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The Marshall Raidbard Memorial Award
The Southwest District of the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association ("CJSA") shall award six scholarships (three females and three males) of $2,000.00 each to graduating high school seniors pursuing a higher education that has been involved with the SW District program, like ERU, (player, referee, coaching). In the spring of each season the SW District will be accepting applications for consideration for the Marshall Raidbard Memorial Award.
Please check the swdcjsa.org site for further details
Apply here: http://swdcjsa.org/Page.asp?n=21933&org=wwew.swdcjsa.org
ER United Soccer Club Ken Harman Memorial Scholarship (Annually in Spring)
The Ken Harman Memorial Scholarship is given annually to a senior boy and senior girl who have played youth soccer in the towns of Easton or Redding and have played on the Varsity at Joel Barlow High School. The scholarship is given in memory of Ken Harman who had a pivotal role in the early years of development of youth soccer in Redding, giving of himself in service to the youth as a coach, manager and especially a mentor.
This annual award will provide a monetary scholarship of $500 to a deserving senior boy and girl who have exemplified qualities such as leadership, service to the community, academic achievement and have a desire to be a lifelong learner. It is not recognition of the "best" soccer player, or the longest varsity tenure, rather it is to recognize a model citizen who, at a young age, has achieved academic and athletic goals and has given of their time to help others. The award is given at the JBHS Awards Ceremony in June each year.
Joel Barlow High School Senior Varsity Soccer Players
Classroom achievement
Leadership in or out of the classroom
Involvement in community service, inside or outside the school environment
Must plan to attend a school of higher education
Must submit a 250-word essay on What Soccer Means to Me.
Applications must be received by no later than April 10, each year to qualify. Please email to mattmaraf@aol.com or mail all information to:
Matthew Maraffi
364 Morehouse Road
Easton, CT
Attn: Ken Harman Scholarship
Application must include:
Submit a 250-word essay on "What Soccer means to me". Please include your name, address and phone number at the top of the page.
Application- located in Document section of erunited.org
Please email Matthew Maraffi if you have questions at-
mattmaraf@aol.com


These 2 Coach belts for him are reversible and adjustable to any size. One belt has the iconic logo in dark brown on a brown background. The other side is smooth brown leather. The 2nd belt is pebbled black leather on 1 side and pebbled brown leather on the other side. Also, comes with a brown leather wallet with dark blue and cream stripes. To make sure he's extra dapper we've included a Ted Baker pocket square.


The forest is quiet. No snow, new fallen from winter clouds, crunches under paws or boots. No breezes whistle through the many branches, playing a melody only they know. The air is still, as no man or beast is awake to disturb it. All have found their beds, some in the trees, some in the ground, and some on their mattresses. None here are awake on the eve of the most portentous night of this year.
Yet the snow does crunch, and the air does stir, as a black paw hitherto unseen softly touches the ground. It is followed by three others, leaving tracks quickly obscured by the drifting snow. The head they support lifts up, taking in the forest around it. The pair of ice-blue eyes gaze forward, into a small clearing that is warmed to keep the snow out. The ears twitch and swivel, trying to capture a sound, any sound, but only registering the noises of their own body. After a few minutes of silent regard, the moist snout finally picks up the scent, faint though it is, of the being. It is sleeping in the single wooden chair set amidst the delicate clearing under the starlight. It has been lying there some time, as its scent has had the opportunity to diffuse quite far through the air.
The lupine head moves forward, pulling the long black body toward the chair and its occupant. The tongue, kenneled behind large fangs, slips loose but is reigned back in before it can slurp and announce its presence. Yet the tail, which was held high behind the body, stiffens out straight as the sleeper declares his consciousness: "I knew you would return eventually."
The wolf, knowing surprise was lost, responds in kind, for even though its windpipe cannot produce words, his host has never misunderstood him: Oh come now. You can't have been waiting all this time.
"I knew you and I would talk sometime during this century. You have never been that particularly difficult to predict."
Yet despite that, you are still the only one in this forest who knows I am here.
The being sighs, saying, "That you found your way here through whatever legerdemain you saw fit to use speaks highly of your unique qualities; and of your stubborn nature."
The wolf raises its head, proudly proclaiming, I am the first to ever circumvent your wards, gaining entry without permission, and proving, once again, that your kind are not omnipotent.
A chuckle wafts from the reclined seat. "We never claimed to be! Your boasting, however, is a poor attempt to cover your vexation that I noticed you and ruined your little 'surprise.' I do not think I would have liked it much anyway, but thank you for the thought."
The wolf moves behind the chair and lowers its jaws to a foot above the headrest, its hot breath tickling the being's pointed ears. It growls, the air rumbling in its massive chest as it broadcasts, I can still crush your head, be rid of you. The world would be that much better off without your scheming and controlling. Besides, I've never personally seen one of your kind die.
The Åelf steeples his fingers but keeps his gaze forward, replying, "You could do as you say. But you know, as certainly as I know, what would happen to us all if you did. Nor can you have already forgotten your punishment for the last time that you lost your temper."
The wolf backs its ears and tucks its tail before recovering and moving to the left of the chair. It makes eye contact with the Åelf as it says, Such things rarely happen. The world and its peoples do not intrigue me as they once did. Dragons are too reclusive with their secrets and their mysteries, and you know my quarrels with the gods. The one race that I can find kinship with anymore is yours, and only with a select number of individuals.
"Am I one of them?"
The Åelf raises his eyebrows as he murmurs his thanks. Knowing the sensitivity of the wolf's ears, he does not raise his voice as he says, "Then you should come to appreciate my apprentice as well. He shares my temperament, and still possesses the fire of youth."
The wolf lies down, disturbing the leaves again as it falls to rest its head in its paws. I never said I liked you, even though that is the case. As for your apprentice, I will reserve my judgment until he has his first millennia under his belt.
"He will most likely survive that long. He has a natural affinity for change, and knows how to make use of it. He will need that ability as well; once the prophesies before us are fulfilled � for better or for worse � the predictions grow more disorderly and eventually begin to contradict each other. The stars no longer speak with one voice. With time, anything will become possible."
Then I will stay out of his way, as those who lead change are not favorably disposed toward those who have led it before.
"You should not hold back from relationships so much. No nation survives long without allies."
I prefer not to spend time and energies building something that will last no longer than an eyeblink.
"Yet some bonds still need to be forged."
The wolf gives off the impression of a smirk. Ah yes, your guest for tomorrow evening. Would you be so kind as to introduce us? I'm sure he'd love to meet me.
"His reaction would undoubtedly be� interesting. I'm sure you would find it amusing, but somehow I do not think your grinning head on a pike would serve any worthwhile purpose."
"I know you like to entertain yourself by provoking the Ecclesia, I did hear about your little escapade in Pyralia-"
Ah. The wolf's tail wags. That was a fun year.
"And while I agree with you that their current doctrines concerning magic are overly constrictive, I do not condone your 'efforts' to 'change their view.' In my opinion, you are not endeavoring to shift their outlooks as much as exploiting the more ignorant amongst them for cheap laughs."
So what if I am? I need all the laughs I can get. That spree should last me for another seventy-five, hundred years anyway, and by then Yesulam will be flipped upside down if not razed. Your young guest will help with that soon enough.
"Yes, he will. He will fight with all his strength and all his mind and all his heart and all his soul, and even that which is not his, but� he does not know what lies ahead." The Åelf sighs. "I fear none of us truly do."
Oh, come now. You've been reading that Story correctly for so long, you might as well be made a prophet. The wolf adopts the guise of fearful worshipfulness, and stretches its front legs as if prostrate before the chair. Oh great Pencina, please, tell me, I beg of you; how will I die?
The Åelf's ears perk up in mirth as he answers, "I am truly sorry, but you will choke on the pelvis of the next deer you eat."
The wolf rolls onto its back, paws swinging in the air. Bah. You can do better than that. Besides, I'd be eating something much more filling, like� elk. Deer are appetizers.
The Åelf finally smiles. "An elk, then. A fine twenty-point elk will twist as it slips down your throat, clogging your windpipe and ending this life."
At least I won't be going out hungry.
"Hungry? You have never let such a simple thing as hunger slow you before!"
The levity falls as the wolf's paws drop back down. I never had the chance to stop, even when I wanted to. I have been forced to continue against all forces and powers of this realm.
"You have the opportunity to give that chance to others. That is more than most are ever given."
The wolf chuffs. Why should I help them benefit from what I can't enjoy?
"Cannot, or will not? You feel a purpose deep in your soul, or you would have given up a long time ago. It drives you to keep moving, taking up the purposes of others in the hope that one might be yours. However, because you have no knowledge of its nature nor how to recognize it if you find it, you continue your wanderings, hoping despite all evidence to the contrary that you have a reason to exist, to persist, and that you will discover your reason sometime before the end."
The wolf is on its feet, growling, its motions harsh. You said you could not read my part in the Story.
"And I did not lie. I can offer you no guidance nor help in your search. But I have studied the races of this earth for ages, and at some point each and every individual will wonder what his purpose is. You simply have more time to ponder."
The wolf snorts in surprise and lies back down, resting its head on its paws. I was wrong when I said you should be a prophet. You don't know the future; you just know people well enough to predict, anticipate, and lead them.
The Åelf sighs, resigned. "You will believe so, as it is not totally incorrect. You may interpret even my death in that way, when the story spreads."
The wolf's ears perk. Do you know of it? Do you know how you will die?
"I have my hopes, and my fears. Wait another year, and you will be able to know my end."
The wolf's head lifts. So soon? Over three long millennia, and you only have one more year?
The Åelf quickly interjects, "I only want one more. If I have any more than this one�" The ancient creature shudders. "I do not wish to think of it. Though I will stand alone until I can stand no more, I must release my life from my control. You know this."
No, I do not know what horrors you will suffer, what pain you must endure, what tears you will shed to see this thing through. This is more than any mortal should have to bear. The wolf's head rises look the Åelf in the eye, and it smells the distress from its friend. My offer still stands. I could spare you the anguish that this coming year will bring.
Seeing compassion in the wolf's striking blue eyes, the Åelf quietly sighs, then slowly shakes his head. "Your proposal is enticing, more so than when you originally mentioned it. Yet, though I might wish to accept it for my own sake, this is much grander than any one person � even one so venerable as I. Besides, I am not yet so weary of my days as you are of yours."
Then you had better make these coming days count, more than any of your considerable lifespan. May the world shake with your passing.
"It will. However, if it comes to pass, mine is not the last. One more must be taken before you may know that it is finished."
I have seen him and know his family, and I do not like either of them. They all have a history of arrogance, leading straight back to their first. I don't care about their talent; they could certainly have used it better than they did. Not all is foreordained.
The Åelf's voice is sharp. "Only you among all beings on this world have the latitude to say that, and the freedom to prove it. That family, if they knew of you, would detest you as well, for that very reason. Even from before their births, they know that everything happens for a reason. Some of them can chart those reasons, sailing safely through their lives, and the most wise can even alter the map. You alone add doubt, contradiction, chaos to their tidy world, and they are afraid of your potential for destruction. This last one has been and will be called upon again to make sacrifices that approach the limit that humans can endure. And you know that humans have the greatest capacity for endurance, for healing."
The retaliation is spiteful. I have never exceeded my capacities.
His words remain quiet, yet carry more rebuke than a slap. "You have done so many times, and those only during my life. Each incident is stunning. I cannot imagine your previous wounds, nor the emotional scars you yet bear."
Almost too quiet to understand, the wolf replies, Nothing can.
The pair remains silent long enough for the waning crescent moon to traverse another quarter of the sky. Finally, the Åelf says, "Metamor will need a protector."
They have their spirit, she seems to have done fine so far.
"No. She is but passive, only defending when attacked. It needs an aggressive defender, who is not afraid to make the first strike."
�And you want me to take the job.
"Not necessarily. You do seem to be the best choice, but you will do as you want, like you have always done. Several who live today can take the position, and some are in the Keep already. You will return to Metamor in time, regardless." He adds, inaudibly, "If only to learn of my death."
Of course I will return there. I cannot go anywhere in this world without returning anymore.
"If you find a home, you will enter it for the first time. And you will never find it the same again." The wolf bares its teeth and growls, but the Åelf continues, "You have seen this many times over in your lifespan: everything changes. And my knowledge enables me to repeat what you already know. You have never had a home. Dwelling places, perhaps, but nowhere that your heart yearns for. And besides, not all changes are for the worse."
The wolf slowly rises, and pads over to the Åelf. I will miss you. Bado mae, Qaneg.
The Åelf rises to face those ice-blue eyes, his gold-trimmed green robes flowing over his body. "I will miss you as well." He raises his arms and embraces the wolf around its neck. The wolf leans back, surprised, then nuzzles its friend in return.
After they part, the Åelf asks, "I did not understand your last sentence. Would you repeat it, please?"
Qan-af-årael smiles as well. "You are the only one I know who can rightly speak to me in the diminutive."
The wolf draws closer. As I will ever be. It leans down and licks Qan-af on the cheek, then turns and retraces its advance through the leaves. Goodbye, my friend.
The moonlight glances on the wolf's back, rippling over the lean muscles, highlighting the sheen of the black fur, then illuminating the drifting snow. Qan-af-årael raises his hand to the wet streak on his cheek. He says farewell to his departing friend with the only name he ever learned. "Goodbye, Ingemer."


I was told in discord that using a higher colored pick to mine will allow you to FIND MORE colored ore veins than if not using one.
This seems false to me. All I notice is when I do find a vein, I don't fail to mine the ore as much as if using a regular pick. So I tried to look it up and could only find these discord messages, but no actual proof.
If ore veins are randomized how could a colored pick change your chance to find something that was already randomly spawned?
Anyone know for sure? Thoughts?
I think by more colored ore they mean more chance to get colored ore from a colored vein instead of plain iron, not to find colored veins.
There are no colored veins, a vein is just a vein and you have a chance to mine colored ore.. an exceptional pick axe increases that chance, and a colored axe increases that chance towards that color ore..
I'm not doing the math, but by the formulas below, you can see that your tool bonus impacts your chance to mine colored ores, all ores really, and your tool bonus is determined by the type of pick (colored) you use. So unless I'm reading it wrong, I'd say a colored tool increases your chance to yield colored ore.
so you could just mine with a normal pick until you find colored ore and switch to avarite pick?
Still confused, let me ask differently.
If I equip an avarite pick will I find more colored ore, or will I just have a better chance of mining the colored ore i do find?
Sorry man, but to me, this still isn't clear answer to what I'm asking.
If what you are trying to say is what Kilgu wrote than I understand. If not I give up.
If you are holding a colored pick axe, you may have a 99% chance to get regular ore, and a 1.0% chance to get colored ore..
These numbers are not accurate just used to represent the way it is.. And it's based on every single swing, not a particular spot you are swinging at, not a node, nothing like that.. Just a pure chance to get on every swing/activation.
WHat theyre trying to say is, (and idk if this is how it works but this is what theyre saying) is that there is no such thing as a colored vein. every swing, depending on skill, rolls a chance to mine up colored ore, regardless of location.
I'm not a miner but this makes me wonder how things like Valorite ore maps work? Those things sell for over 30K. Do they just spawn regular veins that have a higher than normal chance of Valorite?
Edit: looking at wiki it seems like ore maps are a completely different system than veins.
The ore maps are a completely different system, and are your best source for colored ore, as you are guaranteed the valorite.


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Q: C# converting httpclient post into restsharp post without async method on autopilot I have this piece of code that I'm trying to convert from async task [Http client post] into a rest sharp post method. Here is the working example of async task method that works with  httpclient:
 static async Task addEmailToListAsync(string ListName, string Email, string FirstName, string LastName)
    {
        try
        {
            var baseAddress = new Uri("https://api2.autopilothq.com/");

            using (var httpClient = new HttpClient { BaseAddress = baseAddress })
            {

                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("autopilotapikey", "mykey");

                using (var content = new StringContent(""))
                {
                    using (var response = await httpClient.PostAsync("v1/list/" + ListName + "/contact/" + Email, content))
                    {
                        string responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {

            await addEmailToListAsync(ListName, Email, FirstName, LastName);
        }

    }

This method works and autopilot returns a response in form of  " { } " - which indicated everything went well.
Now I'm trying to convert this using restsharp library and to achieve so that the method is not async task - but a simple void function:
 public static void addEmailToList(string ListName, string Email, string FirstName, string LastName)
        {

            var client = new RestClient("https://api2.autopilothq.com/");

            client.AddDefaultHeader("autopilotapikey", "mykey");

            var request = new RestRequest("v1/list",Method.POST);

            var jsonObj = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new
            {
                ListName = ListName,
                Contact = Email
            });

            request.AddParameter("application/json", jsonObj, ParameterType.RequestBody);

            var res = client.Execute(request).Content;

            var test = "";
        }

This is the example that I tried when converting - but I keep getting message with restsharp that body data is invalid...
What am I doing wrong here? I'm pulling my hairs out and I can't figure it out..
Can someone help me out?

A: Your working code sends the list name and email address in the URL, and an empty string as the request body.
Your non-working version sends the list name and email address as a JSON-serialized string in the body, and omits them from the URL.
The error message suggests that the API you're calling doesn't support the second method of passing data. Change your RestSharp code to match the URL and request body from your HttpClient code.
var request = new RestRequest("v1/list/" + ListName + "/contact/" + Email, Method.POST);
var res = client.Execute(request).Content;

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This workshop is a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with the Amstel Quartet, the young and vibrant ensemble from the Netherlands that have taken the music world by storm with their innovative saxophone interpretations of classical works. The group will perform and discuss their work, and there will be a chance to get involved in interactive activities to gain a unique insight into the music and creative processes of these musicians. When listening to music, the musicians constantly consider how the saxophone could transform the piece, and their interpretations have earned praise from musicians including György Ligeti, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Pēteris Vask and Arvo Pärt. The result is a totally original and personal repertoire. From the mystery of Bach's Second Cello Suite in D to Michael Nyman's theme of the film The Piano, the four saxophones unleash a new energy with each arrangement. If you are interested in taking part in the workshop, please confirm your attendance to Wu Promotion via +86 10 5165 0798 ext. 35 or floriane.nicolas@wupromotion.com.


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La Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) fue un campeonato de automovilismo basado en Estados Unidos, disputado con monoplazas entre los años 1979 y 2003. En 2004, fue adquirido por la Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc. (OWRS) tras problemas financieros y transformada en el Champ Car, que desapareció en 2008.

Fue fundado en 1979 de propietarios de equipos del United States Auto Club (USAC) tras conflictos con la organización y sucedió al Campeonato Nacional del USAC. Esa primera temporada llevó el nombre de SCCA/CART Indy Car Series. Posteriormente se llamó CART PPG Indy Car World Series y CART FedEx Championship Series. Incluso, su última temporada, antes de ser adquirida por la OWRS, llevó el nombre de Champ Car.

En 1996, nuevos conflictos derivaron en la creación de la Indy Racing League (actual IndyCar Series), que se convirtió en una serie rival de la CART hasta la desaparición de esta última.

Historia
En 1909, la Asociación Automovilística Estadounidense (American Automobile Association, AAA por sus siglas en inglés) se convirtió en la primera entidad de automovilismo en los Estados Unidos al crear el campeonato nacional. Después del desastre de Le Mans en 1955, la AAA se retiró del automovilismo, y en 1956 Tony Hulman fundó el Automóvil Club de los Estados Unidos (United States Automobile Club, USAC por sus siglas en inglés), para hacerse cargo de la organización del Campeonato Nacional del USAC.</small>

Formación de la CART
La separación de la USAC en 1978 fue impulsada por un grupo de activistas propietarios de vehículos, quienes vieron a esta entidad como un organismo de sanciones. Asimismo el grupo de aficionados reclamaron la mala promoción, y se aliaron con Dan Gurney, quien en 1978 escribió lo que llegó a ser conocido como el Libro blanco de Gurney, en el cual proponía un plan para la creación de una organización llamada Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). Gurney se inspiró en las mejoras que Bernie Ecclestone había implementado en la Fórmula 1 con la creación de la Asociación de Constructores de Fórmula 1. El libro blanco convocó a los dueños de los equipos para que se formase la CART, o un grupo de defensa nacional que promoviese el Campeonato Nacional del USAC e hiciese el trabajo que esta entidad no hacía. El grupo también trabajaría para negociar los derechos televisivos, y mantener algunos asientos en el órgano rector la USAC. Gurney se unió a otros líderes de equipos incluidos Roger Penske y Pat Patrick, quienes enviaron sus demandas a la USAC, sin embargo estas fueron rechazadas.

El rechazo de la propuesta por parte de la USAC llevó a los tres propietarios a formar una nueva serie (CART), bajo los principios establecidos en el Libro Blanco de Gurney. La nueva serie rápidamente obtuvo el apoyo de la mayoría de los equipos y sus propietarios, con la excepción de A.J. Foyt, la temporada inaugural de la CART se celebró en 1979.

La novedad de la organización, le impidió ser reconocido por los representantes de la Federación Internacional del Automóvil en los Estados Unidos. Un acuerdo fue alcanzado con el Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), donde el SCCA actuaría como órgano para sancionar la nueva serie, lo que permitiría que los eventos fueran enumerados en el calendario internacional automovilístico.

Con la excepción del equipo de Foyt, los equipos más consolidados iniciaron la temporada, que constaba de 20 carreras, de las cuales 13 formaban parte del campeonato CART de 1979, de las 10 pistas para acoger carreras, 5 recibirían exclusivamente competencias de la CART, y solo Ontario Motor Speedway acogería competencias de ambas series.

Predominio de los pilotos extranjeros
La CART al igual que su predecesor la USAC, fue dominada por los pilotos estadounidenses entre ellos Mario Andretti, Bobby Rahal y Danny Sullivan. Algunos encontraron el éxito en la serie, después lo logró el excampeón de la Fórmula 1 Emerson Fittipaldi, lo que llevó a otros pilotos de América del Sur y Europa se sumaran a la serie.

El piloto británico Nigel Mansell, campeón de la F1 en 1992, llegó a la serie en 1993 y venció al brasileño Emerson Fittipaldi en el campeonato. La victoria de Mansell junto a la desastrosa presentación en F1 del campeón de la serie CART de 1991, Michael Andretti, fue vista como una muestra de la superioridad de los pilotos no estadounidenses. Esto, combinado con el movimiento de la CART para incluir más circuitos mixtos en sustitución de los óvalos, provocó un rompimiento de la serie después de la temporada de 1995 debido a una disputa entre los dueños de CART y Tony George, dueño del Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Ruptura con la Indy Racing League

Después de su dimisión de la junta directiva de la CART, George pasó a formar una nueva categoría la Indy Racing League que inicialmente incluía un calendario de carreras en solo óvalos, todos disputados en suelo estadounidense y en su mayoría con pilotos estadounidenses.

En marzo de 1996, CART presentó una demanda contra la empresa Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS, propiedad de Tony George) en un esfuerzo por proteger la marca IndyCar, marca que el Indianapolis Motor Speedway había intentado hacer desaparecer. En abril, IMS presentó una contrademanda para impedir que tampoco la CART pueda usar de la marca. Eventualmente un acuerdo fue alcanzado, donde se acordó la renuncia a la marca IndyCar tras la temporada de 1996 de la CART IndyCar World Series, y la IRL quedó impedida de usarla hasta después de la temporada de 2002.

Durante la temporada de 1996, George utilizó las 500 Millas de Indianápolis como su carta de triunfo. En respuesta CART intento crear una competencia rival más importante, la U.S. 500 en el Michigan International Speedway el mismo día de las 500 Millas de Indianápolis. Sin embargo, esta carrera tuvo un comienzo desastroso con un accidente que involucró a varios participantes, y forzó una bandera roja con un posterior reinicio de la carrera. Al año siguiente, la carrera cambió de fecha a julio, por lo que dejó de enfrentarse a las 500 Millas de Indianápolis, y se mantuvo en el calendario hasta 1999. No obstante, un día antes de las 500 de Indianápolis, se corrieron carreras en Gateway entre 1997 y 1999.

En el año 2000, Chip Ganassi tomo la decisión de regresar a las 500 millas de Indianápolis con sus pilotos Jimmy Vasser y Juan Pablo Montoya, campeón de la serie en 1999. Con una dominante performance, liderando 167 de las 200 vueltas para ganar, Montoya ganó la carrera y la derrota fue humillante para los equipos de la IRL. Sin embargo, el real ganador en la situación fue Tony George por hacer regresar uno de los equipos de CART y sus patrocinadores para correr con los participantes de la IRL. Un año después, Roger Penske, un histórico de CART y de mayor éxito en Indianápolis como dueño de equipo, también regresó y ganó, además, los pilotos provenientes de CART lograron los seis primeros lugares de la carrera.

El punto de inflexión de la rivalidad de las series fue 2001. CART intentó llevar a cabo una carrera en el Texas Motor Speedway, la Firestone Firehawk 600, pero los equipos fueron tomados por sorpresa con los efectos de las fuerza-g en una pista de 24 grados de peralte que causaron mareos y desorientación en varios pilotos. CART no pudo lograr que los autos corran de manera más segura, haciendo que la carrera fuera aplazada y luego cancelada, lo que llevó a TMS a realizar una demanda a la categoría. CART perdió en el último trimestre de 2001 $1.7 millones de dólares. Mientras que el ente fiscalizador fue elogiado por muchos por no poner sus conductores en peligro, la cancelación de la carrera y la demanda posterior fue un duro golpe para el prestigio de la serie.

Para el 2002, Penske entró de manera fija a la IRL y luego harían lo propio Chip Ganassi (aunque ya mandando un piloto en 2002), Mo Nunn y Green (luego renombrado como Andretti Green) para el 2003. Asimismo, las carreras de Homestead, Gateway, Fontana, Nazareth, Míchigan y Motegi entraron como eventos para la categoría rival. Honda y Toyota también se mudaron a la IRL para esa misma temporada.

Bancarrota
En 2002, FedEx anunció el fin a su patrocinio como título de la serie CART al concluir la temporada. En otro golpe, Honda y Toyota se trasladaron a la Indy Racing League después de 2002. Por ello, CART decidió renombrarse y reformarse en sí. A partir de 2003, CART empezó a promocionarse como Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

Debido a la pérdida de su patrocinador principal y dos proveedores de motores, las acciones de CART se desplomaron a USD$25 por acción y la organización se declaró en bancarrota en 2003, luego de terminada esa temporada y los activos fueron objeto de liquidación. Tony George, hizo una oferta de ciertos activos de la empresa, mientras que un trío de propietarios de equipos de CART (Gerald Forsythe, Paul Gentilozzi, Kevin Kalkhoven), junto con Dan Pettit, también hicieron una oferta, llamando a su grupo Open Wheel Racing Series (OWRS). La oferta de George fue solamente un esfuerzo por eliminar cualquier rival de la Indy Racing League. Sin embargo, si la oferta de George (que era en realidad superior a la oferta OWRS) hubiera sido la vencedora exitosa de la venta, muchos a los que se les debía dinero de parte de CART, no recibirían su pago. Por lo tanto, un juez dictaminó que el grupo de OWRS debería ser el comprador.

Televisión

En sus inicios, las transmisiones por televisión de la CART estaban repartidas entre NBC, ABC e ESPN. NBC se retiró al finalizar la temporada de 1990 aunque transmitió la carrera de Toronto en 1994. CBS también emitió carreras desde 1989 hasta 1991 así como la carrera de Nazareth en 1995. ABC e ESPN continuaron como emisoras del evento hasta la temporada 2001.

En las temporadas 2002 y 2003 de la Champ Car, las transmisiones eran compartidas por CBS y Speed Channel (aunque Fox transmitió la carrera de Long Beach), mientras que Spike TV emitió la temporada 2004. También entre 2002 y 2004, algunas carreras se emitieron por HDNet en alta definición.

Fuera de Estados Unidos, Eurosport emitía la CART en Europa desde 1993 hasta su última temporada. En Latinoamérica, ESPN emitía la CART.

Circuitos

  Nazareth Speedway (1987-2001)
  Atlanta (1979, 1981-1983)
  Cicero (1999-2002)
  Fontana (1997-2003)
  Gateway (1997-2000)
  Homestead (1996-2000)
  Indianapolis (1979-1995)
  Míchigan (1979-2001)
  Milwaukee (1980-2003)
  New Hampshire (1992-1995)
  Ontario (1979-1980)
  Phoenix (1979-1995)
  Pocono (1980-1989)
  Texas (2001)
  Trenton (1979)

  Cleveland (1982-2003)
  Denver (1990-1991, 2002-2003)
  Detroit (1989-2001)
  Houston (1998-2001)
  Laguna Seca (1983-2003)
  Las Vegas (1983-1984)
  Long Beach (1984-2003)
  Meadowlands (1984-1991)
  Miami (1985-1988, 1995, 2002-2003)
  Mid-Ohio (1980, 1983-2003)
  Portland (1984-2003)
  Riverside (1981-1983)
  Road America (1982-2003)
  San Petersburgo (2003)
  Watkins Glen (1979-1981)

  Brands Hatch (2003)
  Nelson Piquet (1996-2000)
  México (1980-1981, 2002-2003)
  Monterrey (2001-2003)
  Montreal (2002-2003)
  Motegi (1998-2002)
  Rockingham (2001-2002)
  Sanair (1984-1986)
  Surfers Paradise (1991-2003)
  Toronto (1986-2003)
  Vancouver (1990-2003)
  EuroSpeedway (2001, 2003)

Campeones

Videojuegos
 Indianapolis 500: The Simulation
 ABC Sports Indy Racing
 CART Precision Racing
 CART World Series
 Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
 Flag to Flag
 Indy 500
 IndyCar Racing
 IndyCar Racing II
 Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge
 Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell
 Newman/Haas Racing
 CART Fury Championship Racing
 Driven

Véase también

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 What have we learned? - Gordon Kirby, 9 de marzo de 2009

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Security company Securi has warned of a new kind of DDoS attack, which involves digital video recorders and CCTV cameras. The company observed the traffic of a jewellery shop website and found out that over 25,000 hacked internet-connected CCTV cameras are being used for a denial-of-service botnet. The DDoS had been generating 35,000 HTTP requests per second.
"It all started with a small bricks and mortar jewellery shop that signed up with us to help protect their site from a DDoS that had taken them down for days. By switching their DNS to the Sucuri Network, we were able to quickly mitigate the attack for them," the company said in a blog post.
"It was a layer 7 attack (HTTP flood) generating close to 35,000 HTTP requests per second which was more than their web servers could handle. Normally, this would be the end of the story. The attack would be mitigated, the attackers would move on after a few hours, and the website owner would be happy.
"It is not new that attackers have been using IoT devices to start their DDoS campaigns. However, we have not analyzed one that leveraged only CCTV devices and was still able to generate this quantity of requests for so long."


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Apple and Samsung end patent fight after seven long years
Thursday, June 28, 2018 Development, international NEWS
Apple and Samsung have finally settled a seven-year-long patent dispute, bringing to an end the long-running battle over the design of their rival smartphones.
The terms were not disclosed.
But it comes weeks after a US jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $539m(£403m) in damages for copying features of the original iPhone.
The fight started in 2011, when Apple sued its South Korean competitor, seeking more than $2bn in damages.
The suit was the first of many that saw the two companies square off in courts around the world.
In 2012, a US jury awarded California-based Apple $1.05bn in damages for the copied features, which included design elements like the screen that displays icons in a grid.
Samsung appealed part of that award, taking its case all the way to the Supreme Court, arguing that damages should be limited since patent infringement involved only certain features.
In 2016, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court agreed, handing a victory to Samsung.
But the justices did not rule on the patents themselves, leaving that decision to a lower court.
That battle went to trial in May, ending in defeat for Samsung, which had argued that it owed only $28m. Instead the jury set the award at $539m - about $140m more than the figure it had appealed.
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This is a collection of work from 2014 that was taken in Europe and Canada. They are from various projects consisting of an overarching theme of soft darkness and absence, with the relationship between humanity and nature also being explored.
Dante Guthrie – This is a collection of work from 2014 that was taken in Europe and Canada. They are from various projects consisting of an overarching theme of soft darkness and absence, with the relationship between humanity and nature also being explored.
They play with photographic use of time and what it means to be able to change it. The landscapes are from a trip to Europe whereby the exposed rolls were soaked in various homemade solutions to damage the film. This gives the image a morbid and abstracted look.


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\section{Introduction}

Quadratic Hamiltonians have special properties and the evolution of wave functions is closely related to classical mechanics. For example, any time dependence in the Hamiltonian can be removed by a linear canonical transformation and the propagator can be expressed in terms of solutions of ordinary differential equations related to those of the classical motion.\cite{QHams} Ehrenfest's theorem shows that the centroid $\langle \hat{x}\rangle$ of any wave packet will exactly follow a classical trajectory.

The subject of the present paper is the effect of the linear terms in quadratic Hamiltonians, \textit{i.e.} terms linear in position or momentum. A term linear in position represents a spatially uniform force, such as gravity or a uniform electric field. Bowman\cite{Bow} has shown that the effect of such a term on the wave function of an otherwise free particle is just a spatial displacement and a shift in the phase. Here we extend that work to show that there is just a shift in position and phase due to the linear terms in any quadratic Hamiltonian, with arbitrary time-dependence in the coefficients in the Hamiltonian. Thus, for example, if an harmonic oscillator is subject to a force that does not vary with position but may vary with time, then the wave function can be simply derived from the wave function without the extra force.

That there should be a simple relation between the wave functions with and without the linear terms was strongly suggested by the result, discussed in Section IV, that all moments relative to the centroid evolve independently of any linear terms in the Hamiltonian. It is hard to believe that this could happen without some simple relation between the wave functions.

Ehrenfest's theorem prescribes how $\langle \hat{x}\rangle$ and $\langle \hat{p}\rangle$ are affected by the linear terms and we use this to determine the shift in position and the shift in phase apart from an added term $\beta(t)$, which is then determined by inserting the trial form of the wave function into Schr\"odinger's equation.

\section{Transforming Schr\"odinger's equation}

The quadratic Hamiltonian has the form
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Ham}
\hat{H}(\hat{p},\hat{x})=\frac{1}{2}a\hat{p}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}b(\hat{p}\hat{x}+\hat{x}\hat{p})+\frac{1}{2}c\hat{x}^{2}+f\hat{p}+g\hat{x},
\end{equation}
where the coefficients $a, b, c, f, g$ are real and may depend on the time. The classical equations of motion are
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:motionClass}
d_{t}x=ap+bx+f,\,\,\,\,\,-d_{t}p=bp+cx+g.
\end{equation}
The spatial translation due to the linear terms, $f$ and $g$, is the same as the change in position of a classical particle. Due to the linearity of the equations of motion, the differences $\bar{x}$ and $\bar{p}$ between a classical trajectory with $f$ and $g$ and one without will also satisfy Eq.(\ref{eq:motionClass}). There can be no difference between the trajectories at time $t_{0}$ when $f$ or $g$ are turned on. Therefore the shifts $\bar{x}$ and $\bar{p}$ required are the solutions to Eq.(\ref{eq:motionClass}) with $\bar{x}(t_{0})=0$ and $\bar{p}(t_{0})=0$. The change $\bar{p}$ in momentum will be related to the change in phase. If we assume that the wave function has the form $\psi(x,t)=\exp[\imath\,\theta(x,t)]\,\Psi(x-\bar{x},t)$, then $\langle \psi|\hat{p}|\psi\rangle=\hbar\,\partial_{x}\theta+\langle\Psi|\hat{p}|\Psi\rangle$ and therefore $\hbar\theta=\bar{p}x-\beta(t)$. Hence we insert a wave function of the form
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Psi}
\psi(x,t)=\exp[\frac{\imath}{\hbar} \big(\bar{p}(t)x-\beta(t)\big)]\,\Psi(\xi,t),
\end{equation}
where $\xi=x-\bar{x}(t)$, into Schr\"odinger's equation
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Sch}
(-\imath\hbar\partial_{t}+\hat{H})\psi=0\,\,\,\,\,\text{with}\,\,\,\,\,\hat{p}=-\imath\hbar\partial_{x}.
\end{equation}
The result is that
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:Sch2}
[-\imath\hbar\partial_{t}+\hat{H}(\hat{p}_{x},x)]e^{\imath(\bar{p}x-\beta)/\hbar}\Psi(x-\bar{x},t)= \\ \nonumber
e^{\imath(\bar{p}x-\beta)/\hbar}[-\imath\hbar\partial_{t}+\hat{H_{0}}(\hat{p}_{\xi},\xi)]\Psi(\xi,t),
\end{eqnarray}
where $\hat{H}_{0}$ is the Hamiltonian without the linear terms, provided that $d_{t}\beta=\frac{1}{2}a\bar{p}^{2}-\frac{1}{2}c\bar{x}^{2}+f\bar{p}$. However, from Eq.(\ref{eq:motionClass}), $d_{t}(\bar{p}\bar{x})=a\bar{p}^{2}-c\bar{x}^{2}+f\bar{p}-g\bar{x}$ and therefore
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:beta}
\beta(t)=\frac{1}{2}\bar{p}(t)\bar{x}(t)+\frac{1}{2}\int^{t}_{t_{0}}[f(t')\bar{p}(t')+g(t')\bar{x}(t')]dt'.
\end{equation}
Thus, we have shown that
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:psi}
\psi(x,t)=\exp[\frac{\imath}{\hbar} \big(\bar{p}(t)x-\beta(t)\big)]\,\Psi(x-\bar{x},t)
\end{equation}
will satisfy Schr\"odinger's equation with Hamiltonian $\hat{H}$ if $\Psi(x,t)$ satisfies Schr\"odinger's equation with Hamiltonian $\hat{H}_{0}$. Since $\Psi(x,t_{0})=\psi(x,t_{0})$, the effect of the linear terms in the Hamiltonian is just a shift of $\bar{x}$ in position and a shift of $(\bar{p}x-\beta)/\hbar$ in phase.

\vspace{2mm}
\textbf{Example 1.} \textit{A particle with a uniform force.} If a uniform force $-g(t)$ is turned on at time $t=t_{0}$ then the wave function for $t>t_{0}$ is
\begin{equation}
\label{ }
\psi(x,t)=\exp[-\frac{\imath}{\hbar}(G(t)x+\frac{G_{2}(t)}{2m})\Psi(x+\frac{G_{1}(t)}{m},t)
\end{equation}
where $G(t)=\int_{t_{0}}^{t}g(t')dt'$, $G_{1}(t)=\int_{t_{0}}^{t}G(t')dt'$, $G_{2}(t)=\int_{t_{0}}^{t}G(t')^{2}dt'$ and $\Psi(x,t)$ is the wave function with no force, \textit{i.e.} the wave function for a free particle.

\vspace{2mm}
\textbf{Example 2.} \textit{An oscillator subject to a uniform force.} If a uniform force $-g(t)$ is turned on at time $t=t_{0}$ then the wave function for $t>t_{0}$ is
\begin{equation}
\label{ }
\psi(x,t)=\exp[-\frac{\imath}{\hbar}\big(C(t)x+\beta(t)\big)]\Psi(x-\frac{S(t)}{m\omega},t)
\end{equation}
where $\Psi(x,t)$ is the wave function for the unforced oscillator, $S(t)=\int_{t_{0}}^{t}g(t')\sin \omega(t-t')dt'$, $C(t)=\int_{t_{0}}^{t}g(t')\cos \omega(t-t')dt'$, and
\begin{equation}
\label{ }
\beta(t)=\frac{1}{2m\omega}[S(t)C(t)-\int_{0}^{t}g(t')S(t')\,dt'].
\end{equation}

\section{\label{sec:Momentum}Momentum wave function}

In view of the similarity in the roles of position and momentum in the Hamiltonian, it is to be expected that the momentum wave function will also be affected by the linear terms only through a displacement (in momentum) and a phase shift. The momentum wave function corresponding to the wave function $\psi(x,t)$ is
\begin{equation}
\label{ }
\phi(p,t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\hbar}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\exp(-\frac{\imath}{\hbar}px )\psi (x,t)\,dx.
\end{equation}
Inserting $\psi$ from Eq.(\ref{eq:psi}) and rearranging the exponent,
\begin{eqnarray} \nonumber
\phi(p,t) & = & \frac{e^{-\imath(\bar{x}p-\gamma)/\hbar}}{\sqrt{2\pi\hbar}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\exp[-\frac{\imath}{\hbar}(p-\bar{p})\xi]\Psi (\xi,t)\,d\xi \\
 & = & e^{-\imath(\bar{x}p-\gamma)/\hbar}\Phi(p-\bar{p},t),
\end{eqnarray}
where $\Phi(p,t)$ is the momentum wave function without the linear terms and
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:beta}
\gamma(t)=\frac{1}{2}\bar{p}(t)\bar{x}(t)-\frac{1}{2}\int^{t}_{t_{0}}[f(t')\bar{p}(t')+g(t')\bar{x}(t')]dt'.
\end{equation}

\section{\label{sec:Moments}Moments ignore linear terms}

The simplest moments (relative to the centroid) are the second order ones: $\Delta_{x}^{2}=\langle (\hat{x}-\langle \hat{x} \rangle)^{2}\rangle$, $\Delta_{p}^{2}=\langle (\hat{p}-\langle \hat{p} \rangle)^{2}\rangle$ and the correlation $\Delta_{xp}=\langle \hat{p}\hat{x}+\hat{x}\hat{p}\rangle-2\langle \hat{p}\rangle\langle\hat{x} \rangle$. But there are an infinite number of higher moments involving expectation values of higher powers of $\hat{x}-\langle \hat{x} \rangle$ and $\hat{p}-\langle \hat{p} \rangle$ and products of these. That  $\langle (\hat{x}-\langle \hat{x} \rangle)^{n}\rangle$ is independent of $f$ and $g$ follows easily from the form of the wave function in Eq.(\ref{eq:psi}): $\langle\psi|(x-\langle{x}\rangle)^{n}|\psi\rangle=\langle\Psi|(\xi-\langle{\xi}\rangle)^{n}|\Psi\rangle$. Similarly for $\langle (\hat{p}-\langle \hat{p} \rangle)^{n}\rangle$, using the form of the momentum wave function. The moments that involve both $\hat{x}$ and $\hat{p}$ are not so simple, and here the term $\bar{p}x/\hbar$ in the phase is important. First verifying that $(\hat{p}_{x}-\langle \hat{p} \rangle_{\psi})^{n}\psi=\exp[\imath(\bar{p}x-\beta)/\hbar](\hat{p}_{\xi}-\langle \hat{p} \rangle_{\Psi})^{n}\Psi$ makes the calculation straightforward.

The evolution of these moments can be analyzed in a completely different way. For the quadratic Hamiltonian in Eq.(\ref{eq:Ham}), the Heisenberg equations of motion have the same form as the corresponding classical equations:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:opMotion}
d_{t}\hat{x}=a\hat{p}+b\hat{x}+f,\,\,\,\,\,-d_{t}\hat{p}=b\hat{p}+c\hat{x}+g,
\end{equation}
[In Schr\"odinger's picture, the total time derivative\cite{A} of any operator $\hat{A}$ is $d_{t}\hat{A}=\partial_{t}\hat{A}+\imath \hbar^{-1}[\hat{H},\hat{A}]$ and Eq.(\ref{eq:opMotion}) follows. Then $d_{t}\langle \hat{A}\rangle =  \langle d_{t} \hat{A}\rangle$ and therefore the expectation values of position and momentum follow a classical trajectory, which is Ehrenfest's result for this system.]

For the moments, we need the deviations from the expectation values. Thus we introduce the operators $\hat{X}=\hat{x}-\langle \hat{x}\rangle$ and $\hat{P}=\hat{p}-\langle \hat{p}\rangle$ and then
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:inhom}
d_{t}\hat{X}= a\hat{P}+b\hat{X},\hspace{3mm}-d_{t}\hat{P}=b\hat{P}+c\hat{X}.
\end{equation}
Thus the linear terms in the Hamiltonian are absent from the equations of motion for the deviations. This implies that the moments evolve in the same way whether the linear terms are present or not.

To see how equation (\ref{eq:inhom}) determines the evolution of the moments, consider the second-order moments:
\begin{eqnarray}
d_{t}\hat{X}^{2}& = &a(\hat{P}\hat{X}+\hat{X}\hat{P})+2b\hat{X}^{2} \\
d_{t}(\hat{P}\hat{X})& = &a\hat{P}^{2}-c\hat{X}^{2}\\
d_{t}\hat{P}^{2}& = &-2b\hat{P}^{2}-c(\hat{P}\hat{X}+\hat{X}\hat{P}).
\end{eqnarray}
The expectation values of these equations then gives
\begin{eqnarray}
d_{t}\Delta_{x}^{2}& = &2a\Delta_{xp}+2b\Delta_{x}^{2} \\
d_{t}\Delta_{xp}& = &a\Delta_{p}^{2}-c\Delta_{x}^{2}\\
d_{t}\Delta_{p}^{2}& = &-2b\Delta_{p}^{2}-2c\Delta_{xp}.
\end{eqnarray}
This closed set of equations can be solved\cite{A1} for $\Delta_{x}^{2}$, $\Delta_{xp}$, and $\Delta_{p}^{2}$ in terms of their initial values, using a basis of solutions of the classical equations of motion (without the linear terms in the Hamiltonian), thus confirming that these moments evolve independently of the linear terms. This approach can be extended to the higher moments.\cite{AH}

\section{\label{sec:Conc}Conclusion}

For quadratic Hamiltonians, dealing with any linear terms is a simple matter: their only effect is to change the position (by the same amount as for a classical particle) and to change the phase. The change in phase is linear in position. The momentum wave function also suffers only the classical shift in momentum and a change in phase (linear in the momentum). These results are consistent with the fact that all moments relative to the centroid evolve independently of the linear terms in the Hamiltonian.

It is well known\cite{QHams,A1} that, for any quadratic, time-dependent Hamiltonian, there are families of Gaussian and Hermite-Gaussian wave packets that retain the shape of $|\psi|^{2}$ as they evolve, though they do change scale. In general other wave packets do change shape (and scale), but our result shows that they have the same shape and scale that they would have without the linear terms.

The discussion given here for one spatial dimension can easily be extended to higher dimensions provided the second-order terms in the Hamiltonian are separable in Cartesian coordinates.

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October 29, 2019 at 7:06 AM (PT)
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS has opened nominations for its 2020 Technology Awards. The awards include the Radio Engineering Achievement Award, Television Engineering Achievement Award, Technology Innovation Award, and Best Paper Award, plus the Radio and Television Engineering Achievement Awards, all of which will be handed out at the NAB SHOW in LAS VEGAS in APRIL.
"It is an annual highlight to present these awards to deserving individuals and organizations in celebration of our industry's technical and engineering achievements," said NAB's EVP/CTO SAM MATHENY. "I look forward to again recognizing the successes that foster progress in broadcast technology and broadcaster innovation at the 2020 NAB SHOW."
The nomination deadline is JANUARY 13th; forms and award details are available at nab.org/events/awards.asp.


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* Bugfixes
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* Features which are likely to be useful to the majority of Liquid users

## Things we won't merge

* Code which introduces considerable performance degrations
* Code which touches performance critical parts of Liquid and comes without benchmarks
* Features which are not important for most people (we want to keep the core Liquid code small and tidy)
* Features which can easily be implemented on top of Liquid (for example as a custom filter or custom filesystem)
* Code which comes without tests
* Code which breaks existing tests

## Workflow

* Fork the Liquid repository
* Create a new branch in your fork
* If it makes sense, add tests for your code and run a performance benchmark
* Make sure all tests pass
* Create a pull request
* In the description, ping one of [@boourns](https://github.com/boourns), [@fw42](https://github.com/fw42), [@camilo](https://github.com/camilo), [@dylanahsmith](https://github.com/dylanahsmith), or [@arthurnn](https://github.com/arthurnn) and ask for a code review.


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Dr Caitriona Noonan
BBS (Limerick), PhD (Glasgow), PgCLT (Glamorgan)
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
noonanc@cardiff.ac.uk
1.32, Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
Available for postgraduate supervision
Dr Caitriona Noonan is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC). She is an active researcher in the areas of television production, public service broadcasting, creative labour and cultural policy. More information about her research is available at www.smallnationsscreen.org
She is co-author of the book Producing British Television Drama: Local Production in a Global Era (Palgrave, 2019). This book recentres questions of power, control and sustainability in the production of television drama. Her articles appear in journals such as the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Cultural Trends, and the European Journal of Cultural Studies. She co-edited a book on Cultural Work and Higher Education in 2013.
Caitriona is currently principal investigator on an AHRC ECR funded project 'Screen Agencies as Cultural Intermediaries: Negotiating and Shaping Cultural Policy for the Film and TV Industries within Small Nations'. This is a two-year project with Professor Ruth McElroy (University of South Wales) that examines the strategies for economic and cultural sustainability adopted by publicly funded screen agencies.
Caitriona is also one of several JOMEC researchers involved with the AHRC-funded Centre of Excellence for Policy and Evidence in the Creative Industries (PEC) led by Nesta, the UK's innovation foundation. She will contribute to the research strand on 'Arts, Culture and Public Service Broadcasting.'
In 2015 she was part of a successful bid to the AHRC Research Networking Scheme. 'The Television from Small Nations' network ran from August 2015 until July 2016 and was a collaboration between Dr Noonan, Prof McElroy and Dr Anne Marit Waade (Aarhus University), together with industry partners: the European Broadcasting Union, Royal Television Society (Wales), S4C (Wales) and TG4 (Ireland). The network drew together TV professionals and academics from a range of disciplines to address the specific challenges and opportunities facing broadcasters and producers in small nations.
Caitriona's research findings and industry engagements have led her to make submissions to various government and non-government bodies (including DCMS, BBC, OFCOM, Welsh Assembly, etc). These submissions have been directly cited to inform recommendations and policies. A full list of these reports is available under the Engagement tab.
Caitriona is also researching the production of arts television both in the UK and overseas. To date she has interviewed senior executives and producers at the BBC, Channel 4, Sky Arts, ABC and RTE, along with independent producers and arts organizations. This research will be published in the coming months. Further information on that work can be found at: www.artsbroadcasting.wordpress.com
Caitriona serves on the steering group of the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations, sits on the editorial board of the Media Education Research Journal and is part of an interdisciplinary research group with colleagues in the business school on Creative Labour and Cultural Production.
In 2017 Caitriona was a visiting research fellow at the School of Literature, Art and Media at the University of Sydney.
Caitriona welcomes PhD proposals and research collaborations in the areas of television studies including labour and production analysis, public service broadcasting, genres (such as drama and factual) and institutional histories. She is also interested in broader questions of creative labour, cultural policy and media provision in small nations including Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark.
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Jan 2010 – August 2015: Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communications
School for Creative Industries, University of South Wales
Sept 2005 – June 2009: Ph.DCentre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow
Sept 2003 – August 2005: Market ConsultantEnterprise Ireland (Scotland office), Trade & Technology Board of the Irish Government
Sept 1999 – May 2003: Bachelor of Business Studies and FrenchUniversity of Limerick
Early Career Research Grant (513316), AHRC, June 2018 - May 2020
Project: Screen Agencies as Cultural Intermediaries: Negotiating and Shaping Cultural Policy for the Film and TV Industries within Selected Small Nations. Two-year study to gather and analyse original empirical data in relation to the ambitions, activities and outputs of screen agencies within seven small European nations.
www.smallnationsscreen.org
Co-Investigator, AHRC, October 2018 - July 2023
Project: Centre of Excellent for Policy and Evidence in the Creative Industries (PEC)The PEC will provide independent research and authoritative recommendations that will aid the development of policies for the UK's creative industriesis. The project is led by Nesta and involves a consortium of UK-wide universities. Cardiff University will lead on the research strand related to 'Arts, Culture and Public Service Broadcasting'.
www.pec.ac.ukInternational Seedcorn Funding, Cardiff University (July 2017)
Project: Arts Broadcasting, a comparative study of UK and Australian television
Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP), Cardiff University (Summer 2016 and Summer 2019)
2016 Project: A Quantitative study of arts television on UK television screens. Research assistance provided by Isobel Ford (BA English Lit, Cardiff Uni)
2019 Project: When Craft met E: Traditional craft skills in the digital age. The case of UK film and TV. Research assistance provided by Scarlet Charles and Marta Abascal Centenera (both JOMEC students, Cardiff Uni)
International Research Network Grant, AHRC (Aug 2015 - July 2016)
Project: Television from Small Nations. The network drew together TV professionals and academics from a range of disciplines to address the specific challenges and opportunities facing broadcasters and producers in small nations.
Strategic Insight Partnership, HEFCW (May 2014) Project: Investigating collaboration and best practice in the Danish screen industries
Research Investment Scheme, University of Glamorgan (Apr 2012) Project: A study of the Roath Lock Studios as a landmark development for the creative industries in Wales and the UK. Funding for research assistance for one year.
Finalist for the 2011 Cultural Policy Research Award (Oct 2011)European Cultural Foundation
McElroy, R. and Noonan, C. 2019. Producing British television drama: local production in a global era. Palgrave.
Noonan, C. 2018. Commissioning and producing public service content: British arts television. Media Industries 5(2) (10.3998/mij.15031809.0005.201)
McElroy, R., Noonan, C. and Nielsen, J. I. 2018. Small is beautiful? The salience of scale and power to three European cultures of TV production. Critical Studies in Television 13(2), pp. 169-187.
McElroy, R. and Noonan, C. 2018. Public service media and digital innovation. The small nation experience. In: Ferrell Lowe, G., Van den Bulck, H. and Donders, K. eds. Public Service Media in the Networked Society. Nordicom, pp. 159-174.
Noonan, C. and Genders, A. 2018. Breaking the generic mould?: Grayson Perry, Channel 4 and the production of British arts television. Critical Studies in Television 13(1), pp. 79-95. (10.1177/1749602017746355)
Noonan, C. and Genders, A. 2018. Securing the future for arts broadcasting. In: Freedman, D. and Goblot, V. eds. A Future for Public Service Television. Goldsmiths Press, pp. 305-308.
Noonan, C. and Powell, S. 2018. Public service television in Wales. In: Freedman, D. and Goblot, V. eds. A Future for Public Service Television. Goldsmiths Press
Noonan, C. and Lohmeier, C. 2017. From Cultural Studies to Impact Factor: Media and communication research in the United Kingdom. In: Averbeck-Lietz, S. ed. Kommunikationswissenschaft im internationalen Vergleich: Transnationale Perspektiven. Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation Springer VS, pp. 33-52.
Mcelroy, R. and Noonan, C. 2016. Television drama production in small nations: Mobilities in a changing ecology. Journal of Popular Television 4(1), pp. 109-127. (10.1386/jptv.4.1.109_1)
Noonan, C. 2015. Constructing creativities: Higher education and the cultural workforce. In: Oakley, K. and O'Connor, J. eds. Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries. Routledge, pp. 442-451.
Noonan, C. 2015. Professional mobilities in the creative industries: The role of "place" for young people aspiring for a creative career. Cultural Trends 24(4), pp. 299-309. (10.1080/09548963.2015.1088121)
Noonan, C. 2014. Jonathan Paquette, Cultural policy, work and identity: the creation, renewal and negotiation of professional subjectivities [Book Review]. European Journal of Cultural Studies 17(2), pp. 225-226. (10.1177/1367549413514432)
Noonan, C. 2014. 'Not a museum piece': Exploring the 'special' occupational culture of religious broadcasting in Britain. International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics 10(1), pp. 65-81. (10.1386/macp.10.1.65_1)
Noonan, C. 2013. Smashing childlike wonder? The early journey into higher education. In: Noonan, C. and Ashton, D. eds. Cultural work and higher education. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 133-153.
Noonan, C. 2013. Piety and professionalism: The BBC's changing religious mission (1960–1979). Media History 19(2), pp. 196-212. (10.1080/13688804.2013.791425)
Noonan, C. and Ashton, D. eds. 2013. Cultural work and higher education. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Noonan, C. 2012. The BBC and decentralisation: the pilgrimage to Manchester. International Journal of Cultural Policy 18(4), pp. 363-377. (10.1080/10286632.2011.598516)
Noonan, C. 2011. 'Big stuff in a beautiful way with interesting people': The spiritual discourse in UK religious television. European Journal of Cultural Studies 14(6), pp. 727-746. (10.1177/1367549411419975)
Dr Noonan is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
She has led a number of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and currently teaches:
Critical Issues in Television Production
Understanding Media Business
She supervises MA, MRes and PhD research.
Caitriona welcomes PhD proposals in the areas of television studies including labour and production analysis, public service broadcasting, genres (such as drama and factual) and insitutional histories. She is also interested in broader questions of creative labour, cultural policy and media provision in small nations.
Television and film production cultures
The production of TV drama
Arts and cultural broadcasting in the UK and internationally
Media in and from small nations
Cultural intermediaries in TV & film (e.g. regional and screen development agencies)
Media and cultural policy (PSB, higher ed, regional development, decentralisation)
Places & spaces of creative production
Irish media
Research Website
www.artsbroadcasting.wordpress.com
www.smallnationstv.org
Caitriona welcomes PhD proposals in the areas of:
- Television studies
- Film production and distribution
- Creative labour
- Cultural production
- Public service broadcasting
- Cultural policy
- Media in and from small nations
- Irish media
Caitriona is actively engaged in policy and industry discussions around the provision of film and television. She routinely cotributes to official inquiries and consultations. Here is a list of the evidence she has submitted which draws directly on her research.
Research-based Evidence Submitted to Public Inquiries
Noonan, C. 2019. Oral evidence to the Culture, Communications and Welsh Language Committee of the National Assembly as part of their evidence gathering for Ofcom's 'Small Screen, Big Debate' review, Nov 2019. Evidence available: https://record.assembly.wales/Committee/5710
Noonan, C. 2019. Written submission to the House of Lords Communications Committee Inquiry into Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Video on Demand, May 2019. Evidence available: http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/communications-committee/public-service-broadcasting-in-the-age-of-video-on-demand/written/101120.pdf
Noonan, C. 2018 Written and oral evidence to the Culture, Communications and Welsh Language Committee of the National Assembly as part of their consultation on Film and Major TV Production in Wales. Evidence available at http://senedd.assembly.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=21238).
Noonan, C. 2017. Written submission to OFCOM consultation on Regional TV Production and Programming, July 2017. Consultation website: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/review-regional-tv-production-programming-guidance
Noonan, C. 2017. Contestable funding and its impact on funding model for arts broadcasting. Written evidence submitted to Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of contestable fund consultation, February 2017. Report available: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/670719/Public_Service_Broadcasting_Contestable_Fund_Consultation_-_Government_Response__1_.pdf
Noonan, C. & Morgan Lloyd, S. 2017. Written submission made on The Future of S4C to the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee, National Assembly for Wales, March 2017. Report available: http://www.assembly.wales/laid%20documents/cr-ld11157/cr-ld11157-e.pdf
Noonan. C. Kidd, J. Bennett, L. Garcia-Blanco, I. 2017. Written submission to British Academy consultation on Celebrating Skills in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, March 2017. Report available: https://www.britac.ac.uk/publications/right-skills-celebrating-skills-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences-ahss
Noonan, C. & Genders, A. 2017. Written submission to OFCOM consultation on BBC regulation, July 2017. Consultation website: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/bbc-performance
Noonan, C & Genders, A. 2016. Securing the Future of Arts Broadcasting. Written evidence to inquiry led by Lord Puttnam on Future for Public Service Television. Report available: http://futureoftv.org.uk/report/
Noonan, C & Powell, S. 2016. Content and Platforms in a Digital World: PSB in and for Wales. Written evidence to inquiry led by Lord Puttnam on Future for Public Service Television. Report available: http://futureoftv.org.uk/report/
* Television from Small Nations: Building a network for commercial and cultural success, 2017. Available: https://smallnationstv.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/television-from-small-nations-report.pdf
* Impact of contestable fund on UK television industry. The European Broadcast Union (EBU), August 2017. Report available: https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/MIS/members_only/funding/EBU-MIS_Contestable-Funding-for-Public-Service-Content.pdf
* Television Drama Production in Wales, 2015. Available: http://culture.research.southwales.ac.uk/media/files/documents/2015-11-11/Television_Drama_Production_in_Wales.pdf
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The United States on April 15 posted nearly 2,600 additional deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours, a new record and the heaviest daily toll of any country, Johns Hopkins University said.
A running tally from Johns Hopkins showed 2,569 victims at 8:30 pm Eastern Time (0030 GMT Thursday), compared with the same time the previous evening, bringing the total number of U.S. deaths to 28,326 — higher than any other nation.
The figures came after President Donald Trump earlier in the evening said "the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases," and he will announce Thursday the first plans for lifting coronavirus lockdowns.
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Nebraska senators introduce 'Parental Bill of Rights'
Advocates are pushing for transparency about what goes on in the classroom.
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By Marlo Lundak
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Thursday, 10 Nebraska state senators introduced LB374, which aims to create a 'Parental Bill of Rights' when it comes to their child's education. It's in an effort to keep schools completely transparent about happenings inside the classroom.
That bill allows parents more power over their child's education, potentially guiding that education to more closely align with their beliefs.
"This doesn't seem to be about children at all, it seems to be about arousing passions along political lines possibly in adults, but very little to do with actually educating students," says Bridget Donovan, a former educator and the former president of the Omaha Education Association.
Donovan says many topics addressed in the bill - like allowing parents to speak at school board meetings or review their child's curriculum and personal file - are already things that exist.
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One section of the bill reads:
"[Parents] have an opportunity to object to any learning material or activity on the basis that such material or activity harms the child or impairs the parents' firmly held beliefs, values, or principles and withdraw [said] child from the class or program in which the material is used."
"What if you feel that the role the U.S. played in the Japanese Internment Camps makes us look poorly and you don't want your child to learn about that, so then we stop teaching history to children? Because someone disagrees with it?" she asks. "Or science. Is biology gone now because somebody doesn't believe in science or they don't like science?"
Donovan says education relies on a certain amount of standardization.
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"There seems to be an attempt to erode the trust that people feel in their public schools," Donovan believes.
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Joseph T. Bonivel Jr., PhD is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center. He is a subject matter expert for the Department of Defense (DOD), where he leads technology incubation and maturation for the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering's Journal of DoD Research & Engineering. Joe is a former AAAS big data and analytics science and technology policy fellow at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In his AAAS fellowship role, he fostered entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology commercialization of research that has been previously supported by government-funded research. He served a similar fellowship role at United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Joe's role at USAID was twofold in helping to understand how digital technology can stop the spread of health epidemics (Ebola) and designing and developing predictive algorithms to measure USAID's influence on their bilateral donors and partners.
Before his AAAS fellowships, Joe was a senior research engineer for United Technologies Research Center (UTRC). At UTRC he was responsible for developing, identifying, and implementing protocols to evaluate the mechanical performance of novel materials and structures within the various businesses of United Technologies Corporation.
Joe holds a PhD in Mechanical and Materials Science Engineering from the University of South Florida. He earned a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering at the University of South Carolina.
He was recently awarded Technologist of the Year by the Southern New England Association of Technical Professionals and was profiled by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of its 100 Modern Men. Joe has also spent time teaching engineering and physics at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.


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