AmeriCorps Alums is excited to announce a new year-long national partnership with IPSL, a Master's degree program in International Development and Service with concentrations in global nonprofit management, international educational leadership, sustainability, and international studies. The partnership will focus on providing a pathway for alumni of AmeriCorps to be trained as international leaders through the resources at IPSL, supporting AmeriCorps Alums' vision that a vibrant network of AmeriCorps alumni will be the leadership pipeline for the 21st century.
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About IPSL: Based in Portland, Oregon, IPSL programs combine academic studies and community service and full cultural immersion to give students a deeper, more meaningful study abroad experience. For more information, please visit www.ipsl.org.


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Marty tells me in a phone session, "Susan is always criticizing me. How do I get her to stop?"Fiona tells me in a phone session, "Jeff is often withdrawn. I feel so angry about this."
It's always easy to see what your partner is doing that you don't like, but it's generally very challenging to see your end of a dysfunctional relationship system. However, your end of the system is equal to your partner's end, as we attract people at our common level of woundedness or our common level of health.
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When Fiona tells me about Jeff's withdrawal, she is also telling me about her anger – two sides of their dysfunctional relationship system.
The problem is that Marty and Susan and Fiona and Jeff all got together wanting to get love, rather than knowing how to love themselves and share their love.
Do you really want to continue to do this in your life?
Attracting at Your Common Level of Emotional Health
Attracting at your common level of emotional health means that you have done the inner work necessary to heal your feelings of shame and insecurity. It means that you know how to fill yourself with love and share your love with others. It means that you have stopped abandoning yourself and have learned how to love yourself, which means that you take responsibility for your feelings, rather than making another responsible.
When you learn to value yourself and take responsibility for your feelings, you are no longer attracted to someone who emotionally abandons themselves. You are drawn to people who also value themselves and want to share love rather than get love. So you will no longer end up with someone who blames, withdraws, judges or sees themself as a victim. You will just not find this person attractive, as they are not at your common level of emotional health.
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The Law of Attraction states that "Like attracts like." This means that people with a low frequency – people who are insecure and self-abandoning – attract each other, while people with a high frequency – people who love and value themselves – also attract each other. People who are positive, open, secure, giving, caring and kind to themselves and others are not attracted to people who are closed, negative and needy of approval and attention.
While no one deliberately seeks out someone who is closed, negative and needy, if this is you, this is what you will attract into your life. If you want a loving relationship, then you need to do the work of learning how to take emotional responsibility. This means:
Learning to be present in your body rather than stuck in your mind avoiding your feelings
Being open to learning about what your feelings are telling you rather than protecting against them with various addictions and self-judgments
Learning to access a spiritual source of love, rather than expecting someone else to be your higher power
Learning to take loving action in your own behalf rather than expecting others to do this for you
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Bassall is a name that dates far back into the mists of early British history to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. It is derived from Basile, which means royal. There is some disagreement about this name's origin. While the Anglo-Saxon reference is strong, there is strong evidence that the name could have been derived from the name Bezilles, from Biszeilles in Flanders. In this case, the name could have landed in England and settled in Berkshire where the local Besselsleigh was their ancient homestead.
Early Origins of the Bassall family
The surname Bassall was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire in Bashall-Eaves, a township, in the parish of Mitton, union of Clitheroe, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross. "This place has been variously designated Beckshalgh, Batsalve, Bakesholf, and Bashalll; but the first orthography is the true one, viz., Beckshalgh, or 'the hill by the brooks,' which agrees precisely with its situation: in Domesday Book it is styled Baschelf. " [1]
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It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Bassall are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Bassall include: Basile, Bassil, Basil, Basill, Bassal, Basall, Basilie, Basille, Bazill, Bazil and many more.
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Migration of the Bassall family
Many English families tired of political and religious strife left Britain for the new colonies in North America. Although the trip itself offered no relief - conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and many travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute - these immigrants believed the opportunities that awaited them were worth the risks. Once in the colonies, many of the families did indeed prosper and, in turn, made significant contributions to the culture and economies of the growing colonies. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Bassall or a variant listed above: Winnefred Basil who arrived in Boston in 1849.
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Q: Using variables as value and not as reference I'm having some troubles using Session Variables as they are being used as Reference and I want to use them as value.
I got to this debuging my solution and I created something like:
DataTable dt =
     (DataTable)HttpContext.Current.Session[
                      "SearchReturn-DataTableSchema"];

// Adding Rows of Data to DataTable dt

HttpContext.Current.Session["SearchReturn-DataTable"] = dt;

((DataTable)HttpContext.Current.Session[
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return dt;

my idea was to have in "DataTableSchema" only the DataTable with the Columns Schema and in "DataTable" the Columns + Rows.

Problem is that when I clear all rows from DataTableSchema, the variable dt will have the Rows cleared as well (!!)

How can avoid this? How can assign a variable (in this case a Session variable) as a value and not as a reference?
Thank you.

Answer

this
DataTable dt = (DataTable)Session["SearchReturn-DataTableSchema"];

needs to be this:
DataTable dt = ((DataTable)Session["SearchReturn-DataTableSchema"]).Copy();

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A: You'll have to make a copy of your table.

A: An interesting part of this is that the behaviour will depend on your session-state provider. You are presumably using the in-process provider at the moment, which keeps references - but most providers (understandably) use serialization.
This often bites people when they try to scale up, as they find that they have something non-serializable in session. So you might consider pushing state into a different provider; SQL-Server, memcached, etc - they will all do serialization so the data will be independent.

A: Use the .Copy() Method of your DataTable:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.datatable.copy.aspx

A: Also
You can Clone DataTable Schema using Clone method.
And then Load data via Load and CreateReader methods.

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Control your story: Vietnam veterans battling PTSD push to expand creative writing program
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Brian Gordon, Asheville Citizen Times Published 8:00 AM EDT Aug 31, 2019
Photo Angela Wilhelm / awilhelm@citizentimes.com
https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2019/08/31/vietnam-veterans-cope-ptsd-through-creative-writing-instruction/2136767001/
Creative writing helped Stephen Henderson process Vietnam. It taught him to manage his PTSD, allowing him to feel comfortable again. The former-marine could now enter a room and sit with his back to the door. He could be vulnerable and confide more in his family, revealing his love and pain to them. Henderson contributes this transformation, which he has undergone over the past five years, to creative writing.
"It changes your whole perspective," said Henderson, 69, who from 1969-70 fought during the height of the Vietnam War. "These things have been stored in our heads for the last 50 years."
Henderson was one of 38 original participants of the Creative Writing Program at Charles George VA Medical Hospital in East Asheville, which helped Vietnam War veterans cope with their past and present traumas. Over an eight-week course, classes of between 12 to 16 veterans convened to craft memoirs, third-person narratives and poetry. With strong results and low costs, the course has generated widespread interest from other VA facilities across the country to jump-start their own writing initiatives.
Within the last few months, VA medical centers in North Carolina – including in Durham, Salisbury and Fayetteville – have joined Asheville to submit a proposal to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Centers in 11 other states, from Virginia to California, have signed on to the proposal
Last year, Congress passed legislation which lead to the creation of the VA Innovation Center. The VA, a department beset in recent years by claims of mismanagement, hopes its Innovation Center can provide modern, effective initiatives. The creative writers at the Asheville VA Medical Center believe they have already found one.
"The simple act of these men crafting and telling their stories has been transformative in their lives," said Bruce Kelly, Assistant Chief of Primary Care at Charles George and lead of the center's Creative Writing Program.
In 2014, Kelly co-founded the writing program. He was unaware of any other VA program using creative writing to help Vietnam veterans confront their PTSD. "It didn't take me long working here to realize how many Vietnam veterans were still carrying the burdens of that war with them," Kelly said. "I feel we have a moral obligation to these men's healing."
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Henderson grew up in Asheville and graduated from Erwin High School before enlisting in the Marines. The sensory details of his time prior to and during the war — the sight of his pregnant wife the day before he left, the feel of elephant grass in the overgrown jungles of Vietnam, the smell of fired ammunition — remained vivid long after Henderson returned home.
He settled in West Buncombe, raised four children and built a career in rayon manufacturing, but never left the war behind. Nightmares persisted for decades.
"I was probably the weirdo in the room," Henderson said. "It was hard for me to show care to my family. In Vietnam, you had no time to show concern for those you cared, especially if they died. You learned quickly to move on."
In 2014, Henderson participated in the inaugural writing class at Charles George. His instructor was Joseph Bathanti, the other founder of the Creative Writing Program and the seventh Poet Laureate of North Carolina.
For Henderson, each prompt Bathanti gave felt like therapy. He wrote, in exacting detail, about his last day before deployment. He centered another story on his flak jacket and a third was dedicated to a childhood friend who died in combat.
"I couldn't read through it without crying," Henderson said.
Since that first class, the veterans have staged seven live readings titled Brothers Like These. Each one has drawn tears, from both readers and audiences.
"The writing lets them begin to regain control of the story," Kelly said.
Today, more than half of the men who participated in the creative writing course return to the VA center monthly to share new writing and advocate for new writing programs. Many now work to grow writing programs for younger generations of veterans.
Currently, the VA prioritizes funding of writing programs for Vietnam veterans. Last March, a cohort from the writing classes started the NC Veterans Writing Alliance Foundation to raise awareness and money to develop writing programs for those who went to Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to building on services to Vietnam veterans. Henderson is the foundation's president.
"It has helped us so much to deal with PTSD, I think it would help anyone learn to manage it," Henderson said. In October, a group of women veterans from the Afghanistan War will begin a Creative Writing Program at Charles George. "Women went through the same stresses over there," Henderson said. "And when they came back, they often had more responsibilities than the men."
Beyond himself, Henderson sees benefits from his creative writing on those around him. "Putting part of my life on paper lifted a weight I didn't know how to let out," he said. "Before I started writing, I could never enjoy time with my family. I was always preparing for something bad to happen. Now, we all can enjoy each other."
On Sept. 14, a stage reading of Brothers Like These by the Creative Writing Program at Charles George VA Medical Clinic will be held at the Asheville Community Theater. Published 8:00 AM EDT Aug 31, 2019
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Another try for the hosts seemed on the cards and further indiscipline by Scarborough allowed Ribblesdale to kick for touch in the corner. A catch and drive from the lineout resulted in Jonny Richards touching down to extend the lead to 13-6.
Late in the half Wesley Langkilde was yellow carded for using his should in the tackle and you feared the flood gates may open however it was the visitors that upped their game. Mikey Readman stole a home lineout and Isaac Faamau made the break down the blindside, he offloaded to Mark Hopper who was hauled down agonisingly close to the line. Scarborough recycled the ball and worked it across the pitch and when the Ribblesdale infringed on the 5 metre line, scrum half Jordie Wakeham took a quick tap penalty and slid over to make the score 13-11 at the break.
It had been a lack lustre half by the visitors but they were still within a couple of points of the hosts. Lee Douglas would have been looking for a fast start to the second period but almost from the restart Ribblesdale were awarded a penalty. Moon missed the kick but from the restart the Scarborough defence parted like the red see allowing Matt Speres to gallop through four or five half hearted challenges to give the hosts the perfect start. Steve Moon made the conversion from in front of the posts to make it 20-11.
Ribb looked to turn the screw and only some last gasp defending kept them at bay but it wasn't long before Moon slipped more half hearted challenges to score beneath the posts, he added the conversion to make it 27-11.
With the game beyond them Scarborough threw caution to the wind and finally started to play with some purpose. Martin Robinson made a great break and the ball was recycled and worked along the line and Matty Young had the easiest of finishes in the corner. Ratcliff missed the difficult conversion.
It seemed hard to believe that with ten minutes left to play the visitors were within one score of victory having played so poorly. Sensing victory Scarborough piled forward putting Ribblesdale under pressure. The turning point came when Scarborough lost their own lineout close to the Ribblesdale line. Spere made yet another darting run taking possession well inside the Scarborough half. Scarborough infringed and Moon had the chance to make the game safe but once again he dragged his kick wide. Ratcliffe restarted and Spere collected the ball and skipped past several challenges on his way to his second try of the game. Moon kicked the difficult conversion to make it 34-21.
With the game beyond them the Scarborough heads went down and Ribbledale went looking for their sixth try. The visitors defence was again ripped apart as Richards made it 39-21 when he went over in the corner.
Moon wrapped the scoring up with a penalty to make the final score 41-21.
It was an error strewn game from the visitors but once again it was the youngsters who provided the majority of the highlights. Toby Welsby made some great defensive tackle and both Ben Martin and Drew Govier looked sharp, however two moments of quick thinking by Jordan Wakeham gave him two tries and kept Scarborough in touch of an unlikely victory.
Lee Douglas would have been frustrated by how many unforced errors his side made. It wasn't really a case of Scarborough playing badly but far too many players made far too many individual errors. It was quite remarkable that Scarborough were still in the game with 10 minutes to play. North Ribblesdale fully deserved their win and the margin of victory reflected their superiority.


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Character Profile: Metabee
Metabee
Medabot Medabot
Ikki's medabot Ikki's medabot
"Dude, I rock"
Episode 1 Episode 1
Medabots Medarot
The above info came from john michael, and was edited by yours truly. The image came from Upper Deck Ent..
Character Description: Metabee
Metabee was originally owned by Henry, who used him to win the world championships. Alas, after this event, he also caused the Ten Days of Darkness afterwards, and Henry and Metabee fell out of the spotlight. He was then sold to Ikki several years later, and Henry disguised himself as Phantom Renegade to steal Medals for Dr. Akki. One of these stolen medals would be Metabee's original.
Metabee is a Hercules Beetle type Medabot, so he has a passion for watermelons, which some use as an advantage. He is headstrong and often overconfident, but he is always loyal to his friends, even when he'd rather leave them to their own punishments. He's also very stubborn.
He possesses few attacks in the first series, being an outdated model of Medabot:
Laser Cannon - He uses his standard blasters on his arms to fire rapidly at the target
Missile Launch - His antlers (A trait from being a Beetle-type) fire two missiles at the target, this often finishes them off.
Additionally, as his Medal is especially rare and unique, he also possesses the ability to use the infamous and powerful Medaforce, which he fires out of both of his arm cannons simultaneously, usually with the exclamation "MEDAFORCE!!". When he first uses it, he uses the line "Dude, I rock", which quickly becomes his catchphrase.
The above description came from Lyinginbedmon, and was edited by yours truly.
All of his life, Ikki had wanted a medabot of his own and to make it to the World Robattling Championship. He buys an outdated medabot from Henry, a store clerk, and one day stumbles upon a rare medal while walking near the river. He puts the medal in the body, and then comes Metabee.
Metabee doesn't always follow Ikki's command in Robattles unlike other medabots. He just believes in his own stength and never gives up even if Ikki tries to. His overconfidence always leads to a fight with Ikki and Mrs. Tenryou always has to do ridiculous things to make them shut up. He is a great Medabot, once owned by the Champion of the World Robattling Championship, Henry (yup, the store clerk).
He later unleashes the medaforce, a mysterious force that dwells deep in rare medals that even the famous Dr. Aki cannot explain fully. Metabee uses it a couple of times, usually agains the Rubberobos. Metabee cannot remember anything after summoning the medaforce because his energy was all used up.
The above description came from Gohan_5938, and was edited by yours truly.


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Iraq report: Britain 'unprepared' for nation building
When British troops swept into Iraq, they carried with them leaflets bearing an "open letter" in Arabic from Tony Blair. "As soon as Saddam Hussein's regime falls," promised the Prime Minister, "the work to build a new, free and united Iraq will begin. A peaceful, prosperous Iraq which will be run by and for the Iraqi people."
By Andrew Gilligan
10:00PM GMT 21 Nov 2009
But according to the leaked papers, Britain did little or nothing to make good on its promises. And on the "work to build a new Iraq", among the most striking things in the documents is the anger and contempt expressed by many British Army commanders towards their own Government.
"We got absolutely no advice whatsoever," said Brig Bill Moore, the commander of 19 Mech Brigade. "The lack of involvement by the FCO [Foreign and Commonwealth Office], the Home Office and the Department for International Development was appalling. We were just left to get on with the task of nation-building ourselves."
Brig Ian Dale, the commander of 101 Logistic Brigade, said: "I was horrified at the lack of other [British] Government departments' involvement in the post-conflict phase. The Army was holding the ring to allow reconstruction and nothing happened. I believe the Government missed a golden opportunity."
Brig Bruce Brealey, Britain's chief of operations support in Iraq, said: "The Government was only prepared for a humanitarian crisis and not a nation-building one, and yet it must have been clear from the outset ... that nation-building would be needed."
After every major military operation, the Army sits down in a room with each of the field commanders who took part. In a one-on-one session, an "interviewing officer" asks them what they thought, what went right, what went wrong, what surprised them and what messages they want to give. The answers are tape-recorded and transcribed. Those classified transcripts have been obtained by The Sunday Telegraph.
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These are the voices of the men at the sharp end: the field commanders who had to pick up the pieces in April 2003, immediately after the "major combat operation" phase, or Telic 1, had ended.
The victory celebrations had been held. President Bush had proclaimed "mission accomplished". But the real mission, to kick off the rebuilding Mr Blair had promised, had barely started. The fact that, right from the beginning, it was starting to fail comes through vividly.
"Sufficient resources were never available to us to make the whole thing work properly, and that affected our credibility enormously," said Lt Col Jim Castle, the commanding officer of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Lt Col Richard Nugee, commanding officer of 40 Regiment, Royal Artillery, said: "It was not unlike 1750s colonialism, where no standing civil service existed and the military had to do everything for themselves."
Brig David Rutherford-Jones, the commander of 20 Armoured Brigade, said: "We did have the distinct impression that in London there was little care about the operational pressures we were under, only interest in the correct observance of financial procedures."
The disillusionment of the commanders in the field is matched by the story told in the "overall lessons learnt" documents leaked to us. The documents admit that potential problems were foreseen before the war. "During the winter of 2002-03, there were fears in London that several factions might compete for power if Saddam Hussein fell, and that violence or moves towards civil war were possible," says one.
But almost nothing was done to prevent that and improve the chances that the occupation would succeed. "Planning was not done in sufficient depth, and at the outset of Phase 4 [stabilisation/occupation] little finance was requested and approved for reconstruction purposes," says the Army "general staff analysis" on the first two years of the occupation — four successive six-month operations codenamed Telic 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The documents say: "The coalition plan effectively contained no detail once Baghdad and Basra had been taken and the regime removed ... There was, therefore, a notable loss of momentum after the fall of Baghdad and Basra ... a significant issue [outside the British area], allowing some Iraqis to regroup for insurgent operations. This shortcoming is the more noteworthy because it was predictable.
"Lack of Phase 4 planning meant that coalition forces were ill-prepared and equipped to deal with the problems in the first hundred days, which represent the defining stage of the campaign ... The inability to restore security early during the occupation was a critical failure?…?There was an absence of political direction for what, overall, the UK wished to achieve."
So keen was Britain to declare victory and leave that it pulled out troops even when they were badly needed. The report attacks the "premature drawdown of troops when, during a tense public order situation, the visible requirement was for boots on the ground".
Remarkably, according to the report, the Foreign Office did not set up its Iraq post-war planning unit until late February 2003, three weeks before the war started. But the Army, too, was at fault.
"1 Division's declarations that essential services could be quickly restored proved hopelessly optimistic," says the report. "During the initial months, reality on the ground and Iraqi expectations were far apart, and local support for the coalition ebbed."
It has now become conventional wisdom that the war never stood a chance. But in the British sector, the Shia population, persecuted by Saddam, was thrilled to see the leader gone and initially welcomed the occupiers. A key feature that emerges from these reports is the belief, right or wrong, by officers on the ground that with a bit more backing they could have got somewhere.
In his report, Major-General Andrew Stewart, the overall British commander in Iraq for Telic 3 and 4, writes: "The pessimist in me says that Iraq is a missed opportunity?…?at the strategic level [Government] we had poor judgment, thinking there was time ... My greatest fear is that, should the political and development process fail, we may become the focus of hostility and resentment from the whole spectrum of Iraqis."
Although General Stewart thinks "we and the Iraqis will somehow muddle through," it is in the end his pessimistic projection that comes to pass. By 2007, the Army in Basra was virtually under siege.
As trouble started to build, Brig Dale admitted that "we were generally unprepared for the increasing levels of violence that were directed at us. I do find it somewhat amusing that we give troops deploying to Northern Ireland a mandatory two-month training package, whereas for Telic ours consisted of a CD-Rom."
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My reason for suggesting a reserve division, controlled by the corps commander, is to point out a way for the corps to have one without tying a human division commander to that role. My experience is that everyone wants to jump into the fight immediately. They don't like being spectators for the first half hour of a battle. It also gives the corps commander something to look forward to doing in the latter stages of the battle when the lines are fully fixed and very little maneuvering is left to be done. I am envisioning a corps of two human divisions and an AI/corps commander division.
Uncle Billy wrote: My reason for suggesting a reserve division, controlled by the corps commander, is to point out a way for the corps to have one without tying a human division commander to that role. My experience is that everyone wants to jump into the fight immediately. They don't like being spectators for the first half hour of a battle. It also gives the corps commander something to look forward to doing in the latter stages of the battle when the lines are fully fixed and very little maneuvering is left to be done. I am envisioning a corps of two human divisions and an AI/corps commander division.
We (the Confederates) sure could have used a reserve division last battle. It appears Robinson had his own reserve division.
kg little mac wrote: We (the Confederates) sure could have used a reserve division last battle. It appears Robinson had his own reserve division.
So first people complained about me having 10 3" Ordnance guns that, through my superior commanding, I managed to train up to level 6 and 7s. Complained so much so that Garnier took them away and overhauled how guns were assigned in GCM. Now I shall have to endure complaints of my ability to field a large division?
Let's not go there please gentlemen. GCM discussion can take place on the GCM forum. Please can we keep on topic? Many thanks everyone.
Mr. Digby wrote: Let's not go there please gentlemen. GCM discussion can take place on the GCM forum. Please can we keep on topic? Many thanks everyone.
Who made you the forum monitor?
My post was 100% on topic. Robinson made a joke.
Sorry if you have no sense of humor.
Your post is 100% off topic.
And you have no interest in these games, so why even post on this thread?
It would, of course, be possible now to have a "reserve" division in each army, in the sense that a corps commander, otherwise operating as a pure leader without direct troop control, actually brings his own division and parks it in reserve somewhere until the Army CinC orders its commitment. Is this something the army c.o.'s would like to see?
My first thought was, well, this makes our independent corps leader just like any other player bringing a division. However, to get around that there might be special restrictions on the use of the reserve division by the corps leader. For instance, it could never be TC'd, all orders given only by written courier, its size could be manually adjusted at game creation to be smaller than the smallest player-controlled division, etc. -- in other words, as an emergency reserve it would bring signficant limitations and disadvantages compared to regular player-controlled divisions -- all of which would weigh in an army CinC's decision to commit it.
I've thought about this - and I think really it is up the Corps commander to decide if he "commits" his "reserve" division. Certainly, the CinC may advise that one or more Corps hold back some reserves or commit them, but ultimately, the decision is down to the Corps commander.
1) Sending the AI division commander orders.
2) Riding up to the AI division commander and TCing.
3) as for (1), but could then ride up to one of the brigades and TC this, within the rules you have described.
All this has lead me to another thought. If Corps commanders would generally be bringing their own AI division, then perhaps so too could the Army commander? Again, it could be used as a reserve force, and used in any way the CinC saw fit. It should probably be down to the CinC in question to decide, as should Corps commanders bringing their own divisions be down to those Corps commanders.
I think that's possible. In which case, we could potentially be looking at some seriously awesome action this weekend, or on another occasion! Again, the "Chaos" of limited controll would almost be magnified!
I think I need to check on my GCM division!
That is certainly possible. As Lee, you wouldn't have control of your personal division, Palmer would. And remember, we're using GCM random divisions, so there's no need to check your regular GCM division.


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is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It is administered by the Bureau Of General Affairs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

It includes the following towns and villages on the Izu Islands:

Ōshima  (town on Izu Ōshima)
Toshima (village on Toshima)
Niijima (village on Niijima and Shikinejima)
Kōzushima (village on Kōzushima)

It covers 141.82 square km and 13,825 people.

History
1900: Founded as Ōshima Island Government Office.
1920: The island halls of Toshima, Niijima (including Shikinejima), Kōzushima, Miyakejima, and Mikurajima were abolished. The island government office takes control of these islands. The branch offices on Miyakejima and Niijima were founded.
1926: Changed to Ōshima Subprefecture.
1943: Miyakejima Branch Office was split as Miyake Subprefecture.

See also

References

External links
Ōshima Island Branch Office Official Website

Subprefectures in Tokyo
Izu Islands

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Carlos Lee, left, and Casey Fisher have joined Porter's Chapel Academy's coaching staff as the head coaches of the soccer and girls' basketball teams, respectively. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Casey Fisher, Carlos Lee join coaching staff at Porter's Chapel
By Ernest Bowker
Published 6:09 pm Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Carlos Lee simply missed coaching soccer after nearly a decade away from the sport. Casey Fisher, a Southern Miss basketball legend, was looking for a new challenge as he approached the next phase of his life.
Lee and Fisher are coming at their new jobs from slightly different angles, but are facing similar challenges as they take over as the head soccer and girls' basketball coaches, respectively, at Porter's Chapel Academy.
"I'm just thrilled to be here and get my feet back in it," Lee said. "It's an experience, but nothing I haven't done before. I'm tickled to death to help them out."
Lee has been a longtime fixture in Vicksburg's soccer scene. He has worked in the Vicksburg Soccer Organization's youth league, and was a coach at both St. Aloysius and Porter's Chapel previously before taking a nearly decade-long hiatus to focus on his job as a labor union organizer.
Now 62 and vibrant as ever, Lee said it was time to get back in the game.
"I missed it so much. I've been on the road working the last eight or nine years," Lee said. "I've got a granddaughter, a grandson, and I'm looking for something to do here."
PCA's soccer program is co-ed, and since its formation in the mid-2000s has often struggled to be competitive playing in an all-boys league in the Mid-South Association of Independent Schools. Lee was not deterred by that history. A lack of experienced players regardless of gender, he said, was a bigger obstacle to success.
"They have a challenge because of the number of athletes. But I believe the future is bright," Lee said. "There are some girls that are awesome. Up to a certain age, they can be as good as the boys. Whoever is good, I want to build a team around them."
The program Fisher is inheriting is more established, but still in need of a good rebuild. PCA's girls' basketball team finished 7-15 last season and has only been past the district tournament round of the MAIS postseason once since 2006.
Fisher said he likes what he's seen from his players from an attitude perspective. Since taking the job he's observed many of the players during softball season — PCA's softball coach, Chandler Ellis, will be Fisher's assistant for basketball — and feels there is raw material to work with.
"I've watched them in softball, and they've got a lot of heart. If you've got heart and hustle, that's all you can ask of your players," Fisher said. "With a little heart, a little hustle, and a few breaks here and there, hopefully you'll win some games. They're young, so hopefully we can learn and move on and build a program."
One of Fisher's bigger challenges is translating his own considerable basketball talent into coaching skill. Fisher was the point guard for the Southern Miss team that won the NIT in 1987 and is the school's all-time leader in career assists. He also ranks eighth on Southern Miss' career scoring list, and is in the top 10 in several other categories.
His coaching experience, however, consists of a brief stint at a military high school in Italy more than 25 years ago, and some youth an AAU teams.
"The challenge is not expecting them to be you. When they get open, you know what to do before the ball even gets there. You have to coach the kids, and that's why a lot of great players can play but they can't coach," Fisher said. "I have the unique situation of already being in that atmosphere with the military kids. You have to coach the level of talent that you have. You can't get out of a kid what's not in them."
Although he has not coached at the high school level in years, Fisher said he was looking for a way to get back into basketball. The 54-year-old is the pastor of Greater Grove Street Missionary Baptist Church in Vicksburg and Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Utica, and said his duties at both churches had eased to the point where he was able to look for another gig.
"Basketball, even though I don't play it a lot, it's my heart. My first love is basketball," Fisher said. "I had an inkling I would coach at some point. My life has slowed down. My ministries that I pastor have leveled off. I'm at the point where I can take on something. And just the challenge of winning with the talent that you have."
Having played in front of thousands of fans at the highest level of college basketball, and preached in front of hundreds on a Sunday morning, Fisher also joked that his second career has helped soothe some of the rough edges created by the first.
"I've calmed down. They won't hear any curse words," he said with a laugh.
Both careers, however, have prepared him for helping turn PCA's basketball fortunes around.
"I played in front of 30,000 people. I played in front of some of the most hostile arenas. So the mental aspect, it prepares you for the journey," Fisher said. "I know what it takes to win. It takes team effort, all the way down to the managers, coaches, statisticians, everybody has to be of one accord."
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured sports reporters in the paper's 137-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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FOX and Stars Group Taking The Plunge Into Sports Betting
"FOX Bet" Offerings to be Available this Fall -- Chain Reaction on the Way?
by Robert Mann
FOX Sports and major sports betting player The Stars Group on Wednesday jointly revealed plans to launch FOX Bet. In a media release FOX Sports and Stars are calling their alliance "the first-of-its kind national media and sports wagering partnership in the United States."
For sports bettors in states currently without legal sports wagering markets, the deal means they can expect, sometime during the 2019 football season, to have access a nationwide free-to-play game, awarding cash prizes to players who correctly predict the outcome of sporting events.
In a growing number of states with legal sports wagering marketplaces, a second product will also be available under the FOX Bet umbrella. It will give customers in states with regulated betting the opportunity to place real money wagers on the outcome of a wide range of sporting events in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
The blockbuster deal is leaving industry insiders wondering if similar deals may now be coming in the near future.
Fox takes a stake in Stars
The companies say their alliance also includes a long-term commercial agreement through which FOX Sports will provide The Stars Group with an exclusive license to use certain FOX Sports trademarks. Stars Group will use FOX Sports trademarks to launch the service as part of a 25-year commercial license. Stars Group also gains and editorial integration rights on some FOX Sports broadcast media and digital assets, the company said.
The model here is @SkyBet, which Stars bought last year for $4.7 billion. Sky Bet is has heavy emphasis on tech, and grew quickly by utilizing the brand of a regional media giant.
— Eben Novy-Williams (@novy_williams) May 8, 2019
At 25 years, the FOX/Stars alliance represents a long-range commitment. Many of the similar deals and business arrangements carved out between stakeholders since PAPSA, the law the made sports betting illegal in the U.S. was overturned by the Supreme Court just a year ago, have generally been for a much shorter duration.
It remains to be seen how FOX's major sports partners such as MLB and the NFL will react to the announcement. It's likely sports wagering promotion will be more evident on the network's smaller platforms such as FOX Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 rather than on over-the-air telecasts. It is certainly likely that fringe sports on FOX Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 hoping to attract more interest will welcome the chance to integrate wagering into their telecasts.
The Stars Group is Canadian based, worldwide online gambling operation with a major presence in the online poker world. The relationship with FOX Sports is expected achieve its long sought after goal of carving out a greater position in the US's young and rapidly growing national sports betting marketplace.
Other Stars Group partnerships and efforts have made it an operator in New Jersey through Resorts casino, under its BetStars brand, as well as in Pennsylvania through the Mount Airy Casino Resort. Further in December 2018, the company struck a deal with the NBA, designating Stars as an "authorized gaming partner" of the league.
FOX and the Stars Group said that In addition to the commercial agreement of up to 25 years and associated product launches:
Fox Corporation will acquire 14,352,331 newly issued common shares in The Stars Group, representing 4.99% of The Stars Group's issued and outstanding common shares, at a price of $16.4408 per share, the prevailing market price leading up to the commencement of exclusive negotiations. The Stars Group currently intends to use the aggregate net proceeds of approximately $236 million for general corporate purposes and to prepay outstanding indebtedness on its first lien term loans. The common shares issued to Fox Corporation are subject to certain transfer restrictions for two years, subject to customary exceptions.
Rafi Ashkenazi, Chief Executive Officer of The Stars Group said:
"We believe this strategic partnership uniquely positions us to build a leading betting business in the U.S., which represents one of the most exciting long-term growth opportunities for our company. Leveraging our proven media partnership strategy with Sky Sports in the UK, we are excited to partner with FOX Sports to integrate wagering into sports media and drive customer acquisition and retention in the U.S."
From Eric Shanks, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer of FOX Sports:
"FOX Sports is already synonymous with the best live sports events in the country and now we are expanding the way we immerse fans in the sports culture they love. Digital sports wagering represents a growing market opportunity that allows us to diversify our revenue streams, connect directly with consumers and expand the reach of the FOX Sports brand."
Additional terms of the the commercial agreement include:
FOX Sports will grant to The Stars Group an exclusive license for the use of certain FOX Sports trademarks for a range of immersive games and online sports wagering, and certain exclusive advertising and editorial integration rights on certain FOX Sports broadcast media and digital assets.
FOX Sports will receive certain brand license, integration and affiliate fees.
The Stars Group has agreed to a minimum annual advertising commitment on certain FOX media assets. Prior to the tenth anniversary of the commercial agreement, and subject to certain conditions and applicable gaming regulatory approvals, FOX Sports has the right acquire up to a 50% equity stake in The Stars Group's U.S. business.
Robert Mann
Sports Handle contributor Robert Mann has a Northwestern journalism degree and is a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune and National Enquirer. He has worked in news management for CNN and several TV stations and is a 31-year resident of Las Vegas.
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CenterPoint Energy to buy nonregulated gas marketing subsidiary from Dallas co.
CenterPoint Energy Services Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, gets 800 customers through the deal, which allows its non-regulated business to operate in six more states. The deal is expected to close early next year.
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Valve's Final Trick Is a Steam Controller with Touchpads Instead of Thumbsticks
It's like the lovechild of a PS Vita and Nintendo DS.
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The third shoe in Valve's weeklong announcement trifecta, ladies and gentlemen, isn't as I'd guessed and hoped — a lineup of triple-A Linux game developers — but it's definitely intriguing: a Steam Controller.
Not just any controller, mind you, but a 16-button, beveled, ebony boomerang-like gamepad that looks (and sounds) a little like the lovechild of a PS Vita and Nintendo DS, where the left and right spaces you'd normally spy thumbsticks have been supplanted by circular trackpads.
Let that sink in: circular trackpads. Valve describes it as "A new way to play your entire Steam library from the sofa."
Indeed it would be, though it's perhaps not entirely new for those of you who remember what it was like to play Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo DS, using the bottom half's trackpad in lieu of a thumbstick to maneuver Mario around that game's full-3D environs.
Still, in all my time investigating haptic technology — and I've seen all kinds of stuff — I've never encountered a gaming input that looked quite like this: dual, circle-shaped, "high resolution" and clickable trackpads with concentric embossed inner circles, presumably "guides" to help your thumbs gauge where they're at in relation to what you're doing onscreen. On the announcement page, Valve says it considered input to be its "biggest missing link," writing:
We realized early on that our goals required a new kind of input technology — one that could bridge the gap from the desk to the living room without compromises. So we spent a year experimenting with new approaches to input and we now believe we've arrived at something worth sharing and testing with you.
In theory, given my distaste for touch interfaces when it comes to fine motor control in a game, putting touchpads underneath your thumbs seems like a bad idea, say you're playing something like Half-Life 2 or Counter-Strike, where you have to be painstakingly precise. But Valve's claiming the resolution here is comparable to that of a desktop mouse. There's no way to know what that means without taking this thing for a spin, but Valve goes on to make bold claims about the sensory fidelity:
Whole genres of games that were previously only playable with a keyboard and mouse are now accessible from the sofa. RTS games. Casual, cursor-driven games. Strategy games. 4x space exploration games. A huge variety of indie games. Simulation titles. And of course, Euro Truck Simulator 2.
In addition, games like first-person shooters that are designed around precise aiming within a large visual field now benefit from the trackpads' high resolution and absolute position control.
If that's right and just as it sounds, it could well be revolutionary — an interface that finally bridges the chasm between gamepads and the keyboard/mouse combo. We'll see. In the meantime, speculating as a pianist who thinks a great deal about his fingers, holding your hands palm-up and using your thumbs is very different from using the entire hand and arm to maneuver a mouse pointer, palm-down.
But then the dual touchpads are just the start. Valve's employing a haptic feedback system (think "rumble," but far more advanced) in each of the touchpads that the company describes as a "super-precise haptic feedback, employing dual linear resonant actuators … capable of delivering a wide range of force and vibration, allowing precise control over frequency, amplitude, and direction of movement."
That, according to Valve, means much more than simply delivering, as the disgraced anti-games activist Jack Thompson once put it, "a pleasurable jolt and vibration":
This haptic capability provides a vital channel of information to the player – delivering in-game information about speed, boundaries, thresholds, textures, action confirmations, or any other events about which game designers want players to be aware. It is a higher-bandwidth haptic information channel than exists in any other consumer product that we know of. As a parlour trick they can even play audio waveforms and function as speakers.
There's more. The Steam Controller comes with a "high-resolution touchscreen," allowing Valve to pipe in different feedback overlays (think different buttons or panels of buttons), adapted to whatever game — a page clearly taken from Razer's still-conceptual Switchblade gaming micro-laptop. Valve says it can take the form of a scrolling menu, a radial dial, offer up ancillary information and so forth — sort of like Nintendo's DS, in other words. You can also employ the entire screen as a single button, and Valve means an actual button here — the entire screen is clickable, as in "push down and it clicks," say you're a developer and you want to use the thing as an input that ignores accidental swipes or taps.
Don't worry, Valve says it'll still support traditional input methods, explicitly the keyboard/mouse combo, and, I'm assuming, gamepads of more traditional vintage. That, and the company calls the Steam Controller "hackable," so there's a roll-your-own angle in accord with the whole "build-your-own" Steam Machine one:
Just as the Steam Community and Workshop contributors currently deliver tremendous value via additions to software products on Steam, we believe that they will meaningfully contribute to the design of the Steam Controller. We plan to make tools available that will enable users to participate in all aspects of the experience, from industrial design to electrical engineering. We can't wait to see what you come up with.
The first batch of slightly nerfed controllers — no touchscreen, no wireless — will go out with the 300 forthcoming beta Steam Machines later this year.
What's next? Valve says it promises to divulge more information soon, and that we should look for Steam Machine prototype specs next week.