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Participated in 2011 Eurobasket Championships for Italy, averaged 15.2 points and 6.4 rebounds in five games . . . Appeared in 62 games (60 starts) in two seasons (2006-08) with Armani Jeans Milano of the Italian A-1 League, averaging 14.0 points on .452 FG and .363 3FG shooting . . . Was named Euroleague's Rising Star in 2007-08 . . . Scored a career-high 29 points vs. Siviglia during 2007-08 season . . . Participated in 2007 Italian All-Star Game . . . Signed with Armani Jeans Milano and played on loan with Edimes Pavia (Italian A-2 League) in 2005-06 . . . Member of Italian U-18 National Team, helping lead Italy to a bronze medal at 2005 U-18 European Championships in Belgrade while averaging 10.6 points . . . Made pro debut (at age 16) with Assigeco Casalpusterlengo of the Italian Serie B-1 League in 2004-05. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2008 NBA Draft . . . Traded from New York to Denver along with Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov, a 2012 second-round draft pick, a 2013 second-round draft pick, a 2014 first-round draft pick and cash considerations in exchange for Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman and Shelden Williams; the Nuggets also received Kosta Koufos from Minnesota in exchange for a 2015 second-round draft pick (2/22/11) . . . Signed a contract extension with Denver on 1/25/12. PERSONAL: Nicknamed "The Rooster" (Il Gallo) . . . Father, Vittorio, played professional basketball in Italy for a number of teams and was a Milan teammate and roommate of New York Knicks Head Coach Mike D'Antoni for eight years . . . Favorite athletes include Michael Jordan and Roger Federer . . . Wears No. 8 to commemorate his birthdate (8/8/88) . . . Threw out the first pitch at a Mets-Yankees game at Shea Stadium on 6/28/08 . . . Played for Italian National Team in the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament . . . Lists Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Angelina Jolie as three individuals he'd most like to have dinner with . . . Favorites: actor: Denzel Washington; actress: Angelina Jolie; entertainer: Justin Timberlake; meal: sushi or gnocchi with gorgonzola cheese . . . Co-hosted 30 children to "Show Kids NY" with a day of fun-filled activities on 1/27/10 . . .
Another brick in Harper’s re-election edifice will be laid this week. He wants to extend and possibly expand Canada’s military involvement in the war on the Islamic State. The current six-month mission ends next month and he may want a longer mandate — to take him past the October election. In keeping with the Conservative penchant for saying one thing and doing another, the government is positing the war plan as non-partisan — after having brazenly used the war as a partisan wedge issue to whip up fear, paint critics as terrorist sympathizers (even possibly “a national security threat,” as Greenpeace has been told), and raise funds for the ruling party. Harper continues to pump up the “jihadist monster” as the Armageddon. But the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says that Muslim terrorists are less of a threat than white supremacists. “Lone wolf” attacks are more likely to come from radical right-wingers than radical Islamists, as the Star’s Alex Boutilier has reported from internal CSIS documents. Contrary to facts, Harper links Muslim radicalization with Canadian mosques. And he remains undeterred even though his ban on the niqab during a citizenship ceremony has been tossed out by the Federal Court. He and his acolytes are inventing new rationale on the run: the citizenship oath must be seen to be recited and it should be recited loudly — when there is no such requirement. Harper has even stooped to character assassination, suggesting that the Toronto woman at the centre of the controversy is too stupid and weak to know that she is pursuing a practice that’s “anti-woman” — when anyone who takes on a prime minister, especially this vindictive one, has got to be a strong and brave person. The Harperites are feeding off the same Islamophobic trough as the separatists in Quebec. If Jacques Parizeau, Pauline Marois andPierre Karl Péladeau pine for a certain kind of immigrant, one who’d vote for separatism, Harperites and Co. want a certain kind of Muslim, one who’d fit their definition of Islam. These Ottawa mullahs are the last ones you want standing on guard for Canadian secularism and pluralism.
Why then does the average Egyptian dwelling in the modern Arab Republic of Egypt look significantly different from the original inhabitants of the Nile Valley? The answer lies in the many successive invasions and occupations that began taking place during the latter half of the 1st millennium B.C. Prior to about 1700 B.C., there were virtually no white people anywhere in Kemet aside from maybe a few Asiatic servants who trickled into the Delta. The first foreigners to appear on record came in very small numbers at first and were a group of Semitic people known simply as the Hyksos, which translates to ‘rulers of foreign lands’. (It was long believed that hyksos meant ‘shepherd kings’, but this has proved inaccurate.) At first their presence was welcomed in the kingdom, but as chaos and unrest spread throughout Kemet at the close of the 14th dynasty, the Hyksos were able to take advantage of the situation by usurping the throne of Lower Kemet and establishing themselves as rulers of an area which extended from the Mediterranean in the north to just below the city of Memphis in the south. Depending on which historian one relies on, the Hyksos rule in Lower Kemet lasted either 200 or 500 years in what’s been designated the Second Intermediate Period in Egyptian history. Whatever the case, the majority of Egypt was still governed by the native Egyptian population. By the time the Hyksos were driven out entirely by the last rulers of the 17th dynasty circa 1500 B.C., all of the greatest monuments for which Egypt is best-known for – the largest of the pyramids and Heremakhet (best known as the ‘Sphinx of Giza’) were at least as old as 1,000 years already. Ancient Egypt really began its decline, at least as far as its native history is concerned, with a wave of successive invasions and conquests that would eventually change the racial makeup of the people of the land and even the culture. The Assyrians conquered for seven years beginning in 656 B.C. Then came the first of what would amount to three different conquests by the Persians in 525 B.C. (the final was in 629 A.D.), followed by the conquest of Alexander the “Great” of Macedonia (Greece) in 334 B.C. and the beginning of the 300-year rule of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Greek occupation was brought to an end by the all-powerful Roman Empire in 30 B.C.
Olivia Chow, the former NDP MP and ex-mayoral candidate, and Trinity-Spadina Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, have never faced off in an election but have remarkably entwined political careers. 1991: Olivia Chow elected to city council for Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina. January 2006: On her third try, Chow wins federal Trinity-Spadina seat for the NDP. November 2006: Chow’s executive assistant, Helen Kennedy, runs to replace her on council but is defeated by journalist Adam Vaughan, son of former councillor Colin Vaughan. March 2014: Chow resigns her seat to run for mayor. Her longtime campaign manager, Joe Cressy, runs to replace her federally. Vaughan decides to jump to federal politics and, as a Liberal, defeats Cressy and is elected to Chow’s old seat. October 2014: Cressy wins the Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina council seat Vaughan formerly held. June 2015: Chow is urged to run federally against Vaughan in the new Fort York-Spadina seat. If Chow runs, Cressy will doubtless have a role in her campaign.
equation for the hydrogen atom in N dimensions is 11 Hydrogen atom and relativistic pi-mesic atom in N-space dimensions ,” Am. J. Phys. 47, 1067 (1979). 11. M. M. Nieto, “,” Am. J. Phys., 1067 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11976 H N R = − ħ 2 2 m d 2 d r 2 + N − 1 r d d r − ℓ ( ℓ + N − 2 ) r 2 − e 2 r R ( r ) = E R ( r ) , where ħ2ℓ(ℓ + N − 2), ℓ = 0, 1, 2, … is the spectrum of the square of the angular momentum operator in N dimensions. 12,13 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory monograph LA-2451 ( LASL , Los Alamos , 1960);J. D. Louck, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 4, 298 (1960) 44, 540 (1972). 12. J. D. Louck, Theory of Angular Momentum in N-Dimensional Space,, 1960);J. D. Louck, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 298 (1960) https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(60)90091-6 ;J. D. Louck and H. W. Galbraith, Rev. Mod. Phys., 540 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.44.540 Group-theoretical derivation of angular momentum eigenvalues in spaces of arbitrary dimensions ,” J. Math. Phys. 53, 122102 (2012); e-print https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758928 13. T. Friedmann and C. R. Hagen, “,” J. Math. Phys., 122102 (2012); e-print arXiv:1211.1934 wave function as in three dimensions with the Y ℓ m ( θ , ϕ ) of Eq. N-dimensional analog 11,12 Hydrogen atom and relativistic pi-mesic atom in N-space dimensions ,” Am. J. Phys. 47, 1067 (1979). 11. M. M. Nieto, “,” Am. J. Phys., 1067 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11976 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory monograph LA-2451 ( LASL , Los Alamos , 1960);J. D. Louck, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 4, 298 (1960) 44, 540 (1972). 12. J. D. Louck, Theory of Angular Momentum in N-Dimensional Space,, 1960);J. D. Louck, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 298 (1960) https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(60)90091-6 ;J. D. Louck and H. W. Galbraith, Rev. Mod. Phys., 540 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.44.540 〈 H 〉 m i n N , ℓ = − m e 4 2 ħ 2 1 ( ℓ + N 2 ) Γ ( ℓ + N − 1 2 ) Γ ( ℓ + N 2 ) 2 . (6) The exact result 11 Hydrogen atom and relativistic pi-mesic atom in N-space dimensions ,” Am. J. Phys. 47, 1067 (1979). 11. M. M. Nieto, “,” Am. J. Phys., 1067 (1979).
New World, Ninja Tune, Nuclear Blast ,One Little Indian, Output / People in the Sky / Process, Pale Blue, Palm, Peacefrog, PIAS Recordings, PIP 555 Productions, Play To Work, Powerhouse (T2), Propaganda / Ho Hum, Raw Canvas, Red Grape, Red Telephone Box, Rekids, Renaissance, Respect Productions (PES digital), Reveal Records, SMG, Rock Action, Roots, Rough Trade, Rough Trade Comps, Rubyworks, Ruffa Lane, Search And Destroy, Secret Sundaze, Secretly Canadian / Jagjaguwar / Dead Oceans, Sell Yourself, Setanta, Shatterproof, Sideone Dummy, Slam Dunk, Smalltown, Soma, Something In Construction, Sonar Kollectiv, Soul Jazz, Southern Fried, Stranded Soldier, Subliminal, Sunday Best, TARGO, Taste, Ten Worlds, Thrill Jockey, Total Fitness, Touch And Go, Track And Field, TriTone, Trouble, Try Harder, Turk, Turnstile, Twenty 20, Underworld, Union Square, Urban Torque, Vagrant, Vice, Victory, Wagram , Wall Of Sound, Warp, Wi45 , Wonky Atlas, Word And Sound, Xtra Mile, You Are Here.- - -An imposing list, it contains some of the most respected labels this country has ever produced. The dense prose can be difficult to take in, so to emphasise the human effect here is a Tweet from Memphis Industries:"So all the stock we got left is sitting in our office. Devastated is the word. Thoughts go out to all other PIAS labels too".
Suppose you want to connect namespace "foo" to the default namespace. Create a pair of veth devices: ip link add name veth1 type veth peer name veth2 Move veth2 to namespace foo: ip link set dev veth2 netns foo Bring veth2 and add an address in "foo" namespace: ip netns exec foo ip link set dev veth2 up ip netns exec foo ip address add 10.1.1.1/24 dev veth2 Add an address to veth1, which stays in the default namespace: ip address add 10.1.1.2/24 dev veth1 Now you can ping 10.1.1.1 which is in foo namespace, and setup routes to subnets configured in other interfaces of that namespace. If you want switching instead of routing, you can bridge those veth interfaces with other interfaces in corresponding namespaces. Same technique can be used to connect namespaces to physical networks. Monitor network namespace subsystem events ip netns monitor Displays events such as creation and deletion of namespaces when they occur.
The three bitcoin wallets tied to #WannaCry ransomware have received 225 payments totaling 35.98003282 BTC (approx. $60,000) from ransomware victims.
And I'd like to do an adult humor version of Fox and Crow. Just because if I said it to anyone, they'd say it couldn't be done. I love it when they say that! FANZING : Were you really friends with Gardner Fox (creator of numerous Silver Age characters)? Could you tell us about him and how you came to know him? TIM : I met him at a Gencon (role playing games convention) where he and I were both guests. I was walking by the cafeteria on my way back to the TSR artists' area and noticed this older gent and his wife sitting there, all alone. I said hello, and he gave me this big friendly smile. Somehow he looked out of place-- a rather dapper elderly gentleman, in the midst of these t-shirt-wearing role playing gamers. I asked someone who the old gent was. They said "Oh, some writer. Gar Fox! " I couldn't believe it. Here was the man who wrote the first fantasy novel I'd ever read: Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman. Here was a man whose work was quite possibly the reason I was at this con as a guest! I went over and introduced myself and told him as much: that he was the reason I fell in love with fantasy genre. He was a total gentleman--- lovely man, very warm and dignified. I gave him a print that I'd done of John Carter of Mars riding a thoat. A week later, I received a letter from him, thanking me. It was written on an old typewriter-- probably the same on he used to type the Kothar novel with-- at least I like to think so. Anyway, after that, we wrote each other quite frequently. I got to do one story with him, which appeared in my Killer Tales anthology for Eclipse. FANZING : Your Hawkworld mini-series was quite a re-working of the old Hawkman legend. I was surprised to read that it was actually intended to be a back-story for the old Katar Hol Hawkman which wouldn't contradict any of the old Silver Age stories. Are you disappointed that, once it was mostly out of your hands, it led to this mess of retroactive continuity that wiped out all the old Gardner Fox stories? And can you see any way to fix this mess, short of an "it didn't happen" solution?
When Should Efforts be Terminated in Resuscitation of Blunt Agonal Arrests? The Consequences of Noncompliance With Guidelines for Withholding or Terminating Resuscitation in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest in Patients Mollberg, et al. would argue otherwise (The Journal of TRAUMA Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, Volume 71, Number 4, October 2011, Pages 997-1002). They studied the consequences of violating the published guidelines by The National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians and American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (NAEMSP/ACS-COT) for withholding or terminating resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCPA). Also studied was whether EMS personnel were able to accurately identify patients in TCPA. This was done via a retrospective review of all patients with TCPA managed by the Chicago Fire Department and transported to Mount Sinai Hospital during an eight year time period, composing the largest series to date on this topic. Of the 294 patients identified who met criteria for withholding or terminating resuscitation, 0.3% survived with a GCS of 6. Their outcomes were dismal with four being declared brain dead, one having life support withdrawn, two passing away in <24 hours, and the lone survivor being discharged to a long term care facility. Total costs incurred were $3,852,446.65, excluding those associated with intubation and ACLS medications in the field and ambulance transportation. There was 100% agreement between BLS and ACLS teams on the presence or absence of a pulse for 39.8% of patients. The study excluded those patients younger than 18, those who arrested secondary to drowning, strangulation, hypothermia, electrocution, fire, when a nontraumatic cause proceeded the arrest, as well as anyone transported by another agency. They concluded that strict adherence to the current guidelines should be maintained with little risk of loss of neurologically intact survivors in a system where no physicians are on scene to provide advanced care such as a thoracotomy or pericardiocentesis. Upholding the guidelines will result in significant cost savings within the medical system and for the patients’ families as well as reduce the burden placed on families and care facilities whom must provide for individuals no longer capable of performing activities of daily living.
Blisk: Ha! That's a win! We outcaptured them by a landslide, they're giving up. Blisk: Just one flag left! Capture it and the win is ours. Blisk: Oi! This fight is what you were born for! Blisk: Extraction. Blisk: It's all you. Eliminate the competition. Blisk: Free For All. Blisk: Our forward turrets are engaging the enemy. Blisk: The enemy harvester's integrity is at 25%! Blisk: The enemy harvester's integrity is at 50%! Blisk: The enemy harvester's integrity is at 75%! Blisk: Our harvester's integrity is at 25%! Blisk: Our harvester's integrity is at 50%! Blisk: Our harvester's integrity is at 75%! Blisk: The enemy is attacking our Harvester. Stop them before it's too late! Blisk: An ally is attacking the enemy harvester. Back them up! Blisk: The enemy harvester's shield is down, press the attack and finish this! Blisk: The enemy shield is down, press the attack! Blisk: Our harvester's shield is down, get over there and defend it! Blisk: Our Harverster shield is still offline. Get it back up. Blisk: Our Harvester's Shield is back online. Good Work. Blisk: Our Harvester turrets are engaging the enemy. Blisk: You've collected a battery. Put it to good use. Blisk: Enemy Titanfall detected. Blisk: Multiple enemy Titanfalls detected. Blisk: We've lost. The enemy destroyed our harvester. Blisk: We've won. We destroyed the enemy harvester. Well done. Blisk: Checkpoint A is hot. Reapers inbound. Blisk: Checkpoint B is hot. Reapers inbound. Blisk: Checkpoint C is hot. Reapers inbound. Blisk: Earn your Titan and destroy the enemy Harvester, but don't let them damage ours. Blisk: Fortress War. Blisk: Frontier War. Blisk: Border War. Blisk: Checkpoint A is redeploying. They'll be back. Blisk: Checkpoint B is redeploying. They'll be back. Blisk: Checkpoint C is redeploying. They'll be back. Blisk: We have driven the enemy from our territory. Blisk: The enemy has deployed a turret in our territory. Take it down. Blisk: The enemy has entered our territory in force. Blisk: An enemy Pilot entered our territory. Blisk: An enemy Titan has entered our territory. Blisk: The enemy has driven us from their territory. Blisk: Enemy Pilots are in our territory. Blisk: Enemy Titans are in our territory. Blisk: You're out of range, Pilot. Return to friendly territory to call your Titan. Blisk: You're Titan's ready. Call it in friendly territory. Blisk: The turret's on its way. Blisk: One of your turrets has been destroyed. Blisk: A friendly Pilot has shielded your turret.
A: The university itself has really done very little to nothing. I actually did not hear from the university at all. I was never contacted by the university. On Thursday (March 23) I received a text message from a man named Chris Read. I don’t know what his position is but the only reason he contacted me was because my father, Chase’s grandfather, had reached to him to speak about counselling for himself. So the only reason Chris contacted me is because my dad asked him to. Other than that I’ve heard from nobody. I did write a letter to the president’s office and explained the fact that I had never been contacted by the University of Waterloo and they explained to me again that their priority is contacting the family and following their wishes. So number one, there was no informing. Number two there was no inquiry as to what my wishes are. If my wishes had been followed I would have been certain that there was immediate counselling available in Chase’s building. I want door to door check-ins with the kids. I would want the entire faculty and students to know that my son committed suicide on campus. We’re very open about this. And for them to send a statement out, to me it almost felt like they were excusing their lack of communication with us out of respect for our privacy, when in fact we are not interested in that. I’m interested in making sure students get the help they need and that this is not swept under the rug, because I feel this is an issue that needs to be addressed. We are very disappointed by the university, that the letter from the president said that they were sorry that their level of communication with me did not meet my expectations. Which I found ridiculous. If I had been perhaps, contacted, that would have been nice but I was never contacted except by Chris Read. There’s been no follow up. I’ve had to chase after everything. At a time when I’m grieving, I feel the level of support is basically zero. My concern right now is, it’s too late for my son Chase.
I made a point to set aside enough time for me to stop by Saygus’ headquarters and see what’s what.It was hard not to generate a preconceived notion of what I would see when I walked in. The building is small-ish office complex, with multiple tenants. Saygus was the “anchor tenant” with its branding on the building, and it occupied the whole fifth floor.The elevator doors opened, and as I stepped out, I was met with silence. I looked to find the receptionist desk behind a set of glass doors empty, with a little sign that said, “Out for a bit, please call…” If it had been lunch hour, that sign would have made sense, but it was 3:30 in the afternoon. Were the doors unlocked?You can imagine how this write-up might have gone if the offices were locked in the middle of the business day, in the middle of the week. Thankfully, the doorsunlocked, so I stepped in, and called the number the placard noted. I listened to the office phones ring, and then no one answered. However, I could hear voices in discussion somewhere down the hall. It turned out they were coming from the conference room, so I knocked on the door and lo-and-behold, there is Chad Sayers, the founder and CEO of Saygus.I wasn’t in the mood to try and ambush, and in fact, he remembered me from CES two years before. He asked me to wait a few minutes while he finished his meeting.I asked point-blank after listening to some of the decision points that were made over the past two years, “At what point do you sh** or get off the pot so you can finally begin building and shipping?” Chad responded frankly, “Have we failed? Yes.” It is not often you hear direct ownership of a situation like that. Not only did Chad say that, he also made a point for me to quote him. Of course, he added that he and the team have learned from these failures.Why has it been so problematic for Saygus to get its V-Squared handset built and shipped? In 2015, it was the manufacturing partners and the design of certain components. “My biggest concern was getting [the radios] right,” Chad said.Saygus had to switch ODM (original design manufacturer) partners a couple times, and ultimately lined up a small in-house team to make things happen.
(19) See, for example, A. H. Sayce, ‘Language and Race’, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 1876; v, pp. 212-20. Fimi cites the 1955 lecture ‘English and Welsh’ as evidence of “a change in Tolkien’s attitude” with regard to Wales and Celtic folklore (‘“Mad” Elves and “Elusive Beauty”: Some Celtic Strands of Tolkien’s Mythology’, Folklore 117, 2006, 156-170, p. 167). Phelpstead (Tolkien and Wales, p. 35) criticizes Fimi for failing to recognize how much Tolkien’s 1955 lecture anticipates the recent scholarly rejection of an older, romantic idea of the Celts. Neither scholar grasps that Tolkien was reiterating the Edwardian orthodoxy on which he had been reared and from which – changes in emphasis notwithstanding – he never substantially departed. This point bears spelling out. The new ideas that Tolkien is supposed to “anticipate” are, according to Phelpstead, grounded in a new model of Anglo-Saxon invasion as involving “a relatively small Anglo-Saxon warrior elite” imposing “its language and culture on what remained a predominantly British population”. This new account replaced an older historical model according to which the invading Anglo-Saxons “destroyed and displaced the native Britons”. This older model is said to have “held the field from c.1849 to the second half of the twentieth century” (Tolkien and Wales, pp. 18-9 and p.128, note 86). But this is faulty intellectual history: the ‘ethnic cleansing’ model had already been rejected back in the 1880s (it made a partial return in the next century). As Sayce put it in 1887 (sounding tellingly like Phelpstead in 2011), although a few years previously it had been “the fashion to assert that the English people were mainly Teutonic in origin, and that the British population had been exterminated”, it had now been established that “the British population, instead of being exterminated, lived under and by the side of their Teutonic invaders” (‘Address by Professor A. H. Sayce, M.A., President of the Section,’ Report of the Fifty-Seventh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held at Manchester in August and September 1887, London, John Murray, 1888, pp. 885-895, p. 892 and p. 893). Tolkien was not anticipating late twentieth-century revisionism; he was repeating late-nineteenth-century orthodoxies! And Tolkien indicates as much with his comment: “the dogs that I have been beating may seem to most of those who are listening to me dead” (Monsters and Critics, p. 173).
Indeed, one doesn’t have to be a great economic expert to realize that in the absence of sovereignty and freedom of movement, there is a little chance for sustained economic development. It would be lamentable if the PA failed to realize this point after all the lessons of the past 20 years. Peres: notorious liar, war criminal During the economic conference mentioned above, the elderly Israeli President Shimon Peres, a certified war criminal par excellance, tried to cajole Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas into coming to terms with the fait accompli which Israel created ever since 1967. Peres, a figurehead head of state, delivered a “moving speech” urging the Palestinians to return to the peace table without conditions. He claimed that a majority of Israelis wanted peace. However, Peres didn’t say why Israel was building dozens of colonies in the West Bank and transferring hundreds of thousands of fanatical settlers to live on land that belongs to another people, Abbas, notoriously known for his complacency, seemed overly eager to respond positively to Peres’ tricks and deception. He told reporters in Jordan that there was still a chance for the two state solution. The Palestinian leader simply didn’t know what he was taking about. Well, in order to give Abbas the benefit of the doubt, one would have to disbelieve one’s eyes and up all his mental faculties. This is so because Israel has killed any remaining possibility for the establishment of a viable Palestinian state as dozens of Jewish settlements have been created in and around East Jerusalem, the contemplated capital of the contemplated Palestinian state. This is not to mention the estimated 150-200 other settlements and settlement outposts which Israel built all over the occupied territories. In short, the Palestinian people must not be duped into being bitten by the same snake again. Some people learn from other people’s mistakes, others learn only from their own mistakes. Unfortunately, there are certain people with the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah who learn neither from their nor from other people’s mistake. This is really a disaster.
· Continuing plural marriages claimed by the Utah Commission and denied by the text of the Manifesto have since been documented to show that the charges by the Utah Commission were true. (Van Wagoner, p. 146.) However, there had been, as far as we can determine, few if any plural marriages in Utah between September of 1889 and the Manifesto. · Wilford Woodruff Journal entry, included in Essentials in Church History, and his later talk in Cache Valley Utah contain known errors. We know that only 4 of the 12 had been shown the Manifesto by Woodruff before the press release was issued. A vote to accept the Manifesto in Conference was not decided until October 2nd and then not until after 3 days of lengthy debate. · It was over a year before Woodruff makes strong claims that the Manifesto was received by revelation, such as his address in Cache Valley on November 1, 1891. Woodruff was not able, just days after a revelation, to convince quorum members that it was a good idea it was not presented to them as THE revelation, indicates that the Logan talks of inspiration to release "a" Manifesto are more accurate. · The Manifesto is offered as "advice" to "refrain" from any marriage forbidden by the "law of the land". It was quickly noted by non-Mormons that the Manifesto did not void the command or law of God concerning plural marriage. · God is not mentioned inside the document as being the source of the advice. · It defiantly leaves open the possibility of contracting marriages in places where it is NOT against the law of the land, and many Mormons incorrectly assumed polygamy was not against the law of the land in Canada or Mexico. In reality, such infractions of the law in those two countries were ignored by the government authorities in return for the economic benefit that the Mormons provided. · The press release does not address if the Manifesto voided the restoration of all things, or the restoration of the "law of Abraham" and it's associated penalty of being cut off from the Celestial kingdom, meaning those that have the law revealed to them, but do not obey it, as in D&C section 132 and other Wilford Woodruff and John Taylor revelations.
SC Movement #1 [1] Beck Abney, the champ as some call him, reported 2 times. Both of said times are WRs, as you can read about at the top of the news update. The RRd flap was part of a WR battle, which he lost, and then subsequently won, against Matthias, en route to holding onto his record, while the MR flap was previously 3rd, now he holds 1st. To sum all that gibberish up, Beck actually cut AF this half while VAJ lost a bit, and swells his lead to .9 AF. What once looked like a potential battle for champion is now just a thought of the past. Much like VAJ's kart career (#ShotsFired) #6 [6] Daniel Lunczer continues to find time to fight on the SC side. For some reason, he found a lot of joy at RRd as he sent dual PRs on both SC and non-SC, we might need to check this man's sanity. DLu didn't manage to pass anyone on the 3lap, but did move up a spot on the flap, matching his 3lap ranking of 5th place. As such, Daniel is now officially under 10 AF on the SC side, a feat achieved currently by only... well, 5 other people if you do the math. The quest for Karlo rages on, only 3.5 AF to go lol good luck bro. And next on our list, we have our Bud Light Lime SC mover of the week, #8 [9] Jake Walter, coming in with 3 submissions! Jake kept grinding at YV 3lap, and is now just a frame away from tying the WR, but he also needs a sanity check after grinding RRd dual times. Jake did manage to get some pretty nice cuts there though, and because of it he cut .5 AF overall. Although Jake played the road where you go when you die, he won't want to die after hearing this tidbit: Jake is now ranked 8th on the WRL after passing Alex! And better yet, he has Myles close to him within his sights, a single PR could do the job! Keep pushing Jake, almost to the promised land! Wait a minute, do you hear that? No, it can't be. That's #11 [11] Frankie Morgan's music! By gawd, he's back on the SC grind!
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It'd be a good learning experience, right?Now for the uninitiated,are basically anthropomorphized, robotic animals paired with a property; typically an element like "Flame" or "Storm", but it can also be something abstract like "Overdrive" or "Wheel". And that's what makes designing these guys so interesting. You have to keep within the relatively simple stylized constraints of the Mega Man X series while trying to preserve the defining characteristics of the animal you've chosen, convey their property...properly so it's immediately identifiable, all while trying to given them a distinctive personality. You can sometimes really surprise yourself with what you come up with to make all these elements line up.When you click he thumbnails below, these guys' bios may come off as bit dorky to the unaccustomed. But I'm trying to stay as true to the source material as possible, especially the Super Nintendo era, and that includes the original, charming -albeit somewhat goofy, literature.As a point of Reference, this is Morph Moth from the Super Nintendo game Mega Man X2 and a sheet of his in game sprites.A little dated perhaps, but I would like to think there's a certain timeless charm. Basically this is what I'm trying to emulate, both the artwork and the spriting style.So now that all of that's out of the way, here we go.A quick word to those of you who have given me so many kind words, and have been so very patient as my submissions have been sparse and inconsistent at best. I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to everyone. I enjoy doing this so much, and the feedback makes it all worthwhile. Though life is really good at throwing me curve balls, just as I think I've gotten things back on track, I'm so determined to get this project done and move on to the next one.Cheers.
" * *Full letter from Nigel Farage to the Daily Mail:Since I announced that I was going to stand aside as Ukip leader in the wake of the successful Brexit campaign, I've had more time to do other things.This included a trip to Cleveland for the Republican Convention and the adoption of Donald J. Trump as their Presidential candidate.I was astonished that everybody I met wanted to talk about Brexit – not just the delegates to the convention but ordinary people, including a group of US Navy veterans who told me we should have done it years ago.There was a chance meeting, in a bar of course, with the delegation from Mississippi.They were wildly enthusiastic Brexiteers and told me that their State Governor Phil Bryant was delighted with the result and would love me to visit.So in what I thought would be the quiet days of August, I was happy to accept their invitation.The plan was simple: I would speak at a dinner hosted by the Governor to speak about the Brexit campaign and to draw parallels with voters in America, who are looking for many of the same things.It was not until I arrived and was having dinner at the magnificent Governor's Mansion in Jackson that I was told that on the following evening there would be a rally at which up to 15,000 people would come to hear Trump.Governor Bryant said he would like me to speak. I could scarcely believe it as I knew that no UK politician had ever spoken at a Republican election rally.The Trump campaign has been highly controversial. Some of his comments have not looked good and left him open to accusations of extremism.At times he has appeared quite aggressive on the platform. I was curious: what would the man be like in person?We met at a private gathering of major Mississippi donors to his campaign. I was surprised, even slightly overwhelmed, by the warmth of his welcome and his huge support for Brexit.As he said to me: 'Smart thing to do. 'We talked for a few minutes and then I headed off to the Coliseum, the venue for the night's extravaganza.I had never addressed a public meeting in the US before and certainly never spoken to a crowd of 15,000. I was anxious.But I was told not to worry, it would be OK.
The six Delancey properties are stunningly beautiful: the San Francisco site is 370,000 square feet, designed by an acclaimed architect, on the city’s coveted waterfront; New York‘s is on 50 acres north of the city in a 22-room 1860 castle that was restored by the residents, who now offer antique furniture refinishing as one of their popular businesses; the Los Angeles site is in a Mission-style hotel that holds 300 residents off the Hollywood freeway, and also has a giant warehouse in Montebello with several training schools, including one for auto body repair; the South Carolina and North Carolina sites are in southern mansions; New Mexico‘s facility is on a 17-acre ranch.
Captain Pearson of Serapis had only limited knowledge of the escalating chaos aboard Bonhomme Richard. He too was losing many men from Alliance’s attacks, and he could not move his ship. Alliance, still effectively undamaged, could keep firing at will. On the other hand, nearly every ship in the convoy he had been sent to protect had reached safety before the battle even began. Following the second of Alliance’s new round of broadsides, like Piercy before him, he decided that he could achieve nothing more by continuing to fight. Not long after 10:30 pm, he called for quarter[7] and struck his colours in person. Thus the Americans finally got the chance to board the Serapis, but this did not go quite as well as it could have. Three shots were fired by British sailors who had not got the message. Midshipman John Mayrant, following First Lieutenant Dale aboard, got a pike stuck through his leg. [14] Pearson's first lieutenant was among those reluctant to believe that his captain had surrendered, and Dale made sure that he stayed with Pearson rather than leaving him to his own devices. [10] A short time later, as Captain Pearson was boarding Bonhomme Richard to hand over his ceremonial sword, the main-mast of Serapis finally fell overboard, perhaps as a result of work to separate the two ships, dragging the damaged mizzen-top-mast with it. As Bonhomme Richard got under way, Dale attempted to follow in Serapis, and learned two important facts in quick succession. First, Serapis would not move, and second, he had a very large splinter in his leg, which now caused him to fall over. The first problem was rectified by cutting the anchor cable, the second by returning Dale to Bonhomme Richard for treatment. [10] Boats from both Serapis and Alliance were used to begin the evacuation of Bonhomme Richard’s crew. One or two of these boats went missing during the night, as ex-captive British crewmen took the opportunity to go home (hence the eyewitness newspaper stories). [15] The combatants, although they probably cared little, had been observed by thousands of onlookers, for on that clear night, with a near-full moon, the action could be seen from a long stretch of the high Yorkshire coastline, from Scarborough in the north to Flamborough Head itself in the south.
Following these events and as a result of Operation Nigeria, in around 2000, I wrote a short report highlighting the role of journalists in promoting corrupt relationships with, and making corrupt payments to officers for stories about famous people and high profile investigations in the MPS. Despite detailed archive searches, the MPS have been unable to provide me with a copy; ordinarily material of this nature would have been destroyed after six years. In my report, I recommended the commencement of an investigation into such activities. I believe my report also names some newspapers but I cannot recall which ones. I proposed an investigation of these newspapers/officers on the basis that I believed that the journalists were not paying bribes out of their own pockets but were either falsely accounting for their expenses and therefore defrauding their employers or, that the newspaper organisations were aware of the reasons for the payments and were themselves complicit in making corrupt payments to police officers.
For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, January 30, 2019 USDL-19-0138 Technical information: Employment: (202) 691-6559 * [email protected] * www.bls.gov/sae Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 * [email protected] * www.bls.gov/lau Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * [email protected] METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- DECEMBER 2018 Unemployment rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 250 of the 388 metropolitan areas, higher in 116 areas, and unchanged in 22 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 89 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 3 areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 61 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 327 areas. The national unemployment rate in December was 3.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 3.9 percent a year earlier. Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In December, Ames, IA, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.4 percent. El Centro, CA, and Yuma, AZ, had the highest unemployment rates, 17.3 percent and 15.4 percent, respectively. A total of 193 areas had December unemployment rates below the U.S. rate of 3.7 percent, 179 areas had rates above it, and 16 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1.) The largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease occurred in Ocean City, NJ (-2.2 percentage points). Twenty-five additional areas had rate decreases of at least 1.0 percentage point. Panama City, FL, had the largest over-the-year rate increase in December (+2.2 percentage points). Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, had the lowest unemployment rate in December, 2.3 percent. Cleveland-Elyria, OH, had the highest jobless rate among the large areas, 4.9 percent. Thirty-three large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, 15 had increases, and 3 had no change. The largest rate decreases occurred in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (-1.4 percentage points), and Rochester, NY (-1.2 points). The largest over-the-year rate increase was in Denver- Aurora-Lakewood, CO (+0.8 percentage point). Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 38 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In December, San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA, had the lowest rate among the divisions, 2.1 percent. Elgin, IL, had the highest division rate, 5.7 percent. (See table 2.) In December, 30 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases and 8 had increases.
(Good enough for losers).Ah, that was an epic night. The stories I could tell. (And will, if you ply me with booze at Sasquan, but it had best not be Boone's Farm, I'm not as desperate as I was). LOCUS wrote us up as the best party of the convention. The Hugo Losers Party became a legend.Then, of course, it became a tradition. Gardner and I ran another one at Suncon in 1977, and yet another at Iguanacon in 1978 (I lost my first novel Hugo that year). I don't think there was one in 1979, but don't know for sure... that year worldcon was in England, and I didn't have the money to go. But the Hugo Losers party came back big in 1980, at Noreascon II. That blurry picture up above? That's me, entering the Hugo Losers Party with two Hugos in my hands. Such hubris cannot go unpunished. Nor did it. Please note the man lurking behind me. That's Gardner, smiling innocently. A few moment later, when my back was turned, he produced a can of whipped cream and sprayed it all over my head. Sic Semper Victorius.I was hoping to be sprayed again the following year, at Denvention... but damn it, I lost again, this time to Gordy, as related above, so once again I became a Loser in good standing. I did get to welcome my old friend Howard Waldrop to the club, since he lost his first Hugo that night, also to Gordy. (Howard has in fact never won a Hugo, so if he's not the current Bull Goose Loser, he is surely close). Here's me presenting a consolation prize to him at that year's Hugo Loser Party, a faux "special issue" F&SF cover (some of the stories illustrated there had not even been written yet, but would be). ((One of these years F&SF should do a real Howard Waldrop special issue, he surely deserves it)).The Denvention Hugo Losers party was another of the legendary ones. Rusty Hevelin was Fan GOH and he let us use his suite, which was huge... but so many losers packed in that you could hardly move, so we had to pretend to close the party and throw half of them out. (The ones who left were the real losers, heh heh).Sometime after Denver, the Hugo Losers Party passed into other hands. It continued to be held, but slowly, as years and decades passed, it changed.
Harroun didn’t trust the scope of his sniper rifle, so he just aimed and shot at opposing muzzle flashes. The Syrian soldiers soon forced the rebels to retreat. Harroun raced back through the forest as bullets ripped into tree bark. He climbed into the bed of the first familiar truck he saw. It belonged to the convoy’s more hardened fighters. Harroun, in broken Arabic, asked them to take him to Abu Kamel’s group, but instead they brought him to a safe house, stripped him of his weapons, and held him as though he were a prisoner of war. A few days later, his captors were preparing to raid a militia loyal to Assad and decided to enlist Harroun as an extra gunman. In the battle, a bullet pierced the leg of one fighter. Harroun, who had received combat medical training in the Army, saved the man’s life by applying a tourniquet. After that, the group accepted him.
Maybe even making public transit free for everybody to use, which is something you can give to the people to get them to leave their cars outside of the city. In general people usually agree that the bike lanes are working and we should continue to work on that.
She was born in 1964 in California. Harris’s father immigrated to the US from Jamaica and was a Standard University economics professor. Meanwhile, her mother emigrated from India and was a breast cancer researcher. Harris graduated from Howard University as well as UC Hastings. The US Senator was endorsed by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and won the Democratic primary. During the general election campaign she also won the enforcement of various organizations including SF Firefighters Local 798, United Educators of San Francisco, and a United Farm Workers co-founder. She defeated Republican Steve Cooley who was the District Attorney of Los Angeles County. Harris became the state’s first female, African-American, and Indian-American attorney general. Harris was the first Democratic candidate to declare she intended to run for the US Senate seat of Barbara Boxer after she announced she would retire at the end of her fourth term in 2016.Harris was the front-runner since the launch of her campaign in early 2015. A year later the California Democratic Party voted to endorse Harris after receiving nearly 80% of the vote. Harris won the primary and faced Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) in the general election. It was the first time a Republican didn’t appear on the general election ballot since the state started elector senators in 1914. Harris won the 2016 election with 62% of the vote.Sanders seem to be indicating he’ll run again in 2020 even after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination in 2016. However, given the situation many Democrats believe he deserves a second chance. One issue Sanders might have to deal with is a land deal his wife was involved in. It seems to be a major issue so however it turns out could end up affecting whether the Vermont senator runs again in 2020. Another X-factor is Sanders would be 79 years old by the 2020 general election. Sanders were born in NYC, New York. He graduated from the University of Chicago after earning a BA degree in political science. He’s one of two independent US Senators although was registered as a Democrat from 2015-2016 during his presidential run. He was also a member of the Liberty Union party from 1971-1977. Sanders have been serving as a US Senator since 2007 and were re-elected once.There’s a big question mark about whether the Massachusetts senator will run in 2020 since it seems Sanders will likely try to win the Democratic nomination again.
If no one takes our crop or pays us our dues for well over a year, how are we supposed to earn a living,” asks gram panchayat member Prabhu in Kudregundi village.This is the biggest crisis that the twoand-a-half-year-old Siddaramaiah government has faced, particularly because the chief minister hails from Mandya’s neighbouring district of Mysuru.The farmers of Mandya owe banks Rs 1,200 crore in loans taken over the past year. They owe private moneylenders, at a guesstimate, twice that. But they don’t want loan waivers or doles from the government. They want action on the sugar factories that had promised to crush their crop and pay for it, but are not doing it.“Just crush our crop and give us a fair price and we will do all the rest,” said Chikkanna in Saadholalu village. “My father had debts, I have debts. Even if we work for the next 10 generations, we are never going to get out of debt, as the prices we get for our crop will never keep up with the expenses.”The government, including the district administration, appears clueless. Chief minister Siddaramaiah and agriculture minister Krishna Byre Gowda have gone on record that they are “puzzled” about the spate of suicides.“I have visited them, but I personally feel uneasy to get publicity over such an issue. The government is doing all that it can to deal with the situation,” Gowda told ET Magazine in response to the criticism that neither the CM nor ministers have even visited families of the farmers who killed themselves.About a month back, to pay up the dues, Siddaramaiah ordered seizure of sugar stocks — for the first time in the country — from sugar factories, most of which are run by politicians across parties; this was just before the first suicide in Mandya. Further, the government, without waiting for the sale of this stock, has released demand drafts from the state treasury to the deputy commissioners of districts, to be directly credited to the accounts of farmers.But none of it seems to have worked on the ground. “What seizure? Where is the money? We haven’t seen it. Siddaramaiah is the son of a farmer. Why did he not anticipate this situation and prevent it,” asks Diwakar at Sollepura. He adds, even more bitterly: “Which factory is running under a loss?
Late Goals When Most Needed So for the umpteenth time this season our heroes have come up with a late, late goal send us all home with a sentiment somewhere on the scale between relief and buoyancy. Much more of this and folk will start accusing us of having mettle and grit and not bottling our affairs. More serene, comfortable victories would obviously be preferable, but I must confess to a little thrill at the manner in which we can now enter the final furlong still needing a goal but with an underlying sense that actually we might dashed well go and grab one from somewhere. We almost certainly will not win a trophy this season, but it appears that another string is being added to the lilywhite bow, as we have now become one of those teams who can eke out goals in the dying embers. Like what you read? AANP’s own book, Spurs’ Cult Heroes is available on Amazon…
The video games are even worse, Dawn of War being especially guilty of this. A lot of this is the simple fact that you can build a decent Khornate character by having them yell "Blood for the Blood God!" and charge, while the others tend to have much more complex plots and deeper goals. Between Warhammer 40,000's 4th and early 6th editions, Slaanesh was arguably as much of a spotlight-stealer as Khorne, especially when it came to releases for the Chaos Daemons faction. Slaanesh's fall Out of Focus in more recent years (which may have to do with his/her/its very un-family-friendly image, and Games Workshop trying to appeal to a younger audience) has led Nurgle to take up dual spotlight-stealing duties with Khorne, as evidenced by his increased focus in Warhammer: The End Times and 8th edition 40k.
In 2006, the U.S. aristocracy published in the journal Foreign Affairs, from their Council on Foreign Relations, the first article which said that the U.S. goal should no longer be a continuation of M.A.D., but instead “The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy”, by which the U.S. aristocracy meant the rise of America’s ability to win a nuclear war against Russia. It established this stunning goal merely by saying that such an objective could be achieved and that it should be achieved, and by the article’s being published by the U.S. aristocracy itself (the people who control this country), and by furthermore the U.S. aristocracy not condemning and rejecting and repudiating it but simply letting that article stand with little to no public discussion (and no public debate) about it, much less with the chorus of public condemnations of it in the U.S. press, such as would have happened if America were a democracy — but this nation no longer is a democracy, it has become an aristocracy, and this aristocracy had now published the “Nuclear Primacy” article. (By contrast, in the obscure journal China Security was published in the Autumn 2006 issue the main critique against it, “The Fallacy of Nuclear Primacy”. That article had no impact.) The Foreign Affairs article even was so bold as to assert that “U.S. leaders have always aspired to this goal” (nuclear primacy) — a wild and unsupported allegation that’s not much different from alleging that not only George W. Bush but all U.S. Presidents after World War II were aspiring to have the ability to conquer Russia (and the authors were asserting that only now was this supposedly terrific ability coming within reach). It was explicit about G.W. Bush’s having this desire: “The intentional pursuit of nuclear primacy is, moreover, entirely consistent with the United States’ declared policy of expanding its global dominance. The Bush administration’s 2002 National Security Strategy explicitly states that the United States aims to establish military primacy.” That allegation was tragically true, which is one of the reasons why Bush (like his father, who actually started the determined policy to achieve nuclear primacy) was so dangerous and harmful a President. His invasion of Iraq was merely a sympton of that deeper disease.
After a test screening wherein the film tested the lowest score ever from an audience in the history of Paramount, the executive who pushed for the movie Brad Weston had Stephen Sommers, the super hack director of the film fired. Removed. Locked out of the editing room. Stuart Baird, a renowned "fixer" editor was brought it to try to see if it could be made releasable. Meanwhile producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura whose turkey IMAGINE THAT explodes this weekend as the new bomb in theatres (also championed by Weston) was told his services were no longer needed on the film either. Sommers was then forced by his William Morris agents to pretend that he was working on Tarzan over at Warner Brothers doing design work, even though that film doesn't even have a good script yet. When word of the firing started to be whispered about in Hollywood, Sommers was summoned back to the editing room - but only to save appearances, Baird is still editing the movie with studio input. Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, who turned down other offers from the property to go with the script that was rushed in 8 weeks by Stuart Beattie because of the writer's strike, is frantic that this will destroy the brand and is distancing himself from the pending catastrophe. NONE of this needed to happen, except someone who did not know the mythology, Lorenzo was in charge of the film and never contradicted Sommers on anything. Lorenzo, so you know, was Chairman of Warners and had GI JOE under option there (not as a producer) for SEVEN years and he refused to greenlight the film, stating that because he grew up in Italy he had no knowledge of it. If you Google enough, at one point you will see he wanted the film to be about an action hero named MANN (Action Man, get it) and he clearly had no clue what the GI Joe world really was. And the hapless hack Sommers? Where did he come from? The confused Jon Fogelman at William Morris, who signed Hasbro away from CAA, had to find a director in a hurry for his new clients and gave him the only guy who he repped who would do it. A sad end to what COULD have been a great franchise. Acceleration suits indeed.
Reuters 13/15 People who were tear gassed return to the shore during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, Reuters 14/15 People yell at police officers standing on the opposite shore of a river during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 15/15 Police use pepper spray against protesters in a boat during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 1/15 A person pours a pepper spray antidote into a protester's eyes during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota Reuters 2/15 People swim across a river to where the police officers are standing guard during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota Reuters 3/15 A man holds up a ceremonial object while police officers look down from a hill during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 4/15 People protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota November Reuters 5/15 Two people stand in the water of a river while police officers guard the shore during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota Reuters 6/15 A man stands on a makeshift bridge over a river while police officers stand on the opposite shore during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 7/15 Police use pepper spray against protesters in a boat during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 8/15 Police use pepper spray against protesters in a boat during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 9/15 Police use pepper spray against protesters in a boat during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota, U.S Reuters 10/15 Tonya Stands recovers after being pepper sprayed by police after swimming across a creek with other protesters hoping to build a new camp to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, near Cannon Ball, Reuters 11/15 Dakota Access Pipeline protesters stand in the foreground and in the waist-deep water of the Cantapeta Creek, northeast of the Oceti Sakowin Camp, near Cannon Ball, N.D., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.
rawdownloadcloneembedreportprint text 312.02 KB Oregairu Volume R Chapter 1 [For a short while, in this warm room] A strong wind swept through the area, taking the scent of the sea with it. The wind traveled from the mountains, towards the sea. The cold air that came at the end of January cooled my burning cheeks. The marathon had come to an end, and the awards ceremony that I had only a brief glimpse of has ended as well. Yuigahama and I began to make our way back to the school from our current location, Kaihin Park. If I had been my old usual self, I wouldn’t be doing things like watching the awards ceremony come to an end with Hayama’s complete victory; I would probably have gone straight home without anyone interfering. I wouldn’t even have felt a single bit of emotion. However, I wasn’t able to do that today. I had done something stupid during the marathon and hence gotten myself injured during it. Then I had received treatment from Yuigahama as well. Going along with this flow of events, I now found myself taking her arm. With the two of us nestled close together, we walked along the path that led us right back to school. Looking at her would make me embarrassed. Thus, my eyes constantly shifted left and right, looking here and there. I carried the slightly heavy first aid box in my hand. I readjusted my grip on the black plastic handle of it and let me gaze drift off to the roadside trees. The sight of the leaves falling from the tips of the branches cast a bleak image in my mind. My sweat-stained shirt robbed me of my warmth. The cold wintry air ripped through us, and my ear that had turned a bright red felt a stinging pain. Touching my lips with the tip of my tongue, I could tell that it was all thanks to this wind that my skin had become parched. The midwinter air was warning all of my five senses of its coldness. Despite that being the case, there was the traces of heat, in a place where no one can see, where no one can touch. All of a sudden, I found myself swallowing my saliva quietly, probably because of the drifting sweet smell of the person beside me that had found its way into my nose. We continued on walking in this somewhat uneasy silence.
Are You Mocking Me.. It's only a few hours into January, and Im already getting mock draft whiplash. One mock from last week had the Steelers taking Mike Evans at 13. The whole "Ben wants a tall receiver" thing keeps coming up, but he doesn't want just any old schmo. Go on youtube and search "Plaxico Burress Michigan State Highlights." There you will see how good a receiver has to be for the Colbert Steelers to take him that high. Plaxico was an unstoppable, force, Julio Jones or A.J Green are much more apt comparisons to plax than this Mike Evans guy. One thing I didn't mention in my case for Ziggy Hood is that he just seems to play better when the guys around him are playing better (so he's not a leader, big whoop.) Expounding on that, a lot of people have said that upgrading the nose tackle position is the best way for the Steelers to shore up there run defense. This makes sense, as when they drafted Casey, the run D went from middle-of-the-pack to number one instantly. Then when Casey retired last year, the run D went from top ten to bottom ten istantly. So a few mocks have sent Louis Nix our way, because hes huge like Casey Hampton, so he must be great like Casey Hampton. I am no NFL scout, but I feel like I can see the word bust written across his face. You wanna talk about a lineman playing too high, Nix plays practically vertical. The big thing that the coaches raved about Casey Hampton coming out of Texas was his low center of gravity and his propensity to get lower than the guy across from him. What is strange is that all these recent mocks have the Steelers passing on CJ Mosley, presumably because he doesn't fit a big "need." Any Colbert fan worth his salt knows that pick 15 is no place to be reaching for needs. That aside, no offense to Vince Williams (who Tomlin loves, seriously, it's reaching man-crush territory) or Sean Spence (who we all love,) I can't imagine Mosley wouldn't be a welcome addition. Well, there's my two cents, and if you read all that, I am impressed and extremely flattered.
Elman has given the report to a panel of experts appointed by the provincial government to examine Ontario’s system of residential services. The panel will submit its report to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services next week. The panel began its work after an ongoing Star investigation revealed high rates of youths in care being restrained in group homes, and police often being called on kids who break house rules or damage property. On average, 15,625 children and youth were in foster or group-home care in 2014-15. In 2014, there were 23,263 serious incidents in residential care settings reported to the ministry. “In reading the reports, it was often difficult to determine what exactly happened, what was done in response to the incident and what follow up or debriefing occurred after the serious incident had ended,” Elman’s report says. Part of the problem is the lack of standardized forms for reporting serious occurrences. And the multiple forms being used are often filled with meaningless “stock phrases.” Even the time and date of incidents are often left out. Stock phrases were even used to describe some of the 19 deaths that occurred in the three-month period, including, “Patient died due to illness. Death expected.” The phrase was used in four deaths. Allowing an agency to simply report a death as “expected,” the report argues, “deprives (the ministry) of an opportunity to identify situations in which the safety and well-being of children may be at issue.” “I want to know who was with these children when they died,” Snow said in an interview. “And to think that the government would accept such a report about a child in their care’s death … it’s hard to imagine it was accepted.” The analysis found 116 incidents where abuse was alleged, and 45 per cent of these allegations were against caregivers, foster parents or staff. Investigations were triggered but in 46 cases, no information of its outcome was provided. Elman’s office received the three months’ worth of serious occurrence reports from the ministry. But the reports arrived with the sex and date of birth of the young residents redacted. Redacting the ages, the report says, “has the effect of obscuring the frequency with which intrusive measures are used against extremely young children.” In an interview, Elman said the province should be analyzing data from the occurrence reports in a way that would allow it to identify patterns.
Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a polymer membrane that becomes wetter as the temperature of the surrounding air increases. This one-of-a-kind material — as unlikely as clothes that come out of the dryer wetter than when they went in — has the potential to increase the efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells, which are being developed as a nonpolluting way to power cars and other applications. Transmission electron microscope images of the water-filled channels, which appear dark, in two block copolymer membranes. Block copolymers consist of layers of two kinds of polymer, one that attracts water and one that repels it. Channels in the block membrane on left are 2.5 nanometers thick; those on right are 4.7 nanometers thick. Schematics show architecture of the water-filled channels in the two hydrated block membranes. "This is the first polymer membrane to increase its moisture uptake from the surrounding air as the temperature elevates, at equilibrium," says Nitash Balsara, a polymer physicist with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division and UC Berkeley's Department of Chemical Engineering who led the research team that developed the material. Other polymer membranes become drier when heated, a phenomenon seemingly as dependable as the sun rising in the east. But the polymer developed by Berkeley Lab scientists does the opposite. It sponges up more moisture from its immediate environment as the temperature rises and the relative humidity remains constant. With this unique property, the polymer could overcome a limitation common to polymer electrolyte fuel cells, which lose water as the temperature increases, and subsequently suffer a decrease in proton conductivity. "This is a big barrier because fuel cells become more efficient at higher temperatures, so they require a polymer membrane that also operates at higher temperatures," says Balsara. The secret to the polymer's oddball performance is its nanoscale construction. It's packed with water-loving pores that only measure five nanometers wide or less (one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter). For reasons not entirely understood, these extremely small pores continue to grab moisture from the air even as the thermometer rises above 90 degrees Celsius, a temperature well above the point at which other polymers stop working. Balsara and his colleagues began developing the polymer several years ago, when they set out to fabricate a material that simply dries more slowly than usual. They hoped to capitalize on a phenomenon called capillary condensation, in which liquids spontaneously sequester inside porous materials.
Undetected, the sleep apnea could have gotten him as well. He now wears a full facial mask to sleep. It's upstairs in his room now. It runs on distilled water, and so after he finishes his drink, Ross walks across the street to a drug store to buy water before he goes to bed. He might not call another match, but he'll sleep another night. Then, Good God Almighty, he'll wake up again tomorrow morning, the gameday coach in the black hat. Producer: Chris Mottram \| Editor: Glenn Stout \| Copy Editor: Kevin Fixler
For a map of Bitcoin Center NYC, click , the city’s only brick-and-mortar institution dedicated to the further adoption of Bitcoin, announced today that it is saluting the developers of Florincoin, a fellow digital currency. In cooperation with Florincoin lead developer Joseph Fiscella, the center is having a colorful Florincoin celebration at its largest weekly event to bring attention to the benefits that blockchain technology can have for people who are being oppressed by the same centralized political and monetary systems that were erected to protect them.Using the example of Venezuela, where the brutal repression of public grievances persists, the center is inviting Florincoin’s lead developer to highlight the fact that blockchain technology in addition to recording financial transactions can publish and store information for all purposes including humanitarian reasons. Digital currencies like Bitcoin, Florincoin, and their peers are highly decentralized, so there is no stopping the flow of transactions and the information that accompanies those transactions. There is no one person with his or her hand on a kill switch, and more importantly by design there is no kill switch. So long as people adopt the currency, the financial and information networks are strong, active, publishing, repeating, storing, and so on. Since this microblogging feature functions and is shared as rapidly as users want it to through use of digital currency transactions, this feature emulates Twitter. However, it mimics an open source Twitter that can’t ever be shut down, tampered with, or deleted.“The Florincoin blockchain is not only a digital store of value, it is also a decentralized data storage mechanism. Using the transaction message capability, Florincoin can host a range of peer-to-peer applications. Florincoin already acts as a decentralized microblogging platform. Many regimes around the world are tightening their grip on social media, some even outright banning it. Users of Florincoin microblogging services cannot have their freedom of speech taken away, as their messages persist in the Florincoin blockchain and are stored on thousands of computers,” said Mr. Fiscella.Mr. Fiscella added that Florincoin isn't a substitute for Twitter, as the volume of messages would become a burden on the blockchain. However, for important and relevant messages, information that should be stored forever or decentralized, Florincoin has the ability to hold those messages. The character limit on each transaction is 528 characters, and the blockchain itself has no limit.
We lacked sufficient focus and concentration of our cadre and members to effect a process of political accumulation, to learn from experience, and develop a deep camaraderie. We permitted too much “do-your-own-thing’ism” and small-project initiatives with no central guidance or strategic plan. Once dispersed, it became increasingly difficult to produce assessments that could draw out meaningful lessons for the organization as a whole. We were working in qualitatively different places, all of which were arguably under-resourced with RI members and mass activists. We lacked a critical mass in most places we organized to make the impact we needed to make. Hence, the annual assessments that we did produce were mechanical and quantitative, they were produced more to convince ourselves and our members that we were growing (which we were), but they kept us from seriously interrogating the qualitative stagnation of our organization. Focused and unified political projects with sufficient resources are essential for party-building at its infant stage. Focus and consolidation allows for the development of unity in our methods of work, a common organizational culture, and a camaraderie that can only be strengthened in common struggle. We failed to develop a pedagogical praxis from the start of our organization, and this problem was far from corrected as we deviated more and more into petty-bourgeois activism. We placed book study far and above gaining an intimate understanding of the lived experiences that brought our comrades into communist organization to begin with. This was principally an organizational problem because it concerns how our comrades related to one another. By not analyzing well our own people, we could not clearly differentiate between people who came to communism out of pity for the exploited and oppressed versus those who come from the exploited and oppressed or strongly find identity with them. This difference was for a long time blurred. Our own experiences of oppression, exploitation and alienation should be the fires within us that drive us forward as revolutionaries. When we do not understand, harness, and temper these fires within us, they can burn us out and or burn down the wrong things around us. We must seize upon the personal experiences of our comrades with exploitation, oppression, and alienation to become a motor force in their cadre development. We confused quantitative advance for qualitative advance. We prioritized recruitment into our mass organizations and RI above the qualitative development of our organizations.
Professors who wish to work with human genetic material need clearance from their university's institutional review board. This onerous approval processes can take months, and there was no guarantee Lee would get the OK. Rienhoff was also turned down by several other doctors, including some acquaintances, who were frankly troubled by the request. They pointed out that myostatin had never been associated with human disease, so Rienhoff's hypothesis was far-fetched, bordering on foolish. The sequencing venture struck them as futile. "There were a few people who didn't want to get involved," Rienhoff says. "They think it's peripheral or wacky science." Some skeptics were also disturbed by the notion of a father conducting, in essence, an experiment on his child: "When you start telling people it's your daughter, it weirds them out," Rienhoff says. "They're thinking that maybe you're going over the line a bit in your zealousness, maybe you're sacrificing your commitment to good science. " By late 2006, it was clear to Rienhoff that if he wanted to get Beatrice's activin receptors sequenced, he'd have to do it himself. As any fan of CSI knows, polymerase chain reaction is a method for replicating a snippet of DNA, amplifying it over and over until there's enough genetic material to be sequenced. By making inquiries with local surplus brokers, Rienhoff discovered he could buy a secondhand PCR machine for less than a MacBook. He ended up purchasing a full working model for just $750. Obtaining additional supplies, like the PCR reagents, for his experiment was tougher. Some chemical companies didn't want to ship to a private address, so Rienhoff pretended his house was the headquarters of the fictional Institute for Future Study. Rienhoff went to friend's lab at Stanford and used the centrifuges there to extract DNA from a sample of Beatrice's blood. He then took the genetic material home and put his PCR equipment to work. The machine first blasted the genetic material with heat, splitting the double-stranded DNA into two separate strands. Then chemical primers, which Rienhoff had designed and purchased on Integrated DNA Technologies' publicly accessible PrimerQuest Web site, were added to the mix. They were coded specifically to amplify the genes that Rienhoff was focused on—the three activin receptors. This process, repeated many times over, created millions of copies of Beatrice's activin receptor genes, giving him a sample large enough for reliable sequencing.
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The history of the country now taught in most schools is a litany of crimes and misdemeanors. Taylor is both optimistic and pessimistic about the future. On the one hand, he sees a growth of “race-realism.” “There are two very clear signs of this. One is the comments sections of mainstream Internet news sites. More and more Americans are pointing out the obvious so long as they can remain anonymous. “The other is the reaction I get on radio call-in programs. Years ago, I got many hostile calls. I still get hostile calls, but I am almost as likely to have to fend off flattery.” But this doesn’t seem to be the result of cause célèbres like the Zimmerman case. “Surprisingly, public events do not seem to change many peoples’ minds. We have published many reader accounts of what led them to shed their illusions. A few people mention the O.J. Simpson verdict or the Los Angeles riots, but most people’s eyes are opened by personal experience. There are many paths to enlightenment.” He takes heart from the events of 1989: “History is full of surprises. Who would have predicted the French, Russian, or American revolutions? More to the point, who predicted the collapse of Soviet Communism? Like the United States today, the Soviet Union was built on a misreading of human nature. Like America’s current orthodoxy, Communism seemed impregnable. And yet, as soon as the regime began to crumble, support melted away. “As Horace pointed out, ‘You can drive out Nature with a pitchfork, but she always returns.’ The Soviet Union proved that a society built on illusion can last far longer than it deserved to, but people can be tricked for only so long into pretending that they are on their way to a classless society or that diversity is strength. “It is impossible to predict what form the collapse will take. Marxism, for example, disappeared practically overnight in the Soviet Union but still survives in American universities. No system so thoroughly based on illusion can survive for ever, so American orthodoxy will collapse eventually.” Nationalist parties are thriving in Europe, and AmRen provides good coverage of them. Interestingly, while many of Taylor’s “paleo-con” and “alternate right” allies are nearly as hostile to Israel as the American left, these parties, in Western Europe, are much more supportive of the Jewish state than mainstream parties. “Muslim immigration explains most of the difference.
Stables Barracks The Barracks houses your garrison’s military forces and followers. Unlocks Patrol Missions. Patrol Missions have higher than normal follower experience rewards. (200 resources) Allows a follower with the bodyguard trait to accompany you as a guardian in Draenor Zones. Requires Comprehensive Outpost Construction Guide. (300 resources) Increases your follower limit by 5 and grants access to racial guards and banners. Complete Patrolling Draenor to unlock the Level 3 blueprint. War Mill The War Mill stores and maintains the armaments used by the Garrison’s inhabitants. Doubles the chance for your quest rewards to get a rare or epic Bonus Upgrade and increases the potency of the upgrade. Allows the collection of armor scraps from the Orc clans of Draenor for armor transmogrification use. Opens up work orders for follower weapons and armor in exchange for garrison resources. Also, new armor transmogrification items unlock. Grants 1 of your 3 seals of tempered fate (raid bonus loot roll) at no cost each week. Filling the Ranks unlocks the level 3 blueprint Goblin Workshop Crush your enemies with your mechanized might! Unlocks a personal engineer that creates a powerful invention each day. Exceptional work! Your engineer gains access to five new and amazing devices. Allows the creation of a siege vehicle once per day. Drive it to victory in Draenor! Terrific Technology unlocks the level 3 blueprint Spirit Lodge Enables instant travel to strategic points in Draenor! Allows the collection of Ogre waystones from ogres on Draenor. These waystones can be used to power an Ogre waygate of your choice on Draenor. Also occasionally triggers Runes of Power during combat. Unlocks access to a second Ogre Waygate for a total of 2. Unlocks access to a third Ogre Waygate for a total of 3. Finding Your Waystones unlocks the level 3 blueprint. Stables Stables provide significant benefits to your mounts. Enables the capture and training of special mounts on Draenor. Also allows you to remain mounted while interacting with objects in outdoor Draenor zones. You will no longer get dazed by enemies while riding mounts in outdoor Draenor zones. Increases mount speed in Draenor by 20%. Master of Mounts unlocks the level 3 blueprint.
These items will first be used on our NPC loadouts, the NPCs that you will interact with for information. WIP – Art – Arthurian Boat Model: Dionne completed her “functional” pass of the Arthurian ship, meaning base modeling complete with materials. Michelle and Tyler have given her plenty of feedback on the smaller details to complete next, to truly make it awesome! Art – TDD Boat Concepts: Michelle completed an exploratory pass on the TDD boat styling this week, giving us plenty of options and ideas to choose from for our first in-game model! Art – Environment: Tyler continues his slow burn on the environment while working on a number of other aspects of the project. He added in new terrain materials this week, and began setting up new terrain mods for the SNS testing map. This work will later support a design pass on the SNS map terrain. Art – Emote Icons and WIP Character Creation Backgrounds: James completed a pass on emote icons early this week. The latter half of the week has been spent updating the character creation backgrounds in the patcher with the new animated versions and tuning them for performance. WIP – Art – SFX: With continued in-office testing of the SNS scenario, we’re finding various sound-related bugs to fix. While fixing these items, dB is still finding time to tweak and add new sounds to abilities as they are updated, such as the scorpion siege engine ability sounds and the updated Blackguard archer abilities.
In Washington, Haftar’s absolutist tactics have caused discomfort. The senior Administration official told me emphatically, “The U.S. government has nothing to do with General Khalifa Haftar. Haftar is killing people, and he says he is targeting terrorists, but his definition is way too broad. Haftar is a vigilante. And the predictable result of his vigilantism is to unite the others”—giving common cause to extremists and non-extremists within Libya Dawn. “It is almost as if one part of Libya were controlled by White Russians—that’s Haftar—and another part were controlled by Bolsheviks.” Benjamin Rhodes, the deputy national-security adviser and a close confidant of Obama’s, acknowledged that Libya’s situation was grim. “Getting the technocrats and the guys with the guns on the same page has been very difficult,” he said. “The first task is to get them in conversation where they can receive help from us. We’re doing this through a U.N. initiative, plus some quiet diplomacy behind the scenes.” He noted that there has also been occasional military action. Last June, Delta Force operatives abducted Ahmed Abu Khattala, an Ansar member who is suspected of leading the attack that killed Ambassador Stevens. Khattala is now awaiting trial in the U.S. “The trick is for us to help people get back to the point where the Libyans can achieve what their revolution was about in the first place,” Rhodes said. “But it’s probably not going to happen on Washington’s timeline.” Rhodes was one of the aides who, along with Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power, helped persuade Obama to join the intervention. In spite of the chaos that followed, he stands by that decision. “We saved a lot of lives in Benghazi and the rest of the country,” he said. “If Qaddafi had gone into Benghazi, I think Libya would look more like Syria today.” He added, “What did we do wrong? Even the President would acknowledge that it’s been extremely difficult to fill the vacuum in Libya. We were keen for the Libyans to take the lead. Everyone knows the dangers of a completely U.S.-owned postwar environment. We might have used a heavier hand, but there’s no guarantee it would have made a difference.” Other officials were more blunt about the limits of the intervention.
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At Oberlin, it started in December, when the temperatures ran high, although the weeping willows and the yellow poplars that had flared in the fall were bare already. Problems had a tendency to escalate. There was, to name one thing, the food fight: students had noted the inauthenticity of food at the school’s Afrikan Heritage House, and followed up with an on-site protest. (Some international students, meanwhile, complained that cafeteria dishes such as sushi and bánh mì were prepared with the wrong ingredients, making a mockery of cultural cuisine.) There was scrutiny of the curriculum: a student wanted trigger warnings on “Antigone.” And there was all the world outside. A year earlier, a black boy with a pellet gun named Tamir Rice was killed by a police officer thirty miles east of Oberlin’s campus, and the death seemed to instantiate what students had been hearing in the classroom and across the widening horizons of their lives. Class and race mattered. Power in a system would privilege its authors. After a grand jury declined to indict Rice’s shooter, the prosecutor called the death a “perfect storm of human error.” Weeks passed. Finals came and went. The media turned its attention to the approaching Iowa caucus, while on campus an unease spread like a cold front coming off the lake. In mid-December, a group of black students wrote a fourteen-page letter to the school’s board and president outlining fifty nonnegotiable demands for changes in Oberlin’s admissions and personnel policies, academic offerings, and the like. “You include Black and other students of color in the institution and mark them with the words ‘equity, inclusion and diversity,’ ” it said, “when in fact this institution functions on the premises of imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy.” The letter was delivered by hand, but it leaked onto the Internet, and some of the more than seven hundred students who had signed it were hit with threats and hate speech online from anonymous accounts. The president, Marvin Krislov, rejected the letter’s stance, urging “collaboration.” All across Oberlin—a school whose norms may run a little to the left of Bernie Sanders—there was instead talk about “allyship”: a more contemporary answer to the challenges of pluralism.
Sometimes when we want to just drive things longer, we build a sort of hybrid between just creating our own material and also other people's material, and just, you know, make things more large. This way we can last hours. It's happened more than one time that we just keep on playing for three, four hours, you know? And, as we get more confidence with the [environment] we are playing in and with the people, it gets really exciting.No. We were friends for a long time, so we were working in the studio, having fun, doing tracks, and when we got the first commission to do our live set, we started to work more in a studio setup and then bring what we were doing in the studio. So we worked on this idea for probably one year, and then it's like, you arrive to the show, and you don't have a kind of inspiration for this thing. Because you arrive to a venue or whatever you have to play and you know exactly what you have to do. It can change, of course, but the idea is there. After a while you don't feel inspired, because you're doing the same thing. So we arrived to the point that we have to do something new.We started at this party, which was running in Rome in a club, and we were supposed to DJ. And we arrived there with machines, so Donato didn't know what I was bringing, and I didn't know what he was bringing. We just plugged in and played three hours, and it worked out. After that, we went to play in Japan, in Tokyo. We played six hours live like that, so it worked out very well. That was the direction, and from that time we kept on going like this.In the studio, we sit down, we take it more easy. We alternate moments of jamming with recording and focusing on one sound to make it proper, to find the right way to record it. Things get a bit slower because we don't have the rush of creating immediately a sort of emotional impact on the crowd. So this makes a difference, of course. But apart from that, sometimes we just plug in and play and record what happens, and it's fun, you know?When you're doing a studio recording, of course, you want to get a very good product at the end.
I think that this realization comes down to understanding context; I’m tugging on the leash and tangling the rope when I’m training, but then I’m too well-behaved when the leash comes off. In the words of Willy Wonka, “stop; reverse that.”
Banks make money off the velocity of money, and the more you funnel through your checking account, the more money they can make off you. So if you have a large income and spend virtually all of it, they love you, they love you, they love you, and to express their gratitude for your servitude they award you various "elite" status gimmicks which are parodies of true elites. Feel puffed up when you get to stand in your frequent flyer/"elite" line? Sorry to burst your balloon of pride, but the real elites are boarding their private jets out on the tarmac of Kona Airport. There is one slight advantage to banks' "elite" accounts--which as we noted, are awarded based on you giving them large sums of money to leverage for virtually no interest paid--and that is you don't get nailed with the outrageous overdraft and late fees which are routinely levied on "middle class" accounts. Indeed, these $50 lates fees and overdraft fees are a major source of banks' standard profits. That, and all the money provided by the "elites" free of charge. There is no shame in being poor in this system; I am poor by "middle class" standards of income and "ownership" of stuff, and I consider it if not noble them certainly respectable.
Development kick-start Providing a subway connection to the Scarborough City Centre would kick-start development in an area that hasn’t seen commercial expansion since 1991. The new transit connections would put nearly 5,000 additional jobs within 500 metres of rapid transit stations and 50,000 more people within 500 metres of a subway or LRT station. Educational opportunities The LRT would provide the first direct rapid transit connection to the expanding U of T Scarborough campus and the Pan-Am Aquatic Centre. It would not go directly to the Centennial College. However it would increase the number of people within a 45-minute transit trip of the campus by about 8 per cent over the current transit network and by about 10,000 over the three-stop Scarborough subway.
Before I met you, Denko, I felt like I was in a cold winter. But in the spring, you put a bud in my heart that would bloom into a great flower. It’s been so long since we were in high school together, but my feelings are just the same as they were that spring. You’ve helped me when I was bullied, haven’t you, Denko? Back then, I thought, “Why does this girl not have the wings an angel should have?” I suppose you must have left them in your mother’s stomach… Even when we met eyes, I didn’t have the courage. And we could never talk to each other. But now, I’m different! Denko, I know you may not want to marry me yet, but please, go out with me! Well? (´･ω･`) #2ch SOUNDS GOOD TO ME #2ch Perfection. Nothing can be done to improve it. #2ch This is worse than the love letter I wrote in fifth grade. #2ch I don’t even… #OP Well, I sent it. (´･ω･`) Normally I’m very prudent, but today, with all of your encouragement, I’ve confessed. If Denko and I start dating, I hope we can read this thread and laugh about it together… (´･ω･`) Also, since I wanted to increase my chances, I added that no matter what happens, I won’t give up on her. #2ch oh god holy geez what in the #2ch STOP. Your chances at dating sit at ZERO! Jesus, man. #OP I GOT AN EMAIL FROM DENKOOOOO!! I’m too scared to open it dskald;ksa I guess now I know why everyone said I was scary… This is making me super tense… I’ll go wash my face, then look at it calmly… (´･ω･`) I think I might just have a heart attack… #OP Um, she said “sure”… (´･ω･`) Is this okay? Really? I’m so happy I could cry… This is okay, right? I’m so stunned, I need your opinion… #OP She followed it up with “Don’t email me anymore.” What’s this? And here I thought I knew her feelings… Maybe dating was too sudden? It’s hard for me to tell what girls are trying to get at… (´･ω･`) Is this the fickle heart of a woman at work??? What’s the intent of this email? Someone interpret it… (´･ω･`) #2ch Maybe “sure” was in reply to the McDonald’s teriyaki burger, so “don’t email me anymore” was in reply to the confession. Which means you’re not dating.
The standard phonetic symbols that are used by most people nowadays belong to a set, the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). They are a lot, and you'd need a special font to see them if I used them here, so I (as most people that have to handle IPA symbols in the Web or e-mail) use a transliteration that allows IPA to be represented by 7-bit ASCII characters. There are several kinds of ASCII-IPA renderings. In this site I tend towards a version of the X-SAMPA scheme, as employed customarily in the CONLANG e-mail list (see a chart). If you want to listen to the sounds in the IPA, try IPAHelp. Back on topic... The allophones of a phoneme need not be similar sounds (from one's own point of view, that is). For example, the Spanish phoneme /b/ has two allophones, [b] (like the English b) and [β] (a bilabial fricative, similar to English v but with air blown between the two lips). These are similar, related sounds. On the other hand, Japanese /h/ has three allophones, [h] , [ç] (more or less like the sound in 'huge', or the German Ich-Laut), and [φ] (like /f/ , but blown between the two lips). These are quite different sounds. What makes them allophones is that Japanese speakers treat them as the same sound (phoneme). Note that in German, for example, [ç] and [h] are allophones of different phonemes, so they can distinguish words. Allophones of a given phoneme are in complementary distribution. This means that which allophone appears in a particular position depends on the position, and position determines one and only one allophone to be present, and not any of the others. Coming back to our examples, Spanish /b/ is [β] in all positions except after /m/ and when clearly starting a word (for example, at the beginning of a sentence); it's [b] otherwise. You can't have [mβ] or [ab] , because only [mb] and [aβ] are possible. This all boils down to a fact that defines what phonemes are: they are sounds that can make words different. If two sounds are allophones, you can't produce two words exchanging them, because they are in fact the same; if you pronounce one where the other should be, it'll sound bad to native speakers, but they won't hear a different word. You'll see more of this afterwards, in other sections, since I'll keep repeating myself.
public class EchoServer { private static final String POISON_PILL = "POISON_PILL"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { Selector selector = Selector.open(); ServerSocketChannel serverSocket = ServerSocketChannel.open(); serverSocket.bind(new InetSocketAddress("localhost", 5454)); serverSocket.configureBlocking(false); serverSocket.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_ACCEPT); ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(256); while (true) { selector.select(); Set<SelectionKey> selectedKeys = selector.selectedKeys(); Iterator<SelectionKey> iter = selectedKeys.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { SelectionKey key = iter.next(); if (key.isAcceptable()) { register(selector, serverSocket); } if (key.isReadable()) { answerWithEcho(buffer, key); } iter.remove(); } } } private static void answerWithEcho(ByteBuffer buffer, SelectionKey key) throws IOException { SocketChannel client = (SocketChannel) key.channel(); client.read(buffer); if (new String(buffer.array()).trim().equals(POISON_PILL)) { client.close(); System.out.println("Not accepting client messages anymore"); } buffer.flip(); client.write(buffer); buffer.clear(); } private static void register(Selector selector, ServerSocketChannel serverSocket) throws IOException { SocketChannel client = serverSocket.accept(); client.configureBlocking(false); client.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ); } public static Process start() throws IOException, InterruptedException { String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home"); String javaBin = javaHome + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "java"; String classpath = System.getProperty("java.class.path"); String className = EchoServer.class.getCanonicalName(); ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(javaBin, "-cp", classpath, className); return builder.start(); } }
It’s a game that often came up on lists of titles gamers wanted to see revived, so creator Mike Mendheim decided to tweak the title, and crowdfund a spiritual successor. Perhaps there wasn’t as much interest as he thought, because the game ultimately fell far short of it $750,000 goal. MIGHTY NO. 9 – After Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune fell out with Capcom, he became the first major Japanese game director to strike out on his own with crowdfunding. He was pretty upfront that Mighty No. 9 is a direct extension of his work on the 2D Mega Man games, which apparently Capcom wasn’t interested in letting him make anymore. The blue bomber’s loyal audience made this an easy Kickstarter hit, and Inafune earned an impressive $3.8 million. He’s hoping this inspires more Japanese game talent to follow his lead. YOGVENTURES! – This proves there’s something worse than failing to fund your Kickstarter game – failing to deliver your Kickstarter game. Yogsventures was an open-world sandbox game based on the popular Yogscast YouTube channel. The design was quite ambitious for the $567,000 it eventually raised from Yogscast fans, and was also being developed by a unknown studio named Winterkewl. It was a perfect storm of Kickstarter mistakes: an overly ambitious, underfunded game design being attempted by an inexperienced developer. Inevitably, the project fell apart, causing much bitterness among backers, who were given only a Steam key for a completely different game for their trouble and money.
No longer can we tolerate a situation where our representatives, without seeking our explicit permission, can hand over our power to an alien government.But there again, Farage's position would be that much more credible if he had come up with a comprehensive exit plan during the referendum campaign – except that he would have rejected the idea of continued EEA membership.By so doing though, Farage and all the other "antis" are putting themselves on the losing side. By some means or other, the UK will continue participating in the Single Market. The great danger is not that that should happened, but this should be regarded as a permanent solution for Brexit.In rejecting the option entirely, the "antis" are losing the opportunity to make participation conditional on agreeing a more acceptable end game. Having failed to devise or buy into Flexcit, though, and not having their own end game in mind, they are failing to keep the issue on the agenda. Instead of being seen as just the first stage of the process, the Article 50 settlement could be presented as the final conclusion.This lack of preparation – parodied in the cartoon we have used - has now become the dominant influence in the coming battle. With no ideas of where we should be going, and knowing only what they don't want, the Faragistas have lost the opportunity to shape events.Small wonder that Farage is talking about his supporters taking to the streets, but I wonder if he really understands what he is calling for. Essentially, his idea of "leaving" is to wreck the UK economy, without in any way having a credible post-Brexit strategy. Barring the diehards, he is going to find it very difficult to get any support for his nihilistic creed.Things may calm down once that Supreme Court has published its judgement, but that may not be until the New Year, so it looks as if we're in for another two months or more of tsunami-style coverage of Brexit, with the media getting ever more frenetic.There are times when I have seriously thought of shutting down my entire operation and concentrating on something useful , rather than suffer this mindless torrent that the media is serving up. But somehow, we have to keep alert for the eventual outbreak of sanity – if it occurs – and keep the flag flying for a rational exit plan.
Over tired and over hungry on a Wednesday night led me to finally try Cafe Batata. I didn't want to wait at a busy bar or restaurant so decided to come here knowing it would be a limited menu that would likely be prepared quickly. Kind of hidden on 2nd street down by Brunswick St. Love the woodsy interior; I would come here for the ambiance as its clean, bright and spacious. Friendly owner greeted us and explained concept, as the primary menu item here is the batata suica. Onto the food. Batata suica - my first time having one. We ordered everything and immediately sat down. Within 10 minutes 2 batatas were delivered to the table. What the heck is a batata suica?! It's like shredded hash browns and various pasta toppings had a baby. The outside is crispy potatoes that encase fillings which include pre-selected combinations like spinach and cheese or shrimp and white wine sauce. There are about 10 varieties. For a dollar you can get mixed greens or Brazilian onion salad. Filet Mignon batata - def the best flavor. Nice sized chunks of filet and mushrooms are coated in a sweet tangy creamy Dijon tomato sauce. I'd recommend this one easily. Shrimp batata - medium/small size shrimp are cut in half and coated with a white wine sauce. Tasted lighter and is a good option if you are in the mood for shrimp. There's little chance of finishing an entire batata as these things are a good 8" in diameter. Dessert wise, tried to coconut kiss and coconut egg custard. These are a bit too heavy for me. Especially after a fried and creamy meal. If I were grabbing a cup of matté and wanted an indulgent snack this is where I would head. I like trying new things (making it my mission to try every single restaurant in JC), and I would really have to be in the mood for a stick to the ribs Brazilian comfort food meal. As far as a cafe, I do plan on coming back and having a matté. I have four stars because I feel like the concept, cafe itself and execution are excellent. Bonus- all are gluten free!
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) including, among other things, AMD’s strategy for its upcoming Polaris architecture-based Radeon™ RX Series graphics cards, the features, functionality, benefits, pricing, timing, expectations and availability of AMD Radeon RX Series graphics cards; the expectation that AMD Radeon RX Series graphic cards and pricing can jumpstart the growth of the addressable market for PC VR and accelerate the rate at which VR headsets drop in price; the expectation that affordable AMD Radeon RX Series graphics will drive a wide range of VR-ready desktops and notebooks, providing a catalyst for the expansion of the addressable market to an estimated 100 million consumers over the next 10 years; the ability of the AMD Radeon RX series of graphics cards to enable OEMs to build ideally priced VR-ready desktops and notebooks suited for the retail PC market; the expectation that the adoption of PC VR technologies by mainstream consumers will spur further developer interest across the ecosystem; the expectation that affordable PC VR enabled by Polaris architecture-based graphics cards will accelerate the pace of the VR ecosystem, ultimately resulting in a lower cost of entry to VR; the ability of the Radeon RX Series graphics cards to benefit from the opportunity in PC gaming, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as “would,” “may,” “expects,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “projects” and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this document are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this document and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, without limitation, the following: the possibility that Intel Corporation’s dominance of the microprocessor market and its aggressive business practices may limit AMD’s ability to compete effectively; AMD relies on GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF) to manufacture all of its microprocessor and APU products and a certain portion of its GPU products, with limited exceptions.
As journalists, the ideal thing when covering a story would be to come at it free of expectations, pre-formed opinions. In the case of the Series 5 (or any Chromebook, really), that's a challenge. As much as we tried to ignore all the chatter about how Chromebooks are what netbooks should have been and what-have-you, we nonetheless expected something that looked -- and felt -- like a mini. Something underpowered with middling build quality. Something more... disposable.Make no mistake, though: the Series 5 is more laptop than netbook. And it's a damn memorable one, too -- one that belies its $429 starting price. Even after hearing Darren extol the Series 5's build quality in his hands-on last month, we were pleasantly surprised by its thoughtful design. The first thing you'll notice is the glossy, white lid with metal Samsung and Chrome logos -- including a colorful globe to signify Google's OS. While we've seen our share of branding overload, the logos in this case add character without being tacky.The entire system, meanwhile, is decked out in a soft, rubberized plastic that you could easily mistake for carbon fiber, and the result is one solid, formidable piece of machinery. After just a few hours of testing, the palm rest was covered in fingerprints, but we do like that the finish looks richer than flat plastic and at the same time isn't reflective. We also appreciate that Samsung tucked two of its ports -- one of the USB 2.0 sockets and the video-out port -- underneath a discreet door, as it did on the much fancier Series 9. Anything laptop makers can do to make those surfaces look relatively clean is always appreciated. Too bad you need to use the included adapter to connect to a monitor -- a VGA one, at that.But there are other, smaller details that make this feel like a higher-quality machine than your garden-variety netbook. The machine's rounded shape gives it a fresh, playful feel, and we dig that Samsung rounded off the keys tucked in the corner of the keyboard so that their shape echoes the outline of the chassis.Of course, the flip side to all of this -- getting a laptop when you expected something netbook-sized -- is that you'll end up toting something that weighs about as much as, well, a laptop.
Such corrosion cannot be wiped off, is impervious to the heat generated when the weapon is fired, and does not deteriorate over time. It has been described by Time magazine as one of the top 50 inventions of 2008. 'Wire and gaffer tape' Dr Bond said: "Normal fingerprinting requires a residue of sweat to be left on the metal, but my technique doesn't need that, and it can work when conventional techniques fail. "I'm confident that if there's any corrosion on Det Dorman's shell cases, then we can find it within days." The process is deceptively simple. The shell case is held in contact with an electrical terminal that charges it with 2,500 Volts. One American policeman walked in and said 'I can't believe I've come all this way for a cardboard box and a popsicle stick'
Before Old Monk , there was Hercules rum that was distilled exclusively for the armed forces. In the 1960s the navy canteen in Bombay sold it as rations to sailors at Rs 8 a bottle. Much of it ended up with bootleggers who sold it to us at Rs 25 a bottle. If you find the price astonishing, please remember that fifty years ago anyone with a monthly salary of a thousand rupees was doing quite well. I used to buy my bottle from my chemist in Colaba who moonlighted as a bootlegger.Old Monk was superior to Hercules and it didn't cost much more than what I paid the bootlegger. But those were prohibition days and you needed a permit to buy Old Monk from the licensed liquor shops and not many of us had permits. Hercules disappeared from our lives when prohibition ended and Old Monk entered our drinking habits. It was a good rum then, and it is a good rum today. Some claim it is as good as the dark rums from the Caribbean , Myers's Rum from Jamaica for example, but I wouldn't go that far.Old Monk still comes in a distinctive bottle, fat and short, which the devotees love. A few years back, Mohan Meakin , its distillers, decided to give the bottle a more conventional shape with disastrous results. There was a time when Old Monk had the rum market pretty much sewed up. There were other brands also, of course, but none came close in quality or popularity. About eight million bottles were sold annually. Today the sales are a quarter of that and they continue to decline. What went wrong?First, with the easing of import restrictions other players entered the market. Rums from abroad began appearing in the liquor shops. Biggest of them was the Bacardi brand, an interloper from Puerto Rico. The company is the world's biggest producer of rum. Before you knew it, Bacardi was distilling and bottling it in India itself, in Karnataka. While Old Monk came only as dark rum, Bacardi gave us a choice: you could have it dark (robust), gold (smoother) or white (perfect for mixing cocktails). Now we had something to please everyone.Old Monk or any dark rum for that matter is essentially a man's drink. I always have a bottle at home and I can't remember when a female guest last requested Old Monk.
And for every voter whose candidate won who accuses Hillary Clinton of being a liar, I’d like to meet one honest enough to admit that he’s a complete hypocrite who voted for a liar anyway–just the one who told him exactly what he wanted to hear. I’m not holding my breath.
This may account for the extreme pain that Ebola victims experience. Multiple organs fail, and the patient goes into a sudden, steep decline that ends in death. In a fatal case, a droplet of blood the size of the “o” in this text could easily contain a hundred million particles of Ebola virus. Inside each Ebola particle is a tube made of coiled proteins, which runs the length of the particle, like an inner sleeve. Viewed with an electron microscope, the sleeve has a knurled look. Like the rest of the particle, the sleeve has been shaped by the forces of natural selection working over long stretches of time. Ebola is a filovirus, and filoviruses appear to have been around in some form for millions of years. Within the inner sleeve of an Ebola particle, invisible even to a powerful microscope, is a strand of RNA, the molecule that contains the virus’s genetic code, or genome. The code is contained in nucleotide bases, or letters, of the RNA. These letters, ordered in their proper sequence, make up the complete set of instructions that enables the virus to make copies of itself. A sample of the Ebola now raging in West Africa has, by recent count, 18,959 letters of code in its genome; this is a small genome, by the measure of living things. Viruses like Ebola, which use RNA for their genetic code, are prone to making errors in the code as they multiply; these are called mutations. Right now, the virus’s code is changing. As Ebola enters a deepening relationship with the human species, the question of how it is mutating has significance for every person on earth.
If the U.S. invasion of Iraq has shown the world anything, it is the fact that countries in the cross-hairs of U.S. imperialism just may need “weapons of mass destruction” to defend themselves from U.S. imperialism.The American Pretext of War for “Democracy”Countries supporting the armed uprising with weapons include the United States, Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Ironically, Hillary Clinton has called these countries the ''friends of democratic Syria'' and asks them to unite and ''support the Syrian people's right to have a better future''. She adds that ''Assad must go.'' Yet who are these countries in Hilary Clinton’s alliance for a “democratic” Syria?Despite Hilary Clinton’s declarations of this being a coalition for democracy in Syria, it is actually a coalition filled with U.S. backed dictatorships and imperialist powers that have no real history of actually fighting for democracy.For instance, U.S. friend Saudi Arabia is backing some of the worst Islamists in Syria. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is, in fact, actually the most repressive country in the world with a religious government that denies almost all basic rights to women, denies all rights to religious minorities, denies all rights to labor, and crushes all pro-democracy movements within its own borders and in neighboring Bahrain. Yet, instead of the economic blockade and proxy war as carried against Syria, the Saudi Arabian government gets major arms deals from the United States, including selling $33.4 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia in 2011. This is because the theocratic ruling class of Saudi Arabia conspires with U.S. capitalists to rob the Saudi Arabian people blind of their oil wealth and labor. Saudi Arabia is part of this coalition supposedly fighting for democracy in Syria.Neighboring Bahrain has been, with US and Saudi Arabian military support, carrying out mass murder and jailings of people standing up for democracy and human rights in that country. Bahrainian repression goes on with U.S. backing and U.S. weapons. Meanwhile, these facts are mentioned very little in the corporate press while similar repression makes constant headlines regarding Syria. Yes, of course, despite having no democracy, Bahrain is part of the coalition supposedly fighting for democracy in Syria.Turkey, with US weapons, brutally represses its Kurdish minority. Of course, Turkey is part of the coalition of “friends of Syria” supposedly fighting for democracy in Syria.Qatar, a major supplier of weapons and a supplier of troops for the so-called “uprising” in Libya, has also been supplying weapons to the armed uprising in Syria.
Foley was traveling from the rebel stronghold of Binnish en route to a rebel border crossing called Bab al-Hawa; the whole point of that circuitous route was to avoid the regime-held outpost of Fua and the attentions of the shabiha. Six months earlier the area would have been thick with regime agents, but now both Fua and Taftanaz airport were under siege by Syrian rebels and wild-eyed foreign jihadis. In extensive interviews with journalists who have worked the area and know it well, I talked to no one who had any enthusiasm for the theory that Foley could have been spirited away to Fua. (The Assad regime has denied having Foley in its custody.)
See above for + * explanation. This method suffers the usual non-modularity + * problems of optimistic retry code, relying on rechecked sets of + * reads. + * + * @param x the value + * @param fn the update function, or null for add (this convention + * avoids the need for an extra field or function in LongAdder). + * @param wasUncontended false if CAS failed before call + */ + final void longAccumulate(long x, LongBinaryOperator fn, + boolean wasUncontended) { + int h; + if ((h = getProbe()) == 0) { + ThreadLocalRandom.current(); // force initialization + h = getProbe(); + wasUncontended = true; + } + boolean collide = false; // True if last slot nonempty + for (;;) { + Cell[] as; Cell a; int n; long v; + if ((as = cells) != null && (n = as.length) > 0) { + if ((a = as[(n - 1) & h]) == null) { + if (cellsBusy == 0) { // Try to attach new Cell + Cell r = new Cell(x); // Optimistically create + if (cellsBusy == 0 && casCellsBusy()) { + boolean created = false; + try { // Recheck under lock + Cell[] rs; int m, j; + if ((rs = cells) != null && + (m = rs.length) > 0 && + rs[j = (m - 1) & h] == null) { + rs[j] = r; + created = true; + } + } finally { + cellsBusy = 0; + } + if (created) + break; + continue; // Slot is now non-empty + } + } + collide = false; + } + else if (!wasUncontended) // CAS already known to fail + wasUncontended = true; // Continue after rehash + else if (a.cas(v = a.value, ((fn == null) ?
Wait for a plan Wait for bain to find the best escape option Wait for for an escape option Wait for hack to complete Wait for the Diamond Wait for the Van Wait for the drill to finish Wait for the escape Wait for the escape vehicle to arrive Wait for the explosives Wait for the helicopter to arrive Wait for the helicopter to get to flare position. Defend the loot and stay alive. Wait for the thermite Wait for the time lock Wait for the time lock to expire. Wait until the server is exposed before you hit them! That server is the only way to make our transaction! Wait while Bain is negotiating for the codes. We are stuck on this floor. Look around and see if you can find anything that can get us down. We followed the tracer to a construction site. Seems like we got some bad company however. We need to find the computer that controls the gate. We need to get the Taxman to the transfer room we started out in. Use all necessary force to make him cooperate. We need to pressure Mr. Garnet into giving us the access codes to the vault. Bain is trying to locate the CFO using security footage, but try to find him sooner than that. We're hitting the museum for the Dentist. Get inside - look for alternative ways in. We don't know fully what security they have in there, but we'll figure it out on the way. Get in there, get the stone and get out. We've got inside information on an upcoming gold transport. Only trouble is, the gold travels with a motorcade full of Murky Water mercenaries. An exploding car on the highway will force them to use the secondary route, giving us an ambush opportunity. We've got a shipping container waiting and some heavy smoke will keep the eye in the sky from figuring out where the gold goes. We've placed a camera on a neighboring home, this will give you a look into the east side of the mansion. Welcome to the sunshine state! Where the women are gold diggers and the men are crooks. Meet Mr. Mitchell: on the surface, a gold coach for a respectable country club. Under the surface, a professional money launderer and counterfeiter - a master criminal. Mitchell and his partner in crime, Wilson, have managed to stay under the radar literally making millions.
Pressed on the questions being raised by the President firing the FBI director while the agency is overseeing an investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and Russia, Conway said the two issues were unrelated. "Today's action had zero to do with that," she said. "You want this to be about Russia when this is a story about restoring confidence in the FBI."
Some times you just need to lean on a few shoulders and face yourself. Whether you try and do that on your own at some point in your life or this game gives you the message that you should try now, think past the game here and really look at what this story is trying to tell you. For me, it was an eye opener and I’m more than glad to have played through this wonderful game and realize things about myself that I denied for years. I never thought once in my life that I would say a game made me think this way. I’m happy I was wrong.
We suggest that an emphasis on an evaluative (vs. emotional-experiential) perspective when constructing life satisfaction judgments will be greater for people at milestone ages (vs. other ages). Individuals may consider various life domains when taking stock of their lives. We focus on health, because health-related variables strongly determine subjective age [15], and the incidence of health problems increases with age [16]. Further, health reflects past life choices and constrains future abilities. We suggest that if health is more salient during a milestone year because of a more evaluative perspective toward life satisfaction, daily emotion may contribute relatively less to life satisfaction judgments. We expect to find this effect as an indication to an overall shift to an evaluative (vs. emotional-experiential) perspective during milestone years. This is the first work (to our knowledge) to examine life satisfaction and daily affect of milestone agers. In this pilot inquiry, we examine whether milestone agers (vs. others) weigh health satisfaction more in judging life satisfaction. To support the robustness of this predicted effect, we also evaluate whether milestone agers place greater weight on an objective health indicator–BMI—in constructing life satisfaction judgments, and if daily emotions are weighted less in life satisfaction judgments at milestone age. We explore the weighting of positive and negative daily emotional experiences separately, because negative emotions have been shown to be more impactful than positive emotions in general [17], and specifically, in well-being evaluations [18–20].
My pick is Diaz by decision, with Penn surviving but taking lots of shots courtesy of Diaz’s reach advantage.I kind of feel bad these two are trapped in this situation, but it will be a fun fight to watch. B.J. seems a little sharper in all categories, and I think he will win at least two of the three rounds. Penn wins this fight by decision, and they both win at the after party.Well, I think that Nick is really on a roll right now and I’m not sure where B.J.’s training is at, so proper preparation and tactics will play a big portion in the outcome. Both are so talented and fight worthy. B.J. has good standup and doesn’t get hit much in his fights. Nick loves to slug and is good on the ground also -- better if he is on top. So whoever gets the takedown will have the advantage. This will be a very interesting matchup.I’m betting on Penn.1313
Discussion This is the first report of spontaneous ejaculation in an aquatic mammal. Spontaneous ejaculation has previously been reported in boreoeutherian mammals. As Beach [10] suggested, spontaneous ejaculation, including in human males, may have an ubiquitous physiological function considering the phylogenetically widespread nature of this phenomenon. Spontaneous ejaculation in dolphins seems to be a very rare event, similar to other mammals except Rodentia; none of the researchers involved in dolphin research in Mikura Island had previously observed this behavior during our vast number of observational experiences, either in the wild or in various aquariums, and there are no published reports of this phenomenon. No spontaneous ejaculation was found in the previous 13,062 min of video data collected from 1994 to 2012 for the ID studies at Mikura Island. Group behavioral state was resting, and we observed the closed left eye of #266, an indication of unihemispheric (or bilateral) sleep (reviewed in [36]), just before spontaneous ejaculation. On the basis of these observations, we assume that #266 was in a “drowsy state” when he spontaneously ejaculated. The spontaneous ejaculation in dolphins reported here thus could have “no clear function or misuse of inhibitory neural control system during drowsiness and sleep,” which is categorized as (3) in Introduction. Spontaneous ejaculations in various animals, including rats, guinea pigs, domestic cats, warthogs, horses, chimpanzees, and humans occur when drowsy or asleep [3], [5], [7]–[9], [11], [18], [37]. Although Kinsey et al. [38] explained nocturnal emission in human males as “psychic stimulation during sleep,” some equally ubiquitous physiological function should exist given the phylogenetically widespread nature of nocturnal emission or spontaneous ejaculation [10]. During such states, the central nervous system (especially the inhibitory control region for the ejaculation) may be partially relaxed [11], [17], [18], [20]. No dolphin, including #266, showed any masturbation activity such as genital rubbing on objects which has been reported in various dolphin species [26]–[31]. Furthermore, no sexual or socio-sexual behavior was observed, and no dolphin showed his penis during the observation period in spite of it being the high breeding season. Therefore, the spontaneous ejaculation reported here did not directly relate to masturbation or sexual or socio-sexual activity. As no females were within eyesight around #266, and #577 was in front of #266 when the spontaneous ejaculation occurred, the spontaneous ejaculation reported here also could not have functioned as a sexual display. No research has been conducted to reveal the mechanism of ejaculation in dolphins.
NEW DELHI: When it comes to favouritism shown by government officials to influential corporates, India's ranking has improved sharply to 49th place on a global list, but remains below that of China and many major economies.India's ranking has also improved significantly in terms of public trust in politicians, as also with regard to diversion of public funds and for the 'irregular payments and bribery' at government institutions, as per an annual study by the World Economic Forum (WEF).India was ranked 94th last year, while China's position has improved by seven places to 22nd in the latest ranking of countries for 'favouritism shown by government officials'.Qatar has replaced Singapore as the top ranked country with least probability of such favouritism while Venezuela continues to remain the worst place on this front.The countries have been ranked on the basis of a survey of the extent to which "government officials show favouritism to well-connected firms and individuals when deciding upon policies and contracts".In the BRICS block of five major emerging economies, India's ranking is better than that of Russia (87th), South Africa (104th) and Brazil (108th) on this list.India is also ranked better than countries like Mauritius, Spain, Israel, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh, among others, on this list which forms part of the WEF's annual Global Competitiveness Report.Qatar is followed by New Zealand, Singapore, Finland, UAE, the Netherlands, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland in top 10. Among other major economies, the UK is ranked 17th and the US is at 47th place -- only two positions higher than India.Those ranked better than India also include Luxembourg, Germany, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Australia, France, Indonesia, Bhutan, Macedonia and Morocco.According to the WEF methodology, the countries have been ranked on a scale of 1-7, where one means 'always show favouritism' and a score of 7 means 'never show favouritism'.India's score stands at 3.4, while top ranked Qatar has scored 5.6 points. India had scored 2.79 last year.The report further shows that India is now ranked 50th in terms of public trust in politicians, up from 115th last year. Singapore is ranked the best on this front, followed by Qatar, UAE, Norway and Finland in the top-five.In terms of instances of 'diversion of public funds' also, India's ranking has moved up to 60th place, from 98th last year.
On Thursday, 14 August 2014 at 22:20:52 UTC, Idan Arye wrote: > GitHub repo: > vim.org page: > > The main problem with my Vim plugin for DCD(placed inside the DCD repo) is the need to set the import paths manually. It was a manual task that the user had to do: DCD doesn't know the import path the current project is using. Vim doesn't know either. > > Luckily - DUB knows. So instead of separate Vim plugins for different tools, each operating it's own tool alone, I wanted to create one plugin that'll operate both DUB and DCD - one that can get the list of import modules from DUB and send it to DCD. That's how Dutyl was born. > > Currently, Dutyl's only features are using DCD for autocompletion and for DDocs, but it has a module system that allows it to add other tools, either to get more functionality or to get backup for features that some tools can't support for specific projects. Like dependency injection but with a real usecase: for projects that don't use DUB, Dutyl can back up to a manually written list of import paths saved in a hidden file in the project's dir. > > I'm open for suggestions for other tools and features to add to Dutyl(write them here, or preferably open GitHub issues with them) GitHub repo: https:// github.com/ idanarye/ vim-dutyl vim.org page: http:// www.vim.org/ scripts/ script. php?script_ id=5003 The main problem with my Vim plugin for DCD(placed inside the DCD repo) is the need to set the import paths manually. It was a manual task that the user had to do: DCD doesn't know the import path the current project is using. Vim doesn't know either.Luckily - DUB knows. So instead of separate Vim plugins for different tools, each operating it's own tool alone, I wanted to create one plugin that'll operate both DUB and DCD - one that can get the list of import modules from DUB and send it to DCD. That's how Dutyl was born.Currently, Dutyl's only features are using DCD for autocompletion and for DDocs, but it has a module system that allows it to add other tools, either to get more functionality or to get backup for features that some tools can't support for specific projects.
CAPTION Hundreds of San Diego hotel workers marched in downtown San Diego to pressure Marriott hotels to improve pay and working conditions for low wage workers. Hundreds of San Diego hotel workers marched in downtown San Diego to pressure Marriott hotels to improve pay and working conditions for low wage workers. CAPTION Hundreds of San Diego hotel workers marched in downtown San Diego to pressure Marriott hotels to improve pay and working conditions for low wage workers. Hundreds of San Diego hotel workers marched in downtown San Diego to pressure Marriott hotels to improve pay and working conditions for low wage workers. CAPTION The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports. The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports. CAPTION Viasat is a global communications company working to connect the unconnected throughout the world. As part of our mission, we're bringing low-cost, high-speed satellite internet to rural towns throughout Mexico. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves the opportunity to add their voice to the global conversation. (Courtesy of Viasat) Viasat is a global communications company working to connect the unconnected throughout the world. As part of our mission, we're bringing low-cost, high-speed satellite internet to rural towns throughout Mexico. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves the opportunity to add their voice to the global conversation. (Courtesy of Viasat) CAPTION San Diego has agreed to sell 16 lots in Nestor for $1 each, in the pursuit of affordable housing. The nonprofit San Diego Community Land Trust plans to build three and four-bedroom homes there for people with moderate incomes. That means a family of five with an income of up to $102,750. San Diego has agreed to sell 16 lots in Nestor for $1 each, in the pursuit of affordable housing. The nonprofit San Diego Community Land Trust plans to build three and four-bedroom homes there for people with moderate incomes. That means a family of five with an income of up to $102,750. CAPTION Toys R Us still sells about 20% of the toys bought in the U.S., according to an analyst at Jefferies LLC.
Print This Email This Democratic leaders in Congress are quietly preparing to give President Bush essentially everything he wants to keep the Iraq war going for at least another six months without forcing any change in course. Swept into power on the votes of war-weary Americans last year, Congressional Democrats have so far failed in all their attempts to curtail Bush's war efforts. As they consider the president's latest request for $200 billion in supplementary war funding party leaders have pledged not to hand over another "blank check." But, as Roll Call reports, a "blank check" is exactly what appears headed for the Pentagon. "Democratic leaders continue to fear GOP attacks that cutting off or slowing funds would hurt the troops, despite anger among the Democratic base over the partys failure to use Congress power of the purse to end the war," reports the Capitol Hill newspaper's Steven T. Dennis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) have said they won't consider a supplemental funding bill that doesn't include timelines for troop withdrawals. But, Dennis reports, "Democrats are quietly preparing to give the president enough spending flexibility to keep the war going anyway," for as long as six more months. As adamant as they say they are about tying war funding to deescalation timetables, Democratic leaders appear even more firmly against an overall cut-off of war funds, which critics say may be their only recourse to actually effect a draw-down of troops from Iraq. "Sure we have the power on anything to stop the money ... but the thing we have to do is make sure we do it the right way," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on a liberal radio show last month. "It's not a question of all or nothing; it's a question of making sure we do the right thing." Congress approved billions in extra funding and stopgap spending resolutions after Gen. David Petraeus' testimony on Capitol Hill in September. Next up is the regular Defense spending bill, which Democrats are crafting to allow funding to be diverted from regular Pentagon accounts to fund the war, according to Roll Call. Appropriations Chairman John Murtha (D-PA) told the paper that the Defense Department would be able to maintain the war "until May or June" with the extra flexibility.
I started it right after 9/11 and it initially dealt with hate crimes against Arabs, Muslims, and South Asians, but within two weeks of that post-9/11 backlash was that we were fighting the U.S. government. It was the time of President George Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft; they were detaining and deporting people simply for being Arab or Muslim. I felt I had to speak out about things going on that were completely wrong and antithetical to the American values that I had just sworn to as I had just become a U.S. citizen in 2000. That work led to taking on the federal government: we sued what was then called the INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service] regarding the deportation of 4,000 Somalis back to Somalia and won, we registered 23,000 new immigrants to vote here in Washington state which is the largest registration drive in the history of the state, we helped establish a Governor’s New Americans Policy Council at the state level, we established an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs at the city level, we fought for the passage of the DREAM [Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors] Act and won here in the state, and we worked with organizations around the country on commencing immigration reform at the federal level. We actually took part in writing the immigration reform bill that [was] eventually passed in the Senate with 67 votes. It was a huge bipartisan victory, especially in what has been an incredibly divided Senate and House. We were able to accomplish a lot and we were able to do that by organizing people. We brought hundreds of thousands of people back into our democracy speaking out for what they value, speaking out for what they need, and speaking out what they were going to do. That was really inspiring and wonderful and we built leadership amongst a lot of young people, people of color — people who had never participated before. This continued to become the largest immigrant advocacy organization in [Washington] state and one of the largest in the country still operating very successfully. I stepped down in 2012 as the executive director but the work continues in wonderful ways.
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The advertiser, notes Joel Babbit, former president of Channel One, gets a group of kids who cannot go to the bathroom, who cannot change the station, who cannot listen to their mother yell in the background, who cannot be playing Nintendo, who cannot have their headsets on. Channel One, of course, carries hidden costs, particularly in the form of lost instruction time; one estimate puts this as high as $1.8 billion each year (Ruskin). But is this really such a big deal? Students are becoming less and less sensitive to ads, so who gets hurt if a company wastes money slathering their logo on school walls and textbooks and televisions and book covers and football fields and websites and planners? In truth, there are consequences, some of them very serious. One immediate concern, especially as regards the type of advertising being done, is that of adolescent health. Fast food companies, soda manufacturers, and candy producers are among the most active participants in the advertising blitz of recent years, and this is having a significant impact on child health. A recent USDA report to Congress noted: The USDA invests a significant amount of money in the school nutrition programs. The Committee is concerned about the effect foods sold in competition with the school meal programs may be having on the integrity of the programs (Foods). The constant stream of ads in schools almost certainly contributes to child obesity, a serious problem that costs the United States almost $100 billion every year, according to a recent study (Coalition). Furthermore, this onslaught of advertising takes away from the supposedly objective nature of the classroom. By allowing companies like Channel One and McDonalds in, educators are in some ways giving up their control of the curriculum. Whats more, schools can be seen as supporting a company simply by allowing its ads. As Steven Kaplan, president of Sampling Corporation of America (which distributed 110 million product samples to 76,000 schools nationwide in 1994) puts it: There is an implied endorsement from a trusted institution. And the backdoors of school-based advertisements often bypass systems designed to protect young shoppers (Consumers). One intriguing development in recent years is the decline of media reporting of commercialization in the schools. For the first time in ten years, media coverage of the trend went down during the 2000-2001 school year, leading to two possible explanations.
I don't want to miss this tho [15:03:06] cheese24: i dont think hes caught yet [15:03:29] Anarcie: fuck cant decide which to listen to [15:03:31] dblueguy: he might've tied up a couple and stayed in their cabin [15:03:22] sivers: how the fuck do they not know if hes in custody [15:03:30] Anarcie: they dont [15:03:32] hella[SF]: they just wanna be first [15:03:35] Anarcie: on the scanner they are setting perimeters [15:03:38] hella[SF]: 50/50 chance they're right [15:03:10] buzzlightyear: Any info on this white truck? [15:03:14] sivers: well how hard is it for the police to answer if they have some 260lbs bald black cop killer in custody? [15:03:15] Dennis_: "dynamic situation" [15:03:20] cheese24: its a white dodge pickup truck [15:03:30] Shats: scanners down now [15:03:31] buzzlightyear: Do they know where it is/went? [15:03:31] cheese24: took fire from suspect w/ handgun per radio scanner [15:03:38] lolwut1337: anything actually confirmed [15:03:39] cheese24: its still up for me [15:03:01] Anarcie: they were told to [15:03:02] cheese24: http://tunein.com/radio/Big-Bear-Lake-City-Fire-and-Police-Scanner-s131275/ [15:03:05] Anarcie: but i dont think they all did [15:03:07] scottyd: 1200 Club View Dr, Big Bear Lake, CA [15:03:09] Anarcie: they sound very confused [15:03:20] cheese24: scottyd whats that addy [15:03:48] scottyd: http://goo.gl/maps/OZZNm [15:03:49] Dennis_: AGAIN, it is NOT confirmed that the man in #BigBear who shot at Fish and Game is #Dorner. Will wait for confirmation. https://twitter.com/NavidSGVN/status/301438826235187201 [15:03:51] tuna: The tunein scanner doesn't find a stream for me [15:03:56] scottyd: ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7 [15:03:10] Shats: news said he tied up a couple and stayed at thier house [15:03:39] cheese24: its gone quiet lol [15:03:02] danbadu: abc7 has a live bird on the air [15:03:25] bing: yikes [15:03:27] cheese24: link to feed ? [15:03:34] Anarcie: no feeds for tac [15:03:40] Dennis_: nbc has chopper in air too [15:03:42] ChocolateRambo: yikes? [15:03:43] danbadu: cant help you, tv [15:03:43] bing: get to the choppa [15:03:47] ChocolateRambo: wait what's happening? [15:03:49] Dennis_: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Christopher-Dorner-LAPD-Manhunt-Search-Big-Bear-190902721.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand [15:03:50] Anarcie: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video/ [15:03:09] cheese24: they are showing old footage i think [15:03:13] Anarcie: they are [15:03:18] lolwut1337: the people on the ground don't look like they're moving with much urgency [15:03:26] Anarcie: thats old footage [15:03:35] Dennis_: NBC is live [15:03:50] cheese24: it looks like he might be down [15:03:06] mrw00p: like [15:03:10] ChocolateRambo: Wasn't he already in Big Bear?
Y ou go to see Bill Murray -- not the movie he's in. No matter how mediocre the film, time spent with him is always rewarding. That absurdist deadpan has served him since the Carter-era "Saturday Night Live." And in his latest, "Groundhog Day," the shtick is still funny. For a time, the movie's pretty good too. "Groundhog" will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress. But, in terms of vehicle selection, this is one of the better ones Murray has hitched himself to. In fact, its "Twilight Zone"-type premise (scripted by Danny Rubin and director Harold Ramis) is initially intriguing. A people-hating weatherman on a Pittsburgh TV station, Murray's waiting for his real ship to come in. "For your information, Hairdo," he asserts to a well-coiffed colleague at WPBH, "there's a news channel interested in me." Until that questionable possibility, however, he must content himself with such hated aspects of his job as the annual trip on Groundhog Day. For this inane (to his mind) festival, he must join the reporting flocks at Punxsutawney, Pa., to catch the yearly appearance of the spring-determining rodent. If the divining "Punxsutawney Phil" sees his furry shadow, six more weeks of winter are due. If he doesn't, the thaw is on. Now back for his fourth Groundhog Day, Murray -- with producer Andie MacDowell and cameraman Chris Elliott -- waits impatiently for the day to end. But this time, it doesn't. After a full day's work at the festival, Murray wakes up to exactly the same morning -- Groundhog Day II. The clock radio plays "I Got You Babe" like it did the morning before. An impending blizzard is announced once more. Stephen Tobolowsky, a horrifying nerd from Murray's high-school past now in insurance, recognizes him -- again. Even MacDowell and Elliott are gearing up to film the festival as if for the first time. Murray realizes he's stuck in time. No matter what he does, the next day is the same day. Only he remembers. This allows him to anticipate trouble. "Ned, I would love to stand here and talk with you," he tells Tobolowsky at their umpteenth chance meeting. "But I'm not going to." The time/space dilemma presents a variety of options, from fun to purgatorial. Murray is immortal, in effect. He can survive death games. He can teach himself piano.
At the center of the data center will be one of the world’s most powerful computers ever built (at least as far as we art told). The so-called, and named with a wink to triangle-worshipping cults, ‘Titan Supercomputer’ will come alive and for the first time operate at the speed necessary and with the memory required to become conscious. According to Ray Kurzweil, the geek poster boy of transhumanism, in his 1999 prophecy and transhumanistic bible entitled When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence: The Age of Spiritual Machines, the above average human brain operates or process approximately 20 million billion calculations per second, in other words 20,000 trillion calculations per second. In the article linked below, the NSA Supercomputer Titan, coincidentally is advertised to operate at 20,000 trillion calculations per second. Furthermore, Kurzweil explains that in addition to computing power, a human-like sentient computer would also have to have at least as much memory as the current state-of-the-art human being, which he calculates to be about 1 million billion bits or a 1000 trillion bits: and since a byte is 8 bits and kilobyte is 1024 bytes, that works out to approximately 122 terabytes or 122,000 gigabytes. According to the article above, the memory available to Titan is on the order of at least 5 Zettabytes or 5 trillion gigabytes, which is enough memory to incorporate 41 MILLION HUMAN BRAINS. According to the original Terminator movie timeline, Skynet’s technology was built and began deployment in 1994 (no doubt an Orwell wink, as a Terminator robot is sent back to 1984 to stop the birth of JC – not Jesus Christ, but John Connor), and on August 4, 1997 the machine went online. Learning geometrically, the machine became sentient at 2:14 AM, 25 days later on August 29, 1997. The new real-life NSA supercomputer, called Titan, is named after a race of gods created from descendants of Earth and Uranus, hybrids, immortal, of great strength of body and mind and rulers of Earth; it was the Titan Prometheus who created man from clay and theft of fire. The Titan Supercomputer, with enough computing power and infallible memory to become sentient, will come online in October, 2013 and, like “Skynet”, will it begin to learn? With the brain capacity of 41 million human minds and all of the data and information about billions of human beings – this “machine” could become quite powerful very quickly.
I'll let , who commissioned this, do the explaining. First, here's an excerpt from his upcoming fic "Esteemed," and the scene this illustration depicts:--------The stone floor was cool against her feet. The chilled glass was soothing between her fingers. Her once dry lips were wet and numb. Her face was warm and relaxed from the buzz her drinks had brought on. Her body ached all over from another rough day at work. Taking maternal leave from such a demanding job only to thrust herself back into the job had been more difficult than she'd anticipated. Getting into the thick of things again -- where Toph preferred to be -- should've been much easier than it felt if she was the 'World's Greatest Earthbender,' right? It shouldn't have been a problem. But it was.And damn, did she just ache all over right now. Within the hour, she'd be back home, alone with a screaming banshee she barely knew how to deal with yet.Another night, lacking in sleep, trying to pacify her unexpected baby.Another morning, dead-tired, trying to pacify the Council.Another afternoon, sore all over, trying to pacify the City.No freedom, no fun, no time, no friends, no control.The good old days seemed like a distant memory.Long ago, Toph had run away from home to escape the prison her family had locked her up in, where she had been forced to create a fake identity for them to love. Here she was, two decades later, feeling trapped in a different kind of prison, wearing a different kind of mask that she'd made for herself -- this one came with a badge.--------------Depicting Chief Toph Beifong of the RCPD in a scene from 'Esteemed.' The story is about Toph's stressful life in adulthood, trying to balance the duties of police work while figuring out how to raise her daughter, Lin. A sample of this story can be read here: [link] The art gallery for this story can be found here: [link] -----------------Now it's me talking again.I can honestly say that I am not generally a reader of fan-fiction, but seems to be in a league of his own. I've read the preview of this fic as well as an entire completed story that he did previously, and I am seriously impressed by the quality of his writing and characterizations.
Developer-wise, this would not mean that the considerable effort that went into porting and merging, and the really appreciated patches from developers such as Vinay, would have been in vain: even if packaging is removed from the main repo (or just from the release systems), there would be a clone to continue development, or the module would be added back right after the 3.3 release, or we would develop in the d2 repo and merge it back when it’s ready—this is really an implementation detail for the decision; my point is that the work will not be lost. Thanks for reading; please express your opinion (especially Tarek as d2 project lead, Georg as RM and Guido as BDFL).
Just admit that you're a psychic Sayaka. purple words are reactions? oh man they went to junior high together? she's like childhood friend status or the closest thing. OTP right there Ishimaru is the de-facto leader it seems. moralfag to the max Sayaka's my assistant. m-moe.. I swear if she turns around and becomes batshit crazy or something I'm going to lose it. The rooms are totally soundproof, eh? damn Toko is rude as fuck fuck this guy is a goddamn perv >um, what do you mean by that? I mean, when you say "eat" what kind of eating are we talking about? >what the hell, fatty? you're acting like some kind of sleazy drunk dude. damn shots fired >It is perfectly obvious that we have been imprisoned in some secret location with no way out Celeste to the rescue Also Kyoko with the map find. Calling it now, Kyoko and Sayaka are like main heriones, based on placement on the title screen. Celeste's voice though.. unofficial rule, no night-time activity This music is pretty suitable too. Sure feels like I'm playing like.. 999 crossed with Ace Attorney or something. monokuma just showed up what the fuck??? get the fuck out of my room dude >ultra magical awful awful attack what is this bear smoking apparently the door has to be lifted up to be opened. go figure my door's the only one that's busted. 10 PM now. Dining hall is locked at 10 PM Monokuma theather what even is this >that's the girl's bathroom. obviously I can't go in Not with that attitude you won't >try not to teleport into walls, there's a chance you could get lost forever Celeste really needs to tone down that creepy look. like. a lot. 2.18% chance of repeat and I got the same item. Bullshit monomono machine. THREE TIMES IN A ROW WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TRASH >If I've got you on my side, I guess I don't need a weapon after all m-moe... they're really going for the Sayaka appeal right now damn >Sayaka grew up without her mother, and her dad worked really late every night, so she was always home alone >I was really lonely, so I really wanted to be a star. >I did whatever it took to reach that dream. Even some things that... weren't so pleasant oh man, spoilers. >While I'm in here, the world out there is forgetting about me oh man.
Seller Image TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION Clarke, illus.] Poe Edgar Allan Published by London George G. Harrap & Co. Limited 1919 (1919) Used Signed Hardcover First Edition Quantity Available: 1 From: Buddenbrooks, Inc. (Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.) Seller Rating: Add to Basket US$ 8,525.00 Convert currency Shipping: US$ 10.00 Within U.S.A. Destination, rates & speeds About this Item: London George G. Harrap & Co. Limited 1919, 1919. Very scarce, first edition DELUXE ISSUE ON FINE HANDMADE PAPER. Limited issue of only 170 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY HARRY CLARKE. With 24 stunning full page black and white plates by Harry Clarke and with a profusion of very fine Clarke designed head and tail-pieces throughout. Large, thick 4to, in the publisher's best deluxe binding of full vellum, the upper board decorated in gilt from designs by Harry Clarke, the spine gilt lettered, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 383 pp. A very fine and beautiful copy, still partially unopened, the text bright and the vellum unusually fresh and clean. THE RARE DELUXE EDITION OF ONLY 170 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES. Perhaps the most perfect edition of Edgar Allen Poe's TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION. Clarke's stunning black and white plates utilize dramatic wide areas of black with intricate areas of white appearing nearly scratched out. The effect at once conveys both the beauty and horror unique to Poe's writing and evokes the dense spiritual qualities of the exquisite text. A wonderful marriage of artist and writer and "probably the ideal interpreter of Edgar Allan Poe." (Bowe, 53) There are twenty-nine tales including "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Descent into the Maelstrom.". Seller Inventory # 25240 More information about this seller \| Contact this seller 12.
The second experience that initially cast doubts on my ability to succeed, was my NCAA college fencing career, which was riddled with under-performances. As a top Junior and competitive Senior in national rankings, I went into college with high expectations and the goal of becoming NCAA national champion. Following Sophomore and Junior year close losses in regional qualifiers to my two teammates, I was unable to participate in the Championships. After each season, the losses to qualify, even while maintaining top 8 in collegiate and national team rankings, caused me to seriously doubt myself. It was the high pressure situation in both seasons when I was unable to perform at the level I knew I was capable of. This frustration in back to back seasons caused me to doubt whether I had what it takes to overcome the stress under such critical moments. This having been a problem in previous seasons, I was incredibly disappointed in myself, and with fencing in general. Ultimately, I chose to dedicate myself even more as soon as my college season had ended abruptly. In each of these frustrating losses, I decided to push myself a little bit harder instead of succumbing to the defeat and giving up. The final chance at the NCAA title was in my senior year, but I suffered the bad luck of an ankle injury the week before NCAA championships. Fortunately, I was still able to finish 12th place and earn all American honors. The same season, I graduated college and immediately qualified for the U.S Senior World Team. If I had let my defeats and setbacks get to me and cause me to work any less hard or lose interest in the sport, I would have never overcome these challenges and thus miss out on some of the most incredible experiences of my life. Ultimately, it is important to see losses and setbacks as tests and learning experiences we must overcome in order to achieve our ultimate goals and dreams, and not let them deter us from our bigger objectives.
Obama turned to Allen, and said, “Well, what’s the problem?” Allen explained that scientists working for the Army Corps had estimated that berms could take more than a year to build, making them useless against the oil. Nungesser interrupted him. “This is bullshit!” he yelled. “That’s not true!” (Under the table, Jindal tugged Nungesser’s shirt.) Nungesser insisted that if the President mobilized every dredge in the world the project could be completed within two months. Obama said, “If the engineers and scientists believe it is the right thing to do, then we’ll do it. If they don’t, then we’re not. We are going to make our decisions based on facts, not hope.” He concluded, “I tell you what—Thad, I want to get a panel together, and get a roundtable discussion, and then I want to be briefed on the answer, and I want it done in the next few days.” As the meeting ended, Obama told the politicians, “I have given you full access to the White House, and I have been pretty forthright. I don’t want to hear on the news that the federal government is incompetent, and then you get on the phone and tell me that everything is O.K.” A Coast Guard official who was there told me, “They all kind of shook their heads, ‘Yes, sir,’ ‘Yes, sir.’ And I was, like, Wow, the President just told them to knock it off.” Nungesser told me that Obama addressed him specifically about his appearances on CNN. “If you can’t get it done through the chain of command, you pick up the phone and call the White House,” the President told him. “If you can’t get me on the phone, then you can go call Anderson Cooper.” The two men shook hands. The next evening, Nungesser joined Cooper on the air and told him what the President had said. “He didn’t actually say that,” Cooper said. “Yes, sir,” Nungesser said. “Yes, he did—” “Wait,” Cooper said. “He said call—he said—that’s funny!” But Nungesser said, “I truly believe that he cares.” He added, “We’re behind the cleanup now.”
Bob Dylan once sang "to live outside the law, you must be honest." To be a freeman on the land attempts the first with absolutely no regard paid to the second — and fails at both. You're driving down the street, going as fast as you please and ignoring traffic laws you didn't consent to. After running a red light enforcing said laws which don't apply to you, you see the blue flashing lights of a police cruiser. While you are within your common law rights to demand any sum of money to pull over, you decide to make it easy on the government enforcer and stop. When the police officer approaches your car, you immediately ask "Under what Authority and under what law are you ACTING? "The government enforcer can't quote the common law statute that authorizes him to act (why would he, he's only an agent of the state), only demand to see your license, registration and proof of insurance. However, these statutory obligations don't apply to you, and you refuse. The officer asks what your name is, to which you reply "are you seeking a publicly registered legal personality created by the state?" The officer, predictably, orders you out of the car at gun point, arrests you and reads you your "rights." When asked if you understand these rights, you reply "I do not stand under that statement, nor do I stand under any statement." Then you're led into the police car.What am I talking about? What does all this gibberish mean? It's just a sampling of the standard tactics used by the " Freeman on the Land " movement. Also known as FOTL, it's a version of the sovereign citizen movement that's rapidly catching on with scofflaws in Canada and England, and causing an increasing amount of chaos with courts and judges who don't know how to combat its nuisance and the belligerent arrogance of those who apply it. To detractors, it's a jargon-laden way to pretend the laws of your country don't apply to you. But to its advocates, it's nothing less than grabbing freedom back from an illegal government that took it away from you at birth.So what exactly does "freeman on the land" mean ? And are any of these tactics legal?
Cheers to Colum McCann for winning the National Book Award last night for his novel "Let the Great World Spin! "The book is about when Philip Petit stretched a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers and then danced across it in 1974. It's about the lives of New Yorkers at the time and how they intersected -- their relations to each other along social and class divides.Petit's journey between the towers was called "the artistic crime of the century" by Time Magazine: a crime so artistic that even mere books about it are winning the big prizes. "Now I worry about Colum McCann," said Frank McCourt about this book before he died. "What is he going to do after this blockbuster groundbreaking symphony of a novel? No novelist writing of New York has climbed higher, dived deeper. "THE BOOK ITSELF IS LIKE STRETCHING A WIRE BETWEEN THE WORLD'S HIGHEST TOWERS AND DOING BACKFLIPS ON IT!From Wikipedia, about Philip Petit:"Petit was first inspired to attempt what he called his "coup" on the Twin Towers while he sat in his dentist's office in Paris in 1968. In a magazine, he came upon an article about the as-yet-unconstructed buildings, along with an illustration of the model. He became obsessed with the towers, collecting articles on them whenever possible. ""Petit was warned by his friend on the South Tower that a police helicopter would come to pick him off the wire unless he got off. Rain had begun to fall, and Petit decided he had taken enough risks, so he decided to give himself up to the police waiting for him on the South Tower. He was arrested once he stepped off the wire. Provoked by his taunting behaviour while on the wire, police handcuffed him behind his back and roughly pushed him down a flight of stairs. This he later described as the most dangerous part of the stunt. ""His audacious high wire performance made headlines around the world. When asked why he did the stunt, Petit would say "When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk. "Here's McCann in some bar, talking about lit (keep watching until you can separate his voice from the crowd for a fun object lesson about being a writer):Go buy his book, if you have money and like to read. He'd read YOUR book. If it was good.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center The importance of microRNAs to heart disease - and a host of other diseases - has already been suggested by other scientists. Their job is to regulate the activity of our genes, but with many different types present in the cell, scientists are trying to establish which plays the biggest role. The US and German scientists are focusing on one type labelled microRNA-21, and their role in a type of heart cell called the cardiac fibroblast, which helps provide the structure of the organ, and plays a critical role in the progressive scarring which stops it working properly in heart disease. Until recently, that process was thought to be an irreversible one. The researchers found that cells in a failing heart had higher levels of this microRNA, and linked it to a chemical signalling pathway which leads to the tissue damage found in the condition. Animal studies In mice, they used a chemical which blocked microRNA-21, and found that not only that this pathway was interrupted, but that cardiac function in the animals improved. This, they wrote, proved its potential as a new target for drugs in heart diseased humans. Professor Eric Olson, from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, whose own research focuses on microRNAs and heart disease, said that the results were "exciting". "This is one of the hottest topics in biology at the moment," he said. "Micro-RNAs are being very seriously considered as a therapeutic target - there is a lot of promise and potential in this area. "This research suggests you can reverse or prevent aspects of heart disease." He said: "There are already studies in large animals using micro-RNA inhibitors in heart disease - I can envisage that in a few years we will see this in human trials."
Chef Michael Lee wants you to feel cozy in M Kokko. His new Korean fried chicken concept opened yesterday. The space shares a backdoor with M Sushi , Lee's basement restaurant that opened to high praise just earlier this year Offering a mere twenty seats and five menu items, M Kokko is no wider than a shopping aisle at Target, and half its length. Slate-colored walls and exposed wooden ceiling beams give a clean backdrop to one piece of functional decor: a colorful chalkboard menu that includes a chicken sandwich, ramen, a rice bowl, "KFC" wings, and dan dan noodles (coming soon). "The experience [here] is people two feet away from you," Lee says. "The slurping and the noises. When you have twenty people packed in here, that's the ambiance. "When Lee secured the spot for his first Durham venture, it offered a massive industrial kitchen with one extra room in the back. The space is too disjointed to work with the more upscale sushi restaurant.So Lee began branching out and concocting ideas that put him on par with chefs like Roy Choi in Los Angeles and David Chang in New York and Washington D.C. Like them, Lee builds from his roots (he was born in Seoul, Korea), from an adventurous, meticulous palate, and uses his chops in both fine dining and fast-food kitchens to bring diners an amalgam of cultures represented in varied culinary techniques and ingredients.Since beginning his run at Sono in Raleigh, Lee has been prepping a chicken recipe for M Kokko. In Korea, he says, fried chicken skirts through city streets on a moped and straight to your door. It's the takeout food you order as a family when no one feels like cooking, or when hanging out with friends. In perfecting this recipe, Lee is feeding his creativity from such memories.The crust, as he calls it, must be extra crispy, and sauced in a spicy glaze of soy and garlic. Lee sources from local farms that he knows personally because "food labels don't mean anything." His method is conscientious and delicate: the whole chicken must completely air-dry first, using a salt rub to draw out all the moisture. It's then fried for twenty minutes, and allowed to rest for ten.All of M Kokko's menus are priced within the $8 to $12 range. They are based in Lee's personal favorites. He makes dan dan noodle because he loves Sichuan cuisine.
1 of 35 TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS Ma'a Nonu tries to break away from France's Morgan Parra during their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 2 of 35 TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS New Zealand's Tawera Kerr Barlow is about to score one of his two tries after receiving a pass from Ma'a Nonu (right) against France in their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 3 of 35 ANDREW BOYERS/REUTERS New Zealand's Tawera Kerr-Barlow celebrates scoring a try with Beauden Barrett and Ma'a Nonu during their big win over France in the 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 4 of 35 TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS New Zealand's Tawera Kerr Barlow sprints in for one of his two tries against France in their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 5 of 35 ANDREW BOYERS/REUTERS A happy Kieran Read strolls across to score another New Zealand try against France in the 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 6 of 35 GETTY IMAGES Hat-trick time. All Blacks winger Julian Savea runs in his third try of the 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against France at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 7 of 35 TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS France players look dejected after another New Zealand try in their 2015 Rugby World Cup quartefinal match at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 8 of 35 ANDREW BOYERS/FAIRFAX NZ New Zealand's Jerome Kaino scores a try against France in their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 9 of 35 TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS New Zealand's Ben Smith can't get to the ball before it rolls for a try across the deadball line after a charge down in their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against France at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 10 of 35 TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS France's Louis Picamoles is shown a yellow card and is sent to the sin bin for using a fist on New Zealand captain Richie McCaw during the 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 11 of 35 STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES France's Bernard Le Roux squares up to New Zealand's Jerome Kaino during their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. 12 of 35 STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES New Zealand players celebrate with Julian Savea after the big winger had scored the team's fourth try of the first half of the 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against France at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
God recently found the White House Web site had revised its language on President Obama's commitment to lift the ban for openly gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans from serving in the military. While the story of revised White House Web site language may fall out of the news cycle, we can be sure that DADT will continue to capture the media spotlight. The advocacy reports and media coverage surrounding the ban have only expanded the public debate, scrutinizing the reasons and rationale for delaying the day when openly lesbian, gay and bisexual people can serve in the military. The President's personal reply extends beyond Sandy and her story. It's a powerful message to the American people that one day everyone will be able to serve their country free from the fear of being discharged simply because of their sexual orientation. However, as the President's note alludes to, the timeline to fulfill that commitment remains unknown. My work with Sandy is one example from many that highlights the very reason why we needGLAAD's Asian Pacific Islander Media Program. Whether we are providing a media training for LGBT community leaders from Mainland China to pitching a Seoul-based newspaper a hate crimes story, my work aims to harness the power of media with cultural competency. GLAAD's commitment to the Asian Pacific Islander community and other communities of color is united by a simple belief that we must bring all of our experiences to the table when engaging in meaningful debate for fairness and equality. Below, you can watch a clip from The Rachel Maddow Show which followed the story of the White House Website revising its DADT language:
The tone of de Blasio’s tenure as mayor was set in its opening days, when a January storm inundated the city with nearly a foot of snow. The next morning residents of Park Avenue were flabbergasted to find many of the Upper East Side’s streets unplowed; many plows, it turned out, had been dispatched to less affluent neighborhoods, in Brooklyn and Queens. When not one but two Upper East Side grandes dames tripped on potholes and broke their ankles it became urban legend that de Blasio had declared war on Manhattan’s elite. By far the roughest moments of de Blasio’s first year involved the police. The “Black Lives Matter” movement, which caught fire in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sent crowds of protesters into New York City’s streets. De Blasio pointedly refused to condemn their accusations of routine police racism, infuriating the head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Patrick Lynch. When a mentally troubled man shot and killed two policemen last December, Lynch memorably told reporters de Blasio had “blood on his hands.” Much of the N.Y.P.D. went on a kind of work strike and seemed to be refusing to make minor arrests or write tickets; only the hard lobbying of de Blasio’s heralded police chief, William Bratton, a veteran commissioner of the Giuliani years, managed to bring matters to an uneasy truce. While Lynch and other union officials declined comment for this article, their hatred of de Blasio—there’s no other word for it—has clearly not gone away. “He is not running the city of New York,” Lynch told one group earlier this year, according to Capital New York. “He thinks he’s running a fucking revolution.” Worse was yet to come: also in December, near the height of tensions, de Blasio told a press conference how, as the father of a black teenager, he had several times cautioned Dante to be careful when dealing with the police. “We’ve had to literally train him,” he said, “as families have all over this city for decades, in how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him.” Lynch responded by saying de Blasio had thrown the N.Y.P.D. “under the bus.”
In a video created by Dr. Michael Salla, Michael Christopher Gerloff, a former marine and police officer for the city of Seattle, as well as a UN peacekeeping advisor who went on a mission to Liberia, describes his recruitment into a secret space program loosely referred to as the “20-and-back.”After a high school party with friends along a country road, Gerloff noticed a white light that moved very quickly on the horizon. He relates an aerial display that “violated the laws of aerodynamics as 18-year old sin 1978.” He states that in the cornfield in front of he and his friend, there was a black triangle . He and his friend were astounded and went on with life. He also says that he was enamored with space, and had always wanted to travel into space and be an astronaut.He also says that as a high school student he intended to enroll at the University of Missouri, and originally had no intention of going into the military. He relays a story of a Marine recruiter who made eye contact with him when at his school one day, and the rest of the story becomes very interesting.After taking an ASVAB, a test all recruited people have to take before entrance, the recruiter told him he had done very well. This is when he learned of the Marine’s Reserve Special Enlistment Program, even after expressing interest in going active duty.Skip ahead, and Gerloff went off to bootcamp for the U.S. Marine Corps, when he was asked if he wanted to serve in a “20 and back” program. He has partial recall of the intake process to become a “ Space Marine .”The first part of his testimony can be viewed below:Gerloff has provided military and police records that corroborate key aspects of his testimony, and contain many anomalies which point to his “20 and back” service.He believes that his coming forward has been sanctioned by a USMC/Department of Navy intelligence group established by President Dwight Eisenhower , which is actively promoting disclosure of a US Navy Secret Space Program His initial six-year contract in the US Marine reserves, turned into partial service in the 20-and-back space program.Gerloff details that he was taken by a secret underground rail system into an intake center.
That was a great way to get players in to see them and for kids to see the training environment,” Bobby explains, “It was our own coaches, Ajax coaches, so that was a positive first introduction into things right at the beginning and then having a training program of our own that continued after that.” “From the camps and that group,” Bobby continues, “people started giving feedback that they liked the training; why can’t we do it all year? From there we put together a training program in for the first year, then it turned into; we’re training here, we have camps here, why can’t we have teams?” That was the beginning of Sigma FC, comprising of two age groups: 11 year olds that would include names such as Cyle Larin (UConn), Richmond Laryea (Akron) and Chris Nanco (Syracuse), and 15 year olds that had the likes of 2013 MLS first round draft picks Kyle Bekker and Emery Welshman. It went from training and travel squads with players already in club environments, to formalizing teams in 2008. “We spent about a year at the fields just watching games and training,” recalls Costa, “that was one of the most important things we did back then. We went from field to field; Monday night we’re going to watch this age group, Tuesday this age group. We went all over the province, understanding the players, the landscape of the region, everything. The process was invaluable.” Preparation was one thing, delivering was quite another, especially when parents were putting the future of their children in someone else’s hands. The political nature of soccer reared its head early on as the magnitude of what Sigma was offering had caused discomfort for many within Ontario. Both Bobby and Costa knew that what they had set up in terms of camps and training sessions had to remain of the same quality once they formalized teams, if they were going to succeed. “What was important was that the quality was consistent,” Costa explains, “You can’t one day put on a great show and when the bright lights fade, you can’t deliver. It was very difficult back then because you had the whole system telling these players, ‘Hey you’re going somewhere where nobody has gone before – meaning this path – how are you going to give up everything that you know today? How are you going to give up national teams? Being seen by provincial coaches?
A generation ago, as the 1992 presidential campaign heated up, The Wall Street Journal asked: “Who Is Bill Clinton?” The country “will get to know, or try to get to know, Bill Clinton and Hillary,” the Journal noted. “The Gennifer Flowers tank has already rumbled by. But where’s the rest of them?” Not far behind, as it turned out. Eight years of scandal and suspicion followed: Whitewater, Travelgate, the firing of all U.S. attorneys, the death of a White House deputy counsel and the jailing of a Justice Department associate attorney general, vanishing documents, congressional hearings, independent counsels, lurid allegations from Arkansas, 1996 campaign-finance misdeeds, Paula Jones, Monica, impeachment, the Marc Rich pardon. Today, with his campaign staggering but the presidency perhaps still within his grasp, Donald Trump should consider the central lesson of the Clinton years: Scandal compounded by secrecy blots out the political sun. Opposition to the Clintons quickly coalesced as the media, members of Congress and outside groups seized the moment. … Mr. Trump promises it won’t be business as usual if he is elected president. But the same scandal-industrial complex that hemmed in his predecessors will quickly engulf him unless he makes some bold moves. The most transformative solution would be to embrace radical transparency. Mr. Trump should immediately release his tax returns. He should direct the FBI and CIA to release any files it has on him. He should instruct his lawyers to stop acting like a defense team and embrace freedom-of-information practices. And he should appoint a transparency czar to ensure that his campaign and a future Trump administration will operate in an open and accountable manner. That would be a real revolution in Washington. A truly transparent, accountable administration-in-waiting would not be just good policy, it would also be good politics. A massive document dump late in the campaign would electrify the media and shift the onus to Mrs. Clinton. The contrast with the secretiveness of the Clinton campaign and the lack of transparency in the Obama administration would be stark.

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