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A simple method for this task is to perform object detection in all frames. But it does not utilize the spatial temporal constraint or context information between continual frames in a video. Thus, we employ object detection and object tracking for this track. First, key frames from a video are selected to detect objects in them using Fast RCNN. There are about 1.3 million frames in training set. Due to temporal continuity, we select one frame every 25 frames to train an object detection model. 52,922 frames are utilized to train the model. Similar to the approach in the Object Detection track, we run SGD for 12 epochs and then lower the learning rate from 0.001 to 0.0001 and train for another 8 epochs. The training procedure takes 1 day and 3 days on a single K40 for AlexNet and GoogLeNet, respectively. More details about the object detection can be found in the instruction of the task 2. During test, if a video has less than 50 frames, we choose two frames in the middle of the video. If a video has more than 50 frames, we choose a frame every 25 frames. This results in 6,861 frames of 176,126 on validation and 12,329 frames of 315,176 on test. We do object detection on these frames and filter out the objects which confident scores are larger than 0.2(AlexNet) and 0.4(GoogLeNet). Then, detected objects are tracked to generate the results of the other frames. The tracking method we used is TLD [5]. After tracking, we generate the final results for evaluation. It is worth noting that we set most of parameters empirically because we have no time to validate them. Three entries are provided. The first one utilizes AlexNet and achieves 19.1% map on validation. The second one uses GoogLeNet and achieves 24.6% map on validation. A simple strategy to merge the two results is employed and results in the third entry. The map of it is 25.3% on validation.
Gokhale is not only a China hand, having served as joint secretary in charge of China and Japan for several years, he is believed to be one of the most knowledgeable officials to be entrusted with a very complex relationship.Sujan Chinoy, India's ambassador to Mexico, will take over from Deepa Wadhwa in Tokyo. This is a very important bilateral relationship, driven primarily by the interest of the two Prime Ministers, Modi and Shinzo Abe. Deepa Wadhwa, however, may get a short extension of service to cover Abe’s visit to India in November-December this year.The government does not want to move Yash Sinha from his post as high commissioner in Colombo, where he has performed admirably in a relationship that is growing in importance.Nengcha Lhouvum, director Foreign Service Institute is headed to Jakarta as India's ambassador in this most important Asean country. Gurjit Singh, currently in Indonesia, will take Vijay Gokhale’s place in Berlin.The changes have been on the anvil for some time, as foreign secretary Jaishankar settles down and the government takes stock of the countries which it wants focus on as Modi puts his stamp on foreign policy.
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16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (New Testament \| Romans 10:14 - 17) Again, on the one hand you claim to be "open". On the other hand, you adamantly declare that you are "closed" to any new word from God. To you the canon is closed. You are blind and deaf, but not because you CANnot see, but rather, because you WILL not see!
On another post, RogerNegotiator finds an astonishing OCC letter, authorizing a bank’s request to adopt largest-to-smallest check posting, thereby maximizing overdraft revenue. (If you have $100 in your account, and put a $1 candy bar on your debit card, followed by a $15 t-shirt, both transactions will end up generating a $34 overdraft fee if a $90 check comes in later in the day: the bank will end up making over $100 in fees that day alone.) The key section in the letter is the last one, entitled “The Bank’s Consideration of the Section 7.4002(b) Factors”. That section lays out four reasons to adopt the practice, and concludes that “the Bank’s process for deciding the order of check posting is consistent with the safety and soundness considerations set forth in section 7.4002(b) and that the Bank may therefore post checks in the order it desires”. What are those four reasons for ripping off consumers so blatantly? The very first one is “projections showing that revenue is likely to increase as a result of adopting a high-to-low order of check posting”. That’s considered a reason to adopt the practice, in the eyes of the OCC. As for the rest of the reasons, they’re mostly ridiculous on their face. I love this one, for instance: The Bank concludes that it needs to adopt the high-to-low order of posting so that customers who frequently write checks against insufficient funds do not do business with the Bank primarily because the Bank’s fee for checks presented against insufficient funds is lower than its competitors’. Essentially, the bank is saying that its competitors have high overdraft fees, and that it doesn’t want to compete against its competitors, so it needs high overdraft fees too. And then there’s this beaut: The Bank states its belief that a high-to-low order of posting is consistent with the majority of its customers’ preferences. The Bank surmises that the intended order, which will result in a customer’s largest bills being paid first, will have the consequence of the customer’s most important bills (such as mortgage payments) being paid first. The Bank thus concludes that a high-to-low order is aligned with the majority of its customers’ priorities and preferences. This is accepted at face value by the OCC, instead of simply being laughed at. Of course, no one bothered to ask the customers, because they knew full well that customers would never say that they preferred this way of doing things.

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“Although they think or believe or claim they were surveilled,” Bondy concluded, “it’s possible that they weren’t.” “Basically,” Eisenberg told me later, the government is “saying that when it comes to matters of national security there is no truth. We will not confirm or deny. So it doesn’t matter what you know.” The appeals-court judges ruled in November that, because of the “cascade of acknowledgments” of the wiretapping program, Al Haramain’s case could not be thrown out on the ground that its subject matter was a secret. But, after inspecting the document themselves, they rejected Judge King’s suggestion that affidavits describing it could be used in court, calling that solution a “back door around the privilege.” The judges sent the case to a district court to decide one final issue. Without the document or the affidavits describing it, Al Haramain will have trouble proving that it was subject to surveillance. But Eisenberg insisted that he was optimistic. “We’re still alive,” he said.
Other employees started to wonder why he had started enquiring about creating extra access badges. "He didn't do a very good job," said one source at the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) "In fact, you'd hardly describe him as the kingpin." A few weeks later, on Friday 1 October, the two were back. It was time to launch their plan. Luckily the bank realised very quickly that something was wrong
The capacity of White Hart Lane, which is only the 10th largest in England alone, currently restricts matchday receipts, but the proposed redevelopment plans will prove to be a main economic driver going forward.Tottenham's European exploits edged Manchester City down to 12th position, despite their own revenue increasing by 11% across the 2010-11 period. However, City remain a team very much on the rise in all aspects; their commercial revenue has tripled over the past two seasons, while entry to the 2011-12 Champions League will unquestionably increase their broadcasting income in next year's edition. This, in turn, will positively impact matchday revenue, ensuring that City will be a genuine challenger to the top 10 positions not only next year, but in the seasons that follow.The impact of successful progression through European competition is highlighted by Juventus' freefall down the Money League in recent years. The loss of income is palpable based on Champions League versus Europa League participation, with the club receiving just1.8m from Uefa in 2010-11, in stark contrast to the22.8m accumulated the season prior. Serie A's redesigned, collective broadcasting agreement has also negatively impacted Juve's earnings, and with no Uefa participation to generate income in the current season, their position is only likely to worsen in the 2011-12 Money League. Moving into their own stadium will certainly lead to significant increases in matchday revenue going forward, though, putting them ahead of all domestic rivals in this area.Marseille, for the first time in seven years, are the highest-earning club in French football, usurping rivals Lyon in the process, and operating at a 6.6% increase in 2010-11. Reaching the Round of 16 of the Champions League is most responsible for this upturn, as commercial and matchday revenues remain relatively constant. OM's famous stadium, the Stade Velodrome, is undergoing redevelopment to increase capacity ahead of Euro 2016, and while building work will reduce attendances in the short term, the additional gate receipts will prove to be a profitable avenue of income in the future.Roma leap three positions to 15th, with their Champions League exploits helping to increase broadcasting revenue by an impressive €25.5m, and ensure a general rise in earnings of 17%. Despite this, however, the club reported a disappointing decrease in matchday takings, as average attendances fell by 15% across the course of the season.
Photos: Photos: Voices of military-style gun owners – A 1994 federal ban on certain types and configurations of guns included 19 kinds of military-style rifles and handguns. That ban expired in 2004. But the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut school has sparked new calls to ban such weapons. Click through this gallery to learn why military-style guns are important to many gun owners. Hide Caption 1 of 6 Photos: 'Some people play golf ... I shoot' – "Every month or so I take my guns out to the range and shoot," says iReporter Christopher L. Kirkman, who owns a Heckler and Koch MR556A1. "It's thrilling, exciting and a great way to vent." Hide Caption 2 of 6 Photos: Hunting – Austin Nikel and his brother used a shotgun to shoot clay targets during this outing in Wyoming in 2009. Other enthusiasts of military style rifles often use them to hunt deer and other game. But some states have banned the AR-15 and its .223 caliber for deer hunting. Hide Caption 3 of 6 Photos: Protection – In some home-protection situations, fans say, military-style rifles are generally more accurate than handguns. Rifles are generally easier to learn how to shoot, say military-style rifle owners. Hide Caption 4 of 6 Photos: Collectable – Military style rifles are important to many gun collectors. iReporter Nathan Lee's firearms include a black AR-15 military-style rifle -- seen here second from the top. IReporter Hrothgar-01 said AR-15s are as much a part of the nation's history "as the muskets carried by pioneers" and "the rifles toted by doughboys in the trenches." Hide Caption 5 of 6 Photos: 'Fascinated by the Second Amendment' – Gun rights activists celebrate a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether the Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" is fundamentally an individual or collective right. IReporter INGunowner's reasons for owning his AK-47 include his "fascination with the Second Amendment, which I view as a backstop protector of freedom." Hide Caption 6 of 6
Así, por ejemplo, el video que muestra los trabajos en la Ruta 23 de Río Negro se difunde específicamente en esa provincia, ya sea por la televisión local o vía redes sociales, donde los dirigentes y militantes de Cambiemos son clave para la multiplicación.“Estamos haciendo lo que hay que hacer” y “lo que se hace para siempre es lo primero que tenemos que hacer” son algunas de las frases que busca instalar el gobierno de Macri con el objetivo de fortalecerse de cara a las elecciones legislativas. El verbo “hacer” siempre presente, como sinónimo de gestión. Nada nuevo en la política. Un riojano inmortalizó el “ Menem lo hizo ” cuando se retiraba del poder. Y más acá en el tiempo, el kirchnerismo también tuvo su eslogan: “Elegimos seguir haciendo”.Los creativos del equipo de comunicación son dos: Ezequiel Colombo y Joaquín Mollá. Es un tándem que repiten de memoria distintos funcionarios del Gobierno. El primero es subsecretario de Comunicación Pública y tiene una relación de amistad con el jefe de Gabinete, Marcos Peña. Es de esperar, así, que tengan una aceitada relación para entender hacia dónde deben fluir las estrategias de comunicación.Mollá, en cambio, no es funcionario pero sí es un hombre de consulta. “Es asesor”, describe un funcionario con despacho en la Rosada. “No, no es asesor”, replican desde la Jefatura de Gabinete. Sí reconocen que mantienen un vínculo fluido con él y que muchas veces le piden opiniones o colaboraciones. “A veces lo contratamos para algún trabajo específico, pero no hay una relación laboral permanente”, aclaran.Mollá es un publicista que se sumó a trabajar con el PRO en 2009, cuando lo introdujo en ese mundo Andrés Gómez, uno de los miembros del equipo de comunicación. Hoy Gómez está más alejado (quedó trabajando para el gobierno porteño), y Mollá tiene un rol preponderante, que adquirió sobre todo durante la campaña presidencial de 2015. Mollá fundó junto a su hermano, hace casi dos décadas, la agencia publicitaria La Comunidad (conocida como La Comu), que llegó a tener su casa central en Miami, con más de 120 empleados. En 2014, se la vendieron al gigante digital Sapient Nitro.A pesar de no tener un vínculo profesional definido, en el Gobierno se reconoce a Mollá como uno de los publicistas preferidos de Mauricio Macri.De todas formas, todos coinciden en que quien tiene siempre la última palabra es Marcos Peña.
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Explaining the change, Lt Gen SK Patyal, Commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps, said, "We have to defend our international borders, whatever it takes in terms of infrastructure and accretion, we are doing it in the best possible manner".
According to a new report by UC Berkeley researchers, the best way to prevent gentrification and displacement is to build affordable housing in cities and neighborhoods where rents and home prices are rising fastest.The Berkeley report is a rebuttal to an earlier, widely circulated report by the state Legislative Analyst Office that claimed the best way to prevent displacement of low-income households is to simply build more market rate housing as fast as possible.According to UC Berkeley researchers Miriam Zuk and Karen Chapple, the LAO report was not a "nuanced" study capable of determining how the construction of new market-rate housing affects different groups at the neighborhood-level. Zuk and Chapple cite prior research that found "market-rate construction can simultaneously alleviate housing pressures across the region while also exacerbating them at the neighborhood level. "But because the LAO "omitted" affordable housing production data from its study, wrote Zuk and Chapple, the agency was unable to see how new market-rate housing can both alleviate housing pressures while at the same time causing displacement and gentrification in specific neighborhoods. The LAO also failed to compare market-rate and affordable housing to see which type is better suited to reduce displacement of low-income people.Thetried to obtain records from the LAO to see who influenced its housing study, and how they chose the methods they used. But the LAO declined most of the request , writing their communications with outside parties are exempt from public disclosure under the Legislative Open Records Act.Zuk and Chapple wrote that market rate housing production does reduce the displacement of low-income households at a regional level, but it doesn't address the gentrification pressures that specific neighborhoods face (think the Mission or West Oakland).And timing matters too. After new market rate housing is built, it takes decades for the market to trickle-down benefits to lower-income households in the form of lower median rents.That's because of something called "filtering." The LAO study assumed that as new market-rate housing is added to the region's overall housing stock, older homes and apartments become available for lower-income households to purchase and rent. Zuk and Chapple wrote that there is some truth to this, but the filtering process takes a lot longer than the LAO realizes.
The County of Hawai‘i requests that similar to the Supplementary Proclamation issued by Governor Neil Abercrombie on August 14, 2014, the Governor use his authority under Sectionsl2(b)(8), 13(a)(2) and 13(a)(3) in Section 2 of Act 111, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2014 in order to provide for emergency disaster relief to provide access to and prevent isolation of the affected areas in the District of Puna due to the June 27″‘ lava flow by suspending the following statutes to the extent permitted by federal law: Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Chapters: 6E Historic Preservation (except for those provisions relating to burial sites) 101 Eminent Domain 171 Public Lands, Management and Disposition of 174C State Water Code 180 Soil and Water Conservation Districts 18oC Soil Erosion and Sediment Control 183 Forest Reserves, Water Development, Zoning 184 State Parks and Recreation Areas 195 Natural Areas Reserves System 195D Conservation of Aquatic Life, Wildlife, and Land Plants 198D Hawaii Statewide Trail and Access System 200 Ocean Recreation and Coastal Areas Programs 205 Land Use Commission 205A Coastal Zone Management 264 Highways 269 Public Utilities Commission 286 Highway Safety 341 Environmental Quality Control 342B Air Pollution Control 342D Water Pollution 342E Nonpoint Source Pollution Management and Control 342F Noise Pollution 342H Solid Waste Pollution 343 Environmental Impact Statements 344 State Environmental Policy Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Mayor Kenoi’s Letter to Governor Abercrombie
Strangers have written to Spalding, telling her how depressed they are by her research. But she says her news isn’t all bleak. You’re better off with more fat cells, she says, than with fewer fat cells that become overstuffed and enlarged. (New research suggests that the overstuffed group are more vulnerable to obesity-related health complications.) So while you can’t reduce your total number of fat cells, there are things you can do to keep them small. (See next point.) Another Scandinavian team looked into what happens at the cellular level when you gain weight. Kirsi Pietiläinen, PhD, an assistant professor of nutrition at Helsinki University Central Hospital, studied sets of twins where one was fat and the other thin, and learned that fat cells in heavier twins underwent metabolic changes that make it more difficult to burn fat. Pietiläinen’s team suspects that gaining as little as 11 pounds can slow metabolism and send you spiraling into a vicious cycle: As you gain more fat, it becomes harder to lose it. Stress hormones also ramp up fat storage. For our prehistoric ancestors, stress meant drought or approaching tigers, and a rapid-storage process made sense; we needed the extra energy to survive food shortages or do battle. Today we take our stress sitting down—and the unused calories accumulate in our midsection. A mother’s cigarettes increase the risk of low birth weight, and alcohol can damage her baby’s brain. So why wouldn’t unhealthy foods wreak similar havoc? A growing body of science suggests that sugary and fatty foods, consumed even before you’re born, do exactly that. A Pennington study on rodents reports that overweight females have higher levels of glucose and free fatty acids floating around in the womb than normal-weight ones do. These molecules trigger the release of proteins that can upset the appetite-control and metabolic systems in the developing brain.
Listening to the most extreme and radical Israeli voices on the radio, especially when it comes to settlements on Arab land in the West Bank, there is almost always an American accent. When I visited Israel, I met a lot of just regular people with different opinions. But the worst right-wing lunatics were always American voices. I remember the chilling videography of Max Blumenthal when he interviewed ignorant and drunken American Jewish rightists in Israel screaming curses about Obama and racism towards Arabs. (Both YouTube and Vimeo removed Max's video . )This past week Turkey and Armenia took a giant step towards ameliorating the decades-old enmity between their two nations by normalization of relations . Largely brokered by the Obama Administration the pact has evinced howls of protest-- generally from Azerbaijan ... and Glendale.The Armenian Diaspora, which is far bigger than the population of Armenia, is primarily in France, Lebanon, Russia, Australia, Iran, Argentina, Syria and the U.S., although I've run into Armenian ex-pats all over the world and even realized, when I was there, that Dakar in Senegal was filled with Armenian families. Here in California, Armenian-Americans are a powerful political bloc that has gradually shifted its allegiance from the GOP to Democrats. So it must be enervating to politicians dependent on Armenian support to hear from the Armenian National Committee of America that "the Obama administration's attempts to force Armenia into one-sided concessions is short-sighted and will, in the long term, create more problems than it serves. "Few members of Congress could be more sensitive to a statement like that than Blue Dog Adam Schiff in the Glendale/Pasadena district that is home to so many Armenian-Americans. Though Jewish, he's the lead sponsor for the genocide resolution in Congress, which he intends to keep pushing until it's politically safe to stop.Hysterical Turkish opposition to the resolution has turned a regular cottage industry for corrupt politicians. Denny Hastert dragged suitcases stuffed with hundred dollar bills out of his office to stop the resolution from passing and now he-- like Dick Gephardt and Bob Livingston-- are well-paid lobbyists for Turkey (ala Turkmeniscam . No one has covered the scandal of Turkish operations against the resolution as thoroughly as Brad Friedman at Brad Blog , where he was the first to disclose allegations about bribes being paid not just to Speaker Hastert but to other congressional crooks like Dan Burton (R-IN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) as well.
In contrast, among the average adolescents, the significant stay strategy that the free-riders used following trials in which they failed (Z = 2.407, p<0.05) implies a non-strategic behavior. In condition III, the gifted adolescents shifted randomly regardless of success or failure or the choice they made (cooperate or free-ride) in the preceding trial (cooperator: U = 68.000, p = 0.120; free-rider: U = 79.000, p = 0.917). However, the average group exhibited loss-aversive behaviors that were not revealed by measuring cooperation ratios alone (Fig. 5C). The cooperators tended to shift after failed trials (Z = −2.373, p<0.05), whereas they did not choose a particular strategy following a success. The stay ratios between successful and failed cases were significantly different (U = 11.000, p<0.05). The free-riders always stayed regardless of the result of the preceding trial (success: 100% stay; failure: Z = 4.187, p<0.001), even though they had no chance of earning more than the cooperator, according to the rule of the condition. These results indicate that average adolescents have loss-sensitive behavior, but that gifted adolescents do not.
Doors from Felix are among the many Tex-Mex collector's items featured at the restaurant they are calling "vintage Tex-Mex". ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less Chef Bryan Caswell, left, and partners, Bill Floyd, center, and Robb Walsh, right, are opening a new Tex-Mex restaurant called El Real Tex-Mex Cafe at 1201 Westheimer shown Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in ... more Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 8 of 23 Bryan Caswell, of Reef and El Real fame, photographed for SAM magazine, in the Houston Chronicle Studio, Friday, March 18, 2011, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) Bryan Caswell, of Reef and El Real fame, photographed for SAM magazine, in the Houston Chronicle Studio, Friday, March 18, 2011, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle Image 9 of 23 Chef Bryan Caswell at El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, 1201 Westheimer, with his favorite photo of Felix Tijerina (shown left) that is one of many items displayed in homage to Felix taken on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Houston. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less Chef Bryan Caswell at El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, 1201 Westheimer, with his favorite photo of Felix Tijerina (shown left) that is one of many items displayed in homage to Felix taken on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in ... more Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 10 of 23 Image 11 of 23 Bryan Caswell's snapper carpaccio at Reef Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in Houston. ( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle ) Bryan Caswell's snapper carpaccio at Reef Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in Houston. ( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle Image 12 of 23 Bryan Caswell's hot pot of muscles, shrimp, clams and scallops at Reef Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in Houston. ( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle ) Bryan Caswell's hot pot of muscles, shrimp, clams and scallops at Reef Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in Houston. ( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle Image 13 of 23 Chef Bryan Caswell, left, and business partner Bill Floyd, right, talk about their new restaurant called 3rd Bar Eating House during a preview of the Terminal B South Concourse at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Monday, April 15, 2013, in Houston.
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Only following the Second World War did the Western take a creative leap in Europe. Well, a leap… Perhaps it was only the fruit of one single man’s passion: the Belgian Maurice De Bevere, known as Morris. As a lover of cinema and a huge fan of American comics in his teenage years, Morris was self-taught and dreamt of becoming an animator in a cartoon studio – which is clearly revealed in his drawings. Morris imagined a fantastical Wild West for the Belgian comics magazine Spirou at the end of 1945 and in early 1946. Taking up the character traits of singing cowboys from the pre-war period, Lucky Luke became one of the spearheads of the magazine even though Morris had some doubts and was still seeking a style that would take another good ten years to establish. From Europe, it was impossible for him to document himself properly on the history of the United States and he quickly set out for the other side of the Atlantic in the company of his mentor Jijé and his best friend André Franquin. Morris stayed there for six years, four of which he spent in the Big Apple haunting libraries in order to enrich his knowledge of the Wild West and the United States. During these years abroad, he made important encounters. First of all, in 1950, he became friends with René Goscinny, a young French scriptwriter who would become the genial creator of Asterix a few years later. Through him, Morris also met Harvey Kurtzman and the whole team of the future Mad Magazine. With them, he started to work on caricature and pastiche – a revelation for the Belgian author! From that moment on, Morris knew what his European cowboy would be made of. He would be documented – but more importantly, funny and even more fundamentally, aloof. The formula: Lucky Luke would ride off alone into the setting sun at the end of each adventure, riding his trusty steed and whistling “I’m a poor lonesome cowboy”. Jolly Jumper, his faithful mount, loves to mock and philosophize (and even if Lucky Luke does not hear him, he understands him). As to his opponents, they are mythical figures from the history of the Wild West: the Dalton Brothers, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Jesse James… The hero’s companions, such as Rantanplan, “the dumbest dog in the Wild West”, parodied the classics of the genre (Rin Tin Tin in this case).
German soundtrucks were circulating in the Berlin area, counseling stray troops to stop resistance and surrender to the Americans. Some twenty or thirty miles east of Berlin, the German nation had concentrated its dying strength and was fighting savagely against the Russians. Our Ninth Army could have been in Berlin within a few hours, probably without shedding another drop of blood; but General Eisenhower suddenly halted our Army. He kept it sitting idly outside Berlin for days, while the Russians slugged their way in, killing, raping, ravaging. We gave the Russians control of the eastern portion of Berlin–and of all the territory surrounding the city. To the south, General Patton's forces were plowing into Czechoslovakia. When Patton was thirty miles from Prague, the capital, General Eisenhower ordered him to stop–ordered him not to accept surrender of German soldiers, but to hold them at bay until the Russians could move up and accept surrender. As soon as the Russians were thus established as the conquerors of Czechoslovakia, Eisenhower ordered Patton to evacuate. Units of Czechoslovakian patriots had been fighting with Western armies since 1943. We had promised them that they could participate in the liberation of their own homeland; but we did not let them move into Czechoslovakia until after the Russians had taken over. Czechoslovakian and American troops had to ask the Soviets for permission to come into Prague for a victory celebration–after the Russians had been permitted to conquer the country. Western Armies, under Eisenhower's command, rounded up an estimated five million anti-communist refugees and delivered them to the Soviets who tortured them, sent them to slave camps, or murdered them. All of this occurred because we refused to do what would have been easy for us to do–and what our top leaders had agreed just 17 months before that we must do: that is, take and hold Berlin and surrounding territory until postwar peace treaties were made. Who made the decisions to pull our armies back in Europe and let the Soviets take over? General Eisenhower gave the orders; and, in his book, Crusade in Europe (published in 1948, before the awful consequences of those decisions were fully known to the public), Eisenhower took his share of credit for making the decisions. When he entered politics four years later, Eisenhower denied responsibility: he claimed that he was merely a soldier, obeying orders, implementing decisions which Presidents Roosevelt and Truman had made.
He gamed all night, then showered and dressed when it was time for his dad to drive him to “work” for 6 a.m. His father dropped him at a McDonald’s across the street from the job. When his dad drove away, Cam ate a fast-food breakfast and caught a bus home. He snuck in through his window — “my mom might still be home getting ready for work” — and crawled into bed. When his mom returned around 3 p.m., Cam woke up. He would say he came home for a nap after his morning shift. All went well until his parents asked where his paycheque was — at which point he told them he quit. He again faked a job, at an Internet café. When he told his parents he quit there, they were at a loss.
OzHarvest, Australia’s leading food-rescue charity, today launches REAP, an initiative that brings the food-rescue concept to regional areas around the country. The project, the brainchild of OzHarvest founder and former Local Hero of the year 2010, Ronni Kahn, provides a toolkit for regional communities to carry out the OzHarvest mission themselves; that is, to collect excess food and feed those in need. REAP launched with a controversial viral ad campaign featuring renowned chef Matt Moran, owner/chef of Sydney and Brisbane’s Aria restaurant and also judge on Network Ten’s MasterChef. The controversial viral video, captured on an iPhone, was released onto YouTube and Twitter revealing a very irritated Moran having a heated argument with staff on set while filming a cooking segment. The unknown staff member throws away a piece of perfectly good-to-eat ‘plated-up’ chicken only to have a very angry Moran shock viewers by shouting expletives at the staff member for throwing away perfectly edible food. It is revealed through a second viral video release that this was, in fact, a hoax which brings to light the issue of food wastage in Australia with the message from Moran to think twice about throwing away food. Moran also emphasises that billions of dollars of food is thrown away every year. A community service announcement with REAP’s message will also be played on Network Ten during the month of May. Matt Moran said: “I was more than happy to be involved in something so controversial if it meant that the message of food waste would be brought to the top of Australians’ minds. REAP is a simple concept started by leading food charity OzHarvest, who have already rescued millions of meals from going to waste and who have provided millions of people with fresh food that they normally would not have access to. It’s a f***ing great cause!” The REAP regional toolkit contains a three-step process with four guiding principles for communities in feeding the needy within their own towns. Firstly, identify the need, secondly, source the food and lastly get an esky and go! Community food rescuers collect the food from the donor, delivering it to the client, who provides the food to the needy. Central to the program’s effectiveness is that it is an entirely free service, aligned with the OzHarvest mission. The NSW Premier’s Department provided funding to OzHarvest for this project.
American schoolchildren know that Dr Martin Luther King Jr believed in the power of Christian love to redeem a world filled with hatred. But far fewer know his radical critique of American capitalism and war. King stands apart from all other figures in US history. He is the only private citizen honored by a national holiday and with a personal monument on the National Mall in Washington, D. C. This is both a testimony to King’s personal brilliance and to the importance of keeping that brilliance contained within parameters that are acceptable to American capitalism. On a postage stamp, and within the tributes coming from politicians, King becomes a paragon of national redemption, a symbol of America’s ability to overcome racism and put the nasty business of slavery and Jim Crow behind us. Martin Luther King’s speech at Riverside Church in Harlem on April 4, 1967, explodes these myths and forces us to accept the fact that the most prominent and celebrated black person in US history is someone who challenged capitalism, nationalism, militarism, and America’s arrogant belief in its inherent righteousness. The Riverside address, which has come to be known as the “Beyond Vietnam” speech, was also a challenge to the prevailing liberal consensus that civil rights activists had to, at all costs, preserve a “coalition” with the Democratic Party and President Lyndon Johnson. There was a powerful logic to this argument. After all, Johnson had successfully pushed through the two major legislative achievements of the civil rights movement: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. If Johnson asked civil rights leaders to be quiet about Vietnam, they had something to show for it — and he did ask. When he learned in 1965 that King opposed the Vietnam War, Johnson personally asked him not to speak out. King had echoed the line of the “doves” in Washington: supporting “peace” and “negotiations,” condemning both sides of the conflict, and not singling out Johnson or the underlying aims of the war. Whitney Young of the Urban League stated plainly: “Johnson needs a consensus. If we are not with him on Vietnam, then he is not going to be with us on civil rights.”
That smell of woodshop that is always so strong with Martins is in there. It can only be coming from the braces and linings as the rest is HPL! Very odd!Setup was is absolutely perfect on this one at both nut and saddle. In fact taking a measurement it'sthe same action height at the 12th as on my Martin S1.And then I started to play it.... Wow. It's quite remarkable really for a synthetic ukulele. I do not know how they did it, but this instrument sounds startlingly good. Excellent in fact. And guess what? It sounds like wood too. If you were expecting boxy plastic lunchbox type tone, that's just not there. OK it doesn't quite have that Martin jangle but it has arich rounded tone of it's own, with plenty of soprano bite when needed. Volume is great as is sustain (on a par with the S1 on both counts) and is right up there with some of the better ukuleles I have reviewed. Sound is subjective of course, so I wouldn't say it is 'better' than 'this' or 'that' ukulele - only that it is stillgood in it's own right. VERY good. It really did surprise me.Whether strummed or picked it's a real joy to play. It's easy to play too with fast comfortable neck, light weight and skinny frets. It's also dead accurate on the intonation all over the neck. A typical 'plastic' uke this isThe dynamic range is excellent, the note clarity is great. In fact, I am struggling to find bad things in the sound. I suppose my only gripe is that I like my sopranos a touch brighter, and this can sound a little dark and a bit too warm, but I'm being really picky when I say that. But of course, you are not going to get individual tonewood characteristics when there is no tonewood! I suppose in the same respect, there will be no aging or opening up of the HPL over time. It will always sound like this.To help you listen to it (as YouTube compression can ruin tone in videos) there are a couple of Soundcloud clips at the foot of this review - the same chord progression on the 0X and on the S1 so you can listen to them side by side. I think there is adifference - both nice sounding in their own right. The S1 is clearly brighter in tone though.So what's troubling me?
Here, we provide a proof-of-concept that the GRS for CD, induced by L1-penalized support vector machine models, are able to achieve a predictive capacity and robustness that provides information not afforded by current diagnostic pathways utilizing HLA typing alone. This GRS has the potential to provide greater clinical diagnostic utility by enabling each individual to be assigned a more informative risk score beyond the simple designation of “CD susceptible” or “CD non-susceptible”, or “high risk” versus “low risk”. To enable useful comparisons between diagnostic approaches, we model the GRS as a stand-alone test to “diagnose” CD, while at the same time acknowledging that real world clinical practice will need to draw upon clinical history, CD-specific serology and small bowel histology to confirm the diagnosis of CD. We assess the predictive power of the GRS both in cross-validation and in external validation, across six different European cohorts, showing that the models strongly replicate. We test our GRS on three other autoimmune diseases: type 1 diabetes, Crohn's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, finding some predictive ability for T1D status but none for the others, thus largely supporting the specificity of the scores for CD. To overcome limitations of previous studies utilizing GWAS case/control studies, where ascertainment bias incurs substantially higher rates of false positive results, we undertake genomic prediction of CD in “real world” settings where the prevalence of CD is far lower and evaluate the performance of the GRS using PPV and NPV at several levels of CD prevalence. Unlike HLA typing, the GRS allows flexibility in determining who is considered at higher risk for CD by selecting a clinically determined user-specified threshold. We demonstrate how these scores can be practically applied at various prevalence levels to optimize sensitivity and precision. Finally, we show how the model can be calibrated to produce accurate predicted probabilities of disease.
The table below shows Polyommatus icarus in relation to the rest of the Animal Kingdom : Kingdom Animalia Animals Phylum Arthropoda Joint-limbed invertebrates Class Insecta Insects Sub-Class Endopterygota Insects with a 4 stage lifecycle : ova / larva / pupa / imago Superorder Amphiesmenoptera Trichoptera ( caddisflies ) & Lepidoptera Order Lepidoptera Butterflies, moths & skippers Sub-Order Ditrysia A division based on genitalia characteristics Super-Family Papilionoidea Scudder butterflies Family Lycaenidae Gossamer-winged butterflies Sub-Family Polyommatinae Blues Tribe Polyommatini Ciliate Blues Sub-Tribe - no sub-tribe has been allocated for the genus Polyommatus Genus Polyommatus Many-spotted Ciliate Blues Sub-Genus - no sub-genus has been allocated for the species icarus species icarus Common Blue subspecies mariscolore Irish sub-species of icarus Author ROTTEMBURG, 1775 the taxonomist who described the species Lepidoptera About 7% of all life forms on Earth are members of the Order Lepidoptera - the butterflies, skippers and moths ( indicated in orange ) : The Lepidoptera comprises of about 174,250 known species ( this only represents a fraction of the species in existence, as many more await to be discovered and described, especially among the tropical "micro" moth families ). The classification of Lepidoptera is under constant revision, but they are currently divided into 126 families, 7 of which are colloquially known as butterflies : Family subfamilies Hesperiidae Heteropterinae, Hesperiinae, Pyrginae, Pyrrhopyginae, Megathyminae, Coeliadinae, Trapezitinae Papilionidae Papilioninae, Parnassiinae, Baroniinae Pieridae Pierinae, Coliadinae, Dismorphiinae Lycaenidae Lycaeninae, Polyommatinae, Theclinae, Curetinae , Poritiinae, Miletinae, Lipteninae, Liphyrinae Riodinidae Riodininae, Euselasiinae Nymphalidae Nymphalinae, Satyrinae, Morphinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Limenitidinae, Biblidinae, Cyrestinae, Heliconiinae, Danainae, Libytheinae Hedylidae Hedylidae - 'moth butterflies' are not divided into subfamilies Butterflies by day and moths by night ? It is wrong to think of butterflies and moths as being different. The families which we call butterflies are generally those with brightly coloured day-flying species. There are however hundreds of moths among the families Zygaenidae, Arctiidae and Uraniidae which are also brightly coloured and day-flying. Conversely there are many butterflies among the Hesperiidae, Satyrinae and Brassolini that are very dull and inconspicuous, and would be dismissed as moths by most people. Another "fact" often quoted is that butterflies always have clubbed tips to their antennae, but that moths never do. The colourful day-flying Zygaenidae moths however do have swollen tips to their antennae, and the huge day-flying Cane-borer moths ( Castniidae ) possess clubbed antennae just like those of butterflies!
o 300M freestyle at 80% NOFFS Dynamic Stretching Upper body Strength Endurance - Super Pyramid x 5 Run - 800-yd repeats x 8 NOFFS Static Stretching Cool-down Commence Daily Routine for Weakest PST event Day 2 Swim - Balance drill- 5 laps - 2000m CSS NOFFS Dynamic Stretching Upper Body Workout - 25% Pyramid Pushups - 25% Pyramid Pullups - 25% Pyramid Curlups - Repeat above x3, rest no more than 2-min between exercises - Rest 10 min - Double Max Weakest PST event Run- - Burpee madness x 10 Day 3 Swim - Swim Warm-up - Swim Workout o Balance Drill- 5 laps o Freestyle 100 yds o 50M timed CSS. For example, if candidate “X” performed a 10:00 swim during the recent PST, than each lap (50M) should be 55 seconds or faster. Repeat 10 times. o 25M cool down, 50M timed. o 300M freestyle at 80% NOFFS Dynamic Warmup Upper Body Strength Endurance - Double Max Pushups - Double Max Curlups - Double Max Pullups - Repeat above x3, rest no more than 2-min between exercises Run - 800 yd repeats x8 NOFFS Static Stretching cool down Commence Daily Routine for weakest PST event Day 4 Rest- NO PT, do some active recovery Day 5 FTB-BTF PST Day 6 Swim - Swim Warm-up - Swim Workout o Balance Drill- 5 laps o Freestyle 100 yds o 50M timed CSS. For example, if candidate “X” performed a 10:00 swim during the recent PST, than each lap (50M) should be 55 seconds or faster. Repeat 10 times. o 25M cool down, 50M timed. o 300M freestyle at 80% NOFFS Dynamic Warmup Upper body Strength Endurance - Super Pyramid x 5 Run - LSD Run- 10 Miles NOFFS Static Stretching Cool-down Day 7 Rest day- No PT 800-yd Repeats Run 800 yards (1/2 mile)- note time required to complete Rest for ½ the run time before starting the next interval I.E. If you ran the 800-yds in 3 minutes you would rest 1-min 30-sec before starting your next 800 LSD (Long Slow Distance) Run Run 4-10 miles at a conversational pace. This run is intended only to strengthen your joints and ligaments, not to improve your speed. 25% Pyramids Starting at 1, you will pyramid in increments of 1 up to 25% of your last PST score for that exercise. Rest 30 seconds between sets. I.E.
Strengths and limitations of the study The main strengths of this study are its recency, comprehensiveness, and generalisability. It was based on the general female population in the UK aged 15-49 years, and explored exposure to combined oral contraceptives commonly prescribed during the past 13 years. The study also benefitted from the statistical power of large samples from the two largest UK primary care databases. Consistency in records for diagnoses, lifestyle information, and prescriptions allowed us to combine the results from both databases and achieve narrower confidence intervals for our estimates. The study also benefitted from a consistent design. Results were adjusted for several confounding factors such as body mass index, smoking status, alcohol use, and social deprivation, which were not available to some previous studies. Education and family history might also be considered to be confounders but neither could be included in the analysis because they are not recorded sufficiently often on either the QResearch or CPRD databases. Because the exposure was based on systematically recorded prescription information, the study was free from recall bias. All eligible women were included, thus eliminating selection bias. Several additional analyses looking at conflicting methodological issues from previous studies allow readers to compare and assess the validity of the results. A study limitation was the potential misclassification of exposure to combined oral contraceptives. According to the Contraception and Sexual Health survey in Great Britain (2000-09), between 25% and 28% of women used an oral contraceptive depending on the year.36 Our data for both databases had similar age standardised rates of exposure to any oral contraceptive—26% for QResearch and 29% for CPRD. Because exposure information is based on prescriptions, however, there is a degree of uncertainty about actual use—when a woman started taking the drug or whether she took it at all. According to one survey from the United States, 19% of women discontinued using oral contraceptives within the first six months, more commonly younger women.37 Because outcome information was collected prospectively, however, we do not see any reason why this effect should differ between cases and controls. Such misclassification of exposure might, however, shift odds ratios towards unity. Some uncertainty also relates to women who may have delayed use of drugs from past prescriptions (and so were actually current rather than past users), and to unaccounted residual risk associated with women who ceased use for any reason just before the current use period.
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Welcome to the newest episode of the OU Council bans your favorite new pokemon. The council as a whole has come to the unanimous decision to ban Marshadow from the OU tier.When you look at Marshadow, the first thing that stands out is its fantastic Ghost/Fighting typing. Both are excellent offensive types and together provided unresisted neutral coverage. On top of this, Marshadow boasts a stellar base 125 speed tier, outspeeding OU behemoths such as Greninja. While 125 base attack is not the cream of the crop, it is more than serviceable when resistances to its STAB combo are nowhere to be found. Furthermore, the ability Technician boosts Marshadow’s Shadow Sneak, and even Hidden Power Ice to threaten typical physically defensive catch-alls found on bulky offensive teams, such as Landorus-T and defensive Tangrowth.While Marshadow can run sets such as Choice Band and Choice Scarf, which are viable and threatening to offensive teams, bulkier teams do not have much of a problem handling them. That is where Marshadow’s other sets come in. Bulk Up + Marshadium Z is the best set so far, with the ability to blow back pokemon such as Toxapex at +1 with a Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike. Furthermore, a boosted defense stat allows you to set up more easily against physical attackers, even taking less than 60% from Banded Zygarde’s Thousand Arrows at +1. The other sets which we believe are potentially rather broken are Swagger sets. Swagger + Spectral Thief is essentially an improved Swagger + Psych Up where you hit them with a 90 base power attack after stealing their boosts. This can also be used to BS past typical defensive answers, especially should they hit themselves in confusion while Marshadow boosts up. There is an opportunity to switch out and prevent this combination, but as long as hazards are up it’s difficult to switch forever.Overall, we believe that the combination of three factors makes Marshadow too much for OU.1. It is difficult to revenge kill2. It lacks defensive counterplay3. Spectral Thief makes it even harder to deal withRevenge killing Marshadow is no easy task. Of all the relevant Choice Scarfers, only Tapu Lele can consistently OHKO Marshadow. It has quite respectable bulk with 90/80/90 defensive stats and few weaknesses.
Android is now the operating system of the world. It dominates any non-Apple, non-PC application. We still think of Android as a smartphone OS. But almost everything truly smart will run Android – new TVs, IoT devices, your home appliances etc. Android is just a fork of Linux, a runtime, controlled by Google. But the kernel is sort of unimportant. It’s what Google puts on top, all the software that uses Java and native APIs which make Android now more extensible than Linux for connected devices. Why build your own embedded Linux services and APIs when you can tie into Google services? However despite Android taking less than a decade to become the most dominant operating system of all time, iOS continues to distance itself from Android at the high end. Part of this is the iOS-first paradigm that app developers work under. E.g. in leading edge app categories such as on-demand services, all of these are iOS-only out of the gate, and with iPhones now increasing share vs Android in the US, Apple’s lead is actually widening. Remember two years ago when people said Android would crush iOS (the PC vs Mac fallacy) and that profits, apps, developer / ad revenue and consumer mindshare would all go to Android? They were wrong. If it’s not obvious now, mobile platforms evolved totally differently than PCs. There are important structural reasons for this—mobile benefited from competition at both the OS and hardware / chip layer, whereas in PCs these layers were both monopolies and innovation effectively stopped for 10-15 years. However, there are lessons to be learned from Mac vs PC in terms of how a developer ecosystem emerges: a platform only grows when developers sell software and make money. This is how the term ‘killer app’ was coined. Without ecosystem players making money, platforms stop evolving rapidly and atrophy. The problem with Android isn’t market share. It’s lack of the best apps, less usage in emerging categories, less killer use-cases and in turn… a reduced ability for developers to make money. Android first is still a myth. Despite it dominating in share worldwide. Payments have arrived on mobile. Commerce is now as easy as a thumb print. Downloading apps and paying is practically as easy as loading web pages. It’s all secure and just works. Apple Pay is 3 years ahead of Google in almost every regard.
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Solution calls for courage, creative ideas, new resources By Frank Jordan San Francisco has a proud reputation as a compassionate, caring, tolerant city — a place of new beginnings with opportunities for a second chance in life. Unfortunately, with all our good intentions and different strategies, we are still unable to resolve the problem of homelessness. Every mayor has devoted public resources and tax dollars, but homelessness continues to be a complex social issue with highly charged political ramifications. If there were simple solutions, then our city’s elected officials — with the assistance of human-services organizations such as the Salvation Army, St. Anthony’s Outreach, Glide Memorial Church, Hamilton House, the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp., A Woman’s Place and Swords to Plowshares (to name a few) — would have resolved homelessness. As it is, every major U.S. city is struggling with the issue. The reasons for homelessness are many: families are out of work; veterans return home with post-traumatic stress disorder or drug or alcohol dependency; a state adopts a policy whereby the state psychiatric hospitals closed and patients released to cities ill-equipped to provide them necessary services. Adding to the mix is the high cost of living and diminishing number of blue-collar jobs in San Francisco. Unfortunately, periodic economic downturns and a variety of complicated medical conditions provide a never-ending supply of new people to take the place of those who have been helped. At the same time, San Francisco’s taxpaying citizens and business owners are entitled to and expect a reasonable level of public safety and quality of life. As a city, we must extend a helping hand while encouraging civil behavior in public places. I suggest we need, with a coordinated effort and resources from the state and federal governments: Community support for the police, allowing realistic enforcement of quality-of-life laws. Courts working in concert with law enforcement, health care and social-service workers. Too often, cases are dismissed, and the revolving door continues. Rather than penalties, impose mandatory treatment. Sufficient housing and care facilities. Laura’s Law, which requires treatment of mentally ill people when they are a danger to themselves and others. The legal means to have people in need of alcohol, drug or mental health services to accept them. It will take courage, commitment and creative elected officials to successfully navigate the difficult road ahead. We must all stay positive and hopeful.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Family, friends and supporters joined Cherokee Nation officials on May 30 in an early morning send-off at the tribe’s One Fire Field for the 2017 “Remember the Removal” cyclists as they departed for North Carolina.The riders will meet cyclists from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for a 950-mile ride that begins June 4 in New Echota, Georgia, and concludes June 22 in Tahlequah.Principal Chief Bill John Baker called the “Remember the Removal” ride one of the tribe’s “greatest programs” and praised the riders for their dedication.“If it was only the will to take this ride, everybody would do it, but it takes more than will,” Baker said. “These young people have prepared to make this ride. They have worked extremely hard since the first of the year as a team working together, taking care of each other already.”The cyclists will follow the Trail of Tears’ northern route, which spans seven states and gives them the chance to visit historical sites their ancestors traveled through during the forced removal from their Southeastern homelands in 1838-39.Of the estimated 16,000 Cherokees who were forced to make the journey to Indian Territory, about 4,000 died due to exposure, starvation and disease.Among the sites are Blythe’s Ferry in Tennessee, the westernmost edge of the old CN, and Mantle Rock in Kentucky, where Cherokees huddled together for warmth under a hanging rock as the only source of shelter during the winter.“I’m really excited about Mantle Rock,” KenLea Henson, 23, said. “It’s really emotional. I’m really excited to take this journey and represent my ancestors and trace their steps.”She said the experience has been “intense but rewarding” and is grateful for the friends she has made in preparation for the journey.“We’re coming into this completely strangers to each other, and now as we get to this point, we’re a lot closer. But I know by the end of the journey we’re going to be even more closer because of what we’re going to experience,” she said.The cyclists began training in January, riding together every weekend in Cherokee County and parts of Arkansas to build their strength and endurance.Cyclist Brian Barlow, 22, admits there were moments of self-doubt, but he took his cues from his Cherokee ancestors to keep pushing through.“It’s the same with each practice,” he said.
But while the US hails the expansion of defense and intelligence cooperation as an example of a strengthening alliance, Israel says the need for greater defense aid is driven primarily by fallout from the American president’s deal with Iran.Thus, Netanyahu’s government hopes to secure an increase in US aid from the current $3 billion a year to $5b.There is “no daylight,” Earnest said, on the joint US-Israel commitment to “prevent, or at least mitigate” Iran’s disruptive activities across the region.Earnest said that in order to assess what Israel’s new military package requires, a careful analysis must be done that looks at how what Israel’s military capacity is and what it needs to combat the new threats in the region.Officials familiar with the meeting say Obama and Netanyahu agreed to reassess the nature of Washington’s aid package to Israel in light of the region’s increasing threat landscape.Both sides agreed an American team would come to Israel in December to better understand the country’s new military needs.It could take weeks after that and possibly months before any conclusion is reached. But their existing security agreement is not due to expire until 2017, providing the administration with ample time to study Israel’s new posture.The leaders discussed Israel’s redlines with regard to the implementation of the Iran deal. Syria was also on the agenda, including ways to prevent attacks against Israel, Iran’s growing presence there, the transfer of arms from Syria to Lebanon and Islamic State activities on the Golan Heights.“Iran can’t open a second front on the Golan Heights,” Netanyahu said. He added, “We can’t accept an agreement with Syria in which Iran will be allowed to use it was a base to attack Israel,” he said.“When we talk about a solution for Syria, it has to include a cessation of attacks against Israel,” Netanyahu said.They also talked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but no mention was made of a settlement freeze. Netanyahu thanked Obama for US support with regard to the issue of the Temple Mount.“It was a very good and constructive meeting,” Netanyahu told reporters.
She had kept a journal until a relative discovered it and passed it around. She tried to talk into an imaginary tape recorder, but that made her feel crazy. Lately, she had settled on the “weird but hopefully less pathetic” technique of translating her anxieties and hopes into unmetered, bluesy song. “Help may not come just when I want it to,” she sang to the street, “but when it comes it might not be too late.” After an hour, a bus pulled over. It took her to the center-city bus depot, which is situated in front of the county jail. Waiting for a transfer bus under a billboard for Crawley 24-Hour Bail Bonds, Kim was propositioned by a man wheeling a baby carriage and smoking a Black & Mild cigar. Kim cut him off in mid-fantasy. “Don’t you know me? I’m Frank’s daughter, which makes you my cousin. And you know Frank would kill you for this.” The cousin with the carriage peeled away, and another suitor stepped forward. When she told the new guy that she had a boyfriend, he laughed, and said, “Well, then, he must not love you, honey, if he be making you take the damn bus.” “Like flies to apple pies,” Corean liked to say of Kim’s ability to attract male interest, but Kim’s options usually fell short of marriage-class standards. This was a hitch in the uplift-by-marriage method which even Pastor Young understood. “Kim wants to get out of her situation by working, going to school, maybe getting married,” he said once, when Kim was out of earshot. “But she lives in an isolated neighborhood where most of the males have abandoned hope in schools, legit jobs, the system. The way they tell it to me, they see three ways to get out of the ghetto: through professional sports, through rapping, and through crime.” Half of Oklahoma’s black men are out of the labor force, according to the 2000 census. In the neighborhoods around Sooner Haven, the figure is higher still. An older man in an orange jumpsuit was now standing before Kim, balancing a broom on his shoulder. “Now, for my part, I believe you have a beautiful face and a nice body,” he said. “Are you over eighteen?
Also, please send me some metadata, such as:More examples of this kind of passively collected quantified-self data would make for an awesome study about modern computer usage, and is something I'd like to pursue in the next year! Reach out if you have thoughts!
Hi, let me start with this question: Does anyone know the difference between these two commands: perl -i -plwe 's/foo/bar/' file sed -i 's/foo/bar/' file One hint: Would you use it on a production system? The difference is how they behave when a write error occurs, like when the disk is full. Perl will silently replace the file with an empty file, which is really bad behavior imho. One might argue that this is not a bug because perl behaves exactly as specified in the documentation (perldoc perlrun; perldoc -f print; etc). However when you think about it, many people think of "perl -p" as a cooler version of sed and use it the same way. For instance, if you take a Debian system and search the postinst scripts in /var/lib/dpkg/info, you will find stuff like this: (hplib.postinst:) perl -p -i -e 's:^(\sppd=). $:\1/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP:' /etc/hp/hplip.conf So what should one do about this? Either 1) Change perl and the documentation (Don't know how exactly it should be changed) 2) Change the one-liners to include proper error handling. However this would really take the brevity out of them, which is probably what most script authors value in perl one-liners 3) Use sed instead of perl 4) Ignore the problem / just make sure that your disks don't fill up. Actually many people tend to respond this way when I question how stuff behaves after write errors (which is why I started this message with those silly questions). Note this does not only affect -i. There are also scripts like this: perl -plwe 's/foo/bar/' file > file2 && rm file This would be the safe version: perl -plwe 's/foo/bar/; END { close STDOUT or die $! }' file > file2 && rm file Not a real beauty in a shell-script though. Explicitly closing stdout is what most shell tools like sed, sort, etc. do (according to what I observed using strace). In the case of -i, an "END" cannot be used, especially if more than one file are specified. I don't know if this has been discussed before, since I guess things have been this way for quite a while. I could not find anything on Google.
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During spirtu pront, the "prim" begins improvising along a motive chosen from a 'restricted' repertory of Ghana motives. This section is known as the prejjem. These motives are popular, not only among the dilettante, but are well known outside of the għana community by the general Maltese public. The lead guitarist begins with an introductory section accompanied by the strumming of triadic, diatonic chords provided by the other guitarists. As soon as the former completes his improvisation he joins the other guitarists in the accompaniment based on the tonic and dominant of the established key. The function of this introductory section is to establish the tonality and tempo for the session. Tonality changes from one session to another in a whole performance, depending on what collectively suits the għannejja (singers). In the most frequently used 'La' accompaniment (akkumpanjament fuq il-La), the strings of the lead guitar will be tuned to e a d' g' b' e² while those of the second accompanying guitars will be tuned a minor third lower, except for the bottom string: e f# b e' g#' c#². The tone quality of these locally produced guitars is described by Ciantar (1997) as "very compact, with very low bass resonance". Such tuning is through to better facilitate the technical demands imposed on the lead guitarist in the creation of new motifs and variations. In the introductory section a series of rhythmic and intervallic structures are created and developed; this same rhythmic and melodic material is then reiterated in the second section by both the ghannejja and the lead guitarist. The frequent use of syncopation and descending melodic movements, for instance, form part of the formal structure of both the singing and instrumental soloing in the spirtu pront; these are structural elements announced in the introductory section as to establish the style of both Ghana singing and playing.
'So you do start streamlining, but your oldest friends are always there.' Julie, a 34-year-old PR consultant in London, says she has three categories of friends. Firstly there are nine close friends - the Premier League - whom she could ring any time of day or night and they would drop everything and come if necessary. "I try to see them every few weeks and speak at least once a fortnight. I have a rota in my head and try and ring one of them each night as I drive home from work. It shows how pressured we are for time that speaking to friends is multi-tasking." Julie's next social group has about 20 people, mostly men, whom she would see every couple of months, then there are more than 100 people beyond that on the outer fringes - friends from work, friends from her last job and friends from travelling. "There are two people whom I don't really want to stay friends with but I don't have the heart to say no to. People I used to work with, they invite you to dinner and then you feel you have to invite them back, but you really don't have the time and it gets really stressful, especially since getting a boyfriend. "I want to spend two nights a week with him, two nights to myself at home and two nights at the gym, so that leaves one night to see people." Far-fetched it may be, but five close friends is about average
Therefore, we decided to perform a double-blind challenge test with wheat flour and rice flour (one pill containing 4 g of wheat flour or rice flour for the first day, following two pills in the second day and 4 pills from the third day to 15 days, with seven days of wash-out between the two challenges). During the administration of rice flour, symptoms were absent. During the second day of wheat flour intake, the girl presented headache, halitosis, abdominal distension, mood disorders, fatigue, and poor concentration, and three episodes of severe hallucinations. After the challenge, she tested negative for: (1) CD serology (EMA and tTG); (2) food specific IgE; (3) skin prick test to wheat (extract and fresh food); (4) atopy patch test to wheat; and (5) duodenal biopsy. Only serum anti-native gliadine antibodies of IgG class and stool calprotectin were elevated. Due to parental choice, the girl did not continue assuming gluten and she started a gluten-free diet with a complete regression of all symptoms within a week. The adherence to the GFD was evaluated by a validated questionnaire [6]. One month after AGA IgG and calprotectin resulted negative, as well as the EEG, and ferritin levels improved. She returned to the same neuro-psychiatric specialists that now reported a “normal behavior” and progressively stopped the olanzapine therapy without any problem. Her mother finally recalled that she was returned a “normal girl”. Nine months after definitely starting the GFD, she is still symptoms-free.
In addition to Sasse, the letter was signed by Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant HatchThe FDA crackdown on dietary supplements is inadequate Orrin Hatch Foundation seeking million in taxpayer money to fund new center in his honor Mitch McConnell has shown the nation his version of power grab MORE (Utah), John Thune John Randolph ThunePolls: Hiking estate tax less popular than taxing mega wealth, income Will Trump sign the border deal? Here's what we know Key GOP senator pitches Trump: Funding deal a 'down payment' on wall MORE (S.D. ), Pat Roberts Charles (Pat) Patrick RobertsPompeo says he's 'ruled out' 2020 Kansas Senate run GOP senators offer praise for Klobuchar: 'She’s the whole package' The Hill's Morning Report - House Dems prepare to swamp Trump with investigations MORE (Kan.), James Inhofe James (Jim) Mountain InhofeTrump backs off total Syria withdrawal Allies wary of Shanahan's assurances with looming presence of Trump On The Money: Trump to sign border deal, declare emergency to build wall \| Senate passes funding bill, House to follow \| Dems promise challenge to emergency declaration MORE (Okla.), Johnny Isakson John (Johnny) Hardy IsaksonOn The Money: Lawmakers wait for Trump verdict on border deal \| Trump touts deal as offering B for security \| McConnell presses Trump to sign off \| National debt tops T \| Watchdog details IRS shutdown woes Trump criticizes border wall deal: 'Can't say I'm happy' GOP senators offer praise for Klobuchar: 'She’s the whole package' MORE (Ga.), John Boozman John Nichols BoozmanGOP senators read Pence riot act before shutdown votes On The Money: Shutdown Day 26 \| Pelosi calls on Trump to delay State of the Union \| Cites 'security concerns' \| DHS chief says they can handle security \| Waters lays out agenda \| Senate rejects effort to block Trump on Russia sanctions Senate rejects effort to block Trump on Russia sanctions MORE (Ark. ), Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump unleashing digital juggernaut ahead of 2020 Inviting Kim Jong Un to Washington Trump endorses Cornyn for reelection as O'Rourke mulls challenge MORE (Texas), Steve Daines (Mont.
Muslims are savages and barbaric during war Quite the contrary, when it comes to the conduct of war there are ten rules that every Muslim army must obey: 1. Do not commit treachery 2. Do not deviate from the right path 3. Do not mutilate dead bodies 4. Do not kill children 5. Do not kill women 6. Do not kill aged men 7. Do not harm or burn trees 8. Do not destroy buildings 9. Do not destroy an enemy’s flock, unless you use it for your food 10. When you pass people who have devoted their lives to monastic services leave them alone Islam was spread by the sword Historian De lacey O’Leary states “History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.” There is no record in history that shows people being forced by sword point to convert to Islam. When Islam spread through countries they would set up private churches and synagogues for the non Muslims they were governing and because of the good treatment they had received they themselves would convert. If one considers the small number of Muslims who initially spread Islam to the west all the way from Spain and Morocco and into east from India and China one would realize that such a small group of people could not force others to be members of a religion against their will. It is also interesting to note that when the Mongols invaded and conquered large portions of the Islamic empire, instead of destroying the religion they adopted it! Muslims are terrorists This is by far the biggest misconception of Islam, given unfairly by stereotyping and the public image that the media gives. Has anyone else noticed how when a specific group of people attack another group of people it is labeled as a ‘hate crime’, but when a Muslim opens fire on anybody it is quickly regarded as ‘terrorism’. Many political dictators and officials or extremist groups use the name of Islam as a strategy to garner followers and attention when many of their practices go against the true basis of Islam. The media has also portrayed Islam as a cult or a club where if you join you become a terrorist and that is now part of your agenda.
Echolocators in our study had been instructed to make clicks as they usually would during their everyday activities. The room was empty. In this way the task was a ‘non-target’ task, i.e. echolocators did not actively echolocate a target. Bats can adjust their emissions dynamically, for example, some species may shift spectro-temporal aspects of their calls (i.e. duration, spectrum, pulse rate) pending on the environmental conditions [10–14], or they may adjust the direction and/or width of their sound beam when they lock onto a target [9,10,15,16]. The question arises if blind human expert echolocators may adjust their clicks as well. Our current report does not speak to this issue because we only measured clicks in a ‘non-target’ setting. Nonetheless, in regards to the beam pattern it is important to point out that the anatomy of the human head, mouth and lips poses severe limitations on the flexibility of the width of the spatial distribution of a click (and speech as well). On the other hand, the direction into which a click is pointed can be varied easily by head-rotation. In regards to spectro-temporal characteristics there is some flexibility, for example by changing the shape of the lips or simply clicking at a higher rate (i.e. reducing inter click intervals). Therefore, based on research in bats and our finding that the click beam pattern is oriented forwards with energy fairly constant within a 60° cone, we might for example expect that people exhibit more variability in head rotation angle when they scan for a target as compared to when they approach a target, and changes in head rotation behaviour might be accompanied by changes in click peak frequency or clicking rate. In sum, our results suggest that future research should address dynamic emission adjustments in people.
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This allows propagation of closed file descriptors, so that commands such as: "ssh -2 localhost od /bin/ls \| true" do not send unnecessary data over the wire. (bz#85) * sshd(8): increased the default size of ssh protocol 1 ephemeral keys from 768 to 1024 bits. * When ssh(1) has been requested to fork after authentication ("ssh -f") with ExitOnForwardFailure enabled, delay the fork until after replies for any -R forwards have been seen. Allows for robust detection of -R forward failure when using -f. (bz#92) * "Match group" blocks in sshd_config(5) now support negation of groups. E.g. "Match group staff,!guests" (bz#1315) * sftp(1) and sftp-server(8) now allow chmod-like operations to set set[ug]id/sticky bits. (bz#1310) * The MaxAuthTries option is now permitted in sshd_config(5) match blocks. * Multiplexed ssh(1) sessions now support a subset of the ~ escapes that are available to a primary connection. (bz#1331) * ssh(1) connection multiplexing will now fall back to creating a new connection in most error cases. (bz#1439 bz#1329) * Added some basic interoperability tests against Twisted Conch. * Documented OpenSSH's extensions to and deviations from the published SSH protocols (the PROTOCOL file in the distribution) * Documented OpenSSH's ssh-agent protocol (PROTOCOL.agent). Bug and documentation fixes * Make ssh(1) deal more gracefully with channel requests that fail. Previously it would optimistically assume that requests would always succeed, which could cause hangs if they did not (e.g. when the server runs out of file descriptors). (bz#1384) * ssh(1) now reports multiplexing errors via the multiplex slave's stderr where possible (subject to LogLevel in the mux master). * ssh(1) and sshd(8) now send terminate protocol banners with CR+LF for protocol 2 to comply with RFC 4253. Previously they were terminated with CR alone. Protocol 1 banners remain CR terminated. (bz#1443) * Merged duplicate authentication file checks in sshd(8) and refuse to read authorised_keys and .shosts from non-regular files. (bz#1438) * Ensure that sshd(8)'s umask disallows at least group and world write, even if a more permissive one has been inherited. (bz#1433) * Suppress the warning message from sshd(8) when changing to a non-existent user home directory after chrooting. (bz#1461) * Mention that scp(1) follows symlinks when performing recursive copies. (bz#1466) * Prevent sshd(8) from erroneously applying public key restrictions leaned from ~/.ssh/authorized_keys to other authentication methods when public key authentication subsequently fails.
From the authors who brought you "Religion is the Xanax of the people" (aka Neural Markers of Religious Conviction ) comes the finding that college students with lower grades are similar to religious zealots on a specific neural response to making an error. Meanwhile, students with high GPAs resemble atheists on the same neural marker. However, the new paper by Hirsh and Inzlicht (2009) did not draw a parallel to their previous study ( Inzlicht et al., 2009 ). In fact, the two findings were interpreted in very different terms. In the new article:Meanwhile, in the prior paper:So the religious people were not utter failures at engaging cognitive control mechanisms, instead they were less anxious. And the smart students were not neurotic, they were better able to monitor their task performance. Hmm.Before going any further, let's look at the experimental design and the neural measures. Both experiments used EEG recordings, specifically event-related potentials . The ERP brain waves reflect electrophysiological activity recorded remotely from the scalp. While it's great for determining the temporal parameters of neural activity, it's not so great at determiningthe activity is located in the brain.The brain wave of interest is the error-related negativity (ERN), recorded at the time that people make mistakes in a task:The task used in both studies was the ever-popular Stroop task , in which color words are presented in font colors that either match or conflict with the printed word. Subjects are told to name the color and ignore the word. The Stroop interference effect (slower forthan for) arises because reading is a more automatic process than color naming. Thus, subjects are prone to make errors on this task, and that's what the authors were interested in studying.The participants were 31 undergraduates who consented to having their transcripts released. Their EEG was measured while they performed the Stroop task, and the ERN was calculated from the response-locked averages on all error trials. The results are illustrated below. Simply put, students with high GPA had a larger ERN response than those with low GPA.What might this mean? There is some disagreement about what the ERN wave represents: a direct response to the mismatch between the intended action and the actual one, a more generic response to conflict in general, or an emotional response to f***ing up. The authors opted to impose two different interpretations, so it's not surprising that the ERN can mean different things to different researchers.
As for 2009, the FDIC said it has set aside an additional 22 billion dollars for estimated losses on anticipated failures.Kelly Curran at [email protected] . Disclosure: The author held no relevant investment positions when this story was published. Indirect holdings may exist via mutual fund investments. HW reporters and writers follow a strict disclosure policy, the first in the mortgage trade.
Never heard of it. Disgusting.” But is it “hostile,” really, to take a look at the ferocity of the emotion they call “hostility”? When She Was Good is not serving the cause—that’s true. The anger of this young woman isn’t presented to be endorsed with a hearty “Right on!” that will move the populace to action. The nature of the anger is examined, as is the depth of the wound. So are the consequences of the anger, for Lucy as for everyone. I hate to have to be the one to say it, but the portrait isn’t without its poignancy. I don’t mean by poignancy what the compassionate book reviewers call “compassion.” I mean you see the suffering that real rage is.
Evidence from Other Systems. If cowbirds more than occasionally depredate host nests, then one would predict a positive correlation between rates of nest predation and rates of cowbird parasitism in numerous study systems. However, this correlation is often not found (32), or, when rates are correlated, scientists suggest that it is the result of coincidental preferences by other nest predators and cowbirds for particular habitat features (33, 34). Cowbird control programs, where cowbird numbers are reduced in an effort to increase nesting success for particular hosts, provide opportunities to test the prediction that rates of nest predation decrease when cowbird numbers decrease. Results from these studies show no clear pattern, and many report no change in rates of nest predation (35, 36), whereas others do report lower rates of nest predation (37) when cowbird numbers are reduced. Farming by cowbirds has been put forward as a possible explanation only when nonparasitized nests are depredated more frequently than parasitized nests within a particular study system (19, 20, 38). Numerous other studies have found no evidence of farming in various cowbird hosts (32, 39, 40). However, a lack of association between parasitism status and rates of nest predation (3) does not necessarily indicate a lack of nest predation by cowbirds. Cowbird farming behavior could elevate rates of nest predation for unparasitized nests (19), whereas other nest predators could be attracted to parasitized nests [e.g., certain nest sites prone to discovery by cowbird and predator, loud begging of cowbird nestlings, increased provisioning of nestlings by host adults (32, 39)], resulting in rates of nest predation that appear to be unrelated to parasitism status. Predatory behaviors in cowbirds may be difficult to uncover in conventional studies of the nesting success of cowbird hosts. Even within our own study system, we did not observe an association between parasitism status and nest predation before manipulating nests to reduce the effects of other nest predators (3) and removing cowbird eggs from some nests and not others. Until now there has never been an experimental test for farming and mafia behaviors in cowbirds whereby the effects of other nest predators were eliminated and cowbird access to nests was controlled. Our results provide clear evidence that these predatory behaviors exist.
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Parsing algorithms such as Earley's will generate all possibilities even though we often only want one of them (due to arithmetic conventions, in this case we want the latter parse). There are several different ways of disambiguating grammars, such as precedences (in this example, higher precedences win in the face of ambiguity): E ::= E "+" E %precedence 1 \| E "-" E %precedence 1 \| E "/" E %precedence 2 \| E "*" E %precedence 3 This might suggest that we can tame ambiguity relatively easily: unfortunately, parsing theory tells us that the reality is rather tricky. The basic issue is that, in general, we can not statically analyse a CFG and determine if it is ambiguous or not. To discover whether a given CFG is ambiguous or not we have to try every possible input: if no input triggers an ambiguous parse, the CFG is not ambiguous. However this is, in general, impractical: most CFGs describe infinite languages and can not be exhaustively tested. There are various techniques which aim to give good heuristics for ambiguity (see Bas Basten's masters thesis for a good summary; I am also collaborating with a colleague on a new approach, though it's far too early to say if it will be useful or not). However, these heuristics are inherently limited: if they say a CFG is ambiguous, it definitely is; but if they can not find ambiguity, all they can say is that the CFG might be unambiguous. Since theoretical problems are not always practical ones, a good question is the following: is this a real problem? In my experience thus far, defining stand-alone grammars for programming languages using Earley parsing (i.e. a parsing algorithm in which ambiguity is possible), it's not been a huge problem: as the grammar designer, I often understand where dangerous ambiguity might exist, and can nip it in the bud. I've been caught out a couple of times, but not enough to really worry about. However, I do not think that my experience will hold in the face of wide-spread grammar composition. The theoretical reason is easily stated: combining two unambiguous grammars may result in an ambiguous grammar (which, as previously stated, we are unlikely to be able to statically determine in general). Consider combining two grammars from different authors, neither of whom could have anticipated the particular composition: it seems to me that ambiguity is much more likely to crop up in such cases.
The vote divided Republicans, with eight of them breaking ranks. Sens. Kelly Ayotte Kelly Ann AyotteBottom Line US, allies must stand in united opposition to Iran’s bad behavior American military superiority will fade without bold national action MORE (N.H.), Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsWhite House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration Cohen grilled by Senate Intelligence panel Pence meets with Senate GOP for 'robust' discussion on Trump declaration MORE (Maine), Tom Cotton Thomas (Tom) Bryant CottonHillicon Valley: Senators urge Trump to bar Huawei products from electric grid \| Ex-security officials condemn Trump emergency declaration \| New malicious cyber tool found \| Facebook faces questions on treatment of moderators Key senators say administration should ban Huawei tech in US electric grid Inviting Kim Jong Un to Washington MORE (Ark. ), Dean Heller Dean Arthur HellerTrump suggests Heller lost reelection bid because he was 'hostile' during 2016 presidential campaign Trump picks ex-oil lobbyist David Bernhardt for Interior secretary Oregon Dem top recipient of 2018 marijuana industry money, study finds MORE (Nev.) Mark Kirk Mark Steven KirkThe global reality behind 'local' problems Dems vow swift action on gun reform next year This week: Trump heads to Capitol Hill MORE (Ill.), Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann MurkowskiWhite House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration Pence meets with Senate GOP for 'robust' discussion on Trump declaration House votes to overturn Trump's emergency declaration MORE (Alaska), Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulWhite House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration The Hill's Morning Report — Emergency declaration to test GOP loyalty to Trump The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump escalates fight with NY Times MORE (Ky.) and Ben Sasse (Neb.) all voted against moving forward.
Had Mvp been more careful with his one big tank push, the game may have turned out differently, but MMA certainly played his part in delaying and harassing Mvp into making mistakes. Mvp was in a very dangerous place going into game 3, as MMA had outclassed him in both games in a unique fashion.MMA opens with a command center first, while Mvp opens with something similar to MMA’s game 1 build, making two Barracks (one with reactor) and tanks with siege out of one Factory. MMA goes up to four Barracks with combat shields right away after his command center, scouting Mvp’s early tank and lack of an expansion. Mvp moves out, pulling five SCVs, while MMA creates bunkers to buy time to build up Marines. Mvp pushes into the natural with two tanks, forcing a lift as MMA waits for combat shields to finish. MMA blunders a bit and lets the command center fall, pulls many SCVs but fails to break the contain of Mvp, and is forced to tap out of a quick third game.Mvp used a nearly identical strategy to MMA’s game one strategy, and it worked out in almost the same fashion. Also like the first game, there was very little MMA could do, even though he had slightly less of a build order disadvantage than Mvp did in game 1. This build is specifically designed as a counter to the popular fast expand builds, and it seems like both players were well aware of that and picked good games to use this potent build in. Other than that there honestly isn’t much to say; the game doesn’t say too much about the condition or mindset of the players.Game four would likely be the most important game in the series. Mvp got a win similar to MMA’s game 1 win, and now it was up to him to match the standard game win of MMA. Mvp still might have been feeling a bit uncomfortable even with this win, as MMA seemed confident in his abilities and his builds after the initial two games. Mvp really needed to take a solid win in game four in order to bring momentum back to his side in the macro game, and if he could do that, his experience and solid mechanics could definitely pull him through.MMA opens with a 1 rax Command Center into a fast three Barracks before adding gas, and Mvp opens with cloak Banshee.
iG is in the Group of Death, but the common prediction is that they won't have too much trouble getting out of it, as it is partly named after them.9.Some time ago a lot of players and summoners called Taipei Assassins the best team in the world even though they had never competed with teams outside of the Asian region. Their amazing team coordination and the individual skill of the players made it so that everyone wanted to play against them but few have actually had the chance.The biggest achievements of the team are winning the first season of Go4LoL Pro Asia, the Taiwanese qualifiers for IPL 5 and the Season 2 Regionals for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. They are also participating in the Garena Premier League where they are clearly the best team, having lost only 2 out of 30 games so far.TPA are the fourth team that got drawn to skip the group stage and if they get an Asian opponent in the quarterfinal, they probably have a better chance to advance to the semi-finals as they know these teams much better than the NA and EU ones (except from both CLG teams as they have played against them while the latter were staying in Korea). With this being their first offline event out of Asia though they will either disappoint or prove that they are indeed one of the best teams worldwide.10.Saigon Jokers has been described as the 'wildcard' of the tournament. They were the first ever Vietnamese League of Legends team and were formed in order to participate in the Garena Premier League, where they maintain 3rd place, having won 16 out of their 30 games so far. The team participated in the South East Asian Regionals and got knocked out to the losers bracket by Singapore Sentinels in the second round. Despite that SAJ didn’t give up and fought hard to get to the final where they surprised everyone, probably even themselves, by taking revenge on the Sentinels with a 2-1 score.The Vietnamese players are in the easier group B, but no one really knows what to expect from them. Without taking anything away from them – reaching the Season 2 World Championship is no small accomplishment, the other teams are better - on paper.
rawdownloadcloneembedreportprintdiff PowerShell 3.17 KB # Get the current IP address of the system Function getActiveIP { $source = "http://ifconfig.me/ip" $wc = New-Object net.webclient $ip = $wc .downloadstring ( $source ) return $ip } # Change the IP address of the DNS record on dyn.he.net Function updateDNSIP { # How this function explicitly works depends on the dyndns provider's implementation # In Hurricane Electric's case, it requires an FQDN and a "password" generated # on the website. $password = '<password>' $hostname = '<f.q.d.n>' $address = "http://dyn.dns.he.net/nic/update?hostname=" $wc = New-Object net.webclient $wc .Credentials = new-object System.Net.NetworkCredential ( $hostname , $password ) $result = $wc .downloadstring ( $address + $hostname ) return $result } # Send an email to let me know if something happened Function sendEmail ( $address , $subject , $body ) { $gmailUsr = '<gmail login username>' $gmailPass = '<gmail login password>' $gmailSrv = 'smtp.gmail.com' $smtpc = New-Object net.mail.smtpclient ( $gmailSrv , 587 ) $smtpc .EnableSsl = $true $smtpc .Credentials = New-Object system.net.networkcredential ( $gmailUsr , $gmailPass ) $smtpc .Send ( $gmailUsr , $address , $subject , $body ) } # Compare current external IP to stored IP, to see if it's changed. Function checkIP { $oldIP = ( Get-Content C:\ip.txt ) [ 0 ] write-host $oldIP $newIP = getActiveIP write-host $newIP $retVal = $true if ( $newIP .contains ( $oldIP ) ) { # No change in IP. Stop operation here } else { # Update the stored IP and return false Set-Content C:\ip.txt $newIP $retVal = $false } return $retVal } # Set up the system to allow unsafe headers in web requests # http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2007/03/19/converting-c-to-powershell/ $netAssembly = [ Reflection.Assembly ] :: GetAssembly ( [ System.Net.Configuration.SettingsSection ] ) if ( $netAssembly ) { $bindingFlags = [ Reflection.BindingFlags ] “Static , GetProperty , NonPublic” $settingsType = $netAssembly .GetType ( “System.Net.Configuration.SettingsSectionInternal” ) $instance = $settingsType .InvokeMember ( “Section” , $bindingFlags , $null , $null , @ ( ) ) if ( $instance ) { $bindingFlags = “NonPublic” , “Instance” $useUnsafeHeaderParsingField = $settingsType .GetField ( “useUnsafeHeaderParsing” , $bindingFlags ) if ( $useUnsafeHeaderParsingField ) { $useUnsafeHeaderParsingField .SetValue ( $instance , $true ) } } } # Check the stored IP $curIP = checkIP if ( $curIP -eq $false ) { # It's changed, operate! #Attempt to update the DNS address $resMessage = updateDNSIP if ( $resMessage .Contains ( "nochg" ) ) { # Update failed!
Therefore, Putin’s response is not as Fox News and its Neocon “experts” describe—saber rattling—but instead he is informing the rulers of the United States that there will be dire consequences to their actions and explaining once again Russia’s actions are purely defensive, a response to aggression and not a provocation.In his blog post after the address, Martyanov explains, again with technical expertise that I lack:“Four, Three, Two, One—Experts”! OK, I am being facetious but [the] truth is—expect the wave of Western and Russian “military experts” in full blown damage control mode trying to undo President Putin’s address to Russia’s Federal Assembly. I didn’t have the chance to review it yet in full but I am sure many people will do it for all of us shortly. Having said all that, I couldn’t have missed this:Путин уточнил, что эта ракета способна развивать скорость полета около девяти махов, а дальность ее полета может составить более 1 тыс. км. При этом она способна поражать как морские, так и наземные цели. Translation: Putin specified that this missile (Zircon) is capable of speeds around M=9 and its range could be in excess of 1,000 kilometers. It is capable of hitting both sea surface and ground targets.Well, what can I say: 3.14 x 1000^2=3.14 million square kilometers of potential search area for a single submarine carrying Zircons. For comparison, 3+ million square kilometers is the area of India. Good luck coming up with the location probability density mapping for this one. Putin went further and simply confirmed that any carrier of Kalibr family missiles is capable of carrying Zircons. OK, the picture of a modernized (that is Kalibrized) pr. 949A (Oscar II-class) SSGN carrying somewhere between 20 to 50 Zircons is kinda the stuff of nightmares for any surface combatants, but it is what it is.Then Putin went even further and stated that recent tests in adverse weather conditions with already deployed Kinzhal demonstrated its ability to hit a passenger sedan size target from 1,000+ km away. The fact that Zircon comes along nicely was circumstantially confirmed by India, whose representatives today confirmed that hyper-sonic Brahmos-2 will be ready by 2024. Putin concluded about the United States:“There are a lot of those in the ruling class of the United States, who are obsessed with the idea of their exclusiveness and superiority over the rest of the world. This is certainly their right to think this way. But can they make the calculations?

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