My Name Is IRL: Who dat?
There was a time when Dreyer & Reinbold was a competitive team in the IRL, a championship contender even. That was way back when Mario Moraes was still in grade school, and in the days that have past the team has steadily drifted into a last island of refuge for drivers trying to stay in the IndyCar series. Hey, everyone has a role, right?
Well out of the blue yesterday - while absolutely no one was paying attention - D&R proudly introduced their newest driver, who shockingly appears to be at the beginning of his career.
Dreyer and Reinbold Racing announced today that it has come to an agreement with British racer Mike Conway to become the team's first confirmed driver for the 2009 IndyCar Series campaign.
The 25-year old rookie comes to the U.S.-based open-wheel series after spending the majority of his career in the European formula car ladder. Most recently, he completed his second season driving in the GP2 Series with Trident Racing in 2008. He was also a Honda F1 Racing test driver for the past two seasons.
Conway has been one of the top up-and-coming British drivers for the last several years, having won the prestigious British Formula 3 Championship with Raikkonen Robertson Racing in 2006. That year was also highlighted by a win in the famed Macau Grand Prix. His most recent success was winning a round at the famous streets of Monte Carlo in Monaco in the GP2 Series in 2008.
I gotta be honest - I have no idea who this guy is. I remember reading something about him having a test with Panther Racing last year, but I figured that was for the Indy Lights ride. The again I also figured that Buddy Rice or Milka Duno or Townsend Bell would be driving for D&R. Dude could be the second coming of Michael Schumacher for all I know, although I suspect our British bud Patrick at Too Much Racing might have an actual clue as to what kind of driving we should expect from Mr Conway.
With full humility I ask: Anyone here know anything about him?
Not a clue. But I think he'll bring better results to D&R Racing than Milkalicious.
Very good in GP2. Was a Honda F1 test driver for the past couple of years. Another driver Danica will trail behind on road courses.
Conway did in fact win a sprint race at Monaco. He started first, gaining pole by finishing 8th in the previous race. I know a win is a win, but there is perhaps no better place on earth to start P1 than Monaco.
He began the season as a title contender, but finished in the middle of the pack in GP2 last season. Many think his team (Trident) was not as competitive as initially thought, and he did outperform his lone teammate by quite a bit (20 pts. to 7) but by all accounts it seems the season was a disappointment, as Trident was already testing their new '09 drivers at season's end.
Not to dog on him, I wish Conway and D&R the best. Plus, it's always nice to have a Brit or two in the IRL.
He was impressive as all get out at Macau. Hopefully he does as well on concrete-lined ovals as he does on concrete-lined street circuits.
Wow, I got a link - thanks!
Obviously I'm supporting him all the way, but I'll see if I can offer an objective summary here.
I do watch GP2. His whole Monaco weekend was the high point of his season. He would have got 3rd in the feature race but a lapped car punted him out on the last lap, luckily it dropped him to 8th which gave him the reverse grid pole position.
A sprint race win is all well and good (hey, it doesn't hurt) - but you are only really taken seriously in GP2 when you win a feature race. This is slightly different at Monaco because, well, it's Monaco. Threading the needle takes a bit of skill.
Jesse's summary was spot on. He was expected to be mixing it with di Grassi, Senna and Grosjean for the title but maybe in more of an 'outsider' role than those 'central characters'. He was expected to score multiple wins but wasn't being talked of in the same breath as those others.
The main reason he didn't was his team, which I'd call 'upper midfielders' rather than 'title contenders'. The top teams each have two drivers capable of winning, each helping drive the set-up of the car forward, and Trident didn't have that. And this was a new Dallara for '08.
Put it this way: he's better than his results indicate. He wasn't the absolute fastest in GP2 but he wasn't a million miles off it. He's lap times tend to be consistently fast rather than one very fast lap then a series of slower ones.
Like me he's a quiet guy (he'll need to work on his PR side in America) but he puts his head down and does a solid job, but unlike a lot of other 'solid job' guys he's not afraid to race other drivers. He's VERY good at coming through the field from the back. He's good at judging when to make a move and when not to. Lots of other drivers just send it up the inside and hope they brake later than their target, and act surprised when the collision occurs.
I think he'll like ovals... once he's used to them.
It's a shame he's not replacing Duno, it should be Rice or Bell in the other car. Or.... Manning!
Thanks so much for the info. I will offer you all complimentary lifetime subscriptions to "My Name Is IRL" for your endeavors.
Now, more importantly - anyone got a nickname for Mr Conway?
Well, after looking at some pics of young Mr. Conway, he reminds me of Ron Howard. The red hair, freckles, etc. Opie comes to mind as well as simply, Red (Wait, that was a British band, Simply Red that is). Carrot Top would be too easy.
Conway is a solid find for D&R, I expect him to do quite well in 2009. As stated by Patrick, "he's better than his results indicate", plus he has a ton of experience. It will be interesting to see how he adapts to the ovals.
I noticed Buddy Rice is gone from the IRL web page today -- but not Milka.
It has to be Opie.
I maybe should have compared him to Vitor. Same sort of luck. Quick but other people take him out, or a 50 cent widget blows up the car.
So I guess the Dad's Rootbeer check bounced & so D&R bounced Buddy???
I wish Mr. Conway well, however it looks like history wants to repeat itself in American OW. Comb Europe & Japan for a midpack $$$ driver because he pays the bills & is good enough to keep the crash damage to a minimum?
If his stock was worth promoting he would be a test driver for an F1 team or have ties to DTM or a sportscar team. This is the "winning formula" CCWS went with in 2005-06-07. Mid pack wantabees don't inspire tickets sales or series loyalty.
When Emerson Fittipaldi, Gil DeFerran, Dario, Alex Zanardi, JPM, Max Papis, Christian Fittipaldi & Kenny Brack came to CART... they had had success & championships.
Bobby Rahal,Michael Andretti, Al Unser Jr, Paul Tracy, Tony Kanaan, Helio, Greg Moore, Jacques Villenueve, Bryan Herta & others GRADUATED as champions from the U.S. "feeder" system.
These drivers EARNED their ride & deserved to be promoted to the American public. You don't make a dent into the NASCAR Machine with inexpensive, mid-pack $$$ drivers.
If Conway proves to be a future star... fine, I will eat my words like a man. However, IMO he will follow the path of the "Who Cares" list. Think IRL entry lists 1996-99... CCWS lists of 2006-07.
Conway is a reasonable enough shoe and will most likely shine on the "twisty courses" and not so much the ovals. Who knows, maybe D&R have a diamond in the rough on their hands.
Not that anyone here has said it, just wanted to mention that today Cavin said from his information Conway did not bring a big sponsorship/check to DRR. Just in case you know anyone thinking it.
The other thing to consider is the new rule in F1: the in-season testing ban.
Pretty much makes a test driver redundant between March and November.
Teams are allowed to test on Fridays of a race weekend but will almost certainly use the race drivers - and if not, most teams already have a string of guys on stand-by anyway.
Can we play more trivia games? I would like a chance to win a complimentary lifetime subscription to "My Name Is IRL".


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Q: C++ out-of-namespace definition On this site there is the following paragraph:

Out-of-namespace definitions and redeclarations are only allowed after the point of declaration, only at namespace scope, and only in namespaces that enclose the original namespace (including the global namespace) [and they must use qualified-id syntax (since C++14)]

I used [] to delimit the section that the (since C++14) construct refers to.
My question is how were out-of-namespace definitions made before C++14, if they did not have to use qualified-id syntax?
I looked at a C++11 standard draft and I found the following:

Members of a named namespace can also be defined outside that namespace by explicit qualification (3.4.3.2)
  of the name being defined, provided that the entity being defined was already declared in the namespace
  and the definition appears after the point of declaration in a namespace that encloses the declaration's
  namespace. [...]

Is there a difference between qualified-id syntax and explicit qualification?
Thank you.

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package com.opengamma.engine.view.impl;

import org.threeten.bp.Instant;

import com.opengamma.engine.view.ViewDeltaResultModel;

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  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  private Instant _previousResultTimestamp;

  public InMemoryViewDeltaResultModel() {
    super();
  }

  public InMemoryViewDeltaResultModel(final ViewDeltaResultModel copyFrom) {
    super(copyFrom);
    setPreviousCalculationTime(copyFrom.getPreviousResultTimestamp());
  }

  public void update(final ViewDeltaResultModel delta) {
    super.update(delta);
    setPreviousCalculationTime(delta.getPreviousResultTimestamp());
  }

  /**
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  @Override
  public Instant getPreviousResultTimestamp() {
    return _previousResultTimestamp;
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  /**
   * @param previousResultTimestamp the previousResultTimestamp to set
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  public void setPreviousCalculationTime(Instant previousResultTimestamp) {
    _previousResultTimestamp = previousResultTimestamp;
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requirement of a flight declaration, in order to enable a decentralized comparison of current performances.
the flights is aimed at enhancing the visibility of gliding sport.
Segelflugszene gemeinnützige GmbH (non-profit organisation).
The flight is scored for the OLC of the country in which the take-off was located.
The scoring period of the following year starts at the next day.
The participants are natural persons (see conditions of participation).
acceptance of the conditions of participation.
DAeC index are added within the OLC system.
i) With IGC-approved flight recorders (green V icon in the info window).
The flight data (files) must have been created by an IGC-approved flight recorder.
ii) With position recorders approved only for the OLC (blue V icon in the info window).
These are all other GPS position recorders which can be read by OLC-approved software.
IGC-approved flight recorders are required for the documentation of flights for league and speed scorings.
correctness of the details given.
- The scoring distance is calculated on OLC-Classic-Rules. Sprint start point and sprint end point are positioned such that the sum of distances between sprint start point and sprint end point becomes as large as possible.
- End of sprint may be chosen a maximum of 150 minutes after start of sprint.
- Sprint start point and sprint end point must each be recorded as gps fixes on the flight track.
- The sprint start point can not be higher than the sprint end point.
- The sprint start altitude is the altitude at the sprint start point.
- The sprint starts after the begin of engineless flight and corresponds to the time at the sprint start point.
- Sprint arrival height is the altitude at the sprint end point.
- The sprint ends latest at or before the end of engineless flight and corresponds to the time at the sprint end point.
The OLC-League-average-speed per round for a club is calculated from the sum of the three highest average speeds of all different pilots of a club. Only flights with an average of min 20 km/h will be scored.
The take-off has to be part of the IGC flight record.
Before the sprint departure point, the powerless flight must begin within, or pass through, a cylinder with a radius of 15km centered on the take-off airfield.
After the sprint end point, the powerless flight must end within or pass through a cylinder with a radius of 15km centered on the take-off airfield.
Participants are individual pilots, or two-pilot teams for double seaters.
By their registration the participants agree to the competition rules.
clearance was in fact obtained. We are neither competent nor responsible for aeronautical jurisdiction.
aero club to decide whether or not there has been an infringement of regulations or violation of airspace.


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Star Valley Dominates Powell in 3A Championship
Rocky Cordova
David Settle, WyoPreps.com
Dean Shaw accounted for three touchdowns and the Star Valley Braves blew out the Powell Panthers, 49-13, to win another 3A football state title Friday in Laramie.
Shaw threw a touchdown pass, ran for a TD, and caught a TD pass all in the first half. He threw a 29-yard TD pass to Chase Merrell, ran for a 49-yard score, and caught a 22-yard pass from Brant Nelson.
Chase Merrell added two touchdown catches of 29 yards and 49 yards. The Braves scored on their first six possessions in the game.
Star Valley (12-0) won its 13th football state championship in school history. The Braves go back-to-back in Class 3A and win their fourth football crown in the last five seasons.
Shaw hooked up with Merrell on a 29-yard pass for a 7-0 Star Valley lead. Shaw's TD run made it 14-0 late in the first quarter. He completed the offensive hat trick by catching a 22-yard pass from Brant Nelson. After a 2-point conversion pass, the score was 22-0.
The Braves added a one-yard David Castillo touchdown run and Merrell hauled a 49-yard pass from Nelson in the second quarter. It was 35-0 at halftime.
Hazen Erickson made a one-handed grab over the middle and turned it into a 77-yard touchdown on the first drive of the third quarter. RJ Cazier scored on a five-yard late in the fourth quarter that capped Star Valley's scoring.
Toran Graham accounted for the first score of the game for the Panthers. A 1-yard TD run in the 3rd quarter. Late in fourth-quarter, Landon Lengfelder threw a 36-yard TD pass to Jesse Trotter.
The Braves racked up 451 yards of total offense. Shaw finished the game with 99 rushing yards, 43 receiving yards, and 46 passing yards and three total TDs. Nelson finished the game 9-11 for 172 passing yards and three TDs. Cazier added 117 rushing yards and one TD. Merrell finished with six receptions for 85-yards and two scores.
Powell (7-5) was held to 155 yards of offense. Brody Karhu finished the game with 81 rushing yards. Lengfelder was 3-6 for 57 yards passing and the one TD. Adrian Geller had 13 total tackles for the Panther on defense.
3A Championship Game Final Stats
Look for video highlights and interviews from WyoPreps in separate stories.
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you and sign up to get married is difficult. 90 percent of all marriages in India are arranged. Seeking help in taking care of your children from your parents becomes a no-brainer if you are in a arranged marriage. Advertisements: (4) The family, relations and friends accept the marriage. Some marital arguments and conflicts are settled better when only the spouses are involved. It has become quite indispensible to take the consent of both the bride and the bride groom in order to settle an arranged marriage. In fact these days, more and more arranged marriages are premised on mutually consenting adults.
Greater adjustment: Considering the fact that two people have voluntarily agreed to marry based on a fairly rigorous evaluation, there is a tendency to accept the partner for who they are. The determination to grow love: Our matriarchs had an interesting advantage over todays western women. India is the perfect example of a society where arranged marriages are still the norm and where the divorce rate is very low. (6) Last but not the least if the marital relations of the young couple becomes unsuccessful, the parents may be blamed. This video sums up everything thats wrong with arranged marriages. Interference from extended family, while there are benefits to having ones extended family close by who can offer support when needed, this proximity has pitfalls. The couples also have a financial advantage when they accept an offer from their parents. The global rate of divorce among arranged marriages is only 4 percent. Greater commitment: The intent of matchmaking through arranged marriages is very clear.


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Q: Check if I have already inserted a particular record I am going through a massive list of business objects and inserting them into the database using Linq-to-Sql.
Some of the business objects contain a payment method record (cheques, credit card etc..)
When it comes to adding a payment method, I want to check to ensure I havent already added it, cos otherwise it will rant at me when I come to Submit my changes.
if ( !context.PaymentMethods.Any ( paymentMethod => paymentMethod.PaymentMethodID == iPaymentMethod.PaymentMethodID ) )
{
    PaymentMethod method = new PaymentMethod ();
    method.PaymentMethodID = iPaymentMethod.PaymentMethodID;

    // etc...

    context.PaymentMethods.InsertOnSubmit ( method );
 }

This doesnt work, I presume because Any is checking the database and not the list of objects I am about to Insert on Submit.
I know I can maintain my own list to check if the records have already been added, but to save a lot of hassle, I was just wondering if there was a tidy, Linq way to do this? Any way to check context.PaymentMethods to see if it has been added?

A: A possible solution would be to check the ChangeSet of the Context:
Func<PaymentMethod,bool> f =
     paymentMethod => paymentMethod.PaymentMethodID == iPaymentMethod.PaymentMethodID;

if (!context.PaymentMethods.Any(f) &&
    !context.GetChangeSet().Inserts.OfType<PaymentMethod>().Any(f))
{
   // Submit
}

A: Try this:
!context.PaymentMethods.Where(paymentMethod => paymentMethod.PaymentMethodID == iPaymentMethod.PaymentMethodID).Count() = 0


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Simone Biles, Aly Raisman call out new USA Gymnastics head—days later, she resigns
Mary Bono had attacked the Nike-Colin Kaepernick ad in an unearthed tweet.
Ana Valens
Published Oct 17, 2018 Updated May 21, 2021, 3:54 am CDT
USA Gymnastics is looking for yet another interim president after its last pick, former Republican U.S. Representative Mary Bono, resigned amid a controversial tweet attacking both Nike and NFL free agent Colin Kaepernick.
The controversy began after Twitter users discovered a now-deleted tweet from Bono on Sept. 7, in which she posted a photo of her blacking out the Nike logo on her sneakers before playing in a golf tournament—a gesture to condemn the company for supporting Kaepernick's protests against racial injustice.
"Playing in a charity golf tournament raising money for our nation's Special Forces operators and their families," Bono tweeted. "Unfortunately had these shoes in my bag. Luckily I had a marker in my bag too…" By the time the tweet was deleted, it was heavily ratioed, with over 2,000 replies against just 67 retweets and 225 favorites, according to one screencap.
24 hours after being named interim president of USA gymnastics, a Mary Bono tweet from last month surfaced of her sharpieing the Nike check in response to Colin Kaepernick's deal with Nike, because she's a ridiculous person. pic.twitter.com/BeHTASlv6s
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) October 14, 2018
Bono was hired as a replacement for USA Gymnastics president and CEO Kerry Perry, who departed from the organization in light of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal that impacted over 200 women in Nassar's care. Bono was supposed to start a new chapter for the organization, but her tweet suggests she wasn't ready to leave behind divisive rhetoric that would alienate the very athletes she was hired to serve.
Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, two USA Gymnastics gold medalists who were impacted by Nassar's abuse, came out against Bono shortly after the tweet surfaced, with Biles using the phrase "*mouth drop*" to describe the interim president's tweet.
"Don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter USA gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything," Biles tweeted, bringing Bono's photo to a wider audience.
Two days later, Raisman revealed that Bono was connected to the Faegre Baker Daniels law firm, which the US Olympic Committee retained in order to "cover up our abuse," she alleges. In May 2018, email transcripts reportedly revealed that a Faegre Baker Daniels attorney participated in a cover up to protect Nassar from suspicion while he was under investigation for sexually abusing his patients, according to a report from The Indianapolis Star.
"My teammates and I reported Nassar's abuse to USAG in 2015. We now know USOC and lawyers at Faegre Baker Daniels (Mary Bono's firm) were also told then, yet Nassar continued to abuse children for 13 months!?" Raisman tweeted. "Why hire someone associated with the firm that helped cover up our abuse?"
*mouth drop*
don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything https://t.co/cYQizcjywn
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) October 13, 2018
My teammates & I reported Nassar's abuse to USAG in 2015. We now know USOC & lawyers at Faegre Baker Daniels (Mary Bono's firm) were also told then, yet Nassar continued to abuse children for 13 months!? Why hire someone associated with the firm that helped cover up our abuse?
— Alexandra Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) October 15, 2018
At first, Bono said that she experienced "regret" over the Nike tweet and vowed to "respect everyone's views and fundamental right to express them." But after her resignation, Bono lashed out against her critics, claiming that her departure "comes in the wake of personal attacks."
"With respect to Mr. Kaepernick, he nationally exercised his first amendment right to kneel," Bono tweeted in her response. "I exercised mine: to mark over on my own golf shoes, the logo of the company sponsoring him for 'believing in something even if it means sacrificing everything'—while at a tournament for families who have lost a member of the armed services (including my brother-in-law, a Navy SEAL) who literally 'sacrificed everything.'"
In her resignation tweet, she also stressed that she too "witnessed first-hand the assaulting behavior of a coach" and "watched peers who acquiesced in it move ahead while those who didn't were left behind, and myself stayed silent," something she calls "very troubling to me to this day."
"I would have brought a fire in the belly to ensure that no one as taken with gymnastics as I was at that age should have to choose between abuse and ambition, or between properly speaking out and promoting personal success," she wrote.
Here is the statement I released earlier today regarding my resignation from USA Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/Oqga5FTXvx
— Mary Bono (@MaryBonoUSA) October 16, 2018
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While horrific, Bono's personal experience with assault doesn't validate any complicity in a law firm that covered up Nassar's sexual abuse. Nor does it excuse her tweet against Nike and Kaepernick. To that extent, Raisman turned to Twitter once more and criticized "another poor hire" and "familiar statements." But Raisman also said she was "truly sorry" for Bono's experiences in gymnastics, stressing that her objection to her hiring "was not personal."
"The stakes are high in our sport right now," Raisman tweeted, "and it's essential new leadership be disconnected from the influences that allowed these terrible things to happen."
Ms Bono, I'm truly sorry for what you experienced in the sport. Please know, my objection to your hiring was not personal. The stakes are high in our sport right now, & it's essential new leadership be disconnected from the influences that allowed these terrible things to happen.
The Olympic family fails us again. Another poor hire + familiar statements. Don't worry, USAG/USOC will search for the right leader…again. Meanwhile, gymnasts prepare for World Championships during another organizational leadership crisis. But hey, athletes are the top priority.
H/T BuzzFeed News
*First Published: Oct 17, 2018, 10:31 am CDT
Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. She is a former Daily Dot staff writer. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.
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How to Save Your Favorite Places in Google Maps
Joe Fedewa
Joe Fedewa is a Staff Writer at How-To Geek. He has been covering consumer technology for over a decade and previously worked as a News Editor at XDA Developers. Joe loves all things technology and is also an avid DIYer at heart. He has written thousands of articles, hundreds of tutorials, and dozens of reviews. Read more...
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Mar 15, 2021, 11:23 am EST | 1 min read
Google Maps can do so much that it's easy to miss some of its most useful features. It's good at remembering the places you frequently visit, but you can also simply save your favorite locations. That way, you always know where to find them.
If you use Maps with a Google account, you can save locations to lists. The default lists are "Starred" and "Favorites," but it's also possible to add your own. We'll leave the categorizing up to you.
RELATED: How to See a List of Restaurants You've Visited in Google Maps
Save Favorite Places on iPhone, iPad, and Android
The Google Maps apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices are exactly the same.
The first thing to do is to find a place to save in Google Maps. Select it to open the location information card.
Next, underneath the "Overview" tab, tap the "Save" button.
This will bring you to the list selection screen. Simply select all the lists you want to save the location in or tap "New List" to create a new one.
Some lists will allow you to add a note about the location as well. Tap "Done" when you're finished.
That's it! To access your lists, go to the "Saved" tab from the main Google Maps screen.
Save Favorite Places on the Web
It's possible to save locations from the Google Maps website as well. First, navigate to the Google Maps website in a web browser such as Google Chrome.
Next, find a location that you want to save and select it.
From the location information menu, click the "Save" button.
Select one of the lists or create a "New List."
That's it! Now, to see your lists, click the three-line menu icon in the search box.
Select "Your Places" from the menu.
Go to the "Saved" tab and you'll see all of your lists.
This is a great way to keep track of all the places you frequent often, but it might be even handier for the places you don't constantly type into Google Maps. You'll always know where they are.
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Joe Fedewa is a Staff Writer at How-To Geek. He has been covering consumer technology for over a decade and previously worked as a News Editor at XDA Developers. Joe loves all things technology and is also an avid DIYer at heart. He has written thousands of articles, hundreds of tutorials, and dozens of reviews.


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Arab and Iranian Analysts Claim Al-Qaeda Working for U.S.
A retired Lebanese general turned political analyst has accused the United States of collaborating with al-Qaeda – which he claims is now serving Washington.
"The Al-Qaeda leaders are well aware of the good relations between the network and the US while junior al-Qaeda terrorists assume their group is an enemy of the US and is in deep conflict with Washington," Amin Hatit told FNA on Tuesday.
"Yet, no matter they want it or not, the al-Qaeda members are acting in the interests of the US," he added.
Hatit also accused US President Barak Obama of timing the targeted assassination of Osama Bin Laden to preempt the realization that Washington and Al-Qaeda were collaborating – just as the "flames of popular uprising" spread through the Arab world.
Regional observers note Hatit is a long-time Hizbullah ally with extensive Iranian connections and say he is merely propagating Tehran's latest propaganda meme as the Islamic Republic finds itself in a strategic grapple with Washington and its Gulf Arab allies.
Earlier this week Iranian analyst Amir al-Moussavi told the Tehran-run Fars News Agency that the US has co-opted the al-Qaeda terrorist group in a bid to destabilize the region after it "failed to prolong its military presence in Iraq, isolate Iran on the regional and international scenes and contain its peaceful nuclear program, and topple the Syrian government."
"When the US realized that it cannot hinder the Arab Spring inspired by the Islamic awakening in the region, and Washington failed to hijack these Islamic Revolutions, it tasked the al-Qaeda with rocking the boat to block the path of these revolutions."
Regional analyst Qaleb Qandil claimed that Washington freed hundreds of al-Qaeda prisoners in Iraq before withdrawing its forces from the war-torn country and infiltrated these terrorists into Syria to carry out attacks against the Syrian people.
Qandil, who has previously accused Israel of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks on the United States and arming al-Qaeda, said the US was behind recent bombings targeting President Bashar al-Assad's security services in Damascus attributed to Al-Qaeda.
"The incident reminds us of those cases in which the US and its allies provoked the al-Qaeda elements in the region," he said.
Qandil's accusation mirrors that of Lebanon's Hizbullah, which has increasingly been at dagger points with Washington, who accused the US of carrying out the Damascus bombings itself.
Lebanese opposition figures called the accusations "ridiculous." Nor did Assad's government, which is locked in a death-grip with Washington and its allies, accuse the US of complicity in the bombings.
Iran has found itself increasingly isolated as the pool of customers for its primary export – oil – has dwindled amid widespread sanctions stemming from its nuclear program, which Western and Gulf Arab countries say has military ambitions.
As Tehran becomes ever more dependent on its primary oil consumer, China, for protection in the UN Security Council against universal sanctions it has adopted a bombastic posture and made extensive use of rhetoric that has little bearing to its actual strategic capabilities or actual events.
Analysts note that the media outlets that serve as Hatit, al-Moussavi, and Qandil's primary platforms for disseminating their often surreal claims are public relations organs of the Iranian government.


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Romania lurches into another political crisis as Florin Citu clings to power
By Orlando Crowcroft • Updated: 10/09/2021
In this Nov. 6, 2019 photograph, Romanian Finance Minister Florin Citu speaks to the media during his first press conference after the government was sworn in, in Bucharest. - Copyright Credit: AP
It has been just nine months since the elections that saw the National Liberal Party (PNL) narrowly cling to power in Romania by forging a coalition with political newcomers and kingmakers, USR-Plus.
That election saw the end of the tenure as prime minister of Ludovic Orban and his replacement by his finance minister, Florin Citu. The PNL won 41 seats to the Socialist Party's 47, but the 25 seats won by USR-Plus and its willingness to support Citu made the difference.
Now Citu's government is on the verge of collapse after his decision to fire his justice minister. The dismissal of Stelian Ion, a member of the USR-Plus, led to the withdrawal of the smaller party from his coalition.
It not only cost Citu his slim majority but a strong rebuke from his predecessor, Orban, whose supporters want him to make a political comeback and take back the parliamentary reins of the PNL.
The decision also led USR-Plus to lodge a no-confidence motion against Citu that could effectively have brought an end to his leadership and likely lead to Orban replacing him.
The motion was supported by the ultra-nationalist Alliance for Romanian Unity (AUR), which stunned observers in December 2020 when it took 9% of the vote in parliamentary elections.
Romanian government faces motion of confidence in parliament
Romania's government faces confidence vote after ministers resign from coalition
Romania's ruling coalition in crisis after PM Florin Cîțu dismisses justice minister
The reason that didn't happen this week is that Citu and his allies abstained from the vote in parliament and persuaded their arch-rivals, the PSD, to do the same. As a result, there was not a quorum in the Romanian parliament and though the motion was read it could not proceed.
In a further effort to disrupt the motion, Citu complained to Romania's constitutional court and has argued that it should not be raised again in parliament until the court's decision has been made.
Romania has lurched from political crisis to political crisis with alarming regularity in recent years.
In 2016, weeks after the PSD won parliamentary elections with almost 45.5% of the vote, its leader Liviu Dragnea was indicted on corruption charges for which he was later jailed.
The government of Dragnea's replacement, Viorica Dancila, collapsed in 2019, bringing Orban to power at the head of a coalition with USR-Plus, itself a coalition of smaller, pro-European parties.
Between that and the elections in December 2020, the government weathered both the COVID-19 pandemic and a no-confidence motion brought against Orban, but an underwhelming result in the parliamentary elections saw Orban resign as prime minister to be replaced by Citu.
"I will not cling to my position as prime minister," Orban said in his televised resignation speech.
Orban, however, has remained active in politics and remains president of the PNL. He is due to take on Citu for the leadership of the party later this month.
In 2020, Citu was poised to take over as prime minister after a no-confidence vote in Orban, but at the last minute, he withdrew his candidacy and Orban instead formed another government.
The rivalry between the two men has been revived in recent weeks over the firing of Ion and is complicated by the fact that President Klaus Iohannis is believed to be against Orban returning.
The problems in Romanian politics are, of course, far greater than the rivalry between Orban and Citu.
The country is seeing a resurgence of COVID-19 and the pandemic has highlighted the serious deficiencies in its health service, particularly after a number of deadly hospital fires.
'Nightmare scenario'
Turnout at last year's election was just 32%, an historic low, with Romanian voters apathetic and disillusioned over the years of corruption scandals and the failure of successive governments to tackle income inequality and the exodus of Romanians heading overseas to find work and prospects.
The current spat in the PNL will do little to improve the party's standing with the public, while Citu's reliance on the rival PSD to prevent his ousting has already led to criticism from within his party.
Ionel Danca, a PNL MP, told Euronews that he believed the efforts to block the motion by abstaining and denying parliament a quorum was not only untransparent but anti-democratic. He said the decision to work with the PSD to do so was a violation of the mandate provided by Romanian voters.
"They asked us to govern without the Socialist Party, and so any accommodation with this party is against the vote that the party received in the last election," he said.
Danca acknowledged that the current political crisis was a "nightmare scenario" for the PNL, which was already reeling from its underwhelming results in last year's election. He said he believed if Citu was not the leader of the PNL, the USR-Plus MPs would return to the coalition.
Euronews has reached out to Citu for comment.
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Liquid assets drew tourists to Hall County area
It's been well documented how popular North Georgia and Hall County in particular were as health resorts during the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
Tourism was so vibrant that local newspapers would print a count of the number of guests in hotels and resorts, sometimes even listing their names and hometowns. In the summer of 1870, more than 300 already were lodged in the area, and another 500 were expected. Among them, White Sulphur Springs had 30 guests, Piedmont Hotel 26, Richmond House 24, Quattlebaum's 19, Porter Springs 110, Gower Springs 40, New Holland 34, Rich's 17, the Brown House 14 and Johnson's 12.
An Atlanta chemist had analyzed the water from Gower Springs, concluding, "This is one of the best chalybeate waters I have ever examined." He found a long list of elements the waters contained, everything from free hydrosulpheric acid to sulphates of lime and magnesia.
Despite his glowing report, however, an 1880 edition of the Gainesville Eagle might better explain the popularity of area resorts with a brief article about a couple of South Carolinians who came to sip the miracle waters from the various springs. The gentlemen were Dr. W.D. Jennings and A.T. Broadwater from Edgefield, "invalids of long standing," as the Eagle described them. The doctor said after two weeks he had recovered, and Mr. Broadwater was improving rapidly.
The two had made the rounds of Gower, New Holland and White Sulphur springs as guests of hotelier Daniel Quattlebaum. Said the Eagle, "We know that both gentlemen have been greatly benefitted and are much improved, but do not know which has been most potent in bringing about the happy results, the different springs, or the magic medicinal properties which Uncle Dan always carries about his person …"
Perhaps a little corn had been mixed with water from the mineral springs to produce those "magic medicinal properties." That was another thing North Georgia had a reputation for down through history.
One of the first times women were allowed to vote following ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 was a special election in Hall County to choose a successor to W.D. (Dave) Whelchel, ordinary, who died in office after serving 13 years. His popular wife, Emma, was a candidate, probably an additional reason so many women showed up to vote.
"There used to be so much talk about women getting their dresses soiled and becoming contaminated at the polls," the Gainesville News commented. "But last Friday's was the decentest and most orderly election we have ever seen. It looked like a church affair. No loud talking. No bleary eyes and spitting tobacco juice over the floor. Wives and daughters and sisters and mothers came up and voted just like going to Sunday School. So that instead of women becoming contaminated at the polls, they have knocked out the contamination. They have poured a few buckets of salt into the proceedings."
Despite the turnout of women, however, Mrs. Whelchel could carry but two precincts and lost to Arnold Bennett by 132 votes out of more than 1,000 cast. She became well known as the proprietor of Mahomee, a sort of bed-and-breakfast home on Riverside Drive that catered to visiting parents of Riverside Military Academy students and other visitors.
Footnote on Gov. James Milton Smith, one of two governors buried in Alta Vista Cemetery: When he died in Columbus in 1890, his body was shipped via train to Gainesville, where his first wife, Hester Brown Smith, was buried after dying at White Sulphur Springs in 1880. His second wife, Florida Abercrombie Wellborn, died in 1923 and is buried in Linwood Cemetery in Columbus.
James Dorsey's Volume Two, "The History of Hall County," is off the press. This one covers the period 1900-45. Volume One was from 1818 to 1900.
Volume Two follows the county's history often through archived newspapers of the era, reprinting articles of note or using excerpts. He breaks the period down through eight chapters covering business, wars, the Roaring Twenties, the 1936 tornado, social and racial relations.
The book is available at Northeast Georgia History Center or through Magnolia Press, P.O. Box 1515, Gainesville, GA 30503. The author is a former Chestatee Regional Library director.
Johnny Vardeman is retired editor of The Times. His column appears Sundays and on gainesville times.com.


Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-certified family physician, best-selling author and nutritional researcher, who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods.
As a medical expert on nutritional therapy and natural healing, Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, including, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Live With Kelly and Michael, and The Dr. Oz Show.
Dr. Fuhrman's PBS television show, "3 Steps to Incredible Health", began airing nationwide in June 2011and became the top fundraising show for PBS in 2011. In 2012 his PBS television show "Dr. Fuhrman's Immunity Solution" began airing and beginning in August 2014 his show "End Dieting Forever" aired. Dr. Fuhrman's efforts have not only been important to PBS but these shows make applying modern nutritional science understandable and have improved the health of millions of people across America.
Dr. Fuhrman presently serves as the President and research director of the Nutritional Research Foundation. He is involved with multiple ongoing studies. His foundational discoveries on food addiction and human hunger were published in the scientific journal, Nutrition Journal, in November 2010 entitled, The Changing Perception of Hunger on a High Nutrient Density Diet. . Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1988).
As a former world class figure skater, he placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973, and third in the World Professional Pair Championships in 1976. Dr. Fuhrman has been involved professionally with sports medical committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and lectures to athletic trainers and world-class athletes for maximizing performance and preventing injury. Today, he devotes considerable time to educating other physicians at medical conferences for CME credit.
Fuhrman J, Singer M. Improved Cardiovascular Parameter With a Nutrient-Dense, Plant-Rich Diet-Style: A Patient Survey With Illustrative Cases. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 1559827615611024. October 15, 2015 doi:10.1177/1559827615611024.
Fuhrman J, Ferreri DM. Fueling the vegetarian (vegan) athlete. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2010 Jul-Aug;9(4):233-41.
Fuhrman J, Sarter B, Calabro DJ. Brief case reports of medically supervised, water-only fasting associated with remission of autoimmune disease. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2002 Jul-Aug;8(4):112, 110-1.
Fuhrman J, Selzer ME, Kaplan FS. A shoulder-facial synkinesis in normal human subjects. University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal. 1991;7:43-45.


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import gdb
import datetime

from libstdcxx.v6.printers import *

def _UTCTimestampUsecToString(utc_usec):
    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(utc_usec/1000000.0).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
#end _UTCTimestampUsecToString

def _get_trace_buffer_map():
    buf_map = {}
    trace_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval('Trace<SandeshTrace>::trace_')
    trace_buf_map = StdMapPrinter('trace_buf_map_', trace_ptr['trace_buf_map_'])
    it = trace_buf_map.children()
    try:
        while 1:
            val = next(it)[1]
            if it.count % 2 == 1:
                k = val
            else:
                buf_map[k] = val
    except StopIteration:
        pass
    return buf_map
#end _get_trace_buffer_map

_EXCLUDE_SANDESH_FIELDS = ['SandeshTrace', 'versionsig_', 'ascii_fingerprint', 'binary_fingerprint', '__isset', 'name_', 'more']
_STD_STRING = re.compile('^std::basic_string')
_STD_VECTOR = re.compile('^std::vector')

def _get_trace_string(data, typ):
    s = ''
    for f in typ.fields():
        if f.name not in _EXCLUDE_SANDESH_FIELDS and not f.artificial:
            if f.type.code == gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
                try:
                    f.type.template_argument(0)
                except:
                    s += (f.name + ': { ')
                    s += _get_trace_string(data[f.name], f.type)
                    s += ' } '
                else:
                    if not _STD_VECTOR.match(str(f.type)):
                        continue
                    v = StdVectorPrinter(str(f.type), data[f.name])
                    vit = v.children()
                    try:
                        s += (f.name + ': [ ')
                        while 1:
                            val = next(vit)[1]
                            if val.type.code == gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT and not _STD_STRING.match(str(val.type.unqualified())):
                                s += _get_trace_string(val, val.type)
                            else:
                                s += str(val)
                            s += '; '
                    except StopIteration:
                        s += '] '
            else:
                s += (f.name + ' = ' + str(data[f.name]) + ' ')
    return s
#end _get_trace_string

def _print_trace_sandesh(tb, min_index, max_index):
    for i in range(int(min_index), int(max_index)):
        typ = gdb.lookup_type('SandeshTrace').pointer()
        type_name = str(tb['c_']['m_buff'][i].cast(typ).dereference().dynamic_type)
        msg_type = gdb.lookup_type(type_name).pointer()
        trace_sandesh = tb['c_']['m_buff'][i].cast(msg_type).dereference()
        typ = gdb.lookup_type('Sandesh')
        ts = _UTCTimestampUsecToString(int(trace_sandesh.cast(typ)['timestamp_']))
        trace_str = _get_trace_string(trace_sandesh, msg_type.target())
        print(ts + ' ' + msg_type.target().tag + ': ' + trace_str)
#end _print_trace_sandesh

def print_trace_buffer_list():
    """Displays the list of trace buffers created by the daemon."""
    trace_buf_map = _get_trace_buffer_map()
    for key in trace_buf_map.keys():
        print(key)
#end print_trace_buffer_list

def print_trace_buffer(buf_name):
    """Dumps the content of the specified trace buffer."""
    trace_buf_map = _get_trace_buffer_map()
    trace_buffer = None
    for k, v in trace_buf_map.items():
        char_p = k.cast(gdb.lookup_type('char').pointer())
        if char_p.string() == buf_name:
            trace_buffer = v
            break
    if trace_buffer is None:
        print('Invalid trace buffer "%s"' % (buf_name))
    else:
        read_index = trace_buffer['px'].dereference()['read_index_']
        tb = trace_buffer['px'].dereference()['trace_buf_']
        tb_size = tb['c_']['m_size']
        _print_trace_sandesh(tb, read_index, tb_size)
        _print_trace_sandesh(tb, 0, read_index)
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Q: Go + App Engine Datastore: How to filter out rows that are null? How do I filter out rows that are null? I know it's hard to find only-null rows, but hopefully this should be easier.
I'd like to do the following:
q := datastore.NewQuery("MY_KIND").Filter("MY_ID !=", nil)

... but Filter doesn't support the != comparator. FYI, using this GQL syntax in the Datastore Viewer works just fine:
SELECT * FROM MY_KIND WHERE MY_ID != NULL

A: You can use greater filter with the appropriate value (> 0 for numbers, > "" for strings).
Typically an ID cannot be an empty string or zero.

A: Here's what works for me.
// Datastore entity with null value
// `DeletedAt` in my case is *time.Time
{
  "DeletedAt": NULL,
  "Version": 1,
  ...
}

Here's my query to get records where DeletedAt is NULL:
datastore.NewQuery("MyKind").Filter("DeletedAt =", (*time.Time)(nil))

Hope that this will be helpful to someone of you.


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Q: segments of varying size on map chart with ggplot2 / ggchart I have the following map chart
library(dplyr)
library(ggmap)
library(ggplot2)
register_google(key = "xxx")
map5 <- get_googlemap("Zurich", zoom = 6, scale = 1, style = s)
map5 %>% ggmap

ggmap(map5)
DZ <- c(46.7985, 8.2318)
DE <- c(51.1657, 10.4515)
FR <- c(47.0260, 4.8400)
IT <- c(44.4949,11.3426)
df5 <- data.frame(rbind(DE, FR, IT)) %>% as_tibble
colnames(df5) <- c('latitude', 'longitude')
df5 <- df5 %>% select(longitude, latitude) %>% mutate(name=c('DE', 'FR', 'IT'), name2 = "DZ", lon2=DZ[2], lat2=DZ[1], route=paste(name, name2, sep='_'))

pmap <- ggmap(map5) +
  geom_point(data = df5, aes(x = longitude, y = latitude, color = route))+
  geom_point(aes(x = DZ[2], y = DZ[1], color = "DZ"))
#geom_line(data = data2, aes(x = lon, y = lat, group = pair))

routecols=c('orange', 'lightblue', 'green')
for (i in 1:nrow(df5)) {
  pmap <- pmap + geom_segment(color = routecols[i],x= df5$longitude[i], y = df5$latitude[i], xend=df5$lon2[i], yend=df5$lat2[i])#,arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.5, "cm")))
}
pmap <- pmap +scale_color_manual(name = "", values = c('IT_DZ'='green', 'FR_DZ'='lightblue', 'DE_DZ'='orange', 'DZ'='pink'))
pmap

QUESTION: How can I take a size into account? I'm looking for something like this, ideally varying sizes along the same line, so that the direction is clear:


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« Full Highlights: Vikings 28, Cowboys 14
Vikings Buck Cowboys 28-14 »
Five takeaways from Vikings vs. Cowboys
By akrammer@1500espn.com
Mike Zimmer said he wasn't going to treat playing time any differently in the penultimate preseason game at AT&T Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night, and he didn't.
In a 28-14 win, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater completed all seven attempts for 76 yards, giving him an impressive stat line of 29-of-35 for 295 yards and a touchdown through four exhibition games. He'll likely end his preseason with just two plays in the second quarter as he was pulled after two series in what is typically a tune up before the regular season opener in two weeks.
Source:: 1500 ESPN Sportswire


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How long of a session are you requesting?
Will the artist/speaker be provided a reserved space at the venue for selling CD/merchandise during the event?


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export const expression = "return typeof Number.EPSILON !== 'undefined'";
export default () => testExpression(expression);


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NNN Reporters Newsroom Forum > RSS FEED > NYPD traffic agents attacked in separate incidents
View Full Version : NYPD traffic agents attacked in separate incidents
The Bobster
https://nypost.com/2018/05/31/nypd-traffic-agents-attacked-in-separate-incidents/
NYPD traffic agents attacked in separate incidents
By Tina Moore and Stephanie Pagones
https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/traffic-cop-attack.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1
Police are seeking this man in connection to an attack on a traffic agent in Elmhurst. NYPD
Two on-duty NYPD traffic agents were attacked in separate incidents on the same day in Queens, police and law enforcement sources said Thursday.
Both victims were on the job Tuesday when they were pummeled only hours apart.
A 52-year-old traffic officer had just issued a Delvin Pena's car a ticket around 11 a.m. on 102nd Street in North Corona, when the driver lashed out — punching the agent in the face, law enforcement sources told the Post.
The 28-year-old was arrested at the scene and charged with assault, source said. The officer did not need to be taken to the hospital.
Just over a mile away, a 46-year-old traffic agent was walking along Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst around 3:30 p.m. when a stranger approached him from behind, police said.
The unidentified man — clad in a white Nike t-shirt and black sweatpants — grabbed him by the back of the neck and forced him to walk several feet before sweeping his legs, causing the agent to fall to the ground, cops said.
The crazed attacker then repeatedly kicked and punched the victim before fleeing.
The traffic cop suffered an injury to the back of his head, along with cuts and bruises. He was taken to Queens Hospital Center, where he was treated and released.
It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the assault, or whether the attacker had just been given a ticket.
Police provided photos of the man involved in second attack, whom they described as being approximately 30 years old with short hair and a medium build. :mad:
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Three 7-inch woofers are arranged in PSB's three-woofer transitional array, where all the woofers combine to produce the longest wavelengths of sound in the lowest frequencies. At higher musical frequencies, woofers are strategically attenuated until only the woofer adjacent to the midrange is active, creating a perfect transition with uniform off-axis response. The position of each woofer, and the exact crossover slope, has been carefully optimized to reduce first acoustic reflections, also known as 'floor bounce'. Floor bounce is responsible for response irregularities, and occurs for all speakers unless compensated for, as in the Imagine T3. Another advantage to using multiple woofers is more efficient transfer of energy into the air compared to a single larger woofer. The varying positions also tend to excite a broader spectrum of room resonances, thus preventing the 'one note bass boom' that often occurs with powerful full-range speakers. Utilizing smaller cones with large motors results in higher sensitivity and more accurate piston motion of the cone for faster transient response and lower distortion.
The Imagine T's tall and slender cabinet not only looks great, but also places the more directional tweeter right at ear level for best imaging. When used as bass chambers, however, tall narrow enclosures tend to have a serious 'pipe resonance' that can ruin bass transients and performance. PSB addresses this issue by using individually tuned chambers for each woofer. The dividers for these chambers also add significant structural rigidity to the cabinet, further suppressing resonances. Since each chamber has its own rear firing tuning port, you can fine-tune the in-room response with the supplied port plugs. These work by reducing overall acoustic output in the lowest frequencies, which can be beneficial in smaller rooms or when the speaker must be placed close to the wall behind. Additionally, the bottom woofer can be disconnected from the amp and shorted using the provided woofer shorting bar, thus creating a 'bass trap' or damper to further suppress room resonances.
The majority of musical information is reproduced in what we call the midrange. It sounds a little boring next to woofers and tweeters, but the range between 200Hz and 2,000Hz contains most of the musical information related to pitch and timbre of instruments and voice. It just happens to be the most sensitive range for our ears, too. The Imagine T3 uses a specially developed 5 ¼" midrange driver, and tunes and isolates it in its own sealed chamber. The result is a lifelike presence that is palpable. The 5 ¼" size has a nearly perfect combination of low distortion, high output capability, and ideal dispersion over the desired frequency range, allowing it to integrate smoothly with the woofers and tweeter.
The Imagine T3 is using a hand-selected version of PSB's famous titanium dome tweeter. This 1" dome features a neodymium magnet, high temperature voice coil and ferrofluid cooling, allowing it to keep pace with the high power handling of the rest of the speaker. Several years spent perfecting the production process has resulted in a tweeter with extremely smooth response and amazingly low distortion compared with other well-known tweeter designs. The integrated 'phase plug' is ingeniously designed to extend high frequency response while also creating an 'air spring' that effectively dampens the metal dome's 'oil can' resonance. Although this resonance is beyond the audible range, if not well suppressed it can affect the audible range. Excellent power handling allows PSB to ideally place the crossover point at 1,800Hz, which enhances the dispersion and integration with the midrange driver.
Proven engineering combined with advanced technology in PSB's all-new drivers reduce distortion and respond more faithfully to musical transient, which is accomplished in two ways. Firstly, a copper cap is precision fitted over the pole piece of the motor structure to dramatically reduce 3rd harmonic distortion. Secondly, a symmetrical drive design is used to create a more uniform magnetic field in the motor (driver) coil which makes the cone motion more linear by reducing 2nd harmonic distortion, especially at high volume levels where the cone motion is greatest. The woofers and midrange utilize polymer coated felted fibreglass cones mated to a high temperature fibreglass voice coil. Rubber surrounds and a highly rigid non-resonant die cast aluminium alloy chassis provide precision alignment of all speaker components for high performance and excellent reliability. Combined with amplitude-perfect acoustic Linkwitz-Riley 4th order crossovers, these advanced drivers provide the lowest distortion and highest power handling of any PSB speaker. That says a lot, since PSB became famous for the 10,000 watt Stratus Gold speaker back in the 90s!
The sleek and distinctive Imagine enclosure was designed by the renowned industrial designer, David Farrage of DF-ID, and carefully engineered by PSB. The Imagine T3 employs seven layers of MDF (a dense, non-resonant wood material) and a unique process that employs space-age materials to create a beautifully curved, yet acoustically inert structure. The front baffle is a massive 2" thick MDF panel that provides a solid foundation for the drive units. The carefully sculpted trim rings around each driver provide a perfect low diffraction transition to the driver cone enhancing off-axis performance while hiding the fixing hardware and dampening unwanted vibrations. The hand-finished cabinet is available in piano high gloss black and in book-matched cherry veneers with a high gloss varnish. The gloss finish reflects other design elements in the room allowing the speaker to blend in to the environment and appear smaller than it really is.
In a world where most of the once great speaker companies are trading in craftsmanship for mass production, PSB remains true to its founding principles. PSB's Founder and Chief Designer, Paul Barton, carefully voices every speaker. Barton has created a hierarchy of speaker attributes informed by years of experience combined with scientific experiments at Canada's renowned National Research Council. These experiments tested hundreds of individuals in double-blind screen listening sessions to determine what speaker attributes make the most life–like listening experience. PSB has embraced this research and used it to create the most critically acclaimed speaker brand on the market today.


All-band cellular antenna for general indoor and outdoor cellular applications. The linear polarised antenna has a compact design and magnet mounting making it suitable for mobile applications as well. It is ideal for machine to machine (M2M) applications that are communicating through the mobile network (GPRS / EDGE / 3G /HSPA/LTE). This antenna exceeds the performance of a standard monopole for the following reasons: It is ground plane independent, it uses high quality low-loss cable, it is a dipole, not a monopole.
Machine to Machine (M2M) applications with the following as examples: Mobile network desk phones or payphones, Mobile network customer premises equipment.


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The Acropolis and Parthenon, the Temple of Zeus, the National Gallery, the ancient Roman Agora, the Athenian Cemetery and the Theatre of Dionysus are also within walking distance, less than a kilometre from the hotel.
Since opening in 2010, the Athens Diamond Plus is a boutique retreat in the heart of the action, with a selection of bars and restaurants on the doorstep. There is a bar and a daily breakfast buffet, but guests are encouraged to explore the local area for lunch and dinner spots -- the 24-hour reception staff are happy to make recommendations.
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Author: Janet Hunter
Studies in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
Gordon Daniels, Janet Hunter, Ian Nish and David Steeds
Daniels examined British media views of Japan by sampling local and national dailies, with emphasis on The Times and The Economist and magazines like Punch, The Graphic and The Illustrated London News. While the metropol...Read more...
Japanese Studies Programme Paper
The Social History of Occupied Japan: 1: Some Sources and Problems, 2: British Writings on Japanese History
Gordon Daniels, Janet Hunter and Ian Nish
Preface: Dr Gordon Daniels, Reader in History at the University of Sheffield, presented his paper on the Social History of Occupied Japan at a one-day workshop on the Teaching of Japanese Economic and Social History, hel...Read more...
Interwar Japan
Janet Hunter, James W. Morley, Takafusa Nakamura and edited by Ian Nish
Bakumatsu and Meiji: Studies in Japan's Economic and Social History
Oliver Checkland, Gordon Daniels, Janet Hunter, J-P Lehmann, edited by Ian Nish and Shinya Sugiyama


Is this how Californians want to use their dwindling water? To expedite the export of dirty oil?
Roberts' post is the best I've read on this new battleground for oil, so go read it all.
David Roberts at Grist lists "Ten reasons why fracking for dirty oil in California is a stupid idea. Go read it all.


Born in Budapest, László Nemes moved to Paris as a boy with his father, the film and theatre director András Jeles. Following his studies of history, international relations and screenwriting, be began working as an assistant to the Hungarian cinema legend Béla Tarr, at the same time fine-tuning his own specific style by making remarkable short movies. After completing his studies of film directing in New York, Nemes returned to Paris as a participant in the scholarship programme arranged by Cinéfondation, where he and Clara Royer conceived the script for his phenomenal debut Son of Saul (2015), a masterpiece that to a certain degree redefined the approach to the cinematic rendition of the Holocaust.


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DC says they're "all good" with uncredited Batman creator Bill Finger. His family disagrees.
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Bill Finger will probably never get his due for co-creating Batman, but maybe DC shouldn't pretend no one cares.
We have talked about Bill Finger many times in the past. If you recall, we wanted him to get his own Google doodle. No dice. And one artist released a stinging comic strip about just how empty Batman's world would have been if Bob Kane had tried to bring him to life alone.
More Bill Finger
Hulu's Batman & Bill doc makers reveal the incredible story of Batman's true co-creator
For the first time ever, the Bill Finger Award recipients are women
And with the new TV series Gotham getting its first trailer, it's only natural that the topic of Bill Finger getting his proper due would come back up. After all, Finger was the one who named Batman's city, along with a lot more.
As it happens, there was a The Men Who Made Batman panel at WonderCon recently where one fan asked the panel, point blank, why Finger continues to go uncredited and his estate unpaid.
It didn't go over well, but the quote people remember comes from DC's Larry Ganem, who said, "We cherish what Bill Finger did and his contribution to creating Batman, and we're all good with Finger and his family."
Hmmmm ... no credit, no pay -- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
It turns out Bill Finger's granddaughter, Athena Finger, wasn't terribly thrilled.
75 years of Batman! No one could have predicted the longevity and the continued relevance of this comic book hero that has become a cultural icon when my grandfather, Bill Finger, collaborated with Bob Kane back in 1939. My grandfather has never been properly credited as the co-creator of Batman although was an open secret in the comic book industry and is widely known now. It is now my time to come out of the shadows and speak up and end 75 years of exploitation of my grandfather, whose biggest flaw was his inability to defend his extraordinary talent. Due to what I feel is continued mistreatment of a true artist, I am currently exploring our rights and considering how best to establish the recognition that my grandfather deserves.
Now, on the one hand, even Bob Kane acknowledged that Finger deserved credit, saying, "I often tell my wife, if I could go back fifteen years, before he died, I'd like to say, 'I'll put your name on it now. You deserve it.'"
On the other hand, officially crediting Finger could leave DC vulnerable to some serious lawsuits. So ... don't count on it happening. Ever. Although we certainly wish Athena well in her attempts to see one of the greatest injustices in comics set to rights.
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Huge thanks to Anna at Protein Pow(D)er for coming up with this recipe!
– A cup of steamed broccoli (honestly I didn't measure it just added it till consistency seemed right).
From there it's really straightforward! Just add it all to a bowl and blitz with an immersion blender.
…then turned into a makeshift bacon sandwich because…well why the hell not!
In terms of macros this thing is epic!
This particular loaf was perhaps a little on the dense side. With a few tweaks and thinly sliced it could be really great.
Hi. I've tried this recipe twice and both times it has not risen at all. Basically came out super dense and never rose above level I poured in. I'm using a 9×4 pan, 1 cup whey instead of 1/2 whey and 1/2 pea, and I'm using a regular blender instead of immersion. Any suggestions? I even added baking powder to last batch.
I'm afraid not, it's been a long time since I've made it! It is typically very dense. Perhaps try contacting the origional recipe author over at Protein Power? They may have a better idea with more experience.


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Penn St.-Ohio St. Preview
While the Penn State-Ohio State matchup on Saturday doesn't quite have the glamour it did before Minnesota handed the Nittany Lions their first loss on Nov. 9, the showdown in Columbus is still a marquee event.
For eighth-ranked Penn State (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten), it's an opportunity to keep its slim hopes alive for one of the four College Football Playoffs berths. The second-ranked Buckeyes (10-0, 7-0) can solidify their poll position as well as clinch a spot in the conference championship game Dec. 7 as the East Division representative.
If the Nittany Lions beat Ohio State, they would earn the trip to Indianapolis with a victory over Rutgers in the final game.
"Every play matters, every yard matter, every series matters," Ohio State coach Ryan Day said.
The Nittany Lions present the Buckeyes their biggest challenge of the season, especially after Ohio State had no trouble getting past Maryland (73-14) and Rutgers (56-21) in its most recent games.
In between Penn State and a potential Big Ten title game, the Buckeyes close the regular season at Michigan on Nov. 30. Led by quarterback Justin Fields (31 touchdown passes, one interception), Ohio State is first in the nation in scoring (51.5 points per game). The Buckeyes also lead in scoring defense (9.8 points per game allowed).
"We're kind of just focused on one game at a time, but at the same time, these are the most important two games of our season," Ohio State defensive tackle Davon Hamilton said. "We know what we're getting into."
Penn State rebounded from the 31-26 loss at Minnesota to hold off Indiana 34-27 at home last Saturday.
It wasn't pretty at times, but coach James Franklin said the Nittany Lions did enough right to be confident in their chances of winning at Ohio Stadium, something Penn State has not done in its past three visits since a 20-14 victory in 2011.
"We won the field-position battle, we won the turnover battle, we won the penalty battle," he said. "And then we won the explosive-play battle, which was great."
Franklin has been at Penn State since 2014 and sees this season's Ohio State team is the most talented, "maybe in our time" at the school.
While Ohio State will get a star defensive player back from suspension, the Nittany Lions might be without a key part of their attack. Standout Penn State receiver/returner KJ Hamler left the Indiana game in the first quarter with an injury.
Last season against the Buckeyes, he had a 93-yard touchdown reception among his four catches for 138 yards.
Franklin didn't reveal much about Hamler's status at his Tuesday press conference.
"We were hopeful after the game, and I still remain hopeful," Franklin said.
Ohio State star defensive end Chase Young returns from a two-game suspension for violating NCAA rules after receiving an illegal loan from a friend. He is second nationally with 13 1/2 sacks but first in sacks per game (1.69). The Buckeyes are tied with SMU for second with 42 sacks.
"He brings a big presence, and you know the other team, they're scared of him," Ohio State linebacker Malik Harrison said.
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP)With whistles blowing and players moving from station to station, everything appeared to be business as usual Tuesday at the Senior Bowl - even if things are anything but normal.
NFL coaches, scouts and executives watched prospects like Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, Florida's Kyle Trask and others try to improve their draft stock on the field.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP)The Southeastern Conference is moving the league's 2021 football media days from Nashville, Tennessee, to Hoover, Alabama, in July.
The league announced the move Tuesday with Nashville now rescheduled to host media days in 2023.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)Nebraska backup quarterback Luke McCaffrey has entered the transfer portal after starting two games and appearing in five others last season, the school's athletic department confirmed Tuesday.
The brother of NFL star Christian McCaffrey nearly beat out Adrian Martinez for the Cornhuskers' starting job last fall, and coach Scott Frost in November called the redshirt freshman ''the future'' at quarterback.


In a special March issue of RUBEZH magazine, the founder Internet-Rozysk, Igor Bederov told about six main trends and products that will determine the vector of development of information and analytical services developed for law enforcement agencies and private security services.
From January to November 2018, law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation registered 156,307 crimes committed by means of information and telecommunication technologies. Less than a quarter solved and submitted to the court. IT investigative solutions are gaining popularity. Moreover, startups are ready to offer government customers prices that are 5-10 times lower than the cost of already used software products.
Along with the growing popularity of cryptocurrency operations in the world, their appeal to criminals is also increasing. In August 2018, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service Rosfinmonitoring), whose task is to counter financial frauds and the financing of terrorism, ordered an analytical tool to track operations with cryptocurrencies, in particular Bitcoin.
According to information from the state procurement website, by the end of 2018, the system should have a mechanism for receiving and processing information about transactions in bitcoins and electronic wallets. A government contract worth 196 million rubles for the development of the platform was obtained by the Institute for Security Problems and Information Analysis (SPI).
A similar product designed for assessing the reliability of cryptowallets and conducting investigations of crimes committed using cryptocurrencies is being developed in St. Petersburg.
Ensuring the security of the blockchain and the digital economy of Russia is generally considered by the editors of RUBEZH magazine as an integral part of the country's national security system. The rapid development of technology, the constant increase in the number of frauds related to the circulation of cryptocurrencies and tokens, imposes on law enforcement agencies and private companies a great responsibility for developing innovative products that could effectively prevent crime.
Our editorial notes your contribution to the development of information and analytical services for law enforcement and private security services. Of particular interest is the SICP (Security Intelligence Cryptocurrencies Platform) service developed by your team. These products are undoubtedly a unique phenomenon for Russian business. For the first time, domestic cryptocommerce merchants will be offered a high-quality solution to effectively prevent the risks of fraud when performing operations with cryptocurrencies and conducting ICO's.
We hope that in the future our partnership will remain as fruitful! We wish you further professional success and prosperity!


Hospitalization at Kentfield San Francisco is covered by most commercial insurance plans, as well as Medicare and Medi-Cal. Hospitalization insurance information is obtained prior to the admission. The insurance company will be notified promptly of the plan for a patient's admission in order to verify coverage, benefits, policy limitations and to request authorization for payment of services.


The school council at The Compass Academy is made up of a selection of students from across year groups.
Pupils put themselves forward to be part of the student council and currently we have six members. Meetings take place fortnightly during Monday morning tutor time.


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It's rare that I post straight links to other articles, but sometimes they are too good not to share. This time, I'd like to call your attention to an excellent post by Ryan Selkis, a long time crypto currency commentator and industry figure.
In the post, he shares his theses for the year ahead in a long list of insightful observations. Whilst I don't agree with all of Ryan's predictions, I think he is close to the truth for the majority.


Create a perfectly crispy and delicious fish stick right in your own kitchen using a secret ingredient you already have in the pantry: Doritos. While we love the "cool ranch" variety for this recipe, you could use any flavor that you like. Besides being infinitely tastier (and less mystery meat-like) than any fish stick from the freezer aisle, these crunchy, Doritos crusted fish sticks are easier to make than you might think given that they're baked in the oven. They're incredibly kid-friendly as-is, and would make a fantastic fish taco filling for a more adult dinner plate.
Preheat oven to 375°F (use convection setting if available). Whisk together flour and salt in a shallow dish, and set aside. Whisk together egg, egg white, and water in a second shallow dish. Process chips in a food processor until finely ground; transfer chip crumbs to a third dish.
Cut fillet crosswise into 1 1/2-inch strips. Lightly coat each fish "stick" in flour mixture, then dip in egg mixture, allowing excess to drip off. Dredge in chip crumbs, pressing lightly to adhere. Place fish sticks on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake in preheated oven until golden and fish flakes easily with a fork, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately.


Intelligence report, this is one of Townsend's only dispatches during the Winter and Spring of 1780.
Woodhull wrote a cover letter for this item the same day.
Robert Townsend, "Samuel Culper, Jr. to Benjamin Tallmadge, March 13, 1780," in The Culper Spy Ring and Benedict Arnold, Item #25, http://culperspyring.com/items/show/25 (accessed April 21, 2019).


Milena Zigart Marzocchi was born in Americana, SP, Brazil, on June 1th, 1989, and lived in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. She is the youngest daughter of José Marcos Marzocchi and Eva Maria Fernandes Zigart Marzocchi. Milena is the sister of Monise Zigart Marzocchi. In 2008 Milena began her undergraduate program in Animal Science at Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV), São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Campus Jaboticabal - SP. As an undergraduate student, she was an intern of the Animal Science department from May 2011 to July 2012. During his internship, he developed part of a research project with her advisor Dr. Ricardo Andrade Reis, in forage conservation, using microbial inoculants (L. buchneri) on corn silage, and quality meat of lambs. Milena also participated in the Education Tutorial Program (PET-ZOO), from August 2009 to July 2012.
In July 2012, Milena arrived at the Range Cattle REC - Ona, FL, as intern, to conduct her degree requirement internship, spending 5 mounths, working with developing studies related to Forage and Grazing management, under advisement of Dr. João Vendramini.


Why is it that so many of us feel like we're all alone when anxiety strikes? That couldn't be farther from the truth! Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from anxiety.
Symptoms of anxiety are not limited to thoughts and emotions, though those play a large part. Thoughts and emotions can make us feel sick and anxious, but those feelings are unlikely to be related to physical illness because our minds and bodies are linked together in many ways.
Recognize your anxiety: There's no point in pretending you don't feel anxious when you do. Accept that you have anxiety and trust yourself to get through it.
Don't fight it: Deciding to "beat" anxiety only makes it worse. Acknowledge your feelings and accept yourself.
Stop blaming and judging yourself: When anxious thoughts and feelings arise, don't take the blame. It's simply not your fault.
Breathe deeply: One of the first things we do when we feel anxious is hold our breath or breathe shallowly. Reminding yourself to breathe, and then taking several slow, deep breaths can dispel anxiety.
Visualize calmness: Picture yourself as relaxed and comfortable, not scared and helpless.
Focus on the moment: Anxiety is usually about something that hasn't happened yet. Staying focused on the here and now is the way to go.


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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (review by Amelia H. '19)
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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom picks up the story where Six of Crows left off. The fight between the heroes and villains of Six of Crows finally culminates in an explosive finale. A fast-paced plot full of twists takes the reader on a whirlwind of a ride, moving at a breathless speed that makes every action and line of dialogue seem as if it's happening in that moment for the first time. So much is packed in that the reader might feel daunted at the end of the first section, but everything links together into one cohesive narrative that ties up every loose thread it creates. The ending is as unforeseeable as it is thrilling, keeping the fast pace up till the last. This book was a perfect wrap-up to the Six of Crows duology. – Amelia H. '19
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (review by Amelia H. '19)
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows is a fantasy heist story, with a cast of characters who practically spring off the page into real life and a world fleshed out to the tiniest detail. Bardugo's gift for writing scenes and characters leaves readers feeling as if they themselves have followed the characters on their journeys step by step. Although the author spent considerable time setting up the main plot initially, after finishing the book, I could think of no unnecessary scenes or chapters. Everything came together in the final chapters of the book, which offered just enough closure to satisfy the reader but left enough unsolved that the reader has continue on to the sequel. If you like to immerse yourself in richly detailed fantasy worlds and carefully planned heists, this book is for you. Perfect for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora. – Amelia H. '19
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be. I know I'm not alone and I really want to leave.
Into the dark is where you want to watch me bleed.
I'm feeling kinda trapped, I gotta go.
kinda trapped I gotta go.
I'm being dragged down, for how long, I don't know.
too slow. I know I don't belong here and I think I ought to go.


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Why Last Night Was Different From All The Others
Date: September 18, 2019Author: ottomansandzionists 2 Comments
Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday to try to break the deadlock that resulted from April's vote in which no side could form a government. As the results have come in, it appears that Israeli voters have spoken in favor of…another deadlock. Neither the right-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Likud, nor the alternative bloc led by Benny Gantz and Kachol Lavan have enough seats to form a 61 seat coalition. Once again, Avigdor Liberman is standing in the middle with the ability to grant one of the two sides victory, this time with nine seats, up from five in April. In other words, Israelis are staring at the same outcome that these elections were supposed to resolve.
But Tuesday's results are actually different from April's in a few important or unprecedented ways. While nearly everyone is expecting the end result of this process to be a unity government with the real question being whether it includes Netanyahu or not, here are four other things to reflect upon as we gear up for six weeks of constant maneuvering.
This was an unprecedented right-wing victory
Netanyahu is the clear loser of this election – more on that below – but it is a mistake to view this as a repudiation of the right, the comeback of the left, or a resounding statement in favor of liberal norms and values. This was perhaps the largest victory that the Israeli right has ever achieved. As the numbers currently stand (and if they shift, it will not be by more than a seat in either direction for any one party), there are 48 seats for Likud, Yamina, and Yisrael Beiteinu, all of which are clearly right-wing in their approach to security, separation of powers, and are culturally conservative. Shas and UTJ are at 17, and while fitting the Haredi parties into Israel's traditional right-left spectrum is difficult given their issue focus, they literally ran ads featuring Netanyahu, promised to only recommend him for prime minister, and speak of themselves as Netanyahu's "natural partners." Then there is Kachol Lavan and its 32 seats, which is always put atop the left-center bloc in polls but is actually a right of center party. There are certainly some Kachol Lavan MKs who would be in Labor or the Democratic Union if they viewed those parties as the best alternative to Netanyahu, but they are the outliers rather than the norm. The party writ large attacks Netanyahu on security issues from his right, took credit last week for talking about Israeli permanent control over the Jordan Valley before Netanyahu, and has refused to rule out partial annexation of settlement blocs.
The only clear left-wing seats left in the Knesset are the 11 that are split between Democratic Union and Gesher, and the Joint List's 13. Even if you identify six individual Kachol Lavan MKs who are more comfortable on the left, you only get to 30 overall. This is an overwhelmingly right of center Knesset, and the Jewish Israeli left at this point is even smaller than the Arab faction. If Netanyahu were not such a polarizing figure and the Haredi-secular battle clock was turned back five years, the election would have yielded a stable right-wing government of at least 70 seats with no effort.
This was an unprecedented Likud collapse
Say what you will about the fortunes of the left, but no party suffered so much damage from the April election to now as Likud. In April, Likud got 35 seats and then merged with Kulanu for a foundation of 39. The party now has 31 seats less than six months later. That is the clearest repudiation of Netanyahu and his party that we have seen, and any Likud MK who thinks it is smart to risk facing a third election with Netanyahu as the party's head is in the wrong profession. Everything the party did, from the shameful attempt to install cameras in polling places over the objections of every relevant legal authority, to the constant incitement against Israel's Arab citizens, to the pathetic and obsequious Netanyahu loyalty pledge that all Likud MKs signed, backfired terribly.
Neither Likud nor Kachol Lavan wants to blink first in what now becomes a showdown over which side will be the first to cave over the issue of Netanyahu staying or going. It may be that Netanyahu has the experience and intestinal fortitude to win a game of chicken with Gantz, and that his history of ruling over Likud with an iron first and cowing his fellow Likud MKs into supporting anything he says or does, no matter how absurd, will once again carry the day. But there is no way to read these results as anything but an abject disaster for Likud, and all evidence suggests that it is because of Netanyahu rather than despite him. If Netanyahu drags Likud along with him into a third election, the party will crater.
There are some crazy and not entirely implausible coalition possibilities
Most everyone expects this to eventually lead to a unity government, and that is certainly the likeliest scenario. But it's not the only one, and because nobody trusts anyone else and Netanyahu is fighting not only for his political future but also for his future to live outside of a prison cell, every single pressure point will be tested and every opportunity explored.
Netanyahu's most obvious gambit is to convince Liberman to sit with him and form the coalition that everyone expected last time of Likud, Yamina, Yisrael Beiteinu, and the Haredim. For this to happen, Liberman and the Haredim would have to arrive at a détente over the draft law, but they have sat together in coalitions before so it's not out of the question. The bigger hurdle will be what Liberman requires personally from Netanyahu, and that is likely nothing short of a prime ministerial rotation. It seems an absurd scenario to have Liberman with his nine seats spend two years as prime minister, but if Netanyahu is desperate enough, he may dangle that to get Liberman on board.
If Liberman is a lost cause for Netanyahu, he will try to sway Amir Peretz and Labor to join him, or coax Benny Gantz to break up Kachol Lavan and become his defense minister. Gantz was unwilling to accept that offer last time and pull out of his partnership with Yair Lapid, and it's unlikely that he would change his mind this time unless there is some outside intervention from the White House pressuring him to do so. All of which is to say that these are longshots for Netanyahu, but he will undoubtedly try to make one of them work.
On the other side, there is a scenario in which the Haredim throw their lot in with Gantz, and he forms a coalition that includes them along with Labor and the Democratic Union, and possibly Liberman. The Haredi parties' biggest fear is being left out of the government, which makes them pliable, and Gantz has spent much time and energy courting them since the last election. They would need to get over the hurdle of sitting with Lapid, which may actually be a larger hurdle than the one represented by Liberman, and the secular Israeli left would have to make their own peace with some Haredi priorities. In some ways, it would be easier for Gantz to form a government with the Haredim and the Joint List, since both the Haredim and the Arabs have specific sectoral concerns that do not necessarily conflict, but that coalition would be such a departure from anything ever seen in Israel that it's hard to contemplate.
Perhaps the most tantalizing scenario is also the least plausible of all, and that is a secular minority government of Kachol Lavan, Liberman, Labor, and the Democratic Union, supported from the outside by the Joint List. A government of that composition would be able to enact a series of reforms concerning religion and state that would be broadly popular with Israelis, while taking tangible steps toward separation from the Palestinians in the West Bank and an eventual resumption of a viable peace process. Establishing a minority government with Joint List support when Israelis seem to be strongly signaling that they want a unity government would be controversial, to put it mildly, and having the Joint List support any government that includes Liberman might be the sole impossibility in the universe of Israeli politics, but it is still fun to think about.
Time to root for Opposition Leader Ayman Odeh
If Likud and Kachol Lavan form a unity government, the Joint List will be the Knesset's largest opposition party. While it does not ensure that Odeh will be opposition leader automatically, as Yamina and the Haredi parties may band together and vote for someone else, he will have the inside track. This means that Odeh will have a formal position in the Israeli system, along with regular security briefings from the government, and an unprecedented public platform to raise attention to issues that have been neglected for decades. It would be a huge step forward not only for Arab parties, but for normalizing Arabs' roles in Israeli politics and society. It would hopefully make the incitement and delegitimization of Arabs that has become so routine become beyond the pale of what is acceptable. If Odeh is head of the opposition, it may end up as the most consequential outcome of this election, and would be a fitting repudiation of the ugly and racist tactics that marked this last round of campaigning up through election day itself.
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jeff866 says:
"If Odeh is head of the opposition, it may end up as the most consequential outcome of this election, and would be a fitting repudiation of the ugly and racist tactics that marked this last round of campaigning up through election day itself." Except that unless Odeh is actually loyal to Israel and stops siding with Jew-killers, kind of hard to see how this is possible.
Can you imagine a Hispanic Senator in the United States who considered the USA to be illegitimate and supported a Hispanic state in California, Arizona and New Mexico?
It seems off referring to the Arab Joint List as part of the left. They do have a small faction that holds marxist views, but the majority are clearly right wing in nature. The difference between other Israeli right of center parties is their views are antithetical to the State of Israel.
I think there are many Israelis, who are not from Russia, that feel some of the views expressed by Avigdor Lieberman make sense. Specifically that Arabs should make a decision whether they are Israeli or not. If they are not, then they should consider emigrating elsewhere.
People should not live in countries they feel are illegitimate.