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import CandlestickFinder from './CandlestickFinder';
export default class EveningStar extends CandlestickFinder {
    constructor() {
        super();
        this.name = 'EveningStar';
        this.requiredCount = 3;
    }
    logic(data) {
        let firstdaysOpen = data.open[0];
        let firstdaysClose = data.close[0];
        let firstdaysHigh = data.high[0];
        let firstdaysLow = data.low[0];
        let seconddaysOpen = data.open[1];
        let seconddaysClose = data.close[1];
        let seconddaysHigh = data.high[1];
        let seconddaysLow = data.low[1];
        let thirddaysOpen = data.open[2];
        let thirddaysClose = data.close[2];
        let thirddaysHigh = data.high[2];
        let thirddaysLow = data.low[2];
        let firstdaysMidpoint = ((firstdaysOpen + firstdaysClose) / 2);
        let isFirstBullish = firstdaysClose > firstdaysOpen;
        let isSmallBodyExists = ((firstdaysHigh < seconddaysLow) &&
            (firstdaysHigh < seconddaysHigh));
        let isThirdBearish = thirddaysOpen > thirddaysClose;
        let gapExists = ((seconddaysHigh > firstdaysHigh) &&
            (seconddaysLow > firstdaysHigh) &&
            (thirddaysOpen < seconddaysLow) &&
            (seconddaysClose > thirddaysOpen));
        let doesCloseBelowFirstMidpoint = thirddaysClose < firstdaysMidpoint;
        return (isFirstBullish && isSmallBodyExists && gapExists && isThirdBearish && doesCloseBelowFirstMidpoint);
    }
}
export function eveningstar(data) {
    return new EveningStar().hasPattern(data);
}

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Bandwidth Theft happens wittingly or unwittingly when someone displays on their web site an image found on your web site. It is theft because you pay for the data transferred, but another web site "benefits" because they can spruce up their web page with your image file... for free. This practice is also called hotlinking.
Connie offers tips: Is someone stealing your bandwidth?
Some web hosts provide CPANEL, which allows you to easily prevent hotlinking. That's probably the less stressful path, IMHO.
Whizbang: nominations for best female authored blog.


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A group of investors was looking at a new market and brought Octopus in to check it was not looking through rose-tinted glasses. Who was selling what and to who? Was the company looking for funding actually telling the truth? Should they invest?
We conducted a detailed market intelligence programme to dig deep into the market and the company looking for funding. This provided the investors with all the answers they needed to their questions.
The investors got into the growing industry and the company went onto bigger and better things. It even came back to the investment group when the company went on a buying spree. Some were bought, others were left well alone.
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Tempus is a technology company that has built an operating system to battle cancer. Tempus enables physicians to deliver personalized cancer care through its interactive analytical and machine learning platform. The company provides genomic sequencing services and analyzes molecular and therapeutic data to empower physicians to make real-time, data-driven decisions. Our goal is for each patient to benefit from the treatment of others who came before by providing physicians with tools that learn as we gather more data.
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On August 29, Chicago-based Tempus, which focuses on data analytics for molecular and clinical data, announced it had raised $110 million in Series E financing. This brought total money raised so far to $320 million. This also gave the company a valuation of $2 billion.
The company announced a new research collaboration aimed at identifying which patients will respond positively to immunotherapy treatment, the next generation of cancer care.
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«Grand Soir» o «Le Grand Soir» (en francés «La Gran Noche») es una noción comunista y teleologista que designa y/o anuncia un gran acontecimiento social principalmente orientado a la eliminación del sistema capitalista, aunque igualmente orientado a impactar enormemente sobre las propias estructuras sociales y político-institucionales, con la finalidad última de obtener una nueva y mejorada sociedad.

Historia

Esta noción (en algún sentido sinónima de momento de quiebre o punto de inflexión y con similitudes con la noción de gran día o gran acontecimiento) es compartida tanto por los comunistas marxistas como por los anarquistas, y ha sido utilizada por la mayoría de las organizaciones revolucionarias, señalando el objetivo del derrocamiento del poder precedente, a efectos de la instauración de una sociedad nueva y mejorada.

Hacia el fin del siglo XIX, los obreros, indignados y cansados de las condiciones de vida frecuentemente miserables que debían soportar, así como de la explotación de la que eran víctimas (malas condiciones de trabajo, muy bajos salarios), soñaban con la posibilidad de una revolución, soñaban con el «Grand Soir» (un gran momento, una oportunidad de quiebre, un período de transición que permitiría la consolidación de grandes cambios sociales): en resumen, en esa época el movimiento obrero estaba imbuido por la «gran poesía revolucionaria» (en francés «grande poésie révolutionnaire»).

Los obreros imaginaban que así se podría instalar un mundo mejor, una sociedad reformada donde ellos serían mejor tratados. En esos días se popularizaron diversas canciones de protesta que aludían a estas aspiraciones (por ejemplo, La Internacional de Eugène Pottier, himno símbolo de los movimientos obreros del mundo entero), así como caricaturas y dibujos alusivos, y por cierto entonces también vieron la luz numerosos y fervorosos artículos periodísticos.

En opinión de Jean-Paul Sartre, marxista humanista francés, éste fue el último gran «mito poético revolucionario» en Francia, el momento de la gran ruptura sociopolítica revolucionaria de marxistas y anarquistas, pues se tenía confianza en que era posible la aniquilación del poder vigente y el ascenso de una sociedad nueva.

Pero el propio Sartre terminó por caer en cierto amargo pesimismo, desacreditando las reales posibilidades de la concreción de esas ideas: el último entre los mitos, explicaba Sartre, ha sido ese famoso « grand soir », que reculó y se achicó frente a las necesidades de la lucha. Es necesario correr al que tenga más prisa, al que se encuentre al frente, ganar esa posición, y luego otra, y luego otra, presionar para aumentar el salario, decidir sobre esa huelga de solidaridad, y/o protestar contra la guerra de Indochina: lo que más cuenta es la eficacia de este proceso. Y sin duda, para poder hacer algo, la clase oprimida en primer lugar debe tomar consciencia de ella misma.

Es necesario reconocer por la acción y a través de la acción, según Sartre, la situación objetiva en la que se encuentra el proletariado, la que puede ser definida por las particulares circunstancias de la producción y por la repartición de bienes que se hubiera podido alcanzar. Unidos y separados por una opresión que se ejerce sobre todos y sobre cada uno a través de una lucha común, los trabajadores generalmente no llegan a percibir claramente las contradicciones interiores que fecundan las obras de arte y perjudican la praxis. Para ellos, conocerse a sí mismos es determinar la ubicación exacta que ocupan en su clase, y la función que desempeñan dentro del partido comunista. El propio lenguaje que ellos usan, no es propicio para un análisis muy profundo y elaborado, pues se encuentra alejado de ese juego de creaciones, enfoques, y divagues, que propicia la poesía.

Igualmente cautas y heterodoxas resultan ser algunas de las reflexiones del sociólogo francés Alain Bihr planteadas, por ejemplo, en su obra Del «Grand Soir» a «la alternativa»: La crisis del movimiento obrero (en francés Du «grand soir» a «l'alternative» : Le mouvement ouvrier européen en crise.

Por su parte, René Lévesque y el Parti québécois –PQ– hicieron uso y aplicaron el término « Grand Soir », particularmente respecto del referéndum del 20 de mayo de 1980 en Quebec, y en fechas relativamente cercanas a dicha consulta popular.

Antecedentes religiosos y míticos
La expresión «Grand Soir» —generalmente expresada así, en francés— tuvo su origen en la izquierda revolucionaria francesa, pero el concepto de un gran evento entre apocalíptico y esperanzador puede encontrar similitudes con ideas religiosas y míticas anteriores.

Un primer ejemplo es el « Armagedón », término bíblico cristiano citado y desarrollado en el Libro del Apocalipsis (o Libro de las Revelaciones, capítulo 16, versículo 16), y que remite al fin del mundo o fin de los tiempos mediante catástrofes.

Conceptos similares al señalado también son manejados por otras religiones, como el islamismo y el bahaísmo.

Otros mitos, como el del Ave Fénix, también reproducen la misma concepción, ya que el Fénix moría para más tarde renacer de entre sus cenizas con toda su gloria.

En resumen, las interpretaciones alegóricas o proféticas más corrientes en relación con el Grand Soir, a Armagedón y demás mitos citados, apuntan a una visión negativa e incluso apocalíptica del cierre de los tiempos, o al menos de declive, degradación, sufrimiento, y con acompañamiento de problemáticas diversas, pero con un mensaje esperanzador, ya que ese fin o esa transición marcaría el comienzo de una nueva etapa donde todo sería mejor.

Bibliografía
 Tournier Maurice. « Le Grand Soir », un mythe de fin de siècle., Mots: n° 19, junio de 1989, 'Batailles de mots autour de 1900', págs. 79-94.
 Le Grand Soir, revista socialista revolucionaria publicada en Arras de 1910 a 1914.
 Du grand Jour au grand Soir (texto integral p. 211-236), en: Des mots sur la grève, del autor Maurice Tournier, ediciones Klincksieck, año 1992, ISBN 225202870X y 9782252028704.

Véase también
 Materialismo dialéctico

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Conceptos anarquistas
Política
Neologismos
Revolución

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Is the CAP falling apart at the seams?
Two months ago, EU Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos referred to the steps taken by him to provide support for those EU Member States most directly affected by the Russian food ban as firm evidence that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is working effectively.
At the time we flagged up the view that the EU had no right to take CAP funds and use them as a means of compensating farmers in the wake of geo-political decisions involving Brussels and one of the world's most powerful trading powers. Those monies should have come from other funding sources within the EU.
All of that was bad enough. However, the recent move by the EU Commission to reallocate €448.5million from the 2015 CAP budget to other non-agricultural projects adds insult to injury. It now seems that Brussels can breach all of the rules and play with the CAP in whichever way it feel is appropriate, without as much as a by-your-leave. This is, fundamentally, wrong and calls into question the very ethos of what constitutes a common support policy for agriculture in Europe.
The reality is that the new CAP support measures were already due to deliver a decisive reduction in funding levels over the next five years.Yes, the tinkering around that we have witnessed in Brussels over recent days adds insult to injury in this regard. But it also flags up a principal,which is much more sinister in nature.
For years, farmers have been told that they must not break the rules, when it comes to meeting the criteria laid down for the various EU support schemes. In the past, the various cross compliance measures would have stood out in this regard. And, of course, now we can add greening to the list. And, this is the way it should be. But bending the rules is a principle that must be adhered to by all the parties involved – and that includes the EU Commission. Everyone has to play fair, otherwise the systems put in place to support EU farmers will fall asunder
CAP COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
By Richard Halleron
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Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.
Sheep producers demand recognition in Poots' future farm policies
Fertiliser prices to remain strong for the next three to four months
Farming in NI is about to enter a period of high taxation

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The Hypnotist – Live and Outrageous
By Ben Dali
Robert Temple is performing the only traditional hour-long hypnosis show in Edinburgh Fringe this year, so if you're looking for a show where any number of people can volunteer to get hypnotised and spend the rest of the hour doing ridiculous things, then this is your only real option. Fortunately, it's well worth a visit and provides lots of fun for volunteers and audience alike.
What an Edinburgh Fringe hypnosis show should be: fun, educational and interactive, with plenty of laughs.
You can spot Temple walking around the city with his dyed red hair that makes him jump out from the crowd, and it suits his confident stage persona – possibly the most important attribute of the stage hypnotist. He introduces the show with professional fluidity, opening with plenty of opportunities for the audience to respond in unison with a "Whaaay", setting the expectations early for their involvement. Volunteers are invited up onto stage, and after 25 minutes, the first suggestions are presented. Some may feel that the induction is long, but for me it is all part of the theatre of hypnosis: the scientific journey from consciousness to trance.
There's lots of fun to be had from the half-hour of hypnotic sketches. Early on, the only unhypnotised member of the committee on stage looks in bewilderment as her co-volunteers conduct an invisible orchestra with flowery batons, and her reaction is as priceless as those who have fallen under Temple's spell. The early stages of the show see Robert narrating scenes for everyone while he picks who will star in the individual pieces to follow. He doesn't have any legends on stage this day, but the quality of volunteers is perfectly sufficient to put a strong show together. Some of his suggestions do inspire bland responses, but he doesn't appear perturbed and improvises well to cover for any shortcomings, respectfully putting a female volunteer back to sleep when she responds uncomfortably to one of the more adult instructions.
For those of you who have seen a few hypnosis shows before, there aren't many original concepts – most of the traditional skits are here, including X-Ray specs and taking on the guise of celebrities, but Temple adds his own spin on things to keep it fresh enough. There's no need to be put off by the implication that this show is 'outrageous' – hypnosis by its nature IS outrageous, but with its 14.30 timeslot there's not much to make the audience blush.
The Hypnotist – Live and Outrageous is what an Edinburgh Fringe hypnosis show should be: fun, educational, interactive, with plenty of laughs and the opportunity for 'normal' people to become stars. Every show will have its own highlights and memories, and Robert Temple is an experienced and proficient practitioner who knows how to show his audience a good time.
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Join leading hypnotist Robert Temple on a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud and hysterical ride to the centre of your imagination! This is your chance to become the star of this unforgettable show. Forget tired old pocket watches and people clucking like chickens, The Hypnotist – Live and Outrageous is a cutting-edge, thrilling show featuring incredible hypnosis and never-before-seen side-splitting sketches… which are guaranteed to tickle the very naughtiest parts of your mind. Over 18s only, not for the easily offended. Directed by Kennedy.
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Chili the Border Collie Helps Students Relax at School
View all the posts from September 3, 2015 Science & Health
The News Sentinel recently published a story about Chili, an 8-year-old Border Collie mix, who serves in the Gresham Middle School counseling office. Chili is part of H.A.B.I.T., Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee, a program of the College of Veterinary Medicine at UT that brings animal-assisted therapy and visitation programs to facilities including area schools.
Sorority House Makes Apartment Therapy's Stylish Houses List
View all the posts from September 3, 2015 Campus News
Delta Delta Delta landed on design blog Apartment Therapy's list of stylish sorority houses. The entry says, "The rest of the house is lovely, but the sitting room takes the cake with those punchy pansy prints."
AP Coverage of Nursing Grant Widely Used
The Associated Press published a story on the College of Nursing's $2 million grant to support nurses in Appalchia and the story was used by WBIR, WJHL, the Stamford Advocate, the (Greenfield, Indiana) Daily Reporter, and the Island Packet.
Boston Globe Speaks to UT's David Clarke About Chinese Rail Company
View all the posts from September 3, 2015 Engineering & Technology
David Clarke, the director of UT's Center for Transportation Research, talked to the outlet about a company producing cars for Boston's metro.
Space.Com Researches Apollo Moon Rocks with UT Help
UT lunar samples were among the rocks found to have significantly degraded since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
University to Host Statewide Experiential Learning Conference
View all the posts from September 3, 2015 Education & Society
UT has launched a new statewide undergraduate experiential learning conference for students open to all fifty-four accredited not-for-profit colleges and universities in Tennessee.
Engineering Professional Practice Cookout Draws More than 1,400
The Office of Engineering Professional Practice recently held its seventeenth annual welcome back cookout, its largest yet with more than 1,400 participants.
Faculty and Staff to Lead Sessions on Civility, Social Media Bullying
The UT Libraries Diversity Committee and Office for Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a series of "Lunch and Learn" discussions surrounding the theme of difficult conversations.
Grad Converts Bread Truck into Mobile Fashion Company
View all the posts from September 3, 2015 Business & Economy
It all started in a closet. What was once just an idea for Brandi King, a 2015 Haslam College of Business graduate, is now a reality. Her company, Rentique, officially opens its doors this week. Rentique is a mobile fashion truck that rents high-end dresses and apparel for special occasions. The truck features a changing
Manning and Pharr Face off in UT Commercial
Two great strategic minds go toe-to-toe in the university's latest TV commercial. In the spot, UT scientist George Pharr squares off against Vol For Life Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Their chosen battlefield: a game of chess. The spot will air during most televised Tennessee sporting events. Broadcast networks allot thirty seconds of
History Department to Host Workshop for High School Teachers September 26
Area high school teachers will have the opportunity to learn best teaching practices on subjects ranging from ancient Chinese philosophy to the cultural impact of Alex Haley's novel Roots at a half-day program hosted by UT's history department on Saturday, September 26.
Center for Health Education and Wellness to Host Open Volunteers Speak UP! Sessions
The Center for Health Education and Wellness will host ten Volunteers Speak UP! sessions open to students, staff, and faculty during September and October. The center will offer two programs: Volunteers Speak UP! RSVP (Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention) and Volunteers Speak UP! Alcohol Edition.


The depths Tillman plumbs seem almost paradoxical to a novel so intensely focused on surfaces and photography. It's as if Tillman is acknowledging that life is life, but the active life occurs in the interface with the mind ... Men and Apparitions is a loose and beautiful baggy monster of a novel that opens in on itself like a fun house hall of mirrors. What a tremendous experience it is to walk through, never quite sure who's who or what you're looking at.
Incantatory, maddening, brilliant, zestful, compassionate, and timely, Tillman's portrait of a floundering academic trying to make sense of a digitized world of churning, contradictory messages reveals the perpetual interplay between past and present, the personal and the cultural, image and life.
The photos we capture—and launch from our devices onto Instagram, YouTube, Tinder—extrude our desires into the ether, and Tillman has attuned her antennae to their strange frequencies ... In a novel that overflows with obsessive, encyclopedic energy, her characters luxuriate in self-conscious play, double meaning, and provocative inquiry. The result is a work that enlarges our understanding of what the novel can be—and the sense of self we take for granted ... Tillman writes pictures the way Jeanette Winterson writes the body: with great and counterintuitive attention to detail, theorizing and revising as she goes ... It's staggering to watch Tillman so precisely dissect Zeke's Gen-X masculinity and its contradictions ... The pseudo-study [end section] feels like anticlimax...I'm not sure the novel needs it, and it appears as its own postmodernist formal convention.
The text is spurred on by Zeke's objects of study—photographs, particularly family snapshots, which he deconstructs, theorizes upon, and puts back together ... Words mislead, images too, always mediated by the selective vision of the writer or photographer and the reader or beholder. Indeed, Tillman constantly asks her readers to shift perspective, hopping from photo to photo, story to story, to lives within and outside of the frame ... As a preamble to Zeke's study, there are photos of men flexing their muscles, as toddlers in high chairs, powdered with makeup on their faces, beside their mothers, in uniform, and on vacation. Each iterates a different formulation of masculinity and makes us question how power and dominance might be staged performances, not unlike Tillman's own conjuring of Zeke's mind.
A smart and sleightful novel ... In some respects, there is an orthodox novel of late-twentieth-century American family life lurking inside Men and Apparitions, but the novel is more essay collection than cross-generational saga ... Most of [Tillman's] constellating of culture is sharp and sharply expressed ... Among its many other wise and witty lines of thought, Men and Apparitions is a vexing inquiry into the recent sexual-political past.
Tillman isn't a writer you look to for plot-forward work, and Men and Apparitions is no exception, but neither does it coast on the clumsy charm of its narrator, though it could. Instead, it's interested in something much more cerebral, and much more difficult to distill into a 600-word review. As I read it, I realized it was doing something I haven't seen convincingly accomplished in any recent literature: It captures the feeling of life in a society that's focused more on the quick consumption of a massive amount of text and images than it is on experience ... Men and Apparitions begins as a book about men, and becomes one about everyone.
Tillman's novel is a patient, insistent exploration of what it means to live inside such a mind ... The book starts with ideas, then moves, in brief fragments, to ramifications of those ideas. Plot is not the point. You won't hear or taste the world much in this novel — there is little 'lyrical' writing, little sensory writing, but the tracking of Zeke's consciousness, fragment by fragment, is often thrilling ... The achievement of this new book is that it never disparages Zeke, who in other hands might come across simply as a mansplainer. His vision is hindered by a blind spot, but in this, Tillman seems to say, he is like us all.
Reading Tillman reminds me of once visiting the home of an acquaintance ... Spending time chez Tillman feels like that to me: disjunctive, fascinating, a little appalling. It calls things into question. The random digressions make me crazy, yet I want to imitate them.
There is scant dialogue, little in the way of action, and, to the extent that there's a narrative, it's spread so thin over the course of nearly 400 pages that it essentially disappears ... Readers interested in and knowledgeable about Clifford Geertz, Gerhard Richter, and Jean Baudrillard might find that Tillman has some interesting things to say about their work. It must be said, however, that she has nothing to say about the Kardashians that hasn't been said a thousand times before. For Tillman superfans only.
...a timely, if messy, exploration of modern masculinity ... As always, Tillman is inventive in her approach to storytelling, inserting photos and allowing Zeke's mind to wander. While there is much to admire, occasionally Zeke's digressions impede narrative flow. The result is a novel full of fits and starts, equally charming and frustrating.


Where would the commas go ?
The teacher however was not amused.
The novel which is fantastic story only took me two days to read.
The teacher, however, was not amused.
The novel, which is a fantastic story, only took me two days to read.


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Saudi men support lifting of driving ban
Weeks before the ban on women drivers is to be lifted, Saudi men have come out in support of female drivers on Twitter.
On Sunday 24 June, for the first-time, women in Saudi Arabia will be able to legally drive on the country's roads. Ahead of this much-anticipated change, BrandsEye, using its combination of machine learning and crowd contributors, assessed Saudi public sentiment on Twitter toward the ban being lifted. The findings suggest that more Saudi men are in favour of the ban being lifted, than are against it.
BrandsEye used its Crowd of human contributors to verify and evaluate the sentiment contained in a sample of 63 419 public tweets from 1 May - 15 June 2018. The analysis found that more Saudi men were supportive of the ban being lifted, than were against it. Unsurprisingly, Saudi women were strongly supportive of the ban being lifted.
Translation - The decision will change the culture and style of leadership at home to be better… Our daughters deserve that confidence.
Translation - Driving a woman to a car is not a sin. She has the right to participate half-way in society until it is completed
Saudi Sentiment towards lifting of ban 1 May - 15 June 2018
The small minority of women against the lifting of the driving ban cited religious values and traditions, the availability of existing male drivers, and women being poor drivers as reasons.
Women fight back and re-appropriate anti-women driving campaign
BrandsEye found that about 70% of conversation about women drivers related to the anti-women driving campaign: لن تقودي# (translated to #YouWontDrive) which was originally created by authors venting their discontent about the lifting of the driving ban. However, the hashtag was re-appropriated by Saudi women who successfully turned it into a positive hashtag. Saudi women tweeted satirical replies to the negative comments and their dream cars.
Translation - What is this mentalities!!! Driving a car is something that has nothing to do with corruption. Some people consider it a strange thing and a lack of modesty!!!! Rise up.
Translation - OK calm down your words can't control my decisions. If it does, then come and tell me I can't drive. Thank God that my parents aren't old fashioned
The Saudi who says I will not allow my sister and my wife to drive, I am telling your words will change and women will drive, same thing happened when you claimed women can't use phones
Licencing process for women a major driver of positive sentiment
BrandsEye found that tweets about the licensing process received the highest volume of conversation, of which nearly 70% was positive. Women shared and retweeted their news of receiving their licences and celebrated other women receiving theirs.
Citizen celebrates with her mom after extracting their driving licences. Close to the implementation of the decision [of lifting the driving ban]
BrandsEye will be conducting follow-up research assessing Saudi sentiment after the ban has been lifted. If you are interested in this research please let us know.


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September, 2008: The North Coast unveils its 25th anniversary logo (right) and begins the 25th season of competition. The NCAC distributes commemorative items, plans to host a panel at the NCAA Convention and will have a celebration as part of the conference's annual meetings.
January, 2009: The NCAC partnered with the NCAA to sponsor a panel at the national convention entitled "Academics, Athletics and Today's Sports Culture Expectations and Realities." The panel featured New York Times columnist Bill Pennington, Denison president Dale Knobel and Ohio Wesleyan women's basketball coach Nan Carney-DeBord.
March, 2009: Oberlin and Ohio Wesleyan tie for the women's indoor track NCAC crown. The title is the first for the Yeowomen and the third straight, and eighth overall, for the Bishops. The co-champs are not only the first in the 25-year history of the women's event, but also in the history of track in the NCAC - men's or women's, indoors or out ... Kenyon's men's swimming team won its record 30th consecutive NCAA Division III title. The Ladies also claimed the DIII crown, their 23rd overall, and third consecutive. The Ladies own the longest consecutive women's title streak at 17 (1984-2000).
May, 2009: Wooster baseball reaches the championship game of the NCAA Division III tournament before losing twice, and finishing second to St. Thomas ... Denison and Ohio Wesleyan tie for the All-Sports Championship. It is the first tie in the 25-year history of the conference ... The NCAC celebrated 25 years with a reception and dinner as part of the annual meetings, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan. OWU's men's soccer coach and former AD Jay Martin, and retired Battling Bishop coach and administrator Dick Gordin were featured speakers. Honored were 17 25-year verterans with Silver Anniversary Awards ... The Denison women's doubles team of Kristin Cobb and Marta Drane advance to the semifinals of the NCAA III doubles tournament ... For the first time since 2001, Denison's men's lacrosse team reaches the quarterfinals in the national tournament.
June, 2009: NCAC Executive Director Dennis Collins passes away. Collins helped found the conference in 1983 and served as its Executive Director for 25 years ... Kyle Holliday of Ohio Wesleyan wins the inaugural Don Hunsinger Award. The award honors one male senior student-athlete based on academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.
July, 2009: NCAC Associate Executive Director Keri Alexander Luchowski named Acting Executive Director of the NCAC in advance of a national search to fill the position.
September, 2009: Kenyon's Tracy Menzel (left) named one of nine finalists for the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The Award, one of the most prestigious honors the NCAA bestows, recognizes senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service, and leadership ... Wooster announces the addition of women's golf, to begin play in the 2010-11 season. The sport will be the 23rd for the Fighting Scots athletic program. As a result, the NCAC will sponsor women's golf as its 23rd championship sport, beginngin in 2010-11.
October, 2009: Earlham announces it will depart the NCAC for the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, beginning with the 2010-11 season.
November, 2009: The Oberlin women's cross country team qualifies for the NCAA Division III championship meet as a team.
December, 2009: The NCAC Presidents' Council approves a proposal to retain Earlham as an affiliate NCAC member in field hockey - the NCAC's first such member ... Wittenberg football advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals, before falling to UW-Whitewater, 31-13. The loss was their first all season long.
February, 2010: The women's basketball tournament Most Valuable Performer trophy is re-christened the Nan Nichols Award to honor the former women's basketball coach and administrator from Wooster who had an instrumental role in the formation of the NCAC.
April, 2010: Ohio Wesleyan announces the addition of women's golf for the 2010-11 season.
March, 2010: The Kenyon men claimed their record 31st consecutive national swimming & diving championship by a record margin, racking up 696 points after four days of competition. The title extends the longest streak in NCAA sports at any division in any sport ... Wabash's Mac Petty is awarded an NABC Guardian of the Game Award.
May, 2010: Wittenberg wins its second All-Sports championship, and first since 1995-96. The Tigers posted top-five finishes in 18 of 22 sports. In 2009-10, award was named the Dennis M. Collins All-Sports Award in honor of the NCAC's first executive director, who passed away in 2009 ... Wittenberg's Jordan Millice wins an NCAA Elite 88 Award, given to the the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the association's 88 championships each year ... Oberlin hosts the 2010 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships.


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E04: Oathkeeper
[Book Spoilers] EP404 Discussion
By Ran, April 27, 2014 in E04: Oathkeeper
The Lizard King
Sellsword
:agree:
This was really the last time Dany does anything cool for seemingly forever and yet they accomplished it in the lamest way possible. There was no Jorah or BtB, no room now for Lord Friendzone to be fully fleshed out, not even any fighting shown period. I get that they have a limited budget but even a skirmish would have been better than the assumption that the slaves quickly take out a bunch of the great masters and the city, which apparently has absolutely no army at all, folds immediately. That was pathetic and the Mysha stuff followed by Dany at the Great Pyramid with the Targ flag was more of an epic eye roll for me than a, Wow, that was badass!
Rhetorical question: What happened to all of those archers from the previous episode?
Chebyshov
Purveyor of moon tea
Location:Wherever Dornish spouses go
OMG I HOPE THEY DONT DO IT THIS SOON. I can not begin to imagine the crazy riots that would cause.
Agreed! I'm already freaking out at the mere possibility of it. Let's just hope the show runners stick to subtle blue flowers, for funsies.
Stannis Eats No Peaches
Compulsive Editor
Frankly, I'm not going to trawl through 45 pages of discussion, so what do we think? The Night's King? The Great Other?
Oberyn2cool4Westeros
Basically;
Everybody thinks the 'Night's King' looks like Darth Maul's cousin.
Great Other wont be a character, since neither will R'hllor.
And by everybody I mean most people.
rmholt
So the Ice Henge and altar were real freaking ice! Guess that explains the real(istic) appearance.
johndance
No, I think you have confused the distinction I made between additions and rewrites. I'm reasonable, I rarely criticize Jackson with the Tolkein material, for instance, because I realize there is a lot there that needs to be bridged and clarified and tied together. However, aside from a few mistakes—which I likewise abhor—Jackson and Co. rarley rewrite the source material.
What they add usually surrounds the original plot as either shiny wrapping paper, or exposition (which can often be found in source material like appendices/ other works). Even if I don't always like it, I can see it's usefulness, purpose, or justification.
This show is not follow that same mode of adaptation. They aren't just adding. Again, the Arya/Tywin is a good example of a satisfactory addition to advance/streamline/develop. Arya is where she needs to be according to the general plot of the book, Tywin is on his way to KL and happens to stop by. I get it, and the way they use the encounter to world build and transmit backstory while developing Tywins character is an excellent handling of the situation. The Arya POV plotline still exists, has been edited and added to do, but it exists along its intended path.
Bran/Jon scenes in Episode 404 is not just adding to their plot. It is rewriting their plot. That is the distinction. Two characters with unique POV's of their own have had their plot lines changed because the show writers thought the change would develop interesting conflicts and scenes. That is fanfiction, whatever legal rights are held. It's just fanfiction. It is no longer the source material, an embelishment of the source material, an addition to the source material, or an omission of the source material. It is new material that even contradicts source material (jons knowledge of bran for instance). Fan fiction.
I'm not nitpicking here. Even if the changes don't break the story (and I'm not sayin they absolutley will) it is a dangerous precedent to set. It has never been this blatant in the show before. The Martin quote I posted way back on page 37 or around there is absolutely relevant. Once you open that door, it will be hard to close . . . how can it not be hard to close, you've spun the chain of events down different paths.
This is all unecessary when there is quite literally an overabundance of source material to work with. Much of which fans are clamoring to see.
I disagree for now. We just don't know yet. We have to see what happens next episode. I think everyone is just jumping to conclusions on whats going to happen with jon/bran. Right now it's plot addition. It very well could become a 'plot rewrite' but it's to early to tell. To much over reaction at this point. Now, after episode 5 you could be spot on and the over reaction becomes valid, but let's not jump to these conclusions quite yet.
Tyranno
Can someone remind me if Thorne was so hatefull of Jon Snow in the books?
In the show it seems like he hates Snow so much he'd rather do things that are not in the best interest of the Wall, just to get at Jon. He doesn't want him (arguably the best swordsman at the Wall, alongside himself and now Locke) to train recruits because he's a steward. And he'd rather see Jon get killed than keeping one of the best fighters alive. Even going to far as to trying to get Jon's raid at Crasters to fail, risking the lives of Snow and anyone who might join him (considering he'd hoped nobody, or only 1 or 2 or so would) and also risking the lives of everyone at the Wall and in the North.
Hell, it seems like he would rather kill Snow than see him succeed, even if Jon's succes is for the best of the Wall. In 4x2 it seemed like genuine mistrust, now it's just blatant hate.
However, one thing that I did notice was that he did allow him to take Locke. He could have just said: "no, he's not ready to take his vows" to screw with Jon Snow.
Epyon
Warning, about to go off the rails to crackpot central station:
I'm starting to think that the "Great other" is really the "woman" White Walker that seduced the Night's King.
And along that line of thinking: She would have been the equal, but opposite companion/mate of the red religion's "Lord of Light", who represents fire and warmth.
Thus, "A Song of Ice and Fire" is -REALLY- about Her + Lord of Light, rather than necessarily about Dany + Jon (which is probably the popular theory thus far), and their respective forces war against one another. After all, two deities at each other's throats, particularly if they where former mates of some kind, is a much greater story than any small tale about mortals scurrying about for some Iron Chair.
Also, I found the castle + battlements pictured in the end of the show very interesting as well, in conjunction with this theory. If the "Queen of the -real- North" has indeed created fortifications in a land that perfectly represents her own nature, then it's possible the "Lord of Light" has also done the same in a similarly fire themed local... the prime possibility for this is, imo: Old Valaryia/The Doom of Valaryia, the only fire themed place on Planetos that people can't seem to go to. I'm now very curious if there are "Red Walkers" near it, or if the "Lord of Light" is also taking human "brides" as his "queens", much like the WW-Queen does with the Night's King.
Finally, I think there's a distinct possibility that the exclusion of Coldhands from the show, but -not- excluding Benjen early on, might be a hint that Benjen is NOT Coldhands, but possibly IS this New Night's King. The last one was allegedly a Stark too, afterall, and was killed... so him being alive there to Midas touch the baby seemed a bit... strange.
As I said, a whole lot of crackpot going on here, but interesting stuff to think about.
Edited April 28, 2014 by Epyon
Fool of a Book
Actually, there are references about Craster, and how he brings "cold" with him wherever he goes. I'll have to wait until I get home from work to look up the exact quotes.
EDIT: I found one of the quotes in another thread on this board, from A Clash of Kings
Dywen said Craster was a kinslayer, liar, raper, and craven, and hinted that he trafficked with slavers and demons. "And worse," the old forester would add, clacking his wooden teeth. "There's a cold smell to that one, there is."
Plus, in GoT, Old Nan tells Bran that there were wildlings that would lay with the Others to birth half-human children.
I'm with that program: that Craster and probably Val have "other" blood from the Night's King.
Not sure if anyone's brought this up yet - I found the appearance of the Other sort of laughable, but maybe the spikey head is meant to reference the dragons, since they are the opposing and counterbalancing forces in this series? That's a possible explanation for an otherwise poorly-chosen physiognymy.
Re: deviations between the books and the show, and the show spoiling the books, I enjoy the books and I think GRRM has created an amazing world, but I also think he's much less in control of the nuances of the story than his fans suppose. There's a lot of stuff in the books that meanders pointlessly for ages, and he's said that he has a tough time keeping track of the timelines and the details. In short, the books, especially 4 and 5, could have benefited from a strict editor to keep him focused on a tighter storyline. I feel like the show is serving that purpose, shaking out the chaff and getting to the major points that a lot of us have known are coming and have been waiting for. I don't mind that the show is doing this. It's interesting to watch how the narrative is reconstructed. And since GRRM is involved in that process, I don't feel betrayed or spoiled. But I was definitely, for the first time as a watcher of the show, sitting up and thinking, "What the heck is this?!" during the last 15 minutes. I found it an enjoyable experience to be surprised for a change.
Anyway, relatively new here, I've been reading for a while but haven't really posted anything yet. Thanks for the interesting discussions.
Welcome, and the appearance of the NK was weird. He's supposed to be half-human, so I don't get the horns.
This. Time one-thousand.
Storm is one of the best books of the series, with nary a dull spot post red wedding. If anywhere the show doesn't need to add any fabricated story lines, its here. Cold hands would have made bran a million times more interesting. IMHO
The series needs CH, I agree... an essential character to bridge the worlds of human and Other.
Well, a golem. I think so too. His arc is over.
I suspect Benjen is in the lower levels of the crypt at Winterfell, or in a tunnel around the wall, or in an underground system that connects them.
There must always be a Stark in Winterfell.
There's no reason to make one character the same as another. GRRM can create characters faster than he kills them.
CH is not a wight IIRC - no blue eyes, rational, speaks, helps humans.
Golem is a great way to explain it!
Also, I'm a huge believer in a hollow/swiss-cheesed Grrmth. If Benjen isn't back in the crypts, Rickon is.
Widows_Blood
Location:Toronto, Ontario
I don't know if you have seen the Hobbit but that is basically all fan-fiction. LotR is really not comparable to ASOIAF as far as adaptations are concerned. The former is the size of ASoS and contains far less plot lines, characters, locations, world building that the show has to cram into an entire season. Not to mention certain characters have far less story to work with than others. Bran has what three chapters after the third book? And many of his chapters in the third book are there to provide exposition to past events. The type of stuff that doesn't work well on television. I see nothing wrong with trying to inject drama into Bran's storyline by having him interact with the Night Watch/Mutineer subplot. That is what good adaptations do. Time will tell whether they execute it well and how everything plays out going forward.
jobmartell
Location:Buffalo! ny
Nights maul and a possible excerpt from wow and/or ados.
In the show it seems like he hates Snow so much he'd rather do things that are not in the best interest of the Wall, just to get at Jon.
Thorne's hatred of Snow is rather blatant in the books, and I do think he risks promotion or at least favor from Mormont in the way he mistreats Snow during training. Would he go so far as to kill him if given an opportunity to get away with it? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be shocked by it.
From the book's wiki:
As master-at-arms responsible for training new recruits, Alliser gives Jon Snow the mocking nickname "Lord Snow". His disdain turns into hatred when Jon replies to one of his mockeries, provoking the hilarity of the whole common room of Castle Black.[1] Having absolutely no humor, Alliser takes the mockeries of Tyrion Lannister poorly when Tyrion is invited to the table of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont, during his visit at the Wall. Alliser is, however, so delighted at Jon Snow's appointment to the stewards that Jon thinks he is behind it.
Alliser never misses an occasion to provoke the young bastard. The evening Jon learns of the imprisonment of Lord Eddard Stark in King's Landing for treason, Alliser's jeers anger Jon, who tries to attack him with a knife, before being stopped and put under arrest. This mutual hostility, and the master-at-arms' old friends who are well-placed at court, lead the Lord Commander to send Alliser to the new king, Joffrey I, with the mission to acquire reinforcements for the Night's Watch.
Stark4life
It has been revealed in the books what happens to Craster's sons. It's the Sam chapter in ASOS where Mormont is killed. It's the last paragraph in the chapter. I just read it on my reread.
That's actually a pretty interesting take on the whole thing.
acejack
Thought I read the Night's King from thousands of years ago was killed when the KITN and the KBTW took back the Nightfort. If what was written in the (now redacted) synopsis was true, either he was resurrected as an Other or maybe this is supposed to be his offspring/descendant and now "Night's King" is a title rather than a name.
My first thought after I watched was that it was the Great Other, but I tend to agree with what some others have said that the GO is more of a non-corporeal entity like R'hllor and the Darth Maul looking guy was simply King Other or even the ice equivalent of a Red Priest.
7th-key
Landed Knight
So Craster's incest babies have been a key to WW for how many years now?.
I think we were all wrong, it's not the Stark warg powered kids who will defeat tthe WW, but Tommen and Myrcella!
King Walder
Bit of supposition. Could it be that the Other we saw at the end was a female Other, and this is how the Others reproduce? Maybe its females that run the society and the males do all the fighting and bringing of babies.
I am interested with whats going to happen with Locke, he's a good character and i almost want to like him until I remember that he's a pretty evil guy. And I'm assuming the reason he agreed to go to the keep is because he overheard Sam and Jon talking about Bran possibly being there. I can either see him dying during this story arc or taking on a role similar to Marsh and being the betrayer later on.
I liked the scene with littlefinger as well as the following one, and it was a good way to reveal who killed Joffrey, though I feel that bit of exposition should have maybe come a bit later, like around the time of Tyrions trial.
Last, could this thing of the Others be a way of D&D telling GRRM that they're already using material from TWOW, and that if he wants to stay ahead he'll need to hurry up?
Lord Carson
Location:Boston
What are people's thoughts on that lingering shot of Pyp not standing, even when Edd did? Does anybody think this will be important later? I thought it was really interesting that he stayed down and they actually showed him looking conflicted about it.
Florina Laufeyson
Crackpot of the Seven Kingdoms
Location:Asgard
Could it be that the Other we saw at the end was a female Other, and this is how the Others reproduce?
Nah thats a bloke.
And i dont think its reproduction as much as a specific ceremony of turning children into Other-type creatures. Im not sure. But i do know that was not a lady Other.
I thought it was cuz he was scared shitless about whats out there and was like "dude, no wai."
Edited April 29, 2014 by Florina Laufeyson
It could just be that he's a steward and not a ranger, so has other commitments, but the fact it lingered does make you think
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Called the Manhattan by its maker, this 118'11" (with a 94'3" wingspan) bird looks fairly nondescript on the outside, but once you're aboard…oh man, are you in for a treat! Art Deco is alive and well in here, rendered in rich mahogany paneling with brass and gold trim within the Cloud Club, a lounge space inspired by New York's own Chrysler Building. When it's time to dine, saunter into the Crystal Room, which seats up to six people, and when you aren't eating, you can always watch the world below scroll by through the panoramic "city loft" window or stretch out on the bed in the master suite near the tail. For $80 million (and up, depending on options), you too can feel like you're in a film noir miles above the earth (Just go easy on the actual murder as a plot device, okay?).
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ZZ Heavily criticized in Performance Bikes
by Gary D » 03 Sep 2018 21:00
I'm afraid that the latest incarnation of our beloved bike has been roundly slated in the October 2018 issue of PB . The tester concerned runs a Brutale 750, so this is perhaps doubly surprising?
My own 2006 model is truly great to ride & I know just how highly Veloce riders rate their steeds. Did the ZZ's arrival in Euro 4 land just kill it? No, he still seems to like the engine, but complains about the bike's finish in terms of the paintwork. He further gripes about detailing such as the admittedly unsightly charcoal breathing canister & the quality of the instrument switches & the size of the numbers on it's display . The tester also reckons that the single sided number plate hanger (another Euro abomination) twists, allowing it to foul the tyre. Mupo's new suspension is claimed to be on the limits of it's range of adjustability from new. It's bloody bad PR for the bike, be it true or false.
I will test one for myself soon & make my own mind up though. We all know that some folks just don't get Moto Morini. The tester's disrespect of the marques heritage is perhaps a telling giveaway to how he may have formed his views on the ZZ? Time will tell, but here's hoping that Alan Cathcart's & MCN's far more positive tests, are more representative of the ZZ's true ability.
Re: ZZ Heavily criticized in Performance Bikes
I've been up to see Ben Wylie in Whitchurch today, to take his ZZ for a spin. It was the very bike PB slated so badly, in it's latest issue. Though a very well used bike, the ZZ impressed me across the board. It's outrageously quick, just as quick to haul up & thoroughly proficient in both the suspension action & it's handling. It's livelier at the rear than my 2006 model (a little squirrely on some white lines under hard acceleration) but steers sweetly & is a worthy update. I'm also reliably informed that the charcoal canister can be easily removed without fault codes resulting.
In conclusion Mr Newbigging of PB Magazine, it may well be true that some bikes at this price have an abundance of rider aids..but where's the fun in that exactly?! Do YOU want to ride your bike, or let some wires & sensors attached to a cold emotionless brain do it for you? Me? I'm an analogue man! I loved it. Thanks to Ben for his help in arranging the road test today. Once I've figured whether it should be the ZZ, or the forthcoming Milano (I'm not getting any taller!), it could well be time for a change.
by corsaro chris » 06 Sep 2018 17:25
Agreed, Gary.
I rode the Mid-West demonstrator back in the late spring, and it was sweetly set up with a lovely gear change and good riding position. Just what you need to enjoy the English back roads. I guess that Mr.Newbigging just likes a different sort of motorcycle from those that we do...
As long as Morini can sell all that they make, they'll charge what the market will bear. The Milano will probably take a lot of the capacity (they don't have many production bays, if you look at the factory photographs carefully), and so the ZZ, and also the ZT, are likely to be very thin on the ground... They probably make them in limited runs of around 20 at a time, with each batch having a different finish (I love the look of the black with gloss red frame version shown at Milan at the end of last year), although you can order whatever you want from the 'one off' department at a price.
The one I rode last year at the Factory had the auto-shifter; I'm not sure that M-W's did (which probably means that it didn't) but with the slipper clutch you don't need to use the clutch anyway if you're in the right rev range. I'm with you - let the rider do the riding, it is after all what it says on the Morini web site...
"I'll use the Morini"
corsaro chris
Location: Berks, UK
Amen to that Chris. The Milano will almost certainly be a game changer when it arrives in volume mode. Whether it changes the factory up a gear or three in terms of volumes remains to be seen. Two things cost big money in business, people & space. Once you've upped those, it isn't easy to downsize again.
It's an interesting business model AT mm. The survivability of the factory going forward into the semi-electric age, will be a very tough test for it's owner & management team. MM currently survives on the genius of Lambertini's designs & it's somewhat limited, leftfield (& ageing) customer basis. Maybe it will be MM that comes up with something definitive for the new age? It'll certainly take something special to finally realise the potential of electric motorcycles. Lets hope MM are in with a shout when the apparently inevitable becomes the new norm? At 54 though, I intend to stick with fossil fuel until we're taxed off the road!
by Daddy Dom » 07 Sep 2018 05:56
I got "rider aids" on my 3½ ... a headlamp.
Muppets.
MRC 3082½
Daddy Dom
by mikebbikes » 07 Sep 2018 12:34
I stopped buying PB a while back when it seemed to concentrate on Race rep sports bike, but I will buy this one to read it in full.
I first saw the ZZ in the flesh at the Staford show in April this year, and was less than impressed with the looks.
I hate the look of the exhausts, for me, they look like they have been 'cut down' and look to short. The number plate hanger looks home made, and the carbon filter looks like a tacked on after thought, it could have been tucked away under the engine like other manufactures.
Considering its price, I to wasn't impressed.
I saw it again at the LLanbikefest in August, and it still hadnt grown on me.
Sorry, but I prefer the looks of my 08 Velcoce.
by MickeyMoto » 07 Sep 2018 14:03
You beat me to it. The ZZ looks like a Corsaro with a different tank and a bean can on the right. I was also not impressed. However, the engine remains the sameish... Grins all round!
I also agree about PB, not for me.
Morini need new engines... The KTM 790 twin with 100hp is getting good reviews so does not need to be big capacity or super powerful...
I love my old school Scrambler...
MickeyMoto
Location: T'North
Good for you all, all existing Corsaro Owners of which I'm very proud to say, I'm one . They're all great in my view & my '06 (the troubled early bike) was well sorted by it's previous owners before my current 2 year tenure. It's lovely to ride, but then so's the ZZ. Test rides are available for these very reasons.
The carbon catch tank is there purely to get through Euro 4 & can be removed without fault codes, if disliked. Most won't delay in removing it. As Corsaro owners, you will appreciate there is no room to put it elsewhere. As victims of legislation on a daily basis, we must all appreciate that it required fitting.
Looks? They're subjective to the individual, as always. If I didn't like the ZZ to ride (or look at), I wouldn't have bought it after a good long test ride & AFTER I'd read that less than complimentary road test. Is the ZZ faster than previous Corsaro's? Yes, significantly in the case of my 'Termi equipped '06 bike. The Veloce is said to be quicker than the early bike, so I can't report on that having not ridden one. However, Alan Cathcart's readily available on the web road test, states that the ZZ delivers 8 horses more in the mid range. I know through experience that it is the quickest accelerating bike at useable road speeds that I've ever ridden. After running the Corsaro on road & track & a GSXR1000K6 for the last seven years, it's a comparison made on solid experience. The Brembo's fitted to the ZZ also haul it up way more effectively than any road bike I've previously used & the ABS is switchable, if you're either on track, or just don't get on with it.
The O.E Zard exhausts are again subjective. They certainly sound lovely given the Euro 4 approval of the ZZ though. Personally,I like them a great deal. Look at what Ducati fits to it's bikes to obtain the same certification, let alone the Japanese & BMW. The Zards on the ZZ are great aesthetic and aural solution in comparison.
Overall, I find the MRC a great source of wisdom & assistance. As such, like all it's enthusiastic members I promote it to anyone that's not a paid up member. Everyone's entitled to their views of course & this thread proves that very point. However, with a tiny factory with around just 20 staff, MM deserves considerable respect for any revisions & new models that it manages to put out. On a closing note, I rode a Scrambler as a comparison on the day I also rode the ZZ. What a great bike & the engine felt, sounded & went in a very similar way to my 06 Corsaro, (though it had been de-catted). Looks, handling & stopping wise, it just wasn't for me. What's far more important is that MM HAS found a market for it & it's likely to keep growing. A more full on Adventure model would surely have a good market too, given current trends? All power to MM's continued leftfield resistance in a very competitive world. The PB headline was "same as it ever was". The ZZ isn't, but Moto Morini most certainly are & thank the heavens for that !
by ShaunR » 09 Sep 2018 15:07
All power to you, Mr. It's a stunning looking bike. Let's all keep doing things a little differently.
ShaunR
by floydsveloce » 09 Sep 2018 20:54
Evening folks
I'm gonna put my ten pence worth in.
The problem with PB is that it's aimed at the rider in his 20's / 30's , so it's gonna be biased from the outset. All they really concentrate on is sports bikes , so if you have a 'blade or a Gixxer or a beemer , then you're ok , and anything else is poop. The ZZ could have been better than a 'blade , but because it is what it is , it's gonna be slated. I can't testify the ZZ as I haven't ridden one , but I'm sure I'd be loving it !
I gave up on PB about 20 years ago . They can keep their sports bikes and shove them up their a#se !
I'm perfectly happy with my veloce . And yes I'm loving it !
floydsveloce
by nicko » 10 Sep 2018 23:07
I must admit I would rather hear real world, real user experiences than a journalist who is paid to either wax lyrical or cause controversy. Looks wise, I like the ZZ and if the bean tin offends, then look from the other side.
Do I take it from your list that you have purchased one? If so where from and what colour scheme?
I too have taken one for a test ride and think it's a beast. Phenomenal brakes and the engine is sublime. I have owned two Corsaros, a 2006 and a 2013 so know the engine and handling.
by 72degrees » 11 Sep 2018 07:04
MickeyMoto wrote: Morini need new engines... The KTM 790 twin with 100hp is getting good reviews so does not need to be big capacity or super powerful...
It does need to be significantly lower for me to interested in another MM 1200. The 790 Duke is significantly lighter but with the 825mm seat height I won't be even bothering to go and try sitting on one.
Development costs for a radically different modern Morini (I'm still waiting for the 60bhp, 160Kg, 600 single with a <800mm seat height) are just too much for such a niche market company. The setup seems to be verging on a bespoke model - dare I say like the last days of Voxan.
I sing the praises of the 1200s (I should have acquired my 08 Corsaro when I was still young enough to do it justice) to anyone that asks me about them and give them a variation on the Clarkson Alfa quote. In fact I sometimes say "don't road test one, or you will want to buy".
by Ming » 11 Sep 2018 07:14
72degrees wrote: ...Development costs for a radically different modern Morini (I'm still waiting for the 60bhp, 160Kg, 600 single with a <800mm seat height) are just too much for such a niche market company...
Styled like an Excalibur?
Location: Central France
Ming wrote:
Hmm, an Excalibur with 140bhp!
Mr 72degrees, I agree the engine development costs are too big for Morini, but why not use an existing engine from, say, KTM? 125, 390, 700 singles with Morini frames? 790 twin? How about a 765 triple? Paton have used a commuter engine!
Not that extreme. Like the original Voxan Roadster would suit me.


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Die Saison 1995/96 ist die 21. Spielzeit der 2. Basketball-Bundesliga. Die reguläre Saison begann am 16. September 1995 und endete am 2. März 1996. Die Nachsaison mit Relegations- und Abstiegsrunde dauerte vom 9. März 1996 bis zum 27. April 1996.

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Die Liga war vor Saisonbeginn in zwei Staffeln (Nord und Süd) mit jeweils zwölf Mannschaften unterteilt. Die jeweils sechs besten Teams in der Abschlusstabelle der Staffeln erwarben das sportliche Teilnahmerecht an einer dreistaffeligen Relegationsrunde mit den sechs schlechtesten Teams der Basketball-Bundesliga 1995/96 zum Aufstieg in die Basketball-Bundesliga (BBL). Die jeweils sechs schlechtesten Teams nahmen an einer Abstiegsrunde teil. Pro Staffel stiegen regulär zwei Mannschaften in die zugeordneten Regionalligen ab. Die Ergebnisse der Hauptrunde wurden in die Abstiegsrunden mitgenommen.

Saisonnotizen
 Absteiger aus der ersten Basketball-Bundesliga 1994/95 war forbo Paderborn 91 in die Gruppe Nord. Nach dem Verzicht des sportlich qualifizierten TuS Lichterfelde auf den Aufstieg, rückten neben den sportlichen Aufsteigern Rhöndorfer TV und TG Landshut auch der TuS Herten sowie die SG Braunschweig in die um zwei Mannschaften aufgestockte BBL 1995/96 hoch, da Erstligist SG Bramsche/Osnabrück sich in die Regionalliga zurückzog
 Aufsteiger in die Gruppe Nord waren Schalke 04 und TV 1864 Salzkotten sowie in die Gruppe Süd die BG Chemnitz, Bayern München und die BG Post/Südstern Karlsruhe
 Die Gruppe Süd startete schließlich mit 13 Mannschaften, so dass es ohne Aufsteiger am Ende drei Absteiger geben musste. Nach der Relegationsrunde gab es schließlich sogar vier Absteiger.
 Meister der 2. Basketball-Bundesliga wurden am Saisonende: Telekom Baskets Bonn (Nord) und TSV Speyer (Süd).

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Die Ergebnisse der Hauptrunde wurden in die Abstiegsrunden mitgenommen.

1Schalke 04 konnte in der Liga verbleiben, da es mit Bonn einen Aufsteiger und keinen Absteiger aus der BBL gab.

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Abstiegsrunde
Die Ergebnisse der Hauptrunde wurden in die Abstiegsrunden mitgenommen.

2Die BG Karlsruhe musste auch absteigen, da es mit der TG Landshut einen Absteiger, aber keinen Aufsteiger in die BBL gab.

Relegationsrunde
Für die Relegationsrunde zum Aufstieg in die erste Basketball-Bundesliga, siehe Basketball-Bundesliga 1995/96#Relegationsrunde

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 Liste von deutschen Basketballmannschaften

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Human Speech Evolution Gets Lip-Smacking Evidence
By Mark Stratton on June 16, 2020
A study of our closest evolutionary relatives finds that the chimp behavior known as lip smacking occurs in the same timing range as human mouths during speech.
Whether portrayed by Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy or Robert Downey, Jr., Doctor Dolittle learned to talk to animals. But in reality, science has remained some distance from solving the long-standing question of how we humans learned to talk during our evolution.
Here's one new clue: a team of researchers in Great Britain have demonstrated how the rapid succession of opening- and closing-mouth rhythms by chimpanzees—known as "lip smacking"—mimics the natural pace of human mouths talking. The findings are in the journal Biology Letters. [André S. Pereira et al., Chimpanzee lip-smacks confirm primate continuity for speech-rhythm evolution]
This phenomenon has been observed before in other ape species who performed lip-smacking movements at around five hertz, which falls within a range of mouth opens and closes characteristic of all spoken languages, namely between two and seven hertz. But this lip-smacking timing connection had not been made in our closest evolutionary relatives—until now.
"Mouth and vocal signals with speechlike rhythms had already been observed in some monkeys, gibbons and orangutans, one of our closest great ape relatives. So the last years had seen accumulating evidence that these rhythms—other than something that talking humans do—that this was a rhythm from deeper within our primate ancestry, recycled, so to speak, as a cornerstone for speech evolution."
Adriano Lameira of the University of Warwick, who led the study.
"But the sense of evolutionary continuity toward speech still had a big gap to cross—the African apes. There was no evidence for speechlike rhythm, neither in gorillas, bonobos, nor chimpanzees."
The study followed two captive populations of chimpanzees, one in the U.K. and one in Germany, as well as two wild populations in Uganda. Researchers observed lip smacking at an average of 4.15 hertz. They made all their observations whenever a chimpanzee was grooming another. Think of a hairdresser engaging in idle chatter with a customer at the beauty salon.
"The confirmation of speechlike rhythm of the mouth in chimpanzees does not reveal, per se, how language came about in our own lineage. But it offers the final confirmation to scientists that we are looking at the right place, that we are on the right track to solve this mystery and that great apes in captivity and the wild still have to reveal all their secrets about human nature and human origins."
Lameira also notes that variation in lip-smack times both between and within the chimp groups do not appear to be hardwired. Rather the lip-smacking variability likely reflected how individual differences and environmental factors, and even social conventions, affect how chimpanzees communicate with each other. Even Doctor Dolittle might well be amazed.
—Mark Stratton
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What do you do when you feel completely drained, hollowed out and physically incapable of adding one more thing to your "to do" list? I'm sure that in addition to sighing in frustration or flinging out a few choice profanities, you probably begin a pairing down of duties – prioritizing and eliminating the fluff. If you're anything like me, creative pursuits are usually the first casualties.
There's a military term for this ruthless culling: collateral damage. You make the choice to lose a few souls in order to protect the greater good. Unfortunately, sometimes during the miasma of war, with bullets flying and turmoil all around, collateral damage can be tough to identify. Usually, the weakest targets are the first to go, and so it is with daily life. We ditch our morning pages, skip our afternoon sketching, and our nightstands pile up with unread books.
A few years ago, I read a great piece by Cary Tennis over at Salon. A beleaguered expatriate wrote in asking for advice on how to handle what she considered the complete implosion of her years living abroad.
In addition to her feelings of shame and failure, the expat faced a mountain of unfinished, necessary paperwork. She just couldn't find the wherewithal to complete the forms, and every day she put it off the situation became more dire.
"I hate who I have become: cowardly, afraid, pathetic," she concludes.
Cary's advice is like a cooling balm. Rather than scold her or immediately spit out an endless list of solutions, Cary decreases the volume. His first suggestion is a recalibration of daily undertakings so that self-care becomes the focus.
Cary's advice to focus on self-care in times of chaos was, to me, a revelation. I'd never considered before that instead of continuing apace and trying to outrun my anxiety and stress; I should just stop, breathe, and regroup. So often we are so caught up in our "must dos" and "should dos' and the evil little "have to's", we squander all our resources and arrive at our (arbitrary) finish line depleted and depressed. Sure, we've crossed off most of our tasks, but there's no celebration in the completion, only a girding of the belt and a once-more-into-the-breach steeling of the nerves before we begin our Sisyphean endeavor all over again.
There has to be a better way, and after years of trying everything and berating myself for never quite living up to my expectations, I seized upon Cary's advice: I restock, I check out, and I restore my resources and my sanity. I also make sure to take a moment to perform my own little therapeutic ceremonies: I pull out my band of poets (Neruda, Dickinson, and the crew), and reread old favorites (Anne of Green Gables has gotten me through many a tempest), and I revisit past passions and sentimental touchstones.
I also try to follow Cary's advice to that sad, desperate traveler by connecting with the artists and creators who found a way to produce great art amidst the ambushes and carpet-bombings (both real and metaphorical) scattered about their own private battlefields.
This move towards simple self-care is a fallback I employ quite often, and it's advice I give – solicited and unsolicited – to friends and family whenever I see that they are beginning to drown in an ocean of responsibilities and petty chores.
In Simple Abundance, Sara Ban Breathnach explains how self-care can help us refill our well without mindless consumption of food, alcohol, drama or whichever vice we choose.
Her recommendation on how to overcome this need to self-medicate with mindless consumption mirrors Cary's instruction to that decompensating student.
Are you suffering from a parched and ravenous soul? In addition to taking a walk, going on an Artist Date or picking up those abandoned books and magazines, I'm going to suggest you begin by mixing up the rank and file of your own personal army. Promote creativity to corporal if you have to. Make sure writing and painting move up in the ranks – they aren't made for the front lines anyway, they carry much more value as strategists able to supply more nuanced strategies.
Remember, throughout history armies have charged not just with mounted cavalry and a stockpile of weapons – they made sure the bugler announced their advance. The flags flapping and trumpets blaring aren't there just to intimidate the enemy; they're there to rally the forces and give the troops a fighting chance.


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Meghan Markle, Timothee Chalamet Named Most Influential Stars in Fashion This Year
Timothee Chalamet, Meghan Markle, Zendaya, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Billy Porter and Harry Styles rank among the most influential stars in the fashion world.
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Timothee Chalamet's Golden Globes harness — which Louis Vuitton actually referred to as a "bib" — made quite the impression. The Little Women actor was named Monday as the most influential man when it comes to Hollywood style, according to fashion search site Lyst, due in part to designer Virgil Abloh's bib and a buzzy sequined hoodie Chalamet wore to the premiere of The King.
Lyst used data from 104 million online shoppers in 2019 to rank the 10 most influential "power dressers" measured in terms of stars "whose personal style choices drove the biggest spikes in searches, sales, news coverage and social media mentions over the last 12 months," according to the report.
Naturally, Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle topped the list one year after marrying Prince Harry in a Givenchy gown. This year, Markle went on to design her own charity capsule of work attire to benefit unemployed women in the U.K.
Zendaya clocks in at No. 3. Last month, she presented her stylist Law Roach with InStyle's Stylist of the Year Award, calling him her "fashion fairy Godbrother." It was a reference to their show-stopping, light-up Cinderella look at the 2019 Met Gala that was designed by Tommy Hilfiger, with whom she debuted her second fashion collection during New York Fashion Week in September.
"You have taught me so much about myself, taught me to be more confident and not give a F about what people think," Zendaya told Roach. "You always remind me if I ever get nervous about my hair, my makeup, whatever it is, you say, 'Do you really care what they think?' And I always say, 'Nope.' And then we go."
Following Zendaya are Billie Eilish, who wore a knockoff Louis Vuitton suit at Coachella this year and spiked online searches for "neon green" after she dyed her hair; Cardi B, who creates clothing capsules with Fashion Nova; Lisa from the Korean girl group Blackpink, who led the demand for the Celine Triomphe bag; Kylie Jenner, who just sold a 51 percent stake in her Kylie Cosmetics brand to Coty for $600 million; and Lizzo, who told The Hollywood Reporter of her self-empowered fashion choices, "I am a bad bitch that takes risks and wears whatever she wants."
Gender-bending fashion icons Harry Styles and Billy Porter finish off the list of power dressers. Styles showed off a parade of flare trousers while hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live over the weekend and has created a trend for single earrings, according to Lyst searches. The former One Directioner hosted the 2019 Met Gala (alongside Lady Gaga and Serena Williams), sporting a sheer blouse by Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, and has starred in campaigns for the Italian luxury fashion house.
Styles and Porter both made THR's best dressed list for the Met Gala, with Porter donning a winged, golden Pharaoh ensemble by New York design duo The Blonds. "We want to keep challenging the notion of what it means to dress like a man or a woman," said Porter's stylist Sam Ratelle. And who could forget Porter's Oscars tuxedo dress by Christian Siriano? Searches for the designer increased 101 percent in 24 hours after the awards show.
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Skyrim and other demanding Oculus Rift titles are coming to the cheaper Quest
Manuel Vonau
2019/09/26 4:22am PDT Sep 26, 2019
The VR hype train has slowed down considerably over the last couple of years, but that doesn't stop companies invested in the technology from iterating on their products. The same is true for Facebook, which announced a number of significant improvements to its VR division during its annual Oculus event on Wednesday, making advanced virtual reality experiences more accessible at lower prices. Among a plethora of changes to the platform, you can now let the Oculus Quest track your hands without additional hardware and connect it to a computer via USB, allowing you to get some of the full Rift VR experience.
Get a 64GB Oculus Go wireless VR headset today for $209 ($40 off)
2019/07/26 8:47am PDT Jul 26, 2019
If you want a virtual reality headset to kill some time with, but don't want to burden yourself with wires or a high price tag, the Oculus Go might be calling your name. It's currently available at its lowest price for both of its storage options at Amazon and Best Buy.
[Update: Fixed] It's not just you: Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Oculus are down, with WhatsApp affected
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2018/11/12 10:28am PST Nov 12, 2018
If your Facebook app hasn't been reloading or your messages haven't been sending, you're not alone. An outage has just hit Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Oculus, with WhatsApp's functionality affected as well. Instagram appears to be running fine.
Oculus introduces $399 wireless Quest headset, Go gets YouTube VR
Rose Behar
2018/09/26 4:09pm PDT Sep 26, 2018
Since the advent of virtual reality hardware, there's been a drive toward wireless. But the dream of an exceptional VR headset that doesn't tangle isn't quite there yet — the performance and graphics quality can't compare to wired systems. Facebook's Oculus seems to believe it has cracked the code, though. At Oculus Connect 5 (OC5), the new all-in-one Oculus Quest headset debuted with the advertising copy: "This is the VR experience everyone's been waiting for." In addition to the new hardware, the VR headset maker announced that its mobile app now supports the Oculus Rift, and that Oculus Go will soon gain access to YouTube VR's full library.
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Oculus Go standalone VR headset is now available for $199
2018/05/01 11:13am PDT May 1, 2018
All the VR headsets we've seen up to this point require some other device to do all the heavy lifting. With Oculus and Vive, it's a gaming PC. With GearVR and Daydream, it's a smartphone. The Oculus Go is a fully standalone VR headset, and it can be yours today for $199.
In VR news: HTC announces VIVE PRO and wireless adapter, Oculus and Xiaomi introduce Oculus Go and Mi VR Standalone
Rita El Khoury
Many companies are still trying to make VR happen, though it feels like those couple of years when 3D TVs were being pushed and then completely disappeared. If you ask me, there's merit to the immersive experience of VR in certain situations, but the wider and easier adoption will be for AR when it's commoditized. But I digress. We've been keeping an eye on HTC's VIVE and Oculus for a while, even though they're not technically related to Android, but for the sake of information here are the two companies' CES 2018 news.
HTC is introducing a few new things at CES.
Oculus Go is a Gear VR with no phone required, coming in 2018 for $199
Corbin Davenport
2017/10/11 11:36am PDT Oct 11, 2017
Facebook-owned Oculus is one of the two giants in VR right now, alongside HTC with its Vive headset. While Oculus is still working on the much-anticipated cordless PC headset, it announced another product today - the standalone Oculus Go.
[Deal Alert] HTC permanently drops VIVE VR to $599 ($200 off), probably to compete with Oculus
Scott Scrivens
For anyone wanting to get into VR, the number of options and different price points can be a bit overwhelming. At the lower end, you have Google's Cardboard or Daydream viewers, which can be used in conjunction with Android phones to offer a fairly basic VR experience. Devices like the Oculus Rift fill the middle tier, for those wanting a more robust ecosystem. Then at the top end, you've got the HTC VIVE. At $799 it's only ever been for those who are really serious about VR. HTC is hoping a price drop down to $599 will open it up to a wider audience.
Oculus adds Chromecast support to Gear VR
2017/05/31 12:04pm PDT May 31, 2017
You might recall a Daydream VR tidbit in the torrent of Google I/O news earlier this month; Daydream 2.0 will include Chromecast support. Not to be outdone, Oculus has announced that Gear VR can do that starting now, or just as soon as a new version of the Oculus app can be rolled out to Samsung devices. This makes VR just a tiny bit less antisocial.
[Very Real] ZeniMax sets its VR litigating sights on Samsung
Ryne Hager
2017/05/16 9:29am PDT May 16, 2017
The tale of ZeniMax vs. The World of VR is developing into a modern-day saga of Homeric proportions with each new filing. Although Oculus/Facebook was found innocent of ZeniMax's previous accusations, it did end up having to cough up around $500 million as a result of NDA violations, copyright infringements, and for lying about a few things. Even so, it seemed as if the general dance was winding down and all the monsters short of the inevitable appeals had been slain. But the Hydra's heads are many, and ZeniMax is back with a new target: Samsung.
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