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New RNA molecules may play a role in aging
by Thomas Jefferson University
A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. Highlighted are the nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue). Note that this is a single strand of RNA that folds back upon itself. Credit: Vossman/ Wikipedia
The genome is the master plan for all body parts, from toe nails to eyebrows. But it's not just the blueprint that determines what's built. All of the cellular players that draw instructions from the blueprint add their own interpretation to the design, and researchers are still discovering new players. Using new tools they developed, Thomas Jefferson University researchers have found a sea of a new subtype of RNA molecules in the cell, and evidence suggesting they may play a role in aging processes.
"A lot of research has focused on the most famous short RNA—the microRNA," says senior author Yohei Kirino, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Jefferson's Computational Medicine Center. "MicroRNA is powerful in that it can silence messenger RNA, essentially diverting the production of certain cellular elements encoded by the genome, and we can study them with established methods. We wanted to know what these other, more difficult to capture short RNA were doing in the cell. Our study begins to answer that question."
The research was published in PLOS Genetics on January 13th.
The subtype of RNA Dr. Kirino studied is called cyclic-phosphate containing RNA, or cP-RNA, for short. Although researchers knew this unusual form of phosphate existed on RNA molecules, they assumed it was just an intermediate form generated during RNA digestion. Current methods to track RNA, by amplifying and sequencing the molecule, fail to capture RNA with a cyclic phosphate tail. "The shape is problematic," says Dr. Kirino.
Three years ago, however, Dr. Kirino's lab developed a system for targeting cP-RNAs so that they could be amplified and sequenced. Using this method, the research team was able to sequence all of the cP-RNAs present in the mouse tissues. "This is the first complete sequencing data for this RNA subtype," says Dr. Kirino.
The sequencing revealed several surprises. First, first author Megumi Shigematsu, a research associate in Dr. Kirino's lab, showed there was a lot more of the cP-RNA than expected. Numerous novel cP-RNA species were identified to be generated from various types of cellular RNAs such as transfer RNAs, messenger RNAs, and ribosomal RNAs. This suggests that cyclic phosphates may be involved in the function of RNA with various roles in the cells.
And those cP-RNAs were very abundant—for example, just one cP-RNA from ribosomal RNA were 300-fold more abundant than all of the varieties of microRNA in the cell combined. cP-RNAs were also present throughout tissues of the body of a mouse, including the lung, muscle, spleen and thymus. Finally, the researchers saw that the abundance of cP-RNAs changed over time, decreasing in number as the mouse aged.
"We still have more questions about these molecules than we have answers," says Dr. Kirino. "But given their abundance, how ubiquitous they are in tissues throughout the body, and that their numbers change as tissues age, we know that this is an area that needs further exploration."
Dr. Kirino's lab is working to explore how cP-RNAs play a role in asthma, infectious disease and cancer.
New family of small RNAs boosts cell proliferation in cancer
More information: Megumi Shigematsu et al, Genome-wide identification of short 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate-containing RNAs and their regulation in aging, PLOS Genetics (2019). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008469
Journal information: PLoS Genetics
Provided by Thomas Jefferson University
Citation: New RNA molecules may play a role in aging (2019, November 14) retrieved 28 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2019-11-rna-molecules-role-aging.html
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U.S. Renews Iran Sanctions, Grants Oil Waivers to China, Seven Others
By Humeyra Pamuk and Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The United States snapped sanctions back in place on Monday to choke Iran's oil and shipping industries, while temporarily allowing top customers such as China and India to keep buying crude from the Islamic Republic.
Having abandoned a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, U.S President Donald Trump is trying to cripple Iran's oil-dependent economy and force Tehran to quash not only its nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program but also support for militant proxies in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East.
Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would continue to sell its oil despite Washington's "economic war." Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said U.S. "bullying" was backfiring by making Washington more isolated.
Washington has pledged to eventually halt all purchases of crude oil from Iran globally but for now it said eight countries – China, India, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Greece, Taiwan and Turkey – can continue imports without penalty. Crude exports contribute one-third of Iran's government revenues.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif . Reuters
"More than 20 importing nations have zeroed out their imports of crude oil already, taking more than 1 million barrels of crude per day off the market," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters in a briefing. "The regime to date since May has lost over $2.5 billion in oil revenue."
Pompeo said the waivers were issued to countries that have already cut purchases of Iranian crude over the past six months, and to "ensure a well-supplied oil market." The exceptions are designed to last 180 days.
Trump said he wanted to go slow on the sanctions, citing concerns about causing global price spikes.
"I could get the Iran oil down to zero immediately but it would cause a shock to the market. I don't want to lift oil prices," he told reporters before flying to a campaign event.
Iran's exports peaked at 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, including 300,000 bpd of condensate, a lighter form of oil. Overall exports have since fallen to 1.8 million bpd, according to energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie, which expects volumes to drop to 1 million bpd.
'SQUEEZE IRAN HARD'
Oil prices in October rallied above $85 per barrel on fears of a steep decline in Iranian exports. Prices have fallen since then on expectations that some buyers would receive exemptions and as supply from other big producers has increased.
Ellen Wald, an oil analyst and fellow at the Atlantic Council, said the impact on global oil prices should be "blunted" for the 180-day length of the waivers to the eight countries. The Trump administration hopes more oil production will come next year from Iraq and from a so-called neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, if a dispute between the two countries over the zone is resolved.
In addition, U.S. oil output hit a record high this year of about 11.3 million barrels, and sustained high output could reduce the impact of sanctions. On Monday, international benchmark Brent crude oil futures erased earlier gains to trade at $72.85 a barrel while U.S. crude futures fell 0.4 percent to $62.87.
A pumpjack drills for oil in the Monterey Shale, California.REUTERS
Oil markets have been anticipating the sanctions for months and the world's biggest producers have been increasing output.
Joint output from the world's top producers – Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia – in October rose above 33 million bpd for the first time, up 10 million bpd since 2010.
U.S. officials have said the countries given temporary exemptions will deposit revenue in escrow accounts for Tehran to use solely for humanitarian purposes.
The sanctions also cover 50 Iranian banks and subsidiaries, more than 200 people and vessels in its shipping sector, Tehran's national airline, Iran Air, and more than 65 of its aircraft, a U.S. Treasury statement said.
"We've said for a long time: Zero should mean zero," John Bolton, White House National Security adviser told Fox Business Network in an interview. "These are not permanent waivers – no way, we're going to do everything we can to squeeze Iran hard."
(Additional reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in NEW YORK, Jane Chung in SEOUL, Kaori Kaneko and Osamu Tsukimori in TOKYO, Ben Blanchard in BEIJING, Nidhi Verma in NEW DELHI and Lesley Wroughton, Timothy Gardner and Roberta Rampton in WASHINGTON; Writing by Henning Gloystein and Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by David Gaffen, Bill Trott and James Dalgleish)
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Immigration Enforcement: Biden Renews Expulsions of Migrants over COVID Risk
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A migrant from Central America is searched by a U.S. Border Patrol agent after crossing into the United States from Mexico in Sunland Park, N.M., July 22, 2021. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)
The Biden administration has extended the Title 42 policy that allows border agents to expel migrants and asylum-seekers without a court hearing over concerns of coronavirus spread.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended Title 42 on Monday, the same day that the American Civil Liberties Union renewed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the policy.
The CDC order "temporarily suspends the introduction of certain noncitizens based on the Director's determination that introduction of such noncitizens" through the Mexico or Canada border "creates a serious danger of the introduction of COVID-19 into the United States," the agency said in a press release. Unaccompanied migrant children are exempt from the order.
The order "shall remain in effect until the CDC Director determines that the danger of further introduction of COVID-19 into the United States from covered noncitizens has ceased to be a serious danger to the public health."
The CDC noted that an "ongoing migrant surge" at the U.S.-Mexico border had overwhelmed Customs and Border Protection facilities, in the text of the order filed in the ACLU case on Monday. Border Patrol facilities are holding migrants at 389 percent of "COVID-19 adjusted capacity," according to additional court filings by the Department of Homeland Security.
"Amid the ongoing migrant surge, both the COVID-19-reduced capacity and higher non-COVID holding capacity limits have been exceeded in CBP facilities," the order states. "Complete termination of any order under" Title 42 would result "in severe overcrowding and a high risk of COVID-19 transmission among those held in the facilities and the CBP workforce, ultimately burdening the local healthcare system."
The new court filings revealed that CBP estimates its agents encountered 210,000 migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the highest monthly total since the year 2000.
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Naftali Bendavid and Monica Davey, Tribune Staff Writers. Naftali Bendavid reported from North Carolina and Monica Davey reported from ChicagoCHICAGO TRIBUNE
Vice President Al Gore has significantly narrowed his list of running mates, apparently ruling out, among others, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois.
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Kerry, 56, served in Vietnam, as did Gore. Lieberman, 58, is an Orthodox Jew who spoke out early against President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and could help protect Gore from being tied to that episode. Shaheen, 53, whose husband managed Gore's New Hampshire primary bid, might win Gore support from women. Gephardt, 59, could help a ticket with his key support from labor and from the Midwest.
Gore, who has spent the week of the Republican convention in North Carolina vacationing and "mulling" his running mate choices, is expected to announce his choice on Tuesday in Nashville. The pair will then appear at the Democrats' convention, which starts Aug. 14 in Los Angeles.
Until Thursday, when Gore's list was leaked to reporters, Gore had kept the process secret. In recent weeks, his advisers had sharply criticized the Republicans for allowing their running mate selection process to become the subject of speculation.
But this leaked list--like many others before it--is part of a process by which a campaign gauges public reaction to various names before making a final choice. It also represents an effort to draw some attention away from the GOP on their convention's final day.
"It's not entirely by accident the day he put out this list," said Stephen Hess, a political analyst at the Brookings Institution.
Shaheen, who is running for re-election, has said she doesn't want the job of vice president.
Gephardt, too, has said he would prefer not to be considered, but did not say he would refuse the job if it were offered.
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Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Act, as Amended
By United States
"(f) For the purposes of this Act, the term 'spouse' shall mean the wife or husband of a retirement annuitant or pensioner who (i) was married to such annuitant or pensioner for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the day on which the application for a spouse's annuity is filed, or is the parent of such annuitant's or pensioner's son or daughter, if, as of the day on which the application for a spouse's annuity is filed, such wife or husband and such annuitant or pensioner were members of the same household, or such wife or husband was receiving regular contributions from such annuitant or pensioner toward her or his support, or such annuitant or pensioner has been ordered by any court to contribute to the support of such wife or husband; and (ii) in the case of a husband, was receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife at the time his wife's retirement annuity or pension began.
"(g) The spouse's annuity provided in subsection (e) shall, with respect to any month, be subject to the same provisions of subsection (d) as the individual's annuity, and, in addition, the spouse's annuity shall not be payable for any month if the individual's annuity is not payable for such month (or, in the case of a pensioner, would not be payable if the pension were an annuity) by reason of the provisions of said subsection (d). Such spouse's annuity shall cease at the end of the month preceding the month in which (i) the spouse or the individual dies, (ii) the spouse and the individual are absolutely divorced, or (iii), in the case of a wife under age 65, she no longer has in her care a child who, if her husband were then to die, would be entitled to an annuity under subsection (c) of section 5 of this Act."
SEC. 6. Subsection (a) of section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act 45 U.S.C. § 2280. of 1937, as amended, is amended by changing "2.40" to "2.76", "1.80"
to "2.07", and "1.20" to "1.38".
Sec. 7. Subsection (b) of section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out all of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following paragraph:
"The retirement annuity or pension of an individual, and the annuity of his spouse, if any, shall be reduced, beginning with the month
in which such individual is, or on proper application would be, entitled 49 Stat. 620. to an old age insurance benefit under the Social Security Act, as 42 U.S.C. § 1305. follows: (i) in the case of the individual's retirement annuity, by that
portion of such annuity which is based on his years of service and compensation before 1937, or by the amount of such old age insurance benefit, whichever is less, (ii) in the case of the individual's pension, by the amount of such old age insurance benefit, and (iii) in the case
of the spouse's annuity, to one-half the individual's retirement an65 Stat. 684. nuity or pension as reduced pursuant to clause (i) or clause (ii) of this 65 Stat. 685. paragraph: Provided, however, That, in the case of any individual
receiving or entitled to receive an annuity or pension on the day prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph, the reductions required by this paragraph shall not operate to reduce the sum of (A) the retirement annuity or pension of the individual, (B) the spouse's annuity, if any, and (C) the benefits under the Social Security Act which the individual and his family receive or are entitled to receive on the basis of his wages, to an amount less than such sum was before the enactment of this paragraph."
Sec. 8. Subsection (e) of section 3 of the Railroad.Retirement Act 45 U.S.C. $ 2280. of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out the phrase "and not
less than five years of service"; by changing the phrase "subsection 2 (a) (3)" to "section 2 (a) 3 or the last paragraph of section 3 (b)"; by changing "$3.60" to "4.14", and "$60" to "$69"; and by changing the period at the end of the subsection to a colon and inserting after the colon the following: "Provided, however, That if for any entire
month in which an annuity accrues and is payable under this Act the annuity to which an employee is entitled under this Act (or would have been entitled except for a reduction pursuant to section 2 (a) 3 or a joint and survivor election), together with his or her spouse's annuity, if any, or the total of survivor annuities under this Act deriving from the same employee, is less than the amount, or the additional amount, which would have been payable to all persons for such month under the Social Security Act (deeming completely and partially insured indi- 49 Stat. 620. viduals to be fully and currently insured, respectively, and disregard- 42 U.S.C. $ 1305. ing any possible deductions under subsections (f) and (g) (2) of section 203 thereof) if such employee's service as an employee after December 31, 1936, were included in the term 'employment as defined in that Act' and quarters of coverage were determined in accordance with section 5 (1) (4) of this Act, such annuity or annuities, shall be increased proportionately to a total of such amount or such additional amount."
Sec. 9. Section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as 45 U.S.C. $ 2280. amended, is amended by striking out subsection (h) thereof.
Sec. 10. Subsection (i) of section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by redesignating it as subsection (h).
Sec. 11. Subsection (a) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, 'is amended by inserting "and Widower's" 45 U.S.C. $ 228e. after "Widow's"; by inserting "or widower" after "widow"; by inserting "or his' after "her", by inserting "or he" after "she"; by striking out the phrase "three-fourths of"; and by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon, and by inserting after the colon the following: "Provided, however, That if in the month preceding the employee's death the spouse of such employee was entitled to a spouse's annuity under subsection (e) of section 2 in an amount greater than the widow's or widower's insurance annuity, the widow's or widower's insurance annuity shall be increased to such greater amount."
SEC. 12. Subsection (b) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out the phrase "threefourths of"; and by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and inserting after the colon the following: "Provided, however, That if in the month preceding the employee's death the spouse of such employee was entitled to a spouse's annuity under subsection (e) of section 2 in an amount greater than the widow's current insurance annuity, the widow's current insurance annuity shall be increased to such greater amount."
Sec. 13. Subsection (c) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by substituting for the phrase "one-half" the phrase "two-thirds".
65 Stat. 685. Sec. 14. Subsection (d) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement 65 Stat. 686. Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting, ", no widower," after "widow"; and by substituting for the phrase "one-half" the phrase "two-thirds".
Şec. 15. Subsection (e) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by substituting for the phrase "one-half" the phrase "two-thirds".
SEC. 16. Subsection (f) (1) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting "widower," after the phrase "widow," where this phrase first appears in the first sentence, and after the phrase "widow," wherever this phrase appears in the fourth sentence; and by substituting in the first sentence for the word "eight" the word "ten".
Sec. 17. Subsection (f) (2) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting", widower," after the word "widow" wherever this word appears; by inserting "or her"
after the words "his" and "him" wherever these words appear; by inserting immediately before", or to others" in the first sentence the following: ", and to others deriving from him or her, during his or her life,"; by changing the period at the end of said subsection to a comma and by inserting after the comma the following: "except that
the deductions of the benefits which, pursuant to subsection (k) (1) 49 Stat. 623; of this section, are paid under section 202 of the Social Security Act, 64 Stat. 482. during the life of the employee to him or to her and to others deriving 42 U.S.C. $ 402. from him or her, shall be limited to such portions of such benefits as are
payable solely by reason of the inclusion of service as an employee in employment pursuant to said subsection (k) (1)."
Sec. 18. Subsection (g) (2) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement 45 u.s.c. Act of 1937, as amended, is amended to read as follows: § 228e.
"(2) If an individual is entitled to more than one annuity for a month under this section, such individual shall be entitled only to that one of such annuities for a month which is equal to or exceeds any other such annuity. If an individual is entitled to an annuity for a month under this section and is entitled, or would be so entitled on
proper application therefor, for such month to an insurance benefit 49 Stat. 623; under section 202 of the Social Security Act, the annuity of such 64 Stat. 482. individual for such month under this section shall be only in the 42 U.S.C. $ 402. amount by which it exceeds such insurance benefit. If an individual
is entitled to an annuity for a month under this section and also to a retirement annuity, the annuity of such individual for a month under this section shall be only in the amount by which it exceeds such retirement annuity.
"(3) In the case of any individual receiving or entitled to receive an annuity under this section on the day prior to the date of enactment of the provisions of this paragraph, the application of paragraph (2) of this subsection to such individual shall not operate to reduce the sum of (A) the annuity under this section of such individual, (B) the
retirement annuity, if any, of such individual, and (C) the benefits 49 Stat. 620. under the Social Security Act which such individual receives or is 42 U.S.c. entitled to receive, to an amount less than such sum was before the § 1305.
enactment of the provisions of this paragraph."
Sec. 19. Subsection (h) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended to read as follows:
"(h) Maximum and Minimum Annuity Totals.—Whenever according to the provisions of this section as to annuities, payable for a month with respect to the death of an employee, the total of annuities is more than $30 and exceeds either (a) $160, or (b) an amount equal to two
and two-thirds times such employee's basic amount, whichever of such 65 Stat. 686. amounts is the lesser, such total of annuities shall, prior to any deduc65 Stat. 687.
tions under subsection (i), be reduced to such lesser amount or to $30, whichever is greater. Whenever such total of annuities is less than $14, such total shall, prior to any deductions under subsection (i), be increased to $14."
SEC. 20. Subdivision (ii) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by substituting "$50" for "$25".
SEC. 21. Subsection (1) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out all of the third sentence thereof after the phrase "the month in which" (including the proviso), and substituting the following: "eligibility therefor was otherwise acquired, but not earlier than the first day of the sixth month before the month in which the application was filed."
Sec. 22. (a) Paragraph (1) of subsection (k) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting "(i)" after the word "determining" and by inserting in said para
graph after the word "Act" where it first appears the following: "to
an employee who will have completed less than ten years of service
and to others deriving from him or her during his or her life and
with respect to his or her death, and lump-sum death payments with
respect to the death of such employee, and (ii) insurance benefits with
respect to the death of an employee who will have completed ten years
of service"; by striking in said paragraph after "1947," the following:
"to a widow, parent, or surviving child,"; by inserting before the word
"occurring" the phrase "of such an employee"; by inserting after the
phrase "such date" the following: ", and for the purposes of section
203 of that Act"; by substituting in said paragraph -210 (a) (10)"
for "209 (b) (9)"; and by inserting at the end of such paragraph (1)
the following sentence: "In the application of the Social Security Act
pursuant to this paragraph to service as an employee, all service as
defined in section 1 (c) of this Act shall be deemed to have been per-
formed within the United States."
(b) Subsection (k) (2) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by substituting the following:
45 u.s.c. $ 228e. "(2) (A) The Board and the Federal Security Administrator shall determine, no later than January 1, 1954, the amount which would place the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (hereafter termed 'Trust Fund') in the same position in which it would have been at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, if service as an employee after December 31, 1936, had been included in the term 'employment as defined in the Social Security Act and 49 Stat. 620. in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
42 U.S.c. § 1305. "(B) On January 1, 1954, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, 53 Stat. 175. and at the close of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year end-26 U.S.C ing June 30, 1954, the Board and the Federal Security Administrator shall determine, and the Board shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for transfer from the Railroad Retirement Account (hereafter termed 'Retirement Account) to the Trust Fund, interest for such fiscal year at the rate specified in subparagraph (D) on the amount determined under subparagraph (A) less the sum of all offsets made under subparagraph (C).
"(C) At the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Board and the Federal Security Administrator shall determine the amount, if any, which if added to or subtracted from the Trust Fund would place such Trust Fund in the same position in which it would have been if service as an employee after December 31, 1936, had been included in the term "employment as defined in the Social Security Act and in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the 65 Stat. 687. amount determined under subparagraph (A), less such offsets as have 65 Stat. 688. theretofore been made under this subparagraph, and the amount determined under subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year under consideration shall be deemed to be part of the Trust Fund. Such determination shall be made no later than June 15, following the close of the fiscal year. If such amount is to be added to the Trust Fund, the Board shall, within ten days after the determination, certify such amount to the Secretary of the Treasury for transfer from the Retirement Account to the Trust Fund; if such amount is to be subtracted from the Trust Fund, the Administrator shall, within ten days after the determination, certify such amount to the Secretary of the Treasury for transfer from the Trust Fund to the Retirement Account. The amount so certified shall further include interest (at the rate determined in subparagraph (D) for the fiscal year under consideration) payable from the close of such fiscal year until the date of certification. In the event the Administrator is required under the provisions of this
subparagraph to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury an amount to be transferred to the Retirement Account from the Trust Fund, the Administrator, in lieu of such certification, may offset the amount determined under the first sentence of this subparagraph against the amount determined in subparagraph (A) as diminished by any prior offsets and the offset shall be made to be effective as of the first day of the fiscal year following the fiscal year under consideration.
"(D) For the purposes of subparagraphs (B) and (C), for any fiscal year, the rate of interest to be used shall be equal to the average rate of interest, computed as of May 31 preceding the close of such fiscal year, borne by all interest-bearing obligations of the United States then forming a part of the public debt; except that where such average rate is not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum next lower than such average rate.
"(E) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer to the Trust Fund from the Retirement Account or to the Retirement Account from the Trust Fund, as the case may be, such amounts as, from time to time, may be determined by the Board and the Federal Security Administrator pursuant to the provisions of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this subsection, and certified by the Board or the Administrator for transfer from the Retirement Account or from the Trust Fund."
Sec. 23. (a) (1) Paragraph (1) of subsection (1) of section 5 of 45 U.S.C. $ 2280. the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by
inserting "widower'," after" widow'," where this word first appears; by substituting "216 (c), (e), and (g)" for "209 (i) and (k)", and by substituting "202 (h)" for "202 (f)".
(2) The said paragraph (1) is further amended by striking out subdivision (i) thereof and inserting in lieu of such subdivision the following:
"(i) a 'widow' or 'widower shall have been living with the employee at the time of the employee's death; a widower shall have received at least one-half of his support from his wife employee at the time of her death or he shall have received at least one-half of his support from his wife employee at the time her
retirement annuity or pension began." (3) The said paragraph (1) is further amended by inserting in subdivision (ii) after the phrase "such death" the following: "by other than a step parent, grand parent, aunt, or uncle"; and by amending subdivision (iii) to read as follows: "(iii) a 'parent shall have received, at the time of the death of the employee to whom the
relationship of parent is claimed, at least one-half of his support 65 Stat. 688. from such employee.". 65 Stat. 689. (4) Paragraph (1) of the said subsection (1) is further amended
by substituting for all the matter which follows subdivision (iii) the following: "A 'widow' or 'widower' shall be deemed to have been
living with the employee if the conditions set forth in section 216 64 Stat. 511, (h) (2) or (3), whichever is applicable, of the Social Security Act 512.
are fulfilled. A 'child' shall be deemed to have been dependent upon 42 U.S.C. $ 416.
a parent if the conditions set forth in section 202 (d) (3), (4), or 64 Stat. 484.
(5) of the Social Security Act are fulfilled (a partially insured 42 U.S.C. $ 402.
mother being deemed currently insured). In determining for purposes of this section and subsection (f) of section 2 whether an applicant is the wife, husband, widow, widower, child, or parent of an
employee as claimed, the rules set forth in section 216 (h) (1) of the 64 Stat. 511. Social Security Act shall be applied;". 42 U.S.C. § 416. (b) Paragraph (4) of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Railroad
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Q: Prove $x^2$ is continuous on the interval $[0,1]$ I realize this may be a simple question, but I am having trouble proving proving this, mostly with selecting a suitable delta.
My attempt so far:
$x^2$ is continuous on $[0,1]$ if $\forall\epsilon>0,\exists\delta>0$ such that $$0<\vert x-a\vert<\delta\,x\in [0,1]\Rightarrow\vert x^2-a^2\vert<\epsilon$$ for all $a\in [0,1]$.
Since $a$ and $x$ are in $[0,1]$, the maximum value of $a+x$ is 2. Take $\delta=\min\{1,\frac{\epsilon}{2}\}$. Then $$0<\vert x-a\vert<\delta\Rightarrow\vert x^2-a^2\vert=\vert x-a\vert\vert x+a\vert<2\vert x-a\vert=2\delta\leq\epsilon$$
I think my logic makes sense but I am unsure about my step involving $\delta$. Is this a correct proof? If not, how would I improve it?
A: The only improvement I can see here (as mentioned by happymath in the comments), is that the implication requires strict inequality. So, choosing something like $\delta=\frac{\epsilon}{3}$ yields a better result. This gives the implication:
$$ 2\delta=\frac{2\epsilon}{3}<\epsilon$$
This is the required condition. Of course, as you probably know, $\delta=\frac{\epsilon}{3}$ is a somewhat arbitrary choice. You can choose anything less than $\frac{\epsilon}{2}$ (i.e. $\delta=\frac{\epsilon}{2.0000000001}$, or $\delta=\frac{\epsilon}{123456789}$ ). Or, more generally, as proposed in the comments, consider $\delta<\min(1,\frac{\epsilon}{2})$.
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Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 2 #2: Digital Exclusive Edition by Dan Abnett
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All the Light We Cannot See: A 30-minute Summary of Anthony Doerr's Novel
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Instaread Summaries - 2014
PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book. All the Light We Cannot See: A 30-minute Summary of Anthony Doerr's Novel Inside this Instaread Summary: Overview of the entire book Introduction to the Important people in the book Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book Key Takeaways of the book A Reader's Perspective Preview of this summary: Part Zero Chapter 1Just ahead of an American attack, leaflets fall from the sky to warn residents of a city to evacuate.Chapter 2Twelve American bombers cross the English Channel.Chapter 3Marie-Laure LeBlanc sits alone inside her great-uncle Etienne's home in Saint-Malo.
She hears planes flying overhead. A flyer warning of an impending assault by American bombers lands near her, but she is blind and cannot read it.Chapter 4Private Werner Pfennig wakes in the Hotel of Bees where his unit is billeted in Saint-Malo. A corporal orders him to go to the cellar. The hotel once was a privateer's lair. It is fortress-like and houses an antiaircraft gun manned by a crew of Austrians.Chapter 5The townspeople who have not evacuated awake to the noise of guns and planes amid the shower of leaflets. In a fortress, the last German bastion on the Breton coast, French prisoners peer up at the sky. Other sieges have rocked the city of Saint-Malo over the centuries, but none like this... About the Author With Instaread Summaries, you can get the summary of a book in 30 minutes or less. We read every chapter, summarize and analyze it for your convenience.
Angry Birds #1: Mini-Comic #2 (Angry Birds Mini-Comic)
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Jeff Parker - 2014
Angry Birds, the world's favorite mobile game franchise, is now the world's favorite digital comic! This issue's featured story, "Propiganda" by Jeff Parker and César Ferioli is sure to slingshot it's way into your heart!.
Angry Birds, the world's favorite mobile game franchise, is now the world's favorite digital comic! This issue's featured story, "Propiganda" by Jeff Parker and César Ferioli is sure to slingshot it's way into your heart!
World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star
Larry Niven - 1994
Superman H'el On Earth Preview Book
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Scott Lobdell
For years, Superman believed himself to be the sole survivor of the doom planet Krypton.
He grew up on Earth convinced he was the last of his kind. He was wrong. Superman, Supergirl, and the half-Kryptonian, half-human clone Superboy must now face their biggest threat: H'El on Earth.
The Belt: Complete Trilogy
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1-cataloged
2up-series
Gerald M. Kilby - 2018
An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Commander Scott McNabb and the crew of the science vessel, Hermes, are three years into a five-year-long survey of the asteroid belt when they discover a derelict spaceship in orbit around a binary asteroid.
The ship contains an experimental quantum device, lost while en route to a research colony on Europa. On Earth, powerful corporate forces are moving to resume unrestricted, inter-AI communications, their objective being to gain complete dominion over the colonized solar system. But the outer worlds are mobilizing to prevent them from achieving their objective, a fight back which is being led by Solomon, a sentient quantum intelligence (QI), also on Europa. However, once word of the crew's discovery gets out, they soon realize that ownership of this technology could fundamentally change the balance of power within the solar system, and they now find themselves at the very nexus of a system-wide conflict. Their fight for survival plays out across the solar system, from the mining outposts of the asteroid belt to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and from the great Martian city of Jezero to the irradiated wastelands on Earth. This is an epic tale of humanity's struggle for survival and meaning in a time when artificial intelligence has finally out-paced our own ability to control it. About The Belt: The story is set a century or so into the future where humanity has colonized most of the inner solar system. The asteroid belt (The Belt) is now a hive of mining activity and ships ply the trade routes to Earth and Mars. The technology depicted, for the most part, is what I consider to be technically plausible, although I do stretch it a little with quantum entanglement. That said, you won't need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.
Timestream 1
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Jude Hardin - 2019
Set in the Reacher Universe by permission of Lee Child Jack Reacher is about to be murdered.
By a man from the future... October 2101 Rock Wahlman… Former Navy Master-At-Arms, Jack Reacher's genetic duplicate—his actual clone, produced from a blood specimen that was drawn over a hundred years ago. Recently recruited by a secret government agency, Wahlman has been sent back in time to protect Reacher from a faction called Topple, a rogue group of time-traveling criminals determined to alter the past in an effort to make the future more profitable for themselves. You might say that Wahlman is extremely motivated. Because if Reacher is killed before the blood that was used to produce Wahlman is drawn, then it's possible that Wahlman will cease to exist. He definitely has his work cut out for him. He knows he's in Germany for a reason, but after being in a coma for three days, he can't remember exactly what that reason is. In fact, he can't even remember his own name. Before being recruited as Jack Reacher's time-traveling bodyguard, Rock Wahlman got chased and shot at and beat some bad guys senseless in The Reacher Experiment series of thrillers. Pulse-pounding action from the first page to the last! The Reacher Experiment Series Dead Ringer Moving Target No Escape Kill Shot 357 Sunset Redline End Game Ricochet Gone
Black Phoenix
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B.V. Larson - 2019
Earth's first colony ship finally reaches the target world.
The excitement of planetfall is indescribable, but quickly transforms into sick disappointment when they find the atmosphere is a roiling mass of hydrochloric acid, carbon dioxide and other deadly poisons. They fly onward, seeking better planets. They find them, but none are ideal. The search goes on for a century, then longer still. As they move farther from Earth, aliens discover the intruding ship, and they begin to investigate humanity. They find our species unacceptable. The years and the light-years go by without relief. The colony begins to splinter. Some accept that their voyage is eternal, while others seek to end it any way they can. The colony's culture grows darker, and a war begins, both inside and outside the vast ship. What lives among the stars we see at night? Can we reach out to them and survive? Find out in BLACK PHOENIX, a story of exploration, colonization, alien contact and civil war by Wayne Wightman and B. V. Larson, bestselling SF authors with over three million copies sold.
The Talisman: The Road of Trials #1
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Robin Furth - 2009
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet and A Scandal in Bohemia: Official Edition
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mystery-thriller
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2019
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in history.
Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the 19th Century, he lives dozens of adventures next to his friend and colleague Dr. Watson. "A Study in Scarlet" is the first story of the saga. Both characters meet each other for the first time and they resolve to fight evil together. "A Scandal in Bohemia" is the second story in their adventures, and it is here that we meet Irene Adler, the woman who fascinates Sherlock Holmes from thereafter. This book is an official edition since it contains both stories without forewords, external footnotes, or changes of any kind to the original text.
A Study Guide to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen - 1994
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature.
And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground. Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber
Expanse series #1-6
James S.A. Corey
Expanse series vol (1 to 6 ) books collection set by james s.
a. corey includes titles:- Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate, Cibola Burn, Nemesis Games, Babylon's Ashes. Description:- Leviathan Wakes Humanity has colonised the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach.Jim Holden is an officer on an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. Caliban's War While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy. Abaddon's Gate For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Cibola Burn: Book 4 of the Expanse The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonise has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Illus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Nemesis Games: Book 5 of the Expanse A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land-rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle.Ships are disappearing without a trace. Babylon's Ashes: Book Six of the Expanse The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.
Minecraft: Diary of a Wimpy Steve series Book 1: Trapped in Minecraft
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Anonymous - 2015
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If You Liked School, You'll Love Work...
irvine-welsh
Irvine Welsh - 2007
Mickey Baker, an ex-pat English bar owner living in Spain, returns to England to see his daughter and mother but must face the wrath of his ex-wife, a woman who pulls no punches.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection If You Liked School, You'll Love Work.
The Quantum Series: Box Set Books 1 - 3
Douglas Phillips - 2019
Forget everything you know about reality.
The quantum world doesn't play by those rules. Daniel Rice is a government science investigator whose specialty is solving seemingly intractable problems through scientific inquiry.But Daniel's intellectual strength is sorely tested by the bizarre realities he finds in the quantum world. Extra dimensions of space trap the unwary, probability replaces cause and effect, and time isn't what anyone imagined. The other side of the mirror is a place full of dangers, but it's also somewhere a dedicated scientist can uncover secrets that connect humans with something greater. If you liked the authenticity of The Martian, the page-turning pace of Da Vinci Code, and the inspirational world views of Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan, you'll love The Quantum Series. A mind-bending journey from the ultra-small to the vast stage of the Milky Way. Acclaim for The Quantum Series Awarded the indieBRAG Medallion for 2018"Dazzling tale of weird science" - Publisher's Weekly"I can't recall when I last enjoyed a hard science series as much as this one. The concepts were astounding, the characters were easily believable, and the action emotionally driven. Very hard to put down. It kept me reading half the night. You'll be thinking about the far out science ideas promulgated in this series for a long time." - Chuck Juzek"A great story, no hatred, no evil people trying to destroy others, just a wonderful adventure with a fantastic outcome." - Ric Mannen"Fermi's Paradox is finally explained." - PE Gwinn"An exciting plot that kept me glued to my chair instead of mowing the lawn." - PE Gwinn"Probably one of the most entertaining and intellectually stimulating stories I've read in a long time... and I read a LOT!" - Jason Blackford"Great story that proves the universe is indeed full of magic!" - Rand"The protagonists have an almost poetic underpinning that had me rooting for their success." - J. Kareski"BTW, all three books show respect and admiration for women scientists as well as men." - Robin C."Mr. Phillips is the only person who explained quantum physics to me in a way that was not only understandable but entertaining." - Edward L. Heins
Batman: Arkham Knight (2015-) #1
comic-books
Peter J. Tomasi - 2015
The Joker is dead.
Arkham City is closed. As a new day begins, Bruce Wayne finds himself in devastating pain, recovering from his injuries and questioning whether his role as Batman is still necessary to the city's survival. But as the sun rises in Gotham City, dangerous new threats emerge from the shadows…and the Arkham Knight is just beginning. Don't miss this in-continuity prequel comic set prior to the events of the brand-new video game Batman: Arkham Knight! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 9,581 |
I want to get a nice solution for everyday GPG-usage onto my jolla.
What I need is to send and receive encrypted (and/or signed) emails.
-> unlikely to get something to alter the mail-app?
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From Orgasms to Spanking: A Content Analysis of the Agentic and Objectifying Sexual Scripts in Feminist, for Women, and Mainstream Pornography
AbstractHistorically, pro- versus anti-pornography debates have been positioned around the concepts of sexual objectification versus sexual agency —arguing that pornography, especially Mainstream content, results in objectification of women versus arguing that pornography, especially Feminist pornography or erotica, depicts and can lead to female sexual empowerment. To date, however, no one has examined the content of Mainstream compared to Feminist pornography. The present content analysis of 300 pornographic scenes compares categories of internet pornography aimed at women (including Feminist and For Women) to Mainstream pornography, examining indicators of both sexual objectification (including stripping, cumshots, aggression, genit al focus, and gaping) and agency (including self-touch, orgasm, and directing and initiating sex). Results suggest that Mainstream pornography contains significantly more depictions of female objectification than both Feminist and For Women content. There is an objectification gender gap between men and women in all categories, which is significantly wider in Mainstream content than in pornography aimed at women. Focusing on empowerment, queer Feminist pornography contained significantly more indicators of female sexual agency than both For Women and Mainstream categories, although primarily h eterosexual Feminist pornography did not. Findings suggest that different categories of pornography provide women with different scripts related to...
Source: Sex Roles - April 1, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
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The 2011 Case IH Magnum MX2 is an excellent row crop tractor. The Magnum has a lot of power for big jobs, but has the versatility to crawl at the speed you need. Watch the video!
The only thing this 2013 John Deere 6140R doesn't do is sing. This beauty has a premium cab, Cold Weather package, Greenstar Auto Trac, Premium Lighting Package, and an XM Radio. Only 68 hrs. with 140hp. Then again, you decide for yourself. Maybe it does sing.
Only 23 hours on this 2013 Exmark LZS749EKC6. Zero-turn? Of course! This 29hp beaut has a 60-inch cutting deck and deluxe seating, AND it comes with a factory warranty.
This may be your most important farm addition this week. You want a smooth seedbed? This 2013 John Deere 2623VT with 22" disc blades is Christmas-come-early.
Better than a combo meal: a combo job master. A 4-in-one loader and 2 foot bucket with 95hp make this 2013 New Holland B95C the star of the yard.
Here's your hunting buddy, a four-seater ready for some stealth fun. This CAMO 2012 John Deere Gator XUV 550 Crossover UTV is gas-powered and has only 176 hrs.
Get your harvest completed with this 2008 New Holland CR9060. This one is equipped with an Intelliview Plus II monitor, deluxe PSD chopper, and an air compressor. In very good condition.
360 horses on these tracks are ready for anything your field throws at them. Watch the video! The 2012 John Deere 8360RT leaves the field in good shape. Comes with a deluxe cab and JDL Ultimate.
The 2013 Kubota KX080-3R32 is just what you need for trenching through tough soil. 65hp and 12K pounds of bucket force make this a mighty mini.
A good little tractor worthy of big jobs. 40hp and a loader provide a lot of tractor in this 2010 Case IH D40 to get the chores done.
This skid steer provides a lot of lift with a lot of stability. Loading was never easier in this 2008 Caterpillar 262C. This one comes with self-leveling, heat, and a/c. Only 309 hours!
Watch the video and see for yourself! This 2009 John Deere 9670 STS 4WD combine has only 710 separator hours.
Make the routine fun again with this 2013 New Holland Workmaster. With 38 hp., this has plenty of power to handle difficult chores with ease.
Clear the debris and then some. This 2012 John Deere 750K dozer crawler comes with a root rake ready to clear anything. Well-maintained!
Bale away, now! This 2013 John Deere 469 round baler makes them four feet wide and six feet tall. Does twine and surface wrapping. Only 107 bales on this baler, which means it's ready for plenty more.
This golf cart was sold just hours ago!!! A golf cart built to party. This E-Z-Go golf cart carries 6 passengers! New tires and rims, a radio, and headlights makes it valet-ready!
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Mark Fischbach, known by his pseudonym Markiplier, is among the highest-earning YouTube stars today. He has millions of subscribers and billions of views.
Markiplier has an estimated net worth of around $60 million. He has earned most of this through his YouTube channel and accumulated money through video production, acting roles, and a clothing brand.
In this article, we'll dive further into his net worth to give fans an inside peek at this popular YouTuber's lifestyle, as well as how he's managed to build up this impressive fortune.
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Mark Fischbach is an American YouTuber. He also hosts a podcast and is a part-owner of a clothing brand called Cloak with his friend and fellow YouTuber, Sean McLoughlin, better known as Jacksepticeye.
Fischbach has been active on YouTube since 2012. On his YouTube channel and with his public image, Fischbach also goes by Markiplier.
Markiplier is meant to be a combination of his first name Mark and the word multiplier.
Markiplier's YouTube channel focuses on gameplay and Let's Play style videos. He plays indie games and horror games. His popular videos include playthroughs of the Five Nights at Freddy's games and Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - Part 1
Unlike gaming channels like FaZe Sway, Ninja, and Nepenthez, which tend to focus on one specific game, Markiplier covers a variety of games, with indie games being some of his best.
Markiplier also branched out and featured in sketch comedy videos with other YouTubers. He also regularly collaborates on gameplay videos with fellow YouTubers like Jacksepticeye, Game Grumps, and PewDiePie.
Fischbach regularly hosts live charity streams on his channel, where he plays and collects donations for causes that are important to him.
Mark Fischbach was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1989. His father served in the United States Army, and his mother is from Korea. The two met when Fischbach's father was stationed in Korea.
Fischbach has an older brother who is the author of the webcomic Twokinds. His brother occasionally appears in videos but usually chooses to remain off-camera.
After his birth, Fischbach's parents moved to Ohio, where he grew up. He attended Milford High School in Milford, Ohio. He was a member of the marching band and played trumpet. He finished high school in 2007. He has said he also aspired to be a voice actor.
After graduating, he started a degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. However, after starting the degree, he decided to leave the school and focus on his YouTube channel. He launched his YouTube channel under the name Markiplier in 2012.
After launching his YouTube channel, Markiplier primarily focused on sketch comedy videos. In these videos, he played all of the characters. This could connect to the name Markiplier meaning "Mark" and "multiplier."
Later, Markiplier added game playthroughs. The first playthrough he shared was of the game Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Amnesia Reaction Compilation
However, YouTube banned his AdSense account, so Markiplier started a second channel specifically for game playthroughs called MarkiplierGAME.
The channel took off, and he later changed the name to Markiplier and retired the earlier channel.
In 2014, Markiplier moved to Los Angeles, California, to be closer to other content creators and to have more opportunities to build his web presence.
After the move, he started his playthrough videos of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. Those playthroughs are some of his most famous work to date.
In 2015, Markiplier was part of a sketch comedy and music channel called Cyndago. Daniel Kyre and Ryan Magee ran Cyndago.
Cyndago's channel often featured dark humor and twist endings. However, when Daniel Kyre died, the group disbanded, and Markiplier took a brief hiatus from YouTube.
In 2017, Markiplier launched his first Choose Your Adventure-style video. It was so popular that in 2019, he launched another Choose Your Adventure-style video called A Heist With Markiplier. Rooster Teeth produced the video, which has 31 separate endings.
From November 2019 to November 2020, Markiplier and Ethan Nestor launched the channel Unus Annus, which shared one video per day for a full year. At the end of that year, they deleted the channel and all of its videos. Unus Annus collected millions of views.
In addition to his work on YouTube, Mark Fischbach has also branched out to other forms of media and production.
Fischbach is currently on the comic book publishing company Red Giant Entertainment board.
Starting in 2017, Fischbach has also voiced a character on the Cartoon Network show Villainous. Markiplier voices the character 5.0.5.
Since 2018, Fischbach, Wade Barnes (LordMinion777), and Bob Muyskens (Muyskerm) have hosted a podcast called 3 Peens in a Podcast on Twitch. The podcast focuses on the hosts discussing current events and playing multiplayer games together.
In 2018, Markiplier also ventured into the world of fashion. He released a fashion brand called Cloak. YouTuber Jacksepticeye is the other partner in the venture. The clothing produced by the brand is considered athleisure wear and is designed particularly with gamers in mind.
In 2021, Markiplier, LordMinion777, and Myskerm launched a podcast titled Distractible.
Markiplier has gained over 19.5 billion views on his main YouTube channel since his first video was uploaded in 2012.
Markiplier has made approximately $78 million from ads appearing on his videos; this does not include donations, channel memberships, merchandising, sponsorships, and other business ventures.
Markiplier averages around 3 million views per video and mostly makes gameplay videos. Considering this, Markiplier earns, on average, $12,000 per video from YouTube AdSense alone.
Markiplier generates approximately 173 million monthly views, earning around $693,000 from YouTube Adsense.
Note: The above YouTube income estimates have been made using our YouTube Money Calculator. This considers the most important variables that affect how much a channel can earn, unlike other calculators that show vague and vast estimate ranges.
Markiplier makes approximately $3.2 million per month in total revenue. This revenue is generated primarily through sponsorships, merchandise, and YouTube AdSense.
Markiplier generates approximately 173 million monthly views (most recent month), earning around $693,000 from YouTube Adsense alone.
He also generates revenue from sponsorships, channel memberships, merchandise, and other business ventures to earn a whopping $38 million per year.
Markiplier recently purchased a mansion in La Cañada Flintridge for $4 million. The house was previously owned by Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino. The mansion lies on a quiet mountain road.
The house has about 3,300 square feet of living space. It also has 1 acre of space, a private pool, gardens, and a cabana.
Mark Fischbach is passionate about philanthropy and has included many fundraisers and charity work in his content creation. In 2017 alone, Markiplier and his fans raised around $3 million.
Politically, Fischbach does not endorse one party over another but describes himself as a liberal.
Fischbach has been with his current, long-term partner Amy Nelson since 2015. Nelson is a graphic designer and animator. Nelson has occasionally appeared in Fischbach's videos, and she regularly helps film them.
Markplier with Amy Nelson / Instagram
Markiplier is renowned as one of the most famous YouTubers on the website. He has had billions of views on his videos and is one of the top creators in the gaming niche.
In 2016, he won Celebrity of the Year from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
In 2017, he won the Best Streamer award from the Golden Joystick Awards.
A Heist with Markiplier won a Streamy award for best-scripted series in 2020.
Unus Annus also won a Streamy in 2021.
Final Thoughts On Markipliers Net Worth
Markiplier is one of the most successful YouTubers in the world.
His channel has amassed over 19.5 billion views over its lifetime, and he earns $38 million per year. This gives Markiplier a net worth estimated at $60 million.
He has used his platform to raise money for various charitable causes, including donations to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Markiplier is an excellent example of how one can use YouTube as a platform to build a successful career and make a positive impact on the world.
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FIJI LAWMAKER UNDER PROBE IN ASSASSINATION PLOT
SUVA, Fiji (Fijilive, Jan. 5) - Fiji's military forces are investigating a Member of Parliament for allegedly speaking of a plan to assassinate the army commander, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama.
Bainimarama told The Review, a monthly sister publication of Fijilive, that the unidentified MP was overheard discussing an assassination attempt while at a kava-drinking session.
"At this stage we're following an allegation that an MP had proposed an assassination attempt on my life," Bainimarama told The Review.
Bainimarama has clarified to Fijilive his officers are investigating the MP and will pass the file on to police if anything substantial comes out of it.
But he said whether the alleged plan was serious or just an off-handed comment the military will take it seriously.
"I don't think for a moment they know what they are up against. They have no idea!" he said.
Bainimarama, 50, and the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) have been at odds with the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase almost since Qarase was installed as interim prime minister by the commander himself during the 2000 coup crisis.
The government interprets Bainimarama's outspokenness in the media as meddling in their running of the country.
But the commander believes they are allowing people tainted by coup allegations to get away with it, even getting plush government and diplomatic postings. This in turn, he argues, is creating a "criminal generation" of people with no respect for the rule of law.
Bainimarama said those who have an agenda against the military do not know what they're up against in trying to let coup perpetrators off.
"It's like a tiger sitting in the corner. You have to give him room. If you don't give him room, he's going to bite you; he's going to come at you."
He says similar pressure is on the military now as there was during the days following the George Speight-led coup attempt and the army needed to ensure there was no return to those traumatic days.
Bainimarama is keen for the military not to be seen as condoning coup perpetrators - a point he continuously emphasizes - hence his unwavering attempts to get them out of the government, public offices and villages and into court.
But Attorney-General Qoroniasi Bale, in a written response to questions, said there has been a "fair amount of unwarranted encouragement from some intermediaries" motivated by a "clear wish for revenge against those implicated" in the coup.
"This is inconsistent with the government's determination to promote genuine reconciliation, greater tolerance and unity amongst all races, religions, cultures etc. in Fiji without undermining the legal process," said Bale.
These views were echoed by the chief executive officer in the Prime Minister's office; Jioji Kotobalavu said it was not up to the commander how investigations should proceed.
"The police and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions are in full charge of the investigations into all those allegedly involved in the events of 2000," said Kotobalavu.
"We should all leave it to them and cooperate with them. The legal process must be allowed to take its full course, in accordance with the relevant laws of Fiji and without interference by anyone."
On May 19, 2000, George Speight, now jailed for treason on an island prison, led a rebel band of elite Counter Revolutionary Warfare (CRW) soldiers, seizing the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government.
The takeover led to a 56-day hostage crisis and left several people dead.
Later that year, on November 2, rebel soldiers staged a mutiny attempt at Suva's Queen Elizabeth Barracks and tried to assassinate Bainimarama. Loyalist soldiers put down the uprising in a bloody battle that left three of them and five rebels dead.
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describe("main module", function() {
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Q: How to calculate pro rata portfolio weights based on values within groups? I want to calculate portfolio weights based on their Fund value relative to the total fund value in each portfolio.
I have a 50,000 x 4 data frame. The fund value column should determine the weight of each fund within each draw.
draw Fund.ID Fund.Value..mn.USD. Net.Multiple..X.
(int) (int) (dbl) (dbl)
1 1 10678 1963.8 1.29
2 1 8812 9400.0 1.61
3 1 7236 7525.0 1.58
4 1 12702 5979.7 1.40
5 1 13715 3510.0 1.70
6 2 2060 334.8 1.42
7 2 2059 250.0 1.47
8 2 1151 202.0 2.12
9 2 1812 500.0 0.11
10 2 6822 151.2 2.09
For draw 1, the fund in row 2 should have the highest weight (33.12%), the fund in row 3 should have the second highest weight (26.52%) and the fund in row 1 the lowest weight (6.92%). The sum of weights from row 1-5 should equal 100%.
How can I create such a weight vector for 1,000 draws? I then want to multiply each weight with the respective Net Multiple (weight(fund1)*Net Multiple(fund1)).
A: We can use dplyr to get the fund weight, also, let's call your data.frame df, and make the column names single words so they're a bit easier to deal with.
library(dplyr)
head(df)
Draw Fund Value Multiple
1 1 10678 1963.8 1.29
2 1 8812 9400.0 1.61
3 1 7236 7525.0 1.58
4 1 12702 5979.7 1.40
5 1 13715 3510.0 1.70
6 2 2060 334.8 1.42
df <- df %>% group_by(Draw) %>% mutate(FundWeight = Value / sum(Value))
head(df)
Source: local data frame [6 x 5]
Groups: Draw [2]
Draw Fund Value Multiple FundWeight
(int) (int) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl)
1 1 10678 1963.8 1.29 0.06920027
2 1 8812 9400.0 1.61 0.33123668
3 1 7236 7525.0 1.58 0.26516553
4 1 12702 5979.7 1.40 0.21071234
5 1 13715 3510.0 1.70 0.12368518
6 2 2060 334.8 1.42 0.23282337
#multiply columns
df$WeightMultiple <- df$FundWeight * df$Multiple
df
Source: local data frame [10 x 6]
Groups: Draw [2]
Draw Fund Value Multiple FundWeight WeightMultiple
(int) (int) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl)
1 1 10678 1963.8 1.29 0.06920027 0.08926835
2 1 8812 9400.0 1.61 0.33123668 0.53329105
3 1 7236 7525.0 1.58 0.26516553 0.41896154
4 1 12702 5979.7 1.40 0.21071234 0.29499727
5 1 13715 3510.0 1.70 0.12368518 0.21026481
6 2 2060 334.8 1.42 0.23282337 0.33060918
7 2 2059 250.0 1.47 0.17385257 0.25556328
8 2 1151 202.0 2.12 0.14047288 0.29780250
9 2 1812 500.0 0.11 0.34770515 0.03824757
10 2 6822 151.2 2.09 0.10514604 0.21975522
A: You can use data.table,
library(data.table)
setDT(df)[, weight := prop.table(Fund.Value), by = draw]
df
# draw Fund.ID Fund.Value Net.Multiple..X. weight
# 1: 1 10678 1963.8 1.29 0.06920027
# 2: 1 8812 9400.0 1.61 0.33123668
# 3: 1 7236 7525.0 1.58 0.26516553
# 4: 1 12702 5979.7 1.40 0.21071234
# 5: 1 13715 3510.0 1.70 0.12368518
# 6: 2 2060 334.8 1.42 0.23282337
# 7: 2 2059 250.0 1.47 0.17385257
# 8: 2 1151 202.0 2.12 0.14047288
# 9: 2 1812 500.0 0.11 0.34770515
#10: 2 6822 151.2 2.09 0.10514604
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A donkey that was much loved by members of the Anglican Church in Morrinsville had to be put down on Christmas Day after being attacked by dogs.
Sweet, gentle and slightly sassy, Angel the donkey had earlier starred in the church's annual Christmas parade and Nativity scene, owner and parish vicar Val Riches said.
She said Angel lived in a yard enclosed by high walls and a padlocked gate but that the dogs likely squeezed under the gate.
She was then attacked sometime between Christmas Eve and the Christmas Day service, when Riches heartbreakingly discovered her lying dying with her legs, backside and ears mauled.
"Her ears had been ripped, her nose had been bitten and her rump had been half eaten out," Riches said.
"Not very nice to see at all."
The young donkey wouldn't drink water and when a local vet - who had been at the Christmas Day service - came to help, he recommended euthanising Angel as the kindest option.
Riches thought Angel's death was a concern for safety in the town.
She said other animals including sheep and a goat had been attacked by dogs in Morrinsville but this was the first time that a larger animal like a donkey had been targetted.
"It's not a town where you see lots of dogs around, but animals have been attacked."
Riches had taken Angel to church events because she helped bring Bible stories, such as the nativity and Palm Sunday, to life for children.
As a two-year-old donkey who had been raised by Riches her entire life, Angel enjoyed interacting with people and behaved perfectly while taking part in the annual Morrinsville Christmas parade.
"We were in the Nativity float parade with her and the donkeys beside the children and angels and chickens," she said.
"We walked all the way down the mainstreet and back and people patted her."
Just before she was attacked, Angel had been entertaining children as usual when groups went around behind St Matthews church to meet her following the Christmas Eve service.
Angel would walk up to the children and sniff them while they patted her.
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The Ray Evans Seminar, an annual event at the Alameda Church of Christ in Norman, Oklahoma, was held March 31-April 2, 2017.
The general topic was Embracing Creation, which is also the title of the book I co-authored with Bobby Valentine and Mark Wilson. The book is available here.
I gave six presentations as well as conducted a question and answer session. You can download audio or video to your ITunes or listen online here. You will need to scroll down to the appropriate date (March 31-April 2, 2017).
A Cathedral of Praise: God, Creation, and Humanity.
The Joy of Creation: The Testimony of the Psalms.
Jesus: The Agent of Creation and New Creation.
Creation and New Creation in Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
I provided this meager handout for the first four sessions.
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What does Cristiano Ronaldo's goal celebration mean?
Cristiano Ronaldo scores goals. Cristiano Ronaldo scores lots of goals.
And when he does, more often than not, he marks them with a particular celebration.
Yeah, you know the one. Having jogged towards the edge of the pitch, he'll jump, spin 180° while in the air, and - on landing - flail his arms out by his sides. Usually, this is accompanied by him shouting something, almost always "Sí!" (Spanish for "yes").
We've all seen it plenty of times. It's even made it on to Fifa, for heaven's sake. But what, exactly, does it actually mean?
Well, seemingly, it doesn't have much meaning behind it other than "Here I am, look at me". The accompanying yell Ronaldo lets out as part of the celebration, however, does have a bit of a story to it...
After winning the Ballon d'Or in 2015, Ronaldo famously let out a similar cry before embarking on his acceptance speech - much to the amusement of those watching.
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Later asked about it, he explained he would use the cry to celebrate his goals or important victories with Real Madrid teammates.
"The scream? The players know I always do that shout when I score a goal or when we win," he told Spanish TV station Cuarto at the time.
"It's our team shout, from Real Madrid," he continued.
Adding to this, Marca, the Spanish newspaper, delved a little deeper. They explained the "Sí" celebration was invented by Real Madrid players at some point in 2011.
Although it isn't known if Ronaldo was the man to start it, it was originally used by some Real stars to celebrate goals in training sessions. This developed so that the team that won training ground matches would repeat the cry at the end of the session. In time, Ronaldo made it his own - and a big part of his most-replicated goal celebration.
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Tag: silent film
Faust (1926) – F.W. Murnau
Man can Murnau make a film, and I was more than delighted to sit down and watch the director's silent film version of the story of Faust as the next title in DK Canada's Monsters in the Movies. Filled with special effects that feature a number that still stand up today, the story follows a…
It (1927) – Clarence G. Badger, and Josef von Sternberg
Philip Kemp's Movies book brings me another classic from the silent film era, and while it's a romantic comedy, some of the subject matter doesn't quite stand up to the test of time. You'll see what I mean as I get into the narrative below. Having said that, it was a delightful little film, and…
A Fool There Was (1915) – Frank Powell
The new big book I'm working my way through, simply called Movies, overseen and edited by Phillip Kemp is going to bring me a whole bunch of films I've never seen, and probably a whole bunch I've already reviewed. So I'm back in the era of the silent film, and A Fool There Was is…
The White Gorilla (1945) – Harry L. Fraser
Well, as one of my favourite music groups will tell you, sometimes, bad is bad. This entry in the chapter called Monstrous Apes in DK Canada's highly enjoyable Monsters in the Movies book is pretty horrid. It marries footage from a 1927 silent three hour epic called Perils of the Jungle, which clashes with the…
Tarzan of the Apes (1918) – Scott Sidney
DK Canada's Monsters in the Movies moves on to Monstrous Apes now, so I expect to see variations on Tarzan and Kong a lot over the pages of this chapter, and I will be quite delighted to see variations of the classic stories I already know. This version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' tale is new…
Gertie the Dinosaur (1915) – Winsor McCay
I move into another chapter in DK Canada's immensely enjoyable Monsters in the Movies book from director John Landis. I leave behind Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales and move on to Dragons & Dinosaurs. And first up is one of the earliest examples of animation, Gertie the Dinosaur. This silent short film was originally created…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) – John S. Robertson
No visit to DK Canada's Monsters in the Movies book chapter on mad scientists would be complete without renewing one's acquaintance with one of the other men of science who fell to their studies, the infamous Dr. Jekyll. This silent film, using Robert Louis Stevenson's original novel to inspire its tale, features John Barrymore in…
The Artist (2011) – Michel Hazanavicius
The multi-Oscar winning film, The Artist is the next film in the What Else to Watch list as I continue my journey through DK Canada's The Movie Book. Coming in as a recommendation for Chaplin's City Lights, this film definitely entertains. Taking home Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Director, Best…
People On Sunday (1930) – Robert Slodmak & Edgar G. Ulmar
People On Sunday is the next big stop in DK Canada's The Movie Book. Called a film without actors, the film is fluid and natural, following five people on a Sunday. Erwin, a taxi driver, Brigitte, a retail, clerk, Wolfgang, a wine trader, Christl, a film extra, Annie, a model, are the film's subjects, as…
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Carl Theodor Dreyer
No makeup, close-ups and harsh lighting put Maria Falconetti on the screen as Joan of Arc in a way that hasn't been seen since. Carl Dreyer's retelling of the story of the French heroine is the next big title in DK Book's The Movie Book. We are invited to take a front row seat for… | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 9,601 |
import slack_utils
from message_event import MessageEvent
from utils import *
from banner import Banner
KEYWORDS = ['Pre-sale Contract Address', 'Bitclave Pre-sale is open now', 'myetherwallet',
'Important Notification from the ICO Security team', 'Please visit http', 'myetherwalletn']
CHANNEL_ID = 'C5W3120AX'
banner = Banner()
class MessageProcessor:
"""Process incoming message events and schedule response if required"""
def __init__(self):
pass
def process_incoming_event(self, event_json):
""":param event_json: json representing slack message.im event"""
if not MessageEvent.is_message_event(event_json):
print("Got hidden event")
return
event = MessageEvent(event_json)
print("Got standard message: {0}".format(event.text))
found_in_keywords = False
found_wallet = False
already_banned = False
nickname = slack_utils.get_slack_user_by_id(event.sender)['name']
print('Event channel %s' % event.channel)
print('Event sender %s' % event.sender)
print('Event nickname %s' % nickname)
print('Event ts %s' % event.time)
with open('banned.txt', 'r') as f:
print("READ FROM FILE")
for line in f:
if line.rstrip() == nickname:
already_banned = True
break
f.close()
if not already_banned:
for keyword in KEYWORDS:
if is_keyword_in_string(keyword, event.text):
found_in_keywords = True
break
if is_wallet_in_string(event.text) is True:
found_wallet = True
if found_in_keywords or found_wallet:
if banner.ban(nickname=nickname) is True:
slack_utils.delete_message(event.channel, event.time)
slack_utils.send_message(event.channel, '<@%s> is a scammer. Unfortunately, has been banned.' % event.sender)
with open('banned.txt', 'a') as f:
f.write("{0}\n".format(nickname))
f.close()
print("WRITE TO FILE")
def ban_with_command(self, user_name: str):
already_banned = False
with open('banned.txt', 'r') as f:
print("READ FROM FILE")
for line in f:
if line.rstrip() == user_name:
already_banned = True
break
f.close()
if not already_banned:
slack_utils.send_message(CHANNEL_ID, '<@%s> is a scammer. Unfortunately, has been banned.' % user_name)
with open('banned.txt', 'a') as f:
f.write("{0}\n".format(user_name))
f.close()
print("WRITE TO FILE")
return True
else:
return False | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaGithub'} | 9,602 |
Well, I had 30 coupons for the Bayer meters this past week (which made them free and my state does not charge tax on these items so absolutely FREE!) and used every last one of them plus gave a few away to the cashiers who rang me up so they could also have $10 Walgreen money to spend.
Including the Ecotrin I bought as a $2 moneymaker, I ended up with about $260 in Register Rewards!!! That is just amazing to me. I have never been a Walgreens shopper but I am pretty sure that this week has converted me! *lol* I will be giving away the meters to family members with diabetes as well as donating a load of them around town so nothing goes to waste. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,603 |
Home News Vail approves purchase of two residential properties for deed restriction
Vail approves purchase of two residential properties for deed restriction
The second property approved for purchase by the council is in the Chamony Bale Town Homes area. The neighborhood of this 32 units was completed in 2018 to provide the town with a labor force housing with limited certificates.
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The Vail Town Council has approved the purchase of two units used to increase inventory of community employee housing.
The town plans to acquire a two-bedroom, two-bath unit in Eastvale's Pitkin Creek Condominium for $ 975,000 and a Westvale three-bed, three-bath chamonics veil town home unit for $ 634,940. The property at Pitkin Creek will be closed on June 16th and Chamony will be closed on June 21st.
This is part of the city council's greater impetus and goal to increase housing supply to residents all year round. It also Buying another Pitkin Creek Condo For the same purpose in early May.
The council's goal is to obtain an additional 1,000 certificate limit by 2027, according to the Vail Housing Strategy Plan adopted in 2017. Following the recent acquisition, the town's certificate-restricted home inventory will increase to approximately 950 units.
Pitkin Creek Condo
Certificates will be restricted as part of the town's acquisition program, which was established in 1999 after the Pitkin Creek Condo was purchased in the town.
Or, as Council member Jen Mason said on Tuesday, "We are a proud owner, selling it to someone else who will be a proud owner, and limiting the certificate. I hope. "
The unit was listed for $ 1.2 million, but the town has a $ 975,000 contract with the seller. City council packet notes..
Under the restrictions of this certificate, real estate may be sold to a local Vail resident employed by a Vail City employee town or Eagle County business. According to the memo, the unit "subjects to the terms of the certificate limit at a price of $ 625,000."
The memo also stipulates that if a town official does not purchase a unit, it will be provided to qualified residents through the lottery sales process.
Condominiums have a long history of worker housing. According to the town, it was built in the 1980s and the house was sold at a low price of $ 82,000 with limited certificates. However, seven years later, the certificate restrictions were lifted and the condominiums in the complex began selling at market-level prices. Recently, a two-bed, two-bath in the complex sold for $ 1.1 million, according to staff notes.
Chamony Town Home
The second property approved by the council on Tuesday is in the Chamony Vail Town Homes area. The neighborhood of this 32 units was completed in 2018 to provide the town with a labor force housing with limited certificates. As part of these behavioral restrictions, the town is given the first option to buy a unit for sale in the neighborhood.
The certificate limit condition also limits the maximum resale price of the unit in question to $ 634,940.
According to town lawyer Matt Maia at a meeting on Tuesday, after the unit is closed, the town will "fine-tune certificate limits and play lottery tickets for resale" at its price.
A City council packet notes The tweaks will specifically require that "at least 75% of the income of qualified residents come from businesses in Eagle County."
The memo further states, "The lottery selection process is scheduled to take place in mid-July and will be temporarily closed in late August or early September, depending on the conditions."
This story used information from a press release in the town of Vail.
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Home › Newsroom › News Releases › CCPA forecasts large surpluses ahead, calls for increased transparency
CCPA forecasts large surpluses ahead, calls for increased transparency
OTTAWA—In its presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives announced that Canadians can continue to expect large federal surpluses in the coming years.
CCPA Senior Economist Ellen Russell is projecting budget surpluses of $11.4 billion in 2005/06, $12.5 billion in 2006/07, and $15.4 billion in 2007/08.
Last year's $1.6 billion surplus does not reflect any deterioration in the government's underlying financial position. Instead, it is the result of last-minute "surprise" expenditures. Atomic Energy Canada Ltd's $2.3 billion environmental liabilities were expensed in one lump sum, and $2.8 billion for Offshore Revenues Accords were expensed in fiscal year 2004/05 rather than over several years (as was indicated in Budget 2005). If it had not prepaid these expenses, the 2004/05 surplus would have been over $6.5 billion.
"The government must not deflect criticism of its forecasting record by arbitrarily rearranging expenses to engineer a low surplus," Russell says. "On the contrary—such practices intensify our concerns about the accuracy and transparency of fiscal forecasts."
Canadians should be increasingly concerned about the government's lack of fiscal transparency in light of the proposed budget surplus allocation act. "This trend toward the contingent allocation of surpluses will inevitably intensify political pressures on government bookkeeping," she says.
"At a minimum, the Finance Department should be obliged to immediately make public any departure from its previous public statements on the timing of large revenues and expenditures. Establishing an independent body to provide objective and unbiased forecasts of the nation's finances—and of budgetary proposals—would be the best way of increasing transparency and accountability in the budget process," Russell concludes.
The CCPA's report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance is available on the CCPA web page at http://www.policyalternatives.ca
For more information contact Kerri-Anne Finn, CCPA Communications Officer, at 613-563-1341 x306.
Attached Documents:
Federal Fiscal Forecasting Round 4: Report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Federal Fiscal Forecasting Round 4
Report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
by Ellen Russell
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The Soil Health Partnership is commemorating World Soil Day by encouraging farmers to consider new ways to make their land healthier. World Soil Day, Dec. 5, celebrates the importance of soil as one of our most crucial natural resources.
Learn more about soil health and practical options to improve it in your area– like tillage, cover crops and efficient nutrient management.
Get your soil tested annually and watch for trends. Check with your agronomist and soil testing laboratories for recommendations.
Try expanding soil testing to include a soil health assessment to measure chemical, physical and biological aspects of your soil. These all impact your crop yields.
Consider cover crops for 2016. Identify issues in your field and think of cover crops as a tool to fix the issues. Start small and talk to neighbors who use them.
Know and understand what you can do to improve nutrient use efficiency in your system. Consider on-farm testing of fertilizer rate, timing, source and location to make sure nutrients end up in your crop.
Consider testing conservation tillage practices like no-till or strip-till. Starting small is key.
Create a crop yield and soil health plan to try one or two new practices to optimize your yields and improve your soils. Measuring is key to success! Start there.
Manure can be a great source of nutrients if used correctly. If manure is available, follow proper application guidelines to help improve organic matter and nutrient availability.
Think about controlled traffic in your fields to reduce compaction. Set up travel lanes in fields to reduce field crossings by harvesting equipment, grain trucks, fertilizer trucks, etc.
Consider becoming a Soil Health Partnership farmer! Find out more here.
The World Soil Day campaign aims to connect people with soils and raise awareness on their critical importance in our lives. This year, it will be celebrated on the 4th of December at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations headquarters in Rome, with additional local events planned worldwide. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,606 |
var express = require('express'),
_ = require("underscore"),
router = express.Router();
router.get('/display/:number?/:location?', function(req,res,next)
{
req.data = {};
// Grab number from URL. 0 is default.
var number = req.params.number;
if (!number) number = 0;
// Grab location from URL (if it's there)
var location = req.params.location;
// put data into simpler var for consise-ity (take out backlog stuff).
var data = _.filter(req.app.locals.data,function(el) {
return (el.phase !== 'backlog');
});
// if we've got a location filter the data.
if (location)
{
data = _.filter(data, function(el) {
return (el.location.toLowerCase() == location.toLowerCase());
});
// pass the location into the template for use there.
req.data.location = location;
}
// if number is too big for the current data reset it.
if (number >= data.length) number = 0;
// gather template data for rendering.
req.data.data = data[number];
req.data.total = data.length;
req.data.number = number;
// make sure we use the right template to render.
req.url = '/display/';
next();
});
module.exports = router;
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Sehstörung ist ein oft laienhaft verwendeter Oberbegriff für alle in der Regel akuten visuellen Eindrücke, die außerhalb unseres gewohnten Wahrnehmungsspektrums liegen. Nicht nur vorübergehende Sehstörungen können organmedizinisch oder psychogen verursacht sein.
Beim Auftreten von Sehstörungen werden diese als etwas Ungewöhnliches, eben Störendes, betrachtet und in Unkenntnis oder Ermangelung einer exakten Bezeichnung oder Beschreibung mit dem allgemeinen Begriff Sehstörung bedacht, ohne dass damit genau beschrieben wäre, um welche Arten von Störung es sich denn handelt. Diese werden im Allgemeinen erst bei Erhebung einer Anamnese ermittelt und durch Untersuchungsergebnisse konkretisiert.
Sehstörungen können sich in vielen unterschiedlichen Variationen präsentieren. Hier beispielhaft einige Formen: Verschwommen- oder Unscharfsehen, unspezifische Lichtwahrnehmungen (Blitze), Licht- oder Blendungsempfindlichkeit, Doppelsehen, Farbsinnstörungen, Gesichtsfeldausfälle, Flimmern, Scheinbewegungen usw. Alle diese Sehstörungen können Symptome einer Krankheit darstellen oder auf einen akuten krankhaften Prozess hinweisen, der sich im Übrigen nicht zwangsläufig auf die Augen beschränken muss. Gleichwohl können deren Ursachen in vielen Fällen vollkommen harmloser Natur sein. Klarheit schafft hier in der Regel letztlich nur eine professionelle, ggf. ärztliche Beurteilung. In diesem Fall wird der wenig substantielle Begriff "Sehstörung" zu einem konkreten Befund oder einer Diagnose, und spätestens dann kann auf ihn verzichtet werden.
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Anmerkung
Krankheitssymptom in der Augenheilkunde
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What increases your risk of end-stage renal disease?
Chronic kidney disease can eventually turn into end-stage kidney disease. Differences in overall health, economic status, and even ethnicity can contribute to the probability of having chronic kidney disease.
You become more likely to develop chronic kidney disease as you grow older.
How can you prevent end-stage renal disease?
If you have chronic kidney disease, you can't prevent end-stage renal disease. But there are many options for slowing down the progression from early stage to late stage renal disease. These options are discussed in the "Treatment" section.
Your health history, your family health history, blood tests, and urine tests, can be used to help diagnose ESRD.
Sometimes, your doctor will perform an ultrasound or CT scan of your kidney to look for signs of chronic kidney disease. Your doctor may even remove a small piece of your kidney in a procedure called a kidney biopsy. Your doctor will test this piece of kidney to figure out if you have chronic kidney disease, and to determine its causes and how advanced it is. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,609 |
One Year of Optus Stadium
43 Major Events, 2 Million Fans, 32 awards won and much much more!
A multi-purpose venue
Optus Stadium is a world-class multi-purpose venue capable of hosting a range of sporting and entertainment events including AFL, cricket, rugby union and rugby league, soccer and concerts.
Access and inclusion fact sheet
Optus Stadium caters for everyone regardless of age, experience or ability.
AFL Fact Sheet
The multi-purpose Optus Stadium is a world-class venue capable of hosting a range of events, including Australian Football League (AFL) matches.
Construction fact sheet
Construction of Optus Stadium and the surrounding Stadium Park commenced on Sunday 7 December 2014.
Cricket design and drop-in wicket fact sheet
Optus Stadium is a world-class multi-purpose venue capable of hosting a range of events, including cricket.
The multi-purpose 60,000 seat Optus Stadium will be a world-class venue.
Optus Stadium and Stadium Park Art
Optus Stadium and the surrounding Stadium Park incorporates several permanent artworks.
Project Definition Plan
The Project Definition Plan (PDP) highlights the features of the Stadium, Plaza and Stadium Park, the timeline for project delivery, the cost plan, the procurement strategy and the process to transition to operations.
Rectangular Sports Fact Sheet
The multi-purpose Optus Stadium will be a world-class venue with the flexibility to host soccer, rugby league and rugby union without compromising the fan experience.
Optus Stadium is a multi-purpose venue seating 60,000 people in AFL mode. It also hosts cricket, rugby league and union, football (soccer) and entertainment events.
Transport Project Definition Plan
The Transport Project Definition Plan (PDP) will guide the development of the transport solution for the Stadium and surrounding Stadium Park.
Transport solution by bus
An integrated public transport plan is being implemented to move up to 83% of patrons to and from the Stadium.
Transport solution by rail
Trains are the best way to efficiently move large groups of people. The Perth Stadium Station and an upgraded East Perth Station will move the majority of a 60,000 capacity crowd.
Turf installation fact sheet
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This research deals with mobile robot SLAM algorithm based on extended kalman filter. To enhance a accuracy of robot pose, one more extended kalman filter is used in a rough surface environment. The robot has uncertain kinematic model due to a caterpillar. When the robot drives on irregular surface, it's heading can be corrupted. We propose a method to correct uncertain robot pose using one more extended kalman filter through simulation results. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,611 |
Codecs, also known as 'compression decompressions,' are video encoding specifications which are used to encode media in a standardized form for playback on other devices which posses the same codec. Changing the codec of a specific media file is indicated when …... First of all you have to download and install codec named CCCP form Combined Community Codec Pack on your PC, after installation go to the .undp video file and right click on it and open the "Open with" menu here you will see a new video player named "MPC-HC", Click on it.
Converting all kinds of video files to other video formats is a strong suit of Online-Convert.com and our API. Likewise, converting music and other audio files to video and vice versa is possible as well.... If you change frame size, or bit rate, or codec, or audio signal, you are said to be transcoding a file. The process of transcoding is generally pretty time-consuming, and can often add a significant hurdle to the production process.
A codec performs the encoding and decoding of the raw audio data while the data itself is stored in a file with a specific audio file format. Although most audio file formats support only one type of audio data (created with an audio coder), a multimedia container format (as Matroska or AVI) may support multiple types of audio and video data." -... In January we posted about image file types. Now it's video's turn. While there is a plethora of video file types, which consist of codecs and containers, choosing the right one doesn't have to be complicated … but it certainly can be.
Suggested for pretty much any kind of source file, and will open most source files with codecs installed. Especially useful for the many built-in video filters to restore video. Enormous amount of encoding options. GUI and wizard-based interface.... Converting all kinds of video files to other video formats is a strong suit of Online-Convert.com and our API. Likewise, converting music and other audio files to video and vice versa is possible as well.
27/09/2009 · The video files you are likely to have will have the file extension of .avi, .mpg etc and the most simple way to find out what Codec you need is to do the following : 1. Go to the video file.
Windows can't open this file: File: example.codec To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,612 |
Home » Astrophysics , BH » Black holes can exert negative pressure on the environment
Black holes can exert negative pressure on the environment
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Since the discovery of Hawking radiation, physicists have known that black holes are not a big "nothing", or the end of all the matter that made up a star. Rather, they are dynamic objects, with motion, temperature and thermodynamics similar to the rest of the universe. Now a pair of scientists have discovered that they too must exert pressure on the environment.
The breakthrough came when Xavier Calmet and Folkert Kuipers were studying a small Schwarzschild black hole — that is, a mathematical model proposed for solving Einstein's equations, but one that ignores things like rotation and electrical charge. The researchers' goal was to understand the fluctuations in a black hole's event horizon that correct for its entropy (a measure of the progression from order to disorder in the universe).
In general relativity, any matter falling into a black hole will lose its quantum information (such as the spin of its subatomic particles) forever, but in quantum mechanics this is impossible. This problem has been known as the information paradox and has kept theoretical physicists awake since it was proposed by Stephen Hawking decades ago.
While trying to understand the relationship between the event horizon — the boundary of the black hole from which nothing, not even light, can escape — the pair found something unexpected in their equations. It took some time for them to realize that this was pressure exerted by the black hole in their environment. The strangest thing is that the value of this pressure was expressed in a negative number.
This means that, in addition to exerting pressure—however very small—the black hole was shrinking, not growing. This appears to support Hawking radiation, a theory that shows black holes as objects that emit radiation and lose mass. In other words, if a black hole doesn't feed on matter, it will eventually evaporate and disappear.
Whether these results are directly related to Hawking radiation is still uncertain, but it is at least curious how both works point to a black hole that can shrink. In addition, the new article, published in Physical Review D, may be useful in trying to reconcile Einstein's General Relativity with quantum mechanics, two hitherto incompatible theories.
Understanding black holes may be the key to finding something that unifies the two theories that explain our universe so well, but they don't work together. "Our work is a step in that direction," said Calmet, "and although the pressure exerted by the black hole we were studying is minuscule, the fact that it is there opens up multiple new possibilities." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 9,613 |
Biografia
Di famiglia tedesca ebraica, ebbe la sua prima esperienza teatrale nel 1920, divenendo celebre in teatro, nel cinema e nel cabaret politico. Fino al 1933, fu inoltre la prima attrice del Munich Kammerspiele.
Filmografia parziale
The Foreign Legionnaire (1928)
Der Liebesexpreß (1931)
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1932)
Nacht der Versuchung (1932)
La sposa venduta (Die verkaufte Braut) (1932)
Die Zwei vom Südexpress (1932)
Der Meisterdetektiv (1933)
Rund um eine Million (1933)
Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940)
Das Gespensterhaus (1942)
Menschen, die vorüberziehen (1943)
L'ultima speranza (Die letzte Chance) (1945)
Il marchio di Caino (The Mark of Cain) (1947)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Herz der Welt (1952)
Vater braucht eine Frau (1952)
Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen? (1953)
All'est si muore (Kinder, Mütter und ein General) (1955)
Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen (1955)
Zärtliches Geheimnis (1956)
Der 10. Mai (1957)
Ragazze in uniforme (Mädchen in Uniform) (1958)
Sturm im Wasserglas (1960)
Cognome e nome: Lacombe Lucien (Lacombe, Lucien) (1974)
Luna nera (Black Moon) (1975)
Altri progetti
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WILLIAMSON, Wv. (MTN) — The 48th Annual King Coal Festival in Williamson, WV has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.
King Coal Festival President Jada C. Hunter said in a statement released Wednesday, July 15, "As you know, Governor Jim Justice has cancelled all Fairs and Festivals. So, after 47 years of providing this Annual Heritage event for the residents of Mingo, Pike, and other surrounding Counties and States, we are definitely complying by canceling our 48th Annual King Coal Festival, and pray that everyone will remain healthy, in order for us to have it next year during our usual third weekend in September."
On June 4, 2020, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice gave the green light to resume fairs and festivals in the state, provided that all guidelines are followed to help keep West Virginians as safe as possible.
As the number of positive COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the state, Governor Justice issued an executive order on July 13 to reduce the statewide social gathering limit from 100 to 25 individuals. The executive order also included the closure of all fairs, festivals, and similar events, and prohibits both indoor and outdoor concerts statewide.
"It's no fun to close things," Gov. Justice said. "But we've got to do the things that are going to be the prudent things for all West Virginians, so we can still do many of the things that we love to do."
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It's no secret that a tiled shower is difficult to keep clean! That's why The Steam Team is here to help you out, both to lend you some advice, and to physically help you out. Because grime and soap scum build up so quickly in our showers (and mold, too, yuck!), it's important that we call in the professionals from time to time. The Steam Team is available 24/7 and would love to help you help your shower sparkle!
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The Node.js Foundation, which has jurisdiction over the popular server-side JavaScript platform, is adding the Express MVC Web framework for Node.js as an incubation project, to ensure its continued viability.
Express, or Expressjs, is a minimalist Web framework for developing Web and mobile applications. Incubation status means the project will receive mentoring and open source governance from the foundation, a representative said.
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"The end goal here is to maintain stability," foundation representative Zibby Keaton said in an email. "Through open governance, the Node.js Foundation wants more contributors to become a part of the project and ensure that this framework is around for a long time. There will be two mentors that will help guide the project to ensure that this happens."
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Some constituent modules of the framework also are included as part of the incubation project. An Express Technical Committee will be formed, composed of contributors who will determine the road map for Express going forward, Keaton said.
Express has been downloaded more than 53 million times in the past two years, according to the foundation. "With 5 million package downloads in the last month, the stability of this project, [which] will get a huge boost through open governance, is very important to the efforts of the Node.js Foundation in supporting Node.js as a technology and developer ecosystem," said Rod Vagg, technical steering committee director at the foundation, in a statement.
IBM is contributing assets related to Express to the foundation. The Node.js Foundation Incubation Program was launched last year, and it has one other project under it -- the Libuv software library for asynchronous event notification.
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Dementia is a term used to describe a state of decline in mental health. It is associated with aging and memory loss. When you speak of dementia in general, memory loss would be the first thing that comes to mind, but death rarely follows on the normal train of thought. In fact, when it comes to fatality causing disorders, dementia and Alzheimer's rank near sixth. Following are some things which you need to know about the condition before you decide on an option among the ones for memory care Los Angeles has to offer.
There are several patterns observed among different groups of people when it comes to dementia. In some, disorientation and confusion might be the initial symptoms. For others, it could be an issue with their judgment or ability to communicate. These factors are sometimes coupled with depression, which often makes matters worse.
Further, the list of symptoms only grows longer. Other factors like sleep issues, hallucinations, memory impairments, and changes in personality, are also observed in people with dementia. The order and sequence in which these are observed may vary, but the result is inevitably the same. During the latter stages of the disease, the afflicted person is unable to perform day-to-day activities and might require close attention throughout the day. Sometimes, problems occur despite the care provided. This is because the person might have difficulty swallowing food items. This, in turn, leads to malnutrition, making the person vulnerable to infections.
In relation to the fatalities caused by dementia, the medical complication developed by the latter stages of Alzheimer's disease is usually seen to be the major cause. Dementia becomes fatal when there are medical infections resulting from suppression of the immune functions. Furthermore, prolonged inactivity could lead to the development of blood clots.
According to studies and reports, 63% of fatalities result from circulatory problems. The remaining 26% are linked to respiratory issues. The rest are caused by several factors such as cancer or digestive diseases.
You may wonder how dementia is responsible for fatalities when it is not directly linked to them. Note that Alzheimer's disease is a regressive illness, and proceeds that way even if the person is cared for at one of the options for Long Beach assisted living. In this, the brain keeps losing its capabilities and continues to deteriorate. As a result, the link between the brain and the body is adversely affected and gets reduced to a point when it brings no functional benefits to the person. Major organs malfunction and this makes even breathing a struggle. Regular exercise can slow this effect, and so can several mood-altering activities. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,619 |
Thanks to the Prescription Bluegrass Blog in the USA for the news that the committee of the European World of Bluegrass Festival (EWOB) in the Netherlands has extended the deadline for band applications by two weeks.
If your band wishes to play at EWOB 2013, your application should be delivered not later than 15 December 2012. All other details are as given in the EBB post of 1 Nov. 2012, where there are links to the appropriate pages on the EWOB website for downloading applications.
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Every site has this splash area with big bold text so I've included it too!
Then you are probably in the right place!
Some stuff at the bottom, all sites seem to have this.
Send us a message using the contact form, if it's not spam, I'll respond when I get chance, if it's for a high paid job, I'll respond quicker.
GDPR rules state I must tell you why I capture your data - It's so I can contact you back, I won't spam you, I won't pass the details on, I'll hold your details for as long as is necessary for us to converse. Details will be held via an email that will be stored in my INBOX until I create a dedicated folder for you. Once you are no longer a client I'll delete it, or I might just delete it anyway. If you do not wish me to hold your details, why send me a message in the first place ?
Besides the stuff in the contact form, I do collect your IP for evil purposes, it's stored in something called a web server log file, it's stored for 30 days before BOOM! (that is the evil bit, I like to destroy IP's held in logs) I make it disappear into the murky world of /dev/null. Unfortunately though I like to have backups, but don't worry EU citizens, I DON'T BACKUP THE SITE ACCESS LOGS! <GASP>. Lets face it for a site with a single HTML page, I doubt it's even worth collecting logs.
But wait, what about that google analytics thing I see in when I view source... Well if you viewed the source you'd see your IP is anonoymised, and I use a temporary analytics session cookie so you don't get tracked and no personal data collected. I remove the other google analytics cookies shortly after they are set, so if you do return to my website I still don't know who you are!. Basically no need for an annoying popup to say we do like cookies (which I do, of the chocolate chip variety), as there's nothing there that's not required for the site to function.
I definitely don't run a mailing list, from experience that just ends up in the spam bin, so no need for another email from someone who doesn't understand you don't need to ask everyone again if they grant consent if they already gave consent in a GDPR way to start with - after all it's 2 years since GDPR came to life why the sudden rush now? | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,621 |
This tattoo festival takes place at the renowned Wat Bang Phra temple in Nakhon Chaisi, about 50 kms west of Bangkok. This temple is famous for its magically charged tattoos and amulets which can protect its wearer against harm. Devoted followers visit this temple every March to take part in a special "wai khru" ceremony. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,622 |
Fifty years ago, Concorde made its first test flight in Britain. This supersonic aircraft has attracted considerable public interest over the years. Learn about Concorde's troubled history, and Tony Benn's amusing intervention in a diplomatic argument concerning the spelling of the aircraft's name. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,623 |
Are you that special kind of car enthusiast that doesn't require your car to do things like turn or brake? Do front sway bars just get in the way? Do you like tuna with no crust? Yes, yes, and hell yes? Well, it looks like last week's eBay challenge was meant for you. Here are ten cars that will do their best to break ten seconds. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,624 |
It's absolutely unusual to see an OSI 20M TS in the U.S: indeeed this car, built in Turin, Italy, by Officine Stampaggi Industriali (hence "OSI) is pretty rare even in Europe.
This car is said to be the 175th specimen built and it need a lot of work: it is sleeping since many years in some backyard (the seller has provided a photo taken, clearly, many years ago) along with another pic of a restored black OSI which is priced high.
This car, on the other side, is said to be "85%" complete and actually it is possible to spot many parts around the garage, including a couple of gearboxes and many interiors parts, however this car needs a lot of work on the body which, although it seems dry, it has many dents so may skilled man hours are needed to bring this bosy back to its original straightness. Find it for sale here in Ventura, CA, with bidding at $1,050 and reserve not met.
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Plastic preserving jars can usually be washed in your machine without problems. Most plastic containers have a label on the base which indicates if it is "dishwasher safe", or "not dishwasher safe". Some non-dishwasher-safe items can release dangerous pollutants when washed in very hot water. Oh, and by the way, Bosch has an extra benefit for plastics with its Zeolith® technology. It dries plastics very well compared to conventional dishwashers. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,626 |
Q: Graphene-Python + Private Azure Functions? Context: I'm in the process of designing an event-driven Python application. Various stakeholders have tasked me with investigating options for deploying the application using GraphQL endpoints within a serverless environment running on Azure Functions. End goal being that as the underlying data structures grow, we'd like to easily maintain the use-ability and performance of the application over time. Based on below resources it appears this is possible:
(https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/build-2019-build-scalable-apis-using-graphql-and-serverless/)
(https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/azure-friday-live-building-serverless-python-apps-with-azure-functions/)
(https://graphene-python.org/)
Question: User requirements dictate that the Azure Functions MUST be for internal use only and cannot be exposed publicly. Reading through the docs below I haven't found any resources on security config options for private endpoints.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/
Private endpoint in Azure
Can someone please point me in the right direction? Are Azure Functions even capable of this? And if they aren't can this be achieved with an alternative like Azure App Service?
A: Azure Functions have multiple hosting options including Consumption Plan, Premium Plan and App Service Plan.
Out of which, for complete VNET Isolation, App Service Environment is the only way to go as of now since the Private Endpoints for Azure Web Apps is currently in preview.
But note that Azure Functions can be deployed into a Kubernetes cluster as well which could be the better option if you already have a kubernetes cluster to deploy to.
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Three Cheers for Sports Team Parent Bonding!
For those of us who are parents, particularly those whose kids are involved in sports, we spend a lot of time with other parents watching our children play in their matches. Looking back over the past 10 years that is collectively quite a few parents I have sat and cheered beside!
My experience has run the gamut from being on a team that felt like an extended family, one example I will mention later, and other teams, I hate to admit, where I barely knew the coach's wife's name. While the coach or coaches usually set the overall tone for how connected the team families will be, I do believe as a parent, we can play a part in helping the team feel more cohesive and connected…well, like a real team.
Why make the effort you ask? Because isn't it more pleasant to meet up with people on a regular basis who know your name and you know theirs and you feel a little connection with them? And isn't it nice for your children when they see their parents talking and laughing together during snack time or before or after the practices or games instead of everyone on their cell phones ignoring one another? I love chatting with the moms and dads briefly to see what they are up to lately and them the same with me. I think it is a good thing after a rough day when you get to practice or a game and can forget about that stuff and just enjoy the company of a few nice parents for a while.
This was definitely the case for me last year when I was going thru a real challenging time and I was feeling very isolated. The highlight of my week was seeing the friendly faces of the moms and coaches of a new volleyball team my younger daughter had joined. It was like a breath of fresh air and after connecting and cheering our kids on together, I always felt better afterward. This past year, we have been lucky to be on this team with dedicated coaches (Coach Mike and Coach Tim) and their lovely wives (Maria and Annette) and other equally great moms (see the group shot above) and it has been such pure joy for me and my family!
In fact, we have extended our connection off the court and have recently scheduled moms' nights out and plan to do so even after the season has ended. On just a side note, while being with these coaches, we won three First Place titles and one Second Place title—I feel the strength of our team bonding has only helped our team –it sure can't hurt!
Put together a family team roster with both parents' names along with their child's name and phone numbers and distribute it early in the season.
For those who have the time, how about taking a photo of each family and insert a small photo alongside their information—that would really help put names to faces!
If you find a group of parents you really like and connect with, don't hesitate to set up something after hours. For example, we planned a moms' happy hour while our kids did Friday night practice.
Are you part of a team that is really connected? What activities do you do to strengthen that bonding—please share!
Hi Nicer Dicer–I didn't get a chance to thank you for your feedback on my post. Hope you are coming back to read the others. Take care!
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Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children
The Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children was established in accordance with "Erin's Law", Public Act 593 of 2012, which aims to protect against the sexual abuse of children. Public Act 593 creates this one-time task force to provide recommendations for reducing child sexual abuse. These recommendations will help in the creation of future goals and guidelines for state and school policies. Once the members of this task force are appointed, they will have 365 days to submit their final recommendations to the Governor and Legislature. The Task Force will be comprised of a geographically diverse group of individuals.
Appointments to the Task Force are forthcoming and members will include: individuals who have experience and expertise in the fields of intervention and prevention of child abuse; a representative from the Michigan coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence; a representative from the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board; a representative from the Michigan chapter of the National Children's Alliance; an administrator or staff member of a child assessment Ccnter; a licensed therapist trained to counsel or treat child sexual abuse victims; a circuit court judge or his or her designee; and a school district board member, intermediate school district board member, or public school academy board member.
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Task Force Report and Recommendations were submitted to Gov. Snyder and Michigan Legislature on June 17, 2015.
Balancing a rewarding career with the ability to have a high-quality lifestyle is important. In Michigan, you can have both. If you're interested in a career that allows you to make a difference, check out the state of Michigan career portal for a list of current openings in state government.
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Monster Life Mobile Game Review & Download
A monster-battling game with the guts to be just a little bit different
Mash It Up
We all know that the rise to prominence of monster-battling games is mostly down to the rise to fame of Pocket Monsters (aka Pokémon), but you're probably sick of hearing the comparison in every review you read. It's a rather unavoidable allusion however since you cannot play games like Moshi Monsters or Monster Legends without being reminded heavily of Pikachu and Ash teaming up to be the very best Pokemon trainer and team there ever was. The many clones that you'll find in your respective app stores have taken then idea and mashed it up with Farmville-like management simulation however, and out comes a game like Monster Life.
So, can a non-Pokémon, non-Nintendo, non-Game Freak title really capture the hearts of anyone that is perhaps neutral on the subject of monster battling? It's unlikely, but Monster Life is a game that's got many of the properties of Farmville but with a light-hearted battling system that's brought to life with some significantly impressive visuals of the kind you rarely see in most of the cartoonish titles that are so abundant in Google Play and the Apple App Store.
Battling and Beyond
Whilst many games of this nature - Dragonvale is just one example - will have you concentrating more on the training and battling side of things, Monster Life is a little more varied and generalised in its approach to the genre.
Of course you will be raising a variety of heart-wrenchingly cute and entirely fictional creatures to battle with, but your responsibilities run deeper than simply making sure your creatures can limp over the finish line. You'll need to create a nice habitat for your creatures as well as ensure that they are properly taken care of and entertained, all on an ongoing basis. Hell, it's rather reminiscent of having a Tamagotchi back in the day, only with much, much nicer visuals and a hell of a lot more to be getting on with.
It's not just battling for the sake of it in Monster Life either. You've got some actual evil to fight off as opposed to simply battling and competing for almost no reason at all. In this way it's a little like Pokémon because, well, there's an attempt at weaving a storyline through the whole thing rather than just letting you raise, battle, and repeat.
Samey Gaming
Where Monster Life gets a little indistinguishable from pretty much any other monster-battling clone is in its management-sim areas. You've got to build your monsters a suitable habitat to live in as well as training grounds in which you will level up your monsters slowly. This all takes increasingly large quantities of resources to carry out, though various buildings earn you money and other rewards as you go. Resources are also spent to acquire new monsters, train them, and implement a number of decorative items around your general area.
Where the game deviates a little from its grind-heavy competitors is its relatively generous approach to the premium currency, which can be obtained more easily in this game. Conversely - and this is in contravention with other games here and not in a good way - you will find that the free currency is more difficult to obtain so don't expect to be able to tap wildly on the screen to harvest vast quantities of coins.
Good-Looking Fun on a Limited Basis
Alright, so it isn't Pokémon; we knew that already when we headed into this review, didn't we? Well you should have, because it looks nothing like Pokémon - though this isn't actually a bad thing. In fact, the visuals in this game are quite stunning and better than you will find in almost any other game in this genre. The entire aesthetic is based around a papercraft-like framework as if each of the animals have been cut out and made by hand from card and paper-based templates. It makes the game unique in a visual sense.
It's just a bit of a shame that the battling itself is rather generic and superficial. Single, double, and triple battles are available, but you'll find that the usual elemental match-ups, boosts, and basic moves are all things you've seen before; having a mere 20 creatures in total isn't exactly going to cut it against Pokémon's 600+ critters either. In the end, Monster Life is just another monster battling game spliced with Farmville 2: Country Escape-like management; it's worth remembering that it looks damned good though.
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Christopher Corwin
Christopher Corwin began writing for parterre box in 2011 under the pen name "DeCaffarrelli." His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Musical America, San Francisco Classical Voice and BAMNotes. Like many, he came to opera via the Saturday Met Opera broadcasts which he began listening to at age 11. His particular enthusiasm is 17th and 18th century opera. Since 2015 he has curated the weekly podcast Trove Thursday on parterre box presenting live recordings.
Trove Thursday offers a nearly forgotten 19th century opera with a most marvelous name: Le Roi d'Ys by Éduoard Lalo featuring a superb French cast led by Alain Vanzo, Andrea Guiot, Jane Rhodes and Robert Massard.
By Christopher Corwin on January 13, 2022 at 10:00 AM
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Despite having lost its announced Cherubino, conductor and Count (the latter in the midst of rehearsals), the season premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro Saturday afternoon proved to be one of the most enjoyable Met Mozart performances I've attended in ages.
Trove Thursday begins 2022 with a favorite magical opera tinkered with by another great composer: Weber's Der Freischütz in Berlioz's French version conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with the great José van Dam as Gaspard!
Un ballo in maschera—but instead of a tragedy, an opera buffa—and in Danish?
By Christopher Corwin on December 30, 2021 at 10:00 AM
It's a Great feeling
For Christmas 2021 Trove Thursday welcomes The Three Wise Cis-Men each bearing a broadcast of my favorite sacred work by Mozart, the "Great" Mass in C minor, featuring a sterling American soprano: Kathleen Battle, Arleen Augér and Lisette Oropesa.
A good time seemed to be had by all though I don't recall seeing a single child in attendance.
By Christopher Corwin on December 20, 2021 at 9:56 AM
Endearing gifts
Since my previous CD round-up review the onslaught of solo recital disks of 18th century (and sometimes also 17th) vocal music has continued unabated.
The Battle of Carnegie Hall
Trove Thursday sneaks in one more OONY offering before 2021 ends: Verdi's rare La Battaglia di Legnano from 1987 with Aprile Millo, Mario Malagnini, and Matteo Manuguerra.
By Christopher Corwin on December 16, 2021 at 2:02 PM
The key of dreams
My sister Julie celebrates an important birthday later this month which reminded me—as I also recalled I visiting her while she was living in Prague—that I should unearth Bohuslav Martin?'s Julietta with Lucia Popp and Dénes Gulyás for this week's Trove Thursday.
As one can see from the chronology published earlier this year, the American Opera Society, in addition to reviving a number of now familiar operas, introduced many singers who became important local figures; however, there were shooting-star exceptions like today's Trove Thursday offering of d'Albert's Tiefland featuring Angeles Gulin and Ion Buzea.
Trove Thursday adds two short works—Goyescas and L'enfant et les sortilèges—to Christian's expansive recent survey of Bernard Haitink's opera legacy.
By Christopher Corwin on November 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Symphony orchestras crave Wagner so much they occasionally program single acts of one of the master's demanding operas, especially Die Walküre's rapturous first, so Trove Thursday offers six (!) incestuous concert renditions spanning half a century.
With one show opening Sunday, another beginning previews on Monday and two more scheduled for the spring, 2021-22 will be yet another Stephen Sondheim-centric season in New York City which leads Trove Thursday to offer three "international" live recordings in which the artist's works are performed without his inimitable English lyrics.
Straight to hell
November in New York hosts two premieres dedicated to mythology's greatest musician, which prompts Trove Thursday to present a vintage Monteverdi L'Orfeo with Judith Raskin and Gérard Souzay conducted by Leopold Stokowski (!) and a recent HIP London broadcast of Luigi Rossi's L'Orfeo.
The high and the mighty
Last Wednesday the 92nd Street Y presented the friendliest-ever episode of American Gladiators when Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres continued their bel canto bromance with a delirious (almost) all-Rossini recital accompanied by Myra Huang.
By Christopher Corwin on November 01, 2021 at 12:54 PM
Quicksilver princess
Trove Thursday remembers Edita Gruberová with live recordings of two of the three operas I heard her perform at the Met: a 1985 Munich La Traviata with Neil Shicoff and Wolfgang Brendel conducted by Carlos Kleiber and an I Puritani from Vienna 1994 featuring two other artists who recently left us too soon: Marcello Giordani and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
By Christopher Corwin on October 28, 2021 at 10:14 AM
Sachs appeal
Last night's cast of Die Meistersinger at the Met, dominated by the irascible, unbeatable duo of Michael Volle and Johannes Martin Kränzle as Sachs and Beckmesser, did much to enliven Otto Schenk's creaky, nearly 30-year-old production.
By Christopher Corwin on October 27, 2021 at 1:05 PM
Unbreak my harp
A performance of Rossini's Otello ossia Il Moro di Venezia from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, featuring Mariella Devia, Bruce Ford and Juan Diego Florez.
Emperor concerto
The fifth annual edition of Trove Thursday's "Handel for my Birthday" actually falls on the very day this year, and there are few broadcasts I love more than the 1972 BBC Tamerlano starring the greatest Janet Baker along with Norma Burrowes, Patricia Kern, Maureen Lehane and Alexander Young.
Turandot finally arrives on Trove Thursday, but it's the setting by Ferruccio Busoni which predates by a decade the one by that other Italian guy, and it's paired today with Arlecchino, the composer's other commedia dell'arte-influenced short opera.
No country for gold men
Trove Thursday offers two very different live recordings of Halévy's grand opera La Juive.
By Christopher Corwin on September 30, 2021 at 10:00 AM
A wig and a prayer
A snarky commentator might dub last night at the Met "Boris of the divo hair flip" but that would do a disservice to a serious, often effective performance of the challenging original version of Mussorgsky's masterpiece.
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Q: Keras model unable to predict new samples with TFRecordDataset as input I am training a Keras model using a TFRecordDataset iterator as input. The training phase works well but when I call model.predict the model is still using the training data as input instead of the new data.
# Load data as tensorflow iterator on a TFRecordDataset
X, y = loader.load_training_tensor_iterator()
X_test, y_test = loader.load_test_tensor_iterator()
# Build the model
input_layer = Input(tensor=X)
reshape = Flatten(input_shape=(-1, 10, 128))(input_layer)
a1 = Dense((200))(reshape)
a1 = BatchNormalization()(a1)
a1 = Activation('relu')(a1)
a1 = Dropout(drop_rate)(a1)
output_layer = Dense(classes_num, activation='sigmoid')(a1)
model = keras.models.Model(inputs=input_layer, outputs=output_layer)
model.compile(optimizer=keras.optimizers.Adam(lr=1e-3),
loss='binary_crossentropy',
target_tensors=[y])
model.fit(
epochs=EPOCHS,
steps_per_epoch=math.ceil(TRAINING_SET_SIZE/BATCH_SIZE))
Now, when I try to use the model and get predictions for the test data:
# Run predictions
y_pred = model.predict(X_test, steps=3)
What I get in y_pred are predictions for the training set X, not those for X_test.
How can I specify that, when predicting, the input tensor should be the data passed to predict and not the tensor X passed in Input(tensor=X) ?
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Here is an example showing testing by defining that way with dataset API from Keras.
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UNSOLD PLATINUM SEATS
Paulr58 (IP Logged)
Having moved from E4 to E3 like many other people around me, it seems all of our old seats have remained unsold which is no big surprise. I have also looked at blocks E5 and E6 and its the same in those two centre blocks as well. The majority of the old gold seats remain unsold. Its such a shame the heart of the East stand has been ripped out and the supporters either forced to move else where or give up their long held season tickets. Lets hope the club has a rethink on the outrageous price hikes. If these tickets remain unsold all the atmosphere the club has worked so hard to build over the years will be gone.
Where is the so called demand for these seats which the club used to justify the price rise. They have badly underestimated the loyal supporters.
Re: UNSOLD PLATINUM SEATS
Waldo (IP Logged)
In my old block lower E4 - in the old "black seats" which had very few "spare " previously there are currently 87 of 128 free !
Either it's early days or they are hoping to fill them on match days - but that is very poor .
if they don't it will look very odd on the TV with big blocks of seats empty !
Squawker2 (IP Logged)
Inaccurate demand statements yes, but there's still a long time left for seats to sell
Stuart Barnes is a Cock Womble
SarrieSaint (IP Logged)
I hope for the clubs sake they haven't made a monumental mistake. An ocean of green in the East stand right now including my seat.
Tonk (IP Logged)
I presume if they remain unsold they will be sold as day tickets , along with every other seat not sold to season ticket holders . Us mere mortals can make some noise too you know .... not that I can personally afford to sit in platinum seats
london pride (IP Logged)
Squawker2
That is quite true, but this time last year,all 128 seats were sold, albeit at last season's price.
Wayoutwest (IP Logged)
I would be surprised if they sell those tickets to season ticket holders unless they were corporate tickets. Corporate clients want good seats so they can impress potential / current customers.
If I were them I wouldn't sell them as season tickets. I would sell them to well heeled casual supporters / corporate on a match by match basis. £85 to £120 a pop for the best seats. And they will probably sell most of them on match days given the scarcity now...
Highbury Saracen (IP Logged)
I'm not sure how much scarcity there really is?
The semi versus wasps had quite a few empty seats in east stand & thats with about 1500 opposition fans in ground!!
If they are keeping for corporate then the club are taking a risk for our less attractive fixtures
I think maybe they didnr expect as many people to relocate
European champions 2016 & 2017
TonyTaff (IP Logged)
My experience of Corporate Hospitality is that many recipients don't even take up their seats in the stand, let alone support the team in any meaningful manner.
I went to an evening game at the Stoop. As some guests were late, the food was delayed; I pointed out that the match was likely to start before we had finished eating and that those of us already present should be served.
The 'Special Guest' in our box ruled that we should wait I managed my starter before kick-off, watched the first half on my own, and got some dregs of desert at half-time.
The 'Special Guest', provided by Quins, was Tony Diprose. Perhaps, Frankie Peanuts was right to punch his lights out!
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JO'G (IP Logged)
TonyTaff
I remember going to Queens Club with Paypal for the tennis. Andy Murray was playing - it was one set all and tea was being served. Almost all the other guests decamped to eat it and drink the champagne with it. When i finally arrived after Murray had lost in 3; the food was gone, most of the drink, drunk.
The Bard (IP Logged)
It certainly looks like the gentrification/ethnic cleansing has created an enormous amount of the capacity in the East Stand. I really don't see how they are going to take in more money simply by relying on matchday sales for these seats.
I'm sure I'm not alone in now actually spending less because we have moved to the south stand, which begs the question of where are the schools/clubs going to sit?
BathMatt53 (IP Logged)
Necessary evil unfortunately - all the teams bar one are still making a loss even with the corporate cash cow. The reason by Exe are profitable is because they have dialled the corporate thing to 11 and have reaped the financial benefits. As a fan of rugby I just try to stay away from it at our ground, safe in the knowledge that the are offsetting some of our losses for the season...
daz_71 (IP Logged)
I think the entire scarcity argument will fall down. I really don't think there's a long list of people waiting to come to games. As mentioned corporate hospitality will undoubtedly use some of these tickets but as mentioned realistically most of them arent interested in the team or the game. As for "match-day walk-ups" I think on nice mild autumn and spring days they will come but in deepest, darkest winter again I doubt they will be there.
Rightly or wrongly I hope the ticketing decision turns out to be one of the biggest cluster f*cks the club has made. They have taken the loyal season ticket holders for granted and actually deserve a little bit of payback.
I know my opinion won't be welcomed by all on here (and I have renewed by Gold ticket that has been silver in all previous years at AP) but that is the way I and I believe a lot of other supporters feel. In terms of the team they have my unswerving loyalty. For the board and those responsible for ticketing strategy I don't give 2 hoots for and I hope this comes back and bites them hard. Unfortunately the damage has been done.
Agree with pretty much all daz said!
I wonder if the PR dept had got their a**e in gear how avoidable some if this might be?
You can be brutal & say its business but that business needs its regular bread & butter customers
I do hope Saracens crowds do not become similar to those attending HQ for England games as 50/60% arent interested in match at all
Think you are right Daz. It seems the club have completely misjudged the situation. I cant see many walk ups on the day willing to pay over £70 for a ticket in the temporary black seats in the East stand in which if raining you will still get wet, and no cheaper seats will be left for them as they will be taken up by displaced season ticket holders. All the hard work over the last few years to sell out most weeks will be lost if nothing is done and the club will lose more money. I hope I am wrong for the clubs sake and they do sell all the tickets but I doubt it.
Rupes (IP Logged)
Having done a bit of reading around this, it's interesting to note how the ticketing is done at Saracens. They basically split the CEO role when Heath left, so the ticketing/marketing/commercial etc...side of the business now seems to be run by a company called Premier Team Promotions. Whose chairperson is Lucy Wray.
The link to the release from the club is here (back from March).
It does make me wonder how this cannot be a conflict of interest. If the ticketing / commercial etc...side isn't running as it should, then the club should have full right to renegotiate contracts and the like. No doubt that's the case.
Just to edit - I'm not having a dig at person X or Y, I just wonder if that's a healthy situation for the club to be in as it would naturally require some very careful management.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/2018 12:00 by Rupes.
Guys, the club don't care about what you or I think. My betting is that once they have created the space in the East stand they will promote the corporate market for tickets and sell out most games.
Think about HQ in the AI's and 6N's. How many of those tickets go to week in week out rugby fans and how many go to corporate events / occasional fans.
We are the English Champions and have been back to back European champion and we are based in London.
To back up my point look at the Tulip club which I believe was specifically set up to chase the financial types and has been a great success. The club will use the East Stand tickets probably to expand this activity.
I was under the impression that Lucy (and her husband) would effectively be running the club in 10 years time, with a few handouts from dad
JO'G
I was under the impression that Lucy (and her husband) would effectively be running the club in 10 years time
That would be Tom Mercey ex Northampton Saints? Take-over by stealth
Adey (IP Logged)
SarrieSaint
He's just come back home!
Sara'sman (IP Logged)
My er "other" season ticket will cost me £90 for a seat near the 10m line in a brand spanking new stand - 11 Championship games + whatever replaces the B&I cup. With petrol that's less than I usually pay per game at AP, though in truth the quality on show is considerably lower!
boomer! (IP Logged)
Highbury Saracen
The semi final was between two May Bank holidays and therefore people who booked a fortnight spring break almost certainly would have 19th May at start or end of their hols. That will account for some of the gaps.
Also, it was forecasts to be a great weekend weather-wise and even the most devout S/T holder may chose a weekend away with the missus rather that the rugby.
I am also guilty of causing some of those gaps as 4 S/T holder seats were left empty as I invited those S/T holders to my daughters wedding.
And let's not forget those Saracens who may also have had tickets to see Chelsea beat United at Wembley.
ultrasarrie (IP Logged)
Boomer - in reality the game should have sold out a least a few days in advance given the fact it was a semi final and the large travelling support. The gaps in the east stand weren't season ticket holders who hadn't turned up - they were seats not sold, and I'm pretty sure the club announced it as a sellout to save face.
Even with season ticket holders missing, the gaps should have been filled by fans if the demand was there. But clearly there is not.
I agree with highbury Saracen and I think the club have massively underestimated demand from fans/corporates willing to swallow the price hike. I don't understand how the club can afford to turn away loyal fans and put off potential new ones with the price rises given our support base is relatively small and the club has worked really hard to increase it year on year. It has underdone any progress they have made. There will be large gaps in the east stand next year and it will be embarrassing.
Presumably, overestimated demand?
If there is a constant theme of complaint from potential new customers that the offered seats are rubbish, then the club have tried to arrest it by making some decent seats available.
They are now offering those decent seats to new season ticket holders, but not at the Gold prices of last season.
I wonder if the response will be - oh great you have some decent seats available; how much .... oh no thanks.
It is now getting near the end of July and there are still plenty of seats left in the East Stand unsold. Just had a count of the centre three blocks in the temporary black seats and there are still 241 spare seats of which the majority were sold this time last year. There are 480 seats available in total of which only 239 have been sold, 50% unsold at £1030 each leaves a short fall of just over £248,000 in those middle three blocks alone.
I do think that they have made a huge mistake and miscalculation in what the demand was for those seats. Time to rethink Saracens management.
It would be difficult for the club to row back this season. We may see last minute offers for a given match and/or part-season season ticket offers at less per match than the original offer.
PhillFez (IP Logged)
Corporates tend to be greatly underused. Two seats in front of me were never available for casual purchase and only ever occupied after KO by people. Moving. Maybe that's the answer for filling the East stand during the second half
How many matches do you get for a season ticket?
AP (IP Logged)
Perhaps we should start sending bids in for those seats?
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Innings (IP Logged)
The corporate market has shrunk greatly, and not just in rugby. The Bribery Act regulates in detail what monetary vale value may be applied to entertaining, whether up or down the commercial chain. Many firms have given up permitting giving or accepting corporate invitations of this kind. My guess is that smaller firms have gone down that route and larger firms are generally looking at different routes that don't don't involve out and out freebies like seats at rugby matches.
Funnily enough Note 20 of the government's guidance notes specifically mention internationals at TWickenham and explains how that could be acceptable. However, Note 26 has the sting that many corporate compliance departments fear: "It is, however, clear that hospitality and promotional or other similar business expenditure can be employed as bribes."
I'm no lawyer,but I have asked some people who lead SMEs what they've done. In general they seem to be doing far more that can be directly shown to have a benefit to the business, and far less that simply involves seats at matches, the theatre and so on.
Points win matches: tries win hearts and minds.
I went online and have seen 2 S/T still unsold and as they are singles they could remain unsold.
They are in block E7 Q156 & P161 at £700.00
I have moved out of area so S/T no good to me but I do buy single matchday tickets when I am in London NW.
I'll be interested to see what these may be offered to me by the club on a match by match basis given £700.00 / 16 = £43.75
You spent your Saturday morning counting how many seats were unsold? I think you might need to have a word with yourself pal.
On those figure I would say the club have pretty well justified their position.
Last season in those 480 seats around 10% were unoccupied by season ticket holders
so 430 x £700 - £300k with 800 day tickets available for sale average price £50 - £40k
This season 240 x £1050 - £252k with still 3,800 day tickets available for sale average price £75. if they can sell 30% of the available day tickets (similar numbers to last year), then they will have netted the same income. if they can sell the other 70%, there will be a surplus over 200k
Another 80 season tickets sold before the season starts (the HAC will be a time to sell them) and the club will have the same income as last year - and they still will have three times as many day tickets to sell as last year
PS: I didn't mean to represent that I condone what the club has done - merely to point out from the figures that their endgame of increasing their revenue will probably happen given the number of tickets they had already sold.
I also will be reducing my non-season ticket spending. I didn't spend much apart from beer anyway, and i might stay longer / arrive earlier in the Bridge Tavern in future
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 24/07/2018 17:33 by JO'G .
But Jeremy the figures you have there include a lot of what if's and but's, and I honestly don't think it's that simple (you can know the price of everything and the value of nothing) also that dosent take into account S/T holders who have left because of this and won't be coming back (and there are some, regardless of what others say)something that also hasn't been taken into account are the group of S/T holders who are still there,but will keep their hands in their pocket this coming season because of what has happened.
Roger G (IP Logged)
...something that also hasn't been taken into account are the group of S/T holders who are still there,but will keep their hands in their pocket this coming season because of what has happened.
This! Although I'm still there (for one more season anyway), I consider myself "downgraded" and will buy no more merchandise, nor bring guests (except family) to Wembley/HQ/London Stadium, until Sarries have admitted how shockingly they've treated loyal ST holders (i.e. probably never). Some kind of backtracking would be ideal, recognition/compensation would be a reasonable second best, but an apology would do for a start. It may sound petty, but I can do without alcohol at the ground, and will try to remember to bring a flask of tea/coffee so I don't need to spend a bean at club outlets. If I do need supplies they will come from one of the independent concessions.
Sarries management now need to be be very afraid of a sustained downturn of fortunes on the pitch.
Roger G You are not the only one who will be taking this kind of action.I know of two groups of supporters (one group of about 5 and another family group of 3 adults and 4 children) who will be drinking before and after the game in one of the local Rugby Clubs.Several other individuals just won't drink there and will just make their way home.
Teddy60 (IP Logged)
That's a shame you feel that way. Saracens have been punching above their weight for many years. I'm sure they are very happy for the support but the shareholders have spent £50m in their investment to make Saracens the best club in the Uk & one of the top teams in Europe.
It is a real balancing act to keep everyone happy. Saracens at least try. PS In defence of those in the Tulip Club. They happily spend their money & support their team.
I assume then Teddy, you're not one of those who's had their seat price hiked by 60% and had to move to a much inferior seat to keep the old price (ish), and had their car park price hiked by 40% or removed completely. I know some of the more well-heeled have also been hit hard by the recent price hikes but I strongly contest the notion that Saracens try to keep everyone happy - they used to but no more.
Couldn't agree more Roger. I too have been ousted previously and again this time. Car parking I have chased since end of season and did not get a promised phone call or even the email about pricing and availability. The guys on the end of the phone are put in a difficult position by awful management, no feedback available on the blocking fence at Dollis School.
Those of us supporting for decades now only receive indifference. This could well be my last season too.
I'm sure most folks are aware of the economic realities.
However,the manner of implementation of Saracens new pricing policy has left a sour taste with many folks.
Whilst the onfield element can be admired the off field side is steadily worsening in my opinion.
The match day experience is certainly not what it used to be.
I don't perceive it to be the "Saracens Family" any longer.
Lets see what the new season brings and what they hit us with at the end of it !
As a matter of interest how many previous East Stand gold STHs have as of now not renewed or alternatively moved to a different part of the stand?
I will buy a ST before the season starts but at a similar price point to my previous one. I was wondering if there was a small group of us (10-20)in a similar situation whether we might be able to talk to the ticket office as a group? If they are happy with how things are then no issue and we all get to buy tickets in different areas/not renew etc but if they feel they have miscalculated maybe there's a discussion that could be had?
Pretty much the majority of lower E4 have moved / left I would say .
A large number of the folks(and myself) I sat with have moved to E3
Eurosarrie (IP Logged)
Just a quick check on the fish to see what seats are still available in lower E4 and out of 128 seats, 88 are still not sold! This was full last season.
This looks not only a poor business decision, but a woeful disregard to dedicated supporters.
Graeme D (IP Logged)
Eurosarrie
You will only be able to say it is a poor business decision if those seats remain empty on match days throughout the season. If they are always filled up by one off attendees who will almost certainly spend money in the shop and other outlets then it will have been a good business decision.
I would have thought the hike in prices was to free up quality seats to be sold on a match day basis not necessarily get more season ticket holders. Towards the end of the season we were running at capacity crowds.
Graeme D
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Graeme, your logic is unimpeachable, whereas Eurosarrie was wearing their heart on their sleeve.
Applying normal commercial principles to a sports club invariably collides with supporter passion.
If, when, the playing success atrophies, the occasional attendees desert and the loyal previous occupants have been alienated.
I, and I'm sure the other two in my group would be happy to buy our old (now platinum) seats at the new gold prices, but I fear we'll have to wait for the porcine air division to get airborne first.
Waldo, I'm envious - I used to be about 3 seats behind you and a couple of seats further south, but the best I was offered was E2 and a fair few rows further back than I was as well. Still bitter, and still definitely not spending more than is absolutely necessary beyond my seat price.
Roger G I am sure you're right and yet if we have a large enough group and they have miscalculated maybe it's worth at least finding out how many would be interested in a "late deal" if such a thing could happen. Btw I am not holding out much hope but never say never!
I'm sorry, I might be suffering from a case of cutting off my nose to spite my face,but I don't think I would accept a 'Late' offer.If the club were to make that offer (and let's be honest, they won't)it won't be because they realise a mistake has been made and they have annoyed and upset some of their oldest and most loyal supporters, but more likely it would be made because they realise they will be loosing money either immediately or in the long term.That, and of course they won't or can't make any assurances it won't happen again.Kick me once in the backside, but I won't bend over and let you do it again.
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Yvette Fielding pays icy tribute to Derek Acorah after bitter Most Haunted fallout
Now, his Most Haunted co-star has spoken out over his death - 14 years after a bitter fallout
Yvette Fielding has paid a blunt tribute to Derek Acorah.
The TV medium tragically died aged 69, his devastated wife Gwen confirmed.
Now, his Most Haunted co-star has spoken out over his death - 14 years after a bitter fallout.
Yvette released a statement via her agent.
"Our condolences are with Derek's family at this time. Yvette and Karl," the message stated - signed off by the star and her husband Karl Beattie, who was a co-creator of Most Haunted with Yvette.
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Derek was fired from Most Haunted after being duped into channeling a fake personality called Kreed Kafer - an anagram for "Derek Faker" - during an episode.
In a Facebook tribute, Gwen wrote: "Farewell my love! I will miss you forever! I'm devastated to announce that my beloved husband Derek has passed away after a very brief illness.
"Thank you so much to everybody who has supported me - I can never thank you enough."
In her statement, his wife of 24 years also wrote: "To the vile couple who hounded him for responses to their ridiculous campaign whilst he was in intensive care in a coma, I hope you have the decency to hang your heads in shame.
"I have things to deal with now but I won't forget nor will I forgive what you have done!"
Yvette explained why Derek was sacked, previously saying: "We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go."
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What, then, of the widespread gut hostility, amounting to revulsion, against all such "transgenic" imports? This is based on the misconception that it is somehow "unnatural" to splice a fish gene, which was only ever "meant" to work in a fish, into the alien environment of a tomato cell. Surely an antifreeze gene from a fish must come with a fishy "flavour". Surely some of its fishiness must rub off. Yet nobody thinks that a square-root subroutine carries a "financial flavour" with it when you paste it into a rocket guidance system.
Which suggests that people intuitively understand biology in terms of Aristotelian essences; i.e., a fish is a fish because it has the quality of fishness, and there's a strong gut feeling that natural organisms aren't merely the sum of their DNA, but are natural because they carry Mother Gaia's blessing in their essence or something like that, and You Can't Tamper With Nature. Which is interesting as a study in psychology (much as "naïve physics" is), but when it comes to policy-making, it comes down to legislation-by-disgust, which is never a good thing.
Dawkins, of course, doesn't dismiss all concern about genetic engineering; any sane scientist would agree that there needs to be sufficient testing for unintended effects. However, that's a far cry from the burn-down-the-laboratories attitude of some of the more ludditic doomsayers; which, Dawkins argues, given the popularity of such views in the Green movement, could hurt the Greens' credibility on other issues.
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'That's How We Were Saved': The Man Who Stopped New Zealand Mosque Shooter
With his family in the Linwood mosque, Abdul Aziz scared Christchurch gunman off in a mouse-and-cat chase that led to his capture. 'I realized this is something else'
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When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn't hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card machine, and ran outside screaming "Come here!"
Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday prayers at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch after leading the gunman in a cat-and-mouse chase before scaring him into speeding away in his car.
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But Aziz, whose four sons and dozens of others remained in the mosque while he faced off with the gunman, said he thinks it's what anyone would have done.
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Latef Alabi, the Linwood mosque's acting imam, said the death toll would have been far higher at the Linwood mosque if it wasn't for Aziz.
Alabi said he heard a voice outside the mosque at about 1:55 P.M. and stopped the prayer he was leading and peeked out the window. He saw a guy in black military-style gear and a helmet holding a large gun, and assumed it was a police officer. Then he saw two bodies and heard the gunman yelling obscenities.
"I realized this is something else. This is a killer," he said.
Words are seen written on a road as a tribute to victims of the mosque attacks, at police line near Linwood mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, 2019.Edgar Su/Reuters
He yelled at the congregation of more than 80 to get down. They hesitated. A shot rang out, a window shattered and a body fell, and people began to realize it was for real.
"Then this brother came over. He went after him, and he managed to overpower him, and that's how we were saved," Alabi said, referring to Aziz. "Otherwise, if he managed to come into the mosque, then we would all probably be gone."
Aziz said as he ran outside screaming, he was hoping to distract the attacker. He said the gunman ran back to his car to get another gun, and Aziz hurled the credit card machine at him.
He said he could hear his two youngest sons, aged 11 and 5, urging him to come back inside.
The gunman returned, firing. Aziz said he ran, weaving through cars parked in the driveway, which prevented the gunman from getting a clean shot. Then Aziz spotted a gun the gunman had abandoned and picked it up, pointed it and squeezed the trigger. It was empty.
He said the gunman ran back to the car for a second time, likely to grab yet another weapon.
"He gets into his car and I just got the gun and threw it on his window like an arrow and blasted his window," he said.
The windshield shattered: "That's why he got scared."
He said the gunman was cursing at him, yelling that he was going to kill them all. But he drove away and Aziz said he chased the car down the street to a red light, before it made a U-turn and sped away. Online videos indicate police officers managed to force the car from the road and drag out the suspect soon after.
Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aziz said he left as a refugee when he was a boy and lived for more than 25 years in Australia before moving to New Zealand a couple of years ago.
"I've been to a lot of countries and this is one of the beautiful ones," he said. And, he always thought, a peaceful one as well.
Aziz said he didn't feel fear or much of anything when facing the gunman. It was like he was on autopilot. And he believes that God, that Allah, didn't think it was his time to die.
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L'Union chrétienne démocrate – Parti populaire tchécoslovaque (), abrégé en KDU-ČSL) est un parti politique tchèque de type démocrate-chrétien, membre du Parti populaire européen.
Histoire
1919-1989
Le Parti populaire tchécoslovaque est fondé en janvier 1919. De 1921 à 1938, il fait partie de tous les gouvernements de la Première République tchécoslovaque. De 1940 à 1945, il participe au gouvernement tchécoslovaque en exil de Londres.
Après le coup de Prague en 1948, le Front national des Tchèques et des Slovaques () créé à la Libération avec le Parti populaire tchécoslovaque devient un simple instrument au service du Parti communiste tchécoslovaque, maintenu pour donner une apparence de pluralisme à la dictature et la direction du parti est désormais contrôlée par le comité central du parti communiste.
1990-2002
En 1990, le parti recouvre son indépendance et change son nom pour celui d'Union chrétienne démocrate – Parti populaire tchécoslovaque. Josef Lux prend la présidence du parti. Après sa démission, la KDU-ČSL entre en coalition avec quatre autres partis : l'Union de la Liberté, l'Alliance civique démocratique et l'Union démocratique.
2002-2006
Cyril Svoboda est président de la KDU-ČSL entre 2001 et 2003. De 2003 à 2006 le président de la KDU-ČSL est Miroslav Kalousek. La KDU-ČSL a fait partie du gouvernement avec le ČSSD et l'US-DEU.
2006-2010
Lors des législatives de , la KDU-ČSL obtient 7,2 % des voix et sur 200. Kalousek négocie un pacte électoral en avec le premier ministre Jiří Paroubek dans lequel il accepte de gouverner avec le parti socialiste et la bienveillance du parti communiste. L'électorat du KDU est choqué par ce rapprochement vers les communistes. Miroslav Kalousek doit quitter son poste de dirigeant. Il est remplacé par intérim par Jan Kasal avant que Jiří Čunek soit élu le à la tête du parti. De 2006 à 2010, la KDU-ČSL a fait partie du gouvernement avec le Parti démocratique civique et le Parti vert. En 2009, Cyril Svoboda a été élu président du parti.
Crise du parti
En 2009, quelques membres (par exemple Miroslav Kalousek) ont quitté la KDU-ČSL et fondé le nouveau parti TOP 09.
Depuis 2010
Aux élections législatives la KDU-ČSL a obtenu 4,4 % et n'a pas de siège à la Chambre des députés. Le président du parti Cyril Svoboda a démissionné.
Résultats électoraux
Élections parlementaires
Parlement européen
Notes et références
Voir aussi
Liens externes
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When you think about the major changes that you might need to make in life, a big move will be at the top of the list. This can happen if you need to change jobs, have a shift in your family size, or just generally want to experience a bit of a change of pace. It can often be very stressful to have to make this kind of a move, especially if you aren't sure where it is you should be going. By making sure that you're able to get yourself into a home that is right for your own way of life, though, you're going to have no trouble feeling confident about where you end up.
Of all the areas in the United Kingdom that people seem to be flocking to these days, you'll find that there is a lot of evidence that Cheltenham is one of the top options. There is something special about the Cheltenham area, especially when you consider the fact that it has a long history of being a spa town. When you're ready for a change of pace in your life, heading out to Cheltenham will be a great idea. If you're on the hunt for great places to live in Cheltenham, there is no question that you'll need to go through the guide below.
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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.BuildConfiguration.StrictDepsMode.OFF;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaCommon.collectJavaCompilationArgs;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleContext;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.BuildConfiguration.StrictDepsMode;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaConfiguration.JavaClasspathMode;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaRuleOutputJarsProvider.OutputJar;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* A class to create Java compile actions in a way that is consistent with java_library. Rules that
* generate source files and emulate java_library on top of that should use this class
* instead of the lower-level API in JavaCompilationHelper.
*
* <p>Rules that want to use this class are required to have an implicit dependency on the
* Java compiler.
*/
public final class JavaLibraryHelper {
private final RuleContext ruleContext;
private Artifact output;
private final List<Artifact> sourceJars = new ArrayList<>();
private final List<Artifact> sourceFiles = new ArrayList<>();
private final List<Artifact> resources = new ArrayList<>();
/**
* Contains all the dependencies; these are treated as both compile-time and runtime dependencies.
*/
private final List<JavaCompilationArgsProvider> deps = new ArrayList<>();
private final List<JavaCompilationArgsProvider> exports = new ArrayList<>();
private JavaPluginInfoProvider plugins = JavaPluginInfoProvider.empty();
private ImmutableList<String> javacOpts = ImmutableList.of();
private ImmutableList<Artifact> sourcePathEntries = ImmutableList.of();
private StrictDepsMode strictDepsMode = StrictDepsMode.OFF;
private JavaClasspathMode classpathMode = JavaClasspathMode.OFF;
private String injectingRuleKind;
private boolean neverlink;
public JavaLibraryHelper(RuleContext ruleContext) {
this.ruleContext = ruleContext;
ruleContext.getConfiguration();
this.classpathMode = ruleContext.getFragment(JavaConfiguration.class).getReduceJavaClasspath();
}
public JavaLibraryHelper setNeverlink(boolean neverlink) {
this.neverlink = neverlink;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the final output jar; if this is not set, then the {@link #build} method throws an {@link
* IllegalStateException}. Note that this class may generate not just the output itself, but also
* a number of additional intermediate files and outputs.
*/
public JavaLibraryHelper setOutput(Artifact output) {
this.output = output;
return this;
}
/**
* Adds the given source jars. Any .java files in these jars will be compiled.
*/
public JavaLibraryHelper addSourceJars(Iterable<Artifact> sourceJars) {
Iterables.addAll(this.sourceJars, sourceJars);
return this;
}
/**
* Adds the given source jars. Any .java files in these jars will be compiled.
*/
public JavaLibraryHelper addSourceJars(Artifact... sourceJars) {
return this.addSourceJars(Arrays.asList(sourceJars));
}
public JavaLibraryHelper addResources(Iterable<Artifact> resources) {
Iterables.addAll(this.resources, resources);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper addDep(JavaCompilationArgsProvider provider) {
checkNotNull(provider);
this.deps.add(provider);
return this;
}
/**
* Adds the given source files to be compiled.
*/
public JavaLibraryHelper addSourceFiles(Iterable<Artifact> sourceFiles) {
Iterables.addAll(this.sourceFiles, sourceFiles);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper addAllDeps(
Iterable<JavaCompilationArgsProvider> providers) {
Iterables.addAll(deps, providers);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper addExport(JavaCompilationArgsProvider provider) {
exports.add(provider);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper addAllExports(Iterable<JavaCompilationArgsProvider> providers) {
Iterables.addAll(exports, providers);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper setPlugins(JavaPluginInfoProvider plugins) {
checkNotNull(plugins, "plugins must not be null");
checkState(this.plugins.isEmpty());
this.plugins = plugins;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the compiler options.
*/
public JavaLibraryHelper setJavacOpts(Iterable<String> javacOpts) {
this.javacOpts = ImmutableList.copyOf(javacOpts);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper setSourcePathEntries(List<Artifact> sourcepathEntries) {
this.sourcePathEntries = ImmutableList.copyOf(sourcepathEntries);
return this;
}
public JavaLibraryHelper setInjectingRuleKind(String injectingRuleKind) {
this.injectingRuleKind = injectingRuleKind;
return this;
}
/**
* When in strict mode, compiling the source-jars passed to this JavaLibraryHelper will break if
* they depend on classes not in any of the {@link
* JavaCompilationArgsProvider#getDirectCompileTimeJars()} passed in {@link #addDep}, even if they
* do appear in {@link JavaCompilationArgsProvider#getTransitiveCompileTimeJars()}. That is,
* depending on a class requires a direct dependency on it.
*
* <p>Contrast this with the strictness-parameter to {@link #buildCompilationArgsProvider}, which
* controls whether others depending on the result of this compilation, can perform strict-deps
* checks at all.
*/
public JavaLibraryHelper setCompilationStrictDepsMode(StrictDepsMode strictDepsMode) {
this.strictDepsMode = strictDepsMode;
return this;
}
/**
* Creates the compile actions (including the ones for ijar and source jar). Also fills in the
* {@link JavaRuleOutputJarsProvider.Builder} with the corresponding compilation outputs.
*
* @param semantics implementation specific java rules semantics
* @param javaToolchainProvider used for retrieving misc java tools
* @param hostJavabase the target of the host javabase used to retrieve the java executable and
* its necessary inputs
* @param jacocoInstrumental jacoco jars needed when running coverage
* @param outputJarsBuilder populated with the outputs of the created actions
* @param outputSourceJar if not-null, the output of an source jar action that will be created
*/
public JavaCompilationArtifacts build(
JavaSemantics semantics,
JavaToolchainProvider javaToolchainProvider,
JavaRuntimeInfo hostJavabase,
Iterable<Artifact> jacocoInstrumental,
JavaRuleOutputJarsProvider.Builder outputJarsBuilder,
boolean createOutputSourceJar,
@Nullable Artifact outputSourceJar) {
return build(
semantics,
javaToolchainProvider,
hostJavabase,
jacocoInstrumental,
outputJarsBuilder,
createOutputSourceJar,
outputSourceJar,
/* javaInfoBuilder= */ null,
ImmutableList.of()); // ignored when javaInfoBuilder is null
}
public JavaCompilationArtifacts build(
JavaSemantics semantics,
JavaToolchainProvider javaToolchainProvider,
JavaRuntimeInfo hostJavabase,
Iterable<Artifact> jacocoInstrumental,
JavaRuleOutputJarsProvider.Builder outputJarsBuilder,
boolean createOutputSourceJar,
@Nullable Artifact outputSourceJar,
@Nullable JavaInfo.Builder javaInfoBuilder,
Iterable<JavaGenJarsProvider> transitiveJavaGenJars) {
Preconditions.checkState(output != null, "must have an output file; use setOutput()");
Preconditions.checkState(
!createOutputSourceJar || outputSourceJar != null,
"outputSourceJar cannot be null when createOutputSourceJar is true");
JavaTargetAttributes.Builder attributes = new JavaTargetAttributes.Builder(semantics);
attributes.addSourceJars(sourceJars);
attributes.addSourceFiles(sourceFiles);
addDepsToAttributes(attributes);
attributes.setStrictJavaDeps(strictDepsMode);
attributes.setTargetLabel(ruleContext.getLabel());
attributes.setInjectingRuleKind(injectingRuleKind);
attributes.setSourcePath(sourcePathEntries);
JavaCommon.addPlugins(attributes, plugins);
for (Artifact resource : resources) {
attributes.addResource(
JavaHelper.getJavaResourcePath(semantics, ruleContext, resource), resource);
}
if (isStrict() && classpathMode != JavaClasspathMode.OFF) {
JavaCompilationHelper.addDependencyArtifactsToAttributes(
attributes, deps);
}
JavaCompilationArtifacts.Builder artifactsBuilder = new JavaCompilationArtifacts.Builder();
JavaCompilationHelper helper =
new JavaCompilationHelper(ruleContext, semantics, javacOpts, attributes,
javaToolchainProvider,
hostJavabase,
jacocoInstrumental);
Artifact outputDepsProto = helper.createOutputDepsProtoArtifact(output, artifactsBuilder);
Artifact manifestProtoOutput = helper.createManifestProtoOutput(output);
Artifact genSourceJar = null;
Artifact genClassJar = null;
if (helper.usesAnnotationProcessing()) {
genClassJar = helper.createGenJar(output);
genSourceJar = helper.createGensrcJar(output);
helper.createGenJarAction(output, manifestProtoOutput, genClassJar, hostJavabase);
}
Artifact nativeHeaderOutput = helper.createNativeHeaderJar(output);
helper.createCompileAction(
output,
manifestProtoOutput,
genSourceJar,
outputDepsProto,
/* instrumentationMetadataJar= */ null,
nativeHeaderOutput);
Artifact iJar = null;
if (!sourceJars.isEmpty() || !sourceFiles.isEmpty()) {
artifactsBuilder.addRuntimeJar(output);
iJar = helper.createCompileTimeJarAction(output, artifactsBuilder);
}
if (createOutputSourceJar) {
helper.createSourceJarAction(
outputSourceJar, genSourceJar, javaToolchainProvider, hostJavabase);
}
ImmutableList<Artifact> outputSourceJars =
outputSourceJar == null ? ImmutableList.of() : ImmutableList.of(outputSourceJar);
outputJarsBuilder
.addOutputJar(new OutputJar(output, iJar, manifestProtoOutput, outputSourceJars))
.setJdeps(outputDepsProto)
.setNativeHeaders(nativeHeaderOutput);
JavaCompilationArtifacts javaArtifacts = artifactsBuilder.build();
if (javaInfoBuilder != null) {
ClasspathConfiguredFragment classpathFragment =
new ClasspathConfiguredFragment(
javaArtifacts,
attributes.build(),
neverlink,
JavaCompilationHelper.getBootClasspath(javaToolchainProvider));
javaInfoBuilder.addProvider(
JavaCompilationInfoProvider.class,
new JavaCompilationInfoProvider.Builder()
.setJavacOpts(javacOpts)
.setBootClasspath(classpathFragment.getBootClasspath())
.setCompilationClasspath(classpathFragment.getCompileTimeClasspath())
.setRuntimeClasspath(classpathFragment.getRuntimeClasspath())
.build());
javaInfoBuilder.addProvider(
JavaGenJarsProvider.class,
createJavaGenJarsProvider(helper, genClassJar, genSourceJar, transitiveJavaGenJars));
}
return javaArtifacts;
}
private JavaGenJarsProvider createJavaGenJarsProvider(
JavaCompilationHelper helper,
@Nullable Artifact genClassJar,
@Nullable Artifact genSourceJar,
Iterable<JavaGenJarsProvider> transitiveJavaGenJars) {
return JavaGenJarsProvider.create(
helper.usesAnnotationProcessing(),
genClassJar,
genSourceJar,
plugins,
transitiveJavaGenJars);
}
/**
* Returns a JavaCompilationArgsProvider that fully encapsulates this compilation, based on the
* result of a call to build(). (that is, it contains the compile-time and runtime jars, separated
* by direct vs transitive jars).
*
* @param isReportedAsStrict if true, the result's direct JavaCompilationArgs only contain classes
* resulting from compiling the source-jars. If false, the direct JavaCompilationArgs contain
* both these classes, as well as any classes from transitive dependencies. A value of 'false'
* means this compilation cannot be checked for strict-deps, by any consumer (depending)
* compilation. Contrast this with {@link #setCompilationStrictDepsMode}.
*/
public JavaCompilationArgsProvider buildCompilationArgsProvider(
JavaCompilationArtifacts artifacts, boolean isReportedAsStrict, boolean isNeverlink) {
JavaCompilationArgsProvider directArgs =
collectJavaCompilationArgs(
/* isNeverLink= */ isNeverlink,
/* srcLessDepsExport= */ false,
artifacts,
deps,
/* runtimeDeps= */ ImmutableList.of(),
exports);
if (!isReportedAsStrict) {
directArgs = JavaCompilationArgsProvider.makeNonStrict(directArgs);
}
return directArgs;
}
private void addDepsToAttributes(JavaTargetAttributes.Builder attributes) {
JavaCompilationArgsProvider argsProvider = JavaCompilationArgsProvider.merge(deps);
if (isStrict()) {
attributes.addDirectJars(argsProvider.getDirectCompileTimeJars());
}
attributes.addCompileTimeClassPathEntries(argsProvider.getTransitiveCompileTimeJars());
attributes.addRuntimeClassPathEntries(argsProvider.getRuntimeJars());
attributes.addInstrumentationMetadataEntries(argsProvider.getInstrumentationMetadata());
}
private boolean isStrict() {
return strictDepsMode != OFF;
}
}
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Position battleground (defense): Cowboys vs. 49ers head-to-head breakdown for defensive positions
A positional head-to-head breakdown of the Divisional round matchup between the Cowboys and 49ers on defense.
By Mike_Poland@kenfigkowboy Jan 20, 2023, 4:30pm CST
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Previously we broke down the offense for this week's upcoming game for the Dallas Cowboys. Now we dive back into the position battleground, this time looking at how the defensive positions and special teams stack up against each other.
The Cowboys defense was electric last week against the Tom Brady led offense. Most people would look at Tampa Bays's total offensive yardage last week and think that meant the defense wasn't really that dominant. But a lot of the production allowed was on a long drive that died on an interception in the endzone, and when the defense dropped back as the game shifted further away from Tampa Bay and time on the clock was the big issue. A lot of the early success and command of this game came from the inside defensive linemen and what a time for them to turn up.
Osa Odighizuwa, Chauncey Golston and even Carlos Watkins had fine games putting pressure on passing plays as well as maintaining against the run. The pressure these inside defenders brought up front was leading to frustration on Brady's play and sideline demeanor. Johnathan Hankins closed the run down incredibly effectively at the one-tech position and helped keep the Buccaneers run game to just 52 yards, he even managed to get to Brady for a sack. From the edge, both Dante Fowler Jr and Dorance Armstrong had a good day applying pressure. Their pass-rush plan for this week will need to be on point against the San Francisco 49ers' offensive line.
With this San Francisco 49ers defense, the defensive line is where the rubber meets the road. How the Cowboys' offensive line maintains blocks to keep Dak Prescott upright will be essential against this concrete defensive line. The 49ers rank in the top 10 in defensive sacks, third in defensive takeaways and have the NFL sack leader, Nick Bosa. Add on top of all the fact that the 49ers defensive line finished the regular season allowing one of the fewest rush yards per game, with a remarkable remarkable 77 yards allowed per game. But in recent games the line has allowed 100-yard rushers, and confronting the Cowboys' run game that finished second in rushing touchdowns will be one of the keys to the game.
Win: 49ers
Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images
Warner/Greenlaw vs Parsons/Vander Esch
We witnessed a Defensive Player of the Year performance from Micah Parsons last week. We called Dak's game last week as one of his best, this was one of Parsons' best games yet. He was undoubtedly the best player on the field against the Buccaneers and his snap count is a testament to that. Dan Quinn refused to take him off the field playing 79 out of a possible 80 plays on defense, an unbelievable workload. In return, Parsons tallied eight pressures, one sack, and three very necessary defensive stops with three recorded tackles. A pure masterclass performance.
Leighton Vander Esch had himself a day too. His presence in the run game was noticeable. Seeing how this defense operates without him, and then to see the impact with his return, verifies he merits a new contract with Dallas. Having led the team in tackles during last week's game, while adding a near interception to his stat line, demonstrates this offseason he ought to be made a priority to re-sign with Dallas. Last year in the playoffs against San Francisco he was the one shining light on an otherwise dark day. Let's hope he finds that inner light once again.
Both Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw finished the regular season as the team's top tacklers. Fred Warner fell just shy as the top tackler with 99 tackles and that seems to be the sweet spot for him in total tackles each year. What makes Warner so threatening though is his dual-function capabilities. From the Mike linebacker position Warner is able to plug the run and also play coverage extremely well, allowing only a 65% completion rate on the season and even snatching an interception. For Greenlaw, he led the team in tackles with 105 and only missed eight tackles all season. He also created two forced fumbles on the year and managed to capture a pass for an interception
Win: Cowboys
Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images
The good news for the Cowboys defensive backs is there is now ample game tape on Brock Purdy to watch his throwing action, but also spot how he goes awry with his ball placement, meaning this could be a matter of emphasis for the defense. For those anxious about Trevon Diggs and his tackling capacity, there are two sides to the narrative. It's true he's made over 50 tackles this year and in that period he has only missed five tackles. The issue is more to do with what looks like willingness at times during the game to go forward and make a tackle. His technique at tackling is textbook, he has no problems bringing his man down, but every now and then he will evade the tackle, or delay for his man to get past a little to tackle him from behind as opposed to head-on for less yardage. For those worried about Diggs versus Samuel though, don't ignore the last time these two met where Diggs permitted only 30 yards against Samuel. And the first time these pair met Diggs closed the game right down against him.
For the other side of the field the Cowboys defense will need to be on it's toes to help support DaRon Bland covering Brandon Aiyuk. The second wide receiver for the 49ers has over 1,000 yards this year and has an average depth of target of near eleven yards, showing he's a skilled deep-threat that needs extra attention. Bland didn't have a bad game last week, but he most certainly looks better as a slot corner as opposed to outside. But placing Bland inside would mean positioning Israel Mukuamu outside, but Mukuamu had a pretty promising day playing from the slot.
Tied in with the receiving conundrum is keeping George Kittle at bay, so a giant day will be required from Jayron Kearse. His injury isn't worrying him and when questioned about his likelihood of playing this week he said "100 percent" which is tremendous news to hear. His interception in the endzone last week was a key moment in the game. It was Brady's first redzone interception as a Buccaneer and there was no one better deserving than Kearse to snag that off him.
For the 49ers, it's the passing game where they can be out-maneuvered if done right. Charvarius Ward doesn't miss a tackle when he's invited to do so in coverage, and does a pretty sound job in pass coverage as well. The area to attack in terms of corners is the opposing side against Deommodore Lenior. He allows a 96.8 rating when targeted and has missed a bunch of tackles this year. With Ward better playing the pass deep and Lenior better in closer passing routes, this is an ideal matchup for CeeDee Lamb to strike while Michael Gallup keeps clearing Ward on deep routes.
Their safeties are liable for leaking touchdowns on zone coverage, but they are excellent at coming downhill to assist in the run game and finding the ball carrier. Who triumphs in this battle on both teams will come down to the defensive backs halting momentum on third down, which both offenses are effective at converting.
Brett Maher had problems making extra points to put it mildly, and post-game this ushered in a range of speculation. From issues with field conditions, mental issues, or even carrying an issue medically, it was evident something was amiss with Maher. Concern about whether he can make field goals this week or if this matter continues on the extra-point conversions has led to the team signing a kicker to the roster as insurance going forward, adding Tristan Vizcaino earlier this week. He's been at Dallas before for a brief span but he also has been with eight different teams trying to claim a stake. But at least this way bases are covered should the worse happen.
Robbie Gould has had an unusual season. He's missed five field goals and one extra point. But most of those misses came earlier in the year.
Bryan Anger out-punts Mitch Wishnowsky on an average per-punt basis by over four yards per attempt. Wishnowsky however has landed his punts inside the twenty more frequently than Anger and has very few of his kicks returned back on him. Anger has a longer hang time.
KaVontae Turpin and Ray-Ray McCloud II are pretty much evenly matched in returning the ball. The only noticeable distinction is Turpin has had longer return attempts and has been close to a complete breakaway on a number of occasions.
Win: Push
Which team has the better defense?
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7. 4. 6. Compare and contrast west egg and east egg in the book. Please print and turn in a hard copy. What was the author's motivation for writing The Great Gatsby? 3. What are three examples of events from the 1920s that are referred to in the book? 4. Visit all of the provided links as they will provide hints and tips for answering the questions. if you would like). 5. Discussion Questions: 1. 2.● RI. provide an objective summary of the text. 2. Please answer all 10 questions on a separate sheet of paper. 2. including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details. Are there any changes? 10. 9. Scott Fitzgerald? Provide a brief summary of his life. Watch the original movie production of The Great Gatsby and relate the symbols in the book and the way in which they are introduced and explained in comparison to the movie and how they are presented.9-10. Why did you pick those three symbols. 5. Scott Fitzgerald? The 1920s Movie Trailers Symbols in The Great Gatsby East vs. ● RL. – Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Who was F. Who was F.2. with all quotes cited in MLA citations and provide a works cited page at the end of the assignment. 8. Scott Fitzgerald wanted to portray to the audience? Helpful Links: 1. for a total of six quotations ( you are free to explore more. .9-10. and what are their importance to the book and the history of America.1. Do you think that The Great Gatsby would have been as powerful if it had been set in a different era? Explain. Name three main symbols in the book and find two quotes which support each. What do you believe to be the main themes in the book? Chose two and provide textual support. – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text. 12-point font. West Egg Directions: 1. 3. typed.Do you believe the book or the film provide the viewer/reader with a better understanding of the overall theme and symbols in which F.
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Skinny-Dipping in the Aegean Sea
In praise of female friendship
Seared into memory
My straitlaced mother would be scandalized. She's rolling over in her grave right now because I'm publicly admitting that at one time, I went partially nude in public.
It's true. I skinny-dipped in the Aegean Sea…well, almost skinny-dipped. On a trip to Europe, two friends and I were swimming far, far out from the shore through brilliant turquoise water off the coast of Greece.
My friends were remarkable women, both were old enough to be my mother — only not nearly as uptight. They were, without doubt, the most fun women I'd ever had the pleasure to be around, capable of grabbing life by the neck and jumping on for the ride.
These friends taught me that it's okay to loosen up and be just a little wild.
I'm forever grateful.
The siren song of the sea
On a group trip, the three of us decided to ditch the planned activities and took off to find a beach. The turquoise water wooed us, seducing us into relaxation. We were all strong swimmers and were naturally drawn out far out from the shore. We moved through the dazzling water, more like manatees than mermaids, until we stopped and faced each other, treading water while we shook our wet heads and threw jewels of glittering water drops from our hair.
Something came over us, and in a contagious wave of uninhibited glee and utter abandonment, we all took off our swimsuit bottoms and waved them wildly overhead, laughing hysterically, just to prove — as if on some invisible dare — that we COULD and we WOULD.
We treaded water and swirled our suits, three professors from a midwestern community college.
We thumbed our nose at advancing age, proving that getting older couldn't keep us from being wild and carefree.
Three traveling, middle-aged friends on a sun-sparkled day skinny-dipping in the topaz water…(You know, it just doesn't sound the same if I said, "three bobbing heads of old women swinging sodden underpants where no one could see them.")
Years later, I remember that crazy swimming experience — Warmth and light and joy, and the kind of female friendship that frees you. Friends who enable you to let your guard down and be uninhibited.
The Turkish Baths of Istanbul
But as much fun as our swimming escapade was, it didn't hold a candle to our night in a Turkish Bath in Istanbul.
"While in Rome…" right?
"While in Istanbul…"
My swimming partners, my office mate, me, and one of our almost-adult-teenaged granddaughters decided to take in the cultural cleansing of a Turkish bath. I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't total nudity in front of my friends.
We were welcomed in, told to strip down, and doused with hot water before being scrubbed with a coarse kind of loofah. I began to understand what a carrot feels like scoured with a brush before being dumped into a boiling pot.
After our liberal soaping and aggressive skin rubbing, we all lay face down on the warm stones, being massaged by the several hefty female attendants. My body was flushed with heat, both relaxed and invigorated. My mind drifted in a haze, wondering about the strange freedom that comes from having friends you trust enough to be nude with.
I know nakedness is not a big deal for men, but in my conservative upbringing, these experiences were a leap of faith into a new liberation and an understanding of the power of friendship.
Friendship and warm acceptance
Roxane Gay expresses what female friendship is NOT:
"Abandon the cultural myth that all female friendships must be bitchy, toxic, or competitive. This myth is like heels and purses — pretty but designed to SLOW women down." ― Roxane Gay
Good friendships are based on mutual experiences and warm acceptance. Nudity has nothing to do with it, but if it happens, true friends won't make a big deal of it, comment on the flaws of your body, or demean the experience by gossiping about it. Experiencing true female friendship is like being buoyed by the waves of a turquoise sea or being enveloped by the warm steam of a Turkish bath.
"Women understand. We may share experiences, make jokes, paint pictures, and describe humiliations that mean nothing to men, but women understand. The odd thing about these deep and personal connections of women is that they often ignore barriers of age, economics, worldly experience, race, culture — all the barriers that, in male or mixed society, had seemed so difficult to cross." — Gloria Steinem
Nothing feels as good as knowing you can be yourself at any time, in any place in the world, in any circumstance — and knowing that years in the future, the memories of shared adventures will still be with you.
Read more "Heartfelt Stories."
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30 emerging designer-makers were announced as this year's Future Makers Awards & Supports Programme 2016 winners during a presentation ceremony at Dean Dublin.
With a total prize fund of €24,500 for 2016, Future Makers Awards & Supports is one of the biggest award programmes in Europe for students and emerging makers and is one of a number of Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI) initiatives supporting emerging talent. Divided into student and practitioner categories, the annual programme rewards the next generation of Irish creatives at a critical stage in their career, helping them develop an exciting future in Ireland's vibrant craft and design industry. Last night, DCCoI announced 30 emerging designer-makers as this year's winners during a presentation ceremony at Dean Dublin. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,650 |
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Det. 45, Phi. 14: Fords applaud coaches for holiday win
Matthew Stafford throws five TDs, Calvin Johnson catches three and Detroit continues to win
Dave Birkett
Martha Ford and most of her children and grandchildren were waiting in a hallway outside the Detroit Lions locker room when Jim Caldwell pulled a privacy curtain aside and started walking their way.
Caldwell had just led the Lions to their third straight victory, a 45-14 annihilation of the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field, and as the group that included the Lions owner greeted him with a few seconds of applause, it was clear the second-year coach's hot seat had cooled considerably on this Thanksgiving day.
"I think the family's always excited about victories and this one is no different than the others that we've had," Caldwell said. "I think that they're appreciative, they're looking for a winner here, want to build a winner. And want to do everything possible to make certain that that indeed happens. So it was just a show of appreciation, which Mrs. Ford generally shows her appreciation after games."
Left for dead after a 1-7 start, the Lions (4-7) are suddenly alive and kicking on the outskirts of a playoff race.
They finish a three-game homestand next week in primetime against the Green Bay Packers, play just one team with a winning record (Green Bay, which they already beat) the rest of the way, and are riding a wave of momentum after dominating the Eagles in their most complete performance of the season Thursday.
Matthew Stafford tied a career-high with five touchdowns passes. Calvin Johnson matched his season total with three scores. And Ziggy Ansah had 3.5 sacks in an outing he called "personal" going against the offensive tackle that was taken one pick ahead of him in the 2013 draft.
"Third year in a row (we've won on Thanksgiving), let's keep this streak going," running back Joique Bell said. "Offense played great, defense played awesome. We were able to run the ball, throw the ball. Matt had a heck of a game today. … That was a team victory today."
Stafford completed 27 of 38 passes for 337 yards and finished with a career-high 137.8 passer rating.
Thanksgiving grades: Lions nearly perfect vs. Eagles
He led six straight scoring drives after the Lions went three-and-out on their first possession, and shredded the Eagles' short-handed secondary with plenty of help from Johnson along the way.
"We started the game, I think we got through the first quarter without him even having a catch, and I was sitting there going, 'Man, we got to get 81 the ball,'" Stafford said. "Jim Bob (Cooter) dialed up some plays for him and he got open, made some big-time catches."
Stafford threw touchdowns of 8 yards to Riddick, 2 yards to Tate and 25 yards to Johnson in the first half, and Matt Prater added a 48-yard field goal as the Lions took a 24-7 lead into halftime.
The Lions tacked on two more touchdowns on their first two possessions of the second half, with Stafford and Johnson connecting on both scores.
Johnson beat rookie cornerback Eric Rowe, who played most of the game after starter Nolan Carroll left with a broken ankle, for his first two touchdowns of the game, then caught a fade route on Byron Maxwell to put the Lions up, 38-7, late in the third quarter.
"Calvin, obviously, was a very difficult matchup for us," embattled Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. "And we didn't do a very good job of putting those guys in position to make plays that they have to make in a game like this."
Johnson has now scored touchdowns in seven straight Thanksgiving games and has 11 turkey-day touchdowns in his career. He caught a game-high eight passes for 93 yards Sunday, Riddick added five catches for 62 yards, and Bell scored the Lions' final touchdown on a 1-yard run early in the fourth quarter.
Stafford, who had two probable touchdowns dropped in the first three quarters, nearly threw his franchise-record sixth touchdown pass one play before Bell's dive into the end zone, but Bell was hauled down at the 1-yard line after a long gain on a screen pass.
"I know you guys are always looking for something magical or something different (to explain why things happen)," Caldwell said. "Football's a bit simpler than that. When guys do what they're supposed to do, they function the way they're supposed to function, their technique is sound, then you see good things happen. I think that's what you're seeing now. And this is a team that's come through, had some pretty good battles early on. I think we were battle tested. This is a pretty good battle-tested team. Looked good this week and let's see what we do next week, that's the big key."
The Lions, who've now won their last three Thanksgiving games by a combined 78 points, held the Eagles to 68 yards rushing on 25 carries Thursday, the third straight opponent they've kept under 70 yards on the ground.
They also sacked Mark Sanchez, who completed 19 of 27 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns in his second straight start in place of the injured Sam Bradford, six times.
Contact Dave Birkett: [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.
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PHIBRON 11 Conducts Community Service in Thailand
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Johnie Hickmon, USS Essex Public Affairs
PATTAYA, Kingdom of Thailand (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Commander, Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 and the Royal Thai Navy, participated in a community service project at the Bannok School in Pattaya, Thailand, Feb. 23.
During the project, Sailors from both countries participated in various sports with the children, including volleyball, badminton and soccer, while others chose to read English books and play with face paint.
Despite humid and rainy weather, Sailors were met with smiling faces, which set the tone for an exciting day, said Logistics Specialist 1st Class Emil Orencia.
"I really enjoyed playing games with the kids," he said. "Seeing the smiles on their faces made coming out here worth it."
After the activities, school staff members prepared lunch for the Sailors, and students performed several dance routines. Some students also took an opportunity to return the favor to those Sailors who taught them English earlier in the day, conducting lessons of their own in their native Thai language.
"I loved the fact they were eager to teach me their language," said Operations Specialist Seaman Lakeysha Smith. "Many of the kids out here reminded me of my nephews at home."
As the project concluded, PHIBRON 11 Commanding Officer Capt. Bradley Lee presented a plaque to the school's director, Nimanont Benjamas, who said the children were pleased to have the opportunity to play and learn with the Sailors.
"They all really had a good time today," she said. "I'm sure they will be looking forward to seeing everyone again."
Lee said he hoped the good will exhibited by both U.S. and Thai sailors would have a positive and lasting impact on the students.
"I hope the children will see this plaque and think of us," he said.
PHIBRON 11 is embarked aboard ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). The ARG reports to Commander, Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet, Rear Adm. Richard Landolt, headquartered in Okinawa, Japan. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 9,653 |
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The American Economy of the 60s and 70s
By Michelle Lee ; Updated July 23, 2018
••• Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
This picture shows the long lines at gas stations during the energy crisis.
The rise and fall of the economy in the United States has always been directly impacted by what else was happening at that precise moment in history. For instance, the 1960s economy was characterized by the government increasing their spending approximately 3 percent per year to fund social welfare programs and the Vietnam War. This resulted in low unemployment rates and a stable economy. However, the 1970s economy was defined by the end of the Vietnam War which led to high inflation rates and as well as the 1970s energy crisis which created a major economic recession.
The American economy of the 1960s and 1970s was defined by major events and dramatic changes that directly impacted the economy over these two decades. The assassination of JFK, the Vietnam War, the Great Society of the 1960s implemented by President Lyndon Johnson and the unforgettable 1970s energy crisis, were just a few of these major factors.
The Great Society of the 1960s
In the 1960s, the government began to expand its role, which was supported by the majority of Americans. However, people had a hard time agreeing on which federally funded programs should be expanded. When President Lyndon Johnson came to office following President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963, he implemented the Great Society of the 1960s.
The Great Society of the 1960s focused on domestic programs, such as social welfare programs and it also led to the "War on Poverty." Under Johnson's leadership, Medicare and Medicaid were established, and money was appropriated to improve public education. The Office of Economic Opportunity was also created under the Johnson administration to organize community programs and provide job training to the poor. These programs provided economic relief and reduced the unemployment rate, but they also resulted in federal expenditures reaching $150 billion by the mid-1960s.
The Stock Market Impacts 1960s Economy
A combination of economic expansion, low inflation rates and an interest in private investment resulted in a growing stock market which impacted the 1960s economy. In fact, during the early 1960s, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose an average of 18.4 percent for three consecutive years. The stock market peaked in February 1966 before dropping 25 percent by the end of the year. However, the market recovered and stabilized in 1968, partially due to inflation rates remaining at 1 to 2 percent. However, in 1970, as a result of the energy crisis and rising inflation, the market plummeted and failed to recover by the end of the decade.
The 1970s Energy Crisis
The 1970s energy crisis was caused by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) imposing an embargo on shipping petroleum to countries that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. OAPEC also quadrupled the price of oil and refused to negotiate with oil companies. Many Americans initially underestimated the crisis. However, when schools were forced to shut down, gas was rationed and Americans struggled to afford heating bills, the extent of the crisis was realized, which was one of the major factors that defined the 1970s economy.
The 1970s Economy During Nixon
When President Richard Nixon took office, he began withdrawing troops from Vietnam. By 1972, fewer than 50,000 U.S. troops were stationed in Vietnam, and by the end of 1975, all troops had been withdrawn. A reduction in defense spending after the war caused an economic slowdown that combined with already high unemployment and inflation rates to create a recession. In response, Nixon became the first president to increase deficit spending to stabilize the economy. In addition, he instituted a 90-day wage-price control that limited increases to prices and wages to stabilize inflation. Although the control did not fix the economy overnight, it did prevent the economy from getting worse. Nixon also set price controls on oil and natural gas after the energy crisis to prevent a monopoly in the energy sector.
ThoughtCo: US Economy in the 1960s and 1970s
Investopedia: How the Great Inflation of the 1970s Happened
Time: Great Society Reforms of the 1960s
Michelle Lee has been writing on the topics of culture and society since 2010. She has published articles in scholarly journals, such as "Social Problems" and the "Journal of Sociology," and also written articles for web-based companies. Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts in ethnic, gender and labor studies from the University of Washington.
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const crypto = window.require('crypto');
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}
static on(name, cb) {
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}
static off(name, cb) {
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}
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Random House author Katie Price is to attempt to break the Guinness World Records title for the largest book signing by a single author.
Price's attempt will take place at the O2 Academy, Leeds, at 11 a.m. on 27th July, where she will be signing copies of her new novel, The Comeback Girl, published on 21st July. The name of every fan who attends the event will be printed in the front of her next book, which is due for publication on 27th October.
The current record is held by former world chess champion, Anatoli Karpov, who signed 1,951 copies of his book in eight hours on 21st October 2006.
Random House publicity director Charlotte Bush said: "Since we first published Katie in 2006 we have been delighted by the huge crowds of fans who have turned out for her book signings. The Guinness World Records attempt will be Katie's 113th signing with Random House and we are determined to make it her biggest yet."
Fans are asked to register for the event at katiesrecordbreakingsigning.co.uk.
Waterstone's Leeds will be the official bookseller on the day, and Waterstone's PR and events manager Jon Howells said: "Katie Price gets an incredible response whenever she visits one of our bookshops, so we are delighted to be able to help her in her attempt to smash the world book-signing record."
Records manager at Guinness World Records Liz Smith said the record has only been broken four times in the past 13 years, and said she expected it to be a "tough" challenge.
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With an increase in students being classified as on the Autism Spectrum, the responsibilities of principals have also increased. The rise in the number of students having an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has presented behavioral and academic challenges for public school principals. Research has demonstrated that principals, who focus on instructional issues, who are knowledgeable about special education laws and ASD, can produce enhanced student outcomes. Using a grounded theory design, the present study examined how principals develop their knowledge of students with autism. Study participants were 11 elementary principals who directly supervised ASD classrooms. Data was gathered using individual interviews, a demographic form and a written case analysis. Analysis of the data revealed three major themes that described the study participants' knowledge and experience: Principals' Roles as Leaders of ASD Students, Quest for More Formalized Knowledge, and Linking Knowledge and Experience with Action. The findings pointed to the varied knowledge, experiences and preparedness of individuals in their leadership roles. The results also point to the importance of principals being instructionally competent and attending professional development to increase their knowledge and understanding of ASD.
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A fun, highly interactive workshop where you'll learn the basic narrative principles to craft a true, personal story that's gripping and persuasive, and couple it with practical, effective techniques for connecting with an audience and commanding a room. I'm an actor and writer who's taught with The Moth, the National Shakespeare Company, and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism — I can't wait to hear what you have to say!
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Transgender folks are increasingly targeted by complex, inefficient, and exclusionary voter registration systems that aim to silence their voices and votes. Learn how discriminatory policies and procedures keep transgender voters from the polls, and how we can work to impact a shift from voter suppression to voter empowerment.
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Publicly Available Published by Penn State University Press 2012
From the book A Companion to Michael Oakeshott
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A Companion to Michael Oakeshott
1. The Pursuit of Intimacy, or Rationalism in Love
Part One: The Conversation of Mankind
2. The Victim of Thought: The Idealist Inheritance
3. Philosophy and Its Moods: Oakeshott on the Practice of Philosophy
4. Michael Oakeshott's Philosophy of History
5. Radical Temporality and the Modern Moral Imagination: Two Themes in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott
6. The Religious Sensibility of Michael Oakeshott
7. Whatever It Turns Out to Be: Oakeshott on Aesthetic Experience
8. Un Début dans la Vie Humaine: Michael Oakeshott on Education
Part Two: Political Philosophy
9. Michael Oakeshott on the History of Political Thought
10. Oakeshott and Hobbes
11. The Fate of Rationalism in Oakeshott's Thought
12. Oakeshott and Hayek: Situating the Mind
13. Oakeshott as Conservative
14. Oakeshott on Civil Association
15. Oakeshott on Law
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A little something about WHAM!
Take the first letter off of Wham's name, and you pretty much sum up the band's music. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley smiled their prettiest smiles and hammed it up to the top of the charts, pushing the buttons of teen girls around the world. Michael and Ridgeley got their start in a ska band called the Executive before taking on the Wham! moniker. Wham! made their first mark in 1982 with "Wham! Rap," a piece of white pretty-boy pop crap that no doubt inspired the likes of Vanilla Ice. Legal problems with their record label and the American rights to the name Wham! (they would release music as Wham! UK in the States) proved only minor setbacks to a duo with hair and teeth too perfect to be put down. In 1984 they scored international hits with the inanely titled dance-pop tune "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go," and "Careless Whisper," the guilty feet song. They ended 1984 with an appropriately timed Christmas song, with a portion of the song's royalties being donated by these two humanitarians to the African famine relief. To their credit, Wham! did produce some pretty good pop/dance music, including "Wham! Rap" and their 1985 hit "I'm Your Man." They were also capable of putting together a decent ballad, such as "A Different Corner" from their 1986 "Music From the Edge of Heaven" LP. After the duo's break-up, celebrated by a crowd of over 70,000 at their much-hyped farewell show, both went on to solo careers. George Michael's solo creations, which have proved more sincere and introspective than those of his Wham! days, have kept him living large for the past ten years, while Ridgeley has proved that he is musically hopeless without his former partner.
Lyrics featured below: "Careless Whisper", "Edge of Heaven", "Wake me up before you go-go"
Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friendTo the heart and mind, ignorance is kindThere's no comfort in the truthPain is all you'll findShould've known betterI feel so unsureAs I take your hand and lead you to the dance floorAs the music dies, something in your eyesCalls to mind the silver screen and all its sad good-byesI'm never gonna dance againGuilty feet have got no rhythmThough it's easy to pretendI know you're not a foolShould've known better than to cheat a friendAnd waste the chance that I've been givenSo I'm never gonna dance againThe way I danced with youTime can never mendThe careless whispers of a good friendTo the heart and mind ignorance is kindThere's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll findI'm never gonna dance againguilty feet have got no rhythmThough it's easy to pretendI know you're not a foolShould've known better than to cheat a friendAnd waste this chance that I've been givenSo I'm never gonna dance againThe way I danced with youNever without your loveTonight the music seems so loudI wish that we could lose this crowdMaybe it's better this wayWe'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to sayWe could have been so good togetherWe could have lived this dance foreverBut no one's gonna dance with mePlease stayAnd I'm never gonna dance againGuilty feet have got no rhythmThough it's easy to pretendI know you're not a foolShould've known better than to cheat a friendAnd waste the chance that I've been givenSo I'm never gonna dance againThe way I danced with you(Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrongThat you had to leave me alone
Edge of Heaven
I would lock you up
But I could not bear to hear you
Screaming to be set free
I would chain you up
If I'd thought you'd swear
The only one that mattered was me, me, me
I would strap you up
But don't worry baby
You know I wouldn't hurt you 'less you wanted me to
It's too late to stop
Won't the heavens save me?
My daddy said the devil looks a lot like you
You take me to the edge of heaven
Tell me that my soul's forgiven
Hide your baby's eyes and we can...
One last time might be forever
When the passion dies -
It's just a matter of time before my heart is
Looking for a home
I'm like a maniac, at the end of the day
I'm like a doggie barking at your door
So come take me back to the place you stay
And maybe we can do it once more
You say I'm dangerous
I get excited at the things that you do
And there's a place for us in a dirty movie
'Cos no-one does it better than me and you
Please don't tell me lies
I ain't got no more worries
I'm gonna spend some time with you
Loving you takes such courage
And don't you think that I know it
(Filthy)
You tell me that my soul's forgiven
Don't you tell me lies, because believe me baby
One day you'll wake up on your own.
I ain't got no more time for you
Everyone's got their eyes on you
Wake me up before you go-go
You put the boom-boom into my heart
You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts
Jitterbug into my brain
Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
But something's bugging you, something ain't right
My best friend told me what you did last night
Left me sleepin' in my bed
I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead.
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah)
You take the grey skies out of my way
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
Turned a bright spark into a flame
My beats per minute never been the same
'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool
It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
Come on, baby, let's not fight
We'll go dancing, everything will be all right
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah, baby)
(Jitterbug)
Cuddle up, baby, move in tight
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed
They can dance, we'll stay home instead
Wake me up before you go-go,
Don't you dare to leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Take me dancing,
(Boom-boom-boom)
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Chapter 223 - Complete Victory!
"It appears that I've underestimated my own defensive capabilities and the Rank 6 Shield," Bladelight mused after glancing through his character information. It felt invigorating to have such formidable defense! He was practically a raid boss!
The Rank 6 Shield was teetering on the verge of collapse after bearing the brunt of the attacks of the players from Holy Empire for so long. It looked like it was moments away from shattering into pieces, but the outcome of this battle was already written in stone.
Bladelight was indomitable beyond compare! He stood unscathed, like an iron tower, despite the barrage of attacks he received. Seeing he still had over 60% of his health left, the several players still alive on the stage felt a profound sense of powerlessness rising up in their hearts. Dammit! This Fighter is way too tanky, isn't he!?
「Bang! Bang!」Two Fireballs blasted Bladelight, sending a shower of embers flying everywhere. The Rank 6 Shield collapsed, shattering into countless fragments that dissolved into the air.
"His shield broke!" Ruined Maple exclaimed, believing they still had a chance at victory.
Although the three other Berserkers understood Ruined Maple's excitement, they glanced at their remaining health which ranged between 300 to 400 points each. Even if they surrounded Bladelight, two hits from his Whirlwind Slash would finish them off with ease.
Bladelight's damage was simply too ferocious. In contrast, the damage they dealt him was simply too pitiful. Even without the Rank 6 Shield, they could only deal 30 to 40 damage to him with each attack.
Being fully aware of this fact, who among the four of them still dared to approach Bladelight?
Bladelight took advantage of this moment of hesitation to chase down the last two remaining Mages. The Elementalist made a futile attempt at casting Repel, only for Bladelight to cut him down with two skills. The Arcane Mage also failed to escape his grasp. Bladelight incapacitated him with Tendon Break, then sent him flying with Flame Slash.
At last, Bladelight turned to the four remaining Berserkers. After a brief stare-down, they summoned up the courage to charge at him.
They activated all their skills while fiercely lunging at Bladelight.
Sword-light from the barrage of attacks flew all over the arena. The Berserkers, in an effort to pull themselves out of the perilous situation they found themselves in, ruthlessly hacked at Bladelight and forced him back step by step.
A string of damage values floated up above Bladelight's head as his health dropped at the speed of molasses.
Under the frantic attacks, every step Bladelight retreated was stable. His movements didn't show the slightest trace of panic. With his formidable defense, he could disregard their attacks entirely.
Seizing an opening, Bladelight brandished his sword.
Bladelight's sword whirled through all four berserkers as damage values displaying over 200 floated up above their heads, leaving them with only a sliver of health away from death.
Bladelight activated Shield Bash and sent a Berserker flying. The berserker's health dropped to zero mid-air, and by the time he fell on the ground, he was long dead.
Bladelight cut down another Berserker.
Of the initial ten, only two were left standing!
The sword aura emanating from Bladelight's blade resembled a violent storm as he stabbed out at the two Berserkers in front of him, blasting them away.
With a little over half his health left, he stood tall over the corpses which littered the arena stage, evidence of the bitter struggle that occurred just moments ago.
A lot easier than I thought, Bladelight mused. He didn't expect the Rank 6 Shield to absorb so much damage. What surprised him the most was that he still had 52% health remaining! Didn't that mean he could've still taken on a few more opponents? This battle was a complete one-sided slaughter!
He had relied on his superior equipment and level to suppress them, but relying on such an advantage to slaughter players like chopping vegetables really did feel great!
Warriors were the most gear-reliant out of all the classes. No matter how skilled of a Warrior a player was, if their equipment was garbage, they were nothing but dregs. That being said, the equipment on a Warrior generally reflected the strength of the player. A good Warrior could absolutely rely on their skills to improve their gear quality.
The battle was over, and the audience was dumbstruck by Bladelight's performance. What shocked them the most was that Bladelight still had over half his health remaining. This was astonishing! To win a 1 vs. 10 so easily, he was probably the only person who could pull off such a feat.
Bladelight's defeat of the ten players from Holy Empire was further validation of the Everlasting Silver Set's formidable properties. This ignited Sleepy Fox's desire of obtaining this set more than ever. If he had a few more Fighters on Bladelight's level, then the upcoming battle for the stronghold would be a cinch; Radiant Sacred Flame and Victorious Return would have no choice but to step aside!
Nie Yan shot a glance at Sleepy Fox. Don't try and hide it from me. I know you're not as calm as you're pretending to be.
When Bladelight jumped off the arena stage, One Strike Vow walked up to meet him.
"Wow, nice equipment. Where did you get it?" One Strike Vow asked with a brilliant smile which left several of the surrounding players dazed.
At this moment, the ten Holy Empire players on the stage resurrected. Every one of them had bitter smiles.
Bladelight chatted with One Strike Vow for a while before walking up the spectator stands.
"You worked hard." Nie Yan nodded to Bladelight.
「If you say that out loud, you'll enrage Sleepy Fox half to death.」Nie Yan chuckled. Killing a Fighter such as Bladelight required a special method. Many powerful crowd control spells were a must. He'd have to be locked down with crowd control while everyone bombarded him with attacks. It might require the participation of players, of classes such as the Shadow Priest or Paladin, who could do well in PvP and also heal.
In this battle, aside from showing off the might of his equipment, Bladelight displayed his formidable judgement. He had taken out a few of the Mages first so as to alleviate the pressure on him while he fought the Berserkers.
Even if it was Nie Yan, he could do nothing more than battle Bladelight to a draw. Bladelight's defense was too solid. Taking him out would be no easy task. If a Thief met a Fighter such as Bladelight in the wilderness and still insisted on ambushing him, it was the perfect example of an idiot. The sensible thing to do was to just ignore each other and go their separate ways.
「What about the other matches?」Sleepy Fox asked Eternal Phoenix beside him.
「And the results?」Sleepy Fox asked.
These conversations could only be done in chat. He certainly didn't want Nie Yan hearing him.
「We've won 10 matches and lost over 60,」Eternal Phoenix said with a wry smile.
「Why is it so low?」 Sleepy Fox knitted his brows and asked in a grave tone. It must be understood that the players he brought with him today were the best Holy Empire had to offer!
Sleepy Fox glanced at Nie Yan with a complicated expression. In a clash against Asskickers United's elites, Holy Empire had suffered a complete and utter defeat! He somewhat envied Asskickers United. With such a powerful bunch of players, why worry about any major events? It was no wonder Victorious Return viewed them as their greatest rival!
Sleepy Fox thought of Asskickers United's mysterious background. After considering the matter over and over again, he decided that no matter what happened later on, he would avoid becoming enemies with them at all costs. He felt such a thing was far more terrifying than offending both Victorious Return and Radiant Sacred Flame.
It appeared that Holy Empire was far from being strong enough. Only by working on their own strength could they weather through future storms.
Eternal Phoenix, Undying Battle Fervour, and a few of the other best players still hadn't acted. But even if they acted now, it would be meaningless.
Nie Yan was enjoying the battles. After a Berserker from Holy Empire defeated two Asskickers United players in a row, a Holy Mage from Asskickers United got up on the stage.
The Holy Mage's face was vaguely familiar. Nie Yan felt he had seen it somewhere before in his past life.
"Who is he?" Nie Yan asked Young Seven standing beside him. He was more familiar with the other top players in the guild.
"His name is Fond of the Sunny South. He's a strong Holy Mage, ranks in at least the top 20 of the guild," Young Seven replied. He wasn't too familiar with this person, but Sunny South's skills still left somewhat of a deep impression on him, which was why he gave such an evaluation.
In a guild like Asskickers United where talented players were numerous, ranking in the top 20 was an amazing feat!
Fond of the Sunny South… Nie Yan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Sunny South was one of the players he had asked Guo Huai to scout. Later on, he didn't know what the outcome of the recruitment was, nor did he bother to ask. In his past life, he had dueled Sunny South and suffered a crushing defeat. Just like him, Sunny South was also a step away from receiving the ultimate title for his class. The difference, however, was that while he had given up, Sunny South continued to diligently attack that final barrier. Later on, he heard Sunny South was successful in becoming a Sage, but the information wasn't too reliable.
He dared to curse the guild leader in the guild chat. This guy has quite a reckless personality. Nie Yan's mouth curved into a faint smile. If a guild member cursed me out, how would I react? He briefly pondered over the question before shaking his head. He'd probably deal with the person in a calm manner. If they made good points, he wouldn't hesitate to admit his faults. After dying once, such matters had long since become trivial to him.
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"He's strong. He'd have no problem entering the top 15 of the guild," Nie Yan said. The guild leader of Radiant Sacred Flame must've bashed his head on a door to expel such a powerful player from the guild. But in this timeline, Sunny South was a member of Asskickers United. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 9,665 |
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