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St. Theresa's Cathedral may refer to:

 St. Theresa's Cathedral, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
 St. Teresa of Avila Cathedral, Amos, Quebec, Canada
 St. Theresa's Cathedral, Changchun, China
 St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Cathedral, Urawa, Japan
 St. Theresa of Avila Cathedral, Subotica, Serbia
 St. Theresa Cathedral, Juba, South Sudan
 Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus (Honolulu, Hawaii), United States

See also
 St. Theresa Church (disambiguation)

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North Texas Offers Corrigan-Camden's La'Darius Hamilton
New North Texas football head coach Seth Littrell's staff has extended an offer to one of the East Texas area's top defenders.
Corrigan-Camden 2016 linebacker La'Darius Hamilton confirmed Thursday morning via Twitter that he has received an offer from North Texas.
Hamilton (6-1, 220), who was previously committed to Texas State, also holds an FBS offer from ULL.
Littrell, the former assistant head coach and tight ends coach at North Carolina, was hired as North Texas' new coach in December of 2015. He replaced Dan McCarney, who went 22-32 in his four-plus seasons in charge.
North Texas already has a significant East Texas presence on its roster. There are currently a dozen players from the region on the Mean Green roster.
Hamilton had a productive senior season for Corrigan-Camden. He finished with 83 tackles with three forced fumbles and two recoveries, helping the Bulldogs to an 8-5 record and third-round appearance in the Class 3A Division II playoffs.
Hamilton, like all 2016 prospects, can officially sign with the college of their choice on National Signing Day, Feb. 3.
2016 East Texas Football Players With Division I FBS Offers
Austin Anderson, OL, Mineola, 6-4, 280 -- committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Arizona State, Arkansas State, Auburn, California, Cincinnati, Houston, Illinois, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, North Carolina, North Texas, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Southern Miss, TCU, Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa, Vanderbilt (27)
Riley Anderson, OL, Mineola, 6-5, 280 -- committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Arizona State, Arkansas State, Auburn, California, Cincinnati, Houston, Illinois, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, North Carolina, North Texas, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Southern Miss, Texas, TCU, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa, Vanderbilt (27)
Demarco Boyd, LB, Gilmer, 6-0, 215 -- committed to Texas; additional offers from Baylor, Florida State, Texas A&M (4)
Gabe Foster, ATH, Newton, 6-1, 175 -- committed to McNeese State (FCS); additional FBS offers from Arkansas State, Purdue, Texas State, ULL, ULM (5)
Ke'Mon Freeman, ATH, Liberty-Eylau, 6-0, 205 -- committed to SFA (FCS); additional FBS offers from Arkansas State, North Texas, SMU (3)
Travon Fuller, CB, Texas A&M, 6-0, 155 -- committed to Texas A&M (1)
Alex Gregory, WR, Nacogdoches, 5-11, 175 -- committed to SFA (FCS); additional FBS offers from Texas State, ULM (2)
Zach Hall, ATH, Tyler Lee, 5-10, 165 -- offers from Baylor, Missouri, Texas Tech, ULM (4)
La'Darius Hamilton, LB, Corrigan-Camden, 6-1, 220 -- offers from North Texas, Texas State, ULL (3)
Adrian Harris, OL, John Tyler, 6-3, 289 -- offer from ULM (1)
Tanner Holmes, LB, Newton, 6-2, 220 -- committed to ULL (1)
Jerrod Johnson, OL, Lufkin, 6-2, 288 -- offer from ULM (1)
Keenen Johnson, ATH, Alto, 6-0, 186 -- committed to Tulsa; additional offers from North Texas, SMU, ULL (4)
Brandon Jones, S, Nacogdoches, 6-0, 190 -- offers from Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Boise State, California, Florida State, Georgia, Houston, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, SMU, South Carolina, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington State (42)
Braylon Jones, OG/DT, John Tyler, 6-3, 275 -- committed to Houston; additional offers from Air Force, Army, Colorado State, Navy (5)
Corey Lane, CB, Nacogdoches, 5-11, 168 -- offer from Louisiana Tech (1)
Bronson Massie, DE, Lufkin, 6-3, 215 -- committed to Kansas State; additional offers from Cal, Colorado State, Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Washington
Jarrod McLin, Carthage, DE, Carthage, 6-3, 215 -- committed to UTSA; additional offer from ULL (2)
Denzel Mims, Daingerfield, WR, 6-4, 175 -- committed to Baylor; additional offers from Arkansas State, North Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa (6)
Cody Mitchell, Jasper, TE, 6-5, 225 -- committed to ULL; additional offers from Florida, Illinois, Louisiana Tech, Missouri, Nebraska, North Texas, SMU, Texas State (9)
Jordan Morales, Tyler Bishop Gorman, DT, 6-3, 275 -- offer from UTEP (1)
Thurman Morbley, Liberty-Eylau, WR, 5-10, 160 -- committed to Texas State (1)
Reshawn Parker, Hooks, LB, 6-2, 210 -- offers from Oklahoma State, Texas State (2)
Kendrick Rogers, Frankston, WR, 6-5, 190 -- committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Arkansas State, Cincinnati, Houston, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Mississippi State, North Texas, SMU, ULL, ULM (11)
Micahh Smith, Marshall, S, 5-11, 185 -- offer from Texas State (1)
Aphonso Thomas, Van, RB, 5-10, 180 -- committed to SMU; additional offers from Colorado State, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas State (6)
Jeremy West, Chapel Hill, OL, 6-3, 297 -- committed to Northwestern State (FCS); additional FBS offer from ULL (1)
Andre Wiley Jr., Liberty-Eylau, S, 5-9, 170 -- offers from Arkansas State, Army, Louisiana Tech, Navy, Texas State, Wyoming (6)
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Girls' Education is key to tackling some of the world's most pressing challenges. Investing in girls' education benefits and transforms the entire global community. Girls who receive an education are more likely to delay marriage and early childbearing, have smaller families, and contribute to resilient societies. Yet 129 million girls are out of school and more are expected to not return as school systems restart and regroup after Covid-19. Persistent gender bias, poverty, violence, harmful social and cultural norms continue to create barriers to educating girls.
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The win came in Ko's first tournament since dropping to No. 2 behind Nelly Korda in the world rankings.
Ko said she wasn't motivated by her drop out of the No. 1 spot. But she did allow her final round that consisted of four birdies and two bogeys at Old American Golf Course was a bit of a fight. — Reuters
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Immanuel. A simple Hebrew phrase we say and sing during the Advent and Christmas seasons to remind us of the real reason for the season. Immanuel (sometimes written Emmanuel) literally means "with us is God," or, more simply, "God with us." The meaning of Jesus birth is essentially immanuel. That is, the baby Jesus is literally God coming in human form to be with us.
But face the facts, all you oppressors, and then wring your hands. Listen, all of you, far and near.
Prepare for the worst and wring your hands. Yes, prepare for the worst and wring your hands!
Throughout this Advent season as we await the coming of the Christ child into history, into our world, and into our lives, we will look deeply into the very idea of Immanuel – God with us – on Sunday mornings.
Christmas is about Immanuel, God with us. Christmas is about you and God. Christmas is about belonging, inhabiting and approaching God through the birth of His son, Jesus the Christ.
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Persuasive communication has been at the heart of much of Western social and political development. It played a crucial role in the early promotion of colonization, struggle for independence, campaigns for the recognition of independence by European powers, the making of the constitutions, laying foundations of the new states, justifying or repudiating slavery, and building and manipulating alliances with Native Americans. Several decades of scholarship have elucidated the dynamics of authorship, publishing and reading in the Americas and the Atlantic world as forms of public relation practice in the pre-mass media world. Meanwhile, numerous studies of public opinion have built upon and responded to Jürgen Habermas' thesis about the transformation of the public sphere in the eighteenth century. These two strands of scholarship have often intersected, and in both areas the scholars have insisted on the need to move beyond the reified notions of "print culture" and the "public sphere" to consider the interaction of oral, scribal, printed and behavioral forms of socially and politically motivated communication.
The 2014 EEASA Conference will provide an opportunity to present fresh and more nuanced insights on how political communication actually worked in the Americas and the Atlantic world. What strategies of communication and modes of persuasion and protest did people develop and with what goals? What constraints – technical, geographic, legal, or cultural – help to explain the adoption of certain forms of expression and the content of the messages? How did the meaning and significance of words and images evolve as they travelled from place to place? How were persuasion and protest articulated in non-verbal forms, such as gesture, symbol, image, and performance? What political consequences – intended or unintended – resulted from the way people used speech, writing, print, and group action in early America and the Atlantic world?
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> When exposing crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.
OK, I'll see the next episode.
Anybody else see "Shin Godzilla"?
old story, told well, feels like new.
always go for the combo plate.
In a vacuum, I think coach is the best fit. the ch is usually soft.
The old Aaron Rodgers ads were amusing. Is it me, or are his new State Farm ads just plain lame?
c It's not woo to regard some of these things as future knowledge. No, just silly.
Here's NPR reporting on sexual harassment at NPR .
Movies Rated Poor - That are worth a look.
Sad, Stan Lee passed away.
I got my mom to woc it in hopes uv inspiring her to exersize.
Did I give you too many?
...my frustration is with the Russian system and culture, not it's people.
The camera pans to different guys as they take the lead melody, and they're all terrific.
I'm opening this up because we got on a tangent on another thread.
just wasted several days - what a lousy ending .
seriously - they all survived .
someone is going to get wounded .
You can knit pick...........a fine pastime. I'm playing poker.
I wasn't knitpicking, I was pointing out that anything can be knitpicked.
Was Ronnie Burkett complementary of complimentary?
The f-word is okay in Canada, but only in French broadcasts.
I'm surprised not to find any thread on the first episode, so I guess I'll start one.
thought olsen girls only did drugs ?
What makes the movie rise to the level of ok in your book?
most of the movies I go to are sci fi and absurd .
Or is it Shin Gojira . You CAN have it both ways, especially if you need to pad out 20 minutes of monster into a 1:47 movie.
On Earth aye is pronounced I .
Prometheus - A crew more obnoxious than the aliens.
8 guns - wonder if they could select ?
2 4 6 8 ?
This movie is coming to my little town. Anyone seen it or heard of it?
Coming movie: "God's Not Dead"
If anyone has Amazon Prime, they've suddenly added a ton of WW II documentaries, including the acclaimed WW II BBC series, World At War.
My wife is watching the Olympics so I'm banished to our room (I'm a football fan, American football).
Does a movie have to have a completely unique theme to be considered great?
Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.
Which novelist, which poet, would you, could you approve of?
My local PBS channel is now showing Mystery Science Theater.
I have Manos taped, haven't had a chance to watch it.
I legitimately love that POS. I even watch the un-mistied version.
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With apologies to the Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," that more or less sums up "Alice in Wonderland," the director's middling new version of the Lewis Carroll tale. It has its successful moments but it's surprisingly inert overall, more like a Burton derivative than something he actually did himself.
Through no fault of its own, "Alice" also has the misfortune of being the first major 3-D release to come out after the "Avatar" revolution, and when you add in that Burton chose to shoot in 2D and have the footage converted, it inevitably plays like one of the last gasps of the old-fashioned ways of doing things.
Then it's 13 years later, and Alice is a pouty young woman (Australian actress Mia Wasikowska) headed for a posh garden party with her mother. Alice is a bit of a rebel (she doesn't wear a corset!) and though she doesn't know it, she's on the way to what her family hopes will be her engagement party.
But once we meet Alice's intended, a complete twit named Hamish, we know that marriage is not going to happen, and a good thing too, for this part of the film is so tedious we are all but begging for the escape the rabbit hole provides, especially since it serves as a portal to Burton's inventive mind.
Alice is soon desperate to flee as well, and following the traditional white rabbit (voiced by Michael Sheen) she hurtles down the hole and confronts a world of wonders where animals talk and even flowers speak their minds.
These disputes soon become tiresome, even if one of Alice's champions is played by Johnny Depp.
With those battle scenes in place to please the boys, Burton and company have taken special care to provide pictures of Alice as a warrior princess in full Joan of Arc armor as a female empowerment icon for the girls in the audience. While that kind of thing is always in short supply, it would be nicer if that image - and the movie as a whole - felt less like corporate moves and more like situations that came from the heart.
Credits: Directed by Tim Burton. A Walt Disney Pictures release.


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NEW Africa Business News, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and East African Community (EAC) ended up to unite about 50 million African women in business across the continent.
The notion is a digital dais explicitly designed to tact the information needful of women in doing business, and joining them via a custom-built social networking tool launched in Kigali, Rwanda.
It is on the basis deal on financing by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and connecting the gap for women entrepreneurs across business value chains in sub-Saharan Africa, roughly calculated at about $42 billion.
The partners released in a statement on the 26th November, 2019 that; the platform will offer information on starting and growing a business and has a social networking for women entrepreneurs to learn from each other. The concept which was revealed during the Global Gender Summit in Kigali, firstly ettles to help economically empower women by providing a one-stop shop for financial and non-financial services.
It will also give access to women in thirty-eight African countries to find information on running businesses, accessing financial services, create business opportunities online, and access training resources.
The statement read in part: "We believe that the creation of this platform is a very practical way of speaking to the general agenda of empowering women, and now we have come to a stage where we have practical initiatives such as this."
In furtherance, women will have opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, mentoring and sharing information and knowledge and it has potential to precipitate dynamic online community of women entrepreneurs.
It said: "Sixty five percent of the traded commodities in the East Africa come from agriculture, a sector that employs 80% of women. The platform will help big part of the population to expand market opportunities.
"It is technology-based because this is one of the issues we are trying to advance to make sure that we leverage on technology to have smart solutions that are reaching far more people."
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It's impossible for Japan to win in A&A Pacific
Axis & Allies Pacific
I would like to propose that a good player should never lose when playing the Allies in A&A Pacific. The game is too lopsided.
Below is an sample scenario, there are obviously many variations off this single example, so just go with me.
To set the stage, assume that Japan is successful in capturing 40 IPCs on its first turn by going after all of the usual suspects.
During the Allies turn, Great Britian gives all 12 IPCs to India, which in turn buys infantry or some other defensive equipement. Australia buys some combination of armor and artillery while pulling everything off the northern coast into South Australia - along with the guys from New Zealand. The US buys 5 bombers, picks off as many Japanese ships as they can and re-enforces Australia with the carrier, planes, and infantry hanging out in the South Pacific.
At the end of the first turn Japan has captured a great deal of territory, but that's about it. At the start of the second turn, Japan has three options:
1. Focus on India
2. Focus on Australia
3. Halt attacks and focus on defense (this is suicide)
FOCUS ON INDIA: Too slow. By the time Japan gets all of their ships in line to make a move, India would have been able to spend at least 45 IPC on its defense - (15+12 from Great Britian) in round 1, (6+12) in round two. By the time Japan is remotely ready to attack in turn 3 India could have 21 infantry in its defense - and gaining six more per turn! Japan wouldn't be able to gather enough firepower in just two turns to be able to win. In addition, depending on interpretation of the rules, you might be able to move Chinese forces into India to help defend as well (nice, but not needed).
FOCUS ON AUSTRALIA: Too slow, and easy for US to help out. Let Japan land for free with as many units as it wants. Even with Australia stuck with 11 IPCs per turn, they will still have enough existing strength to kick the Japanese off the island. If the battle is too close for comfort, the US can fly a half dozen fighters down to Australia for defense in a single turn.
Barring the above need to buy fighters, the US buys nothing but bombers on every turn. At the end of the first turn, the US will have at least six bombers - all of which have an incredible amount of range because of the airbase on Hawaii. With these planes the US can focus on taking out the Japanese fleet while India and Australia slowly take away islands and IPC/VP. If Japan is making a move on India, fly all of the US bombers to Western Australia in turn #2 - threatening to strike the Japanese navy. The US can replace any loses with the 4+ bombers it buys every turn. The Japanese navy won't last very long.
While all of that is happening, the remaining US and Australian fleet make themselves useful in a variety of different ways - mainly picking off the more distant, less risky islands of New Guinea, etc (and lowering Japan to <40 IPCs).
Once the Japanese offensive has been neutralized or eliminated by US bombers the Allies can quickly regain enough territories or convoys to knock Japan down to <20 IPCs - extending the game to allow sufficient time for the US to turn its literally dozens of bombers towards Japan for strategic bombing raids. Since these raids remove VP from Japan, there is no way that Japan can win once the US can start bombing every turn.
FOCUS ON DEFENSE: This is suicide. The minute the Allies don't have to worry about being invaded they can turn to assisting in the US bombers campaign to wipe out the Japanese navy. Given the incredible production rate of US bombers (the US will have nearly a dozen bombers at the end of the 3rd turn, adding at least 4 per turn) and the inability of Japan to effectively re-enforce their navy, the Japanese will lose all of the convoy space quickly - knocking them below 20 IPC much too soon.
So, unless you are a better man than I am - I have not found a way for the Japanese to win as long as the US can spend 72 IPCs per turn on bombers. Because of this, I am tinkering with a few rule changes.
1. Eliminate Great Britian money.
2. Eliminate the industrial complex on Hawaii
3. Drop US IPCs from 75 to 30 (by dropping Western US from 55 to 10).
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bossk last edited by
That's insane. Japan can keep all their original navy intact for at least the first two turns with extra airplanes to replenish their carriers plus combat air patrols. This makes the Japanese navy exremely difficult to kill even if the US has a dozen bombers. The US can't give that much aid to Australia and the British navy is usually destroyed by turn 3 or 4. This makes taking Australia relitivly easy to take if they buy what you say they did. As for India, if the Japanese navy is neglected and offensive power is built up in southeast asia (this is of course if the Japanese were wise and didn't bother with China) and some of the convoys were taken then India can be taken much more easily than you describe. As for getting 40 IPCs on the first turn, that's just foolish; there is such a thing as spreading yourself too thin.
Yanny last edited by
I totally disagree. I usually bid FOR JAPAN.
Your looking at the first turn completely wrong. I see the first turn as not a way to capture IPCs, but to take out threats. I take out every British and American ship I can while not losing many of mine. Its nice seeing fighters defend at 1…
And the way my games go is Japan gets 3/4/4/4/4/4 or the US takes Japan by turn 6.
And your correct, taking Australia or India is very very hard, Vps is easier.
Without a bid, I can win with Japan a good 80% of the time, average luck.
[ This Message was edited by: Yanny on 2002-01-01 18:39 ]
what about winning by victory points.that's not too hard.
Thanks for the responses! Although I'm still of the opinion that Japan can't win.
Don't take my word for it - find out for yourself. Take your best Japan strategy and then come up with an Allied plan to beat it. The Allies simply have too much money and too much flexibility for a good player not to be able to thwart the plan. If you guys are good at this game, I'm confident you will find a way to beat your own strategy.
That's it for me. I'll let you know if I find a way to prove myself wrong.
I like to attack only as much as I need to, then defend, trying to keep as many units as I can, winning with victory points.
Doug, I have to disagree with you again. The trick is to use CAPs to delay the US, make them move 1 space a turn. At this pace, it will take awhile to reach Japan, which has been built up to defend againt the US onslaught. Remember, 6 turns at 40 economy not only nets winning VPs, but thats a lot of money to spend.
Indeed Yanny. And, if you use your subs effectivly, you can keep the US around 65 IPCs per turn
I'm not going to argue with you. Just do me a favor and play against yourself for a couple of games - with a few ideas.
First, a good Allied player will drag the game out for much longer than 6 turns. No decent Allied player is going to sit around on his butt and let Japan gain 40 IPCs each turn - he is at least going to do something take away 1 IPC somewhere. That will extend the game to at least seven turns.
Second, it's pointless for the Allies to try and take Japan in the first 6 turns (or at all) as you guys have stressed - it's a waste of units. At the beginning of the game the Allies sole goal is to use all of their resources to wipe out the Japanese fleet.
Third, keep in mind that the Allies don't have to retake islands to knock out Japanese IPCs. While the Allies may not get the points, it's more important to prevent the Japanese from getting them.
Fourth, buy bombers from the US and start positioning them at friendly airbases around the Pacific to attack Japanese naval units. If need be, fly them all down to Western Australia (Bombers can fly from Hawaii to W. Aus. in one move - defend with US fighters and Australian infantry). The Japanese navy will not last very long against these bombers and the remaining British ships. Also, from my understanding, CAPs only apply to naval units - so they won't stop the bombers.
Fifth, once the Japanese fleet has been neutralized, set up a strategic bombing base for the US. There maybe six islands that will work. Not only does it take away Japanese IPCs, it takes away their victory points as well - extending the game even further.
We could go on like this for years - with both of us thinking that the other person is an absolutely moron. I could be wrong - I haven't ruled that out - but my dad and I have studied this game from all angles and cannot find a way where Japan can win against a competent Allied player.
I personally feel that the Pacific game is so lopsided towards the Allies that I'm almost surprised you guys are arguing with me. Assuming that all of us are competent players, there clearly has to be another reason (i.e. misunderstanding of the rules, etc.) for us to be so divergent in our thinking.
I'll keep investigating - but my opinion still stands!
Way to stand up for yourself Doug, but I have to say that I think there is a serious flaw somewhere in your thinking.
By the way, a CAP can defend against air units if those units are attacking the sea zone the CAP is in.
the admiral last edited by
Doug, I thought the same as you when we first got the game. How many games have you played so far? I think that as time passes and Japan works out all the myriad moves of first turn, you will find that the allies can easily blow the game by one false move, whereas Japan can choose its battles. Japan was winning so steadily in our group that we took up bidding VP's to see who got to be Japan. 25 to 30 victory points is not unheard of.
Hey Bossk (and everyone else),
Maybe the problem is my understanding of the CAP - I need your help to figure out if this is the case.
I don't have the rules in front of me, but I remember the CAP section only stating that it prevents ships from moving through a sea space - a way of slowing down Allied ships.
How does a CAP work if it is in the same seas space as the ships I want to attack? Let me give you an example, tell me what you think.
Japan has three carrier and six planes at Midway to start the game. After the first move, these ships are located somewhere (where is unimportant). Under my plan, the Allies build a bunch of bombers, and using the airbase on Hawaii or some other island, can attack this fleet.
Now if I understand your take on the CAP rule, the Japanese can set up a CAP with a single fighter directly above its three carrier and remaining five fighters. Therefore, when I try to attack the carrier group with just bombers, they all get stopped by the single CAP fighter. The battle is obviously lopsided - 12 bombers against the single CAP fighter - but it costs the Allies a turn and prevents them from getting at the Japanese ships. Since the Japanese have a bunch of carriers and enough fighters, they can defend their fleet very effectively.
If that is the case, then I will have to agree with you that it would extremely difficult to sink the Japanese navy - and for that matter, for the Allies to win.
So how does it work? I've got 12 bombers attacking a Japanese fleet where they have a CAP in that sea zone.
The way I understand it is that the CAP in the same space as Japanese ships defends normally - that there is no layering type effect where I have to defeat the CAP before I can attack the ships (a sort of oceanic "amphibious" assualt where I have to attack in two steps - forcing me to split, and weaken, my total attack).
I'm pretty sure that aircraft can fly through a CAP when their aren't ships, so why wouldn't the same apply for when their are ships (therefore allowing me to fly through the CAP and attack the ships and planes - CAP units included - in a combined attack)?
So what are your thoughts on this CAP scenario? I think this might be the culprit.
dezrtfish '19 Moderator last edited by
I just reread the CAP rule, and I think the CAP defends along with any units in the same sea zone.
Aircraft can fly through CAPs to attack another sea zone, but what I'm saying is that a CAP can defend in the sea zone your attacking. Therefor the Japanese can have much more defensive power than just their navy and whatever fighters can fit on their carriers.
See the problem with your Strategy is eventually Japan will get the 22 Vps. I go right for Japan, but the first turn I agree building all bombers is the best choice. Why? Because you need to take out the Japaneese fleet first then bring your own into the fray. Second turn I build Destroyers, Third Turn I build transports and Infantry. Fourth turn, the british have already started to capture ports on the way to Japan. Build Transports + Marines + Artillery for awhile, Turn 6 or 7 or so I take Japan.
Hey Everyone:
Thanks for the responses. I sent an email to Avalon Hill/Hasbro asking them to clarify if the game(s) had been designed to favor the Allies. Here is my question and their email response:
My Question for game designers Larry Harris, Stephen Baker, or Rob Daviau (names found on the bottom of the Pacific box):
Is Axis & Allies (Pacific) designed to be a fair game, or is the game lopsided in such a manner to ensure the Allies always win?
My dad and I (age 61 and 29, respectively) have enjoyed playing all of the A&A games over the last several years. We have analyzed the game(s) extensively and have not been able to find a scenario where the Axis has a realistic chance of winning.
Any input into ways to make the two sides more evenly matched would be greatly appreciated.
Question Reference #011228-000082
At 01/04/2002 02:38 PM we wrote - Thank you for contacting us. The Axis and Allies board games are designed based on the wars that were fought in real life. These wars were won by the Allies and that is how the game is based. However, the Axis can win the game, it is just more difficult. We apologize for any confusion.
From my end, this pretty much slams the door on the issue. If Hasbro/Avalon Hill admits that the game is designed to favor the Allies, that's good enough for me. I sent this questions as part of the customer service section of the axisandallies.com webpage. Feel free to send your own question and pass along any contradictory responses you receive from Hasbro/Avalon Hill.
My suggestion to everyone on this web page: Before you go and make it harder for the Axis, Germany, or Japan to win in each of the respective games - take heed of Hasbros own opinion of the game and try to figure out what inefficiencies you have in your play for the Allies. I firmly believe - and the game creator appears to support - that a good player should not lose when playing the Allies. In the end I think you will find you need to make it easier for the Axis to win, not the other way around.
does anyone really care about pacific.let's face it it's a bad game. iused to like it but now i can't stand it.
Unless the good allied player is playing an exceptional axis player, Doug.
Pacific and Europe are cheap imitations of original A&A. Play that its better
I still say both AAE and AAP are slanted toward the axis****(accidently put allies in original post). In AAE, its a race, and Germany can have a big advantage in that race. In AAP, its whether Japan can hold off the Americans long enough to get the needed Vps.
"History is just a set of lies agreed upon"
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference"
btownthug16, the original is not better than AAe or AAp it is more basic. it is dull, certainly if you have played it for years.
Mr Ghoul last edited by
Where are all the conversations about AAP?
I would post some stratagies if I could ever find the time and people to play with; then perhaps I could actually make some up. I should have one ready by next week for your critical evaluation.
lol, tight AAP is fun, its like the peeps on this site dont enjoy it.
I don't understand how anyone could not enjoy playing anything related to axis & allies.
Axis & Allies Pacific FAQ
Axis & Allies Pacific • • Krieghund
For your reference, the A&A Pacific FAQ:
Axis & Allies Pacific FAQ.pdf
Would you reccomend A&A Pacific to a fellow A&A player?
Axis & Allies Pacific • • nutbar
@frimmel:
Yes this is a nice version of Axis and Allies and the sets with Cherry Red Japanese pieces are terrific looking.
Oh I love em!
Saburo Sakai's AAPacific Essays - #7 It All Looks So Good
Axis & Allies Pacific • • saburo sakai
I'm a newcomer to this site although I have been playing A&A for maybe twenty years now. I got A&A Pacific a couple of years ago but unluckily 🙂 my gaming group has always had more than three players available, so we tend to end up playing A&A revised and A&A Europe.
However, we do play Pacific now and then and we by the second Pacific session we had learned what Saburo Sakai lays out in this essay– Japan had better buy subs and India had better start stacking land forces up in anticipation of an India assault. Couple that idea with the realization that territories such as New Britain are vital due to the Naval Base rule and you are well on your way to an enjoyable and hard fought Pacific campaign. Cheers!!
Pacific Power!!!
Axis & Allies Pacific • • Battlingmaxo
@gnasape:
I think it might also have to do with the additional rules/exceptions not found in other AA games such as CAPS, airfields, naval bases, Japan's first round attack on US forces (defending at 1).
According to the user manual Allied units (both Commonwealth and Us forces,…not only Us forces) may defend only with a roll of 1. Of course, any attacks made in Chinese territory are defended by rolling at full strength.
Pacific charts
Axis & Allies Pacific • • Darenm
Guys, all of the setup charts and rules are available here too.
https://www.axisandallies.org/resources-downloads/
Saburo Sakai's AAPacific Essays - #3 The Australia Capture
The Australia Capture - The Invasion that Wasn't
In February of 1942, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto proposed an invasion of Australia. The invasion plan, calling for landings in both the north and south of Australia, required the use of 10 Japanese Army divisions and because resources where stretched thin, the plan was rejected by Tojo and the Imperial General Staff.
While the Japanese didn't have the resources to invade Australia during World War II, the Japanese player in AAPacific does start the game with sufficient resources to capture New South Wales, prevent any Allied counterattack and win the game. However, the Australia capture is a much tougher strategic road and usually requires a mistake by the Allies to be successful since US reinforcements are much closer to Australia than to India.
The Australia capture can be initiated from any balanced J1 opening and doesn't require any unusual opening moves. Since it requires some mistakes by the Allied player, an Australia capture is generally an opportunistic move rather than a planned strategy. If you're the Japanese player, you shouldn't start the game thinking that you will win by capturing NSW. Rather, you should always keep in mind the possibility of invading Australia if the right circumstances present themselves.
After a "standard" J1 opening that sees the capture of Philippines, Hongkong, Anhwe, Kiangsi, Malaya, Java, New Britain, Midway and the destruction of Allied fleets in sz9, 27, 38, 43 and 46, the Japanese player has the basic set up to invade Australia on J2. Whether an invasion actually occurs will depend on the Allied moves on Allies 1.
The key to the Australia invasion is capturing both Northern Territory and Queensland. Often the Allied player will retreat his forces from these territories into South Australia, leaving the capture of NT and Queensland as a walk in. Usually, Japan is able to bring in units from New Britain and New Guinea, Philippines and Java during combat movement. Only 1 infantry (loaded on a DD) should be used to capture NT and the rest placed in Queensland. On NCM, any units in Hongkong, Kiangsi, FIC and Malaya can be moved to Queensland on all available transports and DDs. These units can take advantage of the 3 space port movement between sz45 or 46 and sz32. The bulk of the Japanese fleet that started in sz27 can be moved to sz29 to block any US amphibious assault into Queensland intended to disrupt the forces massing in Queensland for the attack on NSW. If the Americans attack the Japanese fleet in sz29, any fighters on the carriers should be the last loss and if they survive the battle, they land in Queensland, ready to attack NSW on J3.
An Australia capture is most likely to succeed if Japan can attack the Allied reinforcements that were moved to sz14. This can happen when the Allies fail to block sz15 and sz28 or a Japanese sub survives to J2 in sz28 or sz9. Why are these subs important? They allow a twelve fighter, 2 bomber attack on sz14 which is usually sufficient to wipe out all of the Allied units (and certainly all of the transports) that are located in sz14 at the start of J2. How is this possible? Six fighters can fly from sz27 to sz14, a distance of 2 moves and these fighters can land on New Britain after the battle. Fighters from sz43, Formosa and Marianas can also reach sz14, a distance of 4 moves. Their only possible landing place will be the aircraft carriers from sz27 moving to sz14 on NCM.Â
Normally, if the US has a sub in sz14, Japan can't clear the sea zone because the Allied player will have blocked sz15 and sz28 preventing any naval units from getting there to attack the subs (remember, in AAPacific, subs cannot be attacked by air units unless a DD is spotting). Without clearing the sea zone, the ACs can't move to sz14 and therefore only 6 fighters can reach and attack sz14. One loose sub changes that equation. All Japan needs to do is add a sub to the attack on sz14 and 12 fighters and 2 bombers can join in the attack. Japan does not need to entirely wipe out the US fleet. All it needs to do is kill as much as possible to prevent these reinforcements from reaching NSW to make the J3 attack on the Australian capital a risky proposition.
If Japan can capture and reinforce Queensland and wipe out the US reinforcements in sz14, NSW will almost certainly fall on J3. On J3 NCM, Japan moves its entire naval force to sz30, preventing any follow on US units from attacking NSW and liberating Australia. Japan wins the game at the beginning of J4 when it holds NSW and Tokyo.
As mentioned, an Australia capture is only available if the Allied player makes a mistake. Usually, that mistake occurs when the Allied player fails to appropriately protect Queensland and sz14.Â
First, there should be no half measures in Queensland. You should either withdraw from it entirely, leaving all your units available for a counterattack or for defence of NSW or you should heavily defend Queensland. It is possible to defend Queensland with 8 Inf, 2 Rtl, AA, 3 UK Fighters, 2 US Bombers and up to 2 US fighters. The two UK infantry from New Zealand can be landed in Queensland by moving the transport to sz32. This has the further advantage of negating the Japanese BB support shot because it requires a sea battle before the amphibious invasion. Facing such a defence, Japan would be foolish to attack Queensland because it would be too weakened to prevent its forces from being wiped out by a counterattack. This defence of Queensland is available to the Allied player when he is confident that Japan is not likely to initiate a successful India Crush. In those circumstances, it is not necessary to move units into South Australia for the "Anti-Crush" (see Essay #2).
Second, the Allies must keep their early reinforcements alive but close enough to support Australia. That's why it is important to move as much of the force as possible to sz14 but to block any attack on it. Any subs in sz28 and sz9 must be killed. You should use overkill to make sure these subs do not escape by diving. Sea zone 28 and sz15 must be blocked to prevent a naval attack on sz14. You should leave a UK sub in sz29 to ensure that the Japanese sz27 fleet cannot move to sz29 during NCM. This leaves open the US amphibious assault of Queensland supported by bombers and fighters which will put an end to the Japanese hopes of capturing NSW. Finally, you must have a US sub in sz14 or Japan can clear the sea zone with air alone and can get the 12 fighter, 2 bmr attack on the sea zone that will wipe out the US reinforcements.
In summary, Japan can win by capturing Australia but the attack is usually only available if the Allied player makes a mistake in his defence posture and Japan moves immediately to exploit that mistake.
MOVED: New English House Rule For Pacific.
Axis & Allies Pacific • • Imperious Leader
This topic has been moved to House Rules.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=2167.0
National production chart and NCM's
Axis & Allies Pacific • • L337Noob
ok, thanks fer clearing that up guys…it really helps 😄


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Who is Nien Nunb?
Who is Nien Nunb ? Why does he look like a pile of pancakes?
With the cameo appearance of Nien in The Force Awakens as an X-Wing pilot, we thought it might be an opportune time to quickly visit the character.
Most fans will recognise Numb as Lando's co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon in Return of the Jedi – but do they know his name? It's never said in Jedi! Or TFA!
Nien is almost like a Salcacious Crumb kind of character – seemingly fun and amusing but the view is left wondering about the fellow – what's that language he speaks to Lando for example?
Numb's back story is that of a smuggler so it perhaps makes sense he found himself on one of the most famous smuggling ships of all.
Expanded Universe tales suggests that he and Lando became friends well before the Jedi time frame and then when Lando was planning his assault on the Death Star II he recognised his old pal in a line up of pilots and selected him.
Nien Nunb was actually a puppet which was operated by two puppeteers, Mike Quinn and Richard Bonehill.
He was voiced by Kipsand Rotich who used his Kenyan language, Haya and also Kikuyu. This was for both Jedi and TFA - the later film required some serious tracking down of Rotich so he could record his part!
Billy Dee Williams nicked named Nien Nunb as 'The Pancake Kid' as his face looks like a pile of the breakfast food!
We hope that Nien gets to make another cameo in The Last Jedi!
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Was Jeff Fisher a Bust as Head Coach of the Rams?
Jeff Fisher is often identified as one of the most middling head coaches in NFL history. And there's a good reason.
Despite never being a total flop, he was also never an unmitigated success. His resume has always been propped up by his intermittent triumphs with the Tennessee Titans, specifically when he coached them to an AFC Championship and Super Bowl appearance during their first season rebranded as the Titans, following their switch from the Tennessee Oilers.
Look at his overall track record, though, and a certain pattern starts to emerge.
Through 22 years of coaching, Fisher's teams are 12 games above .500. A winning record is nothing to slouch about in the NFL. It's a big deal. But his squads only made five total playoff appearances during that time. That's hardly an impressive hit rate.
Hence why it was so curious that people were incredibly high on the St. Louis Rams, now the Los Angeles Rams, hiring him to coach the franchise in 2012. Sure, he was an upgrade over his predecessor, Steve Spagnuolo, who was a complete flop. But Fisher never demonstrated the concrete ability to guide his teams to that next level. If anything, with the exception of those early Titans squads, his units had a reputation of underperforming.
Sure enough, the Rams fell into the same category during his tenure. They never won more than seven games during his four-plus seasons at the helm. Poor quarterback play was a large part of the problem. Fisher inherited Sam Bradford, who spent two seasons under him as the starting QB, and then gave the keys to Austin Davis and Case Keenum.
Granted, the front office is at fault for never putting a solid QB foundation in place. At the same, Fisher never made the call to switch to Jason Goff in 2016, which was a big part of the reason he got fired.
The flip side of this argument: Goff put together a couple of bright seasons under current head coach Sean McVay, but he hasn't exactly developed into a superstar. Fisher cannot be held responsible for the Rams' struggles during his tenure as a result—not entirely.
What this comes down is more complicated. Fisher was a mediocre coach who was given mediocre rosters that he led towards mediocrity. That makes him neither a huge letdown or huge success. His time with the Rams was…well, in reality, it just was. That's it. Nothing more.


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War Diaries Exhibit Portrays Piece of the Veteran Experience
November 15, 2016 features
by Roy Lyle
In 2003, Tim McLaughlin was shipped overseas to invade Iraq, Peter Maass was sent to write about the invasion by New York Times Magazine and Gary Knight was commissioned to take photos of it for Newsweek.
The brief period of time in which the three men's lives crossed paths is now showcased in a new exhibit in the Viewpoint Gallery in the Student Center, highlighting McLaughlin and his war diary in particular. The exhibit is an authentic portrayal of the Iraq war from three men who knew it intimately as soldiers and journalists.
Lt. Tim McLaughlin commanded a Marine Corps tank into Iraq during the invasion of the country in 2003, bringing with him a flag that was given to him by a family friend. For a minute and a half, the flag would cover the head of the statue of Saddam Hussein which stood in Firdos Square before it was torn down by American troops.
There's a bounty of significance to be found in McLaughlin's lived experiences, as well as in the writing of Peter Maass and the photographs of Gary Knight. The meaningfulness of McLaughlin's stories are not just in Firdos Square, but in all the events and feelings told by the three perspectives of the exhibit.
It only takes a walk through the exhibit to understand why his diaries are the highlighted piece of the exhibit. They, more than any other piece of the exhibit, display what it means to be a soldier, what it meant to be in the invasion of Iraq and what it means to be Tim McLaughlin.
On the cover of his diary, McLaughlin wrote a quote from the apocalyptic Book of Revelations, "His horse was named Death…And Hell Followed Them." On one page, McLaughlin writes to a soldier's parents, telling them their son was accidentally shot by another soldier. On one page is a letter to Victoria's Secret. On yet another page, we see a postcard with a kitten on it captioned "When you masturbate… God kills a kitten."
It's almost difficult to comprehend. At once, the exhibit shows how humanity survives in a warzone, but at the same time becomes scarred by the experience. McLaughlin constantly describes his day to day duties as a soldiers, including the friends he lost and the people he killed himself and yet constantly writes down jokes and other distractions from what he called "the boredom of war."
At a panel last Thursday, the day after the grand opening of the exhibit, McLaughlin talked about Tim O'Brien's, "The Things They Carried" and talked about the complications of how to tell a true war story. Through the synthesis of each individual piece of the exhibit (from McLaughlin's diaries, to Knight's storytelling photos of the soldiers, to Maass' insightful stories) different aspects of the Iraq war are seen more thoroughly and honestly.


Jesus knew where He came from, He knew that God was with Him now and He knew His destiny, therefore He was able to serve. This three-fold awareness enabled Jesus to function in ways that would have seemed "beneath His dignity".
Being certain that God has placed us on the earth for a purpose, that God is with us now, and that He will take us to be with Him in eternity, should bring great confidence to us. As we rest in God's hand upon us, through our past, present and future, we too will be able to step into any situation with confidence.
Jesus knew where He came from, He knew that God was with Him now and He knew His destiny, therefore He was able to serve. Being confident that God has brought us onto the earth for a purpose, that God is with us now, and that He will take us to be with Him in eternity should bring great confidence to us. This three-fold awareness enabled Jesus to function in ways that would have seemed "beneath His dignity". As we rest in God's working through our past, present and future, we too will be able to step, into any situation with confidence.
Jesus, You knew that the Father's hand was upon You, this freed You to serve others. Help us to walk in this awareness so we too can willingly serve others.


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Law School alumni to lead program on living the Gospel
The Notre Dame Alumni Association will present an online program titled "Restoring Balance and Reducing Stress: Living Gospel Priorities" at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 20. The program, led by Rev. David T. Link '58, '61 J.D., and Ann M. Firth '81, '84 J.D., will discuss achieving life balance and reducing stress by focusing on Christian priorities, practices and beliefs that lead to a sustainable inner peace. To view this live broadcast or past programs go to http://www.ustream.tv/notredame or visit the Tender, Strong, and True website.
Fr. Link was ordained to the priesthood in June 2008 after being widowed, but previously served as the dean of the Notre Dame Law School from 1975 to 1999. Currently Fr. Link is the Deputy Director of Religious and Community Activities in the Indiana Department of Correction and also serves as Chaplain of the Indiana State Prison.
Firth is the associate vice president for student affairs at the University of Notre Dame and a mother of five children. She has played a large role in the formulation of policies relating to residential and student life. In January, Firth participated in the second annual Blessed Basil Moreau Lecture titled, "How is Your Heart? Toward a Profound Education."
Rev. Daniel G. Groody C.S.C.'86, an associate professor of theology and the director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, will serve as moderator for the panelists, while Kathleen M. Sullivan '82 M.A., '87 Ph.D., Spirituality Programs Director for the Alumni Association and overseer of pray.nd.edu, will manage the on-line comments and questions.
The series, which began in February, allows alumni, parents and friends to interact with experts and faculty as they discuss spiritual issues and ideas live via UStream. Most recently the program addressed how to live a fulfilling and spiritually-driven Christian life titled "Discovering Your Mission: Living with God-Given Purpose."


Hybrid and electric vehicles, efficient driving techniques, and staff carpooling are all methods the District is using to reduce corporate GHGs in transportation.
Hybrid and electric vehicles are considered as options for on-going fleet replacement for high-use vehicles.
Anti-idling policy and on-going staff education for District vehicles.
Shower facilities and bike storage is available at the largest worksites to encourage staff to bike to work.
Level 2 Electric vehicle charging stations have been installed at the Municipal Hall and Gleneagles and Main Community Centres to encourage adoption of electric vehicle technology.
Enhanced tracking and reporting of corporate vehicle trips and fleet GHG emissions.
Addition of staff carpool parking spots at Municipal Hall to encourage ride sharing.


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Speaker highlights the importance of affordable housing
Jeremy Cappello Lee | Monday, April 27, 2015
Anthony Jowid, COO and a Principal of Allied Argenta, spoke Friday on the future of affordable housing in the U.S., in the final installment of the Ten Years Hence speaker series sponsored by the O'Brien-Smith Leadership Program.
Jowid said Allied Argenta, a real estate development company which acquires, renovates and manages apartments throughout the western United States, works to address the lack of affordable housing in the country.
"There is one affordable and available unit for every 100 households that need that unit," Jowid said. "There's about 11.5 million households that need this and about 100,000 available units. That's a very huge gap."
While the company is focused on improving the living standards for its low income housing tenants, it also adheres to a triple bottom line policy, which promotes social and environmental development while maintaining profitability.
"You can think of it as people, planet, profit, the three pillars of sustainability," he said. "So although we are mission driven, we also are a for-profit company, so we are interested in making money."
Jowid said in the affordable housing industry, the developer-owners undertake all aspects of the project.
"The developer-owners take all the risks," Jowid said. "We actually do the construction, we build the project, and we asset manage the project and are responsible to ensure that the place is a good place and sustainable."
Jowid said the quality of affordable housing has improved since the government handed over development projects to the private, public and non-profit sectors.
"Before, you had the government taking out taxpayer dollars and using that money to build and to manage affordable housing," Jowid said. "They've realized that the private sectors are better at this than they are."
In addition to being run by the private sector, affordable housing is now funded by a tax credit-based program known as Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), Jowid said.
"These tax credits are awarded to states by the government, and these tax credits are used as the equity," he said. "Basically what the government has allowed investors to do is lower their tax liability by investing in these companies."
Jowid said Allied Argenta invests millions of dollars per housing development to ensure that the buildings not only meet basic standards but are also energy efficient.
"In our homes, we install energy efficient windows, doors, HVACs, water systems, roofs — all the things that allow there to be greater energy efficiency and sustainability," Jowid said. "Not only is it good for the environment, it's good for the tenants living in the apartments."
Jowid said high quality affordable housing provides social programs for tenants to build a strong sense of community.
"There are service coordinators onsite providing opportunities for financial planning, after-school and athletic programs, to ensure that they are happy and healthy environment," Jowid said.
The common misconception is affordable housing recipients do not contribute to the economy, but Jowid said the majority of tenants have jobs.
"Most of these tenants do work," he said. "They are earning income. They are paying for their housing units. But because they make a small amount of money, they're paying a lower amount for their rent."
Jowid said governmental reform to the current housing system will provide homes to those who have traditionally struggled to secure housing, including victims of domestic abuse.
"There are housing reforms that are taking place to protect the people who are living in these communities, to ensure that these people can have access to these communities and can remain in them," he said.
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#4 AI Smash Hits 2020 AI Helps Detect Dreaded White Eye Disease
The first step in treatment is correct diagnosis
Our Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks is back with the second instalment of 2020 smash hits in AI. Readers may recall that we offered a fun series during the holidays about the oopses and ums and ers in the discipline (typically hyped by uncritical sources). This time, Dr. Marks wants to talk about a serious issue: The use of AI apps developed at his university, Baylor in Texas, to detect "white eye," an eyeball cancer in children.
"White eye" or leukocoria can be caused by a number of conditions, many of which are treatable. In some cases, however, it is a form of cancer (retinoblastoma). Our story begins at 14:32:
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Robert J. Marks: Now, the story behind this number 4 smash hit of 2020 is very local. Very, very close to me.
There's a professor at Baylor University in chemistry named Bryan Shaw. He had his son Noah who lost an eye to cancer, and he became dedicated to the idea that he wanted to develop something to prohibit this from happening in other people. Not prohibit, but at least have an early detection.
So he contacted a professor in the department of computer science of Baylor University, Greg Hammerly (pictured). And they applied a deep convolutional neural network to look at images of kids' eyeballs, to tell whether or not they had this condition called white eye. And they developed it. And it was very, very successful. And now is available as an app, a free app. They decided not to make it commercial and try to make money out of it. But this is an app that you could get on Google Play or the Apple app store. And the name of the app is called CRADLE. And what it does is you put the app on your cell phone and it scans the images on your cell phone of your child and tells you whether your kids, the pictures of your kids on your cell phone, have this white eye this indicator of eyeball cancer.
The first step in treatment is correct diagnosis:
Here are the AI 2020 Smash Hits to date:
5 AI 2020 Smash hit: Deepfakes—What they can and can't do. Deepfakes? Our minds often actually fill in a lot of our background for us when we are not even aware of it. One way of thinking about deepfakes is that they are liked instant mashed potatoes. The water is removed and re-added later.
6 AI Smash Hit: AI defeats fighter pilot hands down. The future of warfare may involve more machine waste but less human carnage. Eric Holloway: It's going to be a more a hybrid approach where you have the fighter pilot and then a bunch of robot wingman that he can control.
7 AI Smash Hit: Why AI can't do your thinking for you. Robert J. Marks: you change a pixel or two in an image and the deep convolutional neural network is totally wrong. Eric Holloway: The machine's confidence in its result is complete certainty and it's absolutely certain about the wrong result.
8 AI 2020 Smash Hit: Big gains in practical self-driving cars. The people who have been pursuing Level Five self-driving are nowhere but Level Four is working well. Jonathan Bartlett: You can think of Level Four self-driving as an engineering project and Level Five as a philosophy project
9 AI Success: Smarter cars for non-millionaires If your car is a recent model, an affordable aftermarket kit might transform it into a much smarter car. One possible risk is that a hacker could take over your car but, no matter what we do with AI, we must deal with security issues.
10 Smash Hit: #10 AI Success!: Translation gets faster and better. Machine translation, properly used, can help us communicate better. What's made AI tech translation work so well is not that it's perfect, but we're going to have a second pass.
00:31 | Introducing Jonathan Bartlett
00:40 | Introducing Dr. Eric Holloway
02:47 | #5: Deepfaking for Entertainment
10:12 | #3: Paralyzed Man Moves in Mind-Reading Exoskeleton
14:32 | #4: Deep Learning for leukocoria, or "white eye"
16:36 | #2: AI Beats Professionals in Six Player Poker
20:23 | #1: AI Cracks Protein Folding
Jonathan Bartlett at Discovery.org
Eric Holloway at Discovery.org
#5: "Disney's deepfakes are getting closer to a big-screen debut" (The VERGE)
#4: "An App That Can Catch Early Signs of Eye Disease In A Flash" (NPR), "Eye-catching tech" (Waco Trib)
#3: "Paralyzed Man Moves in Mind-Reading Exoskeleton" (BBC News)
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D.
#2: "Carnegie Mellon and Facebook AI beats professionals in six-player poker" (Carnegie Mellon)
#1: "Protein Folding: AI has cracked a problem that stumped biologists for 50 years. It's a huge deal." (VOX), "AlphaFold Scores Huge Breakthrough in Analyzing Causes of Disease" (Mind Matters News)
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27 hole championship facilities and public 6-hole pitch and put for all. In an idyllic high-altitude location with views across the Sieg Valley and the Siebengebirge mountains.
As well as the Natursteig Sieg hiking trail, there are numerous experience trails and hiking routes for short and long excursions. Throughout the year, hikes of differing distances for all levels of fitness are on offer. All hikes are led by experienced official hiking guides, and are free of charge.
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New York City is on track to reach its goal of ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, according to numbers from Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, a potentially remarkable achievement for a city with one of the largest homeless populations in the country.
The mayor's office has determined that there are 990 homeless military veterans in New York City. Of these, 971 are in city shelters and 19 have been identified as living in the streets.
That represents a 40 percent drop from the number of homeless vets the city identified last year, and a 75 percent drop from 2012, when there were nearly 3,800 homeless veterans in New York City.
"On our watch, the number of homeless veterans in New York City has dropped significantly, and Mayor de Blasio is fully committed to ending veteran homelessness by the end of this year," a spokesperson from the mayor's office told HuffPost.
During his State of the City address in January, de Blasio promised to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015 as part of the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, an initiative spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama.
"Those who fight abroad to protect our freedom should never be left without a home here in the country they defended," the mayor said. "It makes no sense, and we won't let it happen."
De Blasio's plan has included a push to get local veterans to sign up for federal housing vouchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It also moved veterans to the top of the waiting lists for state-funded supportive housing, Medicaid-funded housing with health services and affordable units in public and subsidized housing set aside for the homeless.
According to the mayor's office, the city has placed 200 veterans in homes so far this year.
The city has also completed housing plans for 96 percent of the remaining veterans, which means the New York City Department of Homeless Services and other city agencies have established the best available housing options for 950 homeless veterans. How quickly those plans can be implemented depends on available funding and the cooperation of the individual veterans in question.
Patrick Markee, deputy executive director for advocacy at Coalition for the Homeless, said he is skeptical of the city's numbers.
"I don't believe that there are only 19 homeless vets sleeping on the street," Markee told HuffPost.
A Department of Homeless Services source told HuffPost that the current estimate for unsheltered veterans comes from a count conducted by homeless outreach teams, who are on the streets around the clock encouraging individuals to come indoors.
Markee also said that while data surrounding the sheltered homeless population is more reliable, there are probably many homeless men and women who don't self-identify as veterans, and therefore didn't end up getting included in the city's latest census.
Tori Lyon, executive director of the Jericho Project, a New York-based nonprofit that houses homeless veterans, said there's "definitely a sense" among many city agencies and advocates for the homeless that New York can end veteran homelessness by the end of this year.
But Lyon, who also sits on the Executive Council of the New York City Continuum of Care Veterans Task Force, added that "we're not going to get from 990 to zero." That's because there will always be newly homeless veterans, as well as veterans who have slipped back into homelessness for the second or third time.
Rather than eliminating every single homeless veteran, Lyon said, the idea is to reach what's called "functional zero" -- a point where there are so few homeless veterans that the city has the resources to have a "quick turnaround" whenever a vet does become homeless. The goal would be to get the vets re-housed within 90 days, which she characterized as "ambitious" considering the city's tough housing market.
Functional zero, Lyon elaborated, is the point where the "system and resources match the need" of vets who have recently become homeless. In order to reach this point, she said, the Executive Council thinks the city will likely need to get the number of homeless veterans down to below 300.
On Monday, the first lady announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs will offer states $65 million in rental assistance, aiming to help house more than 9,300 homeless veterans across the country.
Obama made the announcement from New Orleans, which last year became the first city in the country to house all of its homeless veterans.
"You all have proven that even in a city as big as New Orleans, veteran homelessness is not a reality we have to accept," the first lady said. "It's not an impossible problem that is too big to be solved."
"And now, we want cities across the country to follow your lead," she added.
Since 2010, the number of homeless veterans in the U.S. has dropped by 33 percent, according to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. On a single night in January 2014, there were 49,993 homeless veterans in the United States, the department notes.
Of the $65 million in new federal funding that Obama announced, the state of New York will get $3,957,771. A large chunk of this will almost certainly go to New York City, where many of the state's homeless reside.


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December 7, 2019By Axis Foundation
Liam and Amy Hayes' son Benjamin Jeffrey John Hayes was born on Sunday 12th May 2019 and sadly passed away 10 days later. This is Benjamin's story, told by Liam:
"I know many of you will have heard our news because you've been overwhelmingly supportive and caring, it's been felt by both Amy and myself and is hugely appreciated. But I wanted to tell Benjamin's story because I'm still a proud dad and also because it highlights the importance of charities like Demelza, who Axis supports through our Foundation.
"After a healthy pregnancy we arrived at the hospital excited about the birth and ready to meet our little boy. But our joy turned to concern when the midwifes discovered Benjamin's heart rate had dropped in the final stages of labour and despite the best efforts of the midwifery team, the lack of oxygen being delivered his organs had left him with severe brain damage.
"Benjamin was transferred to the Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit in Medway where the doctors and nurses gave him the very best care they could in the hopes of reversing some of the damage done to his brain.
"Very sadly this is something that cannot be predicted in babies and there is no reason as to why it happens. It is all out of anyone's control. We now know that 3 in 1000 babies are affected by HIE during labour or at birth.
"Benjamin fought hard but despite his courage and determination his brain condition wasn't going to improve and his little head just wouldn't tell him to breathe.
"After the medical teams had done all that they could, we took Benjamin to Demelza. They helped us make happy memories, even at the toughest time our family has ever been through.
"We had a teddy bears' picnic in the garden with Benjamin's grandparents, aunties and uncles. We held Benjamin whilst we all had tea and cake and listened to music.
"When it was the right time for Benjamin to fall asleep, it was so calm and peaceful. Benjamin didn't suffer any pain during his short life which gives us some comfort.
"During the darkest days the wonderful staff at the Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit and Demelza provided support and comfort.
I felt it was important to share this because we've had so much support from friends at Axis and the Hospices, Amy and I wanted the chance to say a huge heartfelt thank you to you all."
Thanks to the generosity of our guests and the people of Axis, the Axis Foundation's annual charity ball in 2019 raised a record breaking amount for Demelza and the Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit. More about the charity ball here
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New student government plans busy school year
Ascc members are Coroline Ervin, Megon Knight, Betty Bagley, Raimie Headman | The Broadside Taylor Bacci, Stacie Pradmore, and Kate Roth (Not Pictured)
Members set their sights on introducing OSU-Cascades apparel and lowering online tuition rates
Tobey Veenstra
In between tackling the student orientation events last week and attending a student government conference in St. Louis, Missouri this week, the Associated Students of Cascades Campus are looking forward to what they can accomplish this school year.
"Our number one goal is to make the student lounge a quiet study area," said ASCC Activities Coordinator Taylor Bacci. "Another goal is to look into getting some Cascades apparel."
Currently, the campus bookstore is selling only Central Oregon Community College apparel, something this year's student government members would like to change.
"We'd like to have [the apparel] available for the Cascades students," said ASCC President Caroline Ervin.
All six members are new to the Oregon State University-Cascades student government this year, having been selected through a hiring and appointing process, an election process chosen due to the number of students and size of the campus.
The conference they are visiting this week is the 33rd Annual National Leadership Conference on Student Government, where they will be participating in three and a half full day conferences, according to Bacci.
ASCC's other plans include lowering online tuition rates and promoting volunteering on campus. In addition to these, they are also faced with an important concern this year.
"We're dealing with transitioning from a dual campus to a single campus," said Ervin. "We'll be working on fostering a sense of community between OSU-Cascades and [University of Oregon] students for their final year."
Although U of O previously offered four undergraduate degrees at the college, administration decided to switch to a one-program institution to provide better service to students. The transition will be especially difficult during this final year, according to ASCC Program Coordinator Stacie Pradmore, who is also a U of O student at OSU-Cascades.
"I feel like it is an issue," said Pradmore. "But I want to say [to U of O students] at the end of the year we're still graduating, so hang in there."
ASCC will be back on campus Oct. 3. Weekly student government meetings are held every Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Cascades Hall room 103.
You may contact Tobey Veenstra at tveenstra@cocc.edu
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