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Updated on: 12 Nov 2021 by Akash Peshin
History of Calculators: Anita Calculator to Pocket Calculator
The Components
A calculator is a combination of millions of logic gates arranged in particular ways that operate on numbers and produce results with lightening speed. The transistors are paired in particular ways to form logic gates, which provide specific outputs according to the placement of these transistors. The most basic ones are AND, OR and NOT gates.
Around the time when we began to realize the full extent of electronic circuits, the terms "computer" and "calculator" were used interchangeably due to their similar functionality.
Eventually, the former evolved into a device with wide-ranging purposes, from programming to browsing the Internet, whereas the latter was limited to something only devoted to completing calculations. However, like seemingly different animals from the same genus or family, they share a common history and operate on the same basic principles. A calculator uses several logic gates arranged in particular ways to perform complex operations on input numbers.
The first and relatively simple calculations were executed on an abacus. However, due to its slow and tedious operation, it was replaced by calculators that used gears and levers. These, as you might have guessed, were quite large and bulky.
The introduction of vacuum tubes replaced mechanical parts, but the calculators, although quicker, were still quite heavy. The world's first electronic calculator, ANITA, used small vacuum tubes, but weighed a hefty thirty-three pounds! Compare that to your pocket calculator or the app on your two hundred-gram iPhone.
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Finally, the age of digital electronics witnessed the birth of the transistor, the pinnacle of semiconductor technology, which allowed the extreme scaling down of size and made calculators cheaper and more accessible.
Input: The components lie in a shell of robust or durable plastic with holes in it. These holes are filled by buttons composed of rubber that push through. The numbers and operational symbols are drawn on these buttons, and when pressed, they complete a circuit beneath, sending electrical impulses through a circuit board.
Processor: The microprocessor is the brain of the calculator, and is an integrated chip that conains an entire Central Processing Unit (CPU) on a single silicon microchip.
The processor identifies the pressed buttons and operates on the number's binary values, strings of '1's and '0's – the only language it understands.
The processor will store the binary inputs temporarily in its registers and perform the required operation on them. The resultant binary output is again converted to a decimal and displayed.
Output: The output is displayed on a LCD screen that rearranges light molecules to create a pattern. Earlier models used LED screens that consumed more power. The display immediately shows the input numbers as they are typed, as well as eventual result the calculator spits out.
Power: Calculators are powered by powerful lithium batteries or renewable solar cells that rejuvenate the device as it receives photons during daylight.
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How Transistors Work - A Quick and Basic Explanation
The transistors are paired in particular ways to form logic gates, which provide specific outputs according to the placement of these transistors. The most basic ones are AND, OR and NOT gates. Our analogy of transistors as taps will make our understanding of transistors and logic gates much easier. For a more detailed explanation, click here. Water that is allowed to flow with an open knob is interpreted as '1' and water blocked due to a closed knob is interpreted as '0'.
It is informative to know that the processor does not convert a decimal number into binary bits, but rather, these numbers are drawn for our convenience only.
The processor recognizes the button or an input via the circuit path and holds its binary value. For instance, 2 is written as 10 in binary. However, it converts binary to decimal each time it has to display what you have entered or the results of an operation. Explaining the conversion of numbers to different systems is time-consuming and irrelevant right now; all you need to understand is that the processor uses circuits that convert numbers and perform operations on a train of '1's and '0's.
The AND gate employs transistors in a series configuration and performs logical conjunction, whereas the OR gate consists of two transistors in parallel configuration and performs logical disjunction. The NOT gate simply negates the input, i.e., converts a '1' to a '0' and vice versa.
The combination of these gates can be used to form another important logic gate: Exclusive-OR gate. This gate gives the impression of adding its two inputs. The EX-OR operation is simple; it produces a '1' when its inputs are different.
A calculator uses millions of such logic gates arranged in particular ways to perform complex operations on input numbers.
Let's find out how these particularly arranged gates execute complex operations. However, our explanation is only limited to addition and multiplication to give you a general idea. Believe me, it gets much more complicated!
The adder
The adder is a logical circuit that adds two bits – A and B – but how is it any different from the EX-OR gate?
Looking at the final sequence of inputs for an EX-OR gate, one can see that although the sum of '1' and '1' is '0', it also generates a carry bit that is not included in our table.
The circuit generates another bit that is "carried over" and stored as an extra bit in the memory. The bits are actually separated into two columns – sum and carry. Looking at the table, one sees that the sum can be generated by an EX-OR gate, while the carry over bits represent an AND gate. The two outputs can be generated simultaneously using a circuit known as a half adder.
But again, the circuit does not consider any carry over bit forwarded to it by a previous adder. A three-input adder that considers the carry-overs from a previous adder is called a full adder. .
Two '1's generate a '0' with a '1' carry, and three '1's generate a '1' with '1' as a carry too. The carry out bit is forwarded to the next adder. The full adder can be viewed as a combination of two half adders or a combination of different logic gates.
This complex circuit only adds one bit. (Yes, all that hassle for only one!)
Further, 'n' such bits can be added by an n-bit adder, which is a combination of 'n' full adders, with their carry overs passed on to the next adder. The individual sums are grouped together as the total sum, with a carry over generated by the last adder.
4-bit adders are combined to form 8-bit adders and so on in order to add larger numbers.
The multiplier
The process of binary multiplication is similar to decimal multiplication, although implementing it using gates is difficult.
Also, the number of output bits generated are double the size of the seeded input bits. The operation can therefore be implemented by what is called partial product accumulation. The example shows the multiplication of two 2-bit numbers – A and B – which produces sums that are the products of individual bits.
The individual products are generated by 4 AND gates. Furthermore, these sums can be added with the help of half adders to produce the sums S4-S0, grouped together to form S, the product of A and B.
Similarly, using the same principle, 4-bit numbers can be multiplied together using 16 AND gates and 12 adders to generate an 8-bit number and so on.
The calculator also subtracts and divides numbers using similar logic gates. It is important to know that we have explained the most basic or primitive circuits to add and multiply, just to give you just a general idea. These circuits were long ago replaced by much faster and quicker circuits. A computer uses the very same logic gates for general purpose computing, which is brought about by calculating and crunching numbers at its core. The calculator only calculates; it is not programmable.
As more and more transistors were stacked on a processor, the range of operations for calculators expanded. Today, calculators are far more advanced and more scientific calculators with more memory and superior processors, and are used by professionals, such as engineers, who are therefore able to perform logarithmic calculations and calculus. And now, this device, like so many others, has been integrated with our beloved smartphones.
Although it has relieved us of the torments that mathematics represents for so many of us, it is believed that our dependence on such devices has made us cognitively lazy. The amount on the bill might not split into seven perfectly every time, but do it in your head once in a while just to keep the juices flowing. You never know when your phone will be dead and you'll be forced to do dreaded math in your head – just like in the good old days!
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What track & field can learn from rodeo and the Professional Bull Riders
Niche sport recognizes value of city-based teams and team-based competition.
Nope, not track & field. Rodeo, via the Professional Bull Riders. Although in the interest of complete disclosure, we did it first. We already had the competitive format for our athletics matches in place right around the time that Endeavor was acquiring PBR for $100 million. But, over the intervening years, PBR had Endeavor's resources and we, um, didn't and don't, so here we are.
The Wall Street Journal's article on the new PBR league contains several key takeaways for anyone in sports business, and that are particularly relevant for niche individual sports looking to expand their markets via a team concept. Ya know, in case you know of any.
1. Put your teams where the fans are, not where you wish the fans were
Rodeo fans and athletes do not live in the major media markets nor the major media hubs. "Thank you, Captain Obvious," you might be thinking. Truly, there are not many rodeo fans in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Washington, DC… let's just say the entirety of two coasts. If you were to put a PBR team in those cities, the competitions would not be well-attended and – despite the proximity to the media's infrastructure and decision-makers – would not be covered by the major media. At least not without paying a lot of money for airtime (something we've talked about before).
Again, seems obvious. And it was to PBR. They are putting their teams in Texas, Arizona, Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Carolina (Winston-Salem). No national media outlet has more than a regional office or sports talk radio affiliate in the PBR's cities. But those cities have a lot of rodeo fans, a lot of rodeo athletes and a lot of people who identify with the rodeo lifestyle and PBR brand.
Startup leagues that reflexively put their teams in New York, Philly, LA, San Francisco, Boston etc. think that by virtue of being near the media, the media will care about them. They neglect the fact that the media wants the same thing the leagues do: viewers. Fans.
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Teams and leagues that go where the fans are will get the fans, and might get the media. Those that go where the media are but not the fans will get neither.
2. Teams have to mean something
The early releases and articles about the new Professional Bull Riders league did not say anything about the length of the league season or athlete residency. But the WSJ article made one comment that indicates these will be real teams.
All team owners must hire a coach. If they have to hire a coach, the strong implication is that the coach will be coaching the athletes, and not just be a figurehead or in-sport celeb that lets the property act like these are real teams without them actually being teams. A team coach that coaches the team will let the team develop a competitive identity and a sense of team spirit. It will also require that the athletes live in the city they represent, at least for the length of the season if not year-round.
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This gives the teams meaning to the athletes, the fans, the owners and management. Everyone has something they can identify with and rally around. People in Chicago, Boston or wherever else will have no attachment to athletes who live and train somewhere else, fly in to this city, compete and then fly back home.
This lesson isn't just for track & field: Premier Lacrosse League and Athletes Unlimited parachute and exfil their athletes. If you want people from Philadelphia (or Oklahoma City) to care about an athlete or team the way they care about their existing hometown teams, leageus need to do more than slap the city name on an athlete's shirt for a few hours each week.
3. Money has to come from investors, not donors
Actual owners will own the PBR teams, and they each paid about $3 million for their team. That gives the owners a lot of incentive to make sure their teams and this league thrive. The owners are all business people, so they know the risk of failure. But the reason they can spend $3 million on a sports team is because they hate failure and know how to avoid it.
Donors, on the other hand – whether they are large-dollar donors or crowd-funders – have no such incentives. They're not going to get anything in return for the money they put out other than a tax write-off and a warm fuzzy feeling. And they get those whether the team, league, event or sport survives or fails.
PBR CEO Sean Gleason to the WSJ: "How quickly each owner recoups the investment comes down to two questions: 'How did your team do on the dirt?' And: 'How did you do selling sponsorships?'"
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The owners of the PBR teams will operate their teams and manage their staffs the same way they manage their other businesses: as businesses. They literally have buy-in, and that is an incentive and a guarantee of effort, if not success.
4. Risk-taking and independence pay off in the long run
For a too-long stretch of the last couple years, the Professional Bull Riders was the only major or mid-major professional sports league competing in the US. When college sports were shutting down seasons, USA Track & Field was cancelling national championships and states were saying "No sports, no indoor events, no fans" or anything similar, PBR found other states, cities and venues that were happy to have their business and that of their fans.
"We went where they let us go," Gleason said.
He could have said that a bit better. They went where they – and sports, in general – were wanted.
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Jennifer Sterger: "a girl with nothing to lose is dangerous"
Jenn Sterger became a part of people's living rooms after being featured in Florida State's matchup against Miami in 2005—not by choice but by luck.
Jennifer Sterger: "a girl with nothing to lose is dangerous" Jenn Sterger became a part of people's living rooms after being featured in Florida State's matchup against Miami in 2005—not by choice but by luck. Check out this story on fsunews.com: http://fsune.ws/2i0vfuz
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"I finally got myself taken seriously when writing jokes for other people," Sterger said. "It was an outlet for the things that I shut myself out for from the scandal."(Photo: Daniel Varela/FSView)
"Context is everything."
"Consent is everything."
That same year, Sterger started school at Florida State. She and a group of friends created the FSU Cowgirls—a group of female college students who dressed in scantily clad cowboy garb. All was innocent until ESPN announcer Brent Musburger found her on camera. The network broadcasted 14 seconds of her tomahawk chopping with a bikini top. Outlets like Warchant posted the infamous pictures. Degrading comments like "she's a stripper" and "I've never seen her at school before" punched serious blows at her integrity.
Sterger embraced the attention. The diving board of Warchant, Playboy and Maxim gave her the footing to jump, and she dove in hard. Sports Illustrated came calling as a result of her writing, humor and overall sports intelligence. Her integrity was indisputable. However, the integrity of employers came into question.
"I've been through stuff that others haven't," Sterger said. "Stuff that I'd never wish on my worst enemy."
After her stint with ESPN, Sterger took on the position as the game day host for the New York Jets. It was there that she ran into the greatest roadblock of her life: the cyber bully some know as Brett Favre.
Explicit voicemails and pictures allegedly from Favre placed her in hot water. The blame was registered in Sterger's name: 'Just look at her…She deserved it.'
She was handcuffed to an image she did not create. Circumstances were beyond her control. A cesspool of belligerent and powerful men turned even women against her. What the media failed to highlight: "I have never met him."
"People had the choice to believe that their heroes were not good people and not victim blame as quickly," Sterger said.
Though a mere shadow in her rear view mirror, the "Favre incident" continues to hinder her strides.
"It's the distraction I need to focus my energy on something else," Sterger says. "I'm helping more than one person. (Photo: FSView)
She was cyber-bullied, yet no one believed her. The icon was blameless.
Sterger was hurting on the inside, however, she turned to comedy as a means of therapy. She rediscovered herself writing comedy scripts in Los Angeles.
"I finally got myself taken seriously when writing jokes for other people," Sterger said. "It was an outlet for the things that I shut myself out for from the scandal."
Reaching back to her alma mater, Sterger returned to Florida State where she hosted an event called Changing Channels: The Raw Truth About Sports Media to a class of nearly 40 students. Serving as a premier role model to the students, Sterger presented a speech so inspiring that a student personally pulled her aside and apologized for his remarks toward her seven years prior.
Tears filled her eyes as she reminisced and where she once was and who she's become today. Her body and mind have finally caught up to the woman that she is—the woman who embraces her love for animals and deaf children.
"You have to have something outside of yourself to work on," Sterger said, "That's why I take my non-profit work with my animals so seriously."
Working out of Los Angeles, California, Sterger furthers her passion for animal rescue, working alongside CARE Rescue LA, an organization aimed at saving animals in need and preventing others from living on the streets.
"It's the distraction I need to focus my energy on something else," Sterger says. "I'm helping more than one person. I'm helping the animal. I'm helping the new family. I love seeing a happy ending with animals."
She is not alone. Women across various industries and from various walks of life are finally releasing their dormant trauma. Most notably, the Barstool scandal involving Sam Ponder, the Weinstein accusations and Louis CK stories seemingly rain down in an unending cascade.
"People finally don't feel so afraid of being retaliated against and we've finally hit a tipping point where we're not going to tolerate it anymore," Sterger said. "This generation coming up through college, it's up to them to be different and to not accept that kind of discrimination anymore."
Sterger strayed from her path but never lost herself along the way. As society hears her message, and that of victims like her, she will have her spotlight. But first, NBC awaits.
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Warrior is about underdogs and the struggle for redemption in the face of past adversity—certainly something Jenn Sterger can get behind.
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"Welcome to the world. Weighing 8lbs 3oz ALAYNA KHAN"
Boxer Amir Khan and his wife Faryal Makhdoom have welcomed a second child into the world!
Born on 24th April 2018, weighing 8lbs and 3oz, their baby girl has been named Alayna Khan.
Khan made the announcement on his Instagram page where he shared a sweet picture of himself and his newborn.
Little Alayna is already a promising fashionista as she is dressed in a leopard print babygrow and matching hat complete with red ruffles.
He captioned the adorable picture: "Welcome to the world. With my and @faryalmakhdoom new born, Weighing 8lbs 3oz ALAYNA KHAN."
The happy arrival comes just days after Amir's incredible comeback in the boxing ring following a gap of two years.
The fight which saw him up against Phil Lo Greco lasted only 40 seconds as Khan delivered powerful blows that knocked Lo Greco to the floor.
Now Khan has yet another reason to celebrate, with the arrival of his second daughter.
Welcome to the world. With my and @faryalmakhdoom new born, Weighing 8lbs 3oz ALAYNA KHAN. ?
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Khan's wife of nearly five years Faryal initially announced her second pregnancy in August 2017. At the time, she and Amir were undergoing considerable marital problems and were rumoured to have split.
During this turbulent period, Faryal had even suggested that she would raise her newborn alone.
Amidst reports of Amir's alleged cheating and compatibility concerns with Faryal's in-laws, the duo finally overcame their personal issues and reunited to celebrate the Faryal's pregnancy.
Over the last few months, Faryal has been enjoying her pregnancy with regular updates on her social media accounts, particularly on Snapchat and Instagram.
In addition, Amir even appeared on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here where he left a lasting impression on both his Jungle-mates and viewers at home.
Khan, who spends much of his time in between his hometown Bolton and the US, is now gearing up for two more fights, although his next opponent is yet to be confirmed.
For now, Amir can enjoy the new addition to his family. The couple already has a 3-year-old daughter called Lamaisah who was born on 23rd May 2014.
DESIblitz congratulates Faryal and Amir on their fantastic news!
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What's really in the stable? Maharashtra's coalition politics in the Indian democracy
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Elections are any country's largest democratic exercise. The recent Maharashtra State Assembly elections and the formation of the State Government proved eventful for voters and contesting parties alike.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena had concluded the State Assembly elections together as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which won a large majority of 161 out of the 288 seats. Yet, 20 days later, we find political vacuum.
The Shiv Sena was a natural ally of the BJP, given their mutual faith in Hindutva and its ideals. Conflict in this alliance was unlikely, especially post-election. However, the uncanny silence in the Assembly after the electoral verdict casts a shadow of doubt in the minds of the populace.
Negotiations between the parties had failed since the regional party coveted a rotational post of Chief Minister and an equal share in the final government, which has not gone down well with the BJP. As a result, on November 10th, the BJP announced its inability to form the Government. Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray decided to withdraw from the NDA, and form the government by itself on 11th November 2019.
Maharashtra government in process:
The dissolution of the NDA negatively impacted both constituent parties, neither having enough seats on their own to satisfy the required majority number of 145. What ensued was petty mudslinging among the two parties, frantic speculation of horse-trading and an overall political upheaval in the State. To bring some order in the chaos, the President's rule was imposed in the State on 12th November 2019, as provided by Article 356(1) of the Indian Constitution.
In cases of such Presidential rule, the Centre takes administrative control of the State, and all executive decisions are taken by the Centrally appointed governor. The Chief Minister is dethroned and the State Assembly is dissolved. After Maharashtra's political breakdown, the central government appointed Bharat Singh Koshiyari as the Governor.
The presidential rule can be imposed in a State for 6 months, during which parties can attempt to form a government with the required majority. Before taking over the administration of the State completely, the Governor first aids such formation of the State government.
Koshiyari, in this case, first approached the party with the largest seats, i.e. the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition, asking them to resolve their differences and form the government. When the two parties refused to cave in, the Governor moved on to other parties and independent candidates, stating the possibility of government formation and advising in favour of an alliance for the same. But the attempts of the Governor were in vain, as no party or coalition had come forward to stake claim for government formation.
The legality of Aaya Ram Gaya Ram:
The recent events in the Maharashtra government formation showed a recurrence of the infamous 'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' phenomenon, popularised in 1967 by Gaya Lal of the Haryana State Assembly, who switched parties thrice in one day. This phenomenon seems to have surfaced again; elected Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) switch parties at the drop of a hat, citing ideological contradictions.
In reality, the corrupt practice of horse-trading involves buying and selling MLAs for money, the value of the MLA depending on his/her popularity, i.e. the number of votes.
By way of a Constitutional Amendment in 1985, the law of anti-defection was introduced as the Tenth Schedule in the Indian Constitution. This law allowed the disqualification of legislators on the ground of defection. A legislator is deemed to have defected when he either voluntary gives up his membership of that party or he disobeys the directive of the party leader.
The phrase 'voluntarily gives up his membership' was interpreted by the Supreme Court as having a wider scope than mere resignation. In the 1996 case of G. Viswanathan v. The Hon'ble Speaker Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the 2007 case of Rajendra Singh Rana v. Swami Prasad Maurya and ors., this phrase was interpreted to mean that members who have publicly denounced their own party or expressed support for another party.
The phenomenon of horse-trading involves the purchase and sale of MLAs, much like the trade of the equine asset itself. The member with the greatest number of votes is valued at the highest price, the one with the next highest vote count the next highest price, and so on. Thus, elected members of one political party are bought by another, and the MLA becomes a member of the new political party and embodies that party's ideological manifesto.
The political immorality of horse-trading is that members are elected for the party that they were in support of, and seldom for their own qualities. The practice has been invalidated by the anti-defection law, yet it is prevalent.
The trade-off between democracy and horse-trading:
Regardless of the illegality of horse-trading, it has been accepted as a common practice in politics, a necessary condition for State governance. Allegations of political immorality finds consonance with former US President Theodore Roosevelt's infamous quote, "In politics, we have to do great many things that we ought not to do."
This quote essentially acts as a get-out-of-jail-free card to politicians engaging in horse-trading. However, horse-trading is not merely something that governments 'ought not to do'. It should be absolutely restricted, as it essentially involves placing a price tag on people's votes, thereby devaluing democracy.
Speaking on the rampant horse-trading that took place after the failed Karnataka State Assembly elections in 2018, the Indian National Congress (INC) general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra quoted;
"…the citizens of our country will have to endure their (BJP's) unbridled corruption, the systematic dismantling of institutions that protect the people's interests and the weakening of a democracy that took decades of toil and sacrifice to build."
Voters placed the mandate for forming the government on the NDA alliance, and not the BJP nor the Shiv Sena independently. The majority achieved by way of horse-trading misses the point of such majority- that they were not elected by the people.
This is because the people place more faith in the propaganda of a political party than an individual candidate. If the candidate were to profess his faith to one party's ideology and switch to a completely different one after election, any election in the first place would be pointless.
The objective of an election in a democratic country such as ours is to ensure that the elected persons are in fact representatives of the people. The phenomenon of horse-trading misses the point of elections and democracy entirely.
Demolish the Stable?
What is the solution? A fresh election should be conducted, in light of the recent fallout of the NDA. People should be given the opportunity to cast vote in light of this new information, since they had cast their vote for a BJP-Sena alliance governing the State, and not a haphazard mix of scattered Sena MLAs with the Congress and NCP.
A fresh election would nullify the defect caused by the dissolution of the NDA and the subsequent horse-trading, thereby securing the norms and values of democracy and political representation.
–This article is brought to you in collaboration with Anna J. Kallivayalil from National Law University, Delhi.
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Happiness is a loaded term that means different things to different people. To some, it might mean life satisfaction, to others, a fleeting moment of joy. Rather than seeking to be happy, Oliver James encourages us to cultivate our emotional health. Outlining the five elements of good emotional health - insightfulness, a strong sense of self, fluid relationships, authenticity and playfulness in our approach to life - he offers strategies for optimizing each characteristic to live more fulfilling lives. Helping us to understand the impact our emotional baggage has on our daily interactions, he reveals how to overcome unhelpful patterns and become more self-aware - revitalizing our approach to life.


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The dog entered on the south east end of the Experience just as the evening show was starting overhead. Little knots of people, t-shirts clinging to their backs, gazed up at the LED lights, not noticing the dog as it slipped between them, tacking back and forth up the Strip.
Darryl caught the dog on monitor 05 as it crossed into the camera's field of view. The dog had its eyes on the people, alert for danger, watching the families - for someone it recognized, maybe, or just on the lookout to avoid potential threats. Children, cops, all unpredictable.
Check this out, Darryl said. Aaron swung his chair around and they watched the dog together, a wolfhound from the size of it. Something big and rangy, with tongues of grey fur streaming from its legs, a long lean snout like the barrel of a carbine testing the desert air.
You think it's one of those dogs from the news? Aaron wondered. Darryl knew what he meant, had seen the stories about the animal shelters filling up with dogs from foreclosed and abandoned houses. Some people walk away from the mortgage and they just leave the dogs and cats behind. Assholes, thought Darryl, although he also knew that sometimes a person got tossed out by the bailiff and the pets were left to roam the neighborhoods. Sometimes your life just broke and your dog is one of those broken pieces. Nothing to be done about it, but sometimes the animals were a problem. This was the first he'd seen it with his own eyes. Better call the cops, Aaron said.
Darryl nodded, but what he really wanted to say was Let's hold on. Hold on just a second. For what, he wasn't sure. For the dog to cross through the grid of monitors as it made its way up the block? For a child to reach out and pet some lost animal with crazy marbles for eyes? Maybe just to see where the where that dog thought he was going.
The dog zagged out of monitor 05. Darryl switched his eyes to monitor 08 just seconds before it trotted into view. This time it stopped in front of a woman in a motorized chair. Darryl sensed its alertness, the active processing of the woman gliding down the street. The dog skirted a wide crescent around the woman, who barely acknowledged the animal beyond a glance as she motored on. She pushed the joystick on the armrest, and the chair picked up speed and moved off, bound for monitor 07.
The cameras implanted along the edges of the Fremont Street Experience captured everything that happened on the street below. All the people who stopped to watch the LED light show with its resolving and dissolving images of guitars and chorus girls, or sat at a bench and gazed at nothing with the reflective, interior gaze of the disastrously broke, or just ignored the show above altogether and passed along, their faces and shoulders dimpled with points of light. The camera collected them all. The ones who didn't bother to look up had somewhere to go, except there was nowhere in particular to go in this part of town. A hotel room, a casino, a Walgreen's. Sometimes Darryl caught his father wobbling along the street, clutching a plastic yard of neon-tinted booze, on his way from a bar to a casino or back again, throwing Darryl's mother's money away in small and large chunks, peeling off the whole family's future, one binge at a time.
Darryl hoped that his dad would be walking down the Strip at that very moment. Darryl hoped that he would find the dog and take him home, and maybe the dog would keep him there, keep him from straying from his place out to the Strip. But no, that wouldn't work, Darryl's dad had been keeping all kinds of places, motel rooms here and there, apartments belonging to various women who worked at Nevada's or the Palace or wherever. He lived in between: jobs, houses, women, families too probably. One day he'd die in between, and his body would be divided between all his lives. But putting that pisser in the ground: that job, Darryl knew, would be handed off to him.
Darryl switched his attention back to the dog. A man was petting the animal, and for an embarrassing intstant Darryl thought it really was his father. The cracked red corona of skull with white hair flaring away down the skull, the reddened shelf of forehead and the belly bulging out against a plain white shirt - it was all dad's. But the man was almost certainly a tourist - just something about the way he was taking in the sights. Just the way he looked at things told Darryl everything he needed to know. Darryl twisted the camera joystick clockwise, zooming in on that sunburned bald spot, closer and closer until it seemed that he was almost touching the top of the man's skull.
Sometimes Darryl felt that boring in this close to the surface would give him access to what was beneath the surface, as if to approach so smoothly and invisibly was to penetrate. In those moments he felt - believed, even - that he could see with the eyes of the people he watched: that man who was stroking the dog, the dog looking back, ceasing for a moment from darting its gaze back and forth, for a moment relaxing into the man's affections, believing briefly that this might be home. Go on then, Darryl thought as he picked up the phone, go on and take that dog home.
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The government funded car replacement scheme in the UK has now been extended. The program is one of many that have been instituted throughout many countries to help stimulate the auto industry. But are the programs actually worth the money? To help with this question let's examine the U.S. model since the program did spur large amounts of auto sales and since the program has ended we can look at some solid numbers.
Using average numbers from America - given that an average "clunker" or older car is getting 15 mpg and travels an average of around 12,000 miles per year it would use about 800 gallons of fuel. If the owner of the car took advantage of the government program and traded in for a vehicle that got 25 mpg they would use 480 gallons of fuel less each year. That adds up to a large amount of savings for the consumer so far, and that's where the politicians would want the analysis to stop.
As reported by the New York Times nearly 700,000 vehicles were traded in during the program which means the total fuel consumption in the United States would be reduced by nearly a quarter of a million gallons which equals out to a little less than 11.5 million barrels (there are 19.5 gallons to a barrel). The problems start to become apparent in these numbers, the U.S. uses 20 million barrels of fuel everyday so the actual savings in fuel are just over a half a day's worth. Although that isn't that impressive, it's still something. However, the real predicament is in how much that fuel is worth compared to the amount of money spent to save it. If there was 11.5 million barrels of oil saved, as of 11/09/09, it would be worth just over 816 million dollars, but the government spent 2.87 billion dollars to save that money. That means that for every dollar saved in the "cash for clunkers" program the government spent around $3.50 which is far from impressive.
Yes there may have been jobs saved, and increases in demand, but I am more than confident in saying that any short term benefits will soon be eclipsed by inflation and even worse by massive decreases in demand over the long run.
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As I write this blog, I'm receiving text messages from my husband who is volunteering as a peacekeeper at Portland's Pride event this weekend. Today, admitted members of the Alt Right group are carrying banners and signs stating "God Hates Fags" and being pretty aggressive in their antagonism, even pushing and mocking my husband for standing there wearing a rainbow bracelet. A proud parent of the most amazing kid ever, my brain immediately goes to LGBTQ youth receiving these messages and how truly damaging this could be. The youth suicide rates for LGBTQ kids are markedly higher than straight youth and like these messages on this day could sadly be a trigger for someone. It blows my mind that grown adults could be so reckless with human life.
So how do we combat this? By showing our pride even more, combatting this negativity by providing safe spaces and positive messages as often as we can. My challenge to anyone reading this is share your LGBTQ pride and support if you haven't because now more than ever these messages are necessary.
And like I know making pride pillows is like so small, but sometimes my posts get real traction on the interweb and if I can impact even one person through this post to let them know they are loved and life is amazing and that it gets better then maybe something small like a pillow can make an impact.
So I quilted it up with Aurifil 80 wt Pale Pink, not knowing what it was for, and boy did I feel amazing after I was done.
And when I was done, I put the two 18″ x 18″ panels on my WIP shelf and called it a day. Fast forward to a couple month later, Sharon from Color Girl Quilts sent me this amazing Classic Curves Ruler that allows you to cut 10 different sized curves in one ruler. Like I was blown away when I opened the box by how smart this tool was. And much like most of my projects, one day I had the idea to make a pride pillow and wanted to use rainbow colors with a non-traditional layout and ding ding ding I knew using this ruler would be perfect.
So I paired eight Pure Elements Solids with one of the solid smooth denims and used the 4.5″ curve to make a four circle panel.
And I quilted this one up with Aurifil Aluminum 80 wt.
Next I decided this panel needed a large circle complement, so I used the 8.5″ curve on the ruler to cut out the shapes from the eight solids and voila.
And it wasn't until I quilted this panel that I remembered the other ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE panels and was like oooh em gee these are meant to be.
So without further ado, here are my two 2017 LGBTQ Pride Pillows that basically have two fronts and no backs.
To add to this post, Naomi Clarke, a student doing research for her dissertation toward her MSC at Bristol University on the benefits of sewing and asked me to spread word. She's focusing on the 40 and under age group since there's a void in research on this age group, so if you or you know someone 40 or under who sews, click on this link and participate please. And before you get salty for being over 40 and wanting to participate, I'm 41 so I couldn't either and too much salt is bad for us.
So thanks for reading this blog post. More than any other post I've written, I encourage you to pin and share on your social media platforms to spread the message of love and acceptance and inclusion and pride. You never know who might receive it that really needed to get it just at that moment.
I've never understood the hatred and aggressive attempts to shun our fellow citizens who happen to be LGBTQ.
You might see the pillows as a "small thing," but it is small things that make up the bigger portraits of our lives.
And kudos to you and your husband for not backing down to those who would deny you your rights and your happiness.
Oh, and while we're all here: Happy Father's Day to you both!!
As the mother of two gay sons I am so grateful for your post. My husband and I have always loved and accepted our sons as we have no issue at all with anyone's sexual orientation, however we have seen first hand the cruelty that many in the LGBT community face everyday. I especially loved your message that we need to show our pride even more. Thanks for being a positive role model in these difficult times.
Thanks for being an advocate, for sharing love in the face of hate and for staying positive. Why is it so hard for people to respect everyone's rights? Happy Father's Day to all the dads!
2. Thank you for sharing yourself with the world.
3. I love you, Matthew! You're a beautiful soul. Lots of love to your family too.


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For more than half a century, the I-81 viaduct has divided Syracuse, separating Downtown from University Hill while discouraging development in its shadow.
ReThink81 believes we should seize the opportunity provided by the pending demolition of the aging viaduct. When it comes down it should stay down. We should explore new options to create a more efficient, vibrant and livable community. ReThink81 is committed to economic growth and improved accessibility throughout the Greater Syracuse area. Other cities have done it, we can too.
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Syracuse Post-Standard endorses the 'Community Grid' option
In a front page editorial — the paper's first in over 30 years — the Syracuse Post-Standard Editorial Board said:
"The community grid – shorthand for an improved network of city streets to carry traffic to and from the city center – has the most potential for encouraging smart, inclusive growth. It would connect our surging downtown to the economic engines of Syracuse University and the medical complex. It also would be the least costly option, and the least disruptive…
"The I-81 project offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to remake Syracuse. We must not squander it."
Gifford Foundation board endorses 'community grid'
In a July 2018 resolution, trustees of one of the city's largest private foundations endorsed the community grid option, saying it would allow Syracuse to re-claim land to create a "transformational neighborhood with mixed-income housing, extraordinary schools, and facilities, programs, and services that honor the rich history of the community."
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Administration must call out anti-Semitism for what it is
Hannah Masling
When I learned that swastikas and "fuck Jews" had been scrawled on Wilson's bathroom walls, I was shocked. But shock aside, I felt confident in the administration's capacity to address these horrific expressions of anti-Semitism. I was wrong, naive even, to assume that anti-Semitism would be taken seriously.
After reading Principal Kimberly Martin's email regarding the bathroom vandalism and other anti-Semitic incidents in Tenleytown, I was confused. Why was she speaking of generic "hate symbols" rather than swastikas? Why was she warning against language that is "offensive to any group" when the language was specifically offensive to Jews? And why was she preaching that "the diversity of culture, race, sexuality, gender, and religion within the Wilson community is something to be celebrated" when the incident specifically threatened religious diversity? Nowhere to be found was the word anti-Semitism.
That is where the fear settled in. Not after seeing "fuck Jews" next to a swastika in my own school, but upon understanding the deep-rooted disregard for the Jewish struggle.
I can understand why the absence of a single word might not seem dramatic to some. But as a Jew, the absence of that single word felt like a lack of interest in the safety of Jewish students. By vaguely describing the vandalism as "hate," Martin failed to acknowledge the anti-Semitic intentions of the graffiti and the harm it directs at Jews. Though the swastika—a symbol of the genocide of more than six million Jews—has evolved from a representation of anti-Semitism to a more encompassing representation of white supremecy, it is undeniable that the swastika depicted next to "fuck Jews" had an anti-Semitic aim.
After receiving Martin's first email, I sent a respectful, yet serious reply about the insensitivity of avoiding the topic of anti-Semitism. Yet again, I was naive to think that Wilson's administration actually intended to address the concerns of Jewish students: "Thanks so much for reaching out. I appreciate your feedback," Martin replied, followed by a suggestion that I attend a Diversity Task Force meeting. Was a cut and paste email really the best Martin could do to address the fears of a Jewish student?
My disappointment intensified when I read Martin's second email regarding the anti-Semitic incidents. She spoke of ending "racism and intolerance," and making "antiracism" the school's priority. Of course, fighting racism and intolerance is incredibly important, but Martin's failure to disavow anti-Semitism minimized the importance of bigotry towards Jews and lumped the fight against anti-Semitism into the much broader fight against racism.
Wilson's refusal to call the incidents anti-Semitic is disgraceful; two emails and a meeting held after school hours are insufficient. There was no assembly. No announcement. No in-class discussions about what happened. The administration's language glossed over and generalized the Jewish struggle, insinuating the unimportance of confronting anti-Semitism. •
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Eureka High edged out by Placer in opener
Loggers surrender 33 second-half points in first regular season loss since 2016
Eureka High's Josiah Graham absorbs a hit. (Andrew Butler — Times-Standard)
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2019 at 10:57 pm | UPDATED: August 23, 2019 at 11:17 pm
A streak of 21 consecutive regular season wins came to an end for Eureka High as it dropped its season opener to visiting Placer-Auburn 40-27, Friday night at Albee Stadium.
Friday's game was a tale of two halves as what was a defensive battle in the first half turned into a shootout in the second.
Eureka (0-1) received the opening kickoff and immediately set off on a 15-play drive which spanned nearly seven minutes and ended with a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Trevor Bell to Lamarie Dunn. Bell kept the chains moving numerous times during the drive, completing third down passes to Dunn and Chase Steubing for double-digit yardage. On the ensuing extra-point attempt placeholder Hayden Bode took the snap and burst out to the visitors' sideline for a walk-in 2-point conversion to put Eureka ahead 8-0.
Eureka's defense stuffed Placer's largely run-based offense for the bulk of the first half before the Hillmen, behind more than a few lengthy runs from Jesse Whigam, were able to piece together a 46-yard touchdown drive in the final minutes of the first half. Whigam finished the scoring drive off with an 8-yard bruising touchdown run to bring the visitors within a point, 8-7, going into halftime.
Placer (1-0) quieted the crowd amassed at Albee Stadium with its first possession of the second half. After a nice return saw the Hillmen set up shop at their own 45-yard line, the visitors set to work and put together an efficient 5-play drive featuring two carries by Hans Grassmann, a 20-yard rush to start the drive and a 1-yard touchdown run to end it. After the score Placer took its first lead of the night, 14-8.
Eureka opted for a quicker approach to getting points on the board.
Placer pinned Eureka back on its own 8-yard line with its kickoff but failed to contain the Loggers. On Eureka's first play of the drive receiver Josiah Graham found some separation on a wheel route up the visitors' sideline and hauled in a well-placed ball from Bell.
Graham just needed his speed after that.
The senior turned on his after-burners after securing the catch and jaunted 92 yards for a touchdown to re-tie the game. After Placer blocked the ensuing extra-point try the game sat tied at 14-14.
Placer wasted no time regaining the lead as its rushing offense proved too much for the Loggers to stop. Not long after starting its drive Placer's running back, Logan Groth, put his team ahead by a touchdown with a 5-yard run.
The Loggers, once again, responded in a hurry as Bell found Graham on the home team's opening play of the drive for a 67-yard touchdown pass to knot the game up at 20-20.
Placer responded with another touchdown drive, this time topped off by a 3-yard rush from Whigam.
Later in the fourth quarter Whigam sealed the game with a 5-yard rushing score, bringing his total to three in the win.
Graham finished with two touchdown receptions and a touchdown pass while Bell ended his night with three touchdown passes.
Eureka will stay at home next week as it welcomes Windsor to town on Friday. Placer will hit the second leg of its season-opening road trip on Friday when it takes on Whitney-Rocklin.
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The Dream Team VI now boast of all the medals in the men's football event – same as the European countries.
Nigeria may have won the bronze medal of the Rio Olympic Games, but they also equaled a record set by Hungary, East Germany and Serbia in 1972, 1976 and 1984 respectively.
Samson Siasia's side sealed a 3-2 victory over Honduras in the third place encounter played in Belo Horizonte, after missing out of the final after a 2-0 defeat to Germany.
But the win ensures that Nigeria becomes the fourth country after Hungary and Serbia to win the Olympic football men's gold, silver and bronze medals and also the first African side to achieve that feat.
The Dream Team VI got the gold medal after their 3-2 victory over Argentina in the 1996 Games staged in the United States of America.
In Beijing 2008, Nigeria had a silver medal to show for their impressive outing, while in Rio they won the bronze medal after surviving Honduras scare.


When we last saw Eddie, he was a prisoner of the RF. Eobard told him he was keeping him as an insurance policy. I think in the final episode ET purges himself of the Now useless Wells disguise. The actor that played the real Eobard has said he will be back before the seasons end, so that fits. If the RF fails in his attempt to return to the future, maybe he absorbs Eddie. This would explain Eddie turning evil, and fit in with the comics version of RF trying to marry Iris.
Thats what i was just thinking! I wouldnt be surprised if he does absorb, or attempt to absorb, Eddie.
Maybe he attempts to absorb Eddie but doesnt finish the job entirely and just gets the face. Maybe Gideon really starts to try to help Barry and his friends? She messes with the device so all he can do is mirror the subject's looks for a short time but not completely absorb them. That way Eobard is attacking Barry and about to kill him but then the device conks out fully and turns him back into Eobard pre-Harrison Wells absorption. Eddie, who would be in a coma at Star Labs or wherever Eobard has taken him, returns to normal allowing him to still be in season 2 as himself.
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