBCU) football and was nationally televised in the U.S. by NBC from 1991 to 2014. Since 2015 it has aired on the NBC Sports Network.[3] The Bayou Classic was the only National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision game to be shown regularly on broadcast television. Fans have been known to refer to it as the "Black Super Bowl", although that name is not used in any official capacity by either school due to the National Football League's restrictions on the use of the "Super Bowl" name. Both schools typically forgo FCS playoff eligibility to participate in the Bayou Classic. The game is one of two black college football classics to be associated with Thanksgiving weekend; the other is the older Turkey Day Classic.
The game had State Farm Insurance as its title sponsor from 1996 to 2011.[4]
Other activitiesEdit
Of the many activities held in conjunction with the game, the most well-known and well-attended is the two-part Battle of the Bands, where both universities' marching bands—Grambling's "World Famed" Tiger Marching Band and Southern's Human Jukebox—perform. Following the Greek show, the two renowned bands stage elaborately choreographed performances on the Friday night before the game. The final part is held during the football game's halftime show. There is no official judge for the band battle.
Since 1992, members of South Louisiana's Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) run with the game ball from Southern's campus in North Baton Rouge to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in downtown New Orleans for the annual "Bayou Classic Motivation Run." The event happens the day before the game begins and is an approximately 100 mile run that takes between 8 and 10 hours to complete. Members of the NROTC take turns running with the ball while a police escort follow them along the way.[5]
Other activities include a press conference, golf tournament, coaches luncheon, a concert/festival, tailgating, fashion show, pep rally, alumni functions, college recruitment fair, a Thanksgiving Day Parade (which was brought back in 2011), and a job fair for graduating students of both schools. An annual Grambling vs. Southern "Miss Bayou Classic" beauty pageant was also held from 1976 to 2002.[6][7]
The Bayou Classic is a major source of revenue ($50 million) to the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana.[8] 250,000 visitors descend upon New Orleans over the course of the events leading up to the game, and the national television audience has attracted between four and five million viewers.[9] The success of the game has inspired the promotion of numerous other HBCU rivalries and "classics". In the past the stadium attendance had averaged between 50,000–70,000 annually. Hurricane Katrina brought some challenges, first with a one-year move to Houston, then with a slight drop-off in attendance upon the classic's return to New Orleans—all while the Florida Classic and Magic City Classic gained significantly in prominence over that same time period. Though the Bayou Classic also lost its title sponsor in 2011 and GSU faced numerous issues during its 2013 season, officials in 2014 rejected suggestions to remove GSU as a participant and instead resolved to quickly rejuvenate the classic.[10] Attendance has now climbed significantly each year since 2011 and is again near pre-Katrina levels.[11] The game also remains nationally televised, although NBC did move the game broadcast over to its sister sports-only network in 2015.
Series historyEdit
Historically, Grambling State and Southern have arguably had the two most successful football teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Through the 2018 season Grambling has more SWAC football titles than any other school (25, not including their vacated 1975 title); Southern has the second most with 19. Grambling and SU also have more black national titles than any other SWAC schools; as of 2017 Grambling has the second most in the entire country with 15 total, while SU has the fourth most at the FCS-level (11). The two schools have also represented the SWAC in 13 of the 15 Pelican, Heritage, and Celebration bowls that have been held. Through 2015 Florida A&M of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference was the only FCS-level HBCU school with more football wins (588) than Southern (578) or Grambling (565).[12] However both Grambling and Southern were ordered by the NCAA to vacate wins in multiple sports due to the questionable eligibility of hundreds of their student athletes between 2010 and 2015.[13][14] It is not immediately clear just which Grambling football games are effected by these rulings, but the NCAA did make a special point to specify that Grambling's 2011 season record and championships remain fully intact;[13] games played between 2012 and 2015, however, appear to remain possible candidates for being vacated.[15] Southern, meanwhile, had to vacate all of its 2013 and 2014 wins, at the very least.[1]
Through now,[when?] Southern leads the overall series with Grambling, begun in 1932, by a 36–33 margin. This total does not include two vacated wins[1] but includes one forfeited loss.[2]:223) Both teams have 23 overall victories, and Grambling State claims the longest winning streak in the all-time series, nine games from 1970 to 1978 (including SU's 1972 forfeit). Southern claims the longest winning streak in the Bayou Classic era, eight games from 1993 to 2000 (the Jaguars also had a previous eight-game winning streak at the start of the series, in the games played between 1932 and 1946). Grambling's 43–6 victory in 1980 ranks as the largest margin of victory in the Bayou Classic, while SU's 1935 victory (64–6) is the largest margin in the all-time series.[16] Multiple trophies have been awarded to the winner of the Bayou Classic over the years. The most recent trophy, consisting of Waterford Crystal, was retired after the 2014 game after more than 25 years of service and presented to the Smithsonian Institution for its National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.[17] A newly designed trophy has been showcased since the 2015 game.
People prominently involved in the series include Ace Mumford (SU coach from 1936–42 and again in 1944–61), Eddie Robinson (SU student, albeit briefly, in the 1930s[18] and GSU coach from 1941–42 and again 1945–97), Doug Williams (GSU player from 1974–77, SU consultant in 1985, and GSU coach from 1998–2003 and again 2011–13), Marino Casem (SU athletic director from 1986–99 and coach from 1987–88 and again 1992), Pete Richardson (SU coach from 1993–2009), and Rod Broadway (GSU coach from 2007–10). Mumford once had the third most wins among all college football coaches (behind Pop Warner and Amos Alonzo Stagg), and Robinson later had the most. Today Robinson still has the third most wins (behind John Gagliardi and Joe Paterno) and also has the most wins among all who coached at HBCU schools; Mumford now has the fourth most wins among HBCU coaches behind Robinson, Billy Joe, and John Merritt. Broadway holds the distinction of being the only coach to have ever won a black national title at three different schools, one of which was Grambling.
Prior to 1974, though the game was viewed as a big in-state rivalry between the two schools, it was not nearly the media spectacle that it is today. After it was re-branded as the Bayou Classic and moved to New Orleans, a trophy was added and numerous events were also scheduled to be held throughout the week leading up to the game itself. Games in the series played before 1974 are generally not included within the context of the Bayou Classic's historical lineage. SU led the series 15–10 up until that point. The annual game was known to be touted as a "classic" as early as the 1948 meeting, a game that the Jaguars won in an 18–0 upset before 10,000 fans.[19] A brawl during that game led to a suspension of the series for the next decade (a period in which the Jaguars won three black national championships) and delayed GSU's admittance to SWAC membership until 1958, shortly before the rivalry was resumed.[20]:146–47 With the renewal of the series in 1959, the game was again billed as a "classic" but proved a bittersweet return as five fans were killed in a vehicular accident on their way to the game.[21] The series was again interrupted in 1972, this time due to political unrest on host Southern's campus—which resulted in a forfeiture by SU. The game was then permanently moved to off-campus neutral sites the following year, drawing a large crowd of 40,000 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and influencing the decision to create the Bayou Classic.[20]:148
Game results[2]:223–24[22]Edit
Pre-Bayou Classic resultsEdit
Grambling State victories Southern victories Tie games Forfeits
1 November 11, 1932 Monroe, LA Southern 20–0
2 November 11, 1933 Louisiana Southern 20–0
3 September 29, 1934 Scotlandville, LA Southern 25–9
4 November 30, 1935 Scotlandville, LA Southern 64–6
5 October 31, 1936 Grambling, LA Southern 36–0
6 October 22, 1938 Ruston, LA Southern 20–0
8 October 5, 1946 Scotlandville, LA Southern 38–0
9 October 4, 1947 Grambling, LA Grambling State 21–6
10 October 2, 1948 Scotlandville, LA Southern 18–0
11 October 3, 1959 Grambling, LA Southern 12–6
13 September 30, 1961 Grambling, LA Southern 20–9
14 September 29, 1962 Scotlandville, LA Grambling State 14–3
15 September 28, 1963 Grambling, LA Southern 22–21
16 September 26, 1964 Scotlandville, LA Grambling State 20–17
17 November 20, 1965 Grambling, LA Grambling State 34–14
18 November 19, 1966 Scotlandville, LA Southern 41–13
20 November 23, 1968 Scotlandville, LA Grambling State 34–32
21 November 22, 1969 Grambling, LA Southern 15–6
23 November 20, 1971 Grambling, LA Grambling State 31–3
24 November 18, 1972 Scotlandville, LA Grambling State 1–0
25 November 17, 1973 Shreveport, LA Grambling State 19–14
Series: Southern leads 15–10
Bayou Classic resultsEdit
Grambling State victories Southern victories Tie games Vacates
1 November 23, 1974 New Orleans Grambling State 21–0
2 November 29, 1975 New Orleans Grambling State 33–17
6 December 1, 1979 New Orleans Southern 14–7
8 November 21, 1981 New Orleans Southern 50–20
10 November 26, 1983 New Orleans Grambling State 24–10
13 November 29, 1986 New Orleans Grambling State 30–3
14 November 28, 1987 New Orleans Southern 27–21
15 November 26, 1988 New Orleans Southern 10–3
32 November 26, 2005 Houston Grambling State 50–35
42 November 28, 2015 New Orleans Grambling State 34–23 *
Series: Tied 23–23
*—game subject to be vacated by Grambling State[15]
(it is not yet clear if this game included ineligible players)
List of NCAA college football rivalry games
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^ "Bayou Classic looking for revival after lean attendance years". nola.com.
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^ "Division I-AA All-Time Wins". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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^ Luke Johnson (November 16, 2016). "NCAA cites 'lack of institutional control' at Southern, imposes heavy penalties on athletic department". theadvocate.com. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
^ a b Cory Diaz (August 9, 2017). "Grambling State keeps '11 SWAC championship". thenewsstar.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
^ "Southern vs Grambling St. (LA)". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ "Bayou Classic trophy heads to Smithsonian". thenewsstar.com. April 29, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ Joe Planas (October 7, 1985). "Robinson moves out front to bask in splendid glory". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate (sec. D, p. 1).
^ "Jaguars Jolt Grambling, 18–0: Southern Starts Scoring Drive in Second Half". New Orleans Times–Picayune (sec. 5, p. 4). October 3, 1948.
^ a b Ken Rappoport and Barry Wilner (2007). Football Feuds: The Greatest College Football Rivalries. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1-59921-014-8. CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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This informs our engineers and designers on where the final destination is for you.
Once we understand the tools you are using, how well they are being implemented and how much strain they might be under, THEN we can get designing.
The hardest thing to do is to open yourself up to assessment. You need a partner who realizes this and gives you open, honest and real feedback so you can be empowered to act. Your IT depends on it.


Our aim is to provide a friendly, caring environment whilst giving the highest standard of care. We believe it is important to accept service users as individuals with their own personalities, strengths and needs.
We will assist, guide and support service users in the development of a range of social and personal living skills for use at home, in education, employment, leisure and in the community.
We believe that all people have the right to live an independent, full and active life. Everybody has the right to privacy, dignity, independence, choice and self-expression.
The centre has two buildings located on site - the main building and an annex. Within the main building, there is an additional unit which caters for service users with severe learning disabilities as well as complex needs and challenging behaviour.
Outside there are two gardens, one of which is a secured sensory garden.
The centre is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm (excluding bank holidays).
Costs are dependent on service user needs and available upon referral.
A referral from the local authority is required for commissioned services.
Privately funded service users requires self referral.
We understand how difficult change can be and therefore offer not only taster sessions but also a transitional period to ensure a smooth transfer from one service to another. We will also provide an assessment of the individual's needs which will be tailored to a person-centred plan and incorporates activities within the centre and the community.
To ensure our service user's receive the best care possible, we will collaborate not only with their parents/carers but also any other professional involved in their care and decision making.
The support our service users receive, whilst in our care, is of paramount importance. We also understand the necessity of having qualified staff trained in the latest techniques which is why we insist all our support staff either hold a qualification in Health and Social Care or are currently working towards it.
Every member of staff also holds a current Enhanced DBS certificate.
Transport is available for service users without challenging behaviour but is subject to location and availibility.


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Illegal Voter Roll Purges in Six Swing States
Social Justice Blog / By Alexandra Tursi / October 8, 2008 April 9, 2012 / 1 minute of reading
The New York Times is reporting that tens of thousands of voters have been removed from registration talleys in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina.
In an effort to comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (to remove the names of voters who should no longer be listed) it appears as though officials in the afore-mentioned states have, for every voter added to the rolls in the past two months, removed two.
To add to the air of fraud, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana appear to be improperly using Social Security information to screen registration applications from new voters, or have removed thousands of voters after the federal deadline for taking such action.
"'Just as voting machines were the major issue that came out of the 2000 presidential election and provisional ballots were the big issue from 2004, voter registration and these statewide lists will be the top concern this year,' said Daniel P. Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University."
Scary. Read the entire article here.
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Q: array of delegates for callback not safe? I understand in the delegate pattern for iOS you want the reference to the delegate to be weak, but if I for instance have this:
@property (nonatomic, weak) NSMutableArray *delegates;

and in this array are instances of
id<myDelegateCallback>

The Array has a strong retain of the items inside.
Do I alloc/init the array inside the class that has this as it's property or do I set the array to an instance owned by another class?
Or is this not a good implementation of the Delegate pattern?  I understand I can use Notifications and such, but wanted to know if this would actually work without any ARC issues.

A: You can only have one designated delegate object, not an array of delegates.  Some classes have a delegate AND a "data source" that conform to unique protocols, but that only makes sense for objects that need to get their content from some designated place.
But if you want to notify several listening objects of some thing happening, consider using a NSNotification registered with NSNotificationCenter.  The downside is that there's no formal or declared protocol methods for the listeners to conform to (and for the compiler to complain about if there's any issues).
Here's a related question with more useful information.

A: If you really need an array of weak delegates, you can use a bridged CFMutableArray initialized with NULL retain and release callbacks.
See more here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/CoreFOundation/Reference/CFMutableArrayRef/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001502

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import logging

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class

from storages.backends.s3boto import S3BotoStorage

logger = logging.getLogger('us_ignite.common.storage')

STATIC_LOCATION = 'static/%s' % settings.STATIC_FILES_VERSION

class StaticS3Storage(S3BotoStorage):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(StaticS3Storage, self).__init__(
            location=STATIC_LOCATION, *args, **kwargs)

    def url(self, name):
        url = super(StaticS3Storage, self).url(name)
        if name.endswith('/') and not url.endswith('/'):
            url += '/'
        return url

class MediaS3Storage(S3BotoStorage):

    def download_url(self, name):
        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
        return self.connection.generate_url(
            self.querystring_expire, method='GET',
            bucket=self.bucket.name, key=self._encode_name(name),
            query_auth=self.querystring_auth, force_http=True,
            response_headers={'response-content-disposition': 'attachment'})

class CachedS3BotoStorage(S3BotoStorage):
    """S3 storage backend that saves the files locally, too."""
    def __init__(self, location=STATIC_LOCATION, *args, **kwargs):
        super(CachedS3BotoStorage, self).__init__(
            location=location, *args, **kwargs)
        self.local_storage = get_storage_class(
            "compressor.storage.CompressorFileStorage")()

    def save(self, name, content):
        name = super(CachedS3BotoStorage, self).save(name, content)
        self.local_storage._save(name, content)
        return name

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We place 4-6 implants in the jaw and make a framework that binds these implants and add teeth on top of this framework to make a hybrid denture. A hybrid denture is permanently secured to your bone and it does not come out of your mouth. In some cases, it is a better alternative to an implant supported Overdenture.
What material is in an Implant Supported hybrid bridge?
Implants are made of titanium. The tooth and gum portion of the appliance has a base material that is made of acrylic covering high noble metal or zirconium oxide. The teeth can be plastic or porcelain.
It is fixed to Implants, so you do not need to take it out.
Many patients fear their dentures falling out when they are speaking or eating. The Hybrid denture is fixed to implants with screws, so you can enjoy your daily activities without worrying about your dentures falling out or the social awkwardness of your teeth moving while speaking or chewing.
Our tongue and palate have taste buds. When you wear a conventional denture, it covers your palate and it limits your ability to taste food. With a hybrid denture there is no extension on palate, so you can utilize all your taste buds.
The snug fit of the hybrid denture gives an overall better esthetic and provides you with more confidence.
A Complete Denture with 2 or 4 Locator Attachments is an appliance that replaces all of the teeth on your upper or lower jaw. It is not cemented in your mouth and can be taken out. Locator Attachments are connected to dental implants that are placed in the jawbone. The Locator Attachments connect the Complete Denture to the implants. Generally, 2 implants and attachments are used for a lower jaw Complete Denture, and 4 implants and attachments are used for an upper jaw Complete Denture.
When there is not enough jaw bone present in the mouth, the denture does not have enough retention and support. Usually, the lower jaw has less bone and because of mobility of the tongue, the lower denture is less stable. To provide better stability, we place two to four Implants in the jaw bone. Implants act like roots of teeth. After that, we place attachments on top of Implants and on the denture. The denture locks on to the implants with these attachments. This snap in denture holds better and does not move. You do not need to apply denture cream. Support from implants will give you an ultimate fit for your denture.
Locator attachments greatly improve the retention and chewing ability of a complete denture. Patients who have a dry mouth and/or fragile tissue may have difficulty with retention and comfort when wearing a traditional denture will benefit from locator attachments. The lip support is better compared to an implant retained fixed restoration because the extra denture material gives you an instant cosmetic filler for your lips. A removable appliance is more easily repaired. Oral hygiene at home care is also easier.
What material is in a Complete Denture with 2 or 4 Locator Attachments?
The base of a complete denture with locator attachments is made of pink acrylic. The teeth are made of tooth colored acrylic or porcelain which attach into the base. Locator attachments are plastic and the implants they attach to are titanium.
What are the risks of a Complete Denture with 2 or 4 Locator Attachments?
Locator attachments wear out over time and need to be replaced. Denture acrylic covering the locator attachment may chip if it is thin due to a limited space in the mouth.
What are the alternatives to a Complete Denture with 2 or 4 Locator Attachments?
Are there any post-treatment limitations once I have a Complete Denture with 2 or 4 Locator Attachments?
To keep the tissue under the appliance healthy and to prolong the life of the locator attachments, your denture should be left out of your mouth during sleep. The teeth in the denture are not as strong as your natural teeth and you will not be able to chew as heavily on them. The appliance will tend to get food trapped underneath it and you may have to remove and clean it after eating.


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Publications Post Magazine 2019 May/June 2019 VFX: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
VFX: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
Godzilla has come a long way from the heavy rubber suits used in the productions of the 1960s. In 1998, Roland Emmerich directed the creature's big-screen return, and in 2014, he rose from the depths once again in a film by director Gareth Edwards. Now, five years later, Godzilla reemerges in King of the Monsters, the new Warner Bros. film from director Michael Dougherty.
Visual effects supervisor Guillaume Rocheron (pictured) knows the creature better than anyone, having worked on both the 2014 and 2019 releases. For the new film, he coordinated visual effects between a number of leading studios, including MPC, Dneg, Method Studios and Rodeo FX, completing 1,535 shots (up from 900 on the 2014 film) for its May 31st release.
The new film challenged effects houses to not only further develop the signature creature, but also bring other characters from the 'monsterverse' to the big screen. Mothra, Rodan and Ghidorah all make appearances and vie for supremacy, while simultaneously endangering humanity.
"I work with the director, editor and producer, and really kind of design the movie," says Rocheron of his role as VFX supervisor. "We storyboard the film and do previsualization, and decide how we are going to shoot the film."
Rocheron is part of the MPC team, but was called on by Legendary Pictures to handle the film's overall VFX supervision. He worked closely with fellow VFX supervisor Robert Winter at MPC, which served as the film's lead effects house.
PREVIS
Like many VFX-heavy films, previs played an important role, but in this case, it went beyond serving as just a place holder.
"Often, the previs is not very nice to look at — not very compelling," says Rocheron. "It's purely informative. In this case, it was [Michael Dougherty's] first version of the shot that he was happy with.
"We were all looking at the previs and iterating on it," he continues. "Not only from an informative standpoint, but from a shot-design standpoint and the performances of the creatures…A lot of the movie happens on partial sets, and there is a lot of interaction between the creatures and the live action. We wanted a seamless blend between the two…We made a conscious decision to push the initial steps of shot design much further than we would in general so the photography could be done to spec within that bigger picture."
Previsualization was provided by The Third Floor (http://thethirdfloorinc.com) and Day For Nite (http://dayfornite.com).
The new release is different than the 2014 film in a number of ways. The first conversation Rocheron had with director Michael Dougherty focused on the personalities of the creatures, and how they were not to be portrayed as just animals.
"Mike was always reinforcing the fact that we see those creatures as ancient gods," he recalls. "They have been around for much longer than us. They were the first gods, who were worshipped by some civilization…They are not just big monsters lumbering around, destroying things and smashing buildings. They have a history."
The 2014 film had a hand-held camera feel and muted tones, giving it somewhat of a graphic, documentary feel, he adds. "This one, it's the same world and same universe, but we are trying to design shots to have very strong silhouettes and colors, and bold composition, so as a viewer, the visual language reminds you of mythical creatures."
DETAILING A 400-FOOT-TALL CREATURE
Thanks to the 2014 film, the VFX team already had a CG model of Godzilla that they could use as a starting point.
"We didn't go back to square one," Rocheron explains. "We started with what we had and built on top of it. The original Godzilla that we did for 2014 — it took us five to six months of just texturing," he recalls. "Think about the level of detail for these creatures? If you imagine Godzilla is 400-feet-tall, his toenail is the size of a school bus!"
Considerable time was spent improving the lead character's textures and tweaking his rig.
"We did a few design adjustments at the director's request. We adjusted the dorsal fins a little bit to resemble the classic star shape. We gave him a slightly more aggressive profile. Obviously, we updated the muscles and creature rigs, so that had to be re-done — all the muscles and facial animation control to get that extra level of subtlety.
"Also, since the first Godzilla, we changed the way we rendered stuff. We switched to Renderman RIS, and it's a full ray-tracing, path-tracing solution. That gives us the ability to get material quality and lighting that is more sophisticated and realistic. That required an upgrade in our shaders and textures. Even though we started with what we did in 2014, we took at least three months to get new Godzilla for the new movie."
As lead VFX house, MPC (mpcfilm.com) handled almost all of the creature animation. "They are one of best places in the world you can go for this," he says of MPC. "We worked with the character lab to finalize the design of the creatures and they handled most shots with Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan — the big action sequences."
Specifically, MPC created the Antarctica scene where Godzilla first sees Ghidorah, the scene where Rodan emerges from the volcano, and the shots where Rodan interacts with the fighter jets and fights Ghidorah. The studio also created VFX for the whole third act, in which a massive battle takes place in Boston.
MPC's Montreal location headed the effort, with contributions from its London, Bangalore and Los Angeles teams.
Method Studios (methodstudios.com) handled the opening of the film. "It's a smaller sequence where Mothra is still in her larva and she kind of hatches," Rocheron explains. "We gave it to Method because it's a self-contained sequence that required great quality animation and great rendering and effects…Method also handled the sequence where our heroes go in one of Monarch's underwater rigs. They go to a giant facility underwater to monitor Godzilla. They did the really beautiful sequence where you first see Godzilla in the depths of the water. People look through a window into a deep, murky [water] environment, and see Godzilla flashing."
Dneg's (dneg.com) work mostly focused on underwater sequences, says Rocheron. "Probably 15 minutes of the movie, where they are completely underwater and they discover that new civilization."
The studio also handled the 'Mothra reveal', before the audience sees her completely. "She hatches behind a waterfall," Rocheron explains, adding that it's the first time the audience sees her fully extend her wings. "You never see Mothra fully, but you see her silhouette and color scheme."
Dneg also handled the visual effects sequence where Mothra appears in a cloud above an oil rig.
Rodeo FX (rodeofx.com) created the Ghidorah sequence in which the three-headed, winged creature is trapped ice. "They handled about 100 shots there," Rocheron recalls. "Digital environments and a lot of effects simulations for the destruction of the ice wall."
INSIDE THE TOOLBOX
Rocheron says all of the studios have similar toolsets, though there is some variation. "Everybody is using a combination of Maya, Houdini and Nuke," he notes. "The renderers vary. MPC is using RenderMan, where as Method, I think, is using Arnold. Dneg is using Clarisse."
MPC's proprietary muscle system allowed the team to achieve more life-like results than the 2014 film, be it for Godzilla's facial expressions or Ghidorah's body control.
"You have one creature, three heads…two tails, a set of wings and a body," he says of Ghidorah. "All of that requires incredible, sophisticated muscle-deformation technology and facial-animation technology that is very proprietary. MPC has some amazing tools for that."
Upon the film's completion, Rocheron points to a number of VFX accomplishments — scale being one.
"The effects simulation just for the rain, in some shots, it's literally square miles of simulated rain! MPC has an effects team that is purely there to simulate natural phenomenon — snow, buildings on fire, rain, any sort of interaction with the creatures — the physics. I think it was the biggest scene ever assembled for a movie. It was close to 100 people simulating natural phenomenon. Not the animation. Not the rendering. The rain and snow, and the interaction, the breath and the steam, and the water and the destruction! Logistically, it's incredibly-huge scale. That's how I like to look at it. In terms of achieving scale, we did it on such a large number of shots. Every shot was complex because of all the layers that were required."
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Q: What is this kind of sorting called and how do I properly implement it in React Currently I am working on re-implementing one of my WordPress plugins in React (Gutenberg). One of the features is re-sorting a list of input fields via a draggable UI element, this was easily implemented without React as I could move the DOM nodes around.
Now, I am rewriting everything in React and things have been going well so far. However, now I am hung up on how to shift the elements around in a sorted list by mutating its data.
Here is a mockup of what I have so far: https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-et2r6u?file=src/data.js
What I want is clicking the up arrow changes the sort value of the selected object, then the other items in array also adjust their sort value according, so the array items all have a sort key that is in ascending order.
Any pointers will be helpful.

A: It is always preferred to provide just the relevant minimal reproducible example lines-of-code within the question.
Thanks, though, for the stackblitz link, which was helpful.
The issue was that the setInstructions method needs to be invoked with the properly updated instructions array.
The below code helps achieve that:
export default function InstructionLine({
  index,
  instruction,
  instructions,
  setInstructions,
}) {
  function sortList(elt, direction = 'up') {
    const { sort } = elt;
    const newIns = [...instructions];
    if (direction === 'up') {
        newIns[sort] = { ...instructions[+sort - 1], sort: +sort };
        newIns[+sort - 1] = { ...instructions[sort], sort: +sort - 1 };
    } else {
        newIns[sort] = { ...instructions[+sort + 1], sort: +sort };
        newIns[+sort + 1] = { ...instructions[sort], sort: +sort + 1 };
    }
    console.log(newIns);
    setInstructions(newIns);
  }

  return (
    <>

          {instruction.sort > 0 && ( sortList(instruction)}>
            <>⋖</>
          )}
          {instruction.sort < instructions.length - 1 && ( sortList(instruction, 'down')}>
            <>⋗</>
          )}

        {instruction.description ||
{instruction.grouptitle}
}

    </>
  );
}

Explanation of changes

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*Instead of two methods sortUp and sortDown one common method with a direction parameter is used

*Using the sort prop as the index to the array, the two elements (which need to be interchanged) are identified and their sort prop updated

*The setInstructions method is invoked using the updated array newIns
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*The solution has been updated to conditionally render the up, down buttons (in the  elements).

*Thus the top item no longer has an up button & the bottom/last item no longer has a down button.


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Q: Macro log2 used without args error with cimg? So I got myself g++ for windows following this.
Since I wanted to experiment with CImg I downloaded the beta from here.
I simply copied the cimg.h into g++'s include directory and also put some dependencies it couldn't find when compiling there.
However now when I try to compile something that uses cimg like this tutorial.
It gives me the error:
\Cimg.h:14485: macro 'log2' used without args

and the same for line 14492.
These lines look like so:
CImg<T>& log2() {
  cimg_for(*this,ptrd,T) *ptrd = (T)cimg::log2((double)*ptrd);
  return *this;
}

//! Compute the base-10 logarithm of each pixel value \newinstance.
CImg<Tfloat> get_log2() const {
  return CImg<Tfloat>(*this,false).log2();
}

This is literally the first time I use C++, so obviously I am already confused by the concept of all the header files and such, so I might be doing something wrong there. Or I may aswell be making a silly beginner mistake.

A: As there is one header included before CImg.h that apparently does a
#define log2 something

you may try to change the order of the includes, so that this header does the #define after the #include "CImg.h".
Looks like the error does not come from CImg though.


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Q: Remove blank space in WordPress theme I have edited a lot in that WordPress theme but i have faced a problem in removing that blank space between sidebar and main content of the site like you see in picture below.

I have tried to edit the float and decrease margin , padding but that doesn't work
I think i am looking in different direction
any help would be appreciated.
link of css

A: I've looked a bit over your website. Firstly, you want to remove the 170px right-margin from .content. Than you can edit the width of .sidebar-primary to fit in the space.
@media all and (min-width: 1140px) {
    .site-container .content {
        margin-right: 10px;
        }
    .site-container .sidebar-primary {
        width: 330px;
        }
    }

As a sidenote, I noticed your site has big responsiveness issues on widths lower than 1140px.


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XLink and XPointer prepare to move forward
12:21, 12 Dec 2000 UTC | Eric van der Vlist
XLink and XPointer seem ready to move forward after Daniel Veillard released the decisions of the XML Linking Working Group regarding the comments on the XLink and XPointer CRs.
The comments cover a wide range of both editorial and technical issues that are often at the border between several specifications.
One such clarification about the scope of XPointer applies to XML documents on which a XPath data model can be constructed. This scope covers multi-rooted documents that can be used as external parsed entities, but on which an infoset cannot be defined and:
" This resulted in a question asked to the XML Core WG to extend the Infoset capabilities to external parsed entities. This was accepted and is been added into XML Infoset. "
On the other hand, "XML 1.0 well formed documents that do not have infosets, such as those that contain names with colons that are not namespace-conformant" may still be considered as having a mime type XML but XPointer will not apply to them and therefore there will be no possibility to define fragments on these documents.
The concerns about the ability of XPointer to define ranges which have a finer granularity than that which can be defined by styling technologies (including XSLT and CSS) have also been rejected.
Other suggestions from the XSL/XML Linking task force to add attributes to describe the rendering of XLink have been postponed, while XLink will be amended to state that the rendering of several ambiguous situations will be application-dependent.
The issue of using relative URIs for semantic attributes has given birth to "a minority opinion," but the decision has been to forbid them.
The patent held by Sun over a technique used by the XPointer specification was another issue that needed to be resolved before the specification could move forward.
The terms and conditions proposed by Sun would probably make the future recommendation the first shrink-wrap W3C document whose simple download would have important legal implications, since you would be protected from any legal action from Sun under their US Patent, No. 5,659,729, and in return would agree:
not to sue Sun or any third party for infringement of any patents which now or in the future are (a) owned by You; (b) under which you have authority to sue; or (c) to which you have authority to grant rights; for the making, using, selling, offering for sale, otherwise disposing of or importing a fully compliant implementation of the [current or future] XPointer Specification or a subset thereof.
Imaginary "Schema-XLink" proposed as a W3C note
XSL/XML Linking comments
XML Schema prompted to glue together XLink to XHTML, SVG and SMIL
XLink becomes Candidate Recommendation


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Special Counsel Lerner leaves office as Trump rejects highly praised whistleblower advocate
Shirine Moazed and Elizabeth McMurray (L-R ) look on as Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner hands whistleblower James Parsons an honorary award in 2012. Parsons works at the Dover Mortuary. The whistleblowers' case resulted in major changes in the way soldiers' remains are treated at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary. (Photo by Daniel C. Britt / The Washington Post)
Joe Davidson
Columnist focusing on federal government issues
The defining moment for the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) after Carolyn Lerner became head of the agency was a gruesome one about body parts and a dismembered Marine.
It's not the usual fare for the office on M Street NW that deals with Hatch Act violations and prohibited personnel practices. But protecting whistleblowers is where OSC makes its reputation — as in the 2011 case involving the Defense Department's Port Mortuary in Dover, Del.
Soon this little but powerful office will have a new special counsel. Rejecting the advice of Republicans and Democrats to keep Lerner, President Trump has nominated Henry Kerner to take her place. He is a former Republican congressional staffer and currently assistant vice president at the Cause of Action Institute, a small-government advocacy organization.
Lerner, who leaves office on June 14, had been on the job only a few months when she revealed reports by federal employees of grisly transgressions at the morgue operated by the Air Force. Body parts were lost in two cases, and in another, the office reported that the mangled body of a Marine "was dismembered with a saw in order to make the body fit inside a military uniform, without the consent or notification of the family."
With a staff that wouldn't begin to fill one Pentagon hallway, Lerner humbled and embarrassed the Defense Department, the government's largest agency. Lawmakers were appalled. The Air Force secretary at the time expressed his sincere "regret" for "lapses in our standards at Dover," a non-apologetic understatement.
The action of the Office of Special Counsel — no relation to a special prosecutor or to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election — secured mortuary reforms and protected the employees who were targets of Air Force retaliation.
"I think that we have sent the federal community a message that whistleblowers should be valued," Lerner said Monday in her office overlooking St. Matthew's Cathedral. "Whistleblowers now feel comfortable coming forward, and that is helping our government."
The Port Mortuary case "really helped the federal community understand that OSC was robust enforcer of whistleblower laws," she added.
Considering the widespread retaliation against federal whistleblowers, her assessment of their comfort might be optimistic, but there is no doubt that the Office of Special Counsel is a more robust agency than the moribund place they found before she got there.
It moved "from last-resort option to first choice for getting relief for whistleblowers," said Tom Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project, a whistleblower advocacy organization.
Relief for individual whistleblowers also can mean systemic improvements for federal agencies and taxpayers. The Department of Veterans Affairs is the obvious example. Congress approved VA improvements following a 2014 scandal over the coverup of long patient wait times, which was revealed by whistleblowers. Whistleblower disclosures also led to a new overtime pay system for Border Patrol agents. Lerner's office was instrumental in both.
Devine's strong praise for OSC is not unqualified. "The bad news is they operate at a molasses pace" in some instances, he said. He added that he would like Lerner to be more aggressive about taking legal action against federal agencies that violate whistleblower rights.
Despite the slow pace, agency statistics show impressive gains. There were "276 favorable actions for whistleblowers and other victims of PPPs [prohibited personnel practices] this past year, more than double the annual average," the office said in its budget justification to Congress. "In the last two years, OSC has achieved five times the number of favorable actions in whistleblower retaliation complaints than in any prior two-year period in agency history…. In FY 2016, for the second straight year, OSC received upwards of 6,000 new matters, a 25 percent increase over the prior two-year period."
The increased caseload leads to bigger backlogs, but it also demonstrates that employees are more willing to trust the office with sensitive cases.
Ironic criticism comes from James J. Wilson, the agency's chief human capital officer. He filed a whistleblower retaliation complaint against Lerner with the Merit Systems Protection Board after failing to find success before the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. Regarding his complaints to the council, Wilson, who previously filed grievances against former employers at two other agencies, signed an affidavit saying, "I received final decisions closing these four matters with no further action being taken."
Whatever the criticism of Lerner, it is outweighed by praise from whistleblowers and members of Congress.
"She's fearless," Robert MacLean, an air marshal whistleblower, told me earlier this year. His was the first federal whistleblower case heard by the Supreme Court and MacLean credits his victory largely to work done by OSC.
Unusual in this era of hyper-polarization, she is lauded by both sides of the aisle.
"Leading the Office of Special Counsel requires a deep appreciation for the patriotic work that whistleblowers do to shine a light on fraud or misconduct in government. Carolyn Lerner has been a steadfast advocate for government whistleblowers, and I am grateful for her service at OSC," said Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Her leadership should be a road map for future leaders of this office."
The Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, founded by Grassley and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), had urged the Trump administration to retain Lerner.
"I am disappointed the president chose not to take Sen. Grassley's and my recommendation to renominate Carolyn Lerner, who is an experienced leader with bipartisan support," said Wyden.
It's also bicameral. Before Trump's decision, Rep. Rod Blum (Iowa), Republican chairman of the House Whistleblower Protection Caucus, led a bipartisan House letter saying Lerner deserved another term. Among those who signed was Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Lerner turned the Office of Special Counsel "into a model agency and set the bar as the head of that office," Cummings said by email Monday. "She served with independence and tenacity to hold agency officials accountable when they retaliated against whistleblowers."
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The New Hampshire House of Representatives is discussing House Bill 1604, an effort to rename "Columbus Day" to "Indigenous People's Day." The bill is sponsored by Reps. Timothy Horrigan, Amanda Bouldin, Wayne Burton and Janet Wall.
Burton said that the most significant potential impact of the bill is raising awareness of indigenous people in New Hampshire and the fact that a majority of New Hampshire land belongs to the Abenaki tribe.
"This bill will help people become more aware of the rich heritage of the Native Americans, whose history expands beyond the time English settlers arrived in New England," he said.
The bill also hopes to encourage harmony with Native Americans and reject racism and genocide, he said.
However, Burton added that he recognizes the difficulty of passing the bill.
"I doubt that the bill would be passed," he said.
Many Italian-Americans see Columbus Day as their national holiday and opposed the bill, Burton said.
Muriel Ammon '21, Gabrial Canfield '21 and Tia Folgheraiter '21, members of Native Americans at Dartmouth, also expressed doubts about the possibility of passing the bill.
NAD organizes many events to raise the Dartmouth community's awareness of Native American culture, such as the annual protest, drum circle and fire ceremony on the Green at midnight before Columbus Day, according to Ammon.
Burton said that he relates personally to the brutality of both racism and genocide through his experiences as a captain serving in the Vietnam War.
Burton said he hopes the bill will introduce positive discussion against racism and point out the dark sides of Columbus Day, as it currently celebrates Christopher Columbus, who has been accused of starting the slave trade and engaging in other atrocities, as a hero.
He said that many people in New Hampshire are supportive of the bill and have provided powerful testimonies, including Kathleen Blake, chair of the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. According to a transcript of her testimony, Blake said that the bill will officially "recognize that the indigenous peoples were really the first settlers of this land, ... generate a more accurate portrayal of the history of the indigenous peoples, and of the conflicts and struggles between them and the colonists and [make schools] focus on Indigenous Peoples' Day." Canfield added that she is aware of Italian-Americans' reasons for opposing the bill.
Folgheraiter said that she hopes the bill will be passed, adding that she will also bring up the bill in NAD meetings to increase support for the bill at Dartmouth.


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Domain Privacy is a service provided by registrars that prevents registrants' information from being listed in the WHOIS database. Registrars most commonly provide anonymity to the registrant by registering domains by proxy, listing the companies details in the WHOIS and providing a forwarding service.
ICANN requires that each registered domain provides contact information, including name, address, email, phone numbers and administrative and technical contents.[1]Proxy services enable registrants' to meet this requirement and maintain anonymity.
1 Origin of Private Domain Services
2 ICANN Policy
2.1 Current Policy
2.2 Proposed Policy
2.3 Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group
3 Privacy & Proxy Services vs Open Internet
Origin of Private Domain Services
The public WHOIS database was created in the early 1980s, before ARPANET had become the internet we know today. It was originally intended to be used as a directory service for resolving technical issues with ARPANET.[2] While the primary use of WHOIS has shifted to become commercial in nature, the protocols have remained relatively unchanged.[3]
When the internet gained popularity, WHOIS became a service used by law enforcement, companies seeking to protect intellectual property and individuals trying to contact registrants with interest in purchasing their domains. While these uses may seem reasonable, the database also attracts data miners, that use the listed information for unethical, or even criminal and illegal purposes.[4]
ICANN Policy
The 2013 RAA became the first to address the issue of Domain Privacy, when the ICANN Board approved it on 27 June 2013. The Board was committed to having the new RAA in place prior to the delegation of gTLDs in the New gTLD Program, leaving several issues unresolved, including those relating to Proxy and Private Registrations.[5]
Disclose service terms (including pricing), on its website and abide by such terms;
Publish an abuse/infringement point of contact;
Disclose the business contact information on its website and/or registrar's website;
Publish and abide by terms of service and description of procedures on its website and/or registrar's website, such as handling of abuse or trademark infringement reports, communication handling, conditions of ending service, Whois data publication conditions, and access to support services.[6]
Proposed Policy
Privacy and proxy services started becoming a focal point for policy makers in the October 2011 when ICANN and the registrars stakeholder group began negotiations for the 2013 RAA.[7] In anticipation of being unable to deal with all of the issues facing the new RAA prior adopting it, the Board requested an Issue Report from the GNSO. The report preemptively evaluated proposed RAA amendments, identifying those suited for a Policy Development Process (PDP), in the case that the finalized RAA fails to address them. [8] Following the Board's approval of the 2013 RAA, the issue of proxy/privacy services remained the only remaining issue suitable for a PDP. This became a high priority issue as the Board and the GAC began to express a level of urgency.
"The Board wishes to convey its sense of urgency on this issue. Law enforcement agencies and a GNSO working group have developed a list of specific recommendations for amending the RAA to provide greater protections for registrants and reduce abuses. Yet no action has been taken on these recommendations. The Board requires action. Direct negotiations between the contracted parties is seen as a way to rapidly develop a set of amendments for consideration."[9]
The recommendations referred to date back to October 2009 at ICANN 36 in Seoul and were developed and proposed by law enforcement agencies from GAC members, including: Australian Federal Police; Department of Justice (US); Federal Bureau of Investigation (US); New Zealand Police; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and Serious Organized Crime Agency (UK).
The proxy/privacy registrant is a private individual using the domain name for noncommercial purposes only
The proxy/privacy registration service has been accredited by ICANN using the same due diligence process as a Registrar/Registry
Information from the WHOIS database can be provided to law enforcement authorities when the information will assist in the prevention, detection, investigation prosecution or punishment of criminal offences or breaches of laws imposing penalties, or when authorised or required by law.
Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group
The GNSO established the PDP Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group, adopting its Charter on 31 October 2013. The staff paper reporting on the conclusion of the 2013 RAA outlined 27 issues for the working group (WG) to address.[10] A comprehensive list of the 27 issues can be found in the WG's Charter. (PDF)
Privacy & Proxy Services vs Open Internet
Preliminary Issue Report submitted-12 December 2011(PDF)
Public Comment Period-12 December 2011- 13 January 2012 (Submitted Comments)
Final Issue Report-6 March 2012
GNSO Resolution on the Initiation of the PDP-31 October 2013
Working Group Charter-31 October 2013 (PDF)
Working Group Initial Report-5 May 2015 (PDF)
Public Comment Period-5 May 2015-7 July 2015
↑ About WHOIS
↑ David Lindsay, International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP, Hart Publishing, 2007
↑ WHOIS History
↑ The Privacy Conundrum in Domain Registration
↑ Board Resolution 27 June 2013
↑ About Privacy/Proxy Registration Service
↑ PDP Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group
↑ Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments
↑ Board Resolution 2011-10-28
↑ Report on the Conclusion of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement Negotiations


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Sarah Ban Breathnach
We're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out.
― SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: A DAYBOOK OF COMFORT AND JOY
A writer of remarkable wisdom, warmth and compassion, Sarah Ban Breathnach (pronounced "Bon Brannock") has become a trusted voice to women around the world. Sarah is the author of thirteen books including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy and Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self and she is the creator of The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude. Sarah's work celebrates quiet joys, simple pleasures, and well-spent moments. By reminding us to search for the small and the sweet in our daily round with appreciation and awe, we find the beauty in the everyday.
Sarah's ground-breaking book, Simple Abundance, has sold over five-million copies in the US, topped the New York Times Bestsellers list for two years and has been translated into 28 languages. Simple Abundance is also responsible for introducing two concepts—the "Gratitude Journal" and the term "authentic self" into the American conversation. Sarah's follow up to Simple Abundance, Something More, debuted at number one on the bestseller lists of the NY Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Publisher's Weekly and has sold over 1.2 million copies to date. Sarah also became the first author in the history of the Wall Street Journal's weekly compilation of best-selling books to appear in both the Number One (Simple Abundance) and Number Two slots (The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude).
Sarah's other titles include: The Best Part of the Day (her first foray into children's books), Peace and Plenty: Finding Your Path to Financial Serenity, The Peace and Plenty Journal of Well Spent Moments, Romancing the Ordinary, The Simple Abundance Companion, The Illustrated Discovery Journal, A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance, Moving On, The Victorian Nursery Companion and Mrs. Sharp's Traditions.
Oprah Winfrey has called Sarah's work "life-changing" and Sarah has been a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and OWN's Super Soul Sunday. Additionally, Sarah has been a contributing editor of Good Housekeeping and a nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post Writer's Group, and was named as one of the 50 women redefining what it means to be fifty today by MORE Magazine.
In 1995, Ban Breathnach founded the Simple Abundance Charitable Fund, which has aided over 100 non-profit organizations by awarding over one-million dollars in financial support.
Time Magazine has called Sarah, "the Martha Stewart of the soul" and Deepka Chopra has said "Sarah Ban Breathnach is a one-woman women's movement, an awakener of awareness whose simple message has timeless roots…She exemplifies a surging social movement much greater than herself. This is just the subversively cosmic voice society needs."
Sarah lives in Southern California near her daughter, Kate, and their beloved animals.
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José María Rodríguez Barreiro, también conocido como Xosé María Barreiro, (Bayona, Pontevedra, 28 de junio de 1871 - ibidem, 23 de noviembre de 1923) fue un periodista y escritor español que publicó en gallego y en español.

Carrera

Dirigió en Bayona los periódicos El Valle Miñor (1902) y El Miñor (1904 - octubre 1905). Fue redactor del Faro de Vigo. Escribió el drama en verso Gente de Mar, estrenado en Bayona en 1907, La Virgen de la Roca. Apropósito lírico en tres cuadros (1910) estrenado en Vigo en 1911 con música de Ángel Rodulfo, y Un conto, diálogo en gallego escrito para Hipólito Reguenga y Castelao. En 1910 dirigió el Heraldo de Bayona y en 1914 el periódico rural y anticaciquil El Pueblo. Participó en el II Congreso Agrario Provincial de Pontevedra (1915). El Pueblo se cerró en 1916 y José María fue condenado a cuatro años de destierro por supuestas injurias a un clérigo. Ayudado por la Sociedad Miñorana de Montevideo, emigró a Sudamérica, al Uruguay. Fundó la Casa de Galicia de Montevideo y dirigió el semanario Tierra Gallega (1917) y Galicia Nueva (1918). En Montevideo se representaron su Gente de Mar, La Romería de San Roque, Pan Quente, comedia costumbrista y varias veces la zarzuela La Virgen de la Roca. También firmó algunas de sus colaboraciones con el pseudónimo Franco del Todo. Realizó también un documental sobre costumbres y paisajes de Galicia (1918). Gravemente enfermo, regresó a Bayona, donde falleció en noviembre de 1923.

Notas

Véase también

Bibliografía
 Dicionario biográfico de Galicia
 Diccionario bio-bibliográfico de escritores
 Gran Enciclopedia Galega Silverio Cañada

Enlaces externos
 Pérez Leira, Lois (26/11/2000). Xosé María Barreiro: Periodista, agrarista, fundador da Casa de Galiza de Montevideo Enciclopedia da Emigración.

Poetas de Galicia
Poetas en español
Escritores de Galicia en gallego
Emigrantes españoles hacia Uruguay
Condenados por injurias
Fallecidos en Bayona
Nacidos en Bayona (España)
Escritores de la provincia de Pontevedra

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Te contamos un poco de que va Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter... Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.. Para poder ver Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter online completa puedes usar servicios como Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO, usar programas como emule o torrent o verla en cines. La fecha de estreno de Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter online fue el 2015-08-02 y su duración aproximada es de 60 minutos.
Forest Whitaker , Rob Lowe y Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Richard's Annual Judging Kata Challenge!
Every year I try to watch the Japan Nationals live. One of my goals is to watch the individual kata to make my own prediction who will win each round before the judges raise their flags. The current Shiramizu intern normally does this challenge with me. Generally I watch the division that starts first, men or women. Only in 2005 did I get 100% correct, so every year I keep up this challenge.
So today for my personal practice, I'm going to review all the 8 main shitei kata. Infrequently I will practice them because our high school club accepts all karate styles.
At last year's Japan Nationals, during the individual kata events for the 1st and 2nd rounds for women, I was able to predict all except for one match correctly! And even the match I got wrong, it was split 3-2 so I don't feel so bad. Actually, by the 2nd round I was not only predicting who would win, but the number of flags for each competitor too. Ooo, spooky.
Kata- competition is like a lottery, it all comes down to the kata-judges knowledge of other styles. And what you prefers as a person, it's like competing in music, witch is better Mozart or AC/DC?