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Trump takes flak for not joining anti-extremism pact
By Emily Birnbaum - 05/15/19 08:52 PM EDT
The White House on Wednesday declined to join a global call to fight online terror, citing concerns about freedom of speech but in the process stoking a new controversy over its response to extremism.
The move drew condemnation from lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been calling for tech giants to rein in the scourge of potentially radicalizing material on their platforms in the wake of the livestreamed attacks on worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.
"It's disappointing that once again the White House wants to put the U.S. at odds with our allies in establishing reasonable global internet norms," Sen. Mark Warner Mark Robert WarnerSocial media posts, cellphone data aid law enforcement investigations into riots 'Almost Heaven, West Virginia' — Joe Manchin and a 50-50 Senate Confirmation hearing for Biden's DNI pick postponed MORE (D-Va.), a vocal tech industry critic, told The Hill in a statement.
The White House's decision to opt out puts the U.S. at odds with France, Canada, the European Union and the rest of the 17 countries that signed on to the so-called Christchurch Call, the largest-ever international campaign against online extremism and terrorist content to date.
Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube — all American companies — also signed on to the nonbinding pledge, which was unveiled at a summit with global leaders in Paris on Wednesday.
President Trump Donald TrumpGiuliani used provisional ballot to vote in 2020 election, same method he disparaged in fighting to overturn results Trump gets lowest job approval rating in final days as president Fox News' DC managing editor Bill Sammon to retire MORE did not attend the Paris gathering, which was spearheaded by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel MacronEU launches coronavirus vaccine campaign Macron now symptom-free after testing positive for COVID-19 France slowly allowing passengers, freight from UK to enter MORE. British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa Mary MayMoney talks: Why China is beating America in Asia China is winning the war for global tech dominance Are US-Japan relations on the rocks? MORE and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James TrudeauHow Biden can help Canada do better on climate Pope says the 'movement' of violence at the Capitol must be condemned Trudeau condemns Trump for 'inciting' Capitol riots MORE were in attendance, as well as top tech executives including Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Microsoft President Brad Smith.
The Christchurch Call asks the top social media companies to step up their efforts to investigate and remove toxic online content from their platforms, urging them to commit to share more information about online terrorism with government authorities and study whether their algorithms push users toward extreme content.
The effort comes after footage of the New Zealand shooting spread quickly across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other major platforms earlier this year. The social media giants scrambled to remove the 17-minute livestream, but the video took on a life of its own, with users at some points uploading and sharing clips as quickly as once per second.
Since then, lawmakers and regulators around the world have pledged to crack down on extremist content, particularly from white supremacists, and have pressed the companies to take concrete actions or face penalties.
But the U.S. has walked a finer line, citing concerns over freedom of expression and signaling it is more hesitant than other countries to call for the outright removal of certain content.
The White House in a statement said that while it stands with the international community in "condemning terrorist and violent extremist content online," it is not currently "in a position to join the endorsement."
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy said in the statement that it believes the "best tool to defeat terrorist speech is productive speech."
"We maintain that the best tool to defeat terrorist speech is productive speech, and thus we emphasize the importance of promoting credible, alternative narratives as the primary means by which we can defeat terrorist messaging," the statement reads.
"We encourage technology companies to enforce their terms of service and community standards that forbid the use of their platforms for terrorist purposes," it added.
The decision, though, could open up the Trump administration to criticism it is not doing enough to combat white supremacists.
Rep. Mike Rogers Michael (Mike) Dennis RogersOvernight Defense: Trump impeached for second time | National Guard at Capitol now armed, swelling to 20K troops for inauguration | Alabama chosen for Space Command home Top Republican congressional aide resigns, rips GOP lawmakers who objected to Biden win READ: The Republicans who voted to challenge election results MORE (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, in a statement praised the companies that signed on to the pledge but did not mention the White House's decision to keep the U.S. out of it.
"I applaud these companies for taking new steps in light of the recent acts of violence," Rogers said, raising concerns about "fringe websites," such as 8chan and Gab, which have been connected to the Christchurch shooting and other attacks by white supremacists.
The Anti-Defamation League in a statement said the decision indicates the U.S. is "falling behind" on addressing the "global terror threat" of white supremacy.
"It is incredibly discouraging that the U.S. government seems unwilling to even take part in these discussions and explore possibilities to counter this scourge," the ADL said in the statement.
Critics have been raising concerns over the Trump administration's treatment of white extremist violence, and lawmakers at a House hearing on domestic terrorism last week urged representatives with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to ramp up their efforts to address the proliferating white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements online.
Rep. Bennie Thompson Bennie Gordon ThompsonNew coalition aims to combat growing wave of ransomware attacks Acting DHS chief Chad Wolf stepping down Security boosted for lawmakers' travel around inauguration: report MORE (D-Miss.), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee — which has been pressing tech companies over the issue of online terrorist content — told The Hill that he believes the White House's decision stems from a reluctance to crack down on right-wing extremists.
"I'm not surprised," Thompson said. "They've demonstrated that ... anything remotely related to right-wing terrorism, they're just reluctant to be critical."
Lara Pham, the deputy director of the Counter Extremism Project, called the White House's move "disappointing."
"It obviously indicates that unfortunately the U.S. in many ways is still behind other countries on this issue," Pham said.
Governments in London, Paris and Berlin have been working on legislation that would force tech companies to monitor their platforms or else face steep penalties. But in the U.S., there is no similar congressional push.
Twitter, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon on Wednesday announced an additional set of commitments to accompany the Christchurch Call. In a statement, the companies vowed to coordinate their efforts against terrorist and extremist content, establish specific guidelines against the harmful material, invest in technology to automatically remove violent extremist content and more.
"The terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March were a horrifying tragedy," the companies wrote in a joint statement. "And so it is right that we come together, resolute in our commitment to ensure we are doing all we can to fight the hatred and extremism that lead to terrorist violence."
The companies already do much of what they laid out in the statement, but Pham said the most "interesting" piece is the commitment to provide more oversight over livestreaming.
Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will start restricting the use of its livestreaming feature for users who violate its content policies.
Facebook Live has been a controversial feature since its inception years ago, and it has been used to publicize acts of violence multiple times. Some critics have called for Facebook to remove the livestreaming tool altogether.
The Christchurch Call is a nonbinding, voluntary pledge, and each government is being encouraged to draw up their own plans to deal with violent content online.
Pham told The Hill that she hopes the document will be regarded as a "framework for regulation in the future."
But on Capitol Hill, Democrats are warning that they could take action if companies do not adhere to their promises.
"I think as legislators, we have to send a message that if you're not going to do it as a good business practice, Congress is going to have to step in," Thompson said.
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What is Google Home Hub and how does it work?
While the third-party devices are all running the Snapdragon 624 and are a part of Qualcomm's "Home Hub" platform, Google's hardware is actually running on an Amlogic CPU. GE hopes to solve both points with its C by GE bulb, which happens to be the first and only Made for Google bulb.
Google opted to leave off the camera for this one, and I'm not sure how to feel about it. To make things even simpler, you'll be able to purchase a starter kit that includes a Google Home Mini and a bulb that are pre-paired, so all you need to do is take it out of the box, plug it in, and you're good to go. The app sorts all your smart devices as per rooms as well, and lets you control each of them in a simple manner. Lastly, as mentioned previously, Google Assistant is now accessible from the Google Home app itself.
Other smart displays will get these features with a software update.
What is unexpected, however, is that Barone specifies that PC gamers can import their save files to the iOS version of the game. Stardew Valley is available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
The Pixel 3 launcher has some changes compared to the older version (see image at the top of this article with the new Pixel 3 launcher on the right).
We will hopefully know the answers to these questions before Google ships the Home Hub near the end of this month. It also allows users to check on all compatible smart devices even when they're away from home, and the new multi-user support allows everyone under the same roof to control smart devices in the house via the Google Home app.
There's also better integration with Google's Nest products.
World transportation systems must be transformed from fossil fuels to electric to take advantage of that shift to renewables. Australia has more than 21 coal-fired power stations in operation, and still relies heavily on coal for electricity.
Google Home Hub measures 67mm (D) x 178.5 (W) x 118 (H) and weighs 480g. As more pictures of those people are added, Google will dynamically update the album on the Home Hub. It's not the first of its kind, as Lenovo already has the Smart Display, which has an identical feature set.
What I don't believe they'll get is the new Live Albums which merges Google's smart search with Google Photos. The idea is to remove what Google calls the "billboard effect" where your eyes are drawn to the brightness of the display in a dim room. Like everything else on offer by Google lately, this piece of hardware is different not only because of how it is built, but also because of the software experience within. Did I want to see a Google hub with Zigbee and/or Z-Wave radios? Indeed, Google will likely sell customers on the benefit of having multiple Hubs around the house.
Meanwhile struggling retailer Sears was in focus as the Wall Street Journal reported that it was preparing to file for bankruptcy. The Nasdaq composite , which has a high concentration of technology companies, had its biggest loss in more than two years.
Brown was extremely agitated, acting aggressively, and yelling at security personnel when [police] arrived to the scene". Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown runs during the first half of a game against the Baltimore Ravens.
She said, "I was motivated by Tanushree, seeing her speaking up I felt that I should also speak". However, she recalled that one night, Alok got 'progressively drunk'.
The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, which supported Lee's case, expressed its disappointment. Gay marriage is still illegal in Northern Ireland, despite passing in the Assembly.
If you're a young person struggling with mental health issues, YoungMinds offer 24/7 support through a textline (text YM to 85258).
Additionally, several of gospel and R&B's heaviest hitters will assemble for what's sure to be a touching Aretha Franklin tribute. During one of her acceptance speeches, Swift thanked her fans. "I'm even more excited about the next chapter".
According to his testimony in 2010, Hussain infiltrated a mosque in Newburgh, where he recruited four men into a sting operation. Police said on October 8 that the company owner, Shahed Hussain, is now in Pakistan.
President Donald Trump tried to explain why the Dow Jones had a bad dip on Wednesday, and blamed the Federal Reserve Bank. On Friday, federal data showed that the USA jobless rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, its lowest point since 1969.
Trump on Twitter on Tuesday said he was "very proud" of Kavanaugh and his family, and disparaged the anti-Kavanaugh protesters. She said that the disruptions during the hearing and Supreme Court protests were "not what we want for our country".
They said at the weekend they believed Mr Khashoggi was killed by a team sent to Istanbul and thought to consist of 15 Saudis. Suspicions are mounting that Saudi's crown prince ordered the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
Following Henry Cavill , Netflix has announced the cast of their eight episode Witcher series, which is now filming. Three Sorceresses were cast who will play varying roles - Tissaia de Vries, Fringilla Vigo, and Sabrina Glevissig.
He said there was no damage in the town, but officers had not yet been able to contact villages closer to the epicentre. It earlier warned that waves up to about 30 centimetres were possible within 300 kilometres of the epicentre.
Euro Plummets Near Seven Week Low On Italy Budget Distress Local stocks fell for a third day, with the FTSE-MIB Index of shares sliding as much as 2.5% to the lowest level since April 2017. Addressing a parliamentary commission, Tria said fears over next year's budget plan were unjustified.
Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, and Giratina Coming to Pokemon Go In a Tuesday video, Niantic revealed that Sinnoh Pokemon (from the Diamond and Pearl Nintendo DS games) are coming to the game. Defense and stamina values will too be rebalanced, preventing tanky Pokémon from taking too long to defeat.
AT&T Time Warner jumps on streaming bandwagon The sheer amount of content will certainly put this new service in contention with Netflix, Amazon, and Disney's upcoming streaming service.
Robbie Williams' daughter confirmed as Princess Eugenie's bridesmaid The 28-year-old princess, who is ninth in line to the throne, is due to marry liquor company executive Brooksbank Friday in St. Also taking up the role of bridesmaids will be Savannah and Isla Phillips, the daughters of Peter and Autumn Phillips.
FDA expands use of cervical cancer vaccine to age 45 The Food and Drug Administration just approved the Gardasil 9 vaccine to be used in women and men ages 27 to 45 years old. But it will work against any of the other strains - remember, there are a total of nine - included in the vaccine.
Nintendo hacks The Legend of Zelda to make it more accessible Even if you lose the first time, you'll be able to use your fortune to get more items and try again easily. Apparently, Nintendo wants to make the game a bit more relaxed for any Zelda noobs who might be playing.
Piers Morgan backs Seann Walsh and Katya Jones to remain in Strictly Host Zoe Ball then asked if there was anything Seann would like to say about that. She said: 'Those pictures were taken on October 3rd.
Luke Bryan, Gwen Stefani and More Take the Heat in 'Mean Tweets' Appearing a little hurt, she replied, "Owie". " Pink is aging pretty well for a pig", Pink read and then immediately laughed. Another user called G-Eazy the "American cheese if cheeses, or like the boxed wine of wines, or some other s**ty thing".
CC Sabathia Critical Of Angel Hernandez Following Loss Those hits came a night after Brock Holt and Rafael Devers helped the Red Sox roll to a 16-1 rout in Game 3. The Red Sox made it 4-0 when Vazquez lined a 2-1 fastball into the right field seats off Zach Britton.
Ross Barkley reveals World Cup 2018 frustration following England recall Southgate even invited Arsenal academy product Eddie Nketiah and Bristol City's Lloyd Kelly to train with the first team.
Pompeo, Bolton, Kushner talk to Saudi crown prince about Khashoggi case Turkish officials fear the team killed Khashoggi , who has been critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his writing. In his last interview three days before his disappearance, Khashoggi said that he did not think he would return to Saudi Arabia .
Brooks Koepka Voted US PGA Tour Player Of The Year Koepka's award was official on Tuesday, but all but clinched when he won his second major of the year in the PGA Championship . He missed the first major of the year but still managed to win two of the last three majors of the year.
Melania Trump says accusers need proof of sexual assault You can not just say to somebody 'Oh I was sexually assaulted, or you did that to me, ' because sometimes the media goes too far. She added that she supports women, and also men. "I feel they are choosing the politics over helping others", she said.
Hurricane Michael with 155 miles per hour winds makes landfall in Florida Maximum sustained winds were at 155 miles per hour , which is a very strong category four hurricane. The 1 p.m. advisory on Hurricane Michael is out, and not much has changed from the previous report.
Jimmy Butler explains emotional outburst in return to practice Most other teams, it seems, are merely monitoring the Butler news and have removed themselves from the running for the time being. As the GM watched on the sidelines during a scrimmage, sources said that Butler yelled to Layden: "You f--ing need me, Scott".


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R. Kelly & XXXTentacion Respond to Spotify Playlist Ban
By Whitney Pierce On 11 May 2018
Earlier today, Spotify launched a new "hate content and hateful conduct" policy that resulted in a playlist ban for R. Kelly and XXXTentacion. Now, the controversial artists are fighting back against the streaming giant.
Kelly's rep denied any wrongdoings by their client. "We appreciate Spotify for continuing to make R. Kelly's songs accessible to millions people, although it will stop listing his songs on its ficial playlists. Spotify is adopting a new 'Hate Content & Hateful Conduct' policy. R. Kelly never has been accused hate, and the lyrics he writes express love and desire.
"Mr. Kelly for 30 years has sung songs about his love and passion for women. He is innocent the false and hurtful accusations in the ongoing smear campaign against him, waged by enemies seeking a payf. He never has been convicted a crime, nor does he have any pending criminal charges against him."
The rep went on to say that Spotify promotes music from convicted felons and others who have committed hateful acts. "Spotify has the right to promote whatever music it chooses, and in this case its actions are without merit. It is acting based on false and unproven allegations. It is bowing to social-media fads and picking sides in a fame-seeking dispute over matters that have nothing to do with serving customers," the rep added.
"Meanwhile, though," the statement continued, "Spotify promotes numerous other artists who are convicted felons, others who have been arrested on charges domestic violence and artists who sing lyrics that are violent and anti-women in nature. Mr. Kelly falls into none these categories, and it is unfortunate, and shortsighted that Spotify fails to recognize this."
Tentacion's rep did not issue a statement. Instead, the rep asked if Spotify will also remove various other artists from playlists due to allegations, including Michael Jackson, David Bowie, James Brown, Miles Davis, 6ix9ine, Nelly, Miguel, Trey Songz, Fabolous, and Dr. Dre.
Spotify launched its new initiative by saying it wouldn't tolerate hateful content. "We do not tolerate hate content on Spotify — content that expressly and principally promotes, advocates, or incites hatred or violence against a group or individual based on characteristics, including, race, religion, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability," they explained in a statement.
Time's Up applauded these efforts, but others criticized the streaming giant. 50 Cent, for example, voiced his displeasure on Twitter. "Spotify is wrong for what there doing to artist like R Kelly and xxxtentacion," he tweeted. "There not even convicted any thing." Kelly responded to the sentiment with gratitude. "@50cent thanks for the support fam," he wrote. "No weapon formed…"
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Glacier mass balance and its potential impacts in the Altai Mountains over the period 1990–2011
Yong Zhang, Hiroyuki Enomoto, Tetsuo Ohata, Hideyuki Kitabata, Tsutomu Kadota, Yukiko Hirabayashi
The Altai Mountains contain 1281 glaciers covering an area of 1191 km2. These glaciers have undergone significant changes in glacial length and area over the past decade. However, mass changes of these glaciers and their impacts remain poorly understood. Here we present surface mass balances of all glaciers in the region for the period 1990–2011, using a glacier mass-balance model forced by the outputs of a regional climate model. Our results indicate that the mean specific mass balance for the whole region is about −0.69 m w.e. yr−1 over the entire period, and about 81.3% of these glaciers experience negative net mass balance. We detect an accelerated wastage of these glaciers in recent years, and marked differences in mass change and its sensitivity to climate change for different regions and size classes. In particular, higher mass loss and temperature sensitivity are observed for glaciers smaller than 0.5 km2. In addition to temperature rise, a decrease in precipitation in the western part of the region and an increase in precipitation in the eastern part likely contribute to significant sub-region differences in mass loss. With significant glacier wastage, the contribution of all glaciers to regional water resources and sea-level change becomes larger than before, but may not be a potential threat to human populations through impacts on water availability.
Journal of Hydrology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.08.026
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Zhang, Y., Enomoto, H., Ohata, T., Kitabata, H., Kadota, T., & Hirabayashi, Y. (2017). Glacier mass balance and its potential impacts in the Altai Mountains over the period 1990–2011. Journal of Hydrology, 553, 662-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.08.026
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Zhang, Y, Enomoto, H, Ohata, T, Kitabata, H, Kadota, T & Hirabayashi, Y 2017, 'Glacier mass balance and its potential impacts in the Altai Mountains over the period 1990–2011', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 553, pp. 662-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.08.026
Zhang Y, Enomoto H, Ohata T, Kitabata H, Kadota T, Hirabayashi Y. Glacier mass balance and its potential impacts in the Altai Mountains over the period 1990–2011. Journal of Hydrology. 2017 Oct;553:662-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.08.026
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Q: Degrees of freedom used by emmeans after fitting a model in glmmTMB I recently noticed that emmeans uses the residual degrees of freedom when calculating a confidence interval after fitting a glm in glmmTMB, even when there is no dispersion parameter (and hence only fixed effects).
This differs from standard practice, where the degress of freedom would be set to Inf, as happens when emmeans is used after fitting such a model with glm(.).
I can understand why one might want to do this (a bit more conservatism in the interval, to allow for the fact that df=Inf is justified by asymptotics), but I thought I should check what the glmmTMB team had in mind when they chose this option.
I contacted Russell Lenth, who maintains emmeans, and he suggested I discuss it with the glmmTMB team.

A: This "infelicity" is fixed in the development version of glmmTMB and will be fixed on CRAN the next time we release: https://github.com/glmmTMB/glmmTMB/issues/893

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An adventure studio southwest of Warsaw called Flyspot, which normally specializes in zero-gravity flight experiences, is set to open the deepest pool in the world this year, stealing the crown from Italy's Y-40 Deep Joy.
The pool, which is called Deepspot, will stretch 148 feet to the bottom, contains 27 times more water than a standard 25-meter pool, and requires an astounding 1,100 tons of steel for construction. For reference, popular marine sinkholes like Belize's Great Blue Hole stretch up to 400 feet below the surface. But a standard trip takes recreational scuba divers only 130 feet below the surface. Deepspot will be "regulation," then, and should make a fine spot for divers of all skill levels to learn and hone their skills.
The concept reminds us a bit of Kelly Slater's wave pool, where surfers can catch perfect waves without the perils of the open ocean. That concept has spawned numerous knock-offs, and it appears that will be the case here, as well. There's already a deep pool under construction in the United Kingdom called Blue Abyss, which will be 164-feet-deep. We say the more the merrier. Scuba diving is dangerous, especially for beginners. Mastering equipment and negotiating bizarre side effects from excess nitrogen and a lack of oxygen will be easier in a environment safe from predatory marine life, albeit less exciting and beautiful.
Still, what might help set Deepspot apart in the indoor scuba trend is its all-inclusive approach. Those uninterested in scuba can walk through reinforced hallways that bisect the pool, stay in rooms below the pool's surface, or just try Flyspot, which looks pretty epic.
For more information on the pool, head here.


History is usually rendered boring and inaccessible through pedantic language and an influx of context-less facts and statistics.
Hochschild removes all that and writes the story of history as if he were writing a novel. His use of imagery and figurative language builds the reader's interest, his flow of characters make the reader greedy for the ending to find out what happens to them.
Writings about genocide frequently rely on the shocking statistics, blasted again and again in your face, intended for you to get the true scope of the horror.
Hochschild incorporates Congolese mythos around the White Man at that time to speak for the silenced African voices. There are numbers, yes, because those are undeniable, but Hochschild understands that it is not through bolded text and exclamation marks that these points are made–- he makes devastating use of pathos and humanity, narrating the book as if it is an "In Conversation With…" As if he has the utmost faith in his readers to know Right from Wrong, so that he doesn't yell MURDER IS WRONG every other paragraph.
It's a contemplative day in life when you realize you don't have abs to spare. Or any abs at all. When you're just a squishy tummy that cats like to sit on.
A squishy tummy with a brain, because while I may not have abs to spare, I certainly do have ABS to spare. A.B.S., or Angsty Backstory.
Now, before you judge me for regressing into tweenage blues, let me explain. Regardless of your current-day characteristics, you have experienced emotional turmoil in the past; that is simply a fact of humanity, that we always seek the ups and downs to map out the full spectrum of living. Whether this is through direct or indirect experiences is up to the individual. That is what I mean by angsty, those factors for physical, intellectual, or moral change, not OMFG parents wont lemme stay out until 9 parents sux.
In Creative Writing II, we are working the Fiction unit from the literal beginning: Your character is a child, make it happen. How old is this child? Who does this child live with? Does this child's surroundings affect his or her view of the world? What does this child believe in? And beyond (or beneath– depends on how you look at it) those, does this child like hot or cold weather? How does he or she turn the pages in a book? Does he or she wear socks to sleep?
As a self-identified fiction-writer, this is well within my comfort zone. I name my character (Delilah, or Lilah for short), develop her voice (she's eight years old, and tries to act more mature like her older sister, whom she admires very much), and decide on her surroundings (parents are divorced, live with Mom, older brother, and older sister). I cocoon myself in bed and think that Lilah likes hot weather because hot days are brighter and she can see more; she separates the pages by the top right hand corner because she doesn't want to get spit all over the book; she sometimes goes to sleep with socks on because she forgot but always wakes up with them kicked off and lost in the sheets.
Here is where I hit a rut.
There was no way I could keep on going with Lilah's character if I didn't know about her family, the people who have influenced her: Why did Lilah idolize her older sister instead of her brother? What are her feelings on her father? Of course, those raised further questions: What are Lilah's siblings like? Why did her parents get divorced in the first place?
Maia introduced to us the "Why" game, where one continues asking "Why?" to every answer to every question. She intended this to be a source of inspiration, I think, fleshing out the little details so that we can sink our teeth into one and blow it up to a full story. Little did she know this was to be my Downfall.
Now, I know everything about everyone (I can feel my hair growing bigger as I write). I know the older brother's name is Allen and he likes arts and crafts and really doesn't care for judgment, I know the older sister's name is Chris and she hates being called Christina and she's the student body president of her high school, I know the mother divorced the father for making a decision she couldn't bear to make, I know the father remained desperately in love with the mother until the day he died. I also know that want to write a short story about what Lilah thinks about her Mom's smile. But what about everything else? Where do I include the fact that Chris's favorite animal is the arctic fox? How about that Dad knew how to tap dance? What about when Allen sold his first commissioned painting?
And that's what hurts the most (Cascada, hello 8th grade-dance flashback), to take this character that you've detailed all over, and presenting only a sliver. And it's never the sliver you want. You move the spotlight over onto one part for an easier perspective, and one character's arm gets lost in the shuffle. You point out everybody's eyes, but you miss all of their mouths and ears. You want to talk about the shapes, but you have to do so at expense of the colors, the composition. Sure, you can try your darn best to show everything vital, everything that makes up the whole of your work, but it's the fine line between fitting everything snugly into a suitcase and stuffing your shirt inside your mug which is inside your jacket pocket. It makes me infinitely sad that you can't know the entirety of my babies' stories within one piece of writing.
I guess, though, that's another fine line to tread, between the raw inspiration and the refined outcome. What do I want my audience to know, the telling of my characters' emotions, or the showing of my art, portraying a moment in their lives? The answer is, of course, clear, as it is my self-decided path of a Creative Writer. It's a sacrifice I– and most other fiction writers, I dare to say– have to make.
Of course, I can also write the stories, then write essays about my stories under a pseudonym. What do you mean, pathetic?
That's right, ladies and folks and collective bros, it is once again November, as in NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month, during which ladies and folks and collective bros across the map of our United States will be participating in a challenge to write a total of 50,000 words by the end of the month.
Here is where we start: good old zero. As writers, CDubs are intimately familiar with the blank page, the emotionally abusive affair we all hold with the cursor icon, blinking in morse code why haven't you written yet write you worthless numbskull write. But we always come back in the end, do we not? Writing– for me, at least– always seems to be the only option left, the last thing I have hope of doing well. So, better stick with it.
And that's where NaNoWriMo comes in. As Heather loves to say, the hardest part about writing is the physical act of writing, and participating in NaNoWriMo suspends you in this absurd, magical space where quantity trumps quality (though your ego probably would strive for both). As a participant from last year, I can honestly say that it is something to experience. Some hate the pressure of the deadline, and some, like myself, thrive under that pressure, eagerly updating our word counts every evening and hungrily watching the orange bar climb.
So my advice? Give it a shot. There are different goals you can set for yourself depending on real life, and there is no penalty for quitting or not quite reaching where you wanted. It's a great way to see your personality as a writer, and, well, since I'm going to be juggling this alongside all my classes, misery loves company.
When you think Creative Writing, you think poetry and fiction, but rarely playwriting. Why is that? Well, "fiction" connotes imagination, "poetry" brings to mind eloquence and, well, poetry, which is an esoteric term all in itself. But "playwriting?" That's like, people talking on stage and chasing each other with guns and trying to make the audience laugh, right?


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RW 23-009
Developing and Using Risk Criteria: The Great Neglected Topic in ERM
Thursday, February 16, 2023 @ 11am ET
Rob Quail
Principal and Owner, Robert Quail Consulting
Both the ISO and COSO standards for risk management give only passing reference to risk criteria. However, the development and use of criteria for assessing risk is arguably the most important foundational tool-building exercise for any risk management group. Criteria are the "glue" that connect the overall risk appetite of an organization to the individual judgements on tolerability of individual risks.
In this session, noted ERM expert Rob Quail will explore approaches for co-development and broad application of risk criteria in ways that enhance decision making and business performance.
Field of Study: Information Technology
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Basic
Format: Group Internet Based
CPE Credit: 1
CPE Credit Notice
This is a group internet-based event for NASBA authorized continuing education credit. After the webinar, a Certificate of Completion for the webinar indicating 1 hour of CPE credit will be issued to those interested.
Riskonnect is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
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Resident Evil: Resistance Review
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Welcome to Raccoon City, home of Umbrella and its world class biomedical research.
Capcom's Project Resistance is a new 1 vs. 4 asymmetric online survival horror experience set in the world of Resident Evil. Unleash your inner evil as a cunning Mastermind or join the fight as one of the resourceful Survivors desperately trying to escape every obstacle the Mastermind puts in their way!
[Mastermind]
They secretly kidnap young people for the purpose of data gathering.
By forcing these youths into desperate situations, the Mastermind aims to gather valuable research data on how the subjects respond to fear. The Mastermind will not face the Survivors directly. Instead, they observe through the security cameras, setting traps to prevent their escape.
[Cameras]
The Mastermind can observe the Survivors' actions through the security cameras placed all around the facility.
The Mastermind can use cards to create all sorts of chaos including placing traps and vicious creatures on the map and weaponizing security cameras.
[Creatures]
The Mastermind can take direct control of zombies and the Tyrant to attack Survivors.
[Survivors]
A group of youths with different backgrounds who were captured by Umbrella for use in its experiments.
They only have one objective: escape. Survivors will need to use their unique skills effectively to cover each other and defeat the creatures together. Cooperation and coordination are vital to success.
[Completing Stages]
By completing objectives such as obtaining specific items, Survivors can advance to the next area. Survivors will successfully escape once they complete the third area in a level.
[Time Limits and Respawns]
When a Survivor takes too much damage, they will start dying. They will not be able to move freely while in this state, but a nearby teammate can revive them. If they fail to get help in time, they will respawn, but lose a chunk of time.
[Skills]
Survivors each have their own special skills. Damage reduction, healing, melee attack, hackinguse your skills effectively and escape together.
Resident Evil Resistance is a surprisingly terrific topper to its base game package. It is one of the only multiplayer games where teamwork is genuinely essential. Not only that, but playing as the Mastermind is a truly unique and empowering experience. Accessible, layered, and blood-pumping, this is a marvelous multiplayer foundation that will only get better.
As a freebie included with Resident Evil 3, you can't really fault Resistance, but it helps that its asymmetrical multiplayer is also a lot of fun. It's a unique take on the Resi universe and I hope it finds some longevity.
The engaging, entertaining aspects of Resident Evil: Resistance is what will keep players invested past the ridiculous and unnecessary lootbox system and now-ubiquitous XP Boosters which players can buy for real money. Despite the game's issues with connecting players properly and a somewhat mismatched balance system, Resident Evil: Resistance is the most fun Capcom has ever let anyone have as a member of the Umbrella Corporation, and series fans who spent a lot of time in last year's Resident Evil 2 running from Mr. X will likely find a lot of satisfaction in stomping around after players in the tyrant's over-sized trench coat… if they can find a match, that is.
The Mastermind gets to have most of the fun in Resident Evil: Resistance, but surviving is less than a blast.
Resident Evil Resistance is wildly inconsistent. There are great ideas buried underneath abysmal balancing, annoying technical issues, and matchmaking woes. Playing as series icons like William Birkin and Mr. X is an appreciated novelty, but the routine objectives make playing as the survivors tiresome. With enough love and care, hopefully Resistance's better ideas can rise to the surface, but right now there's still a lot of work to be done.
I have the patience to play the game and hope for that potential to be realized, but the unbalanced kickoff and silly decisions like attaching hosting duty to masterminds is not something I expect many people to weather for long. Resident Evil Resistance could be so much more with what it has on the surface, but what's under the hood needs some thoughtful tweaking if Resistance is indeed a cause worth fighting for.
The Resident Evil multiplayer curse continues. Resident Evil Resistance presents some promising ideas, and messing with people as the Mastermind has its moments, but unsatisfying action, clunky level design, a lack of content, and manipulative microtransactions snuff out the game's potential. Sadly, trying to wring more than a few minutes of fun from Resident Evil Resistance is futile.
Resistance is a great multiplayer 4v1 experience where 1 person is the mastermind behind all the zombie placements and the other 4 people are survivors who have to perform a series of tasks in order to escape, there are 3 areas which must be hastily completed before the timer runs out. Teamwork is an understatement in this game, players must help one another through or failure is imminent. Solo queuing can sometimes make this a difficult task, however if solo queuing isn't your thing then taking control over the mastermind is so much fun, trapping people in rooms whilst you take control over a zombie and rip them to shreds!
Customisation on loadouts is big in resistance, levelling up each character requires points earned from playing which results in unlocking the ability to equip more skills to your characters. There is also a lot of cosmetic items aswell, which you can get via opening cosmetic crates using earned points and completing daily/weekly challenges etc. As of now the only micro-transactions in the game are rp/xp boosters, however points are given quite generously post game so no need to go spending cash on this. There is no pay to win feature.
VERDICT: You've gotta appreciate this game for what it is, there are little to no bugs and the game has only just been launched which is impressive now days, characters and masterminds all feel balanced and playing with friends is a whole lot of fun. Especially in custom games if you have a full lobby of the gang online.
The only problem I have with the game at the moment is it can take a while to find people to play with, whether this is due to a low amount of players actually playing the game or not I don't know, sometimes you can find a match in 20 seconds and sometimes it can take 3-5 minutes, other than that the game is excellent in my opinion. It's almost like a short and sweet spin off of Dead by daylight/left 4 dead. I don't understand why resistance isn't better received by gamers, some people just need to give it a chance, how can anyone complain when it's essentially a free game as Capcom could've sold Resident Evil 3 as a lone game for the same price and people would've still bought it!
It's not fair the way people are review bombing this game because they're angry that Capcom didn't include things in RE3 like merc mode or a longer story… separate devs made this game… this was outsourced, and you know what folks!? They did a pretty darn good job. I think this site, in terms of user reviews, has long since lost all credibility with the gaming community as a whole. Far too much bias and salt gets in the way of GENUINE CRITIQUE!
I'm giving it a 10, it's not a 10, it's more like a 7, but 59 of you are saltybois.
Resident Evil: Resistance is a classic case of cash-grabbing; this game clearly piggy-backs off of the current 4-v-1 multiplayer craze, and not particularly well. Beginning players will find it frustrating: starting out at level 1 and getting matched with a room full of level 50 players meant I spent the majority of the round wiggling my sticks after the survivors decimated my cameras and rolled any monster I could put out with seemingly unlimited miniguns. Playing as a survivor yielded the same result, meaning no matter what you play as you're not going to have much fun. Anybody sticking with the game long enough to level up won't find themselves rewarded, either; the repetitive nature of the game and the small selection of maps will quickly wear out anyone who has made it that far. This game gets a flat 0 for the four miserable hours I spent with it, and I would recommend any fan of Resident Evil, horror games, or multiplayer games in general look elsewhere for fun.
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Like many of us, we are frustrated with the fact that lacrosse balls become slick and the ball's performance declines over a given period of time. Two brothers knew this was an issue that every coach, player and parent deal with season after season so they invented The Lax Dr. The Lax Dr refurbishes slippery lacrosse balls bringing back they that brand new grippy feel we all know and love. This high tech machine will refurbish a maximum of 10 balls, in as little as 1 minute. Why buy new balls when you can recycle the ones you already have?
No link, nothing. Well thats cool.
Why do my balls hurt after using this?


LGBTQ advocacy groups and privacy organisations have slammed the report as "junk science" and called it "dangerous and flawed" because of a clear lack of representation, racial bias and reducing the sexuality spectrum to a binary.
"Technology cannot identify someone's sexual orientation," said Jim Halloran, Chief Digital Officer at GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization which along with HRC called on Stanford University and the media to debunk the research.
"What their technology can recognize is a pattern that found a small subset of out white gay and lesbian people on dating sites who look similar. Those two findings should not be conflated."
Using "deep neural networks" and facial-detection technology, Kosinski and Wang trained an algorithm to detect subtle differences in the images' fixed and transient facial features.
First of all, the report didn't look at any non-white individuals, it assumed there were only two sexual orientations — gay and straight — and does not address bisexual individuals.
One can naturally see how that's hardly representative of the LGBTQ community.
"Everyone involved was under 40, living in America, and willing to publicly put themselves (and their preferences) on a website," Michael Cook, an AI researcher at the University of Falmouth working in games, generative systems, and computational creativity, tells Mashable.
"That group of people is probably very different to people in different age groups, in different countries, in different romantic situations."
"The data grouped people based on whether they said they were looking for 'men' or 'women' on the dating app," he says.
"So it greatly simplifies the gender and sexuality spectrum that people are on in real life, and it also means it erases information like bisexuality, asexuality, and people who are still unsure of, or closeted in, their sexual preferences."
Dana Polatin-Reuben, technology officer at the advocacy group Privacy International, goes even further, saying the research is "dangerous" as its perceived veracity "threatens the rights and, in many cases, lives of LGBT people living in repression."
"The research design makes implicit assumptions about the rigidity of the sexual and gender binary, given that those with a non-binary gender identity or sexual orientation were excluded," Polatin-Reuben says.
Then, there's the issue of racial bias. A lot of AI researchers are white and a lot of photographic datasets tend to also be full of white faces, Cook and Polatin-Reuben agree.
Researchers then tend to draw conclusions and train systems only on those faces, and the study "often doesn't transfer at all to people whose appearances may be different," Cook says.
"By only including photos of white people, the research is not only not universally applicable, but also completely overlooks who will face the gravest threat from this application of facial recognition, as LGBT people living under repressive regimes are most likely to be people of colour," Polatin-Reuben adds.
Kosinski and Wang acknowledged some of the study's limitations.
For example, they pointed out the high accuracy rate doesn't mean that 91% of the gay men in a given population can be identified, as it only applies when one of the two images presented is known to belong to a gay person.
GLAAD's Halloran said the research "isn't science or news, but it's a description of beauty standards on dating sites that ignores huge segments of the LGBTQ community, including people of color, transgender people, older individuals, and other LGBTQ people who don't want to post photos on dating sites."
Kosinski and Wang said they were so disturbed by the results that they spent a lot of time considering whether "they should be made public at all."
But they stressed their findings have "serious privacy implications" as with millions of facial pictures publicly available on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media, everyone can virtually go on a sexual detection spree without the individuals' consent.
"We did not want to enable the very risks that we are warning against," they said.
However, that's exactly what they did according to HRC.
"Imagine for a moment the potential consequences if this flawed research were used to support a brutal regime's efforts to identify and/or persecute people they believed to be gay," HRC Director of Public Education and Research Ashland Johnson, said.
The researchers kind of preventively counter-argued in the study that governments and corporations are already using such tools, and said they wanted to warn policymakers and LGBTQ communities about the huge risks they're facing if this technology falls in the wrong hands.
According to Cook, this is actually a key point as the main point with these papers, more than verifying whether they're accurate or not, is whether people will actually use them.
"If businesses wanted to use this to refuse service to gay people, it doesn't actually matter if the system works or not — it's still wrong and terrifying," Cook said.
"The thing that makes this technology really scary is that AI and computers have an aura of trustworthiness about them — it feels scientific and acceptable to do something hateful through a computer."
Glaad and the HRC said they spoke with Stanford University months before the study's publication — but there was no follow-up on their concerns.
They concluded: "Based on this information, media headlines that claim AI can tell if someone is gay by looking one photo of your face are factually inaccurate."


Water from a leaking pipeling has flushed away a section of a road on Hisingen in Gothenburg. The ruined road is country road 155, connecting central Gothenburg with districts Torslanda and Öckerö.
The water suddenly burst through the tarmac around 9am Saturday morning.
"A woman who was driving by when it occurred described it as an explosion. There was a sudden bang on the road, and a whole lot of water flew up. She called emergency services immediately," said the Swedish Transport Administration's Kim Selland to news agency TT.
No one appears to have been injured by the blast, and no vehicles have been stuck in the floods of water.
"This is going to take some time to repair," concluded Selland.
It currently seems likely that the road will remain closed for a significant period of time, which is going to make traffic to and from Torslanda and Öckerö a headache.
The leak is near Volvo Car's factory in Torslanda.
According to emergency services, the leaking pipe is probably large.
"It seems to be under the road, between lanes. The water just keeps coming, up from the ground so to speak, Roy Dibén of Gothenburg's emergency services explained to TT.
Police are now re-directing traffic to other roads in the area.


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Filed Under: Big Government
Trans Fat Crusaders Receive A Hefty Helping Of Dissent
In an unprecedented act of legislative hubris and consumer condescension, New York City's Board of Health and Mental Hygiene banned trans fat from the city's restaurants last Wednesday. Big-government types across the country have flocked to the nearest microphone in hopes of inspiring copycats (for examples, see here, here, here, here, and here). But fortunately, opinion leaders have fired back, burning up newspaper op-ed and editorial pages with equal parts common-sense and outrage. Here are some highlights:
The Wall Street Journal notes that while "many of these products [containing trans fat] aren't particularly healthy … neither are many products people enjoy that contain sugar and caffeine, substances that New York hasn't outlawed. At least not yet."
Reason's Nick Gillespie lambasts the ban in the Chicago Tribune for "reduc[ing] all of us to the status of children, incapable of making informed choices. Is it quaint to suggest that there's something wrong with that in a country founded on the idea of the individual's rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
The Wisconsin State Journal combats the inappropriate comparison between smoking and trans fat consumption with this terse — yet effective — one liner: "There's no such thing as second-hand fatness."
The Fox News Channel's Steve Milloy notes that studies serving as the scientific justification for the ban come from a duo of researchers — Harvard's Alberto Ascherio and Walter Willett — with a reputation for using statistically meager results to whip up food hysteria: "New Yorkers could … see restaurants banned from serving potatoes, peas, peanuts, beans, lentils, orange juice and grapefruit juice. Ascherio [and] Willett reported an increase in the risk of heart disease among consumers of these foods in the Annals of Internal Medicine (June 2001)."
The ultimate irony of NYC's trans fat ban is that it probably won't make New Yorkers much healthier. This month, a survey of 600 doctors found that less than half (47 percent) think the ban will have a "significant impact on the health of those who eat there." More than half (53 percent) said they would oppose a federal trans fat prohibition, and 49 percent agreed that the "US government does not have the right to implement such a law."


HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnamese human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai has been freed from prison and flown to Germany, activists and a diplomat said on Friday (June 8), two months after he was convicted of attempting to overthrow the state and given a 15-year jail sentence.
Mr Dai, founder of the group "Brotherhood for Democracy", was released from prison late on Thursday along with another group member, Ms Le Thu Ha, who was serving a nine-year prison sentence, the US-based human rights group Viet Tan said.
Vietnam's Foreign Ministry and the German Embassy in Hanoi did not immediately comment.
Mr Dai's release was confirmed by a European Union official in Vietnam.
"On plane to Germany," the official, who declined to be identified, said in a text message when asked about Mr Dai's whereabouts.
Viet Tan said in statement that Mr Dai's wife, Ms Vu Minh Khanh, and Ms Ha were also on the flight to Frankfurt.
Mr Dai and Ms Ha were among six Brotherhood members charged with activities "aimed at overthrowing the people's administration" and convicted by a Hanoi court in April.
The Brotherhood conducted anti-government activities to "build multi-party democracy", according to a copy of the official indictment.
Mr Dai and Ms Ha did not appeal the verdict, but four other members of the group had their appeals rejected on Monday, with the court upholding their prison sentences of between seven and 12 years.
"Vietnam must end its systematic repression against human rights defenders who simply seek to reform the government in the country where they live," Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of New York-based Human Rights Watch, said on Sunday.


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Q: How to refactor long if statment? I have a long if statement that I'm wanting to refactor. The statement listens for a click and then updates one of five text boxes depending on if those text boxes have anything in them or not. How could I change my code to be more efficient.
$('#img1').click(function() {
if ($('#card1').val().length === 0) {
    $('#card1').val('A feeling of warmth');
} else if ($('#card2').val().length === 0)  {
    $('#card2').val('A feeling of warmth');
} else if ($('#card3').val().length === 0){
  $('#card3').val('A feeling of warmth');
} else if ($('#card4').val().length === 0){
  $('#card4').val('A feeling of warmth');
} else if ($('#card5').val().length === 0){
  $('#card5').val('A feeling of warmth');
}

});

A: you could use a loop
$('#img1').click(function() {
    var items = ["#card1", "#card2", "etc"];
    for(var i=0;i<items.length;i++){
        if ($(items[i]).val().length === 0) {
            $(items[i]).val('A feeling of warmth');
        }
    }
});

it's at least easier to read. Also if your buttons are always card + a number you could make it even simplier (not easier to read, just less lines & maintenance)
$('#img1').click(function() {
    for(var i=0;i<=5;i++){
        if ($("#card" + i).val().length === 0) {
            $("#card" + i).val('A feeling of warmth');
        }
    }
});

A: It seems like you're using JQuery. You can use a selector and a filter to isolate the first empty item:

$('#img1').click(function() {
  $('input:text[id^=card]')
    .filter(function() { return $(this).val() == ""; })
    .first()
    .val('A feeling of warmth');
});

<button id="img1">CLICK ME</button>

<input id="card1">

<input id="card2">

<input id="card3">

<input id="card4">

<input id="card5">

$('input:text[id^=card]') selects all text inputs whose IDs begin with 'card'. But the same principle would apply to other element types.

A: $('#img1').click(function() {
// num can be total count of the element like $(.card).children.count
var num = 5, // preferably dont make it hardcoded.
    str = 'A feeling of warmth',
    preIdStr = '#card',
    id;
for (var i = 1; i <= num; i += 1) {
    id = preIdStr + i;
    if ($(id).val().length === 0) {
        $(id).val(str);
    }
}

});

A: Give all cards the same class.
Then use the selector $('.yourclass')
Now use the jQuery for-each (.each) function to iterate all elements. Within the loop you check the value, set it to whatever you want and return false when the value was set, since this exit's the loop.
$('.yourclass').each(
    function () {
        if (this.val().length === 0) {
            this.val('your value');
            return false; // exit loop
        }
    });


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Q: Docker : Get https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority I am getting an error when I am trying to pull docker image.
We have set up the proxy, and in our organization we have explicit proxy, so to access external server we cannot do without setting it.
[root@DX2821 city]# docker pull hellow-world

Using default tag: latest
Error response from daemon:

Get https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: x509: certificate signed by
  unknown authority

A: I had exactly the same problem in my company.
We have also a proxy. For monitoring our https connection to avoid malwares, our proxy creates a certificate on the fly for the secured connection between a station and the proxy. Then another secured connection is done between the proxy and the website. The message indicates that the certificate produced by the proxy was signed by an unknown authority: the "fake authority" which generates the certificates.
For solving the problem, I had to install the root certificate of this "fake authority" in /usr/share/ca-certificates (for a linux station)
and then:
> update-ca-certificates


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Q: Is there any other format battle in Battle Tree? Unlike the Battle Maison in X/Y that has Triple Battle and Rotation Battle, the Battle Tree only has Single, Double, and Multi Battle in it.
So, where's the other two? Can they be unlocked by some event or something or do they simply not have it?

A: According to this thread, this source, and personal experience, these are in fact the only modes in the Battle Tree. The only thing that is new to this one is the addition of "nostalgic characters". Basically allowing you to battle against old characters from previous Pokemon games. E.g. Blue and Red, Cynthia, Wally, and more.
Like the other games, battling will earn you points that you can spend to unlock mostly exclusive items that are frequently used in competitive battling and ev training.

A: If I remember correctly, the actual game data for Rotation Battles has been removed from the S/M game code. The logic for Triple battles is still there however, but seeing as Nintendo doesn't do DLC for main series Pokemon games (yet), it's unlikely we'll see them return.


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Scouting Report: Swindon Town
Get the latest on Swindon Town, ahead of Stevenage's upcoming match at the County Ground on Tuesday 22nd October 2019...
The Basics...
Located in Wiltshire, South West England, the Club was founded in 1879 and after one season, were renamed Spartans in 1880, before eventually going back to their original name the following year. The Club's glory days came in the early 1990's, as Glenn Hoddle lead the Club to the Premier League for its inaugural season in 1993-94, before swiftly being releated back to the First Division. The Club's greatest achievement came in 1969 though, as Swindon beat Arsenal 3-1 to lift the League Cup Trophy.
More recently, the Robins were promoted to League One in 2011 under Paolo Di Canio, but were brought back to Sky Bet League Two after finishing 22nd in 2016/17, where they have failed to make the Play-Offs in the seasons since.
Latest Form…
Swindon started the season as one of the promotion favourites but after starting their campaign with just one defeat from their opening eight games, the Robins have began to falter and are now bottom of the six game form table, with just four points picked up during that spell.
In their latest game away at table-toppers Crewe Alexandra, Swindon took the lead via a first half goal from marksman Eoin Doyle before losing the lead just before the hour mark and eventually conceding two goals at the death to lose 3-1.
Sky Bet League Two top goalscorer Eoin Doyle has been the main shining light for the Club after netting nine goals in 11 games. The striker was brought in on-loan from Bradford City two games into the season and has proven to be an inspired piece of business.
Starting his career with Sligo Rovers, the 31-year-old has scored over 100 goals in his career and has played for Clubs such as Hibernian, Chesterfield, Cardiff City, Preston North End, Oldham and Portsmouth. Doyle does have two League Two winners' medals to his name, gaining promotion with Chesterfield (2014) and Portsmouth (2017).
Richie Wellens was appointed as Swindon Manager in November 2018, taking over from Phil Brown at the County Ground. Wellens began his managerial career with Oldham Town in 2017, where he was eventually dismissed of his duties after relegation to League Two in 2018.
The former midfielder started his career at Manchester United, but never played a game and was released before moving to Blackpool, where he picked up two EFL Trophy medals. He went onto play for the likes of Leicester and Doncaster, before finally hanging up his boots in 2017, where he finished his career with Macclesfield Town.
Journalist view with Ryan Walker, Chief Sportswriter of Total Sport Swindon…
What has gone wrong in recent games after such a fantastic start to the season?
"Swindon have suffered defensive woes with Captain Dion Conroy ruled out injured for the rest of the season and this has caused problems for Town with the side yet to register a clean sheet or win in his absence. Mathieu Baudry spent a spell on the sidelines but is back to fitness, and the acquisition of Gabriel Zakuani has helped add some solidity to a leaky defence. Fitness levels seem to be a concern with the team often lacking energy in the final twenty minutes of the game and this is why a lot of fans think Swindon are struggling for form."
What is the expectation this season?
"The expectation this season is automatic promotion. Swindon fans expect a lot from the club and Wellens is under pressure to guide Town back to League One."
Is there any major team news going into the game?
"No major team news heading into Tuesday night. Zeki Fryers and Dion Conroy remain out injured."
What kind of game can The Boro fans expect going to the County Ground?
"Boro fans can expect a fast-paced game. Swindon tend to start with a very high tempo and enjoy playing the ball quickly through the channels with full-backs often bombing on down the wings delivering crosses into the box. Town are desperate to get back to winning ways with the club now five games without a win and just three home wins all season. Swindon like to test the keeper from range and Eoin Doyle will be keen to add to his goal tally having scored nine goals already this season. Stevenage will have chances though and the newly-formed centre-back partnership of Zakuani and Baudry are prone to mistakes as they attempt to build a strong relationship at the heart of Swindon's defence."
Score prediction and goalscorers?
"I will go with Swindon 2-1 Stevenage, with goals coming from Eoin Doyle and Lloyd Isgrove."
Swindon Town vs Stevenage on 22 Oct 19
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Covid19 – Support for businesses…
The Government will bring forward legislation to allow small-and medium-sized businesses and employers to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid for sickness absence due to COVID-19.
Criteria for the scheme will be as follows:
this refund will cover up to 2 weeks' SSP per eligible employee who has been off work because of COVID-19
employers with fewer than 250 employees will be eligible – the size of an employer will be determined by the number of people they employed as of 28 February 2020
employers will be able to reclaim expenditure for any employee who has claimed SSP (according to the new eligibility criteria) as a result of COVID-19
employers should maintain records of staff absences and payments of SSP, but employees will not need to provide a GP fit note
eligible period for the scheme will commence the day after the regulations on the extension of SSP to those staying at home comes into force
the government will work with employers over the coming months to set up the repayment mechanism for employers as soon as possible
You are eligible for the scheme if:
Your business is UK based.
Your business is a small or medium-sized and employs fewer than 250 employees as of 28 February 2020.
How to access the scheme
A rebate scheme is being developed.
Further details will be provided in due course once the legislation has passed
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/coronavirus-support-paying-sick-pay-employees
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19
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