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Techniques for nothingness: Debate over the comparability of hypnosis and Zen in early-twentieth-century Japan.
This paper explores a debate that took place in Japan in the early twentieth century over the comparability of hypnosis and Zen. The debate was among the first exchanges between psychology and Buddhism in Japan, and it cast doubt on previous assumptions that a clear boundary existed between the two fields. In the debate, we find that contemporaries readily incorporated ideas from psychology and Buddhism to reconstruct the experiences and concepts of hypnosis and Buddhist nothingness. The resulting new theories and techniques of nothingness were fruits of a fairly fluid boundary between the two fields. The debate, moreover, reveals that psychology tried to address the challenges and possibilities posed by religious introspective meditation and intuitive experiences in a positive way. In the end, however, psychology no longer regarded them as viable experimental or psychotherapeutic tools but merely as particular subjective experiences to be investigated and explained.
Hypnosis is More Effective than Clinical Interviews.
Hypnosis: A Psychodynamic Perspective.


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Canada is making it easier for international students to become permanent residents
While the U.S. and the UK are making efforts to reduce the number of immigrants coming in to their respective countries, Canada has decided to move in the opposite direction.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has introduced new changes to its Express Entry program, effective from November 19, with the aim to attract more highly-skilled workers and drive economic growth.
The points-based system – which scores and ranks applicants based on factors such as age, language ability, education level, and work experience and then matches them with Canadian employers – is said to make it easier for international students seeking to obtain permanent residency.
According to a statement released by the IRCC, the changes include awarding points for job offers to eligible candidates already in Canada on Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exempt work permits, and to international students who completed their studies in Canada.
Furthermore, applicants will be given more time (an additional 30 days from the previous 60) to submit an application for permanent residence once an invitation to apply is received.
We've just announced improvements to the #ExpressEntry system. Find out what changes on November 19th: https://t.co/QzSHVaVlfM pic.twitter.com/yAkJeZpqVG
— CIC (@CitImmCanada) November 14, 2016
Under the new rules, those holding qualifications awarded by Canadian universities would be given points, whereas the previous rules did not.
Foreign graduates with a postsecondary degree, diploma, or certificate from local educational institutions will be awarded up to 30 additional points.
Speaking to Canadian Business, Tamara Mosher-Kuczer, an associate at an immigration law firm based in Ottawa, said: "It's going to be a boon to international students who have studied here – it's going to give them a big leg up."
Changes to immigration process set to benefit international students, among others:https://t.co/uR9Du51RIJ
— Canadian Business (@cdnbiz) November 14, 2016
Foreign academics are also said to benefit from the changes, as educational institutions will have to go through fewer hurdles in order to bring in talent from overseas.
"We have committed to doing more to attract highly skilled immigrants to come to Canada and become permanent residents, because this is important to build our economy and strengthen our society. I am confident that the changes to Express Entry will be one of the many positive outcomes of the changes we will be bringing to our immigration system," said Immigration Minister John McCallum on Monday.
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Q: Stop listening to a stream after going to the next screen i have a stream which takes data from firebase and when a specific field in firestore changes my app Navigates to next screen (I'm listening to that field in build method) but after reaching to next screen if that value changes again the screen where i was navigated to relaunches itself. How do i stop listening to stream once i am navigated to next stream.
The thing i want to achieve to open a new screen when a value in firestore changes to true.
here is my code
 gameProvider.getRoomData().listen((e) {
  Map a = e.data() as Map<String, dynamic>;
  if (a['gameRunning']) {
    Navigator.of(context).push(MaterialPageRoute(
      builder: (context) => GameplayScreen(),
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getRoomData is the stream i'm listening to and gameRunning is the bool i wanna see if it becomes true i want to navigate to new screen but once i'm there i don't want to listen it's changes

A: Create a StreamSubscription field and assign it your stream, like:
late StreamSubscription _subscription;

Now, pause the stream before navigating to second screen and resume if after coming back from there:
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    // Pause the subscription before navigating to another screen.
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    // Navigate to the second screen
    await Navigator.of(context).push(MaterialPageRoute(
      builder: (context) => GameplayScreen(),
    ));

    // Resume the subscription after you have come back to this screen.
    _subscription.resume();
  }
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History of the Educational Projects of the Gülen Movement
Helen Rose Ebaugh
Establishing the First Educational Projects
Mr. Gülen, together with administrators of the Kestanepazari institution and with the support of local businessmen organized summer camps for middle and high school students, as well as university students. These camps taught secular education courses in areas such as history and biology but also provided religious discussions on issues such as the role of Islam in public debates. Mr. Gülen often evoked the life of Muhammad and the classical period of the Ottoman Empire as good examples of ways in which fidelity to the precepts of Islam promoted greatness.
In addition to the summer camps, starting in the 1970s Mr. Gülen's listeners began to form a new cemaat around his teachings, similar to the Nursi-inspired cemaat that Mr. Gülen attended earlier. However, what drew people to Mr. Gülen's messages were his large public sermons in front of thousands of listeners and public lectures, which were recorded and sold throughout the country. His listeners comprised mostly low to middle-income businessmen, with a small number of wealthy ones, and university students. He attracted people who supported his ideas, not only by attending his lectures, but also with financial support and contributions of their labor. In a modification of the Nur movement dershanes, Mr. Gülen helped students, their parents and donors to establish "houses of light" where Islamic education was studied on the basis of Nursi's writings and his own teachings. These houses of light" became a source for the thousands of educators who would later form the faculty of schools established after Mr. Gülen's educational philosophy. This is the stage in Mr. Gülen's career at which a group of people numbering about one hundred began to be visible as a service group, that is, a group that came together around his understanding of service to the community.
Aware of how the youth in Turkey were being attracted into extremist, radical ideologies, including atheistic communism and materialism, as a preacher Mr. Gülen tried to educate the youth about traditional moral values and to attract them away from what he saw as destructive and degrading ideas. Fethullah Gülen also promoted Islamic ideals as an anti-dote to the radical Marxism, Leninism and Maoism that was attracting many youth in the region. He often used his own money to buy and distribute materials that countered militant atheism and communism. He saw the erosion of moral values among the youth as the causes of crime and societal conflict and was resolute to do all he could to influence the youth in what he saw as a healthier and more productive direction.
In 1970, as a result of a military coup, a number of prominent Muslims in the region who had supported religious activities and lectures for the region's youth were arrested, Mr. Gülen among them. He was held for six months without charge. He was released on the condition that he give no more public lectures. After his release, Mr. Gülen left his official post in Izmir but retained his status as a state-authorized preacher. He continued to urge donors and parents to set up student study and boarding halls throughout the Aegean region. In Izmir he organized summer camps and dormitories where university students could stay, study and develop a sense of identity as Turkish Muslims. In these dormitories, a small group of same-sex students lived together, helped one another with studies, read the Qur'an and writings of Nursi and Mr. Gülen, prayed together, and developed a powerful sense of solidarity. Students learned and inculcated Islamic values of self-sacrifice and social responsibility. The dormitories served as shelters against alcohol and drug use, premarital sexual exploits, and involvement in communist, ultra-nationalist or other radical movements. Many conservative and religious parents encouraged their children to live in the dormitories as they attended university in the big cities in Turkey.
Izmir was a city where political Islam never took hold and where the business and professional middle class came to resent the constraints of a state bureaucracy. Instead this group supported market-friendly policies and pro-Western ideas. Mr. Gülen's commitment to the free market and his encouragement to businessmen to grow their businesses, make them global and competitive and then contribute a portion of their wealth to support service projects appealed to this entrepreneurial spirit. The funding for dormitories and private schools came from local businessmen who supported Mr. Gülen's mission of educating the youth both in secular subjects and principles of morality. It was in Izmir that a powerful transnational movement began to crystallize around Mr. Gülen that today includes thousands of loose networks of like-minded individuals.
Between 1972 and 1975 Mr. Gülen held posts as a preacher in various cities in the Aegean and Marmara regions where he continued to preach and promote ideas about education and service to the community. At the time educational opportunities were scarce for ordinary Turkish people and some citizens thought that most, education was infiltrated by radical political elements, both on the left and the right. Parents whose children had passed the required entrance exams for high school and university were caught in the dilemma of wanting their children educated but fearing the highly politicized atmosphere of the schools. To address this dilemma, Mr. Gülen encouraged small business owners to set up boarding houses where students could pursue an education in an atmosphere that he hoped was removed from the politicized environment. To support these houses and opportunities for education, local people who shared Mr. Gülen's service ethic set up "bursaries," accounts that supported the activities. Again, it was local people who saw the need for quality education and were influenced by Mr. Gülen's service ethic and who stepped forward with the resources to put his ideas into action.
Over time, the students who lived in the boarding houses became major advocates of Mr. Gülen's service ideas and returned to their villages and towns to spread the word of their valuable experiences and opportunities. Armed with a good education, they became merchants, businessmen and professionals in their communities and began to join together to provide the financial support to keep the boarding houses and consequently other service projects going. At the same time, Mr. Gülen's talks and lectures were recorded on audiocassettes and distributed throughout communities in Turkey. He was the first preacher whose lectures were made available in audio and videocassettes to the general public in Turkey. Through his students' activities in their communities and the new technological channels of communication, Mr. Gülen's service discourse began to spread in Turkey.
In 1974 Mr. Gülen was posted in Manisa where he began the first university preparatory courses in an attempt to prepare ordinary Turkish children for higher education. Up until this time, it was almost exclusively the children of wealthy families who were able to go to university. By providing top notch preparatory courses, a broader swatch of middle and working class children were prepared to take the mandatory exams in order to get into universities and to succeed once there.
The Establishment of Gülen-Inspired Schools
With the neo-liberal policies of [then Prime Minister] Ozal in the early 1980s and greater opportunity for the establishment of private schools, in 1982 the first two Gülen-inspired high schools opened, one in Izmir and the other in Istanbul. These were followed in the course of the next two decades by hundreds of such schools throughout Turkey and eventually to the Turkish republics of the former Soviet Union, then to other successor states of the Soviet Union, the Balkans, South Africa and finally the West. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2000, Prime Minister Ecevit recognized in his speech the importance of Gülen-inspired schools all over the world, and how these schools contribute to the cultures and well-being of Turkey and other countries.
Mr. Gülen encouraged his listeners to invest in private secular elite high schools where he hoped to combine Islamic morals with secular knowledge. These schools are based on a secular curriculum approved by the state and use English for instruction. The only Islam that is formally taught in the schools is the hour that is allowed by the state for religious instruction in comparative religions with the textbook selected by the state. All the schools, as well as other Gülen-inspired institutions are independent units administered and funded by local groups. Yet the personnel in these schools are joined in what Agai calls an "educational network of virtue, based on the fact that the leading figures were socialized within the cemaat, participate in the cemaat's life and are connected to each other through the close interpersonal links created in the cemaat. Many of the principals and teachers in the schools, both within Turkey and outside of Turkey, come from among educators with substantial involvement in the cernaat. The cemaat makes sure that qualified and motivated people move within the network to where they are needed to serve.
In the schools, however, there are also teachers who are not participants in the Gülen movement and may never have heard of Fethullah Gülen. However, without the commitment of Gülen-inspired teachers who view their work as religious service, these quality schools would not exist. Many parents send their children to these schools because they recognize them as the best education possible for their children. As Agai remarks, Mr. Gülen managed to strengthen the influence of his cemaat through opening it and making it part of a larger conglomerate of educational networks. While the institutions rely on the cemaat for motivated teachers and financiers, Mr. Gülen aimed his ideas at a broader audience interested in education and modernization.
Summarized from "Ebaugh, Helen R. 2010. The Gulen Movement A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam. New York: Springer. Pages 27-30."
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Peaceful Muslim–Non-Muslim Co-existence in a Secular Context
Farhod Alimuhamedov This paper is about the conditions of inter-ethnic, inter-religious and inter-class relations in Gülen schools and looks into their operation in non-Turkish and non-Muslim settings. It…
Graduates' views on the effectiveness of Gülen-inspired schools in Azerbaijan
The findings of this study show the effectiveness of the Gülen-inspired educational institutions in Azerbaijan and their importance to the development of the country. Graduates of Gülen-inspired schools…
Brief history of the Gulen Movement's educational activities
During his preaching years in mosques throughout Turkey, Gülen stressed education as the center of modernization and social progress. He emphasized continuously that peace, social justice and respect…


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Guilt by Location:
Forced Displacement and Population Sorting in Civil Wars
Wars are killing fewer people today on average, but they are displacing more of them. A staggering 70 million individuals are currently uprooted by conflict and violence worldwide, the highest recorded since the Second World War. While forced migration has become a massive feature of modern conflict and a salient issue in international politics, there has been little systematic research on the use of population displacement as a weapon of war. Previous research has tended to treat civilian displacement as a byproduct of violence or focus on the most extreme cases of ethnic cleansing. Weaponizing Displacement provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of how, where, and why armed groups deliberately uproot civilians in civil wars.
Civil wars entail a high degree of uncertainty. In order to identify and coerce their enemies, combatants need information about the affiliations and allegiances of the local population. Since information is often lacking, armed groups rely on simplifying heuristics, or clues, to infer opponents' identities and civilians' loyalties. Previous research has shown that cleansing is sometimes a consequence of this practice: if combatants use heuristics such as ethnic identity or political party affiliation to distinguish enemies from allies, they will collectively target members of these groups and seek their expulsion.
The book introduces new data on strategic displacement and identifies variation within and across conflicts in the use of three different types: the cleansing of political or ethnic groups, the depopulation of designated areas, and the forced relocation of civilians into new dwellings. To explain this, I advance a new theory of displacement, which contends that combatants often displace to sort the civilian population, not to get rid of it.
But what if such heuristics are unavailable or unhelpful – because, for instance, opposing forces lacks a distinct ethnic identity? In these contexts, instead of engaging in ethnic or racial profiling, information-starved and resource-constrained combatants may resort to spatial profiling. Political identities often become territorialized in civil war. Combatants can therefore use human mobility to infer wartime sympathies through what I call "guilt by location." Triggering displacement forces people to send costly and visible signals of loyalty and affiliation based on whether, and to where, they flee. This also makes communities more accessible and "legible," which enables armed groups to (1) use people's movements and locations as a continuous indicator of allegiance; and (2) extract rents and recruits from the population, while signaling legitimacy to domestic and international audiences. I therefore show that displacement is often attractive because it offers unique solutions to information and resource problems in civil wars by acting as a sorting mechanism and a force multiplier.
To test this "assortative" theory, I use multiple research methods and sources, including an original cross-national dataset of wartime displacement strategies and in-depth case studies based on one year of survey, archival, and interview field research in Uganda, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria. I find strong evidence that while cleansing aims to expel disloyal populations, forced relocation seeks to identify the disloyal in the first place. This has profound implications for our understanding of wartime displacement and can inform the study of conflict and violence more broadly. In light of the strain being placed on aid agencies by rising global displacement, growing hostility towards refugees in Western countries, and the realization that mass population movements can spread violence and threaten peace and development, addressing displacement is an urgent endeavor. Weaponizing Displacement demonstrates that such efforts require understanding not only why people elect to flee conflict, but also why conflict parties force them to flee - offering important lessons for policymakers, practitioners, and advocates.
Introduction: Weaponizing Displacement in Civil Wars
The introductory chapter describes several puzzles that motivate the book, briefly presents its main arguments, defines key terms and the scope conditions of the study, and outlines existing theories of wartime displacement and their weaknesses. It also describes the research design and discusses the importance of the study.
Chapter 1: Conceptualizing and Describing Strategic Wartime Displacement
This chapter provides the conceptual groundwork of the book, distinguishing between different types of strategic displacement and providing descriptive trends of their use in contemporary wars. In the first section, I present a conceptual typology that differentiates between three primary displacement strategies: cleansing, depopulation, and forced relocation. The second section presents an original cross-national dataset that measures the incidence of these strategies by government and rebel combatants in 166 civil wars (1945-2017)
Chapter 2: An Assortative Theory of Displacement
Chapter 2 lays out an "assortative" theory of displacement and derives hypotheses regarding the conditions under which combatants are likely to adopt different displacement strategies. To demonstrate the logic and plausibility of each aspect of my argument and illustrate its central causal claims, I provide empirical examples from a wide range of civil wars, including Angola (1975-2002), Burma (1960-95), Bangladesh (1974-97), El Salvador (1979-92), Ethiopia (1974-91), Guatemala (1978-94), India (1989-), Peru (1980-96), the Philippines (1972-), Rwanda (1996-2002), and Sri Lanka (2003-09).
Chapter 3: Strategic Displacement in Civil Wars, 1945-2017
Chapter 3 examines cross-national evidence for different explanations for state-induced displacement using the dataset of population displacement strategies in 166 civil wars introduced in Chapter 1. I conduct statistical tests of four primary arguments: ethnic nationalism, rebel threat/desperation, punishment, and my assortative logic. The quantitative evidence answers important questions about how frequent strategic displacement is in civil wars, what actors employ it, and what forms are more and less common. Moreover, it identifies patterns in displacement by state actors - who I find to be the predominant perpetrators - and provides an indirect test of my arguments by revealing where strategic displacement in general, and forced relocation in particular, tends to occur - and by identifying the factors associated with the use of these strategies across conflicts.
Chapter 4: Forced Relocation in Uganda
Chapter 4 tests my arguments in a case study of forced relocation in Uganda (1986-2006), which offers a unique opportunity to examine strategic displacement due to a high degree of internal variation and an unusual openness about this subject among government officials, military veterans, and citizens. This chapter is based on six months of field research, during which I collected data from government archives, human rights and humanitarian organizations, surveys, and hundreds of interviews with political officials, military officers, rank-and-file soldiers, civil society groups, journalists, community leaders, ex-rebel combatants, and civilians.
Chapter 5: Comparative Evidence of the Assortative Logic: Burundi, Vietnam, and Indonesia
Chapters 5 and 6 analyze additional case studies to further explore the external validity of my theory. While the results of cross-national tests lend indirect support for my arguments, the case studies offer direct evidence for my theoretical mechanism and compensate for several important weaknesses in the quantitative analysis. Chapter 5 examines three civil wars from my dataset that experienced forced relocation – Burundi (1991-2005), Vietnam (1960-75), and Indonesia (1999-2005) – to gauge whether the core mechanisms of my theory can account for the empirical associations found in Chapter 4. Burundi and Indonesia are two least likely cases for my theory, while Vietnam is an influential case of strategic displacement.
Chapter 6: Cleansing and Depopulation in Syria
This chapter extends my analysis to a difficult out-of-sample case by examining the civil war in Syria (2011-present). This case study exhibits within-case variation in the use of two different types of displacement by pro-government forces: cleansing and depopulation. It therefore offers an opportunity to assess whether my arguments apply to depopulation, and to examine the use of multiple displacement strategies by the same actor in the same conflict. This chapter analyzes quantitative and qualitative data from a range of sources, including media reports, human rights records, data on violence and displacement collected by NGOs, and interviews with activists, journalists, combatants, and regime defectors that I conducted in Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon.
Chapter 7: The Politics of Wartime Displacement
I conclude the book by discussing its implications for the study of forced migration and displacement, conflict, and political violence, and for policy efforts to manage and respond to forced population movements.
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A Close Look at Super Bowl Field Design Through the Years
[Editor's Note: Today we have a guest entry from Jeff Flynn, who is super-obsessed with the details of Super Bowl field design. He points out tons of stuff you probably never noticed or thought about. He's included an insane number of photo links, so apologies in advance for any click fatigue you may experience. — PL]
By Jeff Flynn
It won't come as a surprise to readers of this blog that there is a subset of the uni-centric population that cares a lot about how the fields look for the Super Bowl. From the beginning until recently, starting with the Burger King-esque "crown" logo at midfield in SB I, the fields were prepared in a way that made them look like the Biggest Game Ever was about to take place. The earliest designs were boldly colorful with old AFL and NFL logos, dueling midfield helmets, colorful Lombardi trophies, uncommon team logos, even some unintentional throwbacks. End zones had fairly basic but attractive block lettering, which eventually made way to team wordmarks in SB VI, while the AFL and NFL logos morphed into AFC and NFC logos in SB V.
The first Super Bowl that I can remember watching is SB VIII, between the Dolphins and Vikings. Not coincidentally, the greatest and longest-running general Super Bowl end zone template, at least in my opinion, began that year: team helmet on the left, team wordmark in the center, conference-logo helmet on the right. The background color was never the same as the helmets, and the team wordmarks were often outlined in white or another color in order to make them pop that much more. Even the hated Patriots' end zone was glorious in SB XX. In the conference championship games, I usually rooted for whichever team hadn't yet been represented in a Super Bowl end zone, just so I could see the design treatment. So, let's go Jets in 1982! Seahawks in '83! And so on.
For no apparent reason, little things changed year to year, but the fields were always still great. In SB X, small shields appeared at the 35 yard lines, featuring that game's Roman numeral. These grew bigger and bigger the next few years, until they were replaced in XIV with a white football graphic featuring that year's Super Bowl logo. It even included Pete Rozelle's signature! The midfield NFL logo, which first appeared in SB VI, even changed frequently during this time period, sometimes outlined in white and at other times in blue. Starting in SB XIV, the NFL logo settled into what most people likely remember as "the" NFL logo and remained unchanged for many years. In SB XXIII, the giant footballs at the 35 yard lines were removed and replaced by larger versions of that year's Super Bowl logo.
There was a one-year slight change in SB XXV, with the Super Bowl 25th-anniversary logo at midfield. and the AFC and NFC helmet logos disappeared from the end zones in SB XXIX, while the NFL 75th anniversary logo took over at midfield, but this general template lasted through SB XXX. In SB XXXI, the overall design changed fairly dramatically. The NFL logo was relegated to the corner of the end zone and replaced at midfield by that year's Super Bowl logo. Helmets were removed from the end zones and put at the 30s. Wordmarks generally still popped nicely, though, and important details like team striping around the 20s and two-point hash remained bright. It was a different look for sure, but still colorful. The end zone team helmets unexpectedly returned in SB XXXVIII. It wasn't quite the same as before, though, as the Eagles helmet was the same color as the end zone, instead of a contrasting color, in SB XXXIX. The Super Bowl logos returned to the 25s as well in SB XXXVIII. In SB XL, the end zones featured the conference logos in a banner treatment. These disappeared in SB XLII and the current NFL logo made its debut at midfield in SB XLIII. SB XLIV, with the Saints' beautiful gold end zone, was the last year of original Super Bowl logos.
SB XLV ushered in the current corporate-style "logo system" with much greater consistency from year to year, including the field design. The 20s and two-point hash marks have no longer been outlined in team colors. End zones have been boring with wordmarks no longer outlined. In SB XLVIII at the Meadowlands, they didn't bother to enlarge the stadium's existing midfield NFL logo to match the size in previous Super Bowls, and didn't paint the team logos onto the sidelines. The AFC and NFC logos have not appeared since SB XLIX, when a huge blank space was left in the Patriots' end zone. A splash of color was added in the SB LI logo, but the corporate feel was still there.
Now, for SB LII, which takes place this Sunday, we are being introduced to the unbalanced end zone template. The Patriots' wordmark is substantially larger than the Eagles', and the Eagles' end zone has empty space again. Is there any thought going into the fields at all anymore? Who designs and approves the fields? Or do they just wing it? Do they have any idea that people don't like them as much as they used to?
If you're interested in this subject, there is an awesome thread on SportsLogos.net that is must-read, start to finish. This thread includes every previous Super Bowl field template graphic, "alternate" graphics for some of those "what might have beens," updates on this year's (crappy) field, and more. The thread was summed up best by a Jaguars fan who remarked that one of his favorite things about making the AFC Championship game was that the Jaguars could now at least be included in the "what if" section.
Also, there's currently an online poll that invites you to rate the Super Bowl fields from first to worst. Have fun with it, and enjoy Sunday's game, even if the field design isn't as good as it could be.
Dear Team, Please Send Me Super Bowl Tickets: Yesterday I had an ESPN piece on an extraordinary confidential NFL memo from 1966 (if you haven't read it yet, please do — it's powerful stuff), which Uni Watch reader Tom Jacobsen found in some old files. Those files also included some really interesting letters and paperwork regarding the very first Super Bowl, including the handwritten letter shown above. It was sent by a Denver dentist named Thomas Ross to Don Smith, the Broncos' PR director in the mid-1960s. It reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Smith:
As a loyal season ticket holder and member of the Denver Broncos Quarterback Club [a local booster club] for seven long years, I have suffered thru good and bad. Please help relieve my suffering by obtaining six (6) tickets to the "Super Bowl" to be played in L.A.
Tom Ross
These documents provide a very entertaining glimpse into the Broncos' inner workings at the dawn of the Super Bowl era. That's the topic of a new ESPN piece that I've written — link coming soon. Meanwhile, here's one more plug for yesterday's ESPN piece, which is one of the most important and interesting stories I've ever worked on — don't miss.
ITEM! Mini-helmet sale: With the football season almost over, our friends at Rocker T Collectibles are running an end-of-season sale on Uni Watch mini-helmets. The original price of $39.99 has been reduced to $29.99. They're available here.
"What's It Worth?" reminder: In case you missed it last week, I announced a new partnership with Grey Flannel Auctions. If you have a potentially valuable collectible, GFA will appraise it at no charge, and with no obligation. Think of it as an online version of Antiques Roadshow. Full details here.
By Kris Gross
Baseball News: The Pirates officially confirmed their new military jerseys and caps for 2018, which had already been obvious for several weeks because they'd been available for retail sale (from Hayden Kay). … The Durham Bulls are releasing new uniforms later today. … A proposed pace-of-play suggestion for MLB included the return of bullpen carts. I'm all in (from Mike Chamernik, @caesarscott). … Check out these gorgeous 1973 powder blue uniforms for the Omaha Royals, a KC Triple-A affiliate. … Missouri has seven new unis for 2018 (from @JGorla_). … New D-Rose cleats for Indiana. … Here's a piece looking back on BYU's uniforms from the 1980s. … As of this morning, the Mariners online roster still shows manager Scott Servais wearing No. 9 and newly acquired OF Dee Gordon with no number assignment, but this photo suggests that Gordon may have convinced Servais to give up No. 9 (from Tim Dunn).
NFL News: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said they're not putting an Eagles jersey on the Billy Penn statue out of fear of a jinx. Putting a jersey on the statue has not worked out well for Philly teams in the past (from Michael). … Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said in a radio interview that the Packers frown upon the post-game jersey swap, and they make players pay for the jerseys if they give them away (from Jeff Ash). … Sports Illustrated did an interview with the man who creates Super Bowl stadium replicas filled with food (thanks Brinke). … Falcons owner Arthur Blank is upset the Patriots puts 283 diamonds in their Super Bowl rings (thanks Brinke). … Golfers and celebrities at the Phoenix Open wore NFL jerseys on the 16th hole (from Zeke Perez Jr.).
Hockey News: The Rangers wore their Winter Classic jerseys last night, and Ondrej Pavelec and Henrik Lundqvist had special masks (from Al Kreit). … New mask and pads for Blues G Jake Allen (from Bryce Mandrell). … Maple Leafs G Curtis McElhinney wore the "Fathers Trip" hat. The players' dads went to New York with them last night (from Kevin Wilson).
NBA News: The NBA unveiled the 2019 All-Star logo. It pays tribute to the "Hornets and the city of Charlotte". … Blake Griffin made his Pistons debut last night and immediately had a uni-related snafu: He didn't start the second half because he forgot his jersey (from Mike Chamernik). … ESPN Photoshopped LeBron James into a Warriors jersey but forgot to change the advertiser logo. … The 76ers are honoring the Eagles with giveaway shirts tonight (from Mike Chamernik).
College Hoops News: 1950s throwbacks for Hofstra last night (from @OlegKvasha). … Oklahoma women unveiled pink uniforms for cancer research. … Check out these Midland College warmups (from Jay Crain). … Carmel High School in Indiana celebrating the Chinese New Year (from @lilbropeep). … Arizona State's Mickey Mitchell wore mismatched shoes last night (from @gayhooters).
Soccer News: Whitecaps FC teased the new kit they'll reveal on Feb 5 (from Wade Heidt). … Bethlehem Steel FC, the USL affiliate of the Philadelphia Union, has a tweaked primary crest, new secondary crest (from Kody Allenson). … Also from the USL, new kits coming on Monday for FC Cincinnati (from Tom Gelehrter).
Grab Bag: Cross-listed from the NFL section: Golfers and celebrities at the Phoenix Open wore NFL jerseys on the 16th hole (from Zeke Perez Jr.). … Sticking with the Phoenix Open, John Rahm is wearing a RAHMBO headband (from Zachary Loesl). … Also from Zachary, Rickie Fowler honored a deceased fan by wearing a photo of him on his hat. … Schmidt Peterson Motorsports unveiled its 2018 IndyCar liveries (from Tim Dunn).
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Those Omaha uniforms are great! Wonderful photo and a good find! Slight correction — I think Storm Chasers is a relatively new name, and that the team was the Omaha Royals then.
Thanks for sharing that photo.
That is a nice photo.
Noticed some familiar names; Frank White, Buck Martinez and Wayne Simpson.
WFY says:
The bullpen carts will be covered in advertising, so meh.
boxcarvibe says:
MLB using bullpen carts isn't going to shave any noticeable time off any game. Want to increase pace of play? Make it a balk to visit a mound twice in one plate appearance, or with the same number of outs. Any pitcher entering a game must face 2 batters, or runners advance on a balk. Give catchers and pitchers a bluetooth connection to call pitches verbally, and stop with the signals all together. Using bullpen carts, just like the "Intentional Walk" rule now, won't matter a hill o' beans to pace of play.
Also: Award a ball, but not ball four, for any pitcher's throw to a base.
So there's be lots of pitchers stepping off the rubber and staring at the baserunners? I think that would increase the lengths of games.
Brett Alan says:
The fascinating thing about the bluetooth connection idea is that the pitcher would have to call the pitches, since if the catcher did, the batter would hear it. Hmmmmm.
Isn't it anachronistic to refer to the 1973 Omaha AAA team as "Storm Chasers", a name not used until 2011?
Christian Berumen UW+ STAFF says:
There one link in the field story that says the afc badge is not there but it's on the right side it's the logo that's missing from the left side but it's under the team name in the patriots end zone
He said it was the last time they used the conference logos, and that there was a blank space in the Pats' end zone. He didn't say it was blank because of an absence of the AFC logo.
Good work, Jeff.
I agree. The NFL has gotten really lazy lately with the SB field designs.
I really hate that they've gone away from each Super Bowl having it's own distinct logo. Does anybody like the fact that they all have the same basic (ugly) look?
Yeah, the unique feel of each game is replaced. Feels less like a big event and more just a standard championship game. Endzones this year are bad, and that isn't helped by the terribly dated Eagles wordmark.
A neat idea might be to use each teams actual home field design for their end zone in the SB.
Brad Johnson says:
Totally agree. The fields with the two helmets in the end zones were by far the best designs. Using the teams secondary color as the primary color of the end zones always looked the best. They look like crap now. I cannot believe they've gotten so basic and boring.
Mangler says:
What if the Jaguars reached the Super Bowl, and their end zone was colored in black and gold to match their helmets?
"SB XLVIIII at the Meadowlands" One I too many.
Those pictures of Superbowl XLIV reminded me what a great looking game that was. Last time we saw a unique SB logo, great looking endzones, and a classic uniform matchup of the Colts in blue against the Saints in white, with their gold pants. With the awful standardized SB logos, the horrible endzone designs, and the downward trend and Nike-ification of uniform design, I wonder if we will ever see such a good looking SB again.
Agreed, and you left out natural grass…
I feel like there is a lot of explanation missing for the brief item about the "new D-Rose cleats for Indiana." Why in the world are there baseball cleats featuring a basketball player's signature and why would they be specifically made for Indiana of all teams?
Interesting to me to compare the Super Bowl fields to what is done with the Grey Cup fields in the CFL. Grey Cup fields have not been as consistent in their formula, but have developed a pretty regular design recently.
The Grey Cup game logo at centrefield, major game advertisers getting a place on the field. The participating team logos only in each end zone. Here is an example of this past year's game in Ottawa. When the field was not covered in snow like it was for a lot of the game this past year :).
Dan K says:
Where are the soda display pics?! That's my favorite part of Super Bowl week!
yeah, what about those???
Here's a good one though!
Another-JT says:
Looking at the image for this year's field, it struck me that while the midfield logos are orientated to be seen from one (primary tv) side of the field, that due to the Eagles logo facing opposite to how most other "faced" logos face, both teams' end zone logos are facing away from that primary side. However, I can't put a finger on why this bugs me.
Now that you pointed it out I can't unsee it. Ideally they would have flipped and used a simplified version of the Eagles workmark, no drop shadow or excessive out line. Would have allowed them to make it wider and balance out the endzone more.
Mark K says:
This doesn't have to do with anything but I always like photos taken from within the stadium lights.
Daniel E says:
Good to see the Rangers trotting out their Winter Classic unis at least one more time. I'm surprised we don't see more outdoor game unis become permanent alternates the next season, given how popular many of them are.
Boston did it for the 2016-17 season, and Chicago wore a modified Winter Classic jersey with an added shoulder logo for a couple years starting in 2009. Philadelphia also eventually brought their 2011 Winter Classic uniform into permanent rotation, but only after a two-year gap. Those are the only ones I can recall, out of all the outdoor uniforms that have been worn in the last decade-plus.
Given that the retail merchandise is already out there, if a uniform/jersey is popular, why not just keep wearing it right into the next season?
You know, I just remembered the Penguins have actually done this twice as well. Maybe it's not as rare as I thought…
The Islanders did it as well. Their Stadium Series jerseys became their alternates prior to the Brooklyn move.
The "corporatization" of the Super Bowl field template probably speaks to an ethos that consistency is the same thing as creativity. Consistency can add something to good design but it cannot make a design good on its own.
By the same token, inconsistency doesn't mean that the design is inherently creative. After all, the MLB playoff logos have shifted from year to year and I can't think of many designs more corporate than those.
The NBA Finals have had the same jersey patch since 2011 and used the same logo (for the most part) since 1989 but that's fine because the script is elegant and it looks great against the gold basketball. The consistency works in support of good design to make something iconic.
Tony T says:
I didn't get a shot of it, but last night (2/1/18) in the Wichita State Vs. Temple men's basketball game, at some point during the first half, one of the WSU players entered the game, and was wearing a long sleeved black shirt under his uniform. The ref's stopped the game and made him take it off before entering the game. Maybe someone can find video of that, I just happened to glance at the TV as it happened but didn't have a chance to get a video.
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Thanks. Enjoy the helmet!
Local reaction to the ASG logo hasn't been great.
Probably because the NBA's gone with a standard template, so 2019's logo looks too much like 2018's.
Practically nobody would even know that the Patriots put 283 diamonds in their ring to honor the 28-3 comeback if Arthur Blank didn't complain about it.
Kabob says:
Jeff- you forgot to mention that this year might be the first year ever that the yard line numerals aren't standard font but the Vikings numerals. Common man! Huge detail.
Along those lines, would really have interesting to see, had the Vikings made it, if they would be allowed to blow the horn to pump up the crowd? I know every team has little things they do to get the home crowd going, but the Vikings horn is really the only one you notice watching on tv.
That's been mentioned here for the past several weeks.
I was torturing Paul as it was with too much text and too many graphics! Actually I wouldn't mind the Vikings' number font as part of a classic, colorful field because it would lend location context. Back in Super Bowl X, one of my favorite fields because of the little X shields at the kickoffs, they didn't change the thin, recognizable Orange Bowl yardline number font which was iconic to the stadium. I "could" see the Vikings' number font as being in that spirit, if the real reason for having it was to lend location context to the theme, rather than just being lazy which is the actual reason.
D.P. McIntire says:
The holy grail of documents from the mid-1960's era is a copy of the actual AFL-NFL Merger Agreement. The only copy I've ever seen of it was one Paul Tagliabue held in his hands during an interview about the merger. I'd love to find a copy to study.
I've always been curious as to why the Steelers, Browns, and Colts were the teams that ended up moving to the AFC. I know that part of why Paul Brown agreed to be an AFL expansion franchise (rather than pursuing an NFL team) was because he was assured the Browns would be coming over to the AFC post merger. I wonder what the carrot was to get the three NFL teams to swap over.
That's actually easy to answer: they were paid to move. A one-time payment of $3 million, to be precise.
i thought the NFL had a rule where they could not do cross promotions with teams from other leagues…


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The Battle of New Orleans
By Robert V. Remini
Read by Raymond Todd
Robert V. Remini Blackstone Publishing
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This book addresses a pivotal and overlooked moment in American history. In 1815, Britain's crack troops, fresh from victories against Napoleon, were stunningly defeated near New Orleans by a ragtag army of citizen soldiers under the fledgling commander Andrew Jackson, whom they dubbed "Old Hickory." It was this battle that first defined the United States as a military power to be reckoned with and an independent democracy here to stay. The Battle of New Orleans sets its scenes with an almost unbelievably colorful cast of characters—a happenstance coalition of militiamen, regulars, untrained frontiersmen, free blacks, Indians, townspeople, and of course, Jackson himself. His glorious, improbable victory will catapult a once-poor, uneducated orphan boy into the White House and forge the beginning of a true nation.
This book addresses a pivotal and overlooked moment in American history. In 1815, Britain's crack troops, fresh from victories against Napoleon, were stunningly defeated near New Orleans by a ragtag army of citizen soldiers under the fledgling commander Andrew Jackson, whom they dubbed "Old Hickory." It was this battle that first defined the United States as a military power to be reckoned with and an independent democracy here to stay.
The Battle of New Orleans sets its scenes with an almost unbelievably colorful cast of characters—a happenstance coalition of militiamen, regulars, untrained frontiersmen, free blacks, Indians, townspeople, and of course, Jackson himself. His glorious, improbable victory will catapult a once-poor, uneducated orphan boy into the White House and forge the beginning of a true nation.
"Battle of New Orleans pairs Raymond Todd's clear and sharp voice with the story of Andrew Jackson and the 1915 battle against Britain's crack troops near New Orleans by citizen soldiers." —Reviewer's Bookwatch
"Raymond Todd's voice inflections and 'telling of the tale' are entertaining, resulting in a good treat for history buffs on a long turnpike ride." —Library Journal
"Todd skillfully handles this well-documented history of the final battles of the War of 1812." —Booklist
"Todd provides a spirited, unvoiced presentation. He reads in a clear, distinct voice that is easy to follow. The dramatic text needs no further embellishment." —Kliatt
Author Bio: Robert V. Remini
Robert V. Remini, historian of the US House of Representatives, has been teaching and writing about American history for more than half a century. He has written more than twenty books, including the definitive three-volume biography The Life of Andrew Jackson, which won the National Book Award (1984). His other books include biographies of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Smith. His Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars won the Spur Award for best western nonfiction from the Western Writers of America. He lives in Wilmette, Illinois.
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is linked to the baby's expectation that the sounds he or she make can affect strangers.
The study -- published July 5 in the journal Developmental Science -- examined the behaviors of 2- and 5-month-olds with their caregivers and a study experimenter.
After a minute of playtime, the experimenter stopped responding to the baby, offering a neutral "still face" for two minutes. In response, the 2-month-olds didn't change their babbling. But the 5-month-olds responded with a burst of intense babbling, followed by a period of quiet. This reaction is something adults do all the time, Goldstein noted.
"When the elevator doesn't show up when you think it should, you're likely to press the button more, or to press other buttons," he said. "You're frustrated because your prediction wasn't fulfilled, so your exploratory behavior increases – you do more stuff."
Predicting outcomes of social interactions is a major job of the brain. In these early stages, babies, as rookie communicators, are beginning to figure out if they, themselves, are successful communicators.
Lead author Steven Elmlinger, a doctoral candidate in psychology at Cornell, noted that the findings are important not just for parents of young children, but for anyone interested in how people communicate with one another.
The National Institutes for Health has more on speech and language developmental milestones in babies.
SOURCE: Cornell University, news release, July 5, 2022
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We present the \LaTeX\space setup, server configuration, and some short commands specific to certain programming languages for ease of use.
The \textit{runcode} package can be used in two modes -- `batch' and `server'. When the \LaTeX\space document in compiled in the batch mode, pdflatex invokes the command-line statistical tool each time it executes a code segment and when that execution is complete, the statistical software exists. For example, with \proglang{R} batch-mode execution is done by \textit{runcode} like this:\\
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In the following it is assumed that the executables for the statistical software and for \proglang{Python} are in the user's path. If that is not the case or if the user wishes to specify a different path, this can be done by modifying the runcode.sty file, and adding the complete path to the executable file name (e.g. Rscript.)

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To easily reproduce results of software-based scientific analyses we have developed a \LaTeX-based approach which automatically runs the code associated with the research and embeds its output when the document is compiled into a pdf file. Our approach is very general, in that any programming language or command-line tool can be used, while allowing \LaTeX\space users to continue to write their paper with their favorite text editor.

In this paper we explained in detail how to use our method, and described its important features, which include the ability to run external code, as well as to embed code directly in the tex file; the flexibility to choose the output format in the final document (inline, pure \LaTeX, or verbatim, as the case warrants); and how to use it efficiently, by using cached results when needed.

The method is based on the so-called `shell-escape' built-in functionality in the \LaTeX\space engine. In doing so, a user has to be mindful about the security implications, since shell-escape does not perform any code validation. However, this is a non-issue \textit{unless} the user who runs the \LaTeX\space compiler has a highly privileged account, \textit{and} if the source of the code is dubious and unverified by the user. This is an unlikely combination of circumstances, and can be easily avoided by using best practices. Furthermore, the `shell-escape' option is required by many widely used \LaTeX\space packages such as the \pkg{TikZ} and \pkg{PGF} packages for creating graphics, and the \pkg{minted} package we adopted in this paper for syntax highlighting.

Finally, we point out that the method presented in this paper is broadly applicable, and not limited to just compiling \LaTeX\space documents. For example, using the same infrastructure, namely the \pkg{talk2stat} package, one can build a web-based graphical user interface or dashboard to perform statistical analysis.
To demonstrate this capability, we have implemented a very simple web application where a user can perform a binary classification of a given dataset, using one of seven different classifiers (4 in \proglang{R} and 3 in \proglang{Julia}). The demo is available at \url{http://137.99.56.173:8081/}.
In this example, Node JS is used for the front-end, and connects to \proglang{R} and \proglang{Julia} in the same way that was demonstrated in this paper with pdflatex. The \pkg{shiny} package in  \proglang{R} \citep{shiny} offers a similar functionality, but our approach is more flexible, in that it allows the developers to use their preferred tools, both for the front-end (e.g., Node, React, etc.) and the back-end (\proglang{R}, \proglang{Julia}, \proglang{MatLab}, \proglang{Python}.) As such, it is possible to develop smart-phone apps which can perform heavy computational tasks, using server-side statistical software.

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letters to my little love...: Happy 5th Birthday, Emma!
I feel like you were born, I blinked, & you turned five. How are you five...years...old?! "Mom, I'm a whole hand," you've proudly proclaimed as you held up your five fingers.
We were in North Carolina for your birthday this year. The night before, Nonnie put you to bed, but I stole as many last four year old hugs & kisses as I could before you went to sleep. I snuck into your room later that night & peeked in on you sleeping soundly. I gave you a kiss on your forehead, knowing that time goes by at an ever quickening speed, & my nights of kissing your sleeping forehead are numbered (although you've promised Daddy & I can go to college with you & that we will live together forever).
These have been the five most wonderful years of our lives. For sure, the fours were a little less challenging than the tantruming threes (there are still tantrums, they're just fewer & further between)- both because you're beginning to better understand boundaries & you're becoming a little more independent each and every day. You now completely dress yourself, put your socks & shoes on, brush & floss your teeth, & put on & zip up your coat each morning before heading off to school (although you still need someone to guide you through all of the steps).
You're a little learning sponge. Daddy & I are so amazed by the leaps & bounds you've taken with reading & writing & drawing. The other day you sat down & made me a Valentine's Day card (which you solemnly said would have to be kept secret until Valentine's Day but then couldn't wait any longer & shared with me the next day). Tears filled my eyes as I looked at the hearts you had drawn yourself. You put words to your card, writing each letter yourself, only asking for help here & there with the spelling.
This is the year you will begin kindergarten ("So, first PreK, then kindergarten, & then college, right Mommy?" Sigh, sometimes it seems that way my love). Your tender heart is both excited to be starting a new school this fall (& no longer having to take naps during school) & worried about being the new person & not fitting in. I'm not worried. You tackle each new challenge as it comes, & you are such a sweet friend. Daddy & I have assured you that all you have to do is be yourself, & you will shine.
You are so full of life. While you have such a serious little face when you're trying to concentrate, mostly you're full of smiles & giggles. You love to sing & dance & pretend. Daddy & I laugh as we listen to your little voice singing in the backseat of the car to all of the songs on the radio (Taylor Swift is by far your favorite right now). You noisily bound into life. I don't know if being gentle or soft or calm will ever be things that you learn, but we love you in spite of it & for it.
I think your imagination is one of my favorite things about you right now. In no time, you transform us into whole new worlds. You have a list of accents you perform when you're playing pretend (which absolutely amazes me, because I can't do an accent to save my life). You do almost everything with a baby doll in your hand, & I have to wonder if you will work with children someday and/or have tons of kids (I think you plan to have at least 14 right now).
We had so many fun-filled birthday celebrations. When Aunt Andrea visited, we spent a night just celebrating you. We included many of your favorite things & had a pajama, Tayor Swift, Taco, Tea Party. You helped me set up by putting out the "fancy dishes from China," & we filled a pitcher with pink lemonade. After dinner we played Hot Potato & Hullabaloo before opening gifts. It was such a fun & precious night celebrating with family that loves you so dearly. While you have always been happy to celebrate you on any day of the week, you were very adamant that you would not be five until you celebrated your "real birthday."
Nonnie had another tea party planned for when we got to North Carolina. She invited Elsa & some of your North Carolina friends over for a Frozen themed tea party. You dressed up, ate yummy snacks, played, & sang all of the songs from Frozen. You were certainly in your element.
On the morning of your "real birthday," you woke up & climbed into bed with Daddy & I so we could get our very first five year old snuggles. It was then we let you open your gift from us. One of your very favorite stories that you like to listen to is the story of how you were born & what you were like as a baby. I tell you again & again by memory, but I knew putting the story into words would be a special gift for you. So, this fall I worked on writing my second book (this was my first), "The Great Adventures of Emma the Princess Ballerina." It chronicles the first five years of your growth & adventures. You were thrilled to open a book all about you. It was such a precious moment to snuggle in with you, read about you, & look through all the pictures from the last five years. I think it was my favorite thing we did all that day.
We were just getting started. We headed to the Children's Museum with Nonnie, Papi, & your little friend M. I just love the Children's Museum in Wilmington. There are so many fun things for all of us to do & create.
Although, Daddy & I had made it through five years of parenting without stepping foot in a Chuck E Cheeses, that reign came to an end on the day of your birthday. You had seen commercials, & going to Chuck E Cheeses was your number one birthday wish. We ate pizzas & salads while the Chuck E Cheese Band serenaded us. Then we played lots of games. Aunt Jennie & Uncle Nick joined us, & everyone had fun.
We ended the day with cake & presents with my whole family.
We came home to Rhode Island, & you couldn't wait to celebrate your fiveness with your little friends at school. We brought in a Ballerina Donut cake from Allie's Donuts, you donned a cute, pink, paper crown, & your little friends sang Happy Birthday to you. You told us it was the best day.
Thank you, my love, for the past five most amazing years of my life. In the words of your book, "Her Mommy & Daddy felt like they had just brought their squishy, little baby Emma home from the hospital. Yet, here was this bouncy, giggly, bright, twirling, fierce, creative, energized, bubbly, dancing, unique, glittery, bounding, loving, imaginative, sweet, girly, amazing five year old young lady. Just like that, the Princess Ballerina turned five. FIVE! She did not know where her adventures would take her in the future, but anyone who knew her knew that her future couldn't be anything less than absolutely, stunningly amazing...just...like...Emma."


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Trapeze Networks Outscores The Competition In The First Ever Mobility Test Focused On Advanced Security and Active Roaming
PLEASANTON, Calif. – May 18, 2004 – Trapeze Networksâ"?, maker of the award-winning wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility Systemâ"?, announced today that it outscored the competition in the InfoWorld WLAN security shootout, earning an "Excellent" rating.
According to InfoWorld, Trapeze outscored Aruba, while competitors Airespace, Symbol and Extreme Networks declined to participate after reviewing the test plan, which involved exhaustive roaming and security tests by the widely respected Advanced Network Computing Laboratory (ANCL) at the University of Hawaii.
The test suite involved speed benchmarks on the number of authentication cycles the WLAN switches can handle per second; a "loudmouth" test to determine if 802.1X was properly implemented by preventing hackers from seeing broadcast traffic; and a trio of roaming tests between multiple access points using data, video on demand and constant bit-rate voice.
"The team of skeptics that tested these solutions was made up of experienced, real-life network managers and test lab engineers," said Oliver Rist, senior contributing editor at InfoWorld. "RingMaster is easily the slickest and most flexible WLAN management application we've ever encountered. This is an amazing solution and a dream from a management and configuration standpoint."
Unlike the competition, Trapeze managed the entire mobility test suite without losing a session. By consolidating authentication sessions, Trapeze reduces the overall number of authenticators, radically reducing load on the back-end AAA server. Other key differentiators that stood out include Trapeze's ability to provide multiple user roles with a single service set identifier (SSID) for the entire enterprise and Trapeze's dual home capabilities in its access points.
"We were pleased to have been invited to test our secure mobility capabilities," said Dan Simone, Trapeze co-founder and vice president of product management and marketing. "This is the first real-world test on the ability to roam from one access point to another. This kind of test is essential to determine how well wireless solutions can scale in actual enterprise environments and to truly differentiate the choices that are available to enterprise customers."
For the complete test results go to the InfoWorld website at
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/14/20FEwire_3.html
About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users, sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze has been the recipient of seven industry awards in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze raised $50 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.


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Q: What is the HostCodeHeap and why are they leaking? We have .NET application (actually an IronPython app). We noticed that overtime the app becomes bigger in memory and sluggish.
Using WINDBG (!eeheap -loader), we noticed the that the LoaderHeap is getting bigger (150MB increase per day). From the !eeheap output it seems that the increase is due to HostCodeHeap (objects?).
I'd like to know what are these objects and why how can I prevent them from growing to infinity.
Thanks!

A: They are likely objects created for dynamically emitted code. Several components in the framework do this, and it may well be that IronPython uses some on its own.
I'd heard of similar issues while using Linq-TO-SQL, XML serialization, compiled XSLT transforms and other dynamically generated code.
See also "Leaking Unmanaged Heap Memory" near figure 2 in this MSDN magazine article.


Werlte, in August 2015 - From 0 to 10,000 in only one year - the Krone Trailer Axle succeeds in accomplishing this great leap forward. Since its launch at the 2014, IAA commercial vehicle transport show in Hanover, Germany, over 10,000 axle units have been installed. Managing Director Bernard Krone is extremely satisfied with this positive development.
"Our strategy to offer the "All-in-Krone-Trailer" including our own Krone axle has proved to be the right approach. Our customers trust in the Krone brand and the axle too. We are grateful for their confidence, as our axle represents a true matter of personal importance as far as I am concerned."
The Krone axle is manufactured by Krone's partner gigant - Trenkamp & Gehle based in Dinklage; the company has been part of the Krone Group since 2013. The Krone axle system with disk brakes is distinctive for its innovative, maintenance-free bearing unit (stepped hub unit), and exceptionally lightweight air-spring suspension arm with bolted clamping attachment. A further plus are the homogeneous material characteristics from bearing seat to bearing seat, which ensure special stability.
Krone grants its customers a six-year warranty on the axle with unlimited mileage. Additionally, Krone offers the "One-Check-Per-Year System" requiring only one check per year within the scope of the main service.
Since the introduction of the "All-in-Krone-Trailer" Krone has succeeded in significantly extending its service portfolio. For example, all vehicle components feature a Krone part number, thus enabling customers to conveniently and quickly order all parts directly from Krone. "For our customers' benefit, we have lined up as an all-round service provider when it comes to trailers and the 10,000 Krone trailer axles which have already been installed are testament both to the acceptance of the axle in the market and to our 'All-in-Krone-Trailer' approach.", said Bernard Krone.


In this post we are going to discuss about Asynchronous Programming in .NET Application. Asynchronous operation means that the operation runs independent of other processes i.e. in simple terms simultaneous processing.
As far as C# is concern program starts execution from the main method and it terminates when the method returns, whatever operations happens in between are all synchronous i.e. one after another (Synchronous Programming). If we need to do the same thing using asynchronous programming, it will executes all the operations simultaneously thus avoiding blocking of main thread which can be achieved using Task or Thread.
We will be using Task Based Asynchronous Programming which is based on Task and Task<TResult> which is used for asynchronous operations. It provides several methods for initiation and completion as asynchronous operation.
Task represents an Asynchronous operation. We will be creating our task using Task.Run<T> method which queues the specified work on the thread pool and returns a Task object that represents that work. The simplest task which you can create is shown below where we are creating a task to make our application sleep for 5 seconds.
Now you may ask me whats the difference between Task and Thread. Task is something which is complete process whereas Thread is one of the possible workers or operations which performs the Task.
Now we will create a task around the above function and wrap it with an asynchronous method. This function will return the Task object.
Async keyword is used in front of a function to make it as a asynchronous function whereas Await keyword is used if we want to call any function asynchronously. In the below function we are using async keyword to make it asynchronous function. When you call this function it starts executing until it encounters await keyword. As soon as it reaches await keyword it waits for the funcAsync function to be finished but the control returns to the caller of the Async function.
It starts executing the func amd after 5 seconds you will get the result. Now by the next 5 seconds you will get the output from both func and funcAsync because both the method ran almost parallel without blocking each other execution.


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Абба́сов (, , ) — распространённая азербайджанская фамилия. Женская форма — .

Известные носители
 Аббасов, Аббас Айдын оглы (род. 1949) — депутат Милли Меджлиса (1990—1995), первый заместитель премьер-министра Азербайджанской Республики (1992—2006).
 Аббасов, Абдулихат Умарович (1929—1996) — контр-адмирал, Герой Советского Союза.
 Аббасов, Абульфат Расим оглы (род. 1993) — азербайджанский футболист.
 Аббасов, Агиль Магомед оглы (род. 1953) — депутат Милли Меджлиса, поэт, писатель, журналист.
 Аббасов, Азат Зиннатович (1925—2006) — татарский советский оперный певец.
 Аббасов, Айдын Аббас оглы (род. 1976) — депутат Милли Меджлиса.
 Аббасов, Айхан Ферзух оглы (род. 1981) — азербайджанский футболист.
 Аббасов, Аким Али оглы (1911—1992) — советский военачальник и государственный деятель, генерал-майор.
 Аббасов, Аладдин Аслан оглы (1922—2014) — советский и азербайджанский актёр.
 Аббасов, Али Мамед оглы (род. 1953) — азербайджанский общественный и политический деятель.
 Аббасов, Амирхан Союн оглы — звеньевой колхоза, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Аббасов, Ашраф Джалал оглы (1920—1992) — азербайджанский советский композитор.
 Аббасов, Багман Аббас оглы (1890—1958) — председатель колхоза, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Аббасов, Балаоглан Мирзага оглы (1919—1942) — советский снайпер, участник ВОВ.
 Аббасов, Вахид Вагиф оглы (род. 1997) — российский и сербский боксёр-любитель и профессионал, чемпион Европы (2022).
 Аббасов, Векил Гаджага оглы (род. 1939) — советский бурильщик, первый полный кавалер ордена Трудовой Славы.
 Аббасов, Гаджи Ага Муталиб оглы (1888—1975) — азербайджанский советский актёр театра.
 Аббасов, Гюндуз Шамсаддин оглы (1930—1995) — советский и азербайджанский актёр, библиотекарь и редактор.
 Аббасов, Джалал Энвер оглы (род. 1979) — азербайджанский певец, музыкальный продюсер.
 Аббасов, Джафархан Аббас оглы (1903—1965) — звеньевой колхоза, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Аббасов, Зульфигар Кули оглы (1940—2022) — театральный режиссёр и драматург.
 Аббасов, Инглаб Лятиф оглы (род. 1929) — советский хозяйственный, государственный и политический деятель.
 Аббасов, Ислам Азим оглы (род. 1996) — азербайджанский борец греко-римского стиля.
 Аббасов, Кямран Алимджанович (род. 1993) — киргизский и российский боец смешанных боевых искусств.
 Аббасов, Мехти Юсиф оглы (1960—1992) — национальный Герой Азербайджана.
 Аббасов, Мирабдулла Мирявер оглы (род. 1995) — азербайджанский футболист.
 Аббасов, Мирза Али (1874—1943) — азербайджанский актёр театра.
 Аббасов, Мирзали (1886—1957) — азербайджанский офтальмолог.
 Аббасов, Мирсахиб Мирявер оглы (род. 1993) — азербайджанский футболист.
 Аббасов, Мовсум Насир оглы (1922—1990) — тракторист, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Аббасов, Надир Худуш оглы (род. 1925) — первый секретарь Сальянского райкома Компартии Азербайджана, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Аббасов, Намиг Рашид оглы (род. 1940) — азербайджанский государственный деятель, министр национальной безопасности Азербайджана.
 Аббасов, Нариман Агахан оглы (род. 1994) — азербайджанский боец смешанных единоборств.
 Аббасов, Пулат Аббасович (1945—2023) — российский учёный в области строительства оснований и фундаментов.
 Аббасов, Рамазан Фазиль оглы (род. 1983) — азербайджанский футболист.

 Аббасов, Самир Рамазан оглы (род. 1978) — азербайджанский футболист.

 Аббасов, Урфан Агамехти оглы (род. 1992) — азербайджанский футболист.
 Аббасов, Фарзали Гатам оглы (род. 1932) — колхозник, депутат Верховного Совета СССР.
 Аббасов, Фарид Ханлар оглы (род. 1979) — азербайджанский шахматист.
 Аббасов, Фуад Малик оглы (род. 1976) — азербайджанский и турецкий журналист и политолог.
 Аббасов, Шамсудин Али оглы (род. 1966) — советский борец греко-римского стиля, чемпион СССР.
 Аббасов, Шухрат Салихович (1931—2018) — советский, узбекский кинорежиссёр и сценарист, актёр, педагог.
 Аббасов, Эльбрус Осман оглы (1950—2020) — советский футболист, азербайджанский тренер, функционер.
 Аббасов, Яшар Исаг оглы (род. 1955) — народный депутат СССР.

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Greg Hardy Wiki: Age, Height, Weight, Domestic Violence, MMA & Facts to Know
By: Sarah Dos Santos - Published: October 11, 2016 at 4:16 pm
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Greg Hardy is definitely excited to switch careers. The former Dallas Cowboys defensive end has caused a lost of controversy for his behavior, and has decided to say goodbye to the pigskin and shoulder pads to don a new uniform in the MMA.
For details on Greg Hardy's MMA career, and details like Greg Hardy's height, Greg Hardy's age, Greg Hardy's weight, and Greg Hardy's domestic violence scandal, everything you need to know is right here in our Greg Hardy wiki. Greg Hardy's Instagram (@overlordkraken) doesn't reveal very much about his life, but you can visit his Twitter account for recent updates @GregHardyJr.
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Hardy's New Career
The 28-year-old has been training for several months and has attracted several promotions who wish to sign him. He's had no previous extensive martial arts background but he told MMAFighting.com, "I'm very focused and excited to start my MMA career. I'm going to do this the right way; I can assure you of that." Hardy stands at 6 ft. 5 in., and weighs 280 lbs.
Hardy was arrested for violently assaulting and threatening an ex-girlfriend. On July 15, 2014, he was found guilty and was sentenced to 18 months on probation. He appealed the decision and the prosecutor's office dropped the charges, explaining their inability to locate the victim, and their discovery of "reliable information" suggesting the two parties had settled. He may have escaped the legal consequences, but he could not escape the consequences to his career and the onslaught of backlash and controversy surrounding his arrest and trial.
His Football Career Suffered
The backlash surrounding his abuse scandal escalated after news media outlets began comparing his case with other NFL-related domestic violence cases. As a result, Hardy was deactivated from the Panthers. The NFL placed him on the exempt list on September 17, 2014, which allowed him to draw his salary but could not participate in team activities. This was the end of his run with the Panthers.
Soon after, he was signed as a free agent on a one-year $11.3 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys on March 18, 2015. This did not last long. On April 22, 2015, Hardy was suspended for 10 games after the NFL's two-month long investigation discovered enough credible evidence that he had "violated NFL policies in multiple respects an with aggravating circumstances." That punishment was later reduced to a suspension of four games on July 10, 2015. Hardy's charges were wiped clean from his record on November 5, 2015.
Media Backlash
However, this wasn't the end of the media backlash, or the end of Hardy's misconducts. Less than a month ago, on September 26, 2016, Hardy was arrested for possessing cocaine in Dallas, Texas.
Hardy is having a rough time with his career and the law, but faithful fans of the footballer are hoping he will do well with his new MMA career. Critics, on the other hand, are cracking dark jokes about the athlete.
Does Greg Hardy have any fighting experience other than….you know… pic.twitter.com/1nvDBkiSn7
— Kyle (@Cal_Reaves) October 11, 2016
Greg Hardy is going MMA. I'd pay real money to see Ronda Rousey beat him up.
— Glen Macnow (@RealGlenMacnow) October 11, 2016
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