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Prestigious Tennessee girls school now accepts any student who 'identifies' as female
Becoming a girl is easy to do these days, and institutions set up to cater specifically to girls will have to catch up once all of the new girls begin to show up.
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(LifeSiteNews) – One by one, spaces designated specifically for girls are caving to the transgender lobby and repeating the tired mantra: "Trans girls are girls!" That means that gender-confused boys who believe themselves to be girls must be given access to female-only spaces. Australia's Girl Guides permits boys to join, change, and sleep with the girls. The Girl Scouts implemented the same policy back when the transgender movement was just gathering steam back in 2015.
In high schools, girls have risked bladder infections to avoid sharing bathrooms with boys identifying as girls; the parental rights movement in the U.S. got a surge of adrenaline at the news that a girl was sexually assaulted by a boy in a skirt.
Boys being permitted into girls' bathrooms and changing rooms is one of the animating issues of the parental rights movement. Saying an adult can do what they want with their body and get a sex change will earn a shrug from most adults; saying that their daughters must share private space with a boy calling himself a girl, is another.
The latest institution to fall to the transgender lobby is Harpeth Hall, an elite, private all-girls school in Nashville, Tennessee. According to The Tennessean, which obtained a letter sent by the Board of Trustees to parents, Harpeth Hall will now be accepting not just female students — but any student identifying as female. According to the letter:
Harpeth Hall is a girls school. The school culture is unique and distinctly about girls, complete with the use of references to students as girls and young women and the collective use of female pronouns. Any student who identifies as a girl may apply to our school."
Defend the Rosary: The Atlantic should apologize for anti-Catholic attack
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The Atlantic has launched an open attack on the Rosary, and won't stop there unless we push back today.
All praying Christians are at risk unless we ACT NOW and send a powerful message that sacrilegious images and anti-Catholic smears in a major publication will not be tolerated.
The article, which has been edited significantly since publication, scaremongers about "militant Catholics", implying they are capable of extreme violence because the Rosary is used as a weapon in the fight against evil spirits.
Editors have already changed the original image and headline because it was clearly anti-Catholic, but the article remains in place despite the unfounded smears about the Rosary inspiring violence.
What The Atlantic published is just the tip of the iceberg: it's an indication of what the entire mainstream media establishment thinks of traditional Catholic prayers and Christians as a whole. To the left-wing establishment, Christian values stand in the way of...
LGBTQ agenda
race-based hiring and Critical Race Theory
"affirming" gender-theory and sex-changes for minors
climate change alarmism
abortion and sexual promiscuity
These, and so much more, are the values the media want to push on you and your family, and demonizing prayer is an essential step to succeeding.
Do not let them win — join the national outcry demanding accountability from The Atlantic. Force The Atlantic to issue a full retraction immediately!
SEE THE ATLANTIC'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CATHOLIC HEADLINE:
The Atlantic openly labeled the Catholic rosary an "extremist symbol." However, the publication began scrambling, changing their headline to stop the initial outrage.
While this may seem like a start, The Atlantic has not changed the thrust of their message: traditional Christians are a threat to the liberal agenda and must be ostracized from society.
THE ATLANTIC TRIED DAMAGE CONTROL:
In their new version, The Atlantic is trying to paint "gun culture" as hijacking the rosary... a clever move to disguise the magazine's feelings on both guns and prayer.
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What makes you a girl? Your pronouns, apparently. It's just that simple. In fact, girls who identify as boys are not permitted to enroll, with the Board of Trustees informing parents that: "We see this acknowledgement as the ultimate form of respect: an understanding that we support the individual and the student's gender identity."
To be consistent with this nonsense, the letter also indicates that parents of non-binary children who use the pronouns "they/them" may also consider applying. Both "girls" and "none of the above" are welcome at Harpeth Hall.
In response to widespread criticism of the new policy, Harpeth Hall's director of marketing and communications Jessica Bliss decided to play dumb and pretend there is no new policy. "We are and always have been an all-girls independent school," she told The Tennessean blithely. "There has been no change to Harpeth Hall's admission application process which is open to any female student.
That, of course, is just a lengthy way of chanting: "Trans girls are girls! Trans girls are girls!" In short: "I don't understand the question, bigot."
According to The Daily Caller, Harpeth Hall isn't the only historically all-girls school to throw open its doors to students with penises. Barnard College in New York City also amended their admissions policy, welcoming applicants who "consistently live and identify as women."
Since you can now "live as a woman" without experiencing anything women experience, possessing a fully male body with fully functioning male genitalia, and wearing whatever you like, this really boils down to filling out the right forms. Becoming a girl is easy to do these days, and institutions set up to cater specifically to girls will have to catch up once all of the new girls begin to show up.
Back in the 1990s, Hollywood delighted in creating dirty campus comedies around the old shtick of boys dressing up as girls to gain access to the female change rooms or bathrooms. I'll bet those are cancelled now, too. The premise contains some painful truths.
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Not everyone can say they created a book genre, much less to have sold millions of books, but Brentwood resident Jack Countryman can make that claim.
Countryman founded the gift division at Thomas Nelson – and many publishers credit him with the creation of gift books, those beautiful faith-filled products you will find not only at bookstores but other retail stores to give to someone you care about.
His latest gift book, God's Promises Every Day: 365 Devotional, is available here.
Countryman won the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Jordan Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 for exceptional contributions to the industry, the trade association's highest individual award.
Countryman has made many contacts in the publishing and Christian communities in his lifetime. One of those, Anne Graham Lotz, wrote this: "I love Jack Countryman! His creative ideas in the publishing world are legendary, as is his boundless energy and enthusiasm. But what truly sets him apart is not only his professional expertise, but his love for God's Word and desire to get people to read it. I'm honored not only to call him my publisher, but my friend."Countryman spoke to Followers of the Cross recently about his latest book, God's Promises Every Day: 365 Devotional, which released in late November, as well as his contribution to the gift book concept.
He created God's Promises for Your Every Need in 1982. He and his wife created that and sold that scripture book and has now sold over 15 million copies.
"People want to know what God has promised them," he said.
He hopes this devotional will reach both believers and yet-to-be believers, he said.
One of my favorites is Aug. 24, titled, "We Can Do All Things." Countryman writes that Philippians 4:13 is one of the most misused verses. When Paul said he could do all things through Christ, he meant he could do whatever God wanted. Paul spoke about contentment.
That is good advice for all of us. Learning to be content is an ongoing challenge for me, so this devotion is a treasure.
There are 364 more treasures in this book.


Eva Longoria was smiling ear-to-ear while out in Paris with her new boyfriend, Ernesto Arguello.
The new couple, who only confirmed their relationship status last week, held hands as they left the Georges V Hotel for a day of shopping in the City of Light.
The "Desperate Housewives" actress and the Miami-based entrepreneur met last year on "Ready For Love," a matchmaking show Longoria executive produced for NBC.
Arguello, 34, chose Miss USA Shandi Finnessey as his date on the show but their relationship ended in 2012.
Longoria and Arguello were rumored to be dating for some time, but the beautiful brunette only recently confirmed their romance.
"I think that's why our relationship is so special – we truly started as friends," Longoria, 38, told People last week.


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Le Chien des Baskerville
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich Manuscript (eBook)
by Anonyme (Author)
This ebook is the complete reproduction of the preserved Voynich Manuscript, formatted for high resolution color ebook reader displays. The Voynich manuscript, also known as "the world's most mysterious manuscript", is a work which dates to the early 15th century, possibly from northern Italy. It is named after the book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, who purchased it in 1912.
Much of the manuscript resembles herbal manuscripts of the time period, seeming to present illustrations and information about plants and their possible uses for medical purposes. However, most of the plants do not match known species, and the manuscript's script and language remain unknown and unreadable. Possibly some form of encrypted ciphertext, the Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II. As yet, it has defied all decipherment attempts, becoming a cause célèbre of historical cryptology. The mystery surrounding it has excited the popular imagination, making the manuscript a subject of both fanciful theories and novels. None of the many speculative solutions proposed over the last hundred years has yet been independently verified.
The illustrations of the manuscript shed little light on the precise nature of its text but imply that the book consists of six "sections", with different styles and subject matter. Except for the last section, which contains only text, almost every page contains at least one illustration. Following are the sections and their conventional names:
Herbal:
Each page displays one plant (sometimes two) and a few paragraphs of text—a format typical of European herbals of the time. Some parts of these drawings are larger and cleaner copies of sketches seen in the "pharmaceutical" section. None of the plants depicted is unambiguously identifiable.
Astronomical:
Contains circular diagrams, some of them with suns, moons, and stars, suggestive of astronomy or astrology. One series of 12 diagrams depicts conventional symbols for the zodiacal constellations (two fish for Pisces, a bull for Taurus, a hunter with crossbow for Sagittarius, etc.). Each of these has 30 female figures arranged in two or more concentric bands. Most of the females are at least partly naked, and each holds what appears to be a labeled star or is shown with the star attached by what could be a tether or cord of some kind to either arm. The last two pages of this section (Aquarius and Capricornus, roughly January and February) were lost, while Aries and Taurus are split into four paired diagrams with 15 women and 15 stars each. Some of these diagrams are on fold-out pages.
Biological:
A dense continuous text interspersed with figures, mostly showing small naked women, some wearing crowns, bathing in pools or tubs connected by an elaborate network of pipes, some of them strongly reminiscent of body organs.
Cosmological:
More circular diagrams, but of an obscure nature. This section also has foldouts; one of them spans six pages and contains a map or diagram, with nine "islands" or "rosettes" connected by "causeways" and containing castles, as well as what may possibly be a volcano.
Pharmaceutical:
Many labeled drawings of isolated plant parts (roots, leaves, etc.); objects resembling apothecary jars, ranging in style from the mundane to the fantastical; and a few text paragraphs.
Many short paragraphs, each marked with a flower- or star-like "bullet".
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Free Comic Book Day Is Saturday May 4th! Available Titles from Gold Sponsors!
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Free Comic Book Day is one of the best days of the year for the comic book industry. It's an amazing opportunity to bring new comic book fans into the fold of the stories being told by hardworking creators. It's also a day for these creators and their publishers to show their upcoming releases to the public as well as reprint stories from the past to show what they're about for the fans. So here is a look at the Gold Sponsored titles that will be available at your local comic shop this Saturday!
Coming from Boom! Studios is a look at the Whedonverse they've been creating with their recent relaunches of Firefly and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. In a modern retelling of Buffy and her friends' battle against the forces of darkness, they come across an evil under the high school. If you're a fan of the original television show you'll love the return to the beginning, the humor and the action included in this taste of the current relaunched series! In the case of Firefly, I have never seen the show, but the writing by Greg Pak in this short excerpt of the series makes me interested in this Sci-fi adventure! So check it out!
For all fans of Riverdale, This preview of the current series from Archie Comics gives you a look at this more drama filled version of the original Archie series. Major fans of the show will love this series as it takes place between the episodes of the show. This title, along with the brand new Sabrina series, show that Archie Comics is serious about bringing more intriguing stories to the table beyond the ongoing comedic adventures of Archie and the gang.
This double feature from Dark Horse comics gives us something for me and something for you. For you fans of Stranger Things comes Dark Horse's newest series taking place during the running of the series as Eleven and Demogorgon go missing and the kids work to get the band back together for more adventures! For me and all the Black Hammer fans we get a brand new story from the world, we all love as Jack Sabbath arrives in the shack if Madam Dragonfly and we gain new knowledge about him as he learns what his fate it in helping the story of the main series progress. if you have wanted to check out Black Hammer this is a good way to look into it and if you're a Netflix binger who has seen all of Stranger Things you'll love this peek at the new series!
DC Comics is really putting in the work with their brand new imprints DC Zoom and DC Ink as they give you another preview book for an upcoming release! Under The Moon, A Catwoman Tale is about a teenage Selena Kyle dealing with homelessness, the struggles of the real world, and what her future holds as she becomes who she is meant to be. This first look at the graphic novel out right now is emotional and beautifully drawn. Lauren Myracle shows us what made Selina who she is in modern comics and what pain she went through to get there and the art by Issac Goodhart makes you feel these emotions as they unfold. If you've seen previews for this book and have been curious and on the fence about it, check out this free sample!
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been going through a lot inside the pages of the IDW series. With New York becoming a warzone, the turtles and their allies take on their father and the foot clan. The heroes in a half shell have had more character development recently than what they were back in the old days. As a turtles fan, I regret that I've not read this series up to this point but after reading this free comic book day issue, I feel compelled to hop into it all, and IDW even helps with that by giving an entire timeline of the trade paperbacks in the back of the book. Not a lot of publishers do that but I'm really glad they did because it helps me finally read the stories of one of my favorite hero teams. I suggest you all do the same.
Fans of the tv show Deadly Class have a shot at checking out a stand-alone story this Free Comic Book Day! I've never read the series, and I've never seen the show so this is a great jumping on point. This story about a school of deadly assassins is intense and graphic but also shows a level of friendship between kids as they become the deadliest of humans. I say check this out if you're into dangerous stories and emotional rollercoasters because Deadly Class is a little bit of both.
Marvel does the old teaser format by giving you a look at their current ongoing Avengers book by hit writer Jason Aaron as well as give you a look at the all-new comic released this week, Savage Avengers. If you leave endgame and want to see the Earth's Mightiest Heroes kick more villain butt then give not only this double teaser a look but also pick up both of these titles: Avengers, and Savage Avengers, as your LCS. They're great books and one even gives you the confrontation we've always wanted…Conan the Barbarian vs Wolverine.
The amazing legacy of the Doctor continues in this preview for the current series being brought to you by Titan Comics, Doctor Who The Thirteenth Doctor! This is a perfect jumping on point for fans and non-fans alike of Doctor Who, who want to check out this series as the Doctor and her friends continue going through time and space to right the wrongs occurring throughout! It's worth a pick up if you're interested.
The adventures of the Disney world's villainous children continue as Tokyo Pop gives you a look at Descendents: Dizzy's New Fortune. As the granddaughter of Lady Tremain, Dizzy sets off on big changes as she gets ready for her first year at Auradon Prep! This small look at the upcoming Graphic Novel is really well drawn and gives kids who are fans of the Descendants more to chew on until Descendants 3 arrives this year! So give it a look!
Valiant Comics gives fans of their ongoing comic books that have been going on since 2012 a taste of what's to come with previews from their two newest titles Bloodshot and Fallen World! As Bloodshot the one man army charges through everything in his path, and in the future of the 41st century, Rai prepares for the event of his life as Fallen World begins this week! For any fan of these characters and the crazy action-packed world the creators of Valiant
Donny Cates could write about anything and he'd sell me on it. He could write a story about guys wearing mech suits fighting vampires…Oh he did? Wow, that's awesome. Yes, the story of Interceptor is amazing as Cates and artist Dylan Burnett tell the tale of Poli and Weep as they square up against a planet of vampires in Interceptor! Out of all of the gold sponsors, this preview from Vault Comics has me hungry for more and I highly recommend it be picked up even if I'm biased as I love the author.
We all remember Ash's first adventure with Pikachu, but now it's being retold for the new generation! With the manga adaptation of the newest Pokemon movie, I choose you! as Ash sets out on his journey in the world of Pokemon, he overcomes the challenges of being a new trainer and what it means to be a partner to your Pokemon. Any fan of this franchise like myself can feel nostalgic as they read this as it even gives you a look back at the original Pokemon Adventures Manga starring Red! Definitely give this a look if you're one who looks to catch them all!
Like I said in the review of the Silver Sponsors, please make sure you support your local comic shop this weekend because you may get these titles for free, but they don't. They pay money so you can enjoy the culture and the amazing stories. Buy some single issues, by a Graphic Novel while you're in there. Support your local comic book shop. Thank you once again for checking out this review and thank you for reading the comics we all love.
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SRU team's Covid-19 research
We have exciting news! Our Specialist Rehabilitation Unit (SRU) team has had its first piece of research published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
The piece of research, published in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, details the response of our team to Covid-19 and the associated restrictions. Social distancing measures, along with the closure of colleges and supports in the community, meant that the team had to review its therapy programme and replace external activities with internal ones. Groups were set up offering social skills training, gardening, group psychotherapy, art, and music. Daily Tai Chi groups were established, promoting relaxation and exercise through this Chinese form of meditative movement.
As part of its review, the SRU team reflected on the nature of the service it offers and the development of a therapeutic community within the unit. Restrictions and isolation measures offered unique opportunities for both the team and our residents to reflect on the meaning of therapy and rehabilitation. Without the noise of external distractions, self-reflection was possible and proved to be deeply therapeutic for many. Relationships between residents have improved, and a greater feeling of community has been fostered within the SRU.


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April 25, 2017 / 4:57 PM / 2 years ago
Turkey's military says killed 70 militants in Iraq's Sinjar, northern Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said it killed around 70 militants in operations on Tuesday in Iraq's Sinjar and northern Syria, as it stepped up a campaign against groups affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The military made the announcement in an official statement.
Differences over Syria policy have caused friction between the United States and Ankara. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters, part of a militia backed by Washington in the fight against Islamic State in Syria, to be a terrorist organization.
Reporting by Orhan Coskun and Nick Tattersall; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Dominic Evans


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Assessing the anticipated consequences of Computer-based Provider Order Entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument
Dean F. Sittig, Joan Ash, Ken P. Guappone, Emily M. Campbell, Richard H. Dykstra
Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
Objective: To determine what "average" clinicians in organizations that were about to implement Computer-based Provider Order Entry (CPOE) were expecting to occur, we conducted an open-ended, semi-structured survey at three community hospitals. Methods: We created an open-ended, semi-structured, interview survey template that we customized for each organization. This interview-based survey was designed to be administered orally to clinicians and take approximately 5 min to complete, although clinicians were allowed to discuss as many advantages or disadvantages of the impending system roll-out as they wanted to. Results: Our survey findings did not reveal any overly negative, critical, problematic, or striking sets of concerns. However, from the standpoint of unintended consequences, we found that clinicians were anticipating only a few of the events, emotions, and process changes that are likely to result from CPOE. Conclusions: The results of such an open-ended survey may prove useful in helping CPOE leaders to understand user perceptions and predictions about CPOE, because it can expose issues about which more communication, or discussion, is needed. Using the survey, implementation strategies and management techniques outlined in this paper, any chief information officer (CIO) or chief medical information officer (CMIO) should be able to adequately assess their organization's CPOE readiness, make the necessary mid-course corrections, and be prepared to deal with the currently identified unintended consequences of CPOE should they occur.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.08.005
Community Hospital
Medical Order Entry Systems
Sittig, D. F., Ash, J., Guappone, K. P., Campbell, E. M., & Dykstra, R. H. (2008). Assessing the anticipated consequences of Computer-based Provider Order Entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 77(7), 440-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.08.005
Assessing the anticipated consequences of Computer-based Provider Order Entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument. / Sittig, Dean F.; Ash, Joan; Guappone, Ken P.; Campbell, Emily M.; Dykstra, Richard H.
In: International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 77, No. 7, 07.2008, p. 440-447.
Sittig, DF, Ash, J, Guappone, KP, Campbell, EM & Dykstra, RH 2008, 'Assessing the anticipated consequences of Computer-based Provider Order Entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument', International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 77, no. 7, pp. 440-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.08.005
Sittig DF, Ash J, Guappone KP, Campbell EM, Dykstra RH. Assessing the anticipated consequences of Computer-based Provider Order Entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2008 Jul;77(7):440-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.08.005
Sittig, Dean F. ; Ash, Joan ; Guappone, Ken P. ; Campbell, Emily M. ; Dykstra, Richard H. / Assessing the anticipated consequences of Computer-based Provider Order Entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument. In: International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2008 ; Vol. 77, No. 7. pp. 440-447.
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Civil Rights Leaders Call Out Trump's Twitter Reinstatement After 'Garbage' Poll
Musk allegedly broke commitments to civil rights groups when he reinstated the former president after the results of a Twitter poll.
Written By: Anoa Changa
Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty
A platform accountability group called out Elon Musk for breaking his word in reinstating previously banned accounts, including former President Donald Trump, without a straightforward process. Free Press, a media and technology advocacy organization, released a statement saying that Musk broke a promise to create a content-moderation council with input from the civil rights community and groups targeted by "hate-fueled" violence.
He also allegedly agreed only to allow people who were previously de-platformed back on the app after adopting a transparent process. But Musk through those commitments out the window and reinstated the former president after the results of a Twitter poll. Nearly two years after he was banned from the platform, Trump is back on the bird app.
Groups see Trump's reinstatement without a real process as a sign Musk cannot be trusted.
Free Press Co-CEO Jessica González made it clear that Musk failed to follow through with the clear agreements he made with civil rights groups weeks earlier.
"Musk's reinstatement of Trump's account involved no clear process but relied on the results of a flimsy Twitter poll, asking Musk's followers to decide the former president's fate," Gonzalez said. "Musk took this careless decision without convening the new council he promised to protect Twitter users from hate and disinformation and keep advertisers from exiting the platform. As far as I can tell, this new council doesn't exist. It's just one of the many bad-faith promises Musk has made civil-rights leaders and then tossed aside. "
The NAACP echoed a similar sentiment.
"In Elon Musk's Twittersphere, you can incite an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which led to the deaths of multiple people, and still be allowed to spew hate speech and violent conspiracies on his platform," Johnson said in a statement. "If Elon Musk continues to run Twitter like this, using garbage polls that do not represent the American people and the needs of our democracy, God help us all."
Ahead of Trump's reinstatement NAACP PresidentDerrick Johnson said Twitter needed to commit to never reinstating Trump, calling him a "super-spreader" of hate and disinformation.
Moderation and accountability remain a concern on Twitter and other platforms.
The president has continued his constant lying. There is no reason to believe that he, or anyone using his account, would have a behavior change. As Time noted in October, Trump used Twitter as a bully platform. He also routinely lied to inflame his base, undermining the same political system he allegedly wants to lead.
Musk announced a new policy for addressing hate speech after firing the content moderation team that tracked abuse on the platform—the exact opposite of what civil rights and tech advocacy groups have requested. Earlier this year, the Change the Term coalition launched a "Fix the Feed" campaign to get big tech to address hate on their platforms.
Facebook recently announced that it would stop fact-checking Trump's comments and statements now that he is officially a candidate for president. The platform doesn't fact-check political candidates, raising concerns ahead of the 2024 election.
Musk also reinstated previously banned accounts belonging to controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and the conservative site the Babylon Bee. Comedian Kathy Griffin was recently banned for allegedly impersonating Musk.
Trump on Twitter: "thanks but no thanks."
For the time being, Trump has said he will not return to the site opting to remain on Truth Social. But the account, its followers and its reach are available for use. Trump's verified Twitter account had 72.4 million followers as of the time this article was written Sunday morning. Even if he chooses not to return, anyone in his orbit could have access to the massive platform.
Trump was initially banned from the site two days after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Twitter cited the "risk of further incitement of violence at the time." According to Reuters, a little more than 15 million, out of the hundreds of millions who use the site, voted in the poll. Those in favor of reinstating Trump won by a very narrow margin.
"But it's not just advertisers and Twitter's revenues that Musk's bad-faith gestures have put at risk," Gonzalez continued. "It's communities of color, political dissidents and other threatened groups and individuals that are too often on the receiving end of hate from Trump and authoritarians and white supremacists like him. Musk's willingness to betray civil-rights leaders is a sure sign that Twitter's hellscape is already here."
Black Twitter Hilariously Mourns Death Of Elon Musk's Twitter After 'Mass Exodus' Of Employees
Amid Twitter Layoffs, Elon Musk' Brushed Aside' Concerns Of Diversity And Inclusion
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Q: How to do a regex for $ symbol and 1-6 all capital letters for a stock symbol? It seems that it's common practice to "tag" stock symbols like this - $SYMB.  How would you build a regex to find & replace in PHP?
Here is a similar code I use for swapping out URLs -
$body = preg_replace('#(\A|[^=\]\'"a-zA-Z0-9])(http[s]?://(.+?)/[^()<>\s]+)#i', '\\1\\3', $body);

With that concept, I would try to assume this -
$body = preg_replace('|$[A-Z]|i', '\\1', $body);

BUT it doesn't work.  Can somebody please explain their solution so that I can understand why it works?

A: Something like [$A-Z] should work

A: This should work:
$body = preg_replace('/\$([A-Z]{1,6})/', '\\1', $body);

Example

Explination
(...) Groups everything matched inside ...
{1,6} will match the previous rule 1 to 6 times
\1 or $1 will match the first group, replacing with it will replace it with the first matched group.

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Top tunes for the Transformers robots and their friends.Transformers started as a cool toy line, a great animation, and fuel for our imaginations over the past three decades. Remember the cool commercials: "Transformers, more than meets the eye, -- . robots in disguise..." Ah, the good old days.
The 1986 animated movie was perfect. The recent movies were adequate, but dragged on. They needed some better tunes to get their gears in motion. Here are the top 10 songs dedicated to the Transformers phenomenon.
Bonus track: One Tin Soldier by Coven (1971) for Ironhide.
10 Mr. Roboto - Styx (1983) for the annoying/fun little Wheelie in Transformers 2.
9 Sting of the Bumblebee by Manowar, for Bumblebee. Don't mess with the 'bee!
8 Heart of Steel by Manowar . An under-rated band, Manowar deserve more attention. They have a whole library of songs based on sci-fi and other fantasy themes.
Sentinel and Megatron may have hearts of steel, but... gotta love 'em.
7 Tin Man by America (1974) for Jetfire. Old and embattled, but not gone.
6 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) - Quiet Riot for The Fallen.
5 I'm in love with my Car by Queen (from A Night at the Opera album, 1975).
4 Spirit of Radio by Rush , for Bumblebee. It's his special way of talking.
3 I Robot - Alan Parsons Project. A crafty instrumental that actually has been put together with Transformers animations a few times.
2 Heavy Metal by Don Felder, for Optimus Prime. The Sammy Hagar version works here too, but I prefer the Felder track. Both songs are from the mind-blowing animated film of 1981.
1 Bend Me, Shape Me by The American Breed (1968), for all the Transformers.
Transformers can fold, twist, bend, and shape into robots, as long as we still love 'em. This would have been an interesting song played in the background during the endless battle scenes in the films. It might have zipped them up a bit.
Transformers still rock; Michael Bay not so much.
This was done only in fun. Hope you enjoyed it. How did Bumblebee get more songs than Optimus Prime? I guess he's more lovable.


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Emma's Faves of 2015: Film
December 30, 2015 December 12, 2016 Emma2 Comments
99 Homes shouldn't be described as the typical tour-de-force, but more of a tour-de-fact cinematic achievement.
Holding his own against a larger than life acting force that is Shannon, Garfield's Nash allows himself to feed off Carver's greed and sinisterly convincing monologues with scenes of heart-wrench, grit and sensitivity.
-Comments from a viewer from Canada (IMDB)
I saw this film at a pre-screening (w/ my movie Meetup group); I wasn't expecting it to be this good! Michael Shannon (who portrays a quite realistic villain) is a shoe-in for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. (FYI: Broadgreen acquired the film late in OCT '14, then tried to squeeze in a release before the end of that year to qualify for the Oscars. They decided they didn't have enough time to mount a proper marketing campaign, so it sat on the shelf until OCT '15.)
Read my review of director Ramin Bahrani's first film, Man Push Cart.
Read A.O. Scott's comprehensive NYT review here.
…if the test is passed, you are dead center of the greatest scientific event in the history of man. -Nathan
If you've created a conscious machine, it's not the history of man. That's the history of gods. -Caleb
Quiet dialogue scenes between two characters are filmed in such an impactful way, making them feel hauntingly austere, sweet and innocent, or terrible and frightening, through meticulous use of composition, light and sound.
The performances are excellent, most notably Alicia Vikander as the beguiling Ava, who absolutely passes for being 'almost human.' Domhnall Gleeson also delivers a quiet and focused performance as Caleb. Like Ava, he is relatable… in complete contrast to the boorish, reckless Nathan (Oscar Isaac).
The dialogue feels real and non-cliché. The ending probably will not satisfy everyone… Overall I found it to be enthralling and disturbing stuff.
-Comments from a viewer in Ireland
This year, I've been listening to a few different movie podcasts; ALL of them reviewed and praised this sci-fi film. I FINALLY saw it 2 weeks ago and was VERY surprised (which is rare these days- stories becoming more and MORE repetitive, cliched, and just plain boring). Alex Garland, the writer and director, is going to be one to watch in the future (no pun intended). This is more like a 3-person play, as one critic noted, NOT a typical sci-fi film. Even the music is out-of-the box! You can watch it on Netflix; don't forget to recommend to your friends who don't usually go in for sci-fi (they'll thank you later).
Do y'all remember when I FIRST wrote re: Issac?
When I was asked to do this, the script was amazing. I went up to Pixar and I cried. I was just in a meeting with these guys and they showed me the story and I started weeping. -Mindy Kaling
This is another film I saw at a pre-screening (w/ my movie Meetup group): I went in knowing almost nothing about it, aside from the fact that Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Louis Black were playing some of the voices. It ALSO turned out to be a pleasant surprise (Bing Bong was one of my faves)! The crowd was moved throughout the animated film; we were almost ALL grown-ups from 20s-50s. You can see this film w/ the entire family- each person will get something different out of it!
Read my full review.
I went to see this film w/ my mom- we BOTH loved it! And can you believe that Saoirse Ronan is ONLY in her early 20s!? Emory Cohen (who I'd never seen before) does a FINE job as Tony; I think he was channeling a young, BUT more low-key version of Brando. This is another film w/ Domhnall Gleeson- here, he plays Jim, the handsome (check out that darker red hair and preppy wardrobe), well-settled Irish bar owner; this is a far cry from his roles in Ex Machina and the new Star Wars film.
Read Virginia's VERY well-written review here.
Listen to Me Marlon
A MUST-SEE for fans of classic films! It has been playing on Showtime for the past 2 wks or so; it will be on WED, 12/30 at 10PM EST. It kept me glued to my seat past midnight, even though I should've been sleeping.
By now, you ALL must have seen this movie- maybe some saw it twice! There were quite a FEW surprises for me, even though I'd (partly) been spoiled by the time I saw it last week. Gleeson is here again (getting to REALLY like him), as are Isaac (LOVE him already) and Adam Driver (mostly known for his recurring role on HBO's Girls). Harrison Ford is onscreen for a good amount of time- my mom and lil bro BOTH liked that. The two newbie leads (Daisy Ridley and John Boyega) did VERY well; they also had GREAT chemistry. My mom also liked the new robot (BB-8). Go check it out if you haven't yet- you'll have a GREAT time for sure!
Listen to Zaki & Brian's podcast review here.
Emma's Faves of 2015: TV Shows
The main cast of Season 1 of "Daredevil" (Netflix): Vincent D'Onofrio, Rosario Dawson, Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, & Elden Hanson
This show (unlike Jessica Jones- sorry, big fans) has a likeable lead character, blind vigilante/lawyer Matt Murdock (played by the boyish Charlie Cox), a terrific/multi-layered villain- Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), and even some humor (Daredevil's best bud/law partner, Foggy). The writing is quite strong, as are the recurring/side characters; I LOVED the flashbacks (esp. Matt's relationship w/ his struggling/loving boxer father). One of the unusual (for our time) themes of the show is hero's relationship w/ his religion (Catholicism, in this case). I just found that SO refreshing! As for D'Onofrio, he was the main draw for me (WOW, I was NOT disappointed)! There are strong/interesting ladies on this show, too, including the nurse (Rosario Dawson) who also appears in Jessica Jones.
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)
ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" stars Randall Park (Louis Huang), Forrest Wheeler (Emery Huang), Constance Wu (Jessica Huang), Hudson Yang (Eddie Huang) and Ian Chen (Evan Huang). (ABC/Bob D'Amico)
You probably know the history behind this (much lauded) show, BUT it's VERY funny, clever, and (at times) emotional. I've recommended it to MANY folks, esp. to those who are 1st gen growing up in U.S. (I even got my parents into watching it, though they prefer films.) There are some jokes that are even MORE funny if you're from an Asian-American background! Constance Woo (just aged 29- WOW) has recently gotten a LOT of positive reviews; they are well-deserved. With each ep, I see the lead actor (Hudson Yang), getting more stronger, confident, and on point. He reminds me of a few boys (and even girls) that I knew back in JHS and HS. The BEST thing about this show (IMO) the solid, loving, cooperative marriage between Jessica and Louis (Randall Park, an actor I always liked).
Master of None (Netflix)
Promo poster for "Master of None" (Netflix)
This comedy series (created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang) is unlike ANYTHING I've seen on TV- you NEED to see it now… or VERY soon! Ravi Patel (Meet the Patels) is a recurring character on the show; he plays an Indian-American actor (just like Dev). Ansari (just in his early 30s) cleverly brings up themes like typecasting in Hollywood, which even someone of his popularity has been subject to in the past. The ep focusing on the creators' parents coming to America stories has been highly recommended by friends, critics, and MANY of you out here online.
The Affair (Showtime)
Season 2 promo photo of "The Affair" (Showtime): Joshua Jackson (Cole), Ruth Wilson (Alison), Dominic West (Noah), & Maura Tierney (Helen)
Hopefully, you were able to see the finale (WOW, it was a surprise) last SUN. I thought that the show (which features 4 strong co-leading actors in their 30s and 40s) was taking a weird turn, BUT it got back on track quickly! Let me know- are you #TeamNoah (as I tried to be) or #TeamCole (it's tough to decide)? Are you excited about Season 3?
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Through the Window (and a long rant)
I shot this image on one of my long walks of late with a Panasonic Lumix GX7 camera and 3-D lens using frame sides for phantogram processing. I'm can't name what kind of tree produces what these seeds, maybe one of you can. The overall width of this image was around four inches.
In what I see as a bizarre case of Trumpian Darwinism, the Donald is planning to make his acceptance speech for the republican presidential nomination on August 27 in VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena (capacity 15,000) in Jacksonville, Florida. August 27 is well known to people of color in Jacksonville as "Ax Handle Saturday." On that date in 1960 Hemming Park in Jacksonville was the scene of a racially-motivated attack by a group of white men on African Americans engaging in sit-in protests opposing racial segregation. The attack took its name from the ax handles used by the attackers. Just a coincidence I'm sure to give that speech on that day in Jacksonville.
Trump wants a wildly enthusiastic, packed house without face masks or social distancing. If that is not enough to make one pause to consider, Jacksonville's lack of hotel rooms will make it necessary to bring in cruise ships to accomodate the overflow of attendees as they have for past big events. Clearly the biggest elephant in the the arena and rooms on cruise ships will be our "hidden enemy", the coronavirus. This will quite literally be a trip to die for! Make your reservation right away!
The odd thing is, prominent republicans are known without exception to act in their own best interests, so will senators and congresspersons, govorners, mayors and countless republican party hacks really choose to travel to Jacksonville and put themselves in harms way to pay tribute and show adulation to Trump? I can hear the conversations between husbands and wives, one or both of which are Trump delegates? "... so OK, honey, I know we've kept safe so far, but we gotta go. Really, we gotta go. Our president, ...., he needs us."
As such the 2020 National Republican Convention will be reality TV at its utmost, real life and death stuff. And for those of the republican elite who choose self preservation and stay home, will there be a political price to pay? Will Trump supporters clamor to be part of it, or will they need to pay people to fill the arena?
If you're not sure you can make it to the Republican Convention in August in Jacksonville, but don't want to miss out on a great opportunity to contract COVID-19, you might consider next weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where on Saturday June 20 Trump will be holding a his first big rally this year. Tulsa is no stranger to racial inequity, having been the scene of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, considered the single worst incident of racial violence in American history.
Originally Trump's rally was scheduled for the day before on Friday June 19, but Trump's advisors didn't think holding it that day would help his reelection efforts. June 19 is known as "Juneteenth", a highly celebrated day that commerates when in 1865 Union soldiers arrived in Texas and read the Emancipation Proclamation, which announced that slaves had been freed. Texas was the last of the Confederate states to officially receive the news.
Now for some good news: here's a big shout out to LeBron James, who announced this week that he and several other high-profile professional athletes plan to found "More Than A Vote," a charitable organization to protect black Americans' voting rights, aimed to encourage African Americans to register to vote and to show up to the polls for the November 3 elections. With LeBron and other notables calling out to mobilize voters, many will likely heed his call.
What a country we live in now! The single best thing anyone can do to minimize the spread of a deadly virus is to wear a face mask when around other people, but no, that's too much of a sacrifice just to save some lives. Somehow I can't imagine anyone from another country choosing to take a vacation in the USA for some time.


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Celebrating Chanukah
By Ron Fanfair, Toronto Police Service Published: 10:30 a.m. December 3, 2021
For the first time, a menorah was lit outside 52 Division in the city's downtown to celebrate Chanukah.
Rabbi Mendel Chaikin was joined by Superintendent Greg Cole and 52 Division officers in lighting the menorah in front of the police station
According to Jewish tradition, after the Maccabees' victory over the Greeks over 2,000 years ago, there was only enough oil to burn for one day in the Temple. Miraculously the oil burned for eight days. Lighting the menorah commemorates this miracle.
Supt. Greg Cole said his officers were honoured to host the ceremony on December 2, the fifth night of Chanukah, which is celebrated this year from November 28 to December 6.
"Going forward, we hope to make this a yearly event," said the unit commander. "It's another great way to connect with our community."
Rabbi Mendel Chaikin, who with his wife Chanie opened the Chabad of Downtown in 2005, was happy to see officers celebrating alongside the Jewish community.
He said the lighting of the menorah reinforces a message of light and goodness.
"It's the message of the good over evil, the few over the many and the weak over the mighty," he said. "This is a message that we have to shout out loud and clear, especially in this day and age. We have to be strong and keep to our values, to our cultures and to our traditions."


The Dodge Challenger has always been an incredibly popular muscle car, that many, many people have loved and desired. And with Dodge's new models of Challengers, that popularity will only increase. So it is a good thing that Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram of Oconomowoc has plenty of new Dodge Challengers for sale, and you will love every single one of them! Not only that, but you have the options of taking any of these out for a new car test drive! For example, you will love this new 2016 Dodge Challenger SXT for sale here in Oconomowoc, WI! This powerful Dodge Challenger for sale packs away a speedy, roaring 3.6L V6 24V VVT engine that will get you up to a blazing fast 305 horse power at 6350 rpm! That's enough muscle to get you anywhere in the blink of an eye!
This all new Dodge Challenger SXT for sale includes a Touring Suspension package that will take the roughest of roads and make them seem like they were freshly made, and also has an 8-Speed Automatic Transmission, helping this awesome muscle car achieve a respectable 19 City mpg and 30 Highway mpg. Electric Power-Assist Speed-Sensing Steering will make any sharp turns, even at high speeds, seem like an easy, effortless thing to do. Combined with all of that are sweet installed options such as its combined Heated Mirrors and Rear Window Defroster that will melt away any snow or ice during winter, or its unbelievably comfortable Cloth Seats that will have you sinking into comfort. Come to Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in Oconomowoc, located at 36833 E Wisconsin Ave Oconomowoc, WI 53066, to take this Challenger out for a new car test drive today, and once you do, you will be wanting to drive it home today!


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Q: How to get the result of the first future to complete in a collection of futures? I have a bunch of async_std::UdpSocket and want to drive them all until the first one completes, then get the result from its corresponding u8 buffer.
I've tried
// build sockets and buffers
let sockets = Vec::new();
let buffers = HashMap::new();
for addr in ["127.0.0.1:4000", "10.0.0.1:8080", "192.168.0.1:9000"] {
    let socket = UdpSocket::bind(addr.parse().unwrap()).await?;
    let buf = [0u8; 1500];
    sockets.push(socket);
    buffers.insert(socket.peer_addr()?, buf);
}

// create an iterator of tasks reading from each socket
let socket_tasks = sockets.into_iter().map(|socket| {
    let socket_addr = socket.peer_addr().unwrap();
    let buf = buffers.get_mut(&socket_addr).unwrap();
    socket
        .recv_from(buf)
        .and_then(|_| async move { Ok(socket_addr) })
});

// wait for the first socket to return a value (DOESN'T WORK)
let buffer = try_join_all(socket_tasks)
    .and_then(|socket_addr| async { Ok(buffers.get(&socket_addr)) })
    .await

However this does not work because futures::future::try_join_all drives all futures to completion and returns a Vec<(SocketAddr)>. I want to get the result when a single future completes and get just a SocketAddr--something akin to select! but over a collection.
How can this be done?

A: FuturesUnordered is a Stream that will produce the results of futures in the order they complete.  You can socket_tasks.collect() into this type, and then use the next() method of StreamExt to create a future that will complete when the first future in the whole collection completes.

A: If you only need the first future you can also use futures::future::select_all(). If there are many futures FuturesUnordered may be more performant because it only polls future when they awake, but if there are few select_all() is likely to be more performant as it is doing less work.


When your membership in animal jam expires do you lose your membership pets?
After you lose your membership, your animals do not go away! They do remain there, but they're locked. However, any member clothes you may have on any of your animals do get taken off and locked as well. If you have things such a bow and arrows, worns, fox hats, beta swords, etc. placed on your animals, they will not get taken off. Everything stays with you, just changed up slightly! Hope this helped!


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Community Redevelopment in Chicago, By Design
WTTW News | Jay Shefsky | April 17, 2017 2:40 pm
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Beyond Chicago's gleaming downtown, how important is good architecture and design in our neighborhoods, particularly when it comes to redeveloping depressed communities?
And what about the harm done by bad design?
On Monday, Phil Ponce speaks with Kim Coventry, executive director of the Driehaus Foundation, which sponsors the annual Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design; Peter Landon, a principal at Landon Bone Baker, an architecture firm that won a Driehaus prize this year and is known for its community-based work; and Dennis Rodkin, residential real estate reporter for Crain's Chicago Business.
Blair Kamin Weighs in on Wrigley Plaza, Border Wall Designs
April 12: Joining us with the latest in the world of the built environment is Blair Kamin, the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic.
3 Chicago Firms Selected for Obama Library Project Management Team
April 11: The Obama Foundation announced Tuesday three Chicago-based firms will lead the project management team for the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
During Lent, Chicago Architect Turns Lens to Neighborhood Churches
April 11: Dan O'Brien has embarked on what he calls his "Lenten architectural pilgrimage" for about 10 years. "The artistic effort that was put into designing these spaces ... were all meant to tell a story," he says.
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Small sensory organs called Merkel discs enable the finger to distinguish the texture of satin from suede, and now researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered how the sensory information is processed and its journey to the brain.
What does that mean for people with touch-induced pain?
Molecular understanding about the information transmission between Merkel cells and nerve endings may lay the foundation to treat intense pain many feel with a gentle touch, like some people who have fibromyalgia and other conditions. This understanding may also lead to learning how diabetes sufferers lose their sense of touch, which could lead to preventative care, say the researchers led by Jianguo Gu, Ph.D. who published a study in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A Merkel disc consists of a Merkel cell and a closely associated nerve ending that branches from a single sensory nerve. Until recently, it was unclear how the physical pressure of a light touch gets transduced from a mechanical force to an electrical nerve signal in Merkel discs.
In 2014, Gu's research team overturned the common assumption that transduction from the mechanical force takes place at the endings of the sensory nerves in Merkel discs. Instead, as he reported in the journal Cell, that mechanical transduction at Merkel discs initiates primarily in the Merkel cells. His team further pinpointed that a new ion channel in the Merkel cells — called Piezo2 — is the mechanical transducing molecule.
Now Gu and colleagues have discovered how the signal transduced by Piezo2 is passed from the Merkel cells to the nerve endings. They report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the Piezo2 transducer triggers Merkel cells to release the neurotransmitter serotonin. This serotonin crosses the tiny gap to the nerve ending, where it activates 5-HT receptors and triggers nerve impulses.
Other types of sensory nerves from the skin — which detect sensations like heat, cold or pain — have their first synapse at the point where the sensory nerve meets the spinal column.
Elucidation of a Merkel disc serotonin synapse in the skin opens several areas for future investigation.
"The serotonergic transmission in the epidermis, probably like that in the central nervous system, can be regulated by factors affecting serotonin uptake and release," Gu and colleagues write in their PNAS paper.
In humans and other primates, Merkel discs are concentrated in the fingertips, and lesser numbers are also found in other areas of the skin.
"They can sense the wind blowing on your skin," Gu said.
Intriguingly, Merkel discs in nonprimate mammals are concentrated in whisker hair follicles at the base of their whisker hairs. Thus, a mouse whisker can act as a model for a human fingertip.


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Mike Bianco: State flag debate 'bigger than baseball, bigger than hosting NCAA regionals'
7 months ago RICK CLEVELAND
Mike Bianco, the winningest active coach in the three major sports in the SEC, is a transplanted Mississippian. Born in New Hampshire and schooled in Florida and Louisiana, Bianco moved to Oxford and Ole Miss 20 years and 671 Ole Miss baseball victories ago.
He and his wife Camie have raised their five children in Mississippi. It is home. Bianco, recently named National College Baseball Coach of the Year for the abbreviated 2020 season, just signed a new contract that would keep him at Ole Miss through 2024.
Bianco would much prefer to be here under a new state flag.
"This is bigger than baseball, bigger than hosting NCAA regionals," Bianco said in a phone conversation Saturday. "The old flag needs to go. We need a change."
Bianco, as many Mississippi coaches and athletic directors, issued a statement: "Now is the time for the state of Mississippi to come together and make a change. Our university hasn't flown the state flag for several years on our campus, and it would be unfortunate for our players to earn the right to play at home in the postseason and to have that taken away because of an issue that is out of their control."
Bianco is right. The flag issue is far bigger than baseball, affecting the way outsiders view Mississippians and how we feel about ourselves. The old flag, with the Confederate battle flag prominently displayed, negatively affects Mississippi economically and otherwise. Indeed, the old flag is so shameful that the state's universities and many of its largest cities won't even fly it.
For one of the first times in the state's history, lawmakers are debating whether to change the flag as protests about racial equity continue. The leaders are considering several options before they leave Jackson for the year on Friday.
While it is hard to measure how much – and all the ways – the archaic banner negatively affects the state, it is no longer difficult to measure how will hurt college baseball in Mississippi.
The NCAA ruled on Friday it would ban all postseason college athletic events from being hosted in Mississippi until the current state flag is removed. And NCAA postseason regionals have become a way of life in the Magnolia State, where Mississippi State has hosted 14 NCAA regionals, Ole Miss has hosted nine. Southern Miss, Delta State and Millsaps also have hosted NCAA baseball regionals in the past.
College baseball is huge in Mississippi. Ole Miss, State and Southern Miss all rank among the nation's baseball attendance leaders. Delta State traditionally is one of the nation's NCAA Division II powerhouse programs.
Mississippi State baseball coach Chris Lemonis also issued a statement: "Our focus as educators, community leaders, husbands and fathers is always to provide perspective. As coaches, we must see all sides of an issue or outcome to help our student-athletes make informed decisions. The rulings by the SEC and the NCAA affect our kids and community greatly but we understand their intent. My job as a head coach is to unite our players in a common goal, and a change to our state flag is needed to unite Mississippi."
Baseball is by no means the only sport affected. Hosting NCAA women's basketball regionals to sold-out crowds has become an annual happening at Mississippi State. But unless there is change to the flag, State's Bulldogs will have to go on the road to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
Nikki McCray-Pinson, the new State women's basketball coach, issued her own statement, which said in part: "There is no place in our society for symbols of hatred discrimination, and oppression. As a black woman coaching at one of the most diverse universities in the SEC, I look forward to seeing change that unites us and accurately represents our great community. I understand our student-athletes and fans may be affected by the NCAA's decision, but ultimately, this marks an important step toward inclusivity and an end to racial injustice."
Southern Miss football could also be affected. In Conference USA, the league football championship game is played on campus sites. C-USA commissioner Judy MacLeod said last week the league is reviewing its championship hosting policies that would preclude a championship to be held in Mississippi as long as the state has its current flag. That would also mean the C-USA baseball tournament, which has been held in Mississippi eight of the nine past years and is scheduled to return to Hattiesburg in 2022, would be played elsewhere.
The NCAA ban could also affect Mississippi teams in another manner: recruiting. Ole Miss and Mississippi State often battle the likes of baseball powers LSU, Vanderbilt, Louisville and others for some of the nation's top high school baseball recruits. Those schools use any and all selling points to win recruiting battles. If the Mississippi schools are put at a competitive disadvantage of not being able to host NCAA events, they'll use that, as well.
"It's hard to say what kind of effect it would have on recruiting," said Bianco, who said no recruit has mentioned the NCAA ban as yet.
But he knows this for sure: It will not help.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
RICK CLEVELAND
http://mississippitoday.org
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William Theodore Walton III (La Mesa, California; 5 de noviembre de 1952), más conocido como Bill Walton,  es un exjugador de baloncesto estadounidense que jugó durante diez temporadas en la NBA en las décadas de los 70 y los 80. Con  de estatura, lo hacía en la posición de pívot. Era apodado The Big Red Head (el gran pelirrojo), dada su estatura y su característico color de pelo. Es el padre del también exjugador profesional y entrenador en la NBA Luke Walton. Pasó a pertenecer al prestigioso Basketball Hall of Fame el 10 de mayo de 1993.

Trayectoria deportiva

Selección de Estados Unidos
Antes incluso de comenzar su etapa universitaria, con tan solo 17 años, fue convocado por la selección de Estados Unidos para disputar el Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1970, en el que acabarían en la quinta posición.

Universidad

Walton jugó sus años universitarios, entre 1972 y 1974, con los Bruins de la prestigiosa Universidad de California, Los Ángeles (UCLA), dirigida en aquel momento por John Wooden. Consiguió el título nacional al derrotar a Florida State en 1972 y de nuevo en 1973 al derrotar a Memphis State por 87-76, en una final en la cual Walton consiguió un impresionante 21 de 22 lanzamientos a canasta anotados, logrando 44 puntos.

El equipo de UCLA de la temporada 1971-72, liderado por Walton, fue capaz de terminar el año de forma perfecta, ganando los 30 partidos que disputaron en la fase regular, además con un margen de puntos superior a los 30. Este hecho se repetiría al año siguiente, logrando el récord de más partidos ganados consecutivamente por un equipo universitario, con 88. Casualmente, exceptuando la derrota sufrida ante Notre Dame el 19 de enero de 1974, los Bruins lograron 133 victorias consecutivas, ya que previamente a la llegada de Walton al equipo, consiguieron, liderados por Sidney Wicks, encarrilar 45 victorias consecutivas. Pero los Fighting Irish, con un gran Austin Carr, evitaron que el récord fuera más impresionante. Walton siempre recordaría aquella derrota como la más dolorosa de su carrera deportiva.

En 1973 recibió el premio James E. Sullivan al mejor deportista amateur de los Estados Unidos. Ese mismo año fue galardonado también con el Premio Naismith al mejor jugador universitario del año.

Estadísticas

NBA

Portland Trail Blazers (1974-1978)

Su trayectoria en la NBA estuvo marcada por las lesiones, que le impidieron destacar aún más. Fue elegido por los Portland Trail Blazers en la primera posición del Draft de la NBA de 1974, pero pasó sus dos primeras temporadas lastrado por sus lesiones (llegó a fracturarse la muñeca, el pie, la nariz y la pierna), lo que hizo que se perdiera más de la mitad de los partidos en esos dos primeros años. Comenzó a despuntar en la 1976-77, en la que fue seleccionado para el All-Star Game (que no disputó debido a una nueva lesión) y acabó la temporada regular siendo incluido en el Mejor Quinteto Defensivo y en el Segundo Mejor Quinteto de la NBA. En los playoffs, lideró a su equipo en la consecución del título de la Conferencia Oeste tras barrer a los Lakers en la final, tras una recordada defensa sobre la estrella del equipo angelino, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. En las Finales de la NBA derrotaron a los favoritos Philadelphia 76ers, a pesar de perder los dos primeros partidos, por 4 a 2, siendo nombrado MVP de las Finales.

Al año siguiente los Blazers ganaron 50 de sus 60 primeros partidos antes de que, nuevamente, Walton cayera lesionado en el pie. Aun así, fue galardonado con el título de MVP de la temporada, siendo incluido de nuevo en el Mejor quinteto defensivo y el Mejor quinteto de la liga por primera vez. Además jugó su único All Star, en el que consiguió 15 puntos y capturó 10 rebotes. Regresó tras la lesión en los playoffs, pero volvió a recaer en el segundo partido de la serie ante Seattle Supersonics, dejando a su equipo mermado, perdiendo en seis partidos. Al término de la temporada pidió ser traspasado, denunciando un mal trato por parte del equipo hacia los lesionados, pero no consiguió sus deseos, por lo que se pasó la temporada 1978-79 en blanco, y firmando en la temporada 1979-80, ya como agente libre, por San Diego Clippers.

San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers (1979-1985)
Portland recibió a cambio al alero Kermit Washington, al pívot Kevin Kunnert, una primera ronda del draft y 350.000 dólares, algo que fue muy mal visto por los jugadores de los Clippers y por gran parte de la afición, teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de lesiones que arrastraba el jugador. Además, consiguió un contrato récord en aquella época de 7 millones de dólares anuales. Las lesiones, sin embargo, siguieron ahí. Tras jugar únicamente 14 partidos de la temporada 1979-80, y habiendo promediado 13,9 puntos y 9 rebotes por partido, volvió a fracturarse el escafoides. Fueron los únicos partidos que jugaría en dos largas temporadas, en las que su equipo logró apenas 36 y 17 victorias respectivamente, lo que hizo que varios compañeros del equipo, entre ellos World B. Free, le acusaran de fingir las lesiones. En sus 4 primeras temporadas, apenas pudo disputar 47 partidos.

Determinado a volverse a vestir de corto, a pesar de que los doctores dijeron que no volvería a jugar, se sometió a una radical cirugía para rehacer su maltrecho pie. Walton aprovechó el tiempo de recuperación para sacarse la carrera de derecho en la Universidad de Stanford, practicando vóley playa, tenis y ciclismo, en ocasiones con su amigo Mickey Hart, batería de los Grateful Dead (incluso llegó a tocar la batería en un concierto en Egipto con los Dead).

La operación funcionó. Walton, con 29 años, regresó a las pistas en la temporada 1982-83, jugando solo un partido semanal, que era lo único que le permitió el equipo médico que lo trató (este tipo de acuerdo tenía un precedente dentro de la liga, cuando Elgin Baylor acordó jugar solo una vez por semana mientras servía en la reserva del ejército). En 33 partidos con los Clippers promedió 14,1 puntos por partido, su cuarta mejor marca de toda su carrera, anotando un 52,8% de tiros de campo. Jugó por fin sin dolor alguno por primera vez en su carrera, y parecía estar más feliz que nunca.

Tanto Walton como los Clippers mejoraron en los dos siguientes años. Walton jugó 55 partidos en la temporada 1983-84 y 67 en la 1984-85, ganando su equipo 30 y 31 partidos respectivamente. Con 32 años y viendo que su cuerpo no aguantaría mucho más, se marcó el objetivo de ganar títulos en alguno de los grandes equipos del momento. Al terminar la temporada, los dos grandes equipos de la década de los 80 llamaron a sus puertas: los Lakers y Boston Celtics. Después de que varios jugadores de este último equipo declarasen que les gustaría contar con un jugador como Walton para reforzar el juego de los hombres altos del equipo, Robert Parish y Kevin McHale, el presidente del equipo, Red Auerbach, accedió a sus deseos: traspasó a los Clippers a Cedric Maxwell y una primera ronda del draft a cambio del gran pelirrojo. Por fin sus sueños se hicieron realidad: jugar en los Celtics, un anhelo que tenía desde pequeño, y tener opciones de ganar un anillo de campeón.

Boston Celtics (1985-1987)

Walton jugó 80 partidos en la 1985-86, 13 más que el año que más encuentros había disputado. Jugando solamente 19,3 minutos por partido, promedió 7,6 puntos, 6,8 rebotes, 2,1 asistencias y 1,3 tapones cada noche. Consiguió además su mejor marca en porcentaje de tiros de campo, con un 56,2%. En uno de los partidos llegó a conseguir 20 puntos y 12 rebotes en tan solo 26 minutos de juego.
Durante la temporada solo sufrió una pequeña lesión, rompiéndose la nariz, la decimotercera de su carrera. Asumiendo un poco familiar rol de secundario a sus 33 años, jugó esa temporada con la excitación de un colegial, y la liga le recompensó con el galardón de Mejor Sexto Hombre de la NBA, premio que había conseguido su ahora compañero Kevin McHale las dos temporadas anteriores.

Con uno de los mejores quintetos de la historia de la NBA, los Celtics arrasaron en la fase regular, con un récord de 67 victorias y 15 derrotas, mientras que en los playoffs perdieron únicamente 3 de los 18 partidos que disputaron, derrotando en la final a Houston Rockets y sus torres gemelas, Ralph Sampson y Hakeem Olajuwon, en 6 partidos.

La satisfacción de Walton tras ganar su segundo anillo de campeón y el premio de mejor sexto hombre era inconmensurable. En un artículo publicado en el periódico Boston Herald, Kevin McHale dijo de él: "Ves a un tipo tan viejo como él, con el cuerpo más machacado de entre todos los deportistas, actuando como si fuera un chaval de instituto, y es algo divertido e inspirativo al mismo tiempo. Cada partido era un desafío, y nunca nos dejó que olvidáramos eso".

A la edad de 34 años, Walton se retiró tras jugar únicamente 10 partidos de la 1986-87. En el total de su carrera profesional anotó 6.215 puntos (13,3 por partido), consiguió 4.923 rebotes (10,5 p.p.) y obtuvo un porcentaje de acierto del 52,1% en tiros de campo, en 468 partidos de liga regular, mientras que en 49 partidos de playoffs promedió 10,8 puntos y 9,1 rebotes.

Estadísticas de su carrera en la NBA

Temporada regular

Playoffs

Logros y reconocimientos
 Último jugador en ganar en dos ocasiones consecutivas el premio al mejor jugador de la NCAA (1972 y 1973).
 Fue 2 veces  All Star.
 2 veces Campeón de la NBA (1977 y 1986).
 Elegido MVP de la NBA en 1978, y Mejor jugador de las Finales en 1977.
 Mejor Sexto Hombre en 1986.
 Elegido en el mejor quinteto y en el mejor quinteto defensivo en 1978.
 Máximo reboteador (14,4 por partido) y taponador (3,2) en 1977.
 Elegido uno de los 50 mejores jugadores de la historia de la NBA en 1996.
 Elegido en el Equipo del 75 aniversario de la NBA en 2021.

Vida personal

Walton reside en la actualidad en San Diego, junto con su esposa Lori. Con su primera esposa, Susie, tuvo cuatro hijos: Adam, Nathan, Luke y Chris. Luke, aunque no es tan alto como su padre, jugó en la Universidad de Arizona, llegando a profesionales, formando parte en 2008 de la plantilla de Los Angeles Lakers. Otro de los hijos de Walton, Chris, jugó en la Universidad Estatal de San Diego. Nate, por su parte, jugó en la Universidad de Princeton, consiguiendo un MBA en empresariales, presentándose en 2003 a las elecciones para Gobernador de California, consiguiendo 1.967 votos. El otro hijo de Bill, Adam, jugó también en su etapa universitaria con los Tigers de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana.

Es también conocida su afición a la música, sobre todo a artistas como Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young, Phish y Bob Dylan. Ha asistido a lo largo de su vida a más de 650 conciertos de los Grateful Dead, incluida la gira por Egipto en la que fue invitado a tocar la batería en uno de los conciertos. En el año 2001 fue incluido oficialmente en el Salón de Honor de los Grateful Dead.

Bill y su hijo, Luke, son una de las cinco parejas padre e hijo en ser campeones de la NBA junto con los Barry (Rick y Brent), los Thompson (Mychal y Klay), los Guokas (Matt Sr. y Matt Jr.), y los Payton (Gary y Gary II).

Cultura popular
Walton es mencionado en la película Airplane! (Aterriza como puedas, en España). En una escena, un niño es invitado a la cabina de mandos del avión, donde se encuentra al copiloto (interpretado por Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), asegurando el niño que era el propio Jabbar. Este lo niega, diciendo que en realidad es el piloto Roger Murdock, pero el crío insiste, y le dice que piensa que "Jabbar es bueno, pero mi padre piensa que los Lakers no se emplean a fondo en defensa", a lo que Kareem responde, agarrando al niño de la solapa de la chaqueta: "¡Dile a tu padre a ver si Walton o Lanier corren arriba y abajo la pista durante los 48 minutos!".

Ha realizado también cameos en las películas Ghostbuster, Celtic Pride, Little Nicky y Semi-Pro.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Página de Bill Walton en el Bastketball's Hall of Fame
 Datos y curiosidades sobre Bill Walton

Baloncestistas de la NBA
Baloncestistas con número retirado en la NBA
Baloncestistas All-Star de la NBA
Baloncestistas de California
Baloncestistas de los UCLA Bruins
Baloncestistas de los Portland Trail Blazers
Baloncestistas de Los Angeles Clippers
Baloncestistas de los San Diego Clippers
Baloncestistas de los Boston Celtics
Miembros del Basketball Hall of Fame


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**CSPDarknet53** is a convolutional neural network and backbone for object detection that uses [DarkNet-53](https://paperswithcode.com/method/darknet-53). It employs a CSPNet strategy to partition the feature map of the base layer into two parts and then merges them through a cross-stage hierarchy. The use of a split and merge strategy allows for more gradient flow through the network.

This CNN is used as the backbone for [YOLOv4](https://paperswithcode.com/method/yolov4).

{% include 'code_snippets.md' %}

## How do I train this model?

You can follow the [timm recipe scripts](https://rwightman.github.io/pytorch-image-models/scripts/) for training a new model afresh.

## Citation

```BibTeX
@misc{bochkovskiy2020yolov4,
      title={YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection},
      author={Alexey Bochkovskiy and Chien-Yao Wang and Hong-Yuan Mark Liao},
      year={2020},
      eprint={2004.10934},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CV}
}
```

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Collections:
- Name: CSP DarkNet
  Paper:
    Title: 'YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection'
    URL: https://paperswithcode.com/paper/yolov4-optimal-speed-and-accuracy-of-object
Models:
- Name: cspdarknet53
  In Collection: CSP DarkNet
  Metadata:
    FLOPs: 8545018880
    Parameters: 27640000
    File Size: 110775135
    Architecture:
    - 1x1 Convolution
    - Batch Normalization
    - Convolution
    - Global Average Pooling
    - Mish
    - Residual Connection
    - Softmax
    Tasks:
    - Image Classification
    Training Techniques:
    - CutMix
    - Label Smoothing
    - Mosaic
    - Polynomial Learning Rate Decay
    - SGD with Momentum
    - Self-Adversarial Training
    - Weight Decay
    Training Data:
    - ImageNet
    Training Resources: 1x NVIDIA RTX 2070 GPU
    ID: cspdarknet53
    LR: 0.1
    Layers: 53
    Crop Pct: '0.887'
    Momentum: 0.9
    Batch Size: 128
    Image Size: '256'
    Warmup Steps: 1000
    Weight Decay: 0.0005
    Interpolation: bilinear
    Training Steps: 8000000
    FPS (GPU RTX 2070): 66
  Code: https://github.com/rwightman/pytorch-image-models/blob/d8e69206be253892b2956341fea09fdebfaae4e3/timm/models/cspnet.py#L441
  Weights: https://github.com/rwightman/pytorch-image-models/releases/download/v0.1-weights/cspdarknet53_ra_256-d05c7c21.pth
  Results:
  - Task: Image Classification
    Dataset: ImageNet
    Metrics:
      Top 1 Accuracy: 80.05%
      Top 5 Accuracy: 95.09%
-->

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Boston this year suffered from one of the worst flu outbreaks in its history, with 700 reported cases and 18 deaths. Among other efforts, the city turned to big data to help keep this number from growing.
The new FluNearYou app, for instance, was created alongside the American Public Health Association and the Skoll Global Threats Fund to help stop the flu from spreading. The app surveys users to get a sense of their symptoms, stores and analyzes vast amounts of resulting data, and then produces reports to show users the flu activity in their region.
Another app called Help, I Have the Flu leverages big data and Facebook to help keep users healthy. The app, which was developed by pharmaceutical company Help Remedies, scans your friends' Facebook statuses for any mention of "sneezes," "coughs" or "flu." If these phrases are found, a notification is sent to the user, suggesting they may want to steer clear of the friends who posted them.


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"Fleets frequently struggle with efficient ways to optimize planning and schedule service work to maximize uptime for their vehicles. Service providers often feel challenged by the cumbersome and complex daily administrative tasks they need to manage to run business operations effectively," said Ralph Dimenna, global director of Michelin Services and Solutions. "The development of MAESTRO positions Michelin to become one of the leading brokers of service relationship management solutions to commercial fleets and service providers."
Available in the United States, MAESTRO streamlines this critical three-way relationship with real-time digitization that reduces billing errors and improves timeliness and service turnaround time. MAESTRO's easy-to-use scheduling and real-time communication features maximize productivity for servicing vehicles and planning for future loads. The platform provides increased visibility and transparency by taking the guess work out of service event management – addressing common questions such as:
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Mrs. Redd's Classroom Blog: Meet Your Teacher: Help Me Write My Bio!
In the spirit of Back To School, I'd like to introduce myself. I am working on a bio, or "About Me" page for my blog visitors, and I'd like to know what YOU want to know about me.
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