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The Hernando County Democratic Party is calling on the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners to adopt a resolution explicitly denouncing white supremacy and white nationalism in Hernando County. Far from an exhaustive document, the Hernando County Democratic Party supports the following submitted resolution. While a great deal of reflection and commitment lie ahead, such a resolution is a vital step in recognizing and rooting out racial injustice within our local community.
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA, DENOUNCING WHITE SUPREMACY AND WHITE NATIONALISM IN HERNANDO COUNTY.
RESOLUTION 2020 –
WHEREAS, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws;" and
WHEREAS, the Florida Constitution reads that, "No person shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability;" and
WHEREAS, the Armed Occupation Act of 1842 facilitated the genocide of indigenous populations in Florida at the hands of white colonists; and
WHEREAS, by 1860 almost half of Florida's population was enslaved, and the enslaved population of Hernando County numbered in the hundreds; and
WHEREAS, the Brooksville courthouse was burned by white supremacists in September 1877 to obstruct an investigation into the murder of former County Commissioner Arthur St. Clair; and
WHEREAS, the Equal Justice Initiative documents Hernando County as the third highest county in the nation in terms of annual lynching rate from 1880 to 1940; and
WHEREAS, Brooksville is named after the segregationist congressman who nearly beat to death an abolitionist senator, while numerous Hernando County landmarks commemorate racists and slaveholders; and
WHEREAS, white supremacists have used Brooksville as a rallying point, including when the KKK donned their hoods in its streets in 1922, when Jerome Brown ran the KKK off in 1988, and when white nationalists openly threatened peaceful protesters in Brooksville as recently as this year; and
WHEREAS, racism, xenophobia, and historical revisionism are commonplace on local social media and in hometown publications; and
WHEREAS, white supremacists have been arrested in Spring Hill as recently as this year; and
WHEREAS, white supremacy and white nationalists are the greatest domestic terrorism threat, with 67 hate groups tracked throughout the state of Florida; and
WHEREAS, people of color are disproportionately targeted, arrested, and murdered by police; and
WHEREAS, people of color invest their labor in Hernando County as small business owners, teachers, coaches, nurses, veterans, religious leaders, and essential workers, even as their communities are routinely marginalized in county planning and investment; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, currently an all-white body, has a responsibility to dismantle racist power structures which disenfranchise people of color; and
WHEREAS, Black Lives Matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HERNANDO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above stated recitals are incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. The Board of County Commissioners hereby denounce white supremacy and white nationalism within Hernando County.
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PM issues directive on illegal wildlife trade
Update: September, 23/2016 - 10:00
A rare kind of gibbon is taken care of at the Bình Dương Forest Management Department after being rescued from an illegal wild animal-raising enterprise in the province. The enterprise owner failed to show any papers related to its origin. – VNA/VNS Photo Dương Chí Tưởng
HCM CITY — Following increasing criticism of Việt Nam's failure to crack down on wildlife crime, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a new directive earlier this month instructing authorities and law enforcement agencies across the country to take urgent measures to combat the illegal trade in wildlife.
According to the directive, the Government is aware that its current approach has not stamped out the illegal trade and that "illegal activities, including processing, handicraft making and trading, and openly selling wildlife products such as ivory and rhino horns are still taking place."
The prime minister has urged provincial and city authorities to scale up their efforts to tackle wildlife crime by instructing relevant agencies to "monitor, investigate and apply serious punishment to those involved in illegal trade of ivory and rhino horn, as well as inspect craft villages, processing workshops, souvenir shops in tourist spots, airports, seaports, and traditional medicine shops."
The directive also makes it clear that the days of impunity for wildlife criminals must come to an end.
It instructs the Ministry of Police and other concerned ministries to "organise campaigns to destroy trans-border organised crime groups, who are involved in trading, storing, trafficking, importing/exporting illegal specimens of wildlife species, especially ivory and rhino horn."
The police are told to also "cooperate with other agencies to monitor and severely punish activities related to retail selling, online trade, advertisement and illegal uses of ivory and rhino horn in domestic markets."
In another welcome move, the PM has ordered that the results of the inspections, monitoring exercises and prosecutions must be published in the media. This is particularly significant since Việt Nam has reported no successful prosecutions of rhino horn traffickers despite the widespread evidence of illegal trade.
The unexpected directive comes just a week before 181 nations gather in South Africa for the world's most important wildlife trade meeting – the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) – where Việt Nam's lack of progress on tackling wildlife trafficking will be in the spotlight.
It also comes just days after the WWF called on Việt Nam to take concrete steps to tackle illegal rhino horn trade or face trade sanctions under CITES.
"This directive shows that the Vietnamese Government is aware of the seriousness and scale of the illegal wildlife trade in the country and admits that much more needs to be done to tackle it," Trần Lê Trà, policy manager, WWF–Việt Nam, said.
"It is critical that responsible authorities act upon this directive and immediately ramp up efforts to crack down on illegal wildlife markets and prosecute the traffickers."
There are concerns that this directive might turn out to be stronger on paper than in practice, especially as a similar announcement was made in 2014 but with little effect.
But the new directive stresses that authorities will be held accountable for their action – or lack of it. According to the announcement, "Heads of Party Committees and local governments are responsible and accountable to the prime minister if violations of regulations on wildlife are discovered."
The decision also comes just days after it was announced that the Wildlife Justice Commission would hold public hearings in November following its investigations into the illegal wildlife trade in Việt Nam.
The commission took the decision to hold the hearings because the authorities in Hà Nội had made no effort to act on the evidence that the WJC had presented to them.
"The prime minister has shown that there is political will in Việt Nam to tackle wildlife crime: the world will now be watching to see how urgently and effectively the authorities implement this important directive," Elisabeth McLellan, WWF Head Wildlife Crime Initiative, said.
While this directive is a significant step in the right direction, Việt Nam still needs to prove that it is serious about tackling wildlife crime, particularly the illegal rhino horn trade.
So WWF says it will still be pushing for Việt Nam to agree to concrete, time-bound actions at CITES CoP17 or face the threat of sanctions. — VNS
Education for Nature-Vietnam to make proposals at CITES conference
The Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV) group has called on member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to vote against Swaziland's proposal to legalise the rhino horn trade.
Ahead of the conference of CITES member countries in Johannesburg, South Africa, from September 24 to October 4, the ENV also opposed caging tigers and recommended delegates vote to increase the protection for pangolins.
Vũ Thị Quyên, director of ENV, hoped that the right decisions would be made at the conference to protect endangered animals.
ENV backed the proposal to raise the protection level for pangolins from Appendix II to Appendix I of CITES.
Putting the protection of all the eight species of pangolins at the same level as tigers combined with the upcoming modified Law on Criminals would allow Vietnamese law-enforcement agencies to impose punishments related to pangolin trading, the centre said.
Rhino horns that are evidence in a wildlife trafficking case, were confiscated by the HCM City Customs, in co-ordination with the Taân Sôn Nhaát Border Gate Police. — VNA/VNS Photo
fight against wildlife crime
Environmental polluter becomes protector (January, 10 2021)
Mekong Delta ensures water supply as saltwater intrusion to be at above-average levels in dry season (January, 09 2021)
Plastic pollution in coastal area: reported (January, 07 2021)
Efforts made to reduce plastic waste in oceans (January, 07 2021)
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Hà Nội to inspect firm after environmental workers strike (January, 05 2021)


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The Uysal–Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative is a searchable archive of oral Turkish literature. The archive is housed in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, United States. It includes links to numerous audio recordings in MP3 format and images. There are also some academic articles in English.

History
Professor Walker of the English department at Texas Tech University visited Ankara in 1961–62 with his wife Barbara, under the terms of a Fulbright Grant. While there, he met Ahmet Edip Uysal, Professor of English at Ankara University. Shortly thereafter, they began working together towards an archive. The project culminated in the Uysal–Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative. After a decade of fieldwork in many villages, the original founders began focusing on organization and permanent storage of their information. This led them to eventually donate their holdings to Texas Tech in 1980.

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Q: Optimize four nested for loops I have four nested for loops. How can I optimize this ? I implement the following code but it takes too long.
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Approaching an uncertain future without Fidel Castro, and still reeling from a downturn at the end of the cold war, Cuba must act decisively to improve its economy and living conditions. One of the major challenges facing the impoverished island nation is securing access to energy resources that are sufficient to meet the needs of its revitalization and development goals. What steps can Cuba take to achieve both short- and long-term energy sustainability and self-sufficiency? In this timely analysis, Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado and his colleagues answer that question. Cuba's Energy Future sets the geostrategic context within which Cuba is operating. The book provides an overview of the evolving relations among Caribbean states and explains why Cuba and its longtime nemesis the United States should look for ways to cooperate on developing energy resources. The possible role of oil companies is explored, as is Cuba's energy relationship with Hugo Chavez's Venezuela. The second section of Cuba's Energy Future features economic and technical appraisals, economic projections, and trends affecting Cuba's energy needs, including oil and natural gas potential, the country's antiquated electric power sector, and the role of biofuels such as sugarcane ethanol. The concluding section focuses on the conditions necessary for, and the mutual benefits of, greater cooperative engagement with the United States. Contributors: Juan A. B. Belt (Chemonics International, formerly USAID), Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado (University of Nebraska-Omaha and University of Georgia), Amy Myers Jaffe (Rice University), Jorge R. PiNOn (Florida International University), Ronald Soligo (Rice University).


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By mid-December, people begin getting frostbite and dying. There are no doctors, only a veterinarian from Estonia. The guards won't come into their huts, saying they are filthy pigs, and they make them leave their dead outside the doors. Diseases run through the camp, and some people commit suicide. One day Janina points Lina to a huge, dead owl in the snow. Janina suggests that they eat it. Together and with the help of other deportees, they smuggle it back into the jurta. They cook it and are heartened by the taste of meat.
With extremely little food, lots of hard work, and a harsh winter, a large owl is a lifesaving source of protein for the deportees. Yet their immune systems are still weakened, and the close quarters of the jurta and lack of hygiene allow diseases to run rampant. The fact that the only medical professional in the camp is a veterinarian makes the deportees feel even more like they are less than human.
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Straight Dope Message Board > Main > The Game Room > NBA 2019-2020 Season
DCnDC
Location: The Dueling Grounds
Originally Posted by Gray Ghost
What is Wall's problem? I mean, before the Achilles injury. Was he fat, a head case, coke head, unable to get along with anyone? I had thought he was a talented point guard, albeit not the second coming of Magic or early Chris Paul?
Honestly I think it's just ego. He aspires to be a player that he's not. He could be a great pure point guard, he's shown he can do it, but he wants to be a scorer like Paul and Westbrook too, and that's just not his game. It never has been and at this point probably never will. When he uses his speed to go to the basket then kick out, he's great, but he can't help himself and tries to score on every other touch, when he should just be passing. 51
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Originally Posted by DCnDC
Honestly I think it's just ego. He aspires to be a player that he's not. He could be a great pure point guard, he's shown he can do it, but he wants to be a scorer like Paul and Westbrook too, and that's just not his game. It never has been and at this point probably never will. When he uses his speed to go to the basket then kick out, he's great, but he can't help himself and tries to score on every other touch, when he should just be passing.
That's too bad, albeit it shouldn't make him as disliked as reading various rumors and commentary would have you think. I mean James Harden is a ball hog qua ball hog---not as bad as Westbrook, but he's in the conversation---and Austin Rivers just took 2/3 less money to resign with Houston. Being a shoot first PG coming off an injury shouldn't make him the worst contract in the NBA, but he is.
I just didn't know if there was something else going on. 52
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Tamerlane
Location: SF Bay Area, California
Originally Posted by drm
This whole Kawhi thing is like the Psychic industry. Throw enough shit at the wall and one prediction sticks. The one that guesses right looks like an Oracle.
He's going to Oracle Arena to join the Warriors for a cool $1 million( or whatever crumbs are left in the hard cap ) ? Awesome!
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Location: Chicago, IL, USA
I'm glad to see that, so far, they seem to have not been true. The NBA, contra Stern and Silver's past comments, is better IMHO when the talent is spread out, rather than re-enacting the Showtime Lakers, Michael's Bulls, or this last Warriors team.
The Bulls were not anything close to those "super teams"....they just had Michael and Scottie. That was enough. Even Rodman was really just a role player who was overrated and made to look good cleaning up MJ and Scottie's scraps.
I just didn't know if there was something else going on.
He's one of the highest paid players in the league, but is lazy, injured, doesn't play defense, and doesn't score half as well as those other ball hogs. Harden and Westbrook are great iso players. Wall isn't. His distinguishing characteristic was speed, and then he got fat, lazy and hurt. Also, he's on a terrible team with no leadership and no culture, pretty much the perfect recipe for the worst contract in the league. 54
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The Bulls were not anything close to those "super teams"....they just had Michael and Scottie. That was enough. Even Rodman was really just a role player who was overrated and made to look good cleaning up MJ and Scottie's scraps....
Rodman's one of the best rebounders and defenders of all time. Horace Grant was incredibly underrated as a force down low. Kerr was one of the best 3pt shooters at the time. And so on, and so on.
The Bulls definitely qualify as a Super Team, though winning a ring w/o Jordan would've helped. 55
The Bulls definitely qualify as a Super Team, though winning a ring w/o Jordan would've helped.
They were a super team because the won more than anyone else. Not because they were able to add any elite superstar they wanted to an already stacked team. They never drew "ring chasers".
And Rodman was one of the worst offensive players to ever lace them up. His rebounding was elite and his defense was above average, but the advanced stats are pretty decisive on this. Rodman was an average player taken as a whole, pretty much the definition of a role player whose persona elevated his stature.
I love Kerr, but no one would say he was anything but a 3 point specialist....not a "star" by any stretch. He was basically Craig Hodges 2.0 and had he not had that run on the Spurs and weren't still in the news with the Warriors, he would have been almost totally forgotten.
Horace was probably the best complimentary player they had but he LEFT for more money. Pretty much the exact opposite of what happens with these super teams where guys are taking pay cuts to stick around. The Bulls were nothing at all like the Showtime Lakers, Shaq/Kobe Lakers, Heatles or Warriors. 56
Horace was probably the best complimentary player they had but he LEFT for more money. Pretty much the exact opposite of what happens with these super teams where guys are taking pay cuts to stick around. The Bulls were nothing at all like the Showtime Lakers, Shaq/Kobe Lakers, Heatles or Warriors.
Oh, with that definition of Super Team, I agree with you. The idea of Jordan-era star players joining forces with their competitors would have been anathema. Though there always were players on their last legs seeking to hire on with a good team, for not much money.
Agree with you on Grant. Slightly different era, but IMHO he really deserved some of the acclaim that players like Worthy were getting.
Rodman didn't need offensive skills, as many SDs beyond the mean as he was as a rebounder. His DPBM and Drtg were also solidly near the top, only behind players like Mutombo, David Robinson, etc... It helps when Jordan, Pippen and others can do the scoring for you. Agree that Kerr wasn't a star, but he was among the very best in the league at what he did.
But agreed: definitely not a case of, "Let's all play together on the same team in a year or two." 57
Forgot this part. I did go back and look and Rodman had a much worse WS/48 than I would have guessed, given his rebounding skill. I think its due to his FG percentage being down almost 10 points from his time with the Pistons. So you've convinced me about Rodman's elite status as a player for his 3 years on the Bulls. Still an elite rebounder and good defender. 58
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Portland is scrapping several players: Mo Harkless and Al Farouq Aminu will leave a big hole in the defense. Evan Turner and Meyers Leonard are gone, which is no big loss. And Enes Kanter is leaving, which surprises me. He basically helped save the Blazers' season after The Injury. 59
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Forgot this part. I did go back and look and Rodman had a much worse WS/48 than I would have guessed, given his rebounding skill. I think its due to his FG percentage being down almost 10 points from his time with the Pistons. So you've convinced me about Rodman's elite status as a player for his 3 years on the Bulls. Still an elite rebounder and good defender.
He did exactly what the Bulls wanted him to do and was essential to those titles, no doubt. I just rejected the idea that him going to the Bulls was in any way comparable to Durant joining Curry and Klay in Oakland or LeBron, Wade and Bosh joining forces in Miami or the threat of LeBron, AD and Kawhi teaming up in LA. Heck, I don't even think he was comparable to KG going to Boston to play with Pierce and Allen/Rondo (via trade, so a bit different that the current trend I suppose, but KG had a no-trade and was very involved in that deal). 60
The Celtics got Enes Kanter at a good price, too. What, 2 years, $10 million? Not bad for 13.7/9.8! 61
Sources: 76ers offer Simmons $170M max deal
Can someone explain this whole Ben Simmons thing to me? Are we being gaslit here? It seems like the world collectively decided that he's a elite player, a generational talent, results be damned.
The Sixers locking up close to $650M in 4 players, Embiid, Simmons, Harris and Horford, seems like the most insane thing that's happened this decade. Embiid is great when he plays, but doesn't play a full season. Simmons can't shoot and doesn't try to. Horford is 33 years old. Harris is in his 8th year with a career scoring average of 15 points, bubbling up to a high water mark of 20 points last year.
What. The. Fuck. 62
#TrustTheProcess ? 63
#FuckTheProcess maybe. 64
Fun piece about Kawhi that I think is instructional.
Where in the World Is Kawhi Leonard?
On Saturday, a Woj-in-training seemingly spotted Kawhi in San Diego at an establishment called Trujillo's Taco Shop. An unverified Twitter account that claimed to represent the shop jumped at the tweet and gave some details about Leonard's supposed visit. "Fun Fact," the Trujillo's Twitter account replied to young Woj, "We tried to give [Kawhi] his Sigma Chi crunchwraps for free, but he insisted on paying. A true class act! (He did, however, accept a free large horchata)." A fun fact, indeed. Revealing. If Trujillo's Tacos can prove that this blurry footage is indeed of the 2019 Finals MVP, then they've given the biggest Kawhi scoop yet.
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Dear Lord. What a difference a year and a ring make. A year and a half ago, he was being hated in San Antonio for having a mysterious, likely mythical injury and quitting on his team. Now, a sports talk nation huddles over their phones for a hint of his thoughts or desires.
Crazy, isn't it? 66
Crazy, isn't it?
Indeed. Though, if I were the Clips/Lakers I'd try to keep that whole Spurs debacle front of mind. Maybe it was all media created due to the information vacuum that surrounds Kawhi, but I don't think that's entirely it. He got pissed and basically quit on them, that's somewhat indisputable, he was healed up at end of last season. Why he got so pissed we have no idea....it's probably not a sign that he's a head case....but without anything to go on we can't be sure. It worked in Toronto for 1 season, but maybe he's a guy that simply needs constant change. Maybe he's a guy that doesn't handle conflict well. Maybe he's a self-motivated guy that doesn't like having Pop in his ear about shit. Who the fuck knows. I just know that the data from 2017-18 is every bit as important as the data from 2018-19. 67
Originally Posted by Tamerlane
That's as good a guess as any.
(Although now, it appears Lakers...gag) 68
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RickJay
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Location: Oakville, Canada
Simmons is one of the 20 or 30 best players in the NBA and he's only 23 (not quite, but he will be in a few weeks.) That is a massively valuable basketball player.
Can he shoot from distance? Not really, but he's still a very efficient scorer, he gets boards, and he moves the ball really well for a big man. I'll take him anyday. 69
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Indeed. Though, if I were the Clips/Lakers I'd try to keep that whole Spurs debacle front of mind. Maybe it was all media created due to the information vacuum that surrounds Kawhi, but I don't think that's entirely it. He got pissed and basically quit on them, that's somewhat indisputable, he was healed up at end of last season. Why he got so pissed we have no idea....it's probably not a sign that he's a head case....but without anything to go on we can't be sure. It worked in Toronto for 1 season, but maybe he's a guy that simply needs constant change. Maybe he's a guy that doesn't handle conflict well. Maybe he's a self-motivated guy that doesn't like having Pop in his ear about shit. Who the fuck knows. I just know that the data from 2017-18 is every bit as important as the data from 2018-19.
That's possible.
It's also possible that Kawhi didn't trust that the Spurs weren't going to Durant him and he valued his health. 70
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It's also possible that Kawhi didn't trust that the Spurs weren't going to Durant him and he valued his health.
Even if that's the case, I wouldn't say he handled the situation well. 71
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Can he shoot from distance? Not really, but he's still a very efficient scorer, he gets boards, and he moves the ball really well for a big man. I'll take him anyday.
He wouldn't be in my top 30. Does a "top 20-30" player deserve a max deal? This Simmons hype feels an awful lot like the Tatum last year except Tatum was way more effective in the playoffs. They paid Harris (and grabbed Jimmy last year) because Simmons can't fill it up. If Ben Simmons is your best player you're probably not even a .500 team, this will fail spectacularly. 72
I'll take him as well.
He does need to at least be a midrange threat though, or he is too easy to defend in the playoffs. You can learn how to shoot if you are committed to it. 73
He wouldn't be in my top 30. Does a "top 20-30" player deserve a max deal?
In the 2018-2019 season there were 32 players on max contracts. Granted some may have been bad contracts for one reason or another( Wall ). But there are 30 NBA teams - would it be crazy if each had one max player?
Does a top 20 player deserve a max contract? Probably, in my estimation. Top 30? Hmmm...maybe. 74
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Does a top 20 player deserve a max contract? Probably, in my estimation. Top 30? Hmmm...maybe.
Here's the list as of the start of last season. There's several guys who aren't technically "max" contracts but are close enough missing from the list. I'd say at a glance, 2/3rds of that list qualify as regretful contracts and maybe 1/3rd are basically team crippling.
Certainly the NBA system is such that there will usually be at least 1 max guy per team and often 2 or 3 on elite teams who have doled them out in sequential seasons. But should there be? Hell no.
The Sixers are heading towards a situation where they have 3 max or near max guys and none of them are top 5 (10?) guys, and only 1 is in the top 20. We'll look back at them and say they look a heck of a lot more like the Wizards with Wall, Beal and Porter than they look like the Warriors with Steph, Lay and KD. 75
The Sixers are heading towards a situation where they have 3 max or near max guys and none of them are top 5 (10?) guys, and only 1 is in the top 20. We'll look back at them and say they look a heck of a lot more like the Wizards with Wall, Beal and Porter than they look like the Warriors with Steph, Lay and KD.
Yeah, that part is hard to argue with. I think a max contract per team is a pretty reasonable expectation( via market pressure if nothing else ). But if you're carrying three+ you should be pretty certain you've got a championship contender on your hands. Overpaying because you feel you have to lock up a player despite already being on the hook for a couple others is risky business if the return is highly uncertain.
Unfortunately I suspect a lot of GM's feel backed into a corner. Do nothing and their very good( but not great )player gets overpaid by someone else and you're left with nothing. Then you get fired for not locking down that talent. 76
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I'm not sure I agree with you, or at least, I don't think it's as much of a slam dunk as you're making it here. It's really hard to figure out comps for Simmons because he has a very unusual profile. However good he is or isn't, he's pretty close to unique. But let's see.
Simmons isn't really a "very efficient scorer" by any statistical measure; in 2019 he was outside the Top 40 in terms of eFG%, TS%, OBPM, and PER. His rebounding and defensive contributions help make him more valuable, but Top 20? Absolutely no way. Top 30? Maybe. But only maybe. VORP likes him a lot, PER thinks he's about as valuable as present-day Chris Paul, and win shares per 48 minutes put him tied with... D.J. Augustin. So opinions vary.
Also a problem: Simmons did not get better in his second season. By way of contrast, Giannis Antetokounmpo was a much less valuable player in his first and second seasons than Simmons was in his. But Antetokounmpo also posted substantial gains each season (and, of course, he came into the league as a 19-year-old with more room to grow). If Simmons' 2020 is basically the same as his 2019, then there's a very real chance that the player he is now is the player he will always be... and that player is definitely not worth a max contract.
Now, given the situation in the East, keeping Simmons means the Sixers should be real contenders for a title. But he wasn't going anywhere for 2 more years anyway, and I'm not really sure I understand why they extended him now. They could have picked up his option for 2020 and seen if he was showing improvement, and offered him the same max extension after the season if he was. That's the part of the move that makes no sense to me. 77
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Kawhi and Paul George to the Clippers. Ha-ha-HOLY SHIT. 78
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Kawhi and Paul George to the Clippers. Ha-ha-HOLY SHIT.
I have to wonder if OKC and TOR will even be contenders next year. 80
Toronto is not, unless Siakam and Anunoby take massive strides this year. In all honesty the best move would likely be to trade their expiring contracts (Lowry, Gasol and Ibaka) for futures and try to rebuild but that's a tough thing to do right after winning a championship. 81
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I have to wonder if OKC and TOR will even be contenders next year.
I can see both winning near 45 games as is, which almost always does not a contender make. That's if Toronto's point guard play doesn't decline too much and if OKC gets a good healthy year out of Gallinari. I would be shocked if the Thunder ever make another deep playoff run with Westbrook at the helm. 82
So, how do we predict how the Clippers will do? SI.com is calling them, on paper, the best team in the NBA. 83
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Clips will be great on the perimeter and wings w Leonard, George, Patrick Beverly, Lou Williams, ands few other solid bench players. IMO certainly worthy, right now, to be considered at it near the top of the West.
Lakers recent additions include Danny Green and Boogie Cousins, who should each help immensely. They will definitely be a top tier team, but not sure they'll be deep enough to hang w Clips; but will the Clips be able to handle the Lakers advantage in the front court? 84
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Lakers recent additions include Danny Green and Boogie Cousins, who should each help immensely. They will definitely be a top tier team, but not sure they'll be deep enough to hang w Clips; but will the Clips be able to handle the Lakers advantage in the front court?
So you're basically saying that the west coast will be dominated by California teams for the foreseeable future? Big yawn. 85
I didn't exactly say that, but it certainly is possible. The Lakers have very little depth, and I wouldn't be surprised in the least to see them catch an injury bug and be derailed. Other teams to watch would likely be Portland, Denver and Utah, who each have quality teams capable of winning 50-55 games. And that team formerly of Oakland, of course. 86
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Lakers just finalized Anthony Davis deal, sending Ball, Ingraham, and draft picks to New Orleans. Probably a good deal for both teams. Ball is still a good player, just part of a made-to-order shit show in celeb-obsessed L.A., his pop having too much influence, and Magic Johnson not running the team well. Meanwhile LeBron gets his superstar sidekick.
I still think the Clips are more well-rounded -- and I had absolutely no idea that Paul George once dated Doc Rivers' daughter...and cheated on her. Holy crap, get the popcorn!
ETA: Actually, though, if any coach can kinda coach past something like that, I'm guessing it's Doc. 87
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So the entire world decided to get flipped on it's head over the holiday weekend. I was travelling and wasn't really able to jump in here until now, which is a bit of a bummer since I started the thread. Damn you Kawhi!
Few thoughts after having a couple days to process this.
First, I was totally right earlier in the thread when I said not to believe any rumors where Kawhi is involved. The guy ran this process like he was auditioning for an episode of The Americans. Both impressive and kinda nuts. Also, I can only assume that the delay in announcing a decision had far less to do with him making up his mind and more with working out who was coming with him. I hate the "super team" thing and this feels too much like the behind the scenes LeBron/Wade/Bosh coordination for my tastes, but since it's essentially re-balancing the power structure in such a way that both the Lakers and Warriors are no longer the clear favorites, I am sorta okay with it.
One of the big rumors hints that KD was Kawhi's first choice of partners. Would have been interesting to see that combo work. I wonder why KD was so determined to team up with Kyrie in Brooklyn? Had he basically made up his mind before Kawhi came calling? Was he afraid to become an even greater villain after the last decision? Did Kawhi call him out of the blue or did he know about before his own process started? Did KD even seriously consider it? Is this entire rumor bogus?
Which twosome do you like best for the next 2-3 years?
LeBron + AD
Kawhi + PG13
KD + Kyrie
Kemba + Tatum
Embiid + Simmons
Curry + Klay
Harden + CP3
Giannis + Middleton
Doncic + KP
Dame + CJ
There's a handful of other really good teams without a clear 1-2 like Utah, Indiana, Denver, New Orleans and there's certainly some things left to shake out with Butler & Miami and Westbrook & OKC. Also, no idea what's going to happen with Russell in GS when December comes around or Klay comes back. Whatever happens, this is probably about the most balanced the NBA has been in a long long time.
One last quick thought for now, the Clippers got absolutely roasted by OKC in that deal. Giving up that many picks plus SGA is just nuts. Certainly they figured that it was the only way Kawhi was coming and that if Kawhi and PG work out as expected, none of those picks will be better than maybe the 20th pick, but most championship teams end up making a couple mid-season moves to secure a title and ate first rounders tend to be that currency. Kawhi may end up regretting forcing that as much as the Clippers do. 88
There's rumored to be 4 potential destinations for Westbrook.
1. The Magic. They seem likely to be able to put together the best package of players and picks to make a deal happen. They also probably need him the most to salvage a degree of relevancy. It's the landing spot that would probably piss Westbrook off the most too.
2. The Heat. I don't quite understand how they were able to make the Butler trade happen and yet people seem to think they still have the assets and can somehow clear the space to make this massive deal happen. It makes the most sense from a media standpoint I think, the Heat would be must-see-tv. Westbroook and Butler together would either be a great pairing because of their similar intensity and no-bullshit attitudes or be a disaster for the same reasons. What would a Butler-Westbrook backcourt look like? I can't even.
3. The Knicks. Probably the one that seems the most logical. Westbrook seems like a great fit in NYC culturally. He hates the media, so that may be tough, but he seems to love attention and fashion and a lots of the off court stuff that comes with playing in NY. The Knicks could salvage their embarrassing free agency this way. They'd certainly reclaim the backpages for at least a season before KD comes back. But, the Knicks blew a ton of money on middle-range talent and don't have nearly the cap space they should. They also have a long history of mortgaging the future to add declining superstars and Knicks fans would probably be pretty pissed, at least until he laces them up in MSG for the first time.
4. The Rockets. I call bullshit. The pattern seems to be that the Rockets GM basically wants them mentioned in every single discussion about a big name talent so he leaks that to his cadre of lap dogs. None of these rumors ever pan out and they just don't make any sense on the court or financially. File this with the rest of the fake news. I have no idea what the benefit to the Rockets is having this shit floating out there. 89
Toronto is not, unless Siakam and Anunoby take massive strides this year. In all honesty the best move would likely be to trade their expiring contracts (Lowry, Gasol and Ibaka) for futures and try to rebuild but that's a tough thing to do right after winning a championship.
Toronto with their current roster is absolutely a playoff team. Kawhi Leonard only played sixty games, and they were 17-5 when he wasn't playing.
Of course they're not as good and would be a huge longshot to win the title again, but this is a 49-33 team as constituted. Not fabulous, but a good team with playoff experience that could win some playoff series. It's not like the East is all that strong.
Dumping everyone is really not a good idea. It would move up the future championship window a little, maybe. It would DEFINITELY, however, sever a lot of faith with the fans. Ujiri would be turning the 2019-2020 Raptors into the 1998 Florida Marlins, who were a total disaster one year after winning it all. It's often forgotten now but the Marlins, who now are a dumpster fire of a sports franchise, really didn't have bad attendance prior to the 1998 tank; they did well in the inaugural season of course, but from 1994-1996 weren't too shabby at all for a bad team in a football stadium coming out of a strike, and then were fine in the World Series year. The 1998 tank absolutely wrecked them; their attendance has NEVER come back, even when the team was good, even when winning another World Series in 2003. The Raptors have a lot of fan goodwill even having lost the bidding war for Kawhi. That goodwill is worth a FORTUNE, as much as one or two Grade A free agency signings.
Taking another shot at it in 2019-2020 is worth it. Sure, they probably won't win it all, but let's be honest, the odds are against you even if you have Kawhi Leonard. 90
There's rumored to be 4 potential destinations for Westbrook....
4. The Rockets. I call bullshit. The pattern seems to be that the Rockets GM basically wants them mentioned in every single discussion about a big name talent so he leaks that to his cadre of lap dogs. None of these rumors ever pan out and they just don't make any sense on the court or financially. File this with the rest of the fake news. I have no idea what the benefit to the Rockets is having this shit floating out there.
Neither do I, or most other Rockets fans. Most of us are tired of the bullshit and puffery. Do a deal, then talk.
The Rockets need rebounding, defense, and 3pt shooting. Westbrook sucks at all of those. (Most of his boards, I think, are simply taken from other players on his team. I don't think he increases the number of boards your team gets. I could be wrong.)
Another destination I'd heard is the Pistons, to pair with Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond. Lots of expirings and picks that Detroit could use, and OKC would want. Would probably piss Russ off too. 91
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RickJay, this topic came up on the Simmons podcast over the weekend. To paraphrase, they believe that Ujiri has been chomping at the bit to do a ground-up rebuild basically since he got the job. That he'd been wanting to fire Casey for years but he kept winning too many games. The implication being that Kawhi leaving after winning a title gives him all the air-cover he needs to part out the organization in preparation for a Sixers style reboot.
Your point about the Marlins situation is worth considering for sure, but I don't think the Raptors are really in the same boat. MLB rebuilds back then almost never happened as a result of a to-the-studs tear down, today we've seen it and fans are accepting usually, but back then it simply wasn't done. Teams spent their way into contention. Also, the Marlins ownership was a dumpster fire for lots and lots of reasons at the time all of which played a large role in the fan attrition. I think it's unreasonable to attribute the entire decline to their firesale. The Cubs and Astros cratered (not after a WS admittedly) and their fans tolerated it fine. The Sixers fans seem to be happy with the dividends of the Process. I give Raptors fans the benefit of the doubt here. 92
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I am still scratching my head as to why Butler opted to leave a team that will contend for the Eastern Conference for a considerably lesser team for less money. Butler did say (essentially) that "$140mil is plenty" but also that "he wanted to win" and Miami is not going to win anything despite his presence. Getting Westbrook is one way this team can move up in the standings, but not sure they could share the ball enough for Jimmy to be "the man"... 93
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Your point about the Marlins situation is worth considering for sure, but I don't think the Raptors are really in the same boat. MLB rebuilds back then almost never happened as a result of a to-the-studs tear down, today we've seen it and fans are accepting usually, but back then it simply wasn't done.
It's never been done, ever, immediately after winning the championship. There is no example of anyone else doing that except the '98 Marlins. Teams have torn themselves apart to start over, like the Sixers did not long ago, but the Sixers weren't coming off a title.
Toronto is a better basketball market than Miami is a baseball market, but there would still be an enormous long term loss of revenue. Certainly the fans in Toronto seem extremely disinterested in paying to see a rebuilding baseball team (not Miami disinterested, but still.)
It's also weirdly unnecessary. Most of the money is off the books after 2019-2020, so you may as well take a crack at it and then start over. They aren't going to get a king's ransom trading away the likes of Marc Gasol or Serge Ibaka.
That said, I do not know offhand what's available on the free agent market after 2019-2020, which alters (or not) the rebuild plans. If Gasol, Lowry and Ibaka can be partially replaced with quality free agents (Demar is available!) and the team's getting development out of Spicy P, OG and Fred, trying to ramp a 48-34 team into a 55-win team might be possible. If the FA cupboard is bare, a longer term approach may be necessary. 94
Upon the retirement of Nowitzki and assuming Udonis Haslem retires from being a Heat player, Russell Westbrook (draft class of '08) will be the player with the longest tenure on the same team in the league, according to my research.
If Westbrook is traded, then it will be Stephen Curry (class of '09). 95
'98 Bulls.
That said, I do not know offhand what's available on the free agent market after 2019-2020, which alters (or not) the rebuild plans. If Gasol, Lowry and Ibaka can be partially replaced with quality free agents (Demar is available!) and the team's getting development out of Spicy P, OG and Fred, trying to ramp a 48-34 team into a 55-win team might be possible. If the FA cupboard is bare, a longer term approach may be necessary.
There's little worse than being in NBA limbo. Winning 40-50 games year after year is a great way to become the Knicks or Wizards. This is what most GMs have learned: try and win it all or rebuild, there is no middle path. There isn't a scenario where this Kawhi-less Raptors team can legitimately compete for a title. The West is loaded, again, and they aren't getting past a healthy Nets, Sixers, Bucks or Celtics. As a Bulls fan, I really hope the Raptors try and reload. Best thing in the world for the up and comers in the East. 96
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There's little worse than being in NBA limbo. Winning 40-50 games year after year is a great way to become the Knicks or Wizards. This is what most GMs have learned: try and win it all or rebuild, there is no middle path.
Eh, everyone says that - the Gospel of Hinkie has been widely spread in the media and fandom - but I don't think the facts bear this out. The Raptors were a thoroughly middle class team for a half dozen years. Per the conventional wisdom quoted above, they were doing the wrong thing, and should have broken down their team (which could never have won a title as it was constructed). But instead, they kept retooling, kept their team competitive, and were therefore in a position to grab Kawhi when he became available and immediately become a title contender. The Clippers never did a total breakdown - their record has been above .500 every season since 2011 - and therefore were well equipped to jump from a middle-class non-contender to a title favorite.
Meanwhile, the teams that have really bottomed out have struggled, because in the modern NBA the best players are going to go where they want to go, and mostly they don't want to go to garbage teams. How did bottoming out and clearing a ton of cap space work out for the Knicks? The new path to success, I think, is to plant yourself firmly IN NBA limbo, where you can convince a top player or two that you have the infrastructure to support an immediate title run. 98
I forgot about the Bulls, but in fairness that wasn't really on purpose.
There's little worse than being in NBA limbo. Winning 40-50 games year after year is a great way to become the Knicks or Wizards.
Well, as Storyteller points out, you are precisely describing the Raptors prior to this year, who BECAUSE they remained a very good but not quite good enough team were positioned to strike. Had they retooled a few years ago, we wouldn't have had a parade in Toronto. Now the Clippers have done exactly the same thing; they maintained a pretty good team for years, and now they have some serious firepower and have to be considered a threat to win it all. One could argue the 2011 Mavs are a similar case, though they did make the Finals in 2006. The LeBron Heat were already a mid-40s-win team when they grabbed him; it is rather unlikely he'd have joined them if they stank.
It is objectively hard to prove what the right approach is when we're in a superteam era; every got crushed by either the Warriors or Lebron for years, so it's hard to gauge whether a team was "Successful" in their approach or not. 99
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Meanwhile, the teams that have really bottomed out have struggled, because in the modern NBA the best players are going to go where they want to go, and mostly they don't want to go to garbage teams. How did bottoming out and clearing a ton of cap space work out for the Knicks? The new path to success, I think, is to plant yourself firmly IN NBA limbo, where you can convince a top player or two that you have the infrastructure to support an immediate title run.
I'm not sure what the answer is either. The Rockets under Daryl Morey weren't allowed to tank by ownership. Accordingly, ever since he showed up before the 2007 season, they too never dipped below .500, though they did miss the playoffs for the 2009-2011 seasons. Probably would still be in limbo without the Harden trade. Lots of good, undervalued, complementary players, but no stars until Harden. Though I guess you can make an argument for 2007 being the last hurrah for the Yao-McGrady duo, and Yao gutting it out a full season in 2008.
I imagine they'll go the Hinkie route once the Chris Paul contract plays out, and Harden is traded to a contender. May happen after this year, depending. 100


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Audi A4 Overview
The mid-level luxury segment which has always been dominated by the big German 3 has seen some major changes over the last few years. First came a new BMW 3 Series, then a new Mercedes-Benz C-Class and finally recently a British entrant in the form of the Jaguar XE. But in all this time (around 8 years to be precise) the Audi A4 a familiar face to this association remained the same, slowly chugging along but beyond a certain point going quite long in the tooth. It has now introduced the latest generation for the sedan and on the face of it things looks quite promising. Based on the same MLB evo platform that underpins cars like the Q7 and Bentley Bentayga, it has shed close to hundred kilos, got loaded with a bunch of new tech and received an evolutionary design. So has Audi done enough to make the A4 a winner again? Read on to find out… Book a Test Drive for Audi A4 in Hyderabad at Tryaldrive
Audi A4 Design & style
The Audi A4 exteriors feature LED headlights and LED taillights with dynamic indicators, and electrically-adjustable exterior mirrors with automatic dimming function. The Audi A4 colour options include Mythos Black, Floret Silver, Moonshine Blue, Tango Red Solid Finish and Ibis White.The 17" cast alluminum alloy wheels in 10-spoke design are featured in the A4 Premium Plus and the A4 Technology variant features a five-arm tornado design. The signature Audi grille has become larger and gets a chrome surround to add to the premium factor. We first saw the matrix LED headlamps on the new A8L and now they have made their way to this new A4. It is here that we can see that the A4 has become wider and sits a bit lower. Also the ORVMs have moved from the sides of the car to the door which adds some muscle and gives it a stronger shoulder line.
Audi A4 Cabin & Comfort
Again, there's nothing new to report about the diesel A4 here; the cabin is identical to the A4 30 TFSI petrol car. That is to say it's a very modern Audi cabin that scores big for material quality and ambience. Audi's brilliant 'Virtual Cockpit' digital instruments (only on this top-spec Technology trim car), MMI infotainment system and haptic buttons for the air-con that preview the function as you run your finger on them make the cabin look and feel cutting-edge. Front seat comfort is good and passengers in the back also get plenty of room to sit comfortably. The all-important rear seat is well padded but it's a place best suited for two occupants; the middle passenger will find space tight.
The Audi A4 model interiors have leather upholstery with an option of choosing between natural leather and artificial leather. The front seats have been given an electrical function with memory for the driver seat and lumbar support, and central armrest. The interior fit and finish have been enhanced with door sills with aluminum inlays and there is also a glass sunroof for enhanced comfort. The entertainment features include the Audi sound system with radio/navigation control and multifunction buttons on the steering wheel.
Audi A4 Engine & Gearbox
Audi will first field the B9 generation A4 with a 1.4-litre TFSI petrol engine, the same unit powering the Skoda Octavia base variant. It produces 150bhp and 250Nm of torque with power going to the front wheels via a seven-speed dual clutch gearbox. This is a much smaller engine compared to the 1.8-litre unit that the previous car used and is down on power/torque too but fits in with their plan to offer a more comfort oriented driving experience. Also, this new A4 has shed 95kgs as compared to the older car which means this engine has less weight to lug around. Thumb the starter button and the A4 comes on with the typical thrum of a four-pot motor. When you get moving, it is hard to notice the downsizing as the car gets off the line easily and at sub three digit speeds the engine is quite smooth letting you glide along comfortably. It is when you need to do some spirited driving that the engine begins to struggle due to its small size. The gearbox quickly drops a few cogs and holds on but you are greeted by a whole lot of noise and quite a bit of engine strain. An unhurried pace with a light right foot is perhaps the best approach to this engine as we discovered that you are able to cruise at 110kmph at just 2000rpm in seventh gear in comfort mode
What Audi may have taken away in engine capacity, it has given back in ride quality and comfort. Our drive from Bhubaneshwar to Puri took us on some amazing roads as well as some really horrible ones and on both; the A4 was able to hold its own thanks to the supple ride quality. It is a bit on the firmer side but absorbs most bumps and imperfections without sending much back to the cabin. The car is quite stable at three-digit speeds but a vague steering means you are not doing much more than pointing the wheels.
Audi A4 Ride & Handling
However, you always do get a good feeling of control at the helm and handling is always safe and predictable, which should be enough dynamic prowess for the majority of Audi A4 buyers. You can fine tune the experience to the extent thanks to the four driving modes on offer – Normal, Dynamic, Auto and Individual. Were it up to us, we'd go for the Individual setting and put the steering in Dynamic and engine in Normal. The compromise brings in the more feel-some steering from the sporty mode while doing away with its mildly jerky low-speed power delivery. The driving modes don't alter the A4's suspension characteristics, but the stock setup is rather nice as is. Bump absorption is excellent and the overall ride quality is largely free from that typical firmness we've come to expect from European cars. That the suspension does its work quietly is also something that helps maintain the calm in the cabin. If there's something to bring up, it's that there is perhaps a bit more up and down movement at triple-digit speeds compared to the petrol engine car. But even so, the A4 diesel feels well damped at all times.
Audi A4 Safety & Security
The Audi A4 features disc brakes with calipers and anti-lock braking system, and electronic stability control program for effective braking and controlling. The Audi A4 specifications for safety include front airbags for the driver and co-passenger, head airbags, and side airbags for the rear seat occupants. The additional safety features include a reversing camera, and parking aid at the front and rear for safe parking of the car.
Audi A4 Price in Bangalore
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Audi A4 Conclusion
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Q: mysql count rows with a specific column I have a table like this
Sr    Name
1       A
2          B
3          C
4          C
5          C
6          E
7          A
8          A
9          A
10          E
11          B
12          B
I need output like this
A = 4 Times
B = 3 Times
C = 3 Times
E = 2 Times
How can I achieve this?
Thanks in advance

A: SELECT Name, COUNT(Sr) FROM myTable GROUP BY Name ORDER BY Name ASC;

A: You may want to use:
SELECT   name, CONCAT(COUNT(*), ' Times') number
FROM     your_table
GROUP BY name
ORDER BY name;

Test case:
CREATE TABLE your_table (sr int, name varchar(50));
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(1, 'A');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(2, 'B');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(3, 'C');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(4, 'C');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(5, 'C');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(6, 'E');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(7, 'A');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(8, 'A');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(9, 'A');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(10, 'E');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(11, 'B');
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(12, 'B');

Result:
+------+---------+
| name | number  |
+------+---------+
| A    | 4 Times |
| B    | 3 Times |
| C    | 3 Times |
| E    | 2 Times |
+------+---------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Or if you prefer a one column result set, you may want to do:
SELECT   CONCAT(name, ' = ', COUNT(*), ' Times') result
FROM     your_table
GROUP BY name
ORDER BY name;

Result:
+-------------+
| result      |
+-------------+
| A = 4 Times |
| B = 3 Times |
| C = 3 Times |
| E = 2 Times |
+-------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

A: select count(Name) , Name
from yourtable
group by Name
order by name

A: I'll offer an alternative syntax from the others that will work just the same.
SQL: (Demo)
SELECT Name, COUNT(1)
FROM Names
GROUP BY 1 ASC

Result set:
| Name | COUNT(1) |
| ---- | -------- |
| A    | 4        |
| B    | 3        |
| C    | 3        |
| E    | 2        |

*

*Using group by will effectively return only rows with unique Name values.

*The COUNT(1) will count the number of rows in each aggregate generated by using GROUP BY on the first column in the SELECT -- think of the aggregate data as a cluster of rows which must be "flattened somehow" by a MySQL function before it can be introduced to the result set.

*GROUP BY will happily receive the sorting order declaration after the targeted column, so the ORDER BY clause can be omitted.

p.s. I am not sure if you actually need a single column of data which is pre-formatted as written in your question OR if this was just your way of expressing your desired result set and you actually want two columns of data without the bloat of plain text.
If you need the pre-formatted text version, then the magic 1 will not be suitable -- the column will need to be referenced explicitly.
SELECT CONCAT(Name, ' = ', COUNT(Name), ' Times')
FROM Names
GROUP BY Name DESC

Personally, I would not use CONCAT() for this task unless, say, you are generating a json reponse for an ajax call (passing the result set to a different layer).  In other words, you are instantly wrapping the full result set in json_encode() then back to javascript where you are passing it directly to a Google api for graphic representation.
Excerpt from the PHP documentation -- specifically mysqli's fetch_all() :

[...] should only be used in those situations where the fetched result set will be sent to another layer for processing.

Otherwise, if you are going to manually iterate over the rows at any point in the flow, the inclusion of static text should be done at that point in your application.  This will keep your result set lean & clean and make it is easier for you to maintain your application.


UU A Way Of Life: What's this UU AWOL vocabulary thing?
What's this UU AWOL vocabulary thing?
UU A Way Of Life just issued its first vocabulary quiz yesterday and readers of this world famous blog became upset.
"It took me right back to fourth grade," said Rebecca Simmons. "I remember being embarrassed in front of the class by Mrs. Luskey because I didn't know what words meant."
"Yeah, my brother and I had a secret language, "said Ted. "We made up our own words and made them mean whatever just the two of us agreed to. It drove my parents nuts because they never could figure our what we were talking about."
Studies have shown that special vocabularies have given certain people power because they use words that lay people don't know. Doctors do it. Lawyers do it. Ministers do it. It's their own special jargon and code. It's a sign that certain people are in the club and only they know best.
Robert Thayer, a specialist in languages told us, "certain people use certain words with certain special meanings and this certainly makes it difficult for certain people to know what the special certain people are discussing and know." Dr. Thayer ended his explanation by saying, "That's for certain. May it be so."
But not letting Dr. Thayer have the last word, Jerimiah Black, announced his expertise in buzz words. "Like flies," said Jerimiah, "they proliferate in certain environments where there is a lot of 'b**l s**t.' The less a person knows, but the more they want to impress other people, the buzz words fly."
Harry Simmons announced that Jerimiah's theories are "really big," "impressive," and that Jeremiah himself is a "really fine person."


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Q: Установка Qt 4.8.5 для VS2015 Добрый день.
Пытаюсь собрать Qt 4.8.5 средствами компилятора VS 2015.
Как основной вариант использую алгоритм предложенный тут: Ссылка.
Алгоритм следующий:

*

*Создаю папку C:\Qt\4.8.5

*Скачиваю и распаковываю в эту папку архив с Qt 4.8.5 ( qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5.zip)

*Устанавливаю python patch для чего в cmd набираю команды: pip install patch и -m patch.

*Скачал 02-fix_build_with_msvc2015-45e8f4ee.diff (Как в оригинале Ссылка) и скопировал его в папку C:\Qt\4.8.5

*В ту же папку (C:\Qt\4.8.5) скопировал patch.py из папки (C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\).

*Захожу в командную строку находясь в папке C:\Qt\4.8.5 и выполняю команду patch.py 02-fix_build_with_msvc2015-45e8f4ee.diff.

*Удаляю patch.py из директории C:\Qt\4.8.5

*Создаю новую директорию win32-msvc2015 в директории C:\Qt\4.8.5\mkspecs и копирую в нее все содержимое папки win32-msvc2012.

*Редактирую в созданной папке win32-msvc2015 содержимой файлаqmake.conf:

*Перехожу в папку C:\Qt\4.8.5\qmake для редактирования файла Makefile.win32:

*После этого запускаю Visual Studio 2015 command prompt и перехожу в папку C:\Qt\4.8.5.

*Ввожу в Visual Studio 2015 command prompt команду configure -platform win32-msvc2015 -prefix C:\Qt-2015\4.8.5\msvc2015
И получаю:

И как обойти эту ошибку пока не понял.
P.S. Если что, еще стоят нужные переменные окружения QTDIR=B:\Qt\4.8.5, QMAKESPEC=win32-msvc2015, Добавляем %QTDIR%\bin в начало PATH.

A: Для настройки используются решения предлагаемые по ссылкам Ссылка1 и Ссылка2.
Алгоритм настроек такой:

*

*Сначала делаем все действия по Первой ссылке до строки с configure (Пункт 5 по ссылке)

*Ставим переменные окружения: PATH = C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin;C:\Python27;C:\Qt\4.8.5\bin;, QMAKESPEC = win32-msvc2015 и QTDIR = C:\Qt\4.8.5\.

*Делаем все действия по Второй ссылке

*В консоли VS2015 в папке куда распаковывали Qt прописываем configure -make nmake -platform win32-msvc2015 (Пункт 5 первой ссылки).

*В консоли VS2015 в папке куда распаковывали Qt прописываем nmake и ждем часа полтора (Пункт 6 первой ссылки).


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Ace Worldwide News Group 10:13 PM on June 9, 2020
#Coronavirus Report: Zeitgeist heist: Truck with 400,000 MASKS parked outside German cafe gets stolen & RANSACKED
In what looked like a carefully planned carjacking, a vehicle full of face masks went missing in southwestern Germany within just ten minutes – as if…
Zeitgeist heist: Truck with 400,000 MASKS parked outside German cafe gets stolen & RANSACKED
#Coronavirus Report: U.S. #CDC reports 1,956,421 #coronavirus cases, 110,925 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 1,956,421 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 17,598 cases from …
U.S. CDC reports 1,956,421 coronavirus cases, 110,925 deaths
#Coronavirus Report: Gilead's remdesivir prevents lung damage in #COVID19 study on monkeys
Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir prevented lung disease in macaque monkeys infected with the new coronavirus, according to a study …
Gilead's remdesivir prevents lung damage in COVID-19 study on monkeys
Yosemite National Park To Reopen This Week
"It's going to be a different kind of summer," the park's superintendent warned.
#Coronavirus Report: Ainu-designed Face Masks Become Popular in Japan Amid Virus Crisis
Face masks embroidered with traditional designs of Japan's indigenous Ainu people to ward off evil have gained sudden popularity amid the coronavirus…
Ainu-designed Face Masks Become Popular in Japan Amid Virus Crisis
Ace Worldwide News Group 8:24 PM on June 9, 2020
#Coronavirus Report: San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday restaurants in the city can begin offering sit-down meal service outdoors with safety measures in place on June 12. Full details to be released few days beforehand according to SFGate News
"Restaurants will be required to maintain social distancing and guests will only be allowed to enter establishments to use restrooms, order at an indoor counter or to access an outdoor space……………..Tables must be limited to six customers, except for members of the same household………………… Diners will be required to wear face coverings until seated and any time they leave the table, such as to use the restroom."
Published: June.09: 2020: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Restaurants-opening-San-Francisco-Friday-15327569.php
#AceNewsDesk …..#Update Nova Scotia RCMP now confirm that the victim of a fatal dog attack today was a Middle Musquodoboit woman who owned the dog and was walking it at the time. Her name is not being released pending notification of her relatives according CBCAlerts News
#Update: Nova Scotia RCMP now confirm that the victim of a fatal dog attack today was a Middle Musquodoboit woman who owned the dog and was walking it at the time. Her name is not being released pending notification of her relatives.
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#Coronavirus Report: Ontario family reeling after 82-year-old man suffering from advanced dementia dies of malnutrition in long-term care home that had been the centre of a fatal #coronavirus outbreak according to CBCAlerts News
Ontario family reeling after 82-year-old man suffering from advanced dementia dies of malnutrition in long-term care home that had been the centre of a fatal #coronavirus outbreak:
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#Coronavirus Report: " Gov. Gavin Newsom announced schools, day camps, bars, gyms and professional s ports could all reopen with modifications as soon as Friday, June 12. But the initial announcement was very light on details according to ABC7 News
Although not all counties will move forward with reopening bars or gyms that early, the state added movie theaters and other entertainment businesses to the list of those allowed to reopen Friday: What rules will these businesses have to follow in order to reopen? As we get closer to the Friday start date, we're learning more about California's guidelines……………..Here's what we know so far about what will happen in each sector:"
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#AceNewsDesk ……..German prosecutors say they may have to drop the investigation into a convicted paedophile suspected of killing Madeleine McCann if they do not receive more information from the public BBC News reports
"Hans Christian Wolters, a prosecutor in the city of Braunschweig – where detectives are leading the investigation – told the BBC: "We have evidence against the accused which leads us to believe that he really killed Madeleine but this evidence is not strong enough at the moment to take him to court.""
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According to the official figures, the Ford Focus is currently the fourth-best selling new car this year. In fact, the Focus has regularly been at the top of the sales charts since its introduction some 20 years ago.
You don't achieve success like that by not offering a car that meets the needs of its customers, and while there has been lots said about diesel cars these past few years, they're still an important part of the car market; Ford reckons 28% of new Focus buyers will go for this 118bhp 1.5 TDCI engine. In other words, this particular car is still important to quite a lot of people.
On the face of it, it scores quite highly, because this mid-range 1.5-litre unit is slightly more powerful than the majority of its peers, and it comes as standard with a six-speed manual gearbox while rivals such as the Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Octavia make do with five-speeds. You can also have a lower-powered Focus in sporty ST-Line and ST-Line X trims, compared with many rivals that reserve their racier looking versions for swifter and more expensive petrol and diesel options.
Compared with the standard Focus, this ST-Line X gets a more aggressive looking bodykit that avoids looking like something a boy racer bought on eBay, along with a few additional goodies over the ST-Line. This includes a larger 8.0in infotainment touchscreen, front and rear parking sensors, an electrically adjustable driver's seat and automatic wipers.
Ford says this Focus as its most connected and most intelligent car yet. And indeed, with this automatic version, you can add a driver assistance pack that gives a greater level of autonomous driving assistance, including a stop-and-go feature that can not only bring the car to a halt, but also help it to filter in heavy traffic by allowing you to start it up again with just a touch of the accelerator pedal.
The Focus is billed as fun to drive, and we've found that to be true with both the petrol engines we've tried so far. Fortunately, the 1.5-litre diesel maintains the sharp steering, fine body control and high levels of grip of those models.
The more sporty set up of the ST-Line X brings about a 10mm reduction in ride height over the standard Focus and tweaked suspension settings to compensate. But even on larger 18in alloy wheels, the low-speed ride is comfortable enough for those in the market for a more athletic family car, despite this Focus having a simpler rear suspension set-up than its more powerful stablemates. It soaks up jolts caused by the worst potholes and speed bumps really well – better than a similarly specced Seat Leon FR.
Up the speed and the ride gets noticeably more fidgety. It's never truly uncomfortable by any means, but it just doesn't feel as settled as some rivals'. From experience, things are improved considerably by going with the smaller wheels and the greater compliance of the standard suspension set-up available on Zetec and Titanium cars.
There's some wind noise from around the door mirror area at motorway cruising speed, but road noise is isn't too bothersome, so it's not a bad place to spend time in. Even so, the Octavia is a more agreeable long-distance companion.
To help you out with long journeys, you can include a driver assistance pack for £500. This features adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assistance. When you've engaged both systems, you can feel the steering constantly adjusting itself to keep the car in the centre of your lane. It's impressive that it doesn't fall into the trap of rivals that pinball between the lines, but there are still smoother-acting systems available.
As the 1.5 TDCI is the mid-range diesel option with a relatively meagre 118bhp, performance is best described as sufficient, rather than sprightly. On paper, it may have an impressive 221lb ft of torque, but that's only for short periods of 'overboost', which happens when you demand full acceleration. You'll also need to row it through the gears often in the six-speed manual version, because this engine is sluggish at low revs.
However, this is one of the slickest gearboxes in the class, so it's not the end of the world. The optional eight-speed automatic does a much better job of keeping the engine in its optimum power band, but it does cost significantly more and has higher CO2 emissions. You might also find the engine to sound a little coarse under acceleration, although it does quieten down once you're up to speed.
The engine sounds especially grumbly when cold and takes quite a while to warm up, even on a mild morning. That makes you wonder what it'll be like in the depths of winter. And you'll still feel a disappointing amount of vibration through the pedals when it is up to temperature. At least once you have some heat in the engine, you can always use the start/stop technology to solve that. However, the automatic version requires you to fully depress the brakes before this function will activate, and if you put the parking brake on so you're not dazzling following traffic and you release the brake pedal, the engine fires back into life unnecessarily.
Considering all the changes made to the outside, the interior alterations are nowhere near as extensive. Sure, there are lashings of red stitching on the seats, centre console kneepads and steering wheel (which is suitably flat-bottomed, of course), and you get some shiny alloy pedals, but on the whole, it's all very subtle. The Golf R-Line goes a bit further by offering a sportier steering wheel and more heavily bolstered seats.
Not that there's anything wrong with the seats or the driving position. The range of adjustment is top notch, and the electrically adjustable driver's seat is a welcome luxury. One noticeable step-up in the Focus is the amount of space in the rear; even the tallest of passengers will find there's room to spare back there. Ford has even reduced the size of the central tunnel, so piggy in the middle doesn't have to straddle a hump in the floor.
The boot isn't quite so impressive, considering that the latest Kia Ceed's is slightly bigger and the Octavia's is large enough to go potholing in. You can maximise space by avoiding the optional Bang & Olufsen sound system, which puts a big subwoofer under the carpet, and adding a £75 adjustable boot floor that helps to liberate some extra space.
It's a shame that the material quality hasn't improved all that much over the old car, since there are many places where hard plastic can be found too easily and the fit isn't as impressive as in a number of similarly priced premium rivals. Also, if you rest your knee against those aforementioned kneepads, you'll see the whole centre console move.
If you're curious as to what the rest of the Focus's interior and its infotainment system is like, head over to our comprehensive 16-point review.


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On a bright note...I FOUND MY CHARGER!!! Where was it?? ?Ummm in the cupboard where it belongs...how both Josh and I missed it is beyond me, but we did LOL. Soooo...pictures will soo be coming along with my Jakey stories!!!
THis may hinder his climbing for a few days but don't get too excited he'll be at it again.


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How COVID-19 Accelerated Manufacturing 4.0
By NAM News Room June 29, 2021 10:46am Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn LinkedIn icon Share Link
Manufacturing leaders proved they were good in a crisis in 2020—creating new products, speeding up the production of essential materials and instituting safety policies in record time. And as they accelerated their production lines, they also focused on increasing their adoption of Manufacturing 4.0 technologies.
Now, the Manufacturing Leadership Council—the division of the National Association of Manufacturers focused on manufacturing's digital transformation—is exploring what leaders learned during the pandemic about the importance of digitization. The MLC's recent survey of manufacturing leaders gives us a window into their thoughts, expectations and plans for the future—after a year like no other. Below are some key insights.
A big impact: A full 54.8% of respondents said COVID-19 increased management's focus on digital transformation. The changes they cited included new procedures for remote working, new disaster preparedness plans and increased integration across teams and structures.
And here's another important finding: these changes seem permanent.
68.2% said new disaster preparedness plans and strategies will be permanent additions to their operations.
57.3% said more collaborative organizational structures will stick around.
62.2% expect to keep allowing both leaders and employees to work remotely.
The digital workforce: With baby boomers retiring, companies are looking for new manufacturing leaders and seeking to fill a range of jobs, even as the digital evolution of the industry requires new and different skills. Where are these workers coming from?
45.5% of respondents said they would come from internal sources—a drop of nearly 5% from last year's survey. Leaders felt somewhat more in favor of finding talent elsewhere in the manufacturing industry.
One-third of respondents said they would look within the industry for talent, while only 13.2% expected to find candidates from other industries.
But these results may soon change, as manufacturers are still figuring out what digital skills they need. Over time, leaders will likely develop different ideas about where to find workers—and how to train them.
As the survey shows, manufacturers have a big opportunity to ramp up their digital training: only 22.3% of respondents this year said they have formal M4.0 training programs for workers and leadership.
Organizational shift: The emerging digital focus means many manufacturers are shifting toward a flatter, more collaborative working style. The numbers tell the tale:
Nearly 48.5% of respondents identified understanding how the company should be organized as a result of new technologies as a key challenge—an increase of 23% from last year.
The MLC says: As MLC Executive Director and NAM Vice President David Brousell put it, "Many manufacturing executives acknowledge that the equivalent of several years' change has been compressed into the past year. Now, manufacturing leadership has the responsibility to see these changes through. If they are successful in doing so, they will take the industry to a new and better level, raising the bar for all and redefining the rules of competition."
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Unimak (in lingua aleutina Unimax) è la più grande e la più orientale delle Aleutine e appartiene all'Alaska (USA). Fa parte del gruppo delle isole Fox e si trova nel mare di Bering. L'isola ha una superficie di 4.069,9 km². Vi sono vari vulcani sull'isola, il maggiore di questi è il Shishaldin (2.857 m), un vulcano attivo. Al censimento del 2000 vi erano 64 persone che vivevano su Unimak, tutte nella città di False Pass all'estremità orientale dell'isola.

Storia
Il faro di Scotch Cap, costruito nel 1903 e alto 30 m, fu inghiottito dal mare il 1º aprile 1946, colpito da uno tsunami durante il terremoto delle Isole Aleutine.

Fauna
Come estensione della penisola di Alaska, Unimak ha una popolazione faunistica relativamente diversificata di mammiferi terrestri, tra cui l'orso bruno e il caribù. Nella parte ovest di Unimak, il più grande mammifero nativo delle Aleutine è la volpe rossa.

Note

Voci correlate
Isole Aleutine
Isole Fox (Alaska)
Vulcano Shishaldin

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Unimak


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	String PROD_TOKEN_URL = "https://ekmo3uzqd7.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prd/";
	String SANDBOX_TOKEN_URL = "https://ny8bkw41oj.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dev/";
	boolean USE_SANDBOX = false;
	String AUTH_CODE_EXTRA = "authCode";

	String PERSON_DATA_NET_ID_KEY = "netId";
	String PERSON_DATA_PERSON_ID_KEY = "personId";
	String PERSON_DATA_BYU_ID_KEY = "byuId";
	String PERSON_DATA_FULL_NAME_KEY = "fullName";
	String PERSON_DATA_PREFERRED_NAME_KEY = "preferredName";
	String PERSON_DATA_PHONE_NUMBER_KEY = "phoneNumber";
	String PERSON_DATA_EMAIL_KEY = "email";
	String PERSON_DATA_DATE_OF_BIRTH_KEY = "dateOfBirth";
}