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Queer crusader: Everything we know about The CW's Batwoman show
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by: Amy Roberts
On Tuesday, Variety shared the news that The CW is developing a Batwoman series due to debut in 2019 (should it get picked up by the network). You might be inclined to roll your eyes and grumble "not another goddamn superhero drama", but you should have a little more faith in the Arrowverse (i.e. the shared DC universe of the small screen) that The CW has been building for the past six years. Whether you're a fan of the shows or not, there's no denying the Arrowverse features some invigorating takes on the classic superhero canon along with some boundary-pushing characterization and storylines that promote diversity.
The upcoming Batwoman series not only sounds like a fine addition to the Arrowverse, but it also sounds like it possesses a lot of potential to be a great show in and of itself. Here's everything we know about The CW's Batwoman series so far that is making us hyped for it.
Batwoman will be the first openly gay female superhero on TV
If you hold this sentence close to your ear like a conch shell you can hear the shrieking of a thousand bros complaining about "SJWs" and "feminazis" – so we highly recommend against such a practice. As described by Variety, the show follows Kate Kane, a young woman "armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind" – which in fairness does sound like someone is deliberately trolling the sort of toxic fandoms who for some reason still believe superheroes should continue to be white, male, and straight forever.
Batwoman's sexuality isn't just an exercise in virtue signaling to keep the diversity back slaps coming – it's also a crucial part of her identity and backstory. In the comics, Kate is shown to have a military background (which is why she's so kickass) with a storyline that explores her being forced to quit when she's accused of having a lesbian relationship with her roomie at the United States Military Academy, which she doesn't deny because she's an absolute boss. It's a defining moment that undoubtedly shapes who she is as a woman and as a hero.
Batwoman has a complicated family history in the comics
It's still uncertain how closely the show will stick to the comics, but considering the synopsis touches upon how "Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope", it sounds like it may be sticking tight to the canon of the character.
Kate's origin story is similar to Bruce Wayne's, with the character witnessing the murder of her mother and sister and growing up to become a wealthy socialite after her father remarries a billionaire weapons heiress. There's plenty of tortured angst to be found in the residue of that story, as Kate struggles with the ramifications of it. Worst still, Kate discovers her sister may not even be dead, bringing some serious doubt and complications to her already complicated life.
The CW's president Mark Pedowitz also announced at Upfront in May that Batwoman will be appearing in the network's annual superhero series crossover event next season. Though it may only be a teaser, fans should regardless be excited for the first glimpse of the superhero (who is still yet to be casted) in the crossover event between The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl.
A Smallville and The Vampire Diaries alum is serving as executive producer & writer
Having previously worked as a writer on the reboot of Melrose Place and Smallville and as an executive producer of teen-vamp fest The Vampire Diaries, Caroline Dries has the credentials necessary to lead a creative team in developing this comic book adaptation. Her experience on these shows should help to provide the perfect balance of delicious soapy drama, twist-heavy narrative, and genre goodness that the Arrowverse demands.
Greg Berlanti's ever-expanding empire bodes well for the show
Though it's still uncertain as to whether the show will even be picked up by The CW, we're going to go all out and speculate that it seems damn likely it will be. Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are both executive producers on the show via Berlanti productions, which is presently dominating the network.
Currently, Berlanti has seven TV shows on The CW including all four of the DC shows, as well as Black Lightning, Riverdale, and upcoming high school drama All American. Beyond The CW, Berlanti is also a producer on a further seven TV shows including the upcoming Lifetime show You and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix. So to add a Batwoman show to his CW roster? It's a no brainer and we can't wait to check it out as and when it gets picked up.
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Amy Roberts is a freelance writer who occasionally moonlights as a hapless punk musician. She's written about pop culture for websites like Bustle, i-D, and The Mary Sue, and is the co-creator of Clarissa Explains F*ck All. She likes watching horror movies with her cat and eating too much sugar.
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Q: How to use Castle Windsor with multiple projects in a solution I have one solution which has two projects: MVC and Business
From Castle Windsor: Register components across multiple projects in solution I could tell that all plumbing should be in the MVC layer, so I created an IoC container (in MVC) as such:
public static class IocContainer
{
    private static IWindsorContainer _container;

    public static void Setup()
    {
        _container = new WindsorContainer().Install(FromAssembly.This());
    }

    public static T Resolve<T>()
    {
        return _container.Resolve<T>();
    }
}

I also created an installer in the MVC project:
public class BusinessLogicInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
    public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
    {
        container.Register(Component.For<IBusinessFacade>()
            .ImplementedBy<BusinessFacade>()
            .LifestylePerWebRequest());
    }
}

Since the intaller knows about the concrete BusinessFacade type, MVC depends on the Business layer (where the BusinessFacade class resides).
Because i also want to use DI in the business layer, how would I access the IoC container from Business project, without creating a cyclic dependency with MVC and Business ?

A: Look in all assemblies in the bin folder at application start for types that implement IWindsorInstaller, and run their install method, passing in an application-level instance of the container (in this case that's your private container in your container wrapper class).
You generally should not be manually resolving and should wire up your application to automatically inject your controllers. If you have to manually resolve, do it once per request at the controller level.
If you resolve manually all over your code, you are using the service locator pattern, which is bad.

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   This topic msessage indicates the pose of the end-effector in the task space. The end-effector is included in topic name.

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"In fact there was no such direction from the Supreme Court, but you took it and used it as a tool to make Aadhaar mandatory for mobile users."
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised questions over the government's decision ordering mandatory seeding of mobile numbers with Aadhaar and said its earlier order on mandatory authentication of users was used as a "tool".
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing a clutch of petitions challenging Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law, said its order on a PIL filed by Lokniti Foundation had said that mobile users needed to be verified in the interest of national security.
"In fact there was no such direction from the Supreme Court, but you took it and used it as a tool to make Aadhaar mandatory for mobile users," the bench, also comprising Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, said.
Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) notification talked about re-verification of mobile numbers by using e-KYC process and the Telegraph Act gave "exclusive power to central government to decide license conditions" of service providers.
"How can you (DoT) impose condition on service recipients for seeding Aadhaar with mobile phones," the bench said, adding that license agreements were between the government and the service providers.
"In the Lokniti Foundation case, the SC has not directed linking of SIM with UID. But the Union government's circular says so. There was no direction by the court…" Economic Times quoted Justice Chandrachud as saying during the hearing.
In September 2017, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad too had said that the Supreme Court had made it compulsory to link Aadhaar with mobile numbers.
Writing in The Wire then, Gopal Krishna had pointed out how the media was misrepresenting the Supreme Court's words.
Dwivedi said the direction to seed mobile with Aadhaar was taken in pursuance of TRAIs recommendation. Besides, the government was entitled and had legitimate state interest to ensure that a sim card is given to only those who applied, he said, seeking to allay apprehensions that the state will surveil the people 24×7.
"My submission is that the government had a legal basis to link Aadhaar with SIM by virtue of section 4 of the Telegraph Act and also, the measure is reasonable in the interest of national security," the lawyer stressed.
Dwivedi, at the outset, alleged that the Aadhaar scheme was being unfairly targeted as nobody was questioning the banks and the telecom firms on collection of information.
"Appreciate the fact as to how much information a bank possesses about its customers. Every transaction as to what I purchase by using cards, where and when, all this information is with banks. Aadhaar does not tell all this. This information are already there and is being used for commercial purposes," he said, adding that a person starts getting numerous calls before their car insurances expire.
He said people are being "scared" about Aadhaar but "nobody questions the telecom companies, banks…. Their single target is Aadhaar".
Dwivedi informed the bench about an app, available on Google Playstore and said it has so many personal information about a person. He gave details, procured by using the app, about him, his family members to the bench.
The bench was pleasantly surprised. Dwivedi said it has details regarding how much he charged the Jammu and Kashmir government for appearing in a case.
The lawyer referred to the control being enjoyed by the UIDAI over entities, private and government, which seek Aadhaar authentication for providing services and benefits to citizens.
These entities cannot track any individual by using these information and moreover, they themselves have enough information with them, he said, adding that Aadhaar cannot lead to surveillance as apprehended by the petitioners.
"Vodafone can do targeted advertising using the data which is already happening without Aadhaar. Vodafone has far more demographic data about an individual than UIDAI has," Dwivedi said, adding that at the most, such details can lead to formation of a directory and targeted advertisements is happening already.
"Google and Facebook process tremendous data on a daily basis. UIDAI does not have that kind of algorithm," he said and urged the court to save the Aadhaar law and suggest measures, if any, to make it work.
He referred to a list of entities and said most of them required one-time authentication and hence there was no question that State will surveil the people 24×7. He also referred to inbuilt security features in the law and system of Aadhaar authentication.
Dwivedi concluded his arguments on behalf of UIDAI saying that CIDR was safe, data was encrypted and was held offline and above all, the Aadhaar scheme was safer than smart cards as there was no chance of data breach.
Lawyer Gopal Shankarnarayan, who started his submissions, said the right to identity was an "absolute fundamental right" and Aadhaar provided a kind of proof of identification to all Indians.


One of the highlights of a player's career, earning a cap for your country, is an incredible honour in itself and a testament to how well you've played in domestic football.
So when someone reaches that magical holy-grail figure of 100, then you know you have a national legend on your hands. A century of international appearances underlines the success of achieving that difficult combination of skill and longevity, and very few can lay claim to doing so.
As such, here is a look at the 12 current Premier League players who have broken the ever-elusive 100-cap mark at international level.
The latest man to join this illustrious list, Eden Hazard achieved the feat with Belgium in their 2-0 victory over Cyprus on Sunday. The Chelsea star duly marked his 100th appearance for his country with a goal and helped them move to the top of Group I in the Euro 2020 Qualifiers.
A prodigy at Lille, Hazard made his senior debut aged just 17 in a friendly against Kazakhstan, before scoring his first international goal three years later. The 28-year-old's biggest highlight at national level came when he captained Belgium to a third-placed finish in the World Cup last year, and receiving the Silver Ball as the tournament's second best player.
A serial winner at Juventus, Lichtsteiner arrived at Arsenal last summer with vast amounts of experience at both club and international level. The 35-year-old has been a mainstay of the Swiss side's defence for more than a decade, operating either as an orthodox full-back or wing-back with relative ease.
A full international since 2006, Lichtsteiner is currently Switzerland's third-most capped player of all time, and has represented his country at two European Championships and three World Cups.
Despite not looking a day older than 12, 'Chicharito' has been in the game for a long time since his break-through years at Manchester United. The man referred to as the 'Little Pea' has been a goal-scoring machine at international level, scoring 50 times in his 107 appearances.
At just 30 years old, the Mexican still has plenty of years in him, and will hope that his continued time playing in the Premier League with West Ham will help add to his international cause.
One of the Premier League's best goalkeepers, Hugo Lloris joined an illustrious club of players who have captained their national side to World Cup triumph when he did so last year with France. The Tottenham shot-stopper has been a reliable presence in between the sticks for the north London side, and after his performances last season, was voted runner-up for FIFA's Best Goalkeeper of 2018.
After a couple of fine seasons at Celtic, Ki made his move to the Premier League to join Swansea. After a loan spell at Sunderland, the South Korean returned to the Liberty Stadium and was a key part of the side's midfield until the club's relegation to the championship. Picked up on a free transfer by Rafa Benitez for Newcastle, the 30-year-old has mainly been a bit-part player in his first season on Tyneside.
The second Tottenham player to feature on this list, Vertonghen holds a special place in Belgian history. The centre-back became the first player to reach 100 international caps when he featured against Portugal last year. His 111 appearances and counting for the Red Devils is a record, whilst his talents in the Premier League saw him named in the PFA Team of the Year last campaign.
When you talk about signings of the season, surely Wolves' capture of Joao Moutinho is right up there in the conversation? The Portuguese star has struck up an incredibly understanding alongside compatriot Ruben Neves at the heart of the Molineux side's midfield, dictating the tempo and taking to the Premier League's hustle and bustle style with consummate ease.
A full international at the age of 18, Moutinho featured at the 2006 World Cup and has maintained his presence in the senior side ever since, and was part of the triumphant Euro 2016 team.
If there was an annual award for football's nicest guy, then Shinji Okazaki would undoubtedly be in the running (although N'golo Kante would probably take the cake for that one). The Japanese star is a cult hero at the King Power Stadium with his relentless running and never-say-die attitude, and was a key component of Leicester's Premier League title miracle in the 2015/16 season.
With 50 goals for Japan, Okazaki finds himself third in the all-time goal-scoring charts, only behind Kazuyoshi Miura (55) and Kunishige Kamamoto (80).
Despite finding himself out of favour at Manchester City since the arrival of Ederson, Claudio Bravo has been Chile's number one for more than a decade. The shot-stopper is Chile's second-most capped player of all time (the first of which comes up next in this list), and captained the side to two successive Copa America victories in 2015 and 2016.
With a ruptured Achilles tendon last year keeping him out of action, Bravo has been unable to add to his caps tally, but with his return, will no doubt return straight to the starting line-up for Chile.
The man with the most caps in Chile's international history, it is fair to say Alexis Sanchez has enjoyed a stellar career at international level. Long-term teammates with Bravo during the side's successes, El Nino Maravilla aka 'The Wonder Child', is also the country's leading goal-scorer with 41, and wrote his name down in Chilean folklore when he scored the winning penalty in the 2015 Copa America final against Argentina.
His performances at Manchester United may be declining, but when he puts on the red of Chile, Alexis returns to the form he showed at Arsenal and becomes the feared forward he once was.
Hanging up his gloves at the end of the season, Petr Cech will go down as one of the Premier League's greatest ever goalkeepers. Holding the record for most number of clean sheets in league history with 202, Cech has also been a stalwart for his country.
Making his debut in 2002, the 36-year-old represented the Czech Republic in the 2006 World Cup, as well as the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 editions of the European Championships.
One of Manchester City's greatest ever players, Silva began his international career with La Roja at the age of 20, and has since then become one of 13 players to have amassed over 100 caps. His 35 goals makes him the fourth highest goal-scorer in Spain's history, whilst his 28 assists leaves him in second in that list.
A cornerstone of the country's unprecedented successes in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Silva was part of the side that won the Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and then Euro 2012.


"If you want, sure. Or if you were just waiting on me.. you could come with me, that way I wont dawdle, I supposE"
He nodded "alright.. First to csec.."
Garrus heaved a sigh on the ride over "myfather isn't going to be happy about this"
"yeah.. He's csec to the core"
"I hope so. Nothing worse than being a disappointment" they got to his apartment now, it was pretty much empty, he had very few possessions.
She didn't really have very many personal items herself so she knew about packing light. "Do you have to speak to your father directly or are you about to avoid him?" she asked now. She hadn't ran into Turians that much before here but they all were so attractive she thought now.
"honestly he's not even in the citadel at the moment. He'll get the info from the chain of command"
"Well at least by then you will be gone" she said now softly. She was quiet for a moment after "It doesn't bother you that I am human?"
She nodded "some really hate humans" she said noe softly.
"The way some humans hate Turians.." he said now "No it doesn't bother me that you're human, Sheperd"
She nodded and smiled now cutely "I'm glad.. ill be happy to have a Turian on board there is to many of us"
He chuckled lightly "too many humans?"
"Did you serve with Nihlus long?" he asked now.
"I see..." he hummed "That's unfortunate... "


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Q: Unexplainable write latency tempdb I have a virtual SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU2 with SAN storage. TempDB has 8 files. I know it is recommended to put TempDB on SSD but TempDB is hardly used so spinning disks are cheaper.
I've noticed that sometimes their is write latency on all my TempDB files of approx 200ms. I checked this using a snapshot on sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats and calculated io_stall_write_ms/num_of_writes.
The first thing I did was look at sys.dm_exec_query_stats to check if there was a query with high number of spills but no such query. Next I wrote an extended event to look if there where queries executed on tempdb but also this returned nothing.
So where does the write latency come from? I decided to track the file_write_completed event on tempdb. Here I saw that on moment of the latency that session 22 wrote something with a size of 8192 (don't know the unit) to all files of tempdb. In sys.dm_exec_sessions the last command of this session was 'RESOURCE MONITOR'.
The first thing I did was checking sys.dm_os_ring_buffers with following query:
SELECT
    EventTime,
    record.value('(/Record/ResourceMonitor/Notification)[1]', 'varchar(max)') as [Type],
    record.value('(/Record/ResourceMonitor/IndicatorsProcess)[1]', 'int') as [IndicatorsProcess],
    record.value('(/Record/ResourceMonitor/IndicatorsSystem)[1]', 'int') as [IndicatorsSystem],
    record.value('(/Record/MemoryRecord/AvailablePhysicalMemory)[1]', 'bigint')/1024. AS [Avail Phys Mem, MB],
    record.value('(/Record/MemoryRecord/AvailableVirtualAddressSpace)[1]', 'bigint') AS [Avail VAS, Kb]
FROM (
    SELECT
        DATEADD (ss, (-1 * ((cpu_ticks / CONVERT (float, ( cpu_ticks / ms_ticks ))) - [timestamp])/1000), GETDATE()) AS EventTime,
        CONVERT (xml, record) AS record
    FROM sys.dm_os_ring_buffers
    CROSS JOIN sys.dm_os_sys_info
    WHERE ring_buffer_type = 'RING_BUFFER_RESOURCE_MONITOR') AS tab
ORDER BY EventTime DESC;

But again the result of the query didn't match with the moment of latency.
I also monitored the tempdb-drive with perfmon, using the counters 'Avg. Disk sec/Write' and 'Current Disk Queue Length'. On moment of latency the latency was 6ms and the queue length was 18.
I ran CrystalDiskMark and this is the avg result of multiple runs:

╔═════════════╦═══════════╦═════════╦══════════╦═══════╗
║             ║ seq Q32T1 ║ 4k q8T8 ║ 4K Q32T1 ║ 4Q1T1 ║
╠═════════════╬═══════════╬═════════╬══════════╬═══════╣
║ Read(MB/s)  ║ 1596,57   ║ 505,77  ║ 336,27   ║ 20,94 ║
║ Write(MB/s) ║ 591,01    ║ 127,6   ║ 87,87    ║ 2,74  ║
╚═════════════╩═══════════╩═════════╩══════════╩═══════╝

After some extended research I discovered that on moment of latency the lazy writer process starts flushing pages to disk. If I understand correctly, SQL Server removes the least used pages (dirty and clean) from the buffer pool when memory is needed.
So If above is correct, I should see high number of physical reads at moment of latency, this I will investigate further.
Also at moment of latency there are no checkpoints running.

This is my conclusion so far:

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*Resource Monitor is writing to Tempdb (detected with extended events, what/why is written I don't know)

*Lazy Writer process is flushing pages from  bufferpool because memory is needed.
(I don't think this can cause write latency on Tempdb)

All this looks like signs of memory pressure to me.
But what I don't understand is why is this causing write latency on Tempdb?
What can I do to investigate this problem further?


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Russell Westbrook arrives at the Washington Wizards and John Wall will go to the Houston Rockets
Tended Russelll Westbrook's stint at the Houston Rockets. This Wednesday the team agreed to transfer him to the Washington Wizards; in exchange for John Wall and a first-round pick.The information was released by Adrian Wojnarowski who reported the transaction between the two quintets. This fulfills Westbrook's desire to leave Houston, after it emerged that the player was not happy with the decisions the franchise had made in recent months.
Houston has agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to Washington for John Wall and a first-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 3, 2020
The Washington point guard had already figured as one of the potential basketball players who could come to Houston through Westbrook; after both teams discussed a possible trade in November. The Wizards ultimately fulfilled the Rockets' wish to concede a protected first-round pick by 2023.In the last few hours the possibility that the Cavaliers would offer Kevin Love and a couple of picks to the Rockets had been sounded . However the Scott Brooks quintet turned out as the winner of the movement.What will happen to James Harden in Houston after Westbrook's departure?Now the future of James Harden remains in suspense. La Barba has not been happy with the project of his current team and although the wishes of the board are that he fulfills his contract and signs an extension for two years; Everything indicates that this option is increasingly remote.Houston could see the departure of Harden in the coming days, who averaged 34.3 points per game the previous season and amassed 68 games. Besides that his average was 7.4 assists.
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Through the San Jose Taiko Conservatory, SJT is committed to advancing the taiko art form by creating innovative compositions and productions that are reflective of its membership, increasing the general public's knowledge of taiko and its root culture, and developing the depth and breadth of skills within the ever-expanding taiko community. As the art form of taiko continues to evolve, the San Jose Taiko Conservatory will be dedicated to fulfilling the needs of the ever-expanding taiko community.
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namespace DataMining
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    interface ITable : IEnumerable<TableRow>
    {
        TableRow this[int row]
        {
            set;
            get;
        }

        TableRow ColumnNames
        {
            get;
        }

        int TotalColumns
        {
            get;
        }

        int TotalRows
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Bomb your enemies on other planets.
Penguin love golden fish. Eat! Eat! Eat!
The poor guy got some new zombie neighbors and now he has to collect all the money to buy himself a new house in a better neighborhood.
Hide behind the wall and shoot all the enemies to protect your barricade.
Explore the dungeons and dominate any enemies that get in your way.
Create your own stick figure army and head to battle.
Battle as Prince Jerad in this bloody civil war against the rebels.
Spot the one difference in the ring segments.
The sequel to Icescape is here with more puzzling escape room scenarios.
Rotate the cog to get the smiley faces to the exit door of each level.
You are a sniper and you have to find the criminals of the city (use spacebar) and shoot them down.
Race in the city and you'll never get bored.
Build and defend your empire through the ages.
Grab your gun and lets see how good of a shot you are.


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Change is a constant but at the same time there is nothing new, change seems to be focused on changing back to a previous state.


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Wimbledon: Federer To Face Nadal In Semi-final
Roger Federer and long term rival, Rafael Nadal, will face each other in Wimbledon semi-final, after both players won their respective last eight matches.
It would be the first time both players would face-off at the tournament since 2008.
Federer beat Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 for his 100th match win at the All England Club, while Nadal beat Sam Querrey 7-5 6-2 6-2.
In 2008, Nadal won 9-7 in the fifth set against Federer in a rainy final that lasted for almost seven hours.
Both tennis greats have won 10 Wimbledon titles between them. The Swiss has won eight titles, while Nadal is chasing his third trophy.
Four-time champion, Novak Djokovic, will face Roberto Bautisa Agut in Friday's other semi-final.
It is the first time in 12 years, that Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have all made the last four at the tournament.
"We have a lot of information on Rafa, as does he on us," Federer said after his victory.
"So you can dive into the tactics like mad for two days, or you say 'it's grass court tennis so I'm going to come out and play my tennis'.
"People always hype it up. It was a joy to play against Rafa on his court at the French Open and [I'm] very excited to play him here."
Ahead of the tie, the Spaniard also said: "It's great. It's difficult to imagine again being in that situation.
"I'm excited to play against Roger again here at Wimbledon."
The 20 Grand Slam singles winner, who will turn 38 in twenty-five days time, becames the oldest man to make a Grand Slam semi-final since Jimmy Connors in 1991, who at 39 years and six days, reached the last four at the US Open.
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Deutsche Welle has a little pictorial puff piece celebrating the 90th anniversary of the first autobahn. (Although the road, now designated A555, wasn't officially an autobahn
https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-autobahn-turns-90/g-62732510
A555, which runs between Köln and Bonn, opened on 6 August 1932...although if Wikipedia is to be believed, it wasn't officially an autobahn until 1958.
The oldest stretch of autobahn is apparently the old AVUS track, now part of A115 outside Berlin, but that wasn't open to public use until after what is now A555 opened.
The first official autobahn was a portion of A5 between Frankfurt and Darmstadt which opened on 19 May 1935.
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I guess we have to celebrate with this now classic song from Kraftwerk titled Autobahn.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-G28iyPtz0
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As design standards evolved over time, it's always a debate what was the first true Autobahn / motorway.
A555 was originally built as a 'kraftfahrstraße', not an Autobahn. Although it was a controlled-access highway with four lanes, it did not have a median barrier.
AVUS (A115) was a race track and not a conventional public road until after World War II.
A5 Darmstadt - Frankfurt was the first Reichsautobahn built by Hitler. However the Reichsautobahn did not have paved shoulders as a design feature.
The first Autobahn with full shoulders was probably not built until the 1950s.
Likewise, the Italian autostrada evolved over time, but the name stayed the same. The first Italian autostrade were roads reserved for motor vehicles and were tolled, but they weren't actual motorways, many if not all of them built before World War II were single carriageway roads with 2 or 3 lanes total. A90 around Rome is usually considered to be the first modern autostrada (divided highway with shoulders), opening in 1951, but this was a very short segment. A7 Tortona - Seravalle opened in 1958 as the first longer segment of four lane divided autostrada.
In the Netherlands, the first precursor to the modern autosnelweg opened in 1933 between The Hague and Rotterdam, but it did not have divided carriageways (similar to A555 in Germany). A12 east of The Hague was the first motorway in Europe to incorporate both divided carriageways and shoulders in 1937. However the shoulders were laid with bricks at that time (it was an economic stimulation of the brick industry at that time).
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That section of the A5 between Frankfurt and Darmstadt has probably been expanded or rebuilt three or four times since its construction. To see the original iteration of the autobahn, one has to probably go deep into rural East Germany today.
A11 near Schmölln (northeast of Berlin) had the last original Reichsautobahn concrete. It was replaced by asphalt in 2020.
There was some 1930s concrete on highways in Western Poland, but I believe pretty much all has been replaced by now. The original carriageway of A18 in Southwestern Poland is being replaced right now.
However there are some sections of Autobahn remaining which are still largely in 1930s design. Such as A4 east of Bad Hersfeld (partially) and A8 Rosenheim - Salzburg. These have no shoulders and 1930s geometry.


WHEN their bus is THIS good, no wonder they want to park it all the time.
The likes of Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Romelu Lukaku love to live the plush life off the pitch.
And when you play for Man United, you can be assured that when you step on the pitch all efforts are made to ensure their top talents are well catered when they're on club duty.
That's why bigwigs at the Red Devils forked out around £400k on a Van Hool TDX27 ASTROMEGA bus they had custom-built by the Belgium company.
The bus, which famously came under siege in 2016 by irate West Ham fans before a game at Upton Park, boasts a number of features that'll keep even the most idle footballers entertained.
Size-wise, it's quite gargantuan. Standing 13ft high, 46.27 feet long and 8.36 feet wide, the super bus cuts an imposing sight.
Built on two levels, the upper deck can seat 29 footballers and the lower deck holds nine.
They sit on upholstered, luxury ecological microfibre Dinamica suede seats, which are made in Italy.
On board there are 24 Blaupunkt TV monitors, most can be found in the seat backs, while others hang overhead.
The players have the option of watching Netflix, DVDs and the TVs are hooked up to Sky.
Alternatively, the bus has its own WiFi internet access, so Pogba and Co. can just listen to their Spotify instead.
And if the players get peckish, they have plenty of options for making food.
In the lower deck, there's a kitchen fitted with two NEFF hot air ovens worth £770 each, a Panasonic microwave worth £630 and a Kenco single self-serve coffee machine costing £540.
Also in the kitchen is a refrigerator, sink and taps, a hot water boiler-tap, as well as a coffee percolator and other catering basics.
Either side of their seats are shatterproof double-glazed windows, handy for stray bottles that could be thrown as they arrive at away grounds around the country.
Incidentally, the outside tinted window pane is made of glass, which is why it appeared shattered on that 2016 trip to East London.
Finally, the bathroom is done Aeroplane-style, there's a small toilet and a washroom area.
And while it's not quite as plush as the rest of the bus, it's still worthy of a Champions League team.
Right before United took the pitch at Upton Park in 2016, the players and management felt the force of fans pelting their coach with bottles as they drove along nearby Green Street.
It was West Ham's last game at the Boleyn Ground, so they clearly wanted to give themselves a memento.
Jesse Lingard shared video on social media of the players taking cover as they came under attack.
However, the bus stood firm, a couple of smashed windows later, and suffered a reported £1,200 worth of damage. That's what £400k gets you.


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Influence of crystal orientation on the processing of copper single crystals by ECAP
Yukihide Fukuda, Keiichiro Oh-Ishi, Minoru Furukawa, Zenji Horita, Terence G. Langdon
Single crystals of high-purity copper, having two different orientations, were pressed through one pass in equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature and then examined using several different analytical techniques. For both orientations, it is shown that elongated arrays of cells or subgrains are formed in the first pass with their long axes aligned parallel to the primary (1̄1̄1̄)[1̄10]} slip system. The average width of these subgrains was measured as ∼0.2 μm which is similar to the equilibrium grain size reported in polycrystalline Cu after processing by ECAP. These results confirm earlier observations using an aluminum single crystal except only that the subgrain width in copper is significantly smaller. This difference is attributed to the lower stacking-fault energy in copper and the consequent low rate of recovery.
Equal channel angular pressing
Crystal orientation
Stacking faults
Fukuda, Y., Oh-Ishi, K., Furukawa, M., Horita, Z., & Langdon, T. G. (2007). Influence of crystal orientation on the processing of copper single crystals by ECAP. Journal of Materials Science, 42(5), 1501-1511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0753-9
Influence of crystal orientation on the processing of copper single crystals by ECAP. / Fukuda, Yukihide; Oh-Ishi, Keiichiro; Furukawa, Minoru; Horita, Zenji; Langdon, Terence G.
Fukuda, Y, Oh-Ishi, K, Furukawa, M, Horita, Z & Langdon, TG 2007, 'Influence of crystal orientation on the processing of copper single crystals by ECAP', Journal of Materials Science, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 1501-1511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0753-9
Fukuda Y, Oh-Ishi K, Furukawa M, Horita Z, Langdon TG. Influence of crystal orientation on the processing of copper single crystals by ECAP. Journal of Materials Science. 2007 Mar 1;42(5):1501-1511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0753-9
Fukuda, Yukihide ; Oh-Ishi, Keiichiro ; Furukawa, Minoru ; Horita, Zenji ; Langdon, Terence G. / Influence of crystal orientation on the processing of copper single crystals by ECAP. In: Journal of Materials Science. 2007 ; Vol. 42, No. 5. pp. 1501-1511.
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Recorded at The Great Hall ("Long Winter, Vol. 5"), March 23, 2013.
Full review to follow. Showing their true clout, Fucked Up managed to extend the winter a few days past the equinox to fit in one last instalment of their curated series, filling the Great Hall with energy pyramids, tiny street meat vendors, ladders to nowhere, piano crooners and a whole heap o' music. This was an admirable experiment in throwing together different kinds of bands (and different crowds), and everyone that helped put it together deserves our heartfelt thanks.
Some of the night's more interesting stuff could be found out in the front room, including this set from Alexandra Mackenzie's experimental beat-driven project. The sonic bricolage really comes into focus on this banger, showing the creativity being developed here. There'll be a few more chances to catch her conscious party in the near future, including April 12, 2013 at Rainbow Palace for Exhale's birthday bash and a week later (April 19, 2013) at The White House, part of Silent Shout's Tenderness-headlined must-see showcase.


Personal trainer vs. Wearable tech - Where is the smart money going?
There's no doubt about it, technology has completely transformed our lives. While we have grown accustomed to blaming technology for making us lazier, we have recently seen a new wave of gadgets being launched that are specifically designed to encourage us to be more active.
Pedometers, Smart GPS watches and wristbands have taken the fitness world by storm, providing users with the option to monitor every step of their fitness journey. Yet, with items starting at around £100, they don't come cheap and many people feel their money could be better spent elsewhere - on a personal trainer, for instance.
So, are these modern gadgets any match for a professional qualified personal trainer?
Wearable tech items have been known to track all variants of your personal progress, from steps travelled, to heart rate and blood pressure. They have the capacity to track your weight loss, calories consumed and even your sleep pattern.
However, all this information is practically rendered useless if you aren't being motivated to work out in the first place. The logic behind wearable sports tech is that the user is already motivated enough to be active and use the technology to track their progress, but some users may lose motivation and steer off course.
Like the wearable tech, a personal trainer has the ability to track all of your progress and statistics. Crucially, they also have the power to motivate you when you are feeling uninspired.
We all need a little help sometimes, a watch cannot hold you accountable for missing a session or giving up halfway through, but a personal trainer can and this will help you in the long run.
Sure, it's easy to develop a routine on an app that will burn fat fast. But has it been specifically designed with you in mind?
Many of the wearable tech items that are on the market are linked to your smartphone and inform you when you have completed the optimum time at the gym or when you're eating the right amount of calories. While these are all useful facts to know, you must remember that the technology has been designed to accommodate millions of users and therefore the advice will be highly generalised.
A personal trainer has the expertise to create an exercise routine that targets key areas you want to work on. Not only will they listen to your needs, but they will impart their own knowledge and endeavour to create a bespoke fitness plan that will get you results. This also gives you the added security that if it isn't working, they can make changes until you see progress, rather than paying for a pricey tech upgrade.
Watching all the demonstration videos in the world will never be a substitute for an expert trainer standing by your side, providing you with feedback on your technique.
Using the right techniques during training can make a huge difference to the way your body responds to the exercises you do. Injuries can also occur from improper performance of exercises, especially when you are using weights in your routine. A personal trainer can be on hand to develop your form, improve your posture and help you see the best results without the risk of injury.
At DW Fitness Clubs, we want you to get the most out of your workouts. If you are stuck in a rut and looking for ways to improve your routine, or are starting out and simply want some advice, why not book a free consultation here with one of our personal trainers today?


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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that he will order about 360 members of the National Guard to be removed from California's southern border. This comes only one day before he's set to deliver his first State of the State address as governor.
Excerpts from his State of the State speech have been released, and Newsom is planned to say that the National Guard troops are not taking part in the White House "political theater". Instead, he's expected to announce that they will "refocus on the real threats facing our state."
Newsom's latest order is part of a long immigration battle between the state of California and the federal government.
"Tolerance for illegal immigration is not compassionate — it is cruel," President Trump said in his State of the Union address last week.
But Newson isn't the first governor to pull troops from the southern border. Last week, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico also pulled most of the troops from her state's border.
Read more about Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans for the border on the Los Angeles Times.


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Because of all (5) the back operations, I am quite limited in what activities I am physically capable of doing. Before the last 2 operations I used to love to plant in both our front and back gardens. I enjoyed picking out different perennials that would bloom at different times and then adding annuals in between so there was always color. My hubby has now taken over that chore and plants annuals every year. Ant the other activity that I can do, and enjoy, is to sit in my, as I call it, reading float, and read and relax floating around in our pool. What outdoor activities do you enjoy? Do you do outdoor activities year round or only certain times of the year?


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Completes Construction of Fuji Xerox R&D Square
Starts Operations in April Aiming at Creating New Value for Customers From Their Perspective
TOKYO, March 23, 2010 — Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. today completed the construction of Fuji Xerox R&D Square at Section 65, Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa. The company will commence operations at the new center in April.
Fuji Xerox R&D Square aims to create new value for customers from their perspective, forming urban dynamism as well as a global network by taking advantage of its location in the cosmopolitan city of Yokohama.
At the new center, Fuji Xerox will build a new structure that enables: (1) undertaking high-quality collaborative innovation with its customers, partners as well as industry, government and academia; (2) identifying quickly the challenges customers are facing; and, (3) enhancing values it provides to its customers by practicing them internally. Specifically, the company interacts and discusses with its clients, reproduces their environment and evaluates required functions, as well as verifies hypotheses.
A space on the third floor, in front of the entry to the offices, is where key collaboration with customers will take placeNote 1. Fuji Xerox will identify their business challenges, develop innovative ideas for solutions, and verify these solutions' effectiveness and marketability. The new center will strengthen ties between customers and Fuji Xerox's R&D departments, ultimately leading to swift fulfillment of market needs.
On opening this new center, Fuji Xerox will centralize existing R&D sites dispersed across several locations into two locations; Fuji Xerox R&D Square and Ebina Center. The Ebina Center will continue to be a key manufacturing R&D site, focusing on manufacturing technologies. Following this move, the company aims to reinforce collaboration in various functions that transcends the boundaries of technological fields, which will not only shorten product development lead time but also boost cost efficiency in R&D.
Fuji Xerox R&D Square is also environmentally-aware, reducing CO2 emissions by roughly 35 percent (compared with a building of a similar scale in 1990), through means such as lowering the heat load with special double-glazed windows and enhanced roof insulation, reducing air transport energy within air-conditioning systems, using highly efficient systems including district heating and cooling, adopting energy-saving equipment and lighting switch controls, as well as harnessing natural energy. Fuji Xerox filed the building's environmental quality rating as class S to CASBEE Yokohama in 2007.Note 2
The surrounding area, which comprises 22 percent of the total site area, or 3300 square meters, has been developed into terraces to create a green hill, based on themes of flower, light and wind, with mixes of trees and shrubs including olives, hedge bamboo, Fuji cherry, bayberry, blue Japanese oak as well as zelkova. The evaporative cooling effect from the trees lowers the ground level temperature, reducing heat transferred to the air and mitigating the heat island effect, which is part of Fuji Xerox's efforts to protect the local and global environment.
Fuji Xerox R&D Square's architectural design, blending in with greenery and water of the nearby Katabiragawa River, produces a scenic cityscape. The building also offers the lively air of a bustling streetscape with Fuji Xerox Art SpaceNote 3 on the first floor, which exhibits the company's print collection and is open to the public, as well as a network of boardwalks providing convenient access to Yokohama station and pathways for a stroll.
Fuji Xerox plans to start collaboration with customers in mid-May.
CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency) is a method for assessing and rating the environmental efficiency of buildings. A committee established in 2001 within the Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation, under the leadership of the then Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, has been developing the system. There are five ratings, from S (Excellent), to A (Very good), B+ (Good), B- (Fair), and C (Poor).
Fuji Xerox Art Space is planned to open in mid-May.
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Kazimierz Śmiglak (ur. 1 marca 1910 w Poznaniu, zm. 23 grudnia 1992 w Poznaniu) - piłkarz, trener i działacz piłkarski. Najmłodszy trener w historii Ekstraklasy (debiutował w wieku 21 lat).

Życiorys
Jako nastolatek rozpoczął występy w Pogoni Poznań, podobnie jak wszyscy jego bracia - Stanisław, Marian i Józef. Później na wiele lat związał się z Wartą Poznań. Ceniony trener, od początku odnosił sukcesy w pracy z piłkarską młodzieżą. Jako trener Warty Poznań miał udział w zdobyciu tytułu mistrza Polski w 1947 r. Członek trenerskiej komisji selekcyjnej reprezentacji Polski oraz trener reprezentacji Polski juniorów. Działacz piłkarski Poznańskiego OZPN; kapitan sportowy (45-48), a następnie wieloletni członek Rady Trenerów.

Kariera piłkarska
Występował na boisku na pozycji pomocnika. Zawodnik klubów: Pogoń Poznań (25-29), Warta Poznań (29-36). Zdobywca III miejsca w mistrzostwach Polski w latach 1932, 1935 i 1936.

Kariera piłkarska w ekstraklasie
Zadebiutował w ekstraklasie 3 lipca 1932 w meczu Ruch Chorzów-Warta Poznań 0:3. Ogółem w zespole Warty Poznań wystąpił w 38 meczach (32-36).

Kariera trenerska
Już jako zawodnik zajmował się szkoleniem młodzieży Warcie Poznań. Prowadził zespół juniorów Warty Poznań, który podczas pierwszych mistrzostw Polski juniorów, rozegranych w 1936 r. w Sierakowie wywalczył srebrny medal. Uczestnik kursów dla instruktorów piłkarskich, prowadzonych w 1937 r. przez Kurta Otto i w 1939 r. przez Alexa Jamesa. Do wybuchu II wojny światowej pracował jako trener w Warcie Poznań. Po wojnie jako trener prowadził następujące kluby: Warta Poznań (31-39), Olimpia Poznań (45), Warta Poznań (46-47), Olimpia Poznań(47-48), Warta Poznań (48), Budowlani Poznań (48-49), Warta Poznań (49), Polonia Leszno (50), Olimpia Poznań(51-56), Grunwald Poznań (57-63), Olimpia Poznań (63-65), Górnik Konin (65-67), Zjednoczeni Września (67-69), Warta Śrem (?), Polonia Nowy Tomyśl (?) Orkan Poznań (?), Admira-Teletra Poznań (75-76). Jako trener Warty Poznań miał udział w zdobyciu tytułu mistrza Polski w 1947 r. Członek trenerskiej komisji selekcyjnej reprezentacji Polski w 9 meczach (49-50) oraz trener reprezentacji Polski juniorów.

Kariera trenerska w ekstraklasie
W ekstraklasie prowadził zespół Warty Poznań w 33 meczach (31-49).

Został pochowany na cmentarzu Górczyńskim w Poznaniu.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Andrzej Gowarzewski: MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI. LUDZIE (1918-1939). 100 lat prawdziwej historii (1), Wydawnictwo GiA, Katowice 2017

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Zmarli w 1992
Piłkarze Zjednoczonych Września
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Marking their 45th Anniversary throughout 2020, Anglia based charity Access Community Trust has just received another reason to celebrate after being acknowledged for the 1st time as one of the Top 100 Best Employers to work for by The Sunday Times and Best Companies.
Employees of the Access team attended the annual event in London, where over 2000 people gathered to hear the results. With only two regional organisations making the list, Access Community Trust debuted into the list in 34th position.
Judged against an 8-factor model, the allocade reviewed how the charity embraces and engaged with its workplace team and empowers them to reach their full potential whilst ensuring a pleasant and rewarding place to work.
The Trust, established in 1975, continues to work tirelessly with local communities throughout Suffolk and Norfolk to combat homelessness and social exclusion whilst promoting positive wellbeing and employment through its range of social enterprises.
Emma Ratzer MBE, CEO of Access Community Trust, speaking at the event commented,
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Benzie ends season with win
Bryan Warrick
A QUICK RETURN: Senior Maggie Geetings (10) hits the ball over during the Huskie victory. (Photo/Bryan Warrick)
Both of the Huskies Volleyball teams beat Glen Lake on the road last Tuesday, getting big wins before going into their respective district and conference tournaments.
The varsity team swept the Lakers 25-17, 25-8, 25-13. They played extremely well, taking advantage of Glen Lake's mistakes, and simply outplaying their opponent.
During the second game of the match, the two teams started off matching each other point for point with the score tied at 5-5. The Huskies stepped up their game after that to outscore the Lakers 20-3 to win the game by a landslide. It was just another step for the team to win the game and end the regular season with confidence and momentum.
"It was an important game," said varsity head coach Lisa Teichman. "We played at the level we were supposed to. Now we just need to move forward and get ready for districts."
In the next two weekends, the Varsity team will take part in two big tournaments, including Districts.
For the seniors, this match marked their final regular season game for their career with Benzie Central.
"It's just exciting knowing we are going to Districts," said senior Jenna Gauthier. "I've had a lot of fun playing here. Playing as a team, going down state and staying in hotels, having team bonding, I love it."
The JV team also finished the night with a conference win over Glen Lake, but they had to come from behind twice to do it. They won the close match with finals scores of 25-17, 23-25, 16-14.
After winning the first set easily, the Huskies struggled to begin the second, falling behind 5-0, making several big mental mistakes. They bounced back and were able to tie the game back up at 6-6, and the play went back and forth for both teams before the Lakers were able to squeeze out a win to force the match deciding third game.
Again, the JV Huskies got off to a rough start, down 7-1 early. Again, they came back to tie it up at 8-8, and finally take the lead for themselves. While Glen Lake stayed close, and forced the game to an extra point to be decided, Benzie kept the lead to win the set and the match.
"We've been undefeated all season," said JV head coach Randi Stoltz. "To have it come down to the wire like that was intense. It was a big game."
The players for the JV team made a few mistakes early, such as not calling the ball, not covering and playing poor defense. But the Huskies got focused when they had to and got the win, a good sign as they head into the conference tournament.
"They were beating themselves with little mistakes. They got back on it, doing little things they know they need to do," Stoltz said. "Going in (to tournaments) knowing that we beat every team, that we are undefeated, is good of the girls. But we can't get ahead of ourselves."


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Why we walked away from cable TV for the first time in 30 years.
Written by Rob Peck · 13 minute read
"When television is good, nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better.
"But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland."
In 1961, FCC chairman Newton Minnow gave a famous speech bemoaning the state of television. While at the time he was criticizing "game shows" and "formula comedies about totally unbelievable families," among other things, I would argue that his statements are even more true now than they were in 1961.
I remember when cable TV first came to my family. We were living in Florida in the 1980s, and suddenly we had more choice than just four channels. Although it couldn't have been more than 30 or so channels, there was now choice and and endless stream of things we could watch.
Throughout the 90s, we always had cable through all our moves. When I left for college, we had cable in the dorms. When I moved out, I got cable. When I moved to Huntsville, I got cable. When I bought my first house, I got cable. When we moved in 2012, we moved our cable too. The vast majority of my life, I have had cable.
And today, for the first time since I was a kid in 1980s Florida, I walked away from cable TV. We cut the cord, and went back to just a standard antenna and an Internet connection.
This has been something that has been a long time coming. It's something we first seriously started considering in 2012 when our daughter was born and we stopped watching a lot of TV. But even then, my dissatisfaction with the ever increasing price and decreasing quality of cable TV had been building since the mid 2000s.
So this is why I decided to cut the cord and cancel my cable subscription.
Reality TV Destroyed Television
Once upon a time, a channel actually meant something. And if you watched a channel, you could count on a consistent type and quality of programming. I could tune into Discovery Channel and watch good documentaries on a wide variety of programing, or the History Channel for history programming. Sci-Fi Channel had science fiction. MTV played music videos.
Then came reality TV. And reality TV has destroyed television.
When was the last time you saw a good documentary on Discovery Channel? History Channel has shows like Cajun Pawn Stars and Ancient Aliens. TLC showed Honey Boo Boo. MTV hasn't played a music video in years. And, while to their credit they are now trying to get "back to their roots," Sci-Fi changed their name to "SyFy" and started showing wrestling and other non-sci-fi content.
Even the Weather Channel is showing reality TV!
They have all been completely overrun with worthless reality TV garbage. It's the entertainment equivalent of a Big Mac - cheap, unhealthy and destroying you.
Ultimately, the vast majority channels don't mean anything anymore. They're all blending together into giant melting pot of suck, all showing virtually identical programming.
Too Much Choice
Do I really need 500 channels? Really? Especially when they're all nearly indentical?
There is a such thing as too much choice.
Try this out next time you're out: walk down the toothpaste aisle at your local grocery store and try to find a tube of toothpaste to buy. Chances are, you are confronted with a wall of boxes, all looking so very nearly identical that you have to stop and think very carefully about which one to buy.
That is choice overload. And cable TV is exactly the same thing. Sure, I had 500 channels. And most of them are very similar with no obvious differentiation between them. This may be why the average American only watches 9% of the channels available to them, all while paying for every single one of them.
So in a way, I'm actually okay losing 500 channels of choice. It's overkill. I don't watch most of them by far anyways, so I won't notice them being gone.
There Is No Price Ceiling
When I first got cable in Madison, my bill was about $120, for cable TV and internet. Not cheap, but still affordable.
In the last eight years, my bill has nearly doubled. It was $230 a month last month when I finally decided to call it quits on cable. Between October and November of last year it went up $20 at once.
First, Knology made me upgrade to the top tier package by moving the decent channels (they call them "speciality channels") that I actually wanted to watch (like Science Channel and BBC America) to the most expensive package.
Then, they transisitioned everything to "digitial cable," which means where I once only had one box for the main TV in the house, suddenly I needed cable boxes for EVERY TV in the house. And even the cheap DTV adapters that don't have program guides or any advanced functionality were $5 a month. So there ~$25 a month.
And then it will just randomly go up for no reason, like it did in October. Hey, here's an extra $20 on your bill for no reason at all. Enjoy!
By dropping cable TV, my bill will go from $230 a month … to $50. $180 in savings. Even if you factor in $9 for Netflix and $7 for Hulu, I'm coming out way ahead. Even if you include $129 a year for Amazon Prime (which we already have because Amazon > Wal Mart), it's still better than cable.
They're Killing The Few Decent Channels Left
Given the preponderance of worthless programming, ever increaing price and ever decreasing quality of cable TV programming, you would think I would have killed it long ago. I should have, but two things kept me hanging on: sports and the few channels I did watch.
Well, then Knology (or WOW!, whatever their name is this week) canned the one channel I really liked watching: BBC America.
@Knology @thewowbuzz Why did you drop BBC America? Pretty sure that means I'm going to cancel now. No reason to keep paying.
— Rob Peck (@codelemur) January 6, 2015
This is a trend with them, too. They killed WGN a few years ago (not that I watched WGN, but I'm sure some people did). They've killed other channels too. But guess what hasn't changed? The price.
And with college football season over, there is literally no resaon for me to continue paying for cable. I hardly watched much of it to begin with, but now I will watch zero.
And that only leaves sports. But when I worked the math, dropping cable and going Internet-only means I'm going to save about $180 a month or $2,160 a year. With that savings, if I wanted to, I could buy a ticket to every single Auburn home game and still have money to spare.
If I really want to watch a game on cable TV, I'll go to a bar. It's an inconvenience, but not one worth $180 a month.
The Growth of Streaming
So I don't watch much cable. What do I watch? Streaming.
It's amazing how quickly Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have completely taken control of what we watch, to the point where it literally is 99% of all that we watch on TV.
I can watch some BBC programming on Netflix and Hulu. My wife can stream her soap opera from CBS on her iPad. There are plenty of documentaries on both, and plenty of cartoons and other stuff for Scarlett. And especially Netflix, they have some really great original programming.
Sure, we may be delayed by a day or two, but that's not really a problem because society has adapted to that now. There is no such thing as the water cooler discussion about shows, because we don't assume that everyone tuned in the night before. Between streaming and DVRs, there's no telling when you might watch something, so there's not a urgent need to watch TV. I can make TV fit my schedule, not the other way around.
I'm also keeping a very close eye on Sling, but my opinion on it is still out. It feels like I'm trading one cable company for another. I'd still be paying for a bunch of channels I'd never watch just to get the couple that I did. And it's still TV - I still have to tune in, not watch at my convenience like true streaming services offer. But, to be sure, it represents a new option that wasn't available a few months ago and might be what I do during football season.
My TV showing a crystal clear picture being delivered by a $50 antenna in my attic.
In the meantime, with a $50 antenna, I can still get the about 20 stations, including all the major networks, for free. This is primarily for weather, but has other benefits too. Most NFL and major college games will still be carried on the over the air networks, and in the event of severe weather (which is common here in the spring), I can still get the local news to watch out for tornadoes.
And I can get that on every TV in my house. No need to a special box. It just works. And now that we have digital TV broadcasts, I even get program information. Just like cable, but without the cost.
The bottom line is price. I am simply not getting $230 worth of entertainment out of cable TV a month. Not when WOW continually degrades their service by dropping channels I like. Not when content producers continually degrade their offering to appeal to the lowest common denominator. And while I will miss ESPN and some of the sports channels, it's simply not worth that much to keep them around.
To put it another way, here's things I could do with an extra $180 a month:
(As I mentioned above) Go to every Auburn home game.
4 theater movies a month (assuming $40 per movie, which factors in tickets for 2 and concessions or a sitter)
1-2 concerts a month, depending on price.
1 extravagent meal a month at a very nice restaurant for 2, including paying for a sitter.
And those are just four off the top of my head. Or (what I will probably do) I can take that money and put it into savings or investments. Both of which would be a better use than cable TV, which is seeing a 99% waste percentage in my life.
So if you have cable TV, I would urge you to really think hard about whether or not you are getting your money's worth. In my opinion, it's time to send a message to cable companies, channels and content producers. There are now more options for entertainment than ever, and cable TV just isn't providing a good value compared to those other options.
Appendix: Parts List and Recommandations
My antenna mounted in the attic. Sorry for the potato quality, I was standing on a ladder taking this picture.
Antenna: Channel Master CM-4220HD UHF and HDTV Antenna. Mine is mounted in the attic (due to HOA rules I can't mount it outside, but I have no receiption problems) using some PVC pipe I had laying around. I ran a coax cable from there to my media panel and just swapped it out for the cable feed to all the rooms.
Receiver Box: Mediasonic HW180STB HomeWorx. Note, you don't actually need this. Any TV built in the last 10 years will tune digital signals fine. I only bought this because I wanted to feed the antenna signal through the A/V Receiver via HDMI on the main TV. The rest of our TVs are just directly connected via coax.
If your signal is being split a bunch of times (like if you're trying to feed more than 2 TVs from a single antenna), you may want to get an amplifier. Mine is an Extreme Broadband IPA1008D-RSVF. I already had this because I had signal problems with cable, so you may want to test it first to see if you really need it.
You can use AntennaPoint to find the over the air stations in your area, how far away the antennas are and which direction you need to point your antenna. Note that AntennaPoint doesn't show all the stations. It only shows 6 in my area, but I get about 20 stations. Most are on digital subchannels.
I even get WeatherNation on a digital subchannel from one of the local TV stations, which is a lot like how Weather Channel used to be before they went full-on reality TV.
I would recommend getting an antenna with about 25% more range than the farthest station you want to get. One of my stations is ~30 miles away, and I can get it with a 40 mile antenna but the signal quality is about 50%. But this is digital, so it works fine and looks great mostly, although it does get blocky sometimes. But it's a CW station, so I don't really care. :)
For streaming, I have both AppleTVs and Rokus. I like the Roku's features better, but the AppleTV has a far superior user experience, so that's primarily what we use (seriously, Roku is such a great product with such a terrible UI). Netflix and Hulu are available on both, but Amazon is only on the Roku.
If you're interested in cord cutting, I highly recommend checking out /r/cordcutters on Reddit. It's a great resource for finding your options without cable.
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Ramblings July 28, 2012
NBC and the Olympics
It's always amusing to watch what happens when old media slams head first into a new world. NBC, the broadcaster holding the rights to Olympic coverage in the United States, seems not to have realized how much the world has changed since Beijing in 2008. Social media is huge now - much more so than it was then - and people routinely have access to a much larger amount of information than we did back then. Whereas most countries saw it, or could at least access it, in realtime, NBC decided to show the Opening Ceremonies on a 3 hour tape delay so they could cash in on the larger primetime audience. I actually had to turn Twitter off yesterday afternoon because I was already seeing tweets about the Opening Ceremonies from people in other countries and at least one person I know who was actually at the thing. Now, to their credit, NBC is actually streaming a lot of coverage live on their website and showing highlights for the American audience in primetime. So why not do the same with the Opening Ceremonies? Why not stream it live on the website for those of us who might have wanted to watch it in realtime, then show the tape delayed version later for the larger audience? Well, someone asked NBC that and this was, no lying, their response: "They are complex entertainment spectacles that do not translate well online because they require context, which our award-winning production team will provide for the large primetime audiences that gather together to watch them," the network told the Wall Street Journal. Right, because we're all bloody mouth-breathing morons who can't figure out what's going on without their precious context. Is this the same "award winning production team" that didn't know who Tim Berners-Lee was or realize the significance of the computer he was sitting at? Tim Berners-Lee is why I have a job. Tim Berners-Lee is why I'm able to type this right now, and why an economy that generates billions of dollars every year exists. The British thought it important enough to salute him in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. They didn't even know who he was? Is this the same "award winning production team" that made cracks about Kim Jong-Il while the North Korean team was walking in the parade of nations? Yes, he was a brutal dictator and his "11 holes in one" story is laughable to say the least. But first of all he's dead now, and second the Olympic Opening ceremonies are not an appropriate time or place to be cracking jokes about other countries' deceased leaders. I wonder if the BBC called Mitt Romney (who was sitting in the audience) "the American Borat" or made cracks about the French president? Is this the same "award winning production team" that never mentioned that Kenneth Branaugh was playing the role of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, perhaps the greatest engineer that ever lived? Here's a clue, NBC: anyone with two brain cells could figure out what was going on, and your "award winning production team" was annoying. Not to mention the advertising EVERY FIVE MINUTES during the parade of nations got really, really old.
As a college football fan, I would be remiss if I didn't at least have some thoughts on the biggest scandal ever to hit college sports. I remember when this first started to surface last year. I was very cautious at the time as everyone around seemed to be out for a pound of flesh. I generally try to avoid mobs and witch hunts - what I most wanted was to let the investigations play out, and find out who knew what and when did they know it. Because only once we know the facts of a case can we truly sit in judgement. Well, now we know the facts, and it's worse than I could have ever imagined. Now, I haven't read the Freeh report - I really haven't had time (or desire) to digest a 227 page report detailing the actions of a child molester and the people who enabled him, even after they knew. But the report is the probably the single most damning thing ever to land on a college athletic program. It eclipses Kentucky's point-shaving in the 50s. It eclipses Louisiana-Lafayette's academic shenanigans in the 70s. And it most definitely eclipses SMU's "Pony Excess" in the 80s. This is, without a doubt, the worst, most rotten thing I could possibly imagine. I don't think this would have even been imaginable 15 years ago. And yet, here we are. All of those cases pale in comparison to what happened at Penn State. As the report details, the problems at Penn State were wider than just the football program. Many, many people, from the President down to janitors, knew what was going on … but nobody said anything. A culture of silence and, more importantly, a reverence for athletics beyond all reason, pervaded everything that happened in State College. Nobody would go against, or risk threatening, the almighty sacred golden calf that was the Penn State football program. For all intents and purposes, Penn State football and Joe Paterno were sacrosanct and any attempt to confront them would elicit the highest orders of outrage. What happened to those kids was terrible - and the justice system will see to it that those responsible are held to account for their crimes, as will the completely justified lawsuits which are sure to follow. But there are some other points surrounding this whole thing that I think are worthy of pondering here as well. For the longest time, I held Joe Paterno and Penn State as the paragon of stability that all athletic programs should strive for. I mean, here was a guy that was head coach for 45 years. In that same time period, Auburn had six coaches and Alabama had eight. In retrospect, I can't help but wonder if that same stability allowed a culture to flourish that enabled something like this to happen. Is it good for one person to be allowed to accumulate so much power and hold it, unchecked, for so long? Would a few changes in administration have helped deter this situation? I would like to think so and, in truth, it may. But think the problem is bigger than Penn State and cuts right to the heart of the worship of college athletics in the United States. This same "athletics can do no wrong" culture can be seen at many major Division I schools. I mean, in my heart I would love to believe that something like this could never happen at Auburn. But I also cannot discount the power that the athletic department holds. The same can be said for Alabama, LSU, Oregon (whose program I think is absolutely rotten to the core on so many levels) and so many programs. Can I honestly believe that a janitor who sees something like that janitor at Penn State saw and has to decide between his job and reporting will do the right thing? And even if they keep their job, would have to constantly be on the lookout for some crazed "fan" much like we hear every week on Finebaum to do something insane? That's the thing about this whole sad situation that I don't think is getting enough discussion. This scandal is an indictment of the worship of athletics that pervades colleges across the US. Penn State just took that same worship that happens at every Division I program and turned the knob to 11. As a result, a culture of silence allowed a child molester to run rampant for years with the full knowledge of many people, who placed covering up for the name of the Nittany Lions above doing the right thing. This. Has. Got. To. Stop. The thing that is so damning about all of this is that it's not the oh so loved "lack of institutional control" that we usually hear about when it comes to sports scandals. In this case, the institution was in such complete control of every aspect of Nittany Lion culture, that no one would dare go against it. This is unique, uncharted waters for college athletics. Now, I don't know what the NCAA will do, if anything. Frankly, my opinion of the NCAA is right down there with the UN in terms of being able to do anything useful. But if there's any justice in the world, the NCAA will drop the hammer on Penn State and end the program. At least for a couple of years. And if the NCAA doesn't do it, Penn State should, for once, do the right thing and pull the plug themselves. Shut everything down, cool everything off and, in a few years, return with a new focus on what is really important. Because even though all the people responsible are gone, the culture is still in place. You have to change the culture. Yes, I said it. I'm talking the Death Penalty. A slap on the wrist - a few scholarships lost, a TV or bowl ban - would be insulting. To do anything less in this situation is to condone the very attitude that allowed Jerry Sandusky to molest children for years. A message needs to be sent, to universities and fans across the nation that there is a line of acceptable behavior and culture when it comes to college athletics, and that Penn State flew over that line at supersonic speeds. There must be accountability. SMU paid some played. Kentucky shaved some points. But at Penn State, a culture of silence and reverence for athletics enabled a child molester to go unchecked, with full knowledge of the administration, for years. If that's not worthy of the ultimate penalty, the entire NCAA is s sham and should itself be disbanded. For the average college football fan, this should be yet another sobering reminder of the dark places that operate at some of alma maters. For as much as we would like to believe in the purity of sport, this scandal - perhaps the saddest and worst ever - indicates of the depths to which evil can spread.
Ramblings January 24, 2012
Personal Initiatives
About ten years ago (summer of 2002), while I was working in Yellowstone National Park, I took a lot of time that summer for personal reflection. The the rocks beside the Snake River and the roof of the cabin where I lived became close companions of mine. I took a lot of time to examine where my life was at that time, and there were a lot of things that I didn't like. Towards the end of the summer, based on my reflections, I started writing a short series of notes to myself. I titled these "Personal Initiatives" and set out what I wanted to change and how I was going to go about doing it. There were probably 50 or so entries. Some of these were fairly arcane and maybe even silly. Among them: Get rid of my acne by washing my face twice a day. Wear contacts any time I'm not at home. Take better care of my teeth. Get in better shape. Pursue financial independence and keep a budget. Get better grades and get at least a 3.0 from that point out. After I returned to Auburn that fall, I looked over my Personal Initiatives from time to time. And it occurs to me what a good motivation this was for me. As evidenced, my near term goals in many of my initiatives I achieved within the next 3 years. I never earned less than a 3.0 after that fall. I was financially independent in 2004. I'm in better shape now than I was. Not only that, but my plans gave me goals. Even the arcane ones ("wash your face every day") gave me little things that I could do to feel like I had accomplished something every day. Not every goal had to be in outer space - I could accomplish 5 things just by walking out the door each morning. Of course, some of them I completely blew too. There were a lot of entries about future planning that involved me becoming a pilot. Some other entries concern wanting to have a family (not there just yet…). But overall, I would say my success rate for my personal initiatives in 2002 to today is probably close to 75%. The reason I'm thinking about this is that I kind of feel a bit like did in the summer of 2002. Lost. Listless. Unsure of what I want in my life but unhappy with where I am. And without a plan. Every day I get up and go to the same job and do the same things I've done for the last five years. Then I go home and do the same thing each night. The cycle usually never varies. Now, to be sure, my life is much better than it was in 2002. I'm married, a homeowner, active in my community. But that seem creeping, nagging unhappiness is still there. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of taking an entire summer off to work and reflect on my life. But I'm seriously thinking that it might be time to write down some more personal initiatives. Having passed 30 now, I can't help but feel that I've entered a new stage of my life and, if I don't want to spend this entire decade listless and unhappy, that I have to begin to plan some things out and set some goals for myself. Yes. I think it's time for some more Personal Initiatives.


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Battlefield V: The Last Tiger Impressions – A Story Worth Telling
December 11, 2018 Noisy Pixel Staff
Battlefield V launched on November 9 with the promise of free story updates and they delivered shortly after the after launch with The Last Tiger. This new approach to releasing updates without a paid season pass was met with caution because it's rare to even hear of such an approach from developers today.
Although it didn't launch alongside the game, Battlefield V: The Last Tiger does have a story to tell that runs alongside the events of Battlefield V from another perspective. Was this worth the wait though, well let's take a look.
The Last Tiger has players assume the role of a German Tiger Tank for the large majority of its a little over one-hour runtime. I can tell you with certainty that DICE knows how to make mobile combat feel good and accessible and this also applies to the developers other multiplayer FPS titles.
For some, this type of combat might come off as monotonous as you travel from one area to the next and shooting enemies that seem to be far weaker than you. I found that this campaign is better experienced on higher difficulties so it doesn't come off as boring when you're mowing down enemies without any real strategy.
The story of The Last Tiger is interesting in and of itself as you play as a member of the German forces. This isn't something that players usually see in World War II games, which generally focus on playing as the allied forces. I commend DICE for choosing this storyline and telling these stories that are normally less explored.
Furthermore, scenes focusing on the characters were more powerful than I expected. Even though the game clocks in around one hour, I found that I cared about these soldiers and their story, which I wasn't expecting.
Taking a lot at the graphics and sound of Battlefield V: The Last Tiger. I feel like the developers did a great job at capturing this moment in history and making it as accurate as possible. In a generation where other FPS titles have abandoned story campaigns altogether, I find it nice to know that DICE is continuing to support these single player stories.
In conclusion, I feel like Battlefield V: The Last Tiger is definitely worth checking out if you own Battlefield V. It's paved the way for me to look forward to all of the future content and stories that DICE has coming up.
Battlefield V is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Author: Jordan Boyd
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Tomoe River Loose Sheets - A4, Dot Grid - White - Anderson Pens, Inc.
The amazing Tomoe River paper by the Tomoegawa is coveted for its smooth, silky texture that is perfect for fountain pens and other writing instruments. The thin and delicate pages are a very slight 52gsm, and are designed to reduce bulk in notebooks or in mailings. The paper is incredibly versatile and reliable, and the sheets are resistant to bleed through and feathering, and can handle a wide variety of inks.
This package contains 50 sheets of acid-free, pH neutral white colored sheets with Dot Grid, and is wrapped in plastic to protect it, with a cardboard insert for stability. If you are a heavy-handed writer, you may want to remove a sheet or two at a time to write on, so that you do not leave impressions on the sheets underneath.