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Near the Israel-Gaza border (CNN) -- Hours after a cease-fire was declared Wednesday in Israel's conflict with Gaza, it appeared to be holding, an Israeli official said.
"We assumed it would take a while for the cease-fire to take hold," Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, told CNN. "I understand now that it has taken hold. There hasn't been fire for a while and, of course, we are not firing, so there is a cease-fire."
His remarks came after an Israeli military spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, told CNN that five rockets had been fired from Gaza in violation of the cease-fire. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, in an interview with CNN, put the number of rockets at 12.
Wednesday's cease-fire followed eight days of violence along Israel's border with Gaza and nearly 150 deaths -- the vast majority of them Palestinian.
The cease-fire, announced in a joint news conference in Cairo with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, took effect at 9 p.m. (2 p.m. ET).
Gazans took to the streets, firing guns into the air in celebration of what they considered to be a victory over Israel's military.
The agreement calls for Israel to halt all acts of aggression on Gaza, including incursions and the targeting of people, according to Egypt's state news agency EGYNews. It also calls for the Palestinian factions to cease all hostilities from Gaza against Israel, including the firing of rockets and attacks on the border. Border crossings were to be opened Thursday night, and the movement of people and goods across them was to be eased, it said.
The agreement came after a day of negotiations that included Clinton, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy and Palestinian officials.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said the agreement calls for "complete and total cessation of all hostile activity initiated in the Gaza Strip."
"For us, that's victory. That's what we wanted," he said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of possible additional military action if the cease-fire fails to lead to long-term security. "But at this time, the right thing for the state of Israel is to exhaust this opportunity to obtain a long-term cease fire," he said.
Netanyahu thanked U.S. President Barack Obama for his "unreserved support" of Israel's actions.
It was the November 14 assassination by Israeli forces of Ahmed al-Ja'abari, the head of Hamas' military wing, that ignited the fighting.
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Israel launched its offensive with a stated goal of ending the rocket attacks on southern Israel from inside Gaza by degrading the ability of Palestinians to launch such attacks.
"Their attempts backfired against them," said Khaled Meshaal, a Hamas political leader. "They wanted to destroy the infrastructure of the resistance of Hamas. They claim they have done so, and they have not. They are bankrupt."
He cited Israel's destruction of buildings and killings that included civilians. "This is their accomplishment," he said. "They have nothing else to show. And our rockets continued to strike them until the last minute."
Israel will hold Hamas responsible for any attacks from Gaza, whether conducted by that organization or any others, Regev said. He said the agreement reflects that understanding.
As he was preparing to return to New York from Tel Aviv, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Wednesday his biggest concern was for the safety of civilians, "no matter where they are. Innocent people, including children, have been killed or injured on both sides. Families on both sides were forced to cower in fear as the violence raged around them."
He said that more than 139 Palestinians had been killed, more than 70 of them civilians, and more than 900 were injured. In addition, some 10,000 Palestinians had lost their homes, he said, adding there was a critical need for humanitarian aid in the territory.
IDF's Leibovich dismissed such concerns. "There is no crisis in Gaza," she told CNN, adding that she had seen pictures Wednesday morning of markets filled with fresh produce. "I understand that some things are not convenient," she said.
During the conflict, rocket fire killed four Israeli civilians and wounded 219 other people, most of them civilians, three of them seriously, Ban said. In addition, an Israeli soldier was killed and 16 were wounded, one critically, he said.
Emergency services at the scene of the explosion on a bus with passengers onboard.
Emergency services rush to the scene of an explosion on November 21 in central Tel Aviv.
An injured woman is helped from the scene after the explosion.
Emergency services attend the scene after a bus explosion in central Tel Aviv.
Emergency services gather at the scene of an explosion on a bus with passengers onboard.
A general view of the scene after an explosion on a bus in central Tel Aviv.
In all, 1,456 rockets were estimated to have been fired from Gaza into Israel, with three long-range missiles hitting the outskirts of Jerusalem, a move he called "unprecedented."
Israeli forces reported strikes on more than 1,450 targets in Gaza, Ban said. They targeted, but were not limited to, attacks on rocket-launching sites, military bases, police stations and tunnels along the border with Egypt, he said.
Hundreds of other buildings were hit, Ban said, adding that he condemned "indiscriminate rocket fire from Gaza into Israel," but also believed that the "excessive and disproportionate use of force that endangers civilian lives is intolerable."
Long-term solutions for Gaza and the Palestinians in general must be found, he said.
"Once calm is fully restored and the violence ends, a broader cease-fire will have to address all the underlying causes of conflict, including the full opening of crossings, Palestinian reconciliation and an end to weapons smuggling."
Regev said the deal calls for talks to begin Thursday on easing economic restrictions on Gaza.
"If the border is quiet, that enables us to be more forthcoming," he said.
Clinton, who shuttled among Israel, the West Bank and Egypt to help negotiate the deal, said the United States will continue to work with regional partners to implement and expand the agreement.
Obama spoke Wednesday morning with Morsy, thanking the Egyptian leader for his leadership in negotiating the proposal.
As recently as Wednesday afternoon, Hamas officials had been calling for more strikes against Israel, while that country's military continued to press its campaign against what it said were suspected rocket-launching sites and "terrorist hideouts."
The cease-fire talks, held in the West Bank, Israel and Cairo, continued despite a lunchtime bus attack near the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv. At least two bombs were planted on the bus, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. One of the bombs exploded, blowing out the windows of the bus, he said.
Rosenfeld said 24 people were wounded, three of them seriously. Aviva Shemer with Ichilov Hospital said pedestrians were among the injured.
Police said they were seeking at least one and possibly two suspects.
Hamas put its own spin on the attack in a banner on al-Aqsa, calling it "a natural response to the massacre of the al-Dalou family and targeting of innocent Palestinian civilians."
Nine members of the al-Dalou family died Sunday in an Israeli airstrike, provoking outrage among Palestinians.
"We told you #IDF that our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are," the al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said on Twitter. "You opened the Gates of Hell on Yourselves."
Diplomats said they were hoping to avoid a repeat of 2008 and 2009, when at least 1,400 people died as Israeli troops invaded Gaza after similar rocket attacks.
CNN's Tom Watkins, Ben Brumfield, Dana Ford, Arwa Damon, Ben Wedeman, Christiane Amanpour, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Saad Abedine, Sara Sidner, Frederik Pleitgen, Kareem Khadder, Saad Abedine, Ingrid Formanek, Nicki Goulding, Neda Farshbaf, Marilia Brocchetto and Reza Sayah contributed to this report.


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Watching a national columnist slam UNLV…
I don't usually play the role of a "homer" in my columns. I try to write about what I know and what I'm passionate about. Often times that ends up being the Mountain West Conference. For the record, I live in Las Vegas, went to UNLV, have a wife who went to BYU and have a rooting interest in those two teams and the MWC. Even in columns like ones where I stick up for the MWC getting squeezed by ESPN (see HERE), observe the Pac-10's decline at the hands of the Mountain West (see HERE) or make predictions on the outcome of the NCAA tournament (see HERE), I keep the Rebels and UNLV out of it. But one thing I will not do, is stand by and watch the Rebel basketball program and coach Lon Kruger get criticized by a national columnist at CBS, especially when the Mountain West and UNLV are two of the best stories of the year in NCAA basketball. So, please allow me this one opportunity to act as a "homer" and defend the program I know best.
Last night, CBS Sportsline posted a column by Gregg Doyel, one of the network's national columnists working NCAA basketball. The article titled "UNLV's choice not to call timeout ends its season" can be read HERE and I encourage all to do so.
In the column, Doyel rehashes the final minute of the UNLV-Northern Iowa game. In a nutshell, here is what happened in that first round matchup's final moments:
UNLV's Oscar Bellfield hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 66 with 37 seconds left.
Northern Iowa brings the ball up and runs clock with tight pressure and trapping defense from UNLV.
With about five seconds left, the ball makes it to Ali Farokhmanesh who hits a three to put UNI up 69-66.
Bellfield runs the ball up court and has it knocked out-of-bounds with about two seconds left.
UNLV's Tre'von Willis misses a three-pointer at the buzzer that wasn't even that close and UNI wins it to advance to round two against Kansas.
Doyel identifies the fatal flaw of the Rebels to be Kruger's ignorance in not calling at timeout following Bellfield's converted three-point field goal. He proposes that had this been done, the Rebels would have been in better shape to win the game by setting up their defense. The Rebels played frantic defense in those final seconds, sending double teams at point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe, trying to force him to give up the ball (Ahelegbe had scored UNI's last eight points). Several passes went around the court, some good, some bad and some nearly forced into a turnover. Eventually the ball swung to Farokhmanesh who made the improbable three with nary a defender in sight.
Was the ball rotation poor on UNLV's part? Yes. Did the kid make an amazing shot. Absolutely. If you told Kruger that the shot to put UNI ahead would be from 35-feet away as opposed to a drive to the hoop where a foul could be called or a mid-range jumper, I'm sure the coach would have taken those odds. And that's what UNLV got. A frantic scramble, that Doyel infers Northern Iowa intended to have happen, followed by a crazy deep shot that went in.
Doyel postulates that had a timeout been called where Kruger and staff could set up the team's defense, they would have undoubtedly known to get a hand in Farokhmanesh's face. I contend that the team may have played a similar defense with or without a timeout. If pressure wasn't thrown in the face of Ahelegbe, he would have held his dribble at midcourt until the shot clock was exhausted to five or ten seconds and then drove the basket. The Rebels' defense got the ball moving, gave them a couple of opportunities at a turnover and forced Northern Iowa to take a shot from just inside the parking lot. I don't see what's wrong with that.
Furthermore, UNI had no timeouts. Had Kruger taken his final timeout it would have given him an opportunity to set up a defense but would also have given UNI the chance to design a play and get their offense ready for the final 37 seconds.
Would Doyel have criticized Kruger and the Rebs if they called a timeout and that led to a great set of back picks and an open shot? Would he declare that UNLV handed Northern Iowa the win because Kruger put the time in their hands to design a play?
Would Doyel praise UNLV for letting the flow of the game come to them had the shot from Farokhmanesh clanged off iron and been rebounded by the Rebels, leading to a game-winning shot from Willis or Bellfield?
Basketball is a game of inches and the Rebels poured their heart into a game where the last few inches belonged to the other team.
Perhaps the worst part about Doyel's attack on the Rebels yesterday were the words he had about the UNLV program in general. He wrote:
"[UNLV] does silly stuff like let Tre'Von Willis and Chace Stanback jack 3-pointers when they can't make them. It has defensive lapses. It loses focus, and boom! Trouble. I don't know who to blame for it. Maybe nobody. Maybe Kruger's choice of personnel.
Kruger has made UNLV relevant again, but he has done it by turning UNLV into Transfer U. The best three or four players on roster are from somewhere else, including leading scorer Willis (from Memphis) and No. 2 scorer Stanback (UCLA) and versatile, but injured, wing Derrick Jasper (Kentucky). Kansas transfer Quintrell Thomas will become eligible next season. Terrific. More people from elsewhere. It's not the most stable way to run a program, and when games come down to a final play, a final second, building on such an unstable foundation might be a problem."
Wow. An "unstable" program with unstable players. Does this guy not know Lon Kruger and his track record? Kruger has won Big 10 (with Illinois), SEC (Florida) and MWC (UNLV) conference championships and finished second in the Big 12 at Kansas State in a year where he took the Wildcats to the Elite Eight. Kruger took Florida to the Final Four in 1994 and has revitalized a UNLV program where they were left for dead after Jerry Tarkanian left town, being coached by cast-offs like Rollie Massimino and Charlie Spoonhour. Kruger's overall record at the collegiate level is 455-295.
The fact that UNLV takes transfers from other schools is both common in NCAA schools and a testimony to the type of program Kruger runs. Willis came from John Calipari's Memphis program where he averaged 2.6 points a game as a freshman and wanted a fresh start where he could play more. He red-shirted one year and has started for the Rebels for the past two, putting him in the UNLV program for a total of three years. Stanback has a similar story. He was a freshman on the 2007-2008 UCLA Final Four team that lost to Memphis in the national semifinals. After his freshman year he too opted for a fresh start and landed in Vegas, red-shirting the 2008-09 season and playing his first year with UNLV this season. Jasper came from Kentucky the same year Stanback did, though he hadn't played since a mid-season knee injury.
What did all these players have in common? They wanted to play basketball in a system they could excel in for a coach that has had success everywhere he's been. The fact that they left top programs shows that the common denominator here is playing time. They wanted to be at a school where they got some run. How horrible is that?
As Doyel puts it, UNLV is now "Transfer U." That connotation makes it a negative thing, but one could also see it as a positive since so many good players gravitate to a program where their talents can be used and they feel at home. Do we cheapen the draw of a New England Patriots squad because they get players through free agency that want to play for Bill Belichick? Do we downgrade a San Antonio Spurs team that attracts free agents for the chance to be on a contender where the players put team first? So why knock UNLV for accepting transfers that want to play ball?
An even more asinine comment is that the Rebels' perceived erratic and "unstable" play at the end of the UNI game was a by-product of there being so many (two) transfers on the floor. Does Doyel really believe that the reason this miracle shot connected was because Chace Stanback and Tre'von Willis are transfers? Come on. Kruger runs a well-prepared team in which where you come from matters very little. Any team that makes the tournament plays smart enough and is well-coached enough to maintain a defensive set in a close game. Can we really blame this on transfer players at this point in a season? Besides, Stanback was on the bench in defensive sets because of foul trouble against UNI late in the game. So the one transfer, Willis, cost his team the game because -wait for it- he's a transfer?
What Doyel overlooks is that UNLV also recruits players out of high school. The other three starters in the first round game against Northern Iowa (Bellfield, Anthony Marshall and Brice Massamba) were all Kruger recruits. Bench players Justin Hawkins, Kendall Wallace and Matt Shaw were also recruits brought in by the UNLV program.
I challenge Doyel to find successful programs in NCAA basketball that don't accept top transfers from other programs. Is it better to have players that come to your school for one year prior to jolting the NBA?
Ask UCLA, USC and North Carolina how they feel about that strategy.
Doyel surely knows that NCAA tournament time is tough and that games are decided in an instant and often by plays of supernatural legend. UNLV was beaten by uch a play. They didn't lose because of a timeout that wasn't called or for having too many transfer players on their roster. The Rebels and the MWC are two of the biggest stories in the NCAA this year and Doyel would know that had he covered them for more than just a single game.
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Watching the Pac-10 lose the West…
As the NCAA Selection Committee prepares to finalize their brackets on Sunday night, the scene will shift from the conference tournaments to the Big Dance, but we should all be reminded that this season -above any others in recent memory- has seen a shift in power out West, one that members of the Pacific-10 conference should be mindful.
The Mountain West Conference (MWC) and the West Coast Conference (WCC) currently stake more claims at NCAA berths than the Pac-10. Those aren't combined figures, individually the two conferences have better outlooks on Selection Sunday than the Pac-10.
The MWC has four teams (New Mexico, BYU, UNLV, San Diego State) that have legitimate claims at the NCAA tournament. The WCC will get two in the dance after Saint Mary's beat Gonzaga in the conference championship,
The Mountain West begins tournament play in Las Vegas' Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday. BYU and New Mexico are locks to make the tourney. UNLV is close to a lock as long as there aren't too many bubble busters this year. If the Rebels can take down Utah in their first round game (something they haven't done this year, losing in Vegas and in Salt Lake), they should all but punch their ticket. SDSU probably has some more work to do, but a deep run into the MWC tourney should solidify their resumé for the selection committee. Four teams in the dance is a real possibility for the Mountain West.
The West Coast Conference also played their tournament in Las Vegas, at The Orleans Arena. Saint Mary's blew Gonzaga out of the arena and into The Orleans' casino, cruising to a 81-62 win. The Gaels had been 0-2 against Gonzaga this year. The Zags are sure to get an at-large bid and Saint Mary's will not have to sweat it out as a bubble team this year, although their resumé would have been pretty impressive.
How about the Pac-10? Most experts believe that the University of California will be in after winning the conference's regular season title, going 13-5. Washington and Arizona State are firmly on the bubble, making for great drama in the conference tournament this week. The conference had a down year and getting only one team (if Cal wins the Pac-10 tourney) is a real possibility, especially if at-large bids continue to be stolen by schools like Saint Mary's.
The one thing the Pac-10 has going for it is that their top three teams have ended the regular season on streaks. Cal won seven of their last eight, UW has won four in a row and ASU was victorious in six of their last seven. It's no secret that the selection committee likes schools that are playing their best ball in March, but the stage has been set to see a power conference get just their tournament champion in the dance like most mid-majors are used to every year.
However, one down year does not a crisis make, right? Think again. The MWC in particular has finally begun to steal the western showcase as the premier conference in the last few years.
This year's edition of the Pac-10 went 4-5 against the MWC and 6-6 against the WCC. Modest numbers for the lesser conferences and embarrassing for the Pac-10, one of the premier conferences in the country. Many of these games were in Pac-10 arenas, as big schools continue to be weary when it comes to going into a rabid environment as a favorite against a potential giant killer.
Need more evidence to show that the Pac-10 is no longer the dominant force in Western college basketball? Check the rankings. Currently the MWC has two teams ranked: BYU (#15 in the AP Poll/#14 in ESPN's Coaches Poll) and New Mexico (#8 in both polls). UNLV is receiving votes in the Coaches Poll. The WCC's Gonzaga is ranked #18 in the AP Poll and #14 in the Coaches Poll. Saint Mary's is receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.
The Pac-10? The conference has zero teams in the top 25 in both polls and only one team (Cal) is receiving votes. Even the WAC (Western Athletic Conference) has Utah State receiving more votes in both polls than the Pac-10's Cal Golden Bears.
Clearly, better basketball is being played in the lesser conferences out west than in the Pac-10. ESPN's bracketologist, Joe Lunardi has four MWC teams in the NCAA tournament, two in from the WCC and two in from the Pac-10 with Cal and ASU making the cut, though ASU is listed as one of the last squads in. Washington is among Lunardi's first four out of the dance.
The news gets even worse when one starts talking about the Pac-10 and the Mountain West in college football. In 2009, three MWC teams finished in the top 25 of the AP Poll. Texas Christian University finished ranked #6, BYU earned a #12 ranking and Utah finished at #18. The Pac-10 had only two teams in the final poll, with Oregon ranked #11 and USC finishing at #23.
In the last two years, the MWC has done exceptionally in head-to-head matchups against Pac-10 schools. In 2008, the MWC dominated the Pac-10, going 6-1 in the regular season and losing in the only bowl game the conferences played against one another (an Arizona win over BYU). In 2009, the MWC went 2-3 against the Pac-10 with both wins coming in bowl games.
Combine the last two years and the MWC can boast a 8-5 record against the Pac-10 in football, including a 2-1 record in head-to-head matchups in bowl games.
Is it time for the Pac-10 to panic? Probably not. It's unlikely that historically strong basketball programs like UCLA and Arizona won't recover with strong recruiting and superior coaching. In football, no one thinks USC will stay down for long and certainly programs like Oregon, Washington and Stanford are strong teams that are on the up-and-up.
However, the success of the Mountain West should not be ignored as the conference is making a bid to be the second major conference from the west.
Is it any wonder that the Pac-10 is talking about expansion? Furthermore, if the conference does add more schools, some of the teams being mentioned include MWC members Utah, BYU, San Diego State, Colorado State and UNLV.
If you can beat 'em, join 'em (or in this case, invite them to join you).
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Watching ESPN's college basketball bias…
Last night I watched SportsCenter on ESPN at 8 PM as my pregnant wife snoozed away (I wrenched the remote away stealthily and changed it from some housewife show). Midway through the show, Scott Van Pelt and Steve Levy were rattling through highlights of college basketball games. Following a Maryland basketball package where Van Pelt showed how much of a homer he is, they transitioned to show 90 or so seconds of footage from last night's University of North Carolina vs. North Carolina State game. I immediately thought to myself, "Self, why is UNC getting this much press on SportsCenter? Didn't they just drop WAY out of the top 25 in both polls?"
So I did some research. Carolina got a combined one vote in both poll. That one vote came in the ESPN/Coaches Poll, meaning not a single Associated Press writer voted the Tar Heels into the top 25 this week. I wonder what coach voted for UNC? Do you think he collects paychecks from an ACC school?
North Carolina, a school that has unmistakable ties to ESPN seeing that the network broadcasts ACC games and the annual ACC tournament, happened to win their game over NC State, a team they usually pummel. UNC has reeled since the turn of the new year, going 2-4 since 2009 passed. They had been 11-3. They've started 2-3 in the ACC and are 13-7 overall. They don't deserve a top 25 spot and seeing that ESPN rarely shows highlights of games that feature no top 25 teams, they don't deserve the coverage they received on SportsCenter last night.
But what will Dick Vitale have to talk about if North Carolina isn't in the top 25? Who will he get to promote?
Well, let's look at some other schools that Dickie V can take a look at. There is a litany of schools that have received votes or are in the top 25 that get little to no press and certainly aren't given two minutes of coverage on SportsCenter.
How about Northern Iowa? That squad is currently 17-2 and ranked 25th in the ESPN poll.
Or what about Baylor? They are from a big conference where their up-tempo play has led them to a 15-3 record and a number 24 ranking in the AP poll.
Looking for someone a little more stable? How about BYU? The Cougars have one loss this year and are ranked tenth in the ESPN poll out of the impressive Mountain West Conference (more on the MWC later).
Or maybe UAB catches your fancy. They're number 25 in the AP poll, sporting a 17-2 record.
So why don't we hear about these great stories? Who is reporting on these teams? There are so many amazing seasons underway for schools that are impressing a lot more voting writers and coaches than UNC. The following teams from big conferences are outside the top 25, but got more votes than Carolina in the most recent polls: Florida State, Clemson, Wake Forest, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Maryland, Virginia, Northwestern, Cal and Notre Dame.
And how about the little guys? College basketball is built on the backs of the small schools that make March so exciting. Where are their stories? The following small conference schools are outside of the top 25 and have drawn more votes than the Heels: Butler (#18 in coaches poll, not ranked in AP), Cornell, Old Dominion, Xavier, UNLV, Siena, Saint Mary's, Louisiana Tech, and Harvard. Coastal Carolina has the same number of votes as UNC, which is one.
That's right, Coastal Carolina has as many votes as UNC, and Cornell, Harvard and Old Dominion have significantly more ballots cast. So where are the 90-second highlight packages on their seasons? Oh that's right, ESPN needs to make sure everyone knows the Tar Heel players so they are more recognizable when they have their first matchup with Duke on February 10th. Duh.
ESPN's alliance with the ACC and other big conferences runs deep. Jay Bilas went to Duke. Hubert Davis went to North Carolina. So did Stuart Scott. Dick Vitale praises anything that has to do with ACC basketball, especially if it takes place on Tobacco Road. The network carries their games and the tournament, as previously mentioned. Unfortunately, ESPN has such an effect on the landscape of college basketball that poll results may be swayed by their coverage.
Take the Mountain West Conference. Home to the likes of BYU, Utah, San Diego State, UNLV and New Mexico, the conference has continually made strides, but seems to stay out of the national conscience. MWC teams consistently downed big conference powers in pre-conference play. Arizona lost to three Mountain West teams (BYU, UNLV and SDSU). BYU also beat Arizona State. Louisville lost to UNLV. Utah took down Illinois, Michigan and LSU. New Mexico defeated Cal, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
The conference currently boasts two teams in the top 25 (BYU and New Mexico), with a third (UNLV) having spent time there and still receiving votes. The MWC also boasts big name coaches like Steve Alford (UNM), Lon Kruger (UNLV) and Steve Fisher (SDSU). So what's keeping them from getting more attention? Could it be partially because of ESPN's lack of coverage while they are too busy giving time to ACC teams that are well out of the top 25?
UNLV only has four losses and two are to teams currently ranked in the top 15 (BYU and Kansas State). The others are to USC in a Christmas tournament championship and Utah in a tough MWC matchup. There are eight other teams currently in the top 25 that have four or more losses. The Rebels have only two conference losses and one is at BYU. The Cougars come to the Thomas & Mack center for the Vegas rematch on February 6th.
The MWC has television contracts with CBS College Sports and The Mountain, a network created by the conference. ESPN has no vested interest to show their highlights, promote their games or make fans (and potential voters) aware of the brand of basketball being played in the conference. One could laugh at ESPN for their fair and balanced coverage the way the general public does when someone talks about Fox News Channel.
The Mountain West is not the only conference being slighted as there is plenty of great basketball being played that the majority of the viewing (and voting) public knows little to nothing about.
The "Mothership" owes the legions of sports fans better than this. Let's drop the coverage of a floundering UNC team just a tad (you can still report on it and promote their games) and up the ante by talking up the big games in other conferences that have teams receiving significantly more top 25 votes, regardless of who their TV contract is with.
Let's start with this: Cornell hosts Harvard on Saturday night. Let's cover that like you did the two unranked teams you gave pub to last night when UNC vs. NC State was pushed upon us. At least Cornell and Harvard have more combined poll votes (18) than the Heels do (1).
Let's all hope for a Big Red win over the Crimson to push them over the edge in the ESPN/Coaches Poll. They are ranked number 27 now. A top 25 berth would make ESPN cover them. One can only wish…
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Hot news: Station officially opens
By James Round31st May 2019February 5th, 2021No Comments
Coventry's new community fire station will be officially opened this weekend – and it's throwing open its doors to the public!
Following an opening ceremony for invited guests, the Radford Road site will be staging a road safety awareness day from 12noon until 4pm on Sunday (2 June), to coincide with the city's two-day MotoFest.
Visitors will be able to tour the new fire station and watch firefighters giving demonstrations of how they rescue people from car crashes and give first aid. Advice will also be available on the safe fitting of child car seats.
There'll be a visit from our fire investigation dog and our fire motorbike will also be on display.
Would-be firefighters aged 16 and over can attend a pre-recruitment talk at 1pm.
Entertainment will be provided by our very own wind band and choir.
Chief Fire Officer Phil Loach said: "The evidence from our Integrated Risk Management Plan and Community Safety Strategy reaffirmed that the existing site was optimum for achieving our risk-based, five-minute response time.
"That response standard is at the heart of the new station's design. We know from our studies of reaction times that seconds do count, so the functional and most-used spaces are nearest to the engine house.
"The previous station was four decades old. Its replacement gives the city's firefighters a modern base at the heart of the community. From it they carry out extensive community and business fire safety work, focusing on vulnerable people and premises most in need of their skills and expert knowledge."
Councillor John Edwards, Chair of West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority, said: "We're proud of the role that all of our stations play in their communities, and I'm sure that Coventry's new one will be no exception. I'm confident that everyone who visits on Sunday will see it as a valuable community asset."
The city station's firefighters relocated while their old base was replaced with West Midlands Fire Service's (WMFS) newest build. Operational since December, the Radford Road project was designed by Bond Bryan Architects and built by Wilmot Dixon.
Richard Stanton, Group Commander for Coventry and Solihull, said: "We're very proud of our new station. It's a fantastic community facility and we're really looking forward to welcoming visitors on Sunday.
"The station includes a large, dedicated space for community use which is complemented by another area currently being used by a partner organisation. The gym facilities will also be available for initiatives with health agencies.
"Our fire cadets used to be limited to a standalone area of the old station, but a great advantage of the new one is that they're now integrated with our operational crews. Sunday will also be the perfect opportunity to celebrate the cadets' 30th anniversary."
And the turnout system incorporated into the design is the first of its kind at WMFS.
"The technology alerts crews to the incident type and location, plus who's going, all as they're heading to the vehicles," added G/Cmdr Stanton. "Reaction times are already showing significant improvements. We're now looking at displaying their initial route on screens by the engine bay doors, which they'll see as they mobilise."
When they return from an incident, firefighters enter a 'dirty' kit cleaning and drying area before a 'clean' zone where they get fresh kit before reaching the station's office areas. An innovative kit heating system allows kit to be dried faster and to be ready for operational use much quicker than traditional drying rooms.
Improvements to the station's pre-existing fire house should be completed by Spring 2020, ensuring it meets the training needs of a 21st Century fire and rescue service.
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Want to Spend Time Together? Try Working on Your Budget.
Related Topics: Finances
Did it ever occur to you that preparing a family budget together might be one good way for a wife and husband to spend some quality time alone with each other? Not if you're like me. But financial writer Tim Maurer got me thinking about it with a Jan. 12 column titled "10 Ways Budgeting Saved My Marriage."
Budgeting their money forces Maurer and his wife, parents of two young children, "to collaborate," he explained in the column, published by Forbes.com, a service of the noted business and financial magazine.
Maurer suggested that while it may seem strange, working together on a budget helps to counteract a certain risk at his home. How so?
Given the level of their multiple commitments not only to work, but to school, sports activities, the church, etc., it seems he and his wife found themselves left to function "more as independent business partners than spouses." And they tended to find themselves "in short supply" when it came both to "adult conversation and genuine collaboration."
Fortunately, then, working on their budget provides a context for the couple not only to converse as adults, but truly to work together, he said.
Maurer is a financial planner, educator and author. In these career roles, he considers it his vocation to help the people he serves connect who they are with what they do. His philosophy of money holds "that personal finance is more personal than it is finance and that money has no value other than that which we give it."
Time Together Builds Intimacy
Maurer is not alone in pointing out that preparing a household budget represents a chance for a couple to spend time together. A book reviewed last August for this website made a similar point. In "Stress-Proof Your Marriage" (Our Sunday Visitor), Cory and Heidi Busse wrote:
"Budgeting is making the choice to take your marriage's head out of the financial sand. Budgeting is about acknowledging where the money goes and making changes (if need be). Budgeting is about working together."
It is of no small importance that couples find ways to spend time with each other. That point was clear in the new "State of Our Unions" report," titled "And Baby Makes Three," which I discussed on this website last week.
The annual report, released Dec. 8 by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families, based in New York, examined 10 factors in "contemporary social life and relationships" that "appear to boost women's and men's odds of successfully combining marriage and parenthood." Quality family time was among those factors.
"Intimacy is more likely to emerge and be sustained when couples have time for one another, especially after they transition into parenthood," the report said. It stressed that both "time spent alone with one's spouse and time spent with one's children" serve to "predict higher levels of marital solidarity."
When a wife and husband "spend time alone together, talking or sharing an activity," they are "significantly more likely to be happy in their marriages and less likely to be vulnerable to separation or divorce," according to "The State of Our Unions."
Budgeting for Evenings Out
One of Maurer's insights was that the time busy married parents set aside for budgeting can represent authentic, adult couple time. But like so many couples, he and his wife also wanted to spend time together in other enjoyable ways.
Of course, some of these enjoyable ways of spending time together cost money. I found it noteworthy, therefore, that their budget set aside money precisely for a bit of time away from home – a date night, for example.
Maurer recalled asking a client, an older husband and father, "what his secret to marriage and parenting was." The happily married client responded that he and his wife always set time and money aside for themselves "as a couple."
The client made the case that a wife and husband become "better parents" when they set time aside to be together alone – time for a date night, a weekend away, even a week's vacation.
Like many couples, however, by the end of most months the Maurers already had spent their discretionary money "on the rest of life." So they worked a solution to that predicament into their budget.
The Maurers realized the budgeting process had a way of highlighting their dependence on each other and its value.
They also realized their budget needed to assure some measure of spending independence for each of them. Thus, they developed the "His" and "Hers" sections of their budget.
Finally, however, to secure time for themselves as a couple, the Maurers budgeted a sum called "Ours." This budget element helps to protect them from feeling they are taking money away from something else important when they arrange for a baby-sitter and go out for an evening.
In no way is budgeting romantic, Maurer concluded. But he said budgeting can help to "promote and preserve" a couple's romance.
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President Heidi Hadsell recently returned from a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, where she attended a two-day conference on the prevention of violence against children in her role as a board member of Arigatou International: Prayer and Action for Children.
In addition to Arigatou, sponsors of the conference included ECPAT International, which coordinates research, advocacy and action to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and the International Network of Engaged Students.
The conference was followed by a board meeting of Arigatou International: Prayer and Action for Children.


MSF teams vaccinated 1,5 M children during 10 months period, and treated 51,000 cases (80% cases) in the Province of Katanga (DRC).
MSF wished to review and capitalize on this unprecedented intervention where major questions concerned the magnitude of the intervention, the decision making process (based on needs, extension of the outbreak/epidemiology, age groups, geography, AR, CFR, etc). The evaluation is multidisciplinary and involves also all aspects related to adequacy of means, cost (child vaccinated, and treated), timeliness, integration with other actors (MOH, WHO, Unicef, etc), and MSF lobbying actions. BOX recommendations are presented throughout the document.


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The IAPS Sensory Environments Network ( IAPS SEN) was formally established in Timisoara, Romania in 2014. Its establishment responds to growing expertise, interest and knowledge in the perception, design and representation of sensory environments. SEN provides a multidisciplinary forum within which to explore ways to expand and enhance the sensory and experiential diversity of human-environment relationships. The SEN community of IAPS members will help facilitate networking and collaborations to advance understanding of how sensory information and experience can be incorporated into the development of environmental design theory and practice. It comprises architects, landscape architects, architects, urban designers, artists and environmental psychologists and will be of interest to anyone with a concern for the sensory dimensions of environmental experience and its application.
The IAPS SEN was initially convened by Jake Benfield and Kevin Thwaites who were honoured to be able to continue the vision of the late Dr Victoria Henshaw, who inspired the network formation through her pioneering research in smell escapes. Now the network is convened by Professor Eduardo Rocha from the Federal University of Brazil, with the support of Professor Adriana Portella. Professor Kevin Thwaites, from the University of Sheffield, UK, will continue as the advisor of the network.
This website will provide access to information about current work relating to sensory environments along with details of upcoming conferences and other relevant meetings. You can follow us on twitter or email us by going to the contact page.
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Tales of Love and Disability by Laura Solomon
Buy Tales of Love and Disability by Laura Solomon at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com
Summary: The title Tales of Love and Disability might make you wonder if you're taking your pleasures a little too sadly, but you'll be surprised. It's a thought-provoking collection of eighteen stories which you'll read all too quickly. Recommended.
Pages: Date: October 2018
Publisher: Woven Words
I've always believed that less-able writers produce longer books: it takes a great deal of skill and talent to write a short story which holds the reader and keeps them coming back for more. There are far too many collections of short stories which are all too easy to put down and forget after you've read a couple of pieces. I've recently read a couple of novellas by Laura Solomon - Marsha's Deal and Hell's Unveiling and enjoyed them, so I was intrigued to see what she could do with an even shorter form.
I did wonder about the title Tales of Love and Disability and thought that I'd probably read the collection of eighteen stories over a week or so but in the event they only lasted for a couple of days: I fell into the 'just one more' trap and saw no reason not to indulge myself. Laura Solomon has had a brain tumour herself and speaks from personal experience but what comes over in the stories and from Solomon herself is a complete lack of self-pity and it's this which converts what could have been a series of depressing stories into ones which are uplifting.
The opening story Prosthesis has a playfulness about it - quite literally. A pianist acquires a state-of-the-art prosthetic right arm, but it develops a mind of its own and costs the pianist his job. I didn't expect to laugh, but I did. Vision establishes beyond doubt that not everyone who recovers from illness can be generous and grateful - or that those they come into contact with will be kind and understanding. I'd read the next story, Marsha's Deal before and thought that I would probably skip through it, but this was where I realised the depth of Solomon's writing: once I started reading the story, I couldn't stop. It was fun to spot some of the nuances which I'd missed on first reading. Even on a second reading it was still darkly humorous and thought provoking.
Castle tells the story of Jack Davidson who flew in his dreams, but who, in real life, was wheelchair bound because of muscular dystrophy. At school he was bullied, but he had a secret: Jack had found a portal to other dimensions and uses his power to turn the bullies into blind mice. It doesn't turn out well - for Jack or the bullies, but there are other compensations. Catfishing made me smile when a woman left on her own to bring up a disabled child neatly gets her own back on the man who abandoned mother and child.
My favourite story is Old Hat when a hat which is separated from its owner causes all sorts of problems until it's reunited with the old lady. It worked both ways as Mrs Pemberton had been behaving badly in the care home until the hat came back to her. It's a story I've read several times and it always makes me smile. Boris v. Shelob is thought provoking: it's a tale of robotic spiders sent out to find drugs and there will be just a little bit of you which wonders just how close it is to the truth.
I've touched on just a few of the eighteen stories. As with all collections some are stronger than others, but there are none which I would regard as weak. I had a great deal of fun when I was least expecting it and I'd like to thank the publisher for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
After you've read this collection I'm sure that you'll enjoy Laura Solomon's Hell's Unveiling, the sequel to Marsha's Deal. You might also like Taking Wainui by Solomon, but we had our reservations.
You can read more book reviews or buy Tales of Love and Disability by Laura Solomon at Amazon.co.uk Amazon currently charges £2.99 for standard delivery for orders under £20, over which delivery is free.
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FRANKFORT – A group of local retired and current teachers made their way to Frankfort this week to protest what they're calling attacks on educators, including issues with Kentucky's struggling pension system and the state budget.
Calloway County Retired Teachers Association President Marshall Ward was part of that group. He said he protested for a handful of reasons.
Ward said the group also made the trip to protest budget threats to education, including teacher pensions.
The Kentucky legislature passed tax reform and budget bills earlier this week. While educators are getting some of what they lobbied for, including the removal of some public education funding cuts and untouched cost-of-living adjustments for retired teachers, there are still sticking points.
One of those, Ward said, is how the pension bill that passed was handled. According to media reports, much of its language was hidden in an unrelated bill about sewage services.
"We were very concerned that this secret, transparent process wasn't democratic," Ward said.
He said another major issue is a new hybrid pension plan that new hires will be subject to. The "hybrid cash-balance retirement plan" combines elements of a pension plan with investment options typically found in a 401(k) plan.
He added that while retired educators are happy that COLAs are untouched for now, there were other reasons they were protesting.
With a pension plan that isn't set in stone, Ward said, attracting quality teachers becomes difficult.
"If you don't fund your educational programs, you're going to have a shortage of teachers, inadequate materials for students to work with, and the people who are here with young children may decide to leave," he said.
Southwest Calloway Elementary School teacher Gina Crider – who noted her school is a nationally-recognized Blue Ribbon School – also made the trip to Frankfort this week. One of her main concerns is teachers and social security, or more specifically, how Kentucky teachers are not eligible to draw social security benefits.
There are two laws Crider is talking about: WEP and GPO, short for windfall elimination provision and government pension offset.
According to the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, those laws are "designed to resolve inequities in the law that had, in the past, permitted some government employees to collect more in social security benefits than was originally intended," according to its website.
"What it does, is for people like me who worked in the private sector – I worked there for 20 years – after a few years, it takes two-thirds off the top of my earned social security that I already paid into, and then I'll get some remaining portion of that, depending on how long I worked," Crider said.
Crider gave another example. If one half of a married couple makes $20,000 annually and the other person makes $60,000 while drawing social security, and one dies, the survivor gets the larger of the two.
Add in the new hybrid plan, and it gets even more complicated.
Both Crider and Ward offered sentiments that issues like this won't go away anytime soon.
"I wonder at which point we decided as a state that using our tax dollars to attract quality public servants became a bad thing. That is just hard to fathom," Crider said.
"There was political chanting. 'We will remember in November,'" Ward said, referring to upcoming elections.
He added that Gov. Matt Bevin does have the option to line-item veto any part of the pension and budget bills before they're signed into law. While the governor hasn't publicly stated he'd do so, Ward said he isn't optimistic.
"I would almost guarantee it (Bevin issuing line-item vetoes) he said.


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New pedestrian plans to open up historic Howells building and showcase its chapel
Naissance Capital will soon announce a string of new tenants
Sion Barry
How the opened Bethany Chapel at the Howells building would look. CGI by Rio Architects (Image: Naissance Capital Real Estate Ltd.)
Plans to open up the landmark Howells building in the centre of Cardiff, with its historic chapel at the heart of a new pedestrian area, have been revealed.
A planning application to demolish a section of the store that links stand alone buildings, has been submitted by it owners Naissance Capital Real Estate, which acquired the investment in 2016.
The work would open up its 19th century Bethany Chapel, which while pre-dating the site, was fully consumed within the fabric of the 270,000 sq ft plus building ‑ located on a 1.7 acre site - in the 1970s.
It come as there is strong interest from potential new occupiers, from office to leisure, attracted by the rejuvenation plans, in which the current House of Fraser department store will remain an anchor tenant.
Plans for the Howells building in Cardiff will transform the city centre
The remnants of the19th Century Bethany Chapel inside the Howells building on St Mary Street in Cardiff
Naissance has already submitted a change of use application on the building from retail to mixed-use to Cardiff Council as part of its ambitious plans.
Azeemeh Zaheer, the CEO Naissance Capital and landlord of the Grade II listed Howells building in Cardiff
Its chief executive, Azeemeh Zaheer, said: "Retail markets and shops have a storied history, dating back to antiquity and will continue to play a significant role in our social fabric.
"The Howells store in Cardiff is no exception. From 1879, till today, Howells features one of the most architecturally interesting buildings in the city centre and boasts one of the most prestigious and magnificent facades on St Mary's Street. The store's expansion in 1920 added a stunning neoclassical extension on the corner of St Mary's Street culminating in the absorption of Bethany Chapel, (built on the site of an earlier chapel in 1865).
"The chapel's frontage has been tucked away into the interior of the House of Fraser's men's department ever since. The intention behind the demolition application we have submitted is to have the option to re-open and showcase the front of Bethany Chapel for the public to view, through pedestrianising the front.
"Not only will this increase visibility for everyone, it will help generate more tourism and footfall through the building. The demolition will also create a fresh pathway, thereby enabling any new tenants to lay in high-speed fibre optics for wi-fi into their space."
The story of one of Wales' most successful property development schemes
She added: "We recently also submitted a change of use application for some of the space. Last year, we mutually agreed an option to claw back 50,000 sq ft of the 272,488 sq ft with House of Fraser.
"I am pleased to share that after several months focused on a comprehensive review of the building's M&E (mechanical and electrical), key surveys and building control issues, we found a fair solution to exercise our option to recover areas around the store, and managed such that House of Fraser trading will not be affected during the works.
Bethany Chapel included in the ambitious new plans (Image: Art by Rio Architects, supplied by Saxbury)
"As a result we had recently recovered a total of 45,899 sq ft, which affected less than 10,000 sq ft of active retail operations. As part of the works, building infrastructure upgrades behind the scenes will take place which will help ensure a resilient building for many years to come.
She said while there is strong tenant interest, it would remain a major retail destination.
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Ms Zaheer added: "Although the formal tenancies will be announced over the next month or so, the store continues to be a major destination for shoppers.
As the second largest department store in Wales, House of Fraser has employed many people throughout the years and has been featured in the hit series Dr Who as the set for Rose Tyler's workplace, Henriks.
The area is now home to House of Fraser (Image: Richard Williams/ Wales Online)
"Howells has maintained a loyal following for decades, but even more so after the demise of its long-term rival David Morgan in January 2005.
"The Hayes is the city's number one street for luxury and high-end retailers and would make the perfect long-term home, as House of Fraser looks to evolve its store vision, alongside other well recognised occupiers."


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Q: How to give multiple node output for Elasticsearch in beats.yml configuration file? I have multiple nodes in my elasticsearch cluster. How can I route traffic to the multiple nodes in my metricbeat configuration file?

A: In the Elasticsearch Output in your metricbeat configuration file, you can give multiple node output in an array format like this,
hosts: ["https://IP_Node_01:9200","https://IP_Node_02:9200","https://IP_Node_03:9200"]

This gives failover capability, where beats can connect to other nodes in case of failed nodes.

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Q: Why do I need to implement `Copy` and `Clone` if I'm sharing an immutable reference with multiple threads? Still struggling with the Rust mind shift, now I have this use case - one configuration for a multi-threaded TcpListener:
use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs};
use std::thread;

fn main() {
    serve("127.0.0.1:3333", Configuration { do_something: true });
}

//#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
pub struct Configuration {
    pub do_something: bool,
}

pub fn serve<A: ToSocketAddrs>(addr: A, conf: Configuration) {
    let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr).expect("bind failed");

    for stream in listener.incoming() {
        match stream {
            Ok(stream) => {
                thread::spawn(move || {
                    handle_client(stream, &conf);
                });
            }
            Err(e) => {
                println!("Connection failed: {}", e);
            }
        }
    }
}

fn handle_client(stream: TcpStream, conf: &Configuration) {
    if conf.do_something {
        //stream....
    }
}

I'm happy that the TcpStream is consumed by handle_client, that's it's purpose, but why does Configuration have to be copied for each thread? I'd like to have just one copy and share an immutable reference with all threads. Is that possible? Or perhaps I'm missing the point.
Why do I need the Copy and Clone traits if I'm passing Configuration by reference? This confused me a good deal:
error[E0382]: capture of moved value: `conf`
  --> src/main.rs:19:64
   |
19 |                 thread::spawn(move || { handle_client(stream, &conf); });
   |                               -------                          ^^^^ value captured here after move
   |                               |
   |                               value moved (into closure) here
   |
   = note: move occurs because `conf` has type `Configuration`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait

A: Implementing Copy (Clone is incidental here) only fixes the problem because implementing it allows the compiler to implicitly duplicate the Configuration struct, passing a copied value into the thread.
It needs to pass the variable by value because you told the compiler to move all used values into the closure:
thread::spawn(move || {
//            ^^^^ HERE
    handle_client(stream, &conf);
});

The entire purpose of the move keyword is to tell the compiler "no, don't try to infer how variables are used inside this closure, just move everything in".
When you move &conf, the compiler says "OK, I'll move conf into the closure then take a reference to it".
In your case, you can just remove the move keyword:
thread::spawn(|| {
    handle_client(stream, &conf);
});

If you really need to be able to use the move keyword and pass in a reference, you need to move in a reference:
let conf = &conf;
thread::spawn(move || {
    handle_client(stream, conf);
});

This still doesn't allow your code to compile because there's no guarantee that the reference outlives the thread. That's discussed thoroughly in Passing a reference to a stack variable to a scoped thread.


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Q: Подсчитать варианты паролей из строго 8 символов Сколько вариантов паролей, который состоит строго из 8 символов (не больше и не меньше) может быть?

*

*Пароль состоит может состоять только из 28 символов латиницы в нижнем регистре

*Символы в пароле не повторяются

Если можно на каком-нибудь ЯП, с выводом этих вариантов.
Спасибо большое за вашу доброту.

A: Вам правильно указал @wololo

В комбинаторике размеще́нием (из n по k) называется упорядоченный
набор из k различных элементов из некоторого множества различных n
элементов.

A_28^8 в вашем случае.
28*27*26*25*24*23*22*21=125318793600


Artists love a good countdown to showcase their talents. This month, it's all about the 31 days leading up to Halloween (arguably the best holiday of the year). We've been counting down the month of October with pumpkin lattes, apple pies, and Sarah Mudle's insane (and scary) makeup transformations (be sure to follow us on Instagram for her Halloween look-of-the-day).
Now, artist Macario Angulo is feeding into the spooky spirit with 31 days of money art, or as he calls it "MacDollars." Getting creative with currency is no new art form, but we like his take on it. Angulo is not only giving us something to look forward to each day—he seems to be taking inspiration from infamous characters—but pushing himself to create new work on a daily basis. It's all about exercising the brain. (Also, $31 bucks for a month-long project? Not a budget most artists can beat.) Who knows, maybe one of his MacDollars will inspire a bigger project for him down the line.
Check out the first of Angulo's money art below. We'll be updating each day as he releases more badass dollars.
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My love of photographing people began while studying at the Art Institue of Colorado in Denver in 1998 where I focused on editorial photography utilizing both film and digital based photographic techniques. Over the years I have furthered my ability and techniques honing my craft striving to create powerful insightful images of my subjects.
Recently I've been focusing my work on panoramic photography and 360 degree video. Please take a moment to view trustedphoto.com, a website I built showcasing my work as a Google Street View | Trusted photographer, custom virtual tour designer, and 360 degree video creator.


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Q: Select record based on child column in SQL Server I'm trying to fetch data based on child table condition, but it's returning a wrong result.
If the child table date is less than today, then it updates IsActive to true, otherwise to false.
Parent table has 1 record and child table has 20 records
select *
from parenttable
where exist (select *
             from childtable child, parenttable parent
             where changedate < getdate()
             and parent.id = child.id)

Subquery returns the correct answer. But I think issue is with exist

A: Although it is not a join as such, the "child table" in the exists  clause (yes it is exists and  not exist) needs to be "linked" to the parent table like in
select * from parenttable p where exists
  (select * from childtable c
   where c.pid=p.id and changedate < getdate())

assuming there is a column pid in child table that corresponds to the id column in the parent table.

A: If the subquery returns the correct data, then get rid of the outer portion of the query, and just return data from the subquery:
select parent.*
from childtable child
INNER JOIN parenttable parent
    on parent.id=child.id
where changedate < getdate()

The exists check doesn't need to occur at all. If you want to ensure that only a single row is returned per parent, just add a DISTINCT clause:
select DISTINCT
    parent.*
from childtable child
INNER JOIN parenttable parent
    on parent.id=child.id
where changedate < getdate()


Dobla's chocolate cup, Truffle Shell Dark, Milk or White is a molded cup using perfectly tempered dark Belgian chocolate. This hollow shell can be filled with your favorite Ganache, mousse or flavoring. These traditional chocolate cups are the perfect component for truffles or used as a decoration.


WE NEED YOU, ca 1908. This poster was printed during the first world war and was designed by Albert Steiner, an American artist famous for this type of drypoint engraving. He was born in 1863 in England and died in 1946 in New York where he lived most of his life. This allegorical work, depicting a nurse desperately trying to help a wounded patient hardly need the words "We Need You" to convey the need for new recruits to tend all the wounded.
Unfortunately, this poster was in very poor condition having lost its margins and several interior pieces of the design. Though difficult to see from the photo the paper was also very brittle and acid stained from age. 95 year old can do that! After placing the poster in an alkali bath for a few hours to clean and brighten the poster it was then dried between several changes of blotting paper under heavy weights before preparing the poster for linen backing.
Not surprisingly, the poster fell apart in the bath. However, during soaking, the paper fibers become re-hydrated and supple, loosing their original brittleness. Mounting the paper onto the linen is not unlike working a jigsaw with less pieces. Each piece is floated onto the linen with a wheat starch paste that containing an alkali buffer.
Once dry the poster was repaired using donor paper from other posters of this age. In this case many pieces were missing and were duplicated in size using a tracing and a patch slightly larger than the missing piece. Both the margins of the patch and the poster are then sanded to allow for feathering of the patch at the join. In this way, a line is not so visible where the patch meets the poster. Once all the missing paper is replaced the job of filling in the design is undertaken which is where the artist's skills are really needed.
The poster will always be a "restored" poster and the intent is not to hide this fact but make the restoration as invisible as possible so as not to detract from the aesthetics of the poster as a whole.
Repairs and restorations are easy to spot up close but our hope is from a normal viewing distance the poster looks like the artist wanted it to look.


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November 30, 2008 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment
This weekend I was at a party in Cherry Creek with Becky and I met a guy named Patrick who lives in Castle Rock and he owns a Porsche RUF. Patrick is a former professional driver and driver trainer who actually raced in the 24 hour Daytona. I hope to get pictures of his Porsche for CoolCarGuy.com along with a few his stories because he had some great one's that he told me the other night.
For those of you who are not familiar with 24 Hours at Daytona, according to Wikipedia The Last House on the Left dvd , it is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is held on a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course, utilizing portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Since its inception, it has been held the last weekend of January or first weekend of February, part of Speedweeks, and it is the first major automobile race of the year in the United States.
The Porsche RUF is a race car. It's an amazing piece of machinery designed by a company called RUF that sells automobiles and performs conversions that transforms a current Porsche with RUF powerkits, suspensions, wheels and aerokits.
They have been doing conversions and enhancements to Porsche's for more than 60 years. The name of RUF for people who own a Porsche has meant superior quality and craftsmanship. RUF started in 1939 when Alois Ruf, Sr. first formed his company, "AUTO RUF", as a general service garage. The company is still in operation today at its original location on Mindelheimer Street in the small town of Pfaffenhausen, situated in southern Germany's Allgau region.
While Ruf Sr. continued to strengthen and expand the company, his son, Alois Ruf Jr., was developing his own interests and passions for "l'art-pour-idee" in automobiles, the true sports car. It was during the 1960's that the Jr. Ruf, who was driven by his own interests and apprenticed to his father, started focusing on his passion of servicing and restoring Porsches.
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The rest is history. Alois Ruf enjoys his cars as much as his customers, recognizing that powerful and sporty cars require extra skill behind the wheel not only for safety, but to be also able to enjoy the car's true potential. In 1978, RUF started to offer his customers regular driver training events on race tracks such as Germany's Hockenheimring and the Salzburgring in Austria.
And that's why you've got to see in this video that was posted on YouTube. I watched this 8 minute video earlier today of a guy driving on a what appears to be a closed race trac, similar to what RUF offers their customers and I was blown away. This video is incredible. If you like to drive as much as I do, you will get a major kick out of watching this video. There are a few times where you think for sure this dude is going to lose it and he's passing people on this track and just flying passed them in his yellow Porsche RUF.
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IBM today took the wraps off its first big foray into the world of self-driving cars, not as the driver of them, but as the brain behind making your self-driving journey a little more interesting.
IBM Watson, the company's AI platform, is powering services in Olli — an electric-powered vehicle that can carry up to 12 people designed by Local Motors, a car maker based out of Arizona that uses newer technologies like 3D printing to bring down the cost of making cars on a low-volume basis.
The cars will start operations first in Washington, DC, before expanding to deployments in Miami-Dade County and Las Vegas later this year. IBM says Miami-Dade County will run a pilot to transport people around Miami using these autonomous vehicles.
Local Motors and IBM, along with Intel, have worked together before, specifically on its Rally Fighter concept car. It looks like Olli might be the first commercial product that has resulted from the partnership.
Olli will be using a special version of Watson aimed at automotive applications and it is not fully powering the car's self-driving features. Instead it's aimed at "improving the passenger experience," according to a statement from IBM.
"IBM technology, including IBM Watson or IBM Watson IoT technology, does not control, navigate or drive Olli. Rather, the IBM Watson capabilities of Olli will help to improve the passenger experience and allow natural interaction with the vehicle," the company said.
While companies as diverse as tech giants like Google, as well as auto giants like GM, are all laying down bets on self-driving vehicle strategies, it's interesting that IBM — one of the world's biggest and most iconic technology companies, and home to an AI platform (Watson) that is extending into so many different areas of life — is not doing more to develop the technology that will power the driving of these vehicles.
Or, at least, it is not publicly discussing anything like that at this point. When we first got wind of this deal back in January, we'd heard it involved IBM working on self-driving technology, although we didn't hear more beyond that. IBM on a more wider scale has been putting itself in front of the car industry by doing things like partnering with and sponsoring the organization that runs the big auto show in Detroit in January.
Local Motors, another partner of IBM, says it sees Olli as its first step, which could be a clue into what will come next:
"Olli offers a smart, safe and sustainable transportation solution that is long overdue," John B. Rogers, co-founder of Local Motors, said in a statement. "Olli with Watson acts as our entry into the world of self-driving vehicles, something we've been quietly working on with our co-creative community for the past year. We are now ready to accelerate the adoption of this technology and apply it to nearly every vehicle in our current portfolio and those in the very near future. I'm thrilled to see what our open community will do with the latest in advanced vehicle technology."
There are four Watson APIs that Olli will use: Speech to Text, Natural Language Classifier, Entity Extraction and Text to Speech, and among the functions that the vehicle will be able to perform as a result include analyzing high volumes of transportation data from 30+ sensors on the vehicle.
"Passengers will be able to interact conversationally with Olli while traveling from point A to point B," IBM says, "discussing topics about how the vehicle works, where they are going, and why Olli is making specific driving decisions." Other features will be asking Olli for suggestions of restaurants to eat or local landmarks. But not driving itself.
"IBM is excited to work with Local Motors to infuse IBM Watson IoT cognitive computing capabilities into Olli, exploring the art of what's possible in a world of self-driving vehicles and providing a unique, personalized experience for every passenger while helping to revolutionize the future of transportation for years to come," said Harriet Green, General Manager, IBM Watson Internet of Things, Commerce & Education, in a statement.
"Improving the sustainability of local transportation networks as part of a wider goal to create more vibrant, livable, sustainable cities within Miami-Dade County, and improve the quality of life for residents is our top priority," said Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, in a statement. "We must do more to improve transit and mobility in our community and the deployment of autonomous vehicles is a big step in the right direction."
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