The 68-team NCAA Tournament field was announced on Selection Sunday, and one of the biggest events is sports is upon us. As you get set to fill out your NCAA Tournament bracket prior to the festivities getting under way this week, you'll want to know as much as possible about each squad vying for the national title, and we are here to help with that.
Let's list out the field first, so you can get an idea of how everything falls into place when not constricted to that beautiful bracket. This is but one man's view. My ranking of every team in the field of 68, sorted by quality, talent, depth, coaching and where teams fall in multiple metrics.
This is not a ranking based off resumes. This is about the best teams, top to bottom.
The Cavaliers enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 team in four of the six metrics on NCAA Tournament teams sheets (NET, KenPom, Strength of Record, BPI) and No. 2 in the other two (KPI, Sagarin). UVA's efficiency margin is comfortably ahead of Gonzaga, Duke and Michigan State. This is the best offense Tony Bennett's ever had. It's the best overall team in college basketball. And it's going to win its first two games, probably, by an average of 25 points.
Gonzaga already beat Duke at full strength on a neutral court -- when the Bulldogs didn't have Killian Tillie. Now the Zags do have Tillie -- and the No. 1 offense in college basketball. Not just that, but Brandon Clarke is a top-three defender in the sport. Rui Hachimura is a top-15 player in college hoops, too. Zags are loaded. The L to Saint Mary's in the WCC title game was aberrational. This team can win the national title.
The most talented team in college basketball now gets its chance to prove it's the best team in college basketball. Zion Williamson has been truly absurd the past three games, reminding the country that he is far and away the best player in the sport. Duke's leading scorer, though, is fellow frosh RJ Barrett (22.9 ppg). Throw in the streaky-but-dangerous Cam Reddish and the all-valuable point guard Tre Jones, you've got a team trying to become the first ever to rely so heavily on four freshmen and still win the national title.
The 27-6 Tar Heels have one of their fastest, most enjoyable teams to watch ever. It starts with freshman Coby White, who has big hair and an even bigger game. Cam Johnson, Luke Maye and Kenny Williams are senior starters who've turned a promising UNC season into a fantastic one. UNC is trying to make its third Final Four in four years.
The team that doesn't beat itself. The Vols have never had a season this good. With a 29-5 record, Rick Barnes has revived his career in Knoxville and done so thanks to SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams and senior alpha dog Admiral Schofield. It may surprise you to learn that Tennessee's offense ranks much better than its defense.
For me, the difference between Kentucky and Tennessee is minimal. The Wildcats are seeded high and have their vital grad transfer, Reid Travis, back in the mix. PJ Washington, a sophomore power forward, is the team's most valuable player. Keep an eye out for freshman Tyler Herro, who is liable to hit big shots -- and certainly won't be afraid to take them.
Tom Izzo's never had an offense like this. Cassius Winston, a junior, has been the best point guard in America this season. MSU assists on more of its baskets than any team in college basketball. Nick Ward is playing, which is pivotal. A top-10 team in offensive and defensive efficiency.
The Cougars haven't been given enough respect all season long for their viability as Final Four and national title contenders. Remember, UH was knocked out at the buzzer by Michigan and Jordan Poole in the second round in 2017. Karma swinging back heavy in a good way for the Coogs.
The Wolverines have had a great season, which started 17-0 and featured mainstream wins over Villanova, North Carolina and Purdue. It's still a top-level team. It can get to yet another Final Four. Iggy Brazdeikis is a long-distance-shooting freshman who's one of the best newcomers in the sport. And the fact that a 5-foot-10 guard, Zavier Simpson, has developed a reliable hook shot is one of the coolest things in college basketball.
The 26-6 Red Raiders were bounced from the Big 12 Tournament prematurely, but don't let that dissuade you from thinking this team can win the national title. It's probably the best value bet out there. Elite defense (No. 2 in America), lottery pick (Jarrett Culver), multiple reliable 3-point shooters -- and one of the 20 best coaches in America in Chris Beard.
The Seminoles are 27-7 and coming off their best season in school history as an ACC program. Leonard Hamilton's team made the Elite Eight a season ago. It might just do that again. There is no one MVP to this team. Terrance Mann, Mfiondu Kabengele, Trent Forrest, Christ Koumadje and MJ Walker combine forces to make for an athletic, imposing quintet.
The Hokies have never made three consecutive NCAA Tournaments in school history -- until now. Buzz Williams' team played much of the ACC season without its best player, Justin Robinson, and yet VT was still able to land a quality seed. The Hokies rank 8th in the country in 3-point shooting and have a future pro in Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
We've come to the awkward portion of the program. LSU, a good team, will almost certainly play out its time in the Big Dance without its coach. Will Wade is suspended by the university pending an investigation into purported nefarious recruiting activity. As for the Tigers' squad, it's real good. Tremont Waters is the point guard with promise, Naz Reid is a top-20 freshman in America -- and this team loves overtime. It's played in seven OT games this season.
Some metrics have adored Purdue since January. With reason. The Boilermakers tied atop the regular-season Big Ten standings with Michigan State. Carsen Edwards has been nearly as good as expected this season, but he's also received more help than Purdue fans anticipated. Purdue's adjusted offensive efficiency at KenPom ranks fifth in the country.
The Bulls are Final Four material. With a 31-3 record, Nate Oats has turned UB into a mid-major behemoth. To me, Buffalo's still a seed line too low. C.J. Massinburg and Jeremy Harris are a handful. What's so impressive about Buffalo is how good it is on both ends of the floor -- and yet it loves to speed the game up. It's hard to stay elite on both sides of the ball when you're pushing the pace all game.
The Tigers are hoping this year's NCAA Tournament doesn't end in as embarrassing a fashion as 2018, when Bruce Pearl's team lost by 31 at the hands of Clemson. This year's group is a 3-point-shooting festival of unpredictability. Thankfully, Auburn also has Austin Wiley back. The big man is their chance to make a Sweet 16.
A preseason top-10 team, Nevada's seeded lower than was expected even as recently as a month ago because of its lack of Quad 1 opportunities/wins. But this is a big team with a lot of seniors and loads of talent. Nevada made the Sweet 16 last season and it can make the Final Four this one. It's about matchups and consistency.
Don't scoff because a SoCon team is ranked this high. The last time that league has a team rated well in the metrics -- this well -- a dude named Curry pushed Davidson to the Elite Eight. Fletcher Magee and the Terriers can get there too. The Terriers carry the longest win streak into the NCAA Tournament (20 games).
After a rare year away, the Badgers are back in the Dance. UW is led by Ethan Happ, who has a case for boasting the best four-year career of any player in program history. Wisconsin has a top-three defense and seldom turns the ball over. It will lose eventually, but the team that does it is going to grind itself into exhausting getting there.
What a weird season for Kansas, which finds itself outside the 1-3 seed range for the first time since 2006. Dedric Lawson is a beast of a player, and Quentin Grimes has come along well. Devon Dotson runs the point for KU; he's one of the fastest players in college basketball. With so many roster issues, it's kind of a wonder Bill Self coached this team to as many as 25 wins in the first place.
K-State fans aren't going to be happy I ranked the Wildcats lower than the Jayhawks, not after K-State won the league. Fact is, KU ranks ahead of K-State in almost every metric. I do think it's close. I also think K-State is not the same team without Dean Wade available and/or at full strength.
Talented but inconsistent team. Hey, Steve Prohm just got the Cyclones to a fourth Big 12 Tournament title in six years. I love the roster here. The question is: Which team shows up? Iowa State can make the Final Four. It can also lose its first round game by 10. I'm not sure any team in my top 30 has as much variance as this one.
Strong nucleus for the Terps here. Bruno Fernando is one of the best centers in the sport. Jalen Smith is an emerging freshman with a lot of talent, someone who might well take advantage of the big stage of the NCAA Tournament to show how high his ceiling is. But for 22-10 Maryland, which has lost three of its past four, Anthony Cowan needs to play to his upper-echelon ceiling to give this team a shot at a Sweet 16.
Three straight Big East Tournament championships for Villanova, which is a conference record. Jay Wright's team has two players -- Phil Booth and Eric Paschall -- carrying much of the load. The roster is relatively young. But it's Villanova. Would a run to the Elite Eight surprise you, really? Of course not.
The Golden Eagles had a controversial end in the Big East Tournament, but it's time to put that away and focus on the first round. Markus Howard, Sam Hauser, Joey Hauser and Sacar Anim all shoot better than 40 percent from 3. Steve Wojciechowski's team has been sputtering as of late but is still liable to drop 15 triples in a game. Because of that, this is your Final Four dark horse.
Things have gone relatively well for Chris Mack in his first year at Louisville. The Cardinals are 20-13 and rank as a top-20 defense in the country. Combine that fact with Louisville's 77.5-percent free throw shooting, and we've got a team with a shot to win a couple of games in this bracket. Sophomore forward Jordan Nwora is one of the most improved players in college hoops.
The Bearcats have the defense, they (usually) have the toughness, now they have The Guy. Jarron Cumberland is a big-bodied scorer who has gotten better at putting the ball on the deck and getting to the rim. This is an old, veteran team that is impossible to intimidate. And it's been stewing for a year on its Nevada loss in the second round, which was one of the biggest blown losses in tourney history.
Sort of an anonymous team, Mississippi State is in the NCAAs for the first time in a decade -- which means Ben Howland is coaching in the Dance for the first time since he was at UCLA. The Bulldogs are 23-10 and beat a number of NCAA Tournament teams. They also have the No. 14 offense in America, per KenPom.
Few coaches did a better job this season than Craig Smith, who has the Utah State Aggies at 28-6 and in the Dance for the first time since 2011. Sam Merrill, Mountain West Player of the Year, leads the way on a team that is a seed line or two too low.
The Huskies had a weak resume, but given the strength of their core -- Matisse Thybulle might be the best all-around defender in college basketball -- I still have to rank them relatively high. Toss in Jaylen Nowell and Noah Dickerson? Talent is there. Would not shock me if this team makes the Sweet 16.
On the whole, Syracuse has underachieved this season. But that has been true in years past -- and then the Orange have made deep runs. Can we see it again? This is the tallest team in college basketball, by the way. Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett and Elijah Hughes can thrive, so long as 6-5 senior point guard Frank Howard orchestrates to top potential.
One game shy of winning the Big East Tournament, the Pirates have been one of the 10 best teams in the past three weeks in college hoops. Myles Powell has grown into a program great, and wouldn't you know it: the Hall is in the NCAAs for a fourth straight year.
Iowa is an up-and-down team. Iowa has a quality offense and good bigs down low. The Hawkeyes have a lot of flaws, though, and this is a program that hasn't been to the Sweet 16 in 20 years. Ending that streak this season will be a tough order.
Wouldn't be here if not for knocking off Washington in the Pac-12 final. Now that the Ducks are dancing again, keep an eye out for sophomore super-defender Kenny Wooten and junior MVP point guard Payton Pritchard. Well-timed appearance for Dana Altman, who just got a contract extension.
The Gators are a mess on offense but do have the size and athleticism to muck up many a game. Mike White has UF in the field for a third straight season. At just 19-15, the Gators are a hard sell, but KenPom has rated this team top-30 most of the year.
The Sooners are the only team in college basketball that did not play a Quadrant 4 game this season. That's the biggest reason why they're in the field. This group is about the same this season, on the whole, as it was a year ago. The differences: last year Trae Young was involved. This year the defense is miles better.
The Knights ensured the American would get at least three teams into this year's field. It's the first NCAA Tournament since 2005 for the program. Tacko Fall, one of the tallest people on the planet (he's 7-6) is the obvious look-for guy here, but B.J. Taylor is UCF's best player and is capable of hitting a big shot late in games.
Significantly good news for the Rams, who squeak into the field despite a concerning loss in the A-10 quarterfinals to Rhode Island. Most importantly, Marcus Evans, the team's best player, is healthy and able to play. The Rams are 25-7 and have the No. 7-rated defense in college basketball, according to KenPom.
The Bruins rightfully got the call-up, evading bid thievery and convincing the selection committee that a 26-5 record with 12 road wins and a 5-3 Quad 1/2 mark was good enough. Belmont is 0-7 all time in the NCAA Tournament. Is this finally the year Rick Byrd gets his first Dance victory?
What Scott Drew has done this season is incredible. No other school in this tournament faced as many roster issues and injuries as Baylor. I don't think the Bears are that good, on the whole, but I respect what Drew pulled off. What's so amazing: this is the No. 2 offensive rebounding team in the sport -- yet Baylor was the smallest team in the Big 12. What!
The Racers and Ja Morant check in at No. 40. In terms of must-watch players in this tournament, though, only Zion Williamson rates ahead of Morant. Destined to be a chic upset pick, keep in mind that Murray State has a top-four 3-point defense and a top-five 2-point offense. They've got a real shot.
Credit to Chris Jans for keeping New Mexico State near the top of the list of best mid-major programs in America. At 30-4 and with a 19-game win streak, the Aggies will rightfully be one of the three or four most popular upset picks of the first round.
St. John's is a talented but erratic team and has the lowest NET ranking (73) of any at-large team. Shamorie Ponds, Mustapha Heron, Justin Simon and Co. have great potential. They're not a bad sleeper candidate for a couple of wins here. But the inconsistency looms large. At least Chris Mullin finally got his team into the NCAAs.
The Buckeyes are a one-dimensional team: Kaleb Wesson is that dimension. This was never more obvious than in the final three games of the season, when OSU went 0-3 without Wesson and looked listless in the process. The Buckeyes get it done with defense, largely, and Chris Holtmann is a tremendous coach.
The Rebels are among the biggest overachievers in the field -- and Kermit Davis has done an outstanding job in season one with the program. The Rebels are 20-12 and have a super-fun trio of guards Breein Tyree, Terence Davis and Devontae Shuler. Good offense, good team from the foul line.
The 21-13 Golden Gophers have one of the best double-double guys in college basketball in Jordan Murphy. But this is a poor offensive team, one of the worst shooting teams in major-conference college hoops. Keep an eye on Amir Coffey, who has the talent to combine with Murphy and keep them in the game against many a superior opponent.
Poor metrics couldn't keep the Sun Devils out of the NCAAs. Bobby Hurley's team has talent, no doubt about it: Freshman Luguentz Dort is an athletic marvel who is still a bit raw but all the way fun. Zylan Cheathem, Remy Martin, Romello White: all good. Sun Devils love to run. Unpredictable team, but fun.
Fran Dunphy's final season coaching Temple concludes with a poetic appearance in the NCAAs. Temple is 9-4 in games decided by six points and under. One of only two teams to beat Houston this season.
The universe has a way of balancing out. Some talented SMC teams in years past, better teams than this one, didn't get at-large bids. But the Gaels stunned Gonzaga in the WCC title game, so here we are. Randy Bennett's squad is slow-tempo and doesn't allow opponents to take many 3-pointers. Not a bad combo for squeezing out an upset.
The Flames are in via the Atlantic Sun Tournament automatic bid and have a bruiser in Scottie James, who has the potential to trend on Twitter for the way he plays and how unafraid he is to get into the muck. This is Liberty's third NCAA Tournament trip this century.
Yeah, I've got the Catamounts, out of the America East, this high. John Becker's got a potential future NBAer in Anthony Lamb, plus a strong 3-point-shooting senior in Ernie Duncan. Catamounts can bounce around the room and crash the defensive boards as well as anyone in America. Could be the best UVM team since the '05 group that knocked off Syracuse.
Bill Coen's Northeastern Huskies won the CAA automatic bid and have what I think we're going to call the #CAALuka in Vasa Pusica, a Serbian senior shooting guard who was the best player in his conference. Pusica shoots 84.3 percent from the foul line, 58.2 from 2-point range and 40.1 from 3-point range.
Talk about a dangerous double-digit seed. The Anteaters of UC Irvine are 30-5 and have lost once in 2019. The Big West reps have the No. 1 2-point defense in college hoops -- and only allow their opponents to take 3s a third of the time. That's a low rate. Great value for a Cinderella here. Won at Texas A&M, beat Saint Mary's, beat Montana this season.
Yale was the best team in the Ivy League. It won the Ivy League Tournament, thanks in no small part to having the four-team playoff cycle through New Haven, Conn., and be played on Yale's campus. James Jones' team has Miye Oni, a junior wing with a great shot who the Bulldogs' offense click.
John Brannen has built NKU into a Horizon League power; this is the Norse's second NCAA trip in three seasons. Drew McDonald is the 6-8 handful, a senior stretch big who can cash 3-pointers, trash you on defense and make way for his teammates to score from all over the floor.
ODU coach Jeff Jones is the feel-good story of the NCAA Tournament. Prior to the season, Jones revealed he was battling prostate cancer for a second time. His Monarchs are 26-8, were the best team in C-USA and have a pair of fearless guards in 6-2 Ahmad Caver and 6-5 B.J. Stith.
Oh, heck yes. Georgia State and Ron Hunter are back in the NCAAs. Hunter's chair-fall in 2014, when his team upset Baylor, remains a top-five NCAA Tournament highlight this decade. The Panthers come out of the Sun Belt; they beat Georgia and Alabama this season.
It all ended up working out well for Travis Ford's Billikens. This is a team that was expected in the preseason to be here, but it's been a bumpy ride; SLU needed four wins in the A-10 tourney to get to this point. Jordan Goodwin and Tramaine Isabell make for a nice backcourt combo.
Cresting back into the NCAA Tournament are the Colgate Raiders, who last made the field in 1996. The Patriot League representative is in the midst of the winningest single season in school history. Jordan Burns is a bad, bad dude.
The 26-8 Grizzlies aren't a big team, but they're loaded with vets. Montana's offense is fun to watch because the guys know what they're doing. This is the second-oldest team in the tournament, behind Nevada.
The list of men who have coached their alma mater to the NCAA Tournament is a proud but relatively short one. Abilene Christian's Joe Golden is on that list. The Wildcats are in just their sixth season of Division I but won the Southland Tournament and are 27-6.
Brian Wardle's Braves navigated through the Missouri Valley Tournament by upsetting last year's NCAA Tournament darling, Loyola-Chicago, then knocking off Northern Iowa in the title game. It's the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2006. This is a slow, grind-you-down team.
This is a Dance debut for the Runnin' Bulldogs, who have been in Division I nearly 20 years. Tim Craft and his team earned this trip: they won at No. 1 Campbell and then won at No. 2 Radford in the Big South Tournament to break through.
Tim Cluess has done the unprecedented in the MAAC by winning four consecutive league tournaments. These Gaels aren't as good as previous iterations at Iona, but that offense is still fun and still gives them a puncher's chance.
The Panthers were the top team in the SWAC, and in fact they enter the NCAAs as one of the hottest teams in the country. Prairie View A&M has lost once in 2019. At 22-12, it's one of the better SWAC teams in recent memory.
Greg Herenda and the Knights represent the Northeast Conference. FDU makes 40.5 percent of its 3s, which is top-five in college basketball. Fairleigh Dickinson won 17 of its 18 games in Quad 4.
A surprise entrant out of the Summit League, the North Dakota State Bison take almost half of their shots (48.2 percent) from 3-point range. It's the school's fourth NCAA trip in history.
LeVelle Moton has made a habit of putting the Eagles -- who rep the MEAC -- in the NCAAs; this is NCCU's fourth trip in six seasons. This is also the team with the head coach who said he wants ZERO part of Zion in the tournament. Gotta respect that honesty -- and it worked!


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José Neves Sees Farfetch Resilience in COVID-19 Storm
The ceo said Farfetch's online luxury platform is both helping merchants and a stable base for an unstable time.
By Evan Clark on April 16, 2020
Jose Neves, Farfetch founder and ceo.
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José Neves is touting the benefits of the Farfetch platform in a retail world mixed and shut down by the coronavirus.
"The vast majority of Farfetchers have been productively working from home," the founder and chief executive officer said in a letter to shareholders Thursday. "Throughout this situation, we have been able to safely continue serving our consumers and this industry we love without any material impact to our operations and supply chain to date."
While Farfetch started last year to move into the business of making goods and holding at least some inventory with the acquisition of the Off White licensee New Guards Group, the business is based off a platform approach, connecting buyers and sellers and coordinating the transaction.
That leaves Farfetch relatively well positioned in a world where inventory is suddenly a big problem, with stores closed and warehouses backed up with goods that will eventually be released into the market, likely at steep discounts.
But Neves noted Farfetch was born into chaos and is performing well now.
"When I launched Farfetch it was October 2008," he said. "Two weeks later, Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering the avalanche which led to the Great Recession. Through that challenging economic period, it became clear that Farfetch's mission transcended being the global platform for luxury fashion, and that by connecting curators of fashion with consumers all around the world, we were enabling retailers to navigate those turbulent times in 2008 and 2009….Today…I see that same platform DNA coming to life in an even more salient way."
Still, there have been disruptions. Two-hundred of Farfetch's 1,200 sellers are offline, but the company's fulfillment operations in the U.K., Italy, United States and China have remained operational.
And Neves said: "Delays in the deliveries of fall-winter 2020 merchandise due to manufacturing shutdowns will impact our sellers' inventory levels. We expect to see delays in deliveries to boutiques, although we also expect e-concession channels such as our marketplace to be prioritized by brands given the higher profitability vis-à-vis wholesale."
The ceo, like others, sees COVID-19 accelerating the shift to online, but said it was unclear just when that move would offset the headwind of consumer sentiment.
Farfetch expects its gross merchandise volume for the first quarter ended March 31 to grow by 43 percent to 46 percent.
The quarter's adjusted losses before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization are expected to range from $21 million to $25 million.
Farfetch has suspended its 2020 fiscal guidance, but is sticking to its plan to post adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the full year in 2021.
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Q: Web Share API navigator.share problem when canceling share dialog IOS and Android When using MOBILE SHARE (navigator.share), canceling the Share flow causes an unexpected error to appear.
The message can be acknowledged and user is allowed to proceed but this error response is unexpected.
STEPS TO REPLICATE
1.Tap the SHARE icon to initiate the share dialog then:
2.a on iOS, find and tap the close [ x ] control in the upper righthand corner of the dialog to dismiss
2.b on Android, swipe the share overlay down (or whatever way to close/exit this dialog?)
3.The error "AbortError: About due to cancellation of share" appears when:
on iOS, immediately on cancellation
on Android, when attempting to re-engage the Share control.
The error message:
www.example.com says: AbordError: Share canceled
Im using this Vue plugin https://github.com/GabrielBibiano/vue-navigator-share

A: This is not an issue with Vue.js or any plugin, but something that navigator.share function does.
It is throwing this on canceling/dismissing share action.
Check this example on phone which supports navigator.share.
(NOTE: open this page as desktop site since phones can not run examples)
You can also see this (LOC: 303): https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/34eacf936ac3255925c5045c4385dc9b5f19fa78/chrome/android/javatests/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/webshare/WebShareTest.java

const share = async () => {
  try {
    await navigator.share({ url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' });
  } catch (e) {
    if (e.toString().includes('AbortError')) {
      alert('Hello world aborted :(');
    }
  }
}
<button onclick="share()">share (only for phones)</button>

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Je me permets de soulever un dernier point \n I would like to raise one last point
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Carlos Martinelly Montano is a 23-year-old illegal immgrant who lives in Bristow (Prince William County), Virginia. In July 2007, he was charged with drunk driving and later convicted. In March 2008 he was convicted of being drunk in public. Seven months later he was back in court for drunk driving after he was pulled over for speeding (going 55 in a 35 MPH zone). In April 2009, a jury sentenced him to a year in jail for that offense, though he only served 3 weeks. His driver license was also revoked, he was fined $5,000 and was sentenced to three years probation. Last year he was convicted of driving without a license. And then in a different county he was again found driving without a license.
Montano was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Naturalization officials twice, who set him free as they prepared for his deportation.
Now fast forward to last Sunday, August 1. Sister Denise Mosier, a 66-year-old Benedictine nun, was a passenger in a Toyota Corolla traveling north on Bristow Rd with two other nuns, on their way to a 5-day retreat. Montano was traveling south on the same road. He swerved off the road, hit a guard rail, then went back across the lanes into oncoming traffic, hitting the Toyota head on, killing Sr. Mosier and injuring the other two.
This is now Montano's third drunk driving arrest in 5 years. He's in jail with an October 3, 2010 court appearance.
This case is a tragedy. And it's causing quite an uproar over a broken immigration system. Prince William County police had done their job. They arrested this man twice on drunk driving, identified him as an illegal immigrant, turned him over to federal authorities, who then dropped the ball and let him go. And now a nun is dead.
In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN tonight, Cuccinelli said that all law enforcement officers anywhere in the U.S. have always been able to arrest someone who is suspected of committing a federal crime. That's what they do. And there is no reason to exclude immigration laws from that practice.
I could not agree more with Cuccinelli. His opinion cuts through all the crap and clarifies the situation perfectly. His opinion also makes it obvious that sanctuary cities are violating federal law. Simply put, they are taking one of the thousands of laws and saying, "if you violate this one law in our city, we won't tell on you." But of course all other federal laws are enforced.
Listen, we've got a broken immigration system. And now we've got a nun in Virginia who never made it to her retreat. Most Americans agree that we need to secure our borders; that's priority number one. And there are certainly other aspects of this problem, but priority number two must be that we enforce our existing laws. It's that simple.


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Analysis: How did the London 2017 men's 100m final unfold?
Posted by Peta Bee | Oct 5, 2017 | 0
Leeds Beckett University sports scientists were tasked with monitoring the men's 100m final at the London 2017 World Championships. Peta Bee reports on their early findings
As athletes went about the business of winning medals at the IAAF World Championships this summer, sports scientists undertook a task of jaw-dropping magnitude in attempting to analyse the finer detail of their performances.
In an unprecedented study which was commissioned by the IAAF, Dr Athanassios Bissas, head of sports and exercise biomechanics, led a team of 40 scientists from the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University in detailing the technique and demands of 17 events.
It was a huge operation behind the scenes with the team using 40 cameras – comprising 25 high-speed cameras and 15 HD camcorders – and often working through the night to produce their results. For the first time, the scientists were also able to trial micro sized cameras fitted on the vests of some athletes who volunteered to participate in the trials.
Worn underneath the team kit, the lens peer out of a precise opening and does not impede performance.
Full results will take months to compile and will eventually be published on the IAAF website, but here we provide an insight into the preliminary findings from Dr Bissas's studies, looking at the men's 100m.
Eighteen high-speed digital video cameras were placed at multiple positions overlooking the home straight of the Olympic Stadium track to record 10m splits and 3D motion analysis data. The cameras recorded at between 100 and 250 frames per second with all the finalists filmed from a range of different angles.
Variation in block clearance
Reaction time and performance in the very early stages of the race were shown to be clear key determinants. In contrast to the other medallists, the defending champion Usain Bolt's reaction times increased through the rounds, when you would expect a decrease.
Yet his reaction time in the final was 0.045 seconds slower than Gatlin's, which was more than the final time distance between them (0.03 seconds).
Differences in symmetry
Previous studies, reported in Athletics Weekly magazine, have looked at Bolt's asymmetrical running technique and this latest investigation also suggested anomalies in gait and spatial movement.
All three of the 100m medallists displayed some degree of asymmetry during the middle phase of the race, determined by differences in ground contact time. However, it was Bolt's running that was the most significantly asymmetrical.
Overall, the top sprinters demonstrated consistent step length patterns suggesting that variations in stride frequency might explain fluctuations in performance.
To achieve high running speeds as athletes, the researchers noted that athletes "should place an emphasis on speed maintenance as slight reductions in speed towards the end of the race may equally determine the outcome of the race".
They also stated that reaching high speeds in the middle and later phases of a 100m race won't necessarily compensate for a slower start.
Bolt's performance compared with his world record
A comparison was made of Bolt's London 2017 performance with his world record run in 2009 at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, analysing both races over 20m splits. Not surprisingly, it showed that Bolt's speed is lower throughout all stages of the race including the later stages in which he usually outperforms his rivals.
Distance – Berlin (2009) – London (2017)
20m – 2.89 – 2.98
Q. Are we seeing anything new in the 100m?
A. TCUP – Technical Control Under Pressure, something that applies in all closed skills like sprinting, just like shot or hammer. Get the body angles right at the start, and strong leg-extensions through the pick-up. Then flow loose and hold shape all the way to the tape with a timed dip.
Q. How did Great Britain's Reece Prescod perform?
A. He performed very impressively. His clockings at 40m onwards were directly comparable with the medallists. Indeed, in his semi-final, he was pulling in the leaders in this section of the race.
Q. So what would be Prescod's main area of improvement?
A. Start and pick-up. His reaction time is good, but he was weak out of the blocks, and his first 10-30m was poor, relative to the medallists. He appeared to be high on leg-speed, low on horizontal drive in that 0-40m phase.
Q. What was Usain Bolt's race pattern?
A. The big surprise was that he tightened up in the face and shoulders in the final 10 metres, which is a point where he normally continues to surge away from the field. That may well have cost him the race.
Q. Any thoughts on the future of sprint training?
A. To return to the medium start, with drive from both legs. producing greater block-velocity. Also a more prudent, selective use of drills and quasi-therapeutic exercises.
Q. Can an athlete's reaction time be trained?
A. Yes, certainly at the levels of difference displayed in the race. I see lots of coaches working on starting, but many use a voice- stimulus. I would always use a clapper board or a shrill whistle, and best of all, a starting-gun. Make it real. The Usain Bolt we saw in London was clearly rusty in all aspects of race fitness, but was always weak in this area.
Q. Your thoughts on British sprinting?
A. Very healthy. CJ Ujah is much better than the athlete we saw in London – he has shown that by his performances in the Diamond League. Prescod is outstanding. The relay squad's exchanges were the best that I have ever seen from a British squad. I thought that Dina Asher-Smith's 200m run was the best that I have ever seen from a British woman and was incredible under the circumstances.
Lessons learned Q&A by Tom McNab
» Other analysis in this review series can be found here
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I am using Divi as it is a beautiful theme and page builder, fast, responsive, etc. When I activate it, the header text from Ultimate Branding disappears. I've disabled many other plugins and it seems to be an incompatibility just between Divi and Ultimate Branding. Both are great premium products. I am using Query Monitor to view PHP errors but do not see any errors, just that the custom header text disappears when I use Divi with Ultimate Branding. Can you let me know if this is a known issue and if you can help resolve it?
Would you mind allowing support access so we can have a closer look at this? I'm having a trouble with replicating this issue on my site.
Sure! I just noticed, enabling "Vertical Navigation" in the Divi header options allowed the branding text to appear.. Maybe I just need to play with the various header options and see what works? I just realized the default Divi header seems to hide the Ultimate Branding header text, but playing around with the Divi Header customizer, some options allow it to display and others hide it. I can work with that I think. Feel free to play with the options too if you want to figure out what is going on and what works too. Thank you so much!
Sure! I just noticed, enabling "Vertical Navigation" in the Divi header options allowed the branding text to appear.. Maybe I just need to play with the various header options and see what works?
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This is the first in a three part series on making Gingerbread! We start out with how to make gingerbread dough, then gingerbread men, and finish off with a gingerbread house. The smell and taste of the gingerbread wafting through my house made me so nostaligic for the holidays passed. The taste is like no other, and is so festive.
The video has been up for a couple of hours now, and I have already received a number of questions about substitutes for molasses. Firstly, I would never ask a baker for a substitute. Obviously if it's in the recipe, it is necessary. I can't tell you how many times I've received the question "Do I need to use ___?" Well, duh. Of course you do. It's part of the recipe.
Back to molasses, yes there are substitutes like honey, corn syrup, maple syrup etc, but you will 1. sacrifice the flavour, and 2. the cookies will not be roll-able. If you're happy with that, then by all means, substitute out molasses, but don't say I didn't warn you!


Pete Docter's "Inside Out" didn't come to the Cannes Film Festival as a question mark, unlike many of the festival's other films: Disney and Pixar had already shown the animated film to audiences at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in April.
But when the "Inside Out" screening ended shortly after noon on Monday, the cheers that filled the huge theater gave even Todd Haynes' rapturously received "Carol" a run for its money on the Cannes bravo-meter.
Given Disney's and Pixar's track record, it's a pretty safe bet that "Inside Out" will be the top-grossing movie out of everything to show at Cannes this year. And in a rare confluence, it'll be one of the best, too.
After the CinemaCon screening, TheWrap's Jeff Sneider wrote, "the high-concept film is among Pixar's most thematically mature and emotionally complex films," and that's true. Docter, whose previous work directing "Up" and "Monsters Inc." place him near the very top of Pixar's extraordinary stable of directors, has figured out how to pull off a daunting concept, and in the process made a movie as thematically daring as it is emotionally moving.
The story takes place largely inside the head of an 11-year-old girl whose family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco; its main characters aren't so much the girl and her family as they are the emotions that sometimes battle for control of her brain and sometimes work in harmony to build a personality.
It's a great adventure that seriously tugs at the heartstrings, though exactly what the pre-teen audience will make of the delightful way "Inside Out" illustrates concepts like abstract reasoning is hard to fathom. Not that it matters — there's plenty for them to love, too.
TheWrap will have a fuller review when "Inside Out" is released in June; for now, suffice it to say that this stands with "Up," "WALL-E" and "Toy Story 3" as one of Pixar's richest and most satisfying films.
And while it might seem out of place sandwiched between Stephane Brize's "The Measure of a Man" and Joachim Trier's "Louder Than Bombs" on the screen of the Lumiere, it belongs in this temple of cinema as much as any other movie on this year's slate.


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Work together to pay off debt, build savings
Columnist Dave Ramsey says this will put couple in a good position in case there's a strike.
Dear Dave -- My husband is a union member and works at a paint factory near our home. His union's current contract will expire in nine months. We have about $27,000 of debt left to pay off, and he makes a little over $80,000 a year. I'm nervous because his slow season is coming up between now and then. During this time, he usually gets about half the hours — and, of course, less money — than he does during the rest of the year. I'm a little scared, even though there hasn't been a strike in the last six years. Do you think we should go ahead and pay off our remaining debt or hold onto every penny in case they walk out? — Cheyanne
I'm going to tell you something that might just blow your mind: You two can pay off the debt and have some money set aside to live on in that length of time. If you do that, you'll actually be more ready for a strike than ever before. You'll both have to be on the same page financially and do things with a sense of urgency, but right now, I don't think you've got too much to worry about.
The likelihood of them going on strike is pretty low. Chances are, they're just rattling their sabers and talking big to posture for the negotiations . Most factories are behind right now, and the last thing they want is to get even further behind. Everything has been so screwed up by COVID-19 that unless the union demands some completely ridiculous stuff, things will probably work out fine.
I think you guys are going to be fine, Cheyanne. Should you be intentional and thoughtful about the situation? Absolutely. It's always wise to look ahead and plan for the future. Getting that debt paid off and saving up a bunch of cash will give you real peace of mind.
Dave Ramsey is a personal money-management expert, a bestselling author and host of the nationally syndicated radio program "The Dave Ramsey Show," which is heard locally on KROC-AM. For more financial advice, visit daveramsey.com .
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Leaning into the supercomputing learning curve
Andrea Manning
What would you do with a supercomputer that is at least 50 times faster than today's fastest machines?
Recently, 70 scientists — graduate students, computational scientists, and postdoctoral and early-career researchers — attended the fifth annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) in St. Charles, Illinois. Over two weeks, they learned how to seize opportunities offered by the world's fastest supercomputers. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)
For scientists and engineers, the emerging age of exascale computing opens a universe of possibilities to simulate experiments and analyze reams of data — potentially enabling, for example, models of atomic structures that lead to cures for disease.
But first, scientists need to learn how to seize this opportunity, which is the mission of the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC). The training is part of the Exascale Computing Project, a collaborative effort of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science and its National Nuclear Security Administration.
"We aim to touch on all of the key skills and approaches a researcher needs to take advantage of the world's most powerful computing systems." - ATPESC program director Marta García, a computational scientist at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Starting in late July, 70 participants — graduate students, computational scientists, and postdoctoral and early-career researchers — gathered at the Q Center in St. Charles, Illinois, for the program's fifth annual training session. This two-week course is designed to teach scientists key skills and tools and the most effective ways to use leading-edge supercomputers to further their research aims.
At ATPESC, scientists, high-performance computing experts and other leaders discussed many areas of supercomputing, including hardware architectures, programming models and languages and machine learning. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)
This year's ATPESC agenda once again was packed with technical lectures, hands-on exercises and dinner talks.
"Supercomputers are extremely powerful research tools for a wide range of science domains," said ATPESC program director Marta García, a computational scientist at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a DOE Office of Science User Facility at the department's Argonne National Laboratory.
"But using them efficiently requires a unique skill set. With ATPESC, we aim to touch on all of the key skills and approaches a researcher needs to take advantage of the world's most powerful computing systems."
To address all angles of high-performance computing, the training focuses on programming methodologies that are effective across a variety of supercomputers — and that are expected to apply to exascale systems. Renowned scientists, high-performance computing experts and other leaders in the field served as lecturers and guided the hands-on sessions.
This year, experts covered:
Hardware architectures
Programming models and languages
Data-intensive computing, input/output (I/O) and machine learning
Numerical algorithms and software for extreme-scale science
Performance tools and debuggers
Software productivity
Visualization and data analysis
In addition, attendees tapped hundreds of thousands of cores of computing power on some of today's most powerful supercomputing resources, including the ALCF's Mira, Cetus, Vesta, Cooley and Theta systems; the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's Titan system; and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center's Cori and Edison systems – all DOE Office of Science User Facilities.
"I was looking at how best to optimize what I'm currently using on these new architectures and also figure out where things are going," said Justin Walker, a Ph.D. student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Physics Department. "ATPESC delivers on instructing us on a lot of things."
Shikhar Kumar, Ph.D. candidate in nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, elaborates: "On the issue of I/O, data processing, data visualization and performance tools, there isn't a single option that is regarded as the 'industry standard.' Instead, we learned about many of the alternatives, which encourages learning high-performance computing from the ground up."
"You can't get this material out of a textbook," said Eric Nielsen, a research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center. Added Johann Dahm of IBM Research, "I haven't had this material presented to me in this sort of way ever."
Jonathan Hoy, a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California, pointed to the larger, "ripple effect" role of this type of gathering: "It is good to have all these people sit down together. In a way, we're setting standards here."
Lisa Goodenough, a postdoctoral researcher in high energy physics at Argonne, said: "The theme has been about barriers coming down." Goodenough referred to both barriers to entry and training barriers hindering scientists from realizing scientific objectives.
"The program was of huge benefit for my postdoctoral researcher," said Roseanna Zia, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University. "Without the financial assistance, it would have been out of my reach," she said, highlighting the covered tuition fees, domestic airfare, meals and lodging.
Now, anyone can learn from the program's broad curriculum, including the slides and videos of the lectures from some of the world's foremost experts in extreme-scale computing, online — underscoring program organizers' efforts to extend its reach beyond the classroom. The slides and the videos of the lectures captured at ATPESC 2017 are now available online at: http://extremecomputingtraining.anl.gov/2017-slides and http://extremecomputingtraining.anl.gov/2017-videos, respectively.
For more information on ATPESC, including on applying for selection to attend next year's program, visit http://extremecomputingtraining.anl.gov.
This research was supported by the Exascale Computing Project (17-SC-20-SC), a joint project of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration, responsible for delivering a capable exascale ecosystem, including software, applications and hardware technology, to support the nation's exascale computing imperative.
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Being 'short in stature,' I know a thing or two about bullies. Reflecting back on being 'latitudenly challenged,' I can remember my dad delaying buying me my first suit because, as he said, 'let's wait for the growth spurt!' Well, it never came and I eventually got my first suit for my 8th grade graduation. Despite what Randy Newman in his now infamous song, 'Short People,' had to say about us, we're often the victim of bullying by those prone to such behavior – especially in grammar and middle school. What I've learned over the years about bullies has been finely culled and curated by such experiences.
Bullies are basically cowards. Most if not all bullies mask their vulnerabilities by a pathetic narcissism. They think that the world has to revolve around them and they do everything in their power, including intimidation by various cruel means, to feed that insatiable 'I' that has to be enabled at all costs.
Rather than using their intellect to persuade, encourage and to convince, bullies resort to one of the lowest and cheapest forms of intimidation, name calling, in their attempt to instill fear in their victims. Hey, shorty – your face is so ugly, Lyin Ted, Crooked Hillary, grandstanding Comey, etc.
I remember an expression – dicho- my mother used to use about bullies. They are all singing but no opera! – sound and fury but no moral substance or fundamental integrity. Bullies are basically unwilling to pay the price of intellectual honesty. Lying becomes an easy way out of facing the truth and its consequences.
What prompted this reflection on bullies and cowardice is, obviously, Trump's decision today to end the DACA program initiated by Executive Order by President Obama, to address the thorny legal status of children brought into this country by their immigrating parents and who have known no other country than the United States. Their status and that of all immigrants with irregular legal status, should, of course, be resolved by a comprehensive immigration policy by Congress. Inter-party conflicts with the 'possibility' (dare I say) of a tinge of racism, precluded this resolution.
DACA provided an extraordinary Executive redress from living in constant fear of deportation and the ability to 'come out of the shadows' to obtain work permits, enroll in Colleges and Universities, serve in the military, obtain Social Security numbers, DMV licenses, etc. These young people, over 800,000, in order to comply with the Order's conditions, freely gave over personal data about their families, addresses, etc., trusting that this would not be used in the future as a means of cruel entrapment. These young people trusted that our Government would be true to its word. And now, with today's decision, these fine, upstanding, industrious, tax paying young people, are once again thrown into limbo with all the fear and intimidation that deportation to a strange and unknown land inevitably brings.
Why? Why did Trump do this? In his insatiable desire to erase the memory and legacy of his predecessor, he promised his fawning base that he would do it. While one might at face value conclude that he is being 'true to his word,' that 'word' comes at the cruel and heartless expense of these young people who have become the unlucky pawns of a nasty game of inter-party rivalry and hatred.
Some have said that he did it in order to avoid the legal challenge to the original Executive Order by 9 States' attorneys general. As Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post opined, he could have easily spoken to them and as the great negotiator that he is, worked out a compromise of some sort.
Tragically, this dilemma fell into the hands of a bully president who lacks the basic human empathy to transcend what his dwindling base may expect of him in order to forge a decision based on moral integrity – on what was right and good for these fine young people. It is indeed a sad day, that this decision has now been kicked down the line to Congress, an institution in our land that is hopelessly divided and that garners only 9% of America's trust! In the meantime, as the deportation clock begins to tick for thousands of these 'Dreamers', the nightmare of fear and intimidation begins all over again. "I love Dreamers!" In light of today's decision, it's another example from this president of "All singing but no Opera!"


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Being a scientist in the post-COVID world: In conversation with LS Shashidhara - IndiaBioscience
indiabioscience May 15, 2020, 5:51am #1
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought science and scientists to the forefront of public scrutiny. At the same time, it has forced many scientists to take a step back and introspect as lockdown procedures are implemented throughout the country.
We spoke to LS Shashidhara, Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune (Currently, on Lien at Ashoka University), about the impact the current situation has had on the way scientific research is conducted in our country, and the lessons scientists can take away from it for the future.
In your opinion, what are the ways in which researchers can come together to create a tangible impact on the present COVID-19 pandemic situation?
COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV‑2, a novel coronavirus. This virus was not known to humankind until just a few months ago. This means that scientists need to discover almost everything about it, although clues may also be obtained from earlier studies on other coronaviruses. Scientists need to understand how SARS-CoV‑2 causes the disease, how it spreads, and how to develop drugs and vaccines against it. Considering how fast the virus is spreading and mutating as it propagates through human populations, it is important that scientists from all over the world join hands, freely share data, and work as one team. Sharing variations in clinical manifestation of the diseases, sequencing as many viral genomes as possible and sharing the same openly, and sharing successes and failures of drug and vaccine development are some of the ways by which we can reduce the timeline of developing preventive and treatment strategies.
What is your advice for researchers who are worried about the disruption in the progress of their research programs due to the pandemic?
It is inevitable that there would be some disruption in research work, especially for experimental scientists. But we have to convert this into an opportunity. We should think differently and innovatively about what we can do during this time to be more productive and contribute to society. We should not go back to the same path of slow and incremental research. Think of newer ideas and newer ways of doing science and find ways to participate in national and international collaborations and mission-mode projects.
What are some good ways for scientists to utilize their time during the lockdown period?
While the labs are closed, scientists can invest their time in theoretical constructions, hypothesis building, eliminating multiple possibilities by methods of exclusion etc. When the laboratories are reopened, we would be in a better position to fast track our research and do a better job. Thankfully, compared to other periods in history when there have been such crises, we are in a digital world today. We are still connected to the community and we still have access to a lot of the earlier work done in our fields of research. We can take advantage of this.
Do you believe that scientists should contribute to outreach efforts during this period?
Of course. The virus is invisible and the majority of the infected individuals are asymptomatic. Therapeutic drugs or vaccines are not yet available. Hence, it is important for scientists to educate the public on the importance of physical distancing. Because of the present ease and speed of spreading one's opinion, we are inundated with false information and hoaxes. Scientists have the responsibility to prevent this.
Do you have any other suggestions for the scientific community for dealing with the present situation?
There is a bright side in this crisis for science — the importance of science in the society can be felt more now than any other time in human history. We should work towards retaining this trust by generating high-quality data and continuously connecting to the general public through science outreach.
How, in your opinion, will this pandemic change the course of scientific research, in India as well as abroad?
Humanity has seen worse crises than this pandemic. Science has progressed through such times. For example, there were landmark discoveries in science during 1915 – 25, a decade marked by World war I and the Spanish flu. I do not foresee any major change and have the confidence that science will shine through this pandemic and flourish. However, we should change the way we do science and try to improve the quality of our science. We should try to make more impact through both knowledge production and its utilization to mitigate climate change, preserve biodiversity, expand forest cover, and prevent future pandemics.
Will this pandemic affect the way in which science is taught in India?
Perhaps yes. More and more people are getting used to online teaching and using technology in education. This trend has penetrated to all parts of the country and all languages. Policymakers and teachers are also rethinking the curriculum and syllabus. Hopefully, we will progressively focus more on improving self-learning ability among students, thereby reducing the dependence on syllabi and examinations.
Do you believe this pandemic will have an effect on the public view of science and scientists?
Science is being looked upon as a saviour during this crisis, starting from the strategy of physical distancing to slow down the infection and moving towards the development of drugs and vaccines. In spite of many false claims and hoaxes, people seem to have positive opinions about science and scientists.
In your opinion, would this pandemic have an impact on the number and nature of collaborative projects in India?
Yes, they may increase. Also, research may become truly interdisciplinary. For example, to address the current pandemic, we need biologists to understand the virus and develop diagnostic kits, drugs, and vaccines. We need data scientists to develop mathematical and computational models of how the virus spreads. We also need engineers and scientists to develop disinfectants, ventilators, PPEs etc. We need clinical researchers to understand how the disease progresses and what causes mortality. Such interdisciplinary projects may become a norm in the times to come.
What do you feel are some key lessons that scientists can take away from the present situation and apply in their future research careers?
Irrespective of how much pressure one may face, the rigour of scientific methods must not be diluted. Nor can we let the need for peer-review be discounted. This would only worsen the situation and damage the reputation of scientists and their science.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://indiabioscience.org/columns/conversations/being-a-scientist-in-the-post-covid-world-in-conversation-with-ls-shashidhara


Adorning our small, front lawn is a huge Manitoba Maple - yes I know a very large tree to be on a small city lot! I'll explain how that came to be in a moment.
A few weeks ago, when we pulled into our driveway we noticed our tree was swarming with an unusual variety of birds.
There were a few Cedar Waxwings which are a small grey-brown little hooded bird with red wing and yellow tail tips. They are one of a small variety of birds that can survive on fruit alone. You can tell these are adult birds because they have a black mask.
Our tree also had two bright red male Cardinals and a lone Downy Woodpecker.
Now the Robin is a common bird, but it did seem odd to find a dozen or so hanging out with these other birds on cold March day my front lawn - all in my Manitoba Maple.
So about this tree. How does a tree this size wind up on a small city lot? Lets go back 22 years and blame my Dad!
While visiting my parents at their farm, my daughter found a small seedling. Dad decided it would be a good idea to show her how to dig it up, and plant it in a small margarine container so she would bring it home. Don't worry he told me, it will never live.
Great photos of all the birds in your tree. I like the idea of a tree that has grown as your daughter has.
Love those cedar waxwing shots. We had a flock that visited for a day and a half, just long enough to eat every berry in sight!
Nice shots of all the different birds. Love the cedars!
Found your site and I love it. Wish I had all the different types of bird that you have. Have wrens, sparrows and hummers.
Great post. I will be following you.
Gorgeous shots! I'd love to have a strong enough lens to capture the spring birds, so envious :) Visiting from Outdoor Wed.
Since this is my first blog visit I have to comment on your header instead of the birds. So cute!
Beautiful bird photos, especially the cedar waxwings.
Love the story of the tree. Of course you can't cut it down!
Love all your photos of the birds and I envy you the cedar waxwings! What great birds!
Great mix of yard birds - no reason at all why you should get rid of the tree.
I'd love to see woodpeckers in my yard!
A seedling was planted years ago.
Today, my day was made better because of it.
I could not find a Cedar Waxwing this winter (they only show up here during migration) so your photos are quite special for me.
I love all your bird photos! The picture of the tree and the story gave me a huge grin. It sounds like something my sister and I would have done!
Love the story of the tree. It's definitely a part of your history. We are visited each February or March by the cedar waxwings, which I think is one of nature's most beautiful birds. They strip all the berries off a huge red-tipped photinia bush in our yard in a matter of two days and then leave on their trip north. You got some great photos!


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Looking ahead to rekindle the spirit of Apollo 17's pioneering mission
by Jim Banke
Forty years ago on Dec. , 1972, at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Florida's Space Coast and indeed the entire southeast of the United States lit up in a way never seen before, and not seen since, as Apollo 17 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center to begin our nation's final lunar landing mission of the 20th Century.
The night launch of the mighty Saturn 5 Moon rocket turned the dark sky into day, with illumination so bright newscasters excitedly boasted they could read the numbers on the license plates of cars parked at the press site.
Offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, a cruise ship full of space notables and authors, including Isaac Asimov, Norman Mailer, Carl Sagan, Hugh Downs, and the great model rocketeer G. Harry Stine, among many others, all watched the spectacle and contemplated whether any of them would be alive to see the feat of a manned lunar landing repeated.
During the next 12 days, Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Jack Schmidt successfully flew to the Moon, circled it, landed on it, walked on it, drove on it, returned from it and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, where the command module America was recovered by the USS Ticonderoga.
Flying the lunar module Challenger, Gene and Ron spent three days living and working on the lunar surface in a region of the Moon known as Taurus-Littrow. At the conclusion of their third and final moonwalk, before climbing up the ladder of Challenger to become the most recent man to walk on the Moon – I've always refused to call him or introduce him as the last man – Gene Cernan offered some words that, to me, were as historic as those uttered by Neil Armstrong three years earlier.
"I'm on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come — but we believe not too long into the future — I'd like to just let what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return: with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17."
And now, just as we lamented during the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission in 2009, here we are again, still, heading in a direction whose path remains uncertain, or at the very least lacks consensus within segments of NASA, the space community at large, Congress and the White House.
Yes, we've had some movement in a positive direction with SpaceX and its Dragon capsule demonstrating that a new commercial way of getting into and out of space is possible. And yes, NASA is making slow progress toward designing and building the hardware that is supposed to return us beyond Earth orbit.
But there still seems to be too much hand wringing over exactly where it is we're heading and for exactly what reasons. And despite pronouncements that NASA is to be taking us to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars by the mid-2030s, there still seems to be too little enthusiasm within the space community about the plan, or confidence the plan will survive future budget battles.
So during this week that we remember Apollo 17, which was the end of an era of space exploration that was an anomaly in human history and only made possible by a confluence of events that will not be repeated, two significant and credible space-related organizations released reports that offered fresh looks at NASA, its purpose and its capability to accomplish all it has on its plate.
On Tuesday the Space Foundation released a report called "PIONEERING: Sustaining U.S. Leadership in Space," that suggested very specific ways, and rationales, for NASA to focus its efforts on one particular aspect of spaceflight: pioneering, which it defines as a four-step process that involves gaining access to targeted destinations, learning about those places to enable subsequent missions, coming up with useful technology to use at those places, and then handing off those technologies to others who can then fully take advantage of the resources and benefits that each destination offers.
In my opinion, the greatest strength of this report is that it does NOT address or attempt to prioritize specific places we might go, but instead offers a vision for how NASA can best be enabled to reach for any destination in space that we choose.
On Wednesday the National Academy of Sciences released a report called "NASA's Strategic Direction and the Need for National Consensus," a title that truly summarizes the gist of the document, which also says NASA is spread too thin, needs to be more efficient in what it does, should partner more with others to share costs, and could use more money.
Both reports take different approaches for what could be called the "NASA problem," and not all of their conclusions and recommendations line up with each other. But taken together, it's clear that two very different, smart and objective organizations have both found NASA to be an agency that needs to have its mission more clearly defined and then better supported with the necessary organization and resources to accomplish its more refined goals.
All this in a week also in which a private company announced it would offer round-trip flights to the Moon for about $750 million a seat – and the people behind the company actually have some credibility about them in terms of their technical knowledge and entrepreneurial savvy. SpaceX won a pair of launch contracts from the Air Force that marked another first for the commercial space company. And scientists say Voyager 1 is getting stronger indications than ever before that it is finally at the very edge of our solar system and is ready to enter true interstellar space after launching from Cape Canaveral more than 35 years ago and traveling, so far, 11 billion miles.
With Apollo 17 and Voyager 1, with two important reports released about NASA, and with more news about what may be possible with spaceflight in the years to come; the past, present and future of space aligned this week in an inspiring and thought-provoking manner.
I can't wait to see what happens next.
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