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The dataset generation failed
Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 98
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 98
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Posts with «stuxnet» label
Portrait of a Digital Weapon
Over the years, artists have been creating art depicting weapons of mass destruction, war and human conflict. But the weapons of war, and the theatres of operation are changing in the 21st century. The outcome of many future conflicts will surely depend on digital warriors, huddled over their computer screens, punching on their keyboards and maneuvering joysticks, or using devious methods to infect computers to disable or destroy infrastructure. How does an artist give physical form to an unseen, virtual digital weapon? That is the question which inspired [Mac Pierce] to create his latest Portrait of a Digital Weapon.
[Mac]’s art piece is a physical depiction of a virtual digital weapon, a nation-state cyber attack. When activated, this piece displays the full code of the Stuxnet virus, a worm that partially disabled Iran’s nuclear fuel production facility at Natanz around 2008.
It took a while for [Mac] to finalize the plan for his design. He obtained a high resolution satellite image of the Iranian Natanz facility via the Sentinel Hub satellite imagery service. This was printed on a transparent vinyl and glued to a translucent poly-carbonate sheet. Behind the poly-carbonate layer, he built a large, single digit 16-segment display using WS2812 addressable LED strips, which would be used to display the Stuxnet code. A bulkhead USB socket was added over the centrifuge facility, with a ring of WS2812 LEDs surrounding the main complex. When a USB stick is plugged in, the Stuxnet code is displayed on the 16-segment display, one character at a time. At random intervals, the LED ring around the centrifuge building lights up spinning in a red color to indicate centrifuge failure.
The 16-segment display was built on an aluminum base plate, with 3D printed baffles to hold the LED strips. To hold the rest of the electronics, he built a separate 3D printed frame which could be added to the main art frame. Since this was too large to be printed in one piece on the 3D printer, it was split in parts, which were then joined together using embedded metal stud reinforcement to hold the parts together. Quite a nice trick to make large, rigid parts.
An Adafruit Feather M0 micro-controller board, with micro SD-card slot was the brains of the project. To derive the 5 V logic data signal from the 3.3 V GPIO output of the Feather, [Mac] used two extra WS2812 LEDs as level shifters before sending the data to the LED strips. Driving all the LEDs required almost 20 W, so he powered it using USB-C, adding a power delivery negotiation board to derive the required juice.
The Arduino code is straightforward. It reads the characters stored on the SD-card, and sends them sequentially to the 16-segment display. The circular ring around the USB bulkhead also lights up white, but at random intervals it turns red to simulate the speeding up of the centrifuges. Detecting when the USB stick gets plugged in is another nice hack that [Mac] figured out. When a USB stick is plugged in, the continuity between the shell (shield) and the GND terminal was used to trigger a GPIO input.
Cyber warfare is here to stay. We are already seeing increasing attacks on key infrastructure installations by state as well as non-state actors around the world. Stuxnet was one of the first in this growing category of malicious, weaponized code. Acknowledging its presence using such a physical representation can offer a reminder on how a few lines of software can wreak havoc just as much as any other physical weapon. Check out the brief project video after the break.
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The Vedas, Epics and Puranas of ancient India describe an interesting concept of time called Kaalachakra, the wheel of time. This wheel of time is conceived as having twelve spokes indicating twelve points of time measurement on the wheel of time. Close examination of the imagery reveals that this concept is related to the Yuga System and used for various kinds of time measurements in ancient India. The same wheel of time is used to measure hours in a day, months and seasons in a year and large units of time like Yugas, which appear like seasons lasting for thousands of years as part of the 25,776 years long "Great Year" resulting from the precession of Earth's Axis of Rotation.
The Twelve Spoked Wheel of Time
Motions of Sun
Observations from the South and North of India
Depth of Knowledge of Ancient Astronomers
The Daily Motion and Temperature Variations
Yearly Motion and Yearly Seasons
Uttarayana and Dakshinayana
The Four Corners of the Sky
The Six Seasons
The Precessional Motion and the Shift of Seasons
A Calender with Pisces as the first month / sign
A Calender with Leo as the first month
Calenders with Aries as the first month / sign
Vishu Calender
Western Astrology Calender
Nakshatra System
Yuga System
Ascending and Descending Chatur Yugas
Duration of a Chatur Yuga
Reason for the 4.32 million long Chatur Yuga
Refined Markandeya Yuga System
Historical and Geological events in Yugas
Saptarshi, the Seven Sages
References to Kalachakra
The twelve spoked wheel of time (Kaalachakra). Twelve divisions are named with zodiac signs for easy comparison with Western Systems. The Pisces-Aquarius transition base-lined at 2012 CE
The twelve spoked wheel of time (Kaalachakra) is mentioned extensively in Rig Veda and other Vedas. Vedic seers used to make observations of the sky with this framework called the wheel of time in their mind. For this they closely observe the path of the sun through the sky and locate its position in the sky
Close to Equator in Southern India, the Sun traverse a path close to celestial equator, rising in the east and setting in the west, reaching zenith at noon. Besides this daily motion, Sun also makes a pendulum like motion on an yearly basis moving northwards and southwards clearly observable in northern India, 35 degrees north of equator. Ancient Indian astronomers, which includes many Vedic seers in northern and southern India, knew very well the reasons for all these movements. They were aware that Earth is a sphere moving around sun in an year, with a tilted axis, where it rotates once a day and that the axis of rotation itself will make one turn in around 26,000 years.
They knew that daily motion of sun in the sky is due to the rotation of Earth on its axis. They knew that yearly pendulum like motion of Sun in the sky to north and south is due to the yearly revolution of Earth in its orbit around Sun with a tilted axis of rotation. All these motions are partially confined in a band of region in celestial sky around 20 degrees north and south of the celestial equator. This band is called zodiac. It resembles the wheel of time (Kalachakra) and is one of the many aspect of the wheel of time, the other one being the orbit of the celestial pole in the sky. The zodiac is the region where the sun, moon and the five visible planets apparently wander in the sky of Earth. This region was of tremendous important for the ancient astronomers. It was divided into 12 constellations or regions where easily recognizable configurations of well known stars were defined. The twelve constellations were thus defined as stellar formations in the shape of fish, ram, bull, crab, lion, scorpion etc. These 12 constellations are Pisces (the fish), Aries (the ram), Taurus (the bull), Gemini (the twins), Cancer (the crab), Leo (the lion), Virgo (the virgin), Libra (the scales), Scorpio (the scorpion), Sagittarius (the archer), Capricorn (the sea animal) and Aquarius (the pot bearer). Each of these regions span around 30 degrees of the Zodiac wheel. These 12 regions are also called the 12 zodiacal signs and is one of the basis of astrology besides being fundamental to ancient astronomy.
The ancient astronomers also knew that the axis of rotation itself is slowly rotating, something which require many thousands of years of careful observation. All of these developments are already discussed in the article named Yugas.
Sun moves from eastern horizon to western horizon reaching zenith at noon. During zenith position sun's rays reach us perpendicularly and we feel maximum heat. During morning and evening sun's rays reach us with an inclination so that it travel a longer distance through atmosphere which dissipate much heat before it reach us. This changes create a smaller version of seasonal changes that we observe through out the year.
The various seasons are the result of yearly motion of Sun in the terrestrial sky.
The movement of Sun in the sky to the north is called Uttarayana. The movement of Sun in the sky to the south is called Dakshinayana. These apparent movements are due to the combined effect of Earth's motion in its orbit around Sun and due to the 23.5 degree tilt of Earth's Axis of Rotation. These motions are linked to the four important days of the year viz. Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox, Autumnal Equinox and Summer Solstice. Uttarayana (northward motion of sun) commence after Winter Solstice day when northern hemisphere observe longest night. During Uttarayana at one point day and night becomes equal and that is Vernal Equinox day. Uttarayana ends at Summer Solstice day when the duration of night becomes lowest. After this Dakshinayana (southward motion of sun) begins. During Dakshinayana at one point day and night becomes equal again and that day is Autumnal Equinox day.
The position of sun against the background of stars in the sky, during all these four days viz. Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox, Autumnal Equinox and Summer Solstice is considered as four crucial points in the zodiac. These four points constitute "the four corners of the sky". They are figuratively praised in the scriptures as the four great supports of the sky and as the four pillars that uphold the sky, due to obvious reasons.
When Sun moves to south and reach the southern most point in the celestial sky, Sun's rays reach earth obliquely. This reduces the amount of heat reaching northern hemisphere, due to reflection and refraction of sun's rays in the atmosphere. This generate a cold climate in northern hemisphere and causing winter season. Similarly when the Sun moves to north and reach the northern most point in the celestial sky, sun's rays fall in northern hemisphere perpendicularly causing maximum heat in northern hemisphere and thus summer season. In this way all the seasons are resulted from the motion of Sun and due to the resultant change in the energy distribution and energy flow in Earth's atmosphere.
The seasons are six in numbers (Shad Rtu, six seasons):- Vasanta (Spring:- February & March), Greeshma (Summer:- April & May), Varsha (Rains:- June & July) Sarath (Autumn:- August & September), Hemanta (Pre-Winter:- October & November) and Sishira (Winter:- December & January). The English months given are approximations. Seasons change widely in northern and southern India. Besides these seasons shift their temporal location in course of several centuries.
Ancient Indian Astronomers including Vedic seers and Valakhilyas were keen observers of the motion of sun and were keepers of centuries long tradition of watching the movement of sun across the background of fixed stars and stellar constellations in the sky of Earth. They observe the position of Sun during Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox, Autumnal Equinox and Summer Solstice in the background of the constellations observed in the sky. In a period of one or two years no change is noticeable. But in the course of a century, changes are noticeable. Due to the precessional motion (rotation of Earth's axis) the position of sun at Winter Solstice shift with respect to the stellar background by 1 degree in 71.6 years (length of the life of an average healthy human being). It traverses 30 degree or one zodiac-sign in 2148 years. It completes 360 degrees of one full circle of the zodiac in 25,776 years. This 25,776 years is figuratively called the Great Year, the Divine Year and One Year of the Devas.
Similarly all other points (Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox) that constitute the "four corners of the sky" too shift following the Winter Solstice. Along with the four crucial points of the sky, all the six seasons too are shifted.
The shift progress in the anti-clockwise direction, ie instead of moving from Aries to Taurus to Gemini, they move from Aries to Pisces to Aquarius.
Calenders are systems of time framework that help us to know what day of month it is and what month of an year it is. Calenders also count years from the year of start of the calender system. Examples of Calender systems are Shaka Calender established in 78 CE, Kolla Varsham Calender established (or rather re-established) in 825 CE, the Julian Calender established in 45 BCE and many more.
A 1 degree shift of Winter Solstice does not cause any disturbance in the calender system. But in a period of 2148 years (ie in around two millennia) the shift will be around 30 degrees, which is equivalent to one constellation in the sky and one month of an year. This is substantial change which makes all existing calenders useless. For example if one do not make any change in the existing calenders in 2148 years we will see that seasons are shifted by a month. For example, 2148 years in the past, ie in 136 BCE, Vernal Equinox occurred in April 21st instead of March 21st. Then spring started in January rather than in February.
Often calenders are designed such that Vernal Equinox is close to the beginning of the first month / first zodiacal sign. After 2148 years this no longer will be true, causing the astronomers to redesign their calenders. Some calenders adjust themselves to shift of equinoxes and solstices by changing the first month of the year. Some other calenders are discontinued and new calenders are adopted. Often the new-year date of discarded or destroyed calender is still remembered as a celebration. In some cases the practices followed in old calender continues to be part of some traditions though not attached to the active calender system.
As an example of self-adjusting calender we have the astrological calender followed in Kerala, the southern state of India. In this calender the astrological year starts with Pisces (Meena) rather than with Aries (Mesha / Meda). Currently the Vernal Equinox is at the beginning of Pisces, ready to enter Aquarius. So it make sense to consider Pisces as the first zodiac sign or the first month.
The Kolla Varsham calender in Kerala consider Leo (Simha / Chingam) as the first month of the year. Vernal Equinox was at the beginning of Leo, ready to enter into Cancer in around 8728 BCE. Thus this calender in Kerala is a remnant of an old calender that started in 8728 BCE when this region was ruled by a king named Mahabali. The first day of Chingam is considered as a New Year and the day when Moon in this month comes close to the star Sravana is celebrated as Onam a great festival associated with king Mahabali's return from his exile in Patala (South America).
Another New Year in Kerala is celebrated based on another calender in the month of Aries (Mesha / Meda) named Vishu or Vaishakhi. The date of this New Year usually falls in April 14, 15 or 16. It is now celebrated as an ancient Vernal Equinox. A Vernal Equinox in April 15 means it occurred 25 days later than March 21st (current date of Vernal Equinox). Since 365.25 days of the year corresponds to 360 degrees of the zodiac, 25 days corresponds to 24.64 degrees. One degree shift requires 71.6 years, so 24.64 degrees shift requires 1764.27 years. So Vernal Equinox was at April 15th 1764.27 years ago, ie in 247 CE. During this time Vernal Equinox point was still in Pisces but very close to the beginning of Aries. Hence the builders of calender in those days chose Aries as the first month and first zodiac sign. Arrival of calender start dates based on Gregorian calendar is not absolutely accurate because of errors in Gregorian - Julian calender and because of the Luni-Solar nature of the Vishu Calender due to which New Year day (Vishu) varies as April 14, 15 and 16.
As per Julian calender one year is 365.25 days. Gregorian calender corrected it as 365.2425. But Ancient Indian calenders were based on more accurate calculations which consider an year to be 365.2421756 days (only 1.4 seconds shorter than the modern scientific value of 365.2421904 days. See:- maya-s-theory-of-sun).
In some cases, the practices followed in old calender continues to be part of some traditions though not attached to the active calender system. For example in Western Astrology, Aries is considered as the first sign. Vernal Equinox was at the beginning of Aries ready to enter Pisces in around 136 BCE. This period was also the beginning of modern western astrology. There is a huge debate going on if the predictions based on western astrology needs to be shifted by a month. In my opinion, this depend on whether western astrologers want to base their predictions on the fixed zodiac or on the equinoxes and solstices which keep on moving around 1 degree every 72 years.
Much like the division of sky into 12 zodiac signs, the Nakshatra system is a unique division of sky into 27 parts using 27 easily identifiable stars in the zodiac, ie in the path of Sun, Moon and the planets. Some astronomers identify 26 and some others 28 such stars and hence the division of zodiac based on Nakshatra-system may vary from 26 to 30. In case of 26 Nakshatras, crossing of one Nakshatra region by Vernal Equinox will require close to a millennium (991.3846 years). In case of 27 Nakshatras, one division will span 13.3333 degrees (ie exactly 13 degrees and 1/3 degrees more, a more manageable fraction). When 30 Nakshatras are used one division will span exactly 12 degrees. The most popular Nakshatra system uses 27 Nakshatas. The system which provide ease of observation and which deals with more manageable fractions is preferred.
See More discussions on Yuga System in this series of articles:- Yugas
Kaalachakra with Yuga Chakra Inside. A refined Markandeya Yuga Chakra with Ascending and Descending Chaturyugas each with a duration of 12888 years is depicted. Negative Numbers are BCE years and Positive numbers are CE Years.
The Yuga System existed side by side with Nakshatra System (with its 27 divisions of zodiac) and with the Kalachakra system (with its 12 divisions of zodiac). But it has more to do with historical or geological epochs and less with astronomical observations. However the historical events expressed as having occurred in a particular Yuga may be fixed in time axis using astronomical observations. There are some indirect correlations with Yuga System and with Kalachakra (12 spoked wheel of time or zodiac).
It has mainly four divisions called Rta Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. The divisions can be of equal size (1:1:1:1) or follow a ratio (4:3:2:1). The four Yugas together is called a Chatur-Yuga. In some definitions there are both ascending and descending Chatur Yugas. An Ascending Chaturyuga is defined starting with Kali Yuga, then Dwapara, Treta and Rta Yugas. After this the Descending Chaturyuga proceeds as Rta, Treta, Dwapara and Kali Yugas.
The duration of a Chatur Yuga varies based on the definition as 10,000 years (Sanjaya's Definition), 12,000 years (Markandeya's Definition) or 4,320,000 years (Shanti Parva Definition). Of this the 12,000 years Yuga defined by Markandeya is the one that aligns closely with the 25,776 year long axial precession if ascending and descending Chaturygas are taken together (a total of 24,000 years). Markandeya system also has the concept of dawn and eve. These are periods with 1/12th of the size of Yuga duration at the beginning and end of each Yuga were the effects of the adjacent Yuga too is felt. For example, the dawn and eve of Kali Yuga having 1200 years duration is 100 years each and that of Dvapara Yuga of 2400 years duration is 200 years each.
In 4,320,000 year long Chatur Yuga definition 12,000 year long Markandeya Yuga duration is multiplied by 360 saying 360 human years constitute one year of the Devas. Actually what is meant here is that 360 degree motion of Vernal Equinox (ie one revolution of Vernal Equinox or one complete turn of axis of rotation due to precession) in 25,776 years constitute one Great Year, which can be figuratively described as One Divine Year or One Year of the Devas. But this does not require any multiplication of 12,000 years with 360. This error in the Shanti Parva of Mahabharata is copied into all Puranas including Vishnu Purana and Bhaagavata Purana. Currently many Hindus believe in this 4,320,000 year long Chatur Yuga in which current Yuga viz. Kali Yuga is thus unnecessarily and erroneously long (432,000 years long).
Markandeya Yuga system itself seems to be an approximation of the actual Chatur Yuga definition which was half the size of axial precession period (ie 12,888 years) so that ascending and descending Chatur Yuga will constitute one complete precession in 25,776 years. Such approximations are rampant in ancient Indian scriptures to facilitate easy memorization. For example the number 71.6 (the number of years taken for the Vernal Equinox to traverse 1 degree in its circular motion) is often approximated as 72 and is found in Vedic hymns.
A refined Markandeya Yuga Chakra with Ascending and Descending Chaturyugas each with a duration of 12888 years is depicted. Dawn and Eve of each Yuga is marked. Negative Numbers are BCE years and Positive numbers are CE Years.
The beginning and end of each Yuga is marked by an event especially the death or birth of a historical figure. The Descending Treta Yuga is marked by the death of Rama and the Descending Dwapara Yuga is marked by the death of Krishna. Birth of a king named Avikshit is mentioned as the beginning of Descending Treta Yuga. At the beginning and end of Descending Rta Yuga there were floods. There were floods in the beginning of the Descending Treta Yuga. Sarayu river that flows through Rama's city Ayodhya, was flooded during the end of Descending Treta Yuga. Dvaraka, the island city of Krishna was submerged due to flooding of sea water at the end of Descending Dwapara Yuga.
Saptarshi is the name of a constellation near celestial pole and also the collective name of the seven sages who carries forward the secret of Kalachakra. This constellation also plays a role in the movement of the wheel of time as some of the stars in it becomes the pole-star due to the precessional movement. It is known as Big Dipper and Ursa Major (Great Bear) in western astronomy. The names of the seven sages differ based on the source text. Popular list include Bhrigu, Atri, Angirasa, Marichi, Pulastya, Pulalaha and Kratu. Sometimes Marichi is replaced by Vasistha and either Atri or Kratu replaced by Agastya.
This section is moved to this article:- References to Kalachakra
Kalachakra-Part1
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Nadia Hallgren Directs Episode of New HBO Series "Black And Missing"
DEADLINE: HBO announced the upcoming documentary Black And Missing from Emmy Award winners Geeta Gandbhir and Soledad O’Brien that will focus on Black missing persons cases. Black And Missing will premiere on HBO with two back-to-back episodes on Nov. 23 followed by the release of the remaining pair of episodes on Nov. 24. All episodes will be available to stream after airing on HBO Max.
The four-parter, which was three years in the making, follows Black and Missing Foundation founders Derrica and Natalie Wilson as they dive into specific cases and break down how systemic behaviors and attitudes stem from centuries of deeply rooted racism. The docuseries also exposes the stark disparity in the media coverage of white and black missing persons. By keeping these stories and the missing in the news media, Derrica and Natalie put increased pressure on police departments to keep cases open and active.
The docuseries will feature testimony from the families and loved ones of missing women, activists, volunteers, law officers, and historians with first-hand experience in this field.
Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren, Samantha Knowles, and Yoruba Richen will serve as directors on the project. O’Brien and Gandbhir also executive produce alongside Jo Honig and Patrick Conway; with Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez for HBO.
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Current Perspective to Economics and Management Vol. 2
Dr. N. Karunakaran, (Editor)
Department of Economics and Vice-Principal, EK Nayanar Memorial Govt. College, Elerithattu, India.
Profile Link: http://collegedunia.com/college/1242-ek-nayanar-memorial-government-college-eknmg-kasaragod/faculty
Geraldine N. Okeudo
Department of Transport Management Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, P.M.B.1526 Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.
Ignatius A. Nwokoro
Department of Maritime Management Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, P.M.B.1526 Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.
Fernando Antonio Noriega Ureña
Department of Economics, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Campus Azcapotzalco, Mexico.
Makinta, Maina Mohammed
Department of Agriculture, Damboa Local Government, Damboa, Borno State, Nigeria.
Hamisu, Sa’adu
Department of Crop Production Technology, College of Agriculture, P.M.B. 1018, Zuru, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Bello, Umar Faruk
Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Umar, Sa’adu
Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Kebbi State University of Science & Technology Aliero, Nigeria.
Matthias O. Nkuda
Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and Department of Business Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Sallahuddin Hassan
School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Zalila Othman
Mohamad Syafiqi Hashim
Mavhungu Abel Mafukata
Department of Development Studies, University of South Africa, RSA.
A. Alatorre
Department of Physics, University of Guadalajara, Olimpica Boulevard General Marcelino Garca Barragn 1421, Olmpica, 44430 San Pedro, Tlaquepaque, Jal, Mexico.
Adijah M. Ali-Olubandwa
Department of Applied Community Development Studies, Egerton University P.o Box 536, Kenya.
Timothy E. O. Wesonga
Department of Agriculture and Food Security, East Africa Community (EAC), Tanzania.
Oluyinka Christopher, Ariyo
Department of Vocational and Technical Studies, Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 2273, Afaka, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Webster Miyanda
Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Hamidu Shungu
Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development, Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania.
Deus Ngaruko
N. Karunakaran
Department of Economics, EKNM Government College Elerithattu, 671314, Nilishwar, Kasaragod, Kerala, India.
This book dealt with key areas of Economics & Management. The contributions by the authors include employees, retirement, social, employment, case methodology and strategic management, institutions, farmer-herder, management, small scale farmers, attitude, agricultural reform, FOs success and smallholders, farmer support, social capital, social entrepreneurship, economic valuation, social networks, social interactions, economical framework, business intelligence etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of Economics & Management.
Online Reservation Systems: A Tool for Enhancing Airline Performance in Nigeria
Geraldine N. Okeudo, Ignatius A. Nwokoro
A Critical Review of Competitive Firm’s Theory
Traditional Institutions Management: A Case Study of Pasturist Conflicts in Borno State, Nigeria
Makinta, Maina Mohammed, Hamisu, Sa’adu, Bello, Umar Faruk, Umar, Sa’adu
Case Methodology as a Pivot of Strategic Management
Savings for Retirement in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF): A Profile of Contributors and Their Views towards the EPF Scheme
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Adijah M. Ali-Olubandwa, Timothy E. O. Wesonga
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Webster Miyanda, Hamidu Shungu, Deus Ngaruko
Trend and Overall Growth Analysis of Rubber Cultivation in Kerala
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Introduction to Scenic Area
Geological Landforms
History & Humanities
Categories:Meet DongLin
DongLin Lake Scenic Area is 20 km from the southwest of Zhengzhou City and 16 km from the southeast of Xingyang City. It was named after DongLin Temple, an ancient building which is located in DongLin Lake Scenic Area and has a history of 1,800 years.
DongLin Lake Scenic Area covers a total area of 5 sq. km, including more than 1,000 mu for DongLin Lake whose surface is smooth and sparkling like a mirror and shape is like that of a prancing dragon-horse and more than 1,600 mu for a wetland park which has a vegetation coverage rate of beyond 80% and is a veritable natural oxygen bar by virtue of many precious animal and plant resources. Relying on the profound local culture, covering the Buddhist culture, royal culture, and homestay culture, it boasts rich tourism resources.
DongLin Lake Scenic Area, as a characteristic suburb tourist resort in the southwest of Zhengzhou, has won a good reputation in the market. Since it was established more than 10 years ago, the brand Xintian DongLin Lake has been developed into a tourism resort for health preservation and holiday spending which integrates waterfront leisure, fitness sports, dynamic entertainment, farming experience, rural health maintenance, and other functions by relying on its tourism resources such as lake, temple, field, and city.
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Peacock’s Pitch Perfect TV Spin-Off Brings Back Adam Devine as Bumper Allen
Pitch Perfect has joined the ranks of movie to series spin-offs coming down the line as Peacock have commissioned a straight to series order for the project, which will have Adam Devine in its lead role. Devine appeared in the first two Pitch Perfect movies as villain Bumper Allen and will be reprising his role for the series, which will follow the character years after the events of Pitch Perfect 2 as he attempts to become a vocal superstar in Germany when one of his songs becomes big in the country’s capital. Universal Television are behind the series and Elizabeth Banks, who appeared in and produced the movies, as well as directing the second one, will act as executive producer.
The Pitch Perfect TV Show arrives with a whole host of new series recently announced by the streamer who are attempting to bolster up their offerings to compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon. Pitch Perfect was released in 2012, starring Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson and more, and produced two sequels and grossed over $600 million at the box office, so the series has a good starting block to take off from if the series can find the same comedy balance of the film series.
RELATED: Rebel Wilson & Adam Devine Had a Pitch Perfect Reunion at Super Bowl
“Our upcoming Pitch Perfect series is another example of the unmatched synergy NBCUniversal is able to expand upon with our wide-ranging library of IP,” Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming said about the Peacock comedy. “When we saw the opportunity to create a series for Pitch Perfect with Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Paul Brooks plus more earworm classics for super fans to enjoy, we jumped at it. And to top it off, we are so fortunate that Adam Devine is headlining the series and bringing fans the quirky, laugh-out-loud sensibility they loved in the film franchise.”
“We’re so happy to have the opportunity to bring the beloved Universal Pictures franchise Pitch Perfect to the small screen and to explore the hilarious and distinct characters in this musical-filled world,” said Erin Underhill, President, Universal Television about the Bumper Allen show. “We’re lucky to partner with the talented Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Paul Brooks, who produced the iconic films; the exceptionally funny and memorable Adam Devine; and Megan Amram, whose clever adaptation of Pitch Perfect is sure to have audiences laughing out loud and tapping their feet.”
Adam DeVine has been pretty busy of late, picking up a number of high profile roles including the Netflix action comedy The Out-Laws, which also stars Pierce Brosnan. In that project, Devine stars as a bank manager about to marry the love of his life, but when his bank is held up by an infamous Ghost Bandits, he begins to suspect that his soon-to-be in-laws could well be the gun totting criminals. Devine is additionally appearing in Magic Camp on Disney+, signed on for celebrity reality series Bad Ideas with Adam Devine for Quibi, and has also been part of the This is Important weekly podcast with his Workaholics cast mates. This news arrives from Deadline.
Topics: Pitch Perfect, Peacock
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Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.
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Craig Kauffman in Billy Al Bengston's studio in the 1960s. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston
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Untitled, 1969, Craig Kauffman. Acrylic lacquer on plastic. 73 x 50 x 9 in. Courtesy the Estate of Craig Kauffman and the Frank Lloyd Gallery. © The Estate of Craig Kauffman
Poster for Craig Kauffman exhibition at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, 1962. © The Estate of Craig Kauffman. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher, 2009.M.30.16. Courtesy Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Installation view of Craig Kauffman's solo exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, including works from Kauffman's Loops series, 1970. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the Frank J. Thomas Archives
Billy Al Bengston’s studio on Mildred Street in Venice, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston
Craig Kauffman, ca. 1955. © The Estate of Craig Kauffman. Photo by Ed Moses
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The instant I held the Nintendo Switch OLED in my hands, I knew that if I planned to continue playing Switch games in handheld or tabletop mode, I needed to upgrade to the new version. No, it’s not the fabled Nintendo Switch 4K, but this October 8-bound upgrade is the one that matters if you game on the go, away from the TV-tied docking station.
There was no better demonstration of this than my time going hands-on with the new Nintendo console, blasting my way through early levels of the launch game Metroid Dread. The game, also due out October 8, is compatible with the old Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite, which is good news since sold-out Nintendo Switch OLED pre-orders will make the new console hard to come by at first.
I found the larger 7-inch Switch OLED screen more immersive than I had anticipated before my hands-on time and, after four and a half years of using the bezel-heavy 6.2-inch original Switch with its dated LCD screen, I can’t see myself going back. That’d be like asking me to give up my iPhone 13 Pro Max to return to an iPhone 5 with its thicker borders. No thanks.
I also dug the higher contrast ratio, ideal for darker games. That’s why Metroid Dead is a great vehicle for the Switch OLED – it has spots of bright colors among deep black stages. The screen resolution is still 720p instead of 1080p away from the dock, but at a screen size like this, which doesn’t stretch the pixels, Metroid’s Samus Aran looks crisp and her suit colors pop nicely on the bright OLED panel. I’ll just always wonder how much better everything would look with a bit more pixel density on a 7-inch Full HD display.
Switch OLED retains a familiar look with nearly identical dimensions to the original Switch despite its noticeably larger screen size. This means it supports the rail system that allows for the detachable Joy-Con controllers to be attached to the sides of the screen. The Switch OLED model I played with had those fresh-looking white Joy-Con attached, though Nintendo is also launching a model with the original Neon Red and Neon Blue Joy-Con colors.
I found the retooled rear kickstand, now wider and more durable, useful for the first time in tabletop mode and the speakers are powerful enough that I didn’t immediately reach for the headphones Nintendo provided during my demo. Other perks, like 64GB of internal storage (instead of 32GB on the original model) and Ethernet LAN support on the docking station, should benefit everyone – whether you play in handheld mode, tabletop mode and TV mode.
Most of the Nintendo Switch OLED upgrades are tailored toward players who game away from the TV docking station that’s still capped at 1080p. This isn’t the Nintendo Switch Pro that many people were anticipating but it’s a stepping stone – a familiar, but noticeably improved handheld console that’s the new best way to play all of Nintendo’s exclusives for the foreseeable future.
You’re going to pay more for that bigger, better screen, extra storage and reliable kickstand, but not pay through the nose. The Nintendo Switch OLED price is $349.99 / £309.99 / AU$539.
That’s $50 / £30 / AU$90 more than the Nintendo Switch 2017, which still sells (and sells out) at its launch price of $299.99 / £279.99 / $449. The handheld-only Nintendo Switch Lite remains $199.99 / £199.99 / AU$329.95 without the ability to dock it and display games on a TV.
The Switch OLED release date is Friday, October 8, and pre-orders remain hard to come by. It went on sale in mid-July in most regions and sold out within minutes. The good news is that I expect that inevitable cancelations over the last two-and-a-half months will free up inventory at retailers soon – at least for persistent Nintendo Switch OLED restock hunters.
Keep in mind: Nintendo Switch OLED model in white sold out first during the pre-order phase, which indicates it’ll be harder to come by than the version with the been-there-done-that Neon Red and Neon Blue Joy-Con. You could do what I did four-and-a-half years ago when I ordered the Switch with gray Joy-Con and bought the then-hard-to-com-by Neon Joy-Con separately.
Bigger, better display for handheld gamers
The Nintendo Switch OLED name properly describes why you’d want to either buy for the first time or upgrade: the new OLED screen is hands-down better than the LCD panel found in the original Switch due to size and clarity – in that order – according to my early experience with the new console.
The jump to a 7-inch OLED is meaningful when we’ve all been confined to a 6.2-inch LCD, and the move comes with all of the benefits of shifting to the newer screen technology. OLED is superior to the LCD in many (but not all) ways, as its pixels can essentially turn off to exhibit true blacks. It’s why OLED has replaced LCD in most high-end smartphones.
Sure enough, deeper blacks make a difference here: the many 2D levels in a side-scroller like Metroid Dread are shrouded in darkness and look fantastic on the Switch OLED model. Colors pop against inky black environments without the chance of a blooming effect. We weren’t able to test out Metroid Dread on the original Nintendo Switch to appreciate the true gravity of the OLED model, but we’ll do that in our full Nintendo Switch OLED review soon.
OLED technology isn’t perfect – screens are often unable to get as bright as LCD panels and there’s always a chance of burn on. Good news on the former issue: I didn’t have trouble cranking up the brightness on the Switch OLED brightness slider. In fact, I had to turn down the brightness to snap photos. Our testing isn’t done yet, though. We’ll bring the Nintendo Switch OLED outdoors to determine how good it is on October 8.
New color and kickstand
Nintendo is pushing new white Joy-Con controllers in its promotional material for the Switch OLED model, and the fresh-looking color strikes a more adult tone compared to the Neon Blue and Red hue. Neon Red and Blue Joy-Con return as an out-of-the-box color option for the OLED console, but the white version has been more popular during pre-orders; it offers something different.
The rear kickstand of the original Switch received a much-needed makeover with the Switch OLED, and I couldn’t be happier with that decision. The original Switch worked in handheld mode, TV mode and the severely underutilized tabletop mode. The source of the problem? A flimsy kickstand. It still kind of worked – with the Joy-Con detached, I used tabletop mode for some impromptu multiplayer sessions with an airplane seatmate once and it was great. But the right-aligned finger-sized kickstand kept collapsing.
Nintendo fixes that issue with the Switch OLED kickstand that spans nearly the entire back of the screen and uses a stronger hinge to allow it to be open at multiple angles. There’s some nice resistance to the kickstand when setting the angle and a solid snap when collapsing it against the rear body of the new Nintendo Switch. Commence unfettered tabletop gaming.
You won’t find many other major design changes when jumping from the Switch to Switch OLED. The buttons and analog sticks are the same (we don’t know if the Joy-Con drift issues are truly fixed), the unique rail system to attach the Joy-Con hasn’t changed, and the dimensions are roughly identical: the new OLED model is just 0.1 inches wider than the original. This means all of your existing Nintendo Switch accessories should work just fine on the Switch OLED.
Speakers, Ethernet support and specs
My Nintendo Switch OLED demo came with robust gaming headphones, but I wanted to spend at least some time with the new onboard stereo speakers. It turns out the speakers are now powerful enough that I didn’t need to reach for the headphones the entire session. The docile tones of space-set Metroid Dread were able to cut through the noise of the demo room.
The wider front-firing stereo speakers on the Nintendo Switch OLED are another solid upgrade for handheld and tabletop modes. However, you won’t find anything like Dolby Atmos support in TV mode. The biggest perk in TV mode is tailored to online multiplayer gaming: the Switch OLED docking station now contains an Ethernet port for wired internet connections, far more reliable than sometimes problematic Wi-Fi.
Nintendo upgraded the internal storage size with the Switch OLED, bringing it to 64GB instead of 32GB, and of course you can (and should) use a microSD card for expandable storage. The microSD card slot is still contained behind the kickstand, this time in a center-aligned position.
The rest of the Nintendo Switch OLED specs mirror what we got from the original Switch, which was announced nearly five years ago at this point. It has the same Nvidia Custom Tegra X1 processor and 4GB of RAM, so it’s not going to push faster rendering of 3D graphics or add additional textures on new or existing games.
Early verdict
Nintendo Switch OLED is the console upgrade that pleases more than it wows. Its larger 7-inch OLED screen and more powerful speaker system over the four-and-a-half-year-old Switch offer a nice audio-visual boost that I, as a gamer who often uses the Switch as a handheld, will value. The wider kickstand incentivizes those occasional multiplayer outings in tabletop mode, too.
Anyone who exclusively plays Switch in the TV docking station right now will find the OLED model isn’t offering marked improvements. Ethernet support is nice and 64GB of internal storage could save you from buying a larger microSD card (or trying to find it behind your TV media cabinet), but that’s not enough reason to spend $349.99 / £309.99 / AU$539 – if you already own a Nintendo Switch. New buyers, right this way.
This isn’t the Nintendo Switch 4K, but it’s a nice stepping stone to play new games like Metroid Dread and next year’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, and replay classics like Super Mario Odyssey, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, all of which deserve OLED treatment – and sequels.
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$23,000 to support Mathematics of Love (MAP 2015)
$3,745 to general operating support for Cherríe Moraga
$2,500 to general operating support for fiscal sponsor, Brava! For Women in the Arts
Mathematics of Love wonders of the role of "spirit" in the reconciliation of ruptured histories. Told through the bodies of people forgotten by history, the play is a modern Mexican-American story shaped by the legacy of a sexual and strategic liaison between slave and slave master.
In 1519, Malinche Tenepal was the Aztec slave given to Conquistador, Hernán Cortés. She became his concubine and translator/advisor in the invasion of indigenous Mexico. The union of these symbolic “parents of Mestizo México” parallels the much more benign union of my own parents — Mexican and Anglo — married in 1948.
In Mathematics, as the world turns into the 21st century, the 85-year-old and fictionalized “Peaches” lives with her gringo husband, two blocks from the Indian burial grounds of the San Gabriel Mission. Enter Malinche in red lipstick and sunglasses (conceived by Ricardo Bracho) and the two women are forced to (begrudgingly) attempt to reconcile a 500-year colonial history of betrayal.
Engaging a small team of Indigenous/Chican@ artists and musician collaborators, I imagine a visual rendering and soundscape that time travels along with the play’s narrative — Tongva language utterances, Tohono O’odham hollow basket rhythms, jitterbug and big band. Pacific seascapes become the play’s horizon and Mesoamerican memory wafts through the characters’ bodies via a Cholulan flute. Set images are sparse and subtle and speak of Sonoran desert and California chaparral. Mathematics is a large story told from its most intimate site: an old woman’s unrequited desire on the eve of her death.
Brava! For Women in the Arts
Cherríe Moraga
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STOP THE DEA
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On 31 August 2016 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its intention to place the active materials in the Kratom plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act in order to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety. According to the DEA press release "Kratom is abused for its ability to produce opioid-like effects and is often marketed as a legal alternative to controlled substances. Law enforcement nationwide has seized more Kratom in the first half of 2016 than any previous year and easily accounts for millions of dosages intended for the recreational market, according to DEA findings. In addition, Kratom has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. These three factors constitute a Schedule I controlled substance according to the Controlled Substances Act passed by Congress in 1970.
Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. This is not true for Kratom, it has been shown numerous times in reports from users to help recovering Opiate addicts, treat pain, combat depression and anxiety, and much more. Deaths that involve Kratom being a persons' system have always been from the result of mixing Kratom with other drugs, rather than Kratom alone. In states that banned Kratom, Alabama specifically, opiate usage and deaths went up after Kratom was banned in the state. Please stop the DEA from scheduling Kratom as Schedule I, there are many people who will suffer from this.
Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) refers to the leaves of a South East Asian tree closely related to the coffee plant. Like coffee, it has stimulating effects. In large doses, Kratom acts as a sedative and supports the body’s ability to deal with everyday minor aches and pains. It has been used for medicinal purpose in traditional South Eastern medicine for several hundred years.
Mitragyna speciosa has been used by manual laborers to provide energy, positive mood, and to help mitigate everyday aches and pains of the back breaking manual labor associated with agriculture in rural Southeast Asia. It has also been used as an anti-diarrheal against dysentery in the regions that it is native. Here in the U.S., it is primarily used for its mild stimulant effects similar to coffee that promotes a positive and energized state of well being. It is also an important medicinal herb that helps to relax the body and ease life’s every day minor aches and pains.
Kratom has many benefits for those who use it responsibly including beneficial effects on supporting positive mood, energy, immune function, and assisting those who experience various minor aches and pains.
Kratom is remarkably safe when used in a responsible manner. According to the CDC, cigarette smoking causes 440,000 deaths in the United States every year; about one of every five deaths in this country are caused by cigarettes. Alcohol causes more than 1.2 million emergency room visits and 2.7 million physician office visits due to excessive drinking each year. Pharmaceutical drugs are one of the leading causes of death in this country, killing one American every 19 minutes. Prescription opiate pain killers account for more than 475,000 emergency room visits annually. Over-the-counter pain relievers such as Tylenol send over 56,000 people to the emergency room each year with liver-related complications. Between 2011 and 2014, over 11,000 reports were made to Poison Control centers on energy drinks alone. Kratom has never caused a single recorded death and as is about as habit-forming as coffee.
New users are trying Kratom every day after hearing about successful experiences with this plant from friends or stories posted online.
In small amounts, Kratom is energizing like a cup of coffee or tea. Most people that use Kratom say that it gives them an uplifting feeling to their mood and cognitive state. Kratom can also give the feeling of a sense of deep contentment and well-being. In larg doses, Kratom can give the user euphoric feelings. This is likely the result of the mitragynine alkaloid which has been found to offer anti-depressant like qualities. Kratom has also been called an intense focus booster. There are reviews from some users who say it improved ADD/ADHD symptoms, making their thoughts clear and making it easier to concentrate. While supporting a positive mood, Kratom can also calm you down and help rid your mind of stressful thoughts. Kratom is also reported to reduce feelings of nervousness and help ease both physical and mental exhaustion.
Mitragyna Speciosa has been used by many as an effective alternative to prescription pain-killers. Kratom acts similarly to morphine to relieve temporary or chronic pain. Kratom has been reported to relieve conditions from headaches/migraines, muscle pain and soreness as well as chronic pain that has been resistant to prescription medications. Kratom is viewed by some as a much safer and less addictive treatment than some of the addictive medications currently being prescribed.
Another effect of Kratom is its ability to improve the quality of sleep. Kratom helps to turn off your mind before going to bed and put you into a restful state making it easier to fall asleep and wake feeling more refreshed and ready to take on your day. It has also been reported that Kratom usage can enhance your social experiences rid the mind of the anxieties associated with social interaction.
One of the most important uses for Kratom is to ease the effects associated with opiate withdrawal. Kratom is said to offer serious assistance in reducing the effects of withdrawal and reduce the cravings for opiates.
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Mookie & Price Get Rings, But Nats Pitcher Joe Ross Steals The Bro Show
by DA Gambler | Apr 10, 2021 | 4TH SLOT
While the Nationals try to weather this COVID storm, veteran pitcher Joe Ross came through in the clutch and definitely made a strong case for a permanent spot in the rotation.
To everyone’s disappointment, Josh Bell and Josh Harrison are in COVID protocols and are yet to take the field this season. Price didn’t pitch and Mookie is day-to-day with back stiffness, so the soul of Friday’s game would have been nonexistent if not for Ross, who hasn’t pitched since losing Game 5 of the 2019 World Series.
The layoff served him well as the 27-year-old righty baffled Dodgers hitters for five innings allowing no runs, two hits and striking out four batters in a 1-0 Nats loss against the offensive juggernaut from the West Coast. Ross had a “shut yo mouth and pass the collard greens” performance, proving that he was the man for the mound.
Joe Ross through 5 innings against the 2020 World Series Champs LA Dodgers
67 pitches
40 strikes
4 strikeouts
He’s back ? pic.twitter.com/ux8LdMgrmL
— Talkin Nats (@TalkinNats) April 9, 2021
In fact, as soon as Ross exited the game, Justin Turner smashed a homer to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead with two outs in the sixth. That was all they would need. It wouldn’t be hyperbole, however, to suggest that Ross threw a kink in the best-laid plans of Dodgers fans, who surely anticipated an obliteration on such a momentous occasion.
It was World Series “Ring Day” at Dodger Stadium and the fans came back to watch live pro baseball in LA on Friday. It was 548 days since fans walked through the gates of the historic ballpark.
In many ways, Ring Day was more than 30 years in the making as a 60-game COVID season, a ton of uncertainty and the proper dose of competitive spirit helped Dave Roberts, Mookie Betts and Magic Johnson’s ownership group win the franchise’s first World Series since 1988.
It was a huge win for Black baseball. There was a collective sigh released by LA baseball fans, who had suffered through two World Series losses in the past three seasons.
The Dodgers’ 2021 home opener seemed to be the perfect storm. As the fans returned to the ballpark, they got to truly share in an accomplishment and celebration that they were only allowed to witness on TV in 2020. Ring Day was like their World Series. The first time they could reach out and touch the moment (with a distance of six feet of course).
Mookie got his ring and a resounding ovation.
Mookie Betts gets his first standing ovation at Dodger Stadium while getting his championship ring ?
(via @MLB)pic.twitter.com/N42e95A1xA
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 9, 2021
There was some uncertainty surrounding whether or not the Dodgers would award veteran Black Ace David Price a ring because he opted out of 2020, but his positive standing in the clubhouse and the championship leader he’s been since he arrived made it an easy decision for Dodgers brass.
Classy move by the Dodgers. In an even classier move, Price donated his ring to the Players Alliance.
So with 2020 in the rearview and baseball, as we know it pretty much back to normal, it’s time to focus on the task at hand. The matchup between the Dodgers and Washington Nationals on Friday featured baseball’s last two World Series Champions in what could very well be a preview of the 2021 Autumn Classic.
Before the season started, fans of Black baseball definitely had this home opener marked on the calendar as both teams feature elite MLB Bros. The Nationals acquired power-hitting first baseman Josh Bell during the offseason and when he does take the field, to his right will be veteran second baseman Harrison. The Dodgers, of course, have Betts and Price.
On Friday, Ross made sure that nobody forgets that he’s also an MLB Bro capable of delivering All-Star performances.
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Note: The Ancient Patron of Assisi was St. Rufinus
"Assisi cherishes the memory of the blessing bequeathed to it by its glorious son, when, gazing upon it for the last time from the beautiful plain that stretches at its feet, he exclaimed with tears: 'Be thou blessed of the Lord, O city faithful to God, for in thee and by thee shall many souls be saved!'" (Liturgical Year)
Prayer for Assisi: "Lord, as in days gone by many evil-doers lived in this city, so now I see it has pleased your abundant mercy to show this city the fullness of your grace. May it become a dwelling and a home for all who acknowledge you and seek to glorify your name forever and ever; for all who give an example of virtuous life and witness of true doctrine to all Christendom. I therefore beg you, Lord Jesus Christ, Father of mercies, not to consider our ingratitude but ever to be mindful of your abundant mercy which you have displayed here." (St. Francis of Assisi)
"After eight centuries the relies and the mementos remain. All Assisi is a living relic and a testimony of the man. Of only the man? Of only the extraordinary man? It is the testimony of a special satisfaction that the heavenly Father through the work of his only begotten Son, had in this man in this 'little one', in the 'Poverello' in Francis, who - as very few in the course of the history of the Church and of mankind - learned from Christ to be meek and humble of heart. Yes, Father, such was your pleasure." (Pope John Paul II)
"[T]he memory of so many benefits derived from [St. Francis] has never been lost at any time or in any place. On the contrary we find that his life and work, which as Dante writes can be sung better by those who enjoy the glories of heaven than by human tongue, has raised and exalted him century after century in the devotion and admiration of all so that not only is his greatness increasing in the Catholic world because of a remarkable appreciation of his great sanctity, but he is also surrounded by a certain civic cult and glory by reason of which the very name Assisi has become well known to the peoples of the whole world." (Pope Pius XI, "Rite Expiatis", 1926)
"Ante obitum mortuus, post obitum vivus" ("Dead before death, alive after death")
"Plainly a life such as his, so holy, so passionate, so brilliant, was enough to win him a place in the Church Triumphant. Yet, because the Church Militant, which can only observe the outer appearances, does not presume to judge on its own authority those not sharing its actual state, it proposes for veneration as Saints only those whose lives on earth merited such, especially because an angel of Satan sometimes transforms himself into an angel of light (II Cor. 11:14). In his generosity the omnipotent and merciful God has provided that the aforementioned Servant of Christ did come and serve Him worthily and commendably. Not permitting so great a light to remain hidden under a bushel, but wishing to put it on a lampstand to console those dwelling in the house of light (Mt 5:15), God declared through many brilliant miracles that his life has been acceptable to God and his memory should be honored by the Church Militant. Therefore, since the wondrous events of his glorious life are quite well known to us because of the great familiarity he had with us while we still occupied a lower rank, and since we are fully convinced by reliable witnesses of the many brilliant miracles, we and the flock entrusted to us, by the mercy of God, are confident of being assisted at his intercession and of having in heaven a patron whose friendship we enjoyed on earth. With the consultation and approval of our Brothers, we have decreed that he be enrolled in the catalogue of saints worthy of veneration. We decree that his birth be celebrated worthily and solemnly by the universal Church on the fourth of October, the day on which he entered the kingdom of heaven, freed from the prison of the flesh. Hence, in the Lord we beg, admonish and exhort all of you, we command you by this apostolic letter, that on this day reserved to honor his memory, you dedicate yourselves more intensely to the divine praises, and humbly to implore his patronage, so that through his intercession and merits you might be found worthy of joining his company with the help of Him who is blessed forever. Amen." (Mira Circa Nos, Bull of Pope Gregory IX canonizing St. Francis of Assisi, 1228)
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"Such were the reasons for which the Saint determined to institute the brotherhood of the Third Order, which was to admit all ranks, all ages, both sexes, and yet in no way necessitate the rupture of family or social ties. For its rules consist only in obedience to God and His Church, to avoid factions and quarrels, and in no way to defraud our neighbor; to take up arms only for the defense of religion and of one's country; to be moderate in food and in clothing, to shun luxury, and to abstain from the dangerous seductions of dances and plays." (Pope Leo XIII, "Auspicato Concessum", 1882)
"What Francis wished to shine out, above all, in his Tertiaries, and which ought to be as their characteristic mark, is fraternal charity, most watchful guardian of peace and concord. Knowing that charity is the special commandment brought by Jesus Christ and the synthesis of the whole Christian law, St. Francis was careful to make of it the spiritual rule of his children; and he attained this result, that the Third Order rendered naturally the greatest service to the entire human family." (Pope Benedict XV, "Sacra Propediem", 1921)
"We expect that you will favor in every way within your power the Third Order of St. Francis, either by yourselves or by means of trained priests and eloquent preachers teaching the people the aims of this Order of men and women who live in the world, how worthy it is of popular esteem, how easy it is to enter this Order, to observe its holy rules, and how abundant are the indulgences and privileges which the Tertiaries enjoy. Finally, make known the great blessings which flow from the Third Order to individuals and to the communities where they live. You should urge those who have not yet given their names to this immortal band of soldiers to do so this year. As regards those who cannot, because of their age, join the Third Order, they should be enrolled as 'Cordigeri' so that even from childhood they may become accustomed to the holy discipline of this Order." (Pope Pius XI, "Rite Expiatis", 1926)
"We make an appeal for the zealous help of all those who claim for themselves Christian peace, but especially for the collaboration of the Tertiaries. They will exert a marvelous influence in restoring concord in spirit the day wherein their number and their efforts will be developed. It is, then, desirable that in every city, town, and even in each village, the Third Order count henceforth a sufficient group of members, not of inactive adherents satisfied with the mere title of Tertiaries, but instead, of those who spend themselves with zeal for their own salvation and the salvation of their brothers. Why even should not the various Catholic associations which multiply everywhere, associations of youth, of workmen, of women, not affiliate themselves to the Third Order to continue to work for the glory of Jesus Christ and the triumph of the Church with the same zeal that Francis had for peace and charity?" (Pope Benedict XV, "Sacra Propediem", 1921)
"Profoundly saddened by the misfortunes which the Church was then passing through, Francis conceived the incredible design of renewing everything conformably to the principles of the Christian law. After having founded a double religious family, one of Brothers, the other of Sisters, who pledged themselves by solemn vows to imitate the humility of the Cross, Francis, in the impossibility of opening the cloister to all whom the desire of being formed in his school drew to him, resolved to procure, even for souls living in the whirlpool of the world, the means to tend to Christian perfection. He founded, then, an Order properly called Tertiaries, differing from the two other Orders in that it would not bear the bond of the religious vows, but would be characterized by the same simplicity of life and the same spirit of penance. Thus the project which no founder of a regular Order had yet imagined, to cause the religious life to be practiced by all, Francis first conceived the idea of and the grace of God gave him to realize it with the greatest success. We have no other proof of it than this beautiful homage of Thomas de Celano: 'Marvelous workman, whose example, direction, and teachings have this admirable result, to renew in both sexes the Church of Christ and to lead to triumph a triple phalanx of souls preoccupied with their salvation.' (I Cel. xv. 40)." (Pope Benedict XV, "Sacra Propediem", 1921)
"In fact, from the lowest ranks to the highest, there prevailed an enthusiasm and a generous and eager ardor to be affiliated to this Franciscan Order. Amongst others, King Louis IX, of France, and St. Elizabeth of Hungary, sought this honor; and, in the course of centuries, several Sovereign Pontiffs, Cardinals, Bishops, Kings, and Princes have not deemed the Franciscan badges derogatory to their dignity. The associates of the Third Order displayed always as much courage as piety in the defense of the Catholic religion; and if their virtues were objects of hatred to the wicked, they never lacked the approbation of the good and wise, which is the greatest and only desirable honor. More than this, Our Predecessor, Gregory IX, publicly praised their faith and courage; nor did he hesitate to shelter them with his authority, and to call them, as a mark of honor, 'Soldiers of Christ, new Maccabees;' and deservedly so. For the public welfare found a powerful safeguard in that body of men who, guided by the virtues and rules of their founder, applied themselves to revive Christian morality as far as lay in their power and to restore it to its ancient place of honor in the State. Certain it is, that to them and their example it was often due that the rivalries of parties were quenched or softened, arms were torn from the furious hands that grasped them, the causes of litigation and dispute were suppressed, consolation was brought to the poor and the abandoned; and luxury, that gulf of fortunes and instrument of corruption, was subdued. And thus domestic peace, incorrupt morality, gentleness of behavior, the legitimate use and preservation of private wealth, civilization and social stability, spring as from a root from the Franciscan Third Order; and it is in great measure to St. Francis that Europe owes their preservation." (Pope Leo XIII, "Auspicato Concessum", 1882)
"The Third Order is indeed a religious Order but an altogether new type of community at that time, for while it possesses the spirit of a religious order, it does not obligate its members to take vows. It offers to both men and women, living in the world, the means not only of observing the laws of God but of attaining Christian perfection. The Rules of this new order may be reduced to the following principal articles. No one was accepted as a member unless he were of an unquestioned Catholic faith and obedient in all things to the Church; the manner of receiving candidates from each of the sexes into the Order; admission to religious profession was permitted after a year of novitiate, subject to the consent of the wife in the case of husbands and of the husband in the case of wives; love of purity and poverty, especially in the use of clothes, and of modesty in feminine attire; that the Tertiaries should abstain from feasting, from immodest shows and balls; abstinence and fasting; confession and communion three times a year, taking care to make peace with everyone beforehand and to restore the goods rightly belonging to others; not to bear arms except in defense of the Roman Church, of the Christian faith, and of one's own country, or with the consent of one's Minister; the recitation of the canonical hours and other prayers; the duty of making a last will and testament three months after admission into the Order; to restore as soon as possible peace among one's brethren or among those outside the order if any trouble had arisen; what to do in case the rights and privileges of the Order had been violated; not to take an oath except in case of urgent necessity recognized by the Apostolic See. To these rules were added others of no less importance; for example, on the duty of hearing Mass; of attending meetings called on certain fixed days; on the giving of alms by each according to his ability to help the poor and, especially, the sick; on the performing of the last rites for dead members; on the manner of exchanging visits in case of illness; on the manner of bringing back to the ways of virtue those who had fallen or were obstinate in sin; on the duty of not refusing the offices and functions assigned to each and to fulfill these with care; on the manner of settling disputes." (Pope Pius XI, "Rite Expiatis", 1926)
"Francis either by his own apostolate or by that of his disciples and, by the institution of the Third Order, laid the foundations of a new social order built on lines in strict conformity with the very spirit of the Gospels. Omitting everything in these Rules which relates to the liturgy and to spiritual formation, despite the fact that these matters are of primary importance, everyone can understand how from the other prescriptions of the Rules there should result such an order both in public and private life as to bring about a new type of civic intercourse. We will not call this merely a brotherly fellowship based on the practice of Christian perfection, but rather a shield of the rights of the poor and the weak against the abuses of the rich and the powerful, and all this without prejudice to good order and justice. From the association of the Tertiaries with the clergy there necessarily resulted this happy consequence, that new members were permitted to participate in the same exemptions and immunities which the latter already enjoyed. The Tertiaries no longer were called upon to take the so-called solemn oath of vassalage, neither were they conscripted for military service, nor had they to go to war or to bear arms, for in this the Rule of the Third Order was opposed to the feudal law, and by their membership in the Order they achieved a liberty which was otherwise impossible under the conditions of servitude under which they had lived. When they were set on and harassed by those whose every interest it was to cause conditions to return to their former state, they had as defenders and patrons the Popes Honorius III and Gregory IX who overcame every obstacle put in their way and prohibited such attacks by the severest punishments. From this source, therefore, there arose that profound impulse toward a saving reform of human society, toward that vast expansion and growth among Christian nations which had its beginnings in the new Order of which Francis was the Father and Teacher. Innocence of life, too, blossomed forth once more in union with the spirit of penance. From this source arose that ardent zeal which impelled not only pontiffs, cardinals, and bishops to accept the badge of the Third Order, but also kings and princes who imbibed, together with the Franciscan spirit, evangelical wisdom and, from among whom, some rose even to the glory of sainthood. The noblest virtues, too, came back into public esteem and honor. In a word, the 'face of the earth itself was changed.'" (Pope Pius XI, "Rite Expiatis", 1926)
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"We pray that the same words of our Master, which were fulfilled in St. Francis, may be fulfilled in us" (Pope John Paul II)
"And we pray to you, the Poverello of Assisi, 'Strengthen the sanctuary in our day too! Strengthen the Church! Amen.'" (Pope John Paul II)
"We thank you for the holy 'burden' of the priesthood and the episcopate. We thank you for St. Francis, who did not deem himself worthy to accept priestly ordination." (Pope John Paul II)
"What better wish could the Pope address to you than the one that was so dear to St. Francis and has remained a symbol for all his children? 'Pace e Bene!' (Peace and all Good)." (Pope John Paul II)
"Our Predecessors...never permitted any centenary of the principal events of [St. Francis'] life to pass by without exhorting the faithful to celebrate it, confirming their exhortations by the teaching authority of the Apostles which they possessed." (Pope Pius XI, "Rite Expiatis", 1926)
"How much am I obliged to my sweet Redeemer! for since, by means of his servant [St.] Francis, I have tasted the bitterness of his holy passion, I have never in my whole life found any pain or sickness that could afflict me. There is nothing insupportable to a heart that loveth God; and to him that loveth not, every thing is insupportable." (St. Clare of Assisi)
"Certainly We, of all others, approve of this zeal for so excellent an object, especially because We have been accustomed from Our youth to admire Francis of Assisi and to pay him a particular veneration; because We glory in being on the roll of the Franciscan family; and because, more than once, We have, out of devotion, climbed with eagerness and joy the sacred heights of Alvernia; there the image of that great man presented itself to Us wherever We trod, and that solitude teeming with memories held Our spirit rapt in silent contemplation." (Pope Leo XIII, "Auspicato Concessum", 1882)
"We, therefore, view with great pleasure the preparations which are being made to celebrate this solemn Centenary of St. Francis who 'in his life propped up the house and in his days fortified the temple.' (Ecclesiasticus i, 1) We take all the more pleasure in this festival since from Our earliest years We have with great devotion venerated St. Francis as Our patron. We have numbered Ourselves, too, among his children, having received the badge of the Third Order. In this year, therefore, which is the Seventh Centenary of the death of the Seraphic Father, the Catholic world, and in particular Our nation, Italy, should receive, through the intercession of St. Francis, so great an abundance of blessings that it will remain forever a year memorable in the history of the Church." (Pope Pius XI, "Rite Expiatis", 1926)
"In the next place there is the personal remembrance which they evoke for Us. We love to recall that in 1882, when the centenary of his birth spread amongst the mass of the Faithful the fervent cultus of Francis of Assisi, We wished to range Ourselves amongst the disciples of that great Patriarch, and received regularly the habit of the Tertiaries in the celebrated Church of Ara Coeli, served by the Friars Minors. Today, placed by Providence on the chair of the Prince of the Apostles, We are particularly happy to seize this occasion to testify Our devotion to St. Francis in exhorting the Catholics of the entire world to affiliate themselves with eagerness or to remain faithfully attached to this Franciscan institution, which today responds marvelously to the needs of society." (Pope Benedict XV, "Sacra Propediem", 1921)
"I came out of paradise, I said: I will water my garden of plants. Thus speaks the heavenly cultivator, who is truly the source of wisdom, God's Word, begotten by the Father from eternity, yet remaining in the Father. In these last days, made flesh in the womb of a virgin by the operation of the Holy Spirit, he went forth to the arduous work of redeeming the human race, giving himself to humanity as the model of a heavenly life. But because so often people, overcome by the anxieties of this mortal life, turned their mental gaze away from such a model, our true Solomon has made in the realm of the church militant, among other gardens, a garden of delight, far from the stormy waves of the world, in which people might devote themselves with greater peace and security to contemplating and imitating the works of the exemplar, and he himself entered this world that he might refresh it with the fertile waters of his spiritual grace and teaching. This garden is the holy religion of the friars Minor which, enclosed within the firm walls of regular observance, is content with God alone and is constantly enriched with fresh shoots, her sons. Entering this garden, the beloved Son of God gathers the myrrh and spices of mortification and penance which by their marvelous fragrance diffuse to everyone the perfume of an attractive sanctity. This is that form and rule of the heavenly life sketched by that eminent confessor of Christ, saint Francis, who taught his sons its observance by both word and example. The observers of that holy rule, men of zeal and devotion, as both pupils and true sons of so great a father, aspired and still ardently aspire to observe that rule faithfully in all its purity and fullness... We have from a tender age had a warm devotion to those who profess this rule and to the whole order. Now that, though unworthy, we bear the office of universal pastor, we are the more roused to cherish them and to honor them more kindly and attentively, the more often we consider and reflect on the plentiful harvest reaped continually from their exemplary lives and wholesome teaching for the good of the universal Church." (Council of Vienne, Convoked by Pope Clement V)
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PDF | On Jan 1, 1994, Léon Bottou and others published Convergence Properties of the K-Means Algorithms. /Widths[250 0 0 376 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /Type/Font >> 833.3 1444.4 1277.8 555.6 1111.1 1111.1 1111.1 1111.1 1111.1 944.4 1277.8 555.6 1000 This post is also based on the textbook Real and Complex Analysis, 3rd edition (Rudin, 1986) and the lecture at SNU (instructor: Prof. Insuk Seo). /Name/F5 7 0 obj 639.7 565.6 517.7 444.4 405.9 437.5 496.5 469.4 353.9 576.2 583.3 602.5 494 437.5 Comparison between convergence in probability and weak convergence 175 Chapter 6. /Type/Font Probability, RVs, and Convergence in Law 33 5. /Length 2800 777.8 777.8 777.8 777.8 777.8 777.8 1333.3 1333.3 500 500 946.7 902.2 666.7 777.8 667 667 667 333 606 333 606 500 278 500 611 444 611 500 389 556 611 333 333 611 333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 777.8 277.8 777.8 500 777.8 500 777.8 777.8 777.8 777.8 0 0 777.8 On the Impossibility of Convergence of Mixed Strategies with No Regret Learning. 500 555.6 527.8 391.7 394.4 388.9 555.6 527.8 722.2 527.8 527.8 444.4 500 1000 500 277.8 500 555.6 444.4 555.6 444.4 305.6 500 555.6 277.8 305.6 527.8 277.8 833.3 555.6 /Subtype/Type1 In statistics, a consistent estimator or asymptotically consistent estimator is an estimator—a rule for computing estimates of a parameter θ0—having the property that as the number of data points used increases indefinitely, the resulting sequence of estimates converges in probability to θ0. /FirstChar 32 889 611 556 611 611 389 444 333 611 556 833 500 556 500 310 606 310 606 0 0 0 333 Along with convergence theorems, these integral inequalities will be used intensely throughout the probability theory. /Name/F7 /BaseFont/TWTSSM+CMR10 /Subtype/Type1 /LastChar 255 The usefulness of the DCT is that it not only shows convergence of the integral, but also integrability of the limiting function and $L^1$ convergence1 to it. /Name/F1 778 778 778 667 604 556 500 500 500 500 500 500 758 444 479 479 479 479 287 287 287 << 0 0 0 528 542 602 458 466 589 611 521 263 589 483 605 583 500 0 678 444 500 563 524 /Type/Encoding /Subtype/Type1 It is worth noting that Fatou’s lemma does not require convergence. It follows that convergence with probability 1, convergence in probability, and convergence in mean all imply convergence in distribution, so the latter mode of convergence is indeed the weakest. Convergence a.s. makes an assertion about the distribution ofentire random sequencesofXt’s. /Widths[333 611 611 167 333 611 333 333 333 0 333 606 0 667 500 333 333 0 0 0 0 0 That is, for small α (long window) the convergence is slow whereas for large α (short window) the convergence is very fast. 500 500 1000 500 500 333 1144 525 331 998 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 500 606 500 1000 333 979 /Subtype/Type1 883 582 546 601 560 395 424 326 603 565 834 516 556 500 333 606 333 606 0 0 0 278 31 0 obj $Y = c \in \mathbb{R}$). 833 611 556 833 833 389 389 778 611 1000 833 833 611 833 722 611 667 778 778 1000 Fatou’s lemma, another important convergence theorem can be directly derived by the MCT. << 611.1 611.1 722.2 722.2 722.2 777.8 777.8 777.8 777.8 777.8 666.7 666.7 760.4 760.4 endobj 777.8 694.4 666.7 750 722.2 777.8 722.2 777.8 0 0 722.2 583.3 555.6 555.6 833.3 833.3 $X \ge 0$ a.s., $a > 0$ $\implies P(X \ge a) \le EX/a.$, $a > 0$ $\implies P(X \ge a) \le EX^2/a^2.$. Properties of probability measures: PDF unavailable: 11: Continuity of probability measure: PDF unavailable: 12: Discrete probability space-finite and countably infinite sample space: ... Monotone Convergence Theorem - 2 : PDF unavailable: 61: Expectation of a … Convergence in probability does not imply almost sure convergence. The latter one will be used in the proof of the MCT. /Type/Font $s: \Omega \to [0,\infty]$: a simple function. /Type/Encoding 750 708.3 722.2 763.9 680.6 652.8 784.7 750 361.1 513.9 777.8 625 916.7 750 777.8 /Type/Font Since the expectation $EX$ is defined as a mere integral, all of the above theorems can be applied. Let X be a non-negative random variable, that is, P(X ≥ 0) = 1. The most famous example of convergence in probability is the weak law of large numbers (WLLN). /FontDescriptor 12 0 R In general, convergence will be to some limiting random variable. 500 500 1000 500 500 333 1000 611 389 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 500 606 500 1000 333 998 /BaseFont/WFZUSQ+URWPalladioL-Bold In the following theorems, assume $f,g$ are measurable. However, this random variable might be a constant, so it also makes sense to talk about convergence to a real number. 161/minus/periodcentered/multiply/asteriskmath/divide/diamondmath/plusminus/minusplus/circleplus/circleminus 400 606 300 300 333 611 641 250 333 300 488 500 750 750 750 444 778 778 778 778 778 >> /Encoding 7 0 R << /BaseFont/JSJNOA+CMSY10 endobj /BaseFont/AWNKAL+CMEX10 Probability Measure Kolmogorov Axioms A probability measure P is a real valued function, de–ned on A W satisfying the following axioms: 1 P(A) 0 for every event A W. 2 P(W) = 1 3 If Am T A n= f for all n 6= m then P( S n2N A ) = ån2N P(A ). 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The Loon
By Robert M. Johanson and Witness Relocation; Directed and Choreographed by Dan Safer
Produced by Witness Relocation
Off Off Broadway, Experimental Dance Theater
Runs through 10.29.16
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street
by Lexi Orphanos on 10.20.16
Robert M. Johanson (L) and the ensemble in The Loon. Photo by Maria Baranova.
BOTTOM LINE: In a time all about knowing who you are, The Loon puts forth a cohesive guide for the essentials: how to admit to being a liar, cope with heartbreak, and polish your New England bird calls.
Psychology buffs, dance fanatics, Bill Bryson enthusiasts, and bird-watchers have never quite fit so beautifully in the same melting pot as when at the Abrons Arts Center to see The Loon. What could easily slip into the experimental theater void as just another play of monologues underscored with modern dance becomes a much deeper study of what it means to be human.
Writer Robert M. Johanson’s complete left-brained need for science and sense marries a right-brained release of modern dance with driving beats. In key moments the party comes to life and popcorn flies across the stage while strobe lights flicker, filling the space with tangible human energy. The Loon dissects life in the same way we approach an abstract painting: trying to make sense of every stroke of color can muddy our view, and stepping back and giving over to the whirl of color makes the ride easier.
Johanson takes the stage as the brilliantly blunt narrator. He hits the crowd with the marvelous simplicity of discomfort, playing with time, practicing bird calls, and performing his own school dance rendition of “A Whiter Shade of Pale”—an eclectic man, indeed. He begins his hour long conversation with the audience by asking “what is time?” Through this age-old question, Johanson very quickly makes himself clear: he is confused by just about every human sensation, and needs to assign thought and order to the true chaos that we live in. He unsettles the audience by questioning all that we know, even lying to us, but is impeccably lovable and quippy, a trustworthy “guide” to help the audience deliberate the paradoxes of time and space.
Although Johanson is the only main speaking character, his hour-long monologue of grief over the human condition could not survive without the striking ensemble of modern dancers who fill the world behind him. The piece is advertised as being written as a collaborative ensemble, and it is evident that each performer brings a palpable sensitivity to every moment of the show.
Above all, The Loon is not some A-B-C narrative involving loons. The flow of the piece makes it such that everyone will leave with different thoughts about what the past hour of their life just meant, and even about the purpose behind each moment: why papier-mâché heads and Ikea slideshows appear onstage; why the loon is single-handedly one of the funniest creatures on earth; why Autumn feels as pensive and pressurized as it so often does. This special feeling—of having your own individual experience in the theatre—is what makes the piece special. In a world all about learning to be “a loon” without having your own mythology to rely on, what can be gained by resisting this need for patterns and order? Step one: place life under a microscope. Step two: forget everything you thought you knew about time, truth, and bird calls. Step three: enjoy the ride.
(The Loon plays at Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, through October 29, 2016. The running time is one hour with no intermission. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8. Tickets at $25 general admission and are available at abronsartscenter.org or by calling 866-811-4111.)
The Loon is by Robert M Johanson and the Witness Relocation team. Directed by Dan Safer. Lighting design and set design by Jay Ryan. Projections by Kaz PS. Costume design by Eva Jaunzemis. Assistant costume design by Sarah Lawrence. Mask design by Steve Willis and Eva Jaunzemis. Special Effects by Kiah Vidyarthi. Sound design by Javier Peral. Voice over work by Ella Louden. Stage hands Grace Huang and Adam Pivirotto. Stage Management by Monique Bernier. Produced by Witness Relocation.
The cast is Alexa Andreas, Kelly Bartnick, Sunny Hitt, Annie Hoeg, Eva Jaunzemis, Robert M. Johanson, Vanessa Koppel, Trevor Salter, and Dan Safer.
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A THEASY BEST BET: WOW-WORTHY ENTERTAINMENT
Stunning choreography and direction by Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman
Impressive multimedia visuals and expert puppetry
Stars Peter Friedman, Tony Yazbeck, and Irina Dvorovenko
$85 and $120
To purchase tickets visit vineyardtheatre.org or call 212-239-6200
By David Thompson and John Kander; Directed by Susan Stroman
Produced by Vineyard Theatre
Off Broadway, Dance Play
The Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street
by Lexi Orphanos on 5.23.18
Irina Dvorovenko and Tony Yazbeck in The Beast in the Jungle. Production photos by Carol Rosegg.
BOTTOM LINE: With striking direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, The Beast in the Jungle gives artistic richness to a simple tale of love and anguish.
In this romantic dance play, we meet our protagonist John Marcher in his old age, portrayed by Peter Friedman (Ragtime, Body Awareness, HBO's High Maintenance). He is immediately rendered cynical and calloused, wealthy in all aspects aside from joy. When his nephew (Tony Yazbeck) suddenly arrives reeling from his fresh breakup, John is softened from this Scrooge-like persona and thinks on his own past love. Much to his nephew's surprise, a young John Marcher went on a Dionysian sexual walkabout of Europe in search of "The Great Mystical Fuck." As John begins to relate this story, John Kander's music swells and the lights shift, taking us into a world of memory for the ensuing delightful dance play.
With the story being told mostly through dance, the cast is impeccable. Principal dancers Irina Dvorovenko and Tony Yazbeck move with convincing passion in portraying the love story between May Bertram and the younger Marcher, creating a tangible chemistry that is both unique to their relationship and universal in its simplicity. Both possess obvious star quality and are entrancing with their remarkable skill. The entire ensemble provides the strength and high performative standard for the two principals to ride on, with welcomed comedic bits popping out from the drama, often featuring dance captain Leah Hofmann.
The plot—albeit simple—becomes rich through Susan Stroman's direction and choreography. Much like her previous work on Contact, her theatre flourishes when the backdrop to her complex choreography is kept uncomplicated. However, The Beast in the Jungle is brought to even greater heights through the use of puppetry and expertly designed props employed by the women of the play (Maira Barriga, Elizabeth Dugas, Leah Hofmann, Naomi Kakuk, Brittany Marcin Maschmeyer, and Erin N. Moore). The Beast in the Jungle provides a sure-to-please evening of classically trained artists free of overcomplicated commentary that sucks you into an era of entertainment that, in 2018, is increasingly rare.
(The Beast in the Jungle plays at the Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, through June 17, 2018. The running time is 1 hour 45 minutes with no intermission. Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 7; Fridays at 8; Saturdays at 3 and 8; and Sundays at 3. Tickets are $85 ($120 premium) and are available at vineyardtheatre.org or by calling 212-239-6200.)
The Beast in the Jungle is by David Thompson, based on the novella by Henry James. Music by John Kander. Directed and Choreographed by Susan Stroman. Music Direction by Greg Jarrett. Scenic and Costume Design by Michael Curry. Lighting Design by Ben Stanton. Sound Design by Peter Hylenski. Wig, Hair and Make-up Design by Dave Bova. Dialect Coach is Stephen Gabis. Music Arrangements by Sam Davis. Orchestrations by Greg Anthony Rassen and Sam Davis. Associate Director/Choreographer is Eric Santagata. Production Stage Manager is Johnny Milani.
The cast is Maira Barriga, Teagle F. Bougere, Elizabeth Dugas, Irina Dvorovenko, Sara Esty, Peter Friedman, Leah Hofmann, Naomi Kakuk, Brittany Marcin Maschmeyer, Erin N. Moore, Clifton Samuels, and Tony Yazbeck.
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Trouble a-head? Heat, drought stress corn crop
By MINDY KEPFIELD
The outlook for the county’s corn crop this year is variable because rainfall either drenched fields or left them dry.
“I am hesitant to say the harvest will be good,” extension agent Rickey Roberts said. “Much of it will be, but in some areas the crop is really struggling.”
Some corn plants already have kernel damage from hot, dry conditions forecasted to linger into next week.
Andy Kleinsasser, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wichita, said 100-degree heat will return to the county this weekend.
“Almost every summer we have periods when the storm track shifts and there is a big dome of high pressure that suppresses rain,” he said. “Some really hot, dry, weather develops.”
Marion farmer Alan Vogle expects below average yields and test weights, but early-season rains gave a needed boost.
“We have had moisture this year, but we got too much of it all at once followed by times when it was very dry,” he said. “That happened multiple times this year.”
Some fields farther north are so dry they may be cut for silage, he said.
Terry Vinduska, who represents the Kansas Corn Commission on the U.S. Grains Council, said ears were forming on corn plants in the northern part of the county, but kernels are smaller than normal.
“Even if the corn pollinated well, there isn’t sufficient moisture for the kernels to develop,” he said. “We have seen aborted kernels.”
Nearly 1% of the state’s corn was rated in very poor condition, 6% in poor condition, 24% in fair condition, 58% in good condition and 5% in excellent condition by the National Agriculture Statistics Service.
Roberts still is optimistic many county farmers will get a decent crop, as is Jared Jones, with Mid-Kansas Cooperative.
“”I think even if we do not get any more rain it will be acceptable to most farmers,” he said.
He predicted average yields.
Weather can vary harvest yields in most years, but this year’s rainfall was so scattered neighbors may reap different results.
“Even if we do get enough rain, it’s not deployed evenly,” Roberts said. “Some go a whole lot earlier and then not enough later, but their neighbors did not get any. That’s the way it goes.”
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News and Notes for September 22, 2017
ACCREDITED TEXAS-BREDS IN WEEKEND STAKES
Several Accredited Texas-bred horses will compete in 4 stakes races at Remington Park on Sunday.
Two strong runners bred by Wayne Sanders and Larry Hirsch will compete in a field of 10 In the $75,000 Kip Deville Stakes for 2-year-olds going 6 furlongs. Final Arrow (Crossbow – Final Trick) who is now owned by T and M Precision Services won a 5 ½-furlong maiden claiming race by 8 ½ lengths on September 2nd.
Bret Calhoun will saddle Kats Second Silver (Silver City – Red Thread) for Sanders and Hirsch. Kats Second Silver won a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight on July 30 by a whopping 9 ¾ lengths.
Mindy Willis sends out two in the $75,000 Ricks Memorial Stakes for fillies and mares, ages 3 and up which has a field of 12 going a mile and a sixteenth on the turf. Texas Belle (Angliana – Inthemiddleofitall) was bred by Eureka Thoroughbred Farm and runs for Richard P. Chandler, and stakes placed Special Rockstar (Special Rate – Buckstar) is a homebred for Star Bright Thoroughbreds.
Graded stakes winner Ivan Fallunovalot (Valid Expectations – Flashdance Missy) is in a field of 8 for the $150,000 David M. Vance Sprint Stakes for 3-year-olds and up going 6 furlongs. Bred by Eileen Hartis, the 7-year-old gelding is trained by W. T. Howard for owner Lewis E. Mathews Jr. After a long layoff, the former Texas Horse of the Year won a 6 furlong allowance by 5 ½ lengths on September 2nd.
Current reigning Texas Horse of the Year Texas Chrome (Grasshopper – Margarita Mistress) takes on four opponents in the $175,000 Remington Park Stakes for 3-year-olds and up going a mile and an eighth. Bred by Craig Upham, Allen Milligan trains the 4-year-old colt for Keene Thoroughbreds LLC. Texas Chrome’s win in the July 22 Assault Stakes at Lone Star Park put his earnings over $1 million.
While not a Texas-bred, we are proud to cheer for multiple graded stakes winner Girvin in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby. Girvin is owned by TTA Brad Grady of Grandview.
ATB AWARDS IN THE MAIL
ATB awards for the Gillespie County Fair summer meet mailed earlier this week, and are based on the following percentages of purse money earned for placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd:
Breeder Awards: 7.55508%
Owner Awards: 8.40395%
Stallion Owner Awards: 4.64425%
Also, if you own a horse that placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in an OPEN COMPANY race, you will receive an additional 10.03175% of purse money earned.
Congratulations, and be checking that mailbox!
RECAP OF SEPTEMBER 20 TRC MEETING
In spite of solid, rational, spot-on testimony from horsemen, the Commission approved a proposal for funding the Texas Racing Commission that was signed by representatives of Gillespie, Sam Houston, Retama, Gulf Greyhound, Valley Race Park and Gulf Coast Racing along with paper licenses for Manor Downs, Laredo Downs and Valle de los Tesoros. Representatives for Lone Star Park refused to sign the proposal.
The funding proposal will increase fees from $500,000 to $700,000 for each Class 1 track for regulation of 20 race days each. Additional race days can be “purchased” at a cost of $6,313 per day to cover regulation. All other racetrack license fees will be cut in half.
As the next step, proposed rules to implement changes to the racetrack license fee schedule as stated in that funding proposal, along with a proposed 20% increase to individual license fees will soon be published in the Texas Register for a 30-day public comment period. The Commission will meet again during the week of November 6 to vote on the fee increases.
We will be asking all horsemen to respond to the proposed rules during the public comment period.
Chairman Steen indicated that the TRC Ad Hoc Finance Committee will soon be meeting with TRC staff and industry representatives (racetracks, breed registries and THP) to continue to pursue ways to cut TRC expenses.
Commissioner Ederer stated that eliminating all overlapping race days would naturally reduce some Commission expenses, and requested horsemen and racetrack representatives to work together to develop a race date schedule with no overlap.
The Commission also voted to designate an application period for race dates from January 1 through December 31, 2018 with those requests to be considered at the November meeting. This action will also provide opportunity for racetracks to file an amended request for any dates already granted.
Retama Park had filed a request to eliminate another 4 days (October 27, November 3, November 10 and 11) from the current Thoroughbred meet in order to avoid a purse overpayment. Track officials agreed to work with the Texas Horsemen’s Partnership to reduce some purses in order to keep those 4 race days.
Call to Action: OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENT → ← Congrats to Weekly ATB Winners
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The City Desk
Go There: Future Christmas Wonderland
by Editor • December 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Go There is a feature in which our writers tell you about tourist attractions and other places of interest around the city.
In 1960, the downtown Osberger’s Department Store unveiled the Future Christmas Wonderland, an audio animatronic attraction that took up half of its sixth floor shopping space. Visitors were directed by temporary holiday employees in silver and gold lamé jumpsuits through a winding path past scenes of what Christmas would be like in the distant future. The display was a yearly tradition through the 1975 holiday season, replaced by a bicentennial attraction for 1976-1977 and then a standard “Santa’s Workshop” theme until the store’s closing in 1993. The pieces of the Future Christmas Wonderland were packed away, presumably forgotten.
A few years ago, the family of the man who used to maintain the Wonderland discovered it in a storage space he’d rented for years near his home in Wicker Hills. When this hit the news, retirees Mary and Lewis Henry called the family and offered to take it off of their hands and they were more than happy to oblige. Mary had been the director of the DiFlorio Children’s Museum in University Center for many years and thought the Wonderland would make a nice addition over the holidays, a fun example of the city’s past. A quick inspection of the pieces revealed that they were in good shape for the most part, just needing some restitching, paint touch-ups and updating of the mechanicals. After a few months of restoration work by a team of volunteers, the exhibit was installed last November. It did well enough that it’s back again this year, so people can catch a glimpse of the city’s past glimpse of the future.
:: Some exhibits were updated in 1972, adding brown carpeted walls, rounded white plastic and all of the figures wearing clear plastic raincoats. One of the 2010 figures bears a passing resemblance to Silent Running star Bruce Dern.
:: Expect to see the standard hovering cars, jet packs, domed cities, etc.
:: The monorail in the background of the 1985 display is the model used by the City Planning Department in the proposal for the Riverfront Monorail in 1959. Look for the city flag on the front car.
:: The big family Christmas dinners in 1980 and 2000 consist solely of food pills, as owner Wharton Osberger also had invested in several research firms working to develop them.
:: The enormous dreidel-shaped glass and steel building was based upon plans for an unbuilt project/theme park in 1970.
:: The 2100 scene consists mainly of multi-colored pools of water lit from beneath which talk about buying “new 3-D hi-fi sets.”
:: The subjugation of robots plays heavily in some displays, owing to Osberger’s intense distrust of mechanization
:: The original final scene, which features a single Christmas tree in a scorched post-armageddon landscape populated by giant insects wearing helmets, is not included.
Future Christmas Wonderland, through Dec. 31
DiFlorio Children’s Museum
1517 Oakford Ave, University Center
M-F: 9am-6pm, Sa-Su 8am-6pm
Exhibit is included with regular museum admission, $10.95 per person. Children under one are free. For groups of 15 or more, there is a discounted price of $8 per person.
– RJ White
Tags: Christmas go there Holidays monorail museums RJ White shopping
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Gwydion Hughes
Gwydion specialises in commercial, chancery and public law work.
His practice includes company law and insolvency, land law, probate and trusts, inheritance and family provision, local government, planning, landlord and tenant and professional negligence as well as public inquiries. He handles advisory and advocacy work for the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales and is a fluent Welsh speaker.
His public law work includes advising and representing local authorities in local government vires matters concerning the consultation and legality of decision making as well as social care obligations and continuing care.
Gwydion has been appointed to the A Panel of the Attorney General’s Civil Counsel Regional Panel for five years from 1st March 2021. He sits as a Fee-Paid Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber).
Chambers UK 2022 recommend him in Band 1 for Chancery they comment "He is very user-friendly and great with clients. He is the safe pair of hands I would go to for chancery matters. He is focused and very precise."
"Previously Chambers UK reported that "he is very impressive, very reasonable, clever and a smooth operator,” “an excellent advocate, he is very bright and gives very clear advice” and that he is "a leading chancery practitioner who is particularly acclaimed for handling property and contentious trusts cases. He is also an expert in partnership disputes." Amongst his strengths is that "intellectually he is very sharp and his written advice is always very accurate and to the point. "He is prompt when dealing with matters and he has a great ability to deal with clients. He pays attention to detail whilst at the same time sees the wider picture." "He is very easy to deal with as an opposition barrister. In court he is able, competent, He's got a long-established reputation and a good relationship with the local bench" he is "experienced and extremely approachable."
The Legal 500 2021 list that "he stands alone as the best barrister in South Wales for Chancery work." In previous editions they report that "his advocacy skills are brilliant." They have commented that "his practice includes restrictive covenants, insolvency and contentious probate," that he is "experienced in Chancery cases involving contentious trusts and probate," that "his expertise spans company and partnership disputes, insolvency, trusts and probate" and that he is "an extremely able commercial and Chancery practitioner, knowledgeable in private client, insolvency and company law.
Previous Commercial Dispute Resolution recommendations include that he is "Super, he is a very balanced and coherent advocate who takes good points," that he "has a broad commercial practice which covers professional negligence claims and contractual disputes concerning the supply of goods and services. He receives instructions from a range of clients including major corporations and local government authorities" that he is a "a stellar practitioner; an effective opponent with a patient, strategic mind" and that "he's a quite formidable jury advocate,"
His recent reported cases include:
Edwards v Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC [2015] J.P.L. 237 - appellate jurisdiction of the Upper Tribunal (Land Chamber) regarding Certificates of Alternative Development in the context of compulsory purchase
Heesom v Public Services Ombudsman for Wales [2014] All E.R. 269 - compatibility of Welsh devolved standards in public life regime with Article 10 rights
Evans v Lloyd [2013] 2 P. & C.R. DG21 - applicability of the doctrine of unconscionable bargain to gifts
R (Calver) v The Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 - compatibility of Welsh devolved standards in public life regime with Article 10 rights
Gwydion’s Commercial and Business Disputes caseload includes:
Commercial property including dilapidations and rent review
Common law contractual disputes
Company law including directors’ duties and shareholders agreements
Residential property including landlord and tenant and leasehold enfranchisement
Gwydion’s Chancery caseload includes
Land Registration
Map Rectification
Sales and Trust of Land
Trusts & Probate
Administration of estates
Implied, constructive and resulting Trusts
Inheritance Act
Gwydion is a member of the Chancery Bar Association, Treasurer of the Wales Commercial Law Association and Secretary of the Wales & Chester Circuit Specialist Court Bar Association. He was educated at Llanidloes High School before going on to study law at University College Cardiff and for the Bar at the Inns of Court School of Law. He accepts instructions under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme.
9 Park Place are "great with complex work" and sources would "never hesitate to use them on any case."
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Citizens Weapons Inspections Working Group – Mission Statement
The Citizens Inspection Working Group (CIWG) is a working group of Abolition 2000 – a global network calling for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons as required by Article VI of the NPT. The CIWG seeks to expose the hypocrisy and the use of double standards by some NPT member states who condemn countries for possessing or trying to develop weapons of mass destruction(WMD) while they develop new lethal WMD and do nothing to honor their treaty obligations for disarmament nahjbayarea.
The CIWG aims to hold Governments accountable, to educate and alert citizens of the presence of nuclear weapons, and to support the goal of abolishing all weapons of mass destruction. The CIWG aims to support citizen groups who inspect sites and report their findings to the public, United Nations, national governments and other interested parties. Co-conveners are the Los Alamos Study Group (USA) www.lasg.org and For Mother Earth (Belgium) www.motherearth.org.
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New Mexico has seen federal nuclear weapons spending continue to grow while the state has remained mired in poverty, an Albuquerque arms control activist argued Wednesday. “We know that this industry is bad for New Mexico,” Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group told an audience of about 30 gathered in a University of New Mexico lecture hall to discuss the U.S. nuclear weapons program. (ABQJournal, August 5, 2004)
Citizen Weapons Inspectors Visit Secret American Military Base in Norway
24/6/2004- Peace activists from Sweden, Germany and England protested outside the top-secret radar base Vardø in the north of Norway, against the base’s involvement in the USA’s nuclear weapons strategy. The group carried out a “Citizens Weapons Inspection” of the base, to investigate connections between the base and the USA’s missile defence system and the militarisation of space.
The Citizen Weapon Inspection Teams of Colorado now have their Silo reports available on-line, compiled from the Adopt-a-Silo Action at Colorado’s 49 Minuteman III Missile Silos Saturday, July 26, 2003. R
Alliant 28 Found Not Guilty by Jury of Citizens
A six-person jury of citizens from Hennepin County declared that International Law can trump the local private property/no trespass law. 28 Minnesotans “crossed the line,” entering the world headquarters property of Alliant TechSystems Corporation in Edina with the express purpose of conducting a “citizens weapons inspection.” (The Pulse of the Twin Cities, October 22, 2003)
Bomspotting action at the NATO military HQ
International citizens weapon inspection team visits SHAPE; 25th October 2003; Mons, Belgium
Over 250 Arrested in Anti-Nuke Protest at NATO Military HQ
Over 250 protestors were arrested Saturday at an anti-nuclear demonstration at NATO’s military command centre for Europe, including some 40 who managed to enter the base, organizers and police said. But no violence was reported in the protest action, dubbed “Get in Shape,” of which the specific aim was to try to carry out “civilian inspections” inside the sprawling base. ((AFP) October 25, 2003)
11 Peace Activists Arrested Inside Lakenheath Nuclear Weapons Base, UK
This morning, groups of international and local peace activists cut through the perimeter fence of USAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, to draw attention to the illegal nuclear weapons that are deployed there. (FME, October 6, 2003)
German AF Base Closed for Weapons Inspections
An international team of thirty citizens inspectors closed the three gates of Buchel air force base in Germany to carry out a war crimes inspection. It is a public secret that 11 US B-61 tactical nuclear weapons are stored on the base. The inspectors have been gathering information for the International Atomic Energy Agency as well as for the UN where their findings will be reported next year during the Non-Proliferation Preparatory Committee in New York. Their report will also be made public through the Internet.
Citizen Weapons Inspection At U.S. Strategic Command Headquarters, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3, 2003
Nebraskans for Peace and other regional peace groups conducted a Citizens Weapon Inspection at U.S. Strategic Command Headquarters in an attempt to raise awareness. (WSLF, August 3, 2003)
What weapons are in YOUR back yard? Citizens Weapons Inspection Teams inspect U.S. Facilities
Citizens are coming together to inspect U.S. weapons facilities to point out that the U.S. cannot expect the rest of the world to disarm as it develops and expands its programs for Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons. Students, veterans, and other citizens gathered to inspect the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in their community in California. A coalition of Canadian citizens has also formed to inspect U.S. facilities. Read about their campaign at www.rootingoutevil.org. Stay tuned for more information on how to plan your own Citizen Weapons Inspection.
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Intestinal obstruction after trauma laparotomy: a rare case due to colon cancer
Byungjun Song, Pil Young Jung
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Song and Jung: Intestinal obstruction after trauma laparotomy: a rare case due to colon cancer
Trauma Image Proced 2021; 6(1): 25-27.
Published online: November 23, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24184/tip.2021.6.1.25
Byungjun Song1, Pil Young Jung2
1Department of Surgery, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea
2Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Trauma Center, Wonju, Korea
Correspondence to Pil Young Jung Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Trauma Center, 20 Ilsan-ro, Wonju 26426, Korea Tel: +82-33-741-0882 Fax: +82-33-741-0574 E-mail: surgery4trauma@yonsei.ac.kr
Received May 30, 2021 Revised August 3, 2021 Accepted August 14, 2021
The causes of intestinal obstruction are diverse with tissue adhesion, incarcerated hernia, and large bowel neoplasm being the most common causes. Cancer is not easy to diagnose in patients with a history of intestinal obstruction after the intraperitoneal operation following blunt trauma. Herein, we report the case of a patient who was diagnosed with colon cancer after undergoing adhesiolysis due to intestinal obstruction.
Key Words: Intestinal obstruction; Tissue adhesion; Colon neoplasm
Postoperative bowel obstruction occurs frequently and may require emergency surgery [1]. About 80% of bowel obstructions are small bowel obstructions, and the main factors are adhesion, incarcerated hernia, and neoplasm [2,3]. The main factors of large bowel obstruction are cancer and adhesion [3-5]. However, it is uncommon not uncommon for two or more factors to occur simultaneously. We report the case of a patient who was diagnosed with colon cancer after undergoing adhesiolysis for adhesive intestinal obstruction.
A 59-year-old man was transferred to our trauma center for postoperative intestinal obstruction that had not improved with nonsurgical treatment for more than 3 weeks. Four years ago, the patient had undergone emergency surgery due to hemopneumoperitoneum from a pedestrian traffic accident. Ileum perforation, cecum serosa tearing, small bowel, and cecal mesentery hematoma were identified intraoperatively, but no active bleeding was found. The patient had undergone ileum primary repair, cecal serosa primary repair, and incidental appendectomy based on the surgeon’s judgment. Postoperative small bowel obstruction occurred after surgery and improved after about 50 days with nonoperative management.
Since then, there had been no history of bowel obstruction. At the time of transfer, there were no laboratory findings that suggested inflammation. Abdominal computed tomography (ACT) showed no findings suggestive of ischemia or necrosis, even though the small and large intestines were dilated; however, an abrupt narrowing site was identified at the descending-sigmoid colon junction (Fig. 1). Regarding ACT, the radiologist did not mention any remarkable findings other than those described above. Surgery was performed for a bowel obstruction that had not improved with a fasting period of 3 weeks or more. At the time of surgery, the small bowel that was positioned 2 cm below the Treitz ligament, which was considered to be the obstruction end-point, was attached to the abdominal wall in a V-shape in the left lower quadrant (Fig. 2). The overall adhesion between the small intestine and the mesentery was checked, and the evaluation of the descending colon was limited to the adhesion. No enlarged lymph nodes were found in the abdominal cavity.
Two weeks after the operation, the patient’s symptoms did not improve; hence, tests for intestinal obstruction were performed. It was confirmed by the small bowel series that part of the intestinal contents was passed (Fig. 3). The narrowing site identified in the previous ACT was seen as the apple core sign in this ACT (Fig. 4). In the sigmoidoscope, a cancer-like lesion obstructed the lumen entirely (Fig. 5); hence, loop transverse colostomy was performed. The patient’s symptoms improved, and the biopsy result of the sigmoidoscope was an adenocarcinoma with moderate differentiation. The patient was managed with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and underwent left hemicolectomy five months later.
Adhesion, increased hernia, and large bowel cancer are the main causes of total bowel obstructions [3, 5]. Among them, adhesion is the most common factor and can interfere with the evaluation of other factors during surgery [1-4]. About 60% of large bowel obstructions are cancers [4, 5]. If there is a bowel obstruction, including the large bowel, in a patient without a previous abdominal operation history, the cause is likely to be a cancer. Whenever there is a large bowel obstruction, detailed history taking and evaluation to rule out cancer should be performed, even though the patient has experienced trauma-laparotomy.
Abdominal computed tomography was performed after intestinal obstruction operation. (A) admission day, (B) 10 days after, and (C) 3 weeks after. Both small and large bowels were dilated; however, the mucosal wall was enhanced well. Arrows indicate the stenotic site of the colon with mild mucosa wall thickening.
A photograph was taken during the operation of adhesiolysis. The small intestine was attached to the abdominal wall in the left lower quadrant region in a V-shape.
Small bowel series: (A) after 2 hrs, (B) after 3 hrs, and (C) after 1 day. Successive inspections showed that majority of the contrast was retained in the intestine and some descended into the rectum.
Follow-up abdominal computed tomography. A masslike lesion with an apple core sign was seen at the descendingsigmoid colon junction site.
Sigmoidoscopic image. A cancer-like lesion encircled the lumen.
1. Miller G, Boman J, Shrier I, Gordon PH. Natural history of patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction. Br J Surg. 2000;87(9):1240-7.
2. Wysocki A, Krzywoń J. Causes of intestinal obstruction. Przegl Lek. 2001;58(6):507-8.
3. Markogiannakis H, Messaris E, Dardamanis D, Pararas N, Tzertzemelis D, Giannopoulos P, et al. Acute mechanical bowel obstruction: clinical presentation, etiology, management, and outcome. World J Gastroentrerol. 2007;13(3):432-7.
4. Jaffe T, Thompson WM. Large-bowel obstruction in the adult: classic radiographic and CT findings, etiology, and mimics. Radiology. 2015;275(3):651-63.
5. Biondo S, Parés D, Frago R, Martí-Ragué J, Kreisler E, De Oca J, et al. Large bowel obstruction: predictive factors for postoperative mortality. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004;47(11):1889-97.
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Lush, Succulent Family Saga Makes Me Pine for More Morton
In 1913, a ship arrives in Maryborough, Australia from England. When all the passengers embark, scattering to their various destinations, a small girl remains on the wharf. Alone. The child refuses to give her name, insisting she can't remember it or anything else about herself. A shiny white suitcase containing clothes and a gorgeously-illustrated book of fairy tales is the only clue to her identity. The lone witness to the girl's abandonment, portmaster Hugh O'Conner can't fathom how he's supposed to solve this dilemma. Missing luggage he's dealt with before, but an unclaimed person? The flummoxed, tender-hearted man takes the girl home to be fussed over by his wife, who's still grieving from her most recent miscarriage. Nestled in the warm bosom of the O'Conner Family, little Nell grows into a young lady, remembering nothing about her auspicious landing in Australia.
When Nell turns 21, Hugh knows it's time to tell her the truth. His revelation, naturally, sends her into a tailspin. Confused and angry, she turns away from the only family she's ever known. It's years later, however, that she receives the white suitcase with its scanty clues. Determined to find out who she really is—once and for all—Nell follows what little information she has to a grand old mansion on the Cornish coast. As she learns more about the Montrachets, the colorful family who once lived there, Nell finds herself fascinated, but puzzled. Unable to see a connection between them and her, she lets the matter drop.
Decades later, when Nell passes away, her granddaughter is shocked to inherit a cottage in Cornwall. Cassandra Andrews can't imagine why her beloved grandmother would own property in such a faraway place or why she never once mentioned it. Armed with little more information than Nell had, Cassandra sets out to solve the mystery of her grandmother's true roots. As she fits all the pieces into the puzzle, she finds her remarkable journey into the past leading to the one place that's always somehow eluded her: home.
You probably can't tell from the books I've been reviewing lately, but my favorite literary genre—hands down—is the family saga. The thicker and juicier the better. Given my taste for such lush, succulent tales, it's a wonder it took me so long to try those of Australian author Kate Morton. Now that I have, I can't get enough! The Forgotten Garden is a perfect example of why the writer is so popular among my fellow saga lovers. It's rich, vivid, and absorbing. With a setting that lives and breathes, characters who walk and talk, and a plot that twists and turns, it's a thoroughly engrossing tale. Despite its length (a hefty 549 pages), the novel chugs along at a quick enough pace to keep the reader's interest. The back-and-forth between time and narrators did get a little confusing at times, but that's my only complaint with The Forgotten Garden and it's a minor one, indeed. Overall, I adored sinking my teeth into this luscious, layered feast of a family saga.
(Readalikes: Reminds me of The House at Riverton and The Distant Hours, both by Kate Morton)
for brief, mild language (no F-bombs); violence; and mild sexual innuendo/content
To the FTC, with love: I bought a copy of The Forgotten Garden with a portion of the millions I make from my lucrative career as a book blogger. Ha ha.
Labels:Adult Novels,Australian Authors,B Grade Books,Family Sagas,Kate Morton,PG 13-rated Books,World Settings: Australia,World Settings: England
Gerbera Daisy Diaries 14 April, 2014 16:22
Have you read The Secret Keeper yet?? It's BETTER! and I loved TFG!!!
Susan 15 April, 2014 14:11
Yes, I read and loved THE SECRET KEEPER. Right now, I'm in the middle of THE DISTANT HOURS and really enjoying it as well. Not sure which is my favorite -- I just really like them all :)
Annette Mills 15 April, 2014 09:34
Kind of reminds me of The Light Between Oceans by Steadman.. Have you read it? I loved that one.
I haven't read this one yet. I have a copy of it, I just need to dig it out! Glad to hear it's worth the read.
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The Surprising Trend in This Year's Best Picture Nominees
The Oscars offer an interesting cultural study, one that understandably receives a fair amount of skepticism from Christians. The annual fashion display and awards show is yet another demonstration of the disconnect between certain regions of the country. As Wendell Berry might put it, the rural areas of the world export crops and resources, while the cities (particularly on the Eastern and Western seaboards) export their ideologies, even if the rest of the country doesn’t necessarily embrace them. To indict myself here, something’s always felt odd about a rural South Carolinian laughing along with Seinfeld.
The Oscars also remind us that entertainment has become a popular medium of countrywide conversation. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying the products of Hollywood—and there are at least a few reasons to pay attention, especially given this year’s surprisingly positive trend.
What’s this trend? In short, this year’s best picture nominees are a surprisingly moral bunch. Almost without exception, they focus on moral issues and are driven by a desire to protect the outcasts and foreigners, the widows and orphans. Let’s look at a few examples.
Bridge of Spies
With Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg reminds us he is one of the most important moral filmmakers of our day.
Spend enough time in critical circles and you’ll begin to discern a sharp backlash to Spielberg and his filmography. This is typically for two reasons: First, his film Jaws is seen as the end of the auteur-driven era of the ’70s and the beginning of the age of “low brow” blockbusters. Second, he routinely refuses to tell adult tragedies. This latter complaint is the more important of the two: in a world that equates adulthood with accepting the tragedy of life, Spielberg consistently makes hopeful films that seem to be built around an objective moral structure. Even when he speaks about tragic events, he does so through a hopeful story (Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and so on.).
As film critic Brian Tellerico points out, Spielberg loves to find the noble within ordinary people. In Spielberg’s world, the average man or woman is a powerful moral agent; given the right circumstances and conviction, he or she can bring about tremendous good. Spielberg agrees with a seminary professor of mine: “What man does matters.”
Bridge of Spies is a film about a normal man (an insurance attorney, magnetically played by Tom Hanks) who sees defending a Soviet spy in court as his American duty. Its current ramifications are hard to miss: as the fear of terrorism escalates, we’ll be pressured more and more to give up the values that assert and uphold the basic dignity of all people. So Bridge of Spies asks us this question: if our morals change under pressure, what good were they in the first place?
Spotlight and The Big Short
Spotlight and The Big Short are two radically different films about radically different worlds, but they share similar goals. Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, is about the Boston reporters who helped uncover the systemic sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in the early 2000s. Even as the film received critical praise (including from Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition), I was concerned that I couldn’t handle the content.
Yet Spotlight is a restrained and empathetic film. Its tone is not self-righteous but mournful. Hanging over the entire proceedings is the sense of what could have been: a community dependent on faithful priests. The film could have veered toward the exploitative, but instead McCarthy tells a story that gives voice to those who have suffered at the hands of unmitigated and unrighteous religious power.
In a similar way The Big Short, directed by Adam McKay, speaks for those who’ve suffered at the hands of unchecked and unrighteous economic power. The movie comes across as good-time entertainment but frequently pulls back the curtain to reveal a machine in which the wealthy play with the fates of the poor, dependent, and naïve. Even The Big Short, which depicts more immorality than the other films mentioned here, 1 has a deeply moral message, one directed toward empathizing with those suffering abused at the hands of sanctioned power structures.
This could well have been the year of the “gender identity” film. It feels like a new one came out every month. But the most prominent movie on the best picture list to address gender was, surprisingly, the hard-boiled action flick Mad Max: Fury Road. Certainly, the film has strong feminist overtones, but it also presents a praiseworthy condemnation of hyper-masculinity.2
Our first introduction to the villain reveals that his flesh is rotting and covered in sores. To hide this deformity, he wears armor that molds his flesh into the “perfect” warrior physique. This theme runs throughout: physically sick and emotionally insecure men attempt to cover the truth with overwrought performances (large cars, blaring guitars, and love of warfare).
The primary narrative is about a man (Max) who rejects this vision of masculinity and learns to sacrifice himself in response to the moral fortitude of a woman (Furiosa) trying to free a group of sex slaves. Max does this not only by risking his life, but also by laying down his ego. The pivotal scene might be when, in a crucial situation, Max hands the last rifle over to Furiosa because she’s the better shot. In the end, when he attempts to lead the women back to “Eden, ” they are willing to follow him. They know his leadership is sacrificial and bent toward serving others, not himself. Powerful stuff for a film that could have floated by on action alone.
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Yvevolution Sunday 10, April 2016 05:38 PM
RT @LobRucci: Zootropolis is amazing. Another animated film to add to the long list of films better than the Lion King.
keithcalder Thursday 7, April 2016 09:50 PM
@slashfilm Yeah, I was looking over an upcoming list of animated films, and I realize that animation is shift more IP-based too
DoctorRoscotnik Sunday 10, April 2016 10:53 PM
@Doctor Roscotnik: Which top 5/10 list should I make next for my site? Disney animated films, Nintendo franchises, video game composers or video game genres?
JayEllCee12 Wednesday 13, April 2016 06:51 PM
@Jace Clark: I can already see a ton of great animated movies being left off of this list in favour of films like Madagascar, at #35. #why
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@Daniel: Someone give me a list of where to start on the animated Batman films so I can watch The Killing Joke
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Rewatch Leonardo DiCaprio’s four previous Oscar losses
Physical transformation? Check! Quiet breakup with supermodel arm-candy? Check! Personal yet political Golden Globes speech? Check!
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Leonardo DiCaprio at the EE British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House on February 14, 2016 in London, England. )
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Best Actor Oscar campaign for his role in The Revenant has ticked all of the right boxes. And why shouldn’t it? The 41-year-old has had plenty of practice.
Let’s revisit those brave-faced times that Oscar broke DiCaprio’s heart.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
The Role: A 19-year-old DiCaprio scored his first nomination in this supporting role as Johnny Depp’s developmentally delayed younger brother.
The Winner: DiCaprio received an early lesson in the academy’s tradition of dues-paying when Tommy Lee Jones won his first and (so far) only Oscar for playing the U.S. marshal who doggedly tracks Harrison Ford’s wrongfully accused escaped convict in The Fugitive.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in a scene from Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator."
The Role: After nomination near-misses for Titanic and Catch Me If You Can, DiCaprio’s leading role as the grand, eccentric Howard Hughes in this Old Hollywood biopic proved irresistible Oscar bait.
The Winner: DiCaprio went up against another resurrected showbiz legend, Jamie Foxx’s Ray Charles. Foxx channelled the performer’s movements, musicality and mindset so authentically his eventual win was a slam-dunk.
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in "Blood Diamond."
The Role: Speaking with a curious Rhodesian accent (present-day Zimbabwe and Zambia), his role as a diamond smuggler was nominated, if overshadowed by his co-star Djimon Hounsou.
The Winner: Forest Whitaker’s furious performance as Ugandan president Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland was a commanding win over DiCaprio.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET.
The Role: Are those two decades of campaigning paying off yet? There was momentum for DiCaprio to win for playing the swaggering, hard-partying Wall Street stockbroker Jordan Belfort.
The Winner: In the end, the power of the McConaissance proved unstoppable as Matthew McConaughey won for playing an antiretroviral Robin Hood in TheDallas Buyers Club. It didn’t help that McConaughey had a scene-stealing role with DiCaprio in Wolf.
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gnclmorais Wednesday 6, April 2016 02:48 PM
@benhowdle, mixed feelings, mostly on the most recent movies. But it’s definitely a great list!
Arielrocks5 Friday 15, April 2016 04:49 AM
RT @David_Shreve2: Here's a list of recent movies that I really liked, but not enough to fight consensus: 1. Tomorrowland 2. True Story 3.…
Cinematic_Life Friday 15, April 2016 04:56 AM
RT @David_Shreve2: Here's a list of recent movies that I liked so much that I don't think I'm even worthy to talk about them: 1. Carol
lucknow_leopard Friday 15, April 2016 09:27 AM
@neerajshukla: In recent times movies whose ~all songs I have liked are 2 States, Highway, Dil Dhadakne Do, Kapoor & Sons, Bhaag milkha bhaag. your list?
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Still waiting: Harter House deal remains work in progress
By Scott Loftis, CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com
Berryville residents who have been waiting for months to find out if Harter House is coming to town might have to wait a little longer.
Brad Bettlach, who owns Harter House stores in Strafford and Shell Knob, Mo., with his wife, Angela, has been in negotiations to open a store in the space formerly occupied by the Price Cutter Grocery Store in the Williams Shopping Center.
Jeff Crockett, the former Harrison mayor who owns the shopping center, said Monday that he received an email from Bettlach last week and responded to it, but hasn’t heard from Bettlach since then.
“I thought we were getting pretty close, but I don’t know,” Crockett said.
Crockett said Brad and Angela Bettlach and Angela’s father visited the site recently.
Brad Bettlach could not be reached for comment Monday.
Price Cutter, which had been owned and operated by Harps Foods, closed in March and the space formerly occupied by the store has been vacant since then.
Brad Bettlach is a grandson of Harter House founders Jerry and Barbara Bettlach.
Harter House has seven locations in southwest Missouri and is already popular among Carroll County residents who visit the Shell Knob and Kimberling City locations.
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Drafted #34 in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Timberwolves
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Chris Smith, 6' 7, Combo Forward, 16.6 years old, USA, Class of 2018
-Nice physical profile for a 16-year-old combo forward at 6' 7 with a solid frame and decent length.
-Super fluid. Moves like a wing with and without the ball. Quick off the floor. Can finish above the rim in space.
-Shows a lot of potential offensively. Smooth, mechanically sound stroke. Comfortable ball handler who can play at different speeds, get low to the ground on drives and get to his jumper off the bounce. Has floaters.
-Very comfortable attacking closeouts and putting it down in a straight line. Prefers to drive left. Crisp footwork and sharp timing.
-Moves his feet well on the perimeter defensively when he's engaged. Has the tools to make plays off the ball 1.7 steals and 1.3 blocks per 40 minutes at Adidas Nations.
-High upside overall given his combination of age, tools and skill level
-Very talented but hasn't quite found where he's most effective against top competition. Shows potential in a lot of areas but isn't great in one particularly can handle impressively for his size but gets loose with it versus pressure.
-Can make shots from the perimeter but it didn't translate consistently at Nations (1-for-8 from three).
-Nice frame but doesn't have huge shoulders. Young but a little on the light side gets knocked off balance on his way to the rim, negating a lot of his drives.
-Right hand dominant around the rim. Takes a lot of tough floaters. Can do a better job handling contact in the paint.
-More fluid than freaky explosive
-Not a very comfortable passer. Doesn't see the floor all that well. Looking to score rather than distribute. Two assists and 11 turnovers in 100 minutes at Adidas Nations. Will settle for deep threes early in the shot clock.
-Bites on fakes guarding the post. Goes for steals.
-Shows potential on the glass but can get tougher and more physical on the interior. Too upright guarding the perimeter. Can improve his defensive IQ and fundamentals.
The 16-year-old forward is a high-level recruit who should end up having his choice of top-level tools when it's all said and done. As are most players his age, Smith is still putting it all together and working to figure out where on the floor he adds the most value. With that said, it's hard to find players with his tools, fluidity, and impressive skill level. Whether he's able to develop into a full time wing or grow, get tougher and become more of a perimeter four man, Smith is an extremely intriguing talent for both colleges and NBA scouting departments to track moving forward.
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Earth Sheltered
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Lightweight Concrete
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Description Lightweight Concrete
Lightweight concrete, weighing from 35 to 115 pound per cubic foot, has been used in the United States for more than 50 years. The compressive strength is not as great as ordinary concrete, but it weathers just as well. Among its advantages are less need for structural steel reinforcement, smaller foundation requirements, better fire resistance and most importantly, the fact that it can serve as an insulation material! It can cost more that sand and gravel concrete, and it may shrink more upon drying.
Lightweight concrete may be made by using lightweight aggregates, or by the use of foaming agents, such as aluminum powder, which generates gas while the concrete is still plastic. Natural lightweight aggregates include pumice, scoria, volcanic cinders, tuff, and diatomite. Lightweight aggregate can also be produced by heating clay, shale, slate, diatomaceous shale, perlite, obsidian, and vermiculite. Industrial cinders and blast-furnace slag that has been specially cooled can also be used. Pumice and scoria are the most widely used of the natural lightweight aggregates. They are porous, froth-like volcanic glass which come in various colors and are found in the Western United States. Concrete made with pumice and scoria aggregate weighs from 90 to 100 pounds per cubic foot. The rock from which perlite is manufactured has a structure resembling tiny pearls and when it is heated it expands and breaks into small expanded particles the size of sand. Concrete made with expanded perlite weighs between 50 to 80 pounds per cubic foot and is a very good insulating material.
Vermiculite comes from biotite and other micas. It is found in California, Colorado, Montana, and North and South Carolina. When heated, vermiculite expands and becomes a fluffy mass, which may be 30 times the size of the material before heating! It is a very good insulating material and is used extensively for that purpose. Concrete made with expanded vermiculite aggregate weighs from 35 to 75 pounds per cubic foot.Concrete made with expanded shale and clay is about as strong as ordinary concrete, but its insulation value is about four times better. Pumice, scoria, and some expanded slags produce a concrete of intermediate strength, but with even more impressive value as insulation. Perlite, vermiculite, and diatomite produce a concrete of very low strength, but with superior insulation properties; however these are subject to greater shrinkage. All of these kinds of lightweight concretes can be sawn to some extent, and they will hold fasteners, especially screws.
Another material that could be considered lightweight concrete is commonly known as papercrete. This is composed of mostly re-pulped waste paper, mixed with Portland cement and other mineral materials (such as sand). Papercrete has many unique properties that must be carefully considered when it is used as a building material. While it is quite insulating, it also can absorb a considerable amount of water. The compressive strength is not as great as other lightweight concretes, but it is a surprisingly durable material.
I have divided this section into three general categories: pumicecrete, papercrete, and other lightweight concretes, which would include the use of vermiculte or perlite as an aggregate.
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