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Bill Maher Hits NFL Over Black National Anthem Performance: 'We Should Have One National Anthem'
By Eric Quintanar
Sep 13, 2021 DailyWire.com
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HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher slammed the National Football League during his show Friday night, saying in response to an Alicia Keys performance shown before kickoff Thursday that the league shouldn't be playing the song known as the black national anthem before events.
"I saw last night on the football game, Alicia Keys sang 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' which now I hear is called the black national anthem. Now, maybe we should get rid of our national anthem, but I think we should have one national anthem," emphasized Maher.
"I think when you go down a road where you're having two different national anthems, colleges sometimes now have — many of them have different graduation ceremonies for black and white, separate dorms — this is what I mean! Segregation! You've inverted the idea. We're going back to that under a different name," he added.
The words to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" are from a poem by James Weldon Johnson. It was later crafted into a song, and in about the 1920s, it was "adopted by the NAACP as the official Negro National Anthem," according to Smithsonian Magazine.
"Within twenty years, it was being sung over the South and in some other parts of the country," wrote Weldon Johnson of the song in 1935. "Today the song, popularly known as the Negro National Hymn, is quite generally used. The lines of this song repay me in elation, almost of exquisite anguish, whenever I hear them sung by Negro children."
More recently, however, the NFL has announced that they will perform the song in conjunction with The Star-Spangled Banner as part of their social justice commitments. As Daily Wire sports reporter Joe Morgan briefly noted on Friday following NFL kickoff:
To kick off the NFL season, a video of Alicia Keys singing "Lift Every Voice And Sing" was played in the stadium with the help of the Florida A&M Concert Choir. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played shortly after.
"Tonight, the NFL as it did last year will present 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' also known as the black national anthem," NBC's Mike Tirico said during the broadcast Thursday. "And it will happen at several league events during the year — the NFL continuing the attention around social justice causes."
According to a report by Front Office Sports, "The NFL also plans to make 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' — often referred to as the Black national anthem — a prominent part of all big league events."
During his show Friday, Maher acknowledged that he has been hitting the political Left lately and that he's been doing so because they've been "embarrassing me." He added, "that's why I'm going after the Left."
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Saying stand and deliver you are a bold deceiver.
The devil take the women, they never can be easy.
Sent for Captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughter.
Couldn't shoot the water so a prisoner I was taken.
I know he'll treat me better than my darling, sporting Jenny.
And courting pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early.


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Although Maleficent is labelled the mistress of evil there is really only one Evil Queen in this movie: Michelle Pfeiffer. While she is definitely evil, an actress such as Pfeiffer could certainly have expanded her mean girl role a bit. At 61, she still looks amazing but I would have liked her to have done more as the evil queen. She and Angelina are definitely powerful enemies and a fitting match! But they should have had more time on the screen together.
I still can't figure out what kingdom it's supposed to be, as there was no mention of this kingdom in the first movie. It was never made clear. At the beginning of the movie, we have fast forwarded five years after the first Maleficent story. A new actor plays Prince Phillip, Although they meet very formally as friends, it becomes clear that he has been dating Queen Aurora, Queen of the Moors. A wedding is set into play. It turns out that Aurora left her original castle to the people and never looked back. Kind of strange way of tying it all together.
Thinking they will be waltzing once upon a dream? Think again.
Although it starts off as a fairytale, this isn't your average fairytale. It quickly becomes action packed, with both Maleficent's and fairy lives at risk. One of the best parts? Maleficent learns more about her ancestry, which is really really eye catching.
And of course, there are hints of the original Sleeping Beauty Tale, more so in this version than the first.
Kid factor: nothing permanently scarring. One scary scene. No foul language. If your kids saw the first movie they are probably okay to see the second. It is not your average kids Disney movie.
Filed under: disney movie, kid factor, maleficent 2, meleficent, Michelle pfeiffer
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The Jolly Pond Swamp looks like something that should be found in the Carolinas or thereabouts, with deep, dark water filled with tall cypress trees.
Yet it and other cypress swamps on the Chickahominy-north of the James River-have been a marvel to visitors for decades. "The cypress here protrudes its curious roots, and the funereal moss trails from the trees," journalist B.W. Bagby wrote in a 1872 coffee-table book "Picturesque America." "TheChickahominy," Bagby stated, "cannot fail to attract the artist and naturalist."
More than a century later, Diane Eckles has been making her own discoveries in the area.
"This is where the gar were," said Eckles, a biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as she stood along the edge of the Jolly Pond Swamp. "They were swimming between our legs."
The gar, a large, long-nosed-and ancient-fish had been noticed during a 1994 vegetation survey of the site. Similar surveys, for fish, reptiles and amphibians, birds and invertebrates are under way as part of the watershed project initiated by the USF&WS and aided by a technical committee of scientists from state and federal agencies and academic institutions.
Results are being placed in a computerized "geographic information system" that also contains a host of information about land use and other location-specific data from throughout the 470-square-mile Chickahominy watershed.
When all the information is examined together, scientists will be able to examine the cumulative impact of the wide range of human activities taking place within the watershed have on biological communities.
Ultimately, Eckles hopes this massive information base is something that can be used by local citizens, government officials and others to map comprehensive land use strategies for the Chickahominy-much of which is sandwiched between the rapidly developing Richmond and Williamsburg areas-that will protect the watershed and its resources while allowing for development.
Eckles began working on the project after years of regulatory work. In that job, she reviewed permits for projects affecting small bits of land. By themselves, the individual projects may have had little impact on the local ecosystem, but Eckles was concerned that many small projects in a given area could have significant impacts.
"This began out of frustration," Eckles said. "I kept thinking that there is a better way."
As a result, Eckles began a comprehensive "landscape analysis" project in the Chickahominy, which could be a pilot for other areas as well. By looking at the landscape as a whole-the size and shapes of forests, wetlands and other land uses and their relationships to each other-Eckles hopes to paint a more holistic view of how the landscape functions as an integrated ecosystem.
The Chickahominy has proven to be an ideal location for such a study. The watershed serves as a breeding ground and stopover for different species of migratory birds. The lower end of the river is a spawning area for striped bass and other migratory fish, its forested shorelines are home to bald eagles, its wetlands hold rare plant species, such as the swamp pink.
Also, the level of development generally decreases-and the amount of natural land cover increases-as one moves down the watershed. This allows biologists to compare the impacts of differing amounts of landscape disturbance within the same watershed.
Scientists on the technical committee will compare landscape structure-such as the total amount of forested wetlands and the size and shape of individual tracts-to the presence, absence, numbers or diversity of specific "indicator" species, such as neotropical migrant birds, migratory fish, frogs, invertebrates or wetland plant species.
Results of that analysis can show relationships between landscape structure and habitat quality. Such information can then be used to help planners decide where future development would have the least impact, or to weigh the environmental tradeoffs of developments in different locations. Likewise, future monitoring can serve as a biological measure of whether cumulative development impacts are affecting the watershed's resources. "Your watershed is not just water quality," Eckles said.
The linkage between the presence of indicators such as certain bird species and landscape structure is the heart of cumulative impact analysis. For example, a large forest located next to a wetland may have more species diversity than a fragmented forest next to a suburban area where they are more vulnerable to pets and parasitic birds that thrive on the forest edge.
Similarly, a wetland located between a stream and a woodland, which helps buffer it from other land uses, may have more reptile and amphibian diversity than one located next to a shopping mall.
Maps developed using information from Eckles' project bring that vividly to life.
Varied land uses are apparent. Different "layers" of the digital maps provide information about the locations of streams and roads, and the diversity of different bird species inhabiting different sizes and shapes of forested wetland patches in the watershed.
"Diane can show that from going to a 'patch size' of one acre to a patch size of 10 acres makes a dynamic jump in species diversity," said Dave Dowling, a biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
That has implications not just for protection, he said, but restoration. Instead of focusing wetland creation efforts on several small projects, for example, it may be better to do restoration in an area where several smaller wetlands could be linked, Dowling said. "It's a very clear picture very quickly," he said.
By using aerial survey maps from 1953, Eckles is also recreating what the watershed looked like four decades ago. Comparing that with recent monitoring data will allow her to estimate how land use changes have altered biological communities.
And there have been changes: Forest coverage has fallen from 50 percent of the watershed to 36 percent, although pine plantations are increasing. Farmland has fallen from 15 percent to 9 percent. Urban and residential lands have expanded.
Acres of vegetated wetlands have declined, as have the number of large wetlands. For example, in 1953, the watershed had 14 wetland patches of more than 400 acres, by 1994 there were only six.
A "future" analysis will also be conducted by comparing proposed land use changes in local comprehensive plans with 1994 data. That might help predict what those changes would mean for biological diversity.
Much of the Chickahominy, particularly lower portions of the watershed, still has good water quality-it is home to the largest reservoir for the Newport News water supply. But the watershed continues to change, especially as the suburbs of Richmond press farther into its upper areas.
A driving tour of the watershed that begins on narrow winding roads around Jolly Pond Swamp ends up on wide boulevards lined with industrial parks and shopping malls in the suburbs of Richmond. In this area, the Chickahominy-if it is known at all-isn't thought of as a river, but as a swamp.
Protecting its water quality for the long term will mean that people living in the diverse watershed must be able to understand, and use, the data that Eckles and colleagues have been amassing about birds, bugs, snakes and the like.
"People who live in the watershed may not care about these organisms, but they do care about their quality of life," Eckles said. "And whether they recognize it or not, that's what we are trying to get at here-the quality of living, sustainable landscapes that are supported by functioning ecosystems."
To help make that translation to the public-and to local government officials-the USF&WS, with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, has helped to form a watershed organization to introduce the region's growing population to the Chickahominy, its resources-and the development issues it faces. It is a difficult task because many people in the region focus on the larger James River rather than the Chickahominy, which is often is viewed primarily as a swamp.
"People didn't know-and still don't know-what the Chickahominy is," said Sarah Richardson of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. "All they know is that it has swamps."
Richardson has helped to create the Chickahominy Watershed Alliance, an organization with representatives from environmental groups, businesses, local governments and others. Ultimately, the group is to become a free-standing association that acts on its own.
"I see one of our goals as sort of leading people around and seeing what the resources are-public awareness and education," said Brian Moores, chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Randolph-Macon College and president of the organization's board. "We're not going to be out chaining ourselves to the gates when they build a plant."
The group has already sponsored a variety of outings and programs for citizens, as well as a forum that helped to introduce local government officials to the work being done by Eckles.
"The James is historically the river for this area," said Dawn McGrain, another board member who also works for Henrico County. Over time, she said, educational efforts can help people better appreciate the unique watersheds they live in.
"I think the Chickahominy is a wonderful watershed," she said. "I'm always impressed with the wildlife we see just in this county, even as suburban as it is. We have some areas where milewide floodplain and wetland systems along this river are not uncommon. You can't even find the channel half the time. That's how the Chickahominy is."


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File #: SLR 0042-2002 Version: * Name: In rem, Florence Timmons, Queens (S.6282, A.9855)
Type: SLR Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on State and Federal Legislation
Title: State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills introduced by Senator Smith, S.6282, and Assembly Member Cook, A.9855, "AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Queens to former owner Florence Timmons, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 11975, Lot No. 29 on tax map for the borough of Queens".
Sponsors: Maria Baez, Allan W. Jennings, Jr., Ruben Diaz
Attachments: 1. Stated Meeting - Hearing Transcript - 6/19, 2. Hearing Transcript
6/19/2002 * Maria Baez City Council Approved, by Council Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/19/2002 * Maria Baez Committee on State and Federal Legislation Hearing Held by Committee Action details Meeting details Not available
6/19/2002 * Maria Baez Committee on State and Federal Legislation Approved by Committee Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2002 * Maria Baez City Council Referred to Comm by Council Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2002 * Maria Baez City Council Introduced by Council Action details Meeting details Not available
State Legislation Resolution No. 42 Title State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills introduced by Senator Smith, S.6282, and Assembly Member Cook, A.9855, "AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Queens to former owner Florence Timmons, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 11975, Lot No. 29 on tax map for the borough of Queens". Body By Council Members Baez, Jennings and Diaz Whereas, bills have been introduced in the New York State Legislature by Senator Smith, S.6282, and Assembly Member Cook, A.9855, "AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Queens to former owner Florence Timmons, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 11975, Lot No. 29 on tax map for the borough of Queens"; and Whereas, the enactment of the above State Legislation requires the concurrence of the Council of the City of New York as the local legislative body; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Council of the City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of New York, does hereby request the New York State Legislature to enact into law the aforesaid pending bills. Referred to the Committee on State and Federal Legislation.


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The Water Crisis In India: Everything You Need To Know
With the planets second largest population at 1.3 billion, and expectant growth to 1.7 billion by 2050, India finds itself unable to serve the vast majority of that populace with safe, clean water.
Supporting 16% of the world's inhabitants is daunting enough, but it is even more so when recognizing that population is crammed into an area one-third the size of the United States. Then consider that India only possesses 4% of the world's fresh water and the crisis can be more fully realized.
India may not be the only nation in this predicament, but theirs is at a stage more critical than most. Severe lack of regulation, over privatization, general neglect and rampant government corruption have led to multiple generations thirsting for more than just a few drops of hazard free water.
The situation has grown to the point that regional disputes have risen over access to rivers in the country's interior. Those disputes take on a global scale in conflicts with Pakistan over the River Indus and River Sutley in the west and north and with China to the east with the River Brahmaputra.
Surface water isn't the only source reaching a breaking point.
Tracing back several generations, the critical situation in India can be linked to a myriad of causes. In modern times though, the concern has moved from the surface to the ground. And it's there where India's freshwater is under the greatest stress.
Causes: Groundwater and A History of Indifference
Over the past 50 years, policies have allowed what amounts to a free-for-all in groundwater development and as the crisis has grown it has been met with continued neglect, mismanagement and overall indifference.
Estimates put India's groundwater use at roughly one-quarter of the global usage with total usage surpassing that of China and the United States combined. With farmers provided electricity subsidies to help power the groundwater pumping, the water table has seen a drop of up to 4 meters in some parts of the country. This unfettered draining of groundwater sources has accelerated over the past two decades.
With the aggressive pumping, particularly in rural areas, where agriculture provides the livelihood for upwards of 600 million Indians, Mother Nature is often the difference in a good year and a devastating one. Relying on monsoon rains without proper irrigation or water management techniques has been a recipe for disaster.
Mismanagement and corruption often draw the largest headlines, but many of India's leaders have also been slow or unwilling to adapt to newer technologies or cohesive plans to address the issues.
The response can at best be described as irresponsible. Consider China, a country with roughly 50 million more people, uses a quarter less freshwater.
Growing Demand, Declining Health
Not only is India the world's second most populated country, but it has a fast growing middle class that is raising the demands on clean, safe water. Then consider close to half of the country practises open defecation and you have a dichotomy of two very different populations desperately pulling at the same limited resource.
One group wanting to grow and flourish and the other wanting to survive.
A few numbers from the World Bank highlight the plight the country is facing:
163 Million Indians lack access to safe drinking water
210 Million Indians lack access to improved sanitation
21% of communicable diseases are linked to unsafe water
500 children under the age of five die from diarrhea each day in India
More than half of the rivers in India are highly polluted with numerous others at levels considered unsafe by modern standards. The waters of the Yamuna, Ganga and Sabarmati flow the dirtiest with a deadly mix of pollutants both hazardous and organic.
Aside from commonplace industrial pollution and waste, India's rivers are open use across much of the country. From dumping human waste as previously noted to bathing to washing clothes, the human element contributes to the epidemic of health related concerns.
Adding to the human toll is the reliance on seasonal rains, which are often sporadic in some years and over abundant in others. Rain totals can vary greatly and do not always arrive in the places they are needed most. The drought and flooding that results from this inconsistent cycle often leads to crop failures and farmer suicides.
Much of the above affects rural citizens where poverty is rampant, but even more developed urban areas face their own challenges.
Even with a robustly growing middle class, when combining rural and urban populations, over half of India still lives at or below the poverty level. Furthermore, no city in India can provide clean, consumable tap water full-time.
Should the crisis continue unabated, the scarcity of water will have a negative impact on the industrial health of the country.
Recent drops in manufacturing jobs can be tied to companies being unable to access clean water. Along with the inability to properly cultivate agriculture areas and the water crisis quickly becomes an economic one.
Look to the Future
It may seem a foregone conclusion that the water will soon enough dry up and along with it India as a whole. That need not be the case.
There are even bright spots in the current environment. The Rivers Narmada and Chamabal run clean with water fit for consumption. Several projects are currently underway that aim to move water to areas that need it the most.
But it will take a long-term commitment of the Indian government not previously shown and the heavy assistance of outside resources.
Common sense practices and training will also aid in reducing the damage done to groundwater sources. Teaching farmers updated irrigation techniques, such as drip irrigation, and utilizing more rainwater harvesting are small, effective steps in stemming the loss of freshwater sources.
Much of India will also need modern sanitation policies that both conserve and wisely utilize water sources. Recognizing physical and economic growth directly ties to the amount of safe, usable water is another step in right direction.
Yes, all of these changes take the long view, but a crisis of this magnitude will not be solved with lip service and short sided solutions.
However daunting, the goals are not unattainable. India is still a developing society, and there is time to reverse the crisis that has been decades in the making.
Given the right commitment and dedication, India can soon enough have safe, clean water.https://businessconnectworld.com/2018/01/11/water-crisis-in-india/


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namespace Practice_Integer_Numbers
{
    public class PracticeIntegerNumbers
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            sbyte num1 = -100;
            byte num2 = 128;
            short num3 = -3540;
            ushort num4 = 64876;
            uint num5 = 2147483648;
            long num6 = -1141583228;
            long num7 = -1223372036854775808;
            Console.WriteLine(num1);
            Console.WriteLine(num2);
            Console.WriteLine(num3);
            Console.WriteLine(num4);
            Console.WriteLine(num5);
            Console.WriteLine(num6);
            Console.WriteLine(num7);
        }
    }
}


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using System;
using System.IO;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Class;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Entry;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Entry.EntryManager;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.ConstantPool;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.ConstantPool.Info;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.AccessFlages;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.Member;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.Attribute;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.Attribute.Attribute;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.DataArea;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.Instructions;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.LocalVariable;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.JVMCore;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.JVMCore.ClassLoaders;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.MethodTypes;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.DataArea.Heap;
using Ionic.Zip;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVM.Runtime.Native;
using SharpJVM.SharpJVMNative;

namespace SharpJVM
{
	class Program
	{
		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			JVM jvm = new JVM(new EntryManagersClassLoader(new EntryManagers(new IEntryManager[] {
				//new DirectoryEntryManager(new DirectoryInfo(@"H:\t\Spigot"), false),
				new DirectoryEntryManager(new DirectoryInfo(@"E:\Program\CSharp\SharpJVM\SharpJVM\SharpJVMTests"), false),
				new ZipEntryManager(ZipFile.Read(@"E:\Program\CSharp\SharpJVM\SharpJVM\rt.jar"))
			})));
			SharpJVMNativeList nativelist = new SharpJVMNativeList();
			nativelist.NativeClassList = new System.Collections.Generic.List<NativeClass>(SharpJVMNatives.DefaultNativeClass);
			nativelist.Register(jvm);
			//JavaClass Class = jvm.ClassLoader.LoadClass("org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main");
			JavaClass Class = jvm.ClassLoader.LoadClass("com/test/Binary/Sh"); // FIXME U can try to run this code, it's will throw a error.
			foreach (Method method in Class.Methods) {
				if (method.AccessFlag.Static) {
					if (method.Name == "main") {
						JavaThread thread = jvm.CreateThread();
						Frame NewFrame = thread.CreateFrame(method);
						NewFrame.localVars.SetRef(0, CreateStrArgs(args, jvm));
						thread.PushFrame(NewFrame);
						thread.Run(true);
					}
				}
			}
			Console.ReadKey(true);
		}
		public static JavaObject CreateStrArgs(string[] args, JVM jvm)
		{
			JavaClass strClass = jvm.ClassLoader.LoadClass("java/lang/String");
			JavaObject argsArr = new JavaObject(strClass.ArrayClass, new JavaObject[args.Length]);
			JavaObject[] refs = argsArr.Refs;
			for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
				refs[i] = jvm.StringPool.GetString(args[i]);
			}
			return argsArr;
		}
	}
}


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As this technology becomes popular, traditional motorbike taxi drivers in Việt Nam (called xe ôm) claim to be losing roughly 50 per cent of their monthly income. In Indonesia, thousands of traditional taxi drivers put on a strike earlier this year against these new services.
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Q: Let Y be a random variable with $0\le Y\le 1.$ Let Y be a random variable with $$0\le Y\le 1.$$Show that $$var(Y)\le 1/4 $$ and that $$var(Y)= 1/4 $$ if and only if P(0)=1/2=P(1).

A: Since $Y(1-Y)\geq0$ we conclude that
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\mathbb{E}Y-(\mathbb{E}Y)^2-\mathrm{var}(Y)=\mathbb{E}Y-\mathbb{E}Y^2=\mathbb{E}(Y-Y^2)\geq0
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Thus
$$\mathrm{var}(Y)\leq(\mathbb{E}Y)(1-\mathbb{E}Y)\leq \frac{1}{4}$$
Now equality folds if and only if $\mathbb{E}Y=1/2$ and $Y=Y^2$, $P$-a.s.,
or equivalently $P(Y\notin\{0,1\})=0$. That is if $Y$ is a Bernoulli trial with equal probability.

A: If $0\le Y\le 1$ with probability $1$, we have $Y^2\le Y$ with probability $1$.  Thus the variance of $Y$ is $\le \mu-\mu^2$, where $\mu$ is the mean. Note that the function $t-t^2$ attains a maximum of $\frac{1}{4}$ at $t=\frac{1}{2}$.
The maximum is attained precisely if $Y=Y^2$ with probability $1$, and the mean is $\frac{1}{2}$. Thus with probability $1$ we must have $Y=0$ or $Y=1$. The condition $\mu=\frac{1}{2}$ does the rest.  For if $Y=1$ with probability $p\ne \frac{1}{2}$, then $\mu\ne \frac{1}{2}$.


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FOOTBALL: INTER-AC LEAGUE GAME OF THE WEEK - Malvern Prep vs. Haverford School (11/2)
By John Knebels Videos: Angelise Stuhl, 10/31/19, 5:15PM EDT
INTER-ACADEMIC LEAGUE GAME OF THE WEEK
Who: Haverford School vs. Malvern Prep
When: 7:00 Saturday, November 2, 2019
Where: Malvern Preparatory School
Records: Haverford School (5-3, 2-1); Malvern (3-5, 2-1)
Most Recent Performance: Haverford School defeated Penn Charter, 39-10; Malvern Prep dropped a 29-27 decision to Episcopal Academy.
Importance: These are the only two teams that can catch first-place Episcopal Academy. Then again, technically, there could ultimately be a five-way tie for the Inter-Ac crown if a zillion surprises occur over the next two weeks, but that's . . . highly unlikely.
All-Time Record: Malvern Prep leads, 46-25.
Haverford School Notes: Because the Fords face Episcopal in the season finale, a victory both this week and next would assure, at minimum, a share of the Inter-Ac crown. Two wins and an EA loss this week to Germantown Academy would give the Fords their first outright title since winning consecutive crowns in 2014-15 . . . Buoyed by a suddenly fearsome defense top to bottom, the Fords are the only team in the league to hold the opposition to fewer than two touchdowns, accomplished two weeks straight in a 38-7 win over Germantown Academy and 39-10 victory over Penn Charter . . . With senior quarterback Dante Perri protected by a constantly improving line and a slew of weapons at his disposal, the Fords can strike quickly or embark on a long scoring drive.
Malvern Prep Notes: The Friars had a 12-game league winning streak snapped last week . . . A loss would mathematically eliminate the Friars from any possible title contention for the first time in four years. The Friars could still capture an outright crown if they win their final two while Episcopal loses its last two . . . Program hasn't lost consecutive league games since 2012 (26-7 to Episcopal; 14-13 to Haverford School) . . . Junior quarterback Lonnie White is making a case for MVP honors, using both his arm and feet to move Malvern's offense.
FORD CHAT: "This one is huge for us, and it is always a high energy game," said junior safety/linebacker Geordy Holmes. "We know they have some playmakers and they have played good teams, so we are going to be prepared. Malvern always gives us their best, so in order to finish the season the way I know we can, it all starts Saturday night."
"Malvern is a good football team," said senior middle linebacker Pat Toal. "Playing them on the road is going to be a big test for us."
FRIAR CHAT: "The game is important because it's league play first of all, as well as a bounce back week for us," said senior defensive back Tyler Tinson. "Haverford is considered a rival school for us, which makes it a pretty big game, too."
"It's a big game for us, not in terms of record, but team integrity," said senior cornerback Caimin Hayes. "Our response in this game will show the true character of our team. Coming off a tough loss but continuing to fight is what is important."
Haverford School Highlights:
Malvern Prep Highlights:
Prediction: Malvern is exceptionally difficult to beat at home, but Haverford School's senior-dominated squad won't be intimidated by a hostile venue. The Fords showed resolve rebounding from an early-season heartbreaker against Springside Chestnut Hill . . . If this were any other opponent, Haverford would possibly lose focus with Episcopal on the horizon, but that's not going to happen . . . Malvern is often electric on offense, but the Friars have had an uncommonly difficult time on defense . . . This should go back and forth, but for the first time in seven seasons, Malvern falls short on back-to-back weeks as Haverford School wins, 31-24.
(John Knebels can be reached at Jknebels@gmail.com or on Twitter @johnknebels.)
Tag(s): Home Schools Inter Academic League Football Inter-Ac Haverford Football Malvern Prep Football


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Neue Neue Ostpolitik
Thomas W. O'Donnell , July 21, 2017
The US Senate's decision to expand sanctions against Russia triggered indignation in Berlin, throwing Germany's geopolitical ambitions concerning the Nord Stream 2 project into sharp relief.
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On June 15, the US Senate approved an act to sharply expand sanctions imposed on Russia in retaliation for its intervention in eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea in 2014. The broadly bi-partisan move that enshrined Barack Obama's earlier executive orders – intended as a response to Moscow's alleged cyber interference in US elections – was a stunning rebuke to US President Donald Trump's Russia policy, essentially taking a broad swath of foreign policy out of his hands.
In light of Trump's stance toward Germany, the EU, and NATO, one might have expected a gigantic sigh of relief from Berlin. But this was not to be. Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel reacted with immediate indignation to a provision of the bill that would allow the US to target companies cooperating in the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline project. A joint declaration with his NS2 partner, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, invoked a sort of euro-populism: "Europe's energy supply is a matter for Europe, not the United States of America … Instruments for political sanctions should not be tied to economic interests." The irony of citing such a principle in defense of NS2, considering Putin and Gazprom's labyrinthine record of political and economic pressures on Ukraine, appears to have eluded the pair.
Gabriel's stance was echoed in an exceptionally stern statement from Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her comments, too, focused exclusively on NS2, ignoring the two key measures the Senate had added to existing sanctions. One would block partnerships with Russian firms anywhere in the world that provide Russia with the next-generation oil and gas technology it so urgently needs to sustain its hydrocarbon state, while the other, even more sweeping measure would actively block cooperation with Russian arms sales globally. Clearly, NS2-targeted sanctions are of lesser significance.
Restraining the Executive
What is perhaps most striking about the comments from Germany is that nothing affirmative was said about the Senate's motives or rationale. Granted, Gabriel and Merkel – whose parties currently form a grand coalition, but will be battling it out in a September election – are in campaign mode, but this does not fundamentally explain the reasons for their focus on NS2. The explicit motivation of the Senate's bill flows directly from what former FBI Director James Comey underlined as the "central message" of his June 8 Senate testimony: that he and the directors of all US intelligence agencies were unanimous in their assessment that the Russian government had conducted a cyber campaign against US elections. In fact, as later reported by The Washington Post, US "intelligence captured Putin's specific instructions" on the operation's objectives to discredit the election and defeat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
This determination is of acute interest to the German government. In the run-up to the German election, one might think expressions of solidarity with the Senate's intent would accompany the NS2 complaints. So too, a section of the Senate's bill explicitly asserts US commitment to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, an assurance Trump so disturbingly refused to give to Germany and other member states during a recent summit. The Senate also "set up a process by which Congress can block any attempt by President Trump to scale back those sanctions" – another stunning rebuke to Trump, a man who campaigned on his ability to "do deals" with Putin, who immediately moved to lift sanctions against Russia when he assumed office, and now has several members of staff under FBI investigation for suspicious dealings with Moscow.
Of course, such legislation is a blunt foreign policy instrument of the legislative branch in restraint of the executive. However, if the act now passes the House of Representatives it will essentially revoke Trump's ability to set Russia and Ukraine policy. One would normally imagine such a development to be warmly welcomed by both Gabriel and Merkel. But appreciation of this point was absent in their initial, highly-publicized responses.
Geopolitical Rationale
Indeed, the Senate's bill could severely sanction German, Austrian, and the other European firms working with Russian energy giant Gazprom on the pipeline project. NS2 is slated to bring an additional 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas from arctic western Siberia to Germany each year. It purposefully avoids landfall in any Baltic, Eastern or Central European state of the former Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, running parallel to the Nord Stream pipeline completed in 2011. NS2 has been championed by Gabriel and former Social Democrat (SPD) Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and enjoys wide support among German elites and energy companies. Gabriel and Merkel's responses reflect this.
For Russia, the geopolitical rationale is clear. In the final two decades of the Soviet Union, Moscow had fought for its gas to be accepted in Europe as a secure and reliable source of energy. This resulted in huge gas-transit pipeline systems across Poland, Ukraine, and other countries. However, the fall of the Soviet Union resulted in the separation of Russia from its Eastern and Central European neighbors; the latter mostly opted to join NATO and/or the EU as the West had hoped. The dominant geopolitical school of thought in Washington and the EU – as well as most former Soviet satellite states anxious for a lasting divorce from Russia – was that, if Russia were also to reform as a liberal democracy and re-industrialize, it should not have any major problem with this. But, if it did, it would be limited to a rump of its former territory incapable of regaining superpower status.
As it turns out, market reforms and liberal democracy did not take root. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly failed to re-industrialize on a modern basis. He sees the prospect of a rump, isolated, hydrocarbon-export-dependent Russia looming large. Since about 2006 – underlined by his 2007 Munich Security Conference rebuke to what he sees as an encroaching, US-dominated unipolar world – his strategy has been, at minimum, to wreck any further incorporation of Eastern and Central European states into the EU and NATO and, if possible, disrupt or even return some to Russia's orbit. This is a rational and reasonably achievable strategy, albeit a dangerous and retrograde one.
Turning to Russia's gas export business with western Europe, the following assertions can be made: First, it is clear that Putin can at present interfere to only a limited extent in major gas transit states such as Poland and Ukraine while he depends on their willingness to transit Russian gas to Western Europe. Second, insofar as these states remain antagonistic toward Russia, Gazprom exports across their territories are vulnerable to government actions and radical elements within their populations. If a way to bypass these states could be found, Russian gas business with Western Europe would be ensured, and the present-day transit states could be subjected to heightened disruption and perhaps even re-incorporated into Russia's orbit.
The result, in broad terms, is the Kremlin's strategy to replace existing pipelines transiting the former Soviet bloc with two huge pipeline systems – one extending south through Turkey and into EU states via the Aegean Sea (i.e., the Southern Stream pipeline system) and another arriving into western Europe from the north, via the Baltic Sea (i.e., the Nord Stream pipelines). New liquid natural gas (LNG) shipments will also be added, initially from Russia's arctic Yamal peninsula, insofar as the necessary technology can be accessed. Notably, the new US sanctions will strike all parts of this geopolitically motivated gas export strategy. Especially in the case of Nord Stream and NS2, the geopolitical motivation is clear, as while there are commercial advantages to the route, the multibillion-dollar projects deliver gas originating from the same fields as Ukraine's gas currently does, and the Ukraine system has considerably more capacity.
Change through Trade
Germany is and has always been seen as a stalwart of the EU project and of the establishment of liberal democracies based on open and free markets. What would its rationale be for cooperating with Gazprom and Putin in bypassing Ukraine and later possibly Poland and other Russian gas transit states?
There are two important elements to consider. First, the Neue Ostpolitik initiated by Chancellor Willy Brandt in the 1960s always favored direct economic ties between Germany and Russia, especially through large-scale energy projects between big West German corporations and Soviet state monopolies. This policy aimed to defuse Cold War tensions and foster liberal-democratic transition in Russia. While this strategy did contribute to détente and Russian approval of German reunification, Russia's continued failure to establish free market and liberal-democratic norms and its flagrant violation of respecting European borders by invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea have dealt severe blows to the strategy's fundamental logic. Though the mantra that peaceful relations are historically guaranteed by deep trade and economic ties is still constantly repeated by German elites, one finds quite broadly that the younger generations are more sanguine toward the real threat posed by an economically and politically unreformed, increasingly autocratic Russia.
This brings us to the second key element. There is good reason to assume that, had Germany and the Western European states succeeded in rapidly fostering free market reforms and liberal democracy, and had they been able to incorporate states such as Georgia and Ukraine into the EU and NATO, German policy might now be quite different in the face of Putin's revanchist Russia. However, over the past several years, even before the Maidan uprising in Ukraine, it was becoming clear that German elites were broadly losing confidence in the ability of Ukraine – as well as many other Eastern and Central European states – to reform, including some already within the EU and NATO. This is not exclusive to Germany: a similar transformation has been evident in Brussels, where stabilization has explicitly replaced transformation in its policy toward the EU's eastern and southern neighbors. At the same time, Putin deeply impressed German elites using hard power – including armed interventions in Georgia, the North Caucuses, and Ukraine – and showing his willingness to risk economic and energy stability by interrupting gas flows to Germany and Western European states via Ukraine, all clearly with geopolitical intent. These gas cutoffs were particularly alarming in that they reduced or cut deliveries to Germany and other EU and European states and had the potential to open fissures between member states scrambling for gas in a crisis.
Though in principle Russian gas dependency could and is being reduced by diversifying imports arriving via pipelines from Norway and Algeria and LNG deliveries from Qatar, the US, and elsewhere, Russia will remain a significant, if not the major gas supplier. As there is is no way to break dependence on Russian gas via pipelines for many years, vulnerabilities had to be minimized.
Energy Security über Alles
German elites have become increasingly inclined to reduce the energy security risk to Germany, the EU, and its eastern neighbors from what is seen as Ukraine's incorrigible energy sector corruption and a Russian-Ukrainian conflict that will not end for many years. The solution: eliminate its own and its EU allies' dependence on Ukrainian transit by taking over the business itself. While this looks like a mere extension of the Neue Ostpolitik – and indeed, the long-time ideological, political, and business culture of cooperation with Russia as a German national strategy – facilitates today's new geopolitical turn. Nevertheless, this Neue Neue Ostpolitik is responding to a new situation for the European project and German national interests, while facing new Russian contestation.
Although there are significant numbers of German citizens, lower-ranking party members, and some major politicians who oppose the NS2 project, the reality – as reflected in Merkel and Gabriel's condemnations of the new US sanctions bill – is that there is overwhelming support for NS2 from the country's business and political elite. Whether consciously or not, this reflects a new geopolitical role for Germany with respect to Russia and the European project, one aiming to make it an indispensable middleman in energy matters.
Completion of NS2 will ensure that the vast bulk of Russian gas imports to Europe will arrive directly to Germany. As numerous retired and active German diplomats, officials, and energy sector executives have asserted to me in recent years, "the Russians have always been our reliable energy partners" and "will not mess with us." When the issue of Germany giving up its highly valuable soft-power influence in Eastern and Central European states where this policy is immediately seen as abandonment in the face of new Russian pressures, the German response is simply, "We will distribute the gas!" and, "Don't they trust us to sell it to them?" It is asserted that Germany taking direct delivery of virtually all Russian gas and reselling it to them is their only path to true energy security.
This can be spun two ways, either as realist or paternalist – in either case the geopolitical and energy security result is identical. This is not to say Berlin does not recognize there are risks in its continued dependence on an unreformed, corrupt, and likely increasingly unstable Russian state for gas supplies, even if those supplies no longer pass through Ukraine, Poland, and the like. However, the key difference from where Berlin sits is that in any future gas dispute with Russia, Germany will now be alone at the table facing its Gazprom and Kremlin partners, without the complications of Ukrainians (or perhaps Poles) engaged in heated struggles with Russia as a part of the process.
Germany as Guarantor
It is wrong to cynically reduce these matters to business considerations and the profits that German and other companies will clearly reap at the expense of ending Ukraine's gas transit business. Even for a so-called geo-economic power such as Germany, the geopolitical component is crucial, without which the NS2 project might very well not have advanced. European energy unity and security will not be completely ensured by the fact that virtually all Russian-imported gas will at some point be distributed from a German hub. Rather, one could say that Germany is "solving" the problem of gas security in Europe vis-à-vis Russia by employing a strategy analogous to the one the US used to "solve" the problem of the 1970s OPEC nationalizations and instability in the Gulf Region: by putting itself at the center of the oil system, as its guarantor. As a German energy executive told me recently, "You [Americans] have your Saudi SOBs, and we have our Putin."
This implies the establishment of a form of German hegemonic oversight in the European gas market, just as the global oil system has been subjected to a form of US hegemony globally. If there was confidence in Ukraine and other crucial Eastern and Central European states to actively reform and become economic, political, and perhaps military obstacles to Putin's geopolitical aims, Germany might decide to ensure that the Ukrainians are treated properly by Gazprom and Russia and continue to rely on gas transiting Europe. Any such confidence has disappeared, however, and Germany is not prepared to use force to enforce, for example, Ukraine's territorial integrity.
Not everyone liked it when, in ancient times, all European roads led to Rome, but they were good roads that guaranteed commerce, and there were no alternatives. This is not unlike the present German attitude toward resolving problems presented by European and its own gas security. The US Senate, however, does not agree that it is time to give up on Ukrainian gas transit because it is not time to give up on these states generally in the face of Moscow's pressures. The US is also much more inclined to resort to military power to curtail Russia's actions. It would clearly prefer Germany (and the EU in general) to continue to push for transformation and incorporation of its eastern and southern neighbors. In this, Trump's stance remains decidedly a minority opinion among US elites.
Tags: Energy Security, Germany, Russia, United States
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Thomas W. O'Donnell
teaches at the Free University and Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He also consults on energy matters and blogs at GlobalBarrel.com.
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I'm a complete newbie to controlling lights and sequencing, but with a young family have thought it is time to embrace the hobby! It may be the Cairns humidity or sleepiness nights with 18month old twins, but I have been lurking in the shadows for a while gathering info. I want to say thanks to everyone that asks questions, responds to them and all involved with the guides. Looking forward to sharing more as I develop a display for next year (decided that I don't have enough time to get something decent so just hanging lights and the standard MFCs this year).
Welcome to ACL. Next year will come around quick enough aswell.
Welcome to ACL. You can still experiment with your display this year to give you a better idea of how crazy you can go next year.
Keep reading and ask any questions you may have here or log into chat and ask there. A lot of different equipment and software to consider, so don't go off the deep end right away. Stare small until you get an understanding what rgb, pixels, controllers and software will do and not do. Welcome to ACL!
Welcome aboard. Wadyamean not enough time for this Xmas. I must be in trouble!


Within an inch of disaster ….
The purpose of this site is usually to present news, factual documents without opinion or editorials.
However, a little before 3am on the morning of Wednesday July 27, 2016 an incident occurred which constitutes a grave threat to human life in the Village of Bear Lake.
2-3 individuals took a heavy implement and broke off the natural gas regulator at Bear Lake School – resulting in a 1 1/2″ line blasting gas out full bore, loud enough, fortunately, to wake neighbors.
This situation was deadly serious.
It being a calm night an inversion did not dissipate the gas upwards but rather sent it downwind and downhill to all the adjacent homes. Neighbors were indeed fortunate that someone saw the incident take place and called it in immediately.
The consequences of natural gas gathering in people's ground floor rooms or basements does not bear thinking about.
The lives that were put in jeopardy by this callous, senseless act MUST be considered when the individuals are brought to justice.
And yes indeed there was a fatality.
The fatality was our parrot. Almost recovered from an infection, his room had all the windows open on this warm night and we woke to find our house filled with gas odor as did all our neighbors. By the end of Wednesday he was in trouble and by Thursday morning he was dead. We had rescued him 31 years ago and he should have lived another 30-40 years.
Yes when weighed against the lives of human beings, and in particular our incredible Bear Lake Fire Department staff who put their lives in dire peril to walk up to the pipe to shut it off, the life of a pet bird may seem trivial – but what if that had been a baby sleeping in that room? What if the leak had gone undetected for hours? What if the pilot light had kicked on or a static spark occurred, or the main transformer which stands within 3 feet of the vandalized gas connection had arced when 2 BLTFD personnel stood there?
We lost a member of our family. We could have lost a school and 2 blocks.


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Armenian Rugs and Carpets - Scholarly essay on the ethnographic history and significance of carpets in Armenia.
Center for the Study of Ancient Textiles- Site dedicated to archeological textiles, particularly clothing.
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So sorry you didn't see any of the monkeys. Bummer! I'm glad you had a good time anyway. You got some great pictures! Next time you go if you can't get out in a kayak try to talk a walk down the River Trail or the Marsh Trail from campground. We've seen the monkeys in the trees across the river from the end of the River Trail. I love that campground. I would tell you my favorite campsite but then it may not be available next time we want to go! We hope to return next winter. Thanks for the link to my blog post. Have a safe and fun trip to Missouri.
Haha. Thankfully there are a lot of awesome campsites there even if they don't have a resident gopher tortoise. We really wanted to try every trail. Too bad we left our rain gear in Goodland. Oh well, it'll give us something to look forward to next time. Thx!


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Make the batter: Place the flour, milk, eggs, salt, and melted butter (and optional sugar and vanilla) in a blender and blend for about 20 seconds until batter is smooth. Alternatively, whisk everything together in a bowl until thoroughly combined and frothy.
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Strain the juice from the poached cherries. Reduce the poaching liquid to the syrupy stage. Reserve.
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Add the leeks to the potatoes and cover with a lid. Reduce heat and continue to cook for about 10 minutes or until the leeks are nicely wilted and the potatoes are tender. Remove lid and reserve.
Season the duck breast with salt and pepper and sear on both sides over high heat.
Reduce temperature to low and continue to cook the breast on the skin side for another 5 minutes or until the skin is a deep brown colour and crisp consistency.
Place duck in the oven at 325°F for another 10 minutes.
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Spoon the potato and leek mixture onto four heated dinner plates.
Carve the duck breast and place an equal number of slices in a leasing fan pattern on each of the four plates.
Combine the syrupy cherry juice with the poached tart cherries and spoon this mixture over the duck breast slices. Garnish with fresh thyme if desired. Serve immediately.


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Security service edge (SSE) is the security aspect of secure access service edge (SASE). SASE is a cloud-native IT model that combines wide area network (WAN) edge networking and security services in a way that is better suited, compared to traditional network architectures, for how modern businesses operate.
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While other food-industry suckers out there keep paring menus down dozens of items by dozens of items, Pizza Hut is churning full-speed ahead in the complete opposite direction. Today the chain unveiled an "unprecedented" plan for a total revamp at all 6,300 locations that includes, as this might suggest, new stuff, and particularly a lot more of it.
Beginning November 19, you can order 16 new artisan-ish pizzas (here's the full list). These dream pizzas will feature a variety of ten new crusts that include honey sriracha, a "skinny" line, and a Little Caesar's pretzel copycat. There are six sauces, including honey sriracha; five new toppings that are mostly peppers and meats that are Italian in origin; and there are also four finishing drizzles, with — you guessed it — honey sriracha.
If this weren't enough, the chain is also jettisoning the roof logo for one that's a circular sauce swirl, relaxing the look of its company uniforms, and dressing up old toppings with silver-dollar adjectives like "Mediterranean black olives," "fresh red onion," "slow-cooked ham," and "Peruvian cherry peppers," even though, as the Associated Press points out, the ingredients themselves "are the same." If you add these to older menu item carryovers and do the math like chief marketing officer Carrie Walsh did, this comes to a mind-numbing "over 2 billion combinations of pizzas that [customers will] be able to access." Let's just hope that the extravagant age of honey sriracha, barbecue sauce, and balsamic sauce drizzles doesn't come at the expense of a plain cheese pie.


Optical illusions are the ultimate mind bogglers. They mess with your eyes' perception to the three-dimensional world (somehow, they cause trust issues to many).
Usually, they have a very simple explanation, but that makes it just more amazing. How can you be fooled with such a subtle act?
Go crazy with these animated illusions, which will make you cross-eyed for a minute. Brace yourself for a crapload of deception.
1. It's just an ordinary building—wait, what?!
2. Which one is bigger: A or B?
3. View different words from different angles.
4. Slow down! You're going to hit the pylons.
5. An amazing Rubik's cube illusion.
6. This chair would probably be the coolest thing ever.
8. A table you can fold.
9. How can a cube move like that?
10. Woah! The Starry Night just got a little wobbly.
12. Can you point out items which are small and big?
13. The room that makes you either taller or shorter.